The prince is very fierce

It was snowing and windy, and the fields were vast.

On the official road on the north side of Jinling City, two majestic horses galloped through the wind and snow at an alarming speed. Travelers in the roadside wine shop were startled and looked around. In the blink of an eye, there were only two black spots left in front of them.

Most of the horses in the south of the Yangtze River are not big. Compared with Chai Feng Ta Xue, who can be called the king of horses in Mobei, even a mule is a bit flattering. This is still the case when Xu Bu Ling takes care of Nightingale's horse speed and does not run at full speed.

The galloping horse's hooves brought up the mud and snow on the ground. Nightingale sat on a tall horse that did not match her body shape. The long sword was hung on the side of the horse. She was covered with a black cloak. Her big braids were flying in a straight line behind her head, her eyes Staring at the road ahead, he recounted the information he had just learned:

"... There are about a thousand people in Hongshan Water Village. People from nearby prefectures and counties sent people to clear it out. However, due to the poor terrain, they returned with no success, and then shelved it. Floods occurred this autumn, and the number of refugees in the south of the Yangtze River surged. Many people Fleeing to Hongshan Water Village, it evolved into its current size... In recent months, Hongshan Water Village has been robbed everywhere, and young men from more than a dozen families have been kidnapped, and the amount of money demanded may be millions..."

Xu Buling held the reins, the horse shaft and the weapon hanging on the weapon hook, and he also had a cloak on top of the white robe. Hearing this, he frowned:

"A million taels of silver?"

Nightingale nodded, with a sigh on her face: "Yes, Jiangnan is different from us in Xiliang. The dozen or so families are still small business families, and they directly spent millions of taels of cash to redeem people, and they didn't even bargain. None..."

Xu Buling nodded, and he understood what it meant to be "the richest in the world". The twelve states in Xiliang combined could not compare to Hangzhou, so it seemed that it was not nonsense.

"What about the others? Are they refugees or bandits who have seen blood?"

Refugees are still 'people' in essence, and most of them are honest and honest farmers. But once they see blood, the ferocity in their bones is aroused, and their combat effectiveness will skyrocket. Without the control of military discipline, they are even more dangerous than Jianghu people. After all, people in rivers and lakes just want to make a living, and bandits who evolved from refugees often burn, kill, and loot just to vent their anger.

Nightingale thought for a moment: "The number surged just a few months ago. Most of them are refugees who steal food and finance from the surrounding area. They are probably not vicious. However, there are about 300 people in Hongshan Water Village itself, and they have been entrenched in Hongshan Lake for many years. , gathered from Jianghu people, have great fighting power, and the officers and soldiers cannot defeat them. Among them, Sun Qian, the leader of the village, is a famous master in Jiangnan. He also has two brave men, Shi Ying and Ma Sihu. This time, Zhongli Jiujiu will cause trouble. It's Ma Sihu's men. It seems that he put an aphrodisiac in his dinner, which is very strong..."

Xu Bulu's face darkened, and he lightly slapped Nightingale on the buttocks with his whip: "Let's get down to business."

"Oh..." Nightingale curled her lips and continued: "Because the government in Jiangnan could not be suppressed, Sun Qian was recruited once. Sun Qian wanted a military official at that time, but the court strictly prohibited recruiting bandits, so in the end nothing happened. But judging from this incident, Sun Qian still wants to clear his name..."

Xu Buling nodded lightly: "Who would be willing to be a gangster who licks blood if he can be cleansed? Taking advantage of the famine to gather so many refugees, I am afraid he also wants to test the pressure of the government in exchange for a recruitment order."

Nightingale thought for a moment and asked, "Master, do you want me to transfer the Xiang army from Jiangnan to level Hongshan Lake?"

Xu Buling was a little helpless: "I am a vassal prince, and I have to get the tiger talisman from my father to mobilize troops in Suzhou. Today, the Holy Emperor is worried that he can't find an excuse to cut down the vassal. If I mobilize troops without permission in Jiangnan, I will die of joy." ”

Military power was an absolute taboo no matter in that era. Even the prince Xu Buling would not dare to mobilize troops without authorization, let alone the prince.

