Zhao Bufan sat calmly on his horse, indifferently watching the melee in front of him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In just a few years, he has changed a lot, he is no longer the weak boy he was at the beginning, war and intrigue have prompted him to grow up rapidly, although he is still young, but that heart is rapidly fading green, and his heart is even more stable than in his previous life, which is the impact of the bad environment on him.

The battle in front is also becoming more and more clear, more than eighty bandit cavalry have no organization and discipline, fighting separately, neither strong enough martial arts, nor orderly command, how can they prevent Hao Siwen and Lu Fang Guo Sheng from rushing to kill, and twenty or thirty people have fallen in the blink of an eye.

Bao Xu personally stopped Hao Siwen, but he was obviously not an opponent, seeing that the brothers under his command were quickly killed and injured, he was very resentful, knowing that he had encountered a hard stubble today, he regretted very much that he did not bring out all the elites with good martial arts in the village, otherwise he would not have been defeated so easily, but now it is too late, and he can only watch the thieves under his command fall one after another.

By chance, he glanced at Zhao Bufan and Zheyuezhi in the distance, and found that the two of them were dressed luxuriously, and they did not hold weapons in their hands, guessing that it should be the leading noble son, and immediately made a plan, avoiding Hao Siwen, taking advantage of his being entangled by other bandits, he suddenly rode his horse and rushed towards the relatively thin Zheyuezhi, with the idea of capturing the thief and capturing the king.

When Zhi Yuezhi saw him rushing over, she immediately understood what he was thinking, and her pretty face was full of anger.

"Hmph, when I'm a soft persimmon, just pinch it?"

Zhao Bufan was about to speak, but Zhi Yuezhi couldn't bear it, and suddenly urged the horse to catch up, and when he was more than ten steps away from Bao Xu, he suddenly jumped up from the horse, his hands were filled with frost, and he quickly slapped Bao Xu.

"Bang! bang!"

Bao Xu hurriedly waved his broadsword to resist, only to feel that the palm power was cold and piercing, making the internal force of his body seem to be frozen, and he was frightened, intending to escape from it, Zhi Yuezhi seized the opportunity, suddenly jumped up, slapped his right palm on the spine of the broadsword, and swung it away, his left hand quickly advanced, and the cold palm force hit him directly in the chest.

"Poof!"

Bao Xu spurted blood on the spot and was knocked out, but Yuezhi's body didn't stop, he was very resentful of Bao Xu's slaughter of the two children, where was he willing to stop, his toes lightly touched the saddle, jumped out, caught up with Bao Xu's body, and slapped his chest with a palm in the air.

This time, Bao Xu flew directly more than two feet away, and the blood sprayed red his chest, and he fell to the ground heavily, seeing that he was out of breath.

When the bandits in the distance saw the situation here, they were so frightened that they pulled their horses and ran away.

Hao Siwen, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng wanted to chase, but Zhao Bufan hurriedly stopped: "Okay, don't chase, it's not early, let's clean up, it's important to hurry, and the local government will naturally deal with the rest of the matter!"

When the three of them heard the sound, they immediately reined in the war horse, and when they wiped the blades clean and wrapped them in coarse cloth again, they collected all the money and property on the scene, and followed Zhao Bufan to set off again. As for the thirty or so horses, Zhao Bufan didn't let them go, and they all drove south.

In this way, they are very much like horse merchants.

The official road where the fierce battle had just taken place calmed down again, and the breeze blew, as if it was also mourning the helplessness and sadness of this troubled world.

Suddenly, Bao Xu, who had been lying on the ground dead for a long time, coughed, and the breathing that had been stopped was restored, he looked around vigilantly to confirm that there was no one anymore, so he struggled to stand up, covering his chest and talking to himself, his voice full of resentment.

"This group of dog mongrels doesn't know where they came from, they are so powerful, fortunately, I have practiced closed qigong and pretended to be dead and fooled in the past, but I don't know when this revenge will be avenged. ”

As he spoke, he looked back at the corpses around him, stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "These people are strong in martial arts, they will never be nameless, and sooner or later they can find out who they are, but with these horses in my Dry Tree Mountain, it is really difficult to take revenge." That's it, I have long heard that Liangshan is recruiting troops and horses, and there are many heroes and heroes, so I gave up this creditor position and took my brothers to defect, relying on the power of Liangshan, there should be a chance to take revenge. ”

Bao Xu stood up with difficulty, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily overflowed with blood, although he pretended to be dead and picked up a life, the injuries in his body were obviously not light.

"No, I have to hurry up and set up a legal injury, don't lose my life before I reach Liangshan!"

As he spoke, Bao Xu walked towards the distance with heavy steps, and he didn't even have the strength to take his broadsword.

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Zheyuezhi was recovering from a major injury, and her strength was not too stable, so she didn't expect that Bao Xu would escape.

A group of several people drove the war horses, shaped like passing horse merchants, slowly moving south.

