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Seeing Xu Wuliang approaching, Xu Huai smiled bitterly.

"Uncle Wu Liang, you are going to scare me to death!"

Just after he tried his best to fight, he would have another sword master of the same level. Xu Huai didn't think he could still get out of the second battle with more than 50%.

Of course, Xu Wuliang was worried that Xu Huaicai followed him secretly, but he did not expect that Xu Huai, who had to fight for his life after his first real battle, was much more stable than he thought. The peddler, who was not weak, did not find a chance to turn defeat into victory under Xu Huai's knife from beginning to end.

Putting aside the peddler's contempt and being taken advantage of by Xu Huai, Xu Wuliang did not think he could handle it better than Xu Huai. He even had to admit that saying this is suspected of elevating himself.

Xu Wuliang asked Xu Huai to sit aside and relax. He searched the peddler's body and threw it into the stream with the cargo harness. Apart from a few taels of broken silver and more than a hundred copper coins, the peddler had no advantage, but it was the shoulder pole that might have been hidden as a scabbard, but it took a lot of effort to make it.

Considering that the assassins would definitely track down the traces, and they could not completely hide the traces of the fight, so they simply made it more messy, causing the illusion of many people ambushing the peddlers, Xu Huai and Xu Wuliangcai quietly returned to Tieshi Lane in the night.

Ge and Xu Xiaohuan were confused. When they opened the lantern and saw that Xu Huai's short shirt and trousers were all covered with dark blood. Liu Qiong'er raised Miao Xin'er to her throat. When she saw Xu Wuliang and Xu Huai'anran and Wuxian come back, she breathed a sigh of relief as if she was exhausted.

"Take it to wash, don't let others see it, and don't ask questions!" Xu Wuliang took the bloody clothes that Xu Huai changed into to wash for his wife.

When I first came over at noon, I saw Xu Huai serving Qinzhai. Ge was still despised. At this moment, I was frightened and held the bloody clothes in it, and walked to the backyard with a pale face. I felt that I had received 200 taels of silver to pay off my debt. It was really not that simple. I really wanted to sell my life.

The fierce attack was extremely expensive, but he was afraid of overeating. Xu Huai had eaten something simply, but he did not return to the military camp and went to bed in Tieshi Lane.

In late spring, the weather in Tongbai Mountain is getting warmer. After nightfall, there is no need to close the windows tightly, let the moonlight shine in, and it falls on the brick floor in front of the bed, like rippling water waves.

Xu Huai didn't fall asleep for a long time, and he still recalled the battle between the stream and the valley over and over again. At this time, he thought that he shouldn't have such a fast pace. The frequency of the peddler should have better control of the rhythm and save physical energy.

The method of hiding should not be just a way to hide and hiding, but rather to face more powerful enemies calmly.

Men should pursue lasting.

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At noon the next day, by Yesanzigou, Zheng Hui stood by the dirt road in a blue shirt, staring at the messy footprints in a daze.

Two healthy men came over the beach of the stream.

"Mr. Zheng, the body was washed down by the stream for seven or eight miles. It rushed to the rock beach at the entrance of a bay. There were wounds on both the right arm, left armpit, and both legs. The most fatal thing was to cut from the left chest, which was very clean and neat, like the eagle pecking force in the python sword that could be a knife or a gun. As Mr. Zheng expected, Wang Bing redeemed Liu Qiong'er from Yuehong Building to attract us to bite the hook and bait. Their tricks were indeed unable to hide from Mr. Zheng. However, this man's sword skills were no less than Mr. Dong and Mr. Chen, and he was a little thrust."

陈子箫站在一旁,脸色有些阴.

Zheng Hui and Dong Qifeng all guessed that this matter was a scam. Their own people did not move, but asked him to arrange people to explore the trap. How could he feel happy?

It would be fine if the ordinary bandits in the village were not bad. Liu Shiquan was a rare under his command, and he was good at lurking. He died on the bank of this stream, making him feel like he had a broken arm.

"Mr. Chen, Liu Shiquan seems to be your confidant, but he is secretly dissatisfied with Tang Kui's death. He is just hiding deeply. But if not, I wouldn't use him to test whether Tieshi Lane is a trap - he died here today, don't feel a pity," Zheng Hui gently pressed Chen Zixiao's shoulder and said, "If you don't believe it, come back and ask Wu Qi if Liu Shiquan has said something strange behind your back, but we have to leave now, so it's not advisable to stay here for a long time!"

