After November, the weather was bitterly cold, and heavy snow fell on all battlefields of the country, but there was no sign of easing the war in various countries. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn the past month, the situation of Yi has not improved in the slightest due to internal and external turmoil and the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

After the disappearance and whereabouts of Zhan Duxiao, the palace master of the Hengguo Demon Palace, on the battlefield on the east side of the border between Yi and Heng in the south, the Heng army changed its strategy many times, and finally was able to hold the ancient road in the south of China from being broken by the Yi army. In the domestic battlefield of Yi State, the second prince Xiuyuan ushered in Yi Du to send reinforcements, but he still had no obvious advantage in the battle with Guan Shu and Long Youxuan, the masters of the Moge Pavilion.

Comparatively speaking, different from the previous situation, on the battlefield on the west side of the border between Yi and Heng, Qi Fan, the commander of Hengguo's light car, designed a counterattack, on the one hand, ordered the Heng army stationed in Belvedere to besiege the Yi general gang who attacked the city, but only besieged but not attacked, so as to not only start a psychological battle with the enemy, but also greatly preserve the troops; On the other hand, he regained the upper hand in the battle with Xiuyao, the fourth prince of Yi State, and won one after another.

However, the most burning war is still the northern battlefield of Yiguo. After the initial temptation, the Yelu and Tuoba Yabu soldiers who led their troops south divided into two routes, each acting according to their plan. At the same time, He Qiqi and Gongye Huanhuan rushed to the battlefield with the high-quality weapons of the Gongye family and became the strong reinforcement of Tuoba Yabu. When Emperor Jing of Yi heard the news, he had to send Shu You to join the Taifu Shu Shao and Shu He, the third son of the Shu family, who were stationed in front of the formation, with the Orange Flame Villa as the rear position, and all walks of life to deal with it together. The army led by Yelu quietly bypassed the battlefield of the two armies and tried to surprise from the flank. However, Xiuxuan, the sixth prince of Yi State, was familiar with military books and had foreseen the trajectory of Yeluji's movements, so he invited himself to go into battle, met Yeluji on the battlefield, and led the army to block his way.

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No matter how much the war is raging on the ground, the depths of the mountain streams in the border canyon area of Yi and Heng are as peaceful as ever. In the village, it has been more than half a month since Zhan Duxiao, Chan'er and Huang Feng, who fell to the bottom of the valley, reunited for more than half a month, and after Zhan Duxiao used internal force to open up the tendons and veins of Huang Feng's serious injury, it was Chan'er who recalled the scene when Master Guan Zhou was healing people's injuries, and collected appropriate herbs to treat Huang Feng's injuries. In addition, Huang Feng's physical foundation was already good, and in more than ten days, his injuries had basically healed.

This morning, Chan'er and Zhan Duxiao came to visit Huang Feng as usual, and unexpectedly found that Huang Feng had already gone down to the ground to make the bed. Hearing the movement, Huang Feng turned around, and without waiting for Chan'er to speak, he knelt down on his knees in front of the two.

"Huang Feng, what are you doing here?" Chan'er was surprised.

"My subordinates, thank you to the county lord and the Zhan palace lord for saving their lives."

"It's an exaggeration to say that it's life-saving, your trauma Aunt Yang has already helped you deal with it, and we just did what we could."

"If there is no Zhan Palace Lord sacrificing internal strength to heal his subordinates, his subordinates are afraid that their martial arts will be completely wasted at this moment, if so, their subordinates will not be able to survive for a moment. The county lord's medicine is also very effective, and it took a lot of effort to hurt the county lord for his subordinates, and his subordinates kept it in mind. ”

"Okay, we've taken your gratitude." Chan'er took two steps forward and said.

"Get up and talk about it." Zhan Duxiao also said.

Huang Feng didn't stand up, paused for a moment, and then continued:

"One more thing...... In fact, his subordinates have been ordered to monitor the county lord. ”

"I don't care about it. You can rest assured. Chan'er smiled lightly and said.

"The county lord doesn't want to know who his subordinates are sent by the county lord's side?" Huang Feng stood up and asked.

"In the past, you did what you were told, but now you confess to me that I don't force you to betray the old master, as long as you know that you won't do anything to hurt me in the future." Chan'er shook her head and said.

"Fortunately, my subordinates have never been unfavorable to the county lord. The county lord has always been tolerant of people and things, and has taken care of his subordinates many times, and his subordinates have always been grateful in their hearts, and today they really can't help but admit it. In the future, I hope that everything will be safe. If someone is unfavorable to the county lord, his subordinates will only be from the county lord's camp. Huang Feng said earnestly.

"Thank you."

"The county lord is serious."

