In the third year of Yonghui (652 AD), the fifteenth day of the lunar month, it was not timed.

The team finally arrived at Muzhou City, came to the Muzhou branch of Qiu Ji Buzhuang, took out the letter from Boss Qiu, and handed it to the branch shopkeeper. The shopkeeper made sure that the letter was correct, beckoned the dart team to come to the shop, and drove the carriage into the courtyard.

The bodyguard used a horizontal knife to pry open the planks and counted the numbers with the cloth man. After half an hour of busy work, the handover was finally completed, and the dart operation was a complete success, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Wu Kang saw that it was still early, and thought about going to Dieyun Guan, so he found an inn to rest temporarily.

Under the leadership of Dr. Wine, the horses were settled. Pulled Erniu to the side, lowered his voice and said: "Erniu, I will go out with Jiuniang to run errands, and I will come back in about an hour." You take good care of the brethren, stay in the inn and rest, and do not drink alcohol, do not cause trouble, and do not leave the inn. ”

Erniu nodded and said, "Wu Shuai, don't worry, these boys are obedient and ruthless." By the way, I just asked the shopkeeper to inquire, the gate of Muzhou City was closed at four o'clock, and now it is less than three o'clock, and you are pinching the time. ”

From three quarters to four minutes, two hours and fifteen minutes, the Stacked Cloud View is about three miles away from the inn, so it should not be delayed. Thinking of this, he nodded, quickly frowned, and said in a low voice: "My right eyelid keeps jumping, which is a bad omen." Let the brethren be vigilant, and leave the inn at once as soon as there is any disturbance, and wait for me at the five-mile pavilion outside the city gate. ”

Erniu was surprised, and also whispered: "I also have an ominous premonition, since I entered Muzhou City, I always feel that someone is staring at us." Just now in Buzhuang, I heard a crow chirping. Wu Shuai, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, or you can talk to the Nine Lady..."

Wu Kang waved his hand to interrupt, and said helplessly: "The fundamental reason why Jiuniang came to Muzhou is that she heard her mother say that the old man who watched the moon and came to pray for the marriage of the two of us." If I refuse, she will be very sad... Erniu, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, remember to remember! ”

Erniu stopped talking and lowered his head. Wu Kang took Jiuniang out of the inn, and he was not in the mood to pay attention to the market, so he went straight to the east of the Stacked Cloud Temple. In front of the statue of the old moon, Jiuniang respectfully offered incense, pulled him to kneel on the futon together, put his hands together and prayed sincerely, probably asking the old man to give him marriage.

Wu Kangjue is a little cola, his hands are folded to worship the Bodhisattva, and Yue Lao is a Taoist immortal, so he will definitely not manifest himself. Gently leaned into her ear and jokingly said: "Jiu Niang's gesture is wrong, this is to worship Guanyin, and the old man wants to worship the moon... Let's go and pay homage to Guanyin, and cook when we go back..."

An eye knife floated over, and Wu Kang closed his mouth. Jiuniang got up reverently, bowed to the old man twice, walked to the merit box, and took out two taels of silver from the money bag. can make Wu Kang feel distressed, two copper coins, this old lady of the loser.

Next, more coke, the inlet of the merit box can only put copper coins, not silver. A little Taoist boy ran over, pinched a strange handprint, shook his head and flickered: "The poor road is polite, the heavenly court of the Guan Jushi is full, and the jaw is round, he is a rich and noble husband, and he will be honored as a lady!" ”

Wu Kang was momentarily stunned, this is too good to fool! The grandmothers, old mothers, and wives of the first-class and second-class court officials may get the title of "Mrs. Fate". I'm only an eighth-grade official now, and I'm quite far away, brother!

However, Jiuniang smiled, gave the silver cheerfully, and returned the gift to Daotong. The two left the Stacked Cloud Temple and rushed directly to the inn. Pedestrians on the street suddenly stirred and ran in the direction of the south, and an uncle shouted while running: "Blessing from the fairy aunt, go and enjoy the blessing..."

