One

Soon, Xu Luo's reinforcements were surrounded by Li Xiaoyi's 200,000 elite soldiers in the Gaoyou area, and they were now in a fierce melee. Such news soon spread throughout the country, and after Wang Naxiang, Yang Kun, Feng Gui, Fang Dongsheng and others, who were still stubbornly resisting in Luoyang City, learned the news, they automatically laid down their weapons and surrendered to Wu Sansi.

Although Luoyang City was taken back by Wu Sansi without much effort, the Empress Dowager Wu was not very happy, not only did she not reward her merits, but also recruited her nephew Wu Sansi into the palace and reprimanded her.

"Why did you send troops to capture Luoyang without my consent?" asked Empress Dowager Wu.

"Aunt forgiveness. Wu Sansi kowtowed again and said, "At that time, due to the urgency of the situation, my nephew had to make a decision immediately, so I didn't report to my aunt in time, and asked my aunt to weigh up." ”

"Forget it. Empress Dowager Wu sighed and asked, "How is Luoyang City doing now?"

"Back to my aunt's words, today's Luoyang has long become an empty city. Wu Sansi replied cautiously, "Actually, the people of Luoyang fled long before their nephew attacked the city and flocked to Chang'an. I am afraid that by now they have reached the bottom of the city. ”

"Then how did they escape from Luoyang?" asked Empress Dowager Wu naturally.

"This, too, is strange to say. Wu Sansi replied incredulously, "When my nephew led his troops to enter from the north gate of Luoyang, he didn't encounter any resistance. The reason for this is that the rebels defending the city seem to have been immobilized by some kind of immobilization technique, and they are all fixed there, unable to move. According to his nephew, there must have been a master of Xuanmen in this Luoyang City. ”

"It has to be them. Empress Dowager Wu nodded slightly, and asked knowingly, "I heard that Wang Naxiang, Feng Gui and others have already surrendered to you?"

"Yes, auntie. After Wu Sansi answered, he suddenly asked like a wisp of thin ice, "The four of them are now waiting outside the Anfu Gate, I wonder if my aunt can summon them?"

He knew that Empress Dowager Wu had already planted eyes and ears by his side, and he would have to be more cautious and careful in his every move, word and deed in the future.

"Forget it!" Empress Dowager Wu meditated for a moment and then said, "You bring them a message for me, just say that if you want to be in front of the king, you must first be happy! If you want to be rich and glorious, you must first make miraculous achievements!"

"Yes, auntie. The nephew knew what to do. Wu Sansi asked again, "Oh, I don't know, what should I do with those Luoyang homeless nephews?"

"Reassure the people and restore Luoyang to its former state as soon as possible. Empress Dowager Wu replied, "Remember, when the people return to the city, they must be escorted by a large army to protect them." ”

"Yes, auntie. After Wu Sansi withdrew from the main hall, he appointed others to arrange the affairs of the homeless, but he and Wang Naxiang, Yang Kun, Feng Gui and Fang Dongsheng and their group secretly discussed how to cooperate and make meritorious contributions in the private room of a restaurant.

As soon as they drank two glasses of wine, they started Xu Luo's favor, which made Yang Kun, who was already unwilling to cooperate with them, even more disgusted.

"Hmph! If you want to murder the governor, pass my level first. With that, Yang Kun raised two sledgehammers and made a posture of wanting to clean up the portal.

"Oh, Brother Yang, why are you losing your temper again. Wang Naxiang hypocritically dissuaded, "You must know that the 100,000 reinforcements of the current governor have been besieged by Li Xiaoyi in Gaoyou, and it must be more than lucky." Moreover, Changzhou and Xuzhou and other places have also been recovered by the imperial court, and now the defeat is decided, and you and I can do nothing. It's better to leave a way back for yourself, as the so-called good birds choose trees to perch!"

"Brother Wang is reasonable, and those who know the times are handsome!" Feng Gui also said co-authoring.

Then, that Fang Dongsheng and his subordinates took advantage of the situation to say some bad things to slander Yang Kun and Xu Dudu.

