In the evening, when the sun sets, the birds return to their nests and inhabit the woods, although the song is up and down, there is rarely a scene of fluttering. It was unusual for a large number of birds to fly in the woods ahead.

Zhang Ci ordered a dozen people to go to explore the way, while the rest waited in place for the situation. Chen Qiuniang looked at the scale of the flock of birds, and secretly guessed that if it was a beast, it should be the level of an elephant herd; If it is man-made, then the number of people who come is at least fifty or more. And looking at the place where the birds fluttered, it seemed to be at the mouth of the mountain in front of the official road.

Chen Qiuniang is a native of the mountains and is very familiar with mountain roads. She knew that the kind of mountain pass was basically an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, and it was the best place to ambush.

"What's going on?" The fifth lady opened the curtain and asked worriedly.

Lu Chen turned around and smiled, and said, "It's a little thing." Fanghua can take a break in the carriage for a while, and when you wake up, it's time for dinner. ”

"Brother Langqing." The five girls frowned, their voices full of dissatisfaction. She meant to say that when was it, and he was still in the mood to say that.

"It's really okay, it's nothing like this." Lu Chen smiled and waved his hand to the fifth young lady and said, "Be good." ”

Zhang Ci turned around to look at Chen Qiuniang at this time, his eyes were deep, and Chen Qiuniang couldn't see his feelings, so he couldn't see the slightest worry and fear from his face, so he couldn't see through the shape in front of him whether it was good or bad for Zhang Ci. If it's bad, it's so bad.

Seeing that Lu Chen ignored it, the fifth young lady shouted crisply: "Second brother." ”

"Go back to the car." Zhang Ci only replied with one sentence, but his expression was not friendly.

The fifth lady also seemed to be a little afraid of him, so she immediately lowered the curtain and stopped talking. Lu Chen sent more than a dozen people to protect the carriage, and after ordering this qiē, he suddenly asked Chen Qiuniang: "Are you afraid?" ”

"It's a personal fear." Chen Qiuniang replied.

"I thought you wouldn't be afraid." He said.

"I'm not an immortal, I don't have the kung fu of the world, and I don't have elite troops, so why am I not afraid." Chen Qiuniang replied while staring at the situation in front of her. But the mouth of the mountain seemed to be calm, and there were no more fluttering birds.

"Sharp-toothed. I sue you, don't worry. In this case, Youqi is not the first time to meet it, and there are a hundred times more dangerous than this. Besides, he is the patriarch of the Nine Great Families, can he not count the dangers along the way? Lu Chen comforted.

Chen Qiuniang lowered her eyes and said, "I don't need to say this, I know it." It's just that I'm wondering who dares to make a move on Zhang Ergongzi's convoy on the official road in Yuzhou, and what is the purpose of the other party. This Yuzhou is your Lu family's territory. ”

"Hey, do you doubt me?" Lu Chen asked loudly.

"Lu Gongzi's wisdom is like that?" Chen Qiuniang pursed her lips and ignored it. tightened the horse in his hand, and gently rode forward side by side with Zhang Ci. Zhang Ci saw her coming to his side, looked at her in surprise, and then said, "You shouldn't." ”

Chen Qiuniang knew that he meant that she shouldn't come to him, in this case, she would be too dazzling and likely to attract attention.

"It doesn't matter." She said very willfully, then looked around the corner in front of her and said, "You know that someone has pretended to be you in the vanguard sent out, right?" ”

He said "um", and Chen Qiuniang continued to ask: "So those people are coming for you, and they have already done it?" ”

"Before our horse team, there were four more vanguards. Behind our horse team, there are three rear troops, except for the spies at the front of the team, each vanguard has me and Lu Chen. He said calmly.

Chen Qiuniang's heart suddenly tightened, and she secretly thought that if it wasn't for the words she said to him, only each other knew, if she wasn't familiar enough with him, then any face could confuse herself.

"You don't have to worry." After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment and added.

Chen Qiuniang nodded and said, "With you, I'm not worried." ”

He turned his face, smiled at her, and said; "If only you trust me."

"I trust you, of course." She said.

He smiled, and finally his expression regained his expression. Then, in a very soft voice, he said: "In the past, I only had to consider the interests of the family in what I did, and even if I had a bad conscience, I didn't bother to think about it, and I didn't bother to sigh. But now, I'm always thinking: if I do this, will Yun'er like it, will Yun'er be unhappy, will Yun'er be unhappy. People like me, who grew up in deceit and conspiracy, have blood on their hands, and one day care about what others think of what I do. ”

His tone bordered on self-deprecation later on. Chen Qiuniang didn't know what to say, so she just stayed by his side silently.

"Your verse condemns war." Suddenly, he said. Chen Qiuniang suddenly understood that he was still struggling with that poem. She was originally talking about the people who love each other until death, but unexpectedly, when he heard it, she was condemning the war for separating the sentient people from both ends. Now, Zhang Ci's biggest hesitation is whether he should rebel or not. If it is reversed, it may provoke even greater disputes and may even introduce firearms into the war.

"It's just an expression of love." Chen Qiuniang said.

Zhang Ci didn't say anything more, and a person came in front of him. The person who came turned over and fell off his horse and knelt in front of Zhang Ci, saying, "Back to the second son, the convoy in front was ambushed, all the personnel were killed, and there were hundreds of assassins. Our men are fighting against them, and the battle is fierce. ”

Chen Qiuniang suddenly took out the sword on Zhang Ci's body and leaned over and stabbed straight at the man, shouting: "Pretending to be a ghost, who is coming?" ”

The man on the ground jumped out of the way all of a sudden, dodging Chen Qiuniang's sword. Chen Qiuniang jumped off the horse, and there were a few more swords. Now the guards surrounded the man.

