With the customs clearance document sent from Huangfu Song, Shen Xian, Zhao Yun and Cai Yan and their party slowly crossed the Hangu Pass. Walking east along the official road, a splashed landscape of the North gradually unfolded in front of you. The mountains on both sides of the road are continuous, the scenery is majestic and beautiful, and after seeing it for a long time, the agitation in the chest arises spontaneously, and there is a feeling of sudden enlightenment. These scenery was completely unappreciated by Shen Xian, who grew up in the south and was accustomed to seeing small bridges and flowing water, because she was very energetic.

Cai Yan was also telling Shen Xian about the history of Hanguguan, her voice was gentle and tactful, and she sounded very comfortable: "...... At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu saw that the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was declining, so he went west to live in seclusion. Hangu Guan ordered Yin Xi to get up early to see the purple air in the east around the glow of the ten thousand roads, knowing that there was a stranger about to pass guò, so he ordered his officials to sweep the streets and wait for the arrival of the master. After a while, I saw an old man with a high eye, riding a green ox. After Yin Xi stepped forward to greet him, he respectfully invited Lao Tzu to stay here for a few days, and Lao Tzu wrote the "Tao Te Ching" with 5,000 words in these days. ”

Zhao Yun listened very carefully and nodded from time to time. Shen Xian also listened "very seriously" and nodded from time to time.

"I know that." Shen Xian patted her head and remembered a nightmare one day: "Mr. Gongqi once told me about the Tao Te Ching. ”

"Mr. Gongqi is the master of the Heavenly Master's Dao, and their classic of the Heavenly Master's Tao is Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching". Cai Yan smiled slightly: "But I think ...... You may not want to hear that. ”

"Hehe, you still know me." Shen Xian admitted very bluntly that she has no culture in this regard: "Actually, it's not that I don't want to listen, but Mr. Gongqi sometimes speaks too profoundly, and I always want to sleep when I listen to it." ”

"If you don't dislike it," Cai Yan paused, and said slowly: "How about I tell you when I have time?" ”

Shen Xian stared at Cai Yan with burning eyes: "Okay." ”

Cai Yan is a well-known talented woman, good at literature, music and calligraphy, Bo Gu Tong and modern literature is brilliant, and it is definitely beneficial to listen to her lectures.

Along the way, Shen Xian can be regarded as having seen why Cai Yan is said to be erudite. Every time she passes by a historical site, Cai Yan can tell the relevant legends, and the story is fascinating, making people feel as if they have entered the story in her mouth in a trance, and to experience the qiē that has happened.

The boring journey became colorful because of Cai Yan's existence, Shen Xian secretly congratulated herself that she had abducted Cai Yan, if she came alone, she would have to stare at Zhao Yun with big eyes; If she brought Xun You here, it would be because she said a long sentence with a dry mouth, and then Xun You replied lightly: "Got it, lord." ”

Thinking about it, I feel like I'm going to suffocate people, and I don't know how Cai Yan can stand Xun You.

This road took three days, and three days later, Shen Xian and his party came to Luoyang City again.

After the ravages of war and the ravages of iron cavalry and guns, the originally prosperous ancient capital has turned into an almost barren ruins, full of ruins, many yellow-skinned and thin-clothed people huddled under the base of the wall and shivered, when they saw the occasional army passing by, the eyes of these people would burst out with hatred, but more people's reaction was indifferent. They numbly watched what was happening around them, whether it was a child crying or someone robbing, they did not make noise, did not resist, did not object, like a doll shaped by a mud tire poked in the soil.

Looking at the appearance of these people, Shen Xian's heart was uncomfortable, and she really wanted to investigate it, although Luoyang City was set on fire by Dong Zhuo, but the other princes who participated in the battle against Dong and attacked Luoyang City were not one of the culprits who caused the displacement of the people? Shen Xian wanted to stop and help these people, but what should she do? Leave the rations behind? Will it be robbed? What should I do when I run out of food?

This series of questions weighed heavily on Shen Xian's body like a mountain, and she thought about it for a long time before she asked Zhao Yun slowly: "Zilong, now Luoyang City...... Who is in charge? ”

At least find a way to resettle the refugees first, right? It's not the way to do it. If the corpses of those who died in the war are not disposed of in time, and those lonely souls and wild ghosts who died unjustly and the heroic spirits who died in the war are allowed to live together with those who are still alive, it will not be long before a large-scale plague breaks out in Luoyang City. Luoyang is so close to Chang'an, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be infected, and there are Yanzhou and Bingzhou......

