On the ninth day of February, it rained and thundered.

Six fast horses out of the north of the wild goose, the horse's hooves stepped on the curtain of water in the sky, the sound was urgent, and the rain splashed everywhere.

A moment later, the city gate was opened, and the eight hundred border troops lined up, led by Yue Ruchuan, the captain of the light cavalry, who led his men to gallop on horseback, regardless of the thunder and lightning above his head, and followed the horse's hoof prints and chased away.

However, even if it is as difficult as climbing to the sky, you can't let anyone go!

As the first border city in northern Xinjiang, Yanbei Pass's position is pivotal, and it cannot tolerate the slightest negligence and sloppiness.

Although his person died, the leakage of information was a foregone conclusion, Lu Yuanqing endured the pain and asked Ying to atone the crime, led three hundred foot soldiers out of the city to pursue the caravan, and went to the ice road, the group was ambushed, but the hour was dead and wounded, Lu Yuanqing for his own soldiers desperately protected each other before picking up a life, fled back to the city to report the military situation, presented the ambush broken armor as evidence, the commander immediately sent someone out of the pass to intercept, did not think that Lu Yuanqing secretly surrendered to the enemy, taking advantage of the mobilization of people and horses in Yanbei Pass, actually stole the defense map, and the ambush in the city outside the master joint joint, a group of six people flew out of the pass.

The commander was furious and ordered Yue Ruchuan to lead people to chase and kill, and never let them escape from the land of Dajing.

The wind and rain became more and more frenzied, Yue Ruchuan gave an order, and the eight hundred border troops immediately divided into three teams, and chased them separately in three directions, and he personally led the squadron to gallop forward, and the sound of horses' hooves was like a drum, which shook the frozen land and trembled.

After about a stick of incense, Yue Ruchuan really saw the figures of the two horses looming in front of him in the rain curtain, not to mention bending the bow and arrows, he was a marksman in the army, he could lift a hundred catties of iron bow with one arm, and two feathered arrows came out of the string, and the two people immediately fell off the horse.

Yue Ruchuan stepped forward, the soldiers had already erected the two corpses, he used a spear to provoke his face, all of them were unfamiliar faces, and he searched the corpses and horses and did not see the defense map, thinking that the things were still on Lu Yuanqing.

Neither the middle way, left or right?

"Turn around, chase!" Yue Ruchuan's face sank like water, so he took the corpse, took the lead in reining in the horse, and chased to the left.

The hundred horsemen disappeared into the wind and rain in a few breaths, and the horses' hoof prints and blood stains on the ground were washed away by the rain.

It was only when the ground returned to calm that two people crawled out from under the glacier ahead.

Lu Yuanqing was shivering from the cold, his face was blue and his mouth was purple, and he poured a sip of liquor to warm up a little, and there was a beautiful girl in Tsing Yi beside him.

The maiden, like him, had been soaking in the river for a quarter of an hour, soaking wet, but her face was as rosy as ever, and urged, "They have been deceived, so go quickly." ”

This time it was really a narrow escape, and it was tantamount to a fantasy for the two of them to escape from Yue Ruchuan's hands, but fortunately, the top was well-arranged, and a stand-in was arranged on the road, which luckily deceived Yue Ruchuan's eyes.

Lu Yuanqing was so cold that he shivered like chaff, he pressed the placket of his chest stiffly, and said inwardly: "Zhu Xiuhe, let me ask you again, are you ...... Did you really steal the beams and change the pillars to save my son? ”

The girl in front of her is the daughter of the merchant, this caravan often goes back and forth between the border city and the Hufa grassland, and is familiar with the border army, otherwise it would not be so easy to get it, Lu Yuanqing couldn't have imagined that they had already become a fine work, even this delicate-looking girl was murderous without blinking, if she hadn't taken out her son's handwritten blood letter, he wouldn't have believed it anyway.

Zhu Xiuhe sneered: "Your son is just a greedy and lustful fool, if it weren't for your father, I wouldn't have bothered to save him!" Stop talking nonsense, if you want to be reunited with your son, don't delay! ”

As soon as she said this, Lu Yuanqing made up her mind a little, and she didn't dare to say anything more, so she followed Zhu Xiuhe to run wildly in the rain.

