Even Xu Shenji, who was next to Cheng Dalei, didn't realize how the other party got out. Like a ball that suddenly bounced up, he knocked the escaping horse thief off his horse hard, and then Cheng Dalei carried the other person by the collar and walked away.
came back and threw it under a big tree.
Boom!
The sound of his body hitting the big tree made the villager feel pain all over his body, and he felt like his bones were about to be broken. He opened his eyes dizzily and saw three faces in front of him.
A black-faced man, a cold-faced girl, and a wretched old man.
"Let's talk casually. Where are you from?" The black-faced man said, "If you answer well, you can leave comfortably."
The horse thief immediately recognized the situation and said: "Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life, we are Lin Tianjiang's people."
"General Lin?"
Cheng Dalei and Xu Shenji looked at each other and immediately realized that the "Lin Tianjiang" he mentioned was the Lin Shaoyu everyone was looking for. And the man in front of him was a rebel soldier.
Cheng Dalei checked the horse thief's hands and found that there were thick calluses left by the weapons he used to hold. It seemed that this man was not lying.
Gee, how did the rebel army become such thugs, and how did Shao Yu lead the team?
"How dare you lie!" Cheng Dalei pressed the spring of the sword: "Who doesn't know that the rebel army is in Bingzhou now? It seems that you don't want to live."
"Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life!" The horse thief kowtowed like a fool: "I'm not lying to you, we encountered imperial soldiers when we broke out from Bingzhou, and then got separated from the larger army, so we could only become a group of horse thieves on the grassland.
"
"Lin Shaoyu came to the grassland?" Cheng Dalei asked.
"No, no." The horse thief shook his head: "General Lin Tian wanted to break through Bingzhou and enter the grassland, but he encountered imperial soldiers and was blocked back again."
"So where is he now?"
The horse thief paused, looked at Cheng Dalei and said, "A hero wants to kill General Lin Tian?"
Now the entire empire wants to kill Lin Shaoyu, not only the officers and soldiers, but also the bandits.
"That's right!" Cheng Dalei nodded heavily: "Do you dare to hide his whereabouts?"
"How dare I be such a good man? I really don't know where they are. I still hope someone can kill him soon."
Cheng Dalei was startled: "Why? Aren't you his people?"
"Good man, we have suffered miserably at the hands of this man named Lin. We were originally honest farmers, but that man surnamed Lin said he wanted us to live a good life. Our family of five fell into the Righteous Cult inexplicably. Now my father
My brothers are all dead, and I am the only one left. My brother lost a hand during the war, and was left behind by Lin Shaoyu, freezing to death on the road."
It seemed that the horse thief was not lying. He shed tears as he spoke, sobbing softly and heavily.
Cheng Dalei and Xu Shenji both fell silent. Of course, when they left Toad City, they no longer had a favorable impression of the rebels. But the real situation will always refresh everyone's understanding.
Cheng Dalei held the hilt of the sword, thought for a moment, and finally kicked the horse thief aside.
"get out."
The horse thief knew that he had saved his life from the gate of hell, and immediately ran away without his life. Xu Shenji looked at his back and said: "Master, let him go like this. If our news leaks out,
Are you afraid there will be a lot of trouble?"
Cheng Dalei's situation is no better than Lin Shaoyu's. He is probably at the top of everyone's list of people in the empire. Officials want to kill him to get rid of the bandits, and bandits want to kill him to make his name famous. Cheng Dalei has been hiding in Toad City and cannot come out, and no one can do anything to kill him.
.But if his whereabouts were leaked, it would probably be like stirring up a hornet's nest.
"Since I dare to come out, do I still find it troublesome?" Cheng Dalei patted the sword on his waist: "If they want to kill me, let them come. It just so happens that I haven't shown my face in the world for a long time."
"Where should we go next?" Xu Shenji looked to the south: "Bingzhou?"
"Let's go to Bingzhou."
…
Cheng Dalei wanted to enter Bingzhou, but it was not easy. Bingzhou is a flat grassland, and the terrain is relatively simple, so it is not suitable for hiding.
In the past, Bingzhou was mostly sparsely populated, and because it borders the Rong people, it was always worried about Rong invasion, so the people were even sparser, and it was almost in a semi-deserted state.
But this winter, too many people flocked to Bingzhou for the same purpose.
The general's mansion headed by Yuchi Li.
Yangzhou soldiers led by Li Xing.
Jingzhou soldiers led by Xiangfu.
These three forces are considered the strongest among them, and the battle is mainly between the three parties. However, there are still many forces pouring into Bingzhou, hoping to become a dark horse or something and win the final championship unexpectedly.
Heavy troops have been deployed in the area bordering Bingzhou and the grassland to prevent the rebel army from breaking out from the border. In addition, several troops came and went to search, constantly narrowing the encirclement.
The general situation has been decided, and many people have predicted that the power of the Righteous Sect has been exhausted, and Lin Shaoyu will be executed in these few days. Therefore, other questions arise: Who can finally chop off Lin Shaoyu's head?
Among the several people in the empire who may succeed to the throne, whoever gets Lin Shaoyu's head will be able to sit on the throne.
Any soldier who can capture Lin Shaoyu will be immediately granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, and will not be replaced by hereditary officials.
Everyone wanted to get Lin Shaoyu's head in the end, not anyone else. So there were countless things that tripped each other up, used knives in the back, and slapped others in the face.
It can be said that the main reason why Lin Shaoyu can survive until now is because of the intrigues between the various forces. Otherwise, he would have been killed countless times.
Night on the grassland, in the tent.
In front of Li Xingzai was a bloody head. Li Xingzai stared at the other person with great interest. He saw that the face looked very ordinary, and his eyes were wide open after death, as if he wanted to turn into an evil ghost and devour Li Xingzai in one bite.
"Cao Shiqi, native of Jiaozhou, unknown age, unknown origin." A civil servant dressed as a civil servant in front of Li Xingzai said slowly: "The symbol is a red seal on the top of the head."
This civil servant Xingwan, named Huxin, is a retainer from the Prime Minister's Mansion. At the same time, there is another person standing in the tent, Song Youqu, the son of Song Bokang. Although everyone knows that the prince Li Xingzai is a puppet, Wan still has to do superficial work.
Both Hu Xin and Song Youqu came to assist Li Xingzai, but they were actually monitoring him.
Li Xingzai peeled off the black hair on his head and found a red birthmark.
"Then it seems that this person is the famous killer Cao Shiqi in the empire." Li Xingzai touched the back of his head: "It's really dangerous. If Lord Wan hadn't saved him in time, my life would have been left here."
"Working for His Highness is a matter of course." Wan Hu said calmly: "There is also information. This grass joined the General's Mansion seventeen years ago and became a retainer of the General's Mansion."
Li Xingzai was stunned, and suddenly a smile appeared on his lips: "It seems that my brother can't wait any longer."