At dusk, Zhou Xuan's eight people went ashore again and went to the small town of Luoyang with Lihu, Zhou Xuan didn't let Fei Qing follow, this kind of person may hurt him.

An hour of fast horses galloping, arrived at Luoyang when the sky was dark, the lantern in front of the inn was high, sure enough, there were four carriages parked, heard Zhou Xuan and others coming, the shop and the four coachmen came out, a short rest, fed the horses grass beans, and then hurried to Quanzhou County.

Each man's mount was tied to the chariot and followed the carriage slowly, leaving two men to ride with him, while the rest of the men got into the carriage to rest, recuperate and prepare for tomorrow's amazing plans.

The four idiots naturally arranged to be in the same car with Zhou Xuan, but the four idiots said: "Master, I'll be on duty for the night, and the master will sleep peacefully in the car." ”

Zhou Xuan said in a low voice: "Fourth, if you enter the city tomorrow or there will be a vicious battle, you are the main force, how can you not raise your spirit?" Since you remember that you are a woman, and you must guard the distinction between men and women, then you can get in the car and sleep, and I will ride my own horse, anyway, I don't have to exert any effort, I am a prisoner as a bait. ”

The four idiots "hummed", got off the horse, the carriage was moving, and Zhou Xuan rode the "crane in the clouds" to follow the side of the carriage, his body shook slightly, and he closed his eyes to recuperate.

The four idiots looked at Zhou Xuan on horseback from the car window and swayed and napped, worried that he would get off the horse, so he had to say: "The master should get in the car and rest, I didn't sleep all night last night." ”

"The fourth child is still soft-hearted, she shouldn't be suitable to be an assassin now!" Zhou Xuan thought so, dismounted and handed over the reins to the coachman, and got into the carriage.

The four idiots moved inward, and their thin bodies only occupied a little space.

Zhou Xuan is half-leaning and half-lying. tightened the lichen robe on his body and said, "Fourth, then I'll sleep first." "It's true that I'm sleepy, and I fell asleep after a while.

The four idiots sit cross-legged and meditate, exercise and pranayama, and practice qi in small and big weeks. Half an hour later, exhaustion was gone. Turning his head to look at Zhou Xuan, who was curled up and sleeping with his legs hugged.

The moonlight penetrated through the window, reflecting several light and shadows on Zhou Xuan's face, his chest and abdomen slowly rose and fell, and his breathing was long. This man slept so soundly!

Thinking like this, the four idiots were a little envious of Zhou Xuan's sleep, she had been practicing martial arts since she was eight years old, and she had never slept well, but she had been lying down a few days ago, but it was because she was seriously injured.

The autumn night is silent, the monotonous sound of wheels and horses' hooves makes people drowsy, and the four idiots also lie on their sides in the posture of a lion. Eyes and breathing, the spiritual platform is empty. Lingering, thoughtless.

I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly heard Zhou Xuan say in a loud voice: "Fourth-"

"What's the matter, master?" The four idiots opened their eyes and asked, then sat up straight, waited for a while, didn't listen to Zhou Xuan's answer, and then looked closely, Zhou Xuan closed his eyes and fell asleep. It turned out that he was talking in a dream just now!

The four idiots shook their heads. I thought, "The master is dreaming, what are you dreaming of me?" Think about it this way. I felt uncomfortable, as if Zhou Xuan had a thorn on her body that would pierce her, anyway, she had enough rest, so she opened the car door, and didn't ask the driver to stop, so she jumped out of the car lightly and skillfully, and the sound of landing was more subtle than a tanuki.

Lihu and a Qingyuan warrior came over and whispered hello to the four idiots, and the four idiots said, "You two get in the car and rest, I've already rested." ”

The four idiots followed her mount on foot, and the mount followed the carriage that Zhou Xuan was riding in unhurriedly, and there was a bamboo tube on the saddle, and in the bamboo tube was the white-backed insect caught last night, and this insect was like a dumb person who never heard it chirp!

Now that the hour has passed, the half-moon has just risen on the east mountain, the moon is yellow, and it seems that the fine weather is coming to an end, and the autumn rain is coming.

Fujian is mountainous, this road is all winding, and insects can often be heard next to the road.

Suddenly, when I heard a "buzz" sound, everything was silent, and the crickets that were chirping happily were silent, and there was no sound at all.

