Chapter 805: The Second Step of Attracting the Snake
"Why did you come at this hour? If you pass the threshold, you have to miss the night! ”
The tax collector said lazily and collected the tax according to the capitation, because Zhang Xitong stuffed him with two cents in private, and his attitude was much more polite.
The tax collectors have already experienced their "transgressions", these people are not businessmen, and they can only collect customs duties according to the capitation.
Yang Fan and his entourage came out this time with a few sets of blank "passes", which can be filled in at any time with the starting point and destination.
"Towards Luyang Pass, the gorge road is steep and deep. The stream is more than 10,000 zhang, and the surrounding trees are thousands of fathoms. The roaring tiger rings the poor mountain, and the crane sings in the empty forest. ”
Walking in the canyon, I didn't hear the roar of the tiger, but a few desolate ape cries. There were no cranes in the sky, but hundreds of crows flying in the sky.
Although this pass is dangerous, the road in the canyon is extremely wide and flat, which is naturally formed, and it has been smooth for cars and horses since ancient times.
Although the mountain wall is steep, it is not easy to hide people on it, their chariots and horses still consciously walked to the edge of the canyon, the concave part of the edge is nearly two zhang wide, even if someone throws stones on the top, it can not hurt the people below, because there are often people in the summer and rain and snow days to clear the customs, here is also a common road, so it is smooth and neat, not an inch of grass grows.
Huang Xuchang looked back, the door was slowly closing, cutting a trace of sunset outside the canyon, and couldn't help but sigh leisurely: "We're finally here!" ”
Yang Fan looked at the first line of heaven and earth in front of him, and said solemnly: "I finally entered Dugi Dao!" ”
After passing Luyang Pass, and then going forward is a canyon for several miles, and then they can go out, and they are marching, Yang Fan suddenly strangled his mount. Listening attentively, Huang Xuchang saw his strange appearance, hurriedly reined in his mount, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Yang Fan frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "There is the sound of horses' hooves, behind!" ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone had heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the hooves were like thunder, and there was not only one person.
They are already a group of zuihou people who have left the customs, where is the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind? What does it mean if there is a sound of horses' hooves behind it? Everyone immediately thought of the assassins sent by the samurai. Only they could carry a token that could order the pass to open the door.
Yang Fan immediately made a decision and shouted: "This place is not a place to stay for a long time, the chariots and horses speed up and quickly get out of the valley!" ”
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Shen Hongyi is a person of Wu Chenghei, and he was a ranger in Chang'an when he was a teenager. He not only learns swordsmanship, but also has a certain literary talent. Later, he was recruited into the government by Wu Chenghe. became a diner in the Wei Palace.
He was inquiring about the whereabouts of Yang Fan and his party in Fengshan Town, Yang Fan and others suddenly appeared in Xiangcheng, and regardless of the price, they quickly purchased a batch of mules and horses to go north, and the news was quickly sent to him, Fengshan Town was not far from Xiangcheng. Shen Hongyi didn't have time to think about it, and immediately led his men to chase after him.
The scarlet cloak behind his shoulders shivered like a burning cloud and ran down the canyon. In fact, you don't need to tie a cloak this season. And it's not comfortable to ride a horse at a gallop, but this is a habit he developed when he was a young ranger in Chang'an, and he looks majestic, isn't it?
When Fang just used the token of the Wei Wangfu to open the gate of Luyang Pass, he had already asked those people with similar characteristics to Yang Fan and his party It had not been long since Shen Hongyi rode his horse and whipped like rain. As he was traveling, he suddenly saw a person standing in the valley in front of him, and the sun had set at this time, and the valley was lonely.
One man, one horse. The horse was bending his head to pick up a few straws left by others, the knight on the horse sat very relaxed, his waist collapsed slightly, with the slight undulation of the horse, the person on the horse also slightly undulated, he was looking sideways at these people who were suddenly approaching, with a calm face.
"Huh~~~"
Shen Hongyi pulled the reins suddenly, and there were still five or six zhang away from the knight before forcibly strangling the mount, and dozens of fast horses behind him stopped one after another, and the sound of horses' hooves still echoed in the valley, and they were already standing still, as if they were cast in iron.
Yang Fan flicked his horsehair and asked him in a clear voice, "Passing?" ”
Li Dayong, the deputy beside Shen Hongyi, was stunned and shouted, "Is Li Xian in your hands?" ”
Yang Fan smiled and said, "Sure enough, it's for King Luling!" ”
"Click......" The scabbard rubbed against his body, and Yang Fan had slowly pulled out the knife in his hand.
Li Dayong waved his hand impatiently and shouted: "Everyone go up together and chop him up for me!" ”
"Slow!"
Shen Hongyi's eyes emitted a blazing light, since he entered the Wei Palace, he hadn't tasted what it was like to be a ranger for a long time.
Ranger, fast horses singing, mellow beauty, drawing a sword in anger, ten steps to splash blood! He is middle-aged, his temples have faint silver threads, the rangers are already weak, and even places like Luoyang, Chang'an, are more legends they left back then. Shen Hongyi really wanted to taste the taste of his enthusiasm when he was a teenager again.
