Chapter 5, Lujia, Zhuo County

Twenty riders turned in the direction and chased in the direction of the fleeing of the right team.

Passing by the place where the Hu people of the right team were defeated, Zu Zhao saw a long weapon similar to Ma Jian inserted diagonally on the ground. He bent down and picked them up. There were few arrows left in his arrow pot, and there was at least one more long weapon in his hand.

In front, the right team's horse was scattered and unformed. They fled desperately to the northeast. During this period, a seriously injured Hu man fell off his horse due to lack of physical strength. Further ahead, the left team, which was defeated at the beginning, has almost joined the front team that escorted the prisoners, and the leading Hu people is reorganizing the team. However, witnessing the more serious loss of the right team, it has increasingly laid the psychological shadow of this invincible Hanqi in everyone's hearts.

Although the Hu people still have the advantage of the number of people and are slightly superior in their geographical position. Coupled with the fact that the Han people's arrow pot is empty, there is still a possibility of a backhand blow. But no matter how the leading barbarians shouted and taught them a lesson, the rest of the herdsmen could not think about continuing to fight at all. Even the more than 30 living people who had been responsible for holding the prisoners were only thinking about quickly retreating back to divide the trophy.

From the far and near Zu Zhao and his party saw the fled Huma gradually converging on a low mound, and everyone's hearts were tightened to varying degrees. Zu Zhao clenched Ma Wei in his hand. He knew that fighting was the momentum of both sides at this moment. As long as he surpassed these barbarians in momentum, no matter how large the number of barbarians was, he would have no intention of fighting.

"Shoot the barbarians and shoot all the remaining arrows after approaching." Approaching 150 steps, Zu Zhao raised his horse and ordered his followers on the left and right.

Everyone raised their breath, all of whom looked resolute, and quickly prepared their long bows. Even the injured people clenched their teeth and turned the pain into anger.

Although Zu Zhao did not let everyone shout, at this time, with a team of more than 20 people, they rushed to the Huma crowd three times as fearlessly, and an invisible bravery has been silent. It seems that they don't intend to scare away the barbarians with their voice, but are eager to fight head-on with bullying, just like hunters don't want to scare away their prey.

Under the anger of the leader Hu Ren, more than 40 people were gradually ready to attack. However, it is unfortunate that more than a dozen people who were injured by arrows in the previous battle had no intention to fight again and retreated one after another. Several of them began to divide the looted property while the others were in a whole team, so that they could escape quickly when the situation was wrong. Some people in the whole group were immediately dissatisfied, afraid that those people would be greedy, and immediately quarreled and made a mess.

Seeing this, the leader Hu Ren had nothing to do. When Zu Zhao's team approached and began to shoot arrows, he was the first to turn his head and fled away. The rest panicked and didn't care about the hostages he had taken before. He only robbed some easy-to-carry property and dispersed. The hostages who were left behind did not dare to move at first. It was not until all the barbarians were far away that they regained some consciousness and hugged together tremblingly, or comforted each other or covered their faces and crying.

Zuzu Zhao led the crowd here and glanced at these freed compatriots. He leaned sideways and ordered, "You stay and take care of them. Zuji, give me an arrow, quickly."

Zu Ji quickly handed over the last arrow in his arrow pot and asked, "Son, what are you going to do?"

Before the voice was settled, Zu Zhao had galloped away and chased in the direction of the Hu people's escape.

Zuji and other attendants were shocked. At present, he successfully rescued these captured hostages, which was really a great victory worthy of celebration and excitement. Unexpectedly, the eldest son was still not satisfied and exaggerated that he was too big enough to chase the poor bandits alone. The image of wisdom and martial arts before suddenly cast a shadow, becoming more and more unpredictable, and it has to make people afraid. What if Hu Renren is in a hurry to kill back and hurt the eldest son?

Everyone, including those hostages, was at a loss.

