The ban on martial arts was implemented with the support of Emperor Li Xian, the first assistant and Wang Mingyang, and the results were remarkable for half a year, at least on the streets of Tai'an, Donghai and other places, no one was seen carrying soldiers into the city.

All localities in Qiyuan have included this item in the performance appraisal criteria, and officials at all levels have spared no effort in implementing it.

However, the emperor is far away, and there are still many corners of Tai'an City that are difficult to reach.

Mu Sanqian and his party walked through the mountains and forests for three days, and they were about to leave the dense forest and reach the Huzhou Lingyin Realm.

The trees are thinning, and the winding paths are becoming clearer.

The team of six hundred people walked in a snake, Mu Sanqian and Mu Guiyun were at the front, the two had been familiar with each other for more than ten days, and they were no longer as tense and wary of each other as they were at the beginning.

At noon, the sun was shining, and the moisture in his body was expelled away, and Mu Sanqian stretched several lazy waists in a row and shouted comfortably.

"General Mu, look over there. ”

Far away from the line, when Mu Sanqian yawned on his back, he noticed that there was green smoke in front of him, and he could see it very clearly under the warm sun and clear sky.

"There seems to be someone lighting a fire ahead, but we haven't walked out of the forest yet, don't be a mountain bandit here, it's better to send two waiters to take a look, be careful that the ship is not ten thousand years old." ”

In fact, Mu Sanqian sensed that there were three people present in front of him just by relying on the qi machine, and one of them seemed to be a master. There is a pair of servants among the six hundred light horsemen, all of whom are experts in tracking and reconnaissance, and more importantly, they do not have such a majestic and majestic qi machine as Mu Sanqian, so it is naturally not easy to be discovered.

"Well, just do as the herald says. ”

Knowing that the other side can take the initiative, Mu Guiyun is an old fritter in the battlefield battle, and he also thinks that what Mu Sanqian said is reasonable, so he asked people to send an order to stop the whole team, and sent a pair to serve the current past.

It didn't take long for the waiter who went to investigate to bring back the news.

He said that he saw two people dressed in government clothes roasting a hare in the forest, and a young man dressed in ordinary clothes, tied to a tree, looking like he was injured.

"Oh, and that happens?"

Mu Sanqian became interested as soon as he heard this, and the two people in the government tied a young man to a tree, which was worth exploring.

"Herald curiosity?"

Although Mu Guiyun is in the army, he has to deal with the resident parents and officials when he is transferred in various places, and he has seen a lot of pickled things, and Mu Guiyun's first reaction is to set up a private court, and the young man who was tied up didn't know how to offend the yamen officials.

"From the border of Guangling, I entered this uninhabited dense forest, and I walked for five or six days before I easily met a living person, so I should go and see it. Would you like to come with me to see what is going on?"

"Of course. ”

So the rest of the men stopped where they were to rest, and Mu Sanqian and Mu Guiyun, together with the three people in red who were accused of being personal guards, continued to move forward and approached the young man who was tied up.

The dry wood was burning in flames, and the saliva in the mouths of the two hidden officials stared at the hare that was gradually turning golden.

"This errand, except for being able to make some game to satisfy his cravings, is really not for people! Wang Zhong, that kid is fine, don't die here with his head drooping. ”

The two people guarding the bonfire and roasting rabbit meat are Lingyin's officials, and the one who spoke is called Jiang De, he has only entered the yamen for a short time, and they are all following the other one named Wang Zhong.

"No, this kid is hard!"

Wang Zhong didn't even look over there, but only looked at the hare in his hand that was about to be roasted.

"I only feed him once a day, and just give him two sips of water. Doesn't he want to be a hero, what kind of hero is he called if he doesn't suffer a little?"

"The boss really asked us to tie him up for seven days? If he can't survive and die here, will he be able to explain himself?"

Jiang De had only heard that they were going to take turns guarding a prisoner, but he didn't know exactly what the young man who seemed to be dying had committed.

"It's okay, even if he dies here, he can only blame him for bad luck. ”

The hare meat was finally roasted, Wang Zhong took it and put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and a fresh fragrance went straight to his nostrils. He tore it in half and handed it to Jiang De.

"You don't know why he's tied up here. ”

"I don't know, where do I have you well-informed. ”

Jiang De shook his head and said he didn't know.

"He's not a local. ”

Wang Zhong took a big bite of rabbit meat in his mouth, and said vaguely while chewing.

"You've heard about the ban on martial arts, right?"

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor issued an edict that it is forbidden to bring soldiers and armor into the city in Tai'an, Donghai, Hainan Zhao and other places. But what does that have to do with him?"

"Originally, it didn't matter, but when our Lingyin county lord Zhang Bang announced the ban on martial arts, he added an article, except for the operator, each household must register its own iron utensils and pay two taels of iron tax. As soon as they heard that they had to pay taxes, some people were not happy, and they actually gathered people to make trouble in the yamen, and they were arrested by the adults and put them in prison. ”

"There's nothing wrong with him here?"

Jiang De was confused, he had heard of someone making trouble a few days ago, but he didn't hear anything to do with the young people over there.

"Don't worry, I haven't said it's coming. The young man came from out of town, and he claimed to be a swordsman, named Yang Shan Zhe. When he heard about this, he said that he would stand up for those who had been arrested. I don't know what he said to Lord Fucheng, but the adults actually released all the people who were locked up, and in exchange, they said that they would tie the young man in the forest for seven days, and if he could survive, the matter would be written off. It's the fourth day. ”

"Tied up for four days with barely eating or drinking?"

After listening to Wang Zhong's words, Jiang De was taken aback.

"Not really. He also has a sword that is shining with cold light, and now it is in the perfunctory place of Lingyin. But I figured that even if he survived, he wouldn't get that sword back. ”

"That's right, once the ban on martial arts is issued, except for those like us who wear bad clothes, private swords and swords are all a crime. ”

After eating rabbit meat, the two chatted for a while to pass the time, and waited for the people from the yamen to take over the shift and change the guard.

It was earlier than the previous day, and the people who came to guard the guard arrived early.

"You're new too, just you?"

Wang Zhong looked at the faces of the people who came, as if he had never seen them before. However, the people who came were also wearing poor clothes, so Wang Zhong didn't think much about it.

"Newly transferred, I'm the only one in the afternoon, don't worry, there will be no mistakes. ”

He was replaced by a thin, middle-aged man with a goatee on his chin and a shrewd look. As if to prove his identity, he also deliberately showed a sign tied around his waist.

In this case, Wang Zhong and Jiang De didn't want to stay longer, so they packed up their things and left.

The middle-aged man watched Wang Zhong and Jiang De disappear without a trace, and then slowly walked in front of the young man who was tied up.

"Your life is really hard, you can't die for four days without eating or drinking. But you're blocking the way of your wealth, so don't blame me for being ruthless. You must die. ”

Goatee walked up to the young man and whispered, pulling out the sheath of the sheath and placing it on the young man's neck.