The sudden decree of the imperial court disrupted Zhao Bufan's original plan, his original plan was to complete the transformation of the army first, and after the army was on the right track, he began to develop Juxianzhuang and try to make money as soon as possible, after all, funds and materials have always been a problem that plagued him, if there is no strong capital, any plan is empty talk. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But with the emperor's summons, these things had to be postponed temporarily, Zhao Bufan spent half a month, carefully and carefully assigned the affairs of the "Liangshan Army" to Lin Chong and Guan Sheng and other five commanders to act as agents, as for the other side of the army, it was taken over by Li Miao, who rushed to the North Wolf Village again, which is also the meaning of the holy decree.

In mid-May, he settled everything and set out for the south.

This time he didn't bring many idlers, only Hao Siwen, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng accompanied him, as for Zheyuezhi, whose injuries had greatly improved, she had to follow, she was an idle person, and she came to North Wolf Village for the purpose of playing, if Zhao Bufan was gone, where would she still be able to stay in North Wolf Village.

Zhao Bufan originally thought that it would be more dangerous to go south, and did not agree to go with Zhi Yuezhi, but after several persuasions, it was useless, in matters other than the army, Zhi Yuezhi was a tenacious woman, simple and persistent, shouting to protect him, even if he fought for red ears and red ears, he would not compromise, it really made Zhao Bufan angry, and he was not moved, and in the end he could only let her follow!

A group of five people traveled lightly, except for the gold, silver, soft and weapons, they only brought two sets of clothes for changing, and Zhao Bufan and Zheyuezhi didn't even bring the weapons they had in hand.

However, the speed of their southward journey was not too fast, and they just moved forward with ordinary steps, which was also Zhao Bufan's temporary arrangement. It is now the middle of May, less than three months before the agreed wedding date with Zhu Bocai, since he is always going to the capital, he thinks that it is better to do things together, and save the fatigue of running back and forth.

Moreover, there will inevitably be a lot of incidents when returning to Beijing this time, even if you hurry up, it will still be delayed for a long time in the end, and in the current situation, the capital is the most dangerous place, the longer you stay, the more unfavorable it is, so it is better to walk slowly, although you may encounter various dangers on the road, but at least it is much safer than the capital.

As for why not directly postpone the departure time from the North Wolf Village, it is to avoid false accusations, if you hide in the North Wolf Village and do not move for a long time, then there is a suspicion of disobedience to the Holy Decree, but how long will you walk on the road after getting up, it is not certain, anyway, the Holy Decree does not stipulate the time of arrival, and the excuse is not difficult to find.

All the way upstream, walking and stopping, it was a full seven days before Zhao Bufan took Zheyuezhi and others to arrive at the Yongjing Army territory. This Yongjing Army is located in the south of Hejian Province, north of Daimyofu and Dezhou, and is the transportation hub of Hebei East Road, which is very prosperous.

In the afternoon of this day, they passed through Anling Town and followed a small caravan of seven or eight people to Wuqiao.

Because of the prosperity, the official road is not deserted, every time you walk on a section, you can always meet pedestrians or traders who are in a hurry, it is really a bit of a peaceful and prosperous taste, maybe it is to see more of the deserted and desolate border passes, walking on such an official road, Zhao Bufan really feels in a good mood, as if he has completely unloaded the heavy word of general, on the way with the small caravan, he talked with these merchants very happily, chatting all over the world.

The only thing that makes people more unbearable is the blazing sun, the weather in May can be very scorching, walking on the empty official road, the sweat has not stopped, and the horses under the crotch are also very difficult, from time to time they will snort, obviously do not like to rush in this weather.

"Zhao Gongzi, our donkey is too tired to walk, and we want to go to the shade of the tree to rest for half an hour, do you want to continue walking, or do you also go to rest?"

Zhao Bufan wiped the sweat from his forehead, hesitated, and asked the vendor, "How far is it from Wuqiao Town?"

The vendor smiled heartily: "Actually, it's only more than thirty miles, and it won't take long to walk, but we don't like you riding a high-headed horse, this stupid donkey starts to be stubborn and doesn't go, it can't be pulled, there is no way, you can only rest for a while with them!"

Zhao Bufan thought for a while and said, "Then you guys should rest! It's better for us to rush to Wuqiao Town as soon as possible!"

Pingshui meets, in fact, it is a fate, it is normal to divide and merge, and the vendor quickly hugged his fists freely and said: "Then I wish you all a smooth journey and goodbye!"

"Take care!" Zhao Bufan and others also returned the salute.

In order to avoid trouble, Zhiyuezhi is dressed in men's clothes, and if he doesn't distinguish carefully, ordinary people can't see it, so those vendors have always thought that he is a man.

"Drive!" Zhao Bufan scolded softly, gently grabbed the reins of the horse, stopped the war horse's intention to follow the trader to rest under the tree, and urged it to move forward again.

But as soon as he turned the horse's head, there was an instant sound of "whoosh" breaking wind in his ears, and the sense of crisis quickly rose to his heart.

Zhao Bufan reacted so quickly that he suddenly turned sideways to avoid it.

A lightning-fast bolt flew past his neck.

But at the moment when he easily dodged the crossbow arrow, Zhao Bufan's heart was cold: "Oh no!"