The sound is like a flood of bells, the ears of the people who are shocked roar, and the pedestrians are suddenly like a frenzy. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Kang took Jiuniang in his arms and squeezed sideways to the side. Endure the friction of the body, lean on the side of the road with difficulty, and bless the fairy who says bullshit, this is a feudal superstition.

With all his strength, he finally squeezed to the side of the road, leaving a gap between the two shops, Wu Kang stuffed Jiuniang into it sideways, and his back was against the mouth of the alley. Spread your legs and shoulder level, hold your shoulders with your hands to protect your chest, and grit your teeth to resist the crowd. Jiu Niang shouted something, she couldn't hear it clearly, and she didn't dare to look back.

The riots became more and more serious, and even a stampede occurred, and Wu Kang's expression became heavier and heavier. On the faces of all the people, there was eagerness, enthusiasm, awe, excitement... It feels like Buddhists are about to meet the Buddha, and Taoists are about to meet Taishang Laojun.

Where is the sacredness that makes so many people demonic, is it... Chen Shuozhen! Wu Kang's eyes showed a cold light in an instant, and he suddenly heard a weak cry for help, followed the voice, and saw the trampled woman through the criss-crossing robes.

Wicker baskets are made into green soup that has been trampled into wicker by countless feet, black mud for spinach, and celery for trampling. The woman's immobility, the trampling of her feet, the distorted desperation on her face, and the pious excitement of the passers-by contrasted with the stark irony.

Wu Kang stared intently, staring at the woman's desperate face and tears of despair. She should have been shopping for food and making dinner, so why did she suffer from the unjustified disaster? At this time, the gongs and drums were beaten, and the crowd quickly stopped moving, and they folded their hands in worship.

The view was blocked, and the woman could not be seen, so he slowly turned his head and saw that behind the gong and drum corps, eight people carried a special offering table. An incense burner is placed on the table, three sticks of incense are burned, and the green smoke curls away with the breeze.

Behind the incense burner sat a woman cross-legged, dressed in a fancy robe, her robe fluttering in the wind. Seeing that round face, Wu Kang sneered even more... Chen Shuozhen, Chen Shuozhen, put green onions on the pig's nose, what kind of fairy look!

Four little ladies on both sides of the bamboo sedan chair, hanging bamboo baskets with bent arms, and the bamboo baskets are full of bright red petals, swaying on the bamboo sedan chair from time to time. The strong man in the back carried a wooden box, which was full of flower petals. The procession slowly moved forward, and the crowd slowly retreated, paying homage as they retreated.

In the place of people, only Wu Kang did not worship. Subconsciously touched the fake beard under his nose, his eyes were fixed on Chen Shuozhen, his left hand pressed the scabbard and tensioned the spring, and his right hand slowly approached the hilt. The crowd continued to retreat, gradually revealing the woman who was buying vegetables, who had lost her breath of life, trampled to death, lying on her side alone, staring at the bamboo sedan chair with godless eyes.

Bright red petals fell on the woman. Everyone seemed to be invisible, and the gong and drummer first drowned the corpse, then the bamboo sedan chair, then a few horses, and finally countless people. Wu Kang's heart was sad and miserable, people should not look up to the gods, they should look down at their feet.

I don't know how long later, in the wide street, only his tower-like body and inhuman-shaped woman remained. Looking at the footprint stains on Mai, he looked away for a long time, sighed deeply, and moved to the side.

Jiuniang came out of the alley, with panic and consternation, and when she saw the dead bodies on the street, she covered her mouth directly in fright. Wu Kang shook his head, took her wrist and strode away, heading straight for the Chengnan Inn.

