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Yanjing City is more than 200 miles away from Yuanjin City, the main city of the Xiao family, Xiao Taishi is old, naturally can not withstand the bumps of the fast train, and in winter, it is only fifty or sixty miles a day, to reach Yuanjin City, it will take four or five days at the earliest.

After leaving Yanjing City, Xiao Taishi actually felt a short period of relaxation, and along the way, the snowy scenery was covered with snow, mountains and frozen rivers, but it was picturesque.

On the third day, it was already dusk, and Steward Xiao approached the window and said: "Taishi, you will arrive at the Fengling River in front, cross the bridge, and there will be a town in ten or so miles, where you can rest." ”

"Chasing the clouds and catching the moon for eight thousand miles, it is impossible to stop at the wind!" Master Xiao smiled: "We haven't passed through the Fengling River for many years, but I don't know if the Fengling Bridge is still the same?" ”

"When Taishi passed by here for the last time ten years ago, he personally inscribed on the Fengling Bridge, and this local official must be good at protecting." Steward Xiao said respectfully: "Why didn't the Taishi go to the counties to rest along the way?" ”

Xiao Taishi said: "It is indecent to rejuvenate the teacher and move the people. Although it is winter, the scenery along the way is picturesque, and it is not disturbed by people to appreciate it carefully, but it is also very pleasant. ”

Steward Xiao also smiled: "Taishi hasn't had such a state of mind for many years. ”

Taishi Xiao smiled and said: "You followed the old man when you were young, and you naturally understand that although the old man later became an official in the court, when he was young, he was also a literary and talented person!" ”

Steward Xiao saw that Master Xiao's words were relaxed, and said with a smile: "Yes!" ”

After a short walk, I saw a river in front of me, which was quite wide, but a stone bridge was built on the river, although it was quaint, but it was also very complete.

When the car approached the past, I saw a large stone tablet standing at the head of the bridge, and on the stone tablet, there were two lines of words engraved, which were the two lines of poetry that Xiao Taishi had just chanted: "Chasing the clouds and catching the moon for eight thousand miles, it is not enough to stop at the wind!" ”

Taishi Xiao lifted the curtain and looked at it, stroked his beard and smiled: "They have a heart." ”

At this moment, a sudden sound of horses' hooves was heard, coming from the other side of the Fengling River, everyone looked up, but saw a group of knights on the other side of the stone bridge, all dressed in black and black hats, like wolves and tigers, rushing to the bridge.

Steward Xiao frowned, and the group of guards under Taishi Xiao had tightened their expressions, and most of them put their hands on the hilt of the knife at their waists, but the thirteen swordsmen all used the ancient sword, and since the beginning of Yanjing City, the ancient sword has never left his hand, even if he eats and sleeps, there must be one hand to hold the ancient sword.

"Taishi, someone is blocking the bridge!" Steward Xiao looked solemn.

Taishi Xiao's face became gloomy, he smiled coldly, and said, "I didn't expect that there are still people who are thinking about the old man." He said lightly: "The old man is not in a bad mood today, let them go, they can't kill the old man!" ”

At this time, the knights had already lined up, blocking the other side of the Fengling Bridge, and one of the knights galloped onto the bridge, slowly pulling out the knife from his waist, and the more than 20 knights behind him also pulled out their knives.

Steward Xiao galloped forward and shouted, "Who are you? Stand down! ”

The knight did not answer, but with a sword in one hand and the reins of his horse in the other, he did not retreat but advanced, and walked slowly, and the bridge could carry three horses in parallel, and he went forward, and the group of knights behind him was also in a row of two, and they came from behind.

As soon as Steward Xiao raised his hand, the Xiao family's guards immediately urged the horse to step forward, and the sound of horses roaring, only for a moment, except for the thirteen swordsmen who formed a circle to guard the Taishi carriage in the middle, the other guards had already gathered at the head of the stone bridge and pulled out their swords.

The Thirteen Swordsmen, as the Xiao family's biggest killer weapon in the dark, are certainly amazingly powerful, but the other guards who followed the Taishi back are also the elite shadow guards of the Xiao family.

Taishi Xiao sat quietly in the carriage with a grim expression.

Although he only brought forty guards with him, but thirteen swordsmen and twenty-seven shadow guards, this was already a very strong protective force, and he knew very well in his heart that even if it was the most elite Imperial Forest Army in the Yan Kingdom, without two hundred well-prepared soldiers, it was impossible to touch even one of his own hair.

It can be said that the other party appeared at the right time at Fengling Bridge, it must have been prepared, in other words, the other party is extremely aware of his own itinerary, and he has chosen to intercept here at Fengling Bridge.

Taishi Xiao didn't think about the safety on the road, but because he was worried about an accident, he transferred the thirteen swordsmen to escort him.

He squinted slightly, thinking about those old acquaintances in the capital.

Soon, he heard the sound of people shouting and neighing, followed by the sound of Jin Ge fighting, and there was no doubt that the two sides had started to fight.

The thirteen swordsmen just guarded the carriage seamlessly, and did not step forward to participate in the fight, while the shadow guards of the Xiao family squeezed on the bridge with the group of knights, mercilessly slashing the big sword at the other party.