He only thought about himself just now, and didn't think about anything else, so in the face of the crossbow that suddenly flew over, he chose the easiest way to dodge, but while dodging, the corner of his eye hung on the vendor who had just turned around and walked towards the shade of the tree, according to the flying angle of the crossbow arrow, he got out of the way at the moment, so the vendor would definitely not be spared.

"Brother Tai be careful!" he wanted to save too late, and wanted to remind the other party of the conditional launch, but when he shouted out, the vendor had already let out a miserable scream, and the crossbow bolt pierced through his chest, and he fell to the ground on the spot, convulsed twice and then did not move.

When Zhao Bufan saw the position where the crossbow bolt penetrated, he knew that he was hopeless, and immediately stared angrily at the direction where the crossbow bolt was fired, and the six companions of the trader were even more frightened, and hid behind the big tree in a panic, shouting: "Murder! The robber has killed someone!!"

Those who were hiding in the grass in the distance were not soft, and soon two crossbow arrows were coming towards Zhao Bufan!

"Bold!" Hao Siwen saw that the other party was so arrogant, he was furious, and quickly jumped forward, and the seven-star dragon scale spear wrapped in coarse cloth swept like a swift wind, and instantly shot down the two crossbow arrows, and when they fell to Zhao Bufan's side, he held the gun in his hand, and asked angrily: "Who dares to attack and kill here!"

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng followed closely behind, jumping off their horses one after another, protecting Zhao Bufan's side, concentrating on vigilance.

Zhao Bufan and Zheyuezhi didn't make any moves, they were still sitting on their horses, but their faces looked very angry, and their eyes were staring at the looming figure in the grass.

"Up!" There was a suppressed roar in the grass, and with the sound, more than a dozen masters jumped out, not weak in martial arts, each holding a sword to kill.

"What a big dog guts!" Lu Fang had a fierce temperament, roared, tore off the coarse cloth that wrapped Fang Tian's halberd, and took the lead in welcoming it.

Hao Siwen and Guo Sheng were worried that he would suffer a loss alone, so they hurriedly followed.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them fought together, although those people's martial arts were good, but where was the opponent of Hao Siwen's three people, Hao Siwen didn't even show the seven-star dragon scale spear, he only wrapped it in coarse cloth and used it as a stick, so he beat those assassins extremely embarrassed, although Lu Fang and Guo Sheng's martial arts were much worse than Hao Siwen's, but they were far from being able to match these people, more than a dozen moves passed, and several people fell over there.

"Leave two alive!" Zhao Bufan hurriedly spoke.

Fortunately, he shouted in time, Hao Siwen reacted in time, and preemptively stopped Lu Fang and Guo Sheng's Fang Tian's halberd, narrowly preserving the last person's life, and then caught this assassin who was already so frightened that he was colorless like a chicken boy in front of Zhao Bufan's horse.

Zhi Yuezhi was still angry at the friendly vendor's death, and scolded very unceremoniously: "Who are you dog thief?"

"The general spares his life, the general spares his life, the villain is also a money obsesser, offending the dignity of the face, spare my life, I am old and young, please spare me this time!" The assassin was obviously frightened and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

When Zhao Bufan saw him like this, he had some doubts in his heart: Although these people's martial arts are not bad, they are petty after all, how could the mastermind behind the scenes send such people to kill me? Could it be that in their eyes, I am not even as good as these people? No, it is impossible, if they are arrogant to this extent, they are simply stupid, if there is not a conspiracy in this matter today, then there must be other reasons.

Thinking of this, Zhao Bufan stretched out his hand to stop Zhe Yuezhi's continuous reprimands, and grabbed the words: "Who are you, why did you come to kill me, and where do you know my identity, if you don't want to suffer, you'd better say it bluntly, there are many ways to extract confessions in the army, I don't think you want to try!"

The assassin instantly cried and begged: "A dozen of our brothers were originally just smuggling and selling salt together, but more than a month ago, I heard rumors in the rivers and lakes that the mysterious Wanhua Pavilion offered 100,000 yuan to buy the general's head, and our brothers were confused, so we offended the general, and asked the general to forgive me this time, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child, but I can support it!"

"What is Wanhua Pavilion?" Zhao Bufan frowned.

"A mysterious organization, there are many masters, and it is very famous in the rivers and lakes, but it has always been very low-key, and I don't know why I want to take the general's head this time, but there are rumors in the rivers and lakes that this Wanhua Pavilion seems to be working for a powerful minister of a certain court, but no one knows who it is!"

Zhao Bufan weighed silently for a moment, feeling that this assassin didn't look like he was lying, because their strength was too weak, not like the direct subordinates of those people, if this Wanhua Pavilion was intended to buy more people to gamble, as one of the means of assassination, then it was indeed very likely.

"Alas!" Zhao Bufan sighed, looked at the vendor who died in vain in the distance, and felt a little guilty in his heart. "Lu Fang, give him a good time, and then you take your official card and run away, first go to the official mansion to report the case, tell the truth, and let them deal with the matter here!"

"General, spare your life!!Spare your life!!I ......"

The assassin was about to plead, but before he could finish speaking, he was slapped on the top of his head by Hao Siwen and killed him instantly.

Zhao Bufan's face was calm, all these years of fighting had made his temperament change a lot, and he would never be soft on enemies with bad intentions......