In the midst of the mountains and forests, the trees are lush with greenery, and the shade of the trees shades the sun.

Now, this time and space is in the middle of summer, and there is no feeling of heat in this forest, which shows that this is really a summer resort.

Outside the forest, Mu Bei arrived with the rest of the men and horses, and some horses could be heard chirping in the night.

Fang Cai, Su Meng's move really made the northern country lose its troops.

The soldiers brought out by Mu Bei from the northern country suffered more than half of the casualties under the rain of arrows, and now, he has only brought more than ten horsemen to the outside of the forest.

And, these more than ten riders, they are all the elites selected by Mu Bei, and their strength is very strong.

"General, there is a forest ahead, and our war horses can't walk through the forest, so it seems that we can only dismount and walk."

One of the guards said, pointing to the forest ahead.

This is the territory of the northern country, and Mubei naturally knows the forest in front of him and needs to walk.

The name of the forest, the Northern Plains Forest, is the most dangerous forest in the northern country.

The forest is full of ferocious beasts and poisonous gases that can kill you.

"Dismount! Into the forest! They shouldn't have gone far. ”

Mu Bei gave an order, and a group of twelve people entered the forest together.

At the same time, Xia Fan and his party, who were camped by the forest lake, were still roasting a fire by the lake, and the fire was mainly used to disperse the beasts in the forest.

Suddenly, Jian Chen heard the muffled sound of horses' hooves around him, so he said to Xia Fan and Su Meng: "It seems that Mu Bei is chasing after them again, but we should be a little ahead of them." ”

"Are you so sure?"

Su Meng asked curiously.

Jian Chen nodded slightly, and said: "Of course, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when I heard these horses, they were the war horses of the northern country, and I couldn't know more about them." ”

Xia Fan gave Jian Chen a thumbs up and said, "Brother Jian Chen, your hearing is really amazing. ”

He thought to himself, Jian Chen's hearing was indeed good, and he didn't feel the war horse, but he heard it first.

Jian Chen's hearing really made Xia Fan feel very admired.

"Judging by the sound of horses' hooves, they are still some time away from us, and we still have an hour to rest at most, and after an hour, we must leave, otherwise, we will be caught up by Mu Bei."

Jian Chen said, adding a little firewood to the fire.

The firelight shone on everyone's faces, and it was extraordinarily quiet.

"You guys sleep for a while, I'll keep watch."

Jian Chen said.

At the moment, he was completely sleepy.

Xia Fan slowly got up, patted Jian Chen's shoulder, and said, "I'm sorry for you." ”

After saying that, he found a small place to perch for a while.

Su Meng was the same, he got down from a branch on a tree, and lay down to sleep for a while.

At this moment, Jian Chen sat alone in front of the fire, time passed quickly for him, he came to the northern country to assassinate this time, the task was not completed, it was obvious that he would not leave so easily.

Then, while Xia Fan and Su Meng were resting, he ran into the forest in the direction of turning back.

The reason why Jian Chen did this, first of all, was to lure away Mu Bei, who was chasing him, and then, he planned to return to the northern city and wait for the opportunity to enter the palace again to assassinate.

As the first assassin of Lu State, and in addition, he accepted the mission of Lu State, if the assassination is unsuccessful this time, even if he is the first assassin of Lu State, after returning to Lu State, he will still face death.

In this way, there is no way out for him.

There is only one path in front of Jian Chen, and that is to return to the northern city and carry out his unfinished assassination mission.

Sunlight shines through the cracks in the woods.

Xia Fan slowly opened his eyes, and he glanced at the dry firewood that had burned out by the lake.

"Wake up."

He gently patted Su Meng's shoulder.

Su Meng opened his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Xia Fan pointed to the lake and said, "Jian Chen is gone, and besides, Mubei's people didn't chase after him, and there was no trace of a fight here." ”

Su Meng thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that Jian Chen has returned to the Northern Kingdom City again?" By the way, he also lured away the pursuers of Mu Bei and his party? ”

"The situation you are talking about is very likely."

Xia Fan sighed lightly, after all, he was also destined for Jian Chen, and he also taught him the true qi in his body without reservation.

Although his power in this time and space has not yet been complete, this true qi must be the power he needs.

"Now, what are you going to do?"

Su Meng asked.

Xia Fan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the northern country, otherwise, he may be in danger of his life alone." ”

Su Meng was a little reluctant, she said: "We still have to focus on finding strength now, otherwise the time is completely insufficient." ”

Xia Fan knew in his heart that time was pressing, but he always felt that the other power he was looking for was also related to this sword dust.

"I always feel that Jian Chen, the key person we came to this plane, just like the main quest when playing a game, only by completing the quest can you get the quest you want."

