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On the hillside at the end of the canyon, a group of red scarf bandits who came from a different direction from the pursuers just now appeared suddenly.Fang Jin in the front noticed that the situation had changed, and immediately turned on the defensive. While ordering the Nanshan bandits to draw their bows to prepare for the battle, he turned his horse's head to remind Zhou Tang.

However, he was still a step too late, the other party preemptively struck, and before the loud shout, an arrow shot through the air and flew straight towards Zhou Tang.

Sitting high on the horse and wearing conspicuous clothing, Zhou Tang had a very high hit rate in this sneak attack.Thanks to his quick reaction, the cold light of the cluster of arrows flashed by, and he rolled sideways and got off the horse based on intuition, narrowly avoiding the vital point in his heart.

However, the arrow was too powerful, and it still brushed past his left waist and left a layer of flesh.

When Zhou Tang fell to the ground, he staggered two steps. The pain made his eyes go black, and his mind flickered for a moment.

The surrounding guards quickly protected him in the center, trying to block the arrows that flew again for him.The strange thing is that after the opponent released that cold arrow, he suddenly became quiet.

At this time, the Red Scarf Village, the Nanshan Bandits, and the King of Yue were all three forces, no one dared to act rashly, and the situation became complicated.

The leader of the Red Scarf Village team said to the Nanshan bandits led by Fang Jin: "We are all grass bandits, so why rush to confront each other? From now on, the benefits will be shared equally, and our village master will not treat you badly. Today's affairs should be misunderstood. The village master ordered me to give you a box of snowflake silver as a token of sincerity..."

Boom!

Before the man finished speaking, an arrow was nailed to the wooden box just brought out.

The bowstring in Fang Jin's hand trembled slightly, and he said in a loud voice: "Forgive me, Fang, who doesn't know how to flatter me. When the Nanshan bandits were founded, we went to your name as the number one village in Yuezhou. We can join hands. Let your village master come under my control, from now on there will only be Nanshan bandits, and there will be no Red Scarf Village!"

The man was slightly taken aback, probably because he didn't expect such a newly established small cottage to speak in a serious tone: "Don't be too arrogant!"

Fang Jin was very disdainful: "What can you do to me? We dare to snatch the small money of ordinary people, we dare to snatch the stolen money of corrupt officials, and we still snatch the business of bandits from all over the world! There is nothing we dare not snatch, why should we?" Can't be arrogant?"

The man was obviously irritated: "Hmph, don't show your face... Ugh! Cough!"

After all, he couldn't finish the sentence, another arrow, this time it didn't hit the wooden box, but stuck in his throat, and a lot of blood foam was coughed out from his mouth.

The people in the Red Scarf Village were in an uproar, and someone was agitating to fight back, but was stopped by a person who seemed to have a little status.

"I returned this arrow to your village master," Zhou Tang said.

Who wouldn't shoot cold arrows?The key is to see who is more accurate.

Zhou Tang waved away the guards protecting him, and held an ebony bow with another arrow on the string. If you look closely, there were a few drops of blood hanging on the bow string, which were drawn by his fingers from the wound on his waist and abdomen. .

With a bang, this time the arrow pointed directly at Fang Jin, with great force, without any hesitation.If Fang Jin hadn't been prepared, he might have suffered a lot.

"This arrow is for this South Mountain bandit village master."

The blood on the bowstring splashed on Zhou Tang's cheeks, and against the proud smile on his lips, it was unparalleled: "You are so bold, openly talking about black and white in front of this king, when this king is really caught by the soft arrow just now Did you shoot him to death?"

The people in the Red Scarf Village were caught by his eyes, and they felt a chill, and their pores stood up for some reason.Some people were not convinced, and retorted: "The king of Yue seems to have made a mistake. Anyway, now there are two bandits and one official. Which side do you think has a better chance of winning?"

Zhou Tang snorted softly, pointed three arrows at them again, and said provocatively, "Then come, this canyon is too narrow, and it can't accommodate so many people."

……

There were dozens of bandits in Hongjin Village and Nanshan Bandit, but there were only a dozen or so around King Yue.The people in Hongjinzhai never imagined that he would fight them head-on?In the case of injuries?

