Those years when I climbed the wall

All the way back to the south, the weather was beautiful. After passing the Daming Mansion, there was a light snow.

After a full ten days of raiding, they will finally arrive in Beijing. Although everyone is excited, they dare not slack off: they stop at Pingqiao Town, [-] miles north of Kaiping Prefecture, and send guard Qiao as a merchant to explore the way first.

Going back and returning, Mu Yunqi has been away from Beijing for nearly two months, and it is rumored that as soon as the Chinese New Year is over, he will send troops north to Xingzhou to fight against rebellion!Regardless of whether the news is true or false, Mu Yunqi dare not take it lightly: a little carelessness may lead to a catastrophe that will destroy the country!

It was night.

The room is warm and warm, the dim light shines on the incense burner, you can see the green smoke faintly, and the smell of sandalwood spreads, which is quite refreshing.

"Zhang Zhongyue encountered a medicine man on his way home, did he escape in the end?" Mu Yunqi looked back, with a hint of meaning: "When did the medicine man become so useless? Even a few guards in the district can't be taken down, and it's impossible to commit crimes in the street Are you still running away in embarrassment?"

"Unless..." Shao Jingheng snorted, "He had no intention of killing people."

Guo Kai corrected him: "It should be said that he had no intention of killing Zhang Xianggong. But he may not be so merciful to those merchants and ordinary people who came to Beijing."

Mu Yunqi took two steps back: "Do you mean that you are convinced that the recent disappearance of passers-by in the suburbs of Beijing is related to King Jia?"

"Obviously!" Shao Jingheng interjected, "At this moment, King Jia and Gao Shiju must stop His Majesty from returning to Beijing at all costs. As for the assassination of Mr. Zhang——" he said contemptuously, "I have pointed the butcher knife at him to announce to the world." North Korea!"

"In this way, the courtiers are in danger, and they agree to send troops to fight against rebellion." Guo Kai continued.

Shao Jingheng's expression became more and more disdainful.

After thinking about it, Mu Yun prayed and looked at Guo Kai: "Approximately how many troops does Gao Shi raise his hand?"

"There should be no more than a thousand people." Guo Kai stroked his chin, "But according to the current situation, King Jia is recklessly killing the main roads in the outskirts of Beijing. It can be seen or guessed that His Majesty will return to Beijing, so we really can't take it lightly. "

Nodding in agreement, Shao Jingheng showed some relief on his brows: "The mysterious ice obtained in Dingshan that day has all been forged into weapons in Huo Lanxian's camp, most of which are □□, and Huo Lanxian gifted me dozens of them. The crossbow should be able to resist the medicine man."

Mu Yunqi nodded: "Even if he sent out more than a thousand troops to spread around the capital, at most dozens of people guarded the whole way, and he didn't know that I had obtained the method to subdue the pharmacists, so this battle should be of great value." It counts."

Guo Kai pondered for a while: "Your Majesty may send an envoy to go first. If the customs passes smoothly, he will report the inside story to the two governments after entering Beijing, or..."

"The two governments can't issue military orders without their will. Besides, who dares to believe one-sided words?" Mu Yunqi shook his head.

"And I don't know who is trustworthy and who is not in the current court." Shao Jingheng frowned: "If something happens here, it will be self-defeating. At that time, I was afraid that the rescuers would come, and the murderers would come first!"

Knowing that what he said was true, Guo Kai was still hesitant: "The effect of the Xuanbing Arrow is not yet known, so we will rush through the barrier recklessly, in case of miscalculation..." He lowered his eyes and crossed his hands forward: "My lord, please Lead people to open the way first, and hope His Majesty will allow you!"

But Mu Yunqi refused: "This is not the best policy. We are waiting for you, and there are only dozens of guards around us. If the effect of the Xuanbing Arrow is really not as good as expected, why don't you lead a group of people to die?"

"It's a pity..." A voice from one side sighed softly: "Mingquan, it can't be used by others..."

"Talk is better than nothing!" Mu Yunqi turned his eyes, his voice stable: "Mingquan is invincible and can protect me, so you don't have to worry. What you need to guard against now is the sneak attack by the medicine man."

