751 calls the shots
Xiao Tian suddenly remembered that he was blocked several times when he was in the capital, and at that time he suspected that someone was staring at him, at that time he thought it was because of a small injustice, and then after returning to Jinzhou, he had tried a few times and found that no one was staring at him, so he was relieved.
Now, as soon as he had an accident, Mu Yan found here, even one step faster than his subordinates and Jinjiazhai, and he came prepared, so that Xiao Tian had to suspect that someone had indeed followed him all the way from the capital to Jinzhou.
That means that Mu Yan must know his identity.
He is a bandit, Mu Yan is an official, and the official came to save the bandit, no matter how you think about it, it's unreasonable!
What the hell do these yamen people want to do!
Xiao Tian only felt that one head was two big.
Mu Yan looked at Xiao Tian's tangled appearance with a smile, patted his uninjured right shoulder, and said with a smile: "Xiaotian, we are so familiar with each other, don't be polite to me." I'm a good friend. ”
We really don't know each other at all! Xiao Tian was a little speechless about Mu Yan's familiarity, and the other party's "Xiaotian" made him goosebumps.
He really didn't think that Mu Yan was the kind of person who would dig out his heart and lungs for the sake of one-sided people, and he could only attribute the reason to Duanmu Fei for the time being.
Thinking about it, the pair of pear vortices on Xiao Tian's face deepened, and nodded with a smile and agreed: "Brother Yan, that's right, who are we with." I've had a friendship with that guy in your family who has beaten people in sacks! ”
Xiao Tian looked like a good brother, and thought: He should be right, remember that the little injustice seems to be called this person Ah Yan or something.
Set a sack and beat someone?! Mu Yan raised his eyebrows again, and a slight smile flashed in his phoenix eyes.
Seeing that Xiao Tian avoided answering his subordinates' questions, Mu Yan also stopped asking with interest. If Xiao Tian easily pours out his heart and lungs, it is unreasonable.
The most important thing now is Xiao Tian's injury, his injury not only needs to find a good doctor, but also needs to be taken care of, with his current blind appearance, this injury is afraid to leave hidden dangers...... He was only sixteen years old.
Mu Yan hooked his finger at Xiao Tian, and walked towards the back door that Xiao Tian came out of, "Follow me." ”
Mu Yan's posture is very casual, but his demeanor has always been hanging, but, for some reason, Xiao Tian has a feeling that this person is not as simple as he shows, he has worked tirelessly to run from the capital for such a trip, and it took a lot of effort to find himself, and he must not allow himself to refuse his "kindness".
Xiao Tian responded with a smile and followed, his eyes were observing the surroundings, and he was thinking about how to find a chance to run next.
After entering the back door, I saw that Luo Feng and more than a dozen men in light armor were already waiting there.
"Childe."
Everyone saluted Mu Yan in unison, their postures were uniform, and their voices were loud.
Xiao Tian quickly glanced at those people, and his heart was shocked. At a glance, he knew that these people had all had human blood on their hands, and looking at their straight waists and well-trained appearances, nine times out of ten they came down from the battlefield.
Mu Yan lightly ordered: "Collect the troops." ”
By this time, the sun had set in the west, and the sky was gradually darkening.
Mu Yan raised his eyes and glanced at the sky full of colorful clouds, and said, "Pass the order, and we will leave for the nearest town immediately...... Also, go to the abbot master for a suitable carriage. ”
Xiao Tian's injury is too serious, and now the weather is hot, and the injury can't be delayed, whether it is to go to the capital for medical treatment or to announce the imperial doctor, it takes time, or to find a suitable doctor who is good at trauma nearby.
Luo Feng and a square-faced young general were about to take the order, when suddenly another tall young general with long eyebrows trotted here.
"Childe, there's something different under the mountain!" The young general solemnly hugged his fists at Mu Yan and said, "It seems that a large group of people are coming here, and they should be coming to Jianning Temple." ”
Xiao Tian, who had always been smiling, had a slight glint in his eyes, his lips were pursed, and the baby's face suddenly became very serious, and he vaguely guessed who was coming.
Mu Yan hooked his lips and instructed the young general who came to summon him: "Xiao Pu, you take someone to find out who it is." ”
"Yes, Childe." The young general surnamed Pu immediately took the order and left, but in a blink of an eye, his expression became as sharp as an eagle.
Mu Yan instructed Luo Feng again: "You go and call the abbot to the Daxiong Treasure Hall." ”
Luofeng bowed down to receive the order, and followed closely.
Mu Yan turned his head to look at Xiao Tian with a complicated expression, and raised his sword eyebrows, "Can you still go?" ”
When Mu Yan looked at him, Xiao Tianxia smiled subconsciously and nodded, "Let's go." ”
At this time, Xiao Tian also knew the stakes and was neat.
