It was getting late, and the lights in Wuchang City were sporadic and the pedestrians on the streets were thinning.

Yang Shanling led Chen Wenqi and others to walk quickly from north to south towards Jinshazhou outside the Wangshan Gate. After walking a short distance, Chen Wenqi faintly felt that someone seemed to be following behind him, so he secretly paid attention to his vigilance, and did not tell Yang Shanling and them.

Turning around the City God Temple less than half a mile, you will arrive at the Wangshan Gate in the south of the city. If it is normal, the nine gates of Wuchang City will be closed in Xuzheng. In the past few days, in order to facilitate the students who came to take the examination to enter the city, the political envoy of Hu Guangbu specially informed Wuchang Mansion and Jiangxia County to delay the closing time of the city gate to Haizheng, so Yang Shanling and they went out of the city gate smoothly.

Walking to the suburbs, the surroundings gradually felt empty, and suddenly saw that in the middle of the path ahead, a person crossed his hands in front of his chest, blocking the way.

Zhu Rui, who was walking in the front, was about to open his mouth to ask him to give way, when footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, and only one voice came from viciously:

"Poor and sour Xiucai, do you still recognize your uncle?"

Everyone stopped, and when they looked back, they saw that it was the Ge Yi man who had just stolen from the "cyclamen". Beside him stood a man about the same height as him.

Those who are good do not come, and those who come are not good!

"Know, know. Isn't that the guest officer who dined at the 'Cyclamen' just now?" Chen Wenqi snorted.

Ge Yiren said: "It's good to know." Stinky and sour, don't blame Uncle I'm ruthless today, if you want to blame, blame yourself for being nosy. ”

"What do you want?" Chen Wenqi deliberately pretended to be stupid.

"Uncle, my idea is very simple: I want to get back double what I lost just now, and double what I just got back to you. ”

"Oh? That's kind of interesting. It's just that I don't know what Zunjia 'lost' just now, and what did he 'gain'?" Chen Wenqi simply pretended to the end.

"Stinky and sour, you really don't know, or pretend not to know, Uncle will tell you clearly. Uncle was robbed of the silver money you just got and asked you to return all the silver taels on your body at this moment; Uncle was beaten and scolded by you just now, and at this time he will be doubled back on you. ”

Yang Shanling couldn't bear it, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "Just now, we were just trying to get our own things back. At that time, I was supposed to send you to the official, but I thought that you were forced to make a living, and I had to do this with a thought, so I persuaded everyone to let you go. Even if you don't repent, you still entangle your accomplices to block the road and commit murder, aren't you afraid of the royal law?"

"Hmph, Wang Fa? Today in this wilderness, Lao Tzu's fist is Wang Fa. "Ge Yi people have no fear.

Chen Wenqi smiled "haha", pointed his finger at Wuchang City, and said sternly: "Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky." Not to mention that it is close to the gate of the official mansion, it is as far away as a wild land, where is the royal law? And you—" Chen Wenqi pointed to the other two, "don't be fooled by him, play for the tiger, lest you make mistakes." ”

"Stinky and sour, don't be brave in front of your uncle. Uncle has walked the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and has never been humiliated by today's shame, the so-called 'virtue of a meal must be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes must be repaid', even if your tongue blooms lotus, the uncle will abolish you today. ”

Chen Wenqi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and such a thief of chickens and dogs even got an axe and dropped his bookbag, so he couldn't help sneering and said teasingly: "Listening to your words, you must have read the books of the sages? Don't you hear that 'wealth and nobility are what people want, and they don't get it by their way, and they can't do it anywhere?' Is it a gentleman's act to steal ill-gotten gains? Today, if you expose your behavior, it is a slap in the face to you, and you should repent and turn evil to good, and now you are not ashamed to speak out?" The grievances of the eyes will be avenged', blocking the road and committing murder in broad daylight. If you do such an act, you should be brought to justice, so that it will not cause trouble in all directions. ”

"You're a toad yawning - what a big breath. Since you are looking for death, the masters will fulfill you first, and then it will not be too late to clean them up. ”

