big master, big liar

Song Xuan is an old Jianghu who has been in the market place. As soon as he left Anding City, he planned his route.

There is another city next to Anding City, named Changning, both of which are fortresses in the Northland, not far from the border.

It's just that An Ding City is remote, but Chang Ning City is still relatively prosperous. There are many traders who resell and smuggle at border gates, and there are small-scale war conflicts from time to time, so the population in the city is uncertain, so it is a good place to stay.

Song Xuan silently took away the fortune-telling flag, changed into a wide-sleeved Confucian shirt, and mixed the silver and hid it in the middle of the bookcase, really like a scholar.

He knew that Ergou's appearance was eye-catching, so he found some dyed plants before leaving, and he just dyed Ergou's majestic white hair yellow.He is not skilled in handicraft, the earth color is deep or light as if mangy, roughly looking, he really looks like a yellow dirt dog.

He was afraid that people would find out his whereabouts, so he didn't rent a bullock cart, he only walked with his feet, and he didn't take the official road, only took the small road.

But he didn't want to, it was his cautiousness that caused him to suffer.

He met bandits.

This world is not peaceful at all, there are small fights in the frontier, and there was a flood in the north a few days ago, the people's life is difficult, and more people turn into bandits.

Song Xuan remembered that there was no such a group of people on this mountain two years ago, he didn't want him to stay in Anding City for two years, but when he came out, he faced a group of strong men with swords and axes on horseback.

The leading man whistled, and several minions rode on horses and surrounded Song Xuan.

The leading man saw him and spat: "Unlucky, he's a poor scholar."

Song Xuan thought in his heart, you'd better treat me as if I don't have oil on my body and send me far away.

But he said with a smile on his mouth: "This strong man, I am a scholar, I have no property, and my family is even poorer. If you want to rob, I'm afraid you can only rob."

"You scholar, you are talking nonsense." The man also found it funny when he heard it, and didn't want to search him: "Take out all the silver taels you have on your body, if you dare to hide a dime, I will cut you off."

Song Xuan dawdled and dug out a few copper coins from the soles of his waist shoes, and picked up a piece of silver from his bosom, and handed it to the man with a bitter face: "At any rate, leave me some sesame seed money."

When the man saw it, his arrogance dissipated, and he really threw two copper coins to him, and waved his hand irritably: "Let's go, let's go."

Song Xuan picked up the two copper coins, lowered his head and walked forward, within two steps, he suddenly heard a low voice from behind: "Wait, stop!"

Song Xuan stood on the spot immediately, not knowing what clues he had been seen.He wasn't very afraid in his heart, although human legs could not run as fast as horses' legs, but at most he was just spending money to eliminate disasters.

Although the bandits are cruel, most of them pay attention to the word "righteousness", and they will not make things difficult for ordinary people.

The man seemed to have thought of something, and he drove forward again, and looked at him from above: "Are you a scholar? Where do you live?"

Song Xuan didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned this, so he said in a low voice: "I'm from Anding City, who came out to visit relatives. He studied for two years, but his brain is not very good, and he only had a child."

The man asked: "Not even a scholar?"

Song Xuan made a dejected look: "If I am selected as a scholar, how can I be so poor?"

The man frowned, as if a little embarrassed, and finally said: "Forget it, forget it, it's you."

Song Xuan was puzzled, before he had time to ask, he listened to the man's order: "That's all, take it back to the mountain."

Song Xuan secretly thought that it was not good, and before he could move in the future, he was picked up by the man immediately.

He clicked his tongue: "Well, you poor scholar, you look like a skinny monkey, why are you so heavy?"

Song Xuan thought that it had nothing to do with the weight of silver taels in the middle of the box.

As soon as the man finished speaking, there was a sound of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" The horse raised its legs and neighed, throwing both of them off.

Oops, I forgot Ergou.

Obviously, Ergou wanted to protect him when he saw that he was about to be forcibly taken away, but he didn't want to make the scene tense all of a sudden.

Song Xuan hurriedly stopped Er Gou's movements. Seeing the tense situation, all the bandits drew their knives out one after another, as if they wanted to chop Er Gou into minced meat on the spot.

Song Xuan hurriedly said: "This is a guard dog that has been raised in my family for many years. This time, my family members are worried that I will go out alone, so I brought it out. Animals do not understand human nature. Please hold your hands high and let it go."