When I returned to the vicinity of the inn, I found that there were people around the door, and there were scolding and begging for mercy from inside. Seeing the onlookers with hats on their backs, Wu Kang was slightly relieved that he was the bodyguard of the dart team. found that the scolding was Erniu's, and then his heart sank, and he quickly came to the front and asked loudly: "What's the matter?" Why are you gathered outside the door? ”

When everyone saw him, they hurriedly flashed out of the way, and shouted with their mouths and mouths. In the crowd, Dr. Jiu's nose and face were swollen, and there was blood lying on the corner of his mouth, Erniu dragged him by the hair, slapped him, and scolded while smoking: "Nai Weng asked you, where did you hide our horse?" ”

The captain of the bodyguard ran over to salute, Er Niu smacked the doctor twice, kicked him away with his flying feet, and ran over to report: "Wu Shuai, our horses are gone, and there are only a few cars left." , I'll go to the hut, and the horses will be gone..."

The captain of the bodyguard pulled out the horizontal knife, gritted his teeth and said: "Not only is the horse gone, but the innkeeper has also run away, and this Tian Shenu was found in the kitchen." Wu Gong, I suspect that this is a black shop, stealing our horses and running away. In my opinion, I chopped up the slaves and burned them again..."

I didn't dare to say the following words, and when I saw the cold eyes, I closed my mouth in fright. Wu Kang contracted in pain, thinking of Chen Shuozhen's horse team, among which there was a black horse, and the night eye on the inside of the horse's leg on the right side was exactly the same as Black Wind, and even the shape was the same.

The so-called night eye is a cocoon formed by the long-term bending and friction of the horse's legs and the shedding of the horse's hair, which looks a little smooth and shapes like an eye. There is a saying among the common people that horses can walk like flying at night, that is, by relying on the night eyes on the horse's legs.

It immediately dawned on me that the loss of the five horses was really inseparable from Chen Shuo. This also means that she has recognized us and wants to borrow five horses to keep us in Muzhou. Thinking of this, he took out a handful of copper coins, put it on Dr. Jiu, and said lightly: "Take it to see the doctor." ”

Turning his head and commanding everyone: "Don't want the horse, don't want the car, we are being targeted, we must leave immediately." Hurry up and pack your things, gather here in twenty breaths, and get out of the city immediately! ”

The bodyguards ran into the inn, quickly gathered at the door, counted the number of people, and all twenty-two people arrived. Wu Kang gave an order, and everyone put on their hats and walked quickly to the south gate. The group left the South City Gate and rushed to Wuzhou on foot.

The distance between the two cities is about 120 kilometers, and people walk at an average speed of five kilometers, and if you walk for four hours in a row, you will be exhausted. Therefore, a normal person walks a maximum of 25 kilometers a day, and it takes six days to reach Wuzhou City.

However, less than five miles away, Jiu Niang, who was pampered and pampered, was tired and out of breath. Wu Kang had to carry her on his back and walk at the front of the line. After walking five miles again, I saw that on the official road in front of me, there were many people, about fifty or sixty, squatting on the side of the road as if they were in a meeting.

Erniu stepped forward quickly, and was just about to open his mouth to ask for instructions, but Wu Kang waved his hand to interrupt and make a gesture of preparing for battle. Everyone pressed the horizontal knife and strapped, and held the handle of the knife tightly with their right hands, and Erniu and the captain of the bodyguards were vigilantly guarding his left and right sides.

The person in front of him should be dressed as a nearby farmer, with his clothes patched, or squatting or half-lying on the side of the road. There was a big man who was shirtless, full of tendons and flesh, with dogtail grass in his mouth, two buns on his head, and dogtail grass inserted on his head, as if he was burying his father.

On his biceps, there were three black characters tattooed "Tong Wenbao", and Wu Kang's brows immediately froze. As a judicial member of the army, he naturally knows about ink punishment, and most of the people who receive this punishment are brawlers, and they are habitual offenders who have been taught repeatedly, and they tattoo their names on their bodies to indicate that this person is brave and ruthless.

