I'm not Murong Chong

In the dead of night, a figure stopped in front of the brightly lit and heavily guarded government office, walked unimpeded all the way until it reached the study room, then pushed the door open and entered, asking the people inside: "The gates of Tianshui City are closed. Is it strict?"

"Yes, my father's official seal is in the hands of the general, and I have sent an order to send more people to patrol overnight, so that those Yan soldiers who survived by chance will not escape from the city to pass on the news. Don't worry, the major general," the man said. I was pacing back and forth in the room with my sleeves and hands waiting, but at this moment, I immediately greeted him with a smile on my face, bowed my waist and personally led him to the seat, "The major general has worked hard all the way~ The last general was really afraid of hurting the major general, eldest son The general of the Tongfu Kingdom will definitely ask about the crime of the last general."

Juqu Mengxun raised one leg, took the handkerchief to wipe his face, and said indifferently: "The drama is not true, so naturally we have to work harder. You are not bad, you are obedient enough, and you have worked hard. All the troops in hand have been filled in."

The son of the sheriff hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "It's all the major general's secret plan, that's why it's so perfect, and it's a big trouble for the eldest son. Hey, if it wasn't for my pedantic father, he insisted on repaying the son for his kindness and refused to serve him." Eldest son, I will not listen to any persuasion, and I will not resort to dangerous tactics to detain my father during the banquet, and I hope the young general will speak a few words of kindness in front of the eldest son, so as to protect my father and son's fortune."

"A good bird chooses a tree to live in, you're so good." Juqu Mengxun looked up at him, and said with a half-smile: "It's just where the word 'seamless' came from? I distracted Ren Zhen, Tuoba Gui and his subordinates from the mountain. The elite Yan soldiers, let your soldiers divide into two groups to surround the post house, and you must get rid of Fu Jian--the result? Tianshui Lake was not completely wiped out, and even Fu Jian was able to escape from the post house-what kind of man are you? Seamless? Huh?!"

The son of the sheriff has passed the age of standing, but he was frightened by the young man's insidious words, and he knelt down as soon as his legs softened: "The last general, the last general has completely acted according to the major general's wishes! I have remembered The major general ordered to prescribe medicine to the people left behind, and somehow Fu Jian saw the flaw, not to mention that he broke out of the encirclement so bravely, and would come back halfway to rob and rescue those Yan people." Seeing that Meng Xun's face was still cloudy, he hurriedly continued: "Young General Mingjian, Tianshui Lake is more than ten feet deep, and it is very difficult to survive if you don't have the ability to fall into the water. He would rather be with Yan General Ren The same fell into the lake and refused to fall into our hands, I am afraid that both of them will die. Besides, what happened today...even if Fu Jian survived by chance, he would never suspect the eldest son and the young general, and they will all be recorded in the account of the prince up~"

Hearing this, Meng Xun frowned slightly in the dimly lit candlelight. After a while, he glanced at him lightly and raised his hand: "That's all. You said the same. It’s true that you have worked hard this time, and the eldest son will definitely reward you when he finds out.”

The county guard was overjoyed, he took a few steps to hug his leg and kowtowed his head: "Young General Xie for your support! The last general has a little bit of skill, so I don't dare to talk about it—" Meng Xun threw away the handkerchief and stretched his waist on the couch Lazily said: "It's just that I clearly ordered you to kill Tuobagui in advance, why are you so focused on Ren Zhen?"

The son of the sheriff froze for a moment, then looked up in a daze, "Keep Tuobagui and the others wholeheartedly protecting that Ren Zhen, but I can't do that either. Since they are all from the enemy country, why not—"

"Why don't you use arrows to encircle and annihilate them, and kill them all?" Monson lowered his eyelids and looked down at him with a pleasing expression, "Trash."

The son of the sheriff opened his mouth wide, but he could only let out a quick breath: "Ah~!" His body swayed suddenly, and he slumped down on Mengxun's knees.Juqu Mengxun frowned slightly, let go of his hands and lifted his feet, and easily kicked him aside. His heavy body turned over on the ground, and he saw a large bloody flower in the middle of his vest gradually diffused, with a stick stuck in it. Take the dagger with only the hilt exposed.

