On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky is bright.
Inside the City Lord's Mansion of Wu City.
"Brother Zhao, long time no see." The square-faced man in a golden fur coat greeted Zhao Danchen who had just arrived in Wucheng with a smile.
Behind the square-faced man was the City Lord of Wu City. However, in this level of communication, the owner of a city is not qualified to intervene at all.
"Brother Zhao, let the servants take care of the black nightmare horse. Come, follow me." Immediately, someone went to help lead the black nightmare horse away.
Zhao Danchen said with a smile: "Brother Wang, I wonder how many people from my Qinghu Island have arrived here?" He walked in side by side with the man in golden clothes.
The man in gold said: "One hundred and fifty people from Qinghu Island have just arrived. At this moment, all of you are resting in the backyard, waiting for Brother Zhao to go forward to give orders." Zhao Danchen frowned when he heard this. Qinghu Island sent people to all major garrison points in the six nearest counties around Wucheng.
Fifty people are dispatched to each station.
Now it seems that less than half of the troops have only arrived in the three counties.
"Well, it's still early." Zhao Danchen looked up at the sky, "Last time we discovered that Teng Qingshan was very cunning in the dark environment." When Wuhou was in front of the golden dragon turtle, Teng Qingshan hid in the corner, and the two of them just didn't notice it.
Zhao Danchen is also a little afraid of this ability to hide in the darkness.
so-
Do it, it must be during the day!
Immediately, Zhao Danchen and the golden man rushed to the backyard together.
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Because the distances between the six prefectures and this Wu city are different, the order of arrival is not exactly the same.
"Drive!" "Drive!"
More than twenty war horses with bright yellow bodies and blood-red hooves galloped along the official road, like more than twenty sharp arrows piercing through the air. This is the 'Fire-Treading Military Horse' from Rongzhou in the Western Regions. It can be regarded as an extremely high-quality horse in Rongzhou in the Western Regions, and it can travel nearly two thousand miles a day.
This daily distance generally refers to the distance that can be traveled within five or six hours of a day.
After all, horses have to rest too. Each of these war horses is worth more than ten thousand taels of silver, and there are more than twenty horses at once. There are very few powers in the world who can be so extravagant.
"My lord, Wu Cheng is ahead."
"Yeah." Riding at the front was a handsome young man in black with a frosty face. It was Yan Danchen who was transferred to Yuzhou to be a guardian and manage a station in a county. Yan Danchen got the news last night and led fifty people to Wucheng, Yuzhou at the fastest speed.
Therefore, Yan Danchen immediately exerted the maximum energy possessed by Qinghu Island, and brought in twenty-six fire-riding military horses.
He rode one alone, and the deputy guardian who was stationed also rode another. The others are two people riding together on a fire-riding military horse.
"The island is so anxious, what is it?" Yan Danchen was puzzled.
But his speed did not slow down, and he led his troops into the city quickly. Today's guards at the gate of the city were obviously given an explanation, they did not stop them at all, and at the same time directed the direction of the city lord's mansion.
"Stop!" Yan Danchen ordered.
"Lvlu~~~" More than twenty fire-riding military horses raised their front hooves excitedly and neighed in unison. All fifty jumped off their horses.
"Everyone, quickly follow me to the backyard, and leave the horses to us!" The soldiers and guards of the city lord's mansion had already opened the gate, and someone immediately went to lead the horses. City Lord's Mansion.
Yan Danchen looked at the soldiers leading the way: "How many people are here now?"
"You Qinghu Island, there are two hundred people here. Your group has arrived, and the last group is still short." The soldier smiled and said, "The earliest group will arrive before dawn."
"Oh." Yan Danchen was shocked, "It seems that a lot of people stationed on the island have been ordered to rush over."
After a while, we arrived at the backyard.
The backyard was full of people, but it was relatively quiet, with only some low-pitched discussions, no one dared to speak loudly. Because in the pavilion not far away, Zhao Danchen was sitting opposite the golden man.
"Yan Danchen, Dharma Protector stationed in Wunan County, Yuzhou, pay my respects to the elder!" Yan Danchen immediately walked over and saluted respectfully.
"Oh, Danchen, are you released?" Zhao Danchen glanced at the young man in surprise.
Zhao Danchen still remembers Yan Danchen very clearly. One is that Yan Danchen has performed amazingly in the past year, and the other is that Yan Danchen's name is too similar to his. Except for the last name, the pronunciation of the first name is the same. One is 'Dan Chen' and the other is 'Dan Chen'.
Zhao Danchen also remembered this boy.
"Yes, elder." Yan Danchen said respectfully.
"Well, you take your people to rest first, and wait for the last group of people to arrive." Zhao Danchen ordered, and Yan Danchen immediately retreated.
Yan Danchen found a stool to sit down, because there were too many people in the backyard, some high-status people had stools to sit on, and most people stood on the side.
"Eldest brother, what are you doing in such a hurry to summon troops from six counties and cities? And fifty of them are summoned in each city!"
"It must be a major event, even the members of Yuhuang's family are here! It is probably related to Yuhuang's family, and it may also be related to Teng Qingshan's matter. Who knows... This kind of secret will definitely be told to us when we have to act in the end."
Yan Danchen frowned slightly when he heard the voice next to him: "I guess it really has something to do with Brother Teng 'Teng Qingshan'!"
For Teng Qingshan, Yan Danchen is grateful.