"Phew, I slaughtered you little people who forgot their righteousness. With that, Yang Kun waved the hammer in his hand, ready to clear the portal for Xu Dudu. Suddenly, a "bang!" shot rang out, and he collapsed in a pool of blood.

Two

At this time, Anne, who was injured, was washed out of Luoyang City, a relatively desolate mountain forest, and fainted, but fortunately she was rescued in time by an old hunter who went down the mountain to chop wood, otherwise it would be dangerous. This forest is a place frequented by wild beasts!

Orion carried the unconscious Anne to the straw bed, arranged the heating facilities, went into the inner room, took out some unprocessed herb stalks, walked to the wooden table, and carefully used a small rusty guillotine. It didn't take long for a simple wound ointment to be ready. He smeared the wound ointment on a few leaves soaked in the potion, and then took it to the brazier and roasted it, like a dog's skin plaster, and pasted it on the wound on Anne's left arm, stopping the outflow of blood.

Anne suddenly felt an unbearable sensation of swelling in her left arm. I saw that she frowned a little, and gradually woke up, but the old hunter did not notice, and still fiddled with the rusty little guillotine in front of the wooden table. She slowly opened her eyes, and made a cursory observation of the scene in front of her with the rest of her eyes, and also did not notice the old hunter.

Everything in front of you is so simple and dilapidated, like a cultural relic that has just been unearthed after hundreds of years buried in the ground, with an ancient atmosphere. Anne's gaze suddenly stopped on a rather worn bow and arrow, she stared at the curved bow that had gone through vicissitudes of life and was riddled with holes with strange eyes, and a terrible thought suddenly germinated in her heart, that is, did she bizarrely travel through time and space and come to another more ancient era?

Soon, a wrinkled, browning-eyed, red-nosed, bearded, black-faced, dressed in a fur robe, and with a sloppy head, came into Anne's eyes. Suddenly, an inexplicable sense of fear quickly grabbed her heart.

Suddenly, Anne rolled inward, got up and hid in the corner of the bed, and asked emotionally, "Where am I? Who are you? What do you want to do?

She looked very nervous, and she didn't know what era the bad old man in front of her was, so she kept feeling the pistol in her boot in her left hand, ready to defend her life and dignity.

When the old hunter saw that she was nervous, he smiled slightly and said, "This is my family, I am the hunter in this area, not a bad person." Just now, when I went down the mountain to chop wood, I found you fainting in the woods and injured again, so I took you back to my house, and that's it. Don't be afraid, child, I'm not a bad person, and I won't hurt you. ”

After hearing this, Anne calmed down a little. She believed that the Uncle Orion in front of her was a good person, not a primitive person as she imagined, and that he had not traveled through time and space. As soon as she thought of this, she faced the old Orion very politely, bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, uncle, thank you for saving my life." You're a good guy. ”

"All right, son, lie down quickly, and beware of the wound opening again. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Orion. Anne was just about to lie down when she suddenly sat up again and said excitedly, "No, I can't stay here, I have to go to the city to find out the news, Kang Tai may be in danger, I ------!

"Don't move, don't move, kid! Beware of the wound. ”

"No, uncle, you let me go to him!" Anne said with a worried expression, "I'm really worried that something will happen to him, I can't live without him, uncle, just let me go!"

The old hunter hurriedly pressed her body and persuaded her, "No, child, look at how you can walk on the mountain road when your body is so weak." Besides, there is chaos outside, and it is not safe for you to be alone as a weak woman! Besides, in this huge world, you want to find a big living person, how easy is it! No, you can't leave today, lie down, lie down!"

"I know you're for my own good, and I'm afraid I'll have an accident, but I'm even more afraid that something will happen to Kang Tai!" said Anne uncertainly, "I don't know why, I always have a very uneasy feeling, as if something is really going to happen to him." No, I have to go out and see how things are going to be reassured. ”

"No, boy, it's too dangerous outside, you can't go, lie down and recuperate. The old hunter pressed her down on the bed of grass and said, "I can see that he is very important to you." Otherwise, I'll go down the mountain and inquire for you! Lie here for now, and I'll have to wait until I get back." ”

Three

Before the sun had set, the simple and friendly old hunter left the hut with his hunting bow and arrows on his back and headed down the mountain. At this time, Anne was alone, sitting on the grass bed, and said to herself: "I really didn't expect that in such a chaotic period of cannibalism by one person, there would be such a simple and kind person, it's rare!"

