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Yang Lin raised his head to look, and could not help but smile, this was the famous literary scholar, calligrapher Cai Yong, the father of the great talented girl Cai Yan, who was now the capital's Sanglang. Although they had seen each other in the imperial court, they had never spoken to each other. Yang Lin respectfully returned a bow, and immediately said:

"Master Cai Yong is too polite."

"Master Yang Lin, you saved my family a few days ago, and have not had the chance to pay your respects. I am truly ashamed!"

Cai Yong politely laughed, and then bowed towards Yang Lin, his eyebrows revealing his appreciation. Actually, it was not that he did not get the chance to visit Yang Lin, but he was afraid that the Minister of the Court would attack him and make friends with him. Hanling Emperor was very suspicious of the ministers forming alliances, he did not dare take the risk.

"Master Cai Yong, I have something that I want to discuss with you."

Ever since he saved Cai Yan, Yang Lin started to care about him. After asking around, he found out that Cai Yong had originally been a doctor, that the school records were in the east, and that she was later moved to Sanglang. Although she was talented, she was not ambitious. He decided to trick him into going to Youzhou.

"Master Cai Yong is truly talented, but he is only a Sanglang and cannot carry out his ambitions so easily. Currently, I have just arrived at Youzhou and am lacking one person to take on the job. I wonder if Master Cai Yong is willing to accept my offer? "

"Ah …"

Obviously, Cai Yong was not mentally prepared at all for Yang Lin's invitation, and was greatly shocked upon hearing it. However, he woke up to reality in a moment, and quickly weighed the pros and cons in his heart, bowing to Yang Lin politely as he said.

"Thank you for your kindness, Master Yang Lin! But Cai Yong is inexperienced, and is hard to be qualified, I hope that Master Yang Lin can forgive me! "

"Master Cai Yong is too polite."

Yang Lin shook his head in disappointment, then smiled and bid farewell to Cai Yong. It could be seen that Cai Yong still liked to be an official in the imperial court, so he might not be able to trick him into leaving. However, Cai Yan was still young, so he still had a chance in the future.

After receiving the emperor's decree, Yang Lin immediately returned to the inn, called Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Xin Pi, and the others, and left the Luoyang City that night. After all, he did not want to stay in the Luoyang for even a moment longer. Who knew if Liu Hong would change his mind?

It wasn't until they had exited the Tiger Prison that it was too late for to go back on his words. Only then did he relax. It just so happened that in the past few days, it had snowed. In the vast wilderness, there was only the howling of the cold wind and the dancing of the snowflakes, making it almost impossible to see anyone on the official road.

On the second day, Yang Lin and his men came to Chen Liu. They planned to pass through Chen Liu, arrive at the Eastern County, and then cross the Yellow River to return to Jizhou. Only by returning to his brothers' side could he truly feel at ease.

A few people had their heads lowered as they travelled, when suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from behind. Yang Lin turned his head to look, only to see ten or so riders running over from behind. From far away, Yang Lin could clearly see that they were actually a few big men.

Just by turning his head to look at the men, Yang Lin and the rest continued on their way. It was already past lunch time, at this time, Dian Wei was already hungry, he raised his head to look at the sky, not knowing what time it was, and said this to them.

"When we meet again in the town, we will eat."

Just as Yang Lin finished speaking, he heard the sounds of a dozen or so men's hooves approaching him. Everyone turned around to look and slowed down their pace, waiting for those few people to pass. Xu Zhu even subconsciously held onto his knife handle with his hands, as if he was ready to fight at any time.

The men on horseback came running from behind, but they did not stop. They ran past them like a gust of wind. What Yang Lin could not understand was that, out of the dozen of people, each of them had two horses, and each horse had a blanket tied up.

"Hur hur, these men are quite sturdy."

Yang Lin laughed, as he admired those few men. From the way they rode and galloped, it could be seen that they were not a simple group. One of them seemed to be a young master, and the others might be his servants.

"Just a few idiots."

Looking at the few men who were slowly leaving, Dian Wei curled his lips in disdain and said. However, he had forgotten that he was also a big guy, and other than Xin Ping and Xin Pi, the rest of them were all big men.

After they walked on for a while, they saw a forest ahead of them. There were a dozen men riding horses waiting at the edge of the forest, as if they were waiting for someone. However, they all held large swords in their hands, blocking the way as if they were the ones waiting for.

"He turned, he's in danger now. I think these people are trying to rob us. Everyone be careful and prepare for battle, but do not act rashly. "

Yang Lin had seen this kind of scene who knows how many times, only, he never thought that he would encounter bandits in this plain area. However, even several hundred thousand xanthopanax s were not scared off by Yang Lin. He did not believe that these big sized fellows had any abilities or gain anything from Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, and Xu Zhu.

