At the end of November, the weather was cold, and the entire Guanzhong Plain was shrouded in a vast snowfall, and this heavy snow was not only in Guanzhong, from the northwest to the northeast, in fact, most of the entire Daqin area was swept by this cold current from Siberia, and a large-scale blizzard was roaring and falling.

Since the Yanmen Pass incident was stabbed out in the court, the people really set off a huge wave, especially the hundred disciples from the land of the Six Kingdoms, and they were even more excited to demand that the murderer be punished, although most people did not dare to blatantly target the Marquis Wang Li of Wucheng, but the discussion in private was very direct, and they accused Wang Li of arson as a disaster and should be severely punished.

Two days later, the First Emperor announced that he had sent the Marquis of Tongwu to personally go to the Beidi Military Camp and Yanmen Pass to investigate the whole incident, and at the same time ordered 400 li to be sent to Yanmen and Taiyuan counties urgently, so that local officials could cooperate with the investigation of the Marquis of Tongwu, and at the same time closely monitor the local people to prevent riots.

Daqin Metropolis Daily soon published the beginning and end of the incident and the course of the incident in the latest issue of the newspaper, slightly abridged, focusing on the order of the court to strictly investigate and severely punish the murderer in the first place.

After the newspaper came out, the mood of the people calmed down a lot, especially the students of the five major colleges and the disciples of the hundred schools were informed not to spread rumors before the incident was fully investigated, and the Zhongshu Province also issued a handwritten order from the Marquis of Qinghe, strictly ordering the lieutenant's office to carefully inspect the inside and outside of Xianyang, and all those who talked nonsense without basis should be detained and imprisoned and punished for the crime of false speech, and in just two days, several trolls in the Quyuan Miscellaneous House were dragged away by the lieutenant's forbidden army and put into prison.

Therefore, although the incident of Yanmen Pass was exposed, under the strict orders of the court and the guidance of the newspaper, the people were not too confused and angry, after all, although this matter seemed to be serious, in fact, it could not be beaten by the eight poles of Xianyang, and the emperor and the court had already begun to investigate, and it was useless to make trouble.

Although it was arranged for the Marquis of Tongwu to investigate, the people were still more admitted, because the Marquis of Tongwu had too much merit and was not flawed at all, and I heard that he personally entered the palace to ask His Majesty to ask for a request to investigate his son, and he would not bend the law for personal gain.

In the vast snow, a team of thousands of forbidden soldiers and guards crossed the frozen river and headed west along the Fenshui.

The long ge, the hunting flags, the howling cold wind and the rolling goose feather snow, the whole team stepped on the snow more than a foot deep and struggled along the road in the wind and snow.

At the front of the team, led by a mighty general dressed in blood, although his body was covered with thick snowflakes, and his nose and eyebrows were almost covered and invisible, he still brandished his horsewhip and commanded the team to speed up.

From Xianyang to Yanmen Pass, the distance is close to two thousand miles, it is snowing heavily when leaving, but after setting off all the way to Fenshui, the snow is becoming more and more violent, except for this army on the road, there are hardly any pedestrians to see, in Guanzhong and Hedong County, the civilians of the rural towns along the way see such a big Qin soldiers who brave the snow, and the local officials and elders will greet the villagers to carry pots and carry pulp to greet condolences.

The heavy snow has been falling for three whole days, although it has been intermittent, but the thickest snow on the road has exceeded three feet, even on the official road and the Chi Road, the snow has exceeded two feet, and it has reached the point where it is almost impossible to walk an inch before leaving Hedong County.

Although the blizzard blocked the road, this army still had no intention of staying, except for opening the towns along the way, preparing food and grass, arranging food and accommodation, and kept hurrying.

Seven days later, after the army went west out of Hedong County and entered Taiyuan County along the Fenshui, the atmosphere along the way suddenly became indifferent, except for some local officials who arranged for soldiers to greet them, it was almost impossible to see any civilians come to condole, this situation made the accompanying generals of the forbidden army very nervous, Wang Ben also felt uncomfortable, and at the same time his expression became more and more anxious.

Although the heavy snow has stopped, but the temperature is lower, the melting ice and snow form ice and fill the road, the rapid march and the cold and freezing make the accompanying forbidden army tired, the war horses can not hold on, hooves and falls occur from time to time, resulting in more than ten people injured and even seriously broken leg bones of the accompanying forbidden army.

