With Lu Zhishen by his side, and with the support of Qin Fei and his elite soldiers, Yang Zhi felt much more relaxed after fighting all the way, and most of the haze that had been buried in his heart had dissipated.
When the group of people reached Umbrella Mountain, there were more gangsters killed along the way. However, no matter how vigorously these people rushed out, under the leadership of Yang Zhi, the elite soldiers covered up and killed the bandits who had been killed in the past. They were howling like ghosts and wolves. Escape, especially now that there is such a fierce man like Lu Zhishen in the army, where the sword is swung, it is really like an evil ghost trying to escape, and there is a bloody road for this fierce general to kill, like It was like a fatal gash was torn open in the middle of the array. Wherever Lu Zhishen went, those minions were invincible.
Everyone was fighting happily. At this moment, there were only a few hundred officers and soldiers. Compared with when they came out of Daming Mansion, they had lost nearly half of their troops. However, they were not hindered by this now. On the contrary, their combat effectiveness should be The increase in cohesion and the accumulation of practical experience increase exponentially.
Nowadays, everyone is no longer afraid of bandits, but inexplicably looking forward to fighting. The special pleasure of fighting side by side with brothers can only be truly experienced by men who have gone to the battlefield.
However, I don’t know if Yang Zhi led the team to fight all the way and gained a reputation in the world. Those gangs that were originally a bit evil now lost their courage, and those leaders who knew that they were not capable also did not I dare not have the slightest bit of speculation. Ever since the last killing in Umbrella Mountain, all the gangs along the way have been incompetent and boring.
It is now the fourth day of June. The weather has not reached noon. There is a red sun with no clouds at all. The earth is steaming with blazing flames. People walking on the road are not only dry and thirsty, but also the journey is boring, which makes it even more convenient. He seemed a little lazy. The roads that Yang Zhi was leading were all rugged and remote mountain trails. There was no place to provide shade from the sun in the southern mountains and northern ridges, which made the soldiers and horses' armor become slightly hot to the touch.
Yang Zhi built a pergola and looked around, only to see that there were no traces of pedestrians in the surrounding area. There was only a small forest not far away, and the rest were a few lonely small trees.
"Tiya, it's so hot that it's too hot to kill people, why don't we take a break," the old governor said at this time, with a tone full of lust.
"What kind of place is this? Where can I stay? You have the right to endure it for a while. After you are done with this position, we can find a shady place to discuss it," Yang Zhi responded.
The old man had nothing to say. He gritted his teeth and looked like he was half-dead. He sat on the horse with half his head tilted and headed towards the post all the way with the large army. In addition to the noisy cicadas in his ears, there was the squeaking and twisting of the dart's axle. , it was really upsetting to hear it.
Just like this, I walked another hundred steps, climbed to the post, and passed by the edge of the forest. Without saying a word, the old man turned over and dismounted with a groan of pain, and leaned on it without even looking. A big tree sat down, and the old governor here sat down. Immediately afterwards, another soldier specially arranged by Qin Fei to monitor his every move quickly went to report back. After hearing this, Yang Zhi and others immediately tightened the reins. , beat the horse and came to the old captain.
When the old governor saw that everyone had stopped marching, Yang Zhidu galloped in front of him, so he said sarcastically: "Tiha, I'm really too hot to walk, so let's take a rest. , it’s not harmful either,”
Yang Zhidao: "Don't worry, you don't know that this is a place where strongmen come and go. The place is called Huangnigang. Even in normal times, there are always robbers who come out to rob people halfway during the day, not to mention the current one." Who dares to stop here in such a situation?"
The old governor covered his wound from the arrow and said, "Tell us to take a break. The pain along the way has been unbearable. If we continue on, I'm afraid there won't be any strongmen or ghosts claiming our lives." , Alas, Tihath, how about you avoid the sun before traveling?"
