The return journey still has to pass Guojia Village. It was already dawn. The village that was still normal yesterday was still alive, but now there is only a mess and smoldering smoke left.

This scene made Xiaocao and others think of Gaojia Village. They couldn't bear to see it at first glance, so they rode a horse and left in a hurry.

When entering the mountains, it is mostly uphill roads, and when exiting the mountains, it is mostly downhill. The group of people rode horses and moved much faster than when they came. If it weren't for someone's obstruction, they would probably be able to walk out of the mountains in about two days.

Although Lao Guo Qi led the way, Zhao Aqi often rode horses in the front, so he was the first team to see a blocking road.

The other party also noticed his figure, and both sides were surprised. Zhao Aqi measured it briefly and felt that it was outnumbered and it was not embarrassing to escape. He immediately turned his head and shouted to Hu Guiyang from a distance: "Senior brother, there is an ambush ahead!"

"Who?" Hu Guiyang asked.

"It seems... I don't know!" Zhao Aqi turned around and went back to watch, and soon returned again, "Holding the flag, like an officer and soldier, but not dressed like him!"

Fan Dajian frowned and said, "Say all the inexplicable words, yes, no, no, how could it be..."

He didn't finish his words because behind Zhao Aqi, there were really a group of strange people, with flags waving, like a team of officers and soldiers, but most of the people under him were not wearing armor and dressed casually, and the weapons in his hands were all kinds of. It was better to be called people from the martial arts world than officers and soldiers.

Those people chased Zhao Aqi, and suddenly saw more than ten people below the slope. They immediately stopped and stopped, as shocked and puzzled as here.

"This must be the outpost of the officers and soldiers. Xichang really sent people to the mountains to destroy the village." Yuan Mao guessed.

Hu Guiyang also guessed the same way. He wanted to step forward and think about changing his mind. He said to Yuan Mao: "Are you brave enough?"

"Ah? Still... OK?"

"Go to the other side and tell them not to compete with me for me."

"Snatch merit? What kind of merit?"

"I won the Guojia Village to destroy the village, and they are no longer doing anything."

Yuan Mao was a smart man. He immediately understood what Hu Guiyang meant and smiled and said, "I have this courage." After saying that, he beat the front drive and missed it with Zhao Aqi. When he was not far away, he waved to everyone on the slope and shouted, "Our own!"

Zhao Aqi stopped in front of Hu Guiyang and asked in surprise: "What are he going to do? Where did he come from the 'our own people'?"

"You will know later." Hu Guiyang was in the mood to explain and focused on Yuan Mao on the slope.

There were about forty or fifty people on the slope, and there must be more people behind them. The only reason why they did not launch an attack immediately was that they could not guess the origin of the more than ten people down the slope, so Hu Guiyang simply sent Yuan Mao to disturb him even more.

Yuan Mao met with those people, but was not attacked. He talked for a few words, turned around and continued to talk, but couldn't hear what they were saying.

Fan Dajian also understood, "Are you protecting the villagers of Guojia Village?"

"It's up to how long it can be delayed."

"Those people... are really not worth protecting, and you won't be grateful for doing this."

"I don't want to thank you. As long as you destroy He Baiwan's plan, it's a game. He Baiwan creates momentum, I have to find a way to break the momentum."

Fan Dajian looked around and found that the others seemed to be more confused than himself. He felt a little balanced, "It's you who plays chess. Just know what you are doing. We are all chess pieces, but you can save some effort."

Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "I only have a few chess pieces, of course I have to save money."

A few people became even more confused. Xiaocao whispered to Sister He San: "Is the chess piece good or bad?"

"It's usually bad things, so it's good things here." He Sanjie said with a smile.

Xiaocao frowned, feeling that the outsiders in the mountains were as complicated as the third master said at the beginning, which was puzzling.

In the distance, Yuan Mao seemed to be unspeculative with the other party. He raised his arms and shouted a few times, turned around and left, rode a few steps and was called back to have a new conversation.

