Although the public died, Yu Wei was especially there, and he also had a legacy to the people.

At the beginning, the public returned from Xiangyang to the south, and the people who returned with the public were endless, and the public played in the idle fields of Changsha on the way, but it was unsuccessful, and the public died in prison for the crime of treason. ”

Shang Xiangwen was angry, and ordered his henchmen to be slaughtered, and the old public department secretly told everyone, saying: "The general saves everyone, and now Shang Xiang wants to kill innocents, I can't bear it, please do it immediately." "The people are crying, I don't know what to do, the people are awarded by the official letter, so that everyone returns to Xiangyang by night, the people who follow the order hear it, chase and kill, the road generals, all the old public departments, see the token are released, the people have to return to Xiangyang eight or nine times out of ten. To Xiangyang, the people are crying to the city, willing to accept the military law, the Yong general Changsun Ji can't bear it, hesitates, the people submit a letter to the public, the eldest grandson Ji read the letter and sighs, please forgive. So far, the people of Xiangyang have all served the spiritual position of the public.

- "History of Chu in the Southern Dynasty - The Biography of Zhongwu Gong"

"The water is flattened, and each flows east, west, north and south. Life also has a life, and An Nengxing sighs and sits down. Drink wine to forgiveness, raise a glass to cut off the song road. If the heart is not wood and stone, it is not sense, and it is hesitant to swallow and dare not speak. (Note 1)"

The mountain road is rugged and winding, a middle-aged beautiful woman with two female swordsmen climbed the mountain, heard the sad song that came from the meandering, the middle-aged beauty first showed a trace of ridicule on her face, but then her expression became sad, and she heard the murmuring of water in her ears, so she quickened her pace. Bypass a cliff, the eyes are bright, suddenly bright, there is a half-acre square flat in the middle of the mountain, the right cliff stands in a forest, sharpen like a pen tube, between the cliffs on the left, if a line of waterfalls is interrupted, it is like a jade belt flowing blue, between the rocks and rocks under the waterfall is a deep pool, the waterfall splashes on a boulder that is as white as jade in the center of the waterfall, and the sunlight reflects like a pearl and jade. A man in Tsing Yi sat on the bluestone by the pool, took off his shoes and socks, and soaked his feet in the pool, as if he didn't feel the biting chill of the pool water formed by the winter snow. The middle-aged beautiful woman glanced at the sheathed sword beside the man, and sneered: "Wei Ying, do you regret your decision to cling to Lu Can that day and go against us?" ”

Wei Ying didn't look back, and said lightly: "There are too many things to regret in this world, if I want to regret this matter, it is better to regret the matter of hunting the palace, these days, your losses are heavier than mine, although I have no backer, but you have lost the backbone, don't you regret it, Guifei Niangniang?" ”

The woman's face showed a thick anger, and her originally beautiful appearance almost became distorted, and after a long time, she calmed down and said coldly: "Don't call me like that, what a concubine, what a mother, I'm just a chess piece of my senior sister, Queen Dou, the eldest grandson concubine, and Yan Guifei are Li Yuan's good wives and concubines, what am I Ji Xia?" However, this identity also has benefits, otherwise, with Shang Weijun's power to the south of the Yangtze River, how could he fall into my net? This time our losses are indeed very heavy, Xiao Lan, Feng Feifei and Xie Xiaotong are all dead, Fei Fei and Xiaotong are also repaid, in addition to their swordsmanship, they are usually restrained, but Xiao Lan is a pity, Moon Shadow Xuan has always been handed over to her to take care of, and when she dies, I will lose my help, which is a headache. ”

Wei Ying said coldly: "Now that Fengwutang and Yihuangtang are only the two heads of you and Yan Wushuang, your strength is empty, so you will convince the master of the sect to reconcile with Chentang as before, and even don't care about me helping the general?" ”

Ji Xia raised his eyebrows and said: "Exactly, I not only hope to cooperate with you, but also hope that you will help me seize power, Yan Wushuang personally assassinated Shi Guan in order to save face, and now he is seriously injured and bedridden, Ling Yu has never been a director, if you and I cooperate, it is not impossible to get the position of the master of the door." ”

Wei Ying turned around and said: "You are wishful thinking, Ling Yu was able to occupy the position of the master of the sect, firstly because of the will of the master of the Brahman, and secondly, because half of the female swordsmen trained by Senior Sister Wen still obeyed her orders, she endured for many years, and acquiesced to the situation of being set up by us, but it was not cowardice, and she would never let you act." And now although our three halls are all greatly reduced, but the hundred-legged snake, death is not stiff, Yan's first assassination of Shiguan was successful, so that we were able to intervene in the Huaixi Army, this credit is not small, although Wei has lost power, but if there is no Chentang as a peripheral force, you don't want to gain a firm foothold in Nanchu, but you, Qiao Yuan's lost strength is mainly Yihuangtang's, if you can't successfully complete this strategy to lure the enemy into Yan, although you have enveloped Shang Weijun and Zhao Long, but Yihuangtang will also become a vassal from now on, if I were you, Don't think about killing each other, or think about how to wipe out the forces that support the general, right? ”

Ji Xia listened to Wei Ying's cold words, not only was she not annoyed, but said with a smile: "Okay, good, you can speak frankly, it can be seen that we are our own people, the master of the door, you can hear it, you won't doubt Wei Shouzao's loyalty, right?" ”

Wei Ying's eyes changed slightly, and his gaze fell on the two female swordsmen behind Ji Xia, both of whom were thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a blank expression and a domineering sword aura, and they couldn't see anything abnormal, but just when Wei Ying's eyes showed a different color, one of them suddenly said loudly: "Uncle Shi is right, Wei Shouzao is really loyal." After that, he walked to the edge of the pool, stretched out his hand to the waterfall, bowed some water to wash off the medicine on his face, revealing his natural beauty, and said with a smile: "It's still Uncle Shi's clever means, but it's just some fat powder medicine, so it was hidden from Wei Shouzuo's eyes." ”

Sighing slightly, Wei Ying calmly tidied up his clothes, put on his boots and socks, got up and said lightly: "It turned out that the door master intended to try, although Wei served the general, but it was only for the sake of his own family, could it be that the door master thought that Wei had any other choice?" ”

