Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

"Brother Jiao Ting, which brother do you think has an accident?" Zhu Biao hurried forward and asked urgently.

"What happened, who is calling me to stop?" Zhu Long and Zhu Hu also stopped from the battle, and they all looked towards the edge of the martial arts arena.

When they saw Jiao Ting, Tang Long and Qiao Yun rushing into the martial arts arena in a hurry, but they didn't see Ximen officials alone, Zhu Long and Zhu Hu were startled and hurried forward.

At this moment, brother Qiao Yun was articulate, and was telling Zhu Biao that the senior official and we were suddenly attacked by masked men in the woods in the morning.This time when everyone came back, they came here to ask the three elder brothers of Zhu's family to help rescue the high official Ximen.

Zhu Long and Zhu Hu walked to Jiao Ting and the others, just in time to hear that Ximen Qing had been robbed.Zhu Long yelled: "Reverse! Reverse! In my Dulonggang, there are people who dare to snatch my guests from Zhujiazhuang? Little ones, get on your horse and chase after me!"

After saying this, Zhu Long led a horse, flew on the horse, whipped the horse, and rushed out to the west at the head of the horse.

"Brother, wait for me!" Zhu Hu also got on his horse and chased after him.Behind him, there were more than [-] dealers with horses chasing after Zhu Long and Zhu Hu.

When Jiao Ting and Tang Long saw it, they felt great admiration for the loyalty of Zhu Long and Zhu Hu, and hurriedly mounted their horses to follow.

Brother Qiao Yun wanted to get on the horse, but was held back by Zhu Biao.Zhu Biao frowned, and asked Qiao Yun to explain the situation to him in detail.

Riding their horses and galloping all the way, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, Jiao Ting, and Tang Long soon came to the place where Jiao Ting and the others were attacked.

Jiao Ting pointed to the woods on the side of the road and talked about the scene at that time, while Zhu Long jumped off the horse and looked around for any clues.

After Zhu Long checked in the woods, he came out and smiled at Zhu Hu, Jiao Ting and the others: "Hahaha~ dog thief, but you can't escape my eyes from Zhu Long! Brothers, don't worry, I guess Brother Ximen is leaving. We are not far away. The people who attacked Brother Ximen this morning must have a base near here."

"Brother, how did you know that the dens of the three thieves are not far from here?" Zhu Hu asked from the side.

Chapter 62 The Guy Runs Away

Zhu Long smiled and said to Zhu Hu: "Erlang, brother Cai just checked the place where the three thieves were ambush in the woods, but found that there was no trace of the grass being eaten by the horse. This shows that the horses of the three thieves It was because they had fed enough fodder and came here to ambush without much consumption of horsepower. If the three thieves came here to ambush me in Dulonggang after a long journey, they must have consumed a lot of horsepower and had to graze in the woods."

This Zhulong is familiar with war horses, so he quickly saw the clues.As long as the three thieves don't run too far, there is a way to rescue the official Ximen.

Zhu Long and Zhu Hu were familiar with the geography of Dulonggang. After they inferred that the three thieves were hiding near this Dulonggang, they immediately arranged for more than [-] dealers under their command to separate and search carefully, not letting go of every small road. .

While Zhu Long, Zhu Biao, Jiao Ting, and Tang Long were searching for Ximen Qing, Zhu Biao and Qiao Yun also went west into a dense forest.

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In a forest to the northwest of where Ximenqing was attacked, there is a cave covered by trees.In the woods outside the cave, three horses were tethered, and they were leisurely gnawing leaves on the dwarf trees.

There was a smell of barbecue wafting from the cave, and there were three people inside who were eating a few wild game with their mouths full of grease.These three were the three masked knights who blocked Ximen Qing in the morning.

At this moment, Ximen Qing, a senior official, was tied up in a net bag and hung from a big tree at the entrance of the cave, hungry, salivating at the smell of meat wafting from the cave.It's a pity that the three thieves were eating and drinking in the cave by themselves, but Ximen Qing couldn't even get a sip of water.This treatment is not as good as that of a few animals on the ground.

"Heroes! Three heroes! Let me go. What do the three heroes want? You can just say it." When did the official Ximen suffer this kind of crime, struggling in the net and begging for forgiveness in the cave.

"Shut up, Wuna bird man! If you disturb the master's meal and make him angry, the master will definitely feed your bird's beak a few mouthfuls of hot horse dung!" A rough voice came from the cave.

A hero does not eat the dung in front of his eyes!Ximen Qing wisely closed his beak.However, this stomach is really hungry!Ximen Qing was so hungry that he stuck out his tongue and licked it, suddenly a strange feeling came from the tip of his tongue.Zaza~ Is this vanilla beef flavor?

Ximen Qing opened his eyes and carefully looked at the net that trapped him. This net seems to be woven from cowhide ropes and animal tendons?Woo woo woo~ Sir, I have my lunch.

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Zhu Biao led Brother Qiao Yun to take a shortcut, and after passing through several dense forests, they came to a small hillside.There is a small stream under the hillside, and there is a yard not far from the stream.That courtyard was the other courtyard where Ximen Qing was mistakenly brought by Zhu Long and Zhu Hu who were drunk, and encountered Hu Sanniang for the first time.

Zhu Biao said to Brother Qiao Yun: "Brother, don't worry! I have never had a strong man dare to haunt here in Dulonggang. If my brother guessed correctly, the people who attacked you should be from Hu's family village. Then Hu Sanniang has always acted boldly, it must be She kidnapped Brother Ximen here!"