"Compared to us, you should thank Aunt Yang for saving you back and taking care of you. She must be happy to see that you are all right. Zhan Duxiao said to Huang Feng.

"Yes, my subordinates will go and thank Aunt Yang." After Huang Feng finished speaking, he strode out of the room.

"Huang Feng is upright and grateful." Zhan Duxiao bowed slightly and said.

"This time we have shared hardships, and it is indeed an unexpected joy to be able to accept him and treat him faithfully." Chan'er said.

"He is a fierce general, and he is on par with He Zheng in terms of skills. This is the reward for your kindness to others. ”

"Thanks to God's blessing. If you fall down together, you have to go back together. ”

"The waterfall has started to freeze, and the day we should be away is not far off."

"Hmm."

According to the words of Aunt Yang, the owner of the house where Chan'er, Zhan Duxiao and Huang Feng settled, the ancestors of the people in the village were Hengguo people who lived in seclusion here to escape the war of the ancient road in central and southern China, and the descendants of the village were also intoxicated with this pastoral life, growing vegetables, feeding livestock, raising silkworms and weaving clothes, building houses, and living a basic self-sufficient. There is a real need for it, and it is only in the middle of winter that a few people in the village go out and return as soon as possible, when the isolated village has established a "connecting road" with the outside world.

Due to the influence of the topography at the bottom of the mountain stream, the temperature in this ravine around the village is high all year round, and only the month that begins in late November can be called a cold winter. On a mountain wall behind the village, a waterfall falls in the air, and when winter comes, it briefly forms a wonderful landscape of ice falls. A few zhang further up from the source of the waterfall is a hidden path leading to Dingcheng, a city in the southeast of Yiguo. This waterfall is also the so-called "connecting road" between the village and the outside world.

On the trunk of an ancient tree next to the source of the waterfall, there is a very long thick rope, the length of the rope is folded in half to the distance from the source of the waterfall to the village deep in the ravine, and the two ends of the rope are tied with a weight about the same weight as three people, and the thick rope and the weight are left in this way for most of the year. When the cold winter comes, when the source of the waterfall freezes, the people in the village will pull the thick rope together, so that the thick rope will break away from the trunk of the tree and cross the thick ice at the source of the waterfall, and pull the thick rope to rub a groove with the cold ice, and then fix it.

If someone in the village goes out, everyone pulls one end of the thick rope from the horizontal direction and moves half the distance of the thick rope, and the other end of the thick rope is almost stuck on the edge of the groove at the source of the waterfall, and the middle point of the thick rope is just close to the village floor. People who go out form a pair to wrap the middle of the thick rope around their waists, and after holding on to the thick rope tightly and getting ready, everyone will remove the weight at this end of the thick rope, and then release the end of the rope, because the weight of the weight tied at the other end is greater than the weight of the two people at this end, the thick rope can slide on the groove, and the weight will make the other end of the thick rope fall to the ground again, and the two people at this end of the rope will slowly rise to the source of the waterfall. At this point, the thick rope that had been pulled and moved horizontally was also moved back to its original position, so that the people could re-tie the weight to the end of the rope and reciprocate, and in this way send other people who needed to go out to the source of the waterfall.

When the people who went out returned to the village before the end of the cold winter, they wrapped the middle of the thick rope at the source of the waterfall around their waists, and sent a signal that the people in the village would pull the thick rope horizontally to move a certain distance, pull the thick rope and slide up, and the two people attached to the thick rope would fall slowly. At this time, the weight of the other end of the thick rope is reduced by half, and the weight of the two people at this end of the thick rope exceeds the weight of the weight at the other end of the thick rope. This method can also be done back and forth. After all the people who had gone out returned, everyone had to seize the moment when the ice gradually melted, and the thick rope that crossed the source of the waterfall was hung from the trunk of the ancient tree again, and the next year they could enter and exit in this way.

In early December, Zhan Duxiao, Chan'er and Huang Feng left the canyon through the "road" of the icefall through the method that had been passed down in the village for many years. After the three of them told the people in the village about the war in the outside world, no one in the village planned to go out this year, so only Zhan Duxiao and Chan'er acted together, and Huang Feng acted alone, and the three of them left twice with the help of the people in the village. Among them, when Huang Feng is alone and lifts heavy objects, it is not difficult to make corresponding adjustments to the weight of heavy objects.

Then, through the hidden path above the waterfall, the three of them arrived at the end of the dense forest, crossed the broken wall under the shade of the trees, and unknowingly blended into the city of Yiguoding.

