It was dawn, and the caravan men got up early to pack their things and prepare for the road.

"Childe. It's time for us to go. Yang Muyun stood at the door urging the princess inside.

"I'm tired, not feeling well, and don't want to go on the road today." Zhu Xiyuan said in the house.

"What?" Yang Muyun pushed open the door and saw Zhu Xiyuan sitting on a chair, his hands on his cheeks, looking out of the window blankly.

"Where are you uncomfortable, do you want to find a Lang Zhong to see?"

"I'm not feeling well anywhere, and I really don't want to leave today." Zhu Xiyuan said angrily.

Yang Muyun saw that her face was ruddy, and he didn't know what she was doing, so he persuaded: "It's not very safe here, we can't delay for a long time, we have to leave here quickly." ”

"It's okay if you want me to go with you, but I don't want to go with this caravan."

"Why?" Yang Muyun asked puzzled.

"No, I just don't want to." Zhu Xiyuan shook off stiffly.

Yang Muyun reluctantly walked out of the room, and seeing that the caravan had all been packed up, Ning Xin came up and asked, "Master, Chief Steward Feng asked me to ask you, when will we leave?" ”

"Let's go first!" Yang Muyun said.

"Sir, why is that?" Ning Xin was a little surprised when she heard this.

"I still have business to do here, and I can't go together." Yang Muyun didn't say much.

"Then I'll stay with you." Ning Xin said without thinking.

"No, I'm on business, and it's inconvenient to take girls around. After I finish my errands, I will go back to Nandu. You go back to Meng Nan and tell her and Su Yue, I'm fine, don't worry about them. ”

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"Steward Feng, I can't go with you, you must help me take good care of Ning Xin." Yang Muyun came to the intersection of the road, looked at Ning Xin's figure reluctant to go away, and explained to Feng Quan.

"Uncle, don't worry, all of us here have a lot of respect for Miss Ning Xin, you can rest assured." Feng Quan patted his chest and promised.

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Returning to the station of the Inspection Division, Yang Muyun saw that Inspector Jin was directing many officers and soldiers to move things and load vehicles, and it seemed that he was going to travel far away.

"Inspector Jin, what are you doing here?" Yang Muyun couldn't help asking.

"My lord, it's the end of the month now, and you need to escort the tax money for this month to the magistrate." Jin Inspector hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"There's a lot of stuff!" Yang Muyun glanced around.

"My lord doesn't know, in addition to the tax money, this is also related to some daily necessities brought by some officials and soldiers to their families living in the county seat. So the stuff that is shipped looks like a lot. Inspector Jin hurriedly explained.

"It's going to take a lot of escorts, right?" Yang Muyun touched his chin.

"Of course, this tax silver can't be lost, at least 100 people have to escort it."

"Well---, good! Jin Inspector, there's something I want to discuss with you......" Yang Muyun lowered his voice.

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A team of 100 officers and men of the inspection department escorted more than a dozen carts to the northeast and walked on the road leading to Shucheng County.

At the end of the line, two people dressed in the costumes of the inspectors whispered together.

"Princess, if you follow the caravan, you will be able to ride a horse, and you will not have to trek through mountains and rivers on foot." A soldier whispered.

"I'm happy, I'm willing, as long as I'm not with that quiet and fragrant fake man, I'm willing if you let me crawl and walk." Another petite soldier said.

These two people are Yang Muyun and Zhu Xiyuan, who are wearing the clothes of ordinary soldiers of the Inspection Department and walking at the end of the line. “

"Did she recruit you and provoke you? Are you so angry with her? Yang Muyun smiled bitterly.

"Anyway, when I see her with you, I feel very upset. Moreover, the two of you still live in the same room at night, which is really not ashamed. Zhu Xiyuan blushed and took a sip.

"It's unbelievable!" Yang Muyun couldn't cry or laugh, so he simply closed his mouth.

"What? Can't bear your big beauty? You can chase it! The direction of Tongcheng is not far from here, and now you can catch up quickly. ”

“......”

"My lord----" The soldiers who were exploring the way in front came to report to the deputy inspector of the escort convoy.

The deputy inspector's surname is Chang, and his name is Chang Tianyou. He is tall and looks very powerful.

"The road in front of you has been blocked by rocks due to the landslide last night, and it is impossible to pass."

"Then take a detour." As soon as the deputy inspector gave the order, the team immediately moved in another direction.

The team of the inspection department stopped at a junction, and the road ahead was a little narrow, with a river on the left and a mountain on the right, and a narrow road sandwiched between a mountain and a river.

