In ancient times, there was no industrial pollution, every inch of the blue sky was incredibly blue, and every wisp of white clouds was as white as cotton, which made people want to hold it to their mouths and take a bite. The occasional birds flying by leave the echo of their chirping, forming a sound picture in the primeval mountain forest with mountains and branches intertwined, so vivid and beautiful.

Thinking that he had left Chen County was like waking up from a nightmare, because after all, it was the first time that Lu Yu had fled because he was being chased and killed by someone in his life. I never thought that the Warring States would be like this in ancient times, it was full of danger all the time, in order to save your life, you either have to be the strongest, or, find a place where no one is, and live in seclusion in a paradise like Majiagou for a lifetime. Otherwise, you will be slaughtered. Lu Yu has already made up his mind to find a politician first to help him end this situation that has been divided for hundreds of years. Although he has already sworn to Zhang Wu, he must find a chance to convince him, otherwise Zhang Wu may become his enemy.

At this time, it was already noon, and this was the coldest day since Lu Yu came to this era. I don't know if I have already left the border of Chu, and I don't know how long it is still before Daliang. The team traveled along the river, and Lu Yu didn't know if this river was one of the tributaries of Weishui. One of them left the team from time to time, disappeared from everyone's sight, and it would take a while to return to the team, and then whispered in Ximenhou's ear, Lu Yu thought that this person should be a spy or something.

Simon waited for a few words in the spout's ear, and the spy left the group again, but this time the other two rode together to the left front. After the three spies disappeared from everyone's sight again, Simon Hou ordered the team to stop and rest for a while.

When they got off the horse, several men came and pulled the horses to drink water and eat grass. Others took out bronze cooking utensils and lit a fire to cook.

Lu Yu also followed them, walked to the riverside and squatted down, and washed his face with a handful of water. Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching behind him, he looked back and saw that it was Simon Hou, so he smiled at him.

Ximen Hou also squatted down next to him and said, "Brother Lu, can you lend the broken army sword to take a look at it?" ”

Lu Yu thought to himself, this Ximen Hou really took a fancy to his sword. I didn't expect that I had no interest in this sword at first, but now some people love it. Anyway, he just borrowed a look, so he stood up, unsheathed his sword, and handed it to Ximen Hou.

Ximen Hou held the scabbard in his left hand, praised it in his mouth, and said, "The Xuanyun on the scabbard is so fine. Then his right hand stroked the scabbard for a while, and then moved to the hilt of the sword, and with a "clang" sound, he pulled out the sword and looked at it carefully. After a while, he said, "Sure enough, only the swordsmiths of the Yue Kingdom can forge such a good sword." But the eyes still did not leave the sword. Suddenly, he said to a samurai next to him, "You, come here." ”

The warrior did not know what he wanted to do, and he heard Simon say, "Draw out your sword." ”

Obviously, Ximen Hou was the order issued by his superiors, and the warrior naturally did not resist, as if he was used to it, he had already drawn his sword and pointed at Ximen Hou from afar.

The surrounding samurai gathered around, ready to watch a good show. Lu Yu was also curious to see how the sword in Ximen Hou's hand would play. Even Wei Mingji lifted the curtain and looked at these people who were bustling outside.

I saw Ximen Hou holding a sword in his right hand, his eyes slightly closed, and he slowly raised the broken army, pointing at the warrior, and suddenly his eyes opened suddenly, and he shouted: "Come on!" The warrior played a sword flower and stabbed it at Ximenhou. When the tip of the opponent's sword was five steps away from him, he suddenly jumped up to the right front, turned around in the air and slashed, right on the opponent's sword. The samurai was slashed by this, and the long sword shifted its direction, but it was extremely fast to stabilize his body with a lunge, and with the deviation of the long sword, he turned around in a circle, skillfully using inertia to give Ximen Hou a sword. And Ximen Hou just landed on the ground, and he actually blocked the sword that the opponent slashed horizontally with one hand.

If you are an ordinary person, how can you have such arm strength.

Lu Yu could see clearly that when Ximen was waiting for the sword, he used the blade to resist, and he even blocked the place where the first sword on the warrior sword was slashed.

Ximen Hou used force in his hand, swinging the opponent's sword away, and suddenly there was a white mang in front of him, only to hear the sound of the three arms handing over the "bell bell", the warrior retreated five steps in a row, and what he was holding in his hand was already a broken sword.

Only then did everyone present realize that the sword in the samurai's hand had been broken.

"Good!" More than a dozen people burst into applause at the same time, admiring Ximen Hou's swordsmanship.

