In the Blade

Weighing the hundred coins in his bag, Du Chengfeng had more and more opinions about Yanzhou.

When he did good deeds in Jizhou, the governor's office would at least give him five hundred coins. Now he has caught a grassland spy in Jizhou, but he only got a hundred coins. He did not think about arguing with those hunters, but after putting the sparrowhawk in jail, these hunters refused to pay even a copper coin.

"There is no reward on the spy! We paid for it ourselves!"

When facing Du Chengfeng's questioning, the hunters in charge of public security answered like this.

That's fine, they are all colleagues, and Du Chengfeng did not make it too difficult for them. Anyway, a hundred coins is not too little, at least enough for him to eat.

However, the reward mentioned by these hunters did arouse Du Chengfeng's interest.

The targets of the bounty are all mountain bandits and road robbers near Yanzhou. Just looking at the long list, it is afraid that there will be trouble after leaving Yanzhou. Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng prepared to leave the city for a while and let the villagers who were ready to run away wait. Otherwise, with the little fighting power of the people in Yangjiabao, the next time they meet, they may be in some unknown mountain stronghold or on a roadside mass grave.

But just as Du Chengfeng looked up the list and prepared to see who the robbers with bounties in Yanzhou were, he suddenly saw an acquaintance on the list.

"Crazy swordsman Cui Yuan, ten kilograms of bounty, life or death?"

Du Chengfeng's eyes were straight. Even though he was not short of money now, it was the first time he saw such a large amount.

"What did he do? Why is he so valuable? All the bandits in Yanzhou are not as valuable as him, right? Who did he offend?"

"He is a traitor!"

The looters who were asked by Du Chengfeng were full of hatred.

"You are from Jibei, don't you know?"

"Ah?"

Du Chengfeng was a little confused, he really didn't know.

But after the looters' story, he roughly understood the reason why Cui Yuan's value was so high.

The story started when He Xiqing broke into Jizhen. At that time, Governor Liu was in a bad state and was beheaded on the spot by He Xiqing. Jizhen was also broken, and the resistance of Jizhou became a mess - but even though they were scattered, there were still some resistance. For example, Governor Liu had deliberately used the fierce folk customs of Jizhou before, and the rangers and swordsmen he raised were the backbone of resisting the Hu people on the grassland after Governor Liu's death.

But just when these brave knights finally connected with each other and were ready to give those grassland barbarians a head-on blow, Cui Yuan appeared.

Without even drawing his sword, Cui Yuan just held the scabbarded long sword and went to each of them one by one, knocking them all down by himself, and threatened to let them get out of Jizhou, otherwise don't blame him for being rude.

These knights and swordsmen couldn't stand this, but Cui Yuan's skills were really amazing, so they could only grit their teeth and go south to Yanzhou, ready to fight back at any time to let those grassland people know that they, the men of Jibei, are not easy to mess with.

And the name Cui Yuan gradually spread as these knights and swordsmen went south.

"Everyone is busy beating the grassland people, but Cui Yuan turned around and beat his own people. If he is not a traitor, who is the traitor?"

The more he talked, the more the plunderer gnashed his teeth.

"I'm afraid Cui Yuan has already become the dog of the grassland man! He's biting the bone!"

"Ah this..."

Du Chengfeng was speechless for a long time.

Strictly speaking, this was still his problem. He asked Cui Yuan to help clear the field in order to prevent He Xiqing from killing people and becoming stronger in Jizhou. Of course, because Cui Yuan's clearing the field was too effective, even Du Chengfeng himself couldn't find anyone to compete and brush off the evil spirit for a while, but in general, Du Chengfeng still appreciated the matter itself.

But who would have thought that Cui Yuan not only helped him clear the field, but also took the initiative to help him take over the pot.

No wonder few people in Yanzhou City are discussing the battle in Jibei at the moment. One reason is that the clearing was too thorough, and Du Chengfeng's news didn't get out at all. The other reason is that the people in Yanzhou are now indignant and denouncing the traitor.

