The Anmin notice looked very rotten and old, but it was carefully torn off the city wall and then carefully smoothed out - the words of the two people looking at the notice. The notice didn't say anything else, just a few poorly written sentences:
The commander of Jiuquan, Chi Xing, told the people in all directions: "Today, we have captured a leader of the lawless horse bandits who harm the people and harm the country." The thief is evil and undisciplined, arrogant, and immoral and rebellious, and there are countless places where he has committed immorality and rebellion, and it is difficult to write about his evil. Now that he has been captured, he is especially unrepentant. It is specially planned to be held on the spot at the elementary school field outside the city at noon three days later, in order to express the anger of the common people and to set an example for the people.
This notice was posted three days ago, and it was only this one in Jiuquan City, and the people who read the notice searched for a long time before they found it. The government has always liked to make a big fuss when it catches thieves, and the credit for the big sesame seeds can't be praised as the size of a watermelon.
The two people who read the notice were about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, and the other was only in their early twenties. The twenty-eight-nine-year-old man had thick eyebrows and a wide mouth, and his eyes were slightly yellow, as if few people would have eyes of his color; Another young man in his early twenties wore a sheepskin jacket hollowed out in the weather of nearly April, and his neckline showed a light sauce-colored muscle, which was very strong. The older man was a famous figure, and the person who closed him gave him a nickname, called "Leopard Eye" Shi Zhen, and the young man in his twenties next to him was named Qiao Hua, known as "Grass Tip Wolf". At this time, Shi Zhen was looking down and pondering with a depressed face, the young man Qiao Hua was a little impatient, and after waiting for a while, he couldn't hold it back, and said hurriedly: "Fourth brother, look, is this true?" Will the person they catch really be the second brother? "
He seemed to be not used to thinking for himself - also, in front of such a smart fourth brother, he had already developed the habit of not using his brain anymore. Shi Zhen, who was called the fourth brother, couldn't help but frown - the fifth brother Qiao Hua asked this, and he didn't know how to answer well, so he only smiled bitterly: "I don't know either." According to the style of Jiuquan guard Chi Xing, he is a person who is afraid that the world will not make trouble, and this time he is so calm to execute a prisoner, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit wrong. —
—Looking at their sneaky way of execution, it seems that they have really caught some important person, for fear of causing trouble during the execution. But if you want to say that those straw bales really caught the second brother, I can't believe that they killed me! "
This year was originally the ninth year of the Tang Dynasty's Wude era, or the reign of Gaozu Li Yuan. Since Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, raised an army in the thirteenth year of the Sui Dynasty, with his own strategy and the bravery of several sons, he has pacified the world in just a few years. Jiuquan is located in the northwest of Gansu, close to Yumen Pass, which was originally an important place for garrison troops and an troublesome area. Although the 18 anti-kings and 72 places of smoke and dust that came out at the end of the Sui Dynasty have now disappeared, there is still a border hero who has been stationed at the junction of Ganmen and Meng in the area of Ruoshui and Shibanjing since the end of the Sui Dynasty is still galloping on horseback, and they are known as the five righteousness of Jingtieshan known as "the five horses of Zhechong, the world rushes, and I can fly in the grass and sand".
The reason why it is called the Five Righteousness of Jingtie Mountain is because it was originally the place where they formed their alliance. Jingtian Mountain is located in the western part of the Qilian Mountains, which can be called a poor mountain and a bad water and a magical ghost game. At that time, Zhang Jiuchang, Li Bo, Ma Yang, Shi Zhen, and Qiao Hua were tied to the righteousness of Jingtian Mountain. Just at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the five of them were righteous, in addition to protecting their clan with their own abilities in troubled times, they could also help the needy, and they had also made a huge name over the years, the so-called "the name of the person, the shadow of the tree", the names of these five people in the Gansu and Shaanxi areas, it can be said that everyone knows it.