Only Lu Yu could see clearly that Ximen Hou exchanged swords with the warrior five times, and each time he accurately slashed at the same place of the opponent's iron sword, and used five swords to break the opponent's sword. Lu Yu was able to cut the sword of the Teng family warrior with one sword at that time, because he held the sword with both hands, and Zhang Wu's bronze sword itself was thick and sharp, but he didn't expect that the sword that Zhang Wu gave him was also so sharp. And Ximen Hou used his superb swordsmanship to break the sword in the hands of the warrior. After reading these swords, Lu Yu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he had chosen to fight Simon Hou in the first place, he would have died under his sword long ago.

Wei Mingji couldn't help but cheer. Only then did Ximen Hou put the broken army sword back into the scabbard, walked up to Lu Yu in a chic posture, handed the sword back to him, and said, "This sword is really a rare sword." ”

Lu Yu tied the sword back to his waist and said with a smile: "It can be seen that Mr. Simon is also a sword lover." ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded. It turned out to be the two men who went with the spies. At this time, the spy had not yet returned, and was wondering, but when he saw the two men carrying a few hares on their horses, he knew that the two men were not going to sentry, but to hunt.

At this time, he also smelled the aroma of meat, I don't know what kind of soup that big pot was, floating Lu Yu's indescribable taste, but it made his index finger move, a bit like dog meat, mixed with an indescribable sour smell, but it made people drool, feeling that they had never smelled this kind of meat fragrance, and the gluttonous worms in his stomach began to scream.

When Ximen Hou saw his gluttony, he couldn't help laughing and asked, "I don't know if Brother Lu knows what kind of meat is burning in this pot?" ”

Lu Yu swallowed his saliva and said, "Please Mr. Simon for advice." ”

Ximen Hou said with a smile: "This is the meat of jackals." ”

Lu Yu was shocked: "Jackal meat? ”

Ximen Hou smiled: "No, this is a kind of wolf not wolf, dog not dog, the sense of smell is extremely sensitive, it is very difficult to hunt, its taste is sweet and sour, it can make up for fatigue, it can be tackled, it can grow strength, and it can eliminate bones." Seeing Lu Yu's surprised look, he patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Three months ago, when I went out hunting with Xin Lingjun, I only caught seven or eight of them, which were dried and made, and these two were rewarded by the king in order to welcome the princess back to China." Brother Lu has a good day today. ”

Hearing him say this, Lu Yu couldn't wait to taste this game.

Wei Mingji also got out of the carriage at this time, and slowly walked to their side accompanied by the two maidservants, and asked in a coquettish voice: "The two of you are talking so speculatively, I don't know what they are talking about, can you share it with this princess?" ”

Lu Yu said: "Mr. Simon is telling the little brother about the efficacy of jackal meat, and the talk makes the little brother salivate. ”

Ximen Hou laughed: "Brother Lu smiled." Presumably, Brother Lu has never eaten jackal meat, so he has no choice but to sacrifice his ugliness, in fact, the effect of this jackal meat is familiar to everyone. ”

Here, several samurai in charge of cooking had already served a bowl to each of them.

Smelling a little sour, Lu Yu took a sip of the soup first, only to feel that the entrance was a little sweet, and the soup was mixed with wolfberry licorice and other medicinal materials, so that the broth was sweet but not bitter, oily but not greasy, and the aftertaste between the lips and teeth was indeed endless. After air-drying and secret preparation, the jackal meat still has a fresh feeling when biting, soft and smooth, and extremely delicious. After eating two bowls of this delicious soup in a row, Lu Yu wanted to eat it again, but when he saw that pot, he had already bottomed out, and there was only a little soup left, so he was embarrassed to add it again. It's a really tempting delicacy.

This pot of broth was only for the princess of Wei and Ximen Hou, and the other warriors only ate dry food, which shows that this jackal meat is not affordable for everyone. Lu Yu secretly thought that he was stained with the light of the princess of Wei, so he had this blessing.

I hiccuped comfortably, thinking about how freehand it would be if I lay down on the grass and take a lazy nap, without paying attention to anything, without hurrying, without going to Wei.

I was worried that there was no toothpick for toothpicking in ancient times, but I heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and the spy finally returned. But Lu Yu noticed something unusual, as if he was running for his life, and the horse ran so fast. Simon Hou also noticed something, and stood up to face the approaching horse, his brows furrowed. Lu Yu also stood up and followed Ximen Hou over to see what was going on.

The spinner's horse didn't stop until it was ten steps away from Ximen, and Lu Yu finally saw that the spy was full of blood, still overflowing, and his entire chest was stained red with blood.

The spy dismounted, and fell to the ground with a thud after running a few steps, and Simon hurriedly took a few steps forward to catch him, and as soon as he got up, the spinner's feet went soft again, as if he was seriously injured. Ximen Hou hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

Only then did all the people notice that something was wrong, and they all gathered around.

I saw that the spy had a painful look on his face, as if he had opened his mouth with great difficulty, and let out an "ah" from the bottom of his throat, Ximen Hou screamed, and Lu Yu also saw the situation clearly at the same time: it turned out that the tongue in the spout's mouth was actually cut off! At this time, the people around also clearly saw this scene, and some people suddenly exclaimed and began to talk about it.