Ling Yu said with shame: "But this seat is too hearty, Brother Wei and I have both the friendship of the same family, and the same end of the world, how can there be two hearts, this time we must work together to make my Fengyi Sect in Nanchu to make a big difference, and please Brother Wei don't blame this seat for being tempting." ”

Wei Ying sighed lightly in her heart, this woman who had been bleak for many years was a blockbuster, and she accepted the efforts of Santang over the years, and the Fengyi Sect Master chose her as her successor not just for the balance of power. Although he sighed in his heart, his complexion did not change at all, and he just said lightly: "This is also a matter of course, the master of the sect has reorganized the three halls, and naturally he should confirm our loyalty." ”

Although Ling Yu's expression was indifferent, he couldn't help but show joy in his eyes at this moment, and said with relief: "It's best that Wei Shouzao can think like this, this time we have set up a net, and we will definitely wipe out those people in the rivers and lakes who don't know each other, and then our Fengyi Sect will be able to dominate the world in Jiangnan, plus our strength has infiltrated the court and the army, within a few years, we will definitely be able to restore our former glory." ”

Wei Ying didn't say anything, but he sneered in his heart.

Seeing his indifferent expression, Ling Yu was even more relieved, she knew that Wei Ying was scheming, if he didn't really return, he would definitely not be so cold, in this case, she needed to take Wei Ying well, in her opinion, Wei Ying's talent was even more above everyone in the door, if he couldn't get his sincere support, Fengyimen would definitely have a hard time gaining a foothold in the court and the opposition. Thinking of this, Ling Yu smiled at Ji Xia and said, "Uncle Shi, please go and inspect again, this matter can only be reassured by Uncle Shi's own experience." ”

Ji Xia said: "Subordinates obey orders!" After saying that, he walked down alone, and the other female swordsman retreated to the turn of the mountain road, guarding by the sword, Ji Xia walked for a while, knowing that she had walked out of the sight of the female swordsman, so she slowly stopped, with a gloomy look on her face, thinking that she was at the mercy of others all her life, and after she went out to Nanchu, she even did everything to seize power, but in just a few days, all her efforts came to naught, so that Ling Yu, who pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, could sit and enjoy it, thinking of this, Ji Xia felt extremely tired. After a long time, her expression was inspired, although Ling Yu was back in power, but she didn't believe that Wei Ying would be willing to obey orders, and her three disciples were quite competitive, the younger disciple Ji Lingxiang was already a noble concubine, and she was favored by the harem, although the second disciple Lingjian was not very good-looking, but the essence of swordsmanship was second to none among the new disciples, as for the eldest disciple Lingyu, thinking of her, Ji Xia frowned, this disciple is not very attentive to swordsmanship, just intoxicated with music, this is nothing, with her talent, if she is willing to use her heart to win over the nobles in the court, But it's not bad, but she even refuses to die, if it weren't for her cold temperament that makes everyone fall in love, she wouldn't have allowed her to be so presumptuous, but this time she can't indulge her anymore, encircling Cai Qun is not only Ling Yu's decision, but also an important means for her to compete for power, so this time I will go back and force this little girl. With a lot of thoughts in her heart, Ji Xia walked down again, after all, the most important thing at the moment is the big battle that is about to start.

Wei Ying's gaze retracted from the flowing waterfall and said, "The strength in the hands of the Ji Hall Master cannot be underestimated, and the door master should not be so negligent about her." ”

Ling Yu's eyes wandered, and he said with a smile: "This is natural, but I don't know that Brother Wei still holds a grudge against us for the Lu family's affairs?" ”

Wei Ying said coldly: "Wei's service for the general is just a selfish desire for revenge, now that the general is dead, I will not be martyred for the Lu family, but you are so short-sighted, adding fuel to the fire, and destroying the Great Wall, don't you worry that the Yongjun army will go south, and if Nanchu dies, what is the use of you even if you are in power?" ”

Ling Yu sighed: "This is also a last resort, if Lu Can is willing to cooperate with us, this seat does not want to do this, but you know that the Lu family father and son have no good impression of our Fengyi Sect, if he is in charge, I am afraid that we will have no place to stay, although there is no Lu Can now, but in recent years, the army of Southern Chu has been much stronger, at least we can hold the Yangtze River, as long as we can hold Jiangnan, there will always be a place for us to survive, so although the timing is not very appropriate, but we still have to start." ”

Wei Ying sighed lightly, and was speechless, Ling Yu smiled when he saw this: "This time you chose this place as the ambush place, is it really the most suitable?" ”

Wei Ying said lightly: "From Yue County to Southern Fujian, there are two roads, one is from Quzhou Changshan to the water channel, the other is from Quzhou Jiangshan to Xianxialing Xiaoguan, from Jiangshan Qinghu to Pucheng, along the way to pass through Xianxia Ridge, Danfeng Ridge, Liling, Xianyang Ridge, hundreds of miles of mountain roads are everywhere is a place of death, among which Xianxia Ridge is the most dangerous, the cliff is steep, three hundred and sixty levels high, a total of twenty-four songs, twenty miles long, several passes along the way, the width is less than one zhang, condescending, a husband is a pass, ten thousand people do not open, the steep place is no less than Shuzhong Sword Pavilion, We set up an ambush on the way, and naturally there was nothing to lose. ”

Ling Yu's eyes flashed, and he said: "Although there are many people in the Lu family, except for Mrs. Lu and Lu Can's youngest son Lu Ting, other people don't need to care about life and death, but the meaning of Shang Xiang, the person who rescued Lu Yun will definitely come to rescue the Lu family's relics, in order to catch them all, you still need to lure snakes out, I want your Chen Tang to do it first, and after luring out the people who are secretly protecting, then concentrate all the power in the door, and thunder sweep the hole, what do you think?" ”

To Ling Yu's surprise, although this strategy obviously had the meaning of weakening Chentang's strength, Wei Ying agreed: "It should be like this, although Chentang has a large number of people, most of them are busy people, even if they suffer heavy losses, it will not hinder, but the lives of Lu's mother and son are still important, if they die in the melee, then the people who rescued in front will retreat, it is better to let the elite soldiers sent by the people outside Chentang and Shangxiang attack first, and then I will take the masters in the hall to pretend to be rescuers, Then protect Mrs. Lu and Lu Ting to wait for help, so that those who are secretly protecting will throw themselves like moths to a fire, and when the time comes, the door master can mobilize all his strength and kill them all. ”

