"Lao Zuo, it's too boring to rush like this, or else, you go first, I'll go around, how about we meet at Shaolin Temple?"

"There are still more than two months before the martial arts conference, and there is still time. Zuo Chaoqun curled his beard and groaned, "There are so many of us, it will be inconvenient if we go to the mountains and rivers, and besides, we can have more time to communicate with other sects when we arrive earlier." Since Brother Wang said so, then let's divide the troops into two ways, you must remember the time, and you must rush to the Shaolin Temple before the martial arts conference starts. ”

"Don't worry, I'm reliable and ruthless. Wang Lie patted his chest.

"Zhao Xiaonian!" Seeing Wang Lie's assurance, he shouted loudly, and a young man about twenty years old rode up from behind, saluted on the horse, and shouted, "Master!"

"Wang Shaoxia plans to travel around, you will follow Wang Shaoxia and wait, whatever Wang Shaoxia commands, you will do it for me!" Zuo Chaoqun commanded with a stern expression.

"Yes, sir!" replied the young man respectfully.

"Lao Zuo, you are too polite, but I will be disrespectful. Wang Lie laughed and said, it is indeed much more convenient to have a native by his side, after all, Wang Lie does not know much about many things in ancient times. And to say that this Zhao Xiaonian, he was also responsible for taking care of Wang Lie when he was in Wuliang Mountain, and Wang Lie was naturally happy to have such a familiar person by his side. Zuo Chaoqun is really an old man, and with such a move, he not only sold well, but also supervised Wang Lie in disguise.

"Let's see you in Shaolin Temple, Lao Zuo!" Wang Lie said loudly, riding his horse and parting ways.

Zhao Xiaonian hurriedly saluted Zuo Chaoqun and chased after Wang Lie. Speaking of Zhao Xiaonian, nominally a disciple of the Wuliang Sword School, but in fact it is equivalent to a miscellaneous servant-like cunning, Zhao Xiaonian was originally the son of a merchant in Pu'er City, the family is not rich, and the conditions are not bad, and then his parents unfortunately passed away, the family is in the middle, Zhao Xiaonian likes to practice martial arts since he was a child, and he has thrown himself into the door of the Wuliang Sword School, but what he learned from those Jianghu martial artists since he was a child is just some flower boxing and embroidered legs, and he was already seventeen or eighteen years old when he worshiped the Wuliang Sword School, and he passed the best age for practicing martial arts, plus his qualifications are not outstanding, Zuo Chaoqun naturally looked down on him, and in the end, he didn't even have a master in the door, and he could only learn some superficial kung fu, there is no backstage, and his kung fu is not in the stream, so he naturally became the target of bullying by everyone, and any miscellaneous work and dirty work were all pushed on him.

Fortunately, Zhao Xiaonian has an optimistic personality and does not think it is bitter at all, but he practices martial arts diligently, and later once Wang Lie saw that he was instructed to do this and that, and on a whim he asked Zuo Chaoqun to be his guide.

"Xiao Nian, do you know the way to Shaolin?" Wang Lie looked several years younger than Zhao Xiaonian on the outside, but at this moment, he was talking to Zhao Xiaonian in the tone of an elder, and Zhao Xiaonian was not surprised, after all, he was even called Lao Zuo.

"In the past, when my father was reunited, I once went to Kaifeng with my family's caravan. Zhao Xiaonian replied, "We have just passed Jingzhou now, and we can go north through Xiangyang, then to Nanyang, and then to the north, or we can also take the road of Xinyang and Luohe, the distance between the two roads is not too much." ”

"Xiangyang, Xinyang, Xiangyang is Guo Jing's territory, it doesn't seem to be mentioned much in Tianlong Babu, but Xinyang, it seems to be the headquarters of the beggar gang, this is a must-go. Wang Lie pondered for a moment.

"Okay, Xiao Nian, let's take the road of Xinyang. Wang Lie said to Zhao Xiaonian, "You come to lead the way, when you arrive in Xinyang, I will invite you to eat roast whole sheep, haha-" Wang Lie patted the money bag on his waist, and inside was Zuo Chaoqun's sponsorship of his coil.

