Xiao Zimu took Zhao Xingwen, Xin Ya and Su Qian'an to the last day of the trip. He declined the farewell of the last batch of Jiedu envoys and seemed to have entered the suburbs of Beijing.
Because Zhao Xingwen didn't want to be public and wanted to sneak into the city secretly to surprise Huo Wenshu.
So, after entering the suburbs of Beijing.
Xiao Zimu did not notify the capital again, and just let Xin Ya and Su Qian'an drive the carriage, carrying him, Zhao Xingwen, and Zheng Zhongguang, who was lying in the carriage, toward the capital.
Walking all the way to noon, Xin Ya stopped at the tea shop on the official road.
The four of them planned to take some dry food and rest for a while. They should have time to enter the city before sunset. The weather at the end of June was unbearably hot. There were passers-by in twos and threes in the tea shop enjoying the cool air and chatting.
Xin Ya went to feed the horse some feed, and the three of them found a corner to rest. Su Qianan took out the dry food and distributed it to the two of them. After the waiter served herbal tea, Zhao Xingwen glanced around and pressed his hands respectively. He lowered his voice on both of their wrists: "There's something wrong with this tea shop."
The two of them looked at him with puzzled expressions and looked around.
I saw people arriving at the tea shop, and the guests were sitting around, nothing special.
"The second one who served herbal tea has calluses on the inside of his thumb and palm. He must be a person who has been practicing martial arts and holding a sword for many years." Zhao Xingwen told them his doubts.
Su Qian'an also noticed at this time that the other people in the tea shop walked steadily and spoke in a strong and strong manner.
Therefore, his expression also darkened.
He took out some coins from his pocket and put them on the table, then stood up and walked towards Xin Ya.
Xiao Zimu had seen the wind and waves. At this time, he stood up steadily and followed Su Qian'an with his eyes still.
Zhao Xingwen was the last one to stand up, and he and Su Qian'an were walking in tandem, protecting Xiao Zimu. Just when they were about to reach the carriage, an order suddenly sounded in the tea shop. The guests drew their swords from under the table and slashed at the three of them.
Zhao Xingwen shouted loudly and retreated while fighting with Su Qian'an. The three hidden guards also fell down and protected Xiao Zimu on the carriage.
Just when the car door was about to close, a feather arrow shot out from the side. Bian Zhao also fell down at this time, using his sword to deflect the feather arrow and follow them to defend against the enemy.
"Xin Ya Qian'an, go and drive quickly." Zhao Xingwen shouted to the two of them.
Hearing this, Su Qian'an flew onto the carriage and whipped her whip. Xiao Zimu opened the curtain and called to Zhao Xingwen: "General Zhao, come up quickly."
Zhao Xingwen immediately stepped on the ground with his toes and flew towards the back of the carriage.
The three hidden guards and Bian Zhao landed on the carriage, facing all directions to protect Xiao Zimu inside the carriage.
At this time, more than forty people behind him were still chasing, but Xin Ya, who was driving the carriage, suddenly stopped.
Bian Zhao turned his head and looked behind him, only to find that there were groups of people in front of him, each wearing a black mask, blocking the official road.
Groups of people quickly surrounded them, covering them tightly with three layers inside and three layers outside.
Now they are unable to advance or retreat, and have no way out except fighting.
Xiao Zimu also didn't expect that he would dare to assassinate him in broad daylight after entering the suburbs of Beijing. Moreover, there were not only people from the Jianghu this time. Those queues were neat and well-equipped. It was obvious at a glance that they must have undergone long-term training. Eighty-nine of them are also officers and soldiers, so they wear masks to prevent others from recognizing them.
Just when Bian Zhao didn't know how many swords he had swung and how many people he had assassinated, and when he was gradually beginning to become exhausted, a commotion suddenly began around the formation.
Bian Zhao jumped into the air, wanting to see what was going on outside the crowds of people. When he flew up, what he saw was the manpower of Xiahou Mansion.
He was excited and shouted to the leader: "Bian Yan."
Bian Yan was originally planning to retreat with his men. When he heard the sound, he looked into the air and found that it was Bian Zhao. Then he called back the men who were about to retreat and began to attack the masked men in black.
It turned out that Bian Yan was originally the group of people ordered by Lord Xia to intercept the letter in the southern suburbs. Today, he was ordered to stay in the southern suburbs for the last day.
Therefore, they waited for these days and found nothing, so Bian Yan led his men to search the southern suburbs.
When they got closer, they heard the sound of fighting. They heard the sound and came over, only to find that a large number of people were sniping and killing someone.
Bian Yan didn't want to cause more trouble and wanted to retreat, but the people below were keenly noticed by the other party, which caused a commotion.
Seeing the large number of troops on the other side, he didn't want to fight anymore, so he directed everyone to return to the city first, but he didn't expect that when he was retreating, he heard Bian Zhao calling him.
He only knew that Bian Zhao was sent by the Marquis to perform a secret mission, but he didn't know what the mission was.
Therefore, he still didn't know who was surrounded inside.
But now that he knew that Bian Zhao was among them, Bian Yan could no longer stand by and watch, and immediately led the people to fight for the rescue, intending to open a gap.
However, the opponent had a large number of people. Seeing that they refused to retreat and resisted the fight, they quickly drew out a team of troops and surrounded them.
Although the situation is still very pessimistic, Xiao Zimu and his team at the innermost level have been able to relax a little with the help of Xia Houye's group of people outside.
Just as the two parties were being surrounded and fighting hard, another group of people suddenly joined the outside.
This group of people was exactly the group of people Xiao Mubai ordered to cooperate with Xiahou Mansion in intercepting the letter, and Han Hong personally led the group.
Han Hong was originally guarding outside the south gate of the city. He became suspicious when he saw that the people from Xiahou Mansion had not come back after being out for a long time, so he led his men to spread out and explore the suburbs of Beijing.
Therefore, he came later than Bianyan and the others.
However, fortunately Han Hong joined.
This group of men and horses gathered more troops to surround Han Hong, which made the situation on Bianyan's side a little easier. It was not as severe as before. The opponent's nearly 10,000 men and horses suffered heavy losses after such a long period of fighting, and because there were After breaking through again and again, even the formation became obviously looser.
As the scorching sun in the sky moves westward, the entire suburb of Beijing has already become a river of blood.
Everyone was injured, whether minor or serious. If the fight continued like this, they would be exhausted and defeated before sunset, and sooner or later they would inevitably die.
Just when a hint of despair arose in everyone's heart, Bian Zhao apologized to Han Hong from across the air: "Han Hong, I can't help you this time, and I've dragged you into this too."
The two of them were guarding outside the southern suburbs of the city every day during these days. Although they were their masters, Xiao Mubai's order was to fully cooperate with Xiahou Mansion.
Therefore, the two of them had been making jokes for days, but they hit it off and had a good personal relationship.
Before Han Hong could say anything, Bian Zhao, the innermost man, shouted to the outside.
"Bian Yan, if you say that, I can't escape the blame."
(End of chapter)