Strange Records of Xijing

As soon as Pei Jingxing said this, Gao Zekai immediately frowned, obviously disagreeing.

Pei Jingxing thought of what Gao Zekai said earlier, knew that he still insisted on his own opinion, and planned to completely put aside Zhang Feiran and others and act alone.

"If you do this, it's tantamount to giving up food because of choking." After all, they are on the same boat, Pei Jingxing can't break up with Gao Zekai right now, and Gao Zekai is the leader appointed by the emperor, Pei Jingxing had to try his best to persuade him.

Gao Zekai was a little displeased, and looked at Gao Zekai: "What do you mean by that?"

Seeing that Gao Zekai was not unmoved by his words, Pei Jingxing knew that there was still a chance, so he continued: "We are not familiar with the terrain in the northwest at all. With this map alone, we will definitely be able to find the holy place where the abandoned prince hides his treasures. What? I heard that due to wind and sand, the terrain in the northwest desert is changeable, and many rivers and water sources are hidden underground. If these four dragons really represent four rivers, they may not necessarily be on land."

Gao Zekai was not stupid, he was just overly careful because of the successive changes in the past few days.Being reminded by Pei Jingxing, he took advantage of the situation and said, "So we need to ask someone who is familiar with the terrain in the northwest?"

"That's right," Pei Jingxing continued, "There is one more thing. If we set off without telling everyone, what should we do if something happens halfway? At the beginning, Prince Wei and his party ran into the holy land of foreign races by mistake. General Zhang arrived in time with his people, and everyone would be buried in it due to lack of water and food. Also, I heard Master said afterwards that when he found us, we were all lying on the desert, unconscious, and they The group of people did not see traces of the city nearby. If they had come two or three hours later, we would have been buried by the wind and sand."

Gao Zekai lived in Xijing for a long time. Although he was a disciple of the Celestial Master and was admired by many officials, he knew nothing about personnel deployment and so on.In contrast, Pei Jingxing has been a Jinwu Guard for four years, and has much more experience in this area than him.

Previously, Gao Zekai only made judgments based on his own sense of crisis and subconsciousness, but now after hearing Pei Jingxing's words, he also realized that his previous actions were too arbitrary.It's just that the current crisis is threatening, and the enemy doesn't know where to hide. Gao Zekai inevitably needs to be more cautious: "In this case, then find a local herdsman, not someone from the army."

Since the enemy can predict in advance that Zhang Feiran will send Jin Yong to host this event, there is obviously someone in the opposing camp who knows Zhang Feiran and the Northwest Army Camp very well, maybe this person is by their side.

Thinking of this, Gao Zekai shuddered.

Pei Jingxing also meant the same thing. He thought for a while and said, "There are no herdsmen around here. We will set out to look for them at dawn tomorrow."

Gao Zekai's eyes were shining brightly, as if the Holy Land was close at hand, and he wished to leave immediately.He calmed down a little, nodded and said, "Okay, let's set off at dawn."

As soon as the next day dawned, Pei Jingxing and Gao Zekai left the camp on horseback.Su Yan was blind, so he didn't want to join in the fun.

It's just that he didn't stay in the tent for long, when a soldier came in: "Daozhang Su, General Zhang has an invitation."

Su Yan only thought that Zhang Feiran was looking for something urgent, and didn't ask anything, but nodded, got up and followed the soldier out.

Perhaps because of the time, the resentment of the blood of the snake that flowed into the eyes dissipated a little, and Su Yan could at least feel some light now.He entered the tent, and he could barely see a dark shadow sitting in front of him. As for what it was, he really couldn't see clearly.

But although he couldn't see clearly, the soldier had already reported in front of the tent earlier, the person sitting on it was naturally Pei Jingxing's master Zhang Feiran.

Sure enough, not long after Su Yan came in, the black shadow spoke, and the voice was Zhang Feiran.

"Su Daochang, please sit down."

A soldier stepped forward and led Su Yan to a chair and sat down.

Then there was a sound of footsteps going away, Su Yan guessed that it was because everyone else in the tent had retreated, leaving only him and Zhang Feiran.

