Chapter 263: Praying Mantis Catches Cicada
Towards evening, the wind in Helan Yuan was very strong, and the gold had been safely transported out of Yan'an Mansion, so the rest of the road was much easier. As long as you pass through Yan'an Mansion, passing through Yanzhou is the boundary of Daliang Mountain in Tongzhou, compared to Yan'an Mansion, where there are many border troops, Danzhou is full of chaotic people, so passing through Yanzhou, as long as you prevent those chaotic people from making trouble. Yang Zaixing and the others left, but Xiao Zhiyun stayed in Helan Yuan, although she said that she was not worried, she was still a little worried in her heart.
"Princess, when are we going to wait? If His Highness doesn't come back in the next few days, let's continue to wait? ”
Ana held her face and pouted with her small mouth, seeing that her blue eyes were bright and her long hair was slightly yellow, which matched Helan Yuan at dusk. Xiao Zhiyun pursed her lips, rolled her eyes and snorted coldly, "Wait? Why wait? In two days, if he doesn't come back, then eighty percent of them will be used as horses for the Xixia people, and as for us, it's better to go back to Daliao. ”
In the voice, there was a lot of sarcasm, but as soon as the words fell, a sound of footsteps came from behind him, and a man in a brocade robe with slightly messy hair swayed up the mountain, "Ahem, what are you talking about, this king is going to be a concubine, and he is also the concubine of our princess Yelu, when will it be the turn of the Xixia people?" ”
Hearing this heartless witticism, Ana exclaimed, jumped up and ran back, and in a blink of an eye, her gentle body hung on the man, her hands hooked, and a pair of blue eyes spun around, "Giggles, Your Highness, you're back." ”
This Xiao Ana really has some Hu habits, but Zhao Yougong also likes her straightforwardness. Looking around, he whispered, "What about Azhu?" ”
"Sister Azhu accompanied the great monk back to Tongzhou first," Ana originally wanted to continue muttering something. It can be seen that Xiao Zhiyun lowered her head. Silent. He stuck out his tongue and stood aside obediently.
Sensing that Zhao Yougong had come behind her, Xiao Zhiyun opened the folding fan and said with a dashing smile, "His Royal Highness Zhao, you are going, the delay is not short, how about it." Have you taken down our Yinchuan princess? ”
"Enough, are you jealous? Haha, don't you still believe in the ability of this king, isn't she just a princess of Yinchuan, and she is not ready to be caught? ”
Listening to Zhao Yougong's unashamed words, Xiao Zhiyun frowned and glanced at him squintly, the more he said this, the more problematic it was. After a closer look, he found that Zhao Yougong's face was a little bad. Xiao Zhiyun couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong?" ”
knew that he couldn't hide Xiao Zhiyun's eyes. Rubbing his chest, Zhao Yougong said distressedly, "Don't mention it, I thought I could make some benefits, but I didn't expect to run into two old witches and be banned." ”
Sitting on the grass, Zhao Yougong told the events of the past two days in detail, Xiao Zhiyun was not too sad at first, but gradually, her brows became a little solemn. Tianshan Vulture Palace, she has heard of it, the life and death charm of Tianshan Tong's grandmother is a must, most of them can't survive, can't die, but she didn't expect that Zhao Xiaojunwang, who has always been shrewd like a ghost, actually has the way of life and death charms.
"Your Highness, it seems that you should be more careful in the future, this old witch must have other ideas for you to ban you."
"Hey, I can't take care of these things now, it's a big deal to go to the Vulture Palace in a while!" Of course, Zhao Yougong knew Grandma Tong's thoughts, and he just wanted to make himself useful to her, but he, Zhao, would definitely not be at the mercy of others when he came to this point.
"Well, the gold from Youzhou has been sent back to Tongzhou, as for those furs, what are you going to do?"
"Staring, there is a way for the praying mantis to catch cicadas, the yellow finch is behind, the praying mantis does not move, so we had better not move. This time, we are facing Chai Keyan, and she is a cicada, which is not easy to deal with. ”
For Zhao Yougong's words, Xiao Zhiyun is somewhat disdainful, no matter how difficult Chai can be dealt with, can he still compare to her Xiao Zhiyun?