Zhou Tang's three arrows overturned two people, and one arrow missed.Brave enough to this point, he knew that he was about to be unable to hold on.But here and now, there is no other way, he is now the king of Yue who is righteous for the people, and he must not negotiate with the poor Red Scarf Village.

When the scuffle started, Fang Jin made a gesture of retreating.He didn't want to fight, just picked up the wooden box containing snowflake silver, and rushed out of the valley without looking back, just like a robber.

The people of Hongjinzhai didn't expect this person to be so shameless. What they had expected to fight together turned into an enemy. They lost their wife and lost their troops. They panicked.

After the Nanshan bandits rushed out, Fang Jin immediately ordered: "Go back to the mountain!"

Ting Ting was stunned: "Are we just leaving him alone? There are so many people on the other side, and he is injured..."

Fang Jin frowned and replied: "If you can't handle this matter, he will be a disciple of my Zhushan sect." He didn't allow anyone to turn around to help Zhou Tang, "Listen to the order and go back to the mountain!"

It's not that he doesn't want to rescue Zhou Tang.

The Nanshan Bandits and the King of Yue had to separate themselves, that was all he could do, and he also believed that Zhou Tang knew what to do.

Wearing stars and wearing moons, Luo Ping went down to Nanshan Mountain and went straight to Yuewang Mansion.

According to the dictation of the servant guarding the gate, when he opened the gate of the palace that night, he was shocked and almost thought it was a ghost who was haunted.

"At that time, Mr. Luo's face was terrible, his hair was disheveled, and his lips were as white as paper." Witness A said.

"Yes, yes, after Mr. Luo returned to his room, I went to bring him tea, and saw him drawing a big picture, which seemed to be something like a formation. Mister, it must be an evil spirit!" Witness B explain.

"It's more than that! Mr. Luo even went to hire Zhang Carpenter from the next street in the middle of the night, and spent a lot of money on Zhang Carpenter to start work that night, and he is still lying at Xishikou!" Witness C said.

"Go work for me! There are only a few of you left in the mansion. How dare you be lazy and don't want your wages?" Cheng Butler said.

Everyone hastened to silence and went their separate ways.

Steward Cheng looked at the empty palace, and sighed in his heart: Wang Ye, Mr. Fang, and Mr. Luo, these three masters really will never live in peace... But following them, it seems that great things can really be achieved.

The thoughts of these three people are unpredictable, especially Mr. Luo, who came back in a hurry last night, worked all night, and took out the signboard on behalf of the king's order in the morning and took away all the guards in the palace.

The Wangfu is deserted and quiet, but the Xishikou is very lively.

Carpenter Zhang was leading five apprentices to work desperately. It was an unusually large circular high platform, on which were carved many gorgeous and complicated formations according to the directions of the eight trigrams.

Announcements were posted everywhere on the streets of Tongfang, saying that the king of Yue would hold a grand sacrifice ceremony to heaven in seven days.

On the second day after Luo Ping left, the county magistrate of Minshan brought several people to see the magistrate and magistrate.Among those people were villagers, scholars, and merchants. What surprised Yang Zhizhou the most was that his confidant Yao Pengfei was also among them.

A group of people told the deeds of "the King of Yue fought against the bandits at night and was honorably injured" with eloquence and tears.

The matter quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys. There were those who admired it and those who doubted it. Some people even heard their narration and were very worried about the whereabouts of King Yue: "Can you come back alive after suffering such a serious injury?"

Steward Cheng came forward to explain: "My lord's trip this time is actually an unannounced visit to bandits everywhere. He said that if he returns safely, he will declare to the sky that he will clean up the bandits. The people of Yuezhou apologize for their sins and pray for blessings."

This was what Luo Ping told him before he left, and he repeated it verbatim.

After hearing these words, the daughter of an unknown family was moved and cried on the spot: "The king of Yue is a young hero, God has eyes, and he will not be taken away! I want to see the king of Yue again, and I am willing to promise him with my body!"

……

The place where Luo Ping met Zhou Tang was on the mountain road twenty miles away from Tongfang City.

At that time Zhou Tang had already lost consciousness. He was riding on horseback with a guard, and his whole body was tottering. His clothes were stained badly with blood, his face was gray and black, and he had long lost his vigor.

There were only eight guards left by his side. It seemed that although he won this confrontation, he suffered heavy losses.

