In the dark night, the mule cart with a pony light hanging from the front of the car was moving slowly, the driver did not say a word, and the three members of the family in the car were not interested in speaking, and the atmosphere was almost suffocating.

Du Maode had already taken off the iron ruler from his waist and held it in his right hand, his expression was unusually serious. And Du Ming twisted his body uneasily, and caught a glimpse of his mother rubbing his calf all the time, and he didn't have to think about it to know what was going on, so he gently pressed it in his arms. There was a horn dagger given to him by his uncle, although it was very short, according to his uncle said that it was used to cut paper, but in this current crisis, he always felt that he could not blindly rely on his parents to protect him. Recalling the legends he had heard, those famous chivalrous stories, he couldn't help licking his lips and kept cheering himself up.

What teenager doesn't have a heroic dream?

In the dark night, when they didn't know the direction and the time, the three people in the carriage suddenly heard a few shrill whistles. Almost instantly, Du Maode only felt that the whole person suddenly tensed, and at this moment, he only heard the coachman outside speak: "Du Xianggong, you just have to protect your lady and son, my master expected that someone would intercept him, and he was fully prepared." This carriage is specially made, and the sword and bow are invulnerable, you three sit down, I'm going to speed up! ”

Du Maode didn't have time to answer, let alone ask questions, and suddenly felt that the car that had been slow before suddenly became faster. Holding the iron ruler with one hand, he could only hold his wife with the other hand, and at the same time gently knocked on the wall of the carriage with the iron ruler, only to find that the wood was indeed extremely solid and heavy. Waiting for the idle bow and arrow sword is difficult to hurt. However. Even if the sound of the horsewhip outside is crisp. The speed of the car was quite fast, but with this special mule cart and the coachman, he could never believe that he could stop the extraordinary pursuers behind him.

He is a person who has been fighting among pirates for more than three years, and of course he knows that these guys are not only good at water warfare, but people like Qiu Sihai are also skilled in equestrian skills, and their martial arts are even more unique. Sure enough, he soon heard the sound of the hoofs of the horses chasing after him, and the shouting that seemed to be high. Thereinto. Someone even shouted in a voice like a broken gong: "Du Xiucai, don't forget that you can run the monk can't run the temple, just let us know your name, turn around and spread it, don't want to gain a foothold in Guangdong." It's better to follow us back obediently to eat and drink spicy food, and everyone won't treat your sister-in-law and nephew badly! ”

Du Maode only felt his heart tighten suddenly, but the voice still shouted fearlessly: "Besides, don't forget that when you fought in the official army, you also had a share!" ”

"Du Xianggong, don't be distracted. Just take down all of them, and that's the end of it! The words of such a vicious person. Who will believe it? ”

Hearing the coachman's reminder and finding that his wife was holding his hand, Dumoud breathed a sigh of relief and left all those gains and losses behind. However, after all, the mule cart was not as fast as the horse, but in an instant, he only felt that the people behind him had chased very closely, at most more than ten steps away, and for a while, the feeling like a thorn in his back suddenly forced him to sweat.

The pursuers behind saw that the mule cart was close in front of them, and although the people in the cart did not answer, they all felt that their hands were caught, and they shouted for a while, so they were not arrogant. Just when someone was about to reach the level of the carriage and was reaching out to knock on the wall, half warning and half shocking Dumod, the man suddenly heard a loud shout, followed by a loud sound that broke through the air, and the mount under him let out an earth-shattering hiss. Frightened by the fear of a sneak attack, he was about to jump, but it was too late.

I saw that the horse that was traveling at high speed fell to the right, and the rider of the horse, who was unable to react for a while, fell heavily with the mount, and where could I see a hand-throwing arrow pierced around the horse's neck, and the deep wound was gurgling and bleeding at this moment?

The coachman who turned around and shot a hidden weapon in his busy schedule breathed a sigh of relief, and then muttered to himself: "Fortunately, I have practiced two hands with Bizhu's girl...... But that's it! ”

He swung his whip vigorously, and the meek mule, which had always been docile, let out a cry of pain, and forcibly increased the already fast speed by three points, and the pursuers behind the car seemed to slow down a little because of the guy who was lying down with men and horses, and he said again without looking back; "Du Xianggong, you remember to stay in the car for a while!"

Sure enough, although the pirates were temporarily hindered by the injury of their companions, they were aroused by their ferocity, and they chased after them more quickly. Just as the mule cart turned a corner, the pursuers had already chased more than a dozen paces away. At this moment, Du Maode, who was nervous in the car, only heard a huge movement suddenly from behind, as if it was the sound of a person turning on his back, and a thought suddenly came to his mind.

