The one who spoke was a guerrilla general in the Maozhou army, named Shi Lei, who is said to be the illegitimate son of Shi Gancheng, the Taishou of Maozhou, of course, no one knows whether these secrets are true or false, but it also makes Lin Darttou a little more jealous of Shi Lei.

This trip was entrusted by Maozhou Taishou Shi Gancheng, by hundreds of military health and Changxing Dart Bureau forty or fifty dart players to transport the dart, from Maozhou all the way to Bianjing City, sent to the Imperial City Division for acceptance.

Lin Dart, whose real name is Lin Xiaohu, didn't know what kind of valuable goods were being escorted on this trip, and later heard Shi Lei reveal that these boxes were all packed with priceless jewelry, which were transported to the capital to give the birthday of the Queen of Heaven to celebrate her birthday, worth 100,000 taels of silver!

Lin Dart's hands and feet trembled when he heard this, 100,000 taels of silver, obediently, can buy a hundred Changxing Dart Bureau, no wonder Shi Taishou sent so many brave and good veterans to escort him.

He knew that he couldn't be careless in this dart, so he simply didn't even bring a wine jug, and was always cautious along the way, for fear that something would go wrong.

At that time, the damage to the reputation of the Changxing Dart Bureau will be small, and the disaster will be big.

On the carriage with the dart team, the curtains were heavy, and even General Shi did not know their details, only that they were distinguished guests when they entered Beijing in the future, and they would personally meet the queen of heaven and present the birthday outline.

One can imagine how noble the people in the carriage were.

Lin Darthead peeked at the carriage a few times, although the people inside were wearing heavy hats that covered their faces, but the old dart head who walked the dart all the year round had a vicious eye, and he recognized this person as a woman disguised as a man at a glance, and at a glance, he knew that it was a beautiful woman with excellent appearance.

Since Shi Lei, who is the deputy of this dart, has spoken, if it is in the past, Lin Xiaohu will inevitably scold, now that the dart is valuable, it is naturally important to hurry, and it is better to rush to the next market town or city before dark.

If you can't stand this bit of flesh and skin, and steal half a day of leisure, maybe you will be wrapped in dumplings by the thieves who came to hear the wind, and then they will all stare dryly.

But Shi Lei is a general with more than 100 military health, and his Changxing Dart Bureau is just a leader who leads the way, relying on perennial darts to accumulate some contacts and friendships, which can ensure the peace of the road, in fact, it is not a fart in the eyes of the government.

A team of people rested in place, a famous old man took a few porters to the back carriage to carry the wine barrel out, and distributed it to more than 100 military soldiers, the dart players of the Changxing Dart Bureau looked greedy, but they did not dare to act rashly, without Lin Xiaohu's words, no one was allowed to drink alcohol on this trip.

Lin Dart head with a big bow with a big bow and a broadsword along the four turns, the official road here is open, there are many merchants along the way, there should not be any strongmen cutting the path, this is a little relieved, untie the kettle around the waist and pour a few mouthfuls, call the horse back to the camp.

Shi Lei sat on the grass and laughed with a group of soldiers, and when he saw Lin Darthead coming back from patrol, he picked up a pot of wine and brought it to him, "Lin Darthead, eat a sip of wine to moisten your throat, right?" ”

Lin Xiaohu shook his head lightly, "I have a lot of responsibilities, but I don't dare to drink, in case of a big mistake, you and I will not be able to go back to the errand." ”

Shi Lei smiled, "Is Lin Darttou too cautious, our group, Junjian, Dart Rider and Porter, there are more than 200 people, even if there are really cut path thieves blocking the road, more than 100 military swords and bows, fighting in formation, all of them are battle-hardened masters, and they don't kill them without returning?" ”

"General Shi has been practicing in the army all the year round, and he doesn't know about our dart industry, more than 200 people are placed near the state and county to dart, maybe there is a bit of deterrence, but if the official road is far away from these states and counties, it is far from enough. Some thieves who like to watch the wind from the top of the mountain must speculate that our order is worth a lot of money, and there are thousands of people gathered in groups, even if they are brave and good at fighting, they will not be able to withstand this brilliant offensive. ”

Shi Lei didn't know the risks, but he just thought that Lin Dart was making a big fuss and was too timid.

I haven't seen anything in the army, when I went to Maozhou to suppress bandits, two thousand soldiers and horses in the city came out, and I took the lead in cutting more than a dozen thieves, isn't it as simple as chopping melons and vegetables?

Lin Xiaohu dismounted and rested for a while, then quickly mounted his horse and continued to patrol along the same road.

Suddenly, a horseback scout hurried from the distant hillside, rode his horse to Lin Xiaohu and said, "Darthead, there are several suspicious knights staring at us on the other side of the hillside!" ”

Lin Xiaohu's heart was shocked, and he immediately took off the horn bow on his back, and looked in the direction pointed by the scout, and there were indeed a few people riding horses back and forth on the hillside, which was very suspicious.

Behind him, Shi Lei also noticed the abnormality, got on the horse and hurried over, and was about to draw his knife, but was stopped by Lin Xiaohu.

"The other party's intentions are unknown, don't see each other for the time being, so as not to make enemies."

There are always such and such unwritten rules on the rivers and lakes, just like now, the other party is just wandering around, and does not show hostility, but has not really torn his face, everyone can discuss everything.

If the blades on this side of the dart game are all unsheathed first, it is equivalent to incompatibility, which is a big disrespectful act.

