Zhao Kai and Li Yanqing and his entourage crossed the Yangtze River in Runzhou, and then went south along the canal. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Seeing that it was the arrival of the royal family, Yi Cheng and the people in the pavilion did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly boiled water to cook, serving this group of uncles who came all the way from the capital, and even their horses were carefully fed with good forage.

Zhao Kai heard an exclamation outside, so he walked out of the lobby quickly, only to see Li Yanqing in the courtyard winding a bow, surrounded by a group of guards, who were exclaimed just now.

"What happened?" Zhao Kai stepped forward and asked.

A guard pointed to the bow in Li Yanqing's hand, "Your Highness, this bow ......"

Only then did Zhao Kai notice that the bow in Li Yanqing's hand was different, it turned out to be a bronze bow, and he was stunned for a moment, "Li Shaojun, what kind of bow is this?" ”

Li Yanqing was engrossed in winding the copper bow, he didn't look up, and smiled: "Your Highness, this is my master's bow, and now I will use it for the time being." ”

Zhao Kai had never heard of copper bows and iron arrows, so he smiled curiously and asked, "Can the bow still be made of copper?" ”

A guard next to him whispered: "Your Highness, this is the bronze bow of Zhou Dong, the head of the Forbidden Army's Bow and Horse Class, which is unique in the world, everyone is surprised by this, but I didn't expect the copper bow and iron arrow to appear in Li Shaojun's hand." ”

"How powerful is a bronze bow?" Zhao Kai was even more interested.

"Li Shaojun, show your hand!" All the guards asked Li Yanqing to shoot arrows.

At this time, Li Yanqing installed the strings and said with a smile: "Okay! I'll give it a try! ”

He pointed to the courtyard gate, "I'll shoot that courtyard door, and you guys will see if there's anyone outside?" ”

The two guards ran out of the courtyard and shouted, "There is no one outside the courtyard!" ”

Li Yanqing took out an iron arrow from his quiver and retreated to the steps, he pulled out the bronze bow and shouted, "See clearly!" ”

As soon as the strings loosened, 'Collapse!' With a muffled sound, a jet-black iron arrow burst out of the string and shot quickly towards the gate twenty paces away. With a bang, a hole was shot through the wooden door, and the whole plank cracked from top to bottom, and the guards exclaimed, followed by applause.

Zhao Kai was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, usually the arrow would only be nailed to the door, but Li Yanqing's copper bow and iron arrow actually shot a big hole in the door, the power of this arrow was really amazing.

"Li Shaojun, how long have you been practicing?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly: "I have actually only practiced for a year, but I have a little more talent than ordinary people, and I am far from profound, I can only say that I have a glimpse of the door, if the master shoots this door, he will shoot the whole door to pieces, and I can't reach his realm." ”

At this time, the guards outside the door ran back with iron arrows, and Zhao Kai hurriedly said, "Show me!" ”

He took the arrow, his hand sank, and he was suddenly surprised: "This is at least two or three catties!" ”

"It weighs two catties and four taels, and I only have a total of ten arrows, and any more is a burden."

"Only ten arrows!" Zhao Kai's eyes showed doubts, what is the point of having so few arrows?

"Your Highness, the iron arrow is not used to deal with ordinary targets, Weichen uses it to hit important targets, and even if you don't use iron arrows, with ordinary arrows, the killing distance can be increased by more than two percent, and you can shoot the enemy at a distance of one hundred and twenty steps, if it is an iron arrow, it can penetrate the enemy's armor one hundred and fifty steps away, which is more lethal than the crossbow of the divine arm."

"I see, I've seen it today!"

At this moment, Qing'er ran out of the backyard of the post station and whispered a few words to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing's face changed slightly, Zhao Kai saw the clue, and immediately asked, "What happened?" ”

Li Yanqing pulled Zhao Kai aside and said to him in a low voice: "Xiaoqing just found a suspicious person on the roof, who seems to be following us?" ”

Zhao Kai's face also changed, who would be so bold?

Night fell quickly, but since Qing'er found a suspicious person, the guards did not find anything unusual, although it was difficult to say, but everyone thought that Li Yanqing's scholar was making a fuss.

Zhao Kai also had a trace of doubt, maybe Xiaoqing was really blind.

"Your Highness, let's not strip and sleep."

Although Li Yanqing also felt that Zhu Mian would not come so quickly, Changzhou was already on the edge of Zhu Mian's power, and he felt that he should still be cautious.

