At nine o'clock on the next day, Zhang Xutang took the broom from the chamberlain and swept away the dust on the coffin. After a few etiquettes, the coffin came out of the hall. He held a paper flag and walked forward. Behind him, relatives and friends of the Zhang family wore sackcloth and mourning, and wept in unison.
This was not the first time that Zhang Xutang broke the filial piety basin, so he did it very skillfully. He walked forward in the wind and snow with his bridesmaid singing a mournful song, which made people cry.
This heavy snowfall was falling one after another, and those who made way for the roadside memorial ceremony also shed their sincere noses and tears.
The horse team composed of bandits also left the north gate at this time.
The snow was falling tightly, and the ten river thieves who went to sea to hunt for documents all looked fierce, with more or less scars on their faces, and a bit of fierceness in their eyes.
He wears a deep-brimmed hat, covering his eyebrows and eyes, and wears a brand-new gray leather jacket with a fox fur cloak.
Under the cloak, everyone had a waist knife hung on their waist, and a gun knife was hung on their horse, protecting the carriage as it moved forward in the heavy snow.
The driver was also hired by Beiwari, and his origins are also listed in the sea fishing documents. Compared with the height of the ten men, he was short and muscular, with a dark complexion and small hands. He pulled the reins motionlessly to let the yellow horse go.
Wherever the yellow-flowered horse goes.
The heavy snow was flying, blocking the sky and the sun, making the sky dark and the road difficult to travel. Because the carriage was running so fast, it inevitably bumped and made a "crunching" sound in the snow.
The villains outside the carriage were walking forward in silence, and the people in the carriage were also silent.
Xie Zhou was sitting in the corner of the carriage, feeling like he was about to squeeze the two people around him into a piece of paper, flat against the wall of the carriage. When the carriage moved, he also shook, and his bones almost fell apart.
The rented carriage was not spacious. There were two men from the Pei family who were in the Forbidden Army sitting next to him. Even if the martial arts practitioners were slender, their muscles were undulating under their clothes. They were solid and bulging and could not be contracted, occupying a solid position.
a place.
The younger Pei Luo, who had just turned fifteen, was full of strength and lively temperament. Even if he was silent, his body was still revealing his wild nature.
The carriage was so suffocating that he felt like punching the wall of the carriage to pieces while it was jolting, and then got out of the carriage to ride the horse galloping.
His elder brother Pei Jian appeared more steady, with a paralyzed face, and even the expression on his face fell apart in the jolts, and it was difficult to put it together for a while.
Both of them were wearing soap shirts, tied with sash of the same color, with cuffs and trouser cuffs tied up. They did not wear cloaks, showing the same ability. Each of them held a gong knife in his hand.
In the midst of the crowd, the carriage traveled three miles and then crossed the river. The poplar trees on both sides of the river were covered with thick and dense snow.
King Jin's Zhuangzi was not far from the river bank. The gate was closed, but the carriage did not stop here and continued to move forward.
Once you pass the villa, and walk another mile, you will reach the majestic Bailing Mountains.
The snow is heavy, and hunters will not go into the mountain to check the animal traps. Once they pass Jinwang Villa, there is no one left, only the wind and snow are raging.
The carriage is about to stop and the horses are about to be abandoned here. The villains rein in their horses and prepare to use their hands and feet to escort their employer over the mountains and ridges to Dingzhou.
A river thief got off his horse, took out a water bag filled with strong liquor, pulled out the stopper and brought it to his mouth to take a sip to warm up. At this moment, a sharp whistle came from the forest.
Dozens of figures leapt out of the forest, their blades cold, heading straight for the carriage.
The water bag fell to the ground, and all the spirits inside flowed out. A strong aroma of wine quickly filled the air. A knife was thrown at the thin black man driving the carriage. The man threw away the reins and whip, raised his small palm, and struck the iron
It seemed to be fanned out.
Outside the carriage, swords and swords clashed, blood spurted out, and the fight was fierce.
