Huge rolling stones pour down like summer thunderstorms.
This is a long and narrow valley. If you need to pass through this kind of terrain when marching and fighting, the commander needs to think twice to avoid encountering an ambush. It's just that His Royal Highness Xiao Wang may be destined to violate the book of war, so no matter where he goes, even if it is for the private affairs of love, he will have to suffer like this for no reason.
Jiang Nanzhen drew his sword out of its sheath and shouted: "Be careful!"
In this team, whether they are Jiangmen children or the royal army, they are all experienced masters. With cold swords in their hands, they chopped down the boulder to other places.
The carriage split open, Ji Yanran jumped on the horse with Yun Yifeng in his arms, Feishuang Jiao let out a long hiss, spread his hooves to dodge the rolling stone, and ran towards the valley at a high speed. The overwhelming stone rain brought dust, gravel and broken trees along the way, and a huge crown leaf swept down. The posture of covering the sky and the sun made people feel that the entire canyon might be filled up.
"My lord!" Mei Zhusong's horse was injured, and he stumbled to the safe haven, "Is Master Yunmen alright?"
"Not injured, but scared." Ji Yanran protected Yun Yifeng with one hand, looked up at the mountain, gritted her teeth, and said, "Kill them!"
"Yes!" The nearest group of close troops took orders in unison, abandoned their horses, and climbed up the stone wall like apes, dexterously climbing up, and disappeared in the lush jungle in the blink of an eye.
And the boulder was still rolling down, presumably because the dust brought up along the way was too large, the sneak attackers couldn't see clearly, so they thought the safer the better. Jiang Nanzhen instructed his disciple to take good care of his injured fellow, and then patted the dust on his sleeves, saying: "Nine out of ten people from the Qianqiu Gang heard the news, so they wanted to kill them first."
This place is very close to Jinfeng City, so there is indeed such a possibility, but the courage to set up an ambush to assassinate King Xiao is really not something ordinary people can have. At this time, Mei Zhusong didn't care about listening to Jiang Nanzhen's analysis of who was behind the scenes, so he hurriedly took out a bottle of pills and fed Yun Yifeng a few pills, barely stopping the panic attack.
"It's okay." Ji Yanran covered him with a cloak, and said softly, "It's raining, and it's thundering."
Yun Yifeng was still in shock, and asked after a long time: "Thunder, did the house collapse?"
Ji Yanran said: "Yes."
Yun Yifeng thought in a daze, could it be that the craftsmen cut corners, where would they live in the future? Also, aren't all the good things carefully selected from the market, pots and pans of plum wine, all buried
In terms of daily life, the collapse of the house is obviously a great event. Yun Yifeng was quite frowning, thinking why he was so unlucky, and just about to say that it would be better for us to go back to Chunlin City first, and take a look at Qingyue and Xing'er, but there was a new "bang" behind him!
"Cough cough!" He was so choked that he coughed, affecting the injured part of his heart, becoming more and more anxious and uncomfortable.
Ji Yanran raised her palm to press down on his chest, rubbed it lightly twice, then looked up coldly to the other side.
The soldier who caused the trouble was sweating on his back, and whispered: "Forgive me, my lord, I didn't hold on to it just now, and let him break free and fall."
The one who made a muffled "bang" was a person, a person who was lying in ambush on the top of the mountain, and planned to run away after rolling down all the boulders. There were more than fifty accomplices, most of whom were killed by the near army, and the remaining seven or eight were all taken down the mountain for interrogation.
In this trial, he was really a disciple of the Qianqiu Gang, and he even confessed to Xu Yu, the magistrate of Jinfeng City, that the head of the sect was hurriedly called into the government by Mr. Xu yesterday. The Rolling Stones in this canyon.
Jiang Nan angrily reprimanded: "It's really daring!"
Ji Yanran asked: "Besides the rolling rocks in the canyon, are there other traps?"
"I really don't know about that." The disciple kowtowed again and again, "Master Jiang, please forgive me."
He didn't mention Ji Yanran, obviously he didn't know the identity of the man in front of him, and he didn't even know who the main target of the assassination was. From this point of view, it is even very possible that even Qiongqian was concealed by Xu Yu. Otherwise, a person in the world, even if something happens, even if he runs away with money, he should have more escape routes than the imperial court officials, and he would not take the risk of assassinating the emperor. relative.
"My lord." Mei Zhusong said, "If Xu Qiong and Xu Qiong only received the news yesterday, then we should change to a secret path in time, and we should be able to avoid it."
Ji Yanran's teeth were itching with hatred, but this was not the time to pursue accountability, so he called in the army and ordered him to find a new carriage as quickly as possible, and ordered his cronies to take half a soldier's talisman to the nearby station Allocate 10,000 troops to surround Jinfeng City temporarily, and no one related to Xu Yu or the Qianqiu Gang will be allowed to enter or leave.
Jiang Nanzhen was secretly happy, thinking about that old thing Qiongqian, this time he was considered clever but was mistaken by cleverness. Originally, I only wanted Ji Yanran to go to the city to beat and beat, but I never thought that the other party would seek death by himself, and actually acted in such a scene that the whole city was surrounded by large armies—once the news got out, who would dare to stand in front of him? Ling Si's team
As soon as this matter was resolved, most of the big stone in Jiangnan Zhen's heart fell, and he began to really care about Yun Yifeng's body, and sent his disciples to look forward and backward along the way, trying to make a good impression on Ji Yanran's heart. In the final analysis, the glory of Tian Huang Guixu and General Daliang couldn't let that idle nephew get all the glory, and he should also get a share of it.
The carriage was found on a temporary basis, after all, it was not as grand as the previous one, it was small and aggrieved, Yun Yifeng stared at the shaking curtain ahead, and did not speak for a long time. Ji Yanran asked him: "Lying uncomfortable?"
