Chapter 5: Bluffing
In the middle of the night, Lao Huang, who was sitting by the bonfire and was napping, suddenly raised his head and turned his head to look at Nangong servant.
Seeing that she was holding her double knives and sitting under a dead tree and falling asleep, she was immediately relieved.
Xu Fengnian and Li Fei were lying on the straw mat and falling asleep at this time.
Lao Huang picked up a piece of firewood and knocked it on Xu Fengnian and Li Fei's stomachs.
Xu Fengnian sat up and was about to speak, but saw Lao Huang put a finger on his lips and hurriedly stopped.
Xu Fengnian got up with a big movement, and was knocked by Lao Huang, Li Fei also woke up very "reasonably".
The two saw Lao Huang pointing at them, then at himself, and then made a walking motion with his second finger.
Xu Fengnian and Li Fei looked at each other, confused.
They understood what Lao Huang meant, but what they didn't understand was why they were sneaking away now.
But seeing Lao Huang's serious expression, the two didn't ask much.
Xu Fengnian got up and rolled up to the mat, Li Fei took care of his musical instruments one by one, and Lao Huang went to lead the horse.
The three of them all paid attention to Nangong Servant's shot, and when they saw that she didn't react, they walked away from her.
After leaving a distance, Xu Fengnian asked, "Lao Huang, what the hell are you doing?" ”
Lao Huang Zhengse said: "We have to rush back to Lingzhou overnight." ”
Li Fei asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" ”
Lao Huang turned his head and glanced at Nangong Servant again, and said fearfully: "People's hearts are unpredictable. ”
Xu Fengnian frowned and said: "If she wants to kill me, one knife is enough, she saved me just now!" ”
Li Fei echoed: "Yes, if she wants Xu Shao's life, wouldn't she just catch that flying knife just now?" ”
"I don't feel like this white fox face looks like a bad person, otherwise with her cold and arrogant temperament, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to introduce her double knives because of Xu Shao's benevolence."
Lao Huang shook his head and explained to Xu Fengnian: "I'm afraid it's not you who she wants to kill." ”
Xu Fengnian was taken aback, and a little caution appeared on his face, "You mean, she may want to sneak into the palace to kill Xu Xiao?" ”
Lao Huang nodded and said, "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship." ”
Li Fei also looked understanding, and said in agreement: "Lao Huang is not wrong to say this, it is related to the safety of the Great Pillar Kingdom, no matter how careful you are." ”
"If it's really just that we are too careful, we can't help her, and if we find out her origin in the future, there will always be a chance to compensate."
Lao Huang raised his hand and gave a thumbs up, affirming his words.
After listening to the words of the two, Xu Fengnian no longer argued, and acquiesced to Lao Huang's arrangement.
He looked back at Nangong Servant again, and asked puzzledly, "Isn't her martial arts quite high?" Why can't she find out when we're gone? ”
The old Huang traitor smiled: "Last time, in that black shop, do you remember our young master of sweat medicine?" I put some ingredients in the sweet potato. ”
Xu Fengnian glared at Lao Huang and said tangledly: "Lao Huang, you ...... it"
Lao Huang didn't wait for him to finish, then interrupted: "She's fine, she'll wake up, let's leave quickly." ”
Xu Fengnian was a little worried about the safety of Nangong Servant.
In this wilderness, if something happens to her and finally proves that she is not a bad person, then Xu Fengnian will have to feel guilty for the rest of her life.
But it was about his father's safety, he couldn't resist Lao Huang, so he had to secretly pray that something would happen to her.
This place is not far from Lingzhou City, but it is still a hundred and ten miles away.
The group of three traveled overnight, resting for less than an hour on the way, and the last few sweet potatoes were also roasted and eaten.
After setting off again, Xu Fengnian didn't dare to stop halfway, for fear that he would not be able to get up for the time being and would be caught up by the pursuers.
Therefore, he held back his strength, from early morning to dusk, and rushed to the outside of Lingzhou City in one breath.
I slept for just over two hours last night, and I rushed to the road for seven hours.
At this time, Xu Fengnian was exhausted, hungry and thirsty, and his whole person was dizzy, shaking when he walked.
Li Fei is also in a similar state, only Lao Huang is still leading the horse and walking steadily.
Xu Fengnian himself couldn't stand it anymore, and he was still chattering and encouraging the two of them, "Hold on for a while, and when you return home after entering the city, you will have a large bowl of meat and wine." ”
"I didn't think this wine and meat was a rare thing before, but now I can't eat it when I think about it, and I dream about it every day."
Li Fei said weakly: "Lao Huang, we have also walked for so long, why are you still in good spirits?" Does that make sense? ”
Lao Huang smiled, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, looking very honest.
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
Xu Fengnian suddenly thought that when they went to the village to steal chickens and dogs in the past, after being discovered by the villagers, this old Huang ran faster than him, not at all like a fifty or sixty-year-old man.
He suddenly understood something, but he didn't say anything for a while.
Before entering the city, not far from the city wall, there is a stall selling apricot blossom wine.