Seeing that Mr. Luo brought so many people to greet him, Zhou Tang and his party finally relaxed in their hearts knowing that they and the prince were safe and sound. A young man immediately fell down on the horse and fell into a coma.

Luo Ping stepped forward and said to the chief guard who was protecting Zhou Tang: "Thank you for your hard work, leave it to me, my lord."

"Yes." The chief guard also had injuries on his arm, enduring the pain and gently put the prince down from the horse.

Seeing this, Luo Ping turned to the accompanying doctor: "Treat their wounds first, and don't hurry to get on the road."

The doctor checked the injury of King Yue, and found that the arrow wound in the waist and abdomen was the most serious. Due to the rupture and infection, he fell into a coma due to high fever.

"Mr. Luo, this wound needs to be gouged out in time, otherwise it will be more troublesome."

"Then gouge it out." Luo Ping was very resolute, and his voice was too calm.

"Hey, the old man knows." The doctor didn't dare to neglect, and immediately began to operate.

With the red color that gradually faded after being burned, the blade cut on Zhou Tang's flesh.When the first cut was made, there was obviously no sound, but Luo Ping felt his heart thump, a scorching and sharp pain.

At the beginning he was also gouged out like this, and at that time he only felt that it was a pain of flesh and blood, and it was not too unbearable.Now seeing Zhou Tang being gouged out, it hurts more than cutting himself.

He watched the doctor remove Zhou Tang's rot one by one, and then applied medicine to bandage him. After everything was taken care of, he was relieved when he heard the doctor say "no serious problem for now".

When the doctor was treating the other wounded, Luo Ping was rarely helpful.

He sat on the ground, hugged Zhou Tang, and let him rest on his lap.The palms were patted gently, as if coaxing a child.

Just now, because of the pain of gouging out flesh, Zhou Tang kept frowning his brows and nose, and bit his lips tightly, completely showing that childish air of refusing to admit defeat or show weakness.

Under Luo Ping's comfort, he slowly relaxed his tangled expression, and his body finally relaxed.

Luo Ping said softly: "Don't be afraid, Xiaotang, I'm here to pick you up."

Zhou Tang forced his eyelids open. Although his eyes were out of focus, those black eyes, like lacquer, were looking up steadily. They were as bright as stars, and there was a layer of joyful smile on the corners of his eyes.

It's just that what he said was still nonsense.

"Little master... my... light..."

"Well, it's not extinguished." Luo Ping answered his nonsense seriously, "After we go back, I will take you to a high platform, where there will be your most prosperous lights."

Two days after Zhou Tang returned to the palace, he woke up.

When he woke up, a slightly cool hand was pressing on his forehead, carrying his familiar breath.

Zhou Tang opened his eyes and laughed, feeling that the hand was about to leave, he pressed it down and said, "Little master, if you take this hand away, I will definitely have a fever again."

"..." Luo Ping ignored him, but he didn't withdraw his hand either.

On the contrary, Zhou Tang felt a little strange, and turned his head to look at him.After seeing the red eyes of the little master, he felt guilty, cursed himself for being too willful, and immediately let go of his hand.

"Little master, stop guarding me and go to sleep quickly."

"It's okay." Luo Ping picked up the medicine bowl next to him, "The doctor said you should drink this bowl of medicine after you wake up. I just got it warmed up, so get up and drink it."

"Oh." Zhou Tang drank the medicine obediently.

"This medicine has the effect of calming the nerves. After drinking it, you can go to sleep for a while. If you still have a low fever, just sweat."

"I see, young master, go and rest."

"Okay, I'll go to rest when you fall asleep."

Zhou Tang had no choice but to lie down again, with his eyes closed, waiting for the "sedative effect" of the bowl of medicine to appear.

Unfortunately, things backfired. The more he wanted to fall asleep, the more he couldn't fall asleep. In desperation, he secretly glanced at Luoping.

The little master...but already fell asleep.

So he boldly opened his eyes and stared at his little wife.

Luo Ping was leaning against the bed, Zhou Tang only needed to sit up, and his cheeks were brought to his nose.

The long breath caressed the eyelashes, the closer they got, the more the body temperature fused, and the superimposed warmth made Zhou Tang feel a little hot in the head.

He thought, can the little master understand his greedy thoughts?

Those thin lips were close at hand, if he really kissed them, would he respond?