Rui Hegui

Ningzhou is located in the southwest of Daxu, and it is rainy all the year round. The yellow sand flying in the pass of Cangqing Mountain is only an illusion after all.

A porridge shed in the north of Cangqing Mountain.

Seeing that there were dark clouds gathering in the sky, and there was a sign of rain, the porridge cook hurriedly asked someone to hang down the rolled straw mat around the shed.

Not long after, the rain has been prepared.The cook was about to turn around and continue cooking the porridge, when there was the sound of galloping horseshoes, the cook keenly caught something, and hurried out of the shed to follow the horseshoes.

I saw a handsome man in a purple robe rushing forward with a group of attendants. Riding with the man in the purple robe was a man in a green shirt who was tightly wrapped by a cloak. He should be still ill—they This time, the clothes were all stained with blood, they must have just experienced a fierce battle, as if they had just escaped from Cangqing Mountain.

The cook had seen the portrait of this purple-robed man, and knew that he was Chu Bandit, Minister of Punishment of Da Xu Chaotang, and he was the one that the young master told them to get rid of.As for the person in front of him who is careful to protect him, it should be Zhao Liangyue, the Duzhi doctor who came with him, and he is also the one to get rid of.

The cook thought about it, found an excuse to avoid other people, went around to a place where there was no one, wrote "Bei, Shui County" on a piece of paper in Tu Yuanyu, and then called the carrier pigeon.

In just half a day, a man with a bamboo hat mounted his horse and left a residential house near Shui County. He headed east for more than ten miles and joined the Zhennan Army who came here in the name of suppressing bandits.

The more than [-] Zhennan troops who came here this time were led by General Dai Tiancheng, Han Zhou's right-hand man.

"Did Song Yu notify you?"

"Return to the general, you have been notified."

"Have you tried to send a letter to Cangqing Mountain?"

"Return to the general, it has been delivered."

Dai Tiancheng looked at the peak of Cangqing Mountain in the distance, laughed loudly, and said: "Okay! As long as Xue Ran gets rid of Chu Bandit and others, we will catch them all. But Xue Ran is cunning, just in case, you hurry up Hurry up and tell your people to stand guard in the east of Shui County, and if Xue Ran escapes when the time comes, I will kill him immediately."

"Yes!" The man with the bamboo hat immediately got on his horse and left.

Dai Tiancheng looked at the back of the man leaving with a fierce look in his eyes, and ordered Zhou Hua, the deputy general next to him: "When you arrive in Shui County, you lead [-] troops. After you go around to the east, when the time comes, slaughter the five thousand soldiers." The original dark guard was killed by me, and no one was left behind."

"The last general takes orders!"

When it was just Shenshi, the sky was already dark, and thousands of miles of black clouds covered the sky over Shui County like thick ink, just like the evening night, it was so oppressive that people could hardly breathe.

After a while, a torrential rain poured down, almost hitting the ground.

In the mountains and forests of Shui County, a ferocious mask appeared, reflected in the thunder light, it was even more terrifying.

The owner of the mask is carrying a long knife on his back, leading a group of bandits from Cangqing Mountain, riding a horse to find people.

"It's Xue Ran."

Someone whispered a reminder in the dark, and then an artificially imitated bird call sounded, and several people dressed as woodcutters appeared in front of Xue Ran. After exchanging a few words, Xue Ran learned of the whereabouts of Chu Bandit and others, and planned to The horse led the people towards the northwest.

Soon, Bandit Chu and Xue Ran's troops met, and the sound of weapons clashing sounded, caught in the storm, with a strong killing intent.

Yeyuan's people have been following not far away, seeing that bandit Chu is obviously invincible and fearful, he is convinced that the rumors are true.

The rain had been falling for an entire hour, and the two sides fighting together had not yet decided the final outcome. The mountains and forests suddenly became foggy, which blocked the sight in a short time.

The sound of weapons clashing gradually slowed down, and the battle was drawing to a close. Yeyuan's people had long lost sight of the situation, so they sent a white-robed man in different clothes who had previously negotiated with Cangqingshan.

When the white-robed man passed through the fog barrier, he heard a loud shout, and the sound of the long knife cutting through the flesh and blood. The white-robed man raised his head and saw Xue Ran was covered in blood, standing on the edge of the cliff, smiling to the sky, It is full of ecstasy after pleasure and enmity.

The white-robed man glanced at the fighting marks on the edge of the cliff, and knew that Bandit Chu had probably been knocked off the bottom of the cliff by Xue Ran.

But the white-robed man was not very relieved, he stepped forward and cupped his fists and said: "Congratulations, Mr. Xue, for avenging the murder of your son. It's just that you chopped him down a cliff. There is no proof of death. It will be difficult to explain when you go back."

"What's wrong with you? It's enough for the old man to avenge himself!" Xue Ran seemed to be in a great mood, and even trembled with unconcealed excitement as he spoke, his chest rose and fell rapidly.

The man in white robe saw it in his eyes, nodded in agreement, then looked at the man in green shirt who was held by Xue Ran, and said: "This must be Zhao Liangyue from the capital, how about..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xue Ran's long knife suddenly slashed at him, and the white-robed man quickly dodged sideways, took a few steps back, and asked with half-closed eyes, "Master Xue, what do you mean?"

Xue Ran snorted coldly and said, "Do you think this old man is really willing to cooperate with you Tuyuan people? Now that this old man uses your revenge to get revenge, you are useless!"