After all, Teng Qingshan saved his life, but Yan Danchen is also very loyal to Qinghu Island, his martial arts are all taught by Qinghu Island, and his master is also very good to him. Therefore, it is impossible for him to betray Qinghu Island and do something that caused Qinghu Island to suffer heavy losses.
"Repay your kindness, if this matter really involves Teng Qingshan, I have to..." Yan Danchen was also a little anxious.
At this moment, dense footsteps sounded, and a large group of people came in from the gate of the courtyard.
"Brother Zhao, you've got all the people on Qinghu Island!" The man in golden clothes in the pavilion in the backyard stood up and said with a smile, Zhao Danchen also got up and looked at the 300 people in the backyard, and the guardians headed by the last group of people also respected Salute: "The Dharma protector stationed in Huayang County, Yuzhou should do the right thing, and pay homage to the elders."
"Um."
Zhao Danchen walked to the center with a pile of papers in his left hand, got up and looked around, "Everyone gather around, six guardians come to me."
Immediately, Yan Danchen, Ying Xingzheng, Bai Bo and other six Dharma protectors stood beside Zhao Danchen, surrounded by others.
"This time, I, Qinghu Island, came to Wu City with the purpose of capturing Teng Qingshan alive!" Zhao Danchen looked around at the people around him. They didn't know the news at all before, and everyone in Qinghu Island who had only guessed a little was a little surprised—I found Teng Qingshan. ? Yan Danchen's heart trembled even more.
Big trouble!
"Teng Qingshan is alive, it is a great shame to my Qinghu Island! Tens of thousands of soldiers of my Qinghu Island Yinjiao Army died tragically because of this despicable person. Even the young island owner was killed by him!" Zhao Danchen looked around everyone, "From From now on, everyone can hear me clearly."
As soon as Zhao Danchen let go, there was a bang, and a pile of papers fell to the ground. Zhao Danchen picked up the most surface piece of paper and said: "This map is a detailed map of the entire Wucheng, and it also points out the location of Teng Qingshan's inn."
"You three hundred people, what you need to do is to set up troops in every street and every alley within three miles around the inn. No matter where Teng Qingshan fled, our people can find it immediately. I want him to be free There is nowhere to escape!" Zhao Danchen took out six maps from the stack of papers and handed them to the six guardians around him.
"You six, I have divided the street areas on this map."
Zhao Danchen had already planned everything in the pavilion before. Naturally, these maps and others were provided by Yuhuangmen.
"Guardian Baibo, your people are in charge of the first area south of the inn. Fifty people watch over three alleys and one street."
"Yes." The guardian Baibo immediately bowed to his orders.
"Protector Ju Yanfeng, your people are in charge of the second area to the east of the inn. Let me see all the places you draw."
"yes."
"Guardian Yan Danchen, your men are in charge of the third area north of the inn."
…
Soon the six guardians were given tasks. Obviously, with the inn as the center, 300 people within a radius of 3 miles were staring at them. Zhao Danchen continued: "Teng Qingshan is now disguised as a businessman 'Qin Wei'. This is a portrait of 'Qin Wei', and each guardian takes three. Everyone under your command must remember the appearance of 'Qin Wei'."
The six guardians immediately received three portraits each. Looking at the portraits, each of them was amazed—this Teng Qingshan's disguise is too amazing.
"You don't need to catch Teng Qingshan, I will solve it myself." Zhao Danchen said indifferently, "Once Teng Qingshan escapes, you must find out where he is. Of course, the possibility that he can escape to you is not high."
"Remember, any team of you can't enter the inn, and don't get close to the inn."
Zhao Danchen looked around and said indifferently: "With Teng Qingshan's ability, as long as I see a few of you, I guess it's easy to find something wrong." There are subtle differences, one side nourishes the other side.
With Teng Qingshan's eyesight, if there are strangers pretending to be shop waiters, or watching, he can indeed find out.
"If someone disobeys, others can directly execute him." Zhao Danchen said indifferently, "Now, let's go!"
"yes."
The six guardians bowed to their orders, even though Yan Danchen was anxious, but because of Elder Zhao's arrangement, he couldn't think of a way to help Teng Qingshan for a while.
…
Zhao Danchen and the man in gold left the City Lord's Mansion side by side and walked towards the inn. The speed of the two seemed to be slow, but they walked in the crowd in a hurry, and they reached the distance in a while. They didn't completely walk along the main street, but walked from the alley, crossed the river, etc., and rushed to the inn quietly as fast as possible.
"Brother Zhao, I think you made a fuss out of a molehill. This time, Teng Qingshan can't fly without wings." The man in gold laughed.
Zhao Danchen said indifferently: "Be careful, there is no big mistake. This time, if Teng Qingshan escapes again, I will have no face to go back to see the island owner."
"Don't worry, on the opposite side of the inn, there are three innate golden elixir elders from my Yuhuangmen." The man in golden clothes smiled, "In the entire Wucheng, my Yuhuangmen arranged more than a thousand people overnight, all over Wucheng. .It was that Teng Qingshan who found you, he wanted to escape! With his speed, how could he escape from Wucheng under the supervision of the three Jindan Elders of Yuhuangmen?"
"If you hadn't considered your Qinghu Island, so that you Qinghu Island would specifically kill Teng Qingshan, I, Yuhuangmen, would have done it long ago." The man in gold said confidently.