Long Zhuang frowned, he was still deceived by them after a lifetime of darts, and the martial arts of these few pretending to be Xiao Er were far stronger than what they had shown before.

There is no doubt that they deliberately pretended to be invincible just now in order to let the people in the dart game relax their vigilance.

The subordinates of the Vermilion Bird Gate brought by Wei Xianyun joined forces with the dart masters of the dart bureau to fight with these people.

Suddenly, a strange sword stabbed at him.

When the sword stabbed in, Li Zhiying had no way to hide. She watched as the sword stabbed at her, striking at her throat.

The fighting table tennis around him seems to be just a background for this sword.

This sword was the most vicious curse of all discord, and no one could protect her.

This sword was stabbed by the shopkeeper Deng, and Li Zhiying was watching the fight in the field, not expecting that he had changed from an irrelevant spectator to an assassin.

The table flipped over, the chair flipped over, the sword exchanged fire, and the sword did not stop, stabbing straight at Li Zhiying.

Long Zhuang's sword stabbed at Shopkeeper Deng mercilessly, and it stands to reason that Shopkeeper Deng should block Long Zhuang's sword first, but he ignored it at all and still stabbed at Li Zhiying.

At that moment, Li Zhiying could almost hear the sound of the wind driven by the sword, and everything seemed to become very slow, as if everything around him was still.

Li Zhiying had fear, this may be a fate, he wanted to earn back face from Jiang Xiaotong, but who knew that he would have to pay the price of his life.

Seeing that Li Chiying's beautiful and soft neck was about to be pierced through a hole, Shopkeeper Deng suddenly abandoned his sword and reached out to clasp Li Chiying's shoulder. He has not forgotten the instructions of the upper peak, and he must live his mouth.

At this moment, a splash of water burst open, and the steaming tea spilled violently. At the critical moment, Lu Xiaoxian threw the teapot on the table, and in the steaming heat, the shopkeeper Deng was blocked.

All it takes is this moment! Long Zhuang's sword pierced the heart of Shopkeeper Deng mercilessly.

Shopkeeper Deng's hand had almost touched Li Chiying, and his eyes showed unwillingness, and he slowly fell.

The Vermilion Bird Gate is one in a thousand good hands, those assassins saw that the shopkeeper Deng was dead, knew that they had no chance, and fought back on the verge of death, extremely brave, after beheading three Vermilion Bird Gate masters in a row, most of the assassins were killed, only the last two remained.

"Leave it alive!" Wei Xianyun reminded loudly.

One of them heard Wei Xianyun's shout, and without thinking about it, he raised his knife and rushed viciously towards the dart masters of the Long Clan's dart game.

Such wounds will lead to death.

Wei Xianyun sighed secretly, and gave an order himself, the people of the Vermilion Bird Gate were measured, and they would definitely stay alive, but the assassin rushed to the dart master and deliberately died. Even the mind of seeking death is so meticulous, which makes Wei Xianyun can't help but admire.

Wei Xianyun looked at the last man left, and at the same time as he looked at the assassin, the assassin also looked at Wei Xianyun. With a strange smile, the assassin suddenly left everyone behind and rushed towards Wei Xianyun.

The masters of the Vermilion Bird Sect were taken aback and hurriedly rushed in the direction of Wei Xianyun.

On the way, the assassin stopped his body and slashed over a boiling bucket on the stove with one palm, pouring a large bucket of boiling water down his head and his body.

White smoke rose and for a while nothing could be seen.

The moisture cleared, and an eerie smell emanated from the lobby. Look at the last assassin, lying on the ground, his face is so swollen and burned that he can barely see his face.

No need to ask, it must be dead and can't die anymore.

Wei Xianyun's face was pale, and in the end, it was like this: there was no one alive.

The opponent's plan is too thorough, from pretending to be captured, to launching a surprise attack. The whole plan, everything was calculated, and the only thing that didn't count the teapot that Lu Xiaoxian threw out.

The assassination failed, and they calmly killed themselves one by one under the eyes of everyone.

……

Now that his whereabouts have been revealed, Wei Xianyun simply joined forces with the dart game, anyway, the other party's target is Li Zhiying, as long as the bait is there, the fish will always take the bait.

As for whether he can catch the live mouth next time, Wei Xianyun's heart is becoming more and more bottomless.

The most stressful is undoubtedly Long Zhuang.