"I don't know who I was ordered to kill, but I can surrender my father for the unknown prosperity and wealth," said Meng Xun with a cold smile on his face: "For the sake of success." Big things, close relatives can be killed, you are indeed a true hero. But you, you are just a bear who suffered for others in vain."

He lowered his eyelids, and there was a trace of gloom in his heart - it's just... It would be a pity if Ren Zhen really died.

Since the incident that day, Tianshui County has uncharacteristically enforced strict martial law both inside and outside the city. The city gates are only open for two hours during the day, and there are heavy soldiers patrolling back and forth for questioning. It was also written in a vague way, only saying "capture the traitor".A few ruffian-like characters chewed their tongues from a distance: "Isn't Liangzhou already the territory of Lord Jiuquan now, but where did the rebels come from?"

Another person snorted: "Jiuquan Gong was just a general who led troops back then. When he entered Guzang, he fought under the banner of the Fu family. Now he wants to be emperor. Will the old officials who are with him be willing? Now that empress cool I'm afraid the first one who won't be convinced is the Minister of Shangshuling Duan Ye - in terms of background, his Duan family's reputation among us Hu people is not lower than that of Jiuquan Duke Lu's family."

"Just bragging. You are a porter who has been in Tianshui for a while, and you know about Guzang Jingzhong!"

The man stared blankly and said: "Why don't you know?! My uncle's distant cousin works in Guzang Palace, and he is telling the truth——If Duke Jiuquan does not proclaim himself emperor, then it is easy to say, if he wants to get Fu I'm afraid Liangzhou will be in chaos."

"I heard that the 'rebels' killed the father and son of the sheriff last night. Could it be that Mr. Duan you mentioned did it?"

The people who were listening to the scene suddenly caught a glimpse of a group of soldiers patrolling over, and hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense! There is no shadow! No one has been caught yet-come on, what does it have to do with us? Who is the old gang? The emperor won’t reward us, let’s all go away!” The others also laughed and agreed, and scattered like birds and beasts—the disturbance at Tianshui Lake last night only affected them because of the inconvenience of going out of the city recently.A hidden person in the crowd was originally listening quietly, but at this moment he took a few steps back with his sleeves on his hands, then turned around with his head down, raised his feet and hurried away in the opposite direction.

He turned into a side alley, and only then pulled down the half-worn collar covering his nose and mouth, revealing a faintly pale face, it was Tuoba Gui who was lucky enough to escape yesterday.

There was already a person waiting in the alley, and he was relieved to see him come back safely, and greeted him, "General—" Tuobagui waved his hand to signal him to whisper, and hurriedly turned into an unremarkable residence in two or three steps.

In the room, the doors and windows were closed and no lamps were turned on, but several men dressed as ordinary barbarians stood up in the darkness with incomparable swiftness, pressing down on the scabbards hidden at their waists one after another. He called out in a low voice: "General." Tuobagui looked around the audience, there were only a few surviving guards from the Huben camp yesterday, and he managed to carefully train a group of loyal servants in Chang'an, thus gaining the emperor's trust. A captive surrendered to be a general of Zhonglang, just at the time when he was full of ambition and wanted to make peace with each other, but after the battle last night, more than half of them were lost, all of them were injured, and the injuries were not serious.

But Tuobagui was young and mature, and he knew that the more he was at this moment, the less he could show a trace of discouragement, otherwise the morale of the army would be even more demoralized.He said calmly: "Just now I sneaked back to the post house to check, it has already been burned, and I don't know how many brothers who stayed behind will be able to leave - I have left secret signs everywhere in the city, if I can survive, three or two They will also gather here in Tiannei. As for going out of the city—the security is tight now, and all men who come and go have to be carefully interrogated. We are all veterans who can be seen at a glance, and I am afraid that we will not be able to leave."

