Chapter 161: Road Encounter

Although the Qing court drew shadow graphics on them, Ling Muyun didn't care about it at first. Because he thought that when he was in Yangzhou, he had already seen the level of painting and shadow graphics in this era, just like the portrait of Mao Eighteen, even if he stood in front of the other party, let people compare and look at each other, he may not be able to recognize it, and he can catch people according to the picture of that level of portraiture? It's a joke!

However, after being recognized several levels in a row, Ling Muyun didn't dare to look at it like that anymore, once or twice can be said to be a coincidence, but if he was recognized several times in a row, it would never be a coincidence. Therefore, when breaking through a roadblock, Ling Muyun couldn't help but snatch all the portraits in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and took a look at them, only to find that the portraits of them wanted were not the same as the portraits of Mao Eighteen that he saw when he was in Yangzhou.

How did Ling Muyun know that the person who painted the shadow graphics for them and the person who painted the shadow graphics for Mao Eighteen were two different things at all, and the people who painted the pictures of Mao Eighteen were just ordinary painters in the Yangzhou Mansion, and the level was not high, and they didn't pay much attention to saving trouble when painting, and the level of the things drawn was naturally not high.

The portrait of Ling Muyun was a court painter who was specially sent from the palace by the little emperor Kangxi, who was good at painting with fine brushwork, and was the best at depicting the image of the person, and he was under the emperor's order, so he did not dare not do his best, not only carefully asked the witnesses, but also continuously improved according to the description and correction of the witnesses, so that the portrait of Ling Muyun and the other three people was painted, and the effect was naturally not the same as the kind of picture and image of the wanted ordinary criminals.

Lu Gaoxuan asked, "Young Master, what should I do?" ”

"Cold salad, just like this, if you can't recognize us, count them lucky, if you do, then take some trouble to send them to the Netherworld." Ling Muyun sneered and put the car curtain back into the carriage.

"Yes, young master." Lu Gaoxuan nodded, waved the horsewhip and "snapped", and drove the carriage to continue moving forward.

As soon as the carriage reached the barricade, two Qing soldiers armed with spears came over and shouted: "Stop, stop, wait in line for inspection!" ”

"Phewβ€”"

Lu Gaoxuan stopped the carriage and asked the two soldiers, "Two military masters, what are you going to check?" Why are all the official roads set up with cards? We're still in a hurry! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, the court will arrest the wanted criminal, don't say it's in a hurry, even if you're busy running for the funeral, you have to wait in line here obediently for Lao Tzu, and you can only go over after the inspection, otherwise be careful to arrest you as a wanted criminal!"

Lu Gaoxuan's face couldn't help but sink, and he couldn't wait to pinch this Qing soldier who didn't speak human words to death. Although Lu Gaoxuan considers himself a literati, as a person taught by Shenlong, how can he be good? It's normal to kill people at every turn.

However, thinking of the situation in front of him, he still reluctantly suppressed his anger, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said nothing. It's not that Lu Gaoxuan is afraid of the combat power of these Qing soldiers, just with this Qing soldier, he doesn't need Ling Muyun to make a move, he can take care of it all by himself. It's just that in this way, their whereabouts are bound to be exposed again, and the dogs of the Qing court who have managed to get rid of them will definitely catch up again, and they will inevitably be in trouble.

The two Qing soldiers didn't know that they had walked around in front of the ghost gate, seeing that Lu Gaoxuan's face was not good, but he stopped talking, and thought that he was afraid of them, he laughed rampantly, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a group of knights galloped over, and the two Qing soldiers didn't care about entangling with Lu Gaoxuan anymore, and greeted the group of knights with their spears: "Stop, stop, wait in line for inspection!" ”

Ling Muyun poked his head out of the car window when he heard the sound and looked back, only to see that there were more than a dozen people in the group later, all of them riding horses, and the first one was a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, tall and thin, with a slightly dark face, and his whole body exuded a vigorous and heroic spirit. It's just that for some reason, Ling Muyun always felt a sense of kindness when he looked at him, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he didn't have the slightest impression when he thought about it carefully.

Behind this young man, there were more than ten people, old and young, men and women, each of whom was wearing a sword and a fine eye, and obviously all of them were martial arts. Among them, an old man in particular attracted Ling Muyun's attention the most, this old man was tall, he looked to be about seventy years old, his white beard was fluttering under his chin, but his face was full of red light, and his eyes were particularly bright, like two bright lights.

Who are these people? It seems that the martial arts are not weak, especially the old man, who is so old and has such a spiritual head, and his internal strength is really not weak, it is estimated that it is not much worse than Lao Lu!

Ling Muyun muttered to himself in his heart, seeing that the eyes of these people were also looking at him, he smiled slightly, and retracted his head into the carriage.