Pitfall? Or is it a stumbling block? Whatever the possibility, it's no wonder that the coachman just ran wildly again and again, except for a hidden arrow, there was no superfluous action, but it turned out to be to attract people to chase after him desperately! Probably, there is also a reason for keeping these people away from the village, is it because they are afraid that there are still accomplices in the village? However, it seems that the tripping rope was pulled up only because of the distance between the pursuers and the mule cart, could it be that there is an ambush?

In the dark night, two tripwires were set up in a row, and for a while, the chasing soldiers were suddenly reduced by half, but there were still a few horsemen who were lucky not to be hit, but scolded and chased after them frantically. After the mule cart accelerated twice, it seemed to be exhausted at this moment, and the speed was getting slower and slower. Hong in the car only heard a muffled sound from the back of the car, as if someone slashed at the carriage with a sword to vent his anger, and his heart trembled violently, but at this time, the mule cart stopped completely.

"Lock the door!"

With this shout, the coachman drew his long knife beside him, and immediately jumped out of the cart, but instead of attacking the enemy, he first cut the reins of the mule. Although there is a car sleeve around its neck, it can at least ensure that no one else can drive away after he gets out of the car. Sure enough, as soon as he got out of the car, he fell into a situation of being attacked on both sides, and the other two people who were lucky enough to avoid the tripping horse were on the horse Ping Pong and slashed at the carriage, but the carriage had no windows, and the only door was locked by Dumod as he said. They didn't know what to do. After venting his anger, he simply turned to the coachman's attack.

However. The pirates were not skilled in horse warfare, but instead of helping the diminutive coachman, the condescending attacks caused the mounts to be attacked several times, and in the end the four had to jump off their horses and surround each other. One of the most burly men even laughed and said, "I want to see what other tricks you can play!" ”

"Tricks? Hehe, you're mistaken, it's just because I don't want to let one go! ”

At this moment, there were already keen people who could tell that the coachman was not speaking Cantonese. But just when someone woke up to this, they saw the sound of drums and gongs suddenly in the dark night, and then they seemed to see the dark shadow on the side of the road, and then seven or eight big men rushed out of the dark night. If it was them who were outnumbered before, at this moment the situation is completely reversed. They have been surrounded and suppressed by the officials and soldiers again and again, and finally escaped again and again, until now, several people exchange glances with each other, and they all have a feeling that the situation is not good.

At this moment, they could only hear Dumod's voice from the mule cart behind them: "As you said, since I have been among you for several years. How can you not be prepared? There are 500 elite soldiers of Nanhaiwei and Guanghaiwei in ambush here, and 100 crossbows. Try that power! ”

The burly man finally changed his color: "Du Xiucai, the boss and everyone treat you well, you are so ruthless?" ”

"Who told you to force me? I was already doing well, but you had to let me out of the mountain, so of course I could only fight hard and inform the government to take you thieves! ”

"Phew!" The big man spat on the ground in a rage, and when he saw that the enemy was in order, he actually stepped forward in formation, and knocked the two companions to the ground with only one face, and he finally did not hesitate anymore, and immediately dropped his weapon and raised his hands and said, "I surrender!" Don't listen to Du Xiucai's nonsense, the leader of my family, Lin Afeng, sent me and others to ask the government to appease him, and he has no bad intentions! ”

With him taking the lead, the other person who originally wanted to take a gamble to try to see if he could break out of the encirclement was a little hesitant, but after such a hesitation, the short man who looked like a coachman suddenly burst out and threw the person directly to the ground. Seeing that there were already three people around him, the man had to let go of his hand, but just as he was about to say something, he was hit the back of the neck, and he suddenly didn't know anything. Not only him, but the two people who were knocked over before, the burly man who abandoned his weapons and surrendered, were all directly knocked unconscious, and then someone stripped these people of their clothes, and after searching their whole bodies, only a pair of shorts were left, which were tied up with hemp rope.