I thought it would be easy to earn 10,000 taels of silver, but now it has become a hot potato.

Long Zhuang no longer has the luxury of making money, as long as he can ensure Li Chiying's safety, he will be thankful.

The biggest change is Li Zhiying, I don't know if she was frightened, she has completely lost her previous liveliness, like a well-behaved sheep, without saying a word.

……

Shanyang Town is more of a village than a town.

There are not many people in the town, there are only about 30 households in total, and the only inn is called Yunsheng Inn.

At sunset, there was the crisp sound of horses' hooves stepping on the bluestone slabs at the east entrance of the town.

The people who sat idly at the door of each house turned their heads to see who had settled here.

A group of men and horses appeared in the distance, and two carriages came unhurriedly, escorted by dozens of knights. In front of the carriage was a yellow flag with the words "Long's Dart Game" written on it.

The team walked to the backyard of the Yunsheng Inn, and the shopkeeper hurriedly opened the door of the backyard. The four knights rode into the courtyard and began to inspect the furnishings of the rooms one by one, upstairs and downstairs, very carefully.

Just when everyone was secretly wondering, the carriage had already driven into the backyard, and the courtyard door was immediately closed and the bolt was dropped.

At night, it was so quiet that the gnats stopped chirping.

Suddenly, the silent night was pierced by a quiet "squeak".

The killing machine struck.

At this moment, Li Zhiying is soaking in the lukewarm water of the bathtub, slowly washing away the fatigue of the day.

Perhaps it was the unusual silence around Li that made Li Zhiying a little uneasy, she got up and blew out the lights, and curled up quietly into the water again.

Li Zhiying regretted it, and he shouldn't have left Chang'an City for some reason.

Along the way, not only did she not earn the imaginary face, but she put herself in danger.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.

The silence was torn apart, screams and the sound of flesh and bones scraping, and the smell of blood spread through the stagnant air.

Li Zhiying's whole body tightened, gently pushed on the surface of the water, got up and took the large bath towel on the chair next to the bucket and wrapped it around her delicate body.

Fighting grew louder outside, and the dark, silent hallway was filled with the gasps of people.

Li Chiying's heart rose to her throat, and she held her breath nervously, clutching the bath towel on her chest.

The sound of weapons crashing and the miserable howls from time to time made Li Chiying feel a chill seeping from his skin into the cracks of his bones.

At this moment, the door opened, and Li Zhiying suppressed her horror and stared at the door.

Two figures walked towards her silently, and she could only step back step by step.

When she got to the wall, she suddenly found that the bath towel around her body was gone!

Li Zhiying was terrified, her hands were helplessly clenched and her chest trembled slightly, and an ethereal voice sounded in her ears: "Don't be afraid...... It's us! ”

Hearing Lu Xiaoxian's voice, Li Zhiying suddenly relaxed, perhaps because he was too nervous, Li Zhiying actually fainted.

When she woke up again, Li Zhiying heard the noise of gnats in the distance.

She reached out and fumbled for a while, and the bath towel was covered again.

Li Zhiying's location is a corner of the roof. Two knives were firmly nailed to the wall, and on the knives rested a wooden board on which she lay peacefully.

She smiled slightly, it was a nice place to hide.

"Can I come down?" Li Zhiying asked.

"Uncle Hai, you still have to work for your old man!" Lu Xiaoxian's voice came from the darkness.

A figure swept up, and Li Zhiying felt that his body was light, and he fell to the ground.

"Xiaoxian, it's solved!" Long Zhuang's voice came from outside the house.

Lu Xiaoxian, Jiang Xiaotong and Uncle Hai escorted Li Zhiying out of the house, and by the bright light shining in from the corridor, Li Zhiying saw many people lying on the ground, and he could feel the fierceness of the fight just now.

"Is the county lord okay?" Wei Xianyun appeared out of nowhere.

Li Zhiying was lazy to ignore Wei Xianyun, but whispered to Jiang Xiaotong pitifully: "Sister Xiaotong, can I sleep with you?" ”

Jiang Xiaotong glanced at Lu Xiaoxian, but Lu Xiaoxian didn't say anything.

Jiang Xiaotong smiled: "Of course you can!" ”

……

On the official road, Long Zhuang and his party marched listlessly, their iron hooves unhurriedly beating on the dry and hard earth, making a depressed and monotonous sound.

The road squeezed into the jungle, and gradually, the trees became denser, and in some places they were almost obscured by the gloomy trees.