Zhao Yun frowned, obviously having the same idea as Shen Xian, he thought for a while and said: "I don't know, when we and General Wentai left Luoyang City and headed for Hangu Pass that day, we vaguely remembered that everything in the city was handled by Yuan Gong, but now ......"

But now that Yuan Shao is tearing up with Gongsun Zan in Jizhou, he can't take care of a tattered and useless Luoyang for a long time.

"Alas, I don't know, forget it, let's go, we have to rush to the outside of the Tiger Prison before it gets dark." Shen Xian sighed and forced herself not to look at the miserable situation around her.

"Are you going to Kanwai?" Zhao Yun asked, "But it should be safer in the city." ”

No matter how broken the city is, there are several broken walls to protect it from the wind and rain.

Shen Xian shook her head: "I don't know what you think, but I can't sleep here." ”

Shen Xian pointed to the overcast sky, and said lightly: "Close your eyes, you can see a lot of people dangling around and asking me to save them." ”

"But I can't do it now." She muttered under her breath.

After resting for the night by the woods outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhao Yun had to lead his brothers to Guandu Port to leave by boat the next day. Before leaving, Zhao Yun asked Shen Xian: "Are you waiting here?" Or do you want to keep going and see? ”

Shen Xian was waiting for news from the scouts she had sent out. It stands to reason that after a night's work, don't care if you don't run into the Xun family, they should have come back a long time ago, and besides, there should be people around here who sent out Xun You to keep an eye on the movement, and it is impossible that there is no trace of everyone. There is only one explanation for this kind of thing happening.

"Let's go ahead and see." Shen Xian's face was gloomy and said, "I suspect something may have happened." ”

"Don't worry too much, maybe ...... Delayed. Cai Yan comforted in a low voice, but even she couldn't deceive herself with this pale and weak words.

Not long after walking, he heard a loud and noisy sound ahead, accompanied by hideous laughter and mournful cries. Shen Xian's heart sank, and she ordered her subordinates to protect Cai Yan, so she beat her horse and rushed out behind Zhao Yun.

On the edge of the Yellow River, Shen Xian saw a scene that made her angry.

Countless bandits armed with guns chased after the fleeing people, knocked them to the ground, robbed them of food and money, stabbed to death when they met those who resisted, and picked up and carried them on horses when they met a woman with a slight appearance......

"Stop! Changshan Zhao Zilong is here! Who would dare to do such a cruel act to the people—"

Zhao Yun shouted and stabbed at the nearest bandit, and the bandit hurriedly let go of the woman he was pulling, and dodged a shot on the spot. Zhao Yun took the opportunity to leap to the woman's side, stretched out his hand and pulled her onto the horse's back.

"Girl, are you alright?" Feeling the woman trembling against her back, Zhao Yun frowned and asked.

The girl shook her head, and then thought that Zhao Yun couldn't see it, so she whispered, "It's okay...... Thank you for your help. ”

"Sit tight!" Zhao Yun grabbed the reins and made the white horse turn around, and continued to rush in the direction where the robbers and bandits had gathered.

The thousand soldiers who followed behind Shen Xian also rushed towards these bandits under Shen Xian's orders, leaving only a few people to protect Cai Yan. made a reassuring hand to Cai Yan, and Shen Xian felt out...... Hey? Don't bring a piano?!

This was simply a bolt from the blue, Shen Xian suddenly thought that her qin seemed to have been taken away by Xun Yu when he was cleaning up the house yesterday......

How is this going to be fought?

Shen Xian, who was messy in the wind, could only take out a brush, and then under Cai Yan's worried gaze, she threw the fast snow all the way and rushed into the enemy crowd.

The first thing to do is to grab a weapon...... Shen Xian locked onto a fierce-looking man holding a spear, and locked him in place with a move of Furong and Ti, then leaned down and grabbed the gun in his hand, and snatched it from his hand with a single force.

After pulling the bandits aside with the barrel of the gun, Shen Xian held the newly snatched gun in her hand and checked it, it was not very heavy, and the manufacturing was very rough, but it was much safer than a brush. Shen Xian has been learning marksmanship from Zhang Xiu recently, and now is the time to test the results of her learning.