Although Xia Fan wasn't sure if his guess was correct, his sixth sense was telling him that Jian Chen was definitely an extremely crucial figure.

After listening to Xia Fan's words, Su Meng nodded and said, "I trust your intuition, perhaps, this sword dust is the key for us to clear this time and space." ”

With that, Xia Fan and Su Meng also turned around, intending to return to the northern kingdom together.

At the same time, outside the Northern City, less than ten miles away, Mu Bei led a team of cavalry and was walking on the way back to the Northern City.

And, in the center of the cavalry pair, there is a prisoner cart, which is made of iron, and there is a person imprisoned in it, and that person is the first swordsman of the Lu country, Jian Chen.

It turned out that after Jian Chen planned to return to Beiguo City last night, when he was about to leave the forest, he was ambushed by Mu Bei, and he was captured, and this time, his assassination mission was also doomed.

Mu Bei led the cavalry to the northern city.

After the gatekeepers called him, they hurriedly opened the gates.

"The lower officials bow to the general of Peking University!"

When the gates opened, the officials who guarded the city also greeted them.

Seeing this, Mu Bei smiled and said to the official guarding the city: "You're welcome, you can go and get busy." ”

The city guard was about to leave, but when he saw the prisoner cart in the team, he asked, "Mubei, what's in the prisoner cart?" ”

Mu Bei glanced at the sword dust in the prisoner car, and then said to the official guarding the city: "That is the first swordsman of the Lu country, Jian Chen. ”

"Congratulations to General Mubei, this is a great achievement!"

When the officials defending the city had finished speaking, they retreated.

Subsequently, Mu Bei led the knights and escorted Jian Chen into the Northern City, and the destination of their trip was the palace.

Jian Chen seemed to have learned his fate, and now, he could only see if he could find an opportunity to assassinate the emperor of the northern kingdom with his own life.

In the inner courtyard of the palace.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has brought back the assassins sent by Lu State."

Mu Bei knelt in front of the North King and said.

Seeing this, King North nodded with satisfaction and said, "General Mubei, his majesty has not diminished back then." ”

Immediately, he walked to the prisoner car and said to Jian Chen: "Back then, I had a relationship with your master, but now, I really can't bear to kill you, as long as you agree to be a spy in the north, I will release you back to the Lu country, what do you think?" ”

In the face of the invitation of the King of the North, Jian Chen's heart did not fluctuate at all, his master died in the hands of the King of the North, how could he help the abuse?

Immediately, a chill appeared in his eyes, looked at the king of the north, and said: "I can promise you, but I also have one condition, as long as you agree to my conditions, I will agree to go back to Lu to be a spy." ”

"Oh?" The king of the north was a little moved, and then asked, "What are the conditions, let's hear about it." ”

The corners of Jian Chen's mouth rose slightly, and he said with a smile: "As long as you die in front of me now, I promise you this condition without hesitation." ”

"Hahahaha."

When the King of the North heard this, he burst out laughing.

Mu Bei hurriedly walked to the prisoner car and punched Jian Chen's abdomen.

"Assassin of the Lu Kingdom, dare to talk to my Northern Emperor like this?"

Jian Chen only felt that the blood in his mouth was surging, and then he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Immediately, he said with a smile: "Beiguo is just a villain who takes advantage of people's danger. ”

After Mu Bei heard this, he was ready to give Jian Chen another punch.

But he was stopped by the king of the north.

"General Mubei, that's it, that's it, he's also a dying man, let's put him in the prison first, and at noon tomorrow, he will be taken to Qinglongmen to behead the public."

"Yes! Emperor! ”

Mu Bei bowed and said, and then said to the guards behind him: "Come on, press the sword dust into the heavenly prison, and behead it at noon tomorrow!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that those guards pushed Jian Chen's prisoner cart in the direction of the prison.

In the North King's Palace, there are many masters, especially the guards of this prison, each of whom has unique skills, and it is extremely difficult to rob the prison in the palace.

Jian Chen was escorted to the prison, and the guards retreated.

Then, a keeper of the heavenly prison came to the prison where Jian Chen was imprisoned with lunch.

"It's been a long time, the first swordsman in the Lu country, Jian Chen."

As he spoke, he placed the lunch box on the floor.

"It's you."

Jian Chen recognized at a glance that this person was the spy planted by Lu Guo in the northern country.

Immediately, the man gestured to him, suggesting that he should not speak.

Immediately after, he slowly approached in the direction of Jian Chen, and whispered in his ear: "The key is in the meal, I can only help you get here, and my identity cannot be exposed, otherwise King Lu's plan will fall short." ”。

Jian Chen only nodded slightly, he didn't say anything until the man left, he opened the lunch box on the ground, and found the key to unlock the handcuffs and leg irons from the meal.

At the same time, Xia Fan and Su Meng also returned to the northern city.