After thinking about it, this chapter is still updated, so as not to have a chance to change it in the future. If you have a ticket, hurry up and smash it, and the monthly pass and red ticket will come up, maybe it's the last time.

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Chu Huan asked, "How fast can you go from the fork in the road?" ”

The county Cheng thought for a while, and then said: "Back to the adult's words, there are some places damaged not far in front of the official road, Mao Zhi County has sent people to repair the road, but it has not been repaired, to that section of the road, it may take some time, to get to the county seat, it is estimated that it will take nearly two hours to complete, if you pass from the bamboo forest fork, although the road is rugged and narrow, but at most it will take an hour to reach the county seat." ”

Xue Huaian couldn't help but say, "You mean that the road ahead is damaged?" ”

"Yes." The county seat rode on the horse and nodded: "Xiaguan set off from the county seat before the sun set, but I was afraid that the adult's team would go directly from the official road, so as not to miss it, so I greeted it all the way from the official road, and it took an hour and a half to get it." Pointing to the carriages behind him, "There are carriages now, and it will take two hours to arrive." ”

Xue Huai'an looked up at the sky, it was getting dark, he was a little sleepy, and said, "That's it, then let's go through the fork in the road!" ”

Xuanyuan Shengcai immediately said: "Lord Xue, the sky is about to get dark, and the bamboo forest fork is not very safe." He pointed into the distance, taking advantage of the last rays of the sun, "My lord, please see, if you are right, there is a bamboo forest, and it seems that the terrain is not very good." ”

Xue Huai'an raised his eyes and saw that there was indeed a dense bamboo forest in the distance, which seemed to still grow on the extremely high slopes, and the bamboo forest was dense and stretched for several miles.

Xue Huai'an frowned and said: "This is a road that is only an hour away from the county, could it be that there can be bandits near the county seat?" ”

The county man immediately said: "Back to the adult's words, this is absolutely impossible." Mao Zhi County governs Gushan County, conscientious, although there are occasional thieves, but there can never be robbers. When many people go to the county seat, they pass through the bamboo forest, and the lower officials often take this road, which is definitely very safe. Then he said, "Everything is still up to the adults!" ”

Xue Huai'an nodded and said, "This official also feels that there will be no robbers." Then he smiled and said: "We have three hundred elite soldiers, even if there are only a few thieves, why be afraid of them?" By the way, clear bandits for Gushan County! ”

Xuanyuan Sheng hesitated, but Chu Huan bowed his hand to Xue Huai'an and said, "Lord Xue, take a step to speak!" Urging the horse to the side, Xue Huai'an frowned, but still followed, everyone only saw that Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an were whispering at first, and they talked for a long time, and then suddenly saw Xue Huai'an suddenly change color, raised his hand at Chu Huan, and shouted angrily: "Chu Huan, you have to understand, this official is the main envoy, you are only the deputy envoy, how to decide, I can't help you!" ”

Chu Huan argued on the basis of reason: "My lord, the lower official has already said that everything is based on safety, although you are a righteous envoy, you can't cover the sky with one hand!" ”

The delegation looked at each other, only thinking that the two had a disagreement because of the choice of the road, seeing that the two were noisy, they didn't dare to go over to persuade each other, Xuanyuan Sheng frowned, patted the horse over, Chu Huan approached and said a few words to him, everyone was far away, and they didn't know what to say, only to see the three of them over there, the voice was high and low, and finally saw Xue Huai'an shake the reins of the horse, returned, his face was a little unsightly, and said to the county: "You lead the way, we will pass through the bamboo forest today." ”

Chu Huan and Xuanyuan Shengcai rode over, what else did Chu Huan have to say, Xuanyuan Shengcai had already said: "Deputy Envoy Chu, since Lord Xue has decided, we are ordered, there is no need to say more!" ”

Chu Huan glanced at Xuanyuan Shengcai, and his face showed dissatisfaction.