Ling Yu secretly rejoiced in Wei Ying's ruthless strategy in his heart, and said: "Since this is the case, I will bother Brother Wei, but as far as I know, Lu Can's second son, Lu Feng, should be in your hands, and this son can't be kept, Brother Wei can't be soft-hearted." ”

Wei Ying knew that Ling Yu had a fine work by his side, and this person's status was not low, otherwise he would not know such a secret thing, but at this moment, he didn't care about such a thing, so he just raised his eyebrows and said: "What does it matter if this son lives or dies, but Wei has always been cautious, and he can also use him to win over the general's old department, and if you want to kill him, you have to wait until this side succeeds, otherwise wouldn't it be a pity?" ”

Ling Yu smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Brother Wei said it too late, I have already sent Senior Uncle Zhu to kill him, but I won't fail if I want to come here, right?" ”

Wei Ying's pupils instantly shrank a lot, but he seemed to unintentionally lower his head to hide the murderous aura in his eyes, and said, "The people I sent to monitor this kid are only afraid that they won't let Elder Zhu do it easily, but it's a pity that the four guards I painstakingly subdued." ”

Ling Yu said with a smile: "Brother Wei, don't worry, I have asked Senior Uncle Zhu to be careful, I won't hurt your people casually, Senior Uncle Zhu turned to the world with his master, although he has retired for many years, but Yu Wei is still there, and his swordsmanship is even more sophisticated and ruthless, he should be able to restrain those guards without hurting their lives." ”

Wei Ying's eyes were lowered, and he groaned secretly, Ling Yu was able to seize power in one fell swoop, in addition to the great loss of the strength of Yihuang Hall and Fengwu Hall, Elder Zhu and these people are also one of the reasons, most of them are the junior sisters of the same generation of the Fengyi Sect Master or the maids of the past, they have already sealed their swords and returned to seclusion, and they did not even participate in the change of the hunting palace back then, but they were forced to go into exile in Nanchu together because of the seedlings of the pond fish, and now they are unwilling to be lonely and reappear in the rivers and lakes, but they are also very difficult to deal with, I don't know if Lu Feng can save his life? But no matter what happened to Lu Feng's life or death, he couldn't take care of him now.

Speaking of this, both of them felt that they had nothing to say, they were silent, and looked at the mountain road below, not long after, Wei Ying's cronie Cui Zhen hurriedly walked up, the female swordsman lightly stopped, before Wei Ying could speak, Ling Yu had already ordered to let go, Wei Ying's eyes were fixed, but he didn't say anything. Cui Zhen stepped forward and said: "Qiqi Sect Master, the first seat, in half an hour, the Lu family's wanderers will be able to arrive here, please instruct." ”

Wei Ying turned his head to look at Ling Yu, Ling Yu smiled slightly: "Chentang's attack will be arranged by Brother Wei himself, and this seat will also be arranged properly, and when the time is right, he will make a move." With that, Ling Yu floated away. Wei Ying knew that Ling Yu was still a little wary of himself, and he was afraid that he would not really believe in himself until Chentang sacrificed heavily, and sighed secretly, he said calmly: "You lead everyone in the hall to attack, I will lead the blood guards of Chentang to break in to protect Mrs. Lu and Lu Gongzi, we will all act in masks, and you can't reveal your identity, don't let them know the truth, so that they won't show mercy when they fight each other, and they won't show flaws." ”

Cui Zhen was shocked when he heard this: "The first seat, in this way, the strength of the Chentang will be greatly damaged, I am afraid that it will be harmful and useless, please think about it carefully." ”

Wei Ying sneered: "Although there are many Chentang, most of them are forced to be stored by both soft and hard, among which only two or three out of ten are loyal to this seat, and most of the others are tending to be inflammatory, and this seat is now losing power, I am afraid that they have long been against it, this time it is just to kill people with a knife and clear the scum in the hall, even if they are all dead, there is no pity, the blood guard of this seat is enough to protect yourself, you don't have to worry about my safety, just treat us as enemies, as long as you are careful, don't give your own life." ”

Cui Zhen's heart was cold, although Wei Ying had always been decisive in killing, but today he was so vicious, it still made him dumbfounded, this time the person who came to serve as an ambush in the hall was a master who had been accepted for many years, accounting for five or six tenths of the strength in the hall, once it was damaged, Chentang's power would inevitably be greatly reduced, but Wei Ying did not hesitate. Then I thought that over the years, Wei Ying has recruited masters from the hall to form blood guards, these blood guards are not only strong in martial arts, but also loyal to Wei Ying, although the number is small, but they account for four or five out of ten of the strength in the hall, but the blood guards are responsible for tackling tough problems, and there are often losses, and the number is still less than fifty. This time, Wei Ying brought almost all the blood guards, originally thought that it was going to be the last thunderous blow, but he didn't expect Wei Ying to let these blood guards and the main force of Chentang kill each other, once both were defeated, wouldn't it be self-defeating, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Wei Ying was crazy, Cui Zhen stood there stunned, but he couldn't say a word to obey the order.

Wei Ying's heart was as cold as ice, and when he saw Cui Zhen like this, he said without pity: "You still haven't go, are you trying to resist the order?" ”

Cui Zhen sensed the cold murderous aura on Wei Ying's body, and felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly thought that Li Ming was nowhere to be seen, and Wei Ying had always trusted Li Ming more, but this time he didn't bring him here, whether he was on guard in the dark on behalf of Wei Ying, so he didn't hesitate to compromise Chentang's strength, thinking that it was to clear the hidden dangers inside, and after thinking it out, his heart suddenly became clear, this is exactly the means that Wei Ying has always used people, and it is easy not to let people know his true purpose and plan, so he happily said: "Subordinates obey orders." ”

Wei Ying looked at Cui Zhen's departing back, his eyes were as cold as ice, on the surface, it seemed that the henchmen around him were Li Ming and Cui Zhen, and Cui Zhen was even more reused, but in fact, he was a little distrustful of Cui Zhen. This person has the ability to suppress the cow ghost and snake god who served Chentang obediently, his martial arts are outstanding, and he is also very effective in acting on weekdays, but such a person is willing to live in Chen, and he doesn't have much favor for him, so he feels uneasy when he thinks about it.