The four idiots were stunned, the "buzz" just now was clearly coming from the bamboo tube, and it was the sound of the white-backed insect flapping its wings? This sound is really loud and loud, the bamboo tube is "buzzing", and the four idiots are also well-informed, but they have never heard crickets make such a strong sound!

The four idiots took off the bamboo tube, removed the wooden plug with fine holes, and carefully looked at the small white-backed cricket by the moonlight, which was hunched over and stretched out its legs, lying motionless at the bottom of the tube, and the bean flour and sesame seeds put in it in the evening were gone, and it should have been eaten by it.

The four idiots cut off a soft grass stalk from the side of the road and teased the white-backed cricket, wanting to hear its chirping again, but no matter how to pry, the white-backed cricket was indifferent and shrunk its six thin legs to the bottom of its abdomen.

The four idiots remembered the quirk of "can't touch", so they used the grass stem to tease the white-backed cricket's **, the "untouchable" ** can't move, and when it moves, it is furious, and the big tooth halberd is open, and it is about to bite, but this trick is still useless to the white-backed cricket, whether it is teasing its big teeth or dialing it**, ignore it.

Seeing that the white-backed cricket was motionless and dead, I wondered if I had heard it wrong just now, and this little white-backed cricket could really chirp so loudly?

The four idiots stuffed the cork and decided to find a yellowback worm to try tomorrow to see what kind of thing this bug was?

Four carriages drove overnight, and in the second half of the night, they came to Songling Town, 20 miles north of Quanzhou City, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountains are all green pines for hundreds of years, lush and green, and undulating.

The coachman of the carriage in front of him said to the four idiots: "Is the guest officer going to Songling or Quanzhou County?" ”

The four idiots said: "It's right here." "Beckoning everyone to get out of the car.

Zhou Xuan jumped out of the carriage, rewarded each coachman with a tael of silver, and beat them back.

Zhou Xuanjiu and the others washed casually in the mountain stream outside the town, and the male guard in Panyu Jiaodi said to Zhou Xuan: "Zhou Jungong, I'll go to the town first, my Shanha people have two leather shops in the town, and the patriarch should rest there." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, go and come back quickly." "The guard walked into the town, and in a short time came out with a woman. But it was the female guard who came here with Pan Yujiao in the early stage, named Ah Yue.

Ah Yue saw Zhou Xuan, and Shi Li said: "Zhou Jungong, the patriarch ordered me to wait for Zhou Jungong here, and ask the county prince to enter the town to rest." ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Have you done the work of welcoming the families of the five generals out of the city?" ”

Zhou Xuan promised to sponsor these five Qingyuan warriors as five-rank generals after the plan succeeded, so now he will call these five people generals.

The five Qingyuan warriors all stared nervously at Ah Yuedi's mouth. See what she has to say.

Ah Yue said: "I have taken out Quanzhou City." In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the great patriarch has taken the families of these five generals to the mountains to live temporarily in the mountains yesterday afternoon. ”

Zhou Xuan asked, "When will the Great Patriarch be able to rush back?" ”

Ah Yue said: "I should be able to rush back at dawn." ”

Zhou Xuan and his entourage of nine people followed Ah Yue to a leather store opened by Shanha people in the town to rest, while eating some food and waiting for Pan Yujiao and Lin Ji.

At the end of the day. Pan Yujiao arrived alone on the "Jade Flower Tree in the Night", although she was dusty, but she lifted her cloak, her starry eyes were like water, and she was still charming, and handed a letter to Zhou Xuan, saying: "Please see, this is a total of forty-seven people from five families." The list is here, except for illiterate young children. All have signatures, and as for ordinary servants, they are not allowed to ** city. ”

The five Qingyuan warriors looked at the signatures of their respective family members and were overjoyed to learn that they were safe.

Zhou Xuan praised: "The patriarch is really careful, and the patriarch should take credit after the matter is completed." ”

Everyone waited in Songling Town until the end of the day, and the sun was three poles, and they still didn't see Lin Ji arrive. I can't help but feel anxious.

The four idiots are not in a hurry. She carried the bamboo tube to the town to find someone to fight insects, and she wanted to verify that there was any magic about this white-backed cricket.

The people of Pine Ridge are panicking. Worried that the Tang army would attack, some wealthy families had already moved their families to Wuyue, so except for children playing crickets, no one in the town had the leisure to fight crickets.

The four idiots fought with a few children in the town, and the four idiots showed the white-backed cricket, and all the children made fun of it, who wants this white-backed worm!