However, what is more ridiculous is that this kind of punishment is like earrings, which have been fashioned by the stinky and beautiful Tang people. Especially in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the tattoo trend reached its peak, and both men and women liked it. The government even enacted a special law, and all tattoo people were killed, but it still couldn't stop this unhealthy trend.

Tong Wenbao... A very familiar name, Wu Kang stared at the dogtail grass man and led the team forward step by step. When I walked to the center of the crowd, I felt the mocking eyes of the crowd, and my head suddenly buzzed, remembering who this grandson was. Chen Shuozhen's first fierce general, when there is a rebellion next year, it is he who leads 4,000 soldiers and horses to the south to raid Wuzhou.

In this way, as soon as the dart team entered Muzhou, it was discovered by Chen Shuozhen. This local snake, first press the soldiers, then design to steal the horse, and then send Tong Wenbao to intercept and kill. In a flash of thought, he quickly made up his mind, and the thirty-six plans were on the top, and he shouted fiercely: The wind is tight!

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, the shouts of killing sounded, the thief acted quickly, and took out countless bamboo poles from the grass, with the thickness of a thumb and a sharp spear head. The bodyguard also took out the sheath with a long knife, and the two sides instantly fought into a ball, and then two screams, Er Niu and Captain Han each killed one person.

Jiuniang screamed, and the two bamboo guns in front of her rushed to Wu's chest to assassinate. Wu Kang's body flashed suddenly, and the head of the gun slashed against his chest. dragged Jiuniang's ass with his left hand, and pulled out the long knife with his right hand, the knife flashed and blood arrows splashed, and a head rolled off. With a horizontal push of the wrist, the handle of the knife hit the left eye of the other person, and the eyeball exploded instantly.

Raised his foot and kicked his head, smashing into the forehead of a short man, and with a bang, the short man staggered. Wu Kang stepped over, decisively raised his knife and fell, and another head rolled down. For a while, he was murderous, and he carried a knife in one hand to kill the roadblocker. Soon, Erniu shouted: Wu Shuai run, there is an ambush!

Out of the corner of his eye, more than 30 people poured out of the bushy cemetery on the right; Behind the haystacks in the threshing floor on the left, countless people rushed over with bamboo spears. Widow Chen has been killed, and her heart sank and she no longer loves to fight. Cut down the two people on the left, and then split Huashan with one move, unloaded the head of the roadblock, and finally killed the bloody road, and ran away with a knife.

Soon the fighting stopped, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and everyone fled for their lives. After running a few hundred steps, Wu Kang shouted at the top of his voice: "Jiuniang look back, how many people have escaped, how many people are there, and how far is the distance?" ”

There was a warm breath in his left ear, and a slightly trembling voice: "Our people have escaped, there are many of them, fifty paces away!" ”

Wu Kang was a little relieved, comforted her, gritted his teeth and continued to run. The heart said that feng shui takes turns, when he was in Muzhou, Chen Shuo really fled for his life in a hurry, relying on hostage-taking, and barely escaped. It shouldn't have been a woman's kindness in the first place, and she didn't die to kill herself, and retribution is coming today.

The wide official road, two groups of people chasing, shouting and killing is gone, and they are all saving energy. Occasionally, there are pedestrians in front of them, and they are all scared. Jiuniang was not idle, hugging Wu Kang's neck, turning her head and shouting loudly, cheering for the bodyguards: "Brothers, gritted their teeth, it is a post station after thirty miles, and you will be saved when you arrive!" Brothers, grit your teeth and hold on, and don't fall behind..."

Oh my God, virtuous help, this is, the ordinary woman was scared to death, and she also encouraged the army. Now it is a physical contest between the two sides, whoever runs fast and has good endurance will be the winner. Wu Kang pondered, his own body was strong and strong, and they were all brave and ruthless, so they should kill each other.

