On the other side, after Meng Ran and his party left the town, Geng Huyuan opened his mouth and reminded: "Old Song, hurry up, I have some bad premonitions." ”

The coachman, Lao Song, didn't say much, and as soon as he flicked the whip, the carriage sped up a few points.

Meng Ran in the carriage was a little puzzled and asked, "Uncle Geng, isn't this matter over?"

Geng Huyuan smiled, "How can it be so simple." Obviously, those two lives are counted on our heads, and someone will definitely retaliate, but I don't know if it will be sooner or later. ”

Meng Ran frowned, "Then why did you still have a relationship with the snake there just now?"

"If it weren't for the fact that we were wronged, we would have fallen into their hands, and if they hadn't been afraid of the prestige of your future father-in-law, Lord Zhang, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to get out of that inn. ”

"Ah, is it so serious? Please Uncle Geng teach me. ”

"Of course there is, there are two official words, and they have the final say on whether it is black or white. At that time, in that inn, if we had to slander the two of us for intentional murder, we wouldn't be able to escape. Once we rise up and resist, it is very likely that we will be killed on the spot, and then they will not only not be punished, but will also be rewarded. ”

"It's... Is the outside world so chaotic?"

Meng Ran couldn't accept such a dark reality, he was just a fledgling who had just left Lin'an City, and he had not yet learned to fly, so he was forced to learn to hunt, he was very unaccustomed to it, and he didn't like it.

"Isn't there anyone who cares?"

"Who cares?" Geng Huyuan asked rhetorically, "Officials protect each other, do you think it's just lip service?"

"But my father ......" Meng Ran didn't continue, because he knew that Meng Hao was not in the same group as others, so he ended up like that.

Geng Huyuan felt Meng Ran's loss, and comforted softly: "Being a man, knowing current affairs is one thing, but you also have to rely on your conscience. The old man has always been a good official during his lifetime, this is something that all Lin'an knows......"

Before Geng Huyuan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Meng Ran, "Uncle Geng, I know what you mean. Being a man is not only about conscience, but also about protecting one's family, but if these two are difficult, how should you choose?"

"It's right to choose, because everyone has the right to choose, and they all have to bear the consequences of their choice. You can't do something reckless because of impulse, just care about the justice in your heart. ”

"I see what you mean. ”

There was an awkward atmosphere inside and outside the carriage, and each elder and one young had their own ideas and principles. Geng Huyuan has read all the vicissitudes of life, experienced the warmth and coldness of the world, and knows that justice is not the only choice, and he can give up his principles and protect himself when necessary; Meng Ran is a newborn calf, who only recognizes the death theory in books, and voluntarily takes his father Meng Hao as an example, adheres to the principles in his heart, and is unwilling to give up his bottom line for the sake of temporary reluctance.

Neither of them is wrong, if there is anything wrong, it is the fault of this world, the way of this world.

After a long while, Meng Ran suddenly asked, "Uncle Geng, that Hu Lichang recognized us from the beginning, right?"

Geng Huyuan nodded, "I think so too, although he tries to pretend that he doesn't know us, I still notice something unusual. In that case, he must have something to do with the two Assassins, and if not related, he was an insider. ”

Meng Ran scolded angrily: "This dog thing is supposed to keep a township safe, but it is really damned to collude with thieves." ”

The first time he heard Meng Ran swearing, Geng Huyuan smiled loudly, "Young master, this world is like this, black is not necessarily black, white is not necessarily white, if you see more in the future, you will not be as angry as you are today." ”

Meng Ran was speechless.

Lao Song, who had been driving, suddenly asked, "Xiao Geng, why did I get up so late? Could it be that there was sweat medicine in last night's meal? Besides, what happened to the assassins? Why didn't I hear any movement at all? What happened to the two lives? Did you kill someone?"

A series of questions made Meng Ran and Geng Huyuan laugh, and Lao Song looked confused.

"Uncle Geng, just tell Uncle Song to save him a headache. Meng Ran said in the carriage.

"Okay. Geng Huyuan pinched the horse's belly, hurried a few steps, and said slowly when his body was parallel to the chariot: "Old Song, I felt something was wrong last night, and after you slept, I went out of the house and ambushed in the corridor. Unexpectedly, a thief climbed up to the second floor from outside the inn, pried open the window and entered the young master's house......"

"Huh, the young master isn't hurt, is he?"

"No, it's not good. It was Meng Ran who answered, he lifted the curtain, sat next to Lao Song, and said: "I couldn't sleep at the time, I was lying on the bed all the time, and when I heard a strange noise outside, I began to pretend to be asleep. The man walked towards the bed with a knife, and when he slashed me, I kicked me over, and then Uncle Geng broke down the door and fought with the thief a few times, and then the thief jumped out of the window and fled. ”

"Then what's wrong with me?" Old Song looked puzzled.

Geng Huyuan smiled, "You should have been stunned by someone's **, after the thief jumped out of the window, I went to see you and found that you were sleeping very deeply, so I didn't wake you up." ”

"What's the matter with those two lives?"

Geng Huyuan told the assassin incident in the morning again, and when there was a omission, Meng Ran added it, and the three of them talked and laughed.

