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Chapter 5 Relief

Zhang Meng shouted a sudden shout, like a thunder blew up from the ground, scaring the man outside the fence and turning around and running. Even though he just glanced at it, his face was familiar, and he was one of the rogues who had just come to make trouble.

"It's the short man who sneaked into me..."

Zhang Meng flashed through his thoughts and saw Shi Afei snatching it up, his movements were as fast as an arrow.

"Ji'er! Ji'er!" Old Madam Shi hurriedly called, "Go away!"

"Mother, is he the one who came to the house to provoke him? I'm so angry that I must take his life today!" Shi A roared, not only not stopping, but instead accelerated his pace.

Old Madam Shi ran two steps, tripped down, and almost fell. Zhang Meng supported her: "Old Madam, Brother Shi..."

"Oh, I also said that I have learned to cultivate myself in the capital. Three years have passed, and my violent temper has not changed at all..." Mrs. Shi sighed repeatedly, "If that person is really taken by him, it will cause trouble!"

Zhang Meng thought to himself: "Just only look at Shi A's actions of beating Shangguan, the short man would most likely die in his hands. The old lady suffered misfortune. If the only child committed a serious crime again, it would be a disaster. I cannot sit idly by." He also thought, "Brother Shi lost his mind in a violent manner. If he was surrounded by those scoundrels, he would be troublesome." At that moment, I decided to say to Mr. Shi: "My wife, be careful, don't be impatient. I will persuade Brother Shi to go back to Brother Shi, you and Luo Fu will be at home waiting for us to come back."

Mrs. Shi cried and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Zhang Meng nodded and immediately walked out of the yard.

Since the pre-Qin period, in order to facilitate management and urge taxes, the people's residences were usually planned in advance by the court, forming settlements of different sizes. Some of these settlements were in cities and some were distributed in the suburbs.

Nowadays, the most basic settlement is called "li". There are walls and doors for traffic, called "lu" or "limen". There are crisscrossing alleys in the "limen". There are also special staff members of "limen" to be responsible for guarding the door, and the shape is the same as the city wall.

However, as the population increases, the people can only continue to open up new lands, and the phenomenon of scatteredness gradually becomes common, and eventually a loose settlement without city walls and surroundings was formed.

The wilderness where the Shi Family's yard is located is not surrounded by walls, so the short man can travel at will according to the retreat route he had planned in advance. Otherwise, if there are walls and alleys, he will probably be caught up early.

Shi A was very angry and ran for two or three miles without any intention of retreating. Zhang Meng followed behind and saw a forest from afar. He thought to himself: "It will be even more difficult to catch him when the short man crawled into the forest. I'd better advise Brother Shi to stop in time."

Still thinking, I suddenly heard a few screams, but I saw two horses rushing out of the forest and rushing straight to Shia.

Shi A was caught off guard and hurriedly dodged. A fast horse passed by him. Although he did not hit him, he also took him down. "No, Brother Shi is in trouble!" Zhang Meng saw this and accelerated his pace. "It turns out that this short man is a bait, Brother Shi was ambushed."

At this time, the short man and the scarred man appeared together, standing on the edge of the woods and shouting: "Shi Laosi, your mother is talking all day long that you are coming back, and now she is back to die!"

Shi Ah got up from the ground, spat a few times, and cursed, "Thief Pig and Dog, I'm here to seek death, and I'll find you and the deaths!" While saying that, he looked at the two bareback horses that were stopping a few steps away from him. Seeing the people sitting on them, he started to angrily from his heart and asked loudly, "Who are you? Are you impatient to live?"

The short man sneered: "These are brothers who came to help the boxing, just to destroy your Shi Family."

"It turned out that I found my master and became a lackey. It was so majestic!" Shi A was surrounded by five people. His face did not change, but instead laughed to the sky. "Even if you have a few pigs and dogs together, I, Shi Ah, are so scared!" As he said that, he pulled out the sword on his waist, and for a moment, the cold light shone everywhere, and the murderous aura was so fierce.

Zhang Mengwang sighed: "Brother Shi is reckless, but he is not afraid of the enemy, but he is not afraid at all, and he is really bloody!" He also observed that although the two riders were also simple in dress, their faces were cold, and they held short swords in their hands, thinking to himself, "These two people have unknown origins and do not look good. Brother Shi is brave, but he is brave, but when dealing with two riders at the same time, he is afraid that something will happen, and I will help him!" So he deliberately whistled a few times to attract the attention of the opponent.

