Le Chi, the old man who once let Xu Zizhen rub the boat to the border of the Jin Kingdom.

Xu Zizhen's face showed a touch of warmth of memory, when he saw this old man, he couldn't help but think of the boat he touched during the Chinese New Year, and also remembered the sister and brother of Wan Yanqing, the elder sister is shrewd and capable, and the younger brother is a full second ancestor, but he is also sincere, but he left the realm of Jinguo in a hurry last time, and he didn't have time to say hello to the two sisters, I don't know if Wu Qimai embarrassed them after he left.

There are a lot of tools piled up on the ground not far away, large and small axes and saws, all used for logging, and there are a few simple wooden houses in the far side of the forest, which are very crudely built, which should be the place where the loggers live, and there is a flag in front of the house, on which are written the word Hongji.

Hongji, which is known as the largest timber merchant in the country.

Bao'er saw that Xu Zizhen was stunned and didn't speak, and asked curiously, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xu Zizhen came back to his senses: "Oh, I met an acquaintance, but don't make a noise for now, let's see the situation." ”

He was going to go over to say hello to Le Chi, but he found that those men didn't seem to be in a good mood, and he was arguing with Le Chi with a straight eyebrow, Xu Zizhen couldn't understand the Jurchen words, but from the analysis of his expression, he also knew that it was not a good word, Le Chi was still standing steadily and talking to them, but one of the men suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed, Le Chi was not young after all, and he was pushed back a few steps and sat on the ground.

Le Chi was immediately stunned, he didn't seem to believe that those people dared to do anything to him, but a few men seemed to not only dare to push him, but the next one of them picked up an axe and forced Le Chi over.

it, you're going to kill someone? Xu Zizhen was startled, only to see a few people slashing at Le Chi's head without saying a word, and the old man was already stupid, so he just raised his head and looked at it stupidly.

"Yo, rebellion?"

As a joking word fell, a dead branch flew out of the forest and slammed it on the head of the man in front of him, and with a bang, some snow on the dead branch was scattered and splashed, and the man snorted in pain, and his head was smashed back.

A few men who were about to commit murder couldn't help but stop their hands, turned their heads to look at the edge of the forest, and saw a young man walking out, he was wearing a well-made leather robe, his face seemed to be smiling, and he was carrying two dead branches in his hand, which was Xu Zizhen.

"Nanren?" A man was the first to react, and looked at Xu Zizhen fiercely with his eyes narrowed.

"Nonsense, isn't it a man or a woman?" Xu Zizhen rolled his eyes, then walked straight to Le Qi and helped the old man up from the snow.

The man raised his axe again, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he stopped talking.

Xu Zizhen patted the snow off Le Chi's body and asked with a smile: "Uncle Le Chi, are you planning to deduct their wages again and be discovered by them?" ”

Le Chi suddenly looked embarrassed, and asked with a dry cough: "Forgive the old man for being clumsy, little brother, do you know me?" ”

Xu Zizhen said: "I don't just know you, I still owe you something." ”

Le Qiqi said: "What do you owe me? ”

"One life, one drink." Xu Zizhen squeezed his eyes as he spoke, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Le Qi was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes vigorously, suddenly slapped his thigh, and shouted, "Ah, you are Sanshun...... No, it's Xu Zizhen? Yes! ”

Speaking of this, Le Qi suddenly realized that something was wrong, and quickly shut down, but it was too late.

He had already heard Xu Zizhen's voice, and suddenly remembered the Shandong refugee who touched his boat during the Chinese New Year last year, and then the eldest lady recommended this kid to the Prime Minister's Mansion and never saw him again, but then there was a disturbance in the national capital, although Le Qi was not there, but he heard a lot of rumors, what emperor was kidnapped, most of the ministers were killed, etc., the key is that he heard that Jin Sanshun who he picked up halfway turned out to be Xu Zizhen.

Now that he accidentally called out Xu Zizhen's name, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, but after thinking about it, these are all his own lumberjacks, can they understand a fart and know who Xu Zizhen is?

Xu Zizhen laughed and gave Le Chi a hug, but he almost fainted because of the thick sour smell on the old man's body.

There is no way, Le Chi is a perennial supervisor in the forest, and in this kind of weather, even drinking some water has to be burned with snow, and bathing is more luxurious than finding an old lady to go to the fire.

However, Xu Zizhen does not dislike it, he is still grateful to Le Chi, if the old man was determined not to take him and drove him off the ship, then the next thing may not know when it will happen, maybe there will be some accidents in Zhao Yan during that time.

"Okay, Uncle Lech, what's going on?" Xu Zizhen pointed to the few men who were hesitating with axes.

Le Chi smiled awkwardly: "You guessed right, I plan to deduct some money, but haven't you deducted it yet, these bastards will double my salary, and if you don't give it, you will go to Liaoyang Mansion to denounce it, saying that we have contact with you in private and want to rebel." ”

"Oh?" Xu Zizhen turned his head to look at those people, "You know me?" ”

There were a total of fourteen people present, and there were six who threatened Le Chi with axes, Xu Zizhen spoke Chinese, and those people could understand it, and after looking at each other, they slowly put down the axe.

The man who was about to do it first was smashed on the forehead, and it was red like the head of a red-crowned crane, so he simply threw the axe away, and then said sneeringly: "No...... I don't know, but we all know the names of Mr. Xu Zizhen and Mr. Xu Da. ”

Xu Zizhen glanced at him, and suddenly found one thing, this kid was the first to do it, and the other few people who surrounded Le Chi first also put down the axe, but one person was hidden behind those people, but he still held the axe in his hand.

He seemed to understand something, his eyes rolled and he stood up straight, and sneered: "Originally, I didn't like killing people so much, but since you found me, hehe......" As he spoke, he pulled out a knife from his robe, which was narrow and cold, revealing a murderous aura, it was his Tang knife.

The words stopped before they finished speaking, but everyone understood what that "hehe" meant, and the faces of more than a dozen men suddenly changed greatly, Xu Zizhen wanted to kill them?

At this moment, the man who was hidden behind everyone suddenly raised his foot, kicked the person in front of him forward, and came towards Xu Zizhen impartially, while he himself turned around and ran away at this moment.

The kicked man was caught off guard and exclaimed, and pounced on Xu Zizhen with open arms.

The man who had escaped took the opportunity of this pounce and ran dozens of steps in a blink of an eye, and he had just secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard a lazy cry in his ears: "Bao'er! ”

There was a sharp thud in the air, and then there was a sharp pain in his ankle, and his body fell forward uncontrollably.

"Ahh A scream came out of his mouth, and then he noticed that he had an extra feathered arrow on his right foot, piercing his foot and neck.