Yang Zhidao: "Old Du Guan, you are so confused that you have to rest and avoid the sun before going out. What will happen? You don't know. From here to go down to Gangzi, there will be no one for seven or eight miles. Just bear with it, that's all." When it's too late, you can reach the state of Jeju Prefecture. Then I can find a good doctor so that I can heal your injuries. Then you will be happy and the burden on all of us will be safe."
The old man listened and saw that Yang Zhi was going to leave and was not allowed to rest here, so he turned his head and said in a slightly different tone: "Then I'll sit down by myself before leaving. You go ahead, I'll do it later." Just catch up,"
Lu Zhishen looked at it and became impatient. He pulled out his knife with a sharp sound and struck the birdman's head with one slash.
There was a boring sound, and Yang Zhi drew out his knife as fast as lightning and caught Lu Zhishen's blade halfway.
"Why are you stopping the Sa family?" Lu Zhishen glared at Yang Zhidao.
"Put away the knife," Yang Zhidao said.
The old governor looked at the blade in front of him and couldn't help shouting in fear: "Kill me, Enxiang will not let you go," he screamed again in fear, Yang Zhi quickly turned over and dismounted, He blocked the old man's mouth and lowered his voice: "Don't say anything."
Lao Duguan was unable to utter a complete sentence as Yang Zhi covered his mouth. He struggled and struggled. He was so traumatized that he stopped talking.
Yang Zhi let go of the old man, looked at him and said: "No matter what, it seems that you are also a person who is afraid of death. It's okay for me to leave you here alone, but if you fall into the hands of a strong man, then what will happen to you?" How can I put it, the sores are unbearable and the scorching sun is unbearable, you can’t bear it. If the bandits cut off your hands and feet and chopped them off piece by piece, wouldn’t you betray our whereabouts?”
When the old governor heard this, he was speechless for a moment, so he put aside this unreasonable remark and picked his own favorable one and started again, saying: "Tichah, I have a fatal wound on my body, and I am no better than you with nothing. Let's go, you don't treat people as human beings," Lao Duguan said here, and he felt that he was right. He also saw that Yang Zhiyi dared to touch him, and protected him without letting anyone else do it. He thought it was Yang Zhiyi who dared to touch him. Zhi was afraid of him, so he became more and more energetic and wanted to show his dignity to others, so he said: "When I was on official duty in the Grand Master's Mansion in Tokyo, the officers under my command saw Wu Qianwuwan, and they all sang to me. It's not that I'm arrogant. , thinking that you are a soldier who has suffered death, my husband is pitiful, so I promoted you to be a deputy governor. In comparison, you are an official position the size of a mustard. You are so talented all the way. Although my husband ordered you to listen to you, it is just to take care of you. It's just a show of affection. You are clearly trying to make trouble on Tai Sui's head by shouting and shouting like this."
"You old bird, what nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Zhishen stared at him with a pair of copper-bell-like tiger eyes.
This scolding made the old man in charge startled deeply. At that moment, his whole body was involuntarily shivering and he was speechless.
Yang Zhi took this opportunity and said: "No matter what, what you said makes sense. It's just that you grew up in the prime minister's house. You don't know the difficulties on the road. You are looking at you from your own standpoint." I'm not a tree, I'm not a ruthless person, Yang Zhi, I'm just standing in the position of an official, shouldering the responsibility of entrusting myself and the lives of brothers No. 100. Don't you have a way to weigh it in your mind, which one is more important?"
The old man said: "I have been to Sichuan and Guangdong and Guangxi. No matter how heroic you are now, back then I was not much worse than you in playing guns and sticks, but I was not as confident as you."
Yang Zhidao: "Now is no different than in peacetime."
The old man in charge said: "You should cut out your tongue for saying this. How can the world not be peaceful today?" After saying this, the old man deliberately snorted loudly and said: "It really is not peaceful. Even bandit leaders can hang out. How can there be peace between officers and soldiers?"
Lao Duguan said this very sharply, and the meaning of it was understood by all the people present. For a moment, the atmosphere became a bit suffocating and terrifying. However, just when Yang Zhidai was about to retaliate to him, I saw a cat in the pine forest opposite, relaxing his head and looking around.