Youzhou, four days have passed since the chaos in the city, although the city has calmed down a lot, but Chai Keyan's mood is not much better, this time Youzhou chaos, she has suffered heavy losses, fortunately, those furs are not stored in the Fenglu Pavilion, otherwise, she will have no return. For this Youzhou rebellion, Chai Keyan also has his own ideas, if it is not deliberately instigated this time, Tuoba Xuan alone will definitely not have the courage. However, the specific situation of this matter has little to do with her, but it is the Yinchuan princess Li Qinglu, her disappearance is very interesting.
On October 11, after the fur was collected and loaded, the Chai family caravan escorted the vehicle out of Youzhou, and under the instructions of Chai Keyan, the convoy went straight to Longzhou, during which it never stopped more. In Chai Keyan's thoughts, now that the situation in Youzhou is unstable, it is better to leave as much as possible, as long as you return to the boundary of Yan'an Mansion and have the protection of the Great Song Dynasty border army, you don't have to worry so much. Two days later, the convoy left Longzhou and entered the territory of Yan'an, due to the particularity of the Chai family's convoy, and there were rumors that the county lord might marry His Royal Highness the Prince, so the convoy just arrived in Qinghua Town, and met the Yan'an Prefecture soldiers who came to escort it.
With the protection of hundreds of soldiers, there should be no problem with the safety of the convoy, so Chai Keyan also relaxed his vigilance.
In Guanzhong, there is a very special river called Hulu River. The river traverses Gyeongju and Juju, and the east end of the river is next to Hululing. Hululing is located in the middle of Juzhou, the terrain is complex, and the best road to take is a kind of first-line terrain. In the past, the first line of heaven was only a narrow road, and it was a little slow, but since the drought in Guanzhong and the gathering of displaced people, a group of bandits have emerged on the gourd ridge, and these thieves have not done anything, so they rely on the first line of the sky to rob passing merchants. These thieves are also benevolent, the past convoy only charged a part of the goods as a toll, and some small businessmen only collected a little money, because the thieves are not fierce, so the government of Yanzhou turned a blind eye to these homeless people.
When approaching You, there was a group of thieves lurking on both sides of the first line of heaven on Hulu Ridge, and these thieves were each with a tiger's back and a fierce look in their eyes. These bandits are not outcasts, but a gang of bandits under Yin Kai.
"Hall Master Yin, the convoy will come soon, but there are three hundred soldiers next to you, are we still going to do it as planned?"
"Three hundred soldiers? Hmph, just that group of wine bags and rice bags, what's so scary, notify me. Do what you planned. When you get your hands on it for a while. Kill the leader first, and the Cheshire Lord, the Pavilion Master said, if you can catch the Cheshire Lord, it will also be a great achievement. ”
"Don't worry, the brothers will do their best!"
At two o'clock, the convoy drove into the first line of sky, although there were bandits in Hululing. However, everyone is not worried, as long as it is the convoy of the government, those thieves have not the courage to move, in the final analysis, those people are just some homeless people who can't survive, and they really want to attack the government and do that kind of rebellion, they don't have the courage to do it. The one who came to escort the convoy this time was He Xiao, the commander of Yan'an Prefecture, and this escort mission. But He Xiao personally won it. Above officialdom, talent is one thing. But the most important thing is whether there is anyone above, if you can take advantage of this matter and catch the line of the Cheshire Lord, it will definitely be of great benefit to your future career.
"He Tong, I'm about to enter the hinterland of the world, do you want the convoy to stop and rest, and let the brothers go to both sides to investigate and see if there are any thieves who have any bad intentions."
A soldier asked for instructions, but He Xiao shook his head and didn't listen, "What are you looking for?" As far as those outcasts who are as timid as rats, what is there to fear? In the past, as long as they were under the banner of our government, they didn't dare to show up, but this time we have more than 300 brothers, and they dare to run out and make trouble? ”
He Xiao was so careless, but he couldn't be completely blamed, it was really the impression that the previous thieves gave people too timid, otherwise, he would not have gone without making inquiries and directly crossed the first line of the sky.
