Dezhou, located south of the Yongjing Army, is sometimes called Lingzhou because of its seat of Ande County, which used to be called Lingxian County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Bufan and his entourage left Wuqiao Town, deliberately speeding up the horse, and entered the Texas boundary the next day, which thought that at noon, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and it rained heavily not long after, and several people happened to be walking halfway, not in front of the village, not in the back of the store, and there was no rain gear, so they had to run to the forest on the side of the road to take shelter from the rain.

"This hellish weather, the sun is still shining in the morning, but it is raining so heavily at this time, it is really terrible!" Lu Fang chattered and hid under the dense canopy, twisting the water on his clothes with both hands.

Hao Siwen frowned and reprimanded: "Say a few words, it's common to go out!"

"I know, don't you just talk about it!" Lu Fang replied with a smile and said no more.

At that moment, three hunters with bows and arrows on their backs came out of the woods, soaking wet, and the muddy water splashed as they ran made them look a little embarrassed. I happened to see Zhao Bufan and others standing under the tree to hide from the rain, and seeing them dressed luxuriously, one of them instantly shouted: "A few sons, go quickly, don't hide from the rain here!"

Zhao Bufan was inexplicable, and Zhi Yuezhi couldn't help but respond loudly: "Why?"

Those hunters shouted as they ran: "This is the territory of Dry Tree Mountain, there is a gang of bandits who are very powerful, after the heavy rain, they will definitely loot in this area, while they have not been discovered at this time, hurry up!"

"Withered Tree Mountain?" Zhao Bufan frowned, faintly feeling that this place name seemed to have been heard.

But before he could react, the hunters had already run to the front, and the leader wiped the mud off his face, panted and said: "Believe us, hurry up, every time it rains heavily, this generation of passing merchants and pedestrians will have to hide from the rain in the woods, and those bandits will also take advantage of the rain to come out to harvest, not only to loot the property, but also to kill them all." ”

"What kind of bandit, it's so hateful, doesn't the government care?" Orizuki asked.

Orion smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said helplessly: "It's not that it doesn't matter, it's that it's very difficult to suppress bandits, this withered tree mountain is steep, the mountain road is narrow, every time the state government sends troops to come, those bandits hide in the cottage, relying on food storage to survive, until the government is helpless, the large number of soldiers and horses brought by the government can't consume those thieves at all, but if there are fewer people with them, then they can't beat them at all, so it's dragged like this, and it's been more than half a year." ”

"What's the name of the leader of this group of bandits!" Hao Siwen asked aloud.

"The leader's name is Bao Xu, not a local, make a broadsword, because he only likes to kill people in his life, so he is nicknamed the god of mourning, he took a dozen wicked people to pass by here a year ago, and saw the steepness of the withered tree mountain, so he fell on the grass here, robbing the passing merchants and pedestrians. Because he is very good at martial arts, he can take advantage of the chaos of today's world to gradually win over six or seven hundred minions, and grab one or two hundred horses, and his strength is very strong. Originally, there used to be two rich villages near Withertree Mountain, but since they came, everyone has been forced to move away, and the village has been completely deserted!"

After the leading Orion said this in one breath, the other Orions behind him were obviously a little anxious, urging him: "Big brother, let's go quickly! If it is discovered by the sentinels of the Dead Tree Mountain, it will be troublesome!"

"Good!"

The leading Orion turned around and clasped his fists at Zhao Bufan and the others, and then ran away with the brothers around him as fast as possible.

Seeing them walking away in the mud, Hao Siwen thought for a while and said solemnly: "General, for the sake of your safety and that of the girl, let's leave quickly!"

Zhao Bufan smiled casually: "No, a little Bao Xu is just a bandit who can't make a climate, a rabble, we can do what we want, this person is not the same as Wang Qing, there is no need to worry too much." ”

"That's what the general said!" Lu Fang nodded again and again.

Hao Siwen hesitated, not refuting, but obviously a lot more vigilant.

As the saying goes, three heavy rains are describing the heavy rain in May and June, when the rain comes quickly, usually as long as it is not a rare rainstorm, it is to stop for a while and fall, stop for a while and fall again, and after falling a few times, it will stop completely. Of course, the kind of extreme weather mixed with storms is not listed, and these three are just empty words.

Therefore, even if the heavy rain gradually stopped, Zhao Bufan was not in a hurry and continued to hide in the forest, because he knew that the rain would not stop for long before it would fall.

About an hour later, after three heavy rains, the dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated.

Zhao Bufan felt that it was almost over, and immediately beckoned to everyone: "Okay, let's go! There are still some hours before nightfall, let's try to rush to the nearest township as soon as possible and try to find a place to stay!"

When everyone heard this, they took their horses and slowly walked out of the forest.

But I didn't think that as soon as I walked on the official road, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of me, and seven or eight people wearing swords appeared a hundred paces away on horseback, they didn't approach, they carefully measured for a moment, turned around and left, and there was obviously a kind of gloomy coldness on their faces.

"This group of people has bad intentions!" said the honest Guo Sheng, staring at those who were quickly moving away.

"It should be the thieves of Dry Tree Mountain, these people are just sentry, responsible for investigating the situation, and soon a large group of people will definitely kill!" Lu Fang followed.

Out of concern for Zhao Bufan's safety, Hao Siwen frowned and persuaded: "General, although we are not afraid, this trip is not for bandits after all, it is best to pass as soon as possible to avoid accidents!"