Seeing that other people were coming to stir up the situation, the originally scattered bandits gradually gave up the robbery and turned to deal with Shen Xian and their uninvited guests. But there are also some people who just ignore Shen Xian and them, unswervingly chase the people to rob, and turn around and run away after grabbing, never entangled. Such a loose and undisciplined organization made Shen Xian have some doubts about the identity of the bandits, she originally thought that these people might be black mountain thieves entrenched in Hanoi, Shangdang, Zhao County and other places, but this look like this. The Montenegrin thieves are peasants, rebels, and the leader Zhang Yan has achieved the official position of General Pingbei in the future, so it is impossible for his subordinates to burn, kill and rob the people, right?

After Shen Xian waved her gun and knocked over a few bandits who had not been around for a long time, her eyes fell not far ahead. There were two people facing each other there. One of them, who was clearly one of the higher ranks of the bandits, rode on horseback, dressed in better clothes than the others, and slashed down with a large knife in his hand; Standing opposite the bandit leader was a young man dressed as a scholar, facing the bandits' burning, killing, looting, and the knives that were about to fall from the top of his head, the young man did not have the slightest panicked expression, his slightly pale face was a calm and incredibly calm expression.

This scene is really familiar...... Shen Xian sighed while secretly rubbing a Shangyang finger to the bandit leader from a distance, and then took advantage of the bandit leader's kung fu prancing horse to cut into the aura of confrontation between the two, holding the young man's collar with one hand and dragging the person onto the horse, swinging a long spear to block the big knife with the other, and asked sharply: "Who are you!" How dare you do such unconscionable things to the people here! ”

Shen Xian didn't have much strength, but with the blessing of internal force and external strength, she successfully pushed the bandit leader and his horse backwards for a walk. He hurriedly grabbed the reins to stabilize his figure, and shouted to Shen Xian: "Who are you!" Dare to spoil the good deeds of my Montenegrin army! Beware of walking around if you can't eat! ”

Is it really the Montenegrin Army? Shen Xian raised her eyebrows in surprise, and just as she wanted to say something, she heard the young man behind her whisper: "No, it's just bandits who pretended to be the name of the Black Mountain Army, and they went rampant everywhere to rob the people and merchants in the past." ”

Is that so? Although she didn't know how this young man knew, Shen Xian felt that his words were more credible. Because most of these bandits only care about robbing, they are like a plate of loose sand, and they can't see too high combat effectiveness.

Nodding to indicate that she knew, Shen Xian raised her gun and pointed at the bandit leader in front of her: "It doesn't matter who you are, sign up, since you are here today, don't think about leaving!" ”

"The little doll has a lot of breath! You don't deserve to know Grandpa's name! Suffer death—"

Shen Xian and the bandit leader fought together.

The bandit leader's martial arts are not very strong, but it can be seen that this person is good at riding, he swings his sword to dodge left and right, and his posture is very flexible. And Shen Xian was originally a long-distance internal skill profession, and it didn't take long for Zhang Xiu to transfer training, and she couldn't combine horseback riding and fighting well. She had the heart to go to the ground, but she was afraid that she had a person behind her; I want to use the pen to intercept the pulse of the technique, but because of the control of the reins and can't free my hand, it is to control the elbow everywhere, it seems that the fight is very difficult, and when the weapons are connected, they basically rely on internal force to shake the big knife of the bandit leader again and again.

Shen Xian had a little idea in her heart, but the bandit leader was actually not easy. The bandit leader didn't understand internal strength, he only felt that Shen Xian's strength was really great, and every time he faced her spear, his wrist was numb, and it couldn't go on like this, he had to think of a way quickly......

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of his men who had almost robbed him, and the bandit shouted and drew his knife and left. How could Shen Xian let this person leave, she took advantage of the gap when the bandit turned around, brushed two shots and stabbed the horse's legs, the white horse was in pain, rolled and fell to the ground during the run, and threw the bandit leader off the horse.

The Flame Wu Hu was extremely humane, and without waiting for Shen Xian to give the call, he crossed in the direction where the bandit leader rolled down. Shen Xian rushed to the side of the bandit leader, she held the gun high in her backhand, and was about to stab the bandit leader in the chest.

