Chapter 453: Trap
The next morning, the sun slowly rose from the horizon, and the golden sun sprinkled on the green grassland, sprinkled all over the cattle and sheep.
Jiang Xiaoyu and Zhao Ling got up, ate the sumptuous breakfast prepared by Su Dia, called the people of the mission to the tent, and briefly explained today's itinerary.
"The princess and I will go to meet their princess Lando today, which is also a private party, but we will find out what their bottom line is, and then discuss the strategy of peace talks!" Zhao Ling said lightly, "Half of the escort team will follow us, and the rest will be here for the time being!" ”
"Yes!" An envoy said, "The princess had a shrewd grace to Princess Lando before, and the prince also had a great relationship with her, and this peace talk was also Princess Lando's name to ask the prince and his wife to come, and the prince and the princess can take advantage of this opportunity to make the chesswood grassland converge and maximize the interests of our Da Zhou!" ”
"We'll do our best!" Zhao Ling said lightly, "So I won't talk to you more, it's not too early, our husband and wife will leave first!" ”
After bidding farewell to the mission, Zhao Ling and Jiang Xiaoyu immediately set off for the place agreed with Princess Lando.
The grassland stretches as far as the eye can see, and the horses gallop.
Jiang Xiaoyu and Zhao Ling were at the front, and at this time, suddenly a few wolf howls came, and the horses under them were frightened, and they had to stop for a while!
Then one after another wolf howls rang out, one after another on the grassland, and the horses under them were even more frightened, kicking the horses' hooves uneasily.
"It's a pack of wolves!" Zhao Ling's expression sank, "Be on guard!" ”
"Wolves shouldn't be active at this point in time!" Jiang Xiaoyu said with a calm face, "I won't take the initiative to attack the crowd of so many people, unless they are driven here by someone!" Although the matter of our meeting with Lando was decided earlier, the time and place were only decided last night, and if this is really a trap, then Lando is the only one who will leak the news! Why is she so many? What's in it for her to kill us? Or did she actually have no intention of making peace talks at all, and made such a big battle just to kill us? ”
"Isn't it her? What is her purpose? Let's not think about these things for the time being, let's deal with the things in front of us first! Zhao Ling said calmly, "Although these steppe wolves are not as good as the snow wolves we met in Kunlun Mountain, they should not be underestimated, so be cautious!" ”
"Got it!" Jiang Xiaoyu took out the dagger and said.
Zhao Ling waved his hand, and the escort team behind him stepped forward, this time the people brought in addition to their own secret guards, there were also the black armor guards of the second prince, so when the danger came, they were all very calm and methodical.
I saw that the wolves slowly appeared on the high ground in front of them, grinning at the people below, with a fierce light in their eyes!
After the strongest wolf king howled, the wolves howled, and then bared their fangs and rushed towards everyone.
The wolves pounced, and the front guard exposed the bow and crossbow on his arm, and a dozen or so broken arrows fired in unison, shooting towards the wolves that pounced. The short arrows fired in succession shot into the wolf's body, but they could not stop the attack of the wolves, and their two powerful claws attacked the man on horseback!
The guards at the front were forced off their horses, and had to take out their most advantageous weapons to fight with the wolves, who were well-trained on weekdays, and naturally would not be afraid of these beasts at this time. At this time, the black armor guard stepped forward quickly and cooperated with the tacit understanding to deal with the wolves! Although this group of beasts is very ferocious, among the wolves in this group of people, there is no bargain at all!
However, these most dangerous overlords on the grassland still have some big threats, although they don't have an overwhelming advantage when rounding up prey like in the past, but they are not lambs to be slaughtered, and they still make many people in the dark guard and the black armor guard hang the lottery!
Naturally, these wolves would not really pose a mortal threat to Zhao Ling and them, especially under the protection of well-trained guards, and what really made Zhao Ling and Jiang Xiaoyu nervous was that if all this was arranged by Lando, then now on her territory, there must be a back-up move, so what is the next wave of danger? Is there still a need to meet with Lando?
After solving the wolves, the guards were healing their injuries on the side, and Zhao Ling and Jiang Xiaoyu had heavy faces.
"Go back or keep going?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked.