Brother Qiao Yun was not very clear about the matter between Ximen Qing and Hu Sanniang. Seeing that Zhu Biao said it firmly, he hurriedly begged Zhu Biao to go and discuss with the people in Hu's Village, and he must rescue the senior officials of Ximen.

"Brother, why should you beg me! Isn't your Ximen senior official also my Ximen brother? Brother, wait a moment, brother, I will go down to find someone, and I will definitely return you a good senior official today." Zhu Biao immediately used Patting his puffed chest with his hands, he rode down the mountain alone, mustering up the courage to meet Hu Sanniang in the other courtyard.

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At this time, the two brothers Zhu Long and Zhu Hu also led Jiao Ting and Tang Long to follow the trail of the three strong men in the woods.

These two brothers are indeed local aborigines, and the twenty or so farmers under them are also capable people.These people often hunt in the mountains, and they are very familiar with the roads and roads of Dulonggang.At this time, they separated and searched forward in a fan shape, and quickly ruled out roads that had not been trodden by horses.

At this time, they were searching forward along a road with the latest horseshoe traces, which was in the northwest direction.Zhu Long and his group circled through the woods along the road, getting closer and closer to the cave where the three thieves were hiding.

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In the cave, after eating and drinking, the three kidnappers leaned against the stone wall and discussed in a low voice. They didn't know what they were talking about, and they laughed a few times from time to time.

Suddenly, one of the three said: "That man has been hanging for a long time, should we let him down?"

"Hmph, that guy is full of food all day long, and he can't die if he starves for two days."

"According to me, just teach him a lesson, and this matter should not be too much, I'm afraid it will really hurt the peace."

"The breath in my chest is still not smooth! Why did you speak for that guy?"

"My good sister, brother, I'm not talking for him, I'm helping you! You and him shouldn't be too quarrelsome about this matter. I think your sister's tone of embarrassment is almost the same, how about I put him down, you have a good talk with him?"

"No need, I'll let him go! It's strange, why didn't I hear his snoring?" The person who spoke jumped up, rushed out of the cave in a few steps, looked up, and couldn't help but stare in surprise.

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Outside the other courtyard of Hujiazhuang, Zhu Biao stood in front of Brother Qiao Yun in disgrace, and whispered in his mouth: "Why is it wrong? How could I have miscalculated? The person who kidnapped Brother Ximen was not Sanniang, who else? But not here..."

Brother Qiao Yun said anxiously at the side: "Brother Sanlang, you must find a way to find the official Ximen as soon as possible! It's been half a day, and the official has suffered so much!"

"Could it be that I was wrong?" Zhu Biao became suspicious and wandered back and forth a few times.Suddenly, he stopped and said to Brother Qiao Yun: "Brother, I will go straight to Hu's Village with you, and see if San Niang is there."

After saying this, Zhu Biao got on his horse, took Brother Qiao Yun to leave the other courtyard, and galloped west to Hujiazhuang.

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"Brother, come out quickly! The Ximen official has escaped!" Standing at the entrance of the cave was Hu Sanniang who Zhu Biao guessed.However, after robbing Ximen Qing early in the morning, she expected that people from Zhujiazhuang might go to the other courtyard to look for them, so she didn't bring Ximen Qing back to the other courtyard, so Zhu Biao was in vain.

Of the two people in the cave, one is Hu Sanniang's older brother "Flying Tiger" Hu Cheng, and the other is a servant in Hu's manor, a close friend of Hu Cheng.

This Hu Cheng has always loved Hu Sanniang the most, relying on his sister in everything.Therefore, when Hu Sanniang found him and asked him to help her catch the official Ximen Qing and expressed her resentment, Hu Cheng agreed without hesitation.

Hearing his sister's exclamation, Hu Cheng hurried out of the cave, and asked, "The Ximen official ran away? Am I in a dream?" When he looked in the direction of Hu Sanniang's finger, he couldn't help being startled. .

Chapter 63 Entanglement

Hu Cheng looked intently, and saw a big hole in the net bag hanging Ximen Qing on the big tree at some point.The broken strands of the net were still hanging on the branches, but Ximen Qing in the net had disappeared.

Hu Cheng looked at the horse grazing place in the forest again, and there was also a horse missing quietly.That horse must have been stolen by him too, how did the high official Ximen do it?

Hu Sanniang walked forward a few steps, inspected the broken net bag carefully, and exclaimed in her mouth: "This, this was bitten off! Ximen Dalang has such powerful teeth!"

Hearing this, Hu Cheng also ran over to check carefully, and sighed: "I really underestimated the official Ximen! This is a high-quality cowhide rope, how did he bite it off? Sanniang, since he has already escaped, why don't we just let it go today?" Let it go. You and I will go back home, pretend not to know about this, and wait for him to come to visit at the village!"

"Ximen Dalang must have not gone far. We didn't hear the sound of galloping horses' hoofs just now. It can be seen that he is very cautious. In order not to be noticed by us, he must be sneaking with the horse. Brother, I will go west to chase him. You and Hu Yong search eastward. If you don't find him, go back to Zhuangzi and wait for me." Hu Sanniang is stubborn, and she still doesn't want to let Ximen Qing go just like that.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade his younger sister, Hu Cheng had no choice but to go to the edge of the woods to lead the horse.Seeing the remaining two horses, Hu Cheng's eyes lit up suddenly, he went to the tree, untied a yellow horse, and led him to Hu Sanniang's side.