The town is called Gaolong Town, and it is a small town, and the streets are quiet, and there are not a single pedestrian. Fortunately, there is also a small shop called Rifle Inn. There was no business in the store, and the shopkeeper was frowning, and he was about to close, but suddenly five customers came, and they suddenly smiled, and hurriedly greeted the guys to open five upper rooms.

Cao Cao and the others were tired and hungry, so they gave some loose silver to the shopkeeper, and took the trouble to get some wine and food and send them to the room to eat. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the people circulated copper plates or five-baht coins, and those who could use the silver were either high-ranking officials or wealthy merchants. After receiving the silver, the shopkeeper naturally said yes again and again, and immediately complied.

The five of them gathered in Cao Cao's room to discuss.

"Senior brother, what happened to you in the old abbot's meditation room, we desperately escorted and saved the emperor, why were we treated as assassins?" Li Ru asked when he came up.

"Yes", Cao Hong also asked, "The strange thing is that not only against us, but even those Imperial Forest soldiers who accompanied the emperor were also killed." Who is that one-eyed dragon, regardless of whether it is indiscriminate, and when he enters the temple, he will kill anyone he sees. ”

"I heard from the old abbot that there is an assassin organization called 'Hongmen', which is specially used by Dong Zhuo, and in my opinion, eighty percent of these people are related to Dong Zhuo. It's a pity that the old abbot was poisoned by Dong Zhuo's undercover agent, and I don't know what happened to him now. Fortunately, the Emperor was rescued by a shadow man, who was as fast as lightning and extremely light. “

"The masked people in front and the one-eyed dragon and others in the back, which group of people are the 'Hongmen'?"

Oh, by the way, before the old abbot fainted, he told me to go to Songshan, but unfortunately he didn't finish speaking, he was looking for someone or something. But surely this matter has something to do with the Sword of the Son of Heaven. Cao Cao made a long story short, and briefly described the matter of the Sword of the Son of Heaven and the Golden Scroll.

Everyone was still about to ask questions, but there was a knock at the door. Li Ru held the hilt of the sword in his hand and asked who it was, and when he heard that it was the guy who delivered the wine and food, he opened the door carefully.

The guy smiled and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we don't have any good things in the countryside, these are some of our store's specialty dishes, home-brewed sake, please use them slowly." ”

The guy said while visiting the wine and food, and wanted to withdraw, Cao Cao said: "May I ask the second brother, our brother and sister want to visit relatives in Pei County, how should we go?"

"Back to the guest officer, out of this Gaolong Town to the east, there is a fork in front: east to Xingyang County, after Kaifeng is Pei County; southeast to Yingchuan County, through Xuchang, and then to the northeast can also reach Pei County. “

"Thank you little second brother, I still have a little broken silver here, bother the little second brother to buy five fast horses for my brother and sister, as foot strength, if there is any leftover, it will be used as the little second brother's hard work. “

"Thank you, officer, there is so much money there, tomorrow morning, the little one will prepare the horses, but we have no good horses in this small place. A few slow use, what is the matter although the greeting small. ”

The guy went out and closed the door with his backhand.

"Senior brother, what should we do next? Xingyang County or Yingchuan County?"

"Senior brother, so Qinghong Jian is in our house? This time I went back to my hometown to take refuge, just to ask my father clearly. “

"Senior brother, didn't the master say that he would let you go to Songshan?"

A few people, you and I, ask non-stop, but Cao Ren is silent, he doesn't like to talk very much, he just sits quietly.

Cao Cao was about to answer, when he suddenly heard a commotion from downstairs, as well as the shouting of a man. Several people held their swords alertly, Cao Cao shook his head, motioned for his disciples to stay still, and then pushed open the door alone to watch.

I saw two guys downstairs, pushing an old man out.

Cao Cao walked downstairs slowly, observing his words and expressions. It turned out that the old man was also a passerby, it was getting late, and he wanted to borrow an inn to find a corner to stay overnight, but he had no money on him, of course the guy refused, so he went out the door.

