On the way from the capital to Fuzhou, four or five carriages swayed and walked leisurely on the official road that was not very smooth, there was no brigade to send each other, and there was no brigade to protect them.

Erlonggang, a small place with a little-known name, is called Shuangtou Mountain by many people in the capital.

The carriage was swaying and walking, and Meng Fu, who was at the forefront of the road, suddenly raised his hand and stopped the team from advancing.

He squinted at Erlonggang, which was not abnormal in the distance, turned over and dismounted, and walked to Zhang Ru, who happened to lift the curtain: "My lord, there seems to be something wrong in front." ”

He didn't see any clues, but years of detective intuition made him feel that something was not quite right ahead.

Zhang Ru looked up, and the Erlonggang between them seemed very calm, except for the breeze that made the branches on the hill sway slightly, he didn't see anything wrong.

"Send someone up there to see." After a while, Zhang Ru still said.

There are a lot of people who want to kill him, and it is not far from the capital now, so it is better to be careful up close.

He himself is not afraid of assassinations or the like, but Jiang Caiwei and Su Qiqi, who are pregnant with Liujia, are the most concerned in his heart.

Meng Fu ordered two people from Hu Zhong, and personally took the two of them to walk the path towards Erlonggang.

At this time, in the staggered col of Erlonggang, a team covered in black cloth quietly waited for the opportunity. Someone looked down with a clairvoyant mirror and saw the convoy stop and someone coming this way, and the man immediately told the leader.

"Big brother, the thief seems to have discovered something."

The leader snatched the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it, and immediately decided: "Without further ado, do it immediately." ”

"Yes!"

After a loud response, I didn't hear the sound of footsteps for a long time.

The masked man who was called the eldest brother looked back, and a bright sword light rushed to his face.

Immediately after, he felt a chill in his neck, and opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say anything.

It was the masked man holding the clairvoyant mirror who did it, and the leader stretched out his hand and pointed at him tremblingly, and an unwilling ho sound came out of his throat.

The masked man who easily caught the clairfront mirror said coldly: "If you want to kill Master Zhang, you haven't asked me what I mean!" ”

"Xiao Jiu, what are you still doing in a daze, kill them all, and withdraw." The masked man kicked the dead leader to the ground, then turned his head and shouted.

The killers who hadn't reacted yet waited for the long-lost sword light, but this sword light was the last light they saw.

After a dozen breaths, there were only fourteen or fifteen people left in the col, each of them covered in blood, and nearly thirty men in black were lying on the ground.

The man in black who was playing with the clairglass glanced at it and said lightly: "The adults are coming soon, go." ”

At the sound of an order, more than a dozen people moved surprisingly consistently, and after just one or two breaths, they disappeared into the mountain col.

When Meng Fu cautiously approached the mountain col, all he saw was a corpse, and there were a few living people struggling, but Meng Fu couldn't ask for any information from them.

There was only one piece of news he received, that is, someone had ordered these killers to ambush here, ready to take the reward from Zhang Ru's people. But traitors came out of the ranks, so they all died, and those traitors disappeared.

After cutting off the leader's head and discovering that this person was not someone he knew, Meng Fu retreated from the col with two brocade guards.

"My lord, there is indeed an ambush in the col, but for some reason there is infighting. All the people are dead, and there are not many things that the living mouth knows, and the head of the leader is here, please look at it. Meng Fu raised his head high.

Zhang Ru glanced at it and waved his hand in disgust: "Hurry up and get farther away, don't surprise Madame." ”

After speaking, he stepped out of the carriage, pulled Meng Fu to the side and said, "Do you know who helped us?" ”

Meng Fu said suddenly: "Judging from the traces at the scene, these people should be veterans, and there are no clues at the scene." But these people are friends and foes, so we don't need to know too clearly! ”

Zhang Ru smiled: "Even if we are friends or enemies, we have to know what kind people helped us!" This person has to be grateful, and he can't let people do things in vain, but we don't give any benefits! ”

Meng Fu was in a trance for a while, feeling that the person in front of him was not a young man who had just been deprived of his official position, but as confident as a general who was strategizing on the battlefield.

Zhang Ruhui was mistaken, and asked with a smile: "Do you regret staying with me?" I'm nothing now, except for a little bit of broken silver on the Wenxuan, I can't give anything else. If you regret it, Mu Bin's side will give me three points of thin noodles, and you can also return Jinyiwei to be your chief banner. ”

Meng Fu looked gloomy: "What are you talking about, my lord?" I, Meng Fu, have been in charge of the investigation in the Fusi of Beizhen for so many years, and I have always been an unknown little person. Since he has chosen to follow the path of adults, Meng Fu will never look back. ”

"Well, that said, nothing else. It's not too early, so hurry up and let the team continue to set off. Zhang Ru reached out and patted Meng Fu on the shoulder.