After the words fell, I heard a voice from outside: "Master, the Pathfinder is back."

"I'll go and have a look." With approval, Shao Jingheng turned and went out.Turn back in a moment and report the new news.

Most of the businessmen who disappeared in the suburbs of Beijing recently were young men. As for the inside story, there are many rumors. Some say that these people were killed by ghosts while walking at night, some say that they were robbed by robbers, and some speculate that this is the case. What the rebel generals in the Northwest (self-referring to Shao Jingheng) did to disturb people's hearts are nothing but groundless rumors and echoes of others' opinions, which are not credible.But the government has not found a clue.

Mu Yunqi frowned: "Do you know where they all disappeared?"

Shao Jingheng shook his head: "There are different opinions, but few of them are credible. However, we can see that no one has seen the assailant with their own eyes, so I deduce that this person is either hiding in a hidden place, such as a dense forest or in the mountains, waiting for rabbits, or following along the way. Pedestrians, wait for the opportunity to do harm."

Guo Kai asked, "Are all the missing people traveling alone?"

"Not necessarily." Shao Jingheng still shook his head, "There are also groups of three or four who went on the road, and the whereabouts of many people in the group are unknown."

"So," Guo Kai said slowly, "our deduction is correct. This is the death order issued by King Jia and Gao Shiju to prevent His Majesty from returning to Beijing! The two of them are putting all their eggs in one basket and would rather kill by mistake than let him go. No! So even if we go with the Youshi team, we still cannot avoid danger."

Shao Jingheng nodded: "That's exactly what I mean."

"Since that's the case," Mu Yunqi swept his eyes across the two of them, and said decisively, "I will definitely go to the Yaoren Pass to see whose side the destiny is on, and whether he has the ability to replace me!"

The holy will is determined, and there is really no other way, so the plan is decided accordingly.

In the middle of the night, Mu Yun prayed for Linxuan to stand still.There was a soft knock at the outer door, presumably the man and Guo Kai had set up an formation and came out.

"Come in." Hearing the knock on the door, Mu Yunqi closed the window and turned his head, and said softly, "Jing Heng, do you have any regrets in this life?"

The look of confusion in his eyes flashed away, and the visitor took two steps forward with earnest eyes: "Your Majesty, can you take my heart?"

Be quiet.

The corner of his mouth hooked up, and Mu Yunqi nodded: "I will take it."

"No." The man replied without hesitation.

Staring at him for a moment, Mu Yunqi turned around and said, "It's midnight, if you don't want to go back to your room--" Pointing to the long couch on the other side, he will spend the night here. " After saying that, he walked inward, and for a long time he didn't hear any movement behind him. He couldn't help but look back, but saw that person was staring at him.

"There is no quilt on the couch." The words came out lightly, without meaning.

Without comment, Mu Yunqi continued to walk forward, and the sound of footsteps followed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the quilt!" The voice of the voice was earnest.

Mu Yunqi stood still, let the outer robe slip off his shoulders, the smile in his eyes was like a lotus flower under the first sun, half-bloomed in the ripples of the passing breeze, bright and subtle.

After a good night's rest, the sky didn't get up until it was bright.After packing up, the sun is already three poles, and the team of dozens of people embarked on the last journey home.

Or there have been frequent disappearances recently, even if there are no cases, there are not many pedestrians passing by on the road to the middle of the capital, only twos and threes, often walking together.

By noon, the journey was over halfway.A forest appeared ahead.At this moment, the emissary came to ask if he would stay where he was for a while to drink the horses and rest.Shao Jingheng was hesitating, when he suddenly saw a group of five or six merchants riding horses coming from behind, overtaking him and going to the forest, so he made a decisive decision: rest after passing the forest!

Without the cover of lush branches and leaves, the forest in winter looks much more open at first glance.Everyone didn't dare to take it lightly, and while walking quickly, they did not forget to carefully observe the movement in all directions to prevent accidents.

After walking less than a mile, Mo suddenly heard a horse neighing in front of him.Looking ahead, I saw that the few merchants gathered around, and a carriage was reversed in the middle - obviously the horse stumbled.