Suddenly, a treacherous buzz came from all around, and the hidden weapon was like a flying locust, and the people were unharmed, and the horses were injured, and the murderous aura was rampant.

Several masters of the Vermilion Bird Gate flew out like big birds, and there were a few muffled snorts in the forest.

Long Zhuang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to himself: "Today is the third batch, it seems to be more ferocious than a few days ago, and it should be a precursor to the appearance of a weighty character." ”

Wei Xianyun nodded and said with a pun: "That's right, I'm afraid there will be a storm tonight, and there is a post station in front of it, so it should be safer to live in the post station." ”

Wei Xianyun expected it to be true, there was indeed a storm tonight, and the opponent came to sneak attack.

Wei Xianyun won in the end, and everything was in his calculations.

Although he won, it was extremely difficult to win, almost tragic, and the other party didn't know how many people had invested. The opponent's skills are not as good as the Suzaku Gate, but the fighting spirit is strong and indestructible.

From the gate of the post station to the front yard, the other party was injured eleven people, and the Suzaku Gate was injured and two people.

From the front yard to the back yard, the other party was injured 23 people, and Suzaku Gate also injured 9 people, including a Dharma protector.

The rest of the people were still able to attack from the backyard to the eaves of the inn room, all covered in blood, fighting to the death.

When the last man was ambushed, it was already the middle of the night.

All the invading enemies were annihilated, and there was still not a single survivor.

Although the victory was achieved, an inexplicable fear arose in the hearts of everyone in the Suzaku Gate.

……

Under a locust tree next to the official road, the two old men were looking into the distance, and the dart team of the Long's dart game came slowly.

The two old men glanced at each other, and one of them shouted loudly, "It's the Dragon Bureau Master who came?" The Lu brothers have been waiting here for a long time. ”

The sound of the old man was like a bell, which made everyone's ears buzz.

Long Zhuang listened to Lao Suo's voice, and his face showed joy.

In the night attack of the post station the day before yesterday, the Suzaku Gate suffered a lot of losses, and its strength was greatly weakened. In order to ensure Li Chiying's safety, Long Zhuang sent a dart master to ask the two brothers Lu Zhong and Lu Qi, who lived nearby, to help.

The Lu brothers are the friends that Long Zhuang made when he was in the rivers and lakes, and the brothers are strong in martial arts and live in Lu Jiayu, which is thirty miles away.

Long Zhuang has great respect for them, and he always comes to visit them whenever he passes by, and the two of them are also warmly welcomed. This time the stakes were very high, Long Zhuang believed in the character and martial arts of the two, so he asked them to come to help.

Long Zhuang was about to step forward, but saw Lu Xiaoxian waving his hand at him, Long Zhuang didn't know what Lu Xiaoxian meant, and looked at him suspiciously.

Lu Xiaoxian walked to Wei Xianyun's side and whispered something in his ear.

Wei Xianyun nodded, and made a gesture to the two black-clothed men beside him, and the two nodded and stepped forward.

When they got closer, one of the men in black stared at them, shook his head, and said, "It's like it." ”

After finishing speaking, he drew his knife and slashed at Lu Zhong, and another man in black also attacked Lu Qi.

The Lu brothers each snorted, raised their hands together, and several hidden weapons hit them head-on.

Although the two men in black had already taken precautions, the other party's hidden weapon was full of strength, and their hands and feet were a little slower, and they had already been hit and fell to the ground.

The two of them didn't feel any pain, and at the same time shouted at Wei Xianyun in a hurry: "They are assassins!" ”

As soon as the words fell, seven or eight Vermilion Bird Gate masters rode their horses and rushed towards the two, and the two sides were immediately killed.

The incident happened suddenly, which stunned Long Zhuang, and he looked at Lu Xiaoxian and Wei Xianyun: "You guys...... What are you going to do?"

Lu Xiaoxian shook his head, sighed and said, "Dragon Bureau Master, can't you see that these two people are in the same group as those assassins!" ”

"How do you know?"

"I didn't know, I just asked Mr. Wei to send someone to cheat them, and now I know!"

Seeing that Long Zhuang was still a little unconvinced, Wei Xianyun asked with a smile on the side: "You are friends, if you come to help them, if they wronged you, what would you do?" ”

"Of course I'm going to be angry and want to question them......" Long Zhuang couldn't go on.