"Wolves attack, there is no evidence that this is done by Lando!" Zhao Ling said lightly, "But since the other party has arranged this, he will inevitably expect that we choose to go back, and the way back must be full of dangers, so we might as well move forward and see what Lando's purpose is for doing this!" “
Jiang Xiaoyu nodded: "I agree!" In that case, let's move on and find out if it's Lando who wants our lives, or someone else! “
After helping the wounded to treat their wounds, the group continued to move forward, but the horses under them were frightened, and there were more people hanging lotteries, so the speed was much slower, far less high-spirited than when a few people first came out.
The danger would continue, it was something that everyone knew about it, so they were not surprised when a group of men in black intercepted their way.
The two sides did not have a word of conversation, they started to move directly, and they fought each other in short quarters, and it was even more dangerous for you to come and go.
And this time, Jiang Xiaoyu and Zhao Ling are not allowed to make a move!
These black-clothed men are all masters, top assassins, and the martial arts they use are obviously not from the grassland, I think they should be from other countries! However, Zhao Ling smelled a familiar smell from them, how similar these people were to the black-clothed assassins he met in Qingzhou!
"They are the assassins of Chen Guo!" Zhao Ling said coldly, "Martial arts are good, be careful!" ”
Although these Chen Guo are strong in martial arts at the moment, the cooperation between the dark guard and the black armor guard is also leaky, so that they can't find a chance to break through, and after some hard work, at this moment, they who have suffered heavy losses choose to retreat first.
Although they broke another attack, this time Zhao Ling's situation was not much better, and the casualties were also very heavy, but the appearance of Chen Guo's assassin made things even more interesting!
Doesn't all this have anything to do with laziness, it's all done by Chen Guo, how the prince and the princess have an accident in the chesswood grassland, so the Great Zhou Emperor is angry, and it is possible to carry out the chesswood grassland! In this way, it was easy to sabotage this peace negotiation and sabotage the Great Zhou Emperor's attempt to stabilize the grassland.
But back to the original question, if all this was done by Chen Guo, then why did Chen Guo know the time and route they passed? And who leaked this?
When they arrived at the agreed place with Lando, Zhao Ling and his party were embarrassed, and the time changed from the agreed noon to ten o'clock in the evening.
When Zhao Ling and the others arrived, Lando was about to get impatient, and seeing that their condition was so miserable, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "I thought you were going to release my pigeons, and I was about to leave!" But looking at you like this, is there something going on on the road? ”
"We met the wolves first, and then the assassins, and it was already our luck to be able to meet the princess, and please forgive the princess for being late!" Zhao Ling said with his fists clenched.
"Oh!" Lando looked surprised, "There is such a thing!" It's hard to say about wolves, and it's really possible to encounter them if you're unlucky, but how can you encounter assassins! Lando asked, "Who are these Assassins?" Why did they assassinate you? ”
"I don't know!" Zhao Ling said, "I was just about to ask the princess about this matter, I wonder why the assassins were able to find our location in this vast grassland?" The time and place we agreed with the princess, except for our husband and wife, only the princess knows! ”
"Are you suspicious of me?" Lando asked incredulously, "What's in it for me?" I want you to come here just for peace talks, why did you have an accident in my territory, wouldn't my Qimu grassland suffer a catastrophe? Am I having something wrong with my brain? I let you come here to assassinate you? ”
"Don't be angry, princess, this matter is indeed suspicious, we just want to clarify the doubts in our hearts!" Zhao Ling said, "What's more, today is also a private meeting between us and the princess, not a peace talk, I hope I don't offend the princess!" ”
"It's not so offended, but you suspect that I'm completely unreasonable, because it's not good for me at all!" "But if you are suspicious," said Lando, "why do you doubt me, and not your own?" “
Lando smiled and said, "Think about it yourself, I don't want to talk about it!" “
She turned her head to look at Jiang Xiaoyu and smiled slightly: "It's been a long time, princess!" “
"It's been a long time!" Jiang Xiaoyu said with a smile, "If you can let us and Zhao Ling come here for peace talks, it shows that you trust the two of us in our past relationship, so we should also trust you!" Don't talk about unhappy things, I haven't seen you for a long time, I should say something that makes people happy! “
A trace of unnatural emotion flashed in Princess Lando's eyes, and then she smiled and said, "The wine and food have been prepared, please come inside!" As for your men, I'll let our medic take care of them! “
"The princess bothered!" Zhao Ling thanked Jiang Xiaoyu and then entered the tent.
Princess Lando had already prepared a sumptuous meal of wine, and she followed the two of them inside and said, "You have worked hard all the way, you should not have eaten yet, you should eat something first!"