Gu Shangru sighed and asked the coachman to speed up. Lowering the curtain, he whispered to Lily of the Valley: "When I get to the city, I'll send someone to find a healer and show my cousin." ”

"The slave and maid thanked the master for the son of Shangru." Lily of the valley nodded, very grateful.

The carriage rolled very fast, and the carriage that set off from Hedong to the vicinity of Chang'an was guarded by a team of armor, which did not seem to be very easy to provoke, and there were few bandits who were worried. The journey was quite safe, and the leading general had followed Gu Chong for many years, and he was also an iron-blooded man who had been trained on the battlefield, so he naturally would not take the bandits in his eyes. Except for the inconspicuous simplicity of the carriage surrounded in the middle, no one would send them to the door to find death so inconspicuously.

As Chang'an got closer and closer, the leading general couldn't help but get nervous. Although Chang'an is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the depth of the water inside is not something that a reckless man like them can easily set foot on. When he came out, Gu Chong repeatedly instructed Gu Shangru and Hua Xun to protect them, and there could be no mistakes.

Approaching the woods, the trees were dense and the leaves obscured the sky. The afterglow of the setting sun pierced the cracks in the leaves, the warm yellowish spread on the ground, and the forest was so quiet that only the sound of wheels and horses' hooves was the soldiers, and the soldiers stared vigilantly around for fear of a slight mistake. After passing through the forest, the murmuring of the river could be heard in the distance, and suddenly a flock of birds flew in the distance, and the general looked up, frowned, raised his hand and said to the people behind: "Be vigilant!" I'm afraid this forest is not very safe, and we must hurry out of this forest, in case there is an ambush it will be bad. Let's speed up a bit, everybody! Give Lao Tzu a little cleverness! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers responded in unison and strengthened their defenses.

Gu Shangru frowned uneasily when he heard the shouts outside, he always felt as if something was going to happen in his heart, his eyelids jumped, and he was very worried. Hua Xun just drank a little water, although his face did not improve, but after waking up, his spirit was much better. When she heard the general's words, she pondered for a long time, caught a glimpse of Gu Shangru's worried face, and smiled: "There is no time for Brother Shangru's face to be worried along the way. Don't worry that you're almost in Chang'an, if you get to the city, it's much safer. But Brother Shangru should relax a little, even if something happens, we can't help, right? ”

"My cousin still has the heart to make Brother Shangru laugh at this time," Gu Shangru smiled bitterly, "I'm very worried about my cousin, not to mention whether there is any danger here, if you don't get rest and treatment, I'm afraid you're going to get sick." Cousin still take good care of herself, don't bother. General Wang's martial arts are strong, and he will definitely be able to protect us from harm. ”

"Hmm."

On the top of the mountain, a middle-aged man dressed in a fancy costume stood on a high place, watching the carriages and guards pass by in the forest below. The man in black next to him had already unsheathed his sword, waiting for the middle-aged man's order, and he didn't get the order for a long time, and the man in black asked in a low voice: "My lord, Hua Xun is about to leave the forest, and if you don't do it, they will run away!" ”

"According to the master's order, no one is allowed to set foot in Chang'an for half a step! Do it! The middle-aged man waved his hand, and all the black-clothed people hidden in the forest and mountains appeared.

A sharp arrow grazed the grass and trees and flew towards the leading General Wang. With many years of battlefield experience and vigilance, General Wang subconsciously dodged down when he heard the sound of breaking wind, and the feather arrow grazed General Wang's helmet, and a big tree not far away in the middle, the arrow sank into the trunk, and the tail of the arrow still trembled.

General Wang raised his head, raised his sword and shouted, "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! Protect the carriage! For a time the horses were frightened and trampled uneasily, and then two more arrows flew and struck the shoulders and thighs of the two soldiers, and the blood squeezed the wounds and flowed out in large streams.

When General Wang saw that someone was injured, he was furious and said, "Straight thief! Come! Get on the arrow! There aren't many of them, kill them all! ”

"Kill!" More than a dozen sharp arrows flew towards the carriage, and the surrounding soldiers struggled to shoot them down, but there were still fish nailed into the carriage.

Hearing the shouts of killing outside, Gu Shangru's face turned pale with fright, and he said eagerly: "Someone sneak attacked, how can this be good?" ”

Hua Xun also sat up, and heard that General Wang's command Ruoding and the soldiers outside shot several thieves with their backhands, although they were also panicking, but they were better than Gu Shangru: "Brother Shangru, don't worry, General Wang is a brave man, I just saw that the terrain of the forest outside is very narrow, and the right side is still a neat stone wall, they attack from the left, I am afraid that they will not be able to use it." If it weren't for the people in the army, there would be relatively few arrows, and here near Chang'an, if the sergeant wanted to kill me, he would inevitably be detected, so they should be raised by someone. We will suffer a little loss if the soldiers occupy the terrain, but their arrows will soon be depleted, if they rush out to fight General Wang, we have a fifty percent chance of survival, if they refuse to come out, we will definitely be able to escape! ”

"How did my cousin know that this was a family soldier?" Listening to Hua Xun's analysis, Gu Shangru quieted down and became less nervous, and the aggressive sound of arrows hitting the wooden planks of the carriage from time to time still made his eyelids jump all the time.