It's just that Wei Ying didn't really believe in these subordinates who were coerced by force and wealth, so he handed over most of Chentang's strength to Cui Zhen's command, but he just watched the movement coldly, and let these divided Jianghu masters fight openly and secretly, but he selected some available people from them, subdued their hearts, and incorporated them into the blood guard, and these truly loyal blood guards were led by himself, and no one could interfere, but it was Li Ming, who was under Cui Zhen, because he was trusted to know some secrets. As soon as Fang Yu and Ling Yu talked, Wei Ying knew that there must be Ling Yu's people among these people in Chentang, and Ling Yu's heart was extremely high, Cui Zhen was likely to be her target, and when she saw Ling Yu's attitude towards Cui Zhen, Wei Ying was even more suspicious, and at this moment Cui Zhen calmly agreed to lead the crowd to kill each other, and did not care about the life and death of his subordinates, and there was even more murderous intent in his heart. If it weren't for Cui Zhen's behavior like this, he was afraid that Wei Ying would have been poisoned.

Forced to suppress the murderous intention in his heart, thinking that everything will soon be broken, Wei Ying once again set his eyes on the waterfall, only to see a line of flowing spring hit the stone, Feiqiong broken jade, splashed snow like smoke, and his heart was infinitely sad, looking at the smoke, the smoke was endless, the mist in his eyes floated, Lu Can's voice and smile were like in front of him, thinking that Lu Feng, who he had worked so hard to protect, might have been killed, and the pain in his heart was no longer difficult, and a few tears disappeared into the pool, and disappeared in an instant.

A group of people and horses walked slowly on the winding mountain road, and at the front was a group of forbidden soldiers, all walking cautiously at the moment, for fear of falling into the deep valley on the side of the post road, and the body was fully clothed and armored. The forty or fifty people walking in the middle were of different appearances, but they were all haggard and dusty, and there were some old and weak women and children, among whom there was a middle-aged woman who walked very hard. Although this woman is a coarse prison uniform, she is still graceful, but her face is covered by sweat and dust, and the two young women next to her are each carrying a package, although it is also extremely difficult, but it seems that there is still enough strength to help the middle-aged woman move forward from time to time. In addition to these three women, there are five or six women, most of them in their twenties and thirties, and there are many men around them to support them, and they look like husband and wife at first sight, and there are some boys and girls who get together, hold each other, and climb hard, and there is a little boy of five or six years old who can't climb the mountain independently, and is tied to his back by a middle-aged man. In addition, there were twenty or thirty men, all of whom seemed to be around thirty years old, and although they were all wearing prison uniforms, there was a faint murderous power between their actions, and they faintly formed a military formation, protecting the women and children.

Behind them, there was another group of Praetorian soldiers, who were still carefully watching the prisoners in front of them as they climbed, lest something might happen. Originally, there was a person who escaped on the way, or something happened, it was not a big deal, at most it was reported as sick and died, but these are all Qin criminals, not to mention the one who escaped, even if one died, I am afraid that the above will also blame it.

What's more, these forbidden troops know who they are escorting, the general Lu Canwei is famous, there are countless old departments, and there are countless righteous people who are willing to die for him, things have changed, the day Lu Canyu died in Qiao Yuan, the matter of someone wanting to rescue has already been boiling, not to mention that Lu Yun, who has been sentenced to be executed, was robbed, if it is said that no one will rob the prisoner on the road, these forbidden troops will never believe it. The mountain road of Xianxialing is rugged, but it can't stop the people in the rivers and lakes, if someone takes the opportunity to save Mrs. Lu or the little son, this is a big crime to destroy the door.

Of course, Duan Yue, the captain of the forbidden army in the back, has other troubles in his heart, he is also a child of a family, although the family power is not large, but he can barely gain a foothold in Jianye, although he is not a son-in-law, but he also has to inherit the care of the family, and he became a captain of the forbidden army, commanding more than 1,000 sergeants, stationed outside Jianye City, I thought that this life would be such a muddy past, but I didn't expect that this time I took over a hot messenger, and actually got an order, asking him to escort Lu Can's family to Tingzhou Dingyuan, which is a wild and barren land, Regardless of whether he made it back alive or not, the thought of the hardships along the way was enough to hold him back. What's more, in addition to worrying that someone will come to rob the prisoner, he is more worried about another thing, although under Shang Weijun's high pressure, not many people dare to discuss it in private, but Shang Weijun's rumors that he intends to cut the grass and eradicate the roots have long been secretly circulating, he is not Shang Xiang's confidant, and he will not secretly signal himself to do it on the way, but if he really gets the secret order, he also doubts that he has the courage to do it. The general was famous during his lifetime, and there were countless old departments, if he really became an accomplice, nine times out of ten he would be regarded as a substitute for the dead, even if he was still immortal, those arrogant generals couldn't let go of themselves, even if he was lucky, he didn't want to raise his head in the army, and if he was charged with such a crime, even if he was in the forbidden army of Shang Xiang's lineage, he would inevitably be ostracized.

What made Duan Yue even more headache was that until he left Jianye, he didn't get any secret orders, so there are two possibilities, one is that Shang Xiang has no intention of embarrassing the general's family, which is naturally the best, as long as he sends the Qin prisoner to Dingyuan safely, it will be fine, and the general's old department may not be willing to take the name of rebellion to rob the prisoner halfway, even if it is a prisoner, as long as he knows some, he may not be dead, and returning to Jianye is at most to remove the military position, and under the mediation of the family, his life should be fine. But if Shang Xiang was going to send someone else to intercept and kill, and all of his people made funeral sacrifices, then there would be no chance at all.

With such a thought in his heart, Duan Yue was not only cautious along the way, but also unwilling to be rude to the Lu family, thinking that if he really encountered an enemy attack, maybe he could get help, but he knew that in addition to Mrs. Lu's mother and son and some servants, there were also some Lu family generals, most of whom had fought on the battlefield, compared to these inexperienced forbidden troops, it was more useful, if he could reach Dingyuan safely, even if he secretly offended Shang Xiang, it was not lifeless.

