The Eight Winds of Rebirth

As long as there are towns and villages, wherever the Shenwu Army passes by, the people will support the old and the young, and strive to see the majesty, and some people will continue to send hot soup and fruits to express their hearts, but there has always been an order in the army, and the people are not allowed to be accepted without the consent of the general. Gifts, so once the camp is removed, the lieutenant will send someone to quietly send those things back to the villagers.

Although they were eating and sleeping in the open, and the march was a bit rushed, but fortunately, they were disciplined and everyone took good care of Gu Xiangtan, so they walked steadily for ten days, and saw Luwei Gorge ahead.

Luwei Gorge is located in the middle of Daye, and it is the end of Songming Lake. Going down is the fork between the west and north. If you want to go to Luli, you have to go straight. If you want to go to Chenzhou, you have to bypass the mountains from the bottom of the gorge to the west. go.As the name suggests, Luwei Gorge used to have long forests, abundant grasses and flowers blooming all over the fields, and there were countless layers of reeds, so it got its name. However, I don’t know when, the vegetation here gradually became sparse and the rivers dried up, and even the crops gradually failed to grow. As soon as the barley fell, the original village households could move away, but now there are only yellow clouds and white grass, a desolation.

Gu Xiangtan looked at the emptiness in the distance through the curtain of the car, and listened to the report from the soldiers clearing the way that there were traces of people ahead.Vice Admiral Shang followed him to check and came back: "Most of the traces have been eliminated, but it can still be seen that there are remnants of horseshoe prints and charcoal. It seems that there are quite a few people."

Vice-General Wang was surprised: "This place is remote, and there are occasional business trips, but there are towns where you can stay after walking for more than an hour. Why do these people live in the wild? Is it lack of silver or blindness?"

Deputy General Shang said: "The method of starting fires and extinguishing traces is also considered sophisticated, just in case, we need to be careful."

After all, he sent some soldiers to track down along the way, even if he couldn't catch anyone, it would be a deterrent.

After walking like this for another two days, I finally left Luwei Gorge without incident.

In the early morning, when the Shenwu Army was about to move out to the west, An Yin found two lieutenants to bid farewell to them on behalf of Gu Xiangtan.

"Lingfo is going to leave now? Why don't we send a small team to escort him to the North Gate Mansion, it will be safer." After passing the North Gate Mansion, Lu Lizi is not far away.

An Yin shook his head: "Lingfo said that you don't need to bother, there are guards sent by the emperor, and there are no high mountains and rivers on this journey, it's just some villages, and you can get there in about ten days, and Xiangguo Temple will send people there at that time Take it, adults, don't worry about it."

Wang and Shang looked at each other, then looked at Zhao Yuan aside, saw that he was only indifferent and did not speak, so after some consideration, they nodded.Emperor Zongzheng had reservations about others, but he couldn't be more concerned about Lingfo. His followers were also selected from thousands of people. They were naturally skilled, and it should be easy to deal with ordinary villains and villains.

However, they still cautiously brought people to send Gu Xiangtan to the west of the fork two or three miles away. If Gu Xiangtan hadn't insisted on not allowing them to follow, perhaps this would be endless.

Sitting in the carriage, Gu Xiangtan poked his head out and nodded to the two lieutenants and the several martial arts soldiers behind him, before finally looking at Zhao Yuan.

"Take care of yourself……"

Summarizing thousands of words, Gu Xiangtan's eyes were deep, and he looked at Zhao Yuan for a moment, seeing a faint brilliance in his eyes, Gu Xiangtan's heart was shaking slightly, he hurriedly opened his eyes, put down the curtain of the car, and let the groom departure.

The two lieutenants here watched Lingfo go away, and when they turned around, they saw Zhao Yuan was still staring at that head, motionless, with his fingers tightly gripping the reins, his entire back tensed.

Vice General Wang cupped his hands and said, "My lord, let's go back, Lingfo will be fine..."

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Gu Xiangtan went north, the loess under his feet was no longer as dry as before, but the scene was still dilapidated and withered, and the dust could be blown off by a strong wind.

Su Xi poked his head out to have a look, and quickly shrank back after a while.

"Cough cough, lord, young master, it's so windy outside... Cough cough, I can't even open my eyes."

