After replenishing some weapons and grain and grass in the Jingzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion in Xiangyang, Yuan Qi set off with his subordinates, counting Zhao Hu Huang Yong and twenty elites of the Tiangui Battalion, a total of twenty-three people in the line. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info look at the direction of his departure, it seems to go straight to the river.

Huang Zu stood behind Yuan Biao and said hatefully: "Just with more than 20 people, you dare to fight the Jinfan thief, it's just looking for death." ”

Yuan Biao sighed and said, "No one is perfect." The long-term victories have made him so ambitious as a teenager, and it is not a bad thing to suffer a little setback. ”

Glancing at Yuan Biao's side face suspiciously, Huang Zu couldn't help but ask, "Zhou Mu, it seems that you have a good impression of this little overlord?"

Yuan Biao smiled and said, "You don't know, he won't stay in Jingzhou for a long time, and he will return to Youzhou sooner or later." However, he is very good at winning people's hearts, so we should pay more attention to avoid any accidents. ”

Smiling knowingly, Huang Zu said in a low voice: "Yes, I understand." ”

Obviously, both of them were jealous of Yuan Qi and didn't want Yuan Qi to gain a foothold in Jingzhou.

On the way to the march, Zhao Hu rode his horse to the side of Yuan and said softly: "Senior brother, from a certain point of view, Yuan Biao and Huang Zu are the same raccoon dog, and the two of them have ill intentions. ”

Yuan Qi, who was talking to Huang Yong in a low voice, turned his head with a smile after hearing Zhao Hu's words, nodded and praised: "Not bad, very good." Zhao Hu has now learned to figure out people's hearts. Then he turned his head and asked Huang Yong: "Huang Yong, can you tell someone what is the relationship between Yuan Jingzhou and Huang Zu?"

Huang Yong pondered beside him for a while, and then said: "General, a certain is under the account of Yuan Jingzhou, and he shouldn't have said anything, but the general treats a certain person very kindly, and a certain person also admires the general's character very much. The relationship between Yuan Jingzhou and Huang Taishou is far from being as simple as it seems, one-third of Jingzhou's money and grain are in Jiangxia, and the money and grain handed over to the state pastoral government by the four counties of Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang in the south of Jingzhou also have to pass through Jiangxia, so to speak, Jiangxia is Jingzhou's granary and treasury. In addition, Jiangxia is in the strategic rush of the army, connecting Yuzhou in the north and Yangzhou and Jiangdong in the south, so the successive Jiangxia Taishou are all people who are very trusted by Jingzhou Mu. ”

Seeing that Yuan Qi and Zhao Hu were listening carefully, Huang Yong continued: "It wasn't until Yuan Jingzhou took office that the situation took some turns. When Yuan Jingzhou came to Jingzhou alone, his means of governing Jingzhou was to contact the local heroes and manage them together. Although this quickly stabilized the situation in Jingzhou, it also left many hidden dangers. Some powerful families have reaped great benefits by virtue of the privilege of joint governance, so that their families have prospered rapidly, and after the family has prospered, they will not hand over the power in their hands again. The Huang family, where Huang Zu is located, is such a family. He is the contemporary head of the Huang family. After Yuan Jingzhou stabilized the situation in Jingzhou, he also noticed that some of the wealthy families could not lose their tails, so they wanted to rectify it, at this time Huang Zu stood up and helped Yuan Biao cut down the two families, and the other families also reined in and handed over some power. After this incident, Yuan Jingzhou looked at Huang Zu differently and took it very seriously, and asked Huang Zu to guard Jiangxia. However, I don't know why, in recent years, Huang Zu has often done some stupid things, some things are even stupid to the extreme, and he doesn't see the courage of a few years ago, so the relationship between Yuan Jingzhou and Huang Zu began to take a sharp turn for the worse, as for the relationship between the two now, it is not clear. ”

Yuan Qi said in surprise: "So, this Huang Zu's style and habits are completely different from those of previous years?"

Huang Yong nodded and replied: "It's not just different, it's like two people." ”

"That's weird, there must be something going on here, but what is it?" Yuan Qi thought with a frown.

By the river, the remnant sun is like blood, reflecting the tumbling river, a magnificent scene of mountains and rivers. However, a stream of blood flowed into the river, then washed away with the rushing water, and finally disappeared as if it had never appeared.

The source of the blood flow was seven or eight large boats. The sails on three of the ships were made of fine silk.

A strong man stood tall on the big ship, and his powerful figure showed his terribleness. There seemed to be infinite power hidden in his body. The strong man carried a pair of twin guns upside down in his hand, and a string of bells hung from his waist, swaying in the river breeze, making a crisp sound from time to time.

The strong man turned his head to glance at his subordinates who were abandoning the corpses on the ship, and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up, bring all the valuable things, we should withdraw." ”

A man who was moving the body on the boat and throwing it into the river smiled: "Big boss, these boats are full of fat sheep, enough for us to eat and drink for a while." ”

The strong man said with a smile: "The old rule is to divide the robbed money into two parts, one for the local poor people, and one for the brothers." Dachengzi, you move smartly, don't drop a copper coin!"

The man who threw the corpse replied loudly: "Don't worry, big leader!" As soon as the words fell, he suddenly pointed to the river and said in surprise: "What is that?"

