The reason why Fang Handle did not immediately arrest Ma Gui was mainly because of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He didn't want anything else to affect his mission to escort Ruan Naito.

Judging from what had happened so far, Fang Shan clearly sensed that there was a powerful force hiding in the shadows, eyeing Naito Ruan, whom he was escorting. The purpose of this force to assassinate the peace envoy of the Japanese state has been obvious, that is, by killing Naito Ruan in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, intensifying the contradictions between the Ming and the Japanese state, and pulling the two countries from peace to war.

Sixty miles west from Shanhaiguan, we came to a valley called Maixiang Valley.

Days of rain have left the entire valley full of puddles. The muddy pavement slowed down the march of the group.

Shen Weijing was already drenched in soup at this time, and he sat in the carriage, holding a wooden board to block the raindrops. He saw Fang Shan riding his horse and rushed to the front of the car, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Fang, do you think you can find a place to shelter from the rain before leaving?" ”

"No, there is no shelter from the rain in this valley. We picked up the pace and tried to get out of the valley as soon as possible. Then, see if there is a place to shelter from the rain outside the valley. Fang Shank put his hand on the pergola, glanced at the rain and fog in the valley, and said to Shen Weijing.

"Oh, this ghost weather, why doesn't it rain early or late, but it doesn't stop when we're on our way? It's annoying! Shen Weijing was full of complaints.

"Lord Shen is a little calm, after passing the valley, it may be better. You sit down, I'll go to the front and have a look. With that, he rode his horse to the front of the group.

When Fang Handle reached the front of the line, he found the team stopped. He jumped off his horse and asked the officers in front of him, "What's the matter?" Why don't you go? ”

"My lord, there's a river in front of you, blocking the way." A fan officer saw Fang Zhi coming over and hurriedly reported.

Fang Handle pushed aside the crowd and rushed to the front. Sure enough, a small river about a few feet wide crossed in front of me.

"Go down and explore, is the river deep?" Fang Shank ordered his subordinates.

The two servants grabbed their trouser legs and went down into the river.

"My lord, the river is not deep. It can be passed. The two men who had gone down into the water cautiously walked to the middle of the river, and when they saw that the water was barely knee-high, they reported aloud to the square handle on the shore.

"Okay, you two continue to the other side of the river. We then crossed the river. Fang Handle instructed two of his subordinates in the river.

At this time, Shen Weijing came to the river in a carriage. When he saw a river in front of him, he immediately sighed: "It's really a house leak and it's raining!" I wanted to get out of the valley earlier, but I was blocked by the river. ”

"Lord Shen, there is no need to sigh. The river is not deep. Let's wade through the water. Fang Handle first comforted Shen Weijing, and then shouted to the others: "All the personnel wade across the river." Hold the carriage steady and don't let people and things fall off. ”

Hearing the order of the square handle, the people on the shore at the scene did not dare to slack off, and went down to the river one after another, lying in the cool river water, and walked to the opposite bank.

Fang Shank came to the middle of the river, stood in the water, and directed everyone to cross the river.

Michiko Kato followed behind the carriage and waded through the water. When she came to the place where the square handle was standing, she suddenly noticed that there was something strange about the river. I saw that the water flowing from the upstream was gradually becoming turbid, and the flow rate was significantly faster, and the water flow was also significantly increasing. She looked up at the sky above the river, and a thick fog always shrouded the river, and this thick fog could not be blown away, and it was very strange.

"Not good! A flash flood is coming. Michiko Kato couldn't help but scream.

As a Koga ninja, training in wilderness survival skills is essential. Michiko Kato is very familiar with the signs of this imminent flash flood in front of her.

"Lord Fang, quickly order your subordinates to cross the river quickly, and then run to the opposite high place as fast as possible. A flash flood is coming. Michiko Kato said eagerly to the square handle standing in the water.

"Torrents? Where? It's not that serious, is it? Fang Shant didn't have a good impression of Michiko Kato, and he was very unhappy when he saw the other party talking to him in an almost commanding tone.

"Run! Otherwise, it will be too late

！ Please! Michiko Kato was in a hurry and bowed deeply to the square handle.