Seeing it in his eyes, the county turned his horse's head and said humbly to Xue Huai'an: "My lord, please come with the officials!" "Leading the way in front, the whole team followed the county Cheng forward for a few miles, and sure enough, there was a fork in the road, this fork in the wilderness, although it was not as good as the official road, but it was not very narrow, and a carriage was more than enough to travel on it, but the road was naturally not as smooth as the official road.

Xue Huai'an obviously wanted to rush to the county to rest early, urging the team to speed up, and walked a few miles along this fork in the road, in front of which was a bamboo forest, and he smelled the bamboo fragrance wafting from that side from a distance, at this moment a bright moon has risen from the sky, the night breeze is light, and the bamboo forest is swaying gently in the night wind, like a light dance, making a rustling sound.

Chu Huan seemed to be a little resentful, and he didn't speak, but just followed the team on horseback, seeing that the bamboo forest was getting closer, Chu Huan finally said to Xue Huai'an: "My lord, this bamboo forest has a section of the road, and it is very dark inside, for safety, should we send spies in to check it out, be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, we still have to be careful!" ”

Xue Huai'an was about to speak, but the county seat in front of him had already turned his head and arched his hand: "My lord, the lower official is willing to go in and check first!" ”

Xue Huai'an hesitated for a moment, then ordered the team to stop, and instructed the county Cheng to go and visit, the county Cheng took his two subordinates to shoot the horse and go, entered the bamboo forest, and after a short time, he rode out of the bamboo forest, waved his hand and said: "It's very safe inside, everyone come in, through this bamboo forest, it won't take long to reach the lonely county town." ”

Xue Huaian waved his hand and said, "Go!" ”

The team continued to move forward, and soon entered the bamboo forest, the moonlight was faint, but very bright, the moonlight was projected through the cracks in the bamboo forest, although it was not very clear, but it was still able to distinguish the way.

Bamboo forest, sure enough, there is still a road, it seems that there are often people coming and going, the road is not narrow, in the bamboo forest, there is silence, a row of three cavalry, wandering forward.

After walking a short distance towards Lin, Chu Huan suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!" ”

Xue Huai'an seemed a little impatient and asked, "Deputy Envoy Chu, what's wrong with you?" ”

Chu Huan said: "Xiaguan feels that something is wrong!" ”

Xue Huai'an smiled disdainfully: "I thought that Deputy Envoy Chu was very bold, but I didn't expect that even this official couldn't compare?" Someone has already been sent to investigate, what else is wrong? He shook the reins of the horse and said, "Don't be suspicious, it's dark this day, let's hurry up!" ”

Chu Huan didn't say much, urged him to go forward immediately, walked around to the county Cheng, and asked in a deep voice, "Have you really already investigated?" ”

The county man seemed to be frightened by Chu Huan, and said in a panic: "Xiaguan...... But the lower officials have investigated, but there is no ...... There's nothing wrong with ......! ”

Chu Huan smiled coldly, and with a "choking" sound, he had already pulled out the blood drinking knife attached to his waist, and said sharply: "But this official doesn't think you are like a county magistrate in Gushan County!" ”

The county Cheng suddenly changed color, and before he could say much, he saw that Chu Huan's blood drinking knife had been cut down, but the county Cheng's reaction was extremely fast, and he rolled violently, and he rolled off the horse's back, so fast, it was indeed extraordinary, after landing, the county town was a few rolls, and before everyone could react, it had already disappeared into the bamboo forest next to it.

The other two yacha dressed as had already urged the horses under their crotches, patted the horses and left, and their mouths were already shouting: "The fat sheep is in, the fat sheep is coming in......!" ”

Before they had gone far, they only screamed a few times, and two arrows had already been shot behind them, and they had already entered their vests, and the two men fell from their horses.

Xuanyuan Shengcai had already shouted loudly: "The back team becomes the front team, turn around!" ”

At this moment, I had heard the sound of shouting and shouting from all around the bamboo forest, and the sounds were mixed, and it seemed to be everywhere.

"Brothers, the fat sheep has entered, everyone kill!"

"Quick, don't let them run!"

