In a dense forest in the north of Wenshui City, an old man and a young man lay quietly under a tree. [Ran^Text^Library] The old man's beard was white, wrinkled, and his hands were shrunk in his sleeves, and he leaned under the tree, and slept soundly. The young man next to him also slept very solidly, the young man was not very old, his face looked at most sixteen or seventeen years old, and his appearance was very good, very delicate. Lying on the old man's lap, drooling from the corners of his mouth.

There was a rustling sound. The old man's eyes suddenly opened to a fine light. A figure fell beside the old man: "Father Shang, the people in the city didn't come out, it should have failed!" ”

The old man waved his hand and motioned for the man to go down, looking down at the young man in his arms, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. A hand gently stroked the boy's hair. The boy snorted, turned around, and wiped the saliva from his mouth with his sleeve.

"Childe woke up?" The old man smiled

The boy rubbed his eyes and stretched. The old man hurriedly took the sheepskin water bag over: "Childe, can you drink saliva?" ”

The young man shook his head, took a little with his hand, wiped his face, and then took a sip: "Father Shang, is there any news in the city?" ”

"No, everything is going according to Childe's plan, it is going well, and I will soon be able to avenge the elders and them, and I will be able to complete the task and exchange more food and weapons for us!" The old man said very happily: "This time when I go back, the elder will definitely praise Gongzi for doing well, and when Gongzi becomes an elder in the future, with Gongzi's wisdom, he will definitely be able to lead us to rise again." ”

The young man smiled bitterly: "You alone think so, don't think I don't know, they all think I'm a waste, I know what I say behind my back." ”

"Childe!"

The young man waved his hand: "Say, is there something wrong in the city?" ”

The old man hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "It's the subordinates who are not doing well, and the people in the city have not come back, so they should be more auspicious." ”

"There are so many people, they are still sneak attacking, they only have a dozen guards, and there are women and children, and they even missed, what a bunch of waste!"

The old man knelt down and climbed two steps and came to the young man's side: "Childe, it's the old slave who is not doing well, if you want to blame me, don't be angry." ”

The young man took a deep breath and pulled the old man up: "Father Shang, get up, what does this have to do with you?" It's all those stupid people, since they failed, this time we have to succeed, go down and arrange manpower, let me think again. ”

"Whoa!" The old man hesitated slightly, but after saluting, he left the young man's side.

The darkness of the night does not see the five fingers, there is neither the moon nor the sun, it is the darkest time of the day, commonly known as the darkness before dawn. Su Ren rode a horse and walked in the middle of the team, originally he planned to walk in the front, but Huang Shisan and Leng Jun refused to let him live or die, so he had to go to stay in the middle. Ten guards guarded the carriage and Su Ren, and there was only one outsider in this team, and that was Zhang Hu.

Zhang Hu was forced, he thought that after opening the city gate, there would be no business of his own, but Su Ren insisted on letting him give him a ride, and Zhang Hu knew that this time he had a big deal. Go, maybe they will die with Su Ren and them, and if you don't go to the seat of your own county order, you won't be able to sit for a few days, so it's better to kill yourself.

Zhang Hu has no horses, he has been pampered for many years, and he was a little out of breath after walking two steps, pointing to a dense forest in front of him and said to Leng Jun: "I guess they will start there, or wait until dawn before leaving, right?" ”

Leng Jun snorted coldly: "There is not much difference between dawn and darkness, people have already prepared, even if it is past noon, they will be ambushed, maybe the night will be more beneficial to us." ”

"There are a lot of those people? The people who went to the city first said that they had come with more than two dozen good men this time, and that five had died in the inn, and at least fifteen more! ”

"It's only fifteen, what are you afraid of?" Huang Shisan has already begun to despise Zhang Hu, and I am afraid that he will look down on this guy in his life.

Zhang Hu was helpless, so he could only slow down his steps so that he could hide faster in case of danger.

The sky was gray, and the forest was even darker. Turning the foot of the mountain, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of him. It was a bonfire, and the old and the young huddled around it. In the middle of the night, they should have come to the warm water to catch the morning gathering, but it was too early to come, so they would be here for a while, and when the city gate was opened, the first batch of their goods to enter the city could be sold at a good price.

As soon as Leng Jun raised his hand, the team immediately stopped, gave Huang 13 a look, Huang 13 nodded heavily, took the big axe in his hand, turned the horse's head and ran to Su Ren's side.

Standing up on the horse and looking at the fire in the distance, Su Ren asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Huang Shisan shook his head: "It's an old man and a young person, it should be the people nearby." ”

"Let's take a look!"

"Sir!"

Su Ren crossed the team and went straight to the bonfire, and Huang Shisan hurriedly followed. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the old man and the young man sat up from the ground. It seemed a little strange to see a team from a distance, and then saw Su Ren coming on horseback, the two looked at each other, and the old man protected the young man behind him.

Jumping off the horse, Su Ren rubbed his hands and came to the fire, stretching out his hand to bake the fire. It was still very cold in the mountains at night, especially before dawn, when the water vapor was rising, and it was cold and cold when it fell on the body.

