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Looking at the thriving scene in front of him, Wang Junlin secretly sighed in his heart: "Who would have thought that in just a few years, a powerful Great Sui Empire would collapse?" ”

Because Emperor Sui did not limit the time, the speed of the convoy was neither fast nor slow, and it was not out of Jincheng County in a day.

It's just that the weather was good, but in the afternoon, dense dark clouds began to appear in the sky, surging from the sky. The sun was gone, and the sound of thunder was faintly heard in the dark clouds.

The leader of the guard is another general in Wang Junlin's mansion, named Zhan Peng, who, like Yu Bao, was also a hundred people who was injured and died in the battle last year, and was later rescued by Wang Junlin.

At this time, Zhan Peng urged the horse to Wang Junlin's side and said, "Childe, look at it like this, I'm afraid there will be a thunderstorm." Are we looking for a shelter from the rain in front of us? According to Wang Junlin's request, everyone on the road called him Gongzi.

Wang Junlin raised his head and looked at the sky.

"Where is this place where there is no village in front and no store in the back, where is the place to shelter from the rain?"

"After the valley in front, it belongs to the boundary of Lanping County, Jincheng County, and I have passed there before I was low. I remember that there is an ancient temple, although it is dilapidated, but it can shelter from the wind and rain. ”

"In that case, let's go to the ancient temple to take shelter from the rain."

Wang Junlin knew that in the northwest, the thunderstorms at this time of year were very amazing, and the road conditions of this official road were not very good, so it would not be good if there was a flash flood on a rainy day. So, it's best to find a place to hide.

So, Wang Junlin asked Zhan Peng to take three people to explore the road in front, and at the same time ordered the team to speed up the march.

At this moment, two knights galloped from the opposite side, the knights were wearing robes, their faces could not be seen clearly, and they passed by the convoy without any intersection.

Wang Junlin didn't care, when the convoy drove through a valley, Zhanpeng sent someone to report that the ancient temple was still there, empty, and could take shelter from the wind and rain.

"Hurry up, look, the thunderstorm will come soon."

Wang Junlin kept urging the carriages and horses to speed up, and the thunder in the dark clouds became clearer and clearer. The clouds are thick, getting lower and lower, and you can vaguely see that the silver rays circulating in the clouds are constantly circulating, and the breath of thunderstorms is also rich.

At the turn, two more knights in robes passed by the convoy.

There was a click, a thunderous explosion, followed by a torrential downpour. At first, the rain was the size of a grain of rice, but then it grew in size. The cold rain hit my face and it hurt.

After a moment's effort, I looked at the vast rain curtain on the left and right, and I couldn't see the road clearly.

"Speed up and take shelter from the rain in the ancient temple."

Such a pouring rain, let alone rushing, even the march has become difficult.

"What the hell is this weather, it's fine in the morning, why did you change your face all of a sudden?" Roe Mo cursed loudly

The convoy hurried to the ancient temple that Zhanpeng said, which is a Buddhist temple that I don't know when it was built, and it has long been abandoned and dilapidated. Two or three courtyard walls have collapsed, and there is a large hall in the temple, and more than a dozen dilapidated wings. Enshrined is a statue of Avalokiteshvara. However, due to disrepair, the gold paint on the statue has fallen off and become mottled.

Zhan Peng had ordered someone to clean the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and lit a bonfire from the main hall, sweeping away the gloomy atmosphere in the hall.

Wang Junlin and Li Chun went in by themselves, the guards stopped and unloaded, and gathered the horses in one place, and Yu Roe went to help without saying a word, and Wang Junlin did not stop him.

The scale of the ancient temple should not have been too small, because a stable was found.

Of course, the blood-maned horse would not stay with the rest of the horses, and Wang Junlin did not tie him, and led him directly to the porch of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

At this time, the rain is getting heavier and heavier.

The main hall of the ancient temple has begun to leak rainwater.

Rainwater flowed down the walls and pillars, converging into pools of water on the uneven ground. Fortunately, there was no air leakage, and everyone didn't feel much cold.

Wang Junlin personally walked around the ancient temple, and found a well in the apse of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, but the well water had already been dry. In addition, the gable collapsed several times, Wang Junlin thought about it, and asked people to push the vehicle over, blocking the gap in the gable.

"Brother Wang, although this place is a bit desolate, I haven't heard of any bandits, will you be too careful?" Li Chun couldn't help but ask.

Wang Junlin said: "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, just on the road, there were two waves of people passing by us in the heavy rain, as if it was the green forest road thief who pulled the flag. Every piece of stuff in my cart is worth a thousand dollars, and maybe the experienced old thieves on the green forest road will find out and target us. This may not be the case, but it's always a good idea to be a little more careful when you're away from home. ”

Pulling the flag is the black word on the green forest road in the Sui and Tang dynasties, which means that it is a spy, an ear and an eyeliner.

Although Li Chun felt that Wang Junlin was too careful, but when Wang Junlin said this, he felt that there was no harm in being so careful.

So he was idle and idle, so he accompanied Zheng Wangjunlin around, and Wang Junlin made arrangements for all the places that should be paid attention to.

