Chapter 82: Death in the Woods

The spring rain continued to flow, but the spring days of the Great Jin Dynasty did not bring vitality because of the spring rain, but were shrouded in a layer of gloom. Fortunately, the soup kitchen in the city has not stopped, and some kind and wealthy merchants have also joined the team to donate grain, the city garrison in Beijing has doubled, and there are many fewer troublemakers.

The people are not well fed and clothed, and they will not pay attention to the major events in the court. But even so, the matter of General Guan's squad returning to the dynasty has become the most talked about topic on the streets and alleys of the capital recently. The brave and warlike army led by Guan Lianghan will be able to arrive in Beijing tonight.

Guan Lianghan, who was in the mouth of the people, was holding the newly brewed Guan Shan Qingxue in the Dongfeng Building at the moment, and Mo Cong on the side looked at him and said: "Second brother, everyone in the capital knows that you are back in Beijing today, you really don't look like you?" ”

"Fake looks," Guan Lianghan scoffed: "I have already returned to Beijing, what do I do, and besides, it's night, who will pay attention to this." Philistines disturb themselves. ”

Mo Cong shrugged his shoulders: "It's raining so hard, I don't know where they are at this time, and whether they can return to Beijing on time." ”

"Don't worry." Guan Lianghan wiped his mouth: "My subordinates are not soft persimmons, no matter how heavy the rain is, they should be in Wulin Road at this moment." ”

Wulin Road is not an official road, and the official road was washed away by the rising water a few days ago, and the horses can't get by. Wulin Road is connected to a large ebony forest, stretching for thousands of miles, the terrain is complex, the trees are verdant, it is easy to get lost if you are not careful, and there are wild beasts in the forest. But it doesn't hurt that a whole army is here. Guan Lianghan raised his head and poured wine into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Wait with peace of mind." ”

In Jiang's mansion, Jiang Ruan was sitting in front of the window looking at the rain, for some reason, he was unsettled early this morning, although he forced himself to press down, he was still a little absent-minded.

Forsythia hurriedly ran in and said, "Girl, the slave maid looked at a mother-in-law with a face who entered Yanhua Garden, and she seemed to be very happy when she came out, and the people in Yanhua Garden were also beaming. ”

Jiang Ruan's eyes jumped: "Can you see clearly?" ”

Forsythia nodded. Jiang Ruan said: "I'm going to go out of Lu immediately, Bai Zhi, Forsythia will come with me, you stay in the house with Luzhu, and when you ask over there, you will say that I will go out with Miss Wen to pick out jewelry." ”

Dew Drop nodded and said, "Girl, be careful." ”

Xia Yan has been busy with his own affairs these days, and he has no time to take care of Jiang Ruan, perhaps thinking that Jiang Ruan can't make any waves, and when Jiang Xin dies, Jiang Ruan will be even more inadequate, so he is very lenient with her. The relationship between Jiang Ruan and Dong Ying'er has also become close, and it is very cheap to occasionally use this excuse to go out.

Jiang Ruan and the three went out, Bai Zhi went to find a carriage outside, and the three of them went straight to the general's mansion. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the General's Mansion, he saw Zhao Yi, Zhao Yuanfeng and a group of guards were about to go out. After building Jiang Ruan, Zhao Yuanfeng was also slightly stunned, and then said: "Dad came back from Xia Jia'an's eyeliner, and the Xia family went to Wulin Road early this morning. After a pause, he continued: "The Li family is also involved in this matter. ”

Jiang Ruan raised his eyebrows, and Zhao Yi also followed: "It's inconvenient for my grandfather to come out, I'm with my third uncle, these people are all Zhao Jiajun, and they pretend to be like this in order to hide people's eyes and ears." Cousin, you are in the house now, wait, we will definitely save the faith. ”

Jiang Ruan shook his head: "I'll go with you." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Yi to speak, Zhao Yuanfeng categorically refused: "No, it's too dangerous, you stay here." ”

"Third uncle, if I don't go, I won't be at ease for the rest of my life, things are urgent, third uncle don't waste time here. I can protect myself, and if things are so dangerous that I can't even save them, it's even more tricky to think about, and it's a blessing that my brother and I died together. Her tone was indifferent, and there was a kind of indifferent rejection of life and death, teaching Zhao Yuanfeng couldn't help but sink his heart, and then looked at Jiang Ruan's determined appearance, remembering Zhao Guang's comments on Jiang Ruan yesterday, and his heart sank: "Okay, but you have to be careful." The sword has no eyes, if you really have three long and two short, how can I explain to your dead mother. ”

