Listening to the masked man, Nalan didn't dare to move in the ditch. If they light torches, they are close at hand, and they have almost no chance of winning with each other's vicious methods.

Nalan heard that the masked man on the other end also ran over, and the three of them gathered together, only to hear the leader of the man say fiercely: "The horse just turned around here, and the person should be nearby." Light a torch and search, you must take down Nalan Yanghe today. ”

When Nalan heard this, blood gushed straight to his head, thinking that instead of being killed like this, it was better to go out and fight to the death. But think about it, such a vain death is really unwilling, he enlisted in the army at the age of twenty-eight to fight with the Tubo army at the border pass, and in his early twenties he was appointed as the general of Hangu Pass by virtue of his military exploits.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard someone take out a fire fold, maybe the cold dew fell in the middle of the night, and the velvet was wet, but the velvet did not blow and ignited. One of the female bandits said, "Take the flint again!" This voice is very familiar, but it is not the second mother of the Barberry Inn, Nalan can't remember who it is for a while.

Before they had time to think about it, he saved his life first, and while their torches were still burning, he got up suddenly, jumped into the bushes by the post road, and plunged into the bushes by the post road. There was a commotion behind him: "He's here, release the arrow!" The sharp sound of a sharp weapon cutting through the air behind him was endless, and his right shoulder blade was numb, and he was shocked: "It's not good, it must have been an arrow." Then he got into the thorns, and the ambush bandits released a few rows of arrows, and when they saw that there was no movement, they heard the bandit leader say that he wanted to "set fire to the mountain".

After Nalan was hit by the arrow, he was lying on his stomach in the thorn bush, his right shoulder blade was numb, and his right hand was unable to exert his strength. He also understood that the trees in this canyon were towering, and a thick layer of dead leaves had accumulated under the trees, which burned at a moment. When he was secretly thinking about what to do, he found that the firecracker he was holding in his left hand had not been lost, so why not take advantage of the other party's fire and throw it into the fire to detonate the news. As for whether Guanying and Qinglong Town can hear it, they can only resign themselves to fate. If they heard the few firebombs that were thrown by the bandits, they might have rushed to this side at this time.

The three bandits were still beating the flint, and with the help of the sparks, Nalan could see that he was only a dozen steps away from them. This is too dangerous, if the three of them give up arson, come up to search the mountain or use other hidden weapons, they will not be able to escape this fate. It just so happened that the wind was blowing at this time, it was a strong wind, and the wind rustled the woods, and he quickly moved seven or eight steps up by the sound of the wind. But the pain in the shoulder blade was like a heart, so I had to lie down and dare not move again. If you set off the firecracker and throw it out, it is tantamount to telling the other party where you are.

Just when Nalan was not supposed to be good, there was the sound of horses' hooves on the post road, and many horses came running. The bandit leader said "Hurry up" and ran in the direction of the pass. More than ten horsemen came over on the post road, carrying torches, led by Shangguan Yun, a member of the outer Lang, as well as Duguyue, and Sima Cuo with several entourages. Seeing the old horse that fell to the ground, Shangguan Yun muttered to himself: "It's not good, the captain is afraid that he has been killed." ”

When Nalan heard Shangguan Yun's voice, he was overjoyed and couldn't shout, so he had to take out the fire fold from his arms and lift the cap and blow it, the velvet immediately ignited, he immediately lit the firecracker and threw it into the air, and with a "bang", the sparks scattered. Shangguan Yun hurriedly shouted: "Firecrackers, hurry, over here."

Just as everyone was coming this way, there was a sharp sound in the air again, and Nalan only heard two "knock, knock" sounds, and two sharp weapons were nailed to the trunk of the tree beside him, and the aftermath was faint. Nalan shouted as hard as he could: "There is also an ambush!! ”。

Shangguan Yun and the others hurriedly dismounted, flashed to the side, and Sima mistakenly ordered Mo Si and Wan Buddha to put rockets into the forest. The two men drew their rockets and lit them with torches, and with two "whoosh, whoosh" sounds, an arrow was shot at the branch of the tree where the ambush bandits were hiding, and the valley shone into light. At the same time as a black shadow jumped off the tree, he threw a few rows of sleeve arrows over, but Mo Si couldn't dodge it, and was hit by an arrow in the thigh. Seeing this, Sima Cuo shouted, "Shoot me to death!" The butcher, blacksmith, Li Dao and others hurriedly set up their bows, and more than a dozen bows shot at each other.