It's uncomfortable, but not unbearable. Yun Yifeng thought, after all, the old house has collapsed, and there is no way to survive in the carriage for a few days, so he said against his will: "It's okay."
After speaking, she stretched out her hand again, struggling to touch his cheek, Ji Yanran took the initiative to lower her head, and pressed the cold palm.
Yun Yifeng rubbed it with his thumb, and asked doubtfully, "Why are you crying?"
"Is there?" Ji Yanran took a deep breath, wiped away tears indiscriminately, and forced a smile, "Well, the house has collapsed, and I'm sad."
Yun Yifeng frowned: "I thought... Cough, it's because I'm dying that you're crying."
There was a trace of bright red at the corner of his lips, Ji Yanran wiped it off with a cloth towel: "You won't die, don't think about it."
Yun Yifeng leaned into his arms, and after a while, she continued: "But I dreamed of my mother, and she said she would take me away."
Covered in clouds and mist, I didn't see his face clearly, but I felt that the other party was covered in snow and cold, not as kind and affectionate as the old concubine, and not quite the same as the mother I imagined, and there was a strong wind and heavy snow beside me, raging, and my eyes were blinded. Can't open it.
"Don't dream about her." Ji Yanran felt empty in her heart, and didn't want to hear such unlucky words.
"I dreamed about you too." Yun Yifeng hurriedly said, "You are in every dream."
That's why in the dying and sick, there is a little bit of a sweet taste, whether you are asleep or awake, you can see him at the first sight.
But this trace of sweetness, I'm afraid it will disappear soon.
Yun Yifeng was half dazed and half sober, thinking that he didn't have much time left, he shouldn't be able to wait for the newly built house in Cangcui City, so he could only lie in this narrow carriage and walk the last part of the road in a daze. But having said that, the old house lived well, but it was struck by a thunderstorm. Who should I ask for reasoning? The fleeting time is so unfavorable, Yun Yifeng is so depressed that he can't help himself, thinking in a daze with red eyes, he is such an unlucky person, I am afraid that even when queuing up to drink Meng Po soup, he will be stared at by ghost guards viciously and poured seven or eight bowls , Only when the old things of the past are completely forgotten can they go to reincarnation.
But he doesn't want to forget, and he is not willing to forget. Even if it is a word or a smile from the other party, he wants to carve it on the tip of his heart with a carving knife, and no one can take it away.
Ji Yanran gently wiped away his tears for him, looking at the dull and pale person in his arms, his heart felt like a knife.
…
Jinfeng City has been surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside of Daliang Garrison. From the Qianqiu Gang to the Jinfeng City government office, there are heavy guards, even if the auntie goes out to buy vegetables, she will be interrogated three or four times.
Just as Ji Yanran expected before, Qiong Qian actually didn't know that the person who was going to pass in the canyon was Ji Yanran. He thought that His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was still staying elsewhere, and the only thing he wanted to get rid of was the one who stole the ledger and meddled in other people's business. Jiangnan earthquake. And Xu Yu's situation was not much better. He walked back and forth in the room like a mouse trapped in an iron cage, and cursed fiercely: "You bastard!"
This sentence is not to scold Qianqiu Gang and Qiongqian, but to scold the masked man who suddenly appeared in the room a few days ago. At that time, I was worried about the theft of the ledger, but the other party was very skilled in martial arts, and kept saying that he could solve the problem, but the prerequisite was that he would be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.
Xu Yu was skeptical, not to mention a thousand taels of gold, even if it was ten thousand taels, as long as the problem could be solved, he would definitely be grateful to offer it with both hands. Seeing that he didn't seem to believe him, the masked man threw a few pieces of paper, torn from the lost account book.
"The ledger was stolen by Jiang Nanzhen, and I have a way to get it back." The other party continued, "But I need Master Xu to do one thing for me."
Xu Yu hurriedly said: "It's okay to be an expert!"
"Tomorrow afternoon, Jiangnan Zhen will lead people through the Yu'er Canyon." The masked man said, "I have a deep hatred with him, and because of the oath, I can't do it myself. So I want to ask my lord to set up Stonehenge and kill him while he is in chaos. .”
Xu Yu was a little embarrassed. He was very happy to kill Jiangnan Zhen. After all, the other party already knew his big secret, so he definitely couldn't keep it. But setting up Stonehenge in the canyon, this kind of fanfare, is really inconvenient for the government to do, so after thinking about it, they recruited Qiongqian.
The two had worked together for many years and knew each other well, and this time they hit it off right away, but they never expected that not only did the disciples sent out not come back, the ledger and the masked person disappeared, even the old nest was surrounded by officers and soldiers. The general situation is over, Xu Yu vaguely heard rumors that Ji Yanran was traveling with Jiang Nanzhen, just now in the midst of despair, he vaguely figured out what it was like - the masked man was probably not a helper, but an intentional instigator , provoke myself to anger His Royal Highness Xiao Wang, the so-called "due to the oath, it is not good to do it yourself", it is all bullshit.
But what is the use of repenting when things have come to this
"Oh!" He patted his forehead hard.
…
In the early morning, the carriage stopped at the foot of Ranger Mountain.
Youxia Mountain, just by its name, gives off a heroic spirit, but in reality it is indeed steep and precipitous, and non-martial arts masters are not allowed to enter. In order to avoid an ambush, everyone finally chose this road. Mei Zhusong looked at the rolling mountains in front of him and said worriedly: "I'm afraid it will take some effort."
"This is the nearest road." Ji Yanran carried Yun Yifeng on his back, "Let's go, within two days, we must reach Mujin Town."