Shen Hongyi ripped off his cloak, held the long sword in his hand, his eyes were tightly frightening Yang Fan, with a dangerous smile on his face, and said, "I'll solve him!" ”
Li Dayong rolled his eyes and muttered to himself: "Here it is again, it's not two gangs of ruffians fighting, what kind of majesty do you have!" ”
Shen Hongyi knocked his legs on the horse's belly, rode forward alone, and shouted: "Report your name and fight with me!" ”
"Who sent you? That's! ”
When Yang Fan said this, the first half of the sentence was still at a normal pace, and his body was still lazily riding on the horse, and when he said the second half of the sentence, his voice tightened, and his body suddenly rose from the saddle, and the human knife was one, like a rolling and roaring wind, rushing towards Shen Hongyi, who was approaching with a light gallop.
At the same time, a loud shout sounded in mid-air, and the hand climbed the rock wall, and the internal guards and hundred horsemen hidden on the uneven rock wall flew down at the same time, and raised their swords in mid-air to cut down on their chosen opponents.
Shen Hongyi suddenly saw Yang Fan abandon his horse and pounce, his momentum was amazing, he was startled at first, and then screamed frequently behind him, it was his subordinates who were ambushed first, and couldn't help but be shocked and angry: "You don't talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes......
"Khooth!"
Yang Fan's knife arrived, Shen Hongyi rode on the horse, and the transformation of his body technique was not much more flexible than Yang Fan's volley, but Yang Fan's knife borrowed the weight of his whole body. Shen Hongyi couldn't do it. The sword is light and agile, and he should not have had to bump into the enemy, but if he didn't choose to hit hard, he could only abandon the horse.
But because of the screams from behind him, his movements slowed down a little, and now it was too late to abandon the horse, Shen Hongyi gritted his teeth, and could only wave the long sword in his hand towards Yang Fan's knife.
Yang Fan used a horizontal knife, not his narrow sword-like and extremely sharp sheath, and he didn't feel sorry for the damage caused by the hard bump at all. This knife is majestic, like a storm and waves, and Shen Hongyi meets it with a sword. With a "clang", the half-cut sword flew into the air.
The sword momentum was not slow, and it slashed down, and with a flash of blood, Shen Hongyi's right arm left his body like a severed sword.
"Bang!"
Yang Fan, who fell from the ground, elbowed him under his left ribs, breaking four of his ribs. The whole person flew out, and Yang Fan pressed it on the saddle with one hand. The body that is about to land is closed. jumped on the horse's back neatly, and then spit out four words neatly: "What an idiot!" ”
The battle in the valley ended quickly, Yang Fan wanted a quick victory, he had no intention of fighting at all, and he killed a quarter of the opponent's men and horses at once with a surprise killing, and Wu Chenghe's group was caught off guard. It is simply not possible to form an effective counterattack.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Dayong hurriedly led the remaining panic to retreat in the direction of Luyang Pass. Yang Fan didn't chase either, and retreated immediately after a small victory, leading his people to retreat behind a detour in front. They all rode on their mounts to chase and escort the "King of Luling" to several internal guards in the valley.
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The next morning, a strange team came to Lushan County, some of them rode in cars, some on horseback, and some on mules. Horses have strong and sturdy military horses, and the horses are imprinted on the horses, and there are also horses used by the farmers to pull the carts, and as for mules, it is really rare to use them as mounts.
They are also very strange people, there are men, there are women, and there are people who are not men or women. The journey was very anxious along the way, and the rest was often at night, and the drugs used to make up in Gu Zhuting's bag had been exhausted, and she couldn't care about trimming the appearance of the girls in the internal guard, so that everyone gradually showed their true colors.
Fortunately, Yang Fan had intended to use this team to attract the attention of the assassins, so he didn't care much about them restoring their daughter's appearance, and as soon as the ban was opened, the girls who had just checked into the inn immediately washed off the ointment on their faces and restored the woman's appearance.
Seeing that many men or mediocre-looking women suddenly turned into a big girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, the innkeeper was stunned.
Immediately afterwards, the head of the Wen Tianwen squad in Lushan County took a bunch of officials to arrest and quickly surrounded the inn, Lushan County came to such a strange person, and they actually had military horses, the head of the Wen class was responsible for public security, how dare he be sloppy.
The shopkeeper secretly complained, for fear of being implicated, who knew that Wen Bantou broke into the inn and crawled out in less than half a pillar of incense, and hurriedly withdrew the group of officials who surrounded the inn to arrest and quickly carry out the miscellaneous servants, which made the people watching around inexplicable.
Wei Yong scared away Wen Bantou, who had just finished the turtle talisman of the hundred horses, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from the room, which was Li Bao'er's voice. The hearts of the people standing under the porch were tight, if the little county lord was in danger, although they would not die for their crimes, the credit for their desperate work would inevitably be greatly reduced.
Everyone hurriedly rushed into the room to take a look, but saw Li Bao'er standing there in a good manner, just pointing to the face of the "King of Luling", and said in a panic: "It's bad, it's bad, Sister Gu...... Oh no! Daddy's face is broken, and he can't hide it from anyone now, what can I do? ”
When everyone looked at it, they saw the "King of Luling" standing there, and a piece of the wrinkled old skin on his face fell off, revealing a piece of delicate and fair skin.
P: Drama is coming! Who is the spy? What exactly is Yang Fan's jihua? This section consumes more than N brain cells, and I believe that with your high IQ, you will definitely not be able to guess correctly!
^_^ Use your brains, I'll bet you a dollar, you can't guess!! (To be continued......)