Wuqiao Town, with a long history, has existed since ancient times, far away in Dayu to control the water, when it was divided into Kyushu, it gradually rose. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Qi State set up Wuqiao County here, although it was later abolished by the Qin State, it is still an important town in Hebei, and it has stood tall after thousands of years of wind and rain.

The long history has also precipitated the culture here, Wuqiao is known as the hometown of acrobatics in the world, all kinds of tricks emerge in endlessly, there have been many people who have taken advantage of this to become famous all over the world, and even sent people to the palace by the emperor to perform in various celebrations and major events.

Zhao Bufan and his entourage of five people will be fostered in the war horse outside the city station, after entering the city immediately feel a strong atmosphere of performing arts, the street can be seen at any time the artist is performing juggling or tricks, those business travelers from the north to the south are attracted, have gathered around to watch, when they see the wonders, they are even more amazing, generous on the spot.

The lively scene completely swept away the haze encountered earlier, Zhao Bufan and Hao Siwen were okay, the two of them were calm and calm, not to be alive, but Zhi Yuezhi was completely immersed in happiness, looked east and west, and saw where the performance was wonderful, and immediately slapped the slap "pop", cheered, and threw a lot of copper coins out.

Although Lu Fang and Guo Sheng are not as exaggerated as her, their interest is also very high, Lu Fang is straightforward, Guo Sheng is generous, and both of them are young, so they naturally run around behind Zheyuezhi, sometimes they are excited, and they will take out some small money, but they are not as generous as Zheyuezhi.

"Brother Fanfan, come and see, that person has turned all the big living people into nothing!" Zhi Yuezhi excitedly pulled Zhao Bufan's arm and dragged it forward.

"You don't have to pull me, you can see it here!" Zhao Bufan nodded with a smile, seeing that everyone was so happy, he was in a good mood.

Zheyuezhi looked very dissatisfied, rolled her eyes and said, "You are really boring, how can you be similar to the eldest brother Zheyan, it's not fun at all!"

"Just have fun!"

Zhao Bufan said casually, and when Zhi Yuezhi focused on those tricks again, he quietly turned around and whispered to Hao Siwen: "There are two people in the southeast who have been following us for a long time, you go and solve it, I don't want to spoil Zhizhi's mood!"

Hao Siwen was stunned, obviously not finding anyone following, but he glanced at Zhao Bufan's corner of his eyes, and immediately determined who it was, and nodded quietly: "Do you need to kill it?"

Zhao Bufan shook his head: "No, first force me to ask for the calendar, and then send it to the patrol over there, this is the market, don't make trouble!"

"Okay!" Hao Siwen replied lightly, pretending to wander away as if nothing had happened.

He mingled in the crowd, went around in a big circle, and while the two watchers were staring at Zhao Bufan, he walked out of the alley at the other end and quietly came behind them.

"Have you seen enough?"

The sudden cold voice made the two stalkers' hairs stand on end, and before they could make a move, Hao Siwen's hands had already wrapped around their necks respectively, and the two daggers hidden in his sleeves were full of coldness, and directly asked them to give up resistance.

"Let's go!" Hao Siwen mused.

The two stalkers turned pale and were coerced into a dark alley.

Zhao Bufan kept paying attention to that side with the corner of his eye, and only when he caught a glimpse of this scene did he relax and set his eyes on the wonderful performance in front of him again.

It didn't take long for the artist in front of him to perform two shows, and Hao Siwen had already returned as if nothing had happened, whispering softly in Zhao Bufan's ear.

"General, those two watchers are people under Wang Qing!"

"Wang Qing, which Wang Qing?" Zhao Bufan asked with a frown.

Hao Siwen replied: "According to those two people, this Wang Qing seems to be a big thief who has risen in Huaixi recently, currently occupying Fangshanzhai, with nearly 20,000 people under his command, relying on looting nearby prefectures and counties and people to maintain, and his power is very large, but his subordinates think that it should be a rabble." ”

"Wang Qing!" Zhao Bufan silently muttered this familiar and unfamiliar name, and sighed helplessly: "The prelude to the troubled times has begun!"

"The prelude to the troubled times, the general means ......," Hao Siwen hesitated and did not finish his words.

Zhao Bufan stepped back slightly, took Hao Siwen to a place where no one was, and said leisurely: "Although Wang Qing of Huaixi is not a hero, he is also a person with great means, and he can gather a lot of righteous people or villains in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Why? How could the general be so worried, as long as the imperial court is willing to make up its mind to send troops, how can it take three or five years?" Hao Siwen looked puzzled.

Zhao Bufan sneered: "What kind of virtue are those people in power in the imperial court? How many of them will care about the life and death of the people? In order to evade the responsibility of suppressing the unfavorable effects of suppressing the bandits, the local officials must be crazy to bribe them, so the big things will also be suppressed, and finally treated as a trivial matter, and some stragglers will be sent to clean up, but Huaixi Wang Qing is by no means a straggler who can be wiped out casually, so they will only grow stronger in the past three or five years, until the sky is pierced and no one can suppress it, and the court will really make up its mind to quell the rebellion!"

Faced with these words, Hao Siwen had a deep worry on his face, he was one of the few martial artists who understood the sense of righteousness and distress.

"General, then this matter should be let His Majesty know as soon as possible, if Wang Qing is really a person with means, it will be a big scourge in the future, if it really drags on for three or five years to make him stronger, even if it is finally destroyed, it will have a serious impact on the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and our Great Song Dynasty is already very difficult to face the enemy country, and we must pull out these tumors as soon as possible!"

