Twilight Cloud Returns

Yun Chuxiu immediately raised his feather fan and began to fight with the opponent.

The opponent was dressed in night clothes, covering his face, his moves were well-trained, and his sword was deadly.

Yun Chuxiu originally thought that without notifying the local officials, Weifu's visit to Yangzhou would not make the other party aware, but he did not expect the other party to come so quickly.

At this time, Yunying in the dark saw that the young master was in danger, and suddenly appeared to fight the thief.

Two against one, no matter how strong the martial arts is, it is difficult to resist.

Seeing that he was in a weak position, the man in black gritted his teeth angrily and left.

Yun Chuxiu immediately ordered Yun Ying to follow behind secretly to see who the master behind the assassin was.

Yangzhou Governor's Mansion.

Zhao Darong paced up and down nervously, wondering if Liang Cai's masters could successfully assassinate Yun Chuxiu.

Xue Liandao was sitting on the grand teacher's chair, if he hadn't received a secret letter from Zhao Darong, he would not have known that the emperor had sent Young Master Yun as Jiangnan dethronement envoy to investigate the iron mine collapse case.

The collapse of the iron mine was a small matter, but if he was deposed and the master found out that he was the mastermind behind it, the charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason could be put on him, and it would be a disaster.

He couldn't help clenching his fists, and said, "Has Yun Chuxiu been eyeing us for a long time? The spies who investigated Jiangnan earlier are his people?"

Zhao Dayong said: "It should be this guy." His eyes gradually rose with a murderous look, and he said viciously: "This person must not stay!"

At this time, a black shadow flashed into the governor's mansion, and he knelt on the ground to plead guilty: "Please punish me, my lord, this subordinate failed to complete the task."

Zhao Darong kicked the man in black, full of anger and had nowhere to vent.

If one plan failed, he made another plan, "He didn't want to investigate the iron and stone matter, so let him investigate. There are dangers around the iron mine, and if there is another landslide, and Yun Chuxiu happens to be inside, then it is his Destiny cannot be controlled by others!"

The next day, Yun Chuxiu and Wuqing changed into ordinary people's clothes, and left the house openly.

He waited for a long time, but did not see Gu Xiaorui.

Yun Chuxiu said angrily: "This boy must have gone to play in a new place. When he gets the carriage ready, I can see that the grass on Blind Mountain will grow as high as his grave!"

After finishing speaking, Gu Xiaorui led the cow, and the back of the cow pulled the floor cart, and walked slowly from a distance.

Yun Chuxiu stepped on his feet and looked into the distance, expecting: "Where is my father's horse?"

Gu Xiaorui put the leash into his palm and said, "My lord, this is your horse."

The old scalper "mooed" in a timely manner to show its existence.

Yun Chuxiu lifted Gu Xiaorui's ear, and Gu Xiaorui cried out in pain, "I'm wrong".

Wuqing persuaded him from the side, "I think the bullock cart is also good. The horse cart is too bumpy and not as stable as the bullock cart."

Yun Chuxiu pointed at the old scalper who was about the same age as Rong Pingju, and said through gritted teeth, "That's it? I'm a loyal and brave man, let me sit in this ox cart without a roof?!"

He let go of Gu Xiaorui, and said angrily: "My lord asked you to buy a carriage. You are welcome. Here comes a 'pointing at the cow as a horse'. When the ox cart takes me and Wuqing to Blind Mountain, what will happen?" The sun is going down!"

Gu Xiaorui rubbed his red ears, and said aggrievedly: "The cattle dealer said that the Blind Mountain is steep, with lush trees, especially with many side roads, and accidentally fell into a ghost hitting the wall, going around in circles, which is eye-catching Blind people can’t find the way, so it’s called Blind Mountain. Although the ox carts are slow, they can be marked along the way, so it’s not easy to get lost.”

The old scalper seemed to understand human nature, and once again "mooed" to show that he agreed with what Gu Xiaorui said.

Yun Chuxiu waved his hand and said, "That's all, the ox cart is the ox cart."

The two got on the bullock cart and headed towards Blind Mountain like old men.