The four idiots promised that whoever won the white-backed insect would be rewarded with a hundred yuan, and the children were then excited to recommend the most powerful black-backed cricket to fight.

The four idiots looked at the black-backed cricket, it was only a lieutenant, but if her white-backed cricket could defeat the black-backed lieutenant-level cricket, it would be very eye-opening.

Put insects on one clay pot to start fighting, but strangely, both insects are shrunk at both ends of the clay pot and refuse to open their teeth, and it is useless to use the grass to stir up, and it is the same for several blackback insects.

The four idiots sighed secretly: "The white-backed cricket has no fighting nature, and it can't be used with the fighting insect at all, I still have a fluke dream that this white-backed insect is a mutated fierce insect, it seems that it is delusional, what will the master take to fight with the snow pig prince in two days?" ”

The four idiots handed a bamboo tube containing white-backed crickets to a child and said, "This worm has been given to you, and this hundred articles have also been given to you." ”

The boy took a string of money, and was busy counting the money, but when he didn't take the bamboo tube, another child took it, and casually dumped the white-backed cricket on the ground, and said, "Whoever wants this worm will be trampled to death!" "And he stepped down—

The four idiots were quick to grasp the child's collar, carried him aside, carefully caught the white-backed cricket back to the bamboo tube, and said in his heart: "After all, this is the master who was bitten by a poisonous snake to catch it, so take it as a souvenir." ”

The four idiots returned to the leather store, and when Lin Ji arrived, he did not ride a horse, but on foot.

There was no rest for two days and two nights, Lin Ji's eyebrow bones rose more and more, and his eye sockets sank, but he was in good spirits, and when he saw Zhou Xuan, he presented Chen Kai's handwritten letter, saying: "The county prince, the last general's mount died halfway, and the last general came on foot, it was a little late." ”

Zhou Xuanxi said: "General Lin has worked hard, go and rest for a while first, and use some wine and rice." As he spoke, he opened the letter and looked at it, frowning slightly.

Lin Ji said: "County Prince, Chen Shilang will know everything in his letter, Chen Shilang is worried about the danger of the county security, and he does not want the county prince to be in danger alone, and the patriarch of Panda is also very important in Fujian, if it falls into the hands of Chen Si'an, it will be wasted, so Chen Shilang thinks that it is a matter of time before he takes Qingyuan, and there is no need to use this risky strategy, having said that, Chen Shilang has already dispatched troops to Quanzhou in the starry night, and the soldiers are divided into two routes, one is Xiping and Xiangyun to the west gate of Quanzhou, and one is Tingxi and Dongtian to the south gate of Quanzhou. The two roads in the south were led by 2,000 elite cavalry. The 5,000 infantry army followed closely behind, and is currently fighting fiercely with the Qingyuan army, and it is estimated that the troops can come to Quanzhou City tonight, and everything is going according to the plan of the county prince. ”

Zhou Xuan asked Pan Yujiao: "What does the patriarch of Pan think, is this risk worth committing?" ”

Pan Yujiao said categorically: "To achieve miraculous feats, you must use strange schemes, why should the county prince hesitate." ”

Zhou Xuan clenched his fists and said, "Okay." Shen Shi set off for Quanzhou. ”

Everyone recuperated in the Songling Leather Warehouse. Shen Shi carved out of the town and came to the north gate of Quanzhou, and five Qingyuan warriors escorted the bound Pan Yujiao, the four idiots and Zhou Xuan, a total of eight people, and the rest mixed into the city. Waiting for the opportunity to respond, about dozens of Shanhapan clan members have already received an order from Pan Yujiao to set fire to the Qingyuan Protectorate in the city as long as they see the fireworks rising in the Qingyuan Metropolitan Protectorate in the city, causing chaos everywhere in the city.

Because he wanted to pretend to be a prisoner and enter the city, the four idiots left the white-backed cricket in the leather store and told Zhou Xuan about the insect fight.

Zhou Xuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I really don't have any fighting spirit at all?" Don't care about these for now, let's take Quanzhou. ”

There was a rumor inside and outside Quanzhou City. On the way, I encountered several groups of Qingyuan patrol soldiers and horses, but there were these five Qingyuan warriors. It's all easy to release.

