Chapter 23

Nandu Taipingli, the third floor of the Chase Inn C room.

Yang Muyun looked at the furnishings in the house, and then looked at the roof. Lu Zongqi was worried on the side.

"My lord, I have already painted a figure ......"

"No need, they will definitely be disguised again," Yang Muyun sighed: "What news is there over there in the Nanzhen Fusi Prison, and what can the captured assassins reveal?" ”

"Listening to the cell boss, Deputy Ren Qianhu is still stepping up torture."

"Alas, I was still a little hesitant at that time, and I didn't arrest them immediately." Yang Muyun regretted it a little.

"My lord, what now?"

"There are more than a dozen gates in the south, and we are only responsible for three. Whether you can catch the assassin or not depends on your luck. What time is it? ”

"Not for a moment."

"If the Assassins want to leave the city, they must do so before the unitary time, otherwise they will have to wait until tomorrow." Yang Muyun paused for a moment, "Since the three of them stayed at the Datong Inn, they must want to go out of the city at Tongji Gate, but they have found that someone is following and successfully escaped, so they will not choose here again." ”

Where will they go out of the city? Yang Muyun spun into contemplation. The city gate on the east side and the north side is where the Miyagi mausoleum is located, and there are heavy soldiers stationed, so it is not easy to run away even if you go out of the city gate. The northwest is close to the big river, the west is full of rivers and lakes, and only the south is a prosperous place for commerce, so it is easy to mix out of the city. Out of the city are all mountains, and you can escape quickly.

But there are so many people who go out of the city every day that the Assassin can change his appearance at any time, maybe the Assassin is out of the city now.

Yang Muyun let out a long sigh, it seemed that he could only try his luck.

By the Qinhuai River, Yang Muyun washed his face with a handful of water and sorted out his thoughts.

"Poof" A stone smashed into the river water beside Yang Muyun, and the water droplets splashed everywhere, splashing his clothes wet.

He looked in the direction where the stones were flying, and not far in front of him there were two children of eight or nine years old playing a game of throwing stones by the river. Duan Xiaoqi was about to scold, but was stopped by Yang Muyun: "Children are just playing, don't make a fuss." ”

An old man in a Ge shirt stepped forward to apologize and said, "Xianggong, the child doesn't know the severity, the little old man is here to compensate you." ”

Yang Muyun said with a smile: "Where, the old man is serious." ”

"Grandpa, look, there's another big ship." A child said, pointing to a large Upon boat.

The big Upong ship with a yellow flag was an official ship.

The old man smiled: "There are so many boats coming and going on this river, haven't you never seen it?" What's all the fuss. ”

"It's not a boat, grandpa. You see the people at the bow of the ship are dressed strangely. ”

Yang Muyun also looked at the people on the boat. At the bow of the ship stood a man wearing a wingless gauze hat and a green robe, about twenty years old, with red lips and white teeth, and clear eyebrows.

The old man twisted his beard and smiled: "Silly boy, that's the father-in-law in the palace, and that's how they dress up." ”

It turned out to be a eunuch, Yang Muyun had never seen a eunuch when he was so old, so he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and secretly praised in his heart: "This father-in-law is so handsome." No, why does he feel so familiar? Yang Muyun shook his head and laughed at himself: "I'm really dizzy, I'm suspicious of everything, how can I see the eunuchs in the palace?" ”

"Grandpa, look, there is another father-in-law in blue." The child said excitedly again.

Yang Muyun heard the sound and saw a blue-robed eunuch coming out of the cabin, who looked higher than the green-robed eunuch, he reprimanded the green-robed eunuch a few words, and then turned back to the cabin. The green-robed eunuch looked aggrieved and followed him into the cabin.

Yang Muyun was secretly amused, it must have been the blue-robed eunuch who reprimanded him for not coming out, there are so many rules in this palace. When his gaze was withdrawn, he suddenly glanced at a faint red shadow, what was that? Yang Muyun's heart tightened, his eyes went out again, and the moment the green-robed eunuch lifted the curtain and drilled into the cabin, a touch of peach appeared from under his green robe, which was so dazzling compared to his green robe.

Yang Muyun took a long breath, the pink was a pair of embroidered shoes, something worn by women, and it should not appear on the feet of eunuchs. No wonder I think she is so familiar, who could she be? Yang Muyun searched the depths of his memory hard.

"It's her!" Yang Muyun's eyes lit up, a family of three at the intersection of Dagongfang, the graceful young woman.

"Duan Xiaoqi!" Yang Muyun exclaimed excitedly.

"Your Excellency?"

"Send someone to follow the boat."

"My lord, this is an official ship sent by the palace!"

"Let you follow, what so much nonsense!"