Chen Zixiao took a breath and said, "I am not sorry for Liu Shiquan's death, but Xu's power is really strong in this Tongbai Mountain. Mr. Zheng, the old soldiers of the Jingsheng Army you mentioned are mostly the backbone of the Xu's village soldiers. Xu Wufu relies very heavily on it and cannot be abandoned easily. I think it is not impossible for Mr. Zheng to get what he wants with the power of Hutou Village alone..."

"The matter is more difficult than imagined, and we need to solve the problem with the patience of decorating it. We are anxious," Zheng Hui smiled without any worries and said, "Besides, Mr. Chen surrendered to the court with two hundred bandits, and the prime minister is not inconvenient to come forward to talk to Mr. Chen directly. Even if the prime minister secretly uses some force, Mr. Chen will be the inspector in another place. Mr. Chen may not feel freer than staying in a parcel. However, if Mr. Chen leads the thief soldiers and the prefectures cannot be controlled, the prime minister will come forward to recruit him. Not only will he be proud of his face, but the dispatches arranged will be truly satisfying Mr. Chen!"

"..." Chen Zixiao looked at Zheng Hui in amazement and asked with some stuttering thoughts, "Isn't this just a raising, what's the raising..."

"Mr. Chen wants to say that he should raise the enemy and be respectful?"

Zheng Huihun said Chen Zixiao indifferently and felt awkward in four words, laughing,

"The clans of the major surnames in Tongbai Mountain have secretly communicated with the clan villages over the years. They seem to be called "Zhuma Road Reconnection", but they are still very exploited by the people. The people's suffering is still agitated, and the clan villages no longer accept people, which makes Huaiyuan, Nanxiang, Tongnan, Yushan and other places full of displaced people. If Mr. Chen takes this opportunity to recruit soldiers and horses in Tongbai Mountain, alert the prefectures and counties, and alert the court, this is a major plan for people's livelihood. How can he say that he is to raise the enemy and respect himself?"

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Even though it was found that the assassin might go to the vicinity of Yesanzigou to track down the traces, Xu Huai and Xu Wuliang did not have the ability to set up an ambush there and attacked and killed many powerful assassins.

They were also worried that the assassins would jump into Tieshi Lane forcibly jumping over the wall. In addition to practicing swords and guns in the yard all day, they just stalked near Tieshi Lane and observed the terrain.

When it was dusk, Xu Huai met two Wushu who came to drink from the military camp to the street market. When he learned that Xu Wujiang had just returned, he only wrapped an old bow with a thick burlap and rushed back to the military camp.

When he returned to the military camp, he saw Xu Xin'an standing in the yard talking to Wang Bing. Xu Huai walked over and asked:

"Why are you back, Uncle Seventeen?"

"We will go to Deng Langjun to report when we return to the military camp, but we don't expect that the head of the family will come back from Biyang today and leave Uncle Shiqi to speak there. I will leave the public hall first." Xu Xin'an said.

Xu Huai was slightly stunned.

He had no impression of Xu Wufu, the head of the Xu family.

The Xu clan has reproduced in Tongbai Mountain for nearly ten generations, and now it has two or three thousand people, distributed among the villages near Yuhuangling, south of Huaiyuan Town.

There are more than 300 people in the Xu family's legitimate branch, who are still within five robes with the eldest son.

With Xu Huai's past situation, it is really hard to have any chance to come to the head of the family Xu Wufu, let alone have any understanding of him.

In Xu Huai's shallow impression, Xu Wufu looked forty-five or six years old, with a short and strong figure, a dark skin, and a little unpretentious. Xu Wufu did not stay in Tongbai Mountain to cultivate one's character, but worked as an official in the prefecture.

He usually lives in Biyang City. Every year, when he collects land rent and the young and strong tribesmen take advantage of the slack farming practice, he returns to Lutai Village to live for a while.