There was no movement in the forest suddenly, and seeing this, Duguyue drew a horizontal knife and was about to pass, but was pulled by Shangguan Yun. Suddenly, two more lumps of things were thrown out of the forest in front of them, and Shangguan Yun shouted, "Cover your eyes and disperse!" As soon as the words fell, two bright lights burst out in front of everyone, and after two "bang, bang" sounds, someone shouted, "I can't see it." It turned out to be ten thousand Buddhas, and Sima Coo reprimanded: "What do you shout, step aside first." Duguyue shouted anxiously: "It's impossible for him to carry so many hidden weapons with him, so we rushed forward and captured him." ”

At this time, he heard a group of men and horses rushing from the direction of Hangu Pass, and after shouting, the sergeant who knew that it was Hangu Pass heard the sound of firecrackers and led a small group of people to rush over. Shangguan Yun immediately ordered the sergeant to shoot arrows into the forest. After a long time, there was no movement, and only then did they find Nalan on the opposite mountain, and the man was already unconscious. Others, armed with torches, searched the mountains in the direction of the ambush bandits, but found nothing.

When everyone carried Nalan, Mo Si, and Ten Thousand Buddhas back to Qinglong Town, it was already the beginning of the hour, and Nangong Han and Mr. Zhuge were already waiting at the inn.

Nangong Han looked at Nalan's injury, the arrow had been inserted into the shoulder blade, and he was gurgling and bleeding, his face was pale, and his breath was weak. Mr. Zhuge who was standing aside said, "You have to pull out the arrow as soon as possible." It's been a long time. ”

Nangong Han tried to flick the arrow, which had been nailed into the shoulder blade and stuck. The force needs to be just right, first pull the arrow from the bone, and then move the arrow out through the penetrating wound, if it is pulled out suddenly, it will hurt the meridians again, if the arrow shaft is broken, it will be even more troublesome. Although he understands medical skills, he doesn't have the right amount of strength.

At this time, when Duguyue stepped forward and was about to make a move, suddenly a voice came from behind, "Let me come." "It turned out to be Ling Huyong. I saw Ling Huyong step forward, looked at the wound, stood still with his right hand and held the arrow shaft, and lifted it violently, only to hear a "boom", the arrow had been torn out of the bone, and I saw a stream of bruise from the wound. He tentatively withdrew the arrow from the piercing wound again, held it in his hand, and looked at it to see that it was a three-hole arrow. Ling Huyong said: "The arrow may be poisonous!" ”

Everyone was shocked, and Nangong Han was at a loss at this time, because he didn't know much about arrow poison. Mr. Zhuge stroked his beard and said, "Don't be surprised, although it is a three-hole arrow, I see that Captain Nalan has no signs of poisoning." Before the army went to war, it was customary to stick arrows into sludge and dung to defile them, and even if they were not shot to death at the time, they would be tortured to death because of the festering wounds. After speaking, he instructed the apprentice to go back to Huiren Hall to fry a dose of disinfectant drink, and take it first.

Nangong Han asked, "Do you hurry up and apply the gold sore medicine?" ”

Mr. Zhuge waved his hand and said, "It's not appropriate." First find a clean silver kettle, boil a little green salt with spring water, let the water cool, then slowly wash the wound, wash for seven days, clean the dirty blood juice inside and then apply gold sore medicine. ”

Sima Cuo hurriedly asked Li Dao to go home to get the silver kettle. Mr. Zhuge also advised: "The silver kettle must not be stained with oil. ”

At this time, after the arrow was pulled out, at this time, Nalan woke up and said, "Quickly check the people in the town who have not returned now. ”

Xuanyuan Le Dao was already drunk, and when he heard the noise outside in the room, he came out to take a look, and most of the wine was sober, and he even said: "Careless! Careless! What happened to Nalan? ”。

Sima Coo was so anxious that he shouted: "Mo Si, Mo Si." Only then did I remember that Mo Si was also injured by an arrow, and Wan Fo's eye was injured, and at this time, Nangong Han and Mr. Zhuge were being treated separately. Then he shouted: "Li Dao, you quickly lead a few brothers to go door-to-door to investigate." The blacksmith and the butcher each took a few brothers to hold a few intersections. If you find out the situation, report it as soon as possible. ”

Duguyue said, "I'll go with them." So he and Li Dao went door-to-door to check, knocking on the door and calling people up. Hearing that Captain Nalan was robbed and killed on the post road, there was speculation in the town, and most of them did not sleep. There are one hundred and seven people in the town, all of them. Duguyue and Li Dao returned to the inn and hung their heads.

