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The rain stopped for a while, but the sky still didn't clear up.

Luo Ping walked towards the village closest to the official road, and the two guards followed behind him, step by step.

After all, this is an important traffic road, and the surrounding mountains have been reinforced, so no serious disaster has occurred.Luo Ping went to that village to settle down, firstly because he didn't want his appearance to cause trouble to the King of Yue and the others, secondly because he was afraid that the common people would be affected in their melee, so it was a precautionary measure.

He was dressed in commoner clothes and carried a medicine box. People in the village thought he was a doctor and welcomed him very much.Luo Ping followed suit, saying that he and the two guards were sent by the King of Yue to see what is needed here.

The village chief warmly invited them into the house and served them a pot of hot soup. Luo Ping was hungry, so he didn't show any courtesy to him. He shared the hot soup with two guards, but in the end he forced a penny to the village chief.

After a while, it started to rain again outside. The village chief looked at the rushing rain and was very worried: "This year is really unlucky. It rained so much at the beginning of spring. What can we do with the crops? The Paozi Mountain at the top seems to have slipped yesterday, and all the medicinal materials that Wang Guigen and his family planted on the mountain were washed down, what a crime..."

Luo Ping comforted: "Village Chief, don't worry. Although natural disasters are terrible, life is still going on. It's not hopeless. At least the King of Yue will remember you. King Yue has already reported the matter here, and the Emperor also sent it. Food and supplies are helping, and Yuezhou’s taxes are also exempted this year, don’t worry, we will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties.”

Hearing this, the village chief smiled wrinkled his face: "Good man! Your lord is such a good man! And sir, you are also a very good man."

"Where is the village head talking?"

There was no movement today, probably because the convoy was delayed by the heavy rain, so Luo Ping temporarily stayed at the village chief's house.

In the afternoon, several villagers asked him to see a doctor, most of them were common diseases such as wind-cold eczema, at least Luo Ping had learned from Dr. Zhao from Nanshan for a while, so he was still able to deal with it.

In the evening, for some reason, he was a little restless, and he was absent-minded when he felt the pulse of others.The village chief saw it, and asked him if he was tired, Luo Ping shook his head.

At this time, they suddenly heard crying and howling from far to near, and both Luo Ping and the village head were startled.

A woman rushed into the house and fell to her knees on the ground. The village chief quickly helped her up: "Wang's daughter-in-law? What's the matter with you? What's the matter? Tell me slowly."

"Yesterday the Paozishan landslide hit my dog ​​in the medicine garden. The rain stopped for a while this morning. My daughter, Erya, ran to Paozishan, saying that she wanted to get the dog back. I don’t know that I haven’t come back until now! Seeing that the mountain pass is about to collapse, what can I do, village head, please go and help me find my daughter!”

Erya is a well-known pretty girl in the village. When the boys heard that it was okay, they clamored for a hero to save the beauty.

Human life is at stake, and the village chief didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly sent people to look for it separately.

Luo Ping also followed, but the village chief refused to let him go, saying that he was a distinguished guest, so how could he bother with such a thing.

Luo Ping said: "Since the lord sent me here, he made me share the difficulties with everyone. The village chief must never see you again."

Luo Ping sent two guards away and asked them to find someone separately, and he also carried the medicine box and searched up the mountain road.

The sky gradually darkened, and the vision became blurred.

Voices calling "Er Ya" came from all over the mountain forest, but there was no response.

Paozi Mountain is neither big nor small, and the young and middle-aged people of the whole village came out to look for it, but it still seemed sparse and distant scattered in the mountains and forests.As he walked, there was no one around Luoping, and he was the only one left holding a torch.

The air was too humid, so the torches couldn't burn well, and could only dimly illuminate the feet.Luo Ping walked step by step, and suddenly found some messy footprints in front of him, washed by the rain, and the size could be discerned vaguely, like the shoe prints of a girl's house.

His heart trembled, thinking that Erya might pass by here, he searched more carefully.

Sure enough, on a broken slope covered by shrubs and grass, there were signs of falling.

Luo Ping waved the torch and looked down. Between light and shadow, it seemed that there was a human figure lying down in the depression several feet below.

He yelled around a few times, trying to find someone to help, but unfortunately there was no one around.Everyone searched deep in the mountains, but his place was on the edge of Paozi Mountain, but there were few people there.