Walking the rivers and lakes, saluting first and then soldiering, this is the rule, Shi Lei has been working hard in the army all the year round, and he doesn't know these rules.

Afterwards, Lin Dart nodded two old darts and went up the hill with him, planning to meet these inexplicable knights.

But the horses' hooves had barely taken a few steps up the hill, and the knights turned around and ran behind the hillside, as if they had no intention of meeting.

Seeing the other party leave, the big stone in Lin Dart's heart not only did not fall, but became more dignified, and his right eyelid jumped suddenly, and he always had a bad premonition.

"Little Si, you take the two of you to follow and see where this group of people rode their horses. If it's too far, don't chase it and don't get noticed. ”

The dart master who was called Xiao Si immediately led two good men with negative bows up the mountain, followed behind the group of knights from a distance, and carefully probed.

They quickly turned their horses around and turned back, reporting that the knights had fled so fast and with great horsemanship that they could not catch up.

Lin Xiaohu saw that there was no gain, so he had to give up, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart, and increased the number of dart masters patrolling near the dart team, and ordered Shi Lei to let everyone leave as soon as possible.

The next escort was not peaceful, there would be some friction between the dart team and the passers-by, and some refugees who fled south often came forward to beg for food, and the carriage full of gold, silver and jewelry was heavy and slow, stopping and stopping all the way, and by the time they arrived at the gate of a county town, it was already dark and the gate had long been closed.

Lin Dart glanced back at Shi Lei, if it weren't for this stunned young man who took it upon himself to rest in place, the dart team should have already stayed in the inn at this time, and it was really more than enough to succeed.

At this point, Lin Darthead can only arrange for the dart team to camp in a wide place outside the city, waiting to enter the city early tomorrow morning.

While arranging tonight's patrol, he pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to relieve the intense uneasiness in his heart.

Along the way, he had several instincts, as if there were a pair of eyes staring at the dart team behind him, but whenever he looked back, there was no one behind him except the long dart team.

Sometimes he passed by the dart bureau that was familiar with the neighboring states, and the other party greeted him with a smile, but Lin Xiaohu couldn't smile, and always felt that there were spies sent by bandits everywhere.

After more than 20 years of darts from south to north, Lin Xiaohu has polished an almost natural intuition about danger, but this time, somehow, that sense of smell seems to have failed.

He often looked left and right, the birch forests on both sides of the official road, the banks of streams and lakes, the merchants who traveled, even if the post guards carrying the small flag of the post station roared by, he had to subconsciously grasp the handle of the knife and watch out carefully.

Although sometimes Lin Xiaohu felt that he was too nervous, the sense of panic in his heart was too strong, and he seemed to be able to read the hostility in the eyes of every passerby around him.

Approaching the completion of the camp, there was no more chaos, Lin Xiaohu comforted himself that all his uneasiness stemmed from the fact that the goods escorted on this trip were too valuable, and he should be too nervous and careful.

Except for Shi Lei who led the old capital in the barracks to build a small bonfire, all the people in the Changxing Dart Bureau braved the black light to blind the fire, gnawed dry food with water, and camped in the wild.

Lin Xiaohu is helpless about this, who let Shi Lei be from the government, and he can manage the dozens of people in the dart bureau without making mistakes.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of two black shadows at the end of the official road and disappeared in a flash, Lin Xiaohu immediately became alert, put on his scimitar and big bow on his horse, and personally ordered five dart masters to accompany him to check.

The six horses galloped through the moonlight, Lin Xiaohu took the arrow and drew the bow, and vigilantly listened to all the movements of the woods on both sides, but except for the rustling wind and the cry of insects and birds, there was no suspicious sound.

Everyone rushed to the place where Lin Dart found the black shadow just now, Lin Dart got off the horse to check, and sure enough, he found a few pairs of fresh footprints, but it was difficult to judge whether it was left by the black shadow just now.

Lin Xiaohu ordered everyone to scatter and investigate, and searched 100 meters into the woods along the official road, but found nothing.

Seeing that the whereabouts of the black shadow were not found, Lin Xiaohu did not dare to delay the time, and soon led the dart division back to the camp, and after explaining the situation to Shi Lei, he proposed to increase the patrol manpower at night to ensure the safety of the camp.

Shi Lei had no objection to this, he picked out another thirty people from the military and handed them over to Lin Darttou for unified arrangement, and took turns to guard the camp tonight.

According to the surrounding terrain, Lin Xiaohu carefully selected as many as ten locations to set up open and dark sentry posts, and even ambushed a team of sentry posts near the official road two miles away from the camp.

After the arrangements were made, everyone settled in the barracks and prepared to sleep.

Before going to bed, the worried Lin Dart Tou rode on his horse and patrolled along all the sentry posts, telling everyone to cheer up, and never relax their vigilance before changing the guard.

After making sure that all the sentry posts could closely monitor any disturbances around the camp, Lin Xiaohu dismounted and returned to the camp tent, and fell directly into his clothes, holding his waist knife in his hand before going to bed.

This night, Lin Xiaohu slept very unsteadily, I don't know if he had something important in his heart, he had several nightmares over and over again, always dreaming of a group of strangely dressed people in black, they only showed a pair of cold and shining eyes, and the murderous aura was so terrifying that Lin Darthead almost couldn't even hold the knife.

Suddenly, Lin Xiaohu woke up from the nightmare in a cold sweat, he pulled out his scimitar and looked around, only to find that he was still in the camp, and it was just a nightmare of false alarm.

He unscrewed the water bag and poured two sips of water, then got up, intending to go out of the tent to check on the sentinels.