Yang Zhidao: "What am I talking about? It's not that bad guys are here." After saying this, his elite soldiers and generals carefully picked up their knives in their hands. Yang Zhi immediately left the old governor and took the Pu He rushed into the pine forest and yelled: "You are so bold, what are you looking for?" When several people came up and took a closer look, they saw seven Jiangzhou cars lined up in the pine forest. Son, there were five men lying around, each stripped naked, enjoying the coolness in the shade of the tree. The man in the lead, with a green wolf head tattooed on his chest, was holding a simple knife in his hand, lying horizontally to block it. Yang Zhi's path.
Yang Zhi shouted and rushed into the forest with a bright sword in hand. When the five people here saw him, they all jumped up in surprise and took the knife in their hands.
Yang Zhi shouted: "Who are you waiting for?"
The five people looked at Yang Zhi and asked, "Who are you?"
Yang Zhidao: "I am the prefect of Jeju Prefecture, specializing in encircling and suppressing bandits, big and small!"
After hearing this, the five people took a closer look at this person and then asked: "Don't try to block people, we are a small business, how can we have money for you?"
After hearing what these people said, Yang Zhi began to think that he had made a mistake, so he softened his tone and asked again: "Are you a gangster? How can you look around in the woods?"
The five men said: "We, seven brothers, are from Haozhou, selling dates to Tokyo. We passed here on the way, and heard many local people say that thieves often rob merchants on Huangnigang. As we walked, we Xun thought: "The five of us only have some dates and no other financial resources, so it won't be a problem if we just go to Gangzi." So we encouraged each other to go to Gangzi, but we didn't expect that there would be no thieves, and the heat was really torturous, so , I will rest in the woods for a while until the evening cools down. I heard someone coming to Gangzi. We were afraid that it was a gangster, so we asked this brother to come out and take a look."
Yang Zhi looked at the costumes of these people and thought that there were only five of them. Even if they were bad guys, it would be difficult for them to do anything. Hundreds of people had been killed. He was still afraid that these few would not succeed, so he relaxed his vigilance and said: "It turns out So, I just saw you guys peeking at me. I was afraid that it was a bad person, so I came to take a look. If there was a bad person, Sajia would raise his knife and kill him immediately."
The five people said: "Don't dare, don't dare, haha, the weather is dry and angry, you might as well bring some dates,"
Yang Zhidao said: "No need," he raised his sword and took one last look at those people before striding back.
The old governor was still sitting on the ground, looked at Yang Zhi and snorted coldly: "Didn't you say there was a thief? How could he escape?"
Yang Zhi said: "I only thought he was a bad guy, but he turned out to be some customers selling dates."
The old man turned away and said to the soldiers: "Since those jujube sellers dare to rest here, why don't we dare to take a rest? We are really frightened. If we go on like this, let alone my old body." , even these young and strong men are hungry and none of them can withstand the heat. If you get sick, who cares if you leave this burden to me," the old governor said here, paused, and leaned his head against the trunk of the tree. He closed his eyes leisurely and leaned on his old saying as if teaching his little grandson: "Desire, speed, will not achieve,"
Yang Zhi glanced at the old governor and wanted to say more, but what the old guy said made sense, so he said to Qin Fei: "Give me the order to rest here and wait for the cold." Let’s hurry up and hurry up,”
Qin Fei nodded and said, "That's very good." After saying that, he quickly went down to order the sergeants to rest in the forest.
Yang Zhi and Lu Zhishen also stuck their knives on the ground and found a tree in the forest to sit down and cool off.
Just when Yang Zhi was resting, the vendor selling dates over there was peeping at this side. Ruan Xiaoer secretly pushed Ruan Xiaowu aside and said: "This group of people should stop, so we don't have to worry about it." Brother, please do something."
Ruan Xiaowu glanced at the person over there and said, "That man just now is the green-faced beast Yang Zhi, right?"