After a short time, there were three whistles from a long distance behind the carriage, and everyone who was busy with their work suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was the group of people who had fallen off the horse. It was only at this time that the previous coachman came to the front of the car, knocked on the door with his finger, and said with a smile: "Du Xianggong, the chasing soldiers have been wiped out, if you want, you can come out." Speaking of which, thanks to the minister's quick wisdom, if you hadn't said that you had already notified the government, and said that there were hundreds of elite guards in Guanghaiwei and Nanhai here, these guys resisted stubbornly, even if we made a lot of ambushes, I'm afraid we would have to fight for a while, maybe we would have to kill and wound a few. ”

The mother and son of the Hong family and Du Ming in the carriage originally heard Du Maode say that they had reported to the official, and they were all surprised and worried, and the surprise was that they were not afraid that these people would continue to threaten their family of three, but the worry was that if the government heard that her husband had the experience of being a thief, in case it was investigated, Du Maode would be peeling off his skin if he did not die. But when they heard outsiders say this, they couldn't help but be surprised. Facing the suspicious gaze of his wife and children, Du Maode smiled bitterly, stepped forward to open the car door, and then lifted the front hem of the Confucian shirt on his body, jumped straight out of the car, and then arched his hand.

"Although I was bluffing just now, since you are here, I am not a fox and a tiger. I have long heard that the new Guangdong Inspector Wang Ye is a vigorous and resolute person, and when I see it today, it is really unusual. ”

"Huh?"

Du Ming in the carriage was already stunned. The little boy who was only thirteen years old originally heard his father talk eloquently about what the South China Sea Wei Guanghai Wei and what elite soldiers were ambushing, and his joy was simply not to mention. After all, this time it was because the matter was not trivial, that his mother explained to him that his father's experience was not glorious in order to save his life, children always worship heroes, and under the orthodox education of their mother, pirates are naturally not heroes. However, those people outside brutally pierced his expectations in the blink of an eye, it turned out that they were not imperial court soldiers! However, after a while, my father actually said that it was someone sent by the new inspector!

What the hell is going on?

Hong's face was also at a loss, but the biggest surprise was the people outside. Zhao Sanmazi, who acted as a coachman tonight, was stunned for a while, and then said with a seemingly honest smile: "Du Xianggong is really not shocking to death, but this is going to scare people to death." He had an extra heart, and he didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either.

"The previous letter should have been written by Xu Xianggong, Wang Ye's newly hired staff, right? Although I have only had a few acquaintances with him, I have also heard about him when I went to the city to take the township exam this time. Although he didn't make it clear in the letter, but the new Ming Lord, Dong Weng has won such praise for his talent, I can't think of any other characters in the new Guangdong officialdom. What's more, tonight's plan to lure the enemy is quite methodical, and Wang Ye convened all the businessmen in Xiangshan County to redefine the pattern of Haojing, and then he lowered many officials in Guangzhou City, all of them were planned and then moved, plus those clues before, if I can't guess it, wouldn't it be too dull? ”

You're not slow, but if I talk about tonight's incident, and the son who is still locked up in the tribute courtyard doesn't know at all, what should your expression be?

Zhao San Mazi laughed dryly, after all, he didn't dare to expose this stubble, and after a haha, he readily admitted: "It is worthy of Du Xianggong, and he knows it slightly." Now that these people have been taken, the third watch in the middle of the night is in this wilderness, but it is not the place to speak. It is better to ask Mrs. Hezun and the little prince to get off the car and ride their horses, and these captured prisoners will be placed in the car and sent to a safe place for detention first. If it is inconvenient for Mrs. Zun, I have a double pommel horse over there, and the little boy will ride with me, how about it? ”

Since it was determined that the other party was really a person sent by the new Guangdong Governor Wang Fulin, Du Maode put down his heart and immediately agreed. When he temporarily settled for half a night somewhere outside the city, when he entered the city again, he took a car with Hong's Du Ming's mother and son, but this time it was not the stuffy tank car that didn't even have windows before, the carriage was wide and the windows were very large, which was enough to feast the eyes of Du Ming, who rarely entered the city. As for the ambush soldiers from last night, it was as if they had not entered the city with his party. And the guide who entered the city didn't use his show at all, and there was no one who even asked more questions from beginning to end.

However, just when he thought he would go directly to the courtyard, the place where the carriage and horses finally stopped was in front of a secluded mansion. When he got out of the car, he couldn't help but hesitate a little when he saw the low-key doorway, but he still called his son, who was also full of doubts, to help his wife and enter the door together. As soon as he entered the courtyard and reached the second gate, he heard a woman's crisp voice.

"Seven more arrests now? Coupled with the four assassins who got it in Xinchang that time, and the two Franc Robot who killed and robbed ships, if this continues, this place will soon become a prison cell of the procuratorate! (To be continued.) )