On the way to Yaoshan Pass, Shao Jun wore a black linen burqa in addition to her court clothes, and now she looked almost indistinguishable from the more than fifty disciples of the Silent Recitation Sect who rode with her to Yaoshan Pass behind her, like a group of wood-cutting craftsmen.

Shao Jun had been at the forefront of the entire team on the way to Yaoshan Pass, and as the leader of the Silent Recitation Sect's operation, she did not lead the team to take the post roads lined with folk posts on both sides of the road, but chose to take the Imperial Gallop Road, which was only allowed by the army.

The road is wide and flat, and is connected by the state and county according to the same standard, and the road is lined with trees to provide shade for the soldiers on the summer march. The roads are also paved with wooden rails, so that horses can pull the rail wooden carts, which can transport grain, grass and baggage more quickly.

Along the side of the wooden track, Shao Jun led the team on the gallop road. At noon on this day, Shao Jun saw smoke and dust rising from the galloping road ahead. But before she could ride her horse and look forward, she saw a group of lightly armored lancers on the gallop ahead.

"Stop, who?!" The cavalry captain who took the lead shouted to the entire Silent Recitation Sect as he quickly approached Shao Jun.

"A group of craftsmen." Shao Jun replied forward.

"Bold!" The cavalry lieutenant shouted, "Do you have any laws in your eyes that all the craftsmen dare to walk the road without permission?" ”

"We are a group of craftsmen who build palaces for the court." Shao Jun explained, while planning to take out the Imperial Court Envoy token from his body.

"I don't care where you are." The cavalry lieutenant exclaimed, "Whoever trepidrates shall be sentenced to two years' imprisonment according to the law." There is a great army marching ahead, and if you don't want to die, leave the gallop as quickly as possible, and retreat for three miles. Otherwise, I will take you down and send you to the nearby government at once. ”

"Dare to ask this lieutenant, who is leading the army ahead?" Shao Jun took out the token from his waist and asked in his hand.

"That's what you can ask too?!" The cavalry lieutenant immediately raised the spear in his hand and pointed at Shao Jun and said. At the same time, the other cavalrymen also raised their spears one after another, pointing at Shao Jun and the silent recitation crowd behind him.

Shao Jun dodged the spear on the side of the horse, and then she raised her hand and raised the imperial envoy token to show the cavalry in front of her.

When the cavalry saw that Shao Jun actually took out the imperial envoy token, they couldn't help but be surprised, and they looked at each other for a moment. The cavalry lieutenant was also surprised, and the head of the spear in his hand shook accordingly. But the cavalry officer quickly tightened his grip on the spear again, and he still pointed the tip of the spear at Shao Jun and said sharply, "The Imperial Court has made the token of the Son of Heaven only awarded to the officials of the Imperial Court of the fifth rank and above, please prove your identity, otherwise I will take you down under the name of forgery." ”

Shao Jun gently lifted the hem of her black robe, and the five-grade imperial court dress she was wearing under her was immediately revealed, and at the same time, she spoke, "Shao Jun in the Gongzao Mansion." ”

After seeing this, the cavalry lieutenant hurriedly took the lead in collecting his weapons, he quickly dismounted and hugged his fists to Shao Jun and said, "The pawn doesn't know the imperial court envoy Lord Shao, please forgive me." ”

Seeing that the other cavalry were also about to dismount and pay their respects, Shao Jun immediately stopped him and said, "When you go on the expedition, you soldiers don't need to be polite." This lieutenant, please get on the horse, too. ”

After the cavalry lieutenant got back on his horse, Shao Jun asked him again, "Who is the general who went to lead the troops?" ”

"Your Excellency, it's General Ge Yangbo." The cavalry lieutenant replied with a fist clenched.

Shao Jun nodded and asked, "It turned out to be General Ge who shook the light, and you were escorting grain and grass to Yaoshan Pass?" ”

"Your Excellency, Exactly."

"Okay, I see, you guys go back." Shao Jun said.

