As the sun sets, the twilight begins to grow in the mountains, the temperature drops a lot, and the biting cold wind sweeps through the yellowing weeds all around, making a rustling sound, and I hear wild dogs and other creatures howling, which is a bit terrifying.

A force of about seventy horsemen marched through the rugged mountain paths, and most of the cavalry on the horses were wilted and demoralized.

The big thief Yang Qing is in the middle of the horse team, because this position is the safest, the hidden arrow can't hurt, and if he is ambushed, he will have time to react.

Of course, Yang Qing has already pondered along the way, there are probably only twenty people left on the other side, and it is estimated that there are only a dozen people with combat effectiveness, so he should not dare to ambush himself, after all, he has more than 70 people here, and the number of people occupies an absolute advantage. The reason why more than a dozen brothers were ambushed before was probably because the other party saw that there were few people to eat, so they took the risk.

At this time, a rebel in front of Yang Qing turned his head and said with a flattering face: "Boss......"

Yang Qing was in an unhappy mood, and scolded: "The boss is a fart, called Lao Tzu Qianhu." ”

The rebel's name was Hou Zhong, with a sharp beak and monkey gills, and his appearance was very ugly, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes, yes...... Senho-sama! ”

Yang Qing frowned and said: "If there is a fart, let it go, laugh like a monkey, who is it!" ”

Hou Zhong smiled and said curtly: "Lord Qianhu, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, do you want to find a place to camp and rest, the brothers are tired and hungry." ”

Yang Qing glanced at the sunset that was about to sink to the top of the mountain, and was about to nod in agreement, when he suddenly saw a cooking smoke curling up in the distance, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and said: "There is cooking smoke ahead, it is estimated that there is someone, let the brothers work harder, and rest when they get to the village." ”

Hou Zhong's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly: "Lord Qianhu has an order, let the brothers work harder, and when they rush to the village in front of them, they will eat and drink spicy food, and maybe they can catch a few village girls!" ”

These rebels were sleepy and tired at this time, coupled with the cold weather, it was hunger and cold, and when they heard this, they suddenly lifted their spirits, and they urged their horses to speed up as if they had beaten chicken blood.

It is said that most of these rebels under Yang Qing were hooligans and ruffians before, or they were prisoners released from the prison by King Ning, so they were all social dregs, and there was no military discipline at all.

Yang Qing himself is not a good bird, so don't expect him to restrain his subordinates, at this time he even showed an expression of appreciation, and said: "Monkey, well done, turn around and catch Sun Sui's old horseman, Lao Tzu will reward you with a hundred households." ”

Hou Zhong was overjoyed when he heard this, grinned and said with a baboon-like smile: "Thank you, Lord Qianhu, for your support!" ”

Hou Zhong, nicknamed Monkey, had committed adultery and murder before, and had been sentenced to death and imprisoned in the prison of Nankang City to die, but at the end of September last year, King Ning sent Yang Qing and others to attack Nankang to rescue Wu Sanba, and by the way, all the other prisoners in the prison were released. So Hou Zhong picked up his life because of this, and since then he has been mixed up with Yang Qing, and has changed from a death row prisoner to a soldier of Ning Wangfu.

Drive......

The ruffians hurried their horses, and when the sun had completely sunk to the horizon, they finally walked the mountain path and came to the edge of the large open meadow.

However, the ruffians who were ready to rob food, money, and women were greatly disappointed, because there was no village in front of them, but a large meadow, and in the middle of the meadow was a bonfire that was about to burn out.

In the dim darkness of the night, tents could be seen around the campfire, and horses grazing leisurely not far away.

In other words, the night in ancient times was not like the night of the modern city, it was pure black without any light pollution, so black that you couldn't see your fingers. By this time the bonfire had almost burned out, the light was very faint, and the ruffians were a little far away, and only the outlines of the horses and tents could be faintly seen.

Hou Zhong was overjoyed and said: "Lord Qianhu, it seems that Sun Sui's old horseman should have camped here, hehe, we finally let us catch up." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ruffians who were originally disappointed suddenly had their eyes lit up, but the prince had spoken, and Sun Sui was rewarded with a hundred taels of gold for grabbing him alive, and he was also promoted to two levels.

