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"Right now, there are two roads to Xiacheng, one goes from the east, but the bandit's stronghold is located in the east of Xiacheng, the recent incident has had a bad impact, and there may be no people walking on the east road, and the other road , go west to Xia City." Gu Liang Yiqing held up the map Chang Ming gave her, gestured to Gu Xiaowu, and asked, "What is your plan?"

"Go on the east road, and then take a rest at Wugu Village on the outskirts of Xiacheng."

"Okay, let's go."

Gu Liang Yiqing took the package and water bottle from Gu Xiaowu's hand, hung it beside the saddle, got on the horse again, pulled Gu Xiaowu again, and the two rode together.

But after a while, the tower of Xiacheng can be seen from a distance, and Gu Liang Yiqing led Gu Xiaowu on a horse riding unhurriedly, not forgetting to look around, and said involuntarily: "There will be no bandits suddenly. Robbery?"

"If that's the case, let's turn back quickly."

Gu Liang Yiqing smiled sweetly, and said: "My lord, don't panic, if someone comes, I will deal with it myself, you just need to sit down."

In a few words, I have already arrived at the bandit's stronghold.

Although the cottage is on the outskirts of Xiacheng, it was built on a small hill. When I looked up, I could only see a stone ladder winding up. There was not even a place to climb around. It was a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. .

However, there are very few people, and with Gu Liang's clear vision, only a few figures can be seen swaying from side to side, as if they are looking down at the newcomers, the gate of the mountain is closed, and there is no one else.

"Are all the bandits so calm now? We just pass by so ostentatiously, and no one loots them?" Gu Liang Yiqing asked curiously.

When Gu Xiaowu heard this, she just shook her head and said nothing.

After staying away from the cottage, Gu Xiaowu looked back frequently, and suddenly heard Gu Liang Yiqing's whistle to stop the horse from going.

"My lord, it's not a good idea, don't fall off the horse." Gu Liang Yiqing put away her usual laughing face, and now her expression is gloomy. However, because of her unchanged face, she looks like a child at first glance. Sitting upright and listening to the teacher's words - if there is no pair of sharp and deep eyes.

Gu Xiaowu immediately stared with bated breath.A few feet away in front of them, several people can be seen dressed as bandits, riding tall horses, holding sabers, walking neatly, with a majestic aura.

Gu Xiaowu reminded in a low voice: "It's not the generation of Yi Yu, who presumably came here to deal with us."

"Then how should we deal with it? Let the officials kill them? Or should we pretend to be ignorant?" The horse seemed restless, so Gu Liang Yiqing could only whisper to Gu Xiaowu while patting the horse's neck to comfort him .

"They have already drawn their swords, and since they know that we have parted ways with the Seventh Battalion Commander and are now besieging this road, it is impossible not to recognize my face."

"Your official understands." Before Gu Liang Yiqing finished speaking, she took out a soft whip from her waist. The whole body of the whip was black and deep, and it didn't look like it was made of leather. go.She raised her hand and whipped the horse, and her legs clamped tightly around the horse's belly at the same time, and the horse rushed out like an arrow from the string.

Gu Xiaowu couldn't help but let out a loud cry, I'm afraid she was quite frightened.

The group of "bandits" on the opposite side rode their horses and swung their sabers together without any hesitation. They thought that the two sides were going to fight together, but they didn't expect to watch the long whip coming out of its hole like a dragon, and it was clearly soft. Whip, but it has invincible power, flashed over the blade, and they spun around for a while. When they regained consciousness, they felt a burning pain in their abdomen, as if their internal organs were burnt. pain.

Gu Liang swung his whip out in the clear, Gu Xiaowu could only hear the sound of breaking wind and seemed to be amazed by countless birds and beasts, several "bandits" who were close at hand all screamed, flew upside down and fell to the ground, they The horse didn't realize it, and was still sprinting, but was easily dodged by Yiqing.

After passing those "bandits", Gu Liang Yiqing hurriedly turned the horse's head, even though Gu Xiaowu was hugging her waist tightly, she still almost slipped off the horse, very embarrassed.