Su Yan was very puzzled, what did Zhang Feiran call himself here instead of thoroughly investigating the spies in the army?

In fact, Zhang Feiran couldn't tell the reason.He was dealing with military affairs again today, and he was trying to find out the accomplices of the deposed prince in the army. He was so busy that he suddenly remembered what his apprentice said last night, so he called Su Yan over.

He has taken in two apprentices for decades, Pei Jingxing is his young apprentice, and because he lost his parents when he was young, Zhang Feiran loves Pei Jingxing very much, and even said that it is not an exaggeration to treat Pei Jingxing as his own son .Hearing that Pei Jingxing had a sweetheart, Zhang Feiran was not happy for a long time, but found out that the other party was a man, his first reaction was to scold Pei Jingxing and let him know when he lost his way.

Although his heart softened later, instead of reprimanding, he even encouraged Pei Jingxing, but Zhang Feiran couldn't rest assured after all, and planned to personally inspect this future "disciple daughter-in-law".

It's just that someone shouted, but he didn't know where to start.

Zhang Feiran didn't speak, and Su Yan didn't speak either.If it's more about patience, the latter is better than the former. Su Yan has long been used to entertaining himself and killing time by himself during his ten-year career in the mountains.

Poor Zhang Feiran, an imposing general, ran out of words before opening his mouth in front of a little Taoist priest.

"I heard that Daoist Su and my incompetent apprentice don't know each other?" In the end, Zhang Feiran decided to find something to talk about first.

"Yes."

"..." Zhang Feiran cleared his throat, and said, "My apprentice is good in everything else, but he has a bad temper, hard and straight, Daoist Su must not take it to heart."

Su Yan shook his head: "Pei Jingxing has a pretty good temper."

Zhang Feiran showed a clear smile: "Hehe, as long as you think it's good."

Su Yan only felt that Zhang Feiran's laughter and words were weird, and asked: "Is there something important about General Zhang looking for me?"

Zhang Feiran did have something important to do, but he didn't seek Su Yan. He laughed a few times and said, "Those two people rode out early this morning, and they didn't want to say what they were going to do, and they didn't want to go out." I will send someone to follow. Daoist Su, do you know the reason?"

Of course Su Yan knew about it, but if Pei Jingxing didn't tell, how could he tell the plan of the three of them?

However, Pei Jingxing is Zhang Feiran's apprentice, and you can see that he respects Zhang Feiran very much in his words and deeds. Su Shengsheng was afraid that Zhang Feiran would cause a gap between the two masters and apprentices, so he replied: "Jin Yong is General Zhang's capable subordinate. , Because innocent people lost their lives in the Holy Land incident, the two of them feel sorry, so they want to go out by themselves, and try to find some clues."

Hearing this, Zhang Feiran almost laughed.He is very clear about the temperament of his apprentice. As for the high-ranking apprentice of the national teacher who came with him, he is probably used to being praised by others in Xijing and is too revealing.He seemed to be superior, but in fact he was naive. Just looking at his actions after he came back yesterday, Zhang Feiran knew that this national teacher and high apprentice wanted to act without them.

It's one thing for Zhang Feiran to look down on Gao Zekai, but it's another thing to protect their safety.This time, Gao Zekai and his party followed the emperor's order and came to the northwest to find a way to save the prince in the Holy Land. If they failed, the four of them would not be the only ones to bear the emperor's wrath.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help squinting his eyes, and looked at Su Yan carefully again.

Gao Zekai seems to have clever calculations, but in fact is full of loopholes, has no long-term vision, and even ignores the overall situation; Zhao Shimin is strong on the outside but weak on the inside.Among these four people, the only one Pei Jingxing could trust and rely on was Su Yan in front of him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Feiran only felt a burst of bitterness in his heart - back then he barely saved Pei Jingxing, but because of the emperor's order, he had to guard the northwest border all the year round, if Su Yan and his friends were not in Xijing, Pei Jingxing was afraid that he would have been framed as early as in Zhu Zhiwen's case and lost his life.Now that the crown prince is critically ill, the emperor sent so many people to the northwest to look for the holy land. Does he really value his son's life?

