Pirate Song

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, Ji Xiancheng couldn't help slowing down, and began to re-examine the current situation in the north in his heart, and stopped talking for a while.

Gao Huaiyuan felt a little proud. For such a talented person with a lot of knowledge, he debated with Ji Xiancheng all the way, but he was at a disadvantage. That's right, I can't say no to Ji Xiancheng, but today I finally talked about Ji Xiancheng on the situation in the north, so Gao Huaiyuan finally felt a little elated, and walked a little easier before he knew it.

Ji Xiancheng pondered over what Gao Huaiyuan said, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Gao Huaiyuan's views on the situation in the north were reasonable. , the fall of the Jin Kingdom is really not a good thing for the Song Dynasty. Now Song and Mongolia are still separated by the Jin Kingdom and Xixia, and the two sides have no actual interests. Would people really put Da Song's fat meat aside to take a bite?

Thinking of this, Ji Xiancheng couldn't help but feel cold sweat dripping all over his body. He didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan, a rough-looking guy, to have such a clear understanding of this matter, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Gao Huaiyuan was right. In this regard, he is indeed much short-sighted compared to Gao Huaiyuan!

"The young master is right. On this point, Ji thinks that he is not as far-sighted as the young master! It's just that Ji is curious, why does the young master know so much about the northern affairs? Or has the young master been thinking about this matter all this time?" Ji Xiancheng After walking a few steps, he caught up with Gao Huaiyuan, and frankly admitted to Gao Huaiyuan that he was wrong. This is indeed a rare quality for scholars like them, and Ji Xiancheng also asked The question in his mind.

Gao Huaiyuan replied with a smile: "I remember yesterday that Mr. said that people have immediate worries without long-term considerations! Huaiyuan only pays attention to the situation in the north because he has seen many displaced refugees abroad in the past few years. Now It seems that the master also agrees with my opinion! It is a pity that I am just a small Jiupin Hoyoshiro, and I have no right to speak about such important military and state affairs. Right now, there are powerful ministers in power in the court. With my own strength, I can What to do?"

"That's wrong! You don't need to underestimate yourself so much. Although the young master is just a little Bao Yilang now, who said that the young master can't become the pillar of the country in time? What's more, the young master is only a teenager now. As long as the young master If you work hard, you may not be able to become a member of the guarding party. Then you will naturally achieve a career. It is Ji's luck that Ji can assist the young master as an official today. Don't worry, young master. Ji has some knowledge at will. But he suffers from the lack of success, if he can become a helper for the young master, Ji will not begrudge what he has learned, and is willing to advise the young master, just to achieve the young master's fame, it can be regarded as Ji's ambition!" Unknowingly, Ji Xiancheng saw it, and began to speak his mind, and decided to follow Gao Huaiyuan to see how far this Gao Huaiyuan could go. If he has achieved something, then he will be content!

"Why did Mr. Ji say this? I think Mr. Ji is knowledgeable and talented, but for some reason, he doesn't plan to seek promotion by himself, but comes to assist such a small person like me? I heard from my father that Mr. Ji seems to have offended me. Who would be deprived of fame, I wonder if Mr. Ji is willing to tell me about your past?" Gao Huaiyuan suddenly remembered Ji Xiancheng's background, so he asked Ji Xiancheng.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Ji Xiancheng immediately showed a look of indignation, but immediately fell down, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's all happened in the past, Ji doesn't want to mention it anymore, please forgive Ji Keep this a secret! I see, young master, you walked all the way, and you didn’t sit in the car for a while, but you still seemed to be wearing something heavy. Why? "

"Didn't Mr. Ji also say that being good at work is about being diligent and being idle? I am a martial artist, and I am full of chores on weekdays. I can't concentrate on practicing martial arts. I can only squeeze out time and exercise. A martial arts practitioner should maintain it anytime, anywhere. In the state of training, martial arts will not be wasted. My outfit was given by my master. It is because of this iron sand suit that I maintain my physical strength. If I am not diligent in exercising, it is estimated that a year ago, my life Just throw it in front of the army! That's why Huaiyuan dare not waste it!" Gao Huaiyuan chatted with Ji Xiancheng as he walked.

Ji Xiancheng couldn't help but look at Gao Huaiyuan differently, and felt that it was the right choice to go to Daye with Gao Huaiyuan this time. After so many years, it was the first time he met someone he could talk to, and his mood seemed to be much brighter. .

Returning to Daye County this time, according to Gao Jian’s intention, he wanted them to go to Jiankang and take a boat to return to Daye County, but Gao Huaiyuan thought it would be too far to take a detour, so he finally decided to go to Huizhou first, and then go to Wangjiang The county goes upstream by water and returns to Ezhou by boat. This can save a few days of travel time, and you can also exercise your body on the road. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to exercise after boarding the boat, and Gao Huaiyuan I also wanted to meet Huang Zhen in Ezhou by the way, so after leaving Shaoxing, the group headed to Huizhou on the road.

