Rui Hegui

Zhuo's family stopped a hundred paces away, Zhuo Chun dismounted first and came over, clasped his fists and knelt down to plead guilty, and said: "I am Zhuo Chun, I was ordered by the Lord to be responsible for the safety of Master Chu and others on their trip to Ningzhou, but today I let you Falling into a dangerous situation, really incompetent, please punish Master Chu!"

Immediately afterwards, the people behind knelt down and bowed their heads, only Zhuo Chun refused to kneel down, and stepped forward to pull his elder sister up.

"Kneel down!" Zhuo Chun turned around and scolded, "You almost spoiled the Lord's event, are you going to be stubborn this time?"

Zhuo Chun gave Chu Bandit a vicious look, and was about to say something, but was stopped by Zhuo Chun with a sharp look, and then he knelt down unwillingly.

Zhao Liangyue raised a smile at the corner of his lips, approached Chu Bandit and whispered: "It's probably because this Young Master Zhuo has heard about your 'virtuous name' in Beijing, so he deliberately didn't save you."

Chu Bandit smiled faintly, leaned close to Zhao Liangyue's ear, and talked about other things from left to right: "Xilin, in fact, your belt is tied backwards today, and I haven't told you all this time."

Zhao Liangyue looked down subconsciously, and it was really the opposite!So he could only put his hands together in front of him, cover it with the sleeves of his robe, and then glanced at the instigator, Chu Bandit, with a face of "Why didn't you say it earlier"—it's too embarrassing to be so disheveled in front of the girl's family!

It was rare for Chu Bandit to see Zhao Liangyue's furry appearance like a cat. He was in a good mood, so he casually raised his hand towards Zhuo Chun Zhuo Chuan, and said, "The Zhuo family has always been stable and reliable, there must be a reason for this, please get up."

As soon as he finished talking, Zhuo Chuan got up first, and looked at Zhao Liangyue, showing some doubts.

"Thank you, Mr. Haihan!" Zhuo Chun led the others to get up, and then skillfully arranged the people around.

Zhuo Chun also noticed Zhao Liangyue, and felt that his demeanor was unique and extraordinary, so he asked, "Who is this?"

Zhao Liangyue should have bowed his hands as a salute this time, but his belt was tied backwards, it was really...

"It's Mr. Zhao Liangyue, Mr. Zhao Liangyue." Seeing that Zhao Liangyue was in a dilemma, Bandit Chu helped him out of the siege.

Zhuo Chun laughed when he heard the words, and clasped his fists at Zhao Liangyue: "It turns out that he is the second place in the new department this year. I have met Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Liangyue returned a small salute, with a gentle smile on his face, and said: "Miss Zhuo is polite."

Zhuo Chun was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily, and said: "No, no, I'm just a bodyguard, how can we talk about etiquette?"

Zhao Liangyue said: "The Zhuo family's family style has always been both civil and military. If we want to talk about it, it can be regarded as a family of poetry and etiquette."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuo Chuan stopped in front of his elder sister, and said, "It's really nice to talk, but I heard that you are the most deceitful scholars like you."

Bandit Chu nodded upon hearing this.

Zhuo Chun hastily pulled his younger brother aside, cupped his fists in apology: "My younger brother has never had anything to stop me from speaking, I hope you don't mind."

"It's okay, it's similar to Yubai." Zhao Liangyue said and pointed to the crown of the tree.

The two siblings of the Zhuo family raised their heads, only then did they notice that there was someone on the canopy, a boy with a childish face, Zhuo Chun couldn't help sighing: "Such a profound skill, you really are a young hero."

Youbai heard the sound and looked down, shaking his head left and right, and finally came to a conclusion: "My sister is so beautiful, and she speaks well."

Zhuo Chun then smiled shyly, Zhuo Chuan snorted, and muttered: "Sure enough, this brat is just like the master, he is used to sweet talk."

With a sudden sway of the branch, Youbai was gone, and when the people below realized it, Youbai had already arrived behind Zhuo Chuan, putting the scabbard on his neck.