Wei Ying saw Mrs. Lu and her party from a distance, although there were still several miles away, but in his opinion, it was like in front of him, although because of the turning of the mountain road, those figures flickered, but his eyes almost through the layers of mountain rocks, fell on Mrs. Lu's body, although the mountain road of Xianxia Ridge was built quite well, the road surface is paved with bluestone collected from the cliff, flat and neat, but the mountain is dangerous, five steps and a turn, three steps and a ridge, one side is a cliff, one side is a mountain stream, you can not ride a horse and a car, you can only climb on foot, Even ordinary men will suffer from the journey, let alone a woman like Mrs. Lu, thinking of this, I don't feel sad in my heart, how can I feel embarrassed when I think of this general. His eyes flashed, and he saw Lu Ting, who was carried by a general of the Lu family, and thought that most of the young brothers and sisters were unknown in life and death, and he only felt a slight pain in his heart.

When Wei Ying's mind was gradually confused, the forbidden army in front of him had already arrived at a relatively gentle place in the mountain, and those who were worried about the forbidden army were all relieved in their hearts, and they all avoided the vines and grass on the side of the road, or sat or leaned, and rested separately. Wei Ying sneered slightly when he saw this, he stood on a high place overlooking the mountain road below, those forbidden troops didn't even notice it, thinking of the Yongjun and the Chu army under Lu Can that he had seen before, how could he be so careless when marching, he took out a cyan silk handkerchief from his arms, covered his face, only revealing a pair of eyes, and then took a few steps back, so as not to let the Lu family generals find out, these generals will definitely pay attention to the surroundings, and it is inevitable that they will see their own figures, at this time, from behind the cliff, thirty masked people in strong suits walked up, all of them were carrying swords, walking steadily, after seeing Wei Ying, Leaning down to bow down, Wei Ying motioned for them not to make a sound, still looking down.

It didn't take long for the sound of people to come from under the cliff, but everyone behind them had also arrived, and Duan Yue saw that the place was wide and flat, so he ordered to stop advancing, it was already noon, just a moment to rest. All the sergeants and the Lu clan took out dry food and drinking water to eat separately. Those forbidden troops used to be in the prosperous land of Jianye, how could they have suffered such a hardship, and they complained endlessly, but the people of the Lu family were silent, and the two young women helped Mrs. Lu sit on the bluestone on the side of the road, and Lu Ting was relieved by the middle-aged general and hugged Mrs. Lu. 、

The general's name was Lu Kang, who was originally Lu Xin's guard, and was loyal to the Lu family, but because of his upright temperament and reluctance to leave Lu Xin, he never led the army alone. After Lu Xin's death, Lu Can respected him very much, and because he was over forty years old, he left him in the mansion to command the generals. Lu Kang is forty-six years old this year, his wife passed away the year before last, and he has no children, so he loves Lu Can's sons as if he were his own, especially Lu Ting, who loves him the most. This time the Lu family was robbed, Lu Kang migrated with Mrs. Lu, the road to Xianxialing was difficult, Lu Kang was afraid that Lu Ting would lose his footing at a young age, so he tied him to his back, and even other generals wanted to carry Lu Ting, he couldn't rest assured.

Although Lu Ting was carried on his back, he experienced all kinds of tragic changes in the past few months at a young age, and learned that his father had died, crying endlessly, and it was already a little inappropriate when he went on the road. Mrs. Lu hugged Lu Ting, fed him water softly, and let him eat dry food, Lu Ting only ate two bites, and then couldn't eat anymore. Mrs. Lu was worried, but there was nothing she could do. Although the two young women beside her were called maidservants, they treated Mrs. Lu as a sister, and one of them, a maid named Lu Zhen, persuaded: "Madam, when we arrive in Pucheng, we will ask General Duan to stay there for a few days, and invite a doctor to come to diagnose and treat the little son. ”

Mrs. Lu sighed lightly: "That's all, Yun'er, Feng'er, Xiu'er and Mei'er are all missing, if Ting'er has some longs and two shorts, it will be difficult for me to see their father even if I die." After that, he broke the dry food again and forced Lu Ting to eat it. Seeing her like this, the two maids were tearful, both of them were orphan girls who were taken in by Mrs. Lu, and they had learned martial arts with the general, this time the Lu family was robbed, Mrs. Lu was aware of it beforehand, and even dispersed the servants in the family, and now the Ren left behind has received the heavy grace of the Lu family, and resolutely refuses to leave, these two maids have always been Mrs. Lu's favorite maids, and there is some force, so they insist on refusing to leave, if there is no two of them to take care of along the way, Mrs. Lu is afraid that it will be more difficult.

At this moment, Lu Kang, who was leaning on the mountain wall and resting with his eyes closed, suddenly frowned, and said in a low voice: "Everyone be careful, I heard someone coming from behind a few miles, and the pace of the people coming was chaotic and hurried, thinking that it was not an ordinary business trip." ”

The generals of the Lu family all knew that Lu Kang had been in the army for many years, and he was the best at listening, and they were all shocked, and looked at Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu did not know about military affairs, but looked at Lu Kang, Lu Kang said softly: "If the general's old department comes to the rescue, most of them are people in the army, these people are definitely not, although I heard that some righteous people from the rivers and lakes participated in the affairs of Qiao Yuan, but if Mrs. can get to Dingyuan safely, it is better than hiding and escaping, so most of these people are not the people who came to save us, but the forbidden army is useless, we might as well take advantage of the chaos to seize the blade to protect ourselves." ”

All the generals hated the forbidden army, and they couldn't help but show their approval. At this moment, Duan Yue came over with two sergeants, and everyone moved their bodies slightly to prevent sudden changes, Duan Yue didn't notice it at all, and said loudly: "Mrs. Lu, the last general didn't expect the journey to be so difficult, and when you get to the Xianxia Post Station under the mountain, why don't you hire a sedan chair, and let Mrs. and the little boy take the sedan chair tomorrow?" Everyone in the Lu family was overjoyed when they heard this, but Mrs. Lu said lightly: "The concubine thanks the general for her kindness, but I am afraid that she has violated the law and affected the general." Duan Yue saw that Mrs. Lu did not strictly refuse, knowing that Mrs. Lu must be worried about her beloved son, so she intended to accept it, so she smiled and said: "Madame is serious, the last general has no other skills, and these brothers under him can still be controlled, as long as they don't let others know, when they arrive at the gentle place of Xianyang Ridge, Madame will walk again." ”