Yang Qing faintly felt a little abnormal, and the other party was not an idiot, how could he camp in such an open and unobstructed place, could he think that he had already escaped from the pursuers and could sit back and relax?

"Driving ......"

Yang Qingzheng pondered, but a tall ruffian soldier couldn't help it, and rushed out first without waiting for the boss to give an order, and the other ruffians were naturally not far behind, and rushed out on horseback.

"Uncle Cao, come back to Lao Tzu!" Yang Qing couldn't help but scold, but at this time, there was a commotion, and all the ruffians were full of promotion and wealth, and they had no awareness of the prohibition of regular military orders, and there was no one at all Yang Qing, who continued to rush over in a swarm.

"Mah!" Seeing this, Yang Qing also rushed out with his horse, he was also worried that the credit would be robbed, and in addition, it was impossible to set up an ambush in the open space.

It was only a few tens of meters away, and a group of ruffians rushed to the vicinity of the tent in an instant, and the ruffian soldier who preempted him raised his waist knife with a sneer, ready to cut down the tent with one sword......

However, just as the ruffian soldier was riding his horse and raising his sword, he suddenly felt that the war horse under his crotch sank suddenly, and the whole person immediately flew out of the horse......

"it!" The ruffian subconsciously burst into a rough sentence, and then threw himself into the swamp, due to the strong momentum, the upper body was directly inserted into the mire, and his feet kicked desperately, but the more he struggled, the faster he sank, and after a while, he couldn't even see his feet.

Plop Plop Plop ......

The ruffians who rushed after them fell into the swamp like dumplings, and in an instant the screams of people and the neighing of horses became chaotic, and men and horses struggled desperately in the mire.

The second group of ruffians who rushed up reacted and hurriedly stopped the momentum at the edge of the swamp, but the third group of ruffians who rushed did not know what was happening in front of them, and their momentum did not abate, and they crashed into the buttocks of the horses in front of them.

Plop Plop Plop ......

The seven or eight ruffians on the edge of the swamp were knocked into the swamp on the spot, and the ghost cried wolf and cried for help.

Yang Qing hurriedly strangled the horse, and by the faint light of the bonfire in the distance, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he saw the dozen brothers and horses struggling in the mire, Nima, this is obviously a trap set by the enemy, it's too fucking insidious!

"Quick, everyone get off the horse and save people!"

Yang Qing reacted quickly, and immediately ordered everyone to dismount and hold hands to save people.

However, the swamp chosen by Xu Jin has a radius of more than ten meters wide, and these ruffians rushed over on horseback, and the speed was quite fast, so the distance they fell out of was also far, and they couldn't be saved if they went deep into the interior of the swamp, only two ruffians who fell on the edge were rescued by luck, and the rest were swallowed up by the bottomless mire in a few minutes......

The screams were gone, the cries for help were gone, the struggling men and horses were gone, and there was a deathly silence all around, except for the cold wind that was like a ghost crying.

Yang Qing looked at the swamp in front of him that had opened its "hideous" giant mouth, only to feel that his back was cold and swishing, and his voice was a little obstructed: "Don't move, everyone, slowly retreat the way you came." ”

In fact, even if Yang Qing didn't say anything at this time, the other ruffians didn't dare to move, God knows if there were other quagmires in this man-eating meadow?

Yang Qing and his subordinates cautiously retreated to the edge of the grass according to the original path, and then they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing that there were only fifty brothers left, Yang Qianhu wanted to cry without tears.

It is said that at the beginning of the pursuit, Yang Qing brought a total of one hundred and twenty horsemen, and now he has not even fished a single hair of Sun Sui, but most of his brothers have lost most of them!

……

Yangang Village is a small mountain village about 40 miles away from the county seat of Leadshan, with less than 20 households, and the villagers usually make a living by farming and picking wild tea.

In the past, as soon as it was dark, the villagers would close their doors and sleep, and the whole small mountain village would be blinded, but tonight there were a few houses with lights on, and there were a few faint sounds of horse neighing.

In the room, a light is like a bean.

Xu Jin was lying on a simple bamboo bed like a prostration, he didn't even take off his boots, his body was dirty, and his handsome face, which was originally red lips and white teeth, had also turned into a big flower face.