Gu Xiangtan lowered his eyes and was thinking about something, his face looked a bit sleepy, Su Xi called out twice before he came back to his senses, lifted the curtain and called Yan Fang: "Do you want to rest for a while before leaving?

Yan Fang looked at the sky and shook his head: "The wind and clouds are low, I'm afraid there will be heavy rain, there is a village ahead, let's rest there."

Gu Xiangtan looked up and saw that the sky was indeed getting darker, so he nodded: "Be careful too."

It's just that before the words were finished, the raindrops fell densely, and there were grape-sized hailstones in it, hitting the roof of the car, hitting people, and some even hitting the mounts. The dismounted horses became slightly restless.

"Lingfo, there is a cave in the valley not far away that can shelter from the rain." The attendant who went to explore the road came back.

A group of people walked through a dead wood forest for a while, and they saw a cave, so they decided to rest here. The cave is not big, but it is deep. There are four or five roads running through it, but there is only one exit.

The hailstorm fell for an hour at a time, and when it finally stopped, the sky also turned dark.

Among these guards was an elderly man surnamed Li, who was one of the retinues of Emperor Zongzheng in the past, and also the captain of the guards. Captain Li suggested that Lingfo should rest here for a night when he came back after going out for a circle. Go on the road tomorrow.

Yan Fang said: "This place is in the wilderness, if there is any accident, what should we do?"

Captain Li didn't care, in his eyes, Yan Fang was just a small servant with no experience or ability, yet he dared to talk back to him.

"It's getting dark outside, do you want Lingfo to drive at night?" Captain Li raised his eyebrows, turned to Gu Xiangtan and put on a smile again, "This is just an entrance and exit, just guard it. Light the fire, they dare not come."

Gu Xiangtan felt that there was no other way at the moment, he was not familiar with the terrain outside and had no experience in this field, so he finally nodded.

It's just that Gu Xiangtan, who fell down with his clothes after eating some dry food, couldn't fall asleep at all. He only half-closed his eyes and was in a trance. From time to time, a graceful figure flashed in front of his eyes, and his brows also frowned unconsciously.

That's the case, so Gu Xiangtan immediately opened his eyes when there was something strange, and Yan Fang also noticed something was wrong, he jumped up and went outside, saying as he walked, "Young master, don't move, I'll go and have a look."

However, it didn't take long for puffs of black smoke to pour in from the entrance of the cave, making people dizzy. Su Xi and An Yin coughed vigorously while pulling Gu Xiangtan in.

"Young master, young master, this is...cough cough, what's going on?" Su Xi's face was covered with tears, but he still clung to Gu Xiangtan tightly.

Gu Xiangtan covered his mouth and nose and tried his best to say: "Someone set fire..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he vaguely saw a person coming in a hurry, and then Yan Fang's voice sounded in the mist: "My lord, there are thieves outside who want to use cigarettes...to confuse us, the guards lost their guard, and we are being attacked by someone at this moment, we must first Just go out."

So a few people left quickly, and when they reached the entrance of the cave, they saw clusters of flames blazing outside, several bundles of hay piled not far away, and an endless stream of black smoke kept coming out and drifting into the cave. A guard was fighting with a group of burly men. Although the palace guards were well-trained and their skills were no problem, they couldn't hold back the huge number of visitors. From a confused look, there were more than [-] people. Even with one enemy Five, it can't be cleaned up for a while.

However, when the situation was stalemate and neither side had an advantage, a sudden rain of arrows came from above, and two spears pierced the legs and feet of the unprepared two guards. The two fell down on the spot, and the defense was leaked. There was a gap, and in an instant, the scene changed drastically, and Gu Xiangtan's place weakened all of a sudden.

"There's an ambush up there!" Yan Fang shouted suddenly, then pulled Gu Xiangtan past him and took advantage of the situation to flee.

Captain Li was still yelling at the back: "Who sent you here? How dare you act so boldly!"

The other party disdainfully said: "Grandpa was sent by God, if you are sensible, you can leave all your money, and you can even leave your whole body!"