The two of them immediately walked in the direction of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and more than a dozen other people followed behind the two.
The fifty elites brought by Mu Yan also gathered in the open space in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, forming a neat phalanx.
The sunset was lower, and a faint halo was gilded on the bodies of these people, and one by one they seemed to stand there with a spear, just standing so quietly, they released an indomitable momentum.
Xiao Tian narrowed his eyes, and a streamer of light flashed through his dark pupils.
These people are very different from the people of their Taichu village.
He could almost imagine that as long as Mu Yan gave an order, these people would not hesitate to throw their heads and spill their blood, and they would not hesitate to give their lives.
Xiao Tian lazily found a tree to lean on, and the wound coated with gold sore medicine had a cool feeling at this moment, and the pain that had tormented him for several days was also relieved a little.
Xiao Tian didn't know that his wounds were getting worse, he needed a doctor, he needed good medicine, and he just couldn't take care of it for a while.
At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps ahead, and the old abbot with a snow-white beard and a few monks came in a hurry, and the old abbot ran out of breath.
Mu Yan didn't care about the greetings, and said straight to the point: "Master Abbot, I bother you to arrange manpower to gather the monks in the temple and the pilgrims who stay in the temple. ”
The old abbot was stunned, he had already heard Luofeng say that there was a group of people and horses coming this way under the mountain.
"Mu Gongzi," the old abbot made a one-handed Buddhist ceremony, wanting to ask Mu Yan if the matter was so serious, "...... under the mountain"
Before he finished speaking, he went to check that the young general surnamed Pu had rushed back again, and just interrupted the old abbot's words:
"Childe, my subordinates have investigated, there are thousands of people on the other side, and they are almost at the foot of the mountain, and everyone is armed and holding torches."
"The subordinates also heard the order of the leader that they should slaughter all the people in this Jianning Temple, and not a single one will be left!"
The voice of the young general surnamed Pu was loud, and several people around him naturally heard it, including Xiao Tian and the old abbot.
"......" The old abbot's face changed drastically, and the color of blood faded.
Although Jinzhou has not been peaceful over the years, but because Jianning Temple is a place outside the square, and is located on the border of Jinzhou and Yuzhou, and hundreds of miles around this is the territory of Taichu Village, no one dares to do anything to them easily, the area around Jianning Temple has been very stable in the past two years, I didn't expect that there would be bandits who would suddenly target here.
Will this hundred-year-old temple be destroyed in his own hands, and the people of this temple......
The more the old abbot thought about it, the more flustered he became.
Mu Yan saw that the old abbot's face was wrong, and reminded again: "Master, please gather everyone in the Daxiong Treasure Hall as soon as possible." ”
Only then did the old abbot come back to his senses and hurriedly said, "The poor monk will let people do it." ”
The old abbot immediately ordered the two monks he had brought with him to do so as soon as possible.
Compared with the old abbot's panic, Mu Yan was much calmer, and casually instructed the young general surnamed Pu: "Send someone to explore the mountain again." Also, let the people stationed in the town be transferred as soon as possible. ”
The young general surnamed Pu hurriedly went out of the temple and went down the mountain with a few people, the sun set lower in the west, and the mountains and forests outside also seemed dark, and the evening breeze at dusk was blowing, and the branches of the trees were swaying, as if there were some demons and monsters lurking in the shadows.
Gradually, the atmosphere solidified.
Xiao Tian looked at the outside of the temple in a daze, and his eyes flickered brightly and secretly.
"Xiaotian, these people under the mountain are here for you, right?" Mu Yan asked straightforwardly.
At this time, Xiao Tian naturally knew that honesty could work together to the outside world, so he simply nodded and said, "It should be." ”
At this time, Luofeng had already asked people to move two chairs over and serve tea again.
Mu Yan lazily leaned into the chair, Xiao Tian was not polite, and sat down, after all, he was a poor injury.
While sitting down, Xiao Tian asked Luofeng heartlessly: "Do you have anything to eat?" "The emperor is big at dinner, God knows that he hid for a few days and didn't have a good meal.
The corners of Luofeng's eyes twitched, and he felt that this Xiao Gongzi was really good at climbing up the pole, but thinking that the other party was injured, he asked the monk to go to Xiao Tian to get some food.
Xiao Tian drank two sips of hot tea, felt his body become warm as the hot tea entered his abdomen, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Although the enemy at the foot of the mountain was about to arrive, he was not in a hurry, and felt that he was alive again.
Xiao Tian drank the tea slowly, and the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the tea soup were reflected in his dark pupils.