Twenty li from the east of Yangzhou City is the big blind mountain with many mountains.

On the way, Wuqing didn't see any trace of Yunying.Normally, Yunying would not let her young master go in and out of dangerous situations, and would definitely follow and protect her in the dark, so she asked, "Where is Yunying?"

Yun Chuxiu replied: "I was attacked by an assassin last night, so I sent him to track down the assassin."

"An assassin came to the house last night?" Wu Qing subconsciously asked.

No, I went to Cangchun Pavilion to find Yunzheng without telling him last night, so I must not let him know about it.

Yun Chuxiu hesitated and said: "Yes... yes... the assassin's lightness kung fu is superb, you are sound asleep and didn't hear..."

Wuqing didn't have any doubts.

Yun Chuxiu drove the old ox cart all the way east.Not to mention that this little boy Gu Xiaorui really did a personnel job - except for the harsh sun at noon and the ox cart without a canopy, this comfort is no less than that of a horse-drawn carriage.

Just stepped into the boundary of Blind Mountain, suddenly the ground shook, and the old scalper kept barking uncomfortably, as if trying to break free from the shackles of Yun Chuxiu.

But after a while, the world suddenly returned to calm.

Under Wuqing's stroking, the old scalper gradually lost his irritability.

Wuqing looked at the surrounding trees covered by clouds and the sun, and he didn't even hear a bird chirping for a long time, as if there were no living beings, revealing a strange tranquility.

He subconsciously grasped the corner of Zhihuan's sleeve, and said with some fear: "What happened just now?"

Yun Chuxiu held his hand and said, "There must have been a big earthquake. Fortunately, in this uninhabited Big Blind Mountain, no one should be injured."

Wuqing once read a record of major earthquakes in Zhihuan’s study in "Travel to Shu" compiled by an unknown tourist: "There are frequent earthquakes in Shu, or the ground cracks, destroying the walls and houses, and crushing people. .”

He knew about the series of disasters brought about by the earthquake, but he never expected that it would also happen in the Blind Mountain not far from Yangzhou.

Yun Chuxiu observed the surrounding environment, Yangzhou has a wide terrain, unlike the difficult and dangerous Shu land, where earthquakes rarely occur.And the booklets sent from Yangzhou never mentioned that there was an earthquake here.

Thinking about it this way, the earthquake came strangely.Is someone deliberately concealing it, or is there another hidden reason for the occurrence of the earthquake?

He swung his whip and kept going.

The two gradually lost their way in the blind mountain.

Yun Chuxiu once again passed the crooked neck tree he marked, stopped abruptly, and said, "We got lost."

Wuqing looked at the front and back, there were towering trees, and he couldn't tell the direction at all.

When he was anxious, a big bearded man suddenly jumped out of the jungle in front of him. He was covered with clothes made of animal skins and carried a big knife on his shoulder. He looked like a king of the mountain.

Yun Chuxiu frowned, and immediately put his hands on the feather fan at his waist, getting ready.

It's just that when summer is about to enter, he is sweating profusely with this animal skin on his body.I just heard the big man clear his throat and stammer: "This... this road is I... I will open it, this tree... I will plant it, if... If you want to go from... from here, stay here." ...stay to buy road money!"

When the last five words were spit out in one breath, the big man smiled proudly.

Yun Chuxiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry—they met a robber, a robber who couldn't speak a single word, and was quite unskilled in business and relied on animal skins to support his business.

Wuqing lowered his head and pursed his lips, trying to hide his smile.

Seeing that he was ridiculed because of his stuttering, the big man said angrily, "You... you laugh... you laugh!"

"Wait until you are caught firmly in the hole, the sleuths will know how powerful they are!" A thin scholar-like robber suddenly appeared behind the two of them. The heavy animal fur coat seemed to be able to crush his small body bones, and he looked very similar to him. The robbers were out of character.

He raised his little head, and he was the one who spoke the fluent words.

The scholar couldn't even lift the knife, so he could only drag it on the ground, walking to the side of the big bearded man.

The big man looked at him, and the scholar understood what he was going to say, and spoke instead: "Don't talk nonsense! Quickly take out the money."