The strong man looked back and saw more than a dozen bamboo tubes floating on the tumbling river, rising and falling with the river, floating towards his big boat. "What is this?" the strong man was also curious, and ordered: "Go to a few people, and fish up the bamboo tube to show so-and-so." ”

Several people with good water quality jumped into the river one after another, salvaged the bamboo tube floating on the river, and then swam back to the big boat, climbed onto the big boat along the climbing pole, and handed the bamboo tube to the strong man.

The strong man took the bamboo tube, opened the outer layer of oil wax, and took out a letter from the bamboo tube. Open it and take a look, it reads: "Han hussar general, champion Hou Yuanqi, to the leader of Jinfan Gan Jing, long heard of the leader's prestige, three days later, willing to meet with the leader by the river, Ben Hou only brought more than 20 followers, hope that the leader will not be afraid of cowardice, and come to the city." ”

"I'm angry with me!" The strong man tore the letter in his hand to shreds, and shouted angrily: "What kind of character is a certain Ganjing, are you afraid that you will not succeed? Go and go, but you want to see and see, what is the excellence of the little overlord!"

One of the water thieves said, "Great Chief, who the hell is this hussar general, what a big breath!"

Gan Jing calmed the anger in her heart, regained her usual calm, and said in a deep voice: "You don't know who the hussar general is, but you have always heard of who the little overlord is?"

"Little Overlord, Yuan Qi, how could he hand the war book to the big chief?"

Gan Jing snorted coldly and said: "Presumably, Yuan Biao can't help us, so he invited the so-called invincible little overlord to deal with us." ”

"So, shall we go?"

"Go, why don't you go, do you want others to say that a certain Gan Jing is a brave person, and when she sees the prestige of the little overlord, she will run away?" Gan Jing raised her thick eyebrows and said loudly.

"Big Chief, could this be some kind of banquet for Nahong, should we send someone over to observe it first?"

Gan Jing lowered her head and pondered for a while, then raised her head to look at the rolling Yangtze River, and said: "No need, I think that the little overlord will not do dirty things that hurt people with hidden arrows, and besides, he set the time for three days later, just to leave us time to prepare, it seems that this little overlord is a bright and upright person." ”

turned his head and beckoned his brothers: "Okay, hurry up and pack your things, let's go, this matter, I have to discuss it with the second leader again." ”

The men quickened their hands and feet, and after packing up the money and belongings on the boat, they turned the bow of the boat and headed for the lower reaches of the river.

In the depths of the river, a place close to the mountain cliff, the river water is calmed down here, and in the river bay surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a water village.

Gan Jing sailed into the water village with three big boats, and then did not stop, and walked directly to the hall in the village.

Entering the hall, a strong man with a yellow beard about thirty years old was sitting on a chair and looking at the map in front of him. Gan Jing opened his mouth and said, "Second brother, we have something to do." ”

The person who was called the second by Gan Jing was the second leader of the Jinfan thief, named Su Fei, and Gan Jing was a lifelong friend, a few years older than Gan Jing. Five years ago to join Gan Jing, Gan Jing wanted to hand over the position of the big leader to Su Fei, but Su Fei resolutely disagreed, and finally only sat in the position of the second leader, in the past five years, every time Su Fei inquired about intelligence, which people can rob because they are rich and unkind, which people can not harm the good side, when there are corrupt officials passing by, when is the frame of the loyal man, Su Fei has inquired clearly, and has never missed a time.

Su Fei raised his head and looked at Gan Jing: "What's wrong Xingba, you haven't found someone who can do it, have you found a deal that you can start?"

Gan Jing walked to the chair opposite Su Fei, then sat on the chair, shook her head and said, "It's not about trading, it's someone who wants to see me." ”

"Who?" asked Su Fei curiously.

Gan Jing took out Yuan Qi's letter and handed it to Su Fei: "Read it yourself." ”

Su Fei took the letter suspiciously, read it from beginning to end, and his face became more and more surprised. After reading it, Su Fei took the letter and thought about it for a long time, and only after a while did he sigh and say in a low tone: "Xingba, it seems that our days of freedom are coming to an end." ”

Gan Jing frowned and said, "Why do you say this? Could it be that a certain person is still afraid that the little overlord will not succeed?"

Su Fei shook his head lightly and analyzed, "Don't worry, listen to what I say." This little overlord is known for his prestige, and his title of champion Marquis shows that he is brave and brave in the three armies. I heard that he is a corporal of Lixian and recruits talents, and this time he is looking for Xingba for no reason, so I speculate that this little bully should be deliberately trying to recruit you. ”

Listening to Su Fei's analysis, Gan Jing smiled and said, "Is it so easy to be recruited? Xiao Bawang wants to recruit a certain person, and if he doesn't come up with something to convince him, he will never agree." ”

Su Fei said with a smile: "Actually, if you can really serve under the command of Xiaobawang, it is not a bad thing, first, he is a corporal of Lixian, and he never looks at his background when recruiting talents, but only pays attention to his talents; second, you and my brothers thousands of people gather here, it is not a long-term solution, we must consider the future life of the brothers; third, the two sharp knives under the command of Xiaobawang are the elite of the two battalions of Tiangui and Digui, which are cavalry and infantry, and there is no naval army so far. ”

Two rays of light flashed in Gan Jing's eyes, staring at Su Fei and said, "Second brother, are you sure?"

Nodding slowly, Su Fei groaned, "At least eighty percent sure."

Then nodded, Gan Jing said slowly: "Okay, we'll see in three days, I hope this little overlord is like the legend, not like Yuan Biao and Huang Zu." ”