"Don't kill me! I give up! I give up! ”

Seeing that his life was in danger, the bandit leader finally roared in fright, Shen Xian was shocked by his miserable scream, and the offensive came to an abrupt halt, and the bright head of the spear hovered not far above the bandit leader's violently undulating chest.

When the bandit leader saw that Shen Xian had really stopped, a strange expression appeared on his face. Before Shen Xian could figure out what that meant, a cold light burst out from the bandit leader's eyes, and he flipped out a dagger and stabbed it towards the leg of the horse.

The black horse raised its front hooves and raised its head and hissed, and the bandit leader took the opportunity to crawl and stumble to get up and run. Shen Xian stared at the back of the bandit leader in a daze, and suddenly felt a palm leaning out from behind her and covering the hand holding the gun.

The hand was as cold as if it had just been fished out of the water, but with unwavering will and strength, it pushed Shen Xian's arm and stabbed it downward, and at the same time, a calm voice sounded in her ears, with a faint sense of demagogy: "Turn your head and look around you, those people who died unjustly were all killed by him." ”

Involuntarily turning her head, Shen Xian saw a father rushing to the guns of the bandits with his flesh and blood in order to protect his daughter from being snatched away; I saw several bandits teaming up to overturn a carriage, and there was a miserable cry from the car, and I saw several people dressed as family members wielding wooden sticks desperately trying to protect the masters behind them......

What Shen Xian saw in her eyes stopped abruptly, and she suddenly felt that something was hit by the long □□ in her hand, and the thing was very hard when she first came into contact, but after the long □□ entered, and made a gentle pop, Shen Xian felt that the thing became soft like a ball of tofu, which was slaughtered by others.

Shen Xian looked down blankly, but saw darkness - the young man she saved reached out and covered her eyes.

"It's dead, it's okay." The young man whispered.

Shen Xian felt that she was stunned for a long time, and during this time, a lot of information flashed through her brain as if it had exploded. There are the words that Sun Jian warned her, the scene where Sun Ce shot Lu Bu in the woods and saved her, the scene where Zhang Ji's body was thrown down from the city tower and fell to the ground without looking at it, there were the corpses of innocent people all over the ground, and the bandit leader standing among the corpses with a dagger in his hand and smiling coldly......

Murdered? Shen Xian asked herself quietly. As the saying goes, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is good reincarnation, Shen Xian never thought that she had the right to take the life of another person, even if that life was extremely evil. But when the law, the morality, the conscience, and all the things that are all wiped out in this age of war and chaos, who can punish those who deserve it? Is it an ethereal way of heaven? Is it a government that does nothing? Is it a false law? Or—

Shen Xian raised her hand violently, and she unswervingly pulled down the palm that was blocking her eyes.

While seeing the light again, Shen Xian also saw the bandit leader who was stabbed to death by a shot by herself. The hideous face of the bandit leader froze the expression he had before he died, and his cloudy pupils were full of surprise and shock, and there was a little fear, but there was not the slightest remorse.

Until he died, he never repented of his mistakes.

Shen Xian slowly hooked the corners of her mouth, she pulled out her spear, and let the blood gurgle down the corpse. After thinking about how to start, Shen Xian took a deep breath, picked up the gun again, pointed it at the neck of the bandit leader, and drew a line horizontally, cutting off his head and picking it on the tip of the gun.

Turning her head, Shen Xian saw Zhao Yun on the other side with the girl he had saved fighting with another bandit on a horse. Estimating the distance, Shen Xian raised the spear in her hand and threw it fiercely in the direction of Zhao Yun and the bandits, and at the same time she shouted: "The enemy general is dead!" Lay down your arms all! ”

Zhao Yun felt a strong wind behind him, and he made a false move to retreat from his horse, avoiding a shot that flew in the air with a bloody wind. The gun was slanted in front of Zhao Yun and the bandits, the barrel of the gun trembled slightly, and the head of the gun was nailed with a dead head.

Everyone's attention was attracted by Shen Xian's shouting and the volley, and the bandits stared blankly at their boss's head, and the scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard the muffled sound of a weapon falling to the ground, and then a bandit hugged his head and screamed bitterly: "Ahhhhh

The bandit turned around and ran away while shouting, his behavior seemed to press a switch, and the shape shì changed from a close match at the beginning to a one-sided, and the other bandits also threw down their weapons and fled in all directions, Zhao Yun took the opportunity to pick off the thief who had been fighting before.