Mrs. Lu was also a little happy when she heard this, thinking that if there was a soft sedan chair, she could at least let her beloved son rest, glanced at Lu Kang, nodded and signaled, Lu Kang understood in his heart, and stepped forward and said, "Mrs. Lu Kang thanked the general." Then he whispered: "The general is on guard, there are uninvited guests behind." ”

Duan Yue was shocked when he heard this, glanced at Lu Kang in a daze, and hurriedly walked back, thinking that if he didn't feel that after going to Xianxia Ridge, he wouldn't need to worry about Shang Xiang's eyes, so he kindly offered to hire a sedan chair for Mrs. Lu, and the general might not tell him about it, so he couldn't help but sigh and have a good reward, and hurriedly whispered an order, letting some sergeants block the pass behind, and ordering some sergeants to explore the way in front. These forbidden troops were not well trained, and the situation on the mountain road was chaotic for a while, and the generals of the Lu family frowned and sneered.

At the time when these forbidden troops were in chaos, there was a sudden scream in front of the mountain road, Duan Yue was startled, turned his head to look, and saw a forbidden army staggering back, just out of the pass and fell, the armor on his back had been divided, blood burst out, obviously someone had cut the armor with a knife, hurting his life. Duan Yue felt a chill in his heart, the attack actually came from the front, could it be that Lu Kang was misleading himself? Before he could think clearly, there was already the sound of his sergeants shouting and scolding and the sound of blades colliding on the mountain road behind him, turning around, Duan Yue saw that the narrow pass was being attacked by some black-clothed masked people, fortunately, the mountain road was narrow, and it was blocked by the forbidden army sergeants, although these sergeants were not good at fighting, but they also knew that if they lost this pass, they were afraid that they would not be killed, so they did not hesitate to live and die, blocking the mountain road. Duan Yue's heart was wide, and he hurriedly ordered the forbidden army in front of him to block the pass in front, if the passes at both ends of the mountain road here were occupied by the enemy, the middle terrain was vast, and it was the most suitable for fierce battles. At this time, the traces of the enemy in front and behind have been exposed, and after a while, Duan Yue learned from the sergeant that there were more than 100 enemies in the front and rear, and they were all good at martial arts. Duan Yue was worried, but he said loudly: "Who are the bandits who dare to rob the forbidden army, retreat quickly, and still stay for their lives." ”

Hearing this, those black-clothed people all laughed, and after one of them cut off the head of the sergeant in front of him with a knife, he laughed and said: "You forbidden soldiers are all incompetent, kill them, who cares about your lives, if you say that you want to kill us, you have to have this ability, are you under the command of the general?" ”

Duan Yue was even more shocked when he heard this, and said in his heart that these were the people who came to save the Lu family, and said loudly again: "If you are the old department of the general, you should know that it is harmful and useless to come to rob people, although Mrs. Lu and Gongzi are exiled to Southern Fujian, but they may not have the opportunity to return to their hometowns in the future. ”

Those black-clothed people laughed loudly again, but instead strengthened the offensive, and some people even said some foul language, although they did not insult Mrs. Lu, but the words were hateful, which made everyone in the Lu family frown.

Duan Yue complained bitterly in his heart, these people are neither ordinary bandits, nor are they from General Lu's side, they must be assassins who intercepted and killed the Lu family, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel the same hatred for the enemy, and turned his head to Mrs. Lu and begged: "Madam, these bandits must have bad intentions, can you ask Madame to give an order to let the generals in the house help the last general." ”

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she thought for a while and said: "These people are by no means the old husbands, if the general is defeated, I am afraid that the encounter of our others will be even more embarrassing, it is indeed better to fight side by side, the general might as well hand over the defense in front to Lu Kang to command, how about the general concentrate on the battle behind?" ”

Duan Yue was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly agreed, and gave some weapons to the Lu family's generals, Lu Kang left five generals to protect Mrs. Lu and other women and children, and he led more than 20 generals to the front, these generals are all good warriors, coupled with Lu Kang's proper command, the crisis in front was stabilized in less than a moment.

But despite this, the black-clothed people who attacked were all skilled bandits, and their weapons were very sophisticated, although they were not good at battle formations, but because the mountain road pass was narrow, so force became the key, and one of them could almost withstand several sergeants, so the strength of the two sides was one and the other, and in less than an hour, the forbidden army had been killed and wounded, if there was no combat power of the Lu general, I was afraid that the pass had been broken.

Lu Kang was anxious in his heart, and said in his heart that these bandits are here to do it, they must have seen that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although they are not easy to attack, but we are not easy to attack, this is to wipe us out, but although they have figured this out, they are helpless, although the Lu family's generals are skilled in martial arts, but compared to those bandits, hand-to-hand combat is not what they are good at, if it weren't for their strength and cooperation, I am afraid that they would have been attacked by these men in black a long time ago.

Just when Lu Kang was anxious, he suddenly heard the maid Lu Hui shouting, "Uncle Kang, someone from above has come down." ”

Lu Kang looked up when he heard this, only to see that from the top of the cliff, five or six long ropes were put down, and some black-clothed masked people were coming down the rope, and he was shocked, and he was about to let people shoot with a crossbow, but he saw one of them raise his hand, but it was a jade plate, and then he threw it gently, Lu Kang subconsciously reached out to catch it, but it was Lu Can's token, with which he could enter and exit the general's mansion, Lu Kang took a closer look, but for a moment he could already see that this person looked like Wei Ying. But he hesitated in his heart, although Wei Ying was the confidant of the general, but after all, he was also a member of the Fengyi Sect, and it was no secret that the Fengyi Sect colluded with Shang Xiang and slandered the general, and he was not sure what Wei Ying was doing here. It's just that Lu Kang hesitated in his heart, and more than ten black-clothed people had already fallen to the ground, and the person who threw out the jade card didn't remove the veil, but just pointed to his arm, but it was a blood-colored silk scarf. Then he took his weapons and walked to the front, those forbidden soldiers wanted to divide people to fight, but they were stopped by Lu Kang, and the man didn't care about everyone's doubts, walked to the front, and stabbed to death a black-clothed bandit who broke in with a sword.