"Two officials, I don't know why this official road card office came?" The young man clenched his fists on his horse and asked the two soldiers.

"Don't be verbose, the court has arrested important criminals, and they all queue up for me to be checked, and no one is allowed to go without inspection! Especially you people, all of you are armed with blades, don't be Jiangyang thieves! ”

Listening to what the two Qing soldiers said, the faces of these people changed slightly, and several of them instinctively touched the blades on their waists.

The white-bearded old man coughed violently, as if ordinary people deliberately let go of their voices and made a loud noise. Those who were with them suddenly seemed to have been warned by something, their faces softened a little, and a few of them who touched the blades put their hands down without a trace.

The two soldiers were taken aback, and one of them jumped up and pointed at the old man's nose and scolded, "What do you want to do old fellow?" Dare to scare the military master, do you want to find death? ”

The white-bearded old man hurriedly smiled and said: "The military master misunderstood, the old man, I was born with a loud voice, I didn't mean to frighten the two military masters, and I ask the two military masters to forgive me." Although he spoke normally, his voice was extremely loud, as if ordinary people were deliberately shouting loudly.

Seeing this scene, the two Qing soldiers also knew that what the old man said was true, but the two of them were used to it, but they refused to give up. The other pointed to the blades on everyone's waists and said, "You people are all armed with sharp blades and murder weapons, what kind of good people will they be?" Don't be a thief somewhere, a thief from the grass, a big thief from Jiangyang, come out of the mountain to do a case, right? ”

The old man hurriedly smiled and said: "The two military masters are laughing, we are all peaceful and kind people, you see that we have old and young, how can we have anything to do with some bandits?" The bandit on that hill would want an old man, someone my age? That's not a waste of food! ”

"Then why do you all carry murder weapons and blades? I don't think it's a mountain thief, it's also a Jiangyang thief, maybe it's an ancestral thief! The two Qing soldiers said unrelentingly.

"The two military masters don't know, we are all southerners, and we want to go to the north this time to go to relatives, but we are worried that there will be some bandits on the road to beat our idea, so I deliberately brought a weapon, one is to give myself courage, and the other is to scare and scare people, so as not to be targeted by bad people. Besides, the imperial court can't do anything to prevent everyone from carrying weapons? ”

In the Qing Dynasty, there was no explicit prohibition for the people to carry cold weapons, but the common people were not allowed to be equipped with firearms, so although this group of people carrying weapons looked a little dazzling, it was really not illegal from a legal point of view, so the two Qing soldiers couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

Seeing that the faces of the two Qing soldiers were still unwilling, the young man hurriedly turned over and dismounted, reached out and took out two pieces of broken silver from his arms and handed them over, and said: "Two military masters, you also know that it is not easy for us to walk outside, so we must find some way to protect ourselves, and please be considerate of the two military masters." ”

Stuffed with silver, the faces of the two Qing soldiers suddenly looked much better, and they nodded to the young man: "Okay, for the sake of your kid who is still sensible, it won't be difficult for you." But you have to be inspected by the party and you can't leave until you're done, you can't mess with this rule, and you don't want to get in trouble! ”

The young man said: "Don't worry, the two military masters, we will never dare to ask for trouble." It's just that I don't know what the wanted criminal you want to arrest is for, military master? How many people? Maybe we've happened to see it! ”

"Well, anyway, now that the state capitals have posted wanted notices, it doesn't hurt to tell you about it." One of the Qing soldiers nodded and said: "There are three suspects to be pursued this time, two men and one woman, it is said that they committed a major crime in Shanxi Province, killing hundreds of people in one go, including even the palace guards and father-in-law, so the emperor was furious, so he ordered the whole country to arrest him, and he must arrest the murderer." ”

"Shhhh

The group led by the young man couldn't help but gasp, hundreds of lives! Where did this god of killing come from? It's a little too ruthless! Although they are all people who lick blood with knives, they can't help but feel chills in their hearts when they hear that this wanted criminal actually killed hundreds of people in one go. That's hundreds of lives, not hundreds of chickens and ducks, even if you kill hundreds of chickens in a row, you will be soft, right? What's more, it's people!!

Ling Muyun heard the sound of talking outside in the carriage, and immediately felt angry, what is this? The rumors are really getting more and more outrageous, he and Lu Gaoxuan only killed less than a hundred people in Qingliang Temple that night, okay? When did you kill hundreds of people in one go? Isn't that ruining his reputation!

Of course, at this time, Ling Muyun forgot that in addition to killing nearly 100 people in Qingliang Temple, he and Lu Gaoxuan also killed nearly 100 Qing court experts who caught up all the way.

(To be continued)