A fast horse raised a slip of dust on the narrow post road, galloping all the way towards Fengxiang Mansion, the person on horseback had a face of wind and dust, the clothes on his body were a faded mandarin duck jacket that was almost impossible to see was the original color, and an old iron helmet on his head, and the horse he sat on was already as if it was washed, but he still kept beating the buttocks of the horse that sat down with a horsewhip, and he didn't care for the horse at all.

There are only more than thirty miles away from Fengxiang Mansion here, as long as he goes out of the mountain, it will be safe, but at this time he doesn't dare to relax, as for whether the horse sitting down can withstand such a wild gallop, it is not his main concern, the person on horseback couldn't help but scolded, "How can I let Lao Tzu do this errand!" ”

Although the man on horseback galloped wildly, his eyes kept looking at the sides of the road ahead, and his eyes were full of wariness, which could also be said to be very nervous, as if he was worried about something.

Looking up, although it has reached the early spring season, but looking up is still full of desolation, the mountains and wilderness are full of scorched yellow, the grass and trees are withered, it seems that there is no vitality in early spring in the past, occasionally passing by a small piece of farmland, there is a place of withered grass, obviously has been abandoned for a long time, the field is full of cracks caused by drought, and there is also a lodging starvation next to the post road on the side of the road, which makes people a little unbearable to witness.

"Damn! Damn drought! If it weren't for the sake of these five taels of silver, Lao Tzu wouldn't have run this trip even if he was killed! The man on horseback couldn't help but curse.

Seeing that there was a mountain pass in front of him, and after arriving at the mountain pass, it was a guard house, and it would be safe to get there, and the man on horseback relaxed a little, raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

But at this moment, a rope suddenly rose on the road in front of him, and when he saw it, he was frightened, and hurriedly tried to take the reins, but it was too late.

Although the war horse had already jumped up, it was obviously a little too late, and the front hooves still stumbled on this tripwire, and the galloping war horse could not stop its steps at all, and fell to the ground after neighing.

The poor man on horseback didn't have time to react, and he was thrown out of the way, and hit his head on solid ground, only to hear a crunch in his neck, and then his eyes went dark, and he was no longer conscious.

A dozen or so beggar-clad men stuck their heads out of the grass from one side of the road, looked at the ends of the road and found no traces, and walked out.

A tall young man led the way out, this man is more than 1.80 meters tall, and his body is relatively strong, in this era when the average height of a man is only less than 1.6 meters, his height is really rare, which invisibly makes him stand out from the crowd in this group, and at the same time makes people feel a little coercive.

There is also the fact that this person has not grown hair, and the top of his head is unkempt, and there are some blades of grass on it, which have obviously not been trimmed for a short time, and at the same time he has no beard, and the short stubble makes his face look a little rough, and the whole image feels a little out of place in this era.

This person was holding a polished cold and shining steel knife in his hand, and after leading the crowd out, he first kicked the person on the ground with his foot, then looked down and then took off a waist knife from the waist of the person lying on the ground, raised his hand and threw it to a black-faced man, and then said expressionlessly: "It's dead!" Search him for anything to eat! Take this knife with you! ”

The black-faced man known as the iron head took the waist knife and took it out to look at the somewhat mottled blade that had been rusted due to poor maintenance, but a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, but his expression did not change, and his movements were somewhat exaggerated and inserted the broken knife into his waist, causing a trace of envy to flash in the eyes of the remaining people.

The others were envious, but they did not dare to slack off, so they immediately gathered around and began to search the dead man, and the young man at the head sat down on the side of the road, tightened his trouser belt, and set his eyes on the dead man's feet on the ground.

He stretched out his feet to compare them with the dead man's feet, then took off the broken shoes of his own feet, grabbed them and threw them into the ditch by the roadside, and with great force he pulled the half-worn boots from the dead man's feet, and gestured with his bare feet, and then kicked in.

"Damn, it's still a little small, and it's hard to find the right pair of shoes! I can only make do with it! Damn it! The tall young man stood up and stamped his feet, muttering curses in his mouth.

"Palm the plate, there is a letter on this guy, we are illiterate, look at what is written on it!" A small, yellow-faced man took a letter from a dead man and handed it to the young man who was putting on his shoes.