The cavalry lieutenant was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Dare to ask your lordship, do you need the pawn to report to General Ge, is your lord coming?" ”

"No need." Shao Jun said, "If only you go back and report that we are nothing more than a group of craftsmen crossing the galloping road, and you have driven them away." ”

Seeing the hesitation on the face of the cavalry lieutenant, Shao Jun continued, "This official was secretly ordered by the imperial court, and he had no intention of others knowing. ”

As soon as the cavalry captain heard Shao Jun say this, he immediately clenched his fists and replied, "Obey, my lord." The pawn will keep it a secret from the adults. ”

Shao Jun nodded, and then the cavalry team quickly turned their horses' heads and galloped back under the leadership of the cavalry captain.

Seeing that the cavalry had turned around to resume their lives, a young and thin disciple of the Silent Recitation Sect rode forward, and he opened his mouth and asked Shao Jun, "Senior sister, are we going to move forward?" ”

Shao Jun looked back and saw that it was her junior brother Wei Wanxing, and she replied to him, "Wanxing, let's leave Chidao first, and then return to Chidao after bypassing the army transporting grain and grass and continue to Yaoshan Pass." ”

"Oh." Wei Wanxing asked, "Senior sister, do you want to lead us to avoid the army in front?" ”

"yes." Shao Jun said, "In case there are too many people over there, and we will encounter some unnecessary trouble." ”

"Oh, senior sister, this General Ge Yangbo you just talked about, whose subordinate is he?" Wei Wanxing asked curiously.

"It's the commander of the cavalry general Wei Wu's hands." Shao Jun looked at Wei Wanxing and said.

"General Wei Wushuang. Ay? This Wei Wushuang, isn't he the governor of Shaoguang Prefecture? How did you become a general again? Wei Wanxing asked.

Shao Jun said slightly, "Senior brother, you don't often go out of Linglong Mountain, and you rarely come into contact with the military and political affairs of the imperial court, so naturally there are some things you don't understand. ”

"Then senior sister, you can tell me about it." Wei Wanxing scratched his head and said, "Senior sister, you are in Luochuan on weekdays, and junior brother can't see you." I wanted to hear you talk about the outside world, but I rarely had the opportunity. ”

"Okay, then I'll tell you why." Shao Jun smiled and said, "Among the two passes of the seven states of Yiluo, in fact, there are only the imperial capital Luochuan and the Tianquan Prefecture where it is located, the Yaoshan Pass to the west of Tianshu Prefecture, and the Shuoding Fortress Pass to the north of Kaiyang Prefecture. ”

"Senior sister, I know this." Wei Wanxing said, "But I still don't quite understand how Wei Wushuang, as the governor of Shaoguang Prefecture, became a general of the chariot cavalry. ”

"The reason for this is simple, Wondershare." Shao Jun said, "Although the governors of each state have military power, their large-scale military operations must be appointed by the Son of Heaven and the imperial court. When it was necessary to appoint a governor to lead his troops to go out to war, the Son of Heaven would make that governor a general with a certain high-ranking title. When a person in the imperial court served as the governor of Yaoshan and Shuoding, the reason was the same, and the Son of Heaven would also worship him as a general with a certain high-ranking title. The purpose of the Son of Heaven and the Imperial Court was to announce to the world that his teacher was famous and served the Son of Heaven. ”

"Oh, I see, no wonder Wei Wushuang, the governor of Shake Guangzhou, has become a general of the chariot cavalry." Wei Wanxing said, "The original prince Ji Yuan was also appointed to Shuoding Fortress by the Son of Heaven, so he was named a general." ”

"Exactly." Shao Jun said, "Actually, it is most appropriate for General Ji Yuan to lead the Shuoding Army under the rule of the imperial court. He not only has a sincere patriotic and loyal heart, but also has rich experience in fighting with various nomadic peoples in the north. ”

"Well, senior sister, don't look at me all the time staying in Linglong Mountain, but I still know about General Ji Yuan leading Shuo Ding's army out of the desert and defeating the Huda Fire Department in one fell swoop." Wei Wanxing said.

