Chu Nian and his entourage did not stay in the Huaihua General's Mansion for a few days, and a messenger came from the court, saying that the Queen Mother had an order, asking Chu Nian and Liu Qiche to investigate the matter, and if the real culprit was not found, they would not be allowed to return to Beijing.

After receiving the news, Liu Qi was in an extremely heavy mood, but he disappeared Chu Nian on the second day, leaving only a note, on which was Chu Nian's handwriting: If you have something to leave temporarily, don't read it.

Liu Qi looked at the note in his hand with a complicated face, turned his eyes to look at the empty room around him, and sensitively smelled an inexplicable fragrance of lotus flowers in the room.

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In a bumpy carriage on the border of Ning'an, two men and a woman sat in it, the woman was slender, her face was a little tired, she gently leaned on the carriage window frame, seemed to be asleep, her eyes were tightly tightened, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slept extremely unsteadily.

A man beside her frowned, and in a blink of an eye, his gaze fell on the woman's face, and his gaze was so soft that only a piece of tenderness remained.

The man in white sitting opposite him saw the tenderness and sweetness between the two, and a pair of peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly.

At this stall, the carriage suddenly jolted, and there was a shouting and killing sound in front of it, as well as screams, and the originally sleeping person suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes were full of confusion.

Ming Xiu frowned: "You go to sleep first, it's okay, just go down and take a look alone." ”

Chu Nian shook his head and said, "That's it, I can't sleep now." ”

As soon as the words fell, she had already gotten up, opened the curtain with her bare eyes, and saw the coachman who was originally pulling the cart lying on the ground covered in blood, Mei Xiang and Zhu's mother were tied and pulled in the center of the crowd, and a group of people dressed as bandits were reaching out to take out the cloth pocket that Mei Xiang was carrying behind her.

Chu Nian opened his mouth just now, and saw that the dark three had landed, his eyes were slightly cold, and the hand of the bandit who was originally tied to Mei Xiang fell to the ground in an instant, and blood sprayed all over the ground.

Where has Mei Xiang ever seen such a scene? What's more, the blood sprayed on her side, and she screamed. At this moment, the bandit was already rolling on the ground in pain, Mei Xiang lost her restraint, and was about to fall to the ground as soon as her body was raised.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Mei Xiang's body trembled in her arms, and she held a sword in her right hand, seeing that the bandits were about to attack when they were provoked, she hurriedly protected Mei Xiang in her arms, and killed a bandit in three or two, but because she was holding Mei Xiang with the other hand, she had insufficient strength in her heart, and she couldn't help but hang colors on her body.

Seeing this, Chu Nian did not hesitate to get out of the car to help, but was stopped by Ming Xiu behind him, this stall, the dark three seemed to be slightly sensitive, and pushed the pale Mei Xiang into Chu Nian's arms without looking back.

"Lady, Mei Xiang will be handed over to you."

Chu Nian can use Mei Xiang, and Zhu's mother on the side has also escaped from the bandit group, carefully took Mei Xiang from Chu Nian's arms, and looked worriedly at the dark three who were fighting with dozens of bandits.

"Lady, will this child be fine?"

Chu Nian glanced sideways at Ming Xiu, who was still pulling him, opened his mouth, and saw Ming Xiu with a smile: "Let this kid come by himself, if he can't even protect his beloved woman, what's the use of him learning this martial arts?" ”

At this time, Mei Xiang had gradually regained her senses, but her face was still pale, and she watched the back of the dark three gradually be drowned by the figure of the bandit, and her face was flustered.

"Lady! Wife! This group of bandits is extremely brutal and numerous, how can the third brother be able to defeat them? ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian frowned, and turned his gaze to Ming Xiu: "Are you sure you want him to come by himself?" ”

Ming Xiu raised his eyebrows, glanced at Mei Xiang with a soothing look, and then reached out and gently brushed away Chu Nian's somewhat messy sideburns in the breeze, "Don't worry, Lone person, Lone naturally knows his strength." ”

As if to verify Ming Xiu's words, the dark three who had fallen into the disadvantage among the many bandits suddenly broke out, and every time the long sword was wielded, it would take the life of a bandit, compared to the appearance of hanging children on weekdays, the dark three who were fighting in the bandit pile at the moment seemed to have an inexplicable aura, so that those originally fearless bandits were also afraid at the moment, and they retreated one after another, avoiding the blood-stained long sword in the hands of the dark three.

Seeing that dozens of bandits were killed by the dark three and only five people remained, Chu Nian frowned and opened his mouth to stop: "Dark three, stay alive!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Dark San withdrew his long sword, and his figure flashed, and the remaining few bandits who were still breathing lost their strength and fell to the ground - there was only a small sword at their ankle, obviously picked on their hamstrings.

After doing such a cruel thing, Dark San's figure flashed, walked to Mei Xiang's side, and took Mei Xiang, who was still paralyzed, from Zhu's mother's arms, and her originally cold face gradually turned into worry.

"Mei Xiang, are you okay?"

Mei Xiang looked Dark San up and down with red eyes, and saw that there was a trace of blood stained on his waist, so she hurriedly cried: "You are injured!" ”

After clearing the enemy, Dark San seemed to have turned back into the stubborn young man he used to be, he saw the anxiety in Mei Xiang's eyes, and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm fine, it's not my blood, it's ......"