Xiao Tianjian stretched out his hand to take it, tore open the envelope, and pulled out the letter paper inside, all of which were traditional characters, and some of the words were not very recognizable, but there was no problem in understanding what was written.

After reading it, Xiao Tianjian raised his hand and crumpled the letter paper into a ball, and wanted to throw it away, but after thinking about it, he still stuffed it into his arms: "What else can there be, this person is an errand officer of Huating County, and he wants to go to Fengxiang Mansion to ask for soldiers!" This is a letter for help written by the Huating County Commander to the Fengyang Prefect, saying that there are large poles that want to attack the county seat of Huating County, and they want Fengxiang Mansion to send troops to rescue them! But he was unlucky, and this letter fell into our hands! ”

Xiao Tianjian replied, walked to the war horse that was struggling on the ground to stand up, and after checking around the war horse, he saw that although the horse had some injuries on one of its front legs, it did not hurt the bones, so he casually tore off two pieces of the torn clothes on his body and wrapped the wounds on the front legs of the war horse.

This war horse is also clever, and it seems to feel that this person has no intention of harming it, so it was much quieter, and let Xiao Tianjian wrap its wounds for it, and this war horse even stretched out its head to Xiao Tianjian's face and licked Xiao Tianjian with his tongue, as if to express its gratitude, which made Xiao Tianjian somewhat surprised, reached out and patted the horse's head, and combed the horse's mane, then stood up and dragged the war horse hard, and the war horse struggled a few times to stand up with his strength.

"There are only two black flour cakes left on this guy, I think we should just kill this horse, enough for us to eat well for a few days!" It also saves the cost of food to keep this beast! After a few people searched the dead man, they instantly stripped the dead man of the essence, when the robber should be such a part, it is enough, but there is not even a trace of the dead man, and the clothes that were stripped off were gathered together by them and handed over to a person to carry, but even so, only two baked cakes were found on the dead man's body, so they all surrounded the war horse, and one person reported to Xiao Tianjian with two baked cakes, while watching the war horse salivate greedily.

"Get out of the way, can you think of anything else besides eating? Although this horse was injured a little, but the leg was not broken, and it will heal after a few days, but it is a pity to kill it! Keep it useful later! Pull this man into the ditch and bury it! Let's get out of here! Xiao Tianjian glared at these guys viciously and scolded them.

Several people looked at Xiao Tianjian's tall figure and the knife on his waist, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and then dragged the dead man to the dry river beach on the side of the road according to his words, stripped the dead man of his essence, and prepared to dig a pit to bury him, but looking at this corpse, two guys couldn't help but swallow a little saliva, and one even shook his head and said: "It's a pity to bury it like this!" ”。

If this sentence was heard by Xiao Tianjian two months ago, he would definitely be creepy, but this sentence is no longer so harsh in his ears today, he has seen enough of the tragedy in the world in two months, the northwest has been in drought for many years, almost no harvest, plus the imperial court has been tyrannical in order to level Liao for many years, and there have been two years of continuous looting by the rebels, cannibalism is no longer a rare thing.

However, he didn't allow these people to eat human flesh too, this was already his last moral bottom line: "Zhao Erdonkey, have you fucking forgotten what Lao Tzu said?" If you want to follow Lao Tzu, don't even think about this thing of eating human flesh, just dig a pit for me to bury him quickly, and then dare to kill the idea of human flesh, just Lima will fuck Lao Tzu out! ”

Unlike before, after this period of tempering, he is no longer the frightened rabbit-like Xiao Tianjian he was at the beginning, in order to survive, his heart is consciously much colder, and when dealing with these rough people, he can't speak politely at all, otherwise don't expect them to listen to you, so he can only be tough in order to convince these guys under him.

When those people heard this, they didn't dare to put another fart, and hastily dug a shallow pit on the riverbed with the tools at hand, and buried the deceased simply, and a group of several people quickly disappeared into the mountains under the leadership of Xiao Tianjian.

(Don't miss it when you pass by, if you're too thin, collect it first to fatten it and then kill it!) Collect! Thank you very much! ）