After nearly two quarters of an hour of talk, Yuan Mao finally returned. He Wu Crazy and Zhao Aqi were a little anxious and rolled up their sleeves to fight. However, Zhang Wuchen and Xiao Zhou Cang felt that the fight had nothing to do with him in any case, so they quietly retreated to the end.

Yuan Mao drove the horse away without being fast or slow. After stopping, he said to Hu Guiyang: "They agreed to stay here and send someone to ask the generals in the rear. They hope you can stay too and meet you."

This is exactly the result Hu Guiyang expected, how long it will take, "Okay, tell them, I'll take someone over later."

"Yes." Yuan Mao rode his horse up the top of the slope again.

When Yuan Mao returned for the second time, Hu Guiyang put on his airs and then he led everyone uphill slowly.

On the way, Yuan Mao whispered: "They are all from the world inside and outside the capital, and they seem to know you."

"Oh? Who is the leader in the rear?"

"They didn't say it."

Everyone on the slope had already dismounted. As expected, there were more people on the other side of the slope, with a total of nearly 200 people, mostly dressed in the world, and a few of them looked like officers and soldiers, but they didn't care about the matter.

Hu Guiyang also dismounted and bowed to the person surrounded by him and smiled: "I said who it is? It turns out to be Teacher Ouyang."

He just got far away and got close to him and confirmed several acquaintances, especially this "Teacher Ouyang".

Ouyang Liao is a famous old martial artist in the capital. He has taught countless disciples, including the forty adopted sons of the Zhao family, so Hu Guiyang called him "teacher".

Ouyang Liao is not the best master, and Hu Guiyang is not the best apprentice. The two have not met each other for many years, but they did not expect to meet each other in the mountains.

Ouyang Liao was old and had already become tired after a few days of entering the mountain. Facing his former apprentice, he politely bowed his greeting, "So it's really thirty-six. When did you enter the mountain?"

The teacher was speechless, so Hu Guiyang stepped forward a few steps and helped Ouyang Liao walk to the side of the road, where there were several folding benches, "It won't be long before the teacher."

Ouyang Liao sat down first, and after several humility, Hu Guiyang sat down next to him.

"You've known this a long time ago?" Ouyang Liao asked.

Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "When the eunuch in the West Factory discovered those anti-communications, I was at the scene. Manager Huo returned to the capital and I brought people directly to the mountains, so I took the lead."

Ouyang Liao opened his eyes half open, "You have brought so many people?"

"There should not be too many surprise soldiers. The teacher knows that I am a person and it is not possible to attack hard. In the name of reporting, he sneaked into the village, set fire in the middle of the night, blocked the village gate, and the task was completed."

"Hey, you're still smart. No wonder the Zhao family... Well, you got rid of Guojia Village, what about the other villages? There are more than one village that colluded with Da Tiehammer to rebel."

"Come one by one, the same strange plan cannot be used again and again. Guojia Village escaped a few people last night and must have gone to Lijia Village."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's set out to attack Lijia Village immediately."

"No hurry, I have another plan. Seeing that I have fewer people, Guojia Village will definitely not be convinced. After arriving in Lijia Village, I will gather more people from the village. Wait for more people, wouldn't it be wonderful to catch them all in one go?"

"Haha, a plan is a good plan, but we are just the only ones..."

"With my brother Sanjiu's ability, he can borrow a brigade of officers and soldiers and wipe out a village with thousands of people."

Ouyang Liao opened his eyes slightly, "Do you know that Thirty-nine commanders this operation?"

"Oh, we are only two of us who are forty brothers. We are both Jinyi Captains and serve the Western Factory. We naturally need to keep in touch with each other."

"oh."

Hu Guiyang had almost no truth, but he was very clear, and Ouyang Liao became increasingly unable to tell the truth.

Most of these familiar and familiar faces were the "friends" of the Zhao brothers. As soon as Hu Guiyang saw them, he guessed that the person in charge behind must be Shi Guida.