"You are already dead."

Youbai spoke with a bit of childishness, but the speed of the rabbit's ups and downs made the Zhuo family amazed, so Zhuo Chuan obediently shut his mouth, and then kept observing Youbai along the way, trying to learn something about martial arts In the end, the child either ate or slept on the roof of the carriage.

Zhuo Chuan: "..."

Under the escort of Zhuo's family, the group arrived at the border of Ningzhou smoothly. The first thing they saw was the rolling green hills with steep peaks and overlapping mountains.

"Cross Shaoshan ahead and you'll be Ningzhou."

Zhuo Chun ordered his son to explore the way first, and turned around to remind everyone that everyone felt a sense of heaviness involuntarily.

A quarter of an hour later, the rider rode his horse and reported back: "Miss, the road is fine."

"Okay, let's go, but there is no need to shout darts along the road."

The group of people started on the road again, and because of the steepness of the mountain, they abandoned the carriage and rode on.

"It's all at the door, hasn't Wu Yi sent someone to pick us up?" Bandit Chu handed the water bag to Zhao Liangyue.

Zhao Liangyue looked at the increasingly scorching sun above his head, took a sip of water, and said, "When we become corpses, he will personally put on sackcloth and mourning to send us back to the capital. As for living people, he probably doesn't like them very much."

Bandit Chu smiled lightly, took the water bag that Zhao Liangyue handed back, and took a sip of it.This scene happened to be seen by Zhuo Chuan who was turning back, and Zhuo Chuan rode his horse to lean against Zhuo Chun, and said, "Sister, we all have a water bag for each of us, why are the two adults using one?"

Zhuo Chun rolled his eyes at Zhuo Chuan, and said, "Apart from the mission, just ignore the things you shouldn't care about, have you forgotten the lesson from last time?"

So Zhuo Chuan had no choice but to shut up, whipped his whip, and rode his horse to inspect.

After another two days of hurriedly driving away, the group of people finally climbed over Shaoshan Mountain and entered a lush forest like a sea.

In an open area, Bandit Chu saw that the surrounding trees were sparse and it was not easy for anyone to ambush, so he ordered a pause to rest, and got off his horse to help Zhao Liangyue.

"I've said it many times, and I'm not a girl riding a horse for the first time." Zhao Liangyue showed displeasure, avoided Chu Bandit's hand, and was forcibly hugged by Chu Bandit the next moment.

As soon as Zhao Liangyue touched the ground, he pushed Chu bandit away and stared at him.

Bandit Chu sighed, and said, "There is no mirror to take a picture of you now, don't you know that you look bad now?"

Because of the bumpy road, and the big difference between the temperature and temperature in the morning and evening in the early summer, Zhao Liangyue was actually a bit overwhelmed by riding a horse day and night, but he himself refused to say it, so he insisted on it, and even Chu Bandit was in the past two days. It was only after seeing Zhao Liangyue's complexion visibly changed with the naked eye that he realized it.

"When you get to a popular place, I'll find a doctor for you." Chu Bandit said helping Zhao Liangyue to sit on the rock.

Youbai hurriedly ran over to break a piece of dry food and handed it to Zhao Liangyue, squatted down and looked at him worriedly, and asked, "My lord, are you sick?"

"No." Zhao Liangyue denied it without hesitation, and opened his booklet as usual to write something down. Chu Bandit had nothing to do with him, so he had to sit aside and grind ink for him.

About two quarters of an hour later, the tripper who had gone out hurried back.

Seeing this, Zhuo Chun quickly got up and asked, "What happened?"

Qu Zi didn't have time to get off the horse, so he clasped his fists and said, "Go back to the eldest lady, there are officers and soldiers in the valley five miles south in front of you to stop and kill the refugees who fled Ningzhou!"

Everyone stood up when they heard the words.

"Approximately how many people?"

"One thousand is enough, three times as much as ours."

Bandit Chu quickly asked about the general terrain of Qu Zishou, discussed with Zhao Liangyue and Zhuo Chun, and decided to let Zhuo's family go to the top of the valley as a backup ambush, while he led a team to go straight in first, to see if he could solve it without using a knife or a gun. .