Just as Zu Ji was eager to catch up with him, Zu Zhao did not chase him too far. When he was about 100 steps away from the collapse of the Hu people, he first clamped the horse he held in his hand on the side of the saddle, stepped on the pedal and straightened his legs, and stood up from the saddle. Then he took out the long bow and put on the last feather arrow. The bow string was pulled to the limit, and the bow arm faintly because of the huge tension. Gathering his strength and roaring, the feather arrow broke away from the bowstrings and flew to the nearest barbarians with sharp calls.

The arrow nailed straight into a Hu man's shoulder, and Hu's figure shook violently, but did not fall off the horse.

Zu Zhao grabbed the reins and rode horizontally. He never thought of shooting one more person off the horse at this last moment. On the contrary, he hoped that the barbarian would run away with his own arrows, which would have a more deterrent effect.

Whether it is riding or archery, it is not easy to do physical work. The successive running and bowing make Zu Zhao sweat like a lot, and the two layers of clothes inside and outside his upper body have been soaked. Under the scorching sun in the high sky, he suddenly felt a little greasy. At this moment, he was not in a hurry to return. He still stared at the north like an eagle falcon, and the last dozen figures of the barbarian were slowly disappearing behind the horizon. A gust of war is rolling in my heart, and the boiling blood brings out a strong desire.

He suddenly picked up the captured horse, pointed straight at the north horizon, and roared with burning strength: "But make the dragon city fly, and don't teach Humadu Yinshan."

The sound is like a bell, quickly sweeping through this widely praised plain, and even faintly echoing in the distant foothills.

After shouting these words, Zu Zhao just released the remaining enthusiasm in his heart and felt very happy. I have to admit that fighting and killing are the most stimulating nerves, and it is not so easy to calm down once you get too excited.

The entourage who were looking forward to it breathed a secret sigh of relief. They were convinced by the heartfelt roar of the eldest son. The two heroic poems had a momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers, hitting the hottest side of everyone's heart.

Turning the reins, Zu Zhao let the horse take small steps back to the place where the entourage and the hostages gathered. Although he had previously told his entourage to take care of the hostages, everyone focused on themselves because they were worried about their safety. Even if they came to their senses, they only gathered around and cheered.

"The eldest son is really a real general!"

"But if you don't teach Huma to live in Yin Mountain, it will become a heroic saying that has been passed down through the ages."

"It's extreme, it's extreme."

In such a warm atmosphere, even those reborn hostages were quite moved. Several men quickly came to Zu Zhao, bent down and bowed to him, and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving my life."

Zu Zhao glanced at these people. Most of them were wearing narrow-sleeved cloth clothes, but the middle one was dressed in a dark wide-sleeved straight train, in his early thirties, and he was as polite as a accountant. He asked in a calm tone, "You have encountered misfortune, and now you have been saved. Are you complete?"

The man who looked like the accountant sighed bitterly, and his voice was still slightly trembling and replied, "There were 27 masters and servants in the next line. When the robbers attacked and robbed, five doormen tried their best to resist the enemy. Unfortunately, they were outnumbered and were killed on the spot. During the chaos, many people dispersed, and the remaining 18 people, including us, became prisoners of thieves. I'm glad to have the help of the young hero, otherwise I'm afraid there will be no day to return to Hanjiang.

Zu Zhao will meet a middle-aged injured person in the woods and four survivors hiding near the horse team.

After listening to this, the accountant breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "If there is no mistake, the person the young hero met in the forest is my housekeeper Hu Bo. Thank God that he was able to meet the nobleman in time. He not only turned himself into good luck, but also saved my eldest daughter's life. He said and turned around to look at the women who were hugging together not far behind him.

Zu Zhao followed the other party's eyes and followed them. Not far away, there were five women, all dressed in white, and it was impossible to tell who was the master and who was the servant at a glance. However, he noticed that these women had some beauty, well-proportioned figures, and three or two classical temperaments. Of course, it's not the time to look at beautiful women. He quickly withdrew his eyes and continued to ask, "Where do you come from and where do you plan to go?"