When the old hunter was facing the sunset that was about to set, when he was walking through the forest, he suddenly found that on the forest path up the mountain, a large group of people and horses who had lost their armor appeared, and it seemed that they were preparing to cross this wild mountain forest and escape somewhere, it seemed that there was a fierce battle in Luoyang City just now. He always thought that the remnants of the fleeing soldiers were just a group of despised passers-by, and they would not do anything to the others on the mountain. Therefore, he did not think much about it and continued to walk down the mountain.

When the old hunter walked out of the desolate wild mountains and forests and came to the city of Luoyang, he found that the exiled people had also returned to the city one after another, and everything was going on in an orderly manner as usual, thinking: "This turmoil in Luoyang is finally over, presumably that Kang Gongzi is naturally safe and sound, this is really a great joy for everyone!" In a joyful jump, he turned around and walked back to the wild mountains and forests.

It seems that it is all on the right track, step by step, and will soon return to normal, but the nightmare does not end there, it is like a ghost everywhere, and after a little stagnation, it will continue to ravage their fragile minds even more frantically.

Seeing this, everyone must have guessed that the group of people who lost their armor just now are not just a group of fleeing remnants and down-and-out passers-by. That's right, this group of people is Wang Naxiang, Fang Dongsheng and Wu Sansi conspired to set a trap for Xu Luo and others who were in dire straits, the purpose was to take advantage of this extremely favorable opportunity to cooperate with the outside to wipe out Xu Luo and others, and use their heads as bargaining chips for promotion and wealth.

Wang Naxiang and Fang Dongsheng took the three thousand men and horses who had lost their armor and walked on the boulevard for a long time without encountering a place to stay, and it was not too early, if they could not find a place to stay, then they would have to spend the night in the wilderness.

"After walking for so long, I can't even see a ghost, what kind of ghost is this? Could it be that we have to take this path? Can't we take a different road?" Fang Dongsheng asked with a sad frown.

"Oh, Brother Fang, you just have to bear with it first!" Wang Naxiang said, "If you want people to be convinced, you and I rushed out of Luoyang City, you have to pretend to be real." When have you ever seen a person who fled in a hurry and would take the big road? Okay, I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf, let's go!"

"Hey, wait, don't go. ”

"Why, did you find a place to stay?"

"Almost. Fang Dongsheng stared at a bright light on the mountain beam on the left side and said, "You see there is a bright light on the mountain beam over there, there must be a few families living there, tonight we can be regarded as having a place to stay, there is no need to sleep in the wilderness." ”

"It's just wonderful. "Brothers, quicken your pace, and draw closer to the light on the mountain beam, where you will camp tonight, and keep up." ”

Soon they surrounded the small wooden houses that glowed from the mountain beams. Because there were so many of them, the place that was not very large was almost entirely full of people, and there was almost no room for movement.

"Fuck, I walked for a long time and found a house, and the house is still so dilapidated, it's fucking unlucky. Fang Dongsheng said angrily.

"Okay, Brother Fang, don't complain anymore. Wang Naxiang said, "It's already very good to have a place to settle down in this barren mountain and wilderness, you think this is Chang'an City!"

"Hey, I really want to think about the Qunfang Pavilion in Chang'an City!" Fang Dongsheng said with endless aftertaste, "Oh! The wine and food there are first-class, the service is also first-class, and even the young ladies are all plump and charming! It's really an endless aftertaste------ an endless aftertaste!"

"Okay, Brother Fang, don't reminisce, beware of holding back your illness. Wang said with a hippie smile, "When you and I are done, don't talk about those broken flowers and willows, even the budding young ladies are at your fingertips." Ha--- ha--- ha!"

"Brother Wang is right, ha--- haha--- ha!"

