The chapter of Bo Yuntian of the Central Plains Escort Bureau

A detour to Jinan seems to be the right choice.

With the help of the disciples of the Heavenly King's Mansion, Yan Ling and his party bypassed Tie Yiwei's ambush in the north, and traveled eastward to the Lu territory smoothly, without fighting against Tie Yiwei along the way.

The injured Jiang Xiong temporarily stayed in the Heavenly King's Mansion, leaving Huanglong, Tiecheng and most of the clothes and food behind. Mengjiao and Xiaodie agreed to protect the two junior brothers for the next tough battle.

Before everyone left, Jiang Xiong called Ye Zhenyu to have an in-depth discussion, and entrusted him with the essence of Chasing the Wave Knife, and asked Xiaoye to take his own part to protect everyone. At the end, he did not forget to remind him to take care of Mengjiao, Xiaoye blushed and agreed up.Afterwards, Jiang Xiong called Yan Ling and Han Ying to detail the details of Lao Hu and Xiong Yuqiu in Jinan Mansion, as well as the secret codes he knew, maybe they could help the bodyguard team.

Hutu said that the expert who could save Jiangxiong lives in seclusion in a valley called Evergreen Valley in the southwestern outskirts of Jinan Prefecture. The trail leading to the valley is extremely narrow, and only one person can go there.Yan Ling then searched for the location mentioned by the lake and soil, and after careful identification, she found a very secret mountain road in the beautiful scenery of Cangshan Mountain with green water.

While groping in the dark plank road, Yan Ling thought about what to do after seeing her senior, and she came to the end without knowing it. The oncoming light made her squint her eyes, but she was startled when her vision recovered.

She almost collided head-on with a young man in black shirt holding a sword.

The young man took a few steps back abruptly, seemingly frightened and staggering, but stood firmly on his feet, covering his mouth and coughing twice.It was only now that Yan Ling saw the man's face, his complexion was sallow, his eyes were dull, he seemed to be about the same age as his second sister, but he looked like he had some incurable disease, and he was seriously ill and dying.

"Sorry!" She hastily apologized, "Are you okay, you don't seem to be looking well, I have some medicines for nourishing blood..." Seeing the man's originally handsome face stained with serious injuries and hardships, his whole body exuded melancholy With a tangled aura, Yan Ling couldn't help but say words of concern.

"...It's okay."

The man's lifeless eyes fixed on Yan Ling's body for a moment, and he raised his sword indifferently and left.

Could it be that he also sought medical advice from the seniors here, Yan Ling thought, and walked a few steps forward, his eyes suddenly froze.

There is a stream and spring flowing in the valley, and the spring water is stained with blood.

Yan Ling hurried up along the stream and spring, and sure enough, she found an old man who had collapsed in blood at the end. She leaned over to check the old man's injuries, but it was a pity that she had died for a long time, and the wound was in the heart, and a sword was fatal. Such a fast and ruthless sword I'm afraid it's the first time Yanling sees her.

Yan Ling couldn't help but think of the masked man in black who fought with Yun Sanniang after her death, and his sword skills were also unbelievably fast. Later, she wondered why she had never seen such a mysterious sword in Mrs. Jian's records Hu Tu pointed out to her that although the sword is fast, if the person's figure is faster, he will use a fast sword that cannot be distinguished by the naked eye.

"strangeness……"

She suddenly discovered that the face of the deceased was wearing an imperceptible mask. When she wanted to reveal the true face, a senior in white appeared in front of her. The man was carrying a long sword, and his hair was half white but he was full of vigor: "Little Girl, what are you here for?"

An hour later, Zhao Yanling met with Han Ying and the others, and shared what he had seen and heard in the valley.

Mengjiao turned pale with shock: "Yanling, you mean that the senior who could save Uncle Jiang was killed?"

When Hanying, Xiaodie, and Xiaoye were also feeling regretful and angry, Yanling suddenly smiled: "Second sister, someone is indeed dead, but he is not the senior we are looking for."

Seeing Yanling's relaxed look, Xiaodie was the first to react: "Wow, Yanling, you're scaring us, what's next?"

Yan Ling said: "At first I was also saddened by the death of senior, but I didn't expect the real friend of senior Wan to show up. It turned out that they had expected that Tie Yiwei would come to harm them secretly, so they arrested the court's felon in advance. a stand-in."

Everyone was relieved, Xiaodie asked: "Hey Yanling, you said 'they' just now, isn't Senior Wan more than one friend?"

Yanling turned to Mengjiao and Hanying: "Brother-in-law, second sister, even I didn't expect that what I saw were the three seniors of 'Three Wonders of the Universe'!"

