Ye Xiaoqi heard the sound and looked over, and when he saw that it was Chen Nian, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face, and he hurriedly rolled off the horse and ran towards her, "Chen Nian, I finally caught up with you, what about Mu Ye?" ”

Chen Nian squeezed his eyes at him, pointing behind his back.

Ye Xiaoqi turned around in surprise and saw that Mu Zhanyue was standing behind him silently for some time, only three or five feet away from him. Although Ye Xiaoqi was surprised in his heart, he didn't think much about it, he hurriedly turned around and respectfully saluted Mu Zhanyue, and said carefully: "Master Mu, the little one came to look for you and Chen Nian yesterday on the order of the big boss, and he didn't wait for you at the pass, he was busy looking back, and saw the horse in front, so he guessed that you might be going to go over the mountain by centipede ridge, so he chased after him again." ”

Mu Zhanyue's face was expressionless and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Chen Nian also jumped out from behind the rocks, circled around Ye Xiaoqi, looked him up and down, and said strangely: "Xiaoqi, why are you dressed like this?" This is the military uniform of the Jizhou Army, right? ”

"It was the big boss who asked me to dress up like this," Ye Xiaoqi replied to Chen Nian's words, took out a small bronze medal from his arms, and handed it to Mu Zhanyue with both hands, "Master Mu, this is the big boss who asked Xiao to transfer it to you, saying that he had some friendship with Yang Cheng, the guard general of Qingzhou, as long as he has this token, Yang Cheng will not embarrass Mu Ye." ”

Mu Zhanyue took it and glanced at it casually, and saw that Chen Nian next to him had been poking his head out and looking, so he threw the bronze medal to her again.

Chen Nian took the bronze medal and looked at it carefully, and saw that it was only an inch wide and two inches long, with the words "Protecting the Country and Protecting the People" engraved on one side, and "Zhang Shiqiang" engraved on the other side, and a string of numbers on "Qing 1749". Although the surface of the copper plate is still smooth, there is already patina between the handwriting, and it is thought that it has been some years.

"What is this?" Chen Nian asked Ye Xiaoqi.

Ye Xiaoqi scratched his head, "I don't know, it was the big boss who avoided people and told me to come out of the village overnight to find you." ”

Since it is given in this way, it must be something important, Chen Nian looked down at the bronze medal again, and Mu Zhanyue on the side suddenly said: "This is a military card, the identity of the soldier is marked in the army, and this piece is in the Qingzhou army." ”

Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Then who is this Zhang Shiqiang?" Is there such a character in the Qingzhou Army? How can he get out of the customs with this thing, he is older than Yang Chengguan? ”

Not to mention that Ye Xiaoqi couldn't answer this question, even Mu Zhanyue shook his head gently, "I don't know." ”

"Zhang Shiqiang, Qing 1749," Chen Nian muttered, and suddenly shouted: "Could it be some relative of the big boss, also surnamed Zhang, look at this thing for some years, it won't be some ancestors of the big boss." ”

Ye Xiaoqi was still thinking about the big boss Zhang Kuisu's explanation, and seeing that the two of them were only concerned about discussing the origin of the bronze medal, he didn't feel a little anxious, and hurriedly interrupted Chen Nian's words, and said to Mu Zhanyue: "The big boss also asked the little one to change this military uniform to Mu Ye, and the horse was also changed, please use this token to get out of the customs first, and I will accompany Chen Nian to find you later." ”

Mu Zhanyue was silent, but Chen Nian noticed something different, and asked Ye Xiaoqi: "Since you are holding the military card of the Qingzhou Army, why do you still wear the clothes of the Jizhou Army?" Isn't it about to be seen? ”

Ye Xiaoqi replied: "The big boss said that only by pretending to be a messenger from Jizhou, can he directly ask to see Yang Cheng." ”

Chen Nian thought that this was indeed the case, if it was a person from the Qingzhou Army, someone would definitely recognize the defenders of the pass, it was better to pretend to be a messenger in Jizhou, saying that Jizhou had an urgent letter to hand over to Yang Cheng, but it was even more difficult to make people suspicious.

In her heart, she went through the causes and consequences of this matter very quickly, and secretly said that although Xue Zhi died at the hands of his father-in-law, it was because of Zhang Kuisu's instructions, if it was really discussed, he was the "culprit". Moreover, Zhang Kuisu has always been a trustworthy person, and he should not use this to deliberately frame his father-in-law, let alone start from his own interests, and he doesn't want his father-in-law to be arrested.

And the checkpoint is the assassin who assassinated Xue Zhi, if the father-in-law can use this method to get out of the pass safely, then it is not difficult for Ye Xiaoqi and himself to get out of the pass, and the three of them will merge at the pass afterwards, this method is simpler than forcibly breaking through the pass or going over the mountain and detouring.

Chen Nian pondered for a moment and said, "Father-in-law, I think this method is feasible. ”

Mu Zhanyue obviously thought of this, and responded: "Okay." ”

Ye Xiaoqi hurriedly took off his military uniform when he heard this, before he set off, he considered that Mu Zhanyue's figure was taller than himself, so he deliberately wore a wide military uniform, and at this moment, he changed to Mu Zhanyue, but it was just the right size.

Mu Zhanyue tidied up his clothes and turned over on his horse, Ye Xiaoqi stepped forward and solemnly admonished: "The big boss instructed that when Mu Ye arrived at the pass, he directly said that Xue Shengying of Jizhou had a letter to Yang Cheng, and then gave him the token in front of Yang Cheng, so he asked him a word: You can still remember the friendship of the ancestors in the same army." ”

Mu Zhanyue nodded slowly, glanced at Chen Nian, and said, "You and Ye Xiaoqi are in front, I'll watch you get out of the customs first." ”

Chen Nian understood his intentions, and he didn't talk nonsense at the moment, but only said to Mu Zhanyue, "Take care of your father-in-law", and Ye Xiaoqi took the lead in rushing towards the Flying Dragon Pass. Passing through the place where the horse was tied before, there were already many Qingzhou soldiers around, where did the two of them dare to step forward, and hurriedly bypassed far away, who knew that they didn't go far ahead, and they were still stopped by the soldiers on patrol.

Ye Xiaoqi made a trembling and timid look, but he stopped in front of Chen Nian without a trace, nodded and said to the soldier who came to search his body: "Master Jun, Master Jun, the two of us are the people who live in this mountain, and now I want to go to the city to visit relatives, and ask a few military masters to raise their noble hands, raise their noble hands." ”

As he spoke, he took a small piece of broken silver out of his sleeve, quietly stuffed it into the man's hand, and begged in a low voice: "My sister in the back, because it is inconvenient to walk out, I wore the clothes of the villain, and I also asked the military master to make it convenient, don't scare her." ”

The soldier had just finished searching Ye Xiaoqi's body, and when he saw that he had no weapons, he first relieved most of his heart, and when he heard Ye Xiaoqi say this, he raised his eyes to look at Chen Nian behind him, and looked carefully, and sure enough, it was a young woman dressed as a man. He looked at Ye Xiaoqi, and then glanced at Chen Nian, who was bowing his head and shrinking, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, and asked Ye Xiaoqi with a smile: "Hey, boy, this won't be your little look, right?" What about kidnapping someone's daughter and eloping? ”

"Girl, what a villain's girl!" Ye Xiaoqi's face was embarrassed, and he said good things in his mouth.

The soldier walked back and whispered something to his companion, causing several people to laugh at the same time, but he didn't embarrass the two of them, and waved them over.