Four

Anne was sitting anxiously on the grass bed waiting for Uncle Orion's good news, but overheard a few crisp laughs coming from outside the door. How could anyone laugh in this barren mountain and wilderness? Could it be that she had met a bandit? As soon as she thought of this, her already unpeaceful heart hung even more. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to her boots again, but before she could even touch the edge of the pistol, she was stunned by the intrusion of Fang Dongsheng and Wang Naxiang. She couldn't come back to her senses for a moment, but she opened her eyes wide and looked directly at them.

After Fang Dongsheng took two steps forward, he saw Annie's face clearly, and suddenly said with a smile: "Oh! I didn't expect it------ I really didn't expect it! Little beauty, it's really a kind of fate for the two of us to meet here! Hey--- hey--- hey!"

At this time, Anne suddenly came back to her senses, stared at Fang Dongsheng fiercely, and did not say a word.

"Oh! I really didn't expect to see such a beautiful woman in this wilderness, it's really not easy!" Wang Naxiang said in amazement, "You and my brother are so beautiful tonight!"

"Yes, you and my brother are going to have a good time tonight, ha---haha---haha!" After the laughter, Fang Dongsheng and Wang Naxiang approached Anne side by side, and she was so frightened that she retreated back.

"What do you want to do ------, you ------ don't come------ don't come. Anne shouted as she flinched back.

Their lewdness really frightened Anne. Although she hid in the corner of the bed and kept shouting and scolding, it was still to no avail, and the two brutes still pressed forward towards the weak and helpless Anne. Even the soldiers around them couldn't stand this kind of scene, and they all stared at the two beasts with raised eyebrows, but they still dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, they could only watch the two beasts do evil, and they couldn't stop it.

Suddenly, that Fang Dongsheng rushed over like a beast, grabbed Anne's slender waist, pressed Anne down on the grass bed, and tore her dress. Frightened, she kept shouting loudly in her desperate resistance: "Ah! Help! Help, Ah! You are a dignified seven-foot man, how can you take advantage of people's danger! You ------! Don't, let me go, stinky rascal, ah! Help! Help, help, ------! You brute, brute, shameless, you are not a man, you are not as good as a pig and dog, let me go quickly." Ah------h

Fang Dongsheng was scolded by Annie in a hurry, and said angrily: "You fucking dare to scold Lao Tzu, it's really shameless." ”

After saying that, Fang Dongsheng viciously pulled out the war knife from his waist and put it on Anne's tender neck to threaten and intimidate. But Anne seemed very calm at this time, as if she didn't take the steel knife in his hand seriously at all. In an instant, her big watery eyes turned around a few times so naturally, and after calming down for a moment, she said, "Hmph! Why, people like you also have self-esteem and can get angry! Look back at your men, what they think of you, how can a man who only bullies women and the weak win hearts and minds. If you lose the hearts and minds of the people, you are the commander of the bare stalks, and I see who will be willing to work for you in the future. Hmph! A thief is a thief, and it is really easy to change his temperament. ”

It seems that if I don't give you a little color, you don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has. ”

Wang Naxiang saw that the atmosphere around him was not right, if it continued to develop like this, something big would definitely happen. He knew that these 3,000 soldiers had been forced to follow them, and that they had dissatisfaction in their hearts, and that once these emotions erupted because of this, the consequences would be unimaginable, so he had to be stopped.

"Okay, Brother Fang, don't lose a big deal because of a small thing!" Wang Naxiang pulled him aside and said in a low voice, "You don't look at the surrounding situation, you are standing on a volcanic crater that is about to erupt now, and there is a danger of being burned to ashes at any time!"

"You mean, they're going to rebel. ”

"Hmph, if you continue like Fang Cai, it will not be easy to say!" said Wang Naxiang, "you and I cannot find a momentary pleasure and delay a great event. Besides, as long as you and I achieve great things, what kind of woman do you want? Why lose great rivers and mountains for the sake of a mountain woman!"

"Hmph! She's not a mountain woman. ”

"Could it be that you have already known each other?" asked Wang Naxiang deliberately.