Fang Shank looked at Michiko Kato with a serious face, and suddenly felt a little bad. He couldn't help but look in the direction of the upper reaches of the river. I saw that in the distance above the upper reaches of the river, a dragon's tail cloud was rapidly rotating in a black and oppressive rain cloud, and it was coming this way. Behind the dragon's tail clouds, lightning and thunder roared, and the wind was fierce.

"Everyone hurried ashore and ran as fast as they could to the woods on the hillside in front of them. A tornado is coming! Fangshank shouted at the others in an almost frantic voice.

At this time, everyone at the scene saw the tornado that was speeding towards this side, and everyone scrambled to climb the river bank, and then ran to the pine forest in front of them as fast as they could.

In the blink of an eye, the powerful tornado carriers swept through the valley with devastating force from tree branches, leaves, sediment, gravel and other debris along the way. The swiftly swirling dragon's tail plunges into the creek in the valley, sucking the water out of the river.

The people hiding in the woods had to cling to the thick pine trunks to avoid being swept away by the tornado.

"Protect the peace envoys of the Japanese state!" Fang Shank and two tall and strong Dongchang servants pressed Naito Ruan to death on a big tree, and the three of them held hands together, tightly surrounding the trunk and Naito Ruan in the middle, "Hold on, don't let go!" Fang Shan's eyes were blown away by the strong wind, and he grabbed the hands of his two subordinates and kept telling them.

At this time, Naito Ruan was already frightened and urinated, because he was strangled too tightly by the three of them, he kept panting hard, and kept praying silently in his heart: "God, let me go, let me go!" ”

Shen Weijing, with the help of Michiko Kato, hid behind a big tree at this time. The two of them worked together to cling to the tree's exposed thick roots and wrestle with the wind.

The other Dongchang officials also found a suitable foothold to stabilize their figures.

Tornadoes come and go fast. After a while, the raging wind had moved away from everyone and continued to move on.

But just after the tornado, everyone just wanted to relax, and they heard lightning and thunder in the sky, and pouring rain.

Accompanied by torrential rain and thunder, a loud roar was heard from the upstream direction of the small river in the valley. The sound seemed to be the galloping of thousands of horses, and it seemed like there were thousands of male soldiers roaring.

With a loud explosion, the upstream of the river as far as the eye can see, the flood water as high as several feet high broke through the obstacles in the river, roaring and rushing downstream.

"Run up the hill!" Michiko Kato knew how to escape in the face of the flash flood, she shouted to everyone, and then, taking Shen Weijing's hand, ran to the hillside on the right side of her body desperately.

Fang Shant didn't dare to slack off, he and his three subordinates picked up Naito Ruan, who was already paralyzed with fright, and ran towards the hillside as fast as they could.

In an instant, the fast-moving torrent roared and rushed in front of him, and the two Dongchang soldiers who were running a little slower were swept away by the torrent, and the two struggled in the water a few times, and then they were drowned in the torrent and washed downstream by the torrent.

The forest where everyone was located had already been submerged at the bottom of the river at this time.

Fang Shan, Shen Weijing and others stood on the hillside, looking at the endless torrent under their feet, and their hearts palpitated.

Remembering Michiko Kato's reminder when he was in the river just now, Fang Shan felt that he should say thank you to Michiko Kato, so he walked up to Michiko Kato and said, "Thank you for the reminder." ”

At this time, Michiko Kato was comforting Shen Weijing, who was overly frightened, and when she saw Fang Shank coming over to thank her, she hurriedly said, "You're welcome." The journey is difficult and dangerous, and everyone should be in the same boat. ”

Hearing Michiko Kato's words, Fang Handle couldn't help but take a look at the Japanese ninja in front of him. He suddenly felt that the ninjas of the Japanese country also had something to be affirmed, and in the face of the dangers they were facing, everyone who was in the same boat could work together to overcome the difficulties in front of them.

"Ouch. I'm not leaving. Kill me, and I'm not leaving. What the hell is this place, first a tornado, then a flash flood, isn't that killing people? After such a toss, Naito Ru'an's body was already like falling apart, and he was like a leper dog

Lying on the ground, full of resentment.