Everyone felt chills when they heard this: The big guy was injured and disabled, and the pharmacy was guarded by heavy soldiers, and it would be a death sentence to be trapped here for a long time without treatment.If you can't get out of the city as soon as possible, wouldn't you want people to catch a turtle in their hands?

"General, what should we do now? Your Majesty—"

Tuobagui was silent for a moment, watching the battle, he reckoned that Murong Chong and Fu Jian were not dead, but they just disappeared completely and couldn't be found anywhere in the city. Could it be that they were really in the lake? With one punch, how could I have been so obsessed with ghosts at that time, I really left him so obediently and left! ?He unconsciously clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves, his face still poised and calm, and he said calmly: "The emperor and I agreed to meet outside the city after breaking out of the siege. If you can't find the emperor in the city, then no matter what method we use, we will fight you." Get out of town!"

"Then let me go to the city to find out the news. Now that the situation is tense, how can the general put himself in danger for us?"

"The soldiers I raise are my business. What are you talking about putting yourself in danger?" Tuoba Gui waved his hand: "Besides, my injuries are the lightest, and I can speak Di language, so it's not easy to attract attention—yours Guan Zhong's accent is too strong, so be careful. I'll stay here for a couple of days to recuperate, so don't let the rumors leak out."

"Where is the original resident here? They are still being imprisoned now." One of his subordinates seemed to have remembered something, and hurriedly gestured: "Shouldn't it just be—" Tuoba Gui thought for a while—this residence was originally an old couple Yes, his son is far away in Guzang City to do a small business and it is easy to be shameless - he said slowly: "Don't do it yet.Coax them with good words, but it is inconvenient for us to show up, and we have to send them to buy food, medicine and food.If it doesn't work, our final way out will fall on them. "

Everyone agreed in a low voice, and they all expressed their grief and indignation at the moment: "Tian Shui's gang of Zigui sons clearly planned it in advance! We have really suffered a heavy loss this time. It would be great if Captain Mu was here!".

Tuobagui nodded approvingly, Mu Chong's martial arts skills are indeed the highest among all, because he is not afraid of death, and he is very loyal to him, it is even more terrifying, it can be used as an arm, It's a pity that it was his bad move that caused him to go to the front line of Xiaoguan as a scapegoat.As for the son of the governor of Tianshui, the reason for such painstaking efforts is naturally not to vent his anger, I am afraid that there is already a mastermind behind the scenes-the only thing that wants is that Fu Jian cannot reach Guzang City.

Which side will it be?He remembered the first attack in Longshan Town that night, and he suspected from the cow head tattoo on his chest that it was a dead man arranged by Yao Qin, but looking at the six counties in Longxi, if he wanted Fu Jian to die, Liang Yan would not only break off relations A Yao Qin?

While Tuoba Gui couldn't find it, Ren Zhen was paralyzed on the ground like a dead dog and gasped for breath. It took him a while to roll his eyes, looked around, and said with difficulty, "Where is this?"

Fu Jian was also in a state of distress, his clothes were soaked through, and after going ashore for a long time, the water dripped straight down, forming a shallow puddle at his feet.Seeing that Ren Zhen had woken up, he turned over and sat down on the ground, let out a breath, and said in a low voice, "Outside Tianshui City, at the foot of Maiji Mountain."

Ren Zhen gasped in disbelief—he knew that Maiji Mountain was located in the southeast of Tianshui City, and it was the remnant of Xiaolong Mountain. Expecting to be able to swim out of Tianshui, you can see rocky cliffs when you open your eyes!He propped up his wet body and sat up halfway, suddenly blessed to his heart: "Under the Tianshui Lake, there is a secret channel to communicate with the inside and outside?" It must be so, Jin Yong and Gu Long wrote it like this, tsk——should dive back, there must be some expert on the way Died somewhere, there must be martial arts cheats beside the bones, dumping the country's wealth and so on.

Fu Jian glanced at him: "Did you see any mechanism on the waterway just now? Tianshui Lake is originally a living water. When it was excavated, a waterway was dug according to the terrain to bring the waterfall spring of Maiji Mountain into the city. My father was killed by the ancestors." When Fenfeng was in Tianshui, I happened to get the excavation map of this lake, so I know that there is a waterway connecting Tianshui Lake to Mount Maiji—the Tianshui County Governor only came here a few years ago, so of course I don’t know anything about it.”

