The Monk

Chapter 716 Horse Thief

That day, when I was checking the news about Zhang Awei, I happened to find two people who were having dinner at the same table. Knowing that they were common people in the city and had no power, I decided to extort some money from them. No matter what, if I was beaten, someone had to take responsibility. You know I am an official and cannot be bullied casually. This was the idea of ​​the clerk. He really didn't want to torture the two people, he just wanted to get some money to vent his anger.

Therefore, Zhang Yi waited for a long time because he was afraid of leaving, and did not take action until it was dark. He also understood what he said, he just wanted money, and if he didn't give it, he would live in prison. The crime was for attacking an official of the imperial court.

How can he be considered an official? It's already a big deal to be considered a government official, but people are like this. It's always hard to recognize themselves. They think that just by covering up a layer of skin, they have the capital to be arrogant.

He imprisoned people in a majestic manner and waited for the two families to send money to make amends. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, a city gate guard sent someone back with news that the carriage that had left the city during the day had returned.

Even in a prosperous capital, the city gates must be closed at night, let alone a city that has just experienced a flood and is not yet stable. At this time, Zhang was afraid that he would be locked up outside the city. Since the two men had nothing to do in prison for the time being, he had no intention of entering the city at night. He didn't care where he stayed, he had to solve the problem anyway, and he wanted to save the two of them in as peaceful a way as possible.

It's easy to clean up the bookstore. The trouble is what if another bookstore appears after he leaves? Those two family members would still be bullied. If I had known better, I shouldn't have come into contact with those two people and caused trouble for nothing.

The most troublesome thing is that writing a book is not punishable by death, so what kind of crime is swearing at others? Although blackmailing people is hateful, the reason behind it is to vent your anger on yourself. Although the means of venting your anger are not good, there is always a reason. Zhang Ain was thinking about beating him again?

Otherwise, misfortunes never come singly, and bad luck happened together. He was waiting for the city gate to open tomorrow, and he encountered a robber in the middle of the night. A cavalry team of more than 30 people rumbled from the north. Some in the team were carrying large bags, and some were carrying women on horseback. They were kidnapping people and grabbing money without delay.

The appearance of the horse thief made Zhang Ai very puzzled. It was so unsafe within the borders of Da Yue? He thought to himself: "I was attacked by a demon cultivator because of a dispute in a restaurant. Let's see what kind of trouble it can cause me if I meet a horse thief?"

I don’t know what the soldiers guarding the city were thinking. The city gate was closed, and there wasn’t even a lantern. It was pitch black, even a torch would do. The horse team headed south from a hundred steps outside the city gate. When they saw a dark shadow under the city gate, someone was curious and came over to take a look. Then they whistled to attract more people.

A lonely carriage under the city gate attracted the attention of these guys. One sheep was being driven, and two sheep were being herded. They couldn't miss it if they passed by. If it happened, let's go together. Surround the carriage with a shout. Regardless of whether there is money in the carriage, you can at least rob a horse. It would be better if there is a woman in the carriage.

Zhang was afraid that they would come around and ask in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

The horses were all big men, all strong and strong. They laughed loudly when they heard the words. Some people laughed and asked: "Why did he ask us?" Someone replied: "Then you just tell him?" These people are not afraid of the officers and soldiers in the city. Continuing to laugh loudly, he said to Zhang Afraid every word: "Fuck you."

Well, I have been defeated by you again. People in this world live in such a colorful way. Even swearing is so unique. Looking at the women on the horses and the baggage behind them, I asked softly: "You are horse thieves." ?”

When I asked this question, I was thinking, are there also horse thieves in the south? I have always heard that there are horse thieves in the north, but I have never seen one. Today I have a chance to open my eyes.

There was a noise outside, and a head appeared on the city gate and shouted: "What's the fuss down there? Get out of here, do you all want to die?"

Just after he finished shouting, someone from the cavalry team below yelled back: "Come, grandpa wants to die, do you dare to come out and kill me? Open the city gate quickly, come and kill grandpa." The voice was very loud, and spread far away in the quiet night, shocking people. Raise more guards to defend the city.

Even up and down the city, no one in this group of soldiers spoke nicely. As soon as Zhang turned around, the carriage door opened, and a child came out and asked, "Brother, what happened?"

Zhang Awei corrected him seriously: "Remember, I am your master, not your brother." "That's not true. You are the elder brother, and brother is a relative, but master is not a relative?" The child did not hold back, but Zhang Awei was shocked. I was a little touched in my heart, but I still said seriously: "Who said that master is not a relative, master, master, first a master and then a father..."

Before he finished speaking, a group of horse thieves became impatient, and someone shouted loudly: "Get out of the car quickly, otherwise don't blame grandpa for having an eyeless knife." One by one, they pulled out their swords and showed off their power, making strange screams to scare people.

Zhang was afraid that he would be disadvantaged by the horse thief, so he continued to be verbose: "... once a teacher is always a father, the old saying is true, you should remember it." "Keep your head in mind." A horse thief shouted loudly and slashed with his knife. Come.

Zhang was afraid and did not turn around. A hard iron sword suddenly appeared in his hand. He swung it lightly and cut both the man and the sword into two pieces. Then he turned around and said, "You deserve to die."

