Chapter 42: The Inn
Wei Wei took his entourage to the front of Xianyang Palace, and saw a large group of people waiting there from a distance, walked closer, looked closely, and found that Qin Jun Yingsi was also there. Wei Wei hurriedly got out of the car and met Qin Jun.
Qin Jun picked up Wei Wei and said, "General Wei doesn't need to be polite, in order to ensure your safety on this trip, I specially ordered Gao Sheng to lead his disciples to walk with you, you go and meet them." ”
Wei Wei only saw Gao Sheng in the crowd at this time, Qin Jun did not mention to himself before that he sent Gao Sheng to accompany him, but temporarily installed Gao Sheng with him, he must not be at ease with himself. That Gao Sheng is called a guard, but in fact he is an overseer.
Qin Jun's consistent style is like this, Wei Wei knows it, and he is not very surprised, but he is still very unhappy when he thinks about it.
Wei Wei was unhappy, and went up to say hello to Gao Sheng, and Gao Sheng also greeted him, and both of them were lukewarm.
Qin Jun suddenly saw that Su Qin also went to Yiqu with Wei Wei, he was a little surprised, and said in his heart: "This person hasn't left Qin State yet, how can I forget him, this time he also went to Yiqu, how come I don't know at all." ”
Qin Jun was very unhappy, but the wood was already in the boat, and if he stopped it temporarily, it would definitely make Wei Wei dissatisfied. It was time for him to set off, and he had no choice but to let it go.
Su Qin and Gao Sheng glanced at each other, and both of them had the same feeling in their hearts: "Why is he here too?" This time it's a big problem. ”
Su Qin turned his eyes to look at Huo Xuan again, and saw that he was dressed in a bearded outfit, with a short jacket and long pants, a slightly chubby body, and a smile on his face all the time. Wei Wei exchanged pleasantries with Huo Xuan again, and after that, a group of people walked out of the west gate of Xianyang City and headed towards Longguan.
In order to hide people's eyes, Wei Jia, Meng Ting and Hua Wan all changed into men's clothes, and they tried to show up as much as possible on the road. So others didn't think it was abnormal.
Gao Sheng accompanied six disciples, two of them looked almost identical, at first glance they were twin brothers, and there was one person, Su Qin felt familiar at first sight, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and when he saw Su Qin, he always turned his head quickly.
Su Qinxin said: "This Mo family disciple is a little strange, I must find an opportunity to probe his details." ”
Gao Sheng and the disciples of the Mo family had their own rules for marching and eating, and a group of people buried the pot alone to make rice, and they had no friendship with Su Qin and others, and everyone was happy.
Huo Xuan was always smiling, as if he had never had anything to worry about, and he was enthusiastic with everyone along the way, and everyone soon became familiar with him. Su Qin felt that Huo Xuan's smile was hidden behind his wit, but it was difficult to see it from his words and demeanor.
The farther west the group went, the colder the weather became, when they set off from Xianyang, the sun was warm and the spring was budding, but when they arrived at Longguan, they found that the mountains were still covered with snow, shining with dazzling brilliance under the strong illumination.
When the convoy arrived at the foot of Longshan, it was getting late, and Wei Wei ordered everyone to rest at the post station.
The post station under Longshan is a castle-like building, it is the most post-station of the Qin State in the west, and it is the territory of the Yiqu State over the Longshan Mountain.
Because of its proximity to Yiqu, it was repeatedly attacked by the fast horses of the Yiqu cavalry, so the post station was built very strongly. Wei Wei specially instructed the accompanying people and horses to rest well at night, and when they crossed Longshan tomorrow, the road was difficult and dangerous, so everyone was prepared in advance.
After dinner, Wei Wei was in the room with his eyes closed to recuperate, Gao Sheng suddenly asked to see him, and Wei Wei let him sit down in the room. Gao Sheng's withered face had a serious expression. He said: "There is a secret edict in the king, please General Wei to take the edict." As he spoke, he took out a small yellow brocade box from his cuff, which was greatly sealed with fire paint.
Wei Wei saw the brocade box and fire paint, and found that it was really Qin Jun's belongings, and hurriedly bowed down to take it, he looked at it for a while, and found that the seal of fire paint was still intact, and he knew that Gao Sheng strictly obeyed Qin Jun's instructions, and did not dare to open the seal easily.
Wei Wei opened the brocade box at this time, only to see that there were five extremely thin bamboo slips inside, on which were written the edict of King Qin. After Wei Wei read it, his brows couldn't help but lock up.
It turned out that Qin Jun secretly ordered Wei Wei to listen to the truth of Yiqu and study the route to march into Yiqu in preparation for launching a war of annihilation against Yiqu.
Qin Jun specially emphasized that in order to stabilize the western border, the first monarch filial piety sent his sister to Yiqu, but Yiqu did not give her an official title. The Qin State was repeatedly insulted by Yiqu, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and was determined to find the right time to fight Yiqu to the death.
After the edict was issued, Wei Wei was ordered to destroy it after reading it, and not to leak it. Therefore, after Wei Wei saw it, he got up and threw the edict into the fire to destroy it, Gao Sheng watched Wei Wei destroy the edict and nodded with satisfaction. This is exactly one of the tasks that Qin Jun gave him.
Wei Wei returned to the table and sat down, lost in thought, and did not say much to Gao Sheng. Gao Sheng left the table with humor.
Before Gao Sheng reached the door, suddenly, feathered arrows flew sideways outside the house, and several arrows pierced the window lattice and door, shooting into the house, Wei Wei and Gao Sheng were taken aback and were overwhelmed.
Wei Wei reacted first, he said: "We must have been attacked by the enemy at night, quickly inform the others to be on guard." ”
Gao Sheng braved the attack of the incoming arrows, pulled out the fire spirit sword, opened the door, and rushed into the courtyard with an arrow, shouting: "The wind rises!" ”
In an instant, four Mo family disciples ran out of the room, although they were disheveled, their eyes were wide open, and their muscles were violent, and they quickly formed a circle in front of Gao Sheng, firing feather arrows, guarding against the enemy.
Su Qin, Ning Jun, Pang Hui and Wei Xiang lived in the same room, and found out that they were attacked, Su Qin asked Pang Hui to protect Wei Xiang, and he and Ning Jun didn't have time to put on their coats, so they quickly ran outside the house with their swords, Su Qin went to protect Wei Jia and others, and Ning Jun went to find Wei Wei.
Su Qin stood in front of Wei Jia and the others' house, waving his sword in his hand, and striking the flying feather arrows to prevent the arrows from hitting their house.
Before Ning Jun arrived in front of Wei Wei's house, Wei Wei had already rushed outside the house with his sword, so Ning Jun followed him to guard. The arrows rained down like a rain of arrows for half an hour before they stopped.
At this time, Pang Hui and Wei Xiang also went to meet outside the house, and only Wei Jia, Meng Ting and Hua Wan were left in the room, as well as the other two Mo family disciples.
Everyone was just about to take a breather when the feather arrows stopped, when the whistling outside the post station started again, and the horses neighed, and the sound shook the sky.
Wei Wei ordered in a loud voice: "Everyone hurry up to meet the enemy outside the post station, don't be trapped in the courtyard by the enemy." In the event of an emergency, Wei Wei's demeanor as a general under command was fully revealed, after all, he was a general who had experienced a hundred battles and had the instinct to meet the enemy.
At Wei Wei's prompting, everyone climbed the wall one after another and jumped outside the post station. Looking around, I found that the post station was surrounded by a team of five hundred people.