"Yes, my lord, come over here, and get up with the boat ahead." Duan Xiaoqi hurriedly assigned manpower.

"Where do you think the ship is going?"

"It should be sent by the palace to the river to purchase fresh fish."

"Fresh fish? So where does it get out of town? ”

"The West Water Gate next to the Sanshan Gate."

Yang Muyun was shocked, just thinking that if the city gate was blocked, who knew that the assassin would take the waterway.

"Keep an eye on where the ship docks."

"Yes, sir. There is also news that the group of monks of the Heavenly Realm Temple has disappeared. ”

"What?" Yang Muyun's heart suddenly swelled with an ominous premonition. "Hurry up and inform Lu Zongqi, let him bring all his subordinates to Sanshanmen quickly, and let the people guarding the Jubaomen also gather at Sanshanmen quickly."

"My lord, the ship has crossed the Wuning Bridge, do we need to intercept it?"

"Don't worry, it's still in the city, it's inconvenient for us to intercept the official ship, wait until we get out of the city."

"Yes."

"Has the ship docked? Has any other ship ever approached this ship? ”

"None of them."

"Keep an eye on the people we have at the other gates?"

"Yes...... They all rushed to the Sanshan Gate. ”

The official ship slowly headed west, and it was almost at Zhenhuai Bridge. Zhenhuai Bridge is a bridge connecting Nanmen Street and Jubaomen, which is located on the traffic artery and has a large flow of people, so it is built wider than other bridges, and it is a large stone arch bridge.

When the official ship drove to the bottom of the bridge, the whole thing was covered by the bridge deck. As he was about to come out, a cargo ship was moving from west to east, and it was also about to enter under the bridge.

"Stop, get out of the way, this is the boat in the palace, you dare to grab the way." Someone shouted hoarsely from under the bridge.

"Father-in-law, the oars are broken, and I can't stop!" Someone on the cargo ship shouted with a sad face.

Before the shouts fell, the two boats collided. For a while, shouts and scolding rang out.

"Come and see, there's a boat crash here...... "Some people saw and hurriedly ran to tell each other, hula on the bridge and under the bridge crowded with people watching the excitement.

"Look, my lord, what is going to be done?" Duan Xiaoqi looked at Yang Muyun and asked.

Yang Muyun was hesitating when he suddenly saw several familiar figures flashing in the crowd on the other side. I understood it all at once.

"Quick, cross the bridge." Yang Muyun shouted and rushed to the bridge, but the bridge was already crowded with people.

He turned his head and shouted at Duan Xiaoqi, "Go and tell all the people to hurry to the Treasure Gate......

At the time of Shen, there were not many people in front of the Nandu Jubao Gate.

The doorkeeper glanced at the road guide in his hand, and then raised his eyes to look at the family of three standing in front of him. His throat moved, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and secretly said in his heart: "Damn, this little lady is too charming!" If only I could keep her...... Hey! ”

"Official, can we go?" The young woman threw him a wink.

"Well, this, what are you doing out of town?" The general asked.

"We live outside the city, and of course we're home." The young woman's eyes are like silk.

"If you live outside the city, what are you doing in the city?" The general swallowed again.

"Go back to your mother's house! The slave's mother's house is in Huowa Lane in the city. As he spoke, he reached for the guide.

Hold on to the boss.

"Master Jun, what are you anxious about? Tomorrow the slaves will come to the city. ”

"Yet, are you still coming?" The mouth was always open, the saliva almost didn't flow down, and as soon as the hand was loosened, Lu Yin was taken back by the young woman.

The young woman smiled, and Nana took her husband and children out of the city.

The general shrugged his nose: "Fragrant, really fragrant, this little lady will come back tomorrow......"

When he turned around and was thinking about spring dreams, he saw a group of people running towards the city gate in a hurry, and the first person was Yang Muyun.

The general eyes were as wide as copper bells, and the vest only felt a chill: "Big, adult, you, why are you here again......"

Yang Muyun split his head and asked, "Did a family of three go out of the city just now?" ”

The general was stunned: "They just passed ......"

"You!" Yang Muyun stomped his feet: "They are wanted assassins, you let the assassins go......" I caught a glimpse of more than a dozen military horses tied not far from the city gate. He galloped over, untied the reins, flew on his horse, and shouted to Duan Xiaoqi and a dozen other people: "Jinyi Wei requisitioned the military horses, you also hurry up and get on the horses, and chase the assassins quickly." ”

A group of more than a dozen people rode through the treasure gate like a whirlwind, leaving the total and the rest of the soldiers to stand there in a daze.