Zhu Xiuhe is a person who practices martial arts, although Lu Yuanqing has an important position in the army, but she can't compare to her inner breath, and she ran out of three miles in one breath, and finally couldn't support it, and said breathlessly: "Reinforcements...... Where exactly awaits our rendezvous? ”

"Hugh asked, it's coming soon!"

This time, Zhu Xiuhe was not casually perfunctory, she had already seen the Tiannu River through the dense rain.

Go north to the Tiannu River, south to the ice road, east out of the Ghost Crying Valley, west into the Broken Intestine Cliff.

This is the four Jedi outside Yanbei Pass.

The Tiannu River basin is extremely wide, this area is just the middle and upper reaches, now in the spring rainy season, the source glacier thaws, the flowing water is turbulent like a flood, the river water that carries the broken ice and snow blocks has gone through several mountains and turns sharply, and it has become a deep stream here, the rolling white waves turn into a giant axe, the whole mountain is split in half, the river is 18 zhang wide, only a chain bridge traverses the east and west, the cars and horses would rather detour for 50 miles, and dare not take this dangerous road.

The torrential rain was pouring, the river was rising, and the wind was like a pair of hysterical hands desperately pulling the chain bridge, making a frightening sound, Lu Yuanqing only felt crumbling when he walked on it, Zhu Xiuhe opened the road in front of him, and let out a wolf howl while pinching his mouth, the sound was poignant and long, echoing far away in the mountain stream.

Not long after, a fluttering light lit up on the opposite side of the chain bridge, Zhu Xiuhe saw several figures standing on the shore by the light, and there was also a wolf howl from the opposite side in response, she was happy in her heart, pulled Lu Yuanqing to speed up her pace, and saw that she rushed across half of the bridge, and a gust of wind carried a faint smell of blood to her face.

Zhu Xiuhe's footsteps slammed down, almost causing Lu Yuanqing to fall to the ground, and before he could open his mouth to ask, there was a flower in front of him, but when he saw Zhu Xiuhe pull out the knife from the sheath, he shouted and asked, "Who?" ”

Before the words fell, a figure flew over, Zhu Xiuhe's wrist flipped, and a knife slashed diagonally from the bottom to the top, relying on the high internal force, almost blocking the person from the waist and splitting it, but only a small amount of blood splashed on his body, cold and warm, and he never heard a scream in his ears.

Lu Yuanqing subconsciously looked at the body that fell to the ground, he had seen a lot of dead people on the battlefield, and at a glance he could see a deep bone scar in the throat of this person, the blood was coagulated, and it was clear that he had already died.

The floating lamp was like a ghost fire, flying together with the second figure, the firelight reflected the person's face was white and hideous, and half of his chest was bloodied, which shocked Zhu Xiuhe's face to change greatly, raised his leg and kicked Lu Yuanqing away, and at the same time turned around to avoid the corpse, the blade swirled backhand, and the sword that would block the stab at the vest was slightly spitted out, and her feet were smooth, and then she turned to look at the person.

The lantern fell down the chain bridge, and only the dim sky remained, Zhu Xiuhe saw a long figure standing in the place where he was standing just now, dressed in black, with arrow sleeves and black belts, and his whole body was almost integrated with the heavy night, only a sharp sword in his hand glowed with cold light in the rain curtain.

When it was right to fight, Zhu Xiuhe was still numb, knowing that the martial arts of the people who came were above him, he didn't dare to be contemptuous for half a minute, and asked in a deep voice: "Who is Your Excellency?" The little woman is ......"

"I know who you are."

The man interrupted her words, he was not only tall, but also had a clear voice, thinking that he was not very old, at this time with a little smile, making people feel like a spring breeze: "The Green Wolf Gang has only risen in the Hufa Grassland for three years, and with the horse business, you have made a lot of money, you are the third lady of the Green Wolf Gang, and you have made a lot of contributions, this is a huge family business that you have to share, if anyone marries you in the future, it will really be both rich and beautiful, and I don't know how many lifetimes to cultivate this blessing." ”

Zhu Xiuhe listened to him tell the story of his identity, her heart was horrified, but her face bloomed with a smile, she brushed her wet forehead hair, revealing a beautiful face, and said softly: "Thank you for your love, the little woman is very honored, but she is just ......."