The first line of heaven here is different from other places, the two ends are very narrow, but the middle section is very wide, when the convoy drove into the wide area, He Xiao hit the horse and walked in the front, and he didn't even have the meaning of stopping and watching. The people and horses lined up in a long line, walking slowly, I don't know who it was, and suddenly exclaimed, "Quick, there are thieves up there." ”
At this time, He Xiao still didn't take it seriously, aren't they just some homeless people, what's the fuss? Raising his head, before he could see the situation above, he saw an arrow flying, hitting the center of his eyebrows, the arrow was very powerful, He Xiao screamed miserably, and fell directly off the horse. The change came too suddenly, in the blink of an eye, He Xiao was shot to death on the spot, and the soldiers of Yan'an Mansion were not elite soldiers, so this group of people scurried around like headless flies.
In the future, the enemy will first mess into a pot of porridge, which can still be called an official army? Yin Kai was dressed in gray, covered with a mask, the steel knife in his hand flew over, and he casually cut down two unlucky government soldiers, this time they brought some outlaws, and most of the kung fu in their hands was not bad, and they were short-handed, and a group of government soldiers were killed and cried for their mothers. Chai Keyan's carriage has always been in the middle of the line, and now when something happens, it is really a dilemma. There was no need for Chai to speak, those Chai family guards had already drawn their swords and rushed up to help, and a resolute man with a resolute face was holding two knives to protect the side of the carriage.
"County Lord, the road behind is blocked, look at these bandits, the situation is a little wrong, you sit down, the little one will take you out!"
The man who spoke was named Cao Lei, and he was the commander of the guards of the Hengwang Mansion, this person was born in the Hebei Border Army, and it was precisely because of his various experiences that he became Chai Keyan's personal guard. poked his head out, Chai Keyan just looked at the situation outside the car, and the already cold face became even colder. There were less than 100 others, and nearly 400 people on their own side were killed without the power to resist. This is the Great Song Border Army, when has it become so vulnerable? I knew that it was better not to let this group of government soldiers escort it, even the hundreds of guards I brought were also much stronger than these government soldiers.
"Qingmei, listen to Commander Cao, get out of the car, get on the horse, and rush out with Commander Cao."
Chai Keyan commanded, and the girl Qingmei didn't ask much, jumped out of the carriage, and soon brought two horses. After the two got on the horse, Cao Lei rushed ahead, staggered with two knives, one knife at a time, which looked very powerful.
With Cao Lei guarding, Chai Keyan and Qingmei rushed out of the southern end of the first line of heaven with difficulty, don't look at Chai Keyan's noble status, she seems to be weak, but her riding skills are not bad at all. Seeing Cao Lei escorting the two women away, Yin Kai was furious, looked at Cao Lei's back, shook the ghost head knife, and shouted loudly, "There is a kind, don't run." ”
The wind behind him was sharp, and Cao Lei reflexively raised his double knives horizontally, and with a bang, although he blocked the ghost head knife, the powerful force also shook Cao Lei off the horse. Chai Keyan stopped the horse and wanted to go back to save Cao Lei, but saw Cao Lei get up and wipe the blood stains on his face, and shouted, "County Lord, don't worry about the small ones, go quickly, go quickly."
Chai Keyan frowned, still about to turn the horse's head, and at this time, Qingmei on the side also cried with tears in her eyes, "County Lord, go quickly, if you don't leave, Commander Cao will die in vain." ”
Gritting his teeth and looking back, Chai Keyan was already moist with beautiful eyes, "Let's go!" ”
Chai Keyan beat the horse and left, Yin Kai would not let her go lightly, and wanted to chase after him on horseback, who would have thought that Cao Lei didn't know where the strength came from, so he got up and dragged Yin Kai off the horse. Yin Kai was really angry, he had a good plan, he could not only get the fur, but also catch the Lord of Cheshire, but he didn't expect to be ruined by this man.
Knowing that he couldn't catch up with Chai Keyan, Yin Kai also tried his best to deal with Cao Lei, in terms of real kung fu, Cao Lei, a man in the army, was not as good as a martial arts master like Yin Kai, just a few rounds, Cao Lei was removed from an arm. (To be continued......)