The man was startled off the horse by the dog and lost his face. Ben picked up the knife and wanted to chop him, but he was still afraid of the ferocity of the two dogs and dared not go forward alone.

In the end, I could only say: "Forget it, he is also a good dog. If you let him go home, I won't care about it."

Song Xuan hurriedly lowered his head, and whispered something to Er Gou, but Er Gou seemed to understand, shook his fur, and ran away.

After this round, Song Xuan sat on the back of the man's horse again. The road on the mountain was uneven, and Song Xuan was so bumped that he almost vomited out the dry food he had taken in the morning. .

Looking up again, he really came to the old lair of this group of bandits. In this mountain forest, a group of camps have been set up, and there is even an archery tower for guarding.

Seeing them coming back, the bandits on guard shouted loudly: "What did you bring back today?"

The man sighed: "Don't mention it, I didn't get a single hair, I only brought back a poor scholar, and I almost got bitten by a dog."

As soon as the words fell, everyone laughed.

The bandit pointed at Song Xuan and asked, "Second leader, what should I do with this person?"

The man obviously hesitated, and said for a while: "Shut up in the firewood room first, and then make plans when the eldest brother comes back."

Only then did Song Xuan realize that the person who blocked him from going up the mountain was actually the second head of some cottages.

The bandits obviously hesitated: "But...isn't there one locked in the firewood room?"

Er Dangjia waved his hand: "If you close it, you will close it. Both of them are weak chickens. How can they still escape?"

So Song Xuan was pushed away by bandits.

Song Xuan was also helpless, he wanted to talk to the second leader, but he hadn't figured out the real purpose of this person taking him up the mountain, so he had to wait and see what happened.

Several bandits opened the door of the firewood room, pushed him in, closed the door with a "bang", and heard the sound of locking outside the door.

The smell in the firewood room was very unpleasant, and the light was dim. Song Xuan groped and took two steps forward, and the sole of his foot seemed to touch something.

A low muffled hum sounded from the firewood room.

Song Xuan lowered his head and looked into a pair of icy eyes, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Song Xuan had heard from the second master that there was another person in the firewood room, but he never expected it to be this person.

The third prince, Ji Yunxi.

As the saying goes, it's not that enemies don't get together, Song Xuan wanted to avoid it more, but this person just wanted to be brought before his eyes.

"Mr. Song?" Ji Yunxi frowned, looking at him with indescribably complicated eyes.

Song Xuan forced a smile: "Mr. Xi is well."

Ji Yunxi was half leaning against the wall, her tone was indifferent, not knowing whether it was praise or disparagement: "Mr. Song really knows things like a god."

When Song Xuan saw him, he was startled at first, and then got a headache: when did his nonsense come to such an effect.

If there is disaster, there will be disaster, and if there is difficulty, there will be difficulty. Earlier he said that Ji Yunxi's calamity was not over, but then Ji Yunxi was captured by these bandits.

Before he had time to speak, he saw Ji Yunxi struggling to take out the brocade pouch from his bosom. A big hole had been punctured in the brocade pouch, and a broken arrowhead was embedded in it.

"This is..." Song Xuan hurriedly picked up the brocade bag, which was embroidered with very familiar runes, and when he twisted it with his hand, the inside was hard, as if deformed.

It was really the kit he sent out, but it was too tattered to be recognizable.

"This is the kit you gave me," Ji Yunxi curled his lips, his eyes seemed to be probing. "If it is said that the assassination was accidental, this time it was Mr. Song who actually saved my life."

"The things in this kit have saved me from being pierced by an arrow. From this point of view, Mr. is really a capable person." Ji Yunxi said.

Song Xuan was taken aback when he heard this, this mistake was too precise, even he couldn't help doubting it.

And at this moment, how dare he take credit for it?

He somehow expected Ji Yunxi's two catastrophes, and he bumped into Ji Yunxi in this firewood house again. He was afraid that Ji Yunxi would have doubts about him.

Although he is not stupid, he is not willing to deal with powerful and powerful people with deep thoughts, especially Ji Yunxi, who has a noble status.

But if he didn't explain the current situation, he didn't know if Ji Yunxi would think that he was colluding with others to harm him, so he could calculate so accurately.

Sure enough, before Song Xuan could speak, Ji Yunxi spoke first.

His voice was limp, and seemed weaker than before.

"It's just Mr. Song, why are you here?"