The road ahead was blocked, and everyone had to pull the reins and stop their horses.

"This..." You turned his tentative gaze to the side: "Send someone to help him?"

Before he could answer, several dark shadows appeared in the corner of Guo Kai's eyes, and he shouted anxiously: "No, there is an ambush! Be on guard!"

Dozens of feathered arrows flew towards them, but fortunately, everyone dodged them one after another.Taking advantage of the gap, dozens of black shadows flew out from both sides, blocking the road.

After a moment of panic, Guo Kai stabilized his horse and looked again. The merchants in front had torn off their robes one after another, revealing their warrior attire, and drew their swords to press forward.

A plan to lure the enemy into depth!It's no wonder that this dry man followed behind unhurriedly half an hour ago. He was trying to find out the truth, and when he found something wrong, he led him into the forest and waited for an opportunity to strike!It turned out that those missing people lost their lives without knowing it!Thinking of this, resentment jumped to the corner of his mouth, and Guo Kai clenched the hilt of his sword tightly.

"Who are you waiting for, how dare you rob Dao to come?" You envoy suppressed his shock and scolded forward.

The leader among the comers took a step forward, raised his brows in disdain: "Your man? I don't think you are like that! Let's say you are a good man, but you still speak Chinese, are you really deceiving me?" There was no room for him to argue. , the sword pointed forward: "Kill! Not one left!"

At first, the wind blew, and dozens of lights and shadows flew out together. The next moment, more than a dozen people fell to the ground - but they shouted to kill one!

The soldiers with bows and crossbows went up from behind, and the ice arrows were strung up.

Five or six figures jumped up and rushed towards him—the medicine man!With a tense heartstring, Guo Kai held his breath and concentrated his attention, his eyes followed the ice arrows fired in unison.

The arrow flashed, and the attackers fell to the ground one after another.

Become!

Not daring to catch his breath, the soldiers rushed forward and stabbed the medicine man who was hit by the arrow with their ice swords, leaving no room for him.

The scuffle broke out again, without the blessing of the medicine man, the robbers retreated steadily, Guo Kai ordered all the soldiers to form a siege, and not let anyone go!After a quarter of an hour of fighting, the last Taoist also fell from the sword.Having won a complete victory, Guo Kai was secretly relieved and could not stop, and continued to lead the crowd to clear the way, but fortunately, the forest was only two miles away, and no one was seen all the way out of the forest.

Standing on his horse and looking around, Guo Kai was not very stable. He looked back at his followers and said, "You are just now, what can you hear?"

Zeng Wuhua hesitated a bit: "When I was in the forest, I could faintly hear the sound of horseshoes, and seemed to be coming here, but..."

"However, there is no sign of anyone so far!" Guo Kai raised his eyebrows, "It seems that there may be escapees."

"We'll go after it!" Zeng Wuhua asked Ying.

Guo Kai shook his head: "It's too late, you wait to go back to meet Yujia!" He raised his eyes and looked forward, his tone became more serious: "It must be quick!"

According to his instructions, Mu Yunqi arrived here through the woods in less than a quarter of an hour.There are only twenty miles away from the city gate. If there are any escapees among the robbers just now, they will inevitably encounter strong enemies along the way.As Guo Kai said, there is only one word "quick" left - but before King Jia and Gao Shiju dispatched troops to the city, they will be safe.

Fortunately, there is a big road ahead, so hurry up and arrive within an hour if there is no accident.Everyone listened to the order and galloped away. After half an hour, they saw the new Caomen in the distance.At this time, I saw dust rising in front of me, and the sound of horseshoes rumbling—a large group of people and horses were coming.

Raising his hand to signal everyone to stop, Shao Jingheng glanced back at his side, said lightly "Be careful", and immediately stepped forward, tearing off his outer robe with one hand, revealing the black lacquer Shun Shui Shan Wen Jia inside.All the people do the same.

"Be alert!" Guo Kai ordered.

The soldiers in the front row raised their crossbows with arrows, and the guards in the rear also drew their swords.