Today is the eighteenth day of the first month, since the sixteenth afternoon of the first month of the first month, he has been riding a horse to escape for two and a half days, Xu Jin feels that he has ridden more horses in the past two and a half days than in the previous life combined, at this moment it is a sore back, and the two legs seem to be no longer his own.

Xie Xiaowan looked at Xianggong who was lying on the bed like mud, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and said lightly to Yue'er, who was laying on the floor: "Yue'er, go and see if Aunt Lu has boiled hot water, bring some to wash Xianggong's face and soak his feet!" ”

Aunt Lu is the hostess of this house, and she vacated a room for Xu Jin and others to spend the night, the place is narrow, and she can only grieve Yue'er to lay the floor.

Yue'er agreed, swayed her slender waist and round buttocks, and opened the door and went out.

Xie Xiaowan walked to the side of the bed, thoughtfully took off Xu Jin's boots, and then gently squeezed his legs for him.

Xu Jin snorted comfortably, opened his eyes and smiled at the virtuous and considerate little girl, who responded with a sweet smile and pounded even harder.

Xu Jin closed his eyes, enjoying the kneading of the lady's hands, while thinking about how to deal with the current situation next.

Although it was long predicted that King Ning would rebel, Xu Jin has always been relatively negotiable, because according to history, King Ning's rebellion was pacified by Wang Shouren in less than two months, and the route of King Ning's rebellion was Nankang - Jiujiang - Anqing, and the heavy troops were gathered in this area, and the final decisive battle with Wang Shouren was also in Poyang Lake.

Therefore, Xu Jin always felt that when King Ning rebelled, it would be safe to stay in Shangrao County, as long as he survived for two months, and when the god Wang Shouren destroyed King Ning, everything would be fine.

However, when Xu Jin attended his brother-in-law's wedding in Yugan County, King Ning suddenly rebelled, and decisively wiped out the local officials in Nanchang, and even Sun Sui himself was seriously injured, and the arrangements made by Sun Sui in advance did not play any role.

Xu Jin's original plan was to hide in Shangrao County and eat melon seeds to watch the play, and wait for King Ning's farce to end, who knew that the wheel of history only changed the trajectory slightly, and Xu Jin was involved.

If according to the original trajectory of history, King Ning would have rebelled in June this year, and invited local officials in Nanchang to a banquet in the name of his birthday, and Sun Sui would also attend at that time, and finally he and Xu Kui, the great master of Tixue, were both killed.

However, Xu Jin, a traverser, intervened in a bar (the Jade Seal Incident), which made a slight change in the trajectory of history, King Ning, who had rebelled in June, hurriedly rebelled in the first month, and Sun Sui, who was supposed to die in Nanchang, escaped, and the ghost sent God to Xu Jin's face.

Perhaps this is God's punishment for Xu Jin, the "-stirring stick" that changed history, and made him involved in the center of this storm.

Xu Jin understood very well that Sun Sui was the governor of Jiangxi, controlling the soldiers and horses of Jiangxi, and he could transfer troops to quell the rebellion at any time, so it was impossible for King Ning to let go of this kind of confidant, and now sending a large number of cavalry to chase and kill is the best proof.

Therefore, Xu Jin was very worried, even if he fled to Leadshan County, what if King Ning continued to send a large army to attack? Can the walls of Leadshan County withstand it?

Xu Jin didn't dare to imagine the terrible consequences, he could only die at most, and if Xiaowan, Ruyi, and Yue'er were caught, the end would be very tragic.

Of course, if Xu Jin had left Sun Sui's hot potato at the beginning, there would not have been so many things now, but could Xu Jin do this kind of thing?

Where righteousness is, although there are tens of millions of people, I will go!

Xu Jin asked himself if he didn't have a high consciousness, but he couldn't do an ungrateful and indifferent act, Sun Sui had defended himself many times, saying that it was not an exaggeration to say that he had a life-saving grace, how could Xu Jin discard him when he was injured?

Being a man can be selfish, but there must be a bottom line, if you don't repay your kindness, or even fall into the ground, what is the difference between this and a beast?

Xu Jin was thinking about how to get out of the current predicament, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his inner thigh, and couldn't help but sit up with a cry of pain.

