Looking up, he saw two panting figures lying on the river bank.

"thump!"

The rogue's body fell down, alarming Xia Houying who was about to leave.

"who?!"

Xia Houying's expression changed and he turned around suddenly.

But I heard Liu Bang panting: "Xia Xiahou Ying. It's us."

"Liu San'er!"

Xia Houying was overjoyed when he heard Liu Bang's voice. He rushed to the river in three steps and two steps at a time. However, he did not step forward immediately. Instead, he carefully looked at the other person's clothing, temperament, and the other person beside him.

After finally confirming that the two people were Liu Bang and Fan Kuai, he shouted excitedly: "It's really you, Liu San'er and Fan Kuai"

Liu Bang waved his hand feebly: "Okay, stop talking nonsense and pull us up quickly. Our bodies are numb from the cold."

"Oh, good, good, good"

"Easy!"

Xia Houying nodded repeatedly and carefully pulled Liu Bang and Fan Kuai ashore.

After Liu Bang and his two men took a short rest, Xia Houying asked suspiciously: "Why did you all run into the water?"

"What else can you do? Didn't you see the injuries on the butcher's body?"

Liu Bang leaned against the tree trunk and rolled his eyes at Xia Houying, then turned to look at the scoundrel's body, frowned, stood up immediately, pulled out his sword, and said coldly: "It is indeed him!"

Just now in the river, he faintly heard the rogue's voice, and he became more certain in his suspicion that the person who was chasing him was Zhao Hao.

"Damn it! It's useless for me to want to defect to you!"

Liu Bang was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

With his current power, not to mention Zhao Hao, even the people around Zhao Hao, he can't fight.

After pondering for a moment, he turned to look at Xia Houying: "Xia Houying, I just heard your conversation from a distance, did you ask anything?"

"oh."

Xia Houying came to his senses, pointed at the rogue on the ground and said, "He told me that two of us were captured by them!"

"There are you, me, Fan Kuai, and Qi Ji here. Only Cao Shen, Lu Wan, and Xiao He are left. Xiao He is not with us. I think it should be Cao Shen and Lu Wan."

Liu Bang groaned.

Xia Houying glanced at him and said, "What should we do now? Are we going to save them?"

Liu Bang narrowed his eyes and said: "In our current situation, saving people will only lead to death in vain."

"But."

Xia Houying opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

Liu Bang glanced at him and suddenly said seriously: "I know what you are thinking, but the situation is stronger than others. If they want to blame, just blame me, Liu Ji. It has nothing to do with you."

"this"

Xia Houying looked troubled and turned to look at Fan Kuai.

Fan Kuai, who had always been carefree, became strangely silent at this time.

Seeing the two people hesitating, Liu Bang suddenly became worried and immediately made a decision: "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave here first. At dawn tomorrow, we will leave the city and return to Peixian County!"

"Isn't there a magistrate Wang in Peixian County? If he deliberately makes things difficult."

Xia Houying said worriedly.

Fan Kuai was angry: "Damn it! The Qin Dynasty is just like flies and dogs. If it doesn't work, let's go to Mangdang Mountain and turn into bandits!"

"Okay! A man should be able to bend and stretch!"

Liu Bang laughed loudly.

Just like that, a group of three people took advantage of the darkness and quietly left the river bank.

Time passed little by little, until the sky turned white, and the fire at Yongcheng Inn was extinguished by a water tanker.

These waterwheels were made on a whim by Zhao Hao who dug canals to divert water. He didn't expect that they would be put to use so quickly.

At this time, Zhao Hao stood expressionlessly under the canopy of the carriage, quietly looking at the ruins of the inn in front of him.

I saw green smoke curling above the ruins, and from time to time, mud and tiles collapsed, and the sound of charcoal exploding could be heard.

Fortunately, the fire was put out in a timely manner and there were not many casualties.

But the surviving people were looking at the scene in front of them with lingering fear and whispering.

"Master Qi, the matter has been found out. It was a group of foreigners who first arrived in Yongcheng!"

Mond hurriedly walked towards Zhao Hao's carriage, cupped his hands and said.

When Zhao Hao heard this, his face remained expressionless and he said calmly: "Why did they set the fire?"

"this"

Mond hesitated for a moment and said: "According to the people around the inn, they once rescued a woman who was robbed on the street, and later stayed in this inn with the woman. A fire broke out in the inn that night!"

"Oh? The hero saved the beauty? And was retaliated against?"

Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows, and immediately looked meaningfully at Ying Chang beside the carriage: "Uncle Huang, you are doing a good job as the Yongcheng Order!"

"Young Master is aware of this!"

Ying Chang's heart skipped a beat and he quickly handed over his hand: "Yongcheng has always been peaceful under the rule of Lao Chen. This has never happened before. Come to think of it."

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt Zhao Hao's gaze directed at him like a sword, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Before that, he was honest with Zhao Hao and asked Zhao Hao to give the clan a chance to help Zhao Hao achieve great achievements.

Now that such evil things have happened in Yongcheng that he governs, how can Zhao Hao trust him and the entire clan?

"What do you want?"

Zhao Hao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Ying Chang coldly.

Ying Chang raised his hand subconsciously, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said bravely: "I think the outsiders had impure motives and wanted to harm the woman. They were eventually discovered by the woman. The woman couldn't bear the humiliation, so she set fire to die with them.

"

"Papa pa pa"

Before Ying Chang could finish his words, Zhao Hao's applause suddenly sounded.

But Zhao Hao clapped his hands and said jokingly: "It's a pity that the emperor doesn't write novels. I think you can compile such a bizarre story into a novel and it will definitely sell well!"

"Not the young master, old minister"

"Okay, I'm not interested in hearing your story now!"

Zhao Hao flicked his sleeves and said, "Come here, bring up the body in the inn. I want to conduct an autopsy myself!"

Ying Chang's face darkened: "Young Master, no, this is against the rules."

"snort!"

Zhao Hao snorted coldly and said without any doubt: "My master's rules are the rules!"

He didn't believe what Ying Chang said.

There must be something wrong here.

Someone dares to rob a girl in broad daylight, which means there must be a backer behind this person.

Otherwise, according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, it is impossible for the onlookers to let a group of foreigners "heroes save the beauty."

Because Qin Law stipulates: When a thief kills or injures someone, regardless of whether the injured person is a man or a woman, if anyone within a hundred steps stands by and is unwilling to help, he shall be punished with two sets of armor.

You know, the price of two sets of armor is not a small amount. Even the people in the old capital Yongcheng are not that rich.

The reason for standing idly by is that the lesser of two evils is the choice.

It was obvious that they couldn't afford to offend the backer behind the man who robbed the girl.

So, what kind of backer is it?

Zhao Hao didn't need to think about it to know that he must be a member of the Ying Qin royal family!

After all, except for the members of the Ying Qin royal family, there should be no one who can dominate Yongcheng.

"What are you still doing? Are you going to disobey me?"

Seeing that no one was responding to him around the carriage, Zhao Hao immediately shouted: "Where are the black armored guards?!"

"The black-armored guard is here——!"

As soon as Zhao Hao finished speaking, a group of black cavalry suddenly arrived.

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