The cold wind blows through the maple forest, and the moon is the time to kill.

On the narrow mountain road on the edge of the cliff, a poor old man with wide eyes and a frightened face lying quietly at this time, with the five fingers of his hands bent like the claws of an eagle, rested on either side of his body.

After killing this old man from the Immortal Crane Sect with all his might, Gu Xuan didn't stop long, and didn't even choose to waste time searching the other party's body, but chose to turn around and leave directly.

I don't know if he is really talented and intelligent in martial arts, or that the holy medicine of the shark clan has been perfectly exerted in his body, in short, since he awakened his mind, he has the ability to never forget, and even the practice of martial arts, the entry is also a thousand miles a day, the third prince Gu Li, has always been rumored to be a martial arts wizard in the court, but in the eyes of some masters of the rivers and lakes who really know the inside story, this five princes who are not visible and do not show water are the real geniuses.

In the past ten years, he has relied on his status as a prince, and there are at least dozens of high-quality classics that he has learned from masters everywhere, and the Xianhemen's is just a medium rank among them, that is, Jinglong, the guard with a sword in front of the emperor, and the master of the Xiao cavalry guard, in fact, I don't know how powerful this little prince is.

While walking on this narrow mountain road, Gu Xuan thought carefully, it must not be a coincidence that this old man appeared here in the middle of the night, especially the sentence before he died, 'Do you think you can escape tonight', which made Gu Xuan linger all the time.

He was already completely sure that his previous premonition was correct, that there was indeed an enemy whose identity he did not know, who had been hiding in the shadows, silently watching his whereabouts with his eyes open, and racking his brains to kill him.

Could it be the brothers in the capital?

Gu Xuan shook his head, it shouldn't be, with the kind of eyes of the third and fourth children, after he was almost humiliated and was named the king of the county, and stayed away from the capital, he should not be too lazy to care about him anymore, they have never regarded themselves as opponents, although they are both princes, but in their eyes, they are ants that can be easily crushed to death, there is no need to bother more, and there is no need to waste manpower, arrange a killer to stop him here, after all, once the incident happens, the gains outweigh the losses.

Unlike Gu Cang, he and the third and fourth children just don't like each other, and they don't have such a direct conflict of interests as taking the heir.

After thinking about it, the only thing left is the enemies that have been formed during this period of time in Huangsha County.

It should be said that in fact, it was the horse bandits, or the person hiding behind the horse bandits, who couldn't help but make a move.

Although I don't know why, just like what he said to Gu Cang when he left the capital, he also said to himself, the so-called hardship and danger are just soldiers coming to block, water to cover the earth, opening mountains when encountering mountains, seeing water to build bridges, no matter what danger there is on the road ahead, he Gu Xuan will follow it together.

As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly felt that his choice just now was very wise, fortunately he didn't abandon his horse and flee directly without being in a hurry just now, otherwise he would definitely not be able to go back this time.

At the moment, his feet moved slightly, and the whole person sprinted with all his strength on the mountain road, a few feet in one step, and soon chased after him.

Jinglong alone wants to drive two horses, and on this kind of narrow mountain road that is not easy to recover, he can't go fast at all, and he hasn't even reached the top of the mountain for a while.

Gu Xuan turned over with a beautiful harrier, landed in front of him, and said: "I don't know what ambush is waiting for, I'll explore the way first, you hurry up and go up the mountain, we will meet on the top of the mountain, as soon as there is a situation, I will notify you with a whistle!"

When Jinglong heard this, he just wanted to open his mouth to let himself do the dangerous work of exploring the way, but seeing that Gu Xuan in front of him had already run away quickly, he could only sigh helplessly at the moment, and began to speed up the horse to drive up the mountain after listening to the order.

It's definitely too late to go down the mountain now, and there is no way to turn around on this narrow mountain road, so he can only rush forward in one go, although he hasn't figured out where this inexplicable attack came from until now, but seeing that his prince is calm and calm, he naturally relaxed his heart and followed silently.

I never thought that the little kid who had been following his ass back then, shouting to learn martial arts, has now grown into the backbone of a group of people, that is, himself, and he is willing to obey his orders, which is a good thing, he has nothing to be willing or unwilling to, and it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders.