Chen Wenqi has been practicing martial arts for more than ten years, and most of the time he just practices sword boxing, riding and archery by himself, even if he fights with others, he is also the master feeding the tricks or the fifth uncle has made moves, all of which are up to the point, and he has never really fought with anyone. Now in the face of Ge Yiren's aggressive momentum, instead of being nervous, he was a little excited and looking forward to it. Although my father can't teach me not to show his martial arts as a last resort, but I haven't seen the real chapter under his hands, I'm afraid these people will never give up. So, he turned to Yang Shanling and said, "Brother Yang, these people are rushing down, and they have nothing to do with you, please take my brother to do things first, and then look for you in the next moment." ”

When Yang Shanling heard this, how can he do it? Don't say that you only offended this group because of us, even if we meet strangers, I can't leave it alone. What's more, you are a scholar, and you are powerless, how can you deal with these wicked people who are like wolves and tigers? He pulled Zhu Rui to him, gave a few words, and then said to Chen Wenqi: "Brother Chen, the matter started because of us, and you should not be in it. I asked Juri to take you away, and I'll leave it to me, so they can't do anything about it. ”

"Hmph, the two of you are very polite to each other, you want him to go, he lets you go, but the uncle doesn't let anyone go. Without further ado, everyone is on their shoulders. With that, he pulled out a dagger from his waist and threw himself at Chen Wenqi. The other two also didn't say a word, drew their daggers and rushed over at the same time.

Suddenly encountered the encirclement of three big men, Yang Shanling was a little flustered. Although he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he was taught swordsmanship by his mother, and his fist and foot kung fu is not his specialty, and like Chen Wenqi, he has never fought with real swords and guns. It is not easy to protect three people who do not know martial arts (Yang Shanling thinks) with the strength of one person. In his busy schedule, he replaced the sword with a folding fan in his hand, and with a move of "Xianle Wind Drifting Everywhere", he covered the three daggers in the shadow of the "sword".

Chen Wenqi was thinking about how to subdue Ge Yiren and the others without showing "traces", and saw Yang Shanling's "sword" like the wind, and the "sword" was powerful, knowing that the other three could not take advantage, so he pulled Jing Xing and Zhu Rui to retreat to the side of the road and watch the fierce fight in the field.

Yang Shanling was one against three, and he didn't feel how hard it was, and his courage was stronger, and a folding fan sometimes slashed like a big knife, and sometimes stabbed like a long sword, beating Ge Yiren and the other three people almost powerlessly. Outside the field, Chen Wenqi saw him using "knife" and "sword" together, and felt that his moves were wonderful, and suddenly heard the sound of a small branch breaking from the bushes not far away. Chen Wenqi didn't know whether he was friend or foe, leaned over and picked up a stone, and secretly watched on guard.

At this time, the situation in the field changed. It turned out that although Yang Shanling's moves were exquisite, he lacked actual combat experience. In a hurry, he made a move with the other party, but he didn't know what to do with the other party, whether it was to kill, to injure, or to capture? Therefore, I am afraid that I will not be able to block the opponent's three daggers and attack at the same time and hurt myself, but I am also afraid that I will not be able to control the proportions and accidentally hurt the other party. Although the other three are not high in martial arts, they are gangsters and experienced people. After fighting for a while, I knew Yang Shanling's thoughts. So he let go of his courage and picked up a dagger to attack, forcing Yang Shanling to be left and right, and he was in danger.

Chen Wenqi knew that if he didn't make a move, Yang Shanling would probably be injured under the dagger. But he was afraid that the person in the dark was a friend or foe, and he was afraid that he would sneak attack. With a turn of thought, he used his full strength to pop the stone in his hand above the man's head, and at the same time, his hands shook wildly, his body clumsily stumbled towards the field, and he shouted: "Don't fight, don't fight, if you fight again, you will die." ”

It worked wonders. The person who was hidden in the bushes suddenly felt the breeze blowing in his face and the sound of breaking the sky overhead, and he was suddenly shocked, he never thought that in addition to himself, there were hidden people nearby, and judging from the strength of the secret weapon he sent, this person had deep internal strength, and he was only afraid that he would not be able to look at his back. He looked around, found nothing suspicious, secretly thinking that this man had found his hiding place, but he did not know anything about him, it seemed that this place could not stay for long, thirty-six strategies, and it was the best policy to go, so he slipped away quietly.