Ximen Hou said angrily: "Don't make noise! Then he commanded the medicine to be brought.

The scene was suddenly silent.

The spy vomited another mouthful of blood. One of the samurai who took the medicine hurriedly gave him a red pill.

Simon Hou asked the spy again, "What happened to him?" ”

I saw the scout's trembling right hand, groping for the placket of his clothes, and suddenly exerting his strength, only to hear the "hiss" of a will, he actually tore off a large piece of the placket, and then spread it on the ground with difficulty, and trembled and touched his chest, stained with his own blood, and wrote on the placket.

I saw that he wrote like a small seal, because of the trembling of his hands, the words were twisted and twisted, Lu Yuzheng was worried that he couldn't understand, but he heard Ximen Hou also look at the words he wrote, and read in his mouth: "Thief." ”

Ximen Hou took a deep breath and asked, "How many people?" ”

This time, Lu Yu could see clearly, and what the spies wrote was "more than three hundred." ”

Everyone, including Simon Hou, exclaimed. Wei Mingji also lifted the curtain of the carriage at this time, and asked faintly, "What happened?" ”

Simon Hou didn't reply, but raised his voice and replied, "Please wait a while, princess, the lowly position is inquiring, and I will wait later." He turned back to the spy and asked, "How far is it from here?" ”

This time, the spy wrote very slowly, showing that he was weak, and wrote "more than 20 miles" on the placket of his clothes, but the word "li" was still the last stroke, and his hand hung down weakly.

Lu Yu knew that the spy was dead, so Ximen Hou stretched out his two fingers and stayed on the major artery in the spinner's neck for a while before letting out a sigh. I saw that the spy's blood-stained left hand had been clenched, and he didn't know what he was holding, so Ximen Hou used a little force to let go of his hand. The spy's left hand was clutching a bloody mass.

It was a severed tongue.

None of the people present spoke, but there was an invisible anger mixed with fear, which surrounded everyone's hearts. At this moment, everyone is waiting for Simon to give the order, whether to resist with all their strength or retreat.

There are more than ten people, except for the two maidservants and the groom, even if you count Lu Yu, there are only fifteen people who can fight. With the strength of fifteen people, how can you resist three hundred thieves? Besides, there is a princess with golden branches and jade leaves.

Ximen Hou pondered for a moment, and then raised his voice in the direction of the carriage and said, "Princess Qiyu, according to the report of the scouts, more than 20 miles away from here, there is a group of bandits with more than 300 people, who may be approaching us. ”

Wei Mingji exclaimed: "What should be done?" ”

Ximen Hou said: "Now we must speed up our journey, cross the water five miles ahead to the opposite bank, and eighty miles further north is the border of our Wei State." However, due to the urgency of the situation, when it came to the place where the water was crossed in front, the princess had to abandon the car. ”

Wei Mingji said: "Everything is decided by Mr. Simon. ”

Ximen waited for the order of the whole team to set off, and the warriors hastily packed up the cooking utensils, and then they all mounted their horses and continued along the coast. Lu Yu's riding skills are not good, but because these horses have undergone strict training, they have almost no wildness, and they are sometimes fast and sometimes slow in the middle of the team, and they can still keep up. It can be seen that everyone is in a state of trepidation, as if they are afraid of hearing about the bandits, but they still maintain a steady speed with discipline, which shows that the quality of these samurai is also good.

Ximen Hou didn't say a word, and always kept galloping in front of the carriage, just side by side with Lu Yu.

I wonder if Wei Mingji is also scared at this time because she is worried about the news of the bandits?

Lu Yu tried his best to make the horse run closer to Ximen Hou, and asked, "I heard Mr. Ximen say just now that you need to cross the water five miles ahead, have the tools for crossing the water been prepared?" ”

Ximen Hou was stunned for a moment, and said: "When I came to Chu State, the bamboo raft had already been prepared, and after crossing the water, it was stored in the woods on the shore, and when I got there, I just needed to take it out and use it immediately." ”

Lu Yu thought to himself, even if he didn't worry about the bandits, he would definitely not go to the riverside to make a bamboo raft. Ximen Hou is a smart man, and he should have arranged this. The enemy is outnumbered, and Simon is not willing to be brave, and he fights hard with the bandits, which shows this person's scheming. But this will definitely not be a person who has no revenge.

Five miles of road, soon arrived. The river narrowed here, and the road was at its end, and a towering mountain in front of it blocked the way. If you want to go to Wei, you must first cross the water. Several samurai had already carried several rows of bamboo rafts from the woods and placed them on the shore, quickly placing supplies such as baggage on them and sending them to the other shore first.