Jin Bufan and Han Mingzhu's master?

The surprise of Cai Hanying and Zhao Mengjiao was beyond words.Jia Hutu also followed suit.

Yan Ling said: "The white-clothed man who appeared in front of me was none other than Senior Han in white, known as the 'Heavenly Crane', one of the Three Wonders of the Universe. Afterwards, Senior Jin and Senior Gai also appeared. The seniors said that they I have already received a letter from Mr. Jin and Miss Han, knowing that the Central Plains Bodyguard Bureau will escort the blood book to Beijing, so when I mentioned Uncle Jiang's poisoning, Senior Han promised to go to the Heavenly King's Mansion as soon as possible, so that we can move forward with peace of mind."

"That's great!" Ye Zhenyu said happily, "I think that when I was injured by Yin Shaoqing, I got the medicine from Miss Han Mingzhu to protect my heart veins. Now that the senior is personally involved, Uncle Jiang will definitely be cured!"

At this time, Hutu asked: "Miss San, did the 'Three Wonders of the Universe' say anything to you besides promising you to detoxify?"

"I said it." Yanling stared at Hutu, "The first thing she said was 'Wan Jianchou is an old man who doesn't play cards according to common sense', and said that in the past, Senior Wan always disliked their titles, saying this The title means riding three horses."

Hutu once said this, and when he saw several pairs of eyes staring at him, Hutu let out an ouch: "Of course an old friend told me that."

Yan Ling asked: "Then why does Senior Wan despise this title?"

Hutu thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because the word Qiankun is a bit silly..."

Yan Ling noticed that there seemed to be a tangle in Hutu's eyes, and she didn't know why until later.

Xiaodie said: "I'm afraid only those like Qiankun Sanqi and Senior Wan can tell jokes about each other."

Yan Ling said: "By the way, they also said something strange: Let us pay attention to the people hiding behind the five Tie Yiwei."

Among the crowd, only Hu Tu suddenly changed his face, while the others reacted the same as Yan Ling, they just found it strange.

Han Ying doubted: "Could it be that Liu Wusan, the head of the rank, is not the one with the highest power and skill among the Tieyiwei?"

Yan Ling said: "I also asked the same question as my brother-in-law. The seniors said that we will find out later. Hutu, do you know what the three seniors are referring to?"

Hutu was silent for a while, then sighed: "Since Qiankun Sanqi said that he will know in the future, then now is not the time to know. Miss San, you can wait."

Seeing that Hu Tu was unwilling to speak, Yan Ling didn't ask further.

Mengjiao was suspicious: "Then...that man you met at the beginning, is he the murderer?"

Yan Ling thought for a while and said, "I think, I should know about this in the future."

Yan Ling recalled the sickly appearance of the young man in black shirt, if ordinary people would never think that he is a person who can wield a sword.The man appeared at such a coincidental time, even though Qiankun Sanqi didn't notice him attacking directly, but if it is assumed that he hides his sword skills under the appearance, what a formidable opponent he will be.

It's just that Yan Ling remembered that the helplessness and confusion in the man's eyes seemed to be hiding something, and she suddenly had a wonderful premonition that she would definitely meet him again.

Apart from her speculation about the man, there was one other thing she didn't say either.

When Yan Ling left, Qianshou Luocha Jin Yuhuan said that she hoped that after the blood letter was delivered to rescue Zhao Tianhao, she could come back here again, and Qiankun Sanqi would show her martial arts as thanks for saving the two young disciples.

At this time, she would not have imagined that a few months later, she would be invited to visit Evergreen Valley again, and what the three seniors taught her was not only her martial arts, but also her emotional belonging.Those are things for later.

(*Note: For the story of Yanling's revisit to Evergreen Valley, please refer to the continuation chapter for details.)

"Yan Ling." Cai Hanying said, "Fortunately, your side is progressing smoothly. Let me tell you what we found in this hour."

Yan Ling concentrated: "Brother-in-law, did you find anything?"

Mengjiao said: "Go, talk while walking."

Starting about five miles away from the entrance of Evergreen Valley, Cai Hanying and Zhao Mengjiao found special marks along the way to guide the way.This kind of mark is very secret, it was set by Brother Zhao Tianhao and some friends with special friendship in Jianghu.Yang Yunyi informed several people of the bodyguard team before they went out, and Xiaodie also said that Yang Yunyi had arranged friends from the world to support them along the way. Everyone speculated that since such a mark appeared here, there must be something important to inform everyone.