Xie Xiaowan was startled, hurriedly let go of her hand, and said nervously: "Xianggong, did it hurt you?" ”

It turned out that Xie Xiaowan massaged and kneaded Xu Jin's thighs, from bottom to top, just pinched to the inner thighs, this part has been rubbed by the saddle due to riding a horse for days, and was pinched by Xie Xiaowan like this, and Xu Jin broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.

Xu Jin didn't worry about this little girl, and smiled bitterly: "It's okay!" ”

Xie Xiaowan glanced at Xianggong, she was in pain like that and said that it was okay, and she went to untie Xu Jin's belt without saying anything, but the latter couldn't help it, so she had to smile bitterly and let her go, anyway, they are two couples, although they haven't really had a round house, but all other intimate things have been done, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.

Xie Xiaowan quickly unbuttoned Xu Jin's robe, took off the trousers underneath, and immediately covered her mouth and exhaled softly: "Xianggong, you are injured like this, and you still say it's okay!" ”

The people of the Ming Dynasty also wore underwear, but at that time it was not called underwear, but called Xiaoyi, so although Xu Jin took off his trousers, he did not show the birds, and saw that the inner side of the thighs on both sides seemed to have been scalded by boiling water, and the skin on the surface was rubbed over, revealing red flesh with blood, which looked quite terrifying, and even Xu Jin himself was startled when he saw it.

Xie Xiaowan's black grape-like eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and she said with a cry: "Xianggong sit and don't move, Xiaowan will take the medicine and apply it to you." ”

Xu Jin smiled and comforted: "Xianggong is just a slight bruise, look at your little girl, it is not a life-threatening injury, it will not affect our future children." ”

Xie Xiaowan glanced at Xu Jin shyly, sniffed and said, "It's not funny at all!" After saying that, he turned around and found a box of medicine to heal the wound from the baggage.

At this time, the door of the room opened, Yue'er walked in with a gust of cold wind, Xu Jinzheng, who had taken off his long shirt, was revealing two smooth thighs, blown by the cold wind, and couldn't help but shiver, and closed his legs with a whoosh, but he hit the wound and gasped in pain.

Yue'er blushed and turned around to withdraw, but Xie Xiaowan hurriedly stopped: "Where are you going, girl, bring hot water!" ”

Yue'er sighed, turned around and closed the door, and then suddenly brought a bucket of hot water over.

Xie Xiaowan was both distressed and a little funny when she saw Xianggong's legs tightly together, and said angrily: "Xianggong, what are you doing, Yue'er hasn't seen it, what's embarrassing about the old man." ”

Xu Jin coughed lightly, and reopened his legs hard, saying that Yue'er has been serving Xie Xiaowan for more than half a year, and as a marrying girl, she occasionally took a bath for Xu Jin, but she was sitting on the bathtub, not as embarrassing as she is now.

"Ahh Yue'er couldn't help but exclaim when she saw the "miserable situation" between Xu Jin's legs, and said, "Master, how can you be injured like this!" ”

Xu Jin could only smile bitterly, and said secretly, you can ride a horse for dozens of hours in a row.

Xie Xiaowan took a handkerchief and wiped Xu Jin's face first, and then carefully wiped Xu Jin's thigh near the wound before applying the wound to the injury.

It is said that this box of wound medicine is the box that Fei Ruyi gave before, and it is very cool to wipe on the wound, and the pain is greatly reduced instantly.

"What are you doing in a daze, help!" Xie Xiaowan glanced strangely at Yue'er, who was standing stupidly on the side, and the latter hurriedly stepped forward to help bandage Xu Jin's wound with a strip of cloth, and her sweet face was flushed.

The two women packed up and put on his pants for Xu Jin, and poured hot water into the wooden basin to help him soak his feet, Xu Jin couldn't help but sigh secretly, ancient men were really too corrupt, but this felt pretty good!

After Xu Jin finished soaking his feet, he felt that his feet were much more comfortable with lead, and he was about to go to bed for a while, when there was a knock on the door of the room, and Xie Erjian's voice came in: "Is my brother-in-law asleep?" Adults wake up and want to see you! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly responded: "I haven't slept yet, wait a minute!" ”

Xie Xiaowan hurriedly put on boots for Xu Jin, while Yue'er brought the coat and the Sifang Pingding scarf and put them on for Xu Jin.

