"It looks like this is it!"
Sun Lei looked at the row of graves and said.
"It seems to be a tomb there!"
Qiao Daoqing squinted, looked at a dozen thatched huts in the distance and said, "This is already Hebei Road. The custom here is to build a thatched hut near the cemetery for clan sacrifices."
"Brother, there is something wrong with this tomb. Although the tomb is not always occupied and guarded, the thatched cottage is not dilapidated and seems to be inhabited. However, the cemetery is not taken care of. This is unreasonable."
Li Zhu pointed at the tombs and said, "The New Year has just ended, and there are no sacrificial incense or candles in front of these tombs. They look like deserted tombs."
"Brother, I will take someone to see it!"
When Shi Xiu heard that he had a knife, he would lead someone there. The tomb was deserted, so the people living in the tomb must be outsiders.
"Be careful! Lin Chong, Sui Sheng, you and Shi Xiuyi go."
Sun Lei nodded, then looked at Lin Chong and Sui Sheng and said, the tomb in front revealed something strange. Although King Taoist Flying Centipede's martial arts were average, this was someone else's territory after all, so it was better to be careful.
"Yes, brother!"
Lin Chong and Sui Sheng nodded, one holding a flower gun and the other holding a big ax standing next to Shi Xiu.
Shi Xiu felt his heart heat up when he saw it, and his eyes were full of gratitude. For now, he was only a deputy general of the infantry army, and he was not qualified to lead two cavalry generals to explore the road. Sun Lei's arrangement was obviously Promote him and he will be promoted to infantry general after he returns.
Shi Xiu clasped his fists at Sun Lei and walked cautiously toward the ridge with a knife. Sun Lei told him to be careful, and he listened.
"Brother, there are just a few thatched houses, why do you need to be so careful?"
Wu Song frowned and looked at Sun Lei. They had brought some soldiers and horses now, so they didn't have to be afraid even if they faced some thieves.
"Erlang, a lion fights a rabbit with all his strength. We are all people who do great things, and we have families and families. We can't be careless in the face of anything!"
Sun Lei looked at Wu Song and said, Wu Song's martial arts skills are beyond words, and his sense of combat is also extremely sensitive, but because of this, Wu Song is a little arrogant, whether it is the original work where he was drunk and was caught by Kong Ming and Kong Liang, or Zheng Fangla was attacked and killed by a sneak attack. Arm, it can be avoided as long as you are careful.
"Yes, brother!"
Wu Song cupped his fists and nodded at Sun Lei. He could still listen to what Sun Lei said. Thinking that now that he has brothers, an elder brother, a wife, and a son, he really can't be as impulsive and reckless as before.
"Where do you come from, you dare to come to grandpa's territory and act recklessly!"
Suddenly there was a cold voice in the thatched house, and a thin-faced Taoist holding a sword came out with dozens of ferocious-looking Taoists.
"Is it you? The king!"
Shi Xiu saw the Taoist leader's face turned cold. This person was none other than the Flying Centipede King Taoist who was captured at the Liangshan Bo Heroes Conference.
"People from Liangshanbo!"
Wang Daoren saw Shi Xiu and Lin Chong's expressions change greatly. He thought they were lone people from Jianghu, but he didn't expect them to be people from Liangshanbo.
"kill!"
Taoist Wang shouted, and dozens of Taoists waved their weapons to kill Shi Xiu, Lin Chong, and Mi Sheng. However, Taoist Wang quickly retreated and ran towards the thatched house.
Shi Xiu, Lin Chong, and Mi Sheng easily defeated the Taoists with their weapons.
"Master Wang, get out and die!"
Shi Xiu pointed at the row of thatched houses and shouted, but there was no movement in the thatched houses.
"No, he's going to run away!"
Su Sheng suddenly shouted, and the three of them rushed into the thatched house. No one was inside, and there was a hole in the corner.
"Brother, that king has escaped!"
Shi Xiu cupped his fists at Sun Lei.
"It's strange, why is this king digging a tunnel here?"
Sun Lei looked at the dark hole in the corner and frowned.
"Brother, I'm afraid this king is robbing tombs here!"
Li Assistant looked at the tools such as shovels and pickaxes placed in the corner and said.
"Grave robbery!"
Sun Lei touched his chin and looked at the tools. Shi Xiu had already searched them just now. There was no property in the thatched house. If it was to rob a tomb, there must be something valuable.
"Brother, this tomb is not something ordinary people can own!"
Li Zhu said with a smile that although the tomb nunnery is just a thatched house, the thatched huts in the wilderness cemetery for more than ten years would not be like this if it were not for a wealthy family. The purpose of building a tomb nunnery for wealthy families is not only for priests, but also for protection.
"Brother, this is Hebei, and it is Tian Hu's territory. Tian Hu's people..."
Li Zhu smiled. Tian Hu and his gang were not good people. They were capable of digging graves.
"Does this mean that Mr. Wang has defected to Tian Hu?"
Sun Lei squinted his eyes and thought, this makes sense. Tian Hu is conquering cities and territories, and what he lacks most is money and food. Digging graves is the fastest and easiest way to get money. Cao Cao did this back then.
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Huazhou.
"Greetings to the envoy!"
Song Jiang led everyone to clasp their fists at Ma Zheng and others.
"Commander Song, did you hear that the evil thief Sun Lei appeared here not long ago?"
Zhao Liangsi looked at Song Jiang and asked, Sun Lei is now the most evil thief in the world, and he was wanted by the emperor himself.
"After Sun Lei escaped from Tokyo, he was intercepted by us and fled back to Liangshanbo along the Yellow River."
Song Jiang raised his hands to Zhao Liangsi and said that he was only an eighth-grade official, but the people in front of him were all fifth-grade senior officials, so he did not dare to be careless.
"Are you sure the thief is gone?"
Ma Zheng looked at Song Jiang and asked as if to confirm.
"The Yellow River has been searched many times, and the thief's ship is indeed gone."
Song Jiang said with confirmation.
"Well, you guys, go down!"
Ma Zheng nodded and waved Song Jiang and others out.
"Doctor Zhao, do you think Sun Lei is really gone?"
Ma Zheng looked at Zhao Liangsi and asked, they can't have any problems on their trip to Liaodong. If Sun Lei is nearby, then they have to plan a detour.
"Sun Lei is a water thief from Liangshanbo, Shandong. After we cross the Yellow River, we reach the border of Hebei. Sun Lei shouldn't go to Hebei, right?"
Zhao Liangsi said nonchalantly, they are high officials of the imperial court, and there are five hundred elite soldiers around them this time. Why don't the thieves retreat when they see them?
"Master Cheng, you have fought against Sun Lei, what do you think?"
Zhao Liangsi looked at Cheng Wanli and asked. Cheng Wanli was once the prefect of Dongping Prefecture, had fought with Sun Lei, and knew Liang Shanbo better than them all.
"I... don't know! Sun Lei has an extreme personality and behaves strangely. No one knows what he is thinking."
Cheng Wanli hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head. After arriving in Huazhou, he finally understood why his daughter always smiled.
Cheng Wanli was very conflicted. He didn't like Sun Lei, a thief, but he didn't want his daughter to become a victim of power and be sent to Liaodong.
"Why is it such a choice? I can't change anyone! Does it have to be Sun Lei?"
Cheng Wanli felt bitter in his heart. If it were an ordinary person, he would have approved of this marriage with both hands and recognized the uncle, but the person who came was a rebel.
"Master Cheng, don't you know? We are pressed for time. We will send people across the river to explore first. If there is no problem, we will cross the river and go north!"
Ma Zheng thought for a moment before speaking.
(End of chapter)