Zhao Bufan understood the implicit meaning of these words, which was obviously admonishing Hao Siwen to hope that he would report the matter to the emperor through this opportunity to enter Beijing to face the saint.

Zhao Bufan is very happy that Hao Siwen is willing to admonish, no one can be perfect, and it is the luck of the superior to have subordinates loyal to admonish, but he dare not agree with this admonition itself.

"Siwen, I'm glad that you can say what is in your heart, but if I really bring this matter to Your Majesty, it will definitely make the officials of several military states in Huaixi take responsibility, and many ministers of the DPRK and China will also be implicated, what will they do in order to protect themselves? Your Majesty lives in the court, and has always believed that this is a peaceful and prosperous era, and he cares very much about face, what will I expose in this way? More importantly, with my current position, what can I do?"

Three rhetorical questions in a row made Hao Siwen completely silent.

Zhao Bufan didn't say much, patted him on the shoulder, and slowly returned to the crowd, for someone like Hao Siwen who likes to think, a mention is enough.

At night, the street gradually deserted, a few people found a restaurant to eat a full meal, and then went back to their rooms, Zhao Bufan also specially told everyone that they were not allowed to go anywhere, and they would rest immediately when they returned to the room, as for why, he did not explain, only said that this was a military order.

Back in the room, Zhao Bufan spent half an hour to open up the muscles and veins, this is what he will do every day now, the last lesson was too painful, and he couldn't afford the second time, so he was very concerned about opening up the muscles and veins, and carried out a little bit every day, not impatient or impatient, and tried his best to avoid physical problems again.

With his current internal strength cultivation of up to three grades, it is only a matter of time before he gets through most of the tendons and veins, so it is not a difficult thing, but the human body's ability to bear it is limited, when he feels a slight pain in the tendons and veins, he immediately collects his pranayama, does not practice at all, and sleeps quietly!

Three hours later, at about two o'clock, Zhao Bufan, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes.

At this time, it was early in the morning, at least more than an hour before dawn, and it should have been the time to sleep the most soundly, but he turned over and got up, quickly put on his clothes, picked up his baggage and stepped out of the room, and then woke up Zheyuezhi and Hao Siwen and others one by one, found the shopkeeper who was on duty at night, settled the bill, and quickly left the restaurant.

Walking on the dark and deserted street, Zhi Yuezhi rubbed her hazy sleepy eyes and complained: "Brother Fanfan, it's not dawn yet, what are we going to do when we get up so early, my good dreams have been disturbed by you!"

"We're out of town!"

"Out of the city, the gates haven't been opened yet!" Orizuki Zhi looked at him strangely.

Zhao Bufan explained with a smile: "Someone is eyeing us, although Hao Siwen has solved the two stalkers yesterday afternoon, but the other party's master must still be in the city, we suddenly go out of the city at this time, we can get rid of them, then they can't find us in a short time, and they can be stable for a few days in the future!"

"Yesterday afternoon, how did I not know?" Orizuki blinked her beautiful eyes, looking puzzled.

"Seeing that you are having fun, I can't bear to disturb your interest!"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Zhi Yuezhi's face: "I can't see it, Brother Extraordinary is quite caring, but what are a few thieves afraid of, they will be arrested and handed over to the government together!"

"This time it's not an ordinary thief!" Zhao Bufan had a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, and said calmly: "This time it's Wang Qing, the great Kou of Huaixi, Wang Qing has many masters under his command, there is a man named Li Zhu, known as Mr. Jin Jian, his swordsmanship is outstanding, and his strength should be around the third grade, so it's better to be careful!"

"Sanpin's actual combat force?" Zhi Yuezhi stuck out her tongue in shock, her appearance was very cute, and she hurriedly quickened her pace: "Then you have to go quickly, if it suddenly appears, I am afraid that we will have to work together to resist, besides, he may not have no helpers, it is indeed a bit dangerous!"

Zhao Bufan didn't mean to intimidate, in his vague memory, Mr. Jin Jian's martial arts Li Zhu was very high, almost compared with Lu Junyi, or even better. Lu Junyi was also a little unable to resist when he met him, but with the help of Gongsun Sheng, he was able to capture this person together.

Soon, a group of five people rushed to the city gate and were immediately interrogated by the soldiers on duty.

Zhao Bufan directly took out the holy decree and seal from the baggage, and shouted: "This general is Zhao Bufan, the prisoner of the soldiers and horses of Bazhou, and he was ordered to return to Beijing to face the saint, and if you don't open the city gate quickly, if you delay my trip, you will definitely not escape severe punishment!"

The guards and soldiers of the city gate stepped forward to inspect the holy decree and seal, and instantly fell to their knees, not daring to complain, and immediately opened the city gate. 、

When he was about to leave the city, Zhao Bufan pretended to be solemn and turned back and scolded: "There are bandits under the command of Huaixi bandit Wang Qing in the city, it is best to completely block the city for investigation, if Wang Qing can be caught, it will be a great achievement." ”

"Is this true, general?" the guard's eyes widened, this kind of credit is not easy to encounter.

"What am I lying to you for? It's just that the other party may have masters, you should bring more soldiers when you arrest them, you must be careful, it is best to ask the above to send people over!" Zhao Bufan stopped caring about him after saying this, and quickly led everyone away.

The guard was overjoyed, and saluted his back again and again: "Thank you, General! Thank you, General!"