Apricot Pass, thirty miles outside Shehong County. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is adjacent to Fushui on one side and on the other side on the back of the earth mountain, forming a Chaoyang mountain col in the shape of a sunrise mountain pass. Because the mountain col is full of apricot trees, it is named apricot pass, and it is also a famous scenery in Shehong County. It is late spring, the apricot blossoms are withering all over the mountain, the pink and white petals are scattered in the mountain col, and the scenery is extremely moving from a distance.

Five miles away from Apricot Pass is a river bay.

There is a mound here, and below the mound is a dense forest.

As long as you go to Apricot Pass, you will inevitably pass through this dense forest. It's just that when Yang Shouwen arrived, he only saw many corpses lying on the path outside the dense forest. A rough estimate shows that there are fifty or sixty at least.

Among them, more than twenty people are dressed as beggars.

And the rest of the people are the outfits of those who chased and killed the old bull head before.

Apart from these corpses, there were no living people around. Yang Shouwen reined in his horse, looked around, and said sharply: "Disperse immediately and see if you can find a living person." ”

When the eighteen servants heard this, they immediately responded in unison, in groups of three, and scattered their horses.

Yang Shouwen threw the stirrup and dismounted, hung the big black iron gun on the horse's back, held a corrugated gold mace, walked to a corpse, and squatted down.

This is a flying corpse, there is no trace of blood on the body, only a dart is inserted in the center of the eyebrows.

Plum pin!

Yang Shouwen recognized the origin of the dart at a glance, his eyes lit up, and he reached out to pull out the plum blossom needle. Fei Wuman's face was covered with a faint black paint, and black blood remained in his mouth and nose. This is a very obvious symptom of poisoning, and the source of the poison is the plum blossom needle in his hand.

I vaguely remember that Mei Niangzi's secret weapon never used poison, at most it used a drug with anesthetic properties.

But this plum blossom needle ......

Yang Shouwen glanced down, and the hazy gray that flashed from the mouth of the needle, he could generally tell which kind of poison it was.

"Old bull head, have you ever found a young lady?"

"Nope!"

When Yang Shouwen squatted down to check the corpses, the old bull had already looked at the corpses, but he didn't find the young lady.

"Ah Lang, this person's name is Huang Daoqi, and he is Huang Wenqing's nephew."

The old bull head finally stood in front of a corpse and pointed to the corpse.

"Among these people, there are a few children of the Huang family, but they didn't find the little lady and Huang Wenqing."

"Huang Wenqing also shot?"

"Shot...... If it weren't for him, the Ninth Master might not have been injured.

This guy hid in the car, and when the ninth master got into the car, he was attacked by him, so it made the babies chaotic and ambushed. ”

Yang Shouwen couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

He looked around again, his eyes a little anxious.

The fact that the young lady is not here means that she is not dead. But where is she now? How to find this vast sea of people?

Thinking of this, Yang Shouwen's heart rose to his throat.

He threw the plum blossom needle on the ground, and then said softly: "Could it be that Huang Wenqing took the young lady?" ”

"Probably not."

"How so?"

The old bull head pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "Huang Wenqing is ruthless, but he is very good to the clansmen.

If he catches the little lady, he will definitely let people collect the corpses of the children of the Huang family. But now, the corpses of the children of the Huang family are still here, and the villain has just seen it, and many people seem to have died under the secret weapon of the little lady......

Judging by the villain, it is likely that the little lady broke through and left after seeing us fleeing.

Huang Wenqing refused to let go of the little lady and led people to chase and kill, so he left so many corpses here. ”

Sounds like there's some truth to that.

Yang Shouwen nodded, finally a little easier, but his brows were still frowning.

"But if that's the case, where can the young lady go? Why did Huang Wenqing chase after her? ”

"This, the villain is not clear.

However, the villain remembers that there seems to be some grudge between the little lady and the yellow thief. Last year, the Huang family was assassinated several times, and many people died, which should have been done by the little lady. From the villain's point of view, it must be between the little lady and the Huang family, there are some secrets. ”

What a secret!

That's quite possible.

But Yang Shouwen was still a little confused in his heart, puzzled where did Mei Niangzi go? Why did you leave the young lady behind, no matter what you asked?

There were more and more doubts in his heart, and Yang Shouwen began to be anxious again.

At this time, the eighteen servants also finished searching and came to Yang Shouwen's side.

"Alang, two bodies were found in the woods, in addition to one on the other side of the hill. Although it is a barbarian outfit, it doesn't look like a barbarian. ”

Yang Shouwen listened, and immediately asked Hu Cong to take him to check.

At the end of the jungle, two corpses fell down.

One of them died under the plum needle, while the other was killed by a sharp sword. And on the other side of the hill, on the river beach, there was a dead body, also killed by a sharp weapon. Yang Shouwen found that the wounds of the two people who died under the sharp weapon were quite strange.

"Old bull, do you know what kind of weapon the young lady uses?"

The old bull head thought for a while and said softly: "What the villain saw was a short sword.

However, the villain remembered that the little lady also had a package on her, which should also be a weapon, but the villain had never seen it. ”

"Do you recognize these people?"

"The villain is about to get to know Ah Lang, these people, the villain has seen them.