The so-called "sand on grass" refers to a horse farm. The horse farm is located in the area of Shibanjing, with a wide radius, but the soil is barren and the grass is low, so it is not a good place to raise horses and graze. But a place is advantageous, there are problems, and there are also benefits, don't look at the "grass on the sand" is called the sand field, the horses raised are difficult to reproduce, but the bitter water and dwarf grass nourishes the horses to be extremely endurance, although the horse is skinny and hard, but it is very good at long-distance driving, and it is very famous in the northwest area. This racecourse was originally run by Zhang Jiuchang, and after the five people formed an alliance, they were catching up with the world, and they each brought their hometown elders to gather in one place. Among the five, Zhang Jiuchang is the oldest, he is tall and virtuous; The third Ma Yang has a light temperament, born with a waist like a lynx, arms like an ape, and a body of kung fu, which can be called invincible on the frontier; The fourth child, Shi Zhen, is famous for his wit and resourcefulness, and is known as 'Leopard Eye', not only because he was born with night eyes, but also because he was extremely clear and sharp in judging cases; and Qiao Hua, who was the youngest at the time of the alliance, was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but he was the most bloody, and he was also bare-chested among thousands of troops, charging and killing generals, and was not afraid at all. These four people have complementary personalities, and they are all men who can be called upright men, not to mention Li Bo, who is far-sighted and ambitious. Speaking of which, among the five meanings of Jingtian Mountain, the most famous is the second brother Li Bo.
Li Bo was born into a famous family, and it is said that his distant ancestor was Li Guang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty who was at the border. He inherited the family tradition from a young age and met famous teachers for a long time, not to mention the Gansu and Shaanxi areas, even if he looked at the world, he could also be called a rare and outstanding figure. Wuyi has rushed outside the Great Wall over the years, but he has no ambition to compete for the world, mainly because Li Bo once said: "A general will succeed in ten thousand bones", and he can't bear to pile up the bones of ten thousand surnames in the world for his own merits. But they are by no means cowardly, when Xue Ju and his son were in the Tianshui area, there were countless remnants, and the five righteousness of Jingtieshan had fought countless fierce battles with it, saving countless border people, and the people of the frontier still appreciate their kindness. The reason why Shi Zhen and Qiao Hua came to Jiuquan City to see such a notice at night this time was really a last resort - that is: Li Bo, the most talented and attractive of the five of them, suddenly disappeared a month ago! There is no one so far, which is of course a great and great event. What's more, recently, "sand on grass" is facing a major hurdle that has never been seen in ten years, and he is waiting for his far-sighted choice, but he doesn't know where he went, how can people not be in a hurry?
Shi Zhen thought about this, and he didn't feel that his head was big, and he didn't believe that the second brother would really be caught by Chi Xing's men in Jiuquan, but it was really a big matter, so he thought about it and frowned: "Let's take a look first." "
At this time, it was almost rooster, and the small school field was not big, just on the edge of the city wall. The moon in the sky has poked its head out of the newly repaired gap in the eastern city wall, Shi Zhen didn't know what the fifth brother was thinking, but his mind was a little confused: In the past two years, the world really seems to be gradually calming down. He caught up with the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty since he was an adult, and it can be said that he was born in troubled times, grew up in troubled times, became famous in troubled times, and was also annoyed by this troubled times. Over the years, what he hoped for was the pacification of the world, but somehow, now, with the help of the crown prince Li Shimin from the Tang Emperor, after several wars, he first pacified Xueju and cleared the land of Longyou; then pacify Dou Jiande and stabilize both sides of the Yellow River; In the end, he pacified Du Fuwei, captured Xiao Xian, defeated Lin Shihong, and pacified the north and south of the river.
Maybe all heroes in troubled times will have this kind of shock, he saw the eldest brother, although the third brother didn't say it, but every time the news of the Tang army's great victory came, he could still see the bitterness in their hearts. They can all be said to be benevolent gentlemen, but they are also heroes. For a hero: this turmoil should never stop, always be turbulent, and never stop!
... I don't know why the execution of prisoners was chosen on such a night - Shi Zhen frowned and thought: Maybe he was afraid of robbing the Dharma field? He raised his head, if the person who was really captured was the second brother, then although they only came to himself and Qiao Hua, although he really didn't want to have any conflict with the Tang army, but in this Dharma field, they could only be robbed.