"Whatever the green-faced beast or the red-faced beast, Mr. Gongsun will do it in a while, and everything will be fucking gone, haha," Shi Qian leaned over at this moment and whispered mischievously and impatiently.
"It's just that I don't know how long they will stay here. Mr. Gongsun needs some time. We'd better keep a close eye on them. When it's critical, we should also be smart enough to fill the gap for them," Chao Gai said, looking at the person. side.
Ruan Xiaoqi pointed to the post and said: "Look, the man appointed by Mr. Gongsun is here. Can he delay those people? I don't know. We still need to help."
The crowd stopped talking and looked along Ruan Xiaoqi's direction. They saw a man in the distance carrying a pair of buckets and singing "Shang Gang Zi".
The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice fields are half withered.
The farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the princes and princes are shaking their fans.
The man sang in his mouth, walked up the hillside, rested his bucket in the pine forest near the roadside, and sat on the ground to enjoy the cool air.
The soldiers saw it from a distance, so they came over with their swords and asked the man: "Hey, what are you doing! What is in your bucket?"
The man saw that he was a group of officers and soldiers in silver helmets. After questioning him fiercely, he responded submissively: "It's nothing...it's just some white wine."
The soldiers said: "Where are you going to pick up the white wine?"
The man said: "I just want to pick out villages to sell."
The soldiers nodded and said: "Since they are all for sale, why not sell it to us? Let me ask you, how much does a barrel of this wine cost?"
As soon as the man heard that there was a business, he dared to speak. His voice rose by three points and he said: "Sell five strings for enough money."
The soldiers discussed: "We are hot and thirsty, why not buy something to eat and help relieve the heat." So they each raised money to buy the wine, but at this moment, Yang Zhi was there While he and Lu Zhishen were talking about their next plan to leave Qingzhou, they accidentally saw a crowd over there, so they came over and shouted: "What are you doing?"
When the soldiers saw that Tihath was coming, they said, "I want to buy a bowl of wine to eat."
Yang Zhi became a little anxious when he heard this, and said quickly: "You can't give orders, but you just buy wine and eat at will. You are so bold."
The soldiers said: "It's very hot today. Let's all pay to buy a bucket. It will help to beat the heat and go on the road."
Yang Zhidao: "Fortunately, you are all elite soldiers who suppress bandits, and you are completely unaware of the insidious activities in the world. Do you know how many heroes who are one against a hundred have been overturned by the sweat drug?"
The man picking the wine looked at Yang Zhi and sneered: "Sir, I am an honest man, how could I be willing to add sweat medicine to this wine? To be honest with you, this wine was brewed by me at home, that is, the Chen Gu I don’t even use it to brew wine, let alone add medicine. If you waste my wine like this, then I’d better sell it to someone who knows the product and taste it.”
Just when they were talking about this, I saw a group of date sellers in the pine forest opposite came out with a simple knife and asked: "What's going on!"
The man who picked the wine said: "I picked this wine myself and sold it in Gangzi Village. When it got hot, I took a rest here. They all wanted to ask me to buy some to eat, but I didn't sell it to them. The official said, "I'm drinking wine." Is there any sweat medicine in it? Is it funny to say such a thing?"
The five guests said: "Bah, I thought I caught the bad guy and came out to watch the excitement, but it turned out to be the case. However, it is always hard to believe what the official said, even if you say nothing, it doesn't matter. We are just looking for wine to quench our thirst." , since he is suspicious, just don’t buy it from them, just sell this barrel to us and eat it,”
When the wine picker heard this, he hugged the barrel and said repeatedly: "No, no, no, no one."
The five guests said: "Why don't you sell it? You are so naive. Sooner or later you will have to go to the village to sell it, and usually we will give you money. Now you can sell it to us, and it will be easier for you to carry it all the way. This How could you not spare such a good thing?"
The man carrying the wine raised his eyes and glanced at the men selling dates and said: "Since we have said so, it doesn't matter if we sell a bucket, but we don't have a bowl or ladle, how can we scoop it up and eat it?"
