Shangzhou, known as Shangluo in ancient times, was named after the Shangshan Luoshui in the territory.

Legend has it that between Shangshan and Luoshui, there were once four sages living in seclusion, known as Shangshan Sihao.

Huangshi Gong, one of the Four Hao of Shangshan, took a young man as an apprentice, and a few years later this young man defected to Liu Bang and helped him win the Han Dynasty.

This young man is Zhang Liang, the founding hero of the Han Dynasty.

In addition to the beautiful landscape, Shangzhou is also the only way to go west to Chang'an.

Therefore, you will always see all kinds of people in the city, they may be officials who have entered Beijing to restore their lives, or businessmen who have traveled thousands of miles to take the exam, and they all have one destination - Chang'an, Gyeonggi.

Jiang Shenzhou led the horse and walked on the road, recalling what the master had said, and also remembering the master's order to rush to Chang'an.

It all stemmed from the presence of the wolf celestial phenomenon a few days ago.

Master said that although it is extremely dangerous to kill the wolf, there is still a glimmer of life, and the vitality is in Chang'an. So he had to rush to Chang'an immediately, and when he got there, someone would naturally pick him up, which was also what the master said.

If you want to go to Chang'an, you have to pass through Shangzhou, which is why Jiang Shenzhou appeared here.

He had led his horse into the gate.

As soon as you entered the city gates, the road became much wider and the number of people grew. Walking along the avenue, from time to time you will see people leading camels, each camel carrying a heavy large box, it is a caravan of Hu people from the Western Regions.

In the past, caravans would have traveled along the Silk Road to Chang'an. Now that the war between Datang and Xue Yantuo has resumed, they can only change to Shangzhou, although they will make a little detour, but they don't have to risk their lives.

In the endless crowd, Jiang Shenzhou saw a person. A middle-aged man on a horse happened to walk in front of him, tall and mighty in this life, looking like an ordinary person.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he tried to hide it, a few strands of dark red hair appeared under his head—the kind of red hair that only Persian Hu would have. This man is certainly not an ordinary person!

A smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Shenzhou's mouth, he knew this person.

In the blink of an eye, the man had stopped in front of a three-story inn that was open on the side of the main road, next to the city's only market. As soon as the man got off his horse, a man came out of the inn, who seemed to answer him.

Jiang Shenzhou stood quietly by the market and watched them walk into the inn.

Just as he was hesitating to follow, he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the market not far away. In the bazaar, a strong man is galloping past the stalls on a fast horse.

The man on the horse had a dark face, and Aomori's beard made him look fierce. He seemed to be in a hurry, waving his hand to drive away those in front of him, while frequently looking back.

Unfortunately, there are not only many people but also a lot of miscellaneous goods in the market, so it is not easy to hide even if you want to.

After a chaotic sound of ping-pong, there was a mess everywhere, the stalls along the street were overturned to the ground, the wine jar was smashed and cracked, and a few people couldn't dodge and were falling to the ground groaning in pain. And the horse has arrived in front of Jiang Shenzhou, and it looks like he is about to collide.

"If you don't want to die, stay away!" The strong man waved his hand and shouted.

Jiang Shenzhou didn't dodge, but he wasn't knocked down either.

After a loud bang, the strong man and his horse fell to the ground.

The rampaging horse crashed over the wooden fence of the market, and his whole body was stuck. The strong man also looked like he had fallen hard, not only did he have a few sharp wooden thorns hanging from his arms, but even his forehead was knocked out of a bloody hole that was deep enough to see the bones, and the blood had flowed into his eyes.

But he didn't care at all.

As soon as the brave man landed, he stood up. grabbed Jiang Shenzhou's collar and shouted angrily: "Boy! Are you looking for death! He seemed to think that Jiang Shenzhou had tripped over him.

Jiang Shenzhou smiled helplessly, he didn't hide because he didn't have to hide at all - there was a puddle on the ground, Jiang Shenzhou saw it, but the strong man didn't see it.

He neither hid, nor did he bother to explain why he didn't.

The strong man raised his fist angrily, intending to teach this young man a good lesson.

At this moment, a torrential sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the sound of hooves came from behind Jiang Shenzhou. As soon as he heard the voice, the strong man's face suddenly changed greatly, and he immediately let go of Jiang Shenzhou and retreated a few feet, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took out a short axe from behind him, looking like he was facing a great enemy.

As soon as the strong man took out his short axe, a cold light had already arrived in his face.

When there was a bang, the sound of gold and iron clashing sounded.

As soon as the cold light collided with the axe, it spun and bounced back. Seeing that he was about to hit Jiang Shenzhou, he was caught by a slender hand, and it turned out that Hanguang was a horizontal knife.

Jiang Shenzhou already had a long-haired girl in front of him.

Although the girl is dressed in hard scale armor, it is still difficult to hide her graceful figure. I saw that she was tall, with a slender waist, long inky hair tied up high, just revealing a snow-white slender neck, her nose was very straight, her eyelashes were very long, her eyebrows were like a crescent moon, and her eyes under her eyebrows were just like a stream of autumn water.

Jiang Shenzhou only saw her side, but she was undoubtedly very beautiful.

What happened to the vicious big man, the beautiful girl?

The girl didn't notice that Jiang Shenzhou was looking at her, and said loudly: "Qin Sheng, the captain of Tiance Mansion Yilu, was ordered by the imperial court to arrest Dong Lianshan, the leader of the bandits. Leave quickly. ”

It turned out that this girl's name was Qin Sheng, and she was sent by the imperial court, no wonder she would shoot at the strong man, because the strong man was Dong Lianshan, the leader of the bandits in the girl's mouth.