The two of them went all the way up to the top of the mountain without danger, and if they chose to go forward and descend the mountain from another direction, they would take the main road, and they would no longer have to worry about the sheep intestine path as before.

Jinglong took advantage of the moonlight to check the situation nearby, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Lord Wang, I haven't seen anyone else along the way, that old man may not be born as a thief, and he saw someone passing by at night, and he was interested in seeing wealth, so he didn't need to be so nervous anymore, although the road was wide, but after all, it was still a downhill road, and it was not easy to walk at night." ”

But he didn't want Gu Xuan, who was standing next to him, with a sad face, and the two sword eyebrows were tightly twisted together.

"No, it's impossible to be the only one, even if he casts a wide net because he doesn't know the path we go back, it's impossible to plant only one person in a place, they know my strength, this old man will definitely not be able to stop us, could it be that his previous words were just to disturb my mind, and then take the opportunity to escape?" Gu Xuan muttered to himself with a heavy face, "What is wrong?"

He closed his eyes and relived all the pictures from the time he saw the old man to the present, and finally understood what was wrong, and his face immediately changed greatly.

"Let's go!"

After speaking, he turned over and got on the horse directly, ignoring the danger of going down the mountain road at night, and quickly whipped and kept accelerating.

Although Jinglong followed, his face was still full of puzzlement, and he was about to ask, when a little fire suddenly lit up in the distance.

The sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the night, and the whole forest shook with it.

Countless awakened birds soared into the sky, obscuring the night sky even darker.

Seeing this, Gu Xuan was horrified.

Although he grew up in the palace since he was a child and has not experienced large-scale wars, at least he still has hearing, so dense, and the sound of horses' hooves shaking the entire woods must be at least hundreds, or even more than a thousand people, this place is the border between the countries, there are two places on the left and right, one is Huangsha County, the other is Hulan County in Yanzhou, it is impossible for such a thousand cavalry to suddenly appear here.

The identity of the person who came was about to come out, if it wasn't a horse bandit, it must be the regular army of the country on the other side.

It should be unlikely that the regular army of the Patriotic State will appear in this middle ground on a large scale, unless they have the courage to fight the Liang Kingdom head-on, otherwise no one dares to take this responsibility, is it the horse bandits in the sand sea?

This is exactly the reason why Gu Xuan was surprised, if it was a horse bandit, how could he arrange a team of hundreds of people to set up an ambush here without returning the same way, either they arranged a large group of men and horses to ambush on every path he went back, or his entire whereabouts were completely controlled by the other party.

Who the hell leaked the news here?

This is a completely impossible thing to exist, he arrived on the main road, only to temporarily change his hexagram to take this mountain road, even if there is an eyeliner set by the other party in advance on the Kanmeng'an side, it is impossible for anyone to know the specific route of his return, unless that person is hiding in his own mind, no matter what he thinks, he is clearly known by the other party, this can set up an ambush here, as for the possibility of betraying him next to him, he didn't think about it at all, the battalion commander of the Jingcheng Xiao Cavalry Guard, the future is great, how can he collude with the horse bandits at the border pass, and murder him together A powerless and powerless down-and-out county king。

Could it be that the other party has arranged such a large cavalry team on these roads?

That's even more impossible, even if there are so many horse bandits, it is impossible for them to have such courage to act on a large scale under the noses of the border armies of Youyou and Yan Prefectures, unless they are crazy and looking for death, it is absolutely impossible, and Gu Xuan does not feel that the life of a mere Hedong county king can be more important than the lives of thousands of cavalrymen.

But he really racked his brains and couldn't think of how he could suddenly encounter a cavalry team of thousands of people at such a time and in such a place.

Who has the ability to not only understand all the thoughts in his heart, but also mobilize such a large cavalry team to surround him?

How much hatred does this have to be, and what kind of sacredness have you offended?

"Over there!"

Suddenly, a loud shout from a distance woke him up, and the person who rushed over with a torch on the opposite side didn't seem to care that he had been found, shouted loudly, and began to report the location of Gu Xuan and the others to his companions.

Jinglong also recovered from the shock just now at this time, although he still didn't understand what was going on, but he encountered a cavalry team in the middle of the night, so could it still be good?

As soon as he clamped the horse's belly, he hurriedly followed Gu Xuan straight to the west and quickly broke through.