Chapter 12: Chance Encounters

Early in the morning of the next day, when the eastern sky loomed red, Wang Tang said goodbye to Qin Yan and the others, thanked them for their hospitality, and politely declined Qin Wei'er's kindness to stay for a few more days......

As soon as Wang Tang left the Qin Mansion, he went straight to the city gate, and at the gate of the city, he found that there were a few more soldiers on both sides, which there were no such people when he entered the city yesterday, it seems that it is really as Qin Yan said, the forbidden army has entered the city, and it is coming overnight. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Unconsciously, Wang Tang quickened his pace and went out of the city, he was going to investigate in this Lan Mountain, preparing to start at night.

Wang Tang lined up with the entourage to be inspected by the sergeant at the city gate, and from time to time he heard people talking about the sudden appearance of the forbidden army.

"Where did these officers and soldiers come from, I have never seen them before!"

"You don't know, they are the forbidden army, not our local army."

"What is this going to do? How could there be so many more officers and soldiers overnight! ”

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Just as it was Wang Tang's turn to be inspected, a puff of dust suddenly rose from the official road, and a team of horses galloped towards the city gate.

All the people at the gate of the city looked at it, and when they were near the gate, the king saw them clearly.

There were eleven horseback riders, seven of whom were dressed as forbidden soldiers and seemed to have a captain, and the other four were dressed in black and slightly mysterious, and one of the four was a woman.

When Wang Tang saw these people dismount, the sergeant at the gate of the city saluted the captain and said, "Sir," and even ordinary people such as Wang Tang who were far away heard it.

Even the common people at the gate of the city probably guessed that something big might really happen in Lan County, and those with insight knew that a lieutenant lieutenant commander commanded at least one battalion of soldiers, and there were more than 500 soldiers in a battalion, and these soldiers were still forbidden by the imperial court!

"Captain Wang, we won't follow you into the city if we have other tasks in the six doors, please understand." One of the men in black stepped forward and whispered next to the Forbidden Army Captain.

"If that's the case, then we will separate here, hoping that when the bandits are suppressed, you will be able to reach your destination on time." In the face of the request of the man in black, Wang Xiaowei agreed without saying anything, after all, these people with six doors are not under his control, and people come to suppress bandits just by the way, and it is the Metropolitan Procuratorate that can really order them, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is directly responsible to the emperor......

"Of course, on the day of the bandits, the four of us will inevitably come to join Captain Wang, which is also one of our tasks." The man in black smiled slightly, bowed his hand to Captain Wang, and the rest of the men in black also bowed their hands, and then they turned over and left.

After leaving the city gate, Wang Tang walked directly to Lanshan, along the way Wang Tang rarely met a few people, after all, there is a Muqing village on Lanshan, even some old people met on the road also advised Wang Tang not to go to the mountain, even at the foot of the mountain, there is an eyeliner planted by Muqingzhai bandits.

Lanshan is close to the 100,000 mountains, although the mountain is not high and dense, but it is also called Zhong Lingyuxiu, in the early years, when it was not occupied by the bandits of Muqingzhai, there is a small temple here, and there are often pedestrians who come to burn incense or climb the mountain to play.

Wang Tang bypassed the village at the foot of Lanshan, which was called Panlong Village, but now there were no ordinary people there, and it had become an outpost for bandits.

Wang Tang had an axe pinned to his waist, and a pair of eyes looked around from time to time, because he was surprised to find that since he stepped into this Lan Mountain, the spiritual power in his body did not seem to flow as smoothly as usual, as if he was bound.

He realized that this Arashiyama was unusual, and his original contempt for these bandits disappeared and was replaced by solemnity.

The owner of this ghost-faced village chose this Lanshan to set up the village, does it mean that he knows that there may be some mysterious elements in this Lanshan? Or are there monks among these bandits?

Suddenly, Wang Tang stopped, he felt someone in front of him, and Wang Tang cleverly hid himself

The sound of footsteps was hidden in a large and lush tree.

Out of the bushes came a young man in a blue cloth shirt, this person was the Bai Yu that Wang Tang had seen in the Shili Pavilion, and it was also the Bai Yu mentioned by Qin Yan.

Seeing Bai Yu hurriedly walking towards the mountain, Wang Tang wondered if this person was really connected with the bandits in Muqingzhai?

Wang Tang decided to follow, and as he walked, Wang Tang became more and more sure that Bai Yu had absolutely something to do with this Mu Qingzhai, maybe he was still one of these bandits.

Because Bai Yu was too familiar with the terrain and traps, Wang Tang saw that this Bai Yu walked past several traps, thinking that if he could avoid one or two traps, it would be a coincidence, but he found and avoided multiple traps one after another, which required a reasonable explanation.

Soon, Wang Tang followed Bai Yu to an inconspicuous grass, and Wang Tang saw Bai Yu looking around in the middle of the grass and didn't know who he was waiting for.

It didn't take long for a black-clothed man wearing a ghost mask to come out from behind a big rock, and Wang Tang hid behind a thick tree to watch all this, and it seemed that this person was most likely the owner of the ghost face village.

"Big brother, it's not good, the government has sent a large number of forbidden troops, and they are going to attack the mountain in a big way in the next few days." Bai Yu frowned between his eyebrows and said to the ghost-faced man with a little anxiety, if Wang Tang heard Bai Yu's words, I am afraid that Wang Tang would be surprised, you must know that the outside world thinks that this ghost-faced village owner has no brothers and sisters.

"Brother, I heard. This time, the government sent a battalion of forbidden troops to attack the mountain and rescue the daughter of the prefect, which is really the practice of powerful nobles! The ghost face villager's words were full of coldness and anger, and for some reason, as long as he mentioned the government, he couldn't suppress his emotions.

"Big brother, this time is different from the past, I heard that this time the imperial court also sent the elite of the six gates, and the government is determined to destroy my Muqing Village this time!" Bai Yu briefly explained to his eldest brother the actions and determination of the government, he hoped that his eldest brother could temporarily avoid the edge and not go to the confrontation with the officers and soldiers.

After pondering for a while, the ghost-faced man did not agree with Bai Yu's suggestion. Although the elite of the six gates has also dispatched manpower, there should not be too many people dispatched, and the main force is still those forbidden troops.

With their familiarity with the terrain and danger of Arashiyama, they still have a chance to defeat these people sent by the government, and most importantly, the development of the ruins inside Arashiyama has been completed, and the ruins are so brilliant that even if they put this painstakingly managed Muqing Village into it, it is worth it.

Bai Yu was silent, he also understood that the existence of Mu Qingzhai was just a tool that could be used, and the importance of the Lanshan Ruins could be said to be the beginning of another life for the two brothers, and they really couldn't give up easily.

Wang Tang hid behind a tree, afraid of being discovered by the two of them, so he didn't move, plus because of the distance, he didn't hear the conversation between Bai Yu and the ghost-faced man, but he was sure that the content of the conversation between the two was related to the attack of the official army.

Soon, Wang Tang found that Bai Yu and the ghost-faced man were walking towards the mountain together, and Bai Yu also put on a black windbreaker and covered his face with a veil, Wang Tang cautiously followed......