A group of people worked together to interpret the meaning of the marks along the way, and the codes reminded the danger ahead, preventing everyone from continuing to go north into Jinan City, and diverted to a small city called Dongping in the suburbs.Yan Ling and his party turned back according to the hints, traveled southeast for about half a day, and settled in the inn in Dongping City smoothly.

It was night, Yan Ling and his party saw the person who left the signal along the way.The visitor was wearing night clothes, obviously to avoid eyes and ears. When he took off the black cloth covering his face, Yan Ling saw that he looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that it was He Ying, the eldest son of He Zhengshan, King of Golden Darts. I've seen him at the wedding banquet before. Compared with the arrogant and arrogant second son He Jie, the calm and calm He Ying is much more pleasing to the eye.

Yan Ling heard from Aunt Lian that when Zhao Tianhao and He Zhengshan met at the Yayan Building in Jinling City last year, a fellow martial artist proposed to marry the two children. Fortunately, the third uncle refused, and Yan Ling was really afraid at the time However, if she is bound by a paper marriage bond and marries someone she doesn't understand and doesn't like, she will definitely be very unhappy.

She thought that later on Yinpeng sowed dissension, the Golden Dart King angrily scolded He Jie, and punished him, who was incompetent in teaching his son, to be banned for three years.Yan Ling recalled the past, the upright Zheng Qingshan was still there, and it was the He family who went astray afterward.She took a peek at Mengjiao, but Mengjiao looked very calm, and even took the initiative to ask: "Then, is Senior He still sealing the darts?"

He Yingdao: "Although my father has been in charge of the bodyguard for a year, when he learned of the misfortune of General Zhao's bodyguard, he decided to help, and the remaining two years will be postponed."

Seeing that Mengjiao was fine, Yan Ling was quietly relieved.

He Ying coughed lightly and returned to the topic: "My father has united with several seniors in the north to discuss a plan to help the Central Plains Escort. Within half a month, he has fought dozens of times with Tie Yiwei's subordinates at various stalls. And most of them came back victorious. Recently, senior Ye Duxing, the chasing wind god, brought back bad news, and my father felt that he must tell everyone, so he sent me here."

Everyone asked: "What is it?"

He Yingdao: "Liu Wusan, the leader of Tieyiwei, has left the capital for Jinan Mansion. And the second leader, Zhan Fengyun, has also mobilized troops from Shunde Mansion. I'm afraid he will join Liu Wusan in Jinan Mansion."

Yan Ling asked: "And then?"

He Ying was at a loss for words for a moment. At first, when they knew that the bodyguard team escorting the blood books was headed by this young lady with little experience, the comrades in the north complained to some extent why Yang Yunyi made such a hasty decision. After the three Tie Yiwei were defeated by the Central Plains Escort, they looked at her with admiration.

Liu Wusan left the capital himself, and joined Zhan Fengyun to fight. Obviously, he wanted to intercept and kill the Central Plains Escorts in Jinan, and never let them get close to the capital. The two must have many experts to help them. The situation is very dangerous, but now, The third lady in front of me actually asked just that, and then what?

He Ying also expressed her true thoughts: "Then...of course it is very dangerous."

After he finished speaking, he looked around at the eyes of everyone present, and none of them showed timidity.

Yuan Xiaodie said: "If I was afraid of death, I wouldn't have come here from Jinling City."

Ye Zhenyu followed and said, "Yes, if I was afraid of death, I wouldn't follow." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Mengjiao quietly, "Besides, I still want to take Senior Jiang's name with me!"

And Mengjiao, Hanying and Yanling all had upright expressions, as if they could see their determination to fight with their lives from their eyes.

He Ying saw that even Hu Tu, who looked like a servant, looked calm and relaxed, and couldn't help smiling bitterly: "I saw with my own eyes that Liu Wusan killed several seniors one after another with a sword technique that was too fast to be seen. The blood-handed butcher, his palms are stained with the blood of countless decent people, even my father can't be sure of the strength of the two, and my father told everyone to be more careful."

Yan Ling suddenly remembered the words of Qiankun Sanqi: "Young Master He, do you know if Tie Yiwei has anyone above the top five?"

He Ying shook his head: "Isn't Liu Wusan the one with the highest martial arts among Tieyiwei?"

Seeing that he didn't know, Yan Ling was a little disappointed, so she didn't ask further.

And Mengjiao also asked: "Young Master He just mentioned Senior Ye, did you contact Senior Ma Xiongfeng?"