Logically speaking, after being whipped by her, no one should be able to stand up, but there is still one person who is barely supported by a saber, ready to fight desperately, but he doesn't want Gu Liang Yiqing to wave his hand again, so he rolls on the ground weakly , no more breath.Gu Liang Yiqing didn't have time to worry too much, worried that these people were not the only enemies, so he hurried towards Xiacheng.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of horseshoes behind me, but the opponent was single-handed. In order to prevent a sneak attack from the back, Yiqing was about to turn around to check, but she didn't want the vegetation on both sides of the path to shake, and a dozen "bandits" rushed out and rushed forward. , she and Gu Xiaowu were about to be surrounded, if she didn't break out in time, even if she was safe and sound, Gu Xiaowu would die.

"But Zhang Yifan Zhongjun?" Gu Xiaowu suddenly heard someone shout from behind.

Like an opera, the besieging enemies from both sides were silent and stopped moving, and Gu Liang Yiqing also abruptly took back the whip, and everyone turned their heads to look at the man.

The visitor was dressed in black, with a long sword on his back, and he reined in beside Gu Liang Yiqing, but he didn't look at the two of them, but got off his horse and saluted the leader, Gu Liang Yiqing cast a glance at him, He is just a gentle man, with sword-like eyebrows and star-eyed eyes, plump and handsome, standing like a pine, his clothes dancing with the wind, and his long sword is simple and without a front.

"Cao Min has met Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yifan refused to stand on his horse, looked him up and down, felt familiar, but he had no memory, so he asked: "Who are you? Who is Zhang Yifan?"

Xing Sheng pretended to be surprised and said: "My lord, what's the matter? It's okay if you don't remember the grassroots, it's just..."

Without further ado, Zhang Yifan drew out his saber and was about to chop off his head, but he didn't want the man to dodge past him like a leisurely stroll, instead he continued: "My lord, don't you remember seeing the grassroots people at the birthday banquet of the Marquis of the Army? Father At that time, let the grass-roots toast you!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yifan was so frightened that he nearly fell off his horse, Kan Kan held on to the reins so he was fine, but the surrounding group of people looked confused, not knowing what these two people were doing.

Gu Liang looked back and forth between the two with clear eyes, the young man looked indifferent, while Zhang Yifan's expression was already distorted.

"Xingchao made a fuss about wanting to eat Xiacheng's Yunpian cake. The grass people had no choice but to come here. This is Zhongjun..." Xingcheng looked around and said: "I heard from my father that the bandits in Xiacheng are making trouble. Are you helping the prefect to fight against the bandits? If you don’t give up, the grass people are willing to do their best.”

Gu Liang Yiqing was still puzzled, but Gu Xiaowu had heard of the name "Xing Chao", who was the second son of Marquis Lingjun.

Zhang Yifan acted as if he had suddenly realized, he quickly got off his horse and shook Shang Xingsheng's hand, he laughed and said, "So it's the eldest young master, he was rude and rude, I didn't think of it just now, my nephew, please don't blame me!"

"Don't dare, Commander Xu You is still okay? I was talking about my father a few days ago. The last time I saw each other, I missed the Commander and Zhong Jun very much."

"The army commander is busy with his affairs, but he is also concerned about the bandits in Xiacheng, so he sent me to check one or two." After saying this, he wanted to slap himself. How can a sergeant Ping Kou wear a bandit uniform? clothing?

Gu Liang Yiqing also sneered, Gu Xiaowu didn't know how to feel.

To everyone's surprise, the young master of the Marquis Ling was surprised and said: "Then these soldiers are dressed as bandits, are they just to scout for news and find out something? This is a clever plan, my lord is really a genius!"

Gu Liang almost fell off his horse in fright, never seen such a thick skin!

Zhang Yifan hurriedly laughed and nodded in agreement.

"Then these two people are..." Xing Cheng finally turned his head to look at Gu Liang Yiqing and Gu Xiaowu.

Gu Liang Yiqing met his four eyes, saw his mouth was smiling, but his eyes were calm, as heartless as a walking corpse, and as clear as the bright moon in the sky, these eyes may be the reason why the landslides and the earth are torn apart, but the face remains unchanged.

Zhang Yifan hurriedly said: "They came out from the bandits' stronghold, fearing that they would cause disaster, and they are about to arrest them..."

Gu Xiaowu hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, it is clear that my mother and daughter are really good people. This time I went to Xiacheng to visit my relatives. Where did these bandits come from?"

"I'm afraid you don't know something, but there is a cottage on the way here, which is the place where the bandits in the urban and rural villages of Xia have recently made an attack." Xing Sheng explained to them, and then said to Zhang Yifan: "My lord, did you misunderstand something? They don't know anything about bandits, let alone two Hesheng, a young girl, and a weak woman, how could they be bandits?"