Ren Zhen squatted back discouraged, knowing that his life was not that good.He blinked suddenly and said, "Have you walked through this waterway before?"

"Of course not. I left Tianshui when I was 16 and came to Chang'an. I don't have this chance." Fu Jian seemed to guess what he was thinking, and nodded slightly, "So I'm not sure if I can find a waterway to take you out of the city. If I'm lucky Not good, we are going to be buried at the bottom of the lake." Ren Zhen stretched out his hand angrily and poked it: "Then you jumped so simply before! Did you take your life too long!?" He was just doing it casually, but unexpectedly he stabbed Fu Jian's shoulder The wound suddenly oozes a few traces of bright red.

It was only then that Ren Zhen remembered that Fu Jian was injured when he blocked the arrows for him, and his intestines were green with regret—it was also because Fu Jian calmly acted as if nothing had happened along the way, as if he was omnipotent and invincible, so that he was in a hurry. Xia simply forgot about his shoulder injury.He frantically stripped off his clothes: "Let me see your wounds." Fu Jian hurriedly took his hand: "It's getting late, the most urgent thing is to find a shelter and light a fire to keep warm. If you sleep in the open The mountains and forests, I'm afraid they will attract wild animals."

Ren Zhen remembered that when he was hunting in Bailuyuan, he was almost torn apart by a leopard. If Murong Yong hadn't saved him with his life-the figure that had been deliberately forgotten suddenly jumped into his mind, and Ren Zhen shook his head-the one who abandons me can't keep the day of yesterday , Where is the time to think about these now, let's just focus on the present.

Fu Jian stood up supporting the rock, and looked around—the place where they came out of the water was a pool in the middle of Maiji Mountain, and there were dense old trees everywhere. If they walked out of the forest from here, they would not know how long it would take to find a hiding place .

Ren Zhen had already jumped up, twisted his wet clothes with a flick of his hand, and then pointed upwards: "Don't go out, let's climb up——Although Maiji Mountain covers a large area, the altitude is not very high. Forty feet at most; Liangzhou worships Buddha, and there should be grottoes carved on the wall of Maiji Mountain for people to worship. There must be craftsmen living in the grottoes, and they can hide there temporarily, healing is important.”

"Climbing up this rocky cliff at night?" Fu Jian was a little stunned, "How do you know about the digging of grottoes on the top of the mountain?!"

Ren Zhen curled his lips, no matter how educated he was, he knew that the Maijishan Grottoes are one of the four existing grottoes. There are more than a thousand caves on the mountain wall since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, which originated from the early rise of Buddhism. Jin period.But he knew that the explanation would be endless, so he pressed Fu Jian's hand, and said without a doubt: "You are injured, the arrow has been broken, but the arrow is still in the flesh, you must not apply any more force. I will find a few A cane, and climb up with you on your back." Fu Jian frowned: "No, no matter how hard you carry me, let alone climbing this mountain wall, I can walk by myself."

"Master, I used to belong to the weight-bearing rock climbing club!" Ren Zhen curled his lips, felt that the dagger was still on his body, and went to find and cut the rattan by himself. Did Fu Jian understand? Just as he was about to say more, he suddenly turned his head Come on, grinning in the night: "Do you believe me once?" It's like when you jump into the lake, you don't know the way ahead but you still follow you without hesitation.

Fu Jian was silent for a while, and after a while he nodded and said, "Okay."

As Ren Zhen said, dozens of grottoes have been excavated on the rock wall on the top of the mountain, but the ax chisels are rough and there are no statues, so there are not many people. Ren Zhen put down his careful Fu Jian and leaned against the mountain in the dark The wall shivered for a long time before he could barely speak normally, and he still didn't dare to take a big breath: "Come on, come on. Look, what I said is right?" This man is as heavy as a mountain. Half of it has to be squeezed out of blood!Seeing how brave he was, Fu Jian couldn't help smiling: "Yes, thanks to you."