Mu Yun prayed and stayed in the same place, looking at the way with piercing eyes: there were about 200 people who came, and like him, they were wearing armor!It seems that these are all the horses that King Jia can call out at the moment.

A fight to the death is inevitable.

Tens of feet away, the visitor stops.The leader waved his hand, and the rest of the crowd stuffed something into their mouths one after another, and then drew their swords out of their sheaths.

Jindan!

"Fire the arrows!" Guo Kai ordered without hesitation.

Dozens of ice arrows flew like thorns all over the sky, and the medicine man who rushed in front fell off his horse.The arrows were wound up again, and there was a constant whistling sound, the attacker suffered heavy casualties, but in the end, there was a medicine man who broke through the arrow array and came to the front.

With Guo Kai's order, the archers and crossbowmen in front dispersed, and the future ones were put into the cage formation at the rear, encircling and suppressing them.Although the number of medicine men is large, they are random after all, relying on the power of the golden elixir to run rampant, but they are easily broken, and they are all shocked. The situation is chaotic for a while, and they slash randomly when they enter the battle. Compete.In just a quarter of an hour, half of the attackers were lost.It's only true that the number of enemies and us is very different, the medicine man went forward one after another, and gradually overwhelmed the guards, they retreated step by step.

Dozens of horses and horses came galloping on the road in the distance, and the people in the middle looked familiar.

"It's King Jia!" Guo Kai said in a low voice.

"Come to supervise the battle?" Shao Jingheng scorned, "It really is a dead end!"

As soon as the words fell, the visitor had stopped ten feet away.With a wave of his hand, Mu Yinche rode out with the two people beside him, followed carefully behind the crowd of medicine men, dodged the rain of arrows, and fought close to him, his skill was far better than that of the mob!Shaoqing cut a bloody path, pointing at Mu Yunqi with his sword!

Shao Jingheng stepped forward immediately, and together with Guo Kai, they tried their best to deal with the comers.Yaoren's kung fu was more than ten times stronger than him and others, so he confronted head-on, the two of them had no chance, but luckily with the ice sword in hand, they could still fight.

Guo Kai swung his sword forward, aiming straight at the opponent's throat, seeing him dodging, he retreated and galloped his horse, when he turned around, the sword pierced the opponent's neck from the side.

Seeing that his companion was caught in an accident, the other man clamped his horse's belly and rushed forward, intending to use brute force to grab him!

Unable to dodge the blade coming from the front, Shao Jingheng leaped up, kicked the saddle with his toes, lunged forward with his strength, and pierced the left chest of the comer with his sword.

After finishing off the strong enemy, Shao and Guo stepped back temporarily, looking at the battle situation: the Yao people are still pressing forward, and there are only twenty elite soldiers left on their side.

Suddenly, the familiar blue light flashed across, and several medicine men who were fighting in front fell down.

Shao Jingheng turned his eyes, but his eyes hurt from the reflected light—it was the familiar red lacquer mountain armor, shining brilliantly in the sunlight.

"Jing Heng, order the soldiers to use arrow arrays to cut off my back!" With the sword in his hand, the immediate man held his head upright and said.

"You..." Shao Jingheng's face changed slightly.

"Capture the thief and capture the king! You and Guo Kai will go with me and take down the leader of the thief!" With his sword pointing forward, Mu Yun prayed that no disobedience would be tolerated.

The hesitation in his eyes suddenly dissipated, Shao Jingheng recalled Zeng Wuhua who had been in the melee, quickly confessed, and followed Mu Yun to ride his horse forward.

Jianmang opened the way, and the three rushed forward with all their strength.The medicine men retreated one after another, but the rain of arrows followed, causing many casualties.

Mu Yinche didn't know whether he was stunned for a moment, or he didn't pay attention to him, but he didn't take a step back, and confronted the comer on the spot, only a human wall was erected in front of him.