A surge of anger rose in his heart, and he immediately stepped forward and snorted coldly at the two: "In vain, I trusted the two of you, and asked the two of you to come over to help, but I didn't expect the two of you to fall into a place of no return." ”

The Lu brothers were a little embarrassed and hesitated: "Brother Long, the two of us have no choice but to do so. In the future, if you have any trouble, just say anything, and our brothers will never say a word. But today, you have to leave the carriage to us. ”

"Why do you want to leave it to you?" Wei Xianyun also came right away.

Lu Qi glanced at Wei Xianyun: "Someone sincerely invited the guests in the carriage to be guests. ”

"Anyone?" Wei Xianyun asked with interest, "What person?" ”

The Lu brothers shook their heads and said no more.

Long Zhuang was already furious, jumped off the horse with his sword, and approached the Lu brothers.

"Brother Long......" Lu Zhong looked ashamed, not knowing what to say.

Long Zhuang didn't want to listen to it anymore, so he cut it off: "Offended!"

With that, Long Zhuang swung his knife and slashed at the two.

The masters of the Vermilion Bird Gate also attacked the two, and the Lu brothers were not afraid at all, the more they fought, the more spirited they became, and in the blink of an eye, the two sides fought for more than 20 rounds, and the Vermilion Bird Gate was killed by three more people.

Seeing this, Lin Yun ordered the dart masters to protect the carriage and joined the battle group.

He took a moment to see, turned over and rolled towards the feet of the Lu brothers, and the sword in his hand suddenly slashed out.

Lu Qi only felt that the cold air under his feet was pressing, and he secretly screamed badly, and he had been slashed by Lin Yun's sudden sword, and he bent down in pain.

Long Zhuang, who was quick-eyed, flew up and kicked him out of the way. Seeing this, Lu Zhong hurriedly came to the rescue, but he was unable to scream with a lonely palm, but was slashed in the arm by Long Zhuang with a knife.

"Stop!" Long Zhuang suddenly roared.

The people of Suzaku Gate stopped.

Long Zhuang put away the knife, and couldn't help but feel sad and said: "I miss the three of us, I knew each other and talked about wine and joy back then, but now I want to live and die against each other, I don't embarrass you, you can go." ”

Wei Xianyun said behind him: "Dragon Bureau Master, no!" ”

Lu Zhong said sadly: "Brother Long's kindness is appreciated by our brothers, even if you let us go, we have no chance to live!" ”

After that, Lu Zhong raised his knife, led his neck, and cut himself.

Lu Qi, who was dying, also laughed miserably, took out a dagger from his arms, and stabbed it into his chest.

……

"In front of you is the Butterfly Valley, and after thirty miles through the Butterfly Valley, Luzhou City will be walked!"

When Long Zhuang said this to Lu Xiaoxian, there was a hint of excitement in his tone.

No wonder Long Zhuang was excited, it was originally just a simple dart, but it became intricate.

Along the way, they encountered countless attacks, large and small, and the journey of five or six days took more than ten days. Now, he is about to arrive in Luzhou, how can he not sigh.

The topography of Butterfly Valley is very special, the southeast direction is a dirt mountain, because the appearance is very similar to steamed bread, the local people call this mountain Mantou Mountain. To the northwest is the Stone Mountain, named Laojun Mountain.

Laojun Mountain is unusually steep, about twenty or thirty zhang away from Mantou Mountain, the middle zone is the Butterfly Valley, the official road passes through the valley, it is the only place to go to Luzhou.

At this time, Wei Xianyun and Lu Xiaoxian stood at the mouth of the Butterfly Valley, silently looking at Mantou Mountain and Laojun Mountain, and didn't know what they were thinking.

Wei Xianyun didn't see any waves on the surface, but only he knew the unrest in his heart.

To be honest, over the years, Wei Xianyun has never been so embarrassed as he is now.

When he first left Chang'an, Wei Xianyun was full of ambition, not only because he had absolute confidence in his resourcefulness, but more importantly, the strength he had in his hands.

The nearly 100 masters who came out with him this time were almost half of the elite of the Vermilion Bird Gate.

Wei Xianyun firmly believes that in the face of strong strength, all conspiracies and tricks will have nowhere to hide.

But now, his self-confidence has disappeared without a trace.

After more than ten days, Wei Xianyun lost half of his subordinates, not only did he not catch a big fish, but he didn't even catch a small shrimp, let alone find out who was behind the scenes.