Shi Zhen looked at his young neck, smiled at the corners of his lips, and before he could say something, he heard the sound of the city gate opening not far away, and then, with mixed steps and wheeled wheels, he and Qiao Hua looked at each other, and secretly said in their hearts at the same time: "It's coming!" "
- Yes, it's coming. I saw a group of people slowly walking towards the east gate of the city wall. There are not many elephants, but there are also two or three hundred riders. Shi Zhen and Qiao Hua looked at each other, and the two leaned against the city wall with their backs to each other, hiding in the shadows together. Shi Zhen's mouth nodded upwards, Qiao Hua understood, and the two of them did not turn around, so they grabbed the brick cracks on the city wall with their backhands and feet and climbed up. The city wall was not high, only more than five feet, and the road to the small school was under the city wall, and the northwest was arid, so Jiuquan did not have the common moat in Guanzhong City. The two climbed to the top of the city wall, did not turn in, but hung on the city wall with one hand, staring at the group of men and horses. But there were many guards, and the night was dark, although the two of them were anxious, they tried to look at the prison car, but they couldn't see what the people in the prison car looked like.
The carriage and horses gradually approached, and "Leopard Eyes" Shi Zhen still didn't see who the people in the prison car were. Qiao Hua was helpless, he had always trusted his fourth brother's eyesight, and asked in a low voice: "Fourth brother, is it the second brother?" "
Shi Zhen was also annoyed, but he couldn't be in a hurry, and finally when the team of cars walked more than 200 steps away, the faces of the prisoners in the prison car were faintly revealed in the cover of the guards. Shi Zhen said: "Don't worry, don't worry, you have to see clearly."
Alas—"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. The reason for the word "Alas-" is: Although I can see it clearly now, the person in the prison car is obviously a man I have never seen before. This should have been a good thing, but Shi Zhen somehow felt a hint of disappointment in his heart, this person is not the second brother, what about the second brother? Where did the second brother Li Bo go?
Qiao Hua had already seen that the person was not, and he was even more disappointed, and in a fit of anger, he even wanted to rob it first, regardless of whether the person in the car was or not, and then say, are there any bad people caught by their officials - he thought so only because he had been oppressed by countless governments when he was a child, and he had a deep rebellious mentality towards the word government. But recently, the eldest brother, the third brother, the fourth brother, and even the second brother he has always respected the most, have told him: In the future, we must fight for their consent to act against the government, Qiao Hua doesn't know what the reason is, but he has always been too lazy to think, and he respects a few brothers, so he acts according to orders.
The car was about to pass under their noses. Qiao Hua and Shi Zhen looked at each other, and their hearts were filled with disappointment that could not be hidden. Qiao Hua was waiting: "Fourth brother, why don't we rob it first", knowing in his heart that the fourth brother would probably not agree, then he heard a horn sound a few hundred meters ahead. The rhinoceros horn was clearly not used in the army, but it was as if it was blown by a wrangler, and Qiao Hua and Shi Zhen couldn't help but be stunned. Then, only a string of hooves was heard, and a horse was walking towards the army from a dark place in the distance, in the direction of the small schoolyard.
Not to mention the chaos of the team under the city, even Shi and Qiao on the city wall were also stunned. Before they were stunned, they saw that the team had stopped, and the escort seemed to have expected that someone might come to rob them. But it seems that there is only one person coming. The moon rose, and just after a cloud gushed out, the road under the city suddenly lit up. The moonlight and slight frost, although it can't illuminate people, it's enough to see things, but the person who came was in the shadows. ——I saw a horse walking slowly and slowly three or five hundred steps away, the horse was a dark horse, with high shoulders and a broad back, and it seemed that the black shadow riding on it was a little short. The man was always covered by the shadow of the city wall, and he couldn't see his face clearly, and he walked so slowly, he saw that not only the two people on the city wall, but also the army under the city seemed to be a little anxious.
The horse was still walking unhurriedly, and somehow, it was this slowness that gave people a sense of calm and relaxed pressure.
The officer escorting the car seemed to have a little unnatural voice and shouted, "Winding!" "
I saw more than twenty sergeants in front of them leaning towards their waists, bending their bows and arrows, aiming at the comers. The person who came seemed to be still not in a hurry, as if he was not afraid of death, he did not run away or avoid, seeing that he was about to walk a hundred steps in front of the team and within the range of the archers, and the man was just about to walk under the shadow of the moon. What kind of person Qiao Hua was eager to see, and he had such heroic courage.
——It was easy for the man to come out of the shadows, but the people on and below the city couldn't help but let out a soft sigh in their hearts - everyone's disappointment was actually for the same thing, the man actually wore a big hat, and the wide brim of the hat completely covered his face, and Shi and Qiao on the wall looked down from above, and they couldn't see his face.