Luo Ping thought to himself that it was just a half-grown girl, although he didn't have the strong physique of a martial arts practitioner, he was still a grown man, saving others was the most important thing, why not carry her up first, and then ask someone to carry her back.

Thinking of this, he carefully stepped down.

Who would have thought that just after walking a few steps, the soil under his feet suddenly loosened, and a large piece of earth slid down the slope with shrubs and grass, and the mud poured down, washing Luoping directly into the depression.

Luo Ping only felt a thud on the back of his head, as if he had hit something hard, and his eyes suddenly went black.

The torch was extinguished in the torrential rain, and in the last flickering light of the fire, Luo Ping saw figures of people, and the next moment, he couldn't resist the dizziness and passed out.

----

When I woke up, there was still a dull pain in the back of my head.

Luo Ping looked around, and found that he was actually in a tent, and the air was filled with a smell of blood.

There was no light, he groped to stand up, and suddenly felt a soft body beside him, Luo Ping was startled, and after a closer look, it was a little girl in a red coat, probably Erya.

Someone saved them?

No.The back of his head with bloodstains dried up, and Erya's forehead with high fever, showed that this was not "rescue", but "picking up".

Someone picked them up.

Before I could sort out my thoughts, the door of the tent opened, and the light came in. It was a blue morning light, and it seemed that it was already morning.

A tall figure stood in front of them, whose face could not be seen clearly because of the backlight.

Seeing that Luo Ping had woken up, the man sneered, shook something in his hand in front of him and said: "I know which family's idiot and resentful women run away at night, but I didn't expect it to be the famous man next to the king of Yue. Look. Come on, I, Shen Liu, really had shit luck today, picked up a little beauty in vain, and then caught up with the famous Mr. Luo."

Luo Ping moved his eyes away from the token that acted as the king's decree, and turned to look at the man: "So it's the village head Shen Dazhai of the Red Scarf Village, Luo is really disrespectful."

Faced with Shen Liu's cynicism, Luo Ping was able to deal with it casually, but when he thought that he was trapped in the enemy's camp and might bring trouble to Zhou Tang, he became extremely anxious.

Shen Liu obviously wanted to take him as a hostage, and ordered someone to bandage the wound on the back of his head, watching him closely.

Luo Ping said: "How can Luo be able to make the head of Shen Dazhai attach so much importance to him?"

Shen Liu said: "I heard that this time the relief money was donated by the emperor's old son who was personally guarded by the king of Yue. I want to use that piece of fat. Without Mr. Luo, it's really difficult for you."

Luo Ping's heart was awe-inspiring, but his face remained calm: "Master Shen Dazhai praised him, Luo was dismissed from office by order, he has no right or position... Cough cough, it's just getting more and more around for a living."

Shen Liu is not a foolish master: "Mr. is the one who underestimates me. All my brothers in Tongfang say that Mr. Luo is the most trusted person around the King of Yue, and the King of Yue regards you as a treasure."

"It's just a rumor, Luo...cough, cough, cough..."

Luo Ping suddenly felt chest tightness unbearable, he coughed continuously and couldn't finish his sentence.

Shen Liu looked up and saw that his face was flushed and hot from coughing, his voice was hoarse and weak, and he regrettably said, "Sir, I'm afraid he has a cold, it's just my small bandit village with limited conditions, and now it's time to prepare for war. Those who are stationed in the wilderness, this disease, you have to take care of yourself."

Luo Ping eased the stagnation in his chest, and said in a cold tone: "Don't bother the village master, Luo will not die. But please return my medicine box, let me give this little girl a little treatment. She is innocent Even if you can't let her go back, you shouldn't let her die in the camp, and it will add bad luck to the village owner."

"That's fine."

The medicinal materials in the medicine box are limited, Luo Ping can only get some emergency medicines for Erya, trying to stabilize her condition.Fortunately, the peasant girl is in good health, and she is gradually sobering up.

Although I was scared after waking up, seeing a gentle doctor taking care of me, I felt relieved and was able to eat by myself.

On the contrary, Luo Ping, because he was worried about Zhou Tang's situation, his condition didn't improve, but got worse.