Ge Yiren and the others have just reversed the decline and are besieging Yang Shanling with all their might. Chen Wenqi stumbled in front of him, Ge Yiren couldn't help but be overjoyed, "There is a way in heaven that you don't go, and there is no way to break in from hell", the uncle will take you down, don't worry about Yang Shanling not bowing down and arresting. He hated Chen Wenqi very much, and didn't want Chen Wenqi to be too "comfortable", thinking about poking a few holes in Chen Wenqi's body first, making him suffer a little, and it was not too late to arrest him. So, the dagger in his right hand changed his trick halfway and stabbed Chen Wenqi's right shoulder cheek.

Chen Wenqi pretended to be at a loss, exclaimed in his mouth, made a gesture with his left hand to grab the dagger, and pointed at the Fengchi point on Ge Yiren's chest with his right hand, preparing to defeat the enemy with one move.

Seeing Chen Wenqi grabbing the dagger empty-handed, he was worried that he would be scratched, so in a hurry, he used a knife trick with a folding fan in his hand and slashed Ge Yiren's wrist, forcing Ge Yiren to withdraw his move, relieving Chen Wenqi's danger. But in this way, the empty door behind him was wide open, and the two daggers of Ge Yiren's accomplices drew two cold rays of light in the dim night, stabbing at the Xinyu acupoint and the lifegate acupoint behind Yang Shanling.

Chen Wenqi was blocked by Yang Shanling, and the whip was beyond his reach. In his busy schedule, he grabbed Yang Shanling with his left hand, spun it to the side, and with a palm of his right hand, he knocked the two daggers away. The edge of the dagger slashed the back of Chen Wenqi's hand, leaving two blood marks.

When it comes to martial arts, Chen Wenqi and those two people are very different. But first, Yang Shanling was separated in the middle, shackling his hands and feet; second, he was facing the enemy for the first time and had no experience; and more importantly, he was worried that Yang Shanling would be injured, so he instinctively separated his hands in a hurry, completely forgetting his martial arts moves. This is also the price of gaining knowledge and experience.

Yang Shanling saw that Chen Wenqi was injured, and became more and more convinced that he could not do martial arts. As long as the daggers of the three of them beckoned to Chen Wenqi, they rushed over to resist with their bodies, completely ignoring their own life and death. Chen Wenqi was both moved and angry. What moved him was that Yang Shanling met him in Pingshui, and did not hesitate to defend himself with his flesh and blood at a critical moment; what was angry was that he blocked him with his body like forgetting his life, as if he had tied his hands and feet, so that he could not deal with the siege of the three.

Seeing that the three daggers stabbed from the front, left and right directions at the same time, Chen Wenqi lightly pressed Yang Shanling's shoulders, and the whole person rose into the air, and kicked the front door of Ge Yiren and the other three people with his feet in a row, forcing them to retreat, and then hugged Yang Shanling, kicked his legs, and went out of the circle.

Coldly being held in Chen Wenqi's arms, Yang Shanling's heart was hit by a deer, and his cheeks were feverish, but fortunately, the cover of the night did not let others see his shame.

Chen Wenqi went out of the circle, put Yang Shanling beside Jing Xing, told Jing Xing to "watch him", and stood in the place just now. This series of movements was extremely fast, and the three strongmen only felt that there was light and darkness in front of them, and Chen Wenqi didn't seem to have moved in place, but Yang Shanling was missing beside him.

The three of them knew that Chen Wenqi was not the weak scholar they imagined, so they didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, and the two strong men leaned over and picked up the dagger, and together with Ge Yiren, surrounded Chen Wenqi in the core, and kept wandering around him. The three sharp daggers formed a rotating circle of light in the night, flying in front and behind Chen Wenqi.

Chen Wenqi stood in the middle of the circle with his hands in his hands, calm and relaxed, and it was not difficult to tear this circle apart. But he didn't want to hurt people, let alone take people's lives, he was waiting for the right time.

At this point, the rotating aperture stops abruptly and shrinks at a very rapid rate...... Shrink...... , about to strangle Chen Wenqi's body.

Chen Wenqi seemed unaware.

"Brother Chen, be careful——。 When Yang Shanling saw this formation, he thought that Chen Wenqi had been stunned, and he exclaimed again, wanting to rush towards the aperture, but was firmly pulled by Jing Xing.