Shao Jun smiled and said, "Really? What else do you know? ”

"I still know, I also know that there is a very powerful force in the Shaoguangzhou army that fought against the enemy outside the pass this expedition." Wei Wanxing said.

"What a very powerful army, you can tell me." Shao Jun said to Wei Wanxing.

"White Feather Army."

Shao Jun smiled and said, "You still know Bai Lingjun, it seems that you don't know anything about the outside world, junior brother." ”

"That's it." Wei Wanxing said, "Although I don't know about those official grades, I still know a little about these elite teachers of our empire. ”

Shao Jun said with a smile and asked, "Then Wanxing, who is the commander of the Bai Ling Army?" ”

"This...."Wei Wanxing scratched and said, "This... I don't know. After all, after all, he is the general under the governor, far less famous than a general like Ji Yuan. ”

"Then you don't even know who the commander of the White Feather Army is, so you dare to say that you are a little smaller than the elite of the empire?" Shao Jun said with a smile.

Wei Wanxing scratched his head awkwardly and smiled.

"The commander of the Bai Ling army is the Bai Ling general Xi Lie," Shao Jun said, "He once led 20,000 Bai Ling troops to drive the vassal state Cangmin from Shaoguang, and helped Cangmin drive away the tens of thousands of Huda people who invaded in one fell swoop." ”

"Ah, senior sister, it seems that you still know more." Wei Wanxing said with a smile, "You know the elite of our empire well. ”

"I really can't afford your senior sister who knows it well, so I can be regarded as knowing a little bit about it." Shao Jun turned to say, "Wanxing, I don't know if you know anything about our enemy, the army on the side of the Asuor Empire?" ”

"This.... Senior sister, to be honest, I really don't know much about Yasor's side. Wei Wanxing said, "The only thing I know is from the parchment scroll that Senior Brother Pei sent back from Yaoshan Pass before. ”

"Hmm." Shao Jun nodded and said, "Although the information on the parchment scroll sent back by Pei Xia is relatively general, it is still very important for me Yiluo to understand the enemy. The copy of the parchment scroll was also handed over to the imperial court, right? ”

"I paid it early, I handed it in as early as when Senior Brother Yikong went to Luochuan to receive the order." Wei Wanxing said.

"Oh." Shao Jun said, "Presumably, the imperial court must have informed Wei Wushuang of the information in it this time." ”

"Senior sister, to be honest, there is one thing I don't really understand." Wei Wanxing asked, "You said that our Imperial Court did not send soldiers and horses from Tianshu Prefecture and Tianxuan Prefecture, which are closest to Yaoshan Pass, why did you send soldiers and horses from Shaoguang Prefecture far away on the coast of the sea to fight outside the pass?" ”

"There are many and complicated issues involved in this matter." Shao Jun said, "Do you know that there is a big flood in Shaoguangzhou, and a lot of land has been flooded, and there seems to have been some riots recently. ”

"I know that." Wei Wanxing said, "If you say that, shouldn't Wei Wushuang, the governor of Shaoguang Prefecture, sit there and govern it." ”

"It's hard for us to say why. But I think that Wei Wushuang, as the governor of Shaoguang Prefecture, has a heavy army, but he sees his land being swallowed up by the sea little by little, and there is no way, this feeling will definitely not be pleasant. Shao Jun pondered and said, "And the Son of Heaven and the Imperial Court, I think they should also be very worried that Wei Wushuang will ask them for land in the name of relocating the victims, after all, west of Shaoguang Prefecture is Tianquan Prefecture, where Luochuan is located." ”

"Oh, it turns out that the imperial court is guarding against Wei Wushuang." Wei Wanxing said.

"If you talk about prevention, there is a little bit, after all, the imperial court also wants to control these governors with heavy troops. But if this is the reason at all, it is not right, because Wei Wushuang is extremely loyal to the Son of Heaven. Shao Jun said, "But even so, I think that this time Wei Wushuang can quickly lead the troops to the battle at the call of the Son of Heaven, and there will be some unknown conditions in exchange." ”

"Quid pro quo, what does that mean?" Wei Wanxing asked.