Shi A was shocked and shouted: "Zhang Jun, why are you here?"

Zhang Meng smiled and said, "Brother Zhishi is very good at teaching and is very good at seeing it."

The three men standing were also surprised, and the short man shouted: "Brothers, this white man is not easy to deal with. Don't let him join forces with Shi A!"

Before he finished speaking, the green horse rider among the two horses immediately drove away and rushed straight to Zhang Meng.

There were dozens of steps apart from each person and one rider, but the green horse rider advanced at a lightweight speed and approached less than ten steps in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Meng was panicked, but when he reached a critical moment, he naturally abandoned distracting thoughts and rode with all his attention: "The horse is running fast, and the person's posture begins to sway around. It can be seen that he is not good at riding skills and the horse is unlucky and armorless. Once he hits me, I will be seriously injured, and others will be thrown out." Thinking of this, his mind turned, "He definitely dared not rush to me directly." So he stood firm in the direction of the galloping horse, without moving at all.

"Be careful Zhang Jun!"

Shi A exclaimed not far away, but Zhang Meng's mind became stronger and turned a deaf ear.

With a few breaths, the green horse was close at hand. The strong wind blew on his face. Zhang Meng did not retreat but advanced, shouting in a straight voice: "Come down!"

Sure enough, at the critical moment, the green horse rider was timid in advance. He originally wanted to use the momentum of sprinting on the horse to intimidate Zhang Meng, forcing Zhang Meng to get rid of his own and attack calmly, but he never expected that the young man in front of him seemed stupid and was indifferent to danger. He was unwilling to take risks and was immediately in a hurry.

The green horse was not a strictly trained war horse. Seeing someone in front of him, he instinctively wanted to avoid it. In addition, the rider was panicked and was even more uncontrollable. He neighed and turned to one side, jumping wildly, almost leaping the rider's back.

Zhang Meng took a deep breath, jumped up, his hands were straightened up, and then he tried hard to get his waist and abdomen. The kite seemed to fly out of thin air with the horse running, and finally landed steadily on the horse's back.

This set of movements of riding a galloping horse is actually a unique skill developed by the original owner in the northwest for more than ten years, far beyond ordinary people.

Seeing such amazing skills, Shi Ah felt relieved and cheered loudly.

Zhang Meng sat behind the rider, who was at a loss and was at a loss.

"If you let you go down, you go down!"

Zhang Meng took the rider's knife and pushed it out casually.

The rider screamed and fell off the horse, and just hit a big rock and fainted on the spot.

The other rider and the three men standing were shocked when they saw the situation. However, when Zhang Meng controlled the green horse and sprinted his sword toward him, he was expected to be unable to defeat him. He was afraid of many things and dispersed in a hurry. The rider urged the horse to disappear, while the three men fled into the woods with their hands and feet.

Shi A was going to chase him again, and Zhang Meng rushed to him and stopped him: "Brother Shi, don't be impulsive. The other party is prepared. If we act rashly, we will hit their tricks."

"Zhang Jun is such a good method!" Shi Ah exclaimed, "I have met brave men in the capital, but in terms of riding skills, there is no one as good as the king."

"Haha, it's just a trick, it's not worth telling." Zhang Meng dismounted and pointed ahead. "The rider can no longer see it. The forest is very deep and stretches for a hundred miles. It's hard to find a needle in a haystack. It's better to make another plan."

Shi Ajing's emotional calmness was much calmer after this storm. He sighed happily, stood there and hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Okay." He also said, "Except for two thieves riding horses, I recognize the other three, and I will settle the score with them next time!"

Zhang Meng asked in confusion: "Where did the horse riding come from?"

Shi A shook his head and said, "I don't know that there are indeed bandits from far and near, but most of them are thieves with wooden sticks, and it is rare to have horses and ride horses. Although my Shi family is not a wealthy family here, ordinary people dare not get involved. These three dog thieves are usually humble, but now they are all arrogant and domineering. I'm afraid they have found some backers."

Zhang Meng pointed to the rider who was lying under the big rock dozens of steps away and said, "You will know if you ask him." He then frowned.

"Zhang Jun?"

Zhang Meng wondered: "There are four rogues who went to your house to find trouble. I just saw three of them, and there was a scoundrel who was provoking trouble. Why didn't he see him here?..." Thinking of this, I suddenly felt something was wrong.
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