Seeing that the aperture was about to close, he heard Chen Wenqi let out a long howl, rose up, crossed the heads of the three people, and landed outside the circle. Taking advantage of the stunned three people, they struck three palms in a row, and the field returned to calm.

"Okay——。 Jing Xing and Zhu Rui cheered in unison.

Yang Shanling, who was hazy with tears, was overjoyed when he saw Chen Wenqi defeat the enemy with one move, and his cheeks with tears immediately smiled like flowers. Although he and Chen Wenqi only met in Pingshui and got along for only a short time, the true feelings of the two of them who depended on each other and sacrificed their lives to protect each other in the fight just now made Yang Shanling have a kind of friendship with Chen Wenqi and even seemed to have a kind of blood and blood affection for Chen Wenqi. At this time, when he saw Yiren standing beside him, he grabbed his injured left hand, tore off the placket of his clothes, and bandaged him while blaming himself:

"It's me who dragged Brother Chen down. If I knew that Brother Chen had such skills, I wouldn't have caused trouble. ”

Chen Wenqi, who practiced martial arts, didn't take this little injury seriously at all, Yang Shanling's expression of concern brought up the scene of him not hesitating to use his body to cover the sword for himself just now. At this time, seeing that he blamed himself, he said sincerely:

"Brother Yang sacrificed his life to protect me, this friendship Chen will never forget, why drag it down?"

"It's just...... It's just that Brother Chen was injured ......".

Seeing that Yang Shanling couldn't let go, Chen Wenqi hurriedly intercepted and comforted him: "It's just an extracutaneous injury, and it will be fine in two days." For those who practice martial arts, learning to be beaten is also a skill, and when I practice martial arts, I often get injured. Don't believe you ask Jingxing. ”

Jing Xing nodded again and again, and Yang Shanling burst into tears and laughed, and said mischievously:

"Brother Chen is so bad, he has martial arts and doesn't tell others, which hurts others...... Family....... ”

Yang Shanling's hands to bandage the wound were soft and dexterous, and his body exuded a faint fragrance, which made Chen Wenqi intoxicated and a little confused: How can this benevolent brother look like a woman? When he heard Yang Shanling complain, he also felt sorry for him, and hurriedly said:

"It's really negligence, and it's not okay to compensate Brother Yang below. ”

"Not only to apologize, but also to be punished. After the thrill, Yang Shanling was relaxed. After the test of life and death, the two people no longer seem to be passers-by who meet in Pingshui, but like like-minded old friends, so there is a lot less politeness in their speech.

Chen Wenqi knew that he deliberately joked in order to hide his embarrassment just now, so he followed his words and said:

"What's the punishment?"

"Your martial arts are so high, punish you to be my younger brother, so that you can protect me. With that, his face turned red. Fortunately, the night was so dark that no one saw it.

Chen Wenqi was stunned, it turned out that he wanted to marry Jin Lan with me?

Chen Wenqi smiled dumbly, and immediately remembered the famous saying of the Dongpo monk: "If you don't believe it, the saint will not be with you; Now the two sides have met for less than half a day, and no one even knows each other's names, let alone bowing, even if they speak, they can't talk deeply.

Just as he was about to refuse politely, he looked up at Yang Shanling, his cheeks were crimson at this time, and he had an embarrassing expression of wanting to hide underground, Chen Wenqi's heart suddenly softened, and the word "no" that had reached his mouth could no longer be said.

After thinking about it, Yang Shanling explained Ge Yiren in the restaurant, and just now he did not hesitate to use his flesh and blood to cover his sword in the fierce battle, and he hated to replace him when he was injured...... All kinds of phenomena show that he should be a gentleman, and he has a good impression of him (but it is a pity that he is a little less masculine), and he feels like he is old at first sight, and it is a pleasure to make friends with him.

After thinking about it, he had already agreed in his heart, and in order to ease Yang Shanling's emotions, he deliberately said:

"I'm afraid this won't be ......"

When Yang Shanling heard this, he was immediately ashamed, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "It's reckless, please don't mind Brother Chen." ”

Chen Wenqi smiled "hehe", and then said: "How can there be a reason for an elder brother to be protected by a younger brother......? I can't ask for it. ”

Yang Shanling already regretted that he shouldn't have taken the liberty to propose a union, but when he heard Chen Wenqi ridicule him like this, he was immediately relieved, and hurriedly took Chen Wenqi's words:

"It doesn't matter who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother, as long as you are worthy of your moral conscience. ”

Yang Shanling knew what Chen Wenqi was thinking. If he changed himself, he would not make friends with an unknown person, so he specially hinted to Chen Wenqi that the relationship between the two would never make him violate his moral conscience.