The news that he was in Jianning Temple at the moment was actually only revealed to a few trustworthy people, but now the news has actually leaked out, that is to say, there are traitors among the few people he trusts.
Xiao Tian lowered his eyes, stared at the turquoise and clear tea soup in the cup, took another sip of tea, and swallowed a silent sigh while swallowing the tea.
Taichu Village has gradually expanded in the past two years, but there will always be some key news leaked out recently, so Xiao Tian suspected that there was an inner ghost in the village very early, and this inner ghost had a high status in the village, so he would know those confidential information.
He's been checking this ghost for a long time.
The stakes were high, and he investigated carefully, and the other party was cautious, and he could not catch clear evidence until he was ambushed this time......
He's almost locked up a few people, and that inner ghost must be among these four people!
Under Xiao Tian's half-drooping eyelids, his gaze was as cold as water, and the corners of his lips pursed a resolute arc.
If you make it back alive this time, it's time to clear the portal!
The premise is that he has to go back alive!!
Xiao Tian turned his head to look at Mu Yan and sighed, "Brother Yan, my popularity doesn't seem to be very good. ”
The sky darkened very quickly, and the people around them lit torches one after another, and the lush branches and leaves above cast shadows on the two of them, and the light of the torches illuminated Xiao Tian's face half-brightly and half-darkly, and his dark eyes were particularly bright by the firelight.
"The news that I'm hiding here is what I managed to get out two days ago." Xiao Tian touched his chin and said calmly, "I left a special pollen on a pilgrim who came to the temple to offer incense, and we have a kind of incense-seeking bee in our village, which can find people by following the fragrance. ”
Originally, the way he delivered the news was related to the secrecy of the village, but now the situation is critical, and it can only be said.
Obviously, the people who can find this place should have found out that the pilgrim had recently come to Jianning Temple, so they locked this place. And Xiao Tian also relied on this extremely rare incense bee to reduce a few more objects of suspicion.
"The person who can find this place must be my traitor there." Xiao Tian said affirmatively, the corner of his eye slanted at Mu Yan again, and he didn't know how this benevolent brother found him.
It stands to reason that even if the imperial court sent someone to follow him to Jinju, this time he was ambushed and fell into the river, so he should have "dumped" the person, right?
At this time, the monk who had just gone to fetch food came back and brought a plate of hot white steamed buns, which were still bubbling with a trace of white steam.
Xiao Tian was not picky at all, and took a bite of the soft white steamed bun, and sighed with satisfaction in his mouth.
He has to hide these days to recuperate, and he is afraid of alarming the monks in the temple, even if he eats secretly, he doesn't dare to be too public, for fear of being noticed and making a disturbance.
Well, it's good to be alive, of course he wants to go back alive! Xiao Tiansan finished eating a steamed bun in two bites.
Mu Yan looked at Xiao Tian in a daze, and accidentally overlapped him with Ah Ci.
If this child is really Ah Ci's younger brother, he must have suffered a lot over the years.
Xiao Tian reached out to grab the second steamed bun, and when the corner of his eye swept over Mu Yan, he found an inexplicable love in the other party's demeanor, which made him goosebumps again.
Xiao Tian asked casually, "Brother Yan, how many people did you bring?" "Seeing that Mu Yan is so calm, he should have brought a lot of people, right?
Xiao Tian asked, and Mu Yan replied: "There are fifty people here, and there are more than two hundred people in Daning County." ”
"......" Xiao Tian was dumbfounded, the steamed bun in his hand almost didn't slip, but fortunately he reacted quickly and pinched it firmly.
Xiao Tian took another bite of the warm white steamed bun.
There are only fifty people, and there are too few people! There are 1,000 people from Jinjiazhai, even if the remaining 200 reinforcements from Mu Yan's side arrive, the number is still too small......
Xiao Tian's mouth didn't stop, biting the steamed buns one bite after another. Even if you want to die, you can't be a starving ghost, can you?
"Why don't you run first?" He said vaguely.
He was seriously injured, he was a little reluctant to walk, and it was even more difficult to run, Mu Yan was strong and strong, and he could still run, and he seemed to have come to save himself on purpose, so he couldn't let him die here in vain.
The corners of Mu Yan's lips hooked, still looking leisurely and leisurely, and said jokingly: "You and the one in my family who has a set of sacks and have fought people, you and I might as well have a friendship that has fought together!" ”
"......" Xiao Tian felt more and more unable to see through this benevolent brother, and wondered if the other party had a broken brain.
Xiao Tian didn't persuade Mu Yan, and glanced at the people brought by Mu Yan. Even if Mu Yan is willful, the people under him should know the severity, and they should persuade him a few words, right?