The five men said: "You guys are so serious. It's just that you are missing a bowl and ladle. No matter what, we have our own ladles right here." Two men went to the car and took out two coconut ladles, and one of them held out a coconut ladle. Come with lots of dates.
The five people stood by the bucket, opened the lid, and took turns scooping out the wine and eating the dates. In a short time, all the wine in the bucket was finished.
All the officers and soldiers looked here eagerly, swallowing their saliva dryly, and their lips became increasingly dry and unbearable. The old man sitting on the side stared at the merchants selling dates and smiled playfully. There was no sign of numbness, and his mouth was so dry that he was about to burst into smoke. He licked his withered lips and tongue, then struggled to get up, walked quickly, and angrily threw all the money at the liquor store. In front of the man, he said, "I want this jar." After saying that, he took the wine jar in his hand. However, he found that there was no wine jar, so he looked up at the man selling dates and said, "I'll lend you a jar of wine." use,"
Just when he said this, before the man selling dates could answer, Yang Zhi jumped out and said: "I don't care, but you can't eat this wine."
The old governor has stretched out his hand, and how can he take it back in front of everyone? He is still a governor in Daming Mansion, so he has to work hard all the way. He is not allowed to drink any wine. This is a special jurisdiction. You really don't take Du Guan seriously. When Lao Du Guan thought about this, he suddenly became angry and said with Yang Zhi's words: "How can you not drink under the scorching sun?"
"If there is medicine in the wine, how can we 'suppress the bandits'?" Yang Zhi was afraid that the old man would become angry and say something he shouldn't have said, so he implicitly pointed out these words first.
The old governor snorted coldly, raised his head and said: "Even if you give me medicine, it will only trouble one of us. You can just go and kill me. Without me, you will not be a burden."
When Yang Zhi heard this, he really had nothing to refute in such a scene, so he said angrily: "The ugly talk is ahead. If there is any right or wrong, it must not be the responsibility of the Sa family." After that, he turned around and left. I went back to look for Lu Zhishen under your pine tree.
The old capital officer sent Yang Zhi away with one look. As if he had the upper hand, he snorted coldly at Yang Zhi's back, then turned around, looked at the jujube sellers arrogantly and said, "What? Aren’t you willing to borrow it?”
A stout man with a wolf head tattooed on his chest took the gourd in his hand and said slowly: "It's not that I don't want to lend it to you, it's just that we have used this gourd before, and although we are fine, once it is in your hands, What's the pros and cons of eating that barrel of wine? Could it be that that gentleman will kill me? We are all businessmen and we are very afraid of death."
When the old man heard this, he was a little angry. If he ate the wine in a panic after buying it, it would make Yang Zhi laugh. He immediately made up his mind to borrow the gourd, so he said: "What are you afraid of? Here, here it is for you." "Twenty dollars, just buy it, you give me the ladle, I'm talking about it, if there is anything wrong, it's my business and has nothing to do with you."
After hearing this, the man with the wolf's head tattooed on his chest held the money tightly in one hand and shouted to all the officers and soldiers around him: "You all heard it. This gentleman said, what does it have to do with me?" We have nothing to do with each other, okay, please take the ladle," he said and handed the ladle over.
The old man took it in his hand and was very happy. He took a scoop and put it into his mouth. It was just like this scoop, sweet and delicious.
"Refreshing," Lao Duguan wiped the corner of his mouth with his arm, as if the pain in his chest was reduced by three points. He deliberately drank in a cheerful voice, and looked at Yang Zhi while drinking, feeling that everything was won.
Qin Fei, who swallowed his saliva on the side, looked at the wine seller and the man with the wolf head tattooed on his chest who was smiling after receiving the money. He licked his chapped mouth and looked away. However, just The moment he turned his head, a shadow suddenly flashed through Qin Fei's mind. The man covered in blood took out a waistband from his arms with a heavy breath...
This person is, Qin Fei's eyes suddenly narrowed, he tightened the knife in his hand, and turned around suddenly...