A trace of hesitation flashed on Mr. Accountant's face and looked around for a while before he answered, "The lower class were originally from Changli County. Because of family difficulties, they wanted to go to Zhuo County to worship their relatives. My eldest daughter is the nephew of Lu Zigan, the current Yilang, and this time she is going to Lu Yilang's hometown.

The three words "Lu Zigan" attracted Zu Zhao's attention. He couldn't help looking at the women's family again. His originally majestic face gradually softened and smiled and said, "It's really a coincidence that it's Lu Shi's relatives. Someone once studied scriptures from Lu Shi for six years, but unfortunately gave up in order to avoid the suspicion of the party, and so far he has been very sorry.

Lu Shi is exactly what he said is today's great scholar Lu Zhi, and Zi Gan is Lu Zhi's expression. The Lu family and the ancestral family are the same surnames after Emperor Wu moved to Beitun. The two families have known each other. Because of this relationship, they were able to worship Lu Zhi as their teacher six years ago.

It coincided with Cao Luan's letter of angering for the party's scholars, which angered Emperor Han Ling to dismiss officials including the party's scholars, old ministries, deceased father and son, and was implicated in lifelong imprisonment, triggering the second party's disaster in history. The Zu family and the Lu family were at the forefront of the storm and had to avoid suspicion and cut off contact with each other.

Desp, he was more or less famous as Lu Zhimen, but during that period of study, he did not meet the two big men under Lu Zhimen, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei.

When Mr. Accounting heard Zu Zhao's words, the hesitation on his face swept away and said with great joy: "It turns out that the prince and Lu Yilang have such a relationship. It's really a coincidence."

Zu Zhao smiled and said, "A certain family is in Xu Wu County, more than 20 miles to the south. You might as well move to the setting for temporary shelter and talk about a rest. It's not too late to go on another road after taking a rest.

Just suffered a disaster and were at a loss. Naturally, these travelers were eager to have a place to settle down. Since the good-up prince in front of him is also Lu Zhimensheng, he is more or less a care. However, it was obvious that the accountant was humble and happy, but he still lost a no, and then returned to the place where the women were located and asked the "Miss" for instructions to stay.

Taking this opportunity, Zu Zhao finally saw the true face of the "Miss", who was a girl in the middle of those women's house. She was just a year old, with white clothes and some supplies on her face, and there were also a few tears in her beautiful and tender eyes. Compared with the maids around her, this young lady is really not outstanding, but she has an incredible temperament. Although the previous disaster has frightened her so far, there is an extremely persistent hatred behind this panic, which is not only different from other young girls who are also suffering, but also different from her age of thirteen or four.

After listening to the instructions of Mr. Accountant, the young lady lowered her head and quietly glanced at Zu Zhao on horseback. She happened to meet Zu Zhao's eyes. She quickly moved her eyes to avoid it, and then answered with a mosquito.

Mr. Accountant trotted back to Zu Zhao and said happily, "The prince is kind, and the inferiors are grateful. My eldest lady will also remember the kindness, so it's better to obey than to respect."

Zu Zhao nod demeanor and said, "I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient for you to walk, so I asked someone to find some mounts." After saying that, he turned to the rear to check the Zuji of several Hu people's corpses, and ordered him to take the two people back to the place where they fought before and bring all the horses that shot the Hun people.

Zu Ji did not neglect. After calling the two, he quickly got on the horse and left.

In the process of waiting, Zu Zhao asked his entourage to give half of the water bags to the relatives of the Lu family. He got off his horse for a rest and chatted with the accountant for a while. He learned that the accountant's name was Lu Xun, who was originally the stew of the Lu family's caravan. Later, due to the fall of the family business, the caravan was disbanded and he could only do chores at home. This time, the Changli Lu family transferred to the Zhuo County clan, precisely because of the poor family. Lu Xuan's master is still staying in Changli to deal with the aftermath, and first let his family migrate to Zhuo County in batches.