He Ying's face was covered with gloom: "Senior Ma has changed since he closed the Xiongfeng Escort Bureau two years ago and announced that Jinpen had washed his hands. My father and Senior Ye approached him to discuss the matter of Mr. Zhao's bodyguard, but he made sarcasm, which is really disappointing."

Mengjiao was surprised: "How could this happen?"

He Ying snorted: "It is also said that Nan Tianhao and Bei Xiongfeng are equally famous, but we doubt that Ma Xiongfeng has colluded with Tie Yiwei long ago."

a few days later.

In a corner of the Dongcheng Bazaar in Jinan City, there is an extra fortune-telling stall.The fortune-teller was a gray-clothed scholar who seemed to be almost middle-aged, with a lot of stubble growing on his thin, sallow face. Passers-by walked by and looked sideways, but no one stepped forward, probably seeing too many fortune-telling old men with white hair. , On the contrary, I feel that middle-aged people are unreliable.

At this time, a young man from a foreign country hurried by with a burden on his back. He was quite handsome, followed by an old man driving an ox cart and a maidservant, panting and shouting, "Master, go slowly."The young master with a dusty face turned around, saw the scholar's booth, and said in a rough voice: "Hey! There is no one here, let's come here to rest."

The scholar didn't want to, and frowned, "This is a fortune-telling booth. You can rest if you want, and I'll give you money to settle down."

The passer-by really just sat down on the wooden bench, and said disdainfully: "I have the money, don't underestimate people, I will just sit here, show me a divination, and I will pay you twice as much." money."

The scholar agreed: "Then what does this young master want me to help you see?"

The passer-by got closer, and his voice suddenly became sweet like a yellow warbler: "Brother-in-law, why are you alone?"

The scholar said in a deep voice: "Xiaoye and Mengjiao plan to sneak into Tieyiwei to find out the news, and we agreed to meet at dusk."

The old servant and the maidservant also chased after them, the woman said: "We are dressed like this and passed through the city gate without being noticed, the subordinates of the government are not very capable."

The old servant said with a smile: "Hutu has already said that those portraits can't be used to identify people at all. You see, we just disguised ourselves a little, so we came in."

The passer-by said: "Thanks to Hutu and Xiaodie's ingenious craftsmanship, this young master is getting more and more used to his clothes."

Passers-by in the city saw these hurrying people sitting and chatting with the fortune-teller, and thought that although the fortune-teller was young, he was good at verbal skills, and he probably cheated these foreigners a lot of money.

How did they know that these people were the ones that Tie Yiwei had searched and arrested all over the Jinan prefecture since yesterday.

After Zhao Yanling and his party entered Jinan City from Dongping City to the north, they found a lot of iron guards along the road. Thanks to the clothes prepared by the He family to cover up, the six people disguised themselves and divided into two groups, Chinese and English. , Mengjiao, and Xiaoye were the first, followed by Yanling, Xiaodie, and Hutu. They sneaked into the city after two days.Here is close to the capital, Tie Yiwei's power is no less loose than before, and Liu Wusan and Zhan Fengyun are in the dark or not, Yan Ling and the others know that they need to be extremely cautious these few days no matter what.

The Tieyiwei people probably would not have imagined that the target they were chasing and killing in the post station and the suburbs had already entered the most dangerous city of Jinan from under their noses.

Zhao Mengjiao and Ye Zhenyu took another path.

The two originally acted together with Han Ying, but they separated because of an accidental accident.When entering the city, a tall guard in iron clothes searched Xiaoye's body, but he took out an iron token engraved with the word "Xuan" from his chest.

This is the token lost by Lao Hu and Xiong Yuqiu, and Jiang Xiong entrusted it to himself. Seeing that the tall Tie Yiwei had a puzzled expression, Ye Zhenyu reacted very quickly, pretending that he did not know Han Ying, and pulled Together with Mengjiao, he pretended to be deep and whispered to the man: "Since you saw it, why don't you let us go quickly."

Mengjiao also understood in an instant, Xiaoye wanted to bet on Jiang Xiong's conjecture, and pretended to be Lao Hu to take risks to inquire about the news, but Lao Hu and Xiong Yuqiu acted together, and could not tell which of the two was the one who was actually in charge of the token, so a person was needed Women come to cooperate with him.

So she put on a fierce face and glared at the guard fiercely.

This move really worked, the tall Tie Yiwei immediately nodded and said, "Yes, yes, my lord!"

Ye Zhenyu looked at Cai Hanying, seeing Hanying nodding, he took Mengjiao to the other side with confidence.

After confirming that no one was following him, Ye Zhenyu quietly said to Mengjiao, "I'm sorry, Miss Mengjiao, for dragging you to take this risk."