The animal saw that it had entered a hundred paces of range, and the palms of the sergeants' hands were sweating, and at this moment, the man suddenly stretched out his hand, he stretched out his hand and raised the hat on his head, and then lifted one leg and deflected from the horse's neck, and the man was already sitting in the golden saddle, facing the city. Before the people in the city could see clearly, Qiao Hua on the city had already exclaimed: "It's my little sister!" "
That's right - the person who came was actually a woman, and she was only eighteen or nineteen years old, and when she raised her leg, the first thing that rippled up was actually a louvered skirt worn by women in the Western Regions Broken Leaf City. The skirt was quite colorful, and her legs crossed the horse's neck, and the skirt hung down, shaking the eyes of people. Then she had already hung the golden saddle, and her body was lying down, and the whole person seemed to suddenly disappear from the front of the horse, but the horse suddenly accelerated. These soldiers have lived on the fortress for a long time, but they have never seen a horse that accelerates so fast, let alone such a clever riding skill. The horse walked slowly to galloping as if it only took a moment! I saw that its four hooves were rolled up, and it was about to be swept into the enemy team like the wind. The more than twenty soldiers who had bent their bows only felt that they had suddenly lost their accuracy in front of them, and by the time they came back to their senses, the target was less than twenty steps in front of them, and it was too late for them to adjust. Before they could think about it, the man had already rushed into the team with people and horses, and it was a long story, in fact, in just a moment, the man had rushed to the side of the prison car, and the officer leading the team was waiting to shout, when he saw her skirt flashing, he had lifted the skirt with one hand, and she actually pulled out a knife from under the skirt! The knife was bright and bright, illuminating her face in an instant, and the woman pursed her lips and glared angrily, and slashed at the prison car with a knife!
——Good arm strength at the end, good knife at the end! I saw her slash down, and the car cracked with the door and shackles, but the chain around the neck of the person in the car was still locked on the roof. Good woman! I saw her silver teeth bite and another knife. The knife bent a beautiful arc in the air, slashing at a gap in the chain connection like a frost mark. The two on the city wall had already screamed - "Good arm strength!" "
- "Good eyesight! ".
The one called "good arm strength" is Qiao Hua, he is brave and strong, but he didn't expect that a woman also has such strong arm strength, and she dared to split the iron chain with a knife, and with a swing, it was clear that no extra strength was abused, and all the force was accumulated in the gap where the blade touched the chain! The one called "good eyesight" is Shi Zhen, he has a pair of night eyes, more mind, what he admires is the woman's instant decision - she can see the iron chain in an instant, decide to use a knife, and hit the weakest part of the chain when she pulls out the knife, and the technique is so accurate, not to mention women, even among thousands of men, such resourcefulness and decisiveness are really rare.
The woman struck down with a knife, only to see a flash of sparks, a "bang", an iron chain broke in two, and even the officer who led the team couldn't help but praise "Good knife!" The woman did not hesitate, gently touched the ape's arm, and had easily taken out the person in the prison car, put it behind her saddle, and the person with one of her legs had been reset, and shouted softly, "Drive!" With her legs clamped, her good horse had raised its head and neighed, its four hooves were like flying, and it ran away with joy.
When the horse was almost rushing out of the queue, the officers and soldiers reacted and raised their knives to intercept it. But the woman covered the frame left and right, and in just a few knives, she had already caught the slashed knives one by one. She did not neglect one person and one horse, and she had already passed away in the middle of the exchange. Seeing that she was about to go away, the officer came back to his senses and shouted, "Release the arrow!" "
They fired arrows at this time, the woman was not out of range, even if she was fine, the people behind her would be dangerous.
Shi Zhen suddenly pushed Qiao Hua on the city wall, and the two of them shouted together. Both of them were middle-aged men, and they were used to herding horses, shouting the good voices practiced by livestock outside the wilderness, and when they shouted in unison, they were full of sorrow, and the sergeants under the city couldn't help but be surprised! At this shock, the woman immediately ran out of range with the robbed person.
Seeing that she was about to run away, she suddenly turned around, arched her hands, and a heroic voice came from afar:
"It turns out that the fourth and fifth brothers are also here, thank you two brothers!"
After saying that, before she could say a word, the horse had disappeared into the dark night in the distance.