"Xi Lin, you stay here and come over later."

But Zhao Liangyue was definitely unwilling, and had already gone straight to get on the horse. Chu Bandit had no choice but to get on the horse and ride with Zhao Liangyue.

A group of people rushed to the entrance of the valley amidst the dust, Zhuo Chunzhuochuan led people to sneak up, Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue led people directly into the valley entrance.

Crying for help came, Chu bandit clamped his legs on the horse's belly to speed up, the surrounding lush forests passed by like afterimages, and the situation in the valley came into his eyes.

Thousands of officers and soldiers armed with guns and knives drove hundreds of panicked and desperate old, weak, sick and disabled to one place, and there were already many corpses lying around.

Everything gradually coincided with the scene in memory, Zhao Liangyue's eyes became cold, and his fists were clenched tightly. Chu Bandit felt that his breathing was unstable, so he leaned over to hold his hand, separated his fingers one by one, and then helped him down.

Youbai with red eyes came over and said, "My lord, let me go!"

Zhao Liangyue suppressed his emotions and said, "Don't be impulsive."

Bandit Chu nodded, and walked forward first. At this time, some officers and soldiers had noticed him.

"Who is coming?"

Bandit Chu stopped at a hundred paces, with one hand behind his back, he took out a golden waist card and held it up to the crowd with the other, calmly said: "Shangshu Chu Bandit of the Ministry of Criminal Justice of the capital, came here to investigate the case by order."

So everyone looked at him, and the people surrounded inside seemed to see a little hope, and they all cast their expectant eyes on him, but someone in the crowd said something, and the hope that was finally ignited in his eyes disappeared in an instant. When it was gone, the way he looked at Chu Bandit also changed.

That was Chu Bandit's most familiar gaze in the past 13 years. Disappointment, resentment and disgust intertwined, like a hand stretched out from the dark abyss, pulling people down.

Chu bandit was calm, walked forward for a while, and said loudly: "The refugees have fled here, there must be something hidden. It is a felony for you to surround and kill yourself. Whose order is this? Don't let it go quickly." Sword, so as not to be held accountable in the future!"

Resounding, calm and calm, not angry but prestige.

Some of the officers and soldiers had expressions of fear on their faces, obviously they recognized him, but the deputy lieutenant at the head looked over coldly, and shouted: "I have never heard of any officials from Kyoto coming to investigate the case, how dare you pretend to be an important member of the imperial court, Catch it for me!"

So more than half of the officers and soldiers around pointed their cherry guns at Chu Bandit.

Seeing this, Zhao Liangyue tilted his head, and said to Youbai: "Don't bear it anymore, just save your life for interrogation later."

Seeing the officers and soldiers around hesitantly, the lieutenant said angrily, "What are you doing in a daze? Give it to me, and those who disobey the order will be executed!"

So the officers and soldiers attacked, Chu bandit retreated to Zhao Liangyue, drew his sword out of its sheath, Youbai jumped forward, leading the people to fight, and at the same time, sharp arrows were shot from the valley to cover.

The deputy lieutenant took off the hammer at his waist, put the awl on the iron chain, raised his arm and smashed out the hammer weighing more than [-] jin, sweeping several servants who surrounded him to the ground, and died instantly.

Seeing this, Youbai who was not far away hurried towards this side.

"Where did you come from? You look like a baby." The lieutenant dismissively raised the bloody hammer again.

But before he could make a move, Youbai had already approached, and his fist hit him face to face. The lieutenant had practiced martial arts for many years, although he reacted quickly, he was still hit half of the face, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen instantly, so he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy any more.

However, some things are useful if they are not serious. In less than three moves, Youbai stepped on the lieutenant, breaking an arm and a leg by the way. The lieutenant was so painful that cold sweat broke out from his forehead.

At this time, Zhuo Chun Zhuo Chuan had already led people down, and the surrounding Ningzhou officers and soldiers were quickly brought under control.

