The group walked among the tall withered grass that almost reached the middle of the thigh, and they were all a little wilted, except for Hou Jiawei and Hou Jing. D-M Hou Jing was walking beside Hou Jiawei vigilantly at this time, still holding his giant bow the thickness of an ordinary person's arm, and his eyes looked around vigilantly.

He's also a little thinner, with a scruffy beard on his chin, obviously hasn't shaved in a long time, but he's still lean. He was wearing an iron armor weighing dozens of pounds, but he was still light-footed, like a person who had nothing to do, walking with his waist slightly bent, shaped like a cheetah, and his body was full of vitality!

"Who?"

Hou Jing suddenly let out a low shout, and a long and large heavy arrow was already on the bow.

It's just that the place that the arrow points to is just dense withered grass, and where is there anyone?

"Wait!" It was Hou Jiawei who spoke, and he waved his hand and motioned for Hou Jing to take back the arrow.

He had always believed in Hou Jing's eyesight, arched his hand at the grass, and said, "But who is in charge of the white family?" It's not an enemy in the next place, but also ask Lao Jia to spread the word, the old people of Zhenqiang Fort are visiting! ”

But it was still barren and lonely, and no one answered.

Hou Jing and the other family members were already full of anger on their faces, and they clenched the weapons in their hands, isn't this obviously playing tricks?

Hou Jiawei was extremely patient, and repeated it twice quietly.

At this time, in the wild grass. One. Root. Read. The novel only came out of two people, not only two people, but also two horses.

The two people were not tall, and they were wearing khaki clothes, and the war horse was also a short pony selected from the Mongolian horses, so they were hidden in the grass nest, and they couldn't be found at all.

Their clothes were quite old and tattered, with patches on them, and it was clear that life was not good. Think about it, if you really have status, how can you give such a drudgery as being sent here to be a secret sentinel?

Their eyes turned on the armor of Hou Jiawei and the others, full of greed that could not be hidden. One of them raised his voice and said, "Who are you?" ”

"You just need to talk about the old people of Zhenqiang Fort, and the big white master will naturally know." Hou Jiawei said politely.

The two men whispered a few words, and their suspicious eyes swept over them, and one of them turned on his horse and said, "You are waiting here." ”

As he spoke, he turned and rode away, while the other man also mounted his horse, looking at them alertly.

Hou Jiawei made a look, and a family member understood, and leaned forward with a smile: "This brother ......"

When he said this, he put his hand in his sleeve and gave away a small ingot of silver.

The thief's alert look eased at once.

Soon, before the horse thief who went to report the news returned, Hou Jiawei knew most of the information he wanted. Coupled with what he had known before, the general outline of this white pockmarked cottage was formed in his mind.

After all, horse thieves are not armies after all, although the upper and lower ranks are also strict, the secrecy system is leaking everywhere, and a small minion may not know much less than the leader, at most it is not so fine.

Originally, the Bai Mazi Gang had about 3340 men, which meant that the armed force they could use was 3340 men. Horse thieves don't need to be old and weak, they only need young men and some women who vent their desires, and there will naturally be casualties in previous raids, and it will be very logical to eliminate the old and weak.

Of these 330 or 40 people, about 90 or so have families, and the rest are singles.

The last time I went to hit Shilipu, there were only forty people left, and they almost came out of the nest. But he didn't expect that stealing chickens and rice would not make a fool of rice, more than 70 people died on the spot, 16 were caught, and among the more than 200 people who fled back, some of them were injured and died due to lack of medical treatment, and now there are only 200 men in the village, and some are still crippled with broken arms and lame legs.

But all of a sudden, there were a lot of women who had just become widows and were forced or willing to go to other men's beds.

Hou Jiawei also learned that the cottage is not having a good time now. I originally wanted to lay down the ten-mile shop and loot it, but it turned out that my vitality was greatly damaged, and I didn't even grab a hair, and I threw down all the things I had robbed before. Now the cottage is living on its previous savings, and it is about to run out of food. Many people proposed to go out and grab another vote, but the leaders in the team who could fight and kill the most were all dead, and even Yelu Lihe didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

When Hou Jiawei heard this, he gradually gained confidence in his belly.

At this time, there was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the ground trembled slightly.

Hou Jiawei's spirit was shocked, the main master is here!

When I looked up, dozens of knights rode up, and the long grass was undulating.

When they got closer, the knights suddenly split off from their left and right sides, and flanked them, and soon formed a loose encirclement, encircling them.

All the horse thieves were on their horses, and their sharp arrows were pointed at Hou Jiawei and others.

Hou Jiawei's subordinates were all shocked and angry, but he was silent, still with a smile on his face, but the quietly clenched fist, because he was too hard, his nails pierced his palms a little.