Wei Xianyun is a practical person, with his current strength, he no longer has the luxury of finding out who is behind the scenes, so he can only retreat to the second best thing to ensure that the county lord of Yuzhen returns to Chang'an safely.

If the county lord of Yuzhen loses again, without the orders of Princess Taiping, he will wipe his neck and commit suicide.

"Mr. Wei, is there an ambush here?" Seeing that Wei Xianyun hadn't spoken, Long Zhuang asked worriedly.

In just a few days of getting along, Long Zhuang admired Wei Xianyun from the bottom of his heart.

This seemingly powerless scholar, but there are millions of soldiers in his chest, if he hadn't strategized all the way, let alone to Luzhou, it was estimated that Chang'an would not be a hundred miles, and they would have died without a place to be buried.

"I don't know, just in case, it's better to be careful!" Wei Xianyun said lightly.

After that, Wei Xianyun turned his head and pointed towards Laojun Mountain and Mantou Mountain, although he didn't speak, his subordinates had already understood, and several black-clothed people were divided into two and flew towards Laojun Mountain and Mantou Mountain with light skills.

Lu Xiaoxian didn't have the heart to listen to the conversation between Long Zhuang and Wei Xianyun, and turned his head to look at the carriage behind him from time to time.

Lu Xiaoxian felt strange why Li Zhiying suddenly changed her sex, she couldn't get along with Jiang Xiaotong everywhere before, but now her sister and sister kept screaming, and she was tired of Jiang Xiaotong's carriage every day, and she seemed to have endless words.

Lu Xiaoxian smiled bitterly and shook his head, women are really incomprehensible.

After a while, the two men and horses came separately to report, and there was no ambush on the mountain.

Wei Xianyun was relieved at this time, and the dart team began to move forward slowly.

The dart team entered the valley and walked for about a quarter of an hour, when Lu Xiaoxian suddenly shouted: "Stop!" ”

"What's wrong? Leisure! "Long Zhuang is very strange.

"I always felt that something was wrong!" Lu Xiaoxian frowned.

"There's something wrong, why don't I think so?"

Lu Xiaoxian looked at Wei Xianyun, Wei Xianyun nodded and said, "I also feel that something is wrong!" "Master of the Dragon Bureau, are we going to the official road to Luzhou?"

"It's the official road to Luzhou!" Long Zhuang nodded.

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely, I promise." Long Zhuang's words are chiseled.

"That's weird!" Wei Xianyun said uneasily, "Since it is an official road, there should definitely be pedestrians or cars and horses passing by." However, we have been walking for more than two hours, and we haven't even seen a single figure, do you think it's normal? ”

Lu Xiaoxian interjected on the side: "What Mr. Wei said is right, if it is at night, there are no pedestrians. But it is indeed abnormal that there has been no one on the official road for so long in broad daylight. ”

"Listen, what's the sound?" Long Zhuang said suddenly.

"It's like a flute!" Lu Xiaoxian leaned his ear.

That's right, it's the sound of the flute.

At first, it loomed, but gradually, the sound of the flute became so terrible that it made people feel an inexplicable uneasiness, and even the horses snorted in annoyance.

Lu Xiaoxian couldn't bear it and said: "This is playing the flute, it's clearly crying and mourning." ”

They followed the sound of the flute, and on the top of the cliff on the right, a thin man sat cross-legged on a clean and smooth boulder, with a blood-red wine gourd tied around his waist, and a jet-black flute in his hand, and the sound of the flute came slowly with the breeze, like the sound of the soul from the distant Netherworld.

Long Zhuang suddenly exclaimed, "My God! Look! ”

Lu Xiaoxian looked in the direction of Long Zhuang's finger, and after only a moment, the large and small snakes in the mountain forest seemed to hear the call, and rushed to gather around the strange man.

For a while, the snakes danced wildly, as if they were fascinated, and the situation was like holding a snake clan assembly.

The man's flute became more and more shrill, making everyone want to plug their ears.

"Not good!" Wei Xianyun suddenly shouted.

The serpents had left the flute and were surging towards them like a flood, and the scene was shocking.

"Sprinkle realgar powder!" Long Zhuang saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly instructed his dart master.

Realgar has the effect of repelling snakes, and the dart game often enters the dense forest valley, and it is inevitable to encounter poisonous snakes, so realgar powder is a must-have.