Chapter 125: The Night Deserted Garden
Jian Dahu listened to Zhou Ran's report and pondered for a long time. Compared with Gong Jiu, Jian Dahu trusted Li Qing more, and for no other reason, he knew Li Qing's identity.
It stands to reason that he shouldn't let Li Qing and Lianhua go alone to investigate the robbery of the Red Fire Mine, but the current situation in Qingshan County is surging, and the Jian family is no longer a haven from the wind, on the contrary, the Jian family may become the center of the storm at any time.
And the root of all this is because of the red fire vein located in the deep mountains of Dingbian County. Such a precious vein is both an opportunity and a danger for the Jian family. As long as it takes another month, Chang Shi's Blazing Battle Armor will be built, although there are only a hundred pairs, but with the magic sword guard, it is enough to make all those who fight the idea of the Jian family seriously weigh it.
Right now, the blazing battle armor has reached the most critical juncture, no matter how feasible Gong Jiu's method is, it is necessary to give it a try, that batch of goods must not fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives, and it is a felony to open a war mine privately.
But Jian Dahu is also very difficult, just today, the people from Lantai also arrived in Shanyang Town, Zhou Tianyi is the queen mother's person, this is not a secret, so it is a little intriguing that the people from Lantai appear here at this time.
After thinking about it, Jian Dahu decided to take a look at Lantai's movements first.
Zhou Ran waited for a long time, only waiting for a sentence to be discussed, what is this? After following the general for so many years, he has never seen the general hesitate to do things like today, and he wanted to ask clearly, but seeing Jian Dahu's face, Zhou Ran swallowed the words back.
"Discuss again?" Gong Jiu's face was like choking on an egg in his throat, his face turned red, he had calculated everything, but he didn't count that he had hit a wall with Jian Dahu, after all, the master and the Jian family were only cooperating, in the final analysis, before the batch of ores was handed over to the master, it was still the property of the Jian family, and now that this god general has spoken, if he insists too much, he is afraid that it will be inappropriate.
Suppressed his temperament and endured, but fortunately he didn't let Gong Jiu wait too long, and the next day, a famous leader found Gong Jiu and brought a message from Jian Dahu.
That night, the Qi family's mansion was broken into, Xue Tuo was robbed, and a young man named Chu Jie was robbed along with him.
The city guards reacted quickly, and it didn't take an hour for soldiers to set up checkpoints all over Shanyang Town to check pedestrians, chariots and horses.
In the dark dense forest, Chu Jie was holding his knees, gasping for breath, and a tower-like man glanced at Chu Jie with disgust, turning his head to stare at the two people in front of him.
"Mu Feiyu asked you to come?" the strong man said viciously.
"Back to Lord Xue's words, it is Mr. Gongsun, and Captain Mu has other important matters. Luo Jian's voice was very steady, running wildly for an hour, Luo Jian's face was covered with sweat, but his eyes were still sharp. Luo Jian stayed with the captured man all day, and memorized almost every word of the man. He knew that the strong man in front of him was a murderous demon who didn't blink, and as long as he showed the slightest flaw, he and Shui Yue would be in danger.
"Mu Feiyu is not here, what did he do, and what is that surnamed Gongsun?" The strong man didn't have the slightest intention of continuing to hurry, and seemed to be planning to ask all the questions in his heart here.
Luo Jian didn't answer, the captured man was just a centurion, where did the lieutenant go, and what did he do, where can a little centurion know?
Seeing that Luo Jian didn't speak, the strong man smiled instead, "Brother, it's hard work." A pair of fan-like hands slapped Shui Yue's shoulders heavily.
As soon as Shui Yue collapsed, a scimitar slashed at the strong man's wrist like lightning.
The strong man's expression remained unchanged, as if he had expected Shui Yue to have such a reaction, and his hand did not take it back, but just turned into a fist, and a punch hit the scimitar.
Wow, Shui Yue took two steps back, and took advantage of the momentum to twist the bright sword light and slash at the strong man's chest and abdomen.
Bang, the sword light disappeared, and Shui Yue's arm was tightly held by Luo Jian, "Don't be unreasonable to adults!"
"Hahaha, sure enough, it's my daughter of the grassland, it's strong enough, the little brother has a good eye, and his skills are also good. The strong man laughed loudly and hurried towards the depths of the forest.
Chu Jie just breathed a sigh of relief, and when he saw that the three of them suddenly moved, he was shocked into a cold sweat, his heart was still pounding, and the strong man had already rushed out.
"Fuck, don't let people live?" Chu Jie secretly scolded his mother in his heart, but he didn't dare to hesitate at his feet, gritted his teeth and followed.
The strong man turned around, Luo Jian and the three of them were already running dizzy, and suddenly some lights could be faintly seen in the distance.
The strong man stopped, bent down, and stared into the distance. Through the dense forest, you can vaguely see that there is a city gate in front of you, and many soldiers are guarding the gate with bright armor, and the swords and guns in their hands are shining under the fire candles.
"What does this Xue Tuo mean, why did he run for a long time and come back?" Luo Jian thought in his heart, "Don't look at this guy's stupidity, but his mind is very cunning, he wants to see if he has run away, whether there is any change in the city, if everything is business as usual, then he and Shui Yue will be exposed." Thinking of this, cold sweat oozed from Luo Jian's body.
The strong man watched for a while, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the city gate, one by one, and a whirlwind blew into the forest, and the dull sound of hooves sounded in his ears like the thunder rolling over the earth on a spring day.
"Let's go, it's Leopard Taowei. For the first time tonight, the strong man's face changed.
kept running again, Chu Jie's breathing was violent like a leaky bellows, and he was carried on the shoulders by the strong man, and Chu Jie retched repeatedly, which made the strong man impatient, and simply slapped Chu Jie and fainted.