"Whoever cuts off more heads will get more." Someone's voice was extremely loud: "Brothers, wealth and danger, don't let one go!" ”

These voices were far and near, and the soldiers of the Guards had already seen the bamboo forest, and the figures were shining, and they were swarming towards this side, and it seemed that there were people everywhere, and it was not clear how many there were.

The soldiers of the Guards are well-trained, after Xuanyuan Shengcai ordered, they have changed the team quickly, but the car with the goods is a little troublesome to turn, and at this moment, there are already many people rushing over from the bamboo forests on both sides, and the soldiers of the Guards are worthy of being the elite soldiers of the empire, they have already bent their bows and shot arrows, the sound of arrows suddenly started, and the screams were heard again and again, and in a moment, many bandits have been shot and killed.

The team of the mission moved quickly, the rear team had become the front team, and quickly went out of the bamboo forest, the carriage also turned around, and the front team had become the rear team, relying on bows and arrows, temporarily resisting the bandits who rushed over, but the bamboo forest was very dim, and it grew very densely, and the arrows only blocked the sharp edge of the bandits, but could not stop the bandits like a tide in all directions.

The front team has accelerated out of the bamboo forest, and the back is fighting and retreating, and there are more and more bandits in the forest, it seems that there are bandits hidden everywhere in the entire bamboo forest, although the number is not clear for a while, but the number is obviously much higher than the number of the mission.

Chu Huan was guarding Xue Huai'an at this time, and quickly retreated outside the bamboo forest, and a large group of bandits were in hot pursuit, these bandits really had a lot of fierce people, and they also had some simple bows and arrows, although the guards soldiers shot more than a dozen people in a moment, but there were also three or four people who were shot by the opponent's arrows, turned over and fell off the horse, fortunately, the companions rescued in time, pulled up the horse and retreated.

Out of the bamboo forest, Chu Huan looked back, only to see that those robbers were like ants, rushing out of the bamboo forest one by one, making noise and shouting, but there was no order, they just waved their weapons and chased them frantically, most of these people were ragged, and they all looked very thin, and the weapons of these people were also varied, with rusty knives, axes, and wooden sticks tied to an iron head, even if they were spears, they were like bows and arrows, and there were only a handful, for this group of bandits, bows and arrows were obviously valuable weapons.

The team of the mission had withdrawn from the bamboo forest, and the rear team was still trying its best to resist, and soon, more than a dozen horses rushed out of the bamboo forest, which was not a small number, and it was obvious that horses were even more luxurious for them.

The team stood and walked, although the bandits behind had killed and injured twenty or thirty people, but their morale was high, and they were chasing after each other, and in the wilderness, this group of people were like outlaws, chasing after them in the wilderness, and at first glance, it seemed that there were nearly a thousand people.

After walking a few miles, the group of bandits was getting closer and closer, and there were not many arrows left in the rear guards, but Chu Huan shouted loudly: "Leave the carriage and leave it alone!" ”

Xue Huai'an hurriedly said: "Deputy Envoy Chu, these are all gifts sent to Xiliang, they can't be lost!" ”

Chu Huan said in a deep voice: "My lord is dying, or do you want something!" Without waiting for Xue Huai'an to say more, he shouted: "General Xuanyuan, let people drop their things and withdraw first!" ”

Xuanyuan Shengcai didn't hesitate much, and said loudly: "Drop the car, retreat!" ”

After the five carriages were dropped, the groom jumped out of the carriage, and there were already cavalrymen next to him who stretched out their hands to pull it up, until the carriage protected by Chu Baihu and a few people, Chu Baihu and a few people did not stay, and still escorted away.

Seeing the guards fleeing in embarrassment after dropping the carriage full of goods, the bandits cheered and rushed to the carriage, and a bandit on the horse had already laughed, raised his hand and pointed at the team of the mission who was quickly evacuated with a knife, and laughed wildly: "What bullshit elite soldiers, the army of the imperial court is so vulnerable, it is better to be a waste!" ”