Then the two returned to the Guanyin Hall, only to see that Zhan Peng had already led people to light a bonfire and began to cook food.

"Uncle Shi, will there be any thieves?" Yu Romo ran over, carrying his two hammers, with an excited face. Since Wang Junlin worshiped Yu Juluo as his teacher, Yu Zimo called Wang Junlin his uncle.

Wang Junlin and Li Chun walked over and sat down by the bonfire, and the little lynx immediately pounced on him and played with him. While playing with the little lynx, Wang Junlin said with a smile: "Zimo, some thieves may come to rob our things, and if there are few people at that time, you will use your hammer to hammer them all to death." ”

"Okay, Uncle Shi, you have to talk about it." Roe Mo said happily.

Wang Junlin pulled Yu Roe Mo beside him and said: "But you have to listen to me later, when you want to do it, you can do it, and you will hit whoever you want, otherwise you are not allowed to do it." ”

"Uncle don't worry, my grandfather and father have explained to me when I came, let me listen to you." Yuroe scratched his head silently and said with a humble face.

The bonfire added some firewood and began to smoke, Wang Junlin and Li Chun walked to the door of the Guanyin Hall and looked out, and the rain flowed down the corrugated hall and turned into strings of beads.

"I don't know when the damn rain will stop."

Li Chun cursed in a low voice, stepped out of the threshold of the main hall, and stood on the porch steps to look into the distance. One of the mountain gates was missing, and the other was slanted, crumbling in the wind.

Wang Junlin looked up at the rain and said, "Brother Li, if we can't figure it out today, we will stay here for the night." ”

Li Chun sighed and said, "If the rain doesn't stop after nightfall, it can only be like this." ”

At this moment, the little lynx, which had been lying down, suddenly turned over and screamed at the rain outside, and almost at the same time, the blood-maned horse on the porch also moved uneasily.

Wang Junlin and Zhan Peng glanced at each other, walked out of the main hall, and stood on the porch, soothing the blood-maned horse while squinting into the distance.

I saw that in the darkness, there were rare knights jumping, and faintly, there were still people shouting and neighing.

"Prepare for war."

Wang Junlin gave an order, and Zhan Peng and twenty guards immediately opened their bows and arrows, occupied the favorable terrain, and aimed outside.

"Ahh King's Landing, it's really a thief, how many people are there, or let's escape as soon as possible! Li Chun looked worried, rushed out of the wing, and asked Wang Junlin.

"I'm afraid there are hundreds of people coming, and this temple is just an exit, and escaping will only be stopped by them on the road, which is even more disadvantageous, it is better to wait here for work." Wang Junlin said lightly, he had never seen any battles, although he was worried, but there would not be the slightest panic, in fact, since Zhan Peng down, although the twenty guards had a dignified look on their expressions, they also did not panic, but had a monstrous murderous intent.

As for Yu Roe's silent laughter, holding two big hammers with a face of fighting intent, if it weren't for Wang Junlin to stop him, everyone would have rushed out.

"How's that okay?" Li Chun hurriedly circled around the temple, and Zhan Peng and the others showed contempt on their faces. When Wang Junlin saw this, he thought to himself that this Li Chun was a technical talent, but his courage and mind were too poor, no wonder Yu Juluo didn't like it very much.

Wang Junlin didn't have time to take care of Li Chun, squinted his eyes, and kept looking into the distance. In the dark night, the beating fire is getting closer and closer, and the sound of people shouting and neighing is becoming clearer and clearer. It seems that there are no less than four hundred cavalry, all cavalry.

If there is such a group of horse thieves in the Western Regions, it is normal, but it is unreasonable for such a group of horse thieves to appear in Jincheng County, although there are mountain thieves in the nearby mountains, the scale of hundreds of people is not nothing, but these people can't get together so many war horses.

"Childe, the side door of the backyard is a steep hillside, with the extraordinary blood-maned horse will definitely be able to climb over, it is better for us to block the thieves, you ......withdraw first," Zhan Peng came to Wang Junlin's side and whispered. But before he finished speaking, Wang Junlin glanced at him and snorted coldly, and he didn't dare to say any more.

"Pile all the chariots at the gap in the gable, Zhan Yong, you take everyone to prepare enough bows and arrows, divide the manpower, guard the gap, Zimo, you guard the main gate, don't let the thieves rush in, but you must pay attention to your own safety. I climbed over the gable, went around behind them, and took them by surprise. Wang Junlin said suddenly.

As the thieves kept approaching, Li Chun couldn't help but gasp: "King's Landing, there are a lot of people coming, I'm afraid I can't hold it, why don't we escape!" ”

Wang Junlin ignored Li Chun, he led the blood-maned horse through the temple and came to the backyard, where there was a side door to go out was an extremely steep hillside, it was difficult for ordinary war horses to go up, but for the blood-maned horse, it was not a difficult task.

After going down the hill and going around four or five miles to the main road facing the entrance of the ancient temple, Wang Junlin was ready to take advantage of the heavy rain to take the enemy by surprise from behind.

PS: Late at night, the first one will be delivered, and the other will be sent on the bed.