Looking at the old man's old appearance, Long Zhong seemed to be seventy or eighty years old, dressed in shabby coarse cloth clothes but quite clean, and did not look like a beggar. The old man's right foot seemed to be injured, and his steps were a little bumpy.

"Stop" Cao Cao hurriedly stopped the guy, "There is a way that 'when you have money and need to remember that you have no money, you will see a few people in trouble.'" 'Walking the rivers and lakes, no one will inevitably have bad luck, this old man is very old, and he was injured, how can he survive sleeping on the street late at night, his accommodation fee is on my head, please let him in. “

Someone paid for it, and what else did the guy say, and naturally dispersed. Cao Cao invited the old man upstairs to eat something together, and the old man thanked him a thousand times, and in view of his hungry grunt, he unceremoniously followed Cao Cao into the room.

After everyone was full of wine and food, Cao Cao asked the junior brother and the junior sister to go back to their rooms to rest, so that they could leave early tomorrow morning. The old man wanted to go downstairs and find a corner to squint for the night, but was stopped by Cao Cao: "The night is deep, so the old man will rest on this bed." In my opinion, the old man is not like a countryman, why did he end up here, and where do he plan to go?"

"Young man, you are such a good person. To tell you the truth, the old man is from the capital. Originally, I was working in Zheng Shangshu's house, but because I was old and there was no one in my hometown, I stayed in Zheng's house. Zheng Shangshu is a good official, but he just said a few fair words in the court, and he was sent by Dong Zhuo to destroy the whole family. “

"Uncle also knows 'Hongmen'?"

"The day before Zheng Shangshu was killed, there was a masked man who secretly came to remind the adults, and the old man overheard a few words, as if there were eight King Kongs in the 'Hongmen', known as the 'Four Handsome and Four Ugly', who did bad things for Dong Zhuo. It's just that the man came and went like the wind, like a shadow, and the old man's ears were not very good, so he heard a few words. ”

"Shadow, isn't he tall, lean?"

"It seems that the old man didn't see it clearly. I was so frightened that I fainted, and I picked up an old life. Zheng Shangshu's family died tragically, I woke up and went to report to the official, but was kicked out, Zheng Mansion was also sealed by the government, I had nowhere to go, so I planned to go back to Xuchang's hometown, but I didn't expect to walk here The money was spent, and I broke my foot, if it wasn't for the son to take it in, I was afraid that I would have to sleep on the streets. “

Cao Cao wanted to ask, but he heard the old man's snoring, and it was obvious that he had fallen asleep. Cao Cao smiled, gently covered the old man with a cool quilt, took another one and spread it on the ground, and lay down.

The next morning, after breakfast, the man had five horses ready.

Cao Cao told the old man that he happened to pass by Xuchang, so he could take the old man for a ride by the way. When the junior brother who went out to inquire about the news comes back, he can set off.

At this time, Li Ru and Cao Hong ran in panting, and said: "The big thing is not good, Dong Zhuo made a treacherous plan to force Lord Cao to death, the emperor has issued an order to raid Cao's mansion, and the 'Hongmen' has sent people to hunt us down." ”

The matter is urgent, the uncle's family has suffered such a great change, even if he rushes back to the capital at this time, it will not help, since the emperor has issued an order, then the next person to be arrested is likely to be the father of the hometown of Qian County. Thinking of this, Cao Cao hurriedly beckoned everyone to leave immediately.

"No one can leave. "A big man broke into the door of the store, tall and tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, waved his right arm, and punched the door of the store, the pillar immediately snapped, and with a bang, the whole small shop was shocked and almost collapsed. Behind the big man, there were more than a dozen helpers.

The old man pointed at the big man: "I know you, you led someone to kill Lord Zheng that night, and you were the one who led the way!"

"Oh, so there are still fish that slip through the net, old man, and count you out of luck today. But the uncle's target today is Cao Cao, oh, after making trouble for a long time, it turned out that he was going to catch a few hairy boys, and Master Lu was really making a big fuss. ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Cao Cao is here, if you want to arrest me, don't do the old man's business." Since you are the leader of the Hongmen, four handsome and four ugly, looking at your appearance, you are naturally one of the four ugly?"

