In the twenty-seventh year of the Great Zhao Dynasty, outside the city of Yangzhou, Qingling Mountain.

The early hours of April were still a little chilly, and there was still a little fog lingering among the mountains. At this time, it was just the fifth watch, and it was the time when people had not woken up from a deep sleep. Less than two feet between the rolling hills, there was the sound of horses' hooves of "boom, boom".

A carriage and several guards on horseback were galloping down the road, and the man at first looked to be in his early thirties, with a weathered face, a cold air in his eyebrows, a deep look in his eyes, a thick calloused on his left hand holding the reins, and a scruffy beard on his face, which must have been the result of neglect during the journey. Immediately behind him to the left was a young man who was still fifteen or sixteen years old, who was also a servant of the dust, but his face did not show fatigue after the night rush, and he was obviously full of energy, which was different from ordinary people. They were followed by six other guards, escorting a carriage drawn by four horses.

The people and horses galloped all the way, and no one heard the words, only the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels echoed in the mountains. Suddenly, the man in the lead made a stop gesture and made another booing motion. Everyone slowed down, gradually grabbed the reins, and stopped. The man's eyes flashed, and he carefully surveyed the surrounding hills by the light of the moon. I saw the shadows of the trees swaying, overlapping and overlapping, the surroundings were silent, and no abnormalities were found, the man's blade-like eyebrows suddenly rose, and his heart was very vigilant, signaling the others to take their weapons and stand by in place. After about a stick of incense, there was a sudden sound of breaking the sky in front of him, the man drew his sword to the left, and an arrow was cut off to the ground, followed by a sound of rubbing leaves, and more than a dozen black-clothed men in strong clothes and masks ghostly rushed out of the surrounding woods. The man motioned for the group to set up a battle formation, and firmly guarded the carriage in the center, although it was suddenly attacked, but there was no panic between the actions.

As soon as these two groups of people encountered, they were already entangled, and the man led everyone to have fewer enemies and more enemies, and he was still able to stabilize the situation, and he was obviously not an idle person. In the blink of an eye, the two sides have passed hundreds of moves, and there is still no victory, the leader of the masked men saw that although the other party was small in number, they were all strong, and at this time the sky was already bright, knowing that he wanted to fight quickly, he waved the bright sword in his hand, compared a strange move, only to see several cold arrows shot out of the surrounding forest, and the target was directly aimed at the people in the carriage!

The man shouted: "Fourth master, be careful! Protect the fourth master! ”

All the guards gathered around the carriage in a retreat, and as they continued to wrestle with the man in black, they swung down the stray sword that shot at them.

"Ahh With a miserable scream, one of the guards was finally invincible to the attack of open guns and hidden arrows, and was pierced through the chest by a sword, and blood gushed like a spring. It's just that he refused to fall, but pulled out the opponent's sword with his backhand, and waved the long sword in his hand with all his might, forcing the enemy back a few steps.

One after the other, several of the guards were lightly and heavily injured. The man and the boy were still fighting, but their breathing was getting heavier, and their strength was not as good as before, and they were afraid that they would eventually die here if the situation in front of them continued.

At this moment, someone in the carriage jumped out with a sword, and it was also a young boy who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, I saw that he was dressed in a royal blue dark purple moire tuanhua brocade robe, with a dark green wide belt around his waist, decorated with a delicate purse and a small seal of Hetian jade, tall as a pine, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his eyes stared coldly at this group of uninvited guests, and the long sword in his hand was raised, and he was about to step forward to fight with the enemy.

"The fourth master can't!" The man was shocked and hurriedly stopped the boy from making a move. It's just that the young man has been caught by the battle situation in front of him, and his fighting spirit is unstoppable, not to mention that his guards fell two more in a blink of an eye, and he didn't hesitate, and he raised his sword and fought with the man in black in front of him. Although the young man was young, his posture was flexible, and his swordsmanship was swift and tricky, and he actually cut off the two in a blink of an eye, but the other party also realized his difficulty, and separated three people to besiege him, and he couldn't get out for a while.

The man couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he saw that the young man was okay for the time being, and he thought that it would be impossible to repel the enemy, so he had to entangle this group of people with himself and the guards, so that the fourth master had a chance to get out. Thinking of this, he turned around and moved to the young man, ready to remind him to wait for an opportunity to escape. It's just that at this time, the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and the six guards have all been wiped out, leaving only him and the young guards before to resist desperately, and although the man in black has also suffered heavy casualties, after all, there are still six people, who are surrounding the three of them, and there are cold arrows around them from time to time, and the situation is really dangerous.

The man nodded at the young guard, his eyes full of determination and determination. In a flash of lightning, he lifted the boy and threw him on the horse, and together with the young guards, he stopped the man in black who wanted to come forward to kill, and fought desperately.

The young man's eyes were cracked, the hand holding the sword burst out, the tiger's mouth cracked, and the blood flowed for a long time, looking at the two people behind him who were desperately protecting the master, no matter what, he couldn't urge the horses under him.

"Fourth Master, let's go!" The young guard anxiously urged. The situation between him and the man is really not good, and now his strength has run out of oil, and the man has been hit by a sword in his arm, which is difficult to support.

At this time, the man in black also began to be impatient, the sky was almost bright, and it would be difficult to explain if he didn't complete the task. They glanced at each other and began to fight for their lives. Seeing that the black-clothed man who was sneaking up behind the man was about to stab him with a sword, he fell to the ground, with an arrow feather stuck in his eyebrows, and the tail of the sword was still trembling slightly.

The man's heart was shocked, and he tried his best to look around, only to notice that the cold arrows that had been in a row just now had stopped at some point, he was greatly excited, and he raised his breath to slash the man in black in front of him under the sword, but found that another man in black next to him was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, he was overjoyed in his heart, and signaled the young guard to hold on no matter what. The young man had already noticed the strangeness, and he immediately jumped off his horse, and together with the man, he cut down two more men in black. The remaining man in black who was the leader saw that the situation was not good, and actually took the opportunity to hide in the woods on the side of the road in a few leaps, and it was difficult to find a trace.

The three young men escaped death, and they were very happy, but after the man's breath fell, he was unstable on his feet, and the two young men hurriedly helped him to lean by the carriage, and took gold sore medicine from the carriage to heal him. After settling down, the young man bowed to the opposite woods, and said loudly: "Thank you friends for your help, it is difficult to repay the grace of saving lives, I wonder if you can show up and see it?" ”

As soon as the boy's voice fell, a crisp voice was heard: "Here!" Over here! He followed the sound, and saw a white cloth swaying from side to side in the woods on the opposite slope, on a large tree only two feet away from the roadside.

He was surprised in his heart, this voice was clearly childish, wasn't he a martial arts master, but an immature child? And why wave a white flag on a tree? If they found out, wouldn't it be better to go down to the tree and see them?

Before he could ask again, the voice sounded again: "I have an injured foot and can't go down, so I ask you guys to do me a favor!" ”

He was secretly surprised in his heart, but said quietly: "Please rest easy, I and the guards will come immediately." ”

He ordered the young guards to put a pair of crutches on the ground in the carriage, and strode toward the big tree.