After a short break, Zu Ji led five horse back. Jumping off the horse quickly came to Zu Zhao. He said, "Just catch these horses, and the rest will run away."

Zu Zhao nodded slightly and said, "I will do it." Let the women and the injured get on the horse first.

Zu Ji answered, and then assigned five horse horses to the women's family and several injured subordinates with Lu Xun.

Lu Yu naturally took a horse first and came to the young lady and asked the young lady to get on the horse first. Unexpectedly, the young lady came to the side of Huma and stood still, but she never moved again. She just stared straight at Huma in front of her as if stunned. Lu Juan thought that Hu Ma was too tall to get on the horse, so she quickly greeted several strong servants and maids and helped the young lady get on the horse. But when the crowd came, the young lady still stood indifferently and said nothing.

Zu Zhao watched Zu Ji arrange the rest of the Hu horses, walked back to his mount, and jumped on his horse. Just as he was about to lead the team to leave, he saw that Lu Huan was still surrounded by seven or eight people. He kicked the horse in the stomach and asked, "Mr. Lu, what's the matter?"

Lu Xun looked at Zu Zhao with an embarrassed face, and then at the young lady who didn't know what to lose her temper.

Zu Zhao narrowed his eyes and glanced at the girl. The original persistent expression on the girl's face suddenly disappeared, put on a panic, quickly lowered her head to avoid her eyes, and a blush flashed on her delicate face. Zu Zhao asked quietly, "What's the dilemma?"

The girl still lowered her head, gradually panting, and had nothing to say for a moment.

Zu Zhao waited for a while and felt a little impatient, but he realized that the girl did not seem to be playing "Miss's temper", so he tried to maintain patience. Just as he was about to ask again, the girl suddenly said, "I...no... ride a horse." The voice is as low as spider silk, as if a gust of wind could blow away.

Zu Zhao raised his eyebrows and vaguely guessed some inside information. Lu Wan, who was beside him, suddenly came over and quickly bent down to apologize to Zu Zhao: "Don't blame the young hero, don't blame the young hero. The border of Changli has always been peaceful, and Hu people and Gaoguli people often attack. Three years ago, my wife unfortunately died in a robbery, so the young lady has always hated the foreign people. Please forgive me."

Hearing this explanation, Zu Zhao was finally relieved, but he didn't expect a little girl to have such a knot. It seems that the other party is just shy and not good at words, and can only express his voice with actions. It's not too much to think so. After nodding, he turned over and got off the horse again, handed the reins to Lu Huan's hand and said, "I understand, so, let's ride my horse first."

Lu Yu was so grateful that she hurriedly led the horse to the young lady and urged everyone to help her get on the horse.

More blush appeared on the young lady's broken little face. At the moment she got on the horse, something suddenly fell in her hand.

Zu Zhao happened to tidy up Huma's reins on one side and saw that the girl fell to the ground with a silver hairpin. Without thinking, he bent down to pick up the silver hairpin and suddenly found that there was a dry blood stain on the head of the hairpin. Looking up at the girl, he immediately found a small blood clot oozing from the other party's left sleeve.

At the same time, the girl also looked over, her eyes were flustered and nervous, and she did not dare to face Zu Zhao, but she had to find the silverpin. After a burst of urgency and anxiety, she stammered, "Return...give me back..."

Zu Zhao never intended to hide this silver hairpin. He raised his hand and returned it without saying a word. Just as the girl regained the silverpin and protected her hands in her heart, he suddenly had a regrettable realization: Could it be that she had been hiding the silverpin since she was captured, ready to find the opportunity to keep the festival?

The girl turned her head away, and there was a lingering anxiety between her eyebrows.

Zu Zhao took a slow breath. After thinking about it, he finally said nothing more. He turned around and rode a horse and greeted the team on the road.

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