Seeing them run away, the boss jumped to his feet and scolded: "You said that Lao Tzu let go of the assassins before, and now you say that Lao Tzu let go of the assassins, how can there be so many assassins to let Lao Tzu go, relying on you as a brocade guard, climbing and slandering people indiscriminately?" Ouch, not good, Lao Tzu's horse ......"

Yang Muyun and more than a dozen others rode horses and galloped wildly for a while, but there was no half of them.

"My lord, why don't there be half a figure, a few of them won't walk so fast, right?" Duan Xiaoqi asked.

"Someone must have answered." Yang Muyun said.

"So where are we going to chase now?"

"Andermen." Yang Muyun said this place without thinking.

Yang Muyun and his party rode around the foot of a mountain, and a group of people in red clothes suddenly appeared in front of them. Yang Muyun reined in his horse, took a closer look, and was secretly surprised in his heart: "Isn't this the group of monks I saw outside the Heavenly Realm Temple?" Later, I heard that they were missing, but it turned out that they were lying in ambush here. After a closer look, there were more than 20 of them, each of them holding a strange single knife with a slender blade, no handle, and a rope, and the leader of the monk wearing a pointed hat was holding a thick red copper Zen staff.

Yang Muyun whispered to Duan Xiaoqi: "Send a signal, let our people hurry up, you bring someone to entangle them and cover me to rush over." ”

Duan Xiaoqi nodded, took out a bamboo tube from his arms, and quickly lit it with a fire breaker, and with a "bang" sound, a dazzling firework rushed into the sky and exploded.

"Do it!" As soon as Yang Muyun's words landed, the two sides rushed towards each other with swords in their hands.

Yang Muyun shook the reins, trying to pass through the crowd through the diagonal thorn. Suddenly, the strong wind blew in his face, he didn't have time to dodge, raised his knife a grid, and with a "bang" sound, his arm was numb, and he almost got off his hand with a single knife, and jumped off the horse with a somersault to defend the door. Looking closely, it turned out that the leader of the monks was holding a red copper Zen staff to give him a blow to the head. The Zen staff is strong and heavy, which shows that the monk's arm strength is not weak.

The monk did not wait for Yang Muyun to stand firm, and swept another Zen staff to Yang Muyun's waist, Yang Muyun's toes touched the ground, jumped into the air, and did not wait for the Zen staff to sweep over, the toes were a little on the head of the Zen staff, and he turned over with the help of a volley, and raised a knife to split the monk's face. The monk was startled, took a step back, withdrew his Zen staff and barely blocked it, and with a "choking" sound, the monk's hand was soft, and he took a few steps back, almost stumbling down. Yang Muyun didn't give him the slightest chance to breathe, grabbed his body, and with a wave of his wrist, he conjured up a knife shadow, and the knife directly took the monk's whole body. The monk was clumsy and embarrassed, Yang Muyun saw the opportunity of his scattered steps, stepped on the middle palace with his left foot, and slashed his throat with his right hand, the monk retreated half a step, raised his staff and knocked the knife away, suddenly felt a pain in his lower abdomen, and was hit by Yang Muyun's implicit internal strength. The monk staggered, leaned against a tree to stabilize his body, opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, it seems that this kick is not light.

Yang Muyun was in a vertical shape and ran towards the horse. The leader of the monks roared, I don't know what to say? There were a few monks who were besieging Duan Xiaoqi and the others who drew up and rushed towards Yang Muyun with knives. Yang Muyun didn't want to waste time, so as soon as he raised his left arm, a sleeve arrow shot into the throat of a monk. The knife flashed, and the blood splashed on the neck of another monk, and he didn't stop, and after dodging another monk's knife with all his strength, he raised his left knee and slammed into the monk's chest, and the monk sprayed blood, and his body flew more than a foot away like a kite with a broken string, and fell to the ground softly. Yang Muyun killed three people in an instant, and the others were stunned, and they didn't dare to step forward for a while. After a stunned effort, Yang Muyun had already flown on the horse and quickly hit the horse away.

Yang Muyun didn't know how far he had galloped his horse, and he saw that he was about to pass through a mountain pass. Suddenly, a green shadow flew out of the nearby woods, heading straight for his temple, and he was startled, thinking that someone in the forest had cast a hidden weapon, and leaned back slightly in order to avoid this hidden weapon. Unexpectedly, when the green shadow flew in front of him, it suddenly turned and hit his eyebrows. Yang Muyun was startled, jumped on his back, and swung the knife in his hand towards the green shadow like lightning. With a "snort", the green shadow broke in two, and he jumped off the horse. When I looked closely, the green shadow was a small snake that had been cut in two by itself, and the snake's body was twisting on the ground.

Just as he was confused, he suddenly heard two strange laughs, and two people, one tall and one short, came out of the woods.

Yang Muyun looked at them and suddenly said, "It turned out to be you." ”