Tang Dizhihua

Near noon, sand and dust gradually rose on the grass-strewn road.The bandits rushed towards the village aggressively, but were overwhelmed by the deadly atmosphere here.

Even though it was the moment when every household raised smoke, the whole village seemed to be deserted.

The little boss at the head frowned, and slowly drew out his knife. When he saw the villagers rushing out suddenly, he smirked like he was treating prey.

The bandits rode their horses to charge, but the villagers suddenly pulled out the tripping ropes and various traps, which made them suffer a lot.

Li Yi stood on the roof, Pei Jia stood beside him and said to him: "Go."

Li Yi drew his sword, wiped his shiny sword with the animal skin wristband, then leaped lightly, swooped down, and faced dozens of bandits on horseback who were coming from outside the village.

The bandit at the front of the line turned pale with fright and brandished a knife.But the movement of his swinging the knife seems to be infinitely slowed down by Li Yi, and even the change of his ferocious expression can be clearly seen.Li Yi was calm and only slashed out with a sword. The next moment, the man fell to the ground with his sword horizontally, clasping his wrists and howling loudly.

The next moment, Li Yi stepped on the horse's head and passed by, the man's next scream was blocked in his throat, and he fell heavily from the horse.

The whole process happened in a blink of an eye, and the bandits exclaimed in alarm, but they couldn't find the man.Little did he know that Li Yi was already standing behind them, and lightly sent out a sword, piercing one person's neck.

Blood spurted out and splashed the person in front of him. When the person turned his head, he could only watch helplessly as a sharp sword sank into his body.

In the village, the morale of the bandits who had gone through many traps was set back and down. Seeing that the time had come, Pei Jia hurriedly joined the battle. His saber skills were extremely fierce, and no enemy could withstand him.Under the ebb and flow, the victory is tilted to Di Renjie's side a little bit.

As for Li Yi outside the village, his lightness kung fu is so strong, how can these mobs compare?Those bandits rushed into the village in fear, but they encountered Di Renjie's large army, plus Pei Jia, a murderous god.The bandits lost their morale and were soon killed until they knelt down and begged for mercy, and were subdued one by one.

The bandit leader was picked off by Li Yi outside the village just now, and he couldn't escape even if he was not tied up. However, Di Renjie's followers still tied him with a rope, and You Zi was puzzled and tied the rope tightly. on the wound on his wrist.

The leader screamed for a while, and was taken to Di Renjie for interrogation.In order to avoid suspicion, Li Yi didn't go back and went to find Pei Jia.

Seeing that he was in a mess covered in blood, Pei Jia smiled gratifiedly, and said intentionally, "Are you injured?"

"It's someone else's blood."

Pei Jia took out a box of sore medicine from her small bag and threw it to him: "Go back and change, check where there is any wound, and apply some medicine."

Li Yi agreed.Pei Jia followed him to look for his luggage, and said approvingly, "Good job."

Li Yi competed with two martial arts masters since he was a child, and never won. He chased after a light kung fu master, and never caught up.

In addition, since he came down from the mountain, he has fought against well-trained men in purple clothes and inner guards, and he has also seen Li Xin (虺文忠) with superb martial arts, so he always thought that his martial arts were mediocre, probably at the third-rate level in the Jianghu.

He seldom heard the approval of his uncle, who always said that he was not fast enough.But this time, he heard Pei Jia's praise, so he was very surprised.

Pei Jia thought he was shy, and patted his head: "Good boy."

Li Yi shrank his neck, and muttered in a low voice: "I'm already a grown-up who picks characters."

Pei Jia laughed a few times, and said: "Yes, yes, our little Ah Yi has also chosen characters, but he is still young, so he is still a child in the eyes of my uncle."

After they had lunch in the village, Pei Jia bid farewell to Di Renjie and his party.Di Renjie wanted to make friends, but he didn't know the details of the other party, and he would return to camp soon, so he readily agreed.

Li Yi crossed his hands and saluted Di Renjie.Except for Xiao Lang, who wiped his forehead, he smiled at Yan Yan, looking forward to brilliance, the plum blossoms on his forehead seemed to be alive, and his whole body exuded the vitality that belonged to young people.He smiled at Di Renjie and said, "I have something I want to tell you quietly."

Di Renjie also laughed together and said, "What's the matter?"

Li Yi stepped forward and whispered something in Di Renjie's ear.

Di Renjie smiled and said, "...Oh? You have helped me a lot."

Li Yi closed his eyes with a smile, saluted him again and said goodbye.

When they walked away, Pei Jia asked with a smile: "What did you say to that old man just now that made him so happy?"

"Just tell him who let the pigeon go."

Pei Jia tapped his forehead a little: "You are just holding grudges."

"That villain, even if he doesn't accuse me of letting the pigeon go, I will tell the old man what he did, and let his master deal with him."

"How can you be sure that the old man won't say that you talk about his family affairs?"