Yang Lin and the rest acted as if they did not see the few burly men, and continued to move forward, but they intentionally increased the distance between them. However, just as he arrived beside those ten over burly men, one of them suddenly raised the big blade in his hand and shouted at them.

"Stop!" Leave your packs and horses and spare your lives. "

Hearing his words, Yang Lin could not help but shake his head. He turned his head to look at Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, and the others. All of them were laughing with their mouths wide open, as if they had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Xin Ping and Xin Pi's tiny movements meant that they placed Yang Lin first in their hearts. They stood on both sides of Yang Lin, and although they did not have any martial arts skills, they were willing to block in front of Yang Lin.

"Friend, we're out on a business trip. It's not easy to make a small business deal, and we don't have anything of value on us. You'd better be generous and let us off the hook."

Yang Lin looked at them coldly and couldn't help but feel pity for them. He also seemed to be a few tall and sturdy men, and one of them even seemed to be a young master. If they really fought, even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Zhu, Dian Wei, none of them would be able to escape.

"Cut the crap, hurry up and get off the horse and get the hell out of here, I'll let you guys live." "If I change my mind later on, none of you will be able to survive."

Seeing Yang Lin begging for mercy, that nobleman actually thought that Yang Lin and the others were afraid. He revealed a proud smile and scolded Yang Lin. The few guys under him seemed to be quite proud of themselves and actually laughed along with him.

"Just follow the rules of the road and take the parcels. Leave the horses for us, and let us live."

In this vast wilderness, if there were no horses, then it was truly a dead end. If they couldn't reach the next village, they would probably freeze to death in the snow. Yang Lin said this to see if they actually wanted his life.

"This won't do, we'll take both the package and the horses. You can leave by yourselves."

Yang Lin didn't have any trace of sympathy left in his heart. Since you are so heartless, then I will be unrighteous too, today that you have met us, it can be considered bad luck for you guys, it can also be considered that we have done a good deed for Chen Liu and the rest of the people.

"Brother Zhang Fei, I have used up all the money I have on me, and only you have some left. Give them some wine and money, it won't be easy for them to spend all the money on me."

Yang Lin looked at those guys, purposely teasing them. He could tell from their postures that these fellows were not bandits at all. However, why did they want to rob them?

"No way!"

Zhang Fei rejected flatly, he obviously did not believe that Yang Lin really wanted him to give them the money, and knew that Yang Lin was just teasing him. However, he and Dian Wei laughed even more heartily than before.

"My dog is still waiting for me to buy a few bones for them to return home. If I give them the money, then what will my dog eat?"

"Hahaha …"

Dian Wei could not hold it in anymore, and started to laugh maniacally, like a clap of thunder in winter, the shaking snowflakes also started to tremble. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Zhu all laughed along with him. Facing those few fellows' big blades, none of them took it to heart.

"You reckless fool, I'll let you know how formidable you are. "Up!"

The leading guy was extremely angry, glaring at Yang Lin and the others, he suddenly waved the big blade in his hand, giving an order to the others. Those fellows had long been waiting for this moment, their legs clamped on the horse belly s, urging their horses to rush over.

"There is a path to heaven, but you refused to walk it. There is no door to hell, yet you chose to walk it. Brothers, kill! "

A cold killing intent rose from the bottom of Yang Lin's heart. He slowly took out his double knife from the horse's back, and a trace of it gathered in his eyes. I've given you a chance to live, but you're still stubborn, so you can't blame me.

"You're courting death!"

Dian Wei roared out, the large iron halberd in his hands had already moved. Within the pure white snowflakes, the two pitch black iron halberds were exceptionally dazzling! The fellow who was rushing over felt his vision turn dark and his head fly up as his broadsword fell down. When he turned around, his tall body was still sitting on the horse as he rushed into the sky, his heart filled with blood.

"Die!"

Xu Zhu hastened his horse forward, intercepting a fellow who was rushing forward. Just as the two horses crossed paths, that fellow swept his blade across with both of his hands, attempting to hack Xu Zhu into two. However, Xu Zhu's left hand held his blade, and just as the left blade was about to catch the enemy's blade, the right blade flew down, and actually cut off half of his arm.

"Ha!"

Guan Yu shouted, and the war horse beneath him whinnied as it galloped forward, the Azure Dragon Sinking Moon Saber rising up and striking towards that guy. The fellow who was rushing forward welcomed Guan Yu with his blade, but unexpectedly, Guan Yu used too much force and actually managed to cut him and his horse to the ground, causing blood to spurt out.

"Clang …"

Xu Zhu's pupils shrank leisurely and his face twitched a little. A pair of jet-black pupils turned scarlet for a moment, and with a frantic expression that was like surging tides, he handed over the double knife in his hands. It seemed like that fellow still had not woken up from his stupor, as a steel blade was already inserted into his waist.