Leaving the black smoke at the entrance of the cave, Gu Xiangtan couldn't help but look back, and saw that the small valley surrounded the people on the upper and lower floors. Under the moonlight, some people were holding long knives, and those above were holding bows and arrows. Be missed.

Over there, Yanfang dealt with the two thieves who were trying to come forward. While Captain Li was dragging those people, Yanfang swung his knife and cut off the ropes on the carriage, pulled Gu Xiangtan past him, and flew onto the horse. Anyin Suxi followed behind him. After keeping up, An Yin knew how to ride a horse, but her riding skills were not very good. With a rest, the two of them stumbled forward on the horse's back together.

Seeing that they were about to escape, those thieves followed closely, and two archers kept shooting arrows forward as they walked.

Yan Fang said in a deep voice: "We go west, I don't know if we can still keep up with the Shenwu army."

Gu Xiangtan's face was tense: "Without my delay, they went far away, and we don't know the purpose of those thieves, so we can't easily put the army in danger."

As soon as the words fell, the horses of An Yin and Su Xi were shot in the hind legs by an arrow, and the horses were startled on the spot. One stood upright, and directly threw the two off the horses.

Seeing An Yin and the others fall into a ball, Gu Xiangtan was horrified, and hurriedly asked Yan Fang to stop, but Yan Fang seemed to have never heard of it, and continued to whip his horse.

"The life of the Lingfo is as valuable as a thousand pieces of gold. The young master said that no matter what happens, it will not endanger you."

But Gu Xiangtan also said coldly: "If you don't stop, I will jump off from now on!"

Yan Fang was stunned, but he had no choice but to stop the rein. As soon as he slowed down, the thief from behind immediately caught up. The long knife in his hand was shining coldly, and he was approaching.

But at this time, the sound of horseshoes was heard in the distance, and then a white shadow came from under the moon, accompanied by two fast horses, galloping like the wind and electricity.

The chasing thieves didn't expect these people to have helpers, and in a daze for a moment, the white shadow jumped up, his long sword flying, but instantly knocked two of them off the horse.

The two people beside him also stepped forward together, their bodies were as fast as the wind, and there were only seven or eight pursuers, and they were cleaned up after a while.

Mu Fei put his sword on the neck of the leading thief, while Bi Fu helped An Yin and Su Xi over.

Yan Fang took a step back, Zhao Yuan walked up to Gu Xiangtan, looked him up and down carefully, and after confirming that he was all right, the cold look on his face eased a bit.

Gu Xiangtan looked at Zhao Yuan who had gone and returned, and he couldn't recover for a while, so he heard Mou Fei ask: "Who ordered you to come here?"

The burly man was not older than he was, as if answering Captain Li's question, he said harshly: "Grandpa was sent by God to deal with you black-hearted and red-eyed people."

With a sound of "-pa", Bi Fu raised his hand slightly, and the big man's face turned to one side, and the corners of his mouth turned red.

"Don't be presumptuous!"

The big man broke his mouth but was still waiting to curse, Gu Xiangtan turned his head, and was about to step forward when Zhao Yuan grabbed his hand.

Gu Xiangtan struggled, but Zhao Yuan didn't let go, her five fingers pinned him to her side like cold iron pincers, Gu Xiangtan knew that he was nervous, so he didn't move, just let him hold hands and say : "Look at this man's hand."

Bi Fu and Mou Fei immediately went to pull the palm of the big man, and saw thick calluses attached to the rough palm, and the seams of the nails were gray and black. It looked like he was used to hard work, but the place where he practiced the sword was relatively shallow , It can be seen that Kung Fu has not been practiced for many years.

Judging by the startled look, he couldn't be a soldier, and listening to his conversation with Captain Li, it seemed that he came here for money, so Gu Xiangtan said with absolute certainty: "Current events force you to become a bandit?"

The big man was taken aback when he heard that, and then shouted: "What do you rich young men know?! You only care about the life and death of the common people all day long!"

Seeing that Bi Fu was about to slap him again, Gu Xiangtan hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Listen to your accent, you're from Dong County? Is the flood over there okay?"

Seeing that he didn't reveal anything, the other party had already guessed eight or nine points, and when he mentioned the flood, the big man was speechless, and he gritted his teeth for a long time before choking out a sentence: "Okay... very good Nah!"