Facing the fleeing bandits, Shen Xian sneered and said, "Catch them all for me, don't let any of them go." ”

Of the 1,000 soldiers that Shen Xian brought to pick up Xun's family, half of them were Xiliang soldiers under Li Dao who had been incorporated before. The men of Xiliang fight the Huns and Qiang people outside the fortress all day long, very strong, if it were not for the incompetence of the bosses who led the troops, in addition to internal fighting or fleeing, the men of Xiliang felt that they could fight for another hundred years. Originally, he was very reluctant to recruit these men from Shen Xian, because Shen Xian's small body didn't look like a big man, and it didn't fit the image of heroes in the hearts of Xiliang people at all.

But just now, after witnessing Shen Xian's behavior of killing the enemy and cutting off his head and throwing it out to deter bandits, the men of Xiliang suddenly felt that this boss had exploded.

Sometimes, the heart is just a moment.

So when Shen Xian ordered to pursue the bandits without leaving any of them, the Xiliang army rushed out like mad dogs.

Shen Xian didn't understand why the Xiliang Army, who was not quite able to command before, was always listless and didn't wake up at this time, but as long as they could work obediently, she didn't plan to delve into what these soldiers were thinking.

The men of Xiliang had already rushed, and the men of Yizhou said that they were not to be outdone, so the soldiers who were not efficient before instantly increased their combat effectiveness by more than one level, and because of the deterrent power of Shen Xian's slashing behavior, the bandits lost their fighting spirit, and the battle soon ended with a large number of bandits surrendering and fleeing.

Zhao Yun helped the girl he saved off the horse, and the girl bowed to Zhao Yun Yingying: "Thank you so much, save your life, the little girl is unforgettable!" ”

"Nothing." Zhao Yun waved his hand, and an unnatural look flashed on his face: "It's just a matter of raising your hands." Where does the girl want to go? If you stop by, I can give you a ride. ”

"The little girl's family lives in Yecheng, and because of the war, she followed her father to Yizhou to join relatives, but she ...... halfway" A sad look appeared on the girl's face, she turned her head, and her eyes fell on an old man lying quietly on the ground not far away.

The girl bowed to Zhao Yun again, and then stumbled towards the old man, she knelt on the ground with her legs weak, and threw herself on the old man and whimpered and cried.

Zhao Yun stretched out his hand to the girl's back, and after a moment he clenched his fists and sighed.

Cai Yan dismounted beside Zhao Yun and whispered to him, "I'll take a look." ”

"There's Miss Lao Cai." Zhao Yun solemnly clenched his fist at Cai Yan.

On the other side, Shen Xian was talking to the young man she had saved.

This young man is a talent, he can still confront people unhurriedly when he is at a disadvantage, and when Shen Xian hesitated, he decisively killed the bandit leader with her, his expression was calm, and his movements were calm, this courage made Shen Xian ashamed. It doesn't matter if this kind of person can't be touched, it's a pity if you don't fool around to help yourself, so Shen Xian said with a secret thought: "I don't know who this son is?" Where to go? If it's convenient, I can give you a ride. ”

The young man glanced at Shen Xian deeply, and suddenly turned his head to greet the few people who were walking towards this side: "Wen Ruo! ”

Wen Ruo? Shen Xian was stunned for a moment, she looked at the young man, and then looked at the few personable people who came over behind her......

Won't it ...... So coincidentally, right? There are also a lot of people named Wenruo in this world, hahaha.

But soon Shen Xian couldn't laugh, because she was horrified to find that the son who was called "Wen Ruo" by the young man looked like Xun You.

Shen Xian: "......"

Shen Xian took a deep breath, and she asked before everyone else, "Are you from the Yingchuan Xun clan?" ”

"Yes." Gongzi made a gesture to Shen Xian: "In Xiayingchuan Xun Yu Xun Wenruo, thank you for this adult's life-saving grace." ”

"No, don't thank me, that's as it should be." Shen Xian said weakly: "Yizhou Liu Shangyu, come to pick you up for Gongda to go to Hanzhong, come one step late, and hope to forgive your sins." ”

Akihime, where are you, help! I let Gongda and their family get beaten! Will I be beaten by Gongda when I go back?

Shen Xian tried to maintain a calm expression on her face, but she wailed bitterly in her heart.