The owner of Juxian Inn advised Zeng Yu not to take the Jinxi road, because there were only a small group of bandits robbers along the way. The owner suggested that Zeng Yu first go to Anren County, Raozhou Prefecture, and then decide whether to move forward or take a detour after finding out the thief in Guixi direction.

Zeng Yu remembered that he had a friend in Anren County. Jian Zhi, a scholar bookmaker who he met on the Jinxi Road when he went to Yuanzhou to take the make-up exam last time. When Jian Zhi broke up with him at Ximen, Huwan Town, he repeatedly told him to ask him to go to Anren County to visit him when he returned to Guangxin Mansion. Anren County is adjacent to Yingtanfang, which is only a hundred miles more than the Jinxi Road. The year is approaching and safety is the first. Zeng Yu decided to follow the advice of the inn owner: go to Anren County first.

Early in the morning of the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zeng Yu had a full meal, and his mount was covered with black beans and fed enough grass. He asked the shopkeeper for a jujube stick as a self-defense item. This time he came to Fenyi without bringing the iron sword left by his uncle. He rode his horse out of Linchuan City, crossed Xujiang in the afternoon, and came to Huwan Town in the evening. The people of Huwan Town lived and worked in peace and contentment, and were not harassed by the bandits of Ji'an. However, there were fewer book merchants coming to buy books. Zeng Yu asked the shopkeeper of "Xianqi Inn" whom he lived in the last time that Jian Xiucai from Anren County had come here to buy books recently?

The shopkeeper of Xianqi Inn has a good memory and still has an impression of Zeng Yu. Congratulations to Zeng Yujin on his studies and becoming a husband. He also said that Jian Xiucai only comes to Huwan once a year and has been here in May. He will not come again within the year.

That night, Zeng Yu rested at Xianqi Inn and bought a letter of thirty volumes of "Zhenze Collection". "Zhenze Collection" is a collection of essays by Jie Yuan, Hui Yuan and Tanhua Wang Liu during the Chenghua period. Wang Liu is a master of ancient Chinese literature and a famous eight-legged essay. Wang Liu's eight-legged essays are very profound and worthy of studying. This is a book that Huang Tixue asked Zeng Yu to read.

On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zeng Yu left Huwan and headed north. The weather has been sunny and finally became cloudy. It seems that the second snowfall this year is about to come down again. Zeng Yu is walking early and sleeping overnight. Although he is anxious to hurry, he also cherishes black beans. When the road is rough and difficult, he gets off the horse and trots forward. This is also to strengthen the body, otherwise he will be cold in his hands and feet when riding on horseback all day long.

On the morning of the seventh day of the lunar month, Zeng Yu entered the boundary of Anren County. It was more than fifty miles away from Anren County. It was covered with dense clouds. But I saw the vast mountains surrounded by wilderness, and the sky was cold and the grass was withered, and the north wind blew. There were few pedestrians on the road. Zeng Yu was riding on the horse and was blown by the cold wind, so he got off the horse and walked quickly, bowing slightly, and letting the black beans block the wind. Black beans are Mongolian horses, not afraid of the cold-

After walking for a while, Zeng Yu borrowed a bowl of hot tea from a family next to the road, asked about the road to the county town, and continued on the road. In front was Qiligang, which was a mountain road between two hills, with cold forests and grass, and black crows from the deserted graves. Zeng Yu walked around one by one, and tiny snowflakes began to float in the sky. Zeng Yu patted the black bean's neck and said, "My man, it's snowing again, go faster." The Mongolian horse sniffed and indeed accelerated its pace.

I was about to walk out of Qiligang Mountain Road, and suddenly I saw four men walking towards me, all wearing cotton coats and wearing beard hats, and the brim was pressed very low. Zeng Yu saw that these four men were strange, and there seemed to be something hidden in his sleeves in his arms. He felt alert and quietly held the jujube stick on the horse's back, ready to take down the enemy at any time--

When the two sides were about to cross, Zeng Yu stood on the side with his horse and asked the four men to go first. However, they saw the four men winked at each other. Suddenly, they surrounded Zeng Yu on three sides, pulled out the short stick in his sleeve, the axe and hatchet in his arms, and shouted with his eyebrows:

"King Wu of Ji'an, King Wu of Ji'an."

"King Wu is here to buy money from the road"

"King Wu is here, leaving behind horses and property to spare your life, the scholar."

Zeng Yu was about to speak, and he heard it violently, and a hatchet slashed at the back of his neck. He couldn't help but be frightened and angry. These four people not only robbed money, but also wanted his life. They quickly took a step forward, held the jujube stick in his hand and poked it backwards, and poked the man holding the hatchet in the chest. The man's hatchet slashed the air, his body staggered back, his chest tightened, and he bent and breathed-

Zeng Yuheng, this man was vicious and turned around and swept across. The man holding a hatchet had a stick and swept his neck firmly. He screamed in pain and fell to the ground immediately.

