The afterglow of the setting sun is reflected in the river, and the ripples are glowing with gold, illuminating people's eyes full of brilliance.

The river is not wide, the current is soothing, and the banks of the river are overgrown with weeds one person high, although luxuriant, it gives people a sense of desolation and desolation.

On the official road shaded by trees, the trees on both sides looked dark in the setting sun, and more than 300 sturdy horsemen rode horses, black robes, black armor and black cloaks, and even the silver helmets were black, their faces were blurred, and a puff of smoke and dust was set off.

The man at the head suddenly raised his arm high, and the whole horse team suddenly slowed down, smooth and natural, without any sluggishness.

Yang Xiongji, who was riding a bull, was a little puzzled: "Second brother, what's wrong?"

Liu Tugou chuckled: "Of course your cow is fine, the brothers' mounts should all drink saliva." ”

He looked at the slope of the official road that extended to the riverbank, and there were a few white sheep scattered on the slope and the bank, which were leisurely eating grass and drinking, but at this moment he was startled by the cavalry, and raised his head uneasily.

A twelve- or thirteen-year-old half-grown man held a small whip, his clothes were shabby, his face was dirty, and he stared at a pair of eyes that were still bright, and his eyes were a little wary and wary, but there was not much fear.

At this time, the black crow guard hurried south, almost out of Jizhou, and what he saw along the way gradually lost the beacon fire killing breath in the north, which made these men who had gone through the ghost gate a little uncomfortable.

Liu Tugou grinned and asked, "Hey, how far is it from the nearest post station?"

The boy who herded the sheep hesitated for a moment, and finally replied honestly: "My village is in the east, and it has to be more than ten miles away from here. ”

As he spoke, his eyes looked at the side of the leading officer, and he was very curious about the little Taoist boy who was a few years old but looked old.

Yang Xiongji was amused, glared at this kid and said, "Let your mother's fart, let a sheep run out of more than ten miles?"

Liu Tugou also shook his head with a smile, thinking that this kid was a little cunning, quite like the Lanling dog butcher that day.

Originally, he was only attracted by the ordinary and comfortable life of this shepherd boy in the countryside, and he was only ordinary in the past, but now he has some inspiration, and feels that this is also a rare scene in the red dust, so he stopped to take a look, asked casually, and did not really want to get the answer.

The setting of a state post station, especially the border state post station, is extremely tight, the distance between them is about the same, and how far there is only need to estimate the foot distance to roughly infer that although the hour is late today, you can always catch up with the accommodation.

Seeing that the young officer who led the troops no longer paid attention to himself, the boy who was herding the sheep hurriedly gathered the flock, and soon ran away like a burning ass.

There are twice as many horses in the horse team as there are people, Liu Tugou gave an order, and some people took turns to drive the horses to the river to drink horses, and people drank horses neighing, with a different kind of hustle and bustle.

More than a month has passed since the thrilling Jinchengguan cavalry battle, more than 300 black crows are not in a hurry, stop and go, including Ren, Dong, Zhang Sanqi, the vast majority of them have accepted the flower award, and they have really been included in the system of the old department of Xuetang, and they are no longer separated from each other.

It is worth mentioning that his knife species is dormant in the dantian qi sea, and the imprint is to grasp the original root of Ah Wei's pregnancy and blood tang, supplemented by his own clear knife qi, which adds to the miraculous effect, and the skill is already a few points deep, and the surviving black crows have deep savings, and they all succeeded, and no one failed to die.

At this moment, although the black crow guard is seriously lacking, they are all veterans of a hundred battles, real elites, and masters of the Qi training realm abound, among which there are several hundred cavalry commanders and even commanders who are expected to be inspired, especially those who have really formed a group, and are no longer stragglers who do not agree with each other.

In Liu Tugou's mind, even if the black crow is pulled to fight with Jincheng's red armor and white falcon at this moment, he will never be left behind.

Liu Tugou squatted by the river, looking at the river in a daze, and a somewhat unfamiliar face was reflected in the water.

He touched the slight stubble that had just emerged from the corner of his mouth, and then suddenly remembered that he was also a young man who was still growing up rapidly, how old was it, fifteen or sixteen?

Liu Tugou was a little confused, a little happy, and turned around and said: "Brother Ren, you don't want to mention the matter of the Demon Gate, then the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains can always talk about it, right?"

Ren Xichou was standing behind Liu Tugou, and said with a smile when he heard this: "My lord has some speculation about the recruitment of the town prison marquis?"