Steward Xiao had already retreated to the side of the carriage at this time, and said solemnly: "Master, this group of people...... It doesn't seem to be from the Central Plains! ”

Taishi Xiao's brows suddenly furrowed, he lifted the curtains, and asked, "See who they are?" ”

"They didn't hide their faces." Steward Xiao frowned and said, "Look at their eyebrows, they look like people from the south!" ”

Taishi Xiao's face became more and more gloomy.

This group of knights was not afraid of death, and the shadow guards were also ruthless, and the two sides were mixed, and in just a moment, many people had already been cut off from their horses, and blood was splattered on the ice of the Fengling River.

This group of knights who suddenly appeared, their combat effectiveness is not first-class, and even from a certain point of view, their sword skills are not as sharp as the Xiao family's shadow guards, but their moves are extremely weird, and the routines of the sword techniques are very different from those of the Central Plains, which makes it difficult for those shadow guards to judge the moves of this group of knights.

What is even more astonishing is that if they are struck by the swords of these knights, even if they are slashed in the shoulder or arm, the shadow guard will fall from his horse in a matter of moments, and he will die after two twitches on the ground.

These knights have strange swordsmanship, and they are suicide attacks that only seek to injure the enemy, often fighting to be slashed by the Shadow Guard, and also to slash the knife back on the Shadow Guard's body.

In fact, the shadow guards have already sensed that the blades of these knights must contain poison, and it is a terrifying poison that seals the throat with blood.

In the midst of this merciless fight, two groups of ruthless men fell from their horses, one by one, and for most people, the fall from their horses was almost certain death.

Steward Xiao watched the shadow guards fall down one by one, his pupils constricted.

He is the leader of the Xiao family's shadow guards, these shadow guards are also cultivated little by little by him with countless efforts and energy, and they are extremely loyal, compared to the thirteen swordsmen with the biggest killing weapons, this group of shadow guards is the foundation and elite of the Xiao family's actions in the shadows.

However, in the battle of Fengling Bridge, the twenty-seven first-class shadow guards who were carefully selected were lost in a bloody battle with a group of knights who appeared like underground.

The muscles on Taishi Xiao's face also began to twitch.

This bloody battle did not last long, and when the Shadow Guard killed all the more than twenty knights at the bridgehead, only six of the twenty-seven Shadow Guards remained.

The brutality of this small fight is indeed astonishing.

The remaining six shadow guards turned over and dismounted, armed with broadswords, and examined the corpses of the knights, but there was a hint of wriggling, and immediately cut the knights' throats directly with their broadswords.

The smell of blood permeated the Fengling Bridge, and an extremely strange atmosphere enveloped everyone's hearts.

Steward Xiao looked at the corpses lying on the ground at the head of the bridge, and said sternly to the carriage: "Taishi, since this group of assassins is ambushed here, there must be an ambush ahead, let's ...... Don't go any further, we should turn back now, the town we passed through before is only more than twenty miles, let's go back to the town first, and notify the local government to send someone to escort us! ”

Taishi Xiao sneered: "Since someone wants to get rid of the old man on the road, I'm afraid that we won't have a chance to notify the local government at all." After a pause, he said coldly: "The old man wants to see how capable they are to kill the old man." The old man's thirteen swordsmen didn't move, if they really wanted to kill the old man, it depended on whether they had the ability to step over the corpse of the thirteen swordsmen! He said in a deep voice: "Clean up the corpses at the head of the bridge and cross the bridge!" ”

Steward Xiao frowned slightly, he was also a person who had gone through countless storms and rains, but today was just too weird, which made his eyes cross a trace of unease, but he still followed Taishi Xiao's instructions and ordered the six shadow guards to drag the corpse of the bridge over and clear the way so that the carriage could cross the bridge.

The thirteen swordsmen did not make the slightest movement from beginning to end, they just clenched the ancient sword in their hands, and their faces under the hats were indifferent.

Just as Shadow Guard cleared a path, a very strange sound suddenly sounded, it was a very strange music, and the tune was heard in everyone's ears, even those who did not know the rhythm could hear the desolate and sad taste of the song.

When Taishi Xiao heard the voice, his face suddenly showed extreme shock, and his hand, which was still very steady, couldn't help but tremble.

Master Xiao is well-informed, although he is not good at music, but he also knows probably, this strange tune, he quickly guessed that it was the sound made by the gourd sheng.

That kind of ethereal and desolate taste can only be interpreted to the extreme.

And Xiao Taishi knows very well that the people of the Central Plains are good at stroking the qin and playing the flute, this kind of gourd sheng is not popular in the Central Plains, but the people of Fengguo have a soft spot for the gourd sheng.

Hulu Sheng, Wind Country!

This made the meticulous Xiao Taishi instantly think of a very terrifying possibility, he gently lifted the curtain of the carriage, leaned on crutches, got out of the carriage, stood at the head of the carriage, and looked up.

Although he is old, but Xiao Taishi's eyesight is not weak, he soon saw that on the other side of the stone bridge, there were people again, but this time there was only one person, the whole body was dressed in black like ink, the person sat on the horse, as if playing and relaxing, the horse walked leisurely and slowly to this side, and the man in black was holding a gourd sheng with both hands! ~！