It was the guards from Prince Yan's palace who came, trying their best to kill the people in the carriage. Unfortunately, they were defeated by this gang of villains who wanted money rather than their lives. They fought back and retreated, and soon they fell into pieces.
Not a single person was left alive.
Jiang Thief picked up the blood-stained water bag on the ground and tried to pour some out, but found that there were only a few drops of residual wine left. He threw the water bag away and yelled angrily: "Damn it! I won't come sooner, I won't come later, at this time
Come on, I've wasted a pot of good wine in vain! If I had known I would have left one alive, sold it with a straw stick, and got back the money for the wine!"
Xie Zhou looked at the Pei brothers and knew that King Yan must have more than this manpower. He knocked on the wall of the carriage and said, "Don't be verbose. Each person has a hundred taels of head. Let's go on."
All the river thieves suddenly smiled and counted the number of people they had killed. The coachman put down the horse stool and asked the people in the carriage to get down.
Xie Zhou held down the restless Pei Luo, opened a corner of the car curtain, and jumped out.
When he got out of the carriage, without saying a word, he started to vomit while holding the yellow-flowered horse - the smell of blood was too pungent.
As soon as he appeared, Zhang Lin's eyes lit up when he was hiding in the mountains - Zhang Xutang couldn't really let go, so he sent Zhang Lin here. Zhang Lin's order was not to see rabbits and not to let go of hawks. If there is no King Jin in the carriage,
Or if someone close to the King of Jin shows up, the thirty garrison cannot be dispersed.
The Xie Zhou who appeared at this time was a confidant of King Jin. The people who did not show up in the car must be King Jin and Song Huiyue.
He was in agitated mood and made a prompt decision. He raised his bamboo whistle, put it into his mouth, blew it hard, and led another team hidden in the mountain to charge down.
The thirty borrowed garrison troops showed strict discipline and well-trained skills in terms of speed and killing methods, and they wielded their swords to kill the Jiang bandits.
Xie Zhou crawled onto the carriage to avoid being accidentally injured. A garrison man holding a knife in one hand chased after him.
The coachman charged forward and blocked the man's footsteps. There were many and fierce soldiers stationed there, so he was attacked from both sides and could no longer care about the carriage.
Zhang Lin escaped from the fight, jumped onto the carriage, lifted the curtain with his left hand, and thrust in with his right hand. However, a leg suddenly stretched out from the carriage, with a big foot made of iron. He kicked Zhang Lin's chest hard and pulled Zhang Lin out of the carriage.
He kicked and flew ten steps away.
With a "bang", Zhang Lin fell to the ground. Pei Luo got out of the carriage, drew out his long knife, shouted angrily, chased after Zhang Lin, and knocked Zhang Lin to the ground with one blow.
He struck out fiercely, and the garrison around the carriage suddenly retreated in alarm. Pei Jian also got out of the carriage and stood next to Peluo.
The Jiang thieves were originally helpless, but when they saw two good men in the carriage coming out to help, they became energetic and raised their swords to kill them.
With a head of one hundred taels each, this group of people would never let go of such an opportunity to make a fortune. They immediately took advantage of the impact brought by the two Pei brothers and fought hard to kill them.
Xie Zhou stretched out his upper body and looked around the battlefield while holding his breath. He watched King Yan's men fall one by one and felt that his hair was filled with blood.
He was a man of letters, he could only hurt people with his mouth, he had never raised a knife, and his scalp was numb just looking at the scene in front of him.
Fortunately, his purpose of this trip was achieved.
Weaken King Yan's strength and seize control of the garrison around the capital.
While the fight was going on here, King Jin, Song Huiyue, and Wan Yunjun had already walked up the mountain from the trail on the other side. When they reached the top of the mountain, they could go down and enter Taihangxing.
The King of Jin only needs to send the two of them to the foot of the mountain, and the trip will be considered complete - Li Jun has lived like a beast in Taihang County for so many years, one can imagine how many places there are to hide people.