The group of them walked and chatted all the way, and entered Huizhou on the third day. Unlike the prosperity of Shaoxing City, when they entered Huizhou, a large number of refugees began to appear on the road. Ji Xiancheng sat in the car and looked at both sides of the road. The refugees couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

"As long as there is war, there will be refugees. Whether the country is strong or not is related to the livelihood of the common people. When there is war, it is the common people who will suffer!" Gao Huaiyuan responded.

"That's right! What the young master said is right. Our Da Song is indeed too weak. It's a worrying situation if things go on like this!" Ji Xiancheng nodded and said.

When they entered the mountain road, the road gradually became difficult. Gao Huaiyuan had already walked this road several times, so he was very familiar with it. There are many thieves and thieves in this area. There were path-cutters in the area, so after Gao Huaiyuan entered the mountain road, he ordered everyone to be more vigilant, and at the same time let Liu Er and Ji Xiancheng get in the car to rest, and then stopped resting along the way, trying to pass through before nightfall. This mountain road.

Looking at the dense forest on both sides of the road, Ji Xiancheng was a little nervous. He also heard that the road was not smooth, and it was hard to guarantee that there would be no strong people in such a place.

Gao Huaiyuan saw Ji Xiancheng's nervousness, so he walked to the side of his car, smiled at Ji Xiancheng, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Ji, with me here, ordinary thieves are no problem at all, please rest assured, Mr. Ji!"

After driving for half a day, they came to a mountain pass. Li Ruohu, who was walking in the front, suddenly stood still and waved Gao Huaiyuan and his party to stop.

Gao Huaiyuan also immediately felt that the surrounding atmosphere seemed a bit strange. The sound of birds and beasts had never stopped in the huge forest all the way, but when they came here, a group of birds suddenly flew up in the forest in front of them, making a burst of noise. After tweeting, it hovered in the sky, not daring to fall.

Moreover, the cries of small animals in the forest also began to disappear, and the group of them disappeared. Gao Huaiyuan's heart tightened slightly, and he looked at the surrounding terrain, and soon found that this place should be a very suitable place for an ambush The location, if he read it correctly, there should be someone ambushing in the forest ahead, but unfortunately, the level of the ambush person is not good, they startled the birds in the forest and gave them a warning in advance.

"Why did you stop suddenly?" Ji Xiancheng stuck his head out of the car and asked Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan's face gradually became serious. He seemed to sense a hint of danger. This time, if someone was ambushing ahead, the number of enemies should not be too small. In such a barren mountain and wild place, they can be said to have nowhere to hide. Now they Even if you want to take a detour, it's already a bit late.

Recalling the scene along the way, Gao Huaiyuan was suddenly startled secretly. For the past two days, he was only concerned about having nothing to do, so he chatted with Ji Xiancheng, and he relaxed his vigilance. Falling far behind them, if you don't think carefully, you won't notice it at all. Now that you think about it carefully, you can feel that these people are abnormal.

"There may be thieves ambushing ahead, and they may have already set their sights on us!" Gao Huaiyuan replied to Ji Xiancheng in a low voice.

After hearing this, Ji Xiancheng suddenly became nervous. No matter what he said, he was just a literati. After such a thing happened, Ji Xiancheng said in a panic, "How did Young Master Gao know that there was an ambush ahead? Could he have misread it? Otherwise, let's take a detour!"

Gao Huaiyuan smiled wryly. After all, Xindao Ji Xiancheng was just a literati and didn't know about walking in the rivers and lakes, so he replied: "There is nothing wrong with it. I am also a person who often travels outside. I still have some experience in this. , there is only one way to go here, and we are already being targeted by the other party, it is too late to retreat now!"

Ji Xiancheng became a little flustered when he heard it, and said in surprise: "What should I do? What should I do!"

After Gao Huaiyuan took a deep breath, he raised his hand and took off the iron sand outfit on his body. After stretching his waist, he said with a smile: "Mr. What can we do? Take your weapons and be careful! Liu'er, come over and protect Mr. Ji, and Ruohu and I go to the front to see! Others protect the vehicle!"

Li Ruohu immediately agreed, turned around and quickly took out a few scimitars from the hidden compartment of the vehicle in front, threw them to the other five young men Zhuang Ding, and handed Gao a Liuyun scimitar with a deerskin sheath. Huaiyuan.

The remaining five young men, Zhuang Ding, each took the scimitar and carried it on his waist very calmly, and immediately took out a few pairs of bows and arrows from the hidden compartment under Ji Xiancheng's car, held them in his hands, and quickly moved the two cars together. Surrounded in the middle, even Liu'er jumped out of the car in front, casually carrying a slightly lighter Liuyun machete, and quickly came to Ji Xiancheng's car.

Ji Xiancheng stared wide-eyed at Gao Huaiyuan and the others taking out all kinds of weapons from the car as if by magic, and quickly armed them. He was a little surprised in his heart, because he realized at this time that the few who followed Gao Huaiyuan seemed to be The unremarkable teenagers were all very calm, their movements were uniform, and they seemed to be tough people who had received strict training. Moreover, Gao Huaiyuan was obviously very experienced in dealing with such things, and he had already done enough preparations before leaving. He hadn't thought of it before.