Jiang Ruan bowed slightly, Zhao Yi hesitated, and had no choice but to lead a horse from behind, and asked, "Cousin, can you ride a horse?" ”

Jiang Ruan didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he stepped on the stirrup, turned over beautifully, sat on the horse upright, and randomly took the hat and put it on his head. The neat posture made the guards around him shine. In the last life, there was a beauty in the Western Regions who could ride a horse, and the equestrian skills were surprisingly beautiful, and a boom in horseback riding was set off in the harem, but unfortunately she had no one to teach equestrianism since she was a child, and the most important one was the equestrian skills taught by Xuanli himself, although it was not particularly outstanding, but in order to impress him, Jiang Ruan practiced day and night, and in the end became one of the best. Relived a life, but I didn't expect to show kung fu for the first time, but it was to save Jiang Xinzhi.

Bai Zhi and Forsythia couldn't ride horses and couldn't follow, so they could only stay in the General's Mansion and wait, and they both told Jiang Ruan with some concern: "Girl, be careful all the way." ”

Time is urgent, can't stay longer, Zhao Yuanfeng is like a whip: "Let's go!" ”

The group jumped on their horses and whipped their whips and ran towards the outside of the city. The water stirred up by the horse's hooves splashed all the way, bursting with a crisp sound.

Zhao Yi and Zhao Yuanfeng were a little worried about Jiang Ruan at first, after all, the girl's body is delicate, and it may be a little unbearable to bump so quickly, but Jiang Ruan didn't show an uncomfortable expression along the way, so he put his mind at ease. The horses ran faster.

Besides, Mo Cong and Guan Lianghan had just gotten off the Dongfeng Tower, and when they saw Xiao Shao below, they said hello, and when they were about to speak, they saw a group of people galloping past on horses. The splash splashed on Mo Cong's body, Mo Cong jumped back, and said angrily: "Hey, Young Master Ben's clothes are dirty!" ”

Guan Lianghan laughed: "Man, what are you doing, hey, isn't that Zhao Yuanfeng's kid?" ”

Xiao Shao was slightly stunned, followed Guan Lianghan's gaze, and saw a slender figure in the team at a glance, which was particularly eye-catching among the big men. Although he was wearing a hat, looking at Zhao Yuanfeng and Zhao Yi riding horses beside him, and thinking about the recent investigation of the Jiang family's concubines frequently entering the General's Mansion, it is not difficult to guess the identity of the horse.

"What are they doing here?" Guan Lianghan groaned.

"The person behind him is Zhao Jiajun." Xiao Shao reminded: "Dress up as a guard." ”

"Private? Yo, this kid from the Zhao family is not afraid of death? Guan Lianghan said.

Xiao Shao frowned, suddenly turned around and left, Guan Lianghan saw this, and hurriedly followed him and asked, "Third child, where are you going, I still have something to tell you." ”

Xiao Shao walked downstairs to the place where the horse was tied and said while untying the horse's reins: "Go back and say." ”

Guan Lianghan looked at him: "Do you want to follow Zhao Yuanfeng?" ”

Xiao Shao didn't speak, just single-mindedly only cared about his own actions, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence, Guan Lianghan suddenly laughed: "Interesting, I also want to see what that kid from the Zhao family is doing, Lao Qi, go and bring my horse." After that, he patted Xiao Shao's shoulder: "I'll go with you." ”

Mo Cong reluctantly led Guan Lianghan's horse over and asked, "Second brother, third brother, can you take me with you?" ”

Mo Congtian is not afraid of the ground, and the most feared thing is to ride a horse. When I was young, I was once riding a horse and fell off the horse, and I was raised in bed for three months, so that I would never ride alone again.

Xiao Shao said: "No. ”

Mo Cong touched his nose and heard Guan Lianghan also say, "You just stay here obediently." After that, he turned over and got on the horse, never looked at Mo Cong again, and with a whip, the horse suddenly ran away, and Mo Cong was angry in the back, but he was helpless.

The two horses ran one after the other and followed the people in front of them, Guan Lianghan caught up with Xiao Shao's horse, his face changed, and he asked with a serious expression: "Third child, do you know what to say?" "Xiao Shao and the people in the General's Mansion don't have any friendship on weekdays, they can't catch up with the old days, something must have happened, they are also military attachΓ©s, Guan Lianghan is not in Beijing all the year round, and I also want to know if the Zhao family has any secrets.