"These Kaiyuan bows, I think they were all proposed by Lao Tzu from the treasury at the beginning, but now it's better, do you want to kill your master? Wait, this revenge will be avenged sooner or later! ”

He said to himself in his heart.

When he came here before, he had guessed that Bai Mazi's attitude towards him was nothing more than friendliness, coldness, and hostility. Now it seems that Bai Mazi is not only hostile to himself, but also has the meaning of showing off in front of his former ally and half of his master.

A team of knights stopped ten steps away from Hou Jiawei and the others, and the pockmarked face of the leader was the famous and powerful white pockmark.

Although he is a murderous horse bandit who does not blink, he is not vicious, he is not tall, white and fat, with a kind smile on his face, and he looks like a rich man with a kind face. However, Hou Jiawei, who has been working with him for more than ten years, knows very well how terrible the seemingly harmless fat man in front of him is.

Bai Mazi smiled on his face, first looked Hou Jiawei up and down, and then showed surprise on his face: "Ah, isn't this Lord Hou of Zhenqiang Fort?" How did we come to this poor country? ”

His men and bandits were all laughing.

Hou Jing clenched the giant bow in his hand, and the green tendons on the back of his hand burst out.

Hou Jiawei did something that no one could have imagined.

He walked a few steps quickly, and actually came to Bai Mazi and knelt directly on the ground, kowtowed: "Subordinate Hou Jiawei, meet the big boss!" ”

This time, Bai Mazi was really startled, and sat there with his mouth wide open and couldn't speak. The horse thieves under him were all dumbfounded—this is the Ming Dynasty's high-ranking official! Just kneeling down in front of us?

They all had an indescribable emotion in their hearts, and suddenly they felt that looking at this Hou Jiawei was a lot more pleasing to the eye.

This is also human nature.

Most of them know some things between Hou Jiawei and their own big bosses, so they are naturally very dissatisfied and hostile to this 'master' who dictates them behind their backs, and now that Hou Jiawei is down, they will not hesitate to fall into the ground, and it is natural to laugh and humiliate them. But when Hou Jiawei simply knelt down in front of everyone in such a low posture, they were a little caught off guard, and the routines they prepared were no longer used, but they felt a trace of pity for Hou Jiawei.

Bai Mazi was also stunned for a while, and then he was stunned: "Lord Hou, who are you?" ”

"Where are you now? What Lord Hou, never mention it again in the future! ”

Hou Jiawei laughed: "I couldn't stab that dog official Liu Ruozai in the next line, and he was wanted everywhere by him, and now is the time to take his subordinates to the end of the world and be homeless!" Please also ask the big boss to see the love of our old brothers in the past and take one or two. I am not grateful for it, and from now on, I will work before and after the saddle, and there will be no two words! ”

"This!" Bai Mazi squinted his eyes and groaned slightly.

As soon as Hou Jiawei came up, he used these words to give him away, if he didn't take Hou Jiawei in, this righteousness would be unreasonable. There is a lot of damage to his reputation, and his subordinates will inevitably point fingers behind his back, which makes him have to accept Hou Jiawei.

Moreover, ......, his eyes swept over Hou Jiawei's ten family members, looking at the iron armor and cotton armor on their bodies, there was indescribable greed in his eyes. He knows the combat effectiveness of these generals' families very well, and they are definitely better than the horse thieves under his command, not to mention that they also have strong armor. At this time when the vitality of the cottage is greatly damaged, it is a very good thing to have their effect for the growth of the strength of the cottage.

But this doesn't mean that he is so easy to let Hou Jiawei join the gang, and he always has to give him a dismount. Let him know who's in charge here!

He squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and he didn't let Hou Jiawei get up from the ground, so Hou Jiawei knelt on the ground like this, and there was no color on his face. In Bai Mazi's view, this is undoubtedly a respectful gesture to him. This attitude made him very satisfied. Seeing the person who was high up kneeling in front of him, his heart was really comfortable, and he had an inexplicable sense of superiority. After a long while, he said: "Since Brother Hou wants to join our gang, according to the rules of the cottage, anyone who wants to go up the mountain to join the gang must have a name!" On the green forest road in the south, seven, north and sixty-three provinces, they all act like this, but it's not a brother, I want to embarrass you. "He is clearly embarrassed, the so-called vote is just to let the new gang go out to kill a few people after the new gang on the mountain, and after he has a human life, it will be difficult to serve the government, so that there is no way out, so that he can follow the leader wholeheartedly. Hou Jiawei is now a wanted criminal, where is there any way out? Where do I need to cast a name?

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