"Don't be so reckless next time!" After confirming that the blood on Dark San's body was indeed not Dark San's, Mei Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and said distressedly: "If you are so reckless next time, I will ...... I really don't want you anymore. ”

Seeing that what Mei Xiang said seemed to be true, the person who was still fighting bloodily just now suddenly panicked, "Mei Xiang, Mei Xiang!" I'm also in a hurry, don't be angry, okay? ”

Mei Xiang turned her head and secretly hid a tear from the corner of her eye, but she didn't pay attention to the anxious dark three, seeing this, the dark three had to ask for help from Chu Nian, who was watching the excitement: "Lady! Don't look at the excitement, help me persuade Mei Xiang, I was also in a hurry, seeing that the bandit touched Mei Xiang with his dirty hands, I just wanted to chop him! ”

I didn't think about it, I saw Dark San's emotional praying, but Chu Nian only felt funny, she turned her eyes and glanced at Ming Xiu meaningfully, then spread her hands and said: "You think about how to coax it, I can't help it, Mei Xiang's temper is very stubborn, and she may not listen to what I say." ”

After that, Chu Nian really didn't plan to care about Dark Three anymore, and turned his eyes to look at Ming Xiu: "Your Highness, do you still think it's right to let Dark Three take on the decision alone?" ”

Ming Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her with a light smile: "If Nian'er thinks that Lone's decision is wrong, then Lone's decision will naturally be wrong." ”

Seeing the person's meaningful smile, Chu Nian also felt that something was wrong, and before she could think deeply, Tao Jinyan's somewhat sour voice had already sounded: "Yo Yo Yo, what's the matter, the show of affection is endless?" ”

He got out of the carriage, looked at the corpses of the bandits in front of him, and frowned slightly: "It's better to deal with important matters at the moment, look at those bandits with broken tendons, but their hands are very tenacious." ”

Several people followed his gaze, and the few remaining bandits were secretly crawling into the bushes on the side with their arms, Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, stepped forward first, and threw back a bandit who was about to burrow into the bush.

Several bandits were so shocked by Chu Nian's resolute and resolute behavior that their bodies trembled, and they didn't dare to move anymore when they lay down in the bloodstains on the ground, and then they saw that the seemingly weak eyes of the head were glowing with a little cold light, "If you move again, I don't guarantee whether you are alive or dead." ”

The few bandits lying on the ground suddenly fell silent, and one of them boldly peeked at the slender figure standing quietly by the bushes, and his heart was slightly cold.

Didn't you say that there was only one rich and weak little lady in this carriage? Now in addition to this moving and slender appearance, where does this little lady look like those weak rich women?

When the "thin" lady's words fell, she saw a man in black next to the carriage walking forward slowly, with a pair of narrow eyes narrowing slightly: "If you want to live, tell the truth what you know." ”

The jungle is dense and even though it's winter, it's also sheltered by bustling shrubs, making it ideal for ambushes.

Although they had secretly come out of General Huaihua's mansion on this trip, they could not guarantee that the eyes that were staring at them in the dark had already discovered their whereabouts.

Several bandits looked at each other, and after a moment, one of them stubbornly said, "I...... We just received news that someone said that a lady from the Huaihua General's Mansion came out of Ning'an with gold and silver treasures, and we thought that the lady of the Huaihua General's Mansion must have brought a lot of valuable things with her......"

He cautiously glanced up at Chu Nian and whispered, "I didn't expect that General Huaihua himself didn't know martial arts, and his family's lady was so powerful." ”

Chu Nian frowned: "What do you mean by this, General Huaihua, how can you not be martial arts?" ”

The bandit painfully broke his immobile legs, trying to sit up, and saw that several people's eyes were glued to him, so he had to give up, obediently lying on the ground and continuing: "People outside say so, now our hamstrings have been broken by your people, even if my brothers survive today, there is no way to live, so I won't fight with you sloppily, if what I say makes you angry, you will kill if you want to." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows undeniably.

"General Huaihua has always been blind to the king's law, relying on his official position to oppress the people, there are a few unsuccessful soldiers under his command, this radius of a hundred miles has been harmed by him and his soldiers, Ning'an's county officials dare not care, the people are not happy, there are many bandits like us, I am afraid that we are not the only ones who hear the rumors."

"The people have long wanted to take revenge on that old dog, if you still want to continue to go out, lady, you'd better be careful, but it's useless to be careful!"

The bandit laughed, and although he was now crippled, he was relieved to say everything.

"If you want to blame it, blame your unsuccessful father, it's not good to be his general honestly, you have to oppress the people!"

Chu Nian and Ming Xiu glanced at each other, and they both saw a wave of annoyance in each other's eyes, so Wang Lu was so rampant? If he hadn't done something that was indignant to the people of God, how could the people hate him to such an extent?

But because of the relationship between the Wang family, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, this Ning'an has reached such a point, but there is no wind in the court!

After a while, Chu Nian sighed: "Where is your family?" ”

The bandits suddenly looked vigilant: "What are you going to do?" Abolish us, kill our brothers, and move our families? There are no doors! Our family has long been poisoned by Wang Lao Dog! Although I can't take revenge today......"

The annoyance in Chu Nian's eyes gradually disappeared, and he was only calm, "Wang Lu's family has been killed. ”

"You...... What did you say? ”

The bandits looked at Chu Nian in disbelief and said, "You lied to us, Wang Lu is dead, how can there be no news in the city at all?" ”

Message? What news can there be? Before Tao Jinyan made a move, Chu Niancai specially ordered Tao Jinyan not to leave a living mouth, and secretly infiltrated at night to destroy Wang Lu's family, and the palace was in the middle of the mountain, how could the people in the city know?

Chu Nian glanced sideways at Tao Jinyan, who had a leisurely face: "Last question, who revealed to you the news that the lady of the Wang family left the house?" ”