"This is the carriage of the Gu family, the Gu family is the mansion of General Long Xiang, if the people of the army act rashly, how can the grandfather not know? Regardless of the army general, a warrant is required to leave the camp, and a warrant is required to allocate arrows. If it is a county soldier, this place is close to Chang'an, I don't think Ning Wangfu will not know that I am close to Chang'an, if the county soldiers sneak attack us, they will already be informed by Zhong Ci. So this is a private soldier without a doubt! ”

Gu Shangru was silent, and the shouting outside gradually became quieter, and after a long while, it completely disappeared, and only then did Lily of the Valley speak: "The master expected that he was right, and the fighting outside was over." ”

After a while, General Wang urged: "Hurry up and get out of the forest, I'm afraid that the thief won't give up so well." Come on! The carriage drove out of the woods so fast that it didn't even have time to dispose of the corpses.

"This corpse will decompose quickly, and if it is not properly disposed of, a plague will occur." Hua Xun sighed, "It's just that if we don't leave quickly, we won't be able to leave if we want to." ”

Gu Shangru was obviously frightened, and he didn't have the heart to talk about this with Hua Xun. However, he admired and wanted to feel distressed about Hua Xun in his heart, if an ordinary woman encountered this kind of scene, she would have been scared to death, Hua Xun could also calmly and self-consciously analyze the success or failure and the identity of the murderer, and he was ashamed of himself as a seven-foot man.

The carriage quickly drove into the forest, and the middle-aged man standing on the top of the mountain didn't seem to be angry, but just said to the black-clothed man beside him: "The master didn't order us to kill Hua Xun, since Hua Xun escaped, it is her fate." ”

"How is the master's side going to explain? Or the subordinates sent someone to chase after them? ”

"No need, she won't be able to reach Chang'an City." The middle-aged man smiled coldly and watched the carriage drift away, "In this land of dragons and tigers, if she is a weak woman who can really turn the sky, it can only be said that they are waste." The people of Huafu haven't set foot in Chang'an City for many years, so let her take a look at the city wall. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!"

The soldiers spurred the fast horses to send the carriage out of the forest, and General Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and turned back to ask the people in the carriage: "Son, are you all right?" Can anyone be hurt? ”

Gu Shangru knew that he was out of danger safely now, exhaled a breath, and said with joy: "It's okay!" "I lifted the curtain and looked at it, but I didn't expect that the driver had changed to a soldier, and the driver who drove earlier was gone.

"The coachman was shot dead just now, and Shu Mo will take matters into his own hands and order him to drive for his son." Pulling the reins, General Wang explained to Gu Shangru.

The new coachman saluted Gu Shangru, Gu Shangru didn't say anything, just said, "Let's hurry into the city, otherwise it will be bad if we will encounter danger." Be sure to take care of the frame. ”

"Yes!" General Wang received the order and said to the convoy, "Let's go!" Speed up! ”

Gu Shangru returned to the carriage, and the convoy moved again. Out of the forest, you have to walk through a meadow, then you can get close to the village, and you have to go through the village to the city. The convoy was so orderly that it didn't have time to wipe off the blood, making the silent guards look vicious. Occasionally, a few people passed by and saw it, but they did not dare to approach it, and walked away.

It was already dark, and most of the soldiers in this era suffered from night blindness, and they couldn't see at night, but fortunately, Gu Shangru was in a hurry, and everyone had experienced a fight, so they all accelerated their pace for safety, and finally entered the village before they could see it. There were lanterns hanging on the east side of the village, and there were two soldiers holding □□ and leaning on the door frame laughing and chatting, and they saw Hua Xun and his party coming from a distance, knowing that this must be going to Chang'an, and they could make a carriage and armored soldiers to escort them, so they didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran over and asked: "Dare to ask the general, where are you from, where are you going?" ”

After all, General Wang was pampered and pampered, and he was not night blind, looking at the two soldiers and wondering: "In the past, there were no soldiers outside the Beibi City to patrol the village, and you didn't look like the guards in the village, what's the matter?" He was so old that he spoke like a veteran on the battlefield, and when he asked this, the two soldiers looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

The curtain of the car was opened, Hua Xun came out of it, saw two soldiers, thought about it, couldn't help but change his face, and quickly hid back.

When the two people saw Hua Xun come out, their eyes changed, and General Wang's eyesight was good, so he drew his sword and pointed at one of them: "Say!" Who are you? The soldiers who had just experienced a bloody battle behind him hurriedly surrounded Hua Xun's carriage and horses, afraid of being attacked.

"We are on the order of the prince to welcome the county lord of Huai'an into the city!" The man who was pointed at the sword slid his throat and said nervously.

Hua Xun, who was hiding in the carriage, looked very embarrassed, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid we won't be able to live in peace tonight." ”

Gu Shangru also heard the words outside, and was wondering why Hua Xun said this, Hua Xun looked at him and sighed: "If you really want to welcome us into Chang'an, you can greet us at the city gate, and when you come to this village in the north to greet us, I'm afraid that those who come are not good and good people will not come." As soon as the words fell, the curtain of the car was lifted, and the lights were bright outside, General Wang walked over, lowered his voice and said: "It's not good, they took the token of Ning Wangfu and said that they were going to take Miss Biao to Chang'an, there are two hundred archers around, and we only have twenty people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist......"

"Please get off the county lord of Huai'an!"