"Yes, let your kid die and understand, the uncle is the 'Hercules' of the four ugly, give it to me, the head said, whether it is dead or alive, it will be counted as our meritorious service. ”

The killers rushed up, and Cao Cao protected the old man first. Cao Ren and the others caught up with the fight.

The five fowl sword sect members each learn a set of swordsmanship, each set of nine styles, although the heavy defense and light attack, but in the face of this group of killers, they can still deal with it.

Cao Ren resisted Hercules. In terms of appearance, the two are still somewhat similar, with the same height and strength. Cao Ren used the 'Xiong Zhen Shaking Mountain' nine styles to attack, and this set of swordsmanship was used by him, and it was also extremely fierce. Hercules was bare-handed, using his arms as weapons, probably having practiced hard kung fu such as iron cloth shirts, and Cao Ren's long sword slashed at his arms, and it was unexpectedly unharmed.

The other killers are a little worse, in terms of fighting alone, the martial arts are slightly inferior, but the strength lies in winning with more, a group of four or five people, and the step-by-step attack in turn, which shows that the 'Hongmen' killer is well-trained. However, Li Ru, Cao Hong and Mi Yue are back to back with each other's horns, and no matter which direction the killers attack from, they can support each other, and the two sides are basically in a balanced situation.

Although Cao Ren has a quiet personality and is not good at talking, he loves to use his brain, and he knows in his heart that this kind of scene can't be in love, and it is advisable to get rid of the killer's entanglement as soon as possible. So he used strong moves one after another, and the long sword was as fast as a sword, in order to force the enemy to retreat.

Hercules laughed: "Five fowl swordsmanship, but so, the uncle won't play with you, brothers, stick a knife." "This order is the code word of 'Hongmen', signaling to make a death move and ask for people's lives.

Hercules shouted violently, urging the internal force, his arms were rough in a circle, picking up the whirring wind, just Cao Ren stabbed with a sword, Hercules grabbed the sword body, the arm spiraled, and the long sword was wrapped around his arm like a vine, wrapped around the root of the sword, Hercules took advantage of the situation and punched, hitting Cao Ren's chest, Cao Ren staggered back, hit the counter, and the residual momentum was great, and the counter was knocked to pieces.

Cao Ren is physically strong, but there is no big problem. This time I bumped out of a person, it turned out to be the shopkeeper hiding behind the counter, the shopkeeper panicked, was falling to the Hercules, Hercules grabbed the shopkeeper's left arm, a scream, and tore it off, and the painful shopkeeper fainted on the spot.

"Brutes, indiscriminate killing of innocents. Cao manipulated his body and jumped, and the long sword in the air stabbed down diagonally, and the upper body of the strong man flashed, and there was a 'stab' sound, and his left leg was cut by the sword.

Cao Cao was inspired, and the long sword did not entangle with his arms, but instead focused on the next three ways. Hercules is clumsy, brute force cannot be used, and he is so anxious that he jumps like thunder.

Cao Ren asked the little junior sister to protect the old man and replace her, and the three of them joined forces, and the killers gradually fell behind, and after a while, they were beheaded four or five.

After fighting a small half-pillar of incense kung fu, the killers almost folded half. But Cao Cao fell behind at this time, and he didn't pay attention to it, and the long sword was trampled by the strong man with his foot, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out. Hercules took the opportunity to swing his iron arm and smashed it into Cao Cao's head.

If you get hit, you'll have to open the scoop. Not far away, Mi Yue could see clearly, she saw that the senior brother was at a loss, she panicked, threw the sword in her hand hard, and shouted: "Senior brother takes the sword." ”

In order to avoid the punch, Cao Cao had to abandon his sword and lean back to dodge. At this time, Mi Yue's sword arrived, and Cao Cao was in a hurry to use one of the styles in the 'Maha Prajna Sword Technique', holding the sword with both hands, taking advantage of the situation, and hitting the arm of the strong man.

Hercules confidently slammed his arm to the surprise of everyone, his arm, which was as solid as stone, was cut off by the blade of the sword.