On the other side, Yan Heng returned to the capital, abandoned his horse and unloaded his sword in front of the palace gate, and went to the palace to see the emperor.

With him was the wounded autumnal equinox.

His left arm was wrapped in a thick bandage, and his arm was bent and hung with a cloth towel.

Yan Heng has long legs, big steps, and walks with the wind, and the autumn equinox is very difficult to follow behind, so he has to walk faster in order not to be thrown off, which affects the injury of his arm, and he gritted his teeth in pain.

After Daguan Town and Yan Heng separated, the autumn equinox had the idea of leaving Yan Heng behind and returning to Beijing alone to file a complaint, and put it into action.

As soon as he crossed the border of Qizhou, he abandoned the carriage and rode a fast horse, but because Yan Heng took away all the five hundred cavalry, the remaining armored soldiers were all infantry, so no one could catch up as soon as he ran away.

In the end, he borrowed horses to haul grain and grass, and then he gathered a cavalry team of fifteen people to come out and return to Beijing with the autumn equinox.

The rest of the people continued to walk towards Beijing according to the original route and speed.

But the autumn equinox seemed to think that the way back to Beijing was too smooth, and they encountered an obstacle in just half a day.

The other party is one hundred and ten people, all with long spears and short swords, boning knives, but they are also good at talking, according to the head of each person 1,000 taels of silver, give it, and all must give way.

If you don't give it, it's easy to say.

Stay alive.

This arrogant attitude of the autumn equinox laughed, sat on the horse's back, and said arrogantly: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, who we are!" ”

He wore simple clothes, but the people accompanying him wore armor and official swords.

These individuals are blind to the eyes of dogs, so they dare to rush into them!

Now that he is showing his identity, he doesn't believe that they dare to rob him!

As the autumn equinox fell, the fifteen armored soldiers behind him drew out their sabers at their waists, the tip of the knife was facing forward, and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

The other party had robbed many people, but it was the first time that the officers and soldiers had been robbed, and they were indeed frightened by their battle, and a sense of panic spread among the crowd.

Just when the autumn equinox thought that they would inevitably abandon their armor and flee, a simple voice sounded behind the crowd: "They have already seen us, and if we retreat now, then when they leave here, they will definitely bring troops to suppress us!" ”

As the words fell, the bandits consciously separated a road, and in the center of the road behind them was a log, on which sat a man.

The man is peeling an apple with a boning knife and eating it.

Raising his eyes to look over, he made eye contact with the autumnal equinox.

He stood up, chewed the apple slowly, and said, "Stay alive." ”

The autumn equinox really didn't expect them to dare to openly confront the imperial court, and they were stunned and at a loss, and a dozen horses behind them had rushed out at this time.

And shouted at him: "Father-in-law Qiu, follow the humble duty!" ”

Before they could finish speaking, they rushed into the bandits, and the big knives in their hands slashed diagonally, and blood splattered when they landed.

Where did the autumn equinox pass through this scene of encirclement and fighting? I was so scared that I almost screamed.

When he came back to God, he secretly scolded these people for having bad hearts, and he had to bring him defenseless to kill the enemy!

It's a fool to rush forward!

Thinking like this, he immediately turned his horse's head to escape, but after seeing the scene behind him, he shivered unconsciously.

The autumn equinox grows in the palace, and it is all about intrigue, although he followed Yan Heng to suppress the bandits, but these days when he went out of Beijing, he never even met a thief, and naturally he didn't know that the mountain bandits were blocking the road in front of them, and the rear would not be empty.

Secretly scolding these people for being stupid, and they won't be able to explain it? Now they have rushed into the crowd, and he has left himself alone, but how can it be good!

The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great, and these fifteen people understand that their mission is to protect the autumn equinox!

Therefore, from the very beginning of the fight, they had no intention of fighting, and the least casualties and the shortest time to break out of the encirclement were victories for them.

But what they didn't expect was that the autumn equinox didn't keep up!

Their breakout became meaningless.

With their duties, they had to turn back and save people.

But the other party was not a straw bale that they could kill by eating dry rice, and when they rushed to the side of the autumn equinox, the two bandits in front and behind had completed closing.

They lost their best, only chance to rush out.

Looking at the people who kept surrounding, the autumn equinox's face was pale, his temples were drenched in cold sweat, and he couldn't help the two tremblings, he said in a trembling voice: "Now, what should I do?" ”

He didn't want to die in the wilderness!

Fifteen people looked at the people surrounding them vigilantly, these people had lost their initial panic, and now they put the sharp blade in their hands in front of them, approaching inch by inch, and there was only one thought in their red eyes - to kill them!

"There is a mountain in the back, or there is a way to live."

"After ten people are broken, five people will protect people and go up the mountain!"

After a brief conversation, the five people closest to the autumnal equinox turned over and dismounted, grabbed the frightened autumnal equinox and began to climb the mountain.

The other ten people, separated in a fan shape, blocked the way up the mountain with their flesh and blood bodies.

Until Yan Heng passed by with his troops, there was only one person left beside the autumn equinox.

Yan Heng suppressed the mountain bandits, found the fourteen people buried by the mountain bandits, and then returned to Beijing.

At this time, it was nearly 10 days late from the original date of arrival in Beijing.

The autumn equinox stared at Yan Heng's back, with hatred in his eyes.

If Yan Heng hadn't diverted to Daguan Town at that time, he would not have had the idea of returning to Beijing alone, and he would not have encountered mountain bandits, would not have caused unnecessary casualties, and would not have faced the emperor's punishment!

All this is Yan Heng's fault!

But... Speaking of which, he is also wrong.

On the way back to Beijing, Autumn Equinox has been thinking about how to escape this wrongful punishment.

The causes and consequences of Yan Heng's delay in arriving in Beijing are known to the harem, so the Qinzheng Palace at this time is very lively.

The civil and military generals lined up on both sides, and with the sound of footsteps outside the hall, their eyes gradually moved to the right side, and Yu Guang saw two people walking in front of them and kneeling in the hall.

"The last general will meet the emperor." Yan Heng fell to the ground, and his tone was flat.

"The slave meets the emperor." As soon as the autumn equinox knees hit the ground, he cried, and his choked voice was full of chagrin and self-blame: "The slave is guilty, please ask the emperor to condemn it." ”

Emperor Tianding sat on the dragon chair behind the imperial case, looked at the two people who walked in with a flat gaze, and said lightly after a few breaths: "I'm back." ”

As he spoke, he sat up straight, put his hands on the edge of the imperial case, and his eyes were still staring at the hall, but there was a little more fierceness in his plain gaze: "Yan Dudu, this journey has been hard." ”

The words are slow, and you can't hear the joy and anger, but in the light of what happened, this sentence does have a bit of a sarcastic flavor.

When the words fell, the expressions of the court officials on both sides were either nervous or comfortable, and their eyes invariably fell on Yan Heng.

Yan Heng raised his head when he heard this, his eyelashes drooped, making it difficult for people to get a glimpse of the emotions in his eyes.

The expression on his face was bleak, and his tone was as usual: "The emperor has broken the general." For the king's worries, I dare not say that I am hard. ”