"I think that old man is a sensible person, and he won't take his anger out on me."

"You, little slicker." Pei Jia revealed this section with a smile.

Li Yi, who didn't know that he had met Di Renjie by accident, galloped all the way with Pei Jia, this time there was no obstacle, and finally entered Chongzhou City before the curfew.

After entering the city, it was already dark, so the two had no choice but to find an inn closest to the city gate to stay.After a night's rest, Pei Jia went to find out about the hoarding merchants, while Li Yi wandered around the city with nothing to do.

Chongzhou City is tall and deep, not a big city, with a small population. Like the neighboring Yingzhou, it is a place for frontier troops to garrison troops.The people who live there are mostly military families, and they eat food transported in the interior and wild animals outside the Great Wall.

Here and Yingzhou are the northernmost administrative offices of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The land is adjacent to Goryeo in the east and Khitan in the north. They are in a state of war all the year round. This time the army was defeated, and this place suffered the greatest impact.

Wang Xiaojie's army, which had just experienced a major defeat, rested here.Chongzhou City is strictly managed, with one post at ten steps and one sentry at five steps.Soldiers came and went from time to time, probably because of the tense atmosphere, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Li Yi found a restaurant and wanted to sacrifice his five internal organs temple.

The diet in Chongzhou is not far from that on the grasslands. Meat is delicious and cheap, while vegetable prices remain high.Li Yi ordered a large bowl of mutton soup and added a mustache. The mutton soup tasted fishy. Li Yi had already prepared his own seasoning, sprinkled some dogwood to remove the fishy smell, and poured some vinegar, which had a special taste.

The skin of the Hu Bing is roasted to a crisp, and the inside is chewy. It can be soaked in soup or eaten directly. As the staple food of mutton soup, it is as hard as military rations.

There was a lot of noise in the restaurant, but most of them were discussing one topic, that is, General Wang Xiaojie personally led the state officials to the city gate to welcome Marshal Di.

You want to ask who is Marshal Di?

Di Renjie!

Li Yi listened to the gossip, and thought that this time, he could finally see Di Renjie.However, he didn't rush to join in the excitement. In such a situation, the city gate must be under martial law, so it's better not to join in the excitement.

As long as Di Renjie is in the city, he will always see him.

Tangzu biscuits are full, and I decided to come here to pack a stack of Hu biscuits and eat them on the road when he left.

After Li Yi finished shopping, he returned to the inn to routinely polish his sword, and sharpened the dagger tied to his calf.After all this was done, it was getting dark.When Pei Jia returned to the inn, she brought a lot of pancakes, which coincided with Li Yi's thoughts.

Li Yi was at a healthy age, so he became hungry quickly after eating, and the food that Pei Jia brought back happened to relieve his urgent need.

The aroma of the broth wafted with the wind, and Li Kaigu, who lived next door, moved his Adam's apple subconsciously.Li Yuanfang also felt a little hungry.However, Chongzhou was under martial law at night, so they entered the city too late and had no time to buy food.

After holding back for a while, Li Yuanfang had no choice but to knock on the door next door.

Li Yi put his fists on the ground, got up, opened the door and saw a young man wearing a fan Yang Li, a red round collar robe and a black cloak standing at the door.

Li Yi asked: "This Dalang, what's the matter?"

Li Yuanfang lowered his head in embarrassment, looked straight into Xiao Langjun's eyes, and said kindly: "My friend and I came here in a hurry, with an empty stomach. I couldn't bear the smell of Xiao Lang's delicious food. Look, Can I trade some of your leftovers to you guys? Thanks a lot."

Li Yi nodded kindly, picked out a few cakes from their stack, and said, "How many cakes do you need?"

Li Yuanfang secretly counted the number of cakes in his hand, and said, "Six cakes are enough."

Li Yi counted out six sheets, handed them to him together with oiled paper, and said, "I still have dried meat here, do you want some?"

Li Yuanfang was overjoyed: "Need it! Thank you so much, Xiao Lang."

Li Yuanfang asked about the market price of the pastry, and gave him some more.Li Yi admired him in his heart, and gave him a few more pieces of jerky.The two had a very happy transaction, Li Yuanfang thanked him again, and returned to her room.

Li Kai had been starving for a long time, seeing Hu Bing was like seeing a relative, and even more enthusiastic towards Li Yuanfang, he said: "Brother Yuanfang has an idea, now you don't have to starve at night."

Li Yuanfang smiled and said: "Don't thank me. If you want to thank, thank the young gentleman next door. He is very reasonable."

"Then I'm going to make friends." Li Kaigu said.

As soon as Ru Yan, who was accompanying her, heard this, she retorted: "This is impossible. The two of you have sensitive identities now, so don't stand out at will. If one is not careful, what will you do if you are recognized?"

Qiu Jing said, "That's the reason."

Li Kai thought about it and it made sense, but he didn't thank him in person after all.