Zhao Liang was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Why?" ”

Zhang Mengfei replied: "I originally thought that you broke through after a fierce battle, so I would think that it would be okay for the three of you to take refuge here for the time being, but I didn't expect you to use the secret way to escape quietly." ”

"Does it make a difference?" Daoist Xiao Ming was a little curious.

"Of course there is a difference." Zhang Mengfei patiently explained: "If it is a hard battle to break through, since you can rush here, it must be to successfully disrupt the opponent's overall defense line and throw off the pursuers for a distance." Under such night conditions, unless it is an elite division that has been on the battlefield for a long time, the commander-in-chief of the official army will not be able to reorganize a complete system to effectively encircle, pursue and intercept you. Hiding here, you can even surprise them, and they think that you will desperately escape, so you only know that you will chase all the way and miss the three. ”

Then, he changed his words: "However, if you sneak away, then I dare to conclude that you don't have to wait for dawn for the officers and soldiers to find out." Because they will inevitably keep an eye on the movement on the mountain, and if they find the slightest thing wrong, they will send someone to try to find out. When they are convinced that you have come out of their shells, they can implement an orderly response strategy because the command system of the entire army is still very stable. If it was commanded by Zaixia, then the troops would definitely be divided into three routes, one way along the mountain road to pursue outward, one way to completely block all the traffic passes, and the other way to carry out a strict search within a radius of ten miles. In this way, the far, middle and near lines are all taken into account, so as to prevent you from taking advantage of the loophole again to the greatest extent. ”

Zhao Liang suddenly realized when he heard this, and secretly complained that he was too careless before, and as soon as he got out of danger, he first thought about resting, and did not pay attention to the thousands of officers and soldiers who were close at hand.

At this time, Zhang Mengfei struggled to stand up, and said hurriedly: "Three, don't be timid and suspicious under the joke, if you don't leave at this time, you may really not be able to leave later." It's not just you, but Inas and I have to run away. ”

Daoist Xiao Ming saw him swaying, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "I'm sorry Zhang Gongzi, it's all the poor Dao that has affected you." ”

Zhang Mengfei waved his hand: "What did the Taoist chief say?" We are destined to meet, and we are both victims of traitors, so we should help each other. It's my legs and feet that are not good, but it will delay the action of the three of them. Please ignore us and get out of here, Inas and I have our own way to deal with it. ”

Zhao Liang said: "Then how can it be done? We can't leave you two alone, come, I'll carry you. ”

Daoist Xiao Ming stretched out his hand to stop Zhao Liang: "Immortal Chief, don't bother you, let the disciples come and do these shallow work." ”

As soon as Zhang Mengfei heard that the white-haired old Taoist in front of him was going to carry him away, he immediately waved his hand again and again, refusing to agree to anything. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ming looked like a kind and thin old man, but the kung fu in his hands was very good, and with a gentle tug, he carried the twenty-five or sixteen-year-old, tall and straight Zhang Mengfei on his back, and then exerted his legs and ran outside.

Inas, who was guarding the entrance of the cave, couldn't help but be taken aback when she saw Lao Dao flying out with Zhang Meng on her back, and Xiao Ya, who was following them, explained to her a little, and the girl finally understood, so she didn't say a word and ran away together.

Zhao Liang and the five of them walked forward less than five hundred meters before they heard a faint sound not far behind them. Everyone turned their heads to look at it and suddenly screamed

By the skin of one's teeth.

I saw that in the direction they came just now, a large number of torches had already appeared at this time. In the distance, dozens of officers and soldiers were searching the cave where they had been hiding.

Fortunately, Zhang Mengfei reacted in time and let everyone leave there one step earlier, otherwise he would definitely be blocked in the cave by the other party at this moment.

Zhang Mengfei lay on Xiao Ming's back and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, they will definitely guess that we will leave not long when they enter the cave and see the bonfire, and then as long as they send a signal to notify the people and horses everywhere to close in this direction, we will be unable to escape!" ”

Daoist Xiao Ming knew that the situation was urgent, so he didn't wait for others to answer, turned around and ran. Don't look at the old man's age of more than sixty years, and his figure is not burly, but his martial arts are at the level of a grandmaster, and he carries a big man of more than 100 pounds on his back, and he runs faster than a rabbit.

Zhao Liang, Xiao Ya and Inas chased him very hard behind him, and almost ran out of breath.

Things were as Zhang Mengfei judged, a few people ran for two or three miles, and suddenly heard a rapid gong sound in the distance behind them, followed by the originally quiet and solemn mountains and forests, in several different directions, there was a noise of people and horses, and they all went towards the place where the gong sounded.

This time, it was a fraction of a second, and it was almost blocked by the officers and soldiers scattered on all sides.

At this moment, Xiao Mingdao, who is familiar with the terrain, has already led everyone to the edge of the mountain, and it can't go far further that it is the official road leading to Jiangzhou Mansion.