"Su Daochang, it's inconvenient for me to go with you this time. If something happens to my apprentice, if Su Daochang can help him, please help him."

Zhang Feiran did not despise Su Yan because of his blindness. A person who can put himself into the body of the magic snake and successfully destroy the magic snake, even if he is blind, has his own uniqueness.More importantly, Pei Jingxing once mentioned to him that it was the national teacher who secretly pushed Su Yan to come with him, so the national teacher's move must have a deep meaning.

Although Su Yan is not as thorough as Zhang Feiran in seeing the battles in the court and the dangers of people's hearts, but after being attacked by illusion twice, he also knows that this trip will never be peaceful. He has a close friendship with Pei Jingxing. Needless to say, Zhang Feiran She and Pei Jingxing must also support each other.

"Don't worry, General."

Although Zhang Feiran had known Su Yan not long ago, he also knew that this young man would do what he said, and with these four words, he was half-hearted.

Zhang Feiran still had a lot of things to deal with, he didn't care about being polite to Su Yan right now, so he ordered the soldiers waiting outside to come in and send Su Yan back.

Su Yan was invited in out of nowhere, and was invited away without saying a few words. It can be said that Monk Zhang Er was confused and confused, and he could be regarded as wandering around the military camp.

It was not until sunset that Pei Jingxing and Gao Zekai came back, and there was also an old herdsman who came back together.

According to military regulations, ordinary people cannot enter the barracks at will, they must have a pass issued by the Ministry of War, lest spies take the opportunity to sneak into the barracks and cause damage.

The soldiers on duty naturally refused to let the herdsman in. Gao Zekai on the horse raised his eyebrows, but he still managed to maintain a smiling face: "Two, I found this herdsman to help us find the whereabouts of the Holy Land, not What a spy."

The soldiers looked at each other and shook their heads.

Gao Zekai wanted to speak again, but Pei Jingxing got off his horse suddenly: "I'll go inside to invite the general."

The laws of the Zhou Dynasty stated that if there is no pass issued by the Ministry of War, the general's words have the same effect in an emergency.

Gao Zekai stopped him and said, "What are you going to say?"

Pei Jingxing replied: "Didn't we discuss it last night? Of course we said it straight."

Gao Zekai still wanted to speak again, but Pei Jingxing said again: "I said before, this matter cannot be done by just a few of us, the enemy is hiding in the dark, do you still want to continue to be a shining target?"

Gao Zekai had no choice but to let Pei Jingxing go.

Gao Zekai, who was standing there waiting, was a little flustered. Although he decided to act alone without Zhang Feiran and others, he did not intend to show it at all, but now Pei Jingxing wanted to tell Zhang Feiran about the plan. Do you want to express all your little thoughts?

I heard that the military officer's temper has been sharpened on the battlefield for a long time, and it is not very good. What if Zhang Feiran knows that he doesn't respect him and gets angry?

Gao Zekai thought he was the leader of this team before, and he spoke with a bit of bravado, but now that he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he realized that he had unknowingly offended a great general of the Zhou Dynasty!

Even though he was regarded as the successor of the national teacher and was fawned upon by many officials in Xijing, he was a young man in his early twenties after all. A military officer with great military exploits, he would be lying if he said not to panic.

Zhang Feiran soon appeared in front of the crowd, without further ado, he ordered the soldiers to let the old herdsman in, but only warned Gao Zekai: "Master Gao, this man was brought back by you, if he does something he shouldn't do Don’t blame me for being rude!”

Zhang Feiran has always been easy-going, now it is the first time he speaks harshly to Gao Zekai, the latter's heart trembled, he nodded and said: "Of course, I will definitely watch him closely."

"That's good." After Zhang Feiran said, he turned around and left, ignoring the hesitant Gao Zekai who was following behind him.

The author has something to say: One more~

People are always complicated. Daoist Gao is a typical coward. After being praised in Xijing for a long time, he thinks highly of himself and doesn't position himself properly.Besides, I have never left Xijing, so I don't know much about these things, but I am the leader of the team, so I will come up with some stupid ideas