Without waiting for her to finish speaking, the man continued: "However, your Green Wolf Gang is not greedy enough, and since last year, you have secretly sold war horses to Ulle, and now you are an intelligence dealer, and you even dare to do the business of espionage and defense, no matter how much luck you have, you will be crushed to death by dirty money, where will you spend your life?" ”

Zhu Xiuhe's expression changed suddenly.

When Lu Yuanqing listened to their conversation, his heart jumped out of his throat, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth: "Who are you?" ”

The man didn't say anything more.

The torrential rain was like a note, the dark clouds covered the moon, and there was only a cold light between the heavens and the earth, illuminating a pair of sword eyebrows and starry eyes.

The strong wind cut her face and hurt, Zhu Xiuhe blocked it with a horizontal knife, leaned back and raised her leg to kick the opponent's waist and abdomen, but a blow missed, and her left ankle was grabbed again, she was not in a hurry, a knife tip burst out from the tip of her shoe, and with the flipping of her body with one hand, the tip of the knife slashed towards the throat of the young man in black from bottom to top!

Zhu Xiuhe's trick has been tried and tested repeatedly, but I didn't expect to kick it on the iron plate this time, although her legs and feet are fast, it is not as fast as the other party's hand, the man's arm is clearly as hard as steel, and it is as soft as a bone at this moment, the water snake climbs up along her calf, buckles the knee joint and pulls it to the right, Zhu Xiuhe's body is suddenly unbalanced, and before she can break free, the five fingers on her knee suddenly exert force, lock the kneecap and press down hard, it just so happens that her left ankle has been pressed on the iron cable, so she lifted and sank, and there was a crisp cracking sound between her knees, The calf bone was directly crushed!

"Ahhh

Zhu Xiuhe immediately let out a miserable scream, the whole person fell to the ground, and her left leg hurt heartbreakingly, but she was used to licking blood from the knife edge for a living, and after being injured, she was even more ferocious, holding the knife in her right hand and sweeping the ground, wanting to cut off Zhao Yan's foot with a tooth for a tooth, but the young man in black had already expected her to have this move, and her right foot fell together, and she directly stepped on the blade under her feet, and grinded it hard, and the blade was broken in two!

At this moment, the wind was whistling behind the young man in black, and it was Lu Yuanqing who pounced on him!

Lu Yuanqing is unarmed, but he has been up and down in the army for many years, and his fist and foot kung fu can also be praised in the rivers and lakes, taking advantage of Zhu Xiuhe's frontal struggle, he gathered his strength in his hand and punched towards the young man's head, if he was hit by this fist, his skull would be shattered and the pulp would burst on the spot!

Seeing Lu Yuanqing make a move, Zhu Xiuhe's eyes were full of fierce light, his hands were like ghost claws, holding the legs of the young man in black, seeing that this punch was about to hit the head, but unexpectedly, this person leaned back suddenly, and the sword in his hand slashed backwards, slashing straight into Lu Yuanqing's shoulder!

In an instant, lightning flashed overhead, blood splattered like rain, and an arm was raised in the air, and the five fingers were still clenched into fists when they landed on the bridge.

The sword was caught off guard, and it wasn't until the broken arm hit the ground that Lu Yuanqing looked at his right side with hindsight, and saw that the broken wound was bleeding like an infusion, and he retreated several steps in a row, almost planting the chain bridge.

At the same time, the body of the young man in black was bent like a moon wheel, he kicked Zhu Xiuhe's hand away, supported the ground with both hands and flipped back, and stood straight as loose.

This interception on the bridge was decided in less than ten rounds.

The black-clothed young man dragged them across the chain bridge one by one, and walked to the bottom of the mountain wall that was barely sheltered from the rain, where there were eight corpses lying on the ground, counting the two just now, it was the people left here by the Green Wolf Gang to pick them up.

He rekindled the fire, and with this bit of firelight, Zhu Xiuhe finally saw the true face of this evil god, his body was stiff and long, and his face was deep and distinct, like a stone statue chiseled by a knife and axe.

