In the east of Lanfang City, there are many mountains and cockroaches, and four carriages are slowly meandering across the mountains and ridges towards the city. Di Renjie, the new county magistrate of Lanfang, and his loyal assistant Hong Liang were on the first bus.Di Gong sat on the bedroll with his back against a bookcase, while Hong Liang sat on a bundle of cloth opposite him.Due to the long distance of the journey, the road and the pain of bumps along the way are self-evident.Di Gong and Hong Liang have been walking for several days, and they are very tired, so they have to use the package as a cushion to try their best to be as comfortable as possible.

Behind it is a covered car with a curtain, in which are Di Gong's servants and maidservants.They couldn't bear the long-distance exhaustion, and each of them curled up with their necks down, pillowed in the bedding in the car, closed their eyes, and hoped to take a nap. In the last two rides, a load of luggage was packed, and a few house slaves sat staggeringly on top of a large pile of luggage cages, while the other timid ones walked all the way on foot accompanied by a few sweaty horses. Before dawn, Di Gong and his party bid farewell to the last Zhuangzi who stayed on Pingchuan, and then entered a barren mountain.Along the way, there were no cars and horses, except for a few woodcutters, no merchants and pedestrians, let alone cottages and farmers.According to the route, Mr. Di could have arrived at Lanfang before dark, but unexpectedly a wheel was damaged on the way, which delayed him for two hours. Now it is dusk, the dusk is heavy, and the surrounding mountains are treacherous, which is daunting.

In front of the chariot battle, the two giants rode with sharp swords on their bodies, bent bows on the front bridge of the saddle, and spiked arrows rattled in Piran.The two riders were accompanied by Duke Di, one called Qiao Tai and the other called Ma Rong.The two were ordered by their master to escort the chariot all the way to the west.Another of Duke Di's handicraft was named Tao Gan, who was a few years old, with a pale face and a slightly hunchbacked back, and followed closely behind the car battle with the old housekeeper. Ma Rong climbed to the top of the mountain ridge, fixed his mount, and looked around, the mountain road in front of him led to a road, and then there was another Cangshan Mountain.

Ma Rong turned his face on the saddle and scolded the coachman behind him: "You birdman, half an hour ago you said that Lanfang was coming soon, but why did you have to climb another mountain?" The coachman was very upset when he heard his rude words, but he didn't dare to attack, so he could only swallow his anger and said: "Don't be impatient, sir, turn over the next mountain ridge, and Lanfang City is in front of you." But he was scolding the yamen in his voice The guys here are just impatient, and they often hurt people. Ma Rong said to Qiao Tai: "When the sun is westward, this guy said 'the next mountain ridge', after traveling so many roads, but it is 'the next mountain ridge'. It was too late to cross the mountain ridge in front and arrive at Lanfang. The retiring magistrate Kuang must have been looking forward to his golden feet since noon, looking forward to our arrival, so as to transfer the seal to our master. There is still a county Staff members, ministers and princes, celebrities and high officials, according to national etiquette and customs, on the day he takes office in Xin County, they will go to the government hall outside the city to hold a banquet for him. Now they must be like us, already hungry. That's it. How embarrassing!"

Qiao Tai said: "Hunger in the stomach is nothing, but thirst in the mouth is the most difficult!" After saying that, he turned his horse and walked to Di Gong's car. "Master, there is another deep valley in front of us. After crossing the valley, we have to climb another mountain before we can reach Lanfang." Hong Liang sighed softly, and said: "It's normal for officials to be transferred alternately, but this time the master transferred away from Puyang to fill the vacancy of Lanfang, and it really came too fast. It's a pity. Although we arrived in Puyang Yang immediately ran into two major suspicious cases, which made us overwhelmed and exhausted, but that place is, after all, a comfortable place of wealth and wealth.”

Di Gong smiled indifferently, leaned his body on the bookcase again, and said: "The gang of remnants in the Zen sect of the capital seem to be in collusion with the cronies in the business circles of Guangzhou, helping each other with evil, and then putting pressure on the court. I leave office in Puyang It is still early, but this may be the reason why he was transferred so early. However, it is also beneficial to work in a remote area like Lanfang. Some interesting off-topic and weird questions, you can show your talents and do a lot of work." Although Hong Liang nodded his approval for this discussion, his face was still gloomy and melancholy.He was over sixty years old, and his hair was full of hair. It took several days to travel from Puyang to Lanfang, and he was exhausted from the hard work all the way.Since he was young, he has been the steward of Di's residence in Taiyuan. He has always been loyal and a servant of Di's family. Mrs. Di loves him very much.When Mr. Di became an official, he insisted on serving the young master together, and the old Mrs. Di readily agreed.In this way, he became a confidant of Duke Di. Whenever Duke Di went to work, he was entrusted with the post of official office recorder to join the army.

The coachman flicked his whip a few times, and the cart crossed the ridge and headed down the winding mountain road to the deep valley. In a short while, the car battle has reached the bottom of the valley.The side of the road is lush and lush, desolate and filthy, with pines and cypresses over the head, whirling and whirling, the originally unknown mountain road suddenly becomes darker. Di Gonggong was about to send an order to hold the lights and raise the fire, when he suddenly heard a shout from the side of the road: "Don't leave the fat sheep, quickly leave and buy road silver!" The strong man in black gauze suddenly surged out from the bushes.