However, he waited for silence.
There was no sound except for the sound of flames burning on torches and the wind blowing leaves.
The people of the court are really eccentric. Xiao Tian thought a little out of the blue.
There was no need for Mu Yan to order, the elite of the fire team under him had already taken action, some strengthened the temple gate, some defended the wall, and some were sent to the back temple and other temple gates......
Xiao Tian was absent-minded, Mu Yanyun was light and light, only the abbot master was frightened, the Buddha beads in his hand quickly rotated in his hand, and his mouth moved, as if he was chanting Buddha.
Luo Feng felt that the abbot master was still frightened by this kind of fright at his age, and he was really pitiful, so he ordered someone to bring him a chair as well.
At the same time, the pilgrims and monks came here one after another, men, women and children, either richly dressed or plainly dressed, who should have had nothing to do with each other in their lives, but now they were in the same situation, and they all looked panicked.
As we all know, there are many mountain bandits in Jinju, but this area has always been quite peaceful, and the mountain bandits are just a story in their minds, and they didn't expect that one day they would encounter it.
The light of torches cast an eerie glow on the faces of these people, and an unsettling atmosphere filled the air.
"Please come with us to the Guanyin Hall behind the Daxiong Treasure Hall to stay. Then, no matter what happens, you must not trade. ”
A square-faced young general and a few monks were responsible for settling these people.
The monks in the temple are okay, all of them listen to the abbot master, but those pilgrims are not so obedient, although most of them are a little afraid of the people brought by Mu Yan, but some people still have the courage to question: "Since there are mountain bandits coming, why don't we flee quickly?" ”
The first person opened his mouth, and several others couldn't help but echo:
"yes, yes."
"Those mountain bandits are all murderous without blinking, how can we be their opponents!"
"Stay here, don't you sit still?"
“……”
Anxiety and doubts seemed to be contagious, and some pilgrims who were originally silent also became agitated, all of them were terrified, wishing that they had wings and flew away quickly.
Of course, these little things don't need Mu Yan to come out, and the square-faced young general said "very politely": "Whoever wants to go, just go!" Walk from the front door, the back door, the side door, you can do it! Everyone, please feel free to do so! ”
As soon as these words were released, the surroundings fell into a dead silence for a moment, and the people who had been making a lot of noise seemed to become mute one by one.
I heard that the mountain bandits have arrived at the foot of the mountain, and if they go down at this time, if they bump into the mountain bandits, they will definitely die, let alone the fate of the woman......
The square-faced young general didn't have time to deal with these people, and said: "Whoever wants to leave, you can stand up, and I can arrange someone to open the door for you." "If others want to die, of course they won't stop them.
He was met with silence.
After all, these pilgrims had a glimmer of hope that these people would escort them away and let them escape on their own, but they didn't have the guts.
The surroundings were quieter, and everyone held their breath and went to the direction of the Guanyin Hall under the guidance of the monks.
After a while, Princess Jane, Wuyang and Jun Lingxi were also escorted down by the guards of King Jian's Mansion.
Wuyang settled down Princess Jian first, then took Jun Lingxi to Mu Yan's side, and asked directly, "What's wrong?" ”
Mu Yan told him about the 1,000 mountain bandits coming down from Jinjiazhai, and then asked, "Wuyang, how many guards did King Jian's Mansion bring?" ”
King Jane's Mansion?! Xiao Tian, who was eating steamed buns, gave an extra look to Wuyang and Jun Lingxi.
Jian Wangfu has been a military general for generations, defending the border against the enemy for Dasheng, and he has been on the battlefield in blood, and I don't know how many Jun family members died young. Like the people in their village, who have never scolded the dog emperor and the dog official or anything, they all have a lot of respect for the people in King Jian's mansion.
Wuyang smiled helplessly and replied succinctly: "Fifteen people." ”
King Jian's Mansion brought hundreds of guards to Jianning Temple, but in order not to disturb the purity of the temple, most of the guards stayed in the nearby Daning County, and the guards took turns on duty, and there were only fifteen people who stayed in the temple.
Mu Yan also guessed it, and was not surprised, and said, "Call everyone." ”
"Okay." Wuyang is in charge.
Xiao Tian asked people to add tea to him, and silently calculated in his heart, from fifty to sixty-five people, the number of people has increased by thirty percent, which is good.
Of course, Jun Lingxi saw Xiao Tian, after all, he was the one sitting next to Mu Yan.
Jun Lingxi looked at Xiao Tian curiously, and suddenly asked, "Ah Yan, is this kid?" ”
Among so many people, Xiao Tian is the most embarrassed, which is very in line with Mu Yan's description of "being ambushed and injured".