Wei Mingji also got out of the carriage and stood with the two maidservants, looking at the busy crowd, frowning, and seeing the worry in her heart. Lu Yu and Ximen Hou walked over together, and Wei Mingji asked, "Are you sure that the three hundred thieves are coming at us?" ”

Simon said, "Most of them are coming at us. He has already ordered someone to go to visit again, and he has also ordered someone to hurry to Xiangling to inform our people, and they will be able to meet us in seven or eight hours at the earliest. ”

Lu Yu thought to himself, it would take at least ten hours. Those bandits are only thirty miles away from here, and before the rescue arrives, they may have to fight an encounter. Then he said to Ximen Hou: "The soldiers are very fast, we must design a delay after crossing the river, otherwise how can we survive for six hours." ”

Wei Mingji and Ximen Hou looked surprised and asked Lu Yu: "Could it be that Brother Lu has a plan?" ”

Lu Yu asked rhetorically: "I'm not familiar with the terrain here, I don't know if there is a high ground after crossing the river?" ”

Ximen Hou replied: "There is indeed a burial dragon slope, does Brother Lu mean that he wants to occupy the high ground and dominate the low with the high?" ”

Lu Yu asked again: "What is the terrain there?" ”

Ximen Hou said: "Although it is not high, if you fight it above, you will be full of enemies." ”

Lu Yu said: "That's fine." Wait a moment to get to the burial dragon slope, I will observe the terrain, if there are 300 bandits, it will take some time to cross the river, so that we can seize the opportunity to design some traps in the burial dragon slope, or we can delay for a while. ”

Ximen Hou nodded and said, "Brother Lu is reasonable, I immediately ordered someone to speed up the crossing of the water." Immediately, he ordered the samurai to hurry up.

At this time, more than a dozen horses also crossed the opposite bank, Wei Mingji was a princess, and with the support of two maidservants, she first got on the bamboo raft, and was pulled by two warriors on the opposite bank with hemp rope to cross the river. followed by Ximen Hou and Lu Yu, and other samurai, who crossed in two groups.

Ximen Hou was about to order the destruction of the bamboo raft, but Lu Yu stopped: "Can you trouble Mr. Ximen to order the bamboo raft to be dismantled, and then pick a finer one and cut it into several small pieces." ”

Seeing that he was puzzled, Lu Yu said again: "Forgive me for selling it down, and it will be useful when I get to the burial of Longpo." ”

Ximen Hou asked Lu Yu about the length he wanted, so he instructed the warriors to dismantle the bamboo raft, and according to what Lu Yu said, cut each bamboo into several sections, let the warriors carry it, and set off to the north of the burial dragon slope.

The burial of Longpo is about three miles north after crossing the river. After arriving, Lu Yu knew what the power of nature was. When the mountains on both sides arrived here, they almost met each other, and the road was rugged, one side was a cliff that was completely impossible to climb, and the other side was the burial dragon slope mentioned in the mouth of the West Gate. To separate it, the burial dragon slope is attached to this side of the mountain range, like a child clinging to its mother's arms. The strange rocks on the slope are craggy, the soil is relatively loose, and the strange rocks of all sizes on it are crumbling, as if they will roll down at any time.

Lu Yu looked at this slope, this place can indeed be regarded as a natural danger, but its soil is loose, but it is not suitable to hide on it to deal with the thieves who are chasing. Originally, he planned to join forces with Ximen Hou here, but now he feels that the possibility is very low, after all, there is also a golden branch and jade leaf in the team, and it will not be good if he accidentally makes a mistake.

But if you can't use this place to stop that group of thieves, once you catch up, won't the group be slaughtered?

The team stopped in front of the Burial Dragon Slope. The road in the middle seems to have been forcibly split, forming a mountain path of several hundred meters.

Lu Yu got off the horse, walked to the side of Ximen Hou, and asked, "Is this road a must-go?" ”

Ximen Hou replied: "If you go around it, it will take more than three days, and this road is the fastest to bury Longpo." If those bandits want to chase us, they must take the shortest time, otherwise when our rescue arrives, what will be the strength of more than 300 thieves. He added, "It is said that in ancient times, there was a dragon who did evil in the world, and no one was invincible for three hundred years. Later, Nuwa sent a god general to lead the dragon here, and drank loudly, and the mountain god smashed all the stones on the mountain, crushing the dragon to death here, and the burial dragon slope was also named. ”

Hearing this, Lu Yu suddenly had a plan and said, "Then let's yin him here." ”

Simon Hou was puzzled: "What is Yin Ta?" ”

Lu Yu laughed: "It's to set a trap and let those bandits suffer a loss here, in our hometown dialect, it's called 'Yin He Yi'." ”

Ximen Hou made a look of sudden realization, and asked, "Then how do we come to Yin him?" ”

Lu Yu gave Ximen Hou an unfathomable smile, and said two words in his mouth: "Array." ”