"General, the county order of Langmeng County has come to report that the Guancheng Ridge leading to Yanmen Pass in the northeast has been crushed by a blizzard because of disrepair, and the road to pass is blocked by rocks and blocks, and they are organizing the people to dredge it, and it will take at least two days before it can be passed." A forbidden army exploring the way in front came back to report.

"In addition to the opening and closing of the city, can there be other roads leading to Yanmen?" Wang Ben sat on the cold stone, although his body was still burly and majestic, but he was covered in mud and dust, his hair was tangled and messy, and his face was full of tiredness, and he could see that the road was very hard.

"Back to the general, if you don't go to Guanchengling, you need to go northwest along the Fenhe River valley for fifty miles, and then turn east for more than thirty miles, bypass Guanchengling and then go on the road, but according to the county order, this road is rugged and steep and few people walk on weekdays, and I heard that there is a place called Heilongkou that is particularly dangerous, there are dragons infested, and every year pedestrians are swallowed by dragons......"

"Hmph, why is there a dragon, it's just a worm and a snake!" Wang Ben snorted coldly and stood up.

"General, here is only three hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass, the soldiers have been exhausted from rushing for days, and the war horses can't hold on, they need to be repaired, the last general suggested that they temporarily stay in Langmeng County to rest for two days, and wait for the road to Guanchengling to be cleared before it is too late to go, and now the heavy snow is blocking the road, and the young general will not be fine......" The accompanying forbidden army captain hugged his fist and requested.

"General, what Captain Xiao said is right, please rest for a while for two days before leaving, the lower official is almost unable to hold on......" Several military officials who were covered in furs like brown bears also begged.

Wang Ben was silent for a long time and then sighed and waved his hand: "It's Ben Hou who is too anxious, so I will wait for you to go to the county order and the county lieutenant of Langmeng County, quickly arrange a place for food and accommodation, and we will repair it for two days and then set off!" ”

As soon as the order was given, the thousands of forbidden troops accompanying him in an instant were all thunderous with joy.

After seven consecutive days of trekking in the ice and snow, everyone almost reached the point where they couldn't hold on, but everyone's jubilation didn't last long, just when they arrived at a horse yard outside Langmeng County to be stationed and repaired, suddenly a few fast horses galloped over, and the first person wearing a six-grade official uniform crawled into Wang Ben's resting room.

"Report to the general, an hour ago, a messenger came from the direction of Guangwu County, a civil unrest broke out in Guangwu County, thousands of bandits rushed into Guangwu County to wreak havoc, the county government was set on fire by mobs, and the county lieutenant was also shot by bandits when he led the police officer to suppress it, and now the entire Guangwu County has lost control......

"What?" Wang Ben Huoran, who had just finished eating and drinking, was lying on the kang and was about to take a rest, sat up, grabbed the shirt of the Wolf Meng County Commander and shouted: "Is this true, where is the messenger?" ”

The Wolf Meng County Commander turned pale and stammered: "Guanchengling has not been repaired yet, and the messenger cannot pass, but a letter was shot with a bow and arrow, and the letter is in the ...... Here, I would like to ask the general to pass ...... Glance ......"

Wang Ben let go, snatched the letter in the hand of the county order, and unfolded it, and there were only a few crosses on it, saying that a large number of mobs took advantage of the heavy snow to rush into the county seat to burn the county government while the police were unprepared, and the county lieutenant who went to suppress was killed, and the lieutenants and police officers all fled.

The letter was signed by Guangwu County Lingfu Rui, and it was also stamped with an official seal.

"General, the order of Guangwu County is familiar with me, this is indeed his handwriting, Guangwu County must have fallen into the hands of bandits!" Wolf Mengxian Ling's frightened cheeks were distorted.

"Quickly pass on Captain Xiao to see Ben Hou and help Ben Hou put on his armor!" Wang Ben dropped the letter and ordered a few personal guards.

"Yes, Master Hou!" Several guards of five big and three thick came up to help Wang Ben put on his armor, and before he could put on his clothes, Captain Xiao came in a hurry.

"Captain Xiao, immediately order the camp to set off, except for boiling kettles, dry food and weapons, you are not allowed to carry, you must rush to Guangwu County tomorrow......"

As he spoke, Wang Ben stretched out his hand and hung a wide-bladed waist knife on the hook around his waist and strode out of the room, and in an instant, a piercing and sharp bamboo whistle sounded outside the door.

The sudden order made all the forbidden soldiers who had just eaten and drunk enough to relax and rest nervously came out of the grass huts and wooden huts around the camp, many of them had not had time to get dressed, their armor was not in order, their knives and guns were messy, and the whole scene was extremely chaotic.