The eyes of the deputy inspector scanned the lush trees on the mountain, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly. At this time, there was a sound of people shouting and neighing horses behind him, and the deputy inspector and a group of soldiers followed the reputation. It turned out that a caravan came from behind, and the pack horses were pulling the wagons full of goods in the difficult way, and the handlebars were shaking beautiful whips and shouting at the livestock pulling the carts to go faster, and next to a dozen carts were twenty or thirty horsemen in strong clothes on horseback, carrying swords and swords, looking very mighty.

"Master, the road ahead is very narrow and difficult to navigate, do you want to send someone to explore the road?" A man in charge said to a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance and a long beard.

"Send a bird, Lao Tzu has been walking this road for decades, tell everyone, don't stop, after this mountain, you can spend the night in Shucheng in the evening." The long-bearded man's gaze swept around the caravan, paused at the side of the permanent deputy inspector, and then turned forward, "Drive!" The sound of hooves sounded, and the horse went forward. The caravan carriage did not stop, and continued to move forward with the sound of sparkling axles.

"My lord, if you leave an hour late, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach Shucheng before dark." A soldier said to the permanent deputy inspector.

"I'll wait until the horses come back." The permanent deputy inspector was very calm.

Behind him, there was another sound of carriages and horses.

"Old Fang, are you here too?" A short dumpty man with two whiskers said to an old man with a gray beard.

"The avenue is blocked by rocks, so we have to take a detour here. The old man set off an hour earlier than Boss Shi, but I didn't expect you to arrive early. ”

"Don't talk about it, let's go over together, otherwise we won't be able to reach Shucheng before dark." Boss Shi said to the old man surnamed Fang.

The sound of hooves and the sound of cars sparkled as the two caravans marched together towards the mountain road by the mountains and rivers.

"Yang Muyun, you see that several caravans have passed, why do we stop here and don't move!" Zhu Xiyuan asked puzzled.

"The tanma has not yet returned, and the permanent deputy inspector must understand the situation ahead before leading the team to pass." Yang Muyun explained.

"It's strange how that Humpty Dumpty man with two whiskers looks so familiar, I'm sure I've seen him somewhere." Yang Muyun thought hard.

A sharp sound of horses' hooves sounded from the front, and the scout horses sent by the deputy inspector finally returned.

"Damn, I came so late, I missed the time to go back to Shucheng, and I picked your skin." Deputy Inspector Chang cursed.

"My lord, everything ahead is safe and sound, you can pass." Tanma back reports.

", get up, get out of here." The deputy inspector roared angrily.

The convoy of the inspection department slowly marched on the mountain road, and there was nothing to do for a while.

"Yang Muyun, are we safe when we arrive in Shucheng?" Zhu Xiyuan asked.

"Not yet, it should be said that when you get to Jingshi, you will be safe when you enter the palace." Yang Muyun said.

"You said you were going to send me to Jingshi?" Zhu Xiyuan's eyes lit up, and her pretty face showed joy.

"The princess misunderstood, in the lower official Xiaoxiao, I can only send you to a safe place for the time being, and then there will be a big man from the capital to protect the princess, and then the mission in Xia will be completed." Yang Muyun couldn't help but tighten up when he saw her expression, and said in his heart that he would send you to Jingshi, what are you kidding, with you, Lao Tzu will not be able to live in peace for a day.

"I don't care! Yang Muyun, if you really send me to Beijing, I will tell the imperial brother to let him reward you heavily and make you a big official, how about it? Zhu Xiyuan looked at him expectantly.

"Princess, let's cross this mountain first." Yang Muyun smiled bitterly.

While the two were talking, Yang Muyun suddenly saw a large flock of birds flying out of the mountains and forests a few miles ahead, hovering over the mountains and forests in black.

"Huh?" Yang Muyun felt a sense of foreboding in his heart.

"Yang Muyun, what's wrong?" Zhu Xiyuan asked strangely.

"What's going on later? You will follow me closely. Yang Muyun looked serious.

Deputy Inspector Chang led the convoy to turn around the foot of a mountain, and suddenly saw a pile of things piled up in front of him in the middle of the road blocking the way.

"Stop!" Deputy Inspector Chang couldn't help but gasp, "Come on, move these cars quickly." ”

"Yes!" A soldier was about to step forward, only to hear a "whoosh" sound and a cold arrow flew down the mountain, hitting the soldier's throat.

"Ah---h

Before the deputy inspector and the soldiers could react, a rain of arrows poured down from the mountains and forests, burrowing into the flesh of many people, and the sound of "poof" was endless, and the sound of screams came and went. The first wave of arrows knocked down a large number of people.

"Not good!" Yang Muyun pulled Zhu Xiyuan behind him, and swung his sword to split a flying arrow in half.