Su Ren smiled and looked at the old and the young, there was a pair of burdens not far behind them, covered with cloth, I don't know what it contains: "You want to enter the city?" ”

The old man looked at Su Ren and then at Huang Shisan. The big axe in Huang Thirteen's hand glowed with cold light in the firelight. The old man nodded and did not speak.

"Why did you come so early?"

"The road is too far, I walked all night thinking that I could enter the city, who knew that the city gate had not yet opened!"

"Oh, from Big Stone Village?"

"Childe knows about Big Stone Village?"

Su Ren nodded: "That's the farthest village in Wenshui, it comes and goes for fifty miles, and your grandson walks very fast!" ”

"The croppers have no other skills, and these legs and feet are still useful."

Su Ren untied his burden from the horse, took out two dough cakes, and took out a delicate wine jug. The jug is the craftsmanship of Chengdu Wei silversmiths, with exquisite workmanship and beautiful style. Su Ren handed the wine jug to the old man: "Take a sip to warm your body, Lao Junguan's good wine!" ”

The old man took the wine jug with both hands with a smile, took a sip lightly, smashed it and smashed the mouth, and after a while, he handed the wine jug to the young man behind him, and smiled at Su Ren: "It's really good wine, it's different from those with a big bowl of money." ”

"Hahaha, the old man is still a knowledgeable person, okay, this thing is for you!" Su Ren glanced at the young man behind the old man and got up with a smile.

When he came to the white horse, his two hands had already been placed on the saddle, and he turned his head again: "By the way, I forgot to ask, two noble surnames?" ”

"Surname wins!" Without waiting for the old man to speak, the young man behind him spoke for the first time.

Su Ren nodded: "Win, a good surname, if it was placed a hundred years ago, it would be a relative of the emperor!" ”

The young man snorted coldly: "The wine jug is good, I accepted it, if you have the opportunity to go to Xianyang, I will invite you to drink!" ”

"Thank you!" Su Ren clasped his fists and saluted, turned over and got on the horse. The boy stood quietly with his hands behind his back, without even nodding his head. Su Ren smiled: "I hope that Gongzi Ying will not forget his promise!" ”

Nothing happened in the forest, which was considered dangerous, and the convoy of Su Ren and the others walked over safely. A ray of sunlight flashed from behind the cliff to the east, rushing to the farthest point from him. The sunlight is harsh, like an electric light turned on. In front of him, under the cold urging, everyone quickened their pace, and a cloud of smoke and dust rose behind them.

Under the big tree in the forest, the old man looked at the young man who was playing with the wine jug, and mustered up the courage to ask, "Childe, why don't you let go again?" ”

The young man turned the flask around and looked at it, and looked at every line on it very carefully: "It's really a good craft, do you know who made it?" ”

The old man shook his head, glanced at it, and said, "It's far worse than those objects back then!" ”

The young man smiled, raised his head and looked at the road: "This person is very interesting, he is indeed a good opponent, if you don't see each other, it's a pity to kill him directly." ”

"Childe!"

The young man waved his hand: "Needless to say, I am responsible for this matter, this is my decision, and the elder asked me to bear it." ”

The old man didn't say anything more, just shook his head slightly.

The sun finally showed its whole face, and the earth warmed up. The mist surrounded the cliffs, and the people who entered the city early were in a hurry, and after a while, there were more people on the official road. Wenshui is a good place for business, and even the most stupid farmer knows that if he sends the game he gets into the city, he will definitely get back a stone of rice.

There were not as many people entering the city as there were today, but all the people gathered at the gate of the city for a long time and did not want to leave, because there was a man hanging on the gate.

The eighth vegetable seller squeezed into the crowd, and when he saw the seventh brother and the seventh, he pushed it: "Then who is it?" How was it hung on the city gates? What is written next to it? ”

The seventh looked back and saw that it was the eighth, and glared at the eighth fiercely: "What are you doing so loudly?" If you take off your clothes and don't know each other? That's our Zhang Xianzun! ”

"Ahh What's going on? How can a good man be hung on the city gate? Who is so bold as to dare to come to our warm water to make trouble? ”

Lao Qi pulled Lao Ba out of the crowd: "Who knows!" I heard the literate say that what is written on the city gate is, the murderer wins Guangji, I don't know what it means! ”

"Who is Ying Guangji?"

Lao Qi shook his head: "No one knows."

"Oh, why did this happen, as soon as the county lord died, I'm afraid the city won't be opened today, what should we do with our dishes?"

"Remember your food? The county of warm water has been killed, who still has the heart to do business, what is your rotten dish? I just got a lot of mountain mushrooms back yesterday, and they will all rot in one day, if they are sold to Cuixianglou, they can get ten dollars, and the rich don't know what's wrong, they like to eat this thing, and I toss it for a day. ”

"What shall we do then?"

"Reply, what else can I do? This win Guangji is also, if you don't kill sooner or later, but kill today, Zhang Hu, this kid has been eating in warm water all these years, and he doesn't know how to offend Win Guangji! ”

The people were discussing, and a group of public servants and county soldiers rushed out of the city. Babbling dispersed the crowd and dismantled Zhang Hu's body. He slipped into the city again and shut the gates tightly.

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