The two corpses in the dense forest just now, one was Huang Wenqing's nephew, and the other was his nephew. This person is Huang Wenqing's cousin, named Huang Zitai. But this person is quite mysterious, and does not live in Shehong. It is said that he is in charge of the Huang family's business, and seems to have a good relationship with those bird-raising barbarians in the private Rong Mountain, and has lived in Tongshan for many years. ”

That is, the young lady fled from here.

Yang Shouwen raised his head and raised his eyes to look into the distance.

His gaze swept over a stream not far away, and then plunged into the rolling hills behind it.

"That's Qingshi Ridge, if the little lady wants to get out, Qingshi Ridge is the best choice."

Yang Shouwen nodded and turned over on his horse.

"Old Niutou, you go back first, and the rest of the people follow me to Qingshiling to see if we can find clues."

After speaking, he took the eighteen servants and went straight to Qingshi Ridge.

The old bull wanted to stop it, but Yang Shouwen and the others were so fast that they crossed the stream in the blink of an eye and headed in the direction of Qingshi Ridge.

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This bluestone ridge is a mountain range outside Shehong City.

Its mountains are trending north-south, with undulating mountains and steep mountains.

Yang Shouwen and the others came to the foot of the Qingshi Ridge all the time, and they didn't find any useful clues. On the bluestone ridge, there is lush vegetation, lush greenery, and lush forests. Yang Shouwen was a little unrelenting, and walked towards the mountain with people for a while, but he still didn't find anything.

The young lady is nowhere to be found, including Huang Wenqing, and there is no trace of her.

In the deserted mountains, there is a sense of loneliness. Yang Shouwen led the horse and walked about four or five miles into the mountain, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and let out a long roar.

"Young lady, I'm my brother-in-law, where are you?"

He stood on an empty hill and shouted loudly.

Voice, echoing in the mountains: Where are you? Where is it? Where......

"Ah Lang, if you continue to look for it like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have clues.

It's better to go to Shehong first and let Shehong County come forward to assist. It is better to have more strength than to be like headless flies like us. ”

Yang Shouwen stabilized his mind and bowed his head slightly.

He also knew that what Hu Cong said was not bad.

But he was even more worried that if he delayed for a moment, the young lady would be more dangerous. According to what the old bull head said, Huang Wenqing is not good at his generation. Besides, he still has people with him, no matter how powerful the young lady is, how can she get out of the lonely person?

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Shouwen's mood became extremely bad.

Coming out of Qingshi Ridge, it will be late.

The slanting sun and sunset dyed the bluestone ridge red.

This was originally an extremely beautiful scene, but Yang Shouwen didn't have the slightest intention of appreciating it, with a gloomy face, leading his followers, ready to join Li Bao'er.

However, he didn't go far when he was greeted by a cavalry army.

The person at the head shouted loudly from a distance: "The one in front, but Li Sizhi?" ”

Yang Shouwen was stunned for a moment, reined in his horse, and watched with a golden mace in his arms. Looking at the other party's attire, it seems to be an officer and soldier. He frowned slightly, urged the horse to take a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "I'm Li Yi, who is coming?" ”

The person who came hurriedly slowed down, and his crotch dismounted and swirled on the spot, standing firmly.

He sat upright on his horse, bowed his hand and said: "Xiaguan Su Changshi, it is Sun Changshi's account to join the army, and on the order of Sun Changshi, I specially invite Li Sizhi to return to Shehong." ”

What Su Changshi, Sun Changshi......

Yang Shouwen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted immediately.

I'm afraid that the person in front of him is surnamed Su and his name is Changshi, as for Sun Changshi in his mouth, isn't it Sun Chuxuan, the governor of Zizhou?

Thinking of this, Yang Shouwen couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Sun Chuxuan was ordered to lead Zizhou to gather in Shuzhou, and it stands to reason that he should already be on the way to Shuzhou. But why is it flooding again? You must know that Shehong and Shuzhou, one south and one west, are completely two directions.

Or rather, something happened to the flood?

Yang Shouwen suddenly shuddered, and suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.

"Su joined the army, did something happen to the shooting flood?"

Na Su Changshi nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Back to Li Sizhi's words, Shehong was attacked by Feiwu Barbarian at noon......

The county commander Duan Jian, the county lieutenant Wang Meng, was killed by Fei Wuman. After the Feiwu barbarians broke through the flood, they plundered a large number of supplies and fled to Tongshan. Sun Changshi also heard about this after crossing the river, so he hurried over. Hearing that Li Sizhi entered Qingshi Ridge to track the enemy, Sun Changshi was worried that something would happen to Li Sizhi, so he ordered the subordinate to bring someone to meet him, and asked Li Sizhi to return to the county seat as soon as possible. ”

Regarding the origin of Fei Wuman, Yang Shouwen already knew it from the mouth of the old bull.

It's just that he didn't expect Fei Wuman to attack Shehong County, and also killed Shehong County Commander and Shehong County Lieutenant......

It seems a little abnormal in this.

Feiwu is quite good, why do you want to attack Shehong? Huang Wenqing's subordinates seem to have a lot of flying barbarians, or rather, what is the connection between Huang Wenqing and the rebellious flying barbarians? Yang Shouwen felt a little uneasy in his heart, he faintly felt that this trip to the southwest might not be as simple as he imagined. If you want to find the young lady, I'm afraid there will be some twists and turns. (To be continued.) )