"Sure enough." The white-robed man looked at the cliff again, feeling relieved about Chu Bandit's death, and said, "It was discovered that Cangqing Mountain secretly rescued the victims before, as expected, you still have to protect a so-called court official , hoping to save the people of Ningzhou from fire and water."

While speaking, the white-robed man swung his palm swiftly, and several poisoned silver needles flew out, Xue Ran swung his saber into a fan to block them all.

But Xue Ran still got the silver needles because they came from his undefended rear.

The toxicity was too high, Xue Ran lost all strength in an instant, the long knife fell to the ground with a bang, and the whole person fell forward, knelt down on one knee, and the knee fell directly into the muddy water, and then the neck and arms were covered with purple brown .

Xue Ran struggled to look behind him, and there stood the subordinates who had plotted against him.

Xue Ran's eyes were red with anger.

The white-robed man laughed twice, and said: "Xue Ran, you Fan Jiajun people are still as stupid as ever, and you never know whether the people around you are people or ghosts. This subordinate of yours has been with you for ten years, right? What a pity." , In fact, he is one of us."

After finishing speaking, the white-robed man asked the dark guards who followed him to arrest the man in green shirt, but Xue Ran struggled to pick up the long knife, swept away the dark guards, and shouted: "Go!" Those mountain bandits who came down shouted, "Leave me alone, send Master Zhao away!"

The man in the green shirt seemed to have just reacted from the panic, and was guarded and ran to the rear. The man in the white robe waved his hand, and the dark guard followed immediately.

The white-robed man took out the cloud-piercing arrow and released it, then squatted down without haste, looked at Xue Ran's embarrassed appearance, and said with a smile: "Our people are all around, we can run for a while, but we can't run for a lifetime."

Xue Ran raised his head slowly, but sneered mockingly.

"What, am I right?"

"The old man is indeed going to die here, but why don't you Tuyuan people?" Xue Ran coughed several times, spat out a mouthful of blood, and said, "Don't you think that the night is too quiet today?"

At this time, night has fallen, there is no moon and no wind, and the surrounding area is surrounded by clumps of fog.

The white-robed man frowned and said, "You mean, Han Zhou's people want to take the opportunity to get rid of us? Impossible, he dare not!"

"Why didn't he dare? And..."

The long knife slashed towards him, the light of the knife was like water, the rabbit rose and the falcon fell, and the throat was sealed with one move.

Xue Ran continued: "And the old man dares now."

The white robe tightly held his bloody neck, looking in disbelief at Xue Ran, who had been deeply poisoned just now, and got up this time in good health.With another blow, the head of the spy who had been dormant as a bandit for ten years also fell to the ground.

Xue Ran smiled at the white-robed man: "Also, thank you for that cloud-piercing arrow just now."

Afterwards, the so-called dead bodies all over the place, whether it was the bodyguards and valets under Bandit Chu, or the bandits under Xue Ran, all got up and "come back to life".

And the white-robed man was already a real corpse that could no longer tell the truth.

At the cliff, an iron claw was firmly grasping the rock, Chu Bandit turned over neatly, leaned over to inspect the white-robed man, and kicked him off the cliff.

Afterwards, a group of people left quickly and disappeared in the fog barrier.

Tang County Mine.

After a heavy rain, the scorching sun hung on for several days.

More than a dozen carts and horses transporting food stopped at the door, and a man with a beard and a green robe sitting on the shaft of the cart wiped the sweat from his face and jumped down with a look of impatience.

The guard at the gate stepped forward, took the document from the man, and smiled apologetically, "Yan Cangli, calm down, it's already hot today, you can't be so angry anymore."

Yan Chang snorted, even the beard on his face trembled, and said: "What do you know? I am a moderate official, and I am called by them to do things every day. What about little fellows like you?"

The pawns even said yes.

But Yan Chang was still relentless, as if he used the pawns in front of him as a punching bag, and cursed a lot of nasty words.

The pawn knew that the master's mouth was endless and powerful, and he really didn't want to listen to it anymore. Thinking that nothing had happened in the mine, he checked it hastily and hurriedly sent the master away.

"Checking for so long, I'm going to be overheated to death!"

Yan Chang snorted coldly, then got on the shaft of the chariot and directed his subordinates to drive the chariot and horses into the mine.

This is the only mine in Tang County, but it is very large in scale, with three floors on the outside, and complete facilities. In addition to the main mine, which occupies the largest area in the north, there are twenty coin casting furnaces in the east, and salt and iron mines in the southwest. There is a yard where officials work, and there is also a miner's residence built with thatched houses.

Yan Chang led the team of chariots and horses to the southwest, passed through two passes, and faced with rows of thatched houses leaking wind and rain.

Several pawns were carrying out two dying miners.

The two miners had been overworked for a long time and fell ill. They were so thin that they were already inhumane. In addition, their eyes were dull, and their eyes looked like two black holes.

Yan Chang took a look and knew that he was going to throw them both on the barren hills to feed wild animals.

When passing by, Yan Chang's face was calm, and he even yawned.

Suddenly, a miner reached out and grabbed Yan Chang's official robe, his chapped lips moved, but despite his efforts, his voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Yan Chang took off his official robe, flicked ashes with his hands, and reprimanded the pawn: "They are dirty and smelly, and you let them get so close to me? Hurry up and take them away!"

Several soldiers hurriedly carried the two miners away, and when they were far away, they couldn't help muttering:

"He looks like a bureaucrat. Isn't he a beast who stepped on his fellow countrymen? If I can save..."

"You don't want to die! It's your turn to talk nonsense here? The court can't control this place, let alone you and me."