"Alright, if you are still a citizen of the Yamato nation, stand up for me. Don't forget that you are now negotiating peace with another country on behalf of one country. How is your virtue like a peace envoy of a nation? It's like a leper dog! Michiko Kato saw Naito Ruan lying on the ground and couldn't afford to live or die, she was immediately angry, she scolded Naito Ru'an, while walking in front of Naito Ru'an, like a chicken to pick up Naito Ru'an lying on the ground, and then continued to shout: "Stand up straight for me, like a person!" ”

"I ...... I'm just complaining, are you so angry? Seeing Michiko Kato's menacing appearance, Naito Ruan was a little scared, he stood firm, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look at Michiko Kato.

"Alright, Michiko. Not to mention that little brother Naito was scared, even me, my legs were a little sifted. Don't blame him. Let off steam. Shen Weijing saw that Michiko Kato hated to eat Naito Ruan's posture, and hurriedly came over to play the round.

"Humph! How can Lord Guan Bai let someone like you serve as a peacemaker? Michiko Kato is still unrelenting.

"By the way, if you don't say it, I forgot, I'm a councillor and an envoy now. You...... You can't control me at all. Just now, Naito Ruan was frightened and confused by Michiko Kato's angry appearance, but Michiko Kato's words suddenly reminded him of his identity as a peace envoy, and his confidence came up again.

"You ......" For Naito Ruan's words, Michiko Kato really couldn't refute it, she was so angry that she reached out and prepared to draw a knife.

"Don't, don't, don't. Everyone is their own person, don't draw a knife at every turn. Okay, don't talk about it. Shen Weijing saw that the situation was about to stalemate, and quickly pushed Michiko Kato aside.

Fang Shan and the others couldn't understand what the two Japanese people were arguing about, so they had to stand aside and wait and see how the situation developed.

"Alright. Lord Fang, let's hurry. You see this rain is not stopping, we have to find a place to shelter from the rain before it gets dark. Shen Weijing calmed down the quarrel between the two Japanese people, walked over to the other party and said.

"Okay, let's go down the hillside and see if we can get out of the valley before dark."

"Well, hopefully I can get out of this damn place." Shen Wei looked at the rolling torrent, and his mood was very low.

During this trip to North Korea, Shen Wei got a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. The tornado and torrent just now swept away all his treasures full of carriages, how could this not make Shen Weijing's heart as uncomfortable as being cut into flesh.

In the same way, the boxes of jewels that the square handle had obtained from Ma Gui also disappeared with the torrent of the wind. But Fang Handle is not as heartbroken as Shen Weijing, in his opinion, money is a thing outside the body, don't be happy when you get it, and don't be sad when you lose it.

Let's sort it out briefly, walk down the hillside, and head to the valley exit.

After walking for about half an hour, we came to a canyon in front of us. Torrents rush down from the gorges. It seems that outside the canyon, the terrain should be lower.

At the bottom of the canyon on the side where we walked, about half a meter above the flood surface, there was a plank road about two meters wide that was openly hewn out, and on the outside of the plank road was a guardrail surrounded by wooden piles.

"The three of you walked in the middle of the procession, and were responsible for guarding the Wa Guoyi and the envoys. Watch out for rocks underneath your feet. Fang Handle glanced at the turbulent water and instructed the three capable generals under him.

Fang Shan, Naito Ru'an, Shen Weijing, and other members of the council and his entourage arranged to walk in the middle of the team, and divided his subordinates into three parts: the first thirty people were responsible for exploring the way; The back thirty people are responsible for breaking the rear; Others followed him, walking in the middle, guarding the councillors and envoys.

The group cautiously ascended the boardwalk at the bottom of the canyon.

The roar of the torrent completely drowned out the sound of everyone communicating with each other.

The square handle held the embroidered spring knife in his hand, and observed the surrounding situation vigilantly. Years of experience in the industry have taught him that the more dangerous the mountain, the easier it is to hide murderous opportunities.

As expected, just as everyone walked onto the plank road, they heard the sound of arrows whistling overhead.