When Xiao Shao heard this, he glanced at him in surprise, his beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and he said lightly: "They are going in the direction of going out of the city." ”

"yes, so what?" Guan Lianghan asked. At present, there are only displaced people who have entered Beijing, and there are no people who have left the city, and the capital is much better than outside. And Zhao Yuanfeng's uncle and nephew with Zhao Jiajun who pretended to be a guard, there must be some other reason, what is the reason? Although Guan Lianghan is far away in the frontier, he can also find out the temperament of some colleagues as an official in the same dynasty, Zhao Yuanfeng, the third young master of the Zhao family, is reckless and impulsive on weekdays, but he is not a picky eater, and the Zhao family's family style is strict, and the military style is the same, it is impossible to take soldiers to do other things at will.

"Where is your army right now?" Xiao Shao asked.

"The official road is ruined, it should be Wulin Road, I came back from Wulin Road, counting the itinerary, I should be passing through Wulin Road soon." Guan Lianghan said, then thought of something, and looked at Xiao Shao in surprise: "Third child, should you say that the Zhao family is going for my army?" The Zhao family and I, the Guan family, have no relationship. Now only you and Lao Qizhi are talking about my return to Beijing, and the Zhao family will not go to Wulin Road to greet me, and it must not be against me. ”

Xiao Shao shook his head: "No, it has nothing to do with you." ”

"And what do you mean?" Guan Lianghan was even more confused by what he said.

Xiao Shao clamped the horse's belly, and the horse rushed forward like an arrow, he lowered his long eyelashes, and said, "I can't tell." ”

The rain that has been coming for several days has washed the road along the way into mud, and the slippery rocks have added a lot of difficulty to the journey, and the three-day journey must be five days later. The Guan family army has been on the road for several days, and the soldiers have already been slightly tired. Ahead is Ulin Road. The rain washed away the official road, and the jungle in Wulin Road was dense, and it was easy to get lost, and it was endless. The army stayed in front of Ullindao and stopped to rest.

Guan Lianghan was not there, and the entire army obeyed Jiang Xinzhi's command. A soldier greeted Jiang Xinzhi enthusiastically: "Adjutant General, sit down and eat something." ”

Jiang Xinzhi smiled and shook his head: "No need." ”

And the soldier said no more. From a small rice cooker to a deputy general who has a world on the battlefield, Jiang Xinzhi spent a full five years. The Jiang family values literature over martial arts, he grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and has never practiced martial arts, but it wasn't until he couldn't even protect his sister that he understood that uselessness was the truth of scholars. Even when he arrived in the barracks, he had suffered a lot of cold eyes at first, and the sword had no eyes on the battlefield, with his qualifications, it was already God's favor to be able to save a life. However, Jiang Xinzhi finally came to this position.

He touched the horse's head, and there was some timidity in his heart. The decision to join the army was also a moment of youthful anger, but after going to the battlefield, he couldn't help himself, and he didn't return to Beijing for five years. Now that I think about it, putting Jiang Ruan in a cannibalistic situation like the Jiang family is really not a good idea. Over the years, he has also changed his name and secretly asked people to bring a letter to Jiang Ruan, but he has never heard back. The closer he got to Beijing, the more worried Jiang Xin became, after so many years, Jiang Ruan would not have a bad life, and whether he would encounter accidents. After Zhao Mei died, Xia Yan was a sweetheart and bitter, Jiang Quan had never liked their brothers and sisters, Jiang Ruan was lonely, would he be bullied by the brothers and sisters of the Jiang Mansion. The more he thought about it, a strange feeling arose in Jiang Xin's heart, and an inexplicable irritability gradually rose.

He was distracted, the horse next to him lowered his head and arched his body with his mouth, and his front hooves were scraping the ground from time to time, Jiang Xinzhi smiled and said: "Zhilu Dao, Heifeng, this will take you to drink." ”

There was no water source along the way, and the water on the ground was mixed with too many dead animals and mud, lest they drink and get sick, and the water was left for the weak soldiers and horses, and the black wind had been in mouth for a long time. There was a stream in the forest of Wulin Daolin, so Jiang Xinzhi instructed a soldier beside him: "I will take the chasing wind to fetch some water and come back, you let the brothers rest here first, and I will come back quickly." ”

The soldier was ordered to leave, Jiang Xinzhi turned over and jumped on the horse, and patted Hei Feng's neck affectionately: "Go." ”

Hei Feng snorted from his nose, then spread his legs and ran forward, although it was easy to get lost in Wulin Road, but the old horse knew the way, and Jiang Xinzhi was not worried.

