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The two martial artists followed Mao Renju away, everyone was silent for a while, Wu Shizhao let out a long sigh, ordered everyone to clean up, motioned Chu Huan to sit down by the forest, and said: "Hero Bamboo, thank you very much for tonight."

"Boss Wu is being polite." Chu Huan said with a smile, "I didn't help much."

"Hero Bamboo, you are being self-effacing." Wu Shizhao said with a wry smile, "If it wasn't for Hero Bamboo, what happened tonight might be a big deal, and the Peacock Terrace might even be destroyed."

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Actually, Deputy Team Leader Zhou discovered all of this."

"Zhou Xiong has reminded me many times, but I didn't take it seriously." Wu Shizhao frowned and said, "Mao Renju was brought from the capital after all by a girl. To put it bluntly, his relationship with the girl is even stronger than that of the old man. Close, the old man never thought that this person would be ungrateful and conspire with bandits to betray the girl."

Chu Huan also sighed softly: "People's hearts are separated by belly, and we can't see many things clearly."

Wu Shizhao said: "Perhaps Zhou Xiong discovered Mao Renju's plot, but if Hero Zhu was not here tonight, Mao Renju might not have let it go, and he would never leave so easily."

"What does Manager Wu mean?"

"Hero Bamboo, you have great martial arts skills, Mao Renju is also very afraid of you, and dare not act rashly. If he exposes his plot tonight, if it weren't for the presence of Bamboo Warrior, Mao Renju will probably tear himself apart and give it a go." Wu Shizhao was a little scared. Said: "There are many martial artists who are closely related to him, if not done well, there will be internal strife. It is Mao Renju who is afraid of the martial arts of the bamboo hero, and that's why he left in embarrassment."

"Boss Wu, thank you." Chu Huan stroked his chin and said, "However, since Mao Renju poisoned tonight, the purpose was to weaken the fighting power of the warriors. If he acts at this time, if he really colludes with the bandits, has the bandits already died?" Ready to launch an attack on Peacock Terrace?"

Wu Shizhao changed his expression slightly and said, "This... if the bandits attack, our troops...!"

"How many more?"

"Including Zhou Xiong, there are still fourteen martial artists left." Wu Shizhao frowned and said, "But because of drinking poisoning, six of them have already fallen down, and there are still eight left... In all honesty, Mao Renju's martial arts are in the Peacock Terrace The strongest, one person can be equal to four or five, and now that he has left, and also took away two capable fighters, our combat power is already very weak...!" Looking at Chu Huan with a wry smile, his tone was not without pleading: "Hero Bamboo, the bandits are coming, everything depends on you...!" Before Chu Huan could speak, he got up and shouted, "Zhou Xiong!"

Zhou Xiong was leading people to put some poisoned martial artists in place not far away, when he heard Wu Shizhao shout, he responded loudly: "Boss, I'm here...!"

"You bring all the martial artists who can fight." Wu Shizhao said loudly.

Zhou Xiong hurried over with the remaining seven who were still able to fight, Wu Shizhao said in a deep voice: "Listen up, Mao Renju is gone, but the bandits will kill them at any time, we still have two days' journey to get out Yunshan Mansion, before entering Hexi, you must be cautious in everything." Pointing at Chu Huan, "From now on, you must obey the command of Zhu Daxia, and anyone who disobeys will be expelled immediately."

Chu Huan frowned, but Zhou Xiong had already stepped forward and said with a smile, "Hero Zhu, everyone admires you. These are my brothers. If you have any orders, just show them. We are all willing to follow you." .”

Before Chu Huan could speak, Wu Shizhao said in a pleading tone: "Hero Bamboo, we will arrive in Hexi in two or three days. To be honest, we at Peacock Terrace have important things to do in Hexi."

"Is there a big thing to do?" Chu Huan actually knew that the Peacock Terrace was going to Hexi to perform for the emperor's birthday gift when he was at the gate of Yunshan Mansion, but now he pretended not to know, "What big thing?"

Wu Shizhao said solemnly: "Hero Zhu, I won't hide it from you, the Holy Majesty is going to hold a birthday ceremony in Hexi, and when I get the call, I will go to Hexi to perform to the Holy Majesty."

Chu Huan pretended to be surprised: "So that's the case, did you obey the order?"

"Exactly." Wu Shizhao nodded and said, "So after we arrive at Hexi, we will be received by the government, and they will send us to Wuping Mansion... As long as we enter Hexi, we will be safe, but the journey of two or three days is the most important thing. It's important, if the bandits are really following along the way, they have followed such a long way, and they will never be willing to return without success. If they want to launch an attack, they will launch an attack within two or three days, or even tonight. Therefore, the safety of the Peacock Terrace depends entirely on the Bamboo Hero, if the Bamboo Hero can protect us from entering Hexi, I, the Peacock Terrace, will be grateful, and the girl will definitely be rewarded."

Chu Huan sighed: "It doesn't matter what kind of rewards you have." After pondering for a while, he said: "Since we have already arrived here, and I have been thankful for your care along the way, I will do my best to go to Hexi together."

Wu Shizhao said gratefully, "Thank you Bamboo Hero."

That night, the Peacock Terrace did not dare to take their guard lightly, Zhou Xiong led his men to patrol the camp, and stayed up all night, fearing a sneak attack by bandits, but fortunately nothing happened overnight, and the team set off early the next morning.