The exhausted Xu Fengnian perked up his spirits and sped up his pace to run towards the wine stall, and Li Fei and Lao Huang hurriedly followed.
At this time, there were no guests at the wine stall, and Xiao Er sat at the table in front of the wine cabinet, supporting his head with his hands and napping.
The three of them sat down at an empty table, Li Fei unloaded several musical instruments, the guqin and erhu leaned against the table, and the suona and transverse flute were placed on the table.
Xu Fengnian closed his eyes, took a deep breath, smelled the aroma of wine from the stall, and said with an intoxicated face: "The taste of Beiliang, the fragrance of the real mother!" ”
After speaking, he slapped the table with a majestic momentum and shouted: "Little Er, serve the wine." ”
Xiao Er, who was napping, was frightened, and reflexively replied: "Here!" ”
Rubbing his hazy sleepy eyes, Xiao Er walked to the table, looked at it fixedly, and when he saw the image of the three people, he immediately lowered his face.
Doing business outside the city of Lingzhou, it is not uncommon for travelers from the south to the north, and these people are not like goods who can afford to pay for wine.
Xiao Er was quite kind, he didn't rush people immediately, but he just smiled and said: "A few guest officers, our store's signature apricot blossom wine, a pot of twenty yuan, not expensive, but not cheap." ”
"Hey......" Li Fei looked sideways at Xiao Er, and said calmly: "You Xiao Er, you don't learn well, and you learn people by their appearance." ”
Xiao Er rolled his eyes, crossed his arms around his chest, and looked like he wouldn't drink if he didn't see any money.
Li Fei took out the silver ingot of one or two from his pocket, slapped it on the table with a "snap", and shouted angrily: "Serve us all the good wine and food." ”
As soon as the little second saw the silver, his face immediately changed, and he changed to a flattering smile, and said, "Ouch, it turns out that the little one has lost his eyes, and the few masters will sit down for a while, and the good wine and food will come immediately." ”
After saying that, he put away the ingot of silver, and ran to the back kitchen with a cigarette.
Xu Fengnian laughed and patted Li Fei on the shoulder, and said happily: "Not bad, I like this style, and if I mix with Young Master Ben, I have to have this temper." ”
Li Fei glanced at him speechlessly and said, "I just don't feel sorry for him for looking down on people, but I don't plan to be a loser." ”
Regarding Li Fei's insinuation that he was a loser, Xu Fengnian didn't care, and said in a lazy tone: "Anyway, no matter how you lose, you can't lose, and it doesn't hurt to lose." ”
After a while, Xiao Er sent wine and food, a pot of apricot blossom wine, a large plate of neatly sliced roast duck, and a stack of monk beans.
When Lao Huang poured good wine for a few people, a person suddenly turned out of the corner outside, but who was not the leader of the Chu soldiers?
The group of Chu soldiers also surrounded one after another.
The leader of the Chu soldiers stepped on the railing with his feet raised, holding his thick-backed machete in his hand, staring at Xu Fengnian and sneering: "It's a pity, I see that I am about to go to Lingzhou, and I can't go back after all." ”
When this person came out, Xu Fengnian and the others were stunned.
After hearing his words, Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang did not react, but Li Fei grabbed the suona on the table and rolled to widen the distance between him and the leader of the Chu soldiers.
It's just that his movements were clumsy and embarrassed, and Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang were speechless.
The leader of the Chu soldiers was stunned by his movements, and when he saw him raise the suona and make a gesture to blow, he finally understood and couldn't help but feel anxious.
He pulled out his knife from the sheath with a bang, pointed at Li Fei and glared at him and shouted, "Shut up, you dare to blow and I'll chop you first." ”
Li Fei pressed his hands to the holes, put the reeds to his mouth, and pointed the suona bowl at the leader of the Chu soldiers, and said angrily: "You bastards, Xu Shaoren and righteousness, didn't kill you when you couldn't move." ”
"But your ghost is not gone, you repay virtue with resentment, and you will take revenge, you are simply shameless, you are disgraced by the Chu army."
The leader of the Chu soldiers turned pale and ashamed, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "I admit this grace of not killing, but the hatred of the country and the family is not shared." ”
"After I killed him to avenge the country, I killed myself on the spot and returned his life."
Li Fei shouted: "Don't even think about it, with me here today, you don't want to hurt Xu Shao's hair." ”
"Last time, I thought about it and only let you sleep with a 'lullaby', but it didn't hurt your life."
"If you dare to act recklessly today, I will play the 'Seeking Life' and let you bleed to death."
The leader of the Chu soldiers was taken aback, subconsciously took two steps back, and looked at Li Fei in disbelief.
The lullaby last time made them trick unknowingly, and they didn't know when they fell asleep.
And he knew that there was indeed a method of attacking the enemy with music in this world, because he was very jealous of Li Fei.