The door opened, and Xie Erjian was waiting anxiously outside, and when he saw Xu Jin come out, he turned around and left. Xu Jin followed Xie Erjian and walked briskly towards a nearby farmhouse.

"Master Sun, you have finally woken up, the student has seen Lord Sun!"

As soon as Xu Jin entered the room, he saw that Sun Sui was being helped up by a personal soldier to drink water, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, just now he was still entangled in how to deal with the situation, now that Sun Sui woke up, it was easy to do, and when he arrived in Leadshan County, it was not easy to mobilize soldiers and horses from nearby states and counties as Sun Sui, even if he couldn't destroy King Ning, self-protection should be no problem.

Sun Sui barely showed a smile, and said weakly: "Ziqian doesn't need to be polite, come here, talk closer!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to the side of the bed, carefully glanced at Sun Sui's face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's broken, don't you return to the light!

At this moment, Sun Sui's wrinkled old face turned slightly red, and his eyes looked quite energetic, it was not a good thing that a person who was originally sick and groggy suddenly became so sober.

"Second brother, go and ask your father-in-law to change the medicine for Lord Sun!" Xu Jin commanded quietly.

Sun Sui waved his hand and said: "Ziqian, the old man knows his own injuries, and he is not in a hurry to change the medicine, and now he has something to say to you!" ”

Xu Jin became more and more uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly said, "If Lord Sun has any orders, just say it!" ”

"Well, Xiao Xie, go and call your other brothers in, so that you can be a witness!"

"Yes, sir!" Xie Erjian led the order and went out, and soon called the other soldiers in.

Sun Sui looked at the only eleven pro-soldiers left in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "You are the only one left of the three hundred brothers, but the old man has caused everyone!" ”

Xie Erjian and the others couldn't help but have slightly red circles in their eyes, and said in unison: "It is our duty to serve adults and die!" ”

Sun Sui's eyes flashed a touch of gloom, his gaze turned back to Xu Jin's body, and sighed: "Ziqian, the old man shouldn't have listened to your advice at the beginning, but now he is derelict in my emperor's duties, and the people of Jiangxi are in the war, and the old man is at fault!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly comforted: "Master Sun, don't say that, the student heard that you have been connected to the seven and eight hundred miles of urgency, as the governor of Jiangxi, you have done everything you should do, you are worthy of the Son of Heaven, and you are worthy of the people, but the will of God is so, what can I do about it!" ”

Sun Sui smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Alas, Ziqian, you don't understand ......!" ”

Xu Jin naturally understands, as the governor of Jiangxi, he failed to suppress the rebellion of King Ning in the territory, which is already the biggest dereliction of duty, and I am afraid that the record in the history books in the future will also be a label of a loser.

But understand and understand, Xu Jin naturally can't say it bluntly at this time, this is undoubtedly sprinkling salt on Sun Sui's wounds.

Sun Sui coughed lightly, and said: "Ziqian, now that a group of guards are here to witness, this official intends to appoint you to temporarily act as the general judge of Guangxin Mansion and control the soldiers and horses of this prefecture and county, what do you think?" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly said: "How can a student take on such a big responsibility at a young age, not to mention that it is enough to have an adult here, and there is no need to control the general judgment of soldiers and horses!" ”

The so-called general judgment is a subordinate official at the prefectural level, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was a six-grade official, and the rank was one level higher than that of the prefect, and he was in charge of grain transportation, criminal prisons, river defense, etc., if you add the power to control the surrounding soldiers and horses, it is even more incredible, and the status is almost the same as the prefect.

Xu Jin is only fifteen years old this year, and he only has a reputation for his talents, how can he dare to accept the official position of Zheng Liupin? Although only temporarily!

Sun Sui Zhengrong said: "In ancient times, there was an eight-year-old Ganluo worshipping the prime minister, how could Ziqian's talent not be able to take on the position of judge. Although this is not in line with the system, but now the situation is erosive, the old man's injury is afraid that it is precarious, and the matter is urgent, Wan Wang Ziqian should not shirk! ”