With the sound of one piercing whistle after another, a moment later, all the thousand forbidden troops finally quieted down and lined up, although they didn't know what was going on, but no one dared to ask about the military order.

"Report, General, you can set off when you are ready!" Captain Xiao, who was confused, reported after tidying up the team.

Wang Ben didn't say much, turned over and got on the horse and pointed to the northeast with a horsewhip, "The mob in Guangwu County rebelled, killed the county lieutenant and burned the county government, all of you sons and daughters immediately went to quell the rebellion with Benhou, where is the county order, quickly gather a guide to detour to Guangwu County, out~"

Wang Ben gave an order, and a thousand forbidden troops galloped out of the forage field on horseback, and the horses' hooves trampled on the ice and snow mud and roared to the northwest, and the thunderous sound of horses' hooves resounded for dozens of miles.

Under the leadership of a few guides hurriedly convened by the Wolf Meng County Order, Wang Ben led a thousand forbidden troops and guards along the Fenhe River valley all the way to the northwest, because there were few pedestrians and no road on weekdays, and the river valley had been covered with ice and snow at this time, and the field of vision was snow-white, leaving only a rugged river ditch, more than 1,000 people could only step on the snow and ice and uneven stones in the ditch to move forward slowly, and an hour was only twenty miles ahead, and because of the inability to distinguish the road along the way, the war horse stumbled from time to time, just two hours, Dozens of war horses and more than a dozen forbidden troops have been injured.

The cold wind whistled along the river valley, rolling up the snow on the mountains on both sides, blowing on people's bodies like an ice and snow fog dragon, and the skin hurt like a knife, but Wang Ben did not dare to delay time, for fear that the affairs in Guangwu County would deteriorate to the point where he could not control it at all, so Wang Li would have to bear more responsibilities because of this, so he could only keep urging the forbidden army to speed up.

"Report, General, ahead is the mouth of the black dragon, according to the guide, there is a black dragon here, people, animals, tigers and leopards can be swallowed, they dare not continue to move forward!" The forbidden army leading the way in front came to report.

"It's nonsense, Ben Hou go and take a look!" Exhausted by ice and snow, Wang Ben was furious, and soon came to the front of the team along the rugged and winding river valley escorted by a group of guards.

The river valley in front of me is extremely narrow, and the strange rocks on both sides are abrupt and the steep ridges are piled up in the middle, forming an extremely strange structure like a cave, plus all kinds of ancient trees and dead vines on both sides of the mountains are intertwined, and now there is snow cover, and the sky is almost dusk, so this section of the river valley looks gloomy and dark, like a monster head with a big mouth of blood, as if it wants to swallow everything in front of it.

"General, there is a dragon in the mouth of the black dragon, and every year people die here, so they can only wait for the snow to melt and climb ......over the ridge," said a ragged guide, who knelt on the ground in horror and shivered.

"Why Jiaolong, don't mess with our army!" Wang Ben strode to a distance of less than ten zhang from the mouth of the valley, and in the dark cave, accompanied by the cold wind whining out, there was also a faint sound of the howling wolf of the ghost valley, which sounded terrifying.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who dares to go and find out!" Wang Ben turned his head.

At this time, a group of forbidden soldiers and guards standing beside them were all silent, and some even couldn't help but take a few steps back, their faces full of horror.

They are indeed a group of battle-hardened Great Qin warriors, and they will not flinch when they go to the battlefield to fight with the enemy, but the black cave in front of them and the words in the mouth of the guide are not something that martial arts can resist, and the words of the dragon gods and monsters are everywhere, and they have exceeded the point where mortal flesh and blood can resist.

"Hmph, Zhongerlang listened to the order, followed Benhou through this valley, and dared to be punished by military law for those who retreated, out~" Wang Ben choked and took out the waist knife in his hand and strode towards the cave.

"General~" A group of guards hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them.

"What are you waiting for, let's go!" In a fit of rage, Wang Ben kicked one of the guards to the ground.

"Keep up with the Protector General!" Captain Xiao gritted his teeth and drew out the big sword at his waist to command the forbidden army to follow, so the thousand forbidden troops had to lead the horses and carefully follow behind Wang Ben, stepping on the ice and snow water and the high and low rugged rocks into the valley step by step.

The valley was pitch black, and only a faint white light could be seen in front of me, which was the reflection of the snow at the entrance to the cave ahead.

The craggy walls on both sides of the mountain, the sound of kicking and trampling horses' hooves brought up the icy water, and the whole cave seemed to shake and tremble in the shock, and the snow fell from the top of the head with a pop.