The other three men never expected that this young scholar could be skilled in martial arts. They were a little panicked for a moment. Zeng Yu was not polite. He chopped or swept the jujube sticks and knocked down two more in a moment. He didn't have any idle feet. He kicked one over and waved the stick to break the four men's calves.

Four men who had robbed their legs and cried and begged for mercy. Zeng Yu saw that the four people were not like the accents of Ji'an, but the accents of Yingtan and Guixi were very similar, so he knocked one of the men's head with a stick and asked, "Where are you thieves?"

The man burst into tears and cried, "The villain is not a bandit, but a local good citizen. He offended the husband and grandpa. Please spare your life, let it go."

Zeng Yu said angrily: "You are going to kill me in this robbery, what's the point of killing me?"

Four men begged Zeng Yu to spare them. They were indeed local people. Because of their poverty, they heard that King Wu of Ji'an was robbing his family in Guixi, so they wanted to fish in troubled waters and rob some money and make it easier for the New Year...

Zeng Yu sneered in his heart, "What a poor family, idle and lazy, just these rogues like chaos in the world, so that they can do evil things without being restricted by the law. What's particularly hateful is that these four people not only blocked the road and bought money, but also wanted to kill money. If he hadn't just been alert, he would have been killed by a hatchet. Then these people robbed his horses and fled. The government really thought that a small group of bandits in Ji'an had fled here to rob money and kill people. Wouldn't Zeng Jiuli die in an unknown way? His mother wouldn't cry and blind her eyes when she hoped that her son would return?

The more I thought about it, the more annoyed it became, the more angry it became. Zeng Yu held the jujube stick in one hand and beat the four people up, making the four thieves roll around the ground, howling ghosts and wolves howl. Zeng Yu then took the stick, untied the belts of the four people, tied the four people back, pointed the tip of the stick at one of them and asked, "Where are you from?"

The man was frightened by Zeng Yu and said in fear: "The villain is from Lijia Village on the other side of the mountain."

Zeng Yu asked: "Are the other three people also from Lijia Village?"

The man said: "They are from Shaojia Village."

Zeng Yu asked: "What are the names of all three of them?"

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "Shao Da, Shao Xiaoer, Shao Xiaosan."

Zeng Yu knocked heavily on the man's face, broke two of his front teeth, and shouted, "I dare to deceive you, so what if I beat you to death today?" He wanted to beat him again by wielding the stick-

The man hugged his head and cried, "Don't fight, don't fight, they are from the Zou family on the ling ridge, named Zou Wuhan, Zou Fagao, and Zou Fugui."

Another man shouted: "He is not from Aijia Village either. He is from the Wu family behind the mountain, and his name is Wu Niuer."

This should be the truth. Zeng Yu kicked the hatchet man again and shouted, "Four dog thieves, wait to lie in the prison." He led his mount, Heidou, and was about to rush, then he found that Heidou had blood dripping near his neck. Looking closely, there was a three-inch scar. This should be when he was fighting with the Four Thieves, the Four Thieves injured Heidou's knife and axe. He quickly took Tian Qi's medicine powder to stop the bleeding and healed the wound. Seeing that the blood stopped, he turned around and kicked the Four Thieves several times, tore off one of the Thieves' clothes and bandaged the wound, and led the Black Dou slowly out of Qiligang to observe the Black Dou's wound. Fortunately, there was no blood seeping out. Tian Qifen's bleeding-stop function was powerful.

At this time, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and large swaths of snowflakes hit their faces, as if they wanted to stop Zeng Yu from moving forward.

Zeng Yu put on a cloak, put on a bamboo hat, and walked in the snow with black beans for seven or eight miles, and arrived at a small village in Wuqiao. Most of the villagers in Wuqiao Village were surnamed Ai. Zeng Yu found the Chief A of Wuqiao Village to explain the situation of the thief. He asked Chief A of Ai to lead a few villagers to carry the four thieves from Qiligang to the county town to hand them over to the government for disposal.

Ai Jia Chang saw that he was a scholar and was lucky to be safe and sound, so he did not dare to neglect him. He immediately brought about a dozen strong villagers. An hour later, all four thieves were carried back. Zeng Yu heard some villagers scolding these four thieves. It seemed that these four thieves pretended to be bandits in Ji'an and had also harassed them at the Wuqiao.

Zeng Yu was having lunch at Ai Jia's house. After the meal, Ai Jia called a villager to drive a ox cart and sent all four thieves to the county. Ai Jia also followed him, and Zeng Yu of course also walked with him.
Chapter completed!