Nalan took the antidote drink and washed the wound with salt water and fell asleep.

Xuanyuan Le Dao summoned Shangguan Yun, Duguyue, and Sima Cuo to discuss matters in the room. Xuanyuan said that he shouldn't be greedy for a cup, delaying Captain Nalan's return.

Shangguan Yun confronted the problem head-on, "This matter should have been planned for a long time, just waiting for Captain Nalan to take this night road." The robbery and killing of Nalan is to leave the guards without a leader and create some frightening atmosphere. When we arrived, one of the ambush bandits resisted stubbornly, in order to hold us back so that the other two could escape and return to the town. ”

"How do you know there are two more?" Xuanyuan asked.

"When Nalan was cleaning his wound just now, I asked Nalan some details. It's safe to assume that the other two are in Qinglong Town. Xia Guan suggested that the few people who came to Qinglong Town alone to make a living should be kept an eye on until the real culprit was found. ”

Xuanyuan Le asked Sima Cuo, can you know these people?

Sima Cuo came one by one: "Silk shop Nangong Yue, Huirentang Zhuge Yu, coffin shop Murong Cheng, Qiang cooking shop Murong Bai, Huangfu Dan of the Qiang shop, Wen Renyu of the jade brewing room, Yuwenlan of the store, that is, Erniang...... More than 20 people in total; There are also Nangong Han who passed by the town, and Ling Huyong's father and daughter. ”

"Do you know the details of these people?" Xuanyuan asked.

"Mr. Zhuge Yu has come to the town to hang pots for more than 30 years and has won the trust of the public. Besides, he came here to practice medicine and help the world, and to do good things for this town, what did he do where he did before? We don't need to get to the bottom of him. ”

Shangguan Yun said: "It is necessary to verify these people in the town one by one. ”

Xuanyuan Ledao retorted: "There is no need to mobilize the people like this, this is the world of the Tang Dynasty, the country and the people, what can happen?" ”

"Lord Thorn Shi, haven't you heard a little wind?"

"What wind? I only saw the imperial court's "Di Copy" last month, saying that it was a great victory over Nanzhao. ”

"Lord Thorn Shi, I'm talking about Fan Yang's Hu people." Shangguan Yun said clearly.

"Lord Shangguan, Fan Yang'an's envoy is an important minister of the imperial court, so you can't talk nonsense."

"Lord Thorn Shi, what you said is not credible, you should always know something about the recent events that happened in Qinglong Town, right?"

"In my opinion, it should be that the local control is not strict, and there are just a few bandits, so there is no need to worry."

These words made Shangguan Yun, Sima Cuo, and Duguyue look at each other on three sides. At this time, Shangguan Yun said again: "Lord Assassin Shi, there is another court official here, why don't we ask him to come out?" ”

"Where are the court officials here? The officials appointed by the imperial court are just me and my lordship. Xuanyuan said.

Shangguan Yun said to Duguyue: "You go and invite Mr. Nangong to come." ”

Duguyue was taken aback, "Nangong Han? That Langzhong! ”

"Go and invite him." Shangguan Yun said again.