After running for two miles, the plan was strangled to death, and the ambush ahead appeared. The woman at the head, Wu Kang recognized it at a glance, and she was the seven fairies who were in Wuzhou at the beginning, playing with oil pots to get money, and finally jumping over the cliff. Hehe, the road is narrow!

The shouting of killing shook the valley, and there were pursuers behind the road ahead, and the order to go up the mountain was decisively given. Mountain birds are frightened in large areas, and the branches of leafy trees tremble, and the higher they go, the denser the woods become, and the more intense the altitude sickness becomes. Wu Kang bit the tip of his tongue and forced himself to be sober.

After some time, everyone ran out of the woods and stopped. Ahead are cliffs, a special viaduct that connects the two peaks. The bridge is more than 30 meters long, composed of three rattans, and has the thickness of a toe and a thumb. There are two parallel ones on the top and a single one on the bottom, in the form of an inverted triangle.

Fighting again, the bodyguards with horizontal knives and the thieves with bamboo guns fought together again. Wu Kang let Jiuniang down, pressed her shoulders lightly with both hands, and said gently and anxiously: "Jiuniang go over first, hold the top two with your hands, step on the bottom one, and walk over slowly." ”

Jiu Niangtou shook her head again and again, and as soon as she opened her mouth to speak, she was blocked by a big hand, Wu Kang glared and said: "Don't say 'be with me', don't say 'go together', the old-fashioned plot, I've heard enough and seen enough!" Be obedient, do what I say, and don't be afraid... Well? ”

Looking at the stubborn gaze, Wu Kang pleaded: "The brothers are desperate, and they can't resist for long. If you have three longs and two shorts, Cui Gong is angry, everyone, including me and our family, all have to be buried with you. So when you go, you save us, understand? ”

The stubbornness dissipated, tears flashed, and Wu Kang smiled: "In my heart, I really admire two women, one is Wu Zhaoyi, and the other is you." Your legal attainments have swept me up a few streets, and you are the best. So I believe that the Datang version of the high-altitude cableway can't stop you! Give yourself confidence, and give me confidence... Go ahead! ”

Jiuniang wiped away her tears, looked at each other for a moment, resolutely turned around, and ran towards the zipline. Hold on to the railing with both hands and step on the bridge with one foot to take the first step. The bridge began to shake, causing the railing to shake, causing her to stumble.

Wu Kang didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of helping, staring at the embroidered shoes, and kept repeating in his heart: You can do it...

Embroidered shoes take the first step, and then the second step, the bridge floats smaller and smaller. Wu Kang's heel was smashed, and when he looked down, he was a bodyguard, his throat was bubbling with blood, and his eyes were open and his mouth was open. His name is Zhou Gouzi, he can eat a chicken at a meal, and he likes to tell meat jokes.

glanced at his twitching body, glanced at Jiuniang in the center of the cableway, gritted his teeth and grabbed the horizontal knife, turned around and joined the battle group. Erniu slashed a thief, rushed over and hugged him, and pushed him out: "Wu Shuai hurry up, leave it to us here, hurry up..."

Wu Kang whispered to him: "Jiu Niang is on the bridge, I go up now, the bridge will shake, which will affect her." She can't be okay, or we'll all die. The second cow dodged away, and before she crossed the bridge, I fought side by side with you. ”

Pushed Jiang Erniu away, rushed into the battlefield with a knife, like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, and cut off two heads in an instant. Dodging the bamboo gun, kicking the attacker's leg crooked, the emaciated young man fell and rolled to the side of the rope bridge. Without waiting for him to get up, he stomped on his chest and raised his horizontal knife high.

This is... Woman? The hot blood sprayed on his face, and he instantly returned to his senses, and the woman under his feet was in a different place. The bamboo spear in her hand was less than half an inch away from her heart.

Erniu pushed him to the bridge: "Jiu Niangzi has passed, Wu Shuai has crossed the bridge!" ”