"Sakura-chan, why do you move your sword?" Lu Chen caught up.

"I heard the second son mobilize people, and they all said the number clearly, and the command was clear. So, as a powerful general, how could the people under him be summed up by the vague 'our people' when they returned to the war situation? He should name a clear team, the number of people, the number of enemies, the tactics, and so on. Besides, although I am not good at disguise, I am also a disciple of the Floating Light Prince. His little disguise wasn't enough. Also, this person is from the North, and the habit of squatting on the ground is not owned by us Shuzhong people. Chen Qiuniang said loudly.

"What a girl, I was careless." The man shouted, and as soon as the small bow and crossbow in his sleeve came out, it shot straight at Zhang Ci.

Zhang Ci jumped up, and at the same time, he pulled the guard's slashing knife and slashed horizontally, directly cutting the person into two pieces, and the blood was far away. Chen Qiuniang just trembled, but did not dodge in the slightest. Because she knew that in this troubled era, if she wanted to go down with Zhang Ci, there would be many more such scenes in the future.

Lu Chen jumped down with several guards, carefully examined the person, and then said to Zhang Ci, who was already on the horse: "It seems that it is not from the Zhao family. ”

"The people of the Northern Han Dynasty want to assassinate me and let the Zhang clan fight with the Zhao clan, they can breathe a sigh of relief, or they can also counterattack Bianjing." Zhang Ci said disdainfully, then waved his hand and said, "Inform you that Lu Jiajun can close the net, you can surrender, if you can't catch it, you will be killed, whoever dares to calculate me will have to pay a heavy price." ”

"Yes." Lu Chen replied, then took out the arrow in his sleeve, and the fireworks that soared into the sky flew high as a signal. Later, there was a signal on the mountain not far away, and it traveled all the way to far, far away.

When the signal in the distance was no longer visible, Chen Qiuniang saw that the birds in the mountains were frightened on a large scale, as if a large area of mountains was occupied by people. She was shocked: she had long heard that Yuzhou was the territory of the Lu clan, but she didn't expect that their private soldiers had reached this scale, and listening to Zhang Ci's words, they could still fight well.

"The rest of the people are camped in the bamboo forest ahead." Zhang Ci waved his hand, turned over and dismounted. And when they received the order, they began to set up their tents.

Zhang Ci walked up to her horse and held out his hand to her. Chen Qiuniang thought that he was going to carry her off the horse in front of everyone, but he ignored him and said: "Your swordsmanship is good, but this saber is a token of the patriarch of the Zhang clan." ”

"Oh." When Chen Qiuniang heard this, she realized that she was being amorous, and hurriedly handed the sword in her hand back to Zhang Ci.

"Thank you so much." He said.

Chen Qiuniang smiled and said: "I'm painting snakes, my son is talented, I'm afraid I already knew that I was here, I did something stupid in a hurry, maybe it disrupted my son's plan." ”

"I'm not a god." He smiled and said, "Come down, aren't you tired of riding a horse for so long?" ”

"Oh, I'll come down." Chen Qiuniang said, immediately jumped off the horse, touched the horse's head, and said, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Zhang Ci couldn't help but smile and said, "Let's go and rest in the tent." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he strode into the depths of the bamboo forest. The guards' tents deep in the bamboo forest have been set up. Chen Qiuniang hurriedly followed Zhang Ci and entered his main tent, where in addition to Lu Chen, Jiang Hang was also waiting.

"Sit over there." Zhang Ci ignored the two, and only pointed to the guest seat on the soft cushion on the side for Chen Qiuniang.

At first glance, the guest seat was covered with several layers of thick mats, and a few plans were placed in front of the mat, and fruit and pastries were already placed on the table. Chen Qiuniang's buttocks hurt from riding a horse, and when she saw Zhang Ci pointing to the seat, she almost ran over and sat down. As soon as she sat down, she felt that she should tinker with the sofa again, otherwise she would not be able to rest properly when she was tired.

Lu Chen knew her identity and was not very curious about her actions. But Jiang Hang obviously didn't know that she was Chen Qiuniang, and saw a mediocre woman leave the boss's tent, and it seemed that she was still very familiar with his family's unapproachable women, cold face and ruthlessness, and this woman had no rules at all, so she went directly to the guest seat and sat down when she came in. Jiang Hang, who had always been unfazed, was originally about to say something to Zhang Ci, but he looked at Chen Qiuniang with his mouth open and a surprised face.

"Your own people, your own people." Lu Chen hurriedly said.

Jiang Hang obviously didn't turn the corner, didn't realize that it was Chen Qiuniang, and asked, "Is it the girl of the Pan family?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Chen was a little confused, and looked at Jiang Hang very suspiciously.

"At this time, invite a girl to come over, shouldn't it be the Pan family?" Jiang Hang asked puzzled.

Chen Qiuniang knew that the Pan family was one of the nine major families, and the Pan family also had many celebrities, and those with heavy troops were among them. She even suspected that Pan Mei, the general under Zhao Kuangyin, was also a pawn of the Nine Great Families. It's just that she doesn't understand why Jiang Hang said that she belongs to the Pan family. R1152