"It's okay!" Zhao Bufan nodded and turned over on his horse. "Then let's speed up!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a group of five people slightly accelerated their horses and continued along the official road.

After walking for about two or three miles, a few people had just entered a big corner when they suddenly heard a terrible cry for help from ahead.

Immediately afterward, the shrill screams of the women and the cries of children tearing open their voices came one after another.

"Oh no, someone was killed!" Zhao Bufan frowned and urged the horse to gallop without hesitation. "Go and save someone!"

This world is very chaotic, Zhao Bufan knows in his heart that it is normal for bandits to kill people, and he does not insist on an absolute extermination attitude, after all, many bandits are desperate and forced, such as Lu Fang, so he gives him a chance to choose again.

Now that he encounters a bandit who is killing people, he can't sit idly by, thinking that he can persuade and persuade if he can, and stop it if he can, but for Bao Xu, he really doesn't have too many expectations, in his vague memory, this Bao Xu seems to be one of the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan, and he has to kill people in his life, but he can be said to be a guy who takes pleasure in killing.

Although the actual experience has shown that the vague memory of the previous life is not very reliable, Bao Xu also made Zhao Bufan really not interested.

Several people hurried and rushed across the big corner.

It's a pity that it's still too late, more than two dozen corpses fell in front, more than a dozen of them were dressed like guards, but all of them died, the richly dressed man should be the male master, who also died next to the carriage, and when he was dying, he glared angrily, clutching a long sword, obviously fighting to death, in addition to two maids and a beautiful woman, all of whom died beside the man.

A bandit with a face full of flesh and a broadsword in his hand was stepping on the man's body, holding two six or seven-year-old children in his left hand and a broadsword in his right hand.

"Hahaha!!!Happy, really happy, I didn't expect to just finish killing a bunch, and another bunch, today is a fun time for me to kill!"

Zhi Yuezhi was furious, and when she saw the two children crying hoarsely, she was so anxious that she scolded: "Let go of those two children!"

"Put?" Bao Xu laughed and said disdainfully: "You still have to think about how you will die later!"

As the words fell, he barely hesitated, and a cold light flashed with the broadsword in his right hand.

"Poof" blood splattered, and the crying of the two children came to an abrupt end.

Zheyuezhi couldn't bear it in her heart, and turned her head sideways.

Zhao Bufan stared at Bao Xu coldly, he had seen too many such scenes, and he had already practiced a big heart, understood what troubled times were, and understood what human life was like a mustard. "Bao Xu, I didn't want to kill you, but it's really unbearable to see you killing people for fun today!"

Lu Fang also scolded: "You reckless man, if you are a thief, you will be a thief, you can rob the wealth, why do you want to kill everything, even children?"

"I like to kill people, what can you do to me?" Bao Xu didn't pay any attention to a few people, wiped the blood from the corners of his eyes, jumped on horseback, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill these stupid people with many mouths and tongues, and put them in the pot to stew at night for our brothers to drink!"

In an instant, more than eighty mountain thief cavalry heard the sound and moved, whistled, and killed fiercely, and Bao Xu rushed to the front, his bloodthirsty eyes were red and black.

Zhao Bufan also knew in his heart that in this troubled world, some thieves had the habit of eating people, but when he really heard the other party say this, his lips trembled with anger on the spot.

"None of them will be left!"

"Yes!" Hao Siwen roared angrily, struggling to tear the coarse cloth, the seven-star dragon scale spear shone with cold light, and the wind struck out.

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng followed, and the power of the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in their hands was amazing.

Zhao Bufan and Zhi Yuezhi did not move, although the thieves said that there were many people, they were really not taken into Zhao Bufan's eyes, compared to the elite Liao soldiers, the martial arts of these bandits in front of them were really miserable, basically ordinary people who had just learned some martial arts, not to mention the elite cavalry of the Liao soldiers, and if they caught a well-trained border cavalry, they could definitely easily fight against four or five people.

Seeing Hao Siwen, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng rushing left and right to kill in a no-man's land, unstoppable, Zhi Yuezhi's face was full of dissatisfaction, and she complained: "What's going on with this Texas official mansion, such a weak bandit can't be suppressed, it's not enough for our Zhejia army to rush to a round!"

Zheyuezhi was born in the border pass, grew up in the border pass, rarely goes back to the mainland, and even if he comes back, he comes and goes in a hurry, so he doesn't understand the situation in the mainland very well, but Zhao Bufan is different, he grew up in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty since he was a child, so he is very clear about the situation of the local government.

At this moment, hearing Zhi Yuezhi's complaints, he shook his head helplessly: "The border army is in danger all year round, and no matter how bad it is, it can fight a battle, not to mention the elite of your Zhi family army." But the local government is different, whether it is the Xiang army or the native soldiers, many of them have no real skills, and they are all good at eating, drinking and having fun, but they are still exempt from killing the enemy in battle. Besides, you look at Bao Xu, his martial arts are really good, and there are hundreds of people under his command, how can there be dozens of martial arts that are okay, as long as they deal with it properly, with the help of the danger of the cottage, if there are few capable people in this Texas government, they will really have nothing to do.

Don't underestimate these green forests and grasses, they have their own means, those military states that really have capable people in charge, how can they go to the top of the mountain, they are all very smart. Today is a chance encounter, Bao Xu with not many people around, if he is really ready, gather the masters under his command, and use all kinds of tricks, just the five of us, may not be able to easily get benefits, saying that they are a rabble, it also depends on who is fighting against. ”