Nightingale thought about it and thought so. She frowned and said, "What should we do? Master, kill more than a thousand bandits by yourself?"

It is not an exaggeration to say that one is worth a thousand. If they really attack each other, it is not impossible to kill a thousand people before dying from exhaustion. However, a bandit camp with more than a thousand people must have bows and crossbows. It is impossible for one person to kill them all. He shook his head and said:

"We are going to rescue people, not to suppress bandits. Let's check the situation first."

Nightingale was still a little disappointed when she heard this, and said softly "Oh"...——

Hundreds of miles away, in the deep mountains and forests on the east side of Hongshan Lake, snowflakes fell on the mountain paths covered with pine needles. A small sparrow flew above the bare branches, looking at the water bandits below who were like a colony of ants, holding swords and guns. Searching among the caves and dead grass, a few angry words came out from time to time:

"You bitch, come out here, I will chop you up alive..."

"You're a bitch, you're totally unconscionable..."

"Bah, you fucking have the guts to come out for me..."

Hysterical yelling could be heard everywhere in the mountains and fields.

The third boss of Hongshan Water Village was wrapped in a large animal skin coat, his boots stepped on the smooth pine needles, and he kept poking at the grass in the woods with a long knife. Even after two days, his face was still livid.

The night before yesterday, the village received a ransom and wine, meat and food from a big family. Since this transaction was completed by Ma Sihu, he and his subordinates held a 'celebration banquet'.

Ma Sihu was also an expert in martial arts. He was very wary of eating when he licked blood from his knife. He had been tested in advance and it was clear that it was not poisonous. Who would have thought that after a few mouthfuls of wine and meat, the brothers would go crazy and hug each other and do all kinds of disgusting things. When he came to his senses, he was still alive. Holding his master in his arms, the poor old scholar was so frightened that he peed all over his crotch.

How could Ma Sihu be kind to such a shame and humiliation, let alone write provocative words on the gate of Shuizhai. If those two stinky bitches hadn't run so fast, they would have had their skin and cramps hung on the gate of the village.

But strangely enough, Hongshan Water Village came out in full force, blocking the mountain area for search. The water village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is only one exit. Unless the two women wandered away from the lake in the winter, otherwise Impossible to run. It's a pity that thousands of people took turns searching in the mountains and fields for two days, but they couldn't find his whereabouts. It was like disappearing out of thin air.

Ma Sihu is in the business of licking blood from the edge of a knife. He never believes in evil. All he can do at the moment is to keep searching until he finds the evil spirit in his heart.

On a big rock about half a mile away from Ma Sihu, Zhongli Jiujiu was wearing a raincoat made of withered grass, lying next to Zhongli Chuchu who was also dressed in boredom, holding her chin up and looking towards Jinling in the distance. , Yousheng said:

"Chu Chu, you said that heartless person, why hasn't he come over? It's been two days, and the news should have reached Jinling. After all, I have been nice to him. I gave him the chain dragon Gu..."

Zhongli Chuchu's body was covered with a thin layer of snow. He gently rubbed the jade pendant and said helplessly:

"Master, he said he won't care about us. What's the point of bullying these fools? You might as well just poison them all to kill them and eliminate harm for the people."

Zhongli Jiujiu sighed faintly: "There are more than a thousand people, and there are meat tickets among them. I am not a cold-hearted woman. How can I sleep after being poisoned to death? I can't bear with my conscience..."

"There's no need to use aphrodisiacs..." Zhongli Chuchu said, then shuddered, his green eyes full of disgust: "It's disgusting."

"What do you know? Common people and Jianghu people all like to hear such shocking things. Believe it or not, it won't be long before even the Western Regions hear about it, and our masters and disciples will become famous all over the world. ”

"..."

Zhongli Chuchu had nothing to say. She always felt that this reputation was not very pleasing...——

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