Xiao Ming asked very consciously: "Zhang Gongzi, what should we do next?" ”

Zhang Mengfei didn't answer and asked, "Where are you going to go?" Is there a goal? ”

Zhao Liang replied: "We plan to go to Jiangzhou to find Jia Nidao's bad luck. ”

Zhang Mengfei was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then stretched out his thumb again and praised: "Good guts!" Since the three of them have such heroic spirit, they are also willing to accompany them and do their best. Inus, what do you think? ”

Ina said without hesitation: "I'll follow Brother Zhang." I'll go wherever you go, and I'll do whatever you do. ”

Zhang Mengfei laughed when he heard this, pointed to the front and said: "If I remember correctly, there is still a country road to Jiangzhou, although it is more than thirty miles longer than the official road, but it will definitely be able to avoid the pursuers." Does the Taoist know the way? ”

"Well, Poor Dao recognizes," Xiao Ming replied, "What Gongzi said is a wild path through Shuangmiao Town and Kejia Village, although the road is a bit winding, but it is also very easy to walk. ”

Zhao Liang nodded when he heard this: "Okay, according to what Brother Zhang said, let's take the road over there, avoid the officers and soldiers on the road far away, and strive to reach Jiangzhou Mansion before dawn." ”

After a few people had discussed it, they immediately turned to a small forest not far away, and after walking three or four miles through the woods, they left the mountain completely. Xiao Mingdao elder Ma Zhitu, after a few turns, led everyone onto a country road with rice fields on both sides.

Zhang Mengfei, as a seven-foot man, really didn't want to lie on Lao Dao's back all the time, because the mountains were rugged just now, and he was injured, so in order not to drag down everyone's actions, he had to obey the power.

But at this moment, he had already come to the flat country road, Zhang Mengfei said that he didn't want Xiao Ming to carry him anymore, struggled to jump off the ground, gritted his teeth, and limped with Zhao Liang and the others.

Zhao Liang knew in their hearts that the gentleman in front of them was a scholar Zhang Gongzi

, but he is definitely a standard tough guy in his bones, so everyone no longer persuaded him, but intentionally or unintentionally slowed down his pace in order to take care of the injury on his leg.

Fortunately, the journey to Jiangzhou Mansion is not very far, and a few people walked along the country road, chatting and walking, and when the sky was bright, they had arrived outside Jiangzhou City.

Zhang Mengfei didn't rush everyone into the city, but asked Inas to go to the nearby village to buy a few old clothes first, so that he could change out of his bloody clothes and Xiao Ming's robe, as well as Zhao Liang Xiaoya's strange costume, so as not to be suspicious of the soldiers guarding the city gate.

Inas agreed, turned and ran away. It didn't take long for her to return with two burdens. One of the bags is old clothes bought from the villagers, and the other bag contains more than a dozen large steamed buns and a roast chicken.

Zhao Liang ran all night, and at this time he was already hungry, looking at the white and fat steamed buns, smelling the fragrant fragrance of the roast chicken, he suddenly couldn't bear it, and praised Inas for her beauty, and devoured it.

The other people were not much better than him, and when they saw that he was eating so deliciously, they were no longer polite, and they gnawed on steamed buns and roast chicken, and they were very happy to eat.

Zhang Mengfei filled his stomach and asked Daoist Xiao Ming about Jia Yidao's demonic body.

After listening to Xiao Ming's account of the past and forward, Zhang Mengfei was a little suspicious: "Alas, don't blame me for speaking straight. Below is a scholar, and he has always been unimpressed with this kind of strange and chaotic thing. I think that whether a person is loyal or treacherous, good or evil all depends on his own heart, and must not be pushed to such nonsense as ghost possession. Could it be that if you drive away all the so-called goblin souls from the bad guy, he will be able to become a good guy immediately? ”

Daoist Xiao Ming shook his head: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable." Zhang Gongzi, you can't say that. Although we Taoists are good at exorcising demons and demons, subduing demons and catching monsters, we have never said that this bad guy is completely caused by demons. Doing evil and possessing demons are fundamentally two different things, we only care about subduing demons and eliminating demons, and we can't control bad people to become better. ”

"Then you go to Jia Nidao and how are you going to deal with him?" Zhang Mengfei asked curiously, "Do you want to do an exorcism for him?" ”

Zhao Liang was worried that Xiao Mingdao's long words would be lost, so he turned around and accidentally shook his and Xiao Ya's bottom out again, so he hurriedly said, "That's not it." We have a magic weapon for eliminating demons, just get close to Jia Nidao and give him a few clicks, and you can be done. Of course, it won't hurt his body. ”

Zhang Mengfei blinked: "It's that simple? ”

"yes, it's that simple." Zhao Liang nodded, "Do you have to kill him?" ”

Zhang Mengfei sighed to himself: "Alas, I also know that killing the court officials is a great crime of rebellion, and it must not be done. But Jia seems to say that this person, it will be a big harm to keep it after all, and it will definitely bring disaster to the country and the people in the end! ”

When Xiao Ya heard this, she couldn't help but secretly admire it in her heart. She and Zhao Liang, as later generations, have long known from the history books that after Jia Yidao became the prime minister, he did play a great role in promoting the accelerated demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, Zhang Mengfei did not have the conditions for such an unpredictable prophet as them, just by relying on his own vision, he judged that Jia Yidao might become a sinner who endangered the society and brought disaster to the country and the people in the future.

She couldn't help but ask, "Zhang Gongzi, how did you see it?" ”