The carriage traveled for a while, and slowly entered the road between the mountains and forests, and the trees on both sides of the post road stood tall and many unknown flowers bloomed on the ground. The forest is shady, deep and quiet, with many birds chirping and hares jumping among the trees, showing a scene of great life.

Meng Ran looked at the scenery on both sides of the road with great interest, and was very happy, the previous assassination incident had been forgotten by him.

When the carriage gradually went deeper into the mountains and forests, the sounds of birds around him gradually became scarce, Geng Huyuan glanced at Meng Ran, and Meng Ran also sat back in the carriage, and pulled out a long knife with a sheath from the dark box on the inner wall of the carriage, and he held the handle tightly with his right hand.

At this moment, seven or eight big men suddenly appeared in front of the carriage, and the first one was a man holding a big axe, and asked with a murderous face: "Is it the carriage of the Lin'an Meng family?"

Meng Ran and none of them answered.

At this time, one of the people stood up, pointed at Geng Huyuan and shouted: "Big brother, it's them, I know the one who rode the horse." ”

The leader smiled coldly, "Entrusted by someone, our brothers from Tiger Mountain will send you on your way." If you kneel and beg for mercy, I will give you a good time, and if you dare to resist, I will chop you up with a knife and feed you to the wolves. ”

Geng Huyuan, who was riding on the horse, didn't say much, but just said, "Young master, be careful." ”

Immediately, he drove his horse to gallop, and in only one round, he knocked over two bandits, but the horse's leg was also broken by the thief leader. There was a neigh, and the Northland horse flipped forward along with Geng Guardian.

Thanks to Geng's amazing riding skills, when he was about to fall, he turned over and dismounted, but the good horse could not be spared, and fell headlong on the side of the road, whimpering in a low voice.

At this time, the remaining bandits roared angrily and divided into two teams to commit suicide.

After Meng Ran got out of the carriage, he slowly drew his long knife and killed the thief.

Geng Huyuan is one against four, although it is an impermeable dance of a long knife, but his body is quickly colored.

Meng Ran was one against two in front of the carriage, although his sword skills were learned from famous masters, he had almost no actual combat experience, and soon he was in danger, and some of them couldn't resist.

When the situation was extremely critical, Lao Song picked up the scabbard that Meng Ran casually discarded and met the enemy. The result speaks for itself, he was slashed to the ground by a thief. Taking this opportunity, Meng Ran swung his knife and slashed a bandit, and then took advantage of the hatred to dance the tiger with a single knife in his hand.

He swung his knife again and again, slashing horizontally and vertically according to Fang Xingjiao's eight-style knife technique. After a while, he actually cut down the two thieves to the ground.

Although Geng Huyuan over there cut down a bandit, he was also slashed several times on his body, and blood was spilled all over his body.

Meng Ran wanted to rush forward to help, but he couldn't do it, so he had to find another way. With an idea, he slashed the wheels of the carriage and the reins of the horse, and then leaped into his stomach and lay down on the horse's back.

He was so cruel in his heart that the back of the knife slammed heavily on the horse's buttocks, and the horse galloped wildly after suffering pain.

"Uncle Geng, be careful!"

Geng Huyuan jumped sideways, dodging the galloping horses, but the three bandits were not so lucky, two of them were directly knocked over by the horses and fell to the ground, and only the bandit leader suffered a slight injury.

After the horse ran away, it was stopped by Meng Ran.

Turning the horse's head, Meng Ran returned to Geng's side.

After dismounting, he smiled reluctantly at Geng Huyuan, "Uncle Geng, can you still wield a knife? Let's kill this bastard together." ”

Geng Huyuan nodded, and walked forward with a single knife.

Meng Ran dragged the knife and left.

The bandit is also bold, and does not retreat but advances. dragged the big axe and ran in small steps, after running forward five or six steps, he froze on the spot, and waved the big axe with both hands in the air and slashed directly to the top of Geng Huyuan's head, Geng Huyuan dodged, and the big axe smashed on the ground, only to hear the sound of 'boom', if it fell on people, I was afraid that it would become a mess of meat paste.

Geng Huyuan stabbed backhanded, injuring the waist of the thief's head. At this time, Meng Ran also killed, he slashed down with a knife, directly on the shoulder of the thief, and the blade was stuck in the crack of the bone.

In an instant, the blood flowed like a pour, and a faint blood mist sprayed on Meng Ran's face.

Hearing the sound of 'dang chang', the thief put down the weapon in his hand, and choked Meng Ran's neck with his free hand, and used his free hand to force it hard.

Meng Ran was pinched and couldn't breathe, so he had to kick his legs desperately, struggling with all his strength to feed, but to no avail.

Geng Huyuan raised his knife and fell, and the head of the thief was directly cut off, and the gushing blood splashed the two of them on their faces.

The thief's head fell to the ground with a bang, and Meng Ran's knife also sank with his body.

Meng Ran on the side couldn't hold on any longer, fainted all of a sudden, and fell straight to the ground.

After suffering several wounds, Geng Huyuan hastily bandaged himself, and after using all his strength to rearrange the carriage, he moved the body of Lao Song and Meng Ran, who had fainted, into the car, and then waved the whip, and the carriage moved slowly.

I don't know how long later, Geng Huyuan also fainted on the wheel, and the carriage did not stop, but just walked along the post road.