"We all know what the edict is for, it's just a bite for the Son of Heaven, and it should be enough to have those ochre-clothed eagles and Tsing Yi dogs, but now they are suddenly conscripted into the army, and I am afraid that they will be killed. ”

Liu Tugou nodded and said: "Dealing with the temple gate valve, our little black crow is not of much use, and it is not as effective as the Beijing Division Forbidden Army, so we naturally think that the wicked have their own wicked grinding, so let us not very obedient devils go to the rivers and lakes to turn over the rivers and seas, and then take the things on Ah Wei's body into the bag." ”

Ah Wei, who was drinking water on the side, snorted, and said in a sullen voice: "It's not that the second master has a big heart, otherwise where would we go to be happy, and we have to go to this troubled water?"

Liu Tugou laughed, stood up suddenly, and stretched a big lazy waist very freely, but it made Ren Xichou and Ah Wei have the illusion of facing a lazy tiger.

"On that day on the top of the Jincheng Gate, the red-clothed warrior of the Inspiration Realm of the Grain Temple faintly exuded hostility towards me, I was still strange at the time, thinking that it was too ostentatious and covering the limelight of that person, but now I realize it later, but it also corroborates each other with the previous speculation. ”

Ren Xichou was born in the Demon Gate, and his perception of the Grain Temple was naturally not good, and he also smiled when he heard this: "Although the Grain God Temple is the main sacrifice of the Son of Heaven and the nameless Protector Sect, but the Shinto has always been feared and suppressed by the temple, and this time he was suppressed by the edict, so he naturally will not give the adults a good face." ”

Liu Tugou shook his head gently, it was not difficult to see from the Jincheng Guancheng Tower that day that the three people of the Grain God Temple and Cao Xianzhi, the Zhuyi military machine, were in a separate court, which showed that they were not completely in an embarrassing situation as rumored outside.

He didn't say this to Ren Xichou, but just smiled at the second grandmaster among the black crows: "Our black crows have a bad background, and no one has given an explanation for the exploits made in several bloody battles so far, and I don't know if the hand of the marquis of the town prison is arrogant?"

Ren Xichou smiled dumbly, then frowned slightly, rubbed his fingers against the drum surface of the human skin drum on his waist, and muttered: "Now that we belong to the Imperial Prison, I am afraid that the original merits will be in vain, a private army with the title of Wuhou, not to mention the military department, is the military aircraft of the Privy Council, who dares to overstep the line?"

Liu Tugou looked at Dong Dilang and Zhang Jinbei who were standing a little farther away, and said with a smile: "The future is uncertain this time, how can the two brothers give up their good family business willingly?"

Dong Dilang's face could no longer see the arrogance of the rampant and domineering in Shuofang City that day, and when he heard this, he pulled out the family heirloom jade cutting knife on his back, stroked the spine of the knife and sighed, both regretful and relieved: "My lord, it is true that the Dong family is one of the best families in Shuofang, but it is exchanged for generations of people's lives, and the pool is so big, the pattern is really limited, sooner or later, it will not be able to survive the flames of war and disappear in one day, and it will never become a hegemon like the Gongxi clan." The subordinates have never seen the soft customs of the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, how can they be willing to drink wind and eat sand in the north all their lives?"

Liu Tugou smiled slightly, noncommittal, Yang Xiongji's loud voice was already ringing: "This is hypocritical, not like a man! To put it bluntly, you are afraid of death, I don't think it's just you, I'm afraid that your entire Dong family is the same, and now that the war is raging, I'm afraid that I will push the boat down the river and take the second brother as a back road, not to mention that I can climb the big tree of the town prison marquis?"

Dong Dilang smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "Yang Ye is really to the point, not only me, but I'm afraid that Third Brother Zhang is the same, right?"

Zhang Jinbei, who was dragged into the water by Dong Dilang, nodded silently and did not speak.

This man is becoming more and more silent, and he is not keen on verbal greetings, it seems that all the children of the Great Banner Sect are like this. Northland men always hide their heroic blood under a simple and heavy temperament. Except, of course, a certain cunning veteran ruffian.

Liu Tugou nodded, he didn't mind this, they were all people who had a family and a business and had seen the world, how could they really sell their lives for no reason, and they still fell in love with the town prison marquis, right?

Ren Xichou observed his words and looked at his expression, and chuckled: "Adults don't have to be arrogant, if it weren't for the talents of adults and the amount of tolerance for people, we wouldn't dare to trust each other with our lives." Heroes have risen, but that's all. ”

Liu Tugou smiled and suddenly remembered the oath he had made.

He turned on his horse, his eyes as bright as the stars.

"This time to Jinghua, when you are short and long with the world's heroes!"

(Let's unfold it slowly, every time a new plot begins, there is a rush to get started.) ）