Fang Hatshui didn't struggle too strongly, so he chose to obey. If he knew that the group of people riding tall horses below were students of the Martial Arts Academy, he would not have changed his mind. It's a pity that he is just a catcher from a remote fishing village, and he has never seen Chang'an City or Yanwu Academy.

He knew that the two monks were cultivators, but if he knew that the people below were from the Yanwu Academy, his first reaction would definitely be that the people from the Yanwu Academy were stronger, even if he was sure that these two monks were terrifying. As a Sui person, I still feel that the most powerful place in the world is the Yanwu Academy.

What he didn't know was that thankfully he didn't make another choice. Fortunately, he didn't know the uniform of the Martial Arts Academy, but fortunately he was a coward.

So he didn't die.

Sliding down the hillside, the ragged Fang Hatshui immediately attracted Yuan Chengshi's attention.

Almost at the same time, the first few students of the Martial Arts Academy drew their sabers one after another. Although the students who stopped had only been studying at the Martial Arts Academy for a few days, they were able to form a defensive formation in the shortest possible time. With all the men gathered together, the horses' heads facing outward, such a circle could defend against attacks from any direction.

When they found out that the guy rolling down the hillside was a bloodied and dirty creature that could barely tell it was human. The students visibly let their guard down, and some couldn't help but let out a low cry of surprise.

"Save Me ......"

Fang Hatshui knelt down with difficulty, prostrate on the ground and begged: "I was seriously injured, and my companions were captured by wicked people on the mountain, I finally escaped, you save me." ”

"Are you from Jiangnan?"

Liu Shuang frowned slightly, urged the horse to take a step forward and asked.

"Yes...... I am the head catcher of Duxian County, Chuzhou, Jiangnan. ”

Fang Hatshui panted and said: "I came to Chang'an on business at the order of my county commander, but when I was about to arrive in Chang'an, I encountered a few strong gangsters and kidnapped me and my companions. I wanted to let me go back and get money to ransom me, but I knew that we were from Jiangnan, and after there were no relatives in Chang'an, they wanted to kill people again. Today, I finally found an opportunity to escape, and I beg you to save me. ”

He kowtowed as he spoke, and his appearance was miserable and sad.

"You said you were from Duxian County, Chuzhou, Jiangnan?"

Liu Shuang was stunned and couldn't help asking, "What is the evidence?" ”

He is a native of Chuzhou, and his father is the county guard of Chuzhou.

Fang Hatshui laboriously took off the fast waist card that he had been keeping, held it in both hands and handed it to Liu Shuang and said, "Childe, please see, this is my waist card." ”

Liu Shuang leaned over and took it, glanced at it, and then turned back to Yuan Chengshi and said, "Sure enough, it's my Great Sui's head catcher, and his accent is indeed from Chuzhou, so it shouldn't be wrong." It's just that I didn't expect that at the foot of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an City, there would be such a strongman who would dare to hijack the Great Sui official. Brother Mao Cheng, let's take care of this matter? ”

Yuan Chengshi's word Maocheng, he pondered for a while and shook his head and said, "We are going to compete with Mr. today, how can we have time to care about this idle matter?" Give him some food, and give him a few taels of silver to go back to Chang'an City to report to the official. We've got business to do! ”

"Don't!"

Fang Hatshui climbed forward two steps and stopped in front of Yuan Chengshi and cried: "I still have companions on the mountain, if those strongmen find out that I have escaped, they will definitely kill him." I beg you to save my companions, they are all the people of the Great Sui, and I can't see death without saving them. ”

He pleaded as he tore away his tattered clothes, revealing the place where the flesh had been cut, and immediately elicited an exclamation from the crowd.

Yuan Chengshi frowned in disgust and said, "We have other important things on us, and it has already delayed the trip to give you silver and food to let you go back to Chang'an." If you stop it again, don't blame me for being polite! ”

"In vain, your father is still a Great Sui official!"