In Tongbai Mountain, where Qifen Mountain is one fen water and two fen fields, Xu Jiuzhi, the Xu clan's wealth and the wealthiest clan, including Xu Wufu, has a total of tens of thousands of acres of land, and also a pasture for raising cattle and horses. If necessary, the Xu clan can pull out six or seven hundred Jingzhuang Township soldiers from the Lutai villages; the Beizhai where the ancestral temple is located, usually has forty or fifty armed patriarchs guards.

There are more than 20 martial soldiers in the inspection department, all of whom are from the Xu clan or from the different surnames of the Xu clan.

This determines that not only officials at the level of the magistrate of Biyang County, but officials at the prefecture level cannot ignore the existence of Xu's locality.

Xu Wufu returned to Huaiyuan from Biyang today. Is there something else? Or did he come back to Huaiyuan after learning that another major robbery occurred on Zoumadao?

"You have something to talk about."

Xu Xin'an just came back. Wang Bing knew that Xu Huai must have something to ask for. He stood beside him and Xu Xin'an revealed it without reservation, so he nodded and walked away first.

"You go to Hutouling and find out what information you have, how come you delayed the three or four days before you come back?" Xu Huai asked.

Although Hutouling is located in a remote place, it is only forty miles away from Huaiyuan Town. With the agile skills and foot strength of Xu Wujiang and Xu Xin'an, you can run back and forth in a day across mountains and rivers.

Generally speaking, Deng Gui told me that if someone else could go to the foot of Hutouling for a trip, it would be considered as if he was attentive. Xu Wujiang brought Xu Xin'an over, even if he was more responsible than others, staying for so long would be worrying.

Xu Xin'an didn't hide anything from Xu Huai, and pulled him to the front yard corridor and said, "We have touched Hutou Ridge, and the situation is a bit abnormal. Uncle Shiqi and I walked around the nearby villages again, and then we realized that Hutou Village had changed the sky - guess what?"

"What's wrong?" Xu Huai asked.

"Tang Kui, the former leader of Hutou Village, was beaten by Chen Zixiao, the second leader of Hutou Village. Now Chen Zixiao is the leader of Chen Zixiao," said Xu Xin'an. "Chen Zixiao was originally an outsider in Hutou Village. He fled to Tongbai Mountain to make trouble. He had no foundation here, but he didn't want to ask him to recruit seven or eight good players from where to come. Chen Zixiao didn't say that Tang Kui was beaten, but there were a few people in the village who were dissatisfied with him and were also killed. The other bandits were all convinced. I said before that Chen Zixiao took the lead in the two major robberies and the hijacking of meat tickets in nearby villages. Unexpectedly, the Pofeng Dao was beaten long ago!"

Xu Huai was not surprised when he heard Xu Xin'an's words, but he was still shocked.

Liu Qiong'er overheard the assassin who met Chen Zixiao in the Yuehonglou. Of course, they directly helped Chen Zixiao usurp the throne and seize power, so that they could completely control Hutouzhai more neatly.

The current question is whether Xu Wujiang is aware of the abnormality and has he reported all the information to Deng Gui to know.

Thinking of this, Xu Huai asked:

"Did you tell Deng Langjun all these news?"

"Of course, Deng Langjun sent us to Hutouling to spy on the bandits. Could it be that we would still have to hide it when we come back?" Xu Xin'an felt that Xu Huai asked was stupid and said, "Do you think we are going to have a good meal?"

Xu Huai was so painful that he was about to moan:

Xu Wujiang realized that it was not easy for Wang Bing to meet bandits, but he still failed to associate the incident of Hutou Village with Wang Bing's stay in the military village.

Xu Wujiang did not realize the fundamental reason for the incident in Hutouzhai. It was that the assassin mistakenly thought that the old soldiers who returned to Tongbai Mountain from Jingsheng Army were involved with Wang Bing and Lu Xiong.

However, Xu Wujiang could not have imagined that it did not mean that Deng Gui would not connect all of this after knowing all this.

Over the past month, seeing Deng Gui's reaction after Wang Bing met the bandits, Xu Huai has deeply realized that his difficulty was not simple, and even the abnormal restlessness in Hutou Village had long aroused his suspicion.

Of course, Xu Huai did not explain the truth to Xu Wujiang and the others in advance, and he did not regret it.

Such an incident occurred in Hutou Village. It was not Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an and others who hid it, so Deng Gui would be kept in the dark; if they came back, they would just delay it for a few days at most...
Chapter completed!