The black-clothed young man first clicked on the acupoints of the two of them, and then tore open Lu Yuanqing's clothes, and sure enough, he found an oil-paper bag from the middle coat mezzanine, which was a folded Yanbei Pass defense map, he looked at the firelight for a while, and suddenly sneered: "I see." ”

Lu Yuanqing's face was like ashes, Zhu Xiuhe was in pain, but she was sober when she heard the words, she stared at the defense map, she really couldn't see the truth, gritted her teeth and said, "You...... What to laugh at? ”

"I'm laughing at you for putting so much effort into it, and it turned out to be a fake picture." The young man in black shook the drawing, "It seems that I have a lot of trouble, the person who can be the coach of Yanbei Pass is by no means a fool who knows no one clearly, if you really present this drawing, I am afraid that the end will be a hundred times worse than today." ”

Zhu Xiuhe trembled, she couldn't move, she could only kill Lu Yuanqing with her eyes, and said, "Are you a fraud?" Okay, very good, you can go down to the Yellow Spring to meet your son! ”

Lu Yuanqing's broken arm hurt so much, he was speechless, but when he heard Zhu Xiuhe mention his son, a panicked look appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but defend himself: "No, I didn't ...... At that time, the situation was urgent, and I only took a cursory glance at it, and I didn't know if the picture was fake! ”

Seeing this, the young man in black said, "You don't have to explain anything, what she said just now is true, unless you go down to the Yellow Spring, there is no way to see your son." ”

Lu Yuanqing was stunned at first, then his eyes widened, and he looked at Zhu Xiuhe angrily.

Things have come to this point, and there is no point in pretending anymore, Zhu Xiuhe sneered: "Your son was in a different place that day, it was you who saw his corpse being thrown out to feed the wolves, I only forged a blood letter to make you betray, but you are angry and resentful, and you want to deceive yourself!" ”

This sentence was like a hammer, and it shattered Lu Yuanqing in an instant.

He seemed to be dozens of years old in an instant, if it weren't for the acupoint being pointed, I am afraid that he would have to crawl over and bite Zhu Xiuhe to death.

Zhu Xiuhe knew that this person was completely ruined, she looked at the young man in black, and said sharply: "I don't know who you are, but my Green Wolf Gang will never give up, if you know each other......"

"That's a lot of nonsense."

The young man in black was too lazy to listen to her shouting, popped out a stone to seal the dumb hole, walked up to Lu Yuanqing with Zhu Xiuhe's almost murderous gaze, and said: "You have been on the border of Yanbei Pass for half your life, and you really can't recognize the authenticity of the defense map?" ”

Lu Yuanqing was indifferent, paralyzed on the ground as if he had no soul, others were still alive, but his heart was dead.

The young man in black sighed and said, "Although your son is dead, you still have a wife and daughter in your hometown, so you have to ......."

"It's gone."

The young man in black was stunned.

Lu Yuanqing raised his gray eyes and said angrily: "Husband Xu Guo, our father and son have not been back to their hometown for ten years, when did the wife fall ill, and when did the daughter be plundered and sold...... I didn't even know that by the time I got the letters, they were all gone, and only one son was left with me, but he was not angry, greedy for money, lustful, adulterous, and now dead. ”

The young man in black was silent for a while, then squatted down to look at him and said, "You know that he deserved his death, but you are a human father. ”

Lu Yuanqing closed his eyes, burst into tears, and only spoke after a while: "Since it fell into your hands, what are you going to do with us?" ”

"You are a traitor, she is a spy, she should be sent back to Yanbei Pass and punished by the army."

After a pause, the young man in black said again: "However, if you still remember that you are Jingren, I can do one thing for you." ”

Lu Yuanqing opened his eyes, looked at him stunned for a while, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "Take my head back, I will be alive and shameless to see my brothers again." ”

The young man in black stared at him fixedly and said, "Okay." ”

Standing up, his fingers on the hilt of the sword, a cold glow appeared.

Lu Yuanqing closed his eyes for the last time and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Hanshan, Zhaoyan."

As the words fell, the sword was unsheathed, and blood splattered on the rock wall, glowing red by the firelight, and slowly trickling down the cracks in the stone.