"Woo~~"

The procession marched for about a moment when suddenly there was a sound like a ghost crying wolf in the darkness, and in the darkness there seemed to be a huge black dragon shadow descending from the sky, and the twisted roar of fangs and claws was accompanied by a dizzying and disgusting fishy smell.

"Jiaolong is coming, run away!" The guide, who was following the group, let out a few frightened and terrible screams, turned and fled.

"咴~~咴~~"

Under the sudden intimidation, not only the forbidden army was panicked and fled in all directions, but the war horse in his hand was also frightened and kept neighing, many broke free from the reins and turned to flee, and suddenly the people in the narrow cave neighed on their horses, and many people were directly knocked down and trampled by the panicked war horses, and the screams came and went.

"Where is the demon~"

Wang Ben, who was covered in sweat and hair, raised the big knife in his hand and slashed at the dragon shadow who pounced on him.

"Wow~~"

The dragon shadow collapsed at the touch, and instantly turned into several streams of black mist passing by, puff puff sound, Wang Ben only felt that he was slashed from the leather armor helmet by some sharp object, and the whole person seemed to be rolled up by this black mist and left the ground, and at the same time, a more terrifying sound sounded in the cold wind, it seemed that the entire cave came to life at once, and everywhere there were black dragon shadows jumping out of the mountain wall with teeth and claws to pounce on the accompanying forbidden soldiers.

"Don't panic, there is an exit ahead, and you will be killed with Ben!"

Wang Ben had a scattered sword and slashed left and left, but in fact, it was like fighting against a shadow that didn't exist at all, and where the blade went, all the black shadows that rushed in front of him would collapse in an instant, and then turn into countless faint black qi scattered around his body, and at the same time, it would also arouse the terrible sound of a more terrifying ghost crying wolf.

"Protect the General!" A group of guards and Xiao Xiaoxiao could only shout in fear to gather their men, and the group wrapped Wang Ben in the middle and rushed forward, while the forbidden army behind them was also under the constraints of their respective chiefs and other leaders, wielding swords and constantly defeating the black shadows around them, pulling the war horses to flee forward.

A white hole appeared in front of him.

"I've seen the hole, rush out!" Captain Xiao roared.

"Kill~~" arrived here, although everyone was still frightened and inexplicable, but now that they saw the exit, a surge of courage suddenly rose in everyone's hearts, thousands of people brandished their blades and slashed in all directions, and then shouted together to the entrance of the cave from the past, half a quarter later, Wang Ben was escorted by a group of guards and forbidden soldiers to kill out of the dark cave, and the forbidden army behind him led the war horse like a black tide surging out.

"Report to the general, three guides are missing, more than 70 people are injured, more than 40 war horses have escaped, and another 10 people are unknown!" After killing the terrifying black dragon's mouth, he counted the losses, and what he got was a result that made Wang Ben vomit blood.

At this time, all the guards of the forbidden army were all disheveled, their faces were pale with horror, and they looked back at the black dragon's mouth dozens of feet away, and they all trembled slightly.

No one knew what those black ghosts in the cave were, they collapsed at the touch of a touch but hovered around their bodies like ghosts, their armor left countless sharp claw marks, and many of them had wounds all over their faces.

However, the only good thing is that most of the people managed to make it out of this terrible cave safely, with a loss rate of less than 1 in 10.

Wang Ben sat on a cold stone, his face was pale and his hair was messy, and he felt an irrepressible blood suddenly emerge from his head in the midst of heavy breathing.

"Go, hurry up, the wounded on horseback, the strong on foot, you must get out of the valley before dark!" Wang Ben stood up with a big knife in both hands, and then felt that his eyes were dark, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his throat.

"General~~" The guards and countless forbidden troops rushed up, and General Wang Ben helped him up.

After Wang Ben gasped for a long time, he reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, put away his waist knife and waved his hand: "It's okay, I haven't fought like this for a long time, I'm just a little exhausted, go!" ”

Wang Ben mounted his horse, and the guards and the forbidden army could only hurry to follow, and the wounded were helped to their horses, and the strong body followed behind with their legs outstretched, and the team set off again, trampling on the icy river and snow along the valley to the northwest.

In the messy river valley, a pitch-black cave opened its fangs like a bloody mouth, and the howling cold wind passed through the cave, making the sound of ghosts crying wolves, and as the men and horses left, they were soon overwhelmed by the sharp rolling snow mist, and only a low whimpering sound could be heard shaking the four fields.