Duguyue went downstairs and saw that Nangong Han was treating Wan Fo's eyes, she pinched her throat and said, "Mr. Nangong, Lord Thorn Shi is invited." ”

Nangong Han replied: "Among the Xia Xiaolang, how dare you bother to assassinate Master Shi." Don't be happy with the stationmaster, I'm treating someone's eyes. ”

Wan Fo's eyes couldn't be opened, but he didn't forget to quip: "Chief, don't make Langzhong happy, my eyes have to be cured quickly, Qinglong Town can't do without me." ”

Duguyue then said: "Nangong Langzhong, Lord Thorn Shi is invited." Do you go or not. If you don't go, this post will take you away. ”

Nangong Han knew a little in his heart, and hurriedly responded: "Let's go, for a while, give him medicine." ”

When he followed Duguyue to the room, he saw that Xuanyuan Ledao, Shangguan Yun, and Sima Cuo were all there, and asked humbly: "I don't know if you have anything to diagnose and treat when you are summoned?" ”

Shangguan Yun said: "Yulin Wei Huai Hualang will be Lord Nangong, we don't need to go around in circles." ”

Nangong Han smiled, and then arched his hand and said: "Nangong Han meets Lord Thorn Shi and Lord Wailang." ”

This surprised Duguyue and Sima Cuo, such a Lang Zhong turned out to be an official and secret agent sent by the imperial court.

Xuanyuan asked, "Lord Nangong, has you ever paid attention to what happened in Qinglong Town recently?" ”

"When the humble position is touched, I will think about why?"

"Then what do you think of the recent events in Qinglong Town?" Xuanyuan asked.

"The other party sharpens his knives."

"Ahh What does that mean? Xuanyuan Ledao pointed upwards with his hand.

"The lowly office is only responsible for reporting all information that is known. As for how to think about it, I really don't know about it? ”

Shangguan Yun asked: "The matter of the mail car, the adults also reported it?" ”

"That's natural, and all the information I know is reported."

Duguyue was a little angry when she heard this: "I will chase back the mail car sooner or later." Why are you in a hurry? ”

Nangong Han was not angry when he heard this, but said with a smile: "Then Yi Yi, what should I do with the 'lower officials'?" ”

Shangguan Yun reprimanded: "Lord Nangong is on an errand, and it is not the turn of the post chief to point fingers. Duguyue was angry and silent. Shangguan Yun continued: "The post chief is also blocked in his heart, and he offended Lord Nangong, please forgive me." ”

Nangong Han continued to smile and replied: "I don't mind, I don't mind, the post chief is a heroic woman, a heroine among women, I should worship myself." ”

Duguyue said angrily: "You ......."

Xuanyuan Le Dao saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, and hurriedly rounded the field, "Everyone, let's not talk about it, let's hurry up and find a way to deal with the current matter." ”

Shangguan Yun also followed and said: "Lord Assassin Shi is right, we have to deal with the current matter well, and don't let the imperial court be distracted by this little matter. What happened to the injuries of the last time the mail train was hijacked and the living post keeper was injured? ”

Nangong Han replied: "The injured ones may all be disabled." ”

"The brothers who died have been buried." Duguyue also replied.

"The disabled, the dead, and the bereavement pension will be allocated as soon as possible back to the military department, and then the trouble post commander will distribute it to the brothers and relatives."

"The subordinates will not let the blood of the brethren be shed in vain. Please rest assured. ”

"What about the rescued woman? Chief Sima Ting. Shangguan Yun asked Sima Wrong.

"Tomorrow I will send someone to her house to report and bring her back. I've been staying at home for the past few days. In the care of my wife, nothing will slip up. ”

"Well, that's good!"

Xuanyuan Ledao, who was silent on the side, suddenly asked, "Who told Captain Nalan that Captain Nalan might be ambushed tonight?" ”

Shangguan Yun said: "It's Mr. Linghu, a guest of the inn." After Nalan went out of my room, I heard him meet an acquaintance in the corridor, and after a few pleasantries, he was invited to sit with the old gentleman for a while before leaving. Two quarters of an hour after he left, the old gentleman knocked on my door and said that Nalan might be ambushed. I didn't have time to ask more, so I went to the post chief and the pavilion chief. At that time, the banquet had already dispersed, and seeing that the lord and his entourage were a little drunk, he did not report to the lord, and took the people over with suspicion. When I heard the sound of "fire bombs" on the road, I realized that what Mr. Linghu said was true. ”

"Then Mr. Linghu, didn't you go with you?"

"Nope. He said he wanted to take care of his daughter. ”

"Oh?" Xuanyuan Le Dao pondered for a moment. Suddenly, the butcher outside the door shouted at the top of his voice: "Pavilion chief, it's not good......"