Zhao Kai nodded, and then ordered his subordinates to say a few words, and his subordinates walked quickly, he groaned and asked, "Does Yanqing think Zhu Mian will resist?" ”

"What is the will that Your Highness has received?" Li Yanqing asked rhetorically.

"My father asked me to arrest Zhu Mian and enter Beijing, if Zhu Mian shows signs of rebellion, he can correct the law on the spot!"

"The situation has reached the point where you want to kill, does Your Highness think that Zhu Mian will be unaware? Even if the pig is killed, he will desperately resist, not to mention that this person also has 3,000 private troops, if I guess correctly, we just came out of Bianjing, Zhu Mian got the news, in terms of time, even if he ambushed us in the Yangtze River, we will be in time. ”

"Why did he ambush me?"

Zhao Kai was puzzled: "What benefit can he get from ambushing me?" It will only make the problem worse, and I'm afraid he won't even have a chance to explain. ”

"Your Highness, you can't say that, if Zhu Mian wants to resist, then it is an instinct to deal with His Highness, isn't His Highness a pig killer? Moreover, His Royal Highness still has a gold medal for mobilizing the army in his hand, and this alone is enough to make Zhu Mian take risks. ”

Zhao Kai was silent, he also realized that he had considered the problem too simply, he thought that the arrest of Zhu Mian was that when he arrived in Suzhou, Zhu Mian would kneel in front of him and be arrested, he had not yet taken into account Zhu Mian's resistance.

At this moment, Qing'er ran in and said to Li Yanqing: "Little official, I found another suspicious person." ”

Li Yanqing was in good spirits, and hurriedly followed Qing'er to the backyard, Qing'er's observation place was on a firewood house, the house was flat-roofed, and there were several broken cylinders stacked on it, which could be used as a bunker.

Li Yanqing bent down and got behind the vat, and Qing'er said in a low voice: "In the southeast direction, you will see a black shadow." ”

Li Yanqing slowly raised his head, his eyes looked over the vat to the southeast, the moonlight was very good tonight, and his line of sight could be cast far away, the east side of the post station was a barren grassland, about dozens of steps wide, all of which were undulating mounds of dirt, covered with weeds and shrubs half a person high, and then to the east was a small river.

Li Yanqing observed for a moment, and sure enough, he saw a figure slowly standing up behind a bush, looking very thin, like a bamboo pole.

"This is not the figure I saw this afternoon, the person in the afternoon is a short man, I don't know where he went, this person has been here for almost half an hour, I'm sure he is spying on us."

Li Yanqing pulled out the short sword and made a gesture to Qing'er, which meant to capture this person, Qing'er immediately understood, she also pulled out the jade girl sword and went out from the north wall, while Li Yanqing made a detour to the south, and the two of them outflanked this person one south and one north.

There were still more than a dozen steps away from the black shadow, and Li Yanqing saw this person more clearly, he was squatting in a dirt pit, and he was actually holding a sword in his hand.

Suddenly, there was a sharp whistle from the east, and when Li Yanqing turned around, he found that there was a small boat hidden in the river, and the people on the boat had already seen him and began to sound the alarm.

The person who was watching also realized that something was wrong, turned around and fled, Li Yanqing hit a stone out, the force was a little heavier, and it hit the back of the man's head, and the man stumbled, fell into the grass, and never got up again, he was knocked unconscious.

Li Yanqing didn't care about the person who fell to the ground, but threw himself into the boat in the river, and the two people in the boat saw that the situation was not good, they didn't have time to sail, so they jumped directly on the opposite bank and ran away.

At this time, Qing'er had already snatched away the slender man's long sword, she used the sword to hold the throat of the man who had just woken up, and said viciously: "If you dare to move, I will pierce your throat with a sword!" ”

Li Yanqing came back from the river, only to see Tang Qianzhi, the leader of the guards, leading more than a dozen guards to respond, "Li Shaojun, have you caught it?" ”

"There are three of them, grab one and escape two!" Li Yanqing replied hatefully, he really felt a little remorseful in his heart, he knew that the black shadow was not far from the river, and there would definitely be a boat to pick him up, but he actually ignored such an obvious fact.

The guards rushed forward and tied the tall and lanky man behind his back, and several more ran to search the boat.

At this time, the tall and thin man finally reacted from his stupor, and in a hurry, he shouted: "I'm not a thief, I'm the head of Wujin County." ”