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The garrison in the city of Yiguo Dingcheng was tight, especially after receiving the order of Xiuxi, the prince of Yiguo, the deployment of defenses in the city was more cautious, and there was almost no gap when the soldiers rotated. Different from the situation that the city wall is not guarded because it only leads to the waterfall wall, each gate of Dingcheng is guarded by elite soldiers, and the gatekeepers have carried out multiple checks on the people entering and leaving the city gate, which can be described as impenetrable. At the same time, there are also soldiers in the city who regularly inspect the streets and alleys.

Zhan Duxiao, Chan'er, and Huang Feng cautiously walked around with the city sergeant three times, only to find a mansion that seemed to be uninhabited at the moment, and took shelter in the courtyard for the time being.

"The county lord and the Zhan palace lord will wait here for a while, and their subordinates will inquire about the situation first." Huang Feng said.

"The main target of the garrison in the city is me, and Huang Feng is safer alone." Zhan Duxiao nodded and said.

"Then be careful, no matter what you ask, you will be back in half an hour." Chan'er admonished.

"Yes, don't worry, the county lord." Huang Feng responded.

"One more point." Chan'er remembered something, and said, "Pay attention to it, is there a semicolon in the city that holds a stack of money." ”

"Stack money? The subordinates remembered. Huang Feng agreed, then left the mansion and walked towards the main streets and alleys in the city.

"Is there any use for the money? I have silver taels on me. Zhan Duxiao then said to Chan'er.

"No, it's not." Chan'er took off the blue-green lanyard around her neck, and saw an amber wrench falling from the rope, she put the wrench between her palms, and said, "When I fell off the horse, and later when I fell down the mountain stream, this wrench was intact." I carried it with me because I knew it might work, but I didn't really want it to come in handy. ”

"This is ......," Zhan Duxiao wondered.

Chan'er then told Zhan Duxiao about the origin of the wrench, although Xiuxi's emotions were not discussed, but Liuchen's original words, the reason why he gave Chan'er the wrench, were almost originally relayed to Zhan Duxiao.

"He is saying that as long as you show this wrench to any branch of the Qianzhuang in Yiguo, you can dispatch half of the Qianzhuang's manpower."

"Yes, but only once."

"One time is enough."

"What do you think?"

"Wait for Huang Feng's news, if there is indeed a semicolon in the city, then we will have a chance to get out of the city."

"How can you bypass Yi Jun and return to the palace after leaving the city?"

"Have you forgotten what Tang Yin told me? If you don't go back to the palace after leaving the city, go to see your master first. Zhan Duxiao said gently.

"You want to avoid the battlefield above and take the dark passage." Chan'er reacted and said.

"Yes. You haven't seen Guan Zhou's predecessors and Guan Shu for a few days, you must miss them very much. ”

"yes. Mo Ge had previously been surrounded by the army led by the second prince of Yi Guo, and although I knew that Master and Guan Shu would not be easily injured, I was still worried about them. ”

"I'll accompany you to stay in Moge for two days, and then I'll rush back to the battlefield of the Zhongnan Ancient Road through the secret passage, and you can decide where you go."

"Hmm."

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An hour later, Chan'er followed Huang Feng to appear in front of the semicolon gate of Juzhan Qianzhuang in the west of Yiguo Dingcheng. Chan'er handed the amber wrench to Huang Feng and nodded to him, Huang Feng immediately bowed slightly, turned around and walked into the money village.

After a while, the shopkeeper of the money bank came out to greet him in person. Looking at his expression, it was obvious that he had no doubts about the identities of Chan'er and Huang Feng, which confirmed Zhan Duxiao's guess - the main target of the garrison defending the city was only Zhan Duxiao, as long as he didn't show up, Huang Feng and Chan'er's body shape and appearance would not cause too much vigilance.

"I didn't know that the girl was visiting, and the villain was not welcomed." The shopkeeper of the money village introduced Chan'er and Huang Feng into the inner hall, and said respectfully, "What message did the girl bring from the owner?" ”

"You have good eyesight, and you recognize the owner's token." Chan'er said lightly, "Let me ask you, counting the account room and guys in the money village, how many people are there?" ”

"With the villain, there are a total of thirty people in the bank. If the girl is sent, the rest shall be commanded by the girl, except for the person on duty. ”

Hearing this, Chan'er gave Huang Feng a look, so Huang Feng said next:

"Recently, there has been a shortage of military supplies before the battle, and Dingcheng is one of the closest cities to the battlefield, and the owner instructed that it is advisable to free up manpower as soon as possible and allocate funds to support the war, so that the military supplies can be collected and delivered to the eldest prince."

"Has the proprietor ever specified the amount?"

"As long as it is movable funds, 1,500 taels into boxes, and a few boxes are counted as if they are full."