Ren Zhen had never heard Fu Jian speak to him in such a soft voice, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, his face became slightly hot, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "Let's go."

The two found an uninhabited cave in a remote place and entered, only to find that there was a cave in the grotto, and the sky was not cramped. In the center, a stone sculpture of Buddha nearly ten feet long had already been carved out. Looking at its facial features, it was not as good as the Buddha statues that Ren Zhen used to see. Those kind, plump, compassionate people.Fu Jian looked around and said, "It looks like the carving knife technique is left over from the previous dynasty. This cave seems to be abandoned, but it can be used for you and me to hide temporarily." Ren Zhen couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words— ——If he went on, he was afraid that he would really lose his strength and couldn’t hold on—he was already wet when he got out of the water, and he was exhausted when he climbed the mountain. His clothes were sticky to his body, It was expected that Fu Jian would be the same, and since he was injured, he was in a hurry to set up a fire to dry the clothes, but he had very little experience in doing it himself. Earlier it was Murong Yong and later Tuoba Gui took good care of him.Now, like a fool, he found two flints and collided them several times, but there was not even a spark.

Fu Jian stretched out his hand: "Let me do it." Ren Zhen said in his heart, you only enjoyed a lot more blessings than me in the first half of your life, and you may not be able to.Before he could say anything, he saw that Fu Jian had already lit the fire and put it into the dry wood pile.

Ren Zhen: "..."

He coughed lightly: "Take off your clothes and dry them quickly—your injury should have been healed long ago."

Fu Jian nodded, raised his hand to undress, and said, "You too. The mountain wind is cold, and you're sweating all over again. Change it quickly." Ren Zhen was inexplicably embarrassed. Fu Jian began to take off his clothes, he hesitated when he got to the belt, and in the end he felt extremely bored, they are all men, in times of crisis, who has the time to take a look?As a result, the goblin was stripped naked, leaving only a crotch around the body.Turning around, he saw that Fu Jian had already squatted by the fire and turned over his half-wet clothes. The wound on his shoulder had already turned white with blisters, and there was not much blood gushing out, but it was even more horrifying to see the bruised skin.Ren Zhen couldn't remember anything else for a moment, and hurriedly bent down to look at his wound, and saw that the sharp arrowhead was still wrapped in the flesh, and the half-broken wooden arrow shaft protruded straight out, looking shocking: "I have to dig out the arrowhead for you." Come out. It’s just that there is no golden sore medicine here, in case the wound is torn and the bleeding will not stop.”

"There are many snakes in the mountains and forests here. If the craftsmen here stay at the construction site day and night, they will definitely prepare sulfur powder to repel snakes, and it can also be used as a hemostatic powder." Before finishing speaking, Ren Zhen rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and sure enough, he found a bottle, and said happily : "It really is!" Not daring to procrastinate, he took out the dagger hidden close to his waist and burned it repeatedly on the fire. The silver ring can numb the wound, and it doesn't hurt so much." But after digging through the clothes, the "silver ring" has already melted with water, and there is nothing left.Ren Zhen smashed his fist in frustration - he couldn't dig out the flesh and take out the arrow, could he?

Fu Jian said indifferently: "No need, come directly." Glancing at Ren Zhen who was still hesitating, he raised the corner of his lips: "Why, don't you dare?" "Where!" Lips said: "I'm afraid that if you yell in pain, it will be bad to attract people over."

Fu Jian sat down cross-legged, and said calmly, "Not at all. Guan Yunchang can scrape his bones to heal his wounds, no matter how bad I am, I won't lose my dignity for a little pain."

Ren Zhen swallowed his saliva, knelt down on one knee behind him, and stuck the sterilized knife blade to his solid back muscle. He was no longer a rookie who fainted at the sight of blood that day, but now that he had the knife in his hand, he didn't know what to do. No matter how you gesture, you just can't cut the knife.

"Ren Zhen." Fu Jian suddenly looked back at him and said softly, "You can do it, I believe you."