Yun Chuxiu suddenly thought of the days before, Yangzhou Shangzhe said that bandits are rampant now, disrupting people's livelihood one after another.It seems that they are the group of people, but Wei Guoan was ordered to suppress the bandits, these crooked melons should be no problem, how could they be made to do evil?

He pondered for a while, then made up his mind.

He leaned back leisurely, with the back of his head resting on Wuqing's legs, and he cocked his legs and said freely: "Would you like money, or two lives!"

Wuqing looked at him with wide eyes in disbelief, he couldn't believe that this man couldn't even deal with these two youngsters.

Yun Chuxiu blinked at him, made a gesture of silence, and immediately continued to enjoy this excellent place to enjoy the shade.

When the two robbers saw such an arrogant passer-by, the big man's anger was successfully ignited, and he whistled immediately, and more than ten accomplices quickly appeared from the grass, all glaring and grinning, pretending to be a heinous bandit look.

Yun Chuxiu quickly jumped up, flew down, drew out her feather fan, and entered into battle with those robbers.

Sitting on the bullock cart, Wuqing clenched his fists involuntarily, worried for Zhizhi.

Uncommonly, Yun Chuxiu did not raise the feather fan in the opposite direction to reveal the meniscus dagger that restrains the enemy, but folded it up and only used it for parrying.

Wu Qingzheng was puzzled, but was caught off guard by the scholar robber who tied him with a rope and dragged him out of the car.

At this time, Yun Chuxiu deliberately missed the mistake and gave it to the big man.In two or three strokes, he dropped the feather fan with the knife, put it on his neck, and said triumphantly: "My boy...kungfu...not bad...it's a pity...it's not as good as mine!"

His callused hands fumbled around Yun Chuxiu, looking for the money bag.

Has Yun Chuxiu ever been subjected to such a body search?

Except for the indiscriminate touch of his body after drinking and dementia, he has never even touched his mother who drove a crane to the fairy... How could he take advantage of this country man!

The big man had at least 50 taels of silver bags in his hands, and his face immediately beamed with joy.

At this time, one of them asked: "The head of the family, what should these two do? Are they going to be slaughtered?"

The big man looked at the thin scholar beside him, and beat him with his arm, signaling that he would be the master.

The scholar looked Yun Chuxiu and Wuqing carefully up and down, and calmly said: "Although these two people have changed into common people's clothes, but you can see that they are delicate and tender, and there are 50 taels in a random search. They are rich and noble sons in Yangzhou City. Bind them to the Weiwu Cave, let them write letters to their families, and get ransom to redeem them."

"Obey, Second Leader!"

The robbers didn't even spare the ox cart, threw the two people onto the ox cart, and took them to Weiwu Cave, their stronghold.

It turned out that this big man was the first master, and the weak-looking scholar turned out to be the second master, and this great master obeyed the second master's words quite a bit.

Yun Chuxiu sat on the bullock cart with his hands and feet bound, and a smile inadvertently crossed his lips—the assassins first, then the unexpected earthquake, and now these robbers who don't look like robbers... OK, it's really getting more and more interesting!

On the way back to Weiwu Cave, the weather changed suddenly, and there were patches of black clouds oppressing the mountain peak, with the potential of a storm.

The second leader shouted: "Hurry up, brothers! They are coming!"

On the bullock cart, Yun Chuxiu caught the key word and subconsciously asked, "Who are they?"

Could it be the officers and soldiers led by Wei Guoan and others to suppress the bandits?

However, as soon as this statement came out, everyone was terrified.

Even the head of the family, who has always been bad at speaking, straightened his tongue, and said in a taboo: "Talk out!"

Observing their expressions, Yun Chuxiu was sure that what they feared from the bottom of their hearts was not Wei Guoan, as if they were unspeakable creatures that existed in this big blind mountain...

In a trance, there seemed to be a pair of eyes in the grass, watching all this.

Yun Chuxiu looked back keenly, her eyes were quickly submerged in a lush green...

The author says:

①: Excerpted from "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty Five Elements Four".