In desperation, Zhang Yifan exchanged casual greetings with colleagues, and had no choice but to let him go. Xingcheng seemed to be unsatisfied, and he wanted to drag Zhang Yifan to eat and drink. Leaving in a hurry, Xing Sheng also rode away to buy some cloud cakes in order to enter Xia City as soon as possible.

The two people going south didn't delay much, and went to Wugu Village.Gu Xiaowu raised her head and saw that there were thick clouds in her eyes, and said: "Heavy rain is coming."

Gu Liang Yiqing also nodded, and couldn't help asking: "That person just now, is the eldest son who was brought back to the residence by Marquis Ling Jun not long ago?"

"Although I have never met him before, it is indeed him."

"What do you think, my lord? Is it a coincidence, or is it intentional?"

"I heard that Marquis Lingjun led the eldest son general Ning Wu and the two commanders of Anwu at the birthday banquet. The name of this son must not be under Marquis Lingjun."

Gu Liang Yiqing was silent for a while, and then asked again: "Why did he say that adults live in peace?"

"I am indeed Jiang Yuan, but the mark is already there, and the aura is restrained. If an outsider breaks off with the aura at first glance, it is Hesheng. Besides, even if he knows that I am Gu Xiaowu, he can only think that I am a commoner in the mountains."

Xingsheng arrived in Xiacheng at dusk. Because of the rain on the way, he first looked for a place to shelter from the rain, but he didn't expect to find that Xiacheng's gate was closed and no one was living under the city gate. He turned his horse's head and went to the ancient battlefield and go.

When the clouds were gone and it was raining, I saw that the ancient battlefield was muddy and there was only one person coming towards the wind. His long hair was simply tied up and flying high.

After Yijing bid farewell to Chen Chuan, he turned back in a hurry before he had gone far. He left his horse outside the ancient battlefield and searched alone.However, the heavy rain from the sky washed away the blood and made it muddy. Yijing could only find some corpses, and there was no trace of the long inscription.

"How about Gu Xiaowu?"

"A girl who looks like a cardamom youth has taken her away. The person who came is not Xu You, but his Zhongjun Zhang Yifan."

"Changming arranged for Gu Liang Yiqing to follow Gu Xiaowu and go in separate ways. He led the Seventh Battalion to lure the killer and wipe him out. I don't want to be intercepted and killed by Gan Yi." Yijing didn't look back, but looked at the clouds in the sky , seemed thoughtful: "I turned back after Chen Chuan left, but I didn't expect that it would rain heavily and lose the trace of Chang Ming."

"Since the army commander can't find him, it may not be a good thing for Chen Chuan and others to search for him but fail."

"I got it," Yijing turned his head slightly to look at him, and said, "I still have to go all the way to Huacheng."

"Xia City's gates are closed, and the grass-roots returned to Wangcheng as soon as possible to inform Xingchao that Yunpian Cake won't be available for a while."

"Didn't you go to see Chu Guangliang and the others?"

"The Seventh Battalion was seriously injured before, and many people who knew me died in battle. Why bother to add to the pain." Xing Cheng turned his head away and stopped looking at Yijing's back. I'm going to catch a cold, and if I want to reminisce about the past, it's better to take care of my health."

Yijing laughed and said, "What do you know?"

Xing Cheng said indifferently: "I heard from people that the ancient battlefield was sparsely populated, and it was here that the commander met Mr. Su Shengyi."

"That's right, it happened to be rainy at that time..." He said this, and suddenly asked Xingcheng: "Your master, did you ever tell me about me?"

Xing Cheng's ancient well-free eyes seemed to be moving, and his face was slightly moved. Fortunately, Yijing's back was facing him at the moment, so he didn't see it.

"What?" Xing Sheng asked.

"Heaven favors talents, they die in their prime."

"I've never heard of it before. Where does this nonsense come from?" Xing Cheng's voice didn't hear any ups and downs.

Yijing didn't care, instead he sighed and said, "Just like Gan Yi didn't mention the word "love" in front of Commander Hua, even though Su Shengyi used me, he would rather try his best to reject all opinions and keep silent about it until he died. They don’t want to say why.”

The author has something to say:

Zhong Jun is the deputy commander.

The little secret of Xingsheng's success:

First, the other party has contacts with Ling Junhou, so he cannot kill his son, and there is no way to explain it after investigation;

Second, there is a father with a strong background;

Third, carefully give the other party a hot lunch and send a step.