Qiao Tai and Ma Rong were about to draw their swords, but they were dragged off their horses by a group of strong men.At the same time, the leading strongman charged towards Duke Di with a spear, and the other two strongmen rushed to the back of the chariot and attacked Tao Gan and the housekeeper. Seeing that the situation was not good, the coachman hurriedly jumped out of the car, hid in the bushes and disappeared.Several of Duke Di's servants were also frightened and ran away, hating their parents for not giving them two extra legs. Di Gong and the others were unprepared in advance, and because they were outnumbered, they could not help but have the power to fight back, but they had no ability to fight back.Hong Canjun was about to jump out of the car, but he was hit on the forehead and passed out.The old butler was also knocked down by a strong man." But Qiao Tai and Ma Rong were martial arts masters, and they knew everything about the knack of fighting and the unique moves to defeat the enemy. Swords, guns, fists and sticks are all familiar. Although Tao Gan has nothing to do with guns and sticks, he is resourceful, and he is used to using various methods to lure criminals into being deceived, and then capture them. If the two sides did not fight for a few rounds, the strongman gradually lost his position and could not resist the enemy. Stay. Di Gong led the crowd to attack fiercely, becoming more and more courageous as the battle progressed. Qiao Tai killed a strong man with one sword, and after Ma Rong cut down a strong man, he raised his sword again and stabbed another strong man through the heart. He drew his sword and stabbed again, but was suddenly hit by a strong man behind him on his left shoulder with a club, and fell to the ground. Seeing this, Qiao Tai hurriedly took over the strong man to fight, but another strong man came to Ma Rong again. Ma Rong suffered pain in his left shoulder , his left arm was stiff, so he had to crouch on the ground and fight the strong man with his right hand. Ma Rong's opponent was not tall, and wielding a dagger in his hand, he jumped around Ma Rong, looking for an opportunity to strike.

Di Gonggong came to help, but Ma Rong grabbed the opponent's wrist and twisted it hard, and the dagger fell out of the strongman's hand.Ma Rong pushed him to the ground again and knelt on him with one leg. The strong man couldn't bear the responsibility, and hissed strangely. As soon as Ma Rong let go of his leg, the strong man raised his other hand and hit Ma Rong on the head and face, but the fist was as light as cotton, as if dusting Ma Rong.Ma Rong panted and said to Di Gong: "Master, please take off his veil!" Di Gong pulled off the veil, and Ma Rong exclaimed: "Ah! It's a young woman!" Seeing the girl's almond eyes wide open and her willow eyebrows erect, Ma Rong hurriedly let go of her hand.

Di Gong locked her hands behind her back and said. "It's not uncommon to see such a self-defeating woman among strong men, so I tied her up too!" Chotai had now subdued his opponent and tied him up.Ma Rong called Qiao Tai, and Qiao Tai tied the girl's hands behind her back.Ma Rong stood aside, scratching his ears and cheeks, feeling at a loss for a moment.The woman didn't say a word, and was restrained calmly. Mr. Di went to the wagon of the female relatives, and saw his eldest wife squatting at the window, holding a pair of scissors, and the rest of them got under the quilt in fright.

Di Gong said to them: "Don't be afraid, the strong people have already cleaned up." Seeing that the strongman had been removed, Duke Di's servants and coachmen all came out from their hiding places and hurriedly lit the torches.With the help of the firelight, Duke Di inspected the battlefield. As for myself, only a few people were slightly injured.Hong Canjun was hit on the head with a stick, but because the stick couldn't be lifted high in the car, the blow was not severe. Now he has woken up, and Tao Gan helped him wrap the wound on his head.The old butler was not so much knocked out as out of fright.Ma Rong took off his robe to his waist, and sat on a fallen tree trunk with bare thick arms to rest. His left shoulder was bruised and swollen, and Qiao Tai was applying ointment and massaging him. The opponent suffered heavy casualties.Three strong men died under the sharp knives of Qiao Tai and Ma Rong, and the other six were injured in varying severity, only the girl was not injured. Di Gong ordered his servants to tie up the strong man captured alive on a cart with bags, and ordered three dead bodies to be loaded on another cart with bags.The woman was unharmed, so she was naturally allowed to walk with the team. Tao Gan held the tea basket, and Di Gong and the four relatives followed Qian Ban to drink a cup of hot tea each. " Ma Rong rinsed his mouth with tea, spit it on the ground, and said to Qiao Tai: "It turned out to be a group of mobs. Judging from the situation of their attacks, no one is really good at it. I think that this group of people may not be dedicated to looting houses." Thief." Qiao Tai replied: "Your brother's words are quite reasonable. There are ten of them in total. They shouldn't be so vulnerable and completely defeated." Di Gong heard the words and said: "This statement is inappropriate. Although we won, it is not without bloodshed." Everyone drank another cup of tea silently.At this time, everyone was tired, and no one wanted to talk anymore, only the house slaves were whispering, and the injured strong man was moaning in pain. After a short rest, Di Gong and his party continued to move forward, and two house slaves walked in front of the chariot with torches in their hands. Half an hour later, Che Zhan climbed over the last mountain ridge and came to the wide official road.After a while, the archery tower at the north city gate of Lanfang was vaguely visible in the night sky.

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