Because of the fear of bandit attacks, the speed of the next day was accelerated. Although the martial artists who planted the poison were relieved and their lives were not in danger, the effectiveness of the poison was obviously not trivial. The poisoned warriors were all pale and weak. , Riding on a horse, they all lie limply on the horse's back, almost without any fighting power.

He hurried on one day, and in the middle of the afternoon, he passed a county town. Zhou Xiong suggested that he could go to the city to rest. They didn't enter the city, so they rushed for another two hours. When it was dark, there was a drizzle in the sky. The team finally rushed to the edge of a lake and camped by the lake.

Hurry up this day, according to this speed, one day, you can walk out of Xishan Road and enter Hexi Road.

Zhou Xiong and the others were even more vigilant.

Chu Huan seemed to be doing everything as usual, but he felt that Jinlingque was very arrogant. After walking for six or seven days, Jinlingque was in the car during the day and in the tent at night. Although she was the owner of the Peacock Terrace, she seemed to She was an invisible person, even if something as big as Mao Renju happened, the number one dancer in Jinling hadn't shown up in public, nor had she said a word about the matter to everyone.

Although the rain didn't get bigger, it didn't mean to stop. The drizzle kept falling. Fortunately, it was summer and the weather was already quite hot. This rain made the air fresher, and the temperature was very high. comfortable.

At dinner time, Wu Shizhao came over with the food and wine in person, set them up in Chu Huan's tent, and said with a smile, "Hero Zhu, one day we will be able to turn the corner, thanks to you along the way, it is the luck of the old man and Peacock Terrace to meet you." , prepare a little thin wine, and have a few glasses." Set up the wine glasses and poured the wine.

Chu Huan was not too polite. Wu Shizhao was obviously very grateful to Chu Huan. While accompanying him, he said, "Hero Zhu, you walk the rivers and lakes, and you are a hero. You are admirable, but I don't know if Hero Zhu wants to be like this all the time. Thinking about finding a place to stay?"

"What does Manager Wu mean?"

Wu Shizhao hesitated for a moment before saying, "Hero Bamboo, what do you think of the Peacock Terrace?"

"Everyone is very kind and friendly." Chu Huan said with a smile, "Boss Wu, according to your words, don't you want me to stay at Peacock Terrace?"

"That's exactly what it means." Wu Shizhao clapped his hands and laughed, "Hero Bamboo, it's a troubled time, and it's not easy for Peacock Terrace to survive, and it's even more difficult for Bamboo Hero to travel alone, so if I want to invite Bamboo Hero, I'll stay in Peacock If you don’t come to Taiwan, you will be the team leader of Peacock Terrace, if you get paid, it will definitely not be low, and Bamboo Hero has no worries about food and clothing.”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "I really haven't thought about it."

"The hero Zhu can think about it." Wu Shizhao raised his glass with a smile, "If the hero can stay, that is the real luck of Peacock Terrace."

After dinner, Chu Huan was still practicing the "Dragon Elephant Sutra" in the tent. Not long after he finished his work, he suddenly heard thunder faintly from the sky. Chu Huan opened the tent, and the outside was still pattering. Xiao Yu saw a figure running towards him, and seeing Chu Huan standing in front of the tent, the man had already shouted, "Hero Bamboo, listen!"

Needless to say, Chu Huan could also hear it. The sound came from the south. At first, the sound was quite faint, like thunder that had not yet risen from the sky, but as the sound grew louder, Chu Huan already knew that it was definitely not thunder. And it has been judged that it is the sound of horseshoes.

The drum-like sound of horseshoes was already very clear, and there was even a neighing sound. Chu Huan picked up the package with the knife in his hand back, rushed out of the tent, and ran to the south.

It was Ding Miao who came over, following behind Chu Huan, Chu Huan arrived at the south of the camp, only to see that Zhou Xiong had already arrived to the south with a few men who could fight, all of them were holding knives, seeing Chu Huan coming, Zhou Xiong's face was solemn, and he said: "Hero Zhu, the bandits seem to be about to attack, they followed here, and finally they are about to attack."

Chu Huan stood in front of the crowd, frowned, and held the package tightly. Zhou Xiong followed behind Chu Huan, holding a big knife, and asked, "Hero Bamboo, what should we do?"

"Don't act rashly, just wait and see." Chu Huan said, "It's too late for us to leave now, so don't panic, let's see what they want to do."

In the drizzle, there were more than a dozen galloping horses galloping ahead, all in black clothes and black trousers, wearing a big cloak and a bamboo hat on their heads, like ghosts in the dark, with long, shiny horses out of their sheaths in their hands. saber.

"They have more than a dozen people, and we also have nine people." Zhou Xiong sneered, "No wonder they didn't do it for a long time. There are not many people, so they have scruples about us. Hero Bamboo, we can fight them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Chu Huan's body tremble, and saw that Chu Huan's body went limp, one knee had already softened, and he knelt on the ground with one knee, Zhou Xiong immediately said in surprise: "Hero Zhu, you... …What’s wrong with you?"

Chu Huan turned around, Zhou Xiong saw Chu Huan's face was very ugly, even several other martial artists were surprised when they saw Chu Huan like this, Chu Huan was holding the package, but one hand was covering his chest, his breath seemed heavy Get up: "I... I can't get up... I... I seem to be poisoned...!"