Mengjiao said: "I'm not afraid at all, what are you afraid of, it seems that those two people who hurt Uncle Jiang really have some background in Tieyiwei, otherwise Tieyiwei would not have bowed his head when he saw this token. "

Ye Zhenyu suddenly smiled embarrassedly: "In this way, the identities agreed earlier will have to be changed."

Mengjiao didn't react for a moment: "What identity?"

Ye Zhenyu scratched his head: "At first, it was okay. If someone asked me, we would call each other brother and sister. I always thought Miss Mengjiao, you look so young and beautiful, it's really inappropriate to be my older sister."

Mengjiao couldn't help but blame: "Xiaoye, where did you learn these flattering words. If you don't pretend to be a sibling, then what do I want to be yours?"

Ye Zhenyu didn't know where he had the courage to say: "Then I said it, I hope to become—"

Mengjiao's heart warmed up, as if there was an answer she wanted to hear, and she couldn't help but look forward to it: "...to be what?"

Before he finished speaking, Xiaoye suddenly became alert. Five men in black appeared in front of him and Mengjiao. Judging by the figure of each of them, their martial arts would definitely not be weak. The leader stepped forward and asked: "Your Excellency The word 'Xuan' under the head seat is Keqing?"

Xiaoye thought, it seems that the Xuan character on the token is the proof of identity, and it turned out that those two people were actually sent by Liu Wusan.

He puffed out his chest and said, "Exactly."

The leading man suddenly gave a sinister smile: "Hmph, this is so strange. A while ago, someone claimed to be a guest of Xuan Zi and came to look for Mr. Liu, but he didn't have a token to prove his identity, so he was killed by Mr. Liu on the spot. Don't you think so?" It's also fake."

It turned out that the real Hu had already been killed.Just when Meng Jiao was about to say "We have the token", a deep voice beat her—

"Don't do it, they belong to the old man."

Then, a person slowly came out from behind the five people. The middle-aged man covered his face with a turban, his hair was already gray, and he looked directly at the two of them with an angry look between his brows, as if warning and reprimanding. Ye Zhenyu didn't recognize this person. I don't know how to deal with it, but Mengjiao's eyes are full of doubts.

The leader, Tie Yiwei, was also not polite to the visitors, he snorted coldly: "Your Excellency, you must have misunderstood the person, these two people just pretended to be big bosses, they are definitely not good people."

The middle-aged man turned around and said calmly: "The old man sent them to pretend to be the emissaries of the big stall. Of course that token is also fake. You can guess the plan of the big stall."

The leader hesitated a bit: "But..."

The middle-aged man said: "If they were enemies, they would have already attacked the old man just now. You juniors can be reused. I am really worried that you will make mistakes in the future."

Ye Zhenyu smiled wryly in his heart. In fact, when the man turned his back just now, he did have the idea of ​​capturing that man as a hostage and breaking through, but his hand was pressed tightly by Meng Jiao, how could he have a chance to make a move?

Just like that, after a while, the five men in black left, and there were only three of them left in the gloomy alley.

The middle-aged man said: "You have learned the lesson and don't try it next time. Tie Yiwei has already set up a trap to wait for the person who takes that token to take the bait. Jinan City is very dangerous now. I advise you to leave early."

Ye Zhenyu should have thanked the person in front of him for saving his life, but just listening to their conversation, this person must also be a member of Tie Yiwei, so how could he say thank you.

"Wait!"

Zhao Mengjiao suddenly drew his sword to block the man's way. The middle-aged man sneered, and after turning around for a while, he could see clearly the gaps in Mengjiao's sword moves. As if unable to move forward, he slapped another palm across the air, and Mengjiao's acupoints were touched, but Mengjiao gritted her teeth and exerted her inner force, and stubbornly picked out the point of the sword, cutting open the man's face Black towel.The middle-aged man didn't want to stop him, so he simply took off the remaining piece of cloth and showed his true face in front of the two of them.

"I guessed right."

Mengjiao was still able to speak, but her voice became hoarse because she couldn't believe it: "I don't believe it, have you really become a member of Tie Yiwei? Senior Ma!"

Ma Xiongfeng, head of the Xiongfeng Escort?

Ye Zhenyu was also stunned. Nan Tianhao and Bei Xiongfeng's chivalrous prestige was widely spread in Jianghu. If he hadn't believed that Mengjiao would not admit the wrong person, he would never have admitted that Ma Xiongfeng had become Tie Yiwei's henchman.

Ma Xiongfeng didn't deny it: "Since you have recognized this old man, let me pass on a message for this old man."