Eight people rode eight horses, Zhou Xuan, Si Idiot and Pan Yujiao were tied hands, and the reins of the horses were led by Qingyuan warriors, although they were tied, as long as they hooked with their thumbs, the slipknot would be loosened, and it would be difficult to move when they saw Chen Si'an.

When there were still five or six miles away from the north gate of Quanzhou, it began to rain. No one had any rain gear. It was drenched in soup and embarrassed.

Zhou Xuan smiled: "This is better, more realistic - the fourth." Your wounds don't matter, do you? ”

The four idiots said: "It's okay, the master doesn't have to worry, I can already fight hard." ”

Zhou Xuan, it doesn't matter if these men get wet, anyway, the weather is not cold, the plate of Yujiao is a little indecent, the thin two-layer autumn shirt, the tight-fitting blue flower tube skirt, after being wet by the rain, is tightly wrapped in the ** thin waist, round hips and long legs, messy head dripping water, arms tied behind him, and it seems that the double peaks on the chest are trembling, which makes people want to be beastly -

Pan Yujiao saw Zhou Xuan's eyes coming, and she also lowered her eyes to look at her body, she was really ashamed, although she was drenched in the cold rain, she also felt that her cheeks were hot for a while.

When I didn't move, I came to the north gate of Quanzhou, only to see the city wall high and majestic, the five-zhang wide moat flowing in soup, the city tower hunting with flags, and the soldiers patrolling back and forth, it can really be described as solid, Chen Si'an and his son have been operating for more than 20 years in vain? If this is an attack on the city from outside, it will be a protracted war that costs lives and money, and even if the Tang State finally takes Quanzhou, then Quanzhou City will probably be in ruins.

When the sergeant guarding the door heard that Pan Yujiao had been captured, he was greatly surprised and urgently reported to the lieutenant of Sili.

Captain Si Li once saw Pan Yujiao, hurried over, and when he saw it, it was indeed Pan Yujiao, the patriarch of the Pan clan who led the crowd to take refuge in the Tang Kingdom, and immediately increased the amount with his hand, and said happily: "I Qingyuan is saved!" I'm saved! ”

The five Qingyuan warriors said, "Captain Lin, I'm going to see Lord Du Hu and report the good news." ”

Captain Na Sili said: "Unfortunately, Chen Duhu went out of the city at noon to reorganize his troops and horses, intending to give the Tang army attacking from afar a head-on blow. ”

The five Qing warriors were dumbfounded, but fortunately they weren't too stupid, and they didn't pay attention to Zhou Xuan together.

Zhou Xuan scolded: "Qingyuan Chen Si'an's subordinates are too rude, treat the patriarch of my family like this, who is willing to surrender!" ”

Captain Sili looked at Pan Yujiao with a thin dress, it was really very tempting, but he also knew that this woman had the power to order hundreds of thousands of mountains and hadi, and she didn't dare to be contemptuous, so she hurriedly ordered someone to go to the south gate of the urn city to ask Chen Duhu to come back, while escorting Pan Yujiao to the Duhu Mansion, Captain Sili asked Xiahou Yun on the road, and the five Qingyuan warriors naturally answered well.

Dismounted in front of the Duhu Mansion, the five Qingyuan warriors escorted Pan Yujiao, Zhou Xuan, and the four idiots to the public hall without pretending to be others, ready to wait for Chen Si'an to come back.

A commander of the soldiers of the Metropolitan Protectorate came over and said, "Prince Lianchang wants to see Pan Yujiao." ”

When Zhou Xuan heard this, his face changed color, he didn't expect Lan Lianchang to be here, if Lan Lianchang saw him, wouldn't it be exposed? But Pan Yujiao must not be allowed to go to see Lan Lianchang alone, Pan Yujiao is lonely, she can't really do the fake show, she is really imprisoned!

At this time, Zhou Xuan was not allowed to think too much, so six government soldiers came over and escorted the three of them inside.

The five Qingyuan warriors also wanted to follow, but the commander of the government soldiers stopped him and said, "Lian Chang Gongzi is in the inner mansion, you can't go in." Seeing that the five warriors were in a hurry, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, the credit is indispensable." ”

He laughed for the Qingyuan warrior and said, "How dare you be greedy for merit, I'm just afraid that Gongzi Lian Chang will ask questions." ”

The commander of the government soldiers nodded: "That's right, then you can follow up and wait for a reply." ”

The Qingyuan warrior followed Zhou Xuan into the inner courtyard of the Imperial Protectorate.