Looking at Gao Huaiyuan and others who were not at all chaotic, Ji Xiancheng began to feel a little more at ease, but looked at Gao Huaiyuan with some doubts, wondering why Gao Huaiyuan had such a few well-trained subordinates?

And Gao Huaiyuan also saw Ji Xiancheng's doubts, so he smiled and explained his doubts: "They are all Zhuang Ding who accompanied me to the army before, and they are familiar with such battles, Mr. Ji Please get back in the car, we just need to rush over to see who the god is trying to attack us! Hehe!"

Gao Huaiyuan's composure greatly comforted Ji Xiancheng. Thinking that Gao Huaiyuan was a general who used to come and go in the ten thousand horse army, and he also had a lot of military exploits, he must be quite skilled. He should deal with a few thieves. No problem!So after Ji Xiancheng nodded to Gao Huaiyuan and told Gao Huaiyuan to be careful, he returned to the car and sat down. The cart started again, and the wooden wheels creaked and rolled the gravel on the road and walked forward.

"Young master! This time things seem to be a bit troublesome. The other side seems to have a lot of people, and they have already made preparations!" Li Ruohu walked slowly to Gao Huaiyuan's right side, holding his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist. This position was just right. Li Ruohu can draw out the knife at any time without being affected, and protect Gao Huaiyuan's right side. This kind of action is also summed up by Li Ruohu for a long time, so it is natural to choose a position that is most conducive to protecting Gao Huaiyuan.

"Well, I can also see that the opponent has a lot of people, and we are also following behind. It seems that there will be a bad fight today!" Gao Huaiyuan walked slowly in front of the car, while using the corners of his eyes. From the corner of their eyes, they kept scanning the mountains and forests on both sides, their muscles began to tense gradually, and a sense of crisis began to envelope them.

"Master Ji and Sister Liu'er should be protected first, and the younger one should take the other brothers to cover the young master before going out! Leave it to the younger one to deal with it!" Li Ruohu also felt that the atmosphere was not right, and proposed to Gao Huaiyuan arrive.

"No! The other party came prepared today. I'm afraid things are not as simple as you think. If you make a move later, don't show mercy. The other party should be a group of thugs!" Gao Huaiyuan shook his head and stretched out his hand to touch He took a look at the set of throwing knives that never left his body, adjusted the position of the knife pouch, and put it in the most suitable place for shooting.

The forest became very quiet now, only the creaking sound of the wheels of two mule carts rolling on the road, and the panting of the two mules, several people guarded tightly From the front, back, left, and right of the car, a pair of eyes were cast on both sides of the road vigilantly.

And at this moment, in the forest about a hundred paces away from them, dozens of strong men were lurking, all of them staring at Gao Huaiyuan and his party who were walking slowly, for a man with a scar across his cheek The bearded man looked at Gao Huaiyuan who was walking slowly in the front, frowned slightly and said to the people around him in a low voice: "The person who came here is a practicing family, so there is no guarantee that he will encounter any hard stubble today. These people are all well-trained, so it is not good Deal with it!"

A red-faced man lying beside him nodded slightly and said: "The boss is right. These people are very vigilant. They stopped suddenly just now. They probably have a premonition of our existence. They have all taken out their weapons now!"

The scarred man spat out a blade of grass in his mouth, and said with a sneer: "It seems that our buyer is right, and he worked really well for that guy. We should be more careful, and we would charge more if we knew about it." They have some money! Damn! It’s too late to know now! I want to see how capable they are, and they can escape our grasp!"

After Gao Huaiyuan and the others walked in gradually, the big man with the scar face suddenly grew up, leaped out of the woods with his knife in hand, stood in the middle of the road, blocked the way of Gao Huaiyuan and his party, and the rest of the big men followed suit Jumped out and immediately blocked the entire road.

And on the road behind Gao Huaiyuan, more than a dozen strong men rushed over, each holding a knife and gun, and firmly blocked the retreat of Gao Huaiyuan and his party. Under the attack of the two sides, Gao Huaiyuan and his party were surrounded in the middle .

Gao Huaiyuan tensed up, scanned the situation before and after, and cursed in his heart, damn it!There are at least forty or fifty people on the other side, and there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides. This is a bit of a big trouble.

"Who is here? What are your intentions?" Gao Huaiyuan coldly held the handle of the knife and stood still, shouting at the gang of thieves blocking his way.

"Hmph! Stop talking nonsense, we are robbers! Leave your cars and women, kneel down and be bound obediently, and save your lives! If not, the old men will kill and not bury!" Scarface cried out in a cold voice.

When Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he felt that there was something wrong with the matter. Most of the trail-cutters were just asking for money, and all they asked was to leave their belongings. Binding, this is a bit unreasonable!

"If you are asking for money, you can say it out, why bother to push?" Gao Huaiyuan tentatively said to the scarred face.

Wei Dao Scar looked Gao Huaiyuan up and down, a cruel grin appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then turned his gaze to the teenagers standing beside the car who followed Gao Huaiyuan, raised a finger and waved it a few times...