"When will Brother Sanjiu arrive?" Hu Guiyang didn't use this title for a long time, but he spoke quite friendlyly at this time.

"It should...be for two or three days. Our mission is to remove Guo and Li villages and relieve the officers and soldiers behind us from worrying."

"The task has been completed halfway, and Teacher Ouyang has made great contributions this time."

Ouyang Liao was stunned, "Where did I get the credit?"

"It's better to arrive in time than to arrive early or late. I just needed people to encircle Lijia Village, so Teacher Ouyang led people to arrive, just like a magic weapon falling from the sky. Wouldn't that be a great achievement?"

"You guys are just sweet-mouthed." Ouyang Liao smiled and said with a much more friendly tone. "Sometimes they also have poisonous mouths."

"I dare not in front of the teacher."

"Okay, you are the Captain Jinyi, you have the final say."

"With a teacher here, the disciples are willing to be the minions."

"Stop talking nonsense. I am the martial arts master invited by the Zhao family. I have taught you how to punch and foot for a few days. If you don't follow the master-apprentice theory, I can obey Thirty-Nine's orders, and naturally I can listen to you too. Although Thirty-Nine has changed its surname, you are always brothers and it's easy to talk to them."

The two brothers had already broken apart, but outsiders didn't know that Hu Guiyang naturally wouldn't say it out loud, and bowed: "Then I'm disrespectful. My idea is this: send people to Lijia Village to monitor it, and when enough thieves gather there, Sanjiu brother also led his troops to arrive, and it's not too late to launch an attack."

"In that case, what credit will be left to our large group of people?"

"The teacher is right to remind you, so let's send someone to Lijia Village to monitor. Two days later, I and the teacher led everyone to set out together, surrounded the village before the officers and soldiers, and waited for the officers and soldiers to arrive, we would at least have a first achievement."

Ouyang Liao nodded with a smile. He was persuaded and called a few confidants to go to Lijia Village immediately.

Hu Guiyang was worried that these people would see flaws when they entered Guojia Village, and reminded him: "Be careful, the mountains are full of animal traps. We have demolished a lot when we came. It is best for you to keep walking along the road. Don't fight when you encounter accidents and come back in time to report the news."

Several people thanked and reminded me and set off on horseback.

Hu Guiyang estimated that these people would catch up with the Guojia Village team in the middle of the night and would not dare to take action. If they could come back tomorrow afternoon to report the news, the truth would be revealed.

He could only delay for so long and had to find an excuse to leave early tomorrow morning to avoid confrontation.

Everyone camped on the spot. Hu Guiyang walked around to visit his acquaintance and met Li Bantu, who had been the leader of the ward guard in Zhao's house for several days.

Li Bandu heard some rumors of brothers' disagreement, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. It was a bit like defending himself, saying: "If it weren't for the invitation of Captain Shi, we would not have participated in this kind of thing. However, the Big Iron Hammer caused public outrage in the world, and the mountain people overestimated their abilities and colluded with the Big Iron Hammer to rebel. This mountain is at the feet of the emperor..."

Li Bandu said vaguely, and Hu Guiyang smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood.

Returning to his own people, Hu Guiyang whispered to Yuan Mao: "The sneak attackers that night were not these people."

Yuan Mao nodded, the sneak attacker would never be deceived by Hu Guiyang's words, "Then you can't hide it for long."

Hu Guiyang smiled and looked at the grass beside him, "What's your expression?"

Xiaocao looked cold, "How could you lie just by opening your mouth and not blushing?"

"Haha, you are such a simple, cute, beautiful and kind little girl."

Xiaocao's face turned red at first, and then he realized, "You are lying again!"

Hu Guiyang was about to speak, but Li Bantu hurried over and said with a smile: "What a coincidence. Captain Shi set out in advance and arrived soon. He had sent someone to deliver a letter."

Hu Guiyang's smile froze. His words could not deceive his former brother Sanjiu.
Chapter completed!