Lu Kang was overjoyed when he saw this, and said loudly: "This is my own person, you don't have to worry, and as he spoke, he motioned everyone to pay attention to the red scarf on his arm." Only then did the crowd relax and meet the enemy with all their might. And these men in black have all come down and split up to support the sides. These masked people in black clothes and red scarves are all superb in martial arts, not afraid of death, with their help, those masked bandits offensive was gradually contained, but these people are all Jianghu people's means, fighting and fighting, the losses are getting more and more heavy, both sides are ruthless and very, even if they are injured by the sword, they are not the slightest fear, just sacrifice their lives to attack, but for a moment, the passes on both sides have been full of blood, but the road is narrow, if there are seriously injured or killed in battle, they often can't stand on their feet, and they fall down the mountain road, Otherwise, I'm afraid that the road has been blocked by the ambushed corpse.

It's just that although the people trapped on the mountain road got reinforcements, the enemies on both sides were also numerous, and after a long battle, everyone was gradually exhausted, but the enemy took turns to attack, and they were still fierce. Lu Kang wiped the blood from his face, and his eyes fell on the masked leader who had retreated and was standing beside him to breathe, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Wei came to the rescue, and the general Quanxia will be grateful." ”

Wei Ying felt that the floating breath was gradually stabilizing, and he didn't answer Lu Kang's words, but just glanced at the mountain clouds on the other side of the mountain road, and said, "I'm just here to die." ”

Lu Kang's heart was shocked, and he was about to say something, when he saw a roar like thunder from behind, and a clear voice went straight into his ears, but someone shouted luckily: "Ding Ming is here, Mrs. Lu and Master Lu don't have to worry." Then there was a scholar's scream in his ears, but it was the reinforcement that arrived, Lu Kang was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to Wei Ying: "Mr. Wei, can you please welcome Ding Daxia, the inside and the outside should be combined, and the enemy behind must be eliminated." ”

Wei Ying's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said, "Don't worry." ”

After saying that, there were sixteen people in black and red scarves, nine in the front pass, seven in the back pass, hearing Wei Ying's loud shouting, four people in front of him, as Wei Ying rushed to the back pass, those remnants of the forbidden army retreated according to the order of Duan Yue, leaving only the Lu family to cooperate with Wei Ying and others, attacking on both sides, those bandits met the enemy before and after, but in two moments, they had been killed and wounded. Wei Ying stabbed down a masked bandit with a sword, and the man fought back desperately, but only cut off Wei Ying's face scarf, leaving a knife mark on his handsome appearance. The doubts that had already existed in the man's heart were finally answered after seeing Wei Ying's appearance, and he pointed at Wei Ying and said sharply: "You-" Before the words fell, Wei Ying had already sealed his throat with a sword and kicked down the mountain road. At this time, Wei Ying's eyes were full of flowers, only to see a sword light piercing the sky, and when Wei Ying took a closer look, it was a cloth-clothed Confucian who turned the pass, the long sword in his hand was shining brightly, and the two bandits were covering their eyes and screaming in pain, stumbling towards the cliff.

Ding Ming was shocked when he saw Wei Ying, although he knew the relationship between this person and Lu Can, he didn't expect that this person would have the courage to come and escort the Lu family to Fujian, just when he was stunned, Wei Ying had already ripped off a piece of his shirt, covered his face, turned around and ran to the front pass with the remaining nine blood guards, but Lu Kang came over and said loudly: "Is it Ding Daxia, those people with red scarves on their arms are their own people." Ding Ming's heart suddenly froze, and he followed Wei Ying and the others to the front, behind him, dozens of dusty men walked with Kuzhuzi, leaving a few people to guard the pass, and some people were responsible for monitoring the forbidden army and guarding them from doing anything, after all, they were already enemies in Shang Weijun's mind.

Ding Ming and Wei Ying also knew each other, but he looked down on Wei Ying's treason in the past, so the two did not have a deep relationship, but now he hurried a few steps, walked to Wei Ying's side, walked side by side with him, and said with emotion: "Brother Wei is not afraid of treachery and power, he is really a friend of the general, Ding has always offended, and I ask Brother Wei to forgive me." Unexpectedly, Wei Ying didn't make a sound, just glanced at him lightly, and then walked forward with his sword, Ding Ming was stunned, but it was not strange Wei Ying's rudeness, but he clearly saw that Wei Ying's cold eyes had a decisive meaning.

Just a few steps, the two rushed to the front pass, the situation was already precarious, only one of the five blood guards left was still fighting bloodily, the forbidden army was even more dead and wounded, and the Lu family generals were also heavily wounded, Wei Ying and Ding Ming rushed into the enemy group at the same time, the sword flashed, and killed several people in a row to contain the situation. At this time, Cui Zhen, who was behind those black-clothed masked men who commanded the attack on the pass, became more and more suspicious in his heart, he only heard Wei Ying's pre-agreed shouts, and knew that it was for him to take the opportunity to attack, so he sent his most elite masters, but now he was blocked by the first one, what did the first one want to do like this?

Before Cui Zhen could figure it out in his heart, fireworks suddenly flew on the cliff, and then there was a silver bell-like laughter, Cui Zhen was suspicious, looked up, and saw that there were eighty or ninety women standing on the cliff of the mountain road, including old women in jinghai cloth skirts, middle-aged beauties with luxurious appearances, and many snow-clothed women around thirty years old, and some delicate girls at the age of eighteen or nineteen, but they were all cold in appearance and with sharp swords hanging from their waists. Surrounded by all the women like the stars holding the moon, standing on the cliff is a woman in a neon dress, like a fairy.