Bandit Chu walked up to the embarrassed lieutenant with a calm expression on his face. Before he could start asking questions, the knife at his waist was out of its sheath, and he chopped off the lieutenant's arm that was broken by Youbai.

The lieutenant screamed in agony, until he screamed hoarsely, before Chu bandit leaned over and asked, "Who are you under?"

"Back... back to Master Chu, it's General Song Kui."

"Dare to do something to the court officials, it's really daring."

Obviously Chu bandit's tone was flat, but the lieutenant had already seen his sternness, and when he heard the words, his spine felt chills in an instant, and he cried and begged for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me. It's because the villain has eyes that don't know Mount Tai! Please, my lord!"

Bandit Chu narrowed his peach blossom eyes halfway, and said, "But today, I don't want to kill anyone, and I'll let you go."

Chu bandit said and motioned to the left and right to let the deputy lieutenant go, then smiled lightly, and his tone could not be refused: "Go back immediately and tell Song Kui to come here to pick me up in person, the safety of the imperial court officials cannot be sloppy."

"Your subordinate must bring it!" the lieutenant hurriedly kowtowed while being led away by his subordinates.

This time, the people knew that Chu Bandit and others were here to save them, and they all knelt down and kowtowed, calling him a living Bodhisattva.

It was the first time that Chu Bandit was called a living Bodhisattva, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled faintly, unable to tell what it was like.

Zhuo Chuan on the side was even more stunned, feeling unbelievable, with a face of "Isn't he a notorious treacherous minister?" Then his elder sister took the opportunity to teach him a lesson: "Before doing things in the future, learn to use your brain more, so that your lord You just have to obey the order."

Youbai looked at the direction in which the lieutenant left, and asked Zhao Liangyue puzzled: "Young master, why did Master Chu let them go? Why would they send people to pick us up? They must have sent more people to kill us."

Zhao Liangyue glanced at Bandit Chu who was surrounded by the people, and said: "Because Han Zhou's people have already come, and Ningzhou's own people have also met, if they want to assassinate us again, they will definitely use other stronger forces, and that Power may be the key to the chaos in Ningzhou."

Youbai seemed to understand and nodded, and then dealt with the aftermath of these common people together with the Zhuo family.

In the evening, the group finally arrived at a small town. The town was very desolate, and they searched several places before finding a place to rest.

As soon as he sat down, Chu Bandit immediately asked a doctor to feel Zhao Liangyue's pulse. He was relieved when he heard that he was just too tired. Afterwards, everyone had dinner. Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue sat at the same table, and the others automatically went to other tables.

Zhao Liangyue saw that all the slightly better dishes on the table had arrived on the plate in front of him, so he couldn't help looking at Chu Bandit, and said, "Master Chu, your level of concern is really closer than a real brother."

Chu Bie smiled: "Aren't you my junior brother? Senior brother should care about junior fellow apprentice."

Zhao Liangyue felt a little tired when he heard the words, and didn't want to talk about this topic any more.

Chu bandit smiled, and he understood the principle of enough is enough, and started to talk about business: "I just asked those people, and they all escaped from the west, most of them are near Tang County, and the disaster is really more serious than imagined." Chu Bandit said Frowning, "It's been nearly half a year since last year's flood, and it seems that the follow-up to the disaster relief has not been resolved. This shows that Tang County's mining of iron ore is more urgent than anything else, and it can be done at all costs, even starving and killing tens of thousands of people. Fearless."

Zhao Liangyue: "Large quantities of iron ore were secretly mined, nothing more than private casting of weapons to support private soldiers. Earlier, Mr. Xing also found some clues through the Hua family, which confirmed the private casting of weapons. It's just where they were cast and where they were shipped. What to do is still a mystery."

"It stands to reason that the Zhennan Army, the Hussar Battalion, and the Ministry of War are all in the hands of Han Wenyun. Whether it is the court or the southwest, he holds real military power."

"unless……"

The two looked up at each other, both with worried expressions on their faces.

"Unless he is not just a prime minister."