The villain understood, so he sent someone to prepare. But where is it going? ”

"The girl and I would prepare extra boxes of the same style and quantity, fill them with equal weights, mix them with the cash boxes, and then disrupt the two routes to ensure safety on the way. We should complete this process by ourselves and will not be able to disclose it to the shopkeeper. ”

"This villain can understand, the girl and the son don't need to say much."

"As for leaving the city, the defenders of the city gate ......," Huang Feng said casually.

"The owner's convoy, how can anyone check it. The villain will take care of everything. ”

"It's so hard."

"It's the villain's business."

Then, in the process of packing and dispersing the silver taels, Zhan Duxiao hid in one of the cash boxes in Chan'er's convoy. Chan'er and Wasp led Qianzhuang men to escort two convoys, respectively from the south gate and east gate of Dingcheng out of the city, according to the route, the two teams of men and horses can meet on the post road leading to the Zhongnan Ancient Road in the southeast suburbs of Dingcheng half a day later.

However, on the way, Huang Feng quietly left the eastbound convoy, approached the southbound convoy from the side, and suddenly attacked the six people one after another. At the same time, Chan'er broke open the cash box where Zhan Duxiao was hiding, and Zhan Duxiao immediately took a surprise shot from the rear, and cooperated with Huang Feng to restrain the remaining unsuspecting Qian Zhuang guys.

"What's next?" Huang Feng didn't call Chan'er "county lord" in front of outsiders, but just leaned over her slightly and asked.

"In order to buy three horses that are fast enough, I am afraid I will have to borrow them a little silver for two purposes." Chan'er said, glancing at Zhan Duxiao.

"In an emergency, you're welcome." Zhan Duxiao smiled indifferently and said, "I know the market of the horse market, leave it to me." ”

"Hmm."

Zhan Duxiao then took out a hundred taels of silver from a cash box on his side, wrapped it and placed it on the back of the horse brought by Huang Feng, and then the three of them each rode a horse away, and went west to the border horse market to buy a good horse, and then changed to a fast horse and went all the way to the north of the desert pavilion.

When Liuchen, the owner behind the house, and Xiuxi, the prince of Yi Guo, knew about this, it was already three hours later. At this time, the three of them had already left the horse market and did not know where to go. Xiuxi could only send soldiers to chase around, but it was difficult to find the three of them for a while.

Xiuxi stood in front of the window, staring into the distance, holding the amber wrench presented by the shopkeeper of the Dingcheng branch of the bank, holding the stack of money, without saying a word.

"The woman on the battlefield turned out to be 'she'." Liu Chen leaned against the wall, looked at Xiuxi from the side and said, "You wanted to talk at that time, but you actually thought of this, didn't you?" ”

"In this way, she has a good friendship with Zhan Duxiao." Xiuxi was inexplicably unhappy in her heart, and after a pause, she said again, "Have you found out where she came from?" ”

"Time is too short for no definite news yet. However, according to various known circumstances, except for Hou Yuyang, who was a member of the Tuoba family, the rest of the reinforcements from the Hengguo Demon Palace seemed to be from the lonely country. If my guess is right, she should be ......"

"The county lord of Chanyuan of the Lonely Kingdom Gong Wang's Mansion." Xiuxi's eyes lit up, and he said in unison with Liuchen, and then Xiuxi continued, "Yes, on the birthday of Emperor Rui of Hengguo before, the county lord of the lonely country Chanyuan came to Hengguo, she must have brought the will of the Emperor of the Lonely Kingdom to Xuanhuang, and what kind of agreement she reached with the Demon Palace." ”

"How does it feel to meet her again?" Liu Chen asked a little seriously and a little jokingly.

"She really made waves in my heart."

"But let me remind you of one thing, do you remember how King Gong of the lonely country died in battle."

“…… Remember. When Xiuxi heard this, his eyes seemed to darken, "There is a hatred of killing my father in the middle, and we are enemies." ”

"So, Xi, you won't forget your country's position for her, huh?"

"But there is also a life between me and my father."

"After all these years, you still can't forget it."

"I'm afraid the shadow in my heart will never be erased." Xiuxi paused for a moment, then said, "At this time, the light projected is the most precious. I want to see this Chanyuan county lord again and make sure of something. She and Zhan Duwan will always come back, and I'll wait here for a while. ”

"Well, you can hold the wrench, and you should think about it." Liu Chen said, and suddenly smiled, "It has been my dream for many years to see you die for a woman." ”

"I'm not in the mood to laugh." The corners of Xiuxi's mouth seemed to twitch, but she quickly regained her normal color and said, "No matter who she is, the battle still has to be fought now." Let's gather everyone and discuss the military situation. ”

"Hmm. Such a cold day is consumed here, and it has a great impact on the morale of our army, so you can get an idea as soon as possible. ”

"I know."