Zhou Tang traveled a hundred miles, met the convoy from Mocheng, and escorted them all the way to the outskirts of Tongfang. The road ahead was Paozi Mountain. The best place to ambush along this road was where bandits would most likely attack.

The Nanshan bandits are already ready, and according to the spies, the Red Scarf Village has already set up camp nearby.

After all, he is a young man at heart. When he thinks of the next big battle, he is full of pride. He only feels that his forbearance and hard work in the past three years will finally pay off.The so-called "If you don't make a song, you will become a blockbuster", he wants his father to take a good look at his ability.

Suddenly hearing the sound of horseshoes in front of him, Zhou Tang was puzzled, since this official road has already been opened, why would someone come over at this time.When he saw who was coming, he felt a thump in his heart, secretly thinking that something was wrong.

The two men galloped on horseback and came all night, they were all in a panic.

Zhou Tang shouted and asked: "Didn't you be told to guard Luoping! Why did you come here!"

Two guards jumped off their horses and knelt down in front of Zhou Tang with a plop: "My lord, Mr. Luo went to Paozi Mountain first after you left the mansion. Someone was lost in the village yesterday. Mr. insisted on looking for it, but fell down. Mountain depression..."

Zhou Tang was heartbroken when he heard this: "Bastard! What about others! Where is he now!"

The guard's voice was trembling: "We searched for a day, and found the Red Scarf Village stationed there near the mountain depression. I am afraid that the master has fallen into their hands. The opponent is powerful, and my subordinates dare not act rashly. Please ask the prince to decide!"

"Red Scarf Village..." Zhou Tang was horrified, his thoughts turned, and he hurriedly called for his servants, "The Nanshan bandits are ordered to encircle the Red Scarf Village with their convoy passing over the mountain the day after tomorrow, blocking their way of retreat, and they cannot be allowed to retreat half a step! "

"Yes!"

He also said to the guards and the convoy: "Let's take a rest for a day, just to be on the safe side, this king will borrow Lord Yang's military power to support, and we will meet up at Paozi Mountain the day after tomorrow!"

On the same day, Zhou Tang brought ten guards and rushed into Tongfang without stopping, then into Nancheng District, and directly into Yang Qiyun's magistrate's mansion.

That Yang Qiyun was eating lunch, he was so frightened by the situation, he sputtered and shouted: "My lord, what is the meaning of this!"

Zhou Tang raised his voice and said, "This king wants to use your military power to defend the city!"

"Ridiculous! You can use the city defenders whenever you want! Bring the Holy One's documents and tell me!"

"The situation is urgent! The Red Turban Village has come out in full force, wanting to rob me of Yuezhou's disaster relief money and food, and kidnapping my mentor as a threat. It is too deceitful! If we don't wipe them out at this time, Yuezhou will be in great trouble! "

"Don't scare the king of Yue! I often hear that the guards of your palace are elite. Why, can't you even deal with a small bandit village! Besides, the mentor of the king of Yue was captured? Hmph, a mere teacher, why should you Such a laborious work! A scholar, don’t you understand the principle of sacrificing one’s life for righteousness!”

Yang Qiyun and Luo Ping have always had a grudge, and they can't touch him on weekdays. This time, when they get the chance, they will naturally not help.

Hearing this, Zhou Tang was furious, picked up a long gun casually, slammed it into Yang Qiyun's lapel with a chirp, and picked him up by the tip of the gun.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice was cold: "That's my king's man. If I want him to come back, I must come back unscathed! Sacrifice his life for righteousness? If Master Yang doesn't hand over the military seal, this king will let him come back now." You sacrificed your life for righteousness!"

... Zhou Tang got the military power of the city defenders as he wished.

Only Yang Qiyun yelled behind him: "Shuzi is shameless! You threaten the court officials like this, and I will report to the Holy Majesty to see how long you can be arrogant like a lord!"

Yang Zhizhou's military seal and General Zhang's military seal were stamped together, and the city defenders went out of the city to fight.

Zhang Zhubo, the son of General Zhang, was quite worried when he heard that Luo Ping had been taken hostage.Seeing the king of Yue, he didn't care about the lingering words of love that his younger sister asked him to convey, so he hurriedly asked, "Brother Mu Quan, is he alright?"

Zhou Tang was so anxious that he remembered the intimacy between this man and the young master that day, and immediately turned around and cursed: "None of your business!"