Cui Zhen immediately understood in his heart that he and the others were bait to convince those who came to rescue the Lu clan that they were not traps, although he didn't understand why Shouza wanted to take such a risk, not only sacrificing his subordinates in Chentang, but also sacrificing his henchmen's blood guards, and even sacrificing his own life to fight, but Cui Zhen already knew that if he wanted to live, he should flee at this moment, and hurriedly ordered a retreat. Before Cui Zhen led the crowd to retreat, he saw that the snow-clothed female swordsmen on the cliff all took out their crossbows and bows, and shouted in unison, three black lights shot towards the opposite cliff, and gently and skillfully submerged into the stone wall, only faintly heard the sound, Ding Ming and others looked carefully, those black lights were some special crossbow arrows, as soon as they touched the stone wall, the arrows opened to form a flying grasp, and firmly grasped the protruding rock, the iron grabbed and cut the iron like mud, all of which were deeply rooted in the stone wall, and with Ding Ming's eyesight, he found that there was a silk thread that was almost invisible to the naked eye after the flying catch. Before Ding Ming could figure it out, the snow-clothed female swordsmen on the cliff had already floated down the silk threads flying diagonally to the ground, as light as falling flowers, and landed silently.

The first few people who jumped down from the cliff swung their swords to kill as soon as they arrived, and assassinated some jaw-dropping forbidden troops to the ground, but Ding Ming was not only proficient in swordsmanship, but also knew military strategy, and ordered again and again to close the defense line, and when these women all went down the cliff and blocked the road, Ding Ming had already led the people to protect the Lu family under the mountain wall, and Wei Ying and the blood guards under his command were all fighting hard for a long time, exhausted, and were also protected behind.

Ling Yu floated down the cliff, secretly happy when he saw this, but he didn't show his face, and stepped forward and said: "This must be Wu Yue's first sword Ding Ming Ding hero, that day in Qiao Yuan, the second senior sister and seventh senior sister of this seat must have died under Brother Ding's sword, right?" ”

Ding Ming sighed when he heard this: "Qingben beauty, why be a thief, this must be the Lingmen master of Fengyi Gate, although the former Brahma Sect master did rebellious things, but he will not be open for traitors and harm Zhongliang, wouldn't it be insulting for the master to do this." ”

Ling Yu's face turned cold, and he said, "Just kill you all, who else knows about today's affairs?" ”

Seeing that Ling Yu's face was full of murderous intentions, Ding Ming sneered: "If people don't know, unless they don't do it, the Ling Sect Master deceives himself, but I don't know who in the world doesn't know that the Fengyi Sect Party attached Shang Weijun and framed the ugly thing of Zhongliang." ”

Ling Yu was furious and ordered: "Kill them all for me, and this seat will use their blood to sacrifice the souls of the sisters and the dead." Before the words fell, suddenly Mrs. Lu screamed under the rock wall, Ding Ming and the others were shocked, looking back, only to see Wei Ying holding Lu Ting in his hand, the long sword was across Lu Ting's neck, he was surrounded by black-clothed people, and was confronting the Lu family, Mrs. Lu's hair was scattered, and she struggled with her life, so she was about to rush over and take back the child, but she was hugged by two maids.

Ding Ming didn't care about Ling Yu in front of him, and pointed his sword at Wei Ying and said sharply: "What are you going to do?" ”

Wei Ying took off the face towel and said with a cold smile: "Wei gave up his life and forgot to die, just to induce you into an ambush, and now that he has achieved his goal, he naturally does not want to be with you, if you let go of the road and let me take the little boy out, even if you all die here, you can still save the life of the little boy, if not, Wei and the master of the door will attack inside and outside, even if this seat dies here, you don't want to live." ”

Seeing this, Lu Kang scolded: "Wei Ying, the general is very kind to you, but you are so ruthless, just now I am grateful to you for saving your wife and son regardless of life and death, I didn't expect you to be so vicious, Ding Daxia, you must not let him out, if the son falls on him, he will definitely die, if he leaves the son, he can let him out." ”

Ding Ming thought deeply when he heard this, and also said: "Wei Ying, you are a traitorous person, and now you have failed the love of the general, you are really innocent of death, I originally thought that even if you die, you will be dragged on the road, but if you are willing to leave the little son, I will temporarily leave you alive and let you out." ”

Wei Ying laughed loudly, the long sword in his hand trembled slightly, and blood oozed from Lu Ting's neck, although he was sick and dizzy, but he also screamed in pain, Mrs. Lu screamed when she saw this, her head was lowered, and she was unconscious, Wei Ying withdrew her smile and said coldly: "Wei is a good intention, but I want to leave a cigarette for the general, if you want the little boy to die with him, it is better to kill him now." ”

Ding Ming and the others looked at each other, and it was difficult to decide, at this time, Mrs. Lu woke up slowly, her eyes were as clear as clear water, and she said miserably: "Ding Daxia, let him go, Mr. Wei, if you think of the general, don't hurt Ting'er's life." ”

Wei Ying looked at those eyes full of sadness and earnestness, his heart trembled, and said: "Madame, don't worry, unless I die, no one is allowed to hurt the little boy." Mrs. Lu nodded slightly, crying with a face. Ding Ming was gloomy when he saw this, and finally made people get out of the way.

Wei Ying also ignored everyone's hateful and disdainful gazes, hugged Lu Ting and walked towards Ling Yu, and said, "Wei has been fighting hard for a long time, and I want to go down to rest first, I don't know if the master of the door can allow it?" ”

Ling Yu's eyes flashed, and he said, "Do you really want to save this evil seed?" ”

Wei Ying's eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice: "I saw Jiang Zhe worshipping the general in Guangling, and I knew that he was really hurtful, if he could keep a son of the Lu family in his hands, it would definitely be of some use, but the master of the door had already asked people to kill Lu Feng, so I had to leave Lu Ting's life." ”

Ling Yu smiled slightly, finally believed in Wei Ying's sincerity, and said, "Okay, you go, it's hard work, when I kill all these people, I'll come and discuss this matter with you." ”

Wei Ying smiled slightly, hugged Lu Ting and walked to the pass leading to Pucheng, Lu Ting cried loudly, and stretched out his hand to grab Wei Ying's face, but he was sick and weak at the moment, and he was at a young age, Wei Ying seemed to be unconscious, and in an instant, Wei Ying's figure had disappeared behind the mountain road, and only Lu Ting's cry was faintly heard.

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Note 1: Bao Zhao's "Difficult to Walk"