"Rush!" A roar like a landslide rang out from the mountain forest, and hundreds of men in green clothes and strong suits rushed down the mountain like rolling stones with knives and guns in their hands.

"Quick, get behind the car, everyone get together, don't ......panic," the deputy inspector roared hoarsely. A sharp arrow hit his left shoulder, and the deputy inspector turned over and fell off his horse.

There were only a few dozen officers and soldiers left in the inspection department, and they were soon surrounded by men in Tsing Yi like a flood.

On the mountain road, the shouting of killing shook the sky. Where the sword light fell, blood splattered everywhere, and severed limbs flew sideways.

Yang Muyun was surrounded by a group of men in green clothes, roaring and raising their knives to cut at him. Yang Muyun jumped up, swung his sword to open a few single knives, his wrist stretched out, and the tip of the sword provoked a dazzling sword to draw a crescent-shaped arc of light, where the arc flashed, the blood in the throats of several men in green clothes burst out wildly. "Peng" hit Yang Muyun in the chest, his body flew up, fell heavily on the rock wall, spit blood, and fell to the ground. A man in Tsing Yi stabbed Yang Muyun in the back with a spear, and the other party's figure disappeared like a ghost, his back hurt, and a cold sword blade penetrated from his back to his chest......

Yang Muyun's figure flashed, and blood appeared immediately. Where the sword light faded, nine people had already fallen.

Yang Muyun glanced around, and the remaining officers and soldiers of the inspection department were either dead or surrendered. Deputy Chang Inspector has been arrested, and a man in Tsing Yi has put a knife on his neck, although his name is Chang Tianyou, but it seems that God will not protect him anymore.

More men in Tsing Yi had gathered on his side, Yang Muyun didn't have time to think about it, he stabbed the two of them with his sword, and pulled Zhu Xiyuan towards the river.

A single knife slashed at the top of Yang Muyun's head, Yang Muyun flashed sideways, and a sword pierced through the chest of a man in green clothes. He shook off Zhu Xiyuan's hand and pushed her.

"You go to the river and swim over, I'll resist here for a while." Yang Muyun yelled at her.

Zhu Xiyuan's face was pale, but she still listened to his words and ran towards the river.

A strong wind smashed into Yang Muyun's back, Yang Muyun didn't have time to dodge, and swept behind him with his sword.

With a "bang", the blades intersected, the opponent's weapon sank vigorously, Yang Muyun's arm was numb for a while, and he knew that the other party was coming to stubble.

Yang Muyun looked intently, and saw a short and fat man with two whiskers holding a ghost-headed broadsword slashing at him, which was the boss of a caravan that Fang had just met in the mountain pass. Yang Muyun understood that the three caravans in the past were all dressed up as bandits, and the cars were not pulling goods, but bandits and weapons. After turning the hill, they stacked the wagons in the middle of the road to block the way. Everyone climbed into the mountains and forests and laid an ambush. No wonder I saw a flock of frightened birds flying out of the mountains and forests from a distance, and it should have been the birds in the forest that were startled by the robbers when they were ambushing.

"Boy, is your kung fu good? Injured more than a dozen of me in a row. Humpty Dumpty raised the ghost-headed broadsword in his hand and said gloomily.

This tone was so familiar, and Yang Muyun's mind flashed.

"You are the best wealth of Lijinzhai." Yang Muyun blurted out.

"How do you know about me?" Humpty Dumpty was stunned, at that time, Yang Muyun pretended to be a masked woman in white, and he, the second owner of Lijin Village, naturally didn't know him.

Yang Muyun didn't answer, and the long sword picked up a sword flower and went straight to You Decai's chest. Although You Decai's body is fatter, his movements are agile, he dodges, his right hand shakes, and the ghost head knife carries a strong wind towards Yang Muyun's whole body. Yang Muyun took a step back, and glanced at several men in Tsing Yi chasing after Zhu Xiyuan, secretly saying bad in his heart. At this time, You Decai's ghost-headed broadsword slashed at his head again, Yang Muyun toe a little to the ground, his body jumped high, his right hand flipped over, and the tip of the sword was like a little cold star, flying towards the right temple of the other party. You Decai snorted coldly, quickly changed his move, and with a turn of the blade, mixed with the cold wind, slashed towards Yang Muyun's lower abdomen. Yang Muyun's sword blade turned like lightning, and with a "bang", the swords intersected, and the ghost head knife was suffocated. In this moment of lightning, Yang Muyun's feet were a little on the body of the ghost head knife, and his body volleyed two somersaults, and when he landed, the person was already a few feet away.