The horse thieves were frightened by Zhang Ying's quick movements. He lifted up the reins and took a few steps back. His eyes changed from joking to cautious. One of them asked: "Dare you ask your friend what his name is?"

Zhang was afraid that he would ignore him, so he pushed the child into the car and came over dragging the big black knife. He wanted to kill people anyway, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with the dead.

More than 30 horse thieves realized something was wrong, and someone shouted: "Thieves, do you dare to kill soldiers and rebel?"

"Oh?" Zhang Wei stopped and looked at the horse thieves one by one. The horses were all well-equipped. Apart from their clothes, they really looked like soldiers. He asked, "Are you soldiers?"

The man who called out thought he was frightening Zhang Afraid, so he sneered: "Have you ever heard of the name of Jingnan Military Cavalry Camp?"

Zhang Ain shook his head, thinking about where the Jingnan Army came from? Jingnan Jingnan is clearly meant to suppress war, but is there war in the south? Thinking carefully about what we have seen recently, except for a flood, it seems that nothing has happened.

Seeing that he was silent, the caller thought that the other party was timid, and shouted loudly: "Killing my sergeant is tantamount to rebellion, boy..." He wanted to kill Zhang Afraid to avenge his companions, but cleverly looked at Zhang Afraid's big weapon. Heidao was frightened. He was a big guy like a door. He was joking. He must have some skills. He called the man and said in a low voice: "Let's go. If you can't do the roll call during the day, it's a death penalty."

The man saw that Zhang Weifeng still had a calm expression even though he was surrounded by more than 30 strong men, chatting and laughing, and clearly did not look at them. His expression did not change even after the murder, so he thought he was not easy to get along with, and he risked his life at the cost of one person. You have to endure this tone too.

When he pulled him, the person who just spoke was also stunned. If what they were doing now was discovered, it would be a capital crime. But when their companions were killed, it was unjustifiable to be so indifferent? Feeling fierce in his heart, he secretly pulled out two flying knives and threw them at Zhang Afraid. He picked up the sword again, jumped forward on his horse, and slashed the knife in his hand. The whole set of actions was extremely coherent, but it was useless to be more coherent. Zhang was afraid of having murderous intentions, and people were floating in the night like flying smoke. Then he heard a series of thumps, thumps, thumps, and all thirty men fell from their horses. Watching Their bodies had their throats severed and blood gurgling out.

Zhang Ain went over to hold the horses. All the horses had official seals on their hindquarters and were military horses. Zhang Awei shook his head, "How can the soldiers in Xingxiang Village have any fighting power at all?" These people will die as they die, there is no reason to kill them by mistake.

However, there were four older girls lying across the horses, their hands and feet tied, lying on the saddles. Those people had fallen off their horses just now, but Zhang Ainan used his strength to support the four of them, so they didn't fall off their horses together.

Go over and hug them, and break the rope. Although the four women were not very beautiful, they were somewhat pretty. They looked at Zhang Ai with panic, wondering how this murderous devil would treat them.

Zhang Fei didn't look at them, so he estimated the distance. If the soldiers came out to plunder, the camp should not be far away, and the place they plundered wouldn't be too far either. When he let go of his spiritual consciousness, he saw a village fifteen miles to the west, shrouded in sadness. Atmosphere, there is a military camp fifteen miles south, with more than 6,000 cavalry stationed.

With his cultivation level, the troops stationed can be detected during the day, and the looting at night can also be detected. But he has never been willing to use his spiritual consciousness to monitor the surrounding situation. Firstly, the lives of ordinary people have nothing to do with him. Secondly, he always sees and hears many unnecessary things, such as affairs, which make him upset.

In addition, my mind was entangled with children and demon cultivators, and I had no intention of scanning the distance with my spiritual consciousness, so no plundering disaster was discovered.

Now that we know where the disaster occurred, we must send them back. Looking back at the city gate, the city wall was now filled with soldiers, at least a hundred people. Seeing that Zhang was easily killing people, a bunch of people were stunned and stunned, but no one dared to open the door to arrest the thief.

Zhang was afraid and ignored them, thinking of coming back during the day, so he said: "Tell the scribe that I will come to pick up the two people who were put in the prison in the evening during the day."

What he said was unclear, and it didn't matter whether the guards could understand it, but he couldn't hide the fact that he killed more than thirty horse thieves from the officials in the city. If another soldier said such words, no one would dare to easily embarrass him. Two people.

He packed up the baggage that the thieves had snatched, and found a bunch of things from them. After packing it up, he did not speak to the four women. He picked them up one by one and put them on the horse. Then he said: "Send it to you." Go home and fix it." The four women quickly fixed the saddles, their eyes still nervous. They didn't know how this man knew where they lived, but they were too timid to ask. Zhang Ain strung the reins together, walked in line one horse after another, and then pulled out the carriage, forming a long queue of horses heading west slowly.

Fifteen miles away, a fast horse can reach it in half an hour. In order to take care of the four women, Zhang Aizhu didn't arrive until dawn. A village of more than 300 people had obviously just been plundered. The doors and windows of many houses were broken, and the inside of the house was in a mess. There was also a long line of corpses outside the house, about 20 of them. Some of the villagers were slightly injured or angry. , or sad, standing in the street.

Suddenly, he saw four women on the horse. An older woman ran over crying: "Erya, is it you? Are you okay?" Someone else called out loudly: "Three Fatties, your daughter is back."