Just like this ten kilograms of gold, it is a reward jointly funded by all the major businesses in Yanzhou, as well as many people, and of course those rangers and swordsmen.

As for Cui Yuan, the traitor who defected to the grassland people, they wished he would die sooner.

"Hmm..."

Du Chengfeng returned the list.

He should find a chance to say a few words to Cui Yuan. After all, this swordsman with a not-so-normal mind ended up like this because he helped him.

Of course, it is definitely not possible now. Standing up at this time will not only fail to help Cui Yuan clear his name, but will even backfire and get himself involved.

After all, Jizhou has been turned into a wasteland. Who can tell what happened inside?

"You still have to use your brain a little."

Du Chengfeng thought about it, but couldn't think of any good solution for a while, which made him sigh at his lack of intelligence.

And if you lack intelligence, you naturally have to study hard.

Of course, studying was only one aspect. Another reason was the Broken Horse Sword in his hand - he still remembered that this sword had been sharpened by an old man named Ruan Shantao in a way that was completely different from sharpening a knife. During these few days in Yanzhou, he also learned that Ruan Shantao was currently living in seclusion in the mountains and had set up his own academy, serving as the principal.

So as an outsider grinding craftsman, since he came to Yanzhou, he naturally had to have a good academic exchange with the local grinding craftsmen in Yanzhou.

But when Du Chengfeng had given instructions to the villagers of Yangjiabao and rode all the way to Ziyang Mountain outside the city, he was stopped by two servants guarding the mountain gate.

"You can go into the mountain, but you have to pay first."

"Pay?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned by the question.

Pointing to the warhorse beside him and the seal on his waist, Du Chengfeng looked at the two servants in front of him in confusion.

"Do you want to think about it again? Don't you know who I am?"

"I don't know, we only know that you are a rich man."

The two servants clasped their fists and bowed slightly to Du Chengfeng.

"Since you have money, why not donate some? The students in the mountains are poor and need nothing."

"I..."

Du Chengfeng was choked and speechless for a moment. He simply took out the 100 big coins he had just taken from his waist and threw the whole bag over.

Well, this is still the reward for handing over the sparrow hawk. Donating it to the academy now is also a good deed.

But the two servants shook their heads after counting the amount in the money bag.

This little money is not enough.

"Strong man, you have a high position to sit on, a horse to ride, and you are full of vigor and vitality. You are also a person of unlimited glory."

After a round of compliments, the two servants showed their true colors.

"You are a person like you, and you only donate this little?"

"You are deliberately making fun of me, right?"

After being stopped again and again, Du Chengfeng was a little angry. He immediately looked at the necks of the two servants, ready to slap their heads into his chest at any time.

Just when Du Chengfeng was about to make a move, a hand passed him and threw a bag of coins.

"Okay, don't make things difficult for this warrior. I'll pay for him."

"Mr. Liu!"

This time, the two servants didn't dare to take the bag of money again, but bowed deeply, not daring to raise their heads.

And Du Chengfeng turned his head curiously.

It turned out that the person who came here was an ugly man who was six feet tall. Although he was wearing a wide robe with big sleeves, just like Wang Gaocheng who dressed up as a celebrity, he was full of alcohol and looked unkempt. He looked more like a beggar.

But what Du Chengfeng cared about most was the strong smell of alcohol on the other person.

He always felt that he should have smelled this smell of alcohol.

And it was very impressive.

"Anyway, thank you for this matter, sir."

Du Chengfeng first clasped his fists to the ugly man surnamed Liu, and then frowned slightly.

"I just don't know where the wine came from, sir..."

"Huh? Have you tasted that wine?"

The ugly man surnamed Liu was stunned for a moment, and then he put his arm around Du Chengfeng's shoulders.

"It's good to have tasted it, it's good to have tasted it. After all, it's not so much that you thank me, but rather that I thank you..."

"You thank me?"

Du Chengfeng's face darkened when he thought of a certain guess.

"You're not that..."

"You've come into the mountains to stop me, what else can I say?"

The ugly man surnamed Liu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Liu Bolun, the former general manager of the ordnance of Yanzhou, has met his colleagues."

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