Soon after nightfall, they came to Yaojia Town, southwest of Bazhou, which is the junction of the four regions of Dezhou, Bozhou, Enzhou and Daimyofu, where there are many business travelers and pedestrians, so it is very prosperous, much better than many county seats.

But Zhao Bufan did not choose to find a place to stay alone, but settled down directly at the post station, as a general of the imperial court, he was ordered to return to Beijing, and he could have enjoyed the accommodation provided by the post station unconditionally, but he was reluctant to enter the post station earlier, but also because he did not want the people in the court to know his whereabouts.

At this time, they were willing to spend the night at the post station, because there were more than 30 horses, and they were not real horse merchants, so they did not hire many guards and retinues, and it would be very troublesome to take care of so many war horses at night, so they came to the post station. The people here are all employed by the imperial court, so he doesn't have to spend money, and he can still ensure safety, so why not.

Originally, the main purpose of the post station was to do things for the imperial court, deliver official documents, and provide accommodation, carriages and horses for officials to and fro, but in fact, it would also do some additional side jobs, such as opening restaurants and inns, which were open to the public and provided to business travelers and pedestrians in the past, and the main purpose was of course to make money.

Because the post station originally belonged to the imperial court, the inns that relied on it were of course safer and more secure, eliminating the possibility of encountering black shops, and were very popular with business travelers and passers-by.

Settled down at the post station, Zhao Bufan felt a little lonely, there were some officials who delivered letters here at the moment, all of them were silent, not noisy or noisy, when they finished arranging their own affairs, they went back to their rooms to rest, without a word of gossip. Although those who work in the post station have an excellent attitude and are quick to do things, they are full of official style after all, and even their smiles are squeezed out, which is very unpleasant.

When Zhao Bufan and the others were eating in the lobby, they were cold and lonely, and they felt very tasteless without swallowing a few bites.

Since they were sitting by the window, they looked out through the window and could see the inn opened by the post station on the other side of the road, which was open to the public, and it was a place for passing merchants and pedestrians, and the situation was very different from the desertion here.

Zhao Bufan didn't eat much, although the dishes themselves were well done, but it was so deserted here that even ghosts didn't come, the lobby was empty, and whispering words could spread to every corner, staring at each other, how could they eat it.

He looked up at Hao Siwen and the others, who also looked very bored, and Lu Fang and Guo Sheng stared out of the window stupidly while eating.

This made him involuntarily put down the dishes and chopsticks, slapped his right hand lightly on the table, got up and said: "Let's go! This meal can choke to death, let's go to the opposite door, I'll have a treat!"

"I've been waiting for you to say this for a long time!" Orizuki stood up happily, threw down the dishes and chopsticks and left.

Hao Siwen, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng also got up quickly and followed Zhao Bufan out of the door happily.

A few people crossed the official road, just came to the door of the hotel, they felt the crowd boiling, the shopkeeper who greeted the guests looked at the six roads, and had already seen that they were coming from the post house opposite, and immediately trotted forward to meet them, bowed over and greeted carefully: "A few officials are invited, I don't know whether to eat and drink, or to gamble a few handfuls?"

"You still have a gambling game here?" said Zhiqi Orizuki.

"Yes, there is everything, good wine and beauty, good food and good food, gambling dice and cards are all available, I am afraid that a few officials will not be happy, and we also have the latest way to play, just appeared, called dominoes, everyone also calls it Pai Gow, lively!"

"Okay, don't talk about that, get us a table of wine and food, and we'll talk about it when we're full of food and drink!" Zhao Bufan casually threw some broken silver to him and walked into the door. "More money is even a reward for you, but the dishes must be made for me, don't try to fool me!"

The prices of the Great Song Dynasty are a little chaotic, and there are great differences in various places, but the silver is hard currency, and one or two pieces of silver are worth hundreds of dollars to one or two copper coins in various regions.

The shopkeeper took the silver neatly, put it to his mouth and bit it gently, and immediately knew that it was sterling silver, and his face wrinkled together with a smile, and he nodded again and again: "The small one has seen a few officials come out of the post house with his own eyes, you are a big official of the imperial court, and the small one will eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, and the small one will not dare to fool you No, a few officials sit with peace of mind, and the small one will be arranged properly for you, nine big bowls are all on it, and the special dishes are all here, and you are satisfied!"

"I want a few more good wines!" Lu Fang added loudly.

"Yes, yes, yes! Rest assured, it's definitely the best wine coming up!" The shopkeeper bowed and enthusiastically led them into the hotel.

At this moment, there was a thin man in the dark next to the gate, drunk, staring at Zhao Bufan and a few people, when they disappeared from sight, he suddenly poured a few sips of wine into his mouth, drank the wine jug to the sky, and then threw it away, wiped the wine stains on the mustache, his eyes narrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

This person also looks a little strange, except for his thin body, his hands and legs are extremely long, he still has a mustache on his mouth, and his eyes are small but very bright!

After standing there and hesitating for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind, gritted his teeth, looked left and right, and quickly rushed into the inn......