"It's just that we know each other, there is still a grudge between us. Fang Dongsheng said viciously, "Hmph! Even if Lao Tzu can't clean her up, he can't make her comfortable!"

"Hmph! I think so. So what are you going to do?"

Five

Fang Dongsheng stood in front of everyone with grinned teeth, and said with a smile: "Everyone is a dignified man, and they definitely need that kind of comfort." This beauty will be rewarded to you today, as long as you are all willing to follow us with all your hearts, there will be great good things like this in the future! Ha--- ha--- ha!"

"You------ you shameless, despicable, you're simply not human. Anne stared at the angry young men around her with panicked eyes and said, "You ------ don't listen to him, he wants to harm you, he wants you to be infamous as bullying men and women forever, you must not be deceived by him anymore, put down the murder weapon in your hands and go home, and reunite with your family! Go home! ------”

The sergeants were moved by Anne's words, and they all wiped their tears and said, "I want to go home, I want to be Cuihua, my father and my mother------ and so on." Suddenly, the army's heart was in chaos.

"Okay, that's enough, you don't mess with the army here. Count you fucking ruthless, you can do it, I'll take it. Fang Dongsheng shouted at Anne and then said, "Don't cry, everyone, look at your little luck." Brother Wang and I promised everyone that as long as this mission is completed, we will let everyone go back, and we will never break our promise. And Brother Wang and I are both court officials now, and we will never coax you all, don't worry. Alright, let's all go out camping!"

"Okay, Brother Fang can bend and stretch, and he is a piece of material for doing big things. After praising him a few words, the king commanded the soldiers, "Let everyone rest!

Soon after the sergeants left the wooden house, Fang Dongsheng called his thieves to the side, and after a whispered conversation, he walked into the inner room with Wang Naxiang to rest, leaving Anne there alone. In fact, the old hunter had already arrived at this time, but he saw a large group of heavily armed soldiers standing densely on the mountain beam, so he did not immediately approach the wooden house, and kept hiding in the woods, he was obviously waiting for the opportunity.

Anne sat alone on the grass bed, and the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, and she carefully recalled what had just happened, from Fang Dongsheng ordering the soldiers to go out, to talking secretly with his thieves, as if they were engaged in some kind of conspiracy, which always gave people a sense of unease. Suddenly, she gasped in horror, and said to herself: "Oh no, he must have discovered that this wooden house has an owner, and wants to use the trick of trying to capture my aunt and kill me and Uncle Orion." Uncle Orion, don't come!"

In the middle of the night, all the soldiers, except for those who stood guard at night, snored and fell asleep. The old hunter knew that his opportunity had come, and began to approach the cabin slowly, ready to stun the ignorant guards and go in to rescue Anne. But before he could make a move, he was preempted by several black shadows that suddenly appeared, each of them was agile, full of evil spirits, ruthless, and came and went without a trace. Soon, the soldiers who stood guard at night were all cut off by the black shadows, and they didn't even have a chance to scream, and the blood splashed out like a fountain in the cold moonlight, and he almost screamed out in fright.

The old hunter entered the hut with a look of fear on his face, and found that the oil lamp was still lit in the room, and Anne was still sitting on the grass bed, but the only difference was that she was bowing her head and weeping.

"What's wrong with you, kid?" asked the old Orion.

"Uncle. Anne suddenly looked up at him and said emotionally, "No------ no, uncle, get out of here, leave me alone, go, go!"

"No, kid, let's go. ”

"Ha--- ha--- ha! none of you can leave. Fang Dongsheng and Wang Naxiang walked out of the inner room with a swagger.

"There are assassins------ there are assassins, protect the two generals. One of Fang Dongsheng's thieves shouted loudly next to the headless corpse outside the house. Soon all the sleeping soldiers were awakened, and when they got up and saw that there were more than a dozen of their night watch brothers in the moonlight, and they were still dead, they rushed into the cabin without saying a word.

Six

Both sides were huddled in a narrow space, swords and guns facing each other, and tension filled the air. The thief who was shouting next to the headless corpse just now, after muttering a few words to each other with Fang Dongsheng, stood in the crowd and fanned the flames.