When Luo Jian stopped again, he was on the edge of a waterhole. The strong man picked up a handful of grass on the ground, and he didn't care if Chu Jie could stand it or not, but just stuffed it into Chu Jie's nose and mouth, choking Chu Jie and coughing.
Luo Jian had the heart to stop it, thought about it and endured it.
It was only after a moment of pause that there was a dull sound of hooves in the forest behind him.
Plopped, just as Luo Jian was looking around, thinking about where to hide, the strong man had already carried Chu Jie headlong into the dark pool.
Luo Jian did not hesitate, the most important thing at the moment was to follow the strong man, if he got away, his errand would be smashed.
It's already autumn, and it's night, the water in the pool is bitingly cold, and it is even more dark under the water surface without a trace of light, and only the faint sound of paddling can be heard not far away.
I don't know how long I swam, I felt that my hands and feet were frozen, and I was suddenly pulled by someone, and Luo Jian breathed heavily, and after a long time, I saw that there was a cave in front of me. The cave is not wide, only two or three feet, it is okay for one person to walk, but the two of them are crowded, not far away the strong man is standing there staring at the two of them with blazing eyes, and under his feet, Chu Jie is paralyzed on the ground like a dead dog, as if he is dead.
"Tell me, who are you, why did you save me, what was your idea?" the strong man's voice was cold, with a hint of mockery.
Luo Jian didn't answer, gasped for a while, lowered his head and spat on the ground, and looked straight at the strong man's gaze.
Dingβ, I don't know what was thrown to the ground by Luo Jian, "The eagle on the grassland never associates with the bird, the coyote would rather starve to death than accept the mercy of handouts, as the greatest king of the grassland, the warrior of the lion king would rather die than endure such humiliation." β
Luo Jian struggled to stand up, the cold light flashed, he had already pulled out the scimitar, and looked directly at the strong man, "Egeqi, this is a matter between men, I am dead, you take this knife back, bury it next to Abu's grave, and tell Abu that his son died in battle, not from disease, and did not disgrace the glory of the family." β
Looking at the scimitar in Luo Jian's hand, the strong man's gaze was not as sharp as before, he bent down and picked up the iron plate, on which was engraved a wolf's head, a wolf's head that looked up to the sky and roared.
"It turned out to be the brother of the greedy wolf rider, Xue Tuo apologized to you for his unreasonableness. The strong man took the iron card and looked at it for a long time, put a fist on his chest, and bent down deeply towards Luo Jian and Shui Yue.
It was only now that Luo Jian relieved his heart, he knew that the strong man really accepted himself now.
The strong man kicked Chu Jie, this kick was very heavy, Chu Jie screamed out directly in pain, he was so suffocated just now that he almost fainted, but he didn't really die, he just pretended to be dead and thought there, if these two people really fought, who could beat whom? In case that Jianfeng kid died, what should he do to escape for his life? Now it's okay, the storm has finally passed, Chu Jie breathed a heavy sigh of relief by shouting.
The strong man was in front, Chu Jie was in the middle, Luo Jian and Shui Yue followed behind, and walked for a long time with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
There was no road ahead, but the strong man did not stop, stretched out his thick arm and pushed the stone wall, after a dull sound, a black hole was revealed on the mountain wall, and a breeze blew from the hole to his face, Luo Jian knew that this was the place, and he was forced to suppress his excitement, but his heart was pounding.
It was a somewhat deserted-looking garden, quiet, with the occasional chirping of insects.
Looking around, I don't know how long no one has been here in the garden, the wild grass has reached the knees, and the stone towers are scattered in the middle of the wild grass, looking dilapidated and desolate.
Looking back, there is also a stone tower behind him, these barbarians are quite cunning, and they actually thought of setting the exit here, but it will not attract attention, but this place looks like a monk's cemetery, is this Xue Tuo coming to a temple?
"Who-", the strong man who was walking cautiously in front suddenly snorted, and then the whole person had already rushed out, and when he came back, he had already carried a young man in his hand.
The young man looks good, his eyebrows are clear, but his red hair is red like fire, which looks a little dazzling in this dark night.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" The strong man had been tense since he entered the garden, and he knew that he had a great responsibility, and he had no time to be negligent. This garden was originally the important place of Youtan Temple, but since Heluo Hou saw here, the garden has become increasingly deserted, but it is just right to use it as a place of invisibility, but such a deserted garden, such a deep mountain ancient temple, such a late night, who will be idle to hang out here? No need to ask to know that this kid must have a problem.
Although Xue Tuo was wearing civilian clothes, he looked rough and vicious, and at first glance he was not a child of Tianlong, seeing that Xue Tuo's hand was already on the knife, the young man was not only not afraid, but he broke free of Xue Tuo's palm, dusted off his clothes, and stood there sneering.
"Who am I? blind your dog eyes, my father is Heluohou, this young master just accidentally got lost, and didn't obediently walk in front to lead the way?"
"Hou Ye's son, why have you never seen it?" Look at this young man's unbeaten appearance, and then think about Heluo Hou's amorous temperament, Xue Tuo really believes a little, it's okay, he will take this young man with him, and see Hou Ye later, if this kid is full of nonsense, he doesn't care about another dead soul under the knife.
Tong Doudou was playing drums in his heart at this time, and the strong man in front of him looked a little bit like a grassland man, but the three people behind him looked like people on Tianlong's side, thinking that they had managed to escape with great difficulty, but they didn't just get out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den.
But in the current situation, I can't care about that much, I can only take one step at a time, and I just hope that this Youtan Temple will not have an accident.