Hei Feng didn't run a few steps, and saw a winding stream appear in front of him, because it was in the ebony forest, the strong and dense branches blocked most of the rain, and he saw from a distance that the stream was crystal clear, and it was not stained by the mud at all, Jiang Xin was happy, but Hei Feng stopped at this moment.

Jiang Xinzhi only said that the horse was tired, so he patted its head: "It's coming soon, Heifeng, go forward." ”

Hei Feng let out a few breaths in his nose, raised his front hooves and fell down again, he refused to take another step, Jiang Xinzhi was surprised, Hei Feng was already anxiously stepping on the spot.

Hei Feng is a war horse that has been on the battlefield, how much spirituality does it have, Jiang Xin's heart was suspicious, and he quietly stroked the mane on Hei Feng's neck, Hei Feng felt Jiang Xinzhi's appeasement, and gradually calmed down. Jiang Xinzhi stared at his eyebrows, only to hear the sound of "whoosh", there was a sound of breaking the sky in the forest, Jiang Xinzhi stretched out his hand violently, and caught the thing with a swoop, it was an arrow, and a red cloth bag was tied to it. Jiang Xinzhi suspiciously took off the red cloth bag and opened it, and saw that there was half a piece of amber inside. He was stunned, and randomly clenched his fists tightly.

When Zhao Mei was alive, there were two half-moon-shaped pieces of amber, and the two pieces of amber were two pieces completely, but they could be pieced together into a whole piece, and the butterflies condensed in the amber also happened to be the middle half of each piece of butterfly wings, which were natural and lifelike. Zhao Mei made a necklace of amber, one for Jiang Xinzhi and one for Jiang Ruan. The piece of amber in front of him is clearly the one on Jiang Ruan's body!

Someone took Jiang Ruan's things. Although I don't know what the purpose is, it is related to Jiang Ruan.

Jiang Xinzhi stroked the amber around his neck with both hands, and his eyes narrowed, and he instantly exuded a kind of anger.

The resting place of the soldiers and horses here is very close, but if you go deeper, there may be unknown dangers.

There was a sound of rustling in the forest, and I saw a corner of my clothes flashing in the depths of the jungle, and I went straight to the middle of the dense forest.

Jiang Xinzhi slapped the horse's belly fiercely: "Drive!" ”

Whether it was a conspiracy or not, and the other party threatened him with Jiang Ruan, he couldn't be indifferent, and he couldn't even send a letter to the soldiers and horses. At this moment, Jiang Xin's heart was as if he had walked in the flames, full of impatience.

Black Wind felt his anger, and even though he didn't want to move forward, he hissed and rushed into the dense forest.

The terrain of the ebony forest is already complicated, and Jiang Xinzhi is also the first time to walk here, and the person in front of him has excellent kung fu, and he picks a rugged and narrow path to walk forward. The black wind followed, and the deeper into the forest, the taller the ebony became, almost obscuring the entire sky, and there was no trace of light in sight.

The black wind stopped suddenly, Jiang Xinzhi sat on his horse, motionless, the silence in the forest was surprisingly quiet, from leaving the creek to this place, I don't know how far away the road is from the soldiers and horses.

And the disappearance of the person in front of him can only prove that this is a trap.

Who set the trap and for what?

Jiang Xinzhi's expression was calm, and after the anxious color dissipated, the worry in his heart dissipated, and he was a little happy.

Since the proof is a trap, Jiang Ruan may be safe.

He slowly drew the saber at his waist, the blade unsheathed, and the three-foot green blade reflected his shadow. The young lieutenant general has his own murderous aura between his eyebrows, and he is the one who has seen the bloody aura on the battlefield.

With a "bang", Jiang Xinzhi's blade moved forward, and at the same time, his body fell suddenly, avoiding the sneak attack of the people behind him. He turned his horse's head in an instant, and looked at the stranger dressed as a guard.

There were five strangers in total.

He rode the black wind back a few steps back: "Who sent you?" ”

"Jiang Gongzi, if you know each other, leave your own life, so that the five of me can go back to the errand." One of them.

Jiang Xinzhi sneered: "I don't know whether to live or die!" With that, he suddenly got up, jumped off his horse, and pointed his knife at a stranger in front of him.

The stranger didn't have time to retreat, and although he tried his best to dodge, he was still cut on the arm by Jiang Xinzhi's blade, and several people didn't expect Jiang Xinzhi's kung fu to be so refined. One glance at each other, no more words, and a rush to join the battle.

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