The pursuers had arrived, Shao Jingheng and Guo Kai had no choice but to turn around and break up.Mu Yunqi took the lead, and Mingquan was invincible, but after all, he was single-handed, facing the siege of a group of medicine men, he really didn't dare to be careless. Fortunately, he dealt with it carefully, but he was able to handle it with ease.During the fierce battle, the clear sound of horseshoes was suddenly heard in the ears!My heart was suspended for a moment, I looked up and saw a large group of people rushing from the direction of the city gate.

"Be careful!" a voice shouted behind his ears.Mu Yunqi turned his head and saw the blade's edge descending!At the critical moment, the knife stopped - a long sword pierced the knife owner's chest from behind!Seeing a few feet away, Shao Jingheng's eyes were full of worry, and his free hand was still in the shape of throwing.

Not daring to be distracted, Mu Yunqi stabbed the medicine man who was rushing towards him, leaned over quickly, pulled out the Xuanbing sword stuck in the ground, and rode his horse back.The sword returned to its original owner, and the two fought side by side.

Pressing forward step by step, seeing that the leader of the thief is only a few feet away, but the number of medicine men withdrawing gradually increases, it is difficult to get close to him for a while.

After killing another wave of attackers, Mu Yunqi took a breath, glanced to the side, and thought about it.

"Jing Heng, help me get there!"

The people beside him understood and rode their horses forward. Mu Yunqi followed, and the horizontal sword swept away another row of people blocking the way.The predecessors looked back, their eyes met, and they nodded knowingly. Mu Yunqi suddenly jumped up from his horse, tiptoeing the saddle to use his strength to go forward.At the same time, Shao Jingheng had put the sword back into its sheath, and raised it over his head with both hands. The moment Mu Yunqi stepped on the sword, Shao Jingheng lifted it forward with all his strength, and the person above his head turned over in the air and passed over the person blocking the way. Let's kick the instigator on the horse!

"Not good, Hu..." The white-faced, beardless man who followed Mu Yinche didn't say a word, but saw that the Patriarch had already fallen off the horse, and a cold light hit his throat.

When he came back to his senses, the man on the ground raised his eyes, and his expression was a bit ferocious.

The fighting in the rear continued.

Mu Yun prayed for the sword to reach forward half an inch, touching the other's skin: "Stop, immediately!"

There was a sly smile from the corner of his mouth, but Mu Yinche remained silent.

The brigade in front had stopped, Mu Yunqi looked straight ahead, and the one in the middle was actually Zhang Zhongyue!

Suddenly there was a sad horse neighing from behind, and Mu Yunqi felt ominous, and looked back: Through the gap between the horse and the horse, he suddenly saw a person rolling on the ground to avoid the chasing knife light!

Jingheng!With a serious expression on his face, the blade deflected three inches, and stabbed down, reaching the loess directly!A cold light gathered in the eyes of the sword wielder, and the low voice was full of hostility: "Stop!"

The face of the man nailed to the ground turned pale, and he remained silent, but his gaze had already dropped—it seemed that the sudden severe pain had distracted his consciousness.

"Quick...quick stop!" The white-faced beardless man immediately shouted in shock when he saw this.

The sound of fighting stopped, and the world became quiet in an instant.

Zhang Zhongyue dismounted hastily and led the crowd forward.

Mu Yunqi looked back again and saw that Shao Jingheng had stood up and stood side by side with Guo Kai. It seemed that there was no serious problem, and he felt relieved.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Zhongyue leaned over and sang.However, before he could say anything, a sharp sound pierced his ears, causing everyone to frown.

"Little—" Shao Jingheng and Guo Kai spoke in unison.

Before the words were finished, the sword-wielding man in Zhu Jia turned around and got up, and he saw two glowing lights flashing by, ejecting the medicine man several feet away, and fell to the ground to vomit blood.

"Gao Shiju!" Shao Jingheng yelled angrily, "You old man with a wicked heart!" Yan Jian and Guo Kai both rushed forward, grabbed the man with fierce eyes immediately and threw him to the ground.

As soon as he was in shock, Zhang Zhongyue hurriedly ordered his soldiers to protect those who had just escaped.

The dust has settled and the sun is in the middle of the sky.

With a golden shroud, the person holding the sword is independent from the world. He looks like a god, making people dare not look directly at him.