The more his men were dead to himself, the more he felt the burden on his shoulders. But he is a man, and he can't really shake his hands, so he can only carry it.

In the past, there may have been an emperor Zhu Youzhu who helped him carry it, but now, he can only carry everything by himself.

was knocked into the dust for the first time, and he could still live in the Dingbian Marquis Mansion in the capital, at least it was still a comfortable nest.

This time, he needs to leave the capital completely, and even he can't figure out what the future holds.

The reason why they hid from Wang Zhou and them and left the capital with their families without telling anyone was because they didn't want their political enemies to know their deeds, and because they didn't want to add to their sorrows.

I didn't expect that under such a deliberate concealment, there were still people who knew their whereabouts.

The future is uncertain, and he must go on because there is no turning back.

There is a small town about fifty miles away from the capital, which is the road to Beijing after all, and it is also a place to rest.

The goal of Zhang Ru and his party is to rest in this place first.

And before he reached the town, there were already people waiting for him here.

These people, of course, are not friends who want to send him off, but enemies who want his life.

Under the supervision of Dongchang Fanzi, there are five people who want to take Zhang Ruxiang's head, and these five people are not good to match. can be used by some big people as a killer weapon, and it will not let Zhang Ru escape so easily.

The town welcomed a lot of uninvited guests, and even the ordinary small traders felt that something was wrong. These men were dressed in ordinary attire, but each one carried a sword.

Some people can't help but secretly speculate, could it be that something terrible has happened in this river and lake, and someone wants to fight for life and death in this unknown town?

There are five inns in town, and each inn has such a person to stay.

In the evening, another group of people came to the town, and like the previous ones, they were also armed, but this group of people seemed to be even more difficult to mess with than the previous ones, for some knowledgeable people noticed that these people were wearing official boots on their feet.

"What are the origins of these people? My right eyelid is always jumping, so something should happen! "Tongfu Inn is the best inn in the town, and today's unusual situation makes the innkeeper panic.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a small beard under his chin, and he frowned and thought as he touched his beard. After a while, at the urging of his mother-in-law, he said: "Wait for you to take the child back first, I'll just watch here, if something happens at night, try not to come out." ”

"But you are alone here, in case of" The proprietress didn't follow what she said, the man was her God, and she was afraid.

The shopkeeper's strong effect comforted: "Don't worry, your family still has the ability to avoid disasters." After so many years of strong winds and waves, it will be fine. Besides, there must be someone to guard the inn, I am a family member, I don't guard it, who will guard it. ”

Although there are many passing merchants, due to geographical problems, the scale of inns in this town is not very large. So the shopkeeper of the town didn't hire anyone at all, just a family running the inn.

"Then I'll take the child back first, and you should pay attention to your own safety." The proprietress touched the shopkeeper's hand with some anxiety and admonished.

The shopkeeper smiled and waved for the proprietress to leave.

Not long after those wearing official boots moved into the inn, five carriages slowly drove into the town, and the Tongfu Inn, which had the most advantageous geographical location, was naturally the preferred location for the owners of the carriages.

The shopkeeper was very attentive to lead the guests into the inn, and then tied the horses into the courtyard.

The young man at the head was very generous and threw him a silver ingot of five taels, and the shopkeeper smiled happily, so he reminded the young man headed by him in a low voice: "This son, you are not bad at a glance, there are some people of unknown origin in this inn today, if the son is fine, try not to come out at night." If there is anything, you can rattle the bell and call Xiao Ke. ”

Childe frowned slightly and smiled: "Well, thank you for the reminder." ”

Another ingot of five taels of silver entered the money bag, and the shopkeeper's face was about to laugh like a chrysanthemum.

After leading the group into the room, the shopkeeper sat down at the counter again, and his eyelids began to beat violently, always feeling that something unusual would happen today.

He didn't know that the things he and his mother-in-law had a premonition were all related to the richly dressed young man.

In the evening, after the people in the carriage had rattled the bell and fetched their food, one of the first people in the group to enter the inn came down from the upper floor and patted ten taels of silver on the counter: "Shopkeeper, have you seen a young man leading two beautiful little women in, one of whom is pregnant?" ”