Chen Wenqi is such a smart person, doesn't he know Yang Shanling's hints and promises?

"May I ask Brother Yang Guigeng?"

"Under the year seventeen. ”

"Hehe, this brother is my decision, and I will be nineteen years old this year. ”

When Jingxing and Zhu Rui saw that the two sons were going to bow to each other, they cheered, and hurriedly made the soil into incense, serving them to swear to the heavens, and marry Jin Lan.

After the bow, Chen Wenqi said to Yang Shanling:

"Brother Xian, the right arm of these strongmen has been dislocated by the lower palm, and they can't move, if it takes too long, it will inevitably hurt their bodies. How do you see it?"

"At 'Cyclamen', I saw that he was nothing more than a thief who pickpocketed in the dark. Although his actions are hateful, but stealing things in secret shows that he still has the idea of fearing the king's law and knowing the shame of honesty, so I persuaded everyone to let him go. Who would have thought that not only did he not repent, but instead gathered his accomplices, and insisted on the money of the map and hurt people's lives with open fire, which is the behavior of a robber. If you don't send them to the government for questioning and going to prison, you will definitely harm the people. What do you think, big brother?"

"What the virtuous brother said is exactly what I want. In this way, he asked the virtuous brother to lead the way and send this group of strongmen to the official office. ”

Yang Shanling pondered for a moment and said, "In this Wuchang City, there are a lot of 'official offices'. There are the Yamen of the Political Envoy of Huguangbu, the Yamen of Wuchang Mansion, and the Yamen of Jiangxia County. Entering the city from here, the nearest is the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, and the farthest is the Yamen of Jiangxia County. These days, the political envoys are busy with the affairs of Qiuqiu, why don't you send them to Wuchang Mansion?"

"Just Brother Yixian. ”

"In that case, I'll wait here for a while, let Zhu Rui take you to the investment store first, and then ......"

"This can't be done," before Yang Shanling could finish speaking, Chen Wenqi interrupted him and said, "In case these people still have accomplices to pick up, and you can't handle it alone, the foolish brother must be escorted in person." ”

In this way, the eldest brother is going back again. ”

"It's okay, it's a few miles away, and it won't take long. ”

“......”

"Brother Xian, what are you thinking?" Chen Wenqi couldn't help but ask when he saw that Yang Shanling was about to speak and stopped.

Yang Shanling smiled and said, "The eldest brother wants to escort him personally, but he has to promise the younger brother one thing." ”

"What's the matter? ”

"Although the road to Wuchang Mansion is not very far, I am afraid that the city gate has already been closed. Even if the city gate was opened, the hotel was still unfilled. The younger brother's home is near Wuchang Mansion, and the house is quite spacious, if the eldest brother insists on escorting him personally, how about he go to the younger brother's house for a temporary stay?"

Seeing that Chen Wenqi was hesitant, Yang Shanling continued:

"Since you and I are brothers, it is natural for the eldest brother to help the younger brother when he has something. If the eldest brother insists on refusal, the younger brother has no choice but to take the risk of escorting them alone. ”

"In that case, the foolish brother bothered. Chen Wenqi couldn't bear to brush off his kindness, and it was unknown whether he could find the inn, so he nodded and agreed.

When Yang Shanling saw him agree, he pursed his lips and smiled, and said in a low voice: "It's about the same." ”

Chen Wenqi turned around and walked in front of Ge Yiren, and said in a deep voice:

"You unrepentant traitors, Chen should have done the right thing for heaven and eliminated harm for the people. However, the law of the country is clear, and Chen is not allowed to use lynching, so he escorted you to the Wuchang Mansion and waited for the prefect's fate. You and others have been removed by Chen with an exclusive method to remove the shoulder joint, if not connected in time, it is bound to be disabled. If someone is lucky enough to escape halfway, Chen will never stop him. ”

Ge Yi people waited so far to admit it, where did they still have the idea of escaping? They all supported their hanging right arms with their left hands, and followed Chen Wenqi and them towards the Wuchang Mansion.