"Hmm... Wondershare, you probably won't understand too much. Shao Jun said, "That means that people live their lives, and they always have to do something, right?" What's more, it's the Son of Heaven, the governor and so on. ”

"Oh, senior sister, then what do you say they are trying to do?" Wei Wanxing asked.

"What they want, I can't guess your senior sister for a while." Shao Jun smiled and said, "Then junior brother, what do you think they are trying to do?" ”

"Senior sister, you can't guess it, then I can't guess it." Wei Wanxing said, "Anyway, they don't want to eat enough, they don't want to have money to spend." ”

"You're right. They really don't want that. Shao Jun smiled and said, "They may be trying to make a thousand years of merit, maybe it is the name of Wandai, or maybe it is something unexpected." ”

Leaving the galloping road blocked by the army escorting grain and grass, the Silent Recitation Sect and his party made a detour to a place called Xiaoben River, where Shao Jun ordered his disciples to dismount and rest, and let their horses drink.

"Senior Brother Wei, Senior Brother Zhou, you go separately to pick up some dry firewood, let's make a fire on the bank of this river to cook." Shao Jun said after dismounting.

"Okay, senior sister." Wei Wanxing responded by placing the horses by the river to drink, and then immediately went to the side along the woods beside the bank of the small river.

Wei Wanxing walked along the riverbank towards the surrounding dense forest, while also picking up dry firewood on the ground. "That's pretty much it." He muttered to himself as he picked up another stout piece of dry wood.

Looking at the bundle of dry firewood in his arms, Wei Wanxing turned around and walked towards the river. Just as he was about to return to the camp along the river, he suddenly saw a man dressed in strange plain white clothes sitting by the river, not far from here. Wei Wanxing saw the man sitting on the riverbank with his back to him, not knowing what he was fiddling with.

Wei Wanxing was curious about this strangely dressed man in white, he quietly approached the man with dry firewood in his arms, and then went to observe. After getting closer to each other, Wei Wanxing observed that the man dressed in strange white had a pair of thick and curved black hair. As the man turned his face sideways, Wei Wanxing found that the man's eye sockets were deeply sunken and he had a thick beard. Wei Wanxing also immediately realized that this strangely dressed person was not a Yiluo person.

Wei Wanxing slowly put down the dry firewood in his hand, and then quietly hid behind the tree to observe. Later, he found that this man had let three horses drink on the side. These three horses were tall, and Wei Wanxing looked at them and felt that they were not the common Kaiyang horses of Yiluo, but more like horses from the Western Regions.

When Wei Wanxing wanted to get closer to the man, trying to see what he was fiddling with. The man sensed Wei Wanxing's arrival, and he turned around suddenly, just in time to see Wei Wanxing, who had no time to hide.

Before Wei Wanxing could speak, he saw that the man looked panicked, and immediately flew on the horse, and then took the reins of the other two horses and galloped away.

"What people?! Don't leave! Wei Wanxing saw that the man ran away, Fang Xin felt that there must be a ghost in this person's heart, he shouted, and then quickly chased after the man.

The lush trees around the Xiaoben River are not conducive to the rapid galloping of horses, but Wei Wanxing is still difficult to catch up with with his feet alone. He quickly chased some distance and found that the man was about to disappear into the trees by the river with his horse.

When Wei Wanxing thought that he had just let the man run away, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him. He turned his head and saw that it was Shao Jun who was galloping on his horse.

"Senior sister, that person ran in the northwest direction." Wei Wanxing shouted at Shao Jun.

Shao Jun nodded, and rode quickly past Wei Wanxing, straight into the woods.

Through the woods on the banks of the river, there is an open flat land. Shao Jun saw from a distance the foreigner who was galloping quickly and fleeing quickly.

After chasing for a distance, Shao Jun only felt that the physical strength of the horse under her crotch had decreased, and when she was about to gradually distance herself from the man, she took out her crossbow arrow from the horse behind her, "water and smoke".