At this moment, Ma Lilian, who was at the back of the team, urged the horse forward with a slight anger: "Don't kneel him!" You are a person from the Great Sui Capture Bureau, why are your knees so soft? He won't save your friend, I'll go with you. I don't believe it, more than ten miles away from Chang'an City, there are people who dare to do evil! ”

"I'll go with you too, I can't leave this matter alone, even if Mr. is here, I will never stand idly by!"

A student jumped down from his war horse, held a horizontal knife and said to Ma Lilian: "It's just a group of mountain bandits, you don't need everyone to go." You and me, if you can't pick the bandit's nest, you will be planted! ”

"I'll go too!"

"I'll go too!"

Everyone spoke one after another, obviously dissatisfied with Yuan Chengshi's attitude. As the people of the Great Sui, especially the children of the family, their character determines their pride. Outside Chang'an City, how can robbers be allowed to haunt them?

"Something is wrong!"

Niu Huahua frowned and said: "Don't say that outside Chang'an City, even in the entire Gyeonggi Province, no one dares to do anything that violates the laws of the imperial court." There are few people in this mountain, what do robbers live on? I think this guy's origin is a little strange, let's not be fooled. ”

"As you said!"

A student raised his head and said: "This is Chang'an, the imperial capital, and he is a member of the official family, will he still lie to us?" ”

Yuan Chengshi was silent for a while and then asked Fang Hatshui: "How many robbers are there?" ”

"Seven or eight, all extremely fierce."

Fang hated the water and hung his head.

"Lost all the people of the Chuzhou Yamen!"

Liu Shuang scolded: "Anyway, you are also the head catcher of a county, and you were caught by a few robbers who did not enter the stream." As a person in the government, have you forgotten the truth that you would rather die than be humiliated? ”

"Don't dare to forget!"

Fang Hatshui kowtowed: "It's just that I still have an errand from the yamen on me, which is extremely important." If I don't go to Chang'an, I can't die if I don't see the officials of the Criminal Department explain clearly! When I complete the entrustment of the county magistrate, I will definitely apologize with death! ”

This sentence aroused the sympathy of more people.

"We can't leave it alone!"

"That's it, since you have encountered it, there is no reason."

Yuan Chengshi hesitated for a while and said: "Then camp here and rest for a while, Liu Shuang, you take nine people up the mountain to save people, and the others rest on the spot and be on guard, don't be attacked by Fang Xie and Zhang Qiang, both of them are scouts!" We've already entered the mountain, we can't be careless! ”

"Who wants to go? Just come with me! ”

Liu Shuang greeted heroically and instructed Fang Hatshui: "Can you still go?" If you can walk, lead the way in front! ”

On the big bulging stone on the mountain, Chenya smiled and said: "Master, that guy finally gave in completely, you see, how competent is he to do this bait?" ”

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Fang Xie and Zhang Crazy lived in a big tree, and the two of them were very well disguised, even if they looked carefully under the tree, they might not be able to find them. These two guys who were born as border army scouts are best at how to hide themselves. One has had twenty-one military exploits in Fan, and the other has lived in the Northern Barbarian tribe for two years. People like them, if they don't want to be found, it's hard to show their flaws.

"Haven't come yet, why is it so slow?"

Zhang Mad whispered to the other party: "According to the map given by Mr., they should be close to Crescent Moon Lake from here." It's the only place where you can ride a horse, and it doesn't make sense we're all filling our stomachs and they're not there yet. ”

Fang Xie was still savoring the deliciousness of the six-cheek fish, and the meat was indeed tender. You don't need to cook it, just add a little soy sauce and garlic juice, and you will have an endless aftertaste after eating. This is the first time Fang Xie has eaten raw meat, and he didn't expect the taste to be so tempting. He had always firmly believed that the food was still cooked, and even when he was in exile, he stubbornly insisted on eating only cooked food.

"If you're either lost, you're in trouble."