"Then thank you Wang Shaoxia!" Zhao Xiaonian was also very happy, it was much more comfortable to follow Wang Lie than to follow those fellow disciples, and Wang Lie's attitude towards him was really like a friend.

"I said that you don't need to call me a young man, what kind of young man am I, I am the one who fooled your head, you call me Wang Lie, or Ah Lie. Wang Lie said, adding a sentence in his heart, "Actually, Lao Wang is also good, Lao Wang next door is famous." ”

"That's not good, I'll call you Brother Wang. Zhao Xiaonian hesitated, but still didn't call him by his name, it was not very respectful to call him by his name at this time.

"Whatever you want. Wang Lie was helpless.

There are four or five hundred miles from Jingzhou to Xinyang, the two of them stop and go, and when they meet a city, Wang Lie will ask to stay overnight, and then eat, drink and hang out, this way has been walking for more than ten days, but there is no turmoil, but Wang Lie is more and more adapted to this ancient life.

On this day, the two rode horses for a long time, and just when Wang Lie was a little impatient, Zhao Xiaonian pointed his finger forward and said excitedly: "The front is the Xinyang realm!"

Wang Lie looked and sure enough, he saw a stone tablet standing next to the road, with two big red characters written on it: "Xinyang".

"Haha, it's finally here. I heard that Xinyang is the headquarters of the beggar gang, but I don't know if the leader of the beggar gang is there. Wang Lie muttered.

Zhao Xiaonian was taken aback, "The beggar gang is the largest gang in the world, and a big man like the leader of the beggar gang is not something we can guess." But when he looked back, Wang Lie was a friend of Murong Longcheng, and Murong Longcheng was known as the number one master in the world, and it was almost impossible to come to the beggar gang leader. This brother Wang's background is really powerful, no wonder the head has to deal with it carefully.

Wang Lie didn't know what Zhao Xiaonian was thinking, he came from later generations, and he believed that everyone was equal, what was the world's number one master, the world's number one gang leader, he was just a little curious, and he didn't have the slightest sense of awe.

"No, there are sounds of fighting. Wang Lie just wanted to speak, when he heard a few swords colliding in his ears.

At this time, Zhao Xiaonian also looked at him, obviously he also heard it.

"Let's go, go over and see, in this wilderness, could it be that someone is robbing?" Wang Lie's gossip heart was burning, and he drove his horse to the sound and ran away.

Zhao Xiaonian wanted to stop him, but he couldn't stop him if he thought about it, although he didn't want to make up for the excitement of the rivers and lakes, thinking that his task was to follow Wang Lie, he also followed.

The two hadn't gone far before they crossed a small hill and saw a group of people fighting.

There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides of the fight, one side is a group of masked people, there are about a dozen, all of them are covered with red scarves, holding thick-backed broadswords, forming a circle, and the other side that is surrounded is only four or five people, it seems that there are several dart masters, the fight has obviously been going on for a while, and the four or five dart masters are already covered with wounds, and the most strict zhòng is even unstable on his feet.

"I'm rubbing, it's a robbery! I'm really a crow's mouth. Wang Lie couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this scene.

Zhao Xiaonian's face was full of bitterness, and it was really troublesome, and it was difficult to get out of this kind of thing.

Sure enough, the group of masked men had already spotted the two of them, and saw one of them, who seemed to be the leader, pointed at him casually, and four or five people broke away from the encirclement and ran towards the two.

"Brother Wang, you go first, I'll stand in the way. Zhao Xiaonian pulled out his sword and stood in front of Wang Lie, he also regretted a little that the two of them left their horses under the hills, otherwise it was possible to escape, and now looking at the speed of this group of people, it was obviously too late to return to the horses.

"Nonsense! There are difficulties, how can I, Wang Lie, be the one who left his friends to escape alone!" Wang Lie scolded angrily, he was really not afraid, thinking that when he was in college, he had subdued a gangster with his bare hands, and now although he has not yet practiced his yang finger, he has some internal strength, and it is not trivial to deal with two little robbers.

Without waiting for Zhao Xiaonian to say anything, Wang Lie had already rushed towards the bandits with his long sword.