Fang Dongsheng stood aside and thought for a long time, how could he not imagine that who had this kind of ability, who could kill so many heavily armed soldiers in an instant, and still leave no traces? Unless that guy was not human. In fact, they had just discussed how to catch a big fish with a long line, and had swept away the old Orion and Anne, and had not arranged for the killing! But in any case, the death of these men was not a bad thing for him. Therefore, he put all the blame on Anne and the old hunter, so as to stir up trouble, and use the soldiers' swords to get rid of his enemies.

Clever readers may have already guessed who the real murderer is when they see this. Then everyone tacitly continued to look down.

In order to play this scene more perfectly and realistically, Fang Dongsheng even pointed at Anne and the old hunter with tears in his eyes and said: "You ------ you are so vicious! Even if you want to leave, you don't have to do such a poisonous hand! Won't it be over if you knock them out! These brothers of mine are really too miserable to die." Hey!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers were murderous towards Anne and the old Orion. I saw that the soldiers were all staring at the two of them angrily, and there was an urge to take their heads. Frightened, Anne hurriedly explained: "Don't listen to his words, we didn't kill anyone, we really didn't kill anyone! Uncle Orion and I, one is a woman who has no power to tie chickens, and the other is an old and frail old man, how can we kill them?"

"Don't listen to her sophistry, here they are the most suspected of murder, who else but them. Together, we avenge the death of our brethren. Fang Dongsheng ordered.

"Wait, we really didn't kill anyone, those people really didn't kill us! They were all killed by some black shadows that came and went without a trace, this is what I saw with my eyes, and there is no lie. ”

"Okay, that's enough. Fang Dongsheng said viciously, "You said that the dozen or so brothers were killed by the black shadow, this is simply ridiculous to the extreme, don't listen to him, brothers give me and chop this old thing." ”

Suddenly, Anne stood in front of the old Orion, and said with tears streaming down her face, "Stop, the person you are going to deal with is me, not him." As long as you are willing to let go of the uncle, I will go with you ------ me, and you will be punished whether you live or die. ”

"No, child, no," said the old hunter, pulling her behind him again, "Uncle must not let you fall into the mouth of the tiger and be bullied by this brute. I'll fight with them, ------."

Suddenly, as if he had met the wolves in a narrow way, the old hunter quickly picked up the sickle on the wooden bench and rushed from the house to the door. But because there were too many people on the other side, he never went out of the door.

"Get out of the way. Then the king commanded, "Prepare the archers." ”

"Don't ,------ uncle. Anne struggled and shouted in Fang Dongsheng's arms.

"Ha-----ha----ha! He's dead. Fang Dongsheng hugged her body tightly and said, "You're mine tonight, let your Kang Tai hell with you!"

"Don't, you let go of me, let go of me. Anne begged as she struggled, "I beg you not to release the arrows, don't, the man was not killed by the uncle." I beg you to let him go!"

"Ha--- ha--- ha! "Release the arrow!" Fang Dongsheng suddenly gave an order, and dozens of feather arrows shot out almost simultaneously, turning the old hunter's body into a hedgehog, and blood burst out in an instant. Immediately afterward, the wild laughter of the two of them seemed to be sucked away by some force, and only their rampant expressions could be seen, but no sound could be heard, and the old hunter fell in such a "silent" world.

"Uncle. With all her strength, Anne broke free from the restraints, rushed forward, grabbed the old hunter's corpse, and burst into tears. Her cry was desolate and sad, as if there was a force that could move people's hearts, and it grabbed the hearts of everyone present, including Fang Dongsheng and Wang Naxiang. Time also stood still, that painful moment.

Suddenly, taking advantage of their inattention, Anne used all her strength to pick up the corpse of the old hunter and rush out. Since it was dark outside, the road was unknown, and she accidentally stepped on the empty foot, and rolled down the hill with the corpse of the old hunter.

The terrible night was finally over, the morning light drove the darkness to the horizon, and a new day began. However, the situation has not changed much, and the smoke of gunfire is still full of war. ------

Soon, news came from Gaoyou that Xu Luo was defeated.