The people in the market were already hiding far away, but when they heard her say this, they were reluctant to leave because of their curiosity. Some even took a few steps forward, hoping to see better.

Dong Lianshan laughed loudly and said, "Hmph! Catch me, do you have what it takes? "He already has a fierce face, and with blood on his face, his smile looks even more hideous and terrifying.

Qin Sheng said coldly: "Why don't you try?" She stared at the strong man, and her beautiful eyes were full of pride.

As soon as the words fell, five more horsemen hurried over, looking at the clothes and decorations as if they were from the imperial court.

The first rider was a thin old man, who looked to be in his fifties, with a wrinkled face with deep sunken eyes. The old man was wearing a round-necked green robe, which was the costume of the eight-rank civil officials of the imperial court. The other four were dressed in ordinary leather armor and looked like ordinary soldiers.

As soon as he saw Qin Sheng, the old man shouted, "Miss, be careful!" There was no shortage of concern in the voice.

The strong man sneered, his eyes full of disdain: "It turns out that I also found a helper, no wonder I am so arrogant." ”

Qin Sheng frowned, and ordered the people behind him: "No one is allowed to interfere!" This is between me and him. Although the five people on the horse looked reluctant, they did not take another step.

Jiang Shenzhou couldn't help but shake his head, sighing in his heart: I can't see such an obvious agitation method, it's really stupid.

A smug look flashed on the strong man's face, and he said, "Okay, have backbone!" If you can overcome the axe in my hand, I, Dong Lianshan, will be at your disposal. ”

Qin Sheng said coldly: "You have too many words!" ”

Dong Lianshan stopped being verbose and rushed over with an axe.

"Danger, get out of here!" Qin Sheng hurriedly pushed Jiang Shenzhou away and greeted him.

In the blink of an eye, the two have already fought each other.

Jiang Shenzhou suddenly found that although the girl in front of him was a little stupid, her knife skills were very good, and every move and style was extraordinary.

The weapon she uses is a horizontal knife, which is different from ordinary scimitars, with a narrow blade and a thick back, and its sharp blade not only has a terrifying armor-piercing ability, but sometimes even weapons can be cut off.

And Dong Lianshan used a short axe, the axe was originally a tool for logging, clumsy and short, and it had no advantage at all compared with the sharp and narrow horizontal knife.

In fact, Qin Sheng waved the horizontal knife and pressed step by step, the wind was gusting everywhere, Dong Lianshan seemed to be powerless, and was forced to retreat.

It didn't take long for Dong Lianshan to retreat to the fence of the market, and it looked like the winner had been decided.

But Jiang Shenzhou couldn't help frowning, he had already seen that this was a trap.

Dong Lianshan deliberately showed weakness in order to lead Qin Sheng to the fence. The advantage of the horizontal knife is its length, but once it is embedded in the wood, it cannot be pulled out...... The consequences are unimaginable.

In the blink of an eye, Dong Lianshan's back was pressed against the fence, and Qin Sheng's knife also slashed down.

After all, she is still too young and too confident.

When the knife fell, Dong Lianshan, who originally looked clumsy and embarrassed, suddenly became much more vigorous, he quickly lowered his body, and rolled to the ground to avoid the attack.

And Qin Sheng's knife was just as Jiang Shenzhou expected, slashing at the wood behind him and sinking deeply. She hurriedly drew her knife, but she didn't notice that Dong Lianshan had secretly raised the axe.

"Beware !!" The thin old man exclaimed. It's a pity that he was too far away and shouted too late.

The axe had fallen, and the girl named Qin Sheng was about to be seriously injured.

But in the midst of the lightning, Dong Lianshan suddenly screamed and threw down the axe, he looked shocked and painful, his right hand seemed to have been hit hard, and he couldn't stop shaking. At the same time, Qin Sheng finally reacted and pulled out the short knife on his waist to restrain him.

"What the hell just happened?"

Dong Lianshan stared at the back of his reddened hand and pondered this question.

In fact, not only did he not understand, but even Qin Sheng was the same, but she had already seen that someone had saved her.

But who is it?

She suddenly found a chess piece lying on the ground, the chess piece was white, as beautiful as jade, and there was a hint of warmth to the touch. "Could it be ......" Qin Sheng seemed to think of something, and turned his head to look in the direction of Jiang Shenzhou.

All she saw was a crowd of onlookers and a tall archway. She didn't know that Jiang Shenzhou was hiding behind the archway at the moment.

After the archway, Jiang Shenzhou said to himself: "You save me once, I return you once, and we are even." He smiled and was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, he heard Qin Sheng's voice again.

"Now that the thief leader Dong Lianshan has been captured, we should go back to Chang'an immediately and leave now."

"Miss think twice! It will be late, and the Qinling mountain road is rugged and not suitable for night walking. And Dong Lianshan is the leader of the bandits, and there are many henchmen, if they set up an ambush on the road, I am afraid that a few of us will ......" It was a thin old man who spoke, and his concern was not unreasonable.

"So what do you think is going to happen next?" Qin Sheng's voice sounded a little reluctant.

"According to the old man's foolish opinion...... It's not as good as ......."

Jiang Shenzhou didn't hear what the old man said later, he had already led the horse out of the market.

As he walked, he began to talk to himself again: "I know what you want to say, but she has her mission, I have my mission, and we each have our own ways to go." ”

"But if I were her, I would be more careful, she looks stupid, she doesn't know how dangerous she is now."

"But...... That's her business, too, so why should I care. You say, don't you? ”

He seemed to be talking to someone, but strangely there was no one around him, could he be talking to his horse?

In the blink of an eye, the sky lost its color, and darkness had descended on the earth.

When darkness fell, Jiang Shenzhou had already left Shangzhou City.