"Huh~!" With a cracking string, the "water smoke" sent out a sharp crossbow arrow, which came in an instant, shooting straight into the hind legs of the horse under the man's crotch. In the middle of his hind legs, the horse neighed and screamed, and immediately fell to the side with a crooked turn.

At the moment when the horse fell, Shao Jun saw that the man had kicked the horse's back with both feet, and immediately left the wounded horse, and jumped nimbly onto another horse that accompanied him.

Shao Jun pulled the booster rod and quickly fired another arrow, and the crossbow bolt hit the horse under the man's crotch again. But the man, as he had done last time, was unusually agile and got on another horse.

Seeing that Shao Jun was in hot pursuit, the man no longer blindly dodged, he rushed to Shao Jun's third arrow before he shot it, he quickly reined in his horse and reflexively rushed towards Shao Jun.

Shao Jun, who was re-firing the crossbow, saw that the situation was not good, she wanted to stop but it was too late, and the man had already rushed back to the side in front of her in the blink of an eye.

When the two horses were about to pass each other, Shao Jun wanted to fire another arrow at the other horse, but he didn't want the man to jump off the galloping horse, so he grabbed Shao Jun's arm and tried to pull her off the horse.

Shao Jun was already holding the crossbow in both hands, not grasping the reins of the horse, but now she was suddenly pulled by the man, and she fell off the pedal before she could react. Shao Jun, who fell off the horse, fell heavily on the muddy ground, but fortunately, the mud was soft and the grass grew, and she was not hurt too much.

When Shao Jun endured the pain in her arm and was about to get up from the ground, she looked up and suddenly found that the person who pulled her off the horse was already pointing at her head with her "water smoke".

"Who are you?" Although Shao Jun was sitting on the ground and was held to the head by the other party with a crossbow arrow, she still questioned him unyieldingly.

"You're a stonemason?" He ignored Shao Jun's question, but after glancing at the fallen wooden box beside Shao Jun, he asked her in surprise.

Shao Jun listened to his speed of speech, obviously just learned Yiluo, but his pronunciation was extremely standard.

“mason？” After glancing at the wooden box again, he continued to ask Shao Jun.

But seeing that his gaze had just stopped on the wooden box on the ground, and then seemed to ask himself to "recite silently", Shao Jun couldn't help but be confused. Shao Jun felt that his accent was strange, she was not sure if he really saw his identity, she still looked at him in confusion.

"Mo Sheng?" He paused slightly, then asked again. This time his pronunciation was clear and audible again.

Shao Jun was startled, she looked at him hesitantly, and then nodded slightly.

When the man saw Shao Jun nodding, he also looked surprised. He didn't say anything more, and after smoking the crossbow box of "Shui Xi Yan", he threw "Shui Xi Yan" on the ground and returned it to Shao Jun. Then he turned back and picked up his fallen bag, quickly threw it away, and quickly caught up with the horses not far away.

After the man got on the horse, he glanced at Shao Jun, who was sitting on the ground, and then rode his horse all the way to the northwest and continued to escape.

When Wei Wanxing and the silent recitation disciples rushed to Shao Jun's side, the man had already run away on horseback.

"Don't chase it, you can't catch up." Shao Jun said to his fellow disciples, "That person could have killed me, but he didn't do it. ”

"Senior sister, do you know what that person does?" Wei Wanxing hurriedly asked Shao Jun.

"I don't know." Shao Jun said, "But he just asked me if it was Mo Sheng." ”

"Mo Sheng?" Wei Wanxing asked in astonishment, "Senior sister, didn't the giant say that in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of thousands of years ago, our faction had already turned into a secret society in the hidden world, and we also changed the name of the sect many times during this period, but how could he, a foreigner, know the name of my sect for thousands of years..." ”

"The logo of our faction has hardly changed since the creation of the Yu Sheng faction." Shao Jun said, "He saw the talisman on my wooden box. ”

"Senior sister, if we can recognize our identity just by the sign of "rules", then it is even more unusual. Wei Wanxing said, "What's more, it's still a foreigner." ”

"Yes, it's unusual." Shao Jun said thoughtfully.