Fang Xie said: "The former is almost impossible, although those children of the family are arrogant, but if they get lost, they can't talk about it, how can there be waste if they can enter the martial arts academy?" As for the latter...... I can't think of any trouble. This is not a frontier, and it is impossible to meet the enemy. ”

"That's what I said."

Zhang Mad hesitated: "Why don't we separate and move forward a little more?" ”

"Good!"

Fang Xie nodded, and took out the signal fireworks specially brought in his arms and gave them to Zhang Qiang: "If there is any accident, send a signal." Sir should not be far from us, after all, he doesn't want to see the students in trouble. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhang Mad took the fireworks and stuffed them into his arms, and slid down the tree lightly. He walked through the dense forest with his waist bent, and soon disappeared. Fang Xie saw Zhang Crazy running while leaving traces on the trees with his dagger, which was the standard practice of scouts, and made him evoke memories of the border city.

After the arrogance disappeared, Fang Xie also slid down from the big tree. I chose to deviate from the direction that I left with the insolence about five degrees and ran out, leaving a mark as I went. Just as he was disappearing, Mo Wanwu appeared on the tree where he had stayed before.

He looked at the direction in which Fang Xie disappeared with a somewhat solemn face, and there was some worry in his eyes.

About three or four minutes after Fang Xie ran out, Mo Wanwu also took action. He always kept a certain distance from Fang Xie and did not let Fang Xie find out. I don't know why, he has been following Fang Xie instead of being arrogant.

Fang Xie Fu ran in the dense forest with his body low, his movements under his feet were fast, flexible like a cheetah born to belong to this jungle, keen and alert. His spirit was always on high alert, and he didn't slack off because it was just a competition and not a real fight.

This is Fang Jie's attitude towards life, and it is difficult to change.

Running forward for about two miles in one breath, Fang Xie quickly climbed a big tree and hid it. Although the angle of deviation from the insolence is very small, the distance between the two people is not close at this time. Fang Xie probed forward behind the leaves, looked carefully for a long time, listened for a long time, and still didn't find Yuan Chengshi's people.

"Is it really in danger?"

Fang Xie frowned slightly, and subconsciously touched his waist. When I touched the remnant knife, I felt a little more steady.

Thinking of the strange looks he had seen from Mo Wanwu's eyes a few times before, Fang Jie's heart began to feel uneasy again.

Strange, but what's so strange?

It's just a competition in the martial arts academy, isn't it?

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Ma Lilian is still at the end, although she doesn't want to, but she is a girl after all, and the other students of the Martial Arts Academy who followed Fang Hate Shui Shan naturally won't let her open the way. Liu Shuang is a smart person, so he didn't walk behind Fang Hatshui. He and Fang Hatshui always kept a distance, and his right hand had not left the hilt of the knife since he went up the mountain.

"How far is it?"

After climbing up for a while, Liu Shuang asked with some displeasure.

Fang Hatshui, who was panting and leading the way in front, lowered his voice and said, "Come on, Childe, you see that raised big stone, the lair of those strong people is behind that big stone, it is a cave." They're out looking for food, so we have to take advantage of this opportunity to go up and save people. ”

After Fang Hatshui said this, he continued to climb up, but when he felt something strange after climbing four or five steps, he stopped and looked back, and then found that the ten people behind him looked at him with cold eyes. The previous sympathy is gone, and there is only hostility and indifference.

Especially the one who was the leader, Fang Hatshui could see the killing intent in his eyes. He didn't know what he had done wrong and why those people's reactions had suddenly changed.

"Say!"

Liu Shuang slowly pulled out the horizontal knife, pointed at Fang Hatshui's nose and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm ......" Fang Hatshui opened his mouth and was about to answer, when he saw the young monk turn out from behind a big tree. He clasped his hands together, leaned over slightly to everyone, and said in a calm and gentle tone, "Welcome, to Elysium." ”

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