Gu Yu glared at Li Fei angrily and said: "Xu Xiao is ferocious, he is the enemy of the world, you just met Xu Fengnian Pingshui, why do you have to protect him?" ”
Li Fei snorted coldly: "His enemy, my hero, I am from Liyang, it's as simple as that." ”
Hearing Li Fei's sentence "His enemy, my hero", Xu Fengnian was shocked, and his eyes were full of emotion.
The leader of the Chu soldiers was in a dilemma, he held the hilt of the knife tightly, and his knuckles turned white from too much force.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of clothes fluttering, and several soft noises sounded on the roof of the wine stall.
Everyone looked up, only to see a white figure flashing, and the figure of Nangong Servant fell to the ground.
Seeing her, Xu Fengnian turned his head in confusion, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.
Nangong servant shot a few steps forward, looked at Xu Fengnian lightly, and said expressionlessly: "Does the previous agreement count?" ”
Xu Fengnian raised the wine bowl to her when he heard this, and sneered: "Of course." ”
As soon as his voice fell, Nangong didn't say a word, and pulled out the embroidered winter long knife from his waist.
In a flash, the figure appeared in front of the leader of the Chu soldiers, and the scabbard poked forward, hitting the chest of the leader of the Chu soldiers.
Her speed was so fast that the leader of the Chu soldiers couldn't react at all in front of her, and her body fell backwards, and she was directly knocked out of the range of the wine stall.
"Big brother."
The Chu soldiers outside the wine stall were shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to catch the leader.
Nangong servants flew up to the wooden pillar used to tie the horse's reins lightly, Shi Shiran sat on the top of the wooden pillar, looked at the Chu soldiers and said indifferently: "Don't beat up the bad people's wine stalls." ”
Over there, Li Fei's shoulders collapsed, the whole person relaxed, walked back to the wine table and sat down again, picked up the wine bowl and drank the wine in the bowl dry.
Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang looked at him in amazement.
After Li Fei put down the wine bowl, he took a long breath with a frightened expression, and said, "Fortunately, she arrived in time, otherwise I don't know how to end it." ”
Xu Fengnian was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?" Don't you know how to blow the 'life-seeking Sanskrit sound'? Afraid of what? ”
Li Fei smiled bitterly: "That's bluffing him, I do remember a song of life-seeking Sanskrit, but I only remember a name and its effect, but I have forgotten how to play it." ”
"If I really know how to blow the Sanskrit sound of life, can I still be chased by them like a lost dog?"
“……”
Xu Fengnian pointed at him dumbfounded, and didn't say a word for a long time with his mouth open.
The leader of the Chu soldiers over there almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, and this guy was just bluffing?
This bastard.
The leader of the Chu soldiers angrily pointed at the Nangong servant and shouted, "Kill her for me." ”
"Who dares to move?" Xu Fengnian suddenly said: "This is Beiliang. ”
After speaking, the index finger and thumb are curled and put in the mouth and blow.
A sharp whistle sounded, causing the Chu soldiers who were about to make a move and stared at Xu Fengnian in disbelief.
"Wow"
After Xu Fengnian's whistle fell, a high-pitched cry suddenly came from the sky.
Everyone looked up and saw a falcon-like bird, like an arrow grazing the city, skimming the sky at a very fast speed.
This is the "Qingbailuan" that only exists in the ice and snow in the north of Jinzhou, and it is Xu Fengnian's pet.
Back then, there was a powerful person who could call the wind and rain in the local area, and wanted to exchange a thousand taels of gold and three beautiful women for Qingbailuan, but only Xu Fengnian said "Get out".
And after this Qingbailuan flew out of Lingzhou City, the earth roared without warning, and even the wine table was shaking.
Everyone looked in the direction of the city gate of Lingzhou, and saw a group of cavalry rushing out of the city gate, stretching into two black lines.
In the dust, all of them are Bei Liang's heavy armor riding with one hundred and famous all over the world.
The face of the leader of the Chu soldiers changed wildly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Oh no, Beiliang Iron Cavalry." ”
Two hundred elite iron horsemen sprinted out, mighty and imposing, following behind Qing Bailuan, rushing towards this wine stall, in an instant.
After arriving outside the wine stall, the two hundred iron horsemen stood still for a moment, and their movements were the same.
This proficiency has gone far beyond the scope of ordinary soldiers and soldiers of a hundred battles.
Xu Fengnian held the wine bowl and didn't look outside the wine stall, but just raised his voice and said, "Do you have to wait until you die before you let go of the knife?" ”
A touch of sadness flashed on the face of the leader of the Chu soldiers, there were Nangong servants blocking the road in front, and Beiliang Iron Cavalry in the back, and it was impossible to do anything today.
He said to his subordinates in a dejected manner: "Beiliang Iron Cavalry, beyond the reach of manpower, stop!" ”
After speaking, the first one threw the thick-backed machete in his hand to the ground, and the other Chu soldiers also abandoned their weapons when they saw this.
The generals who led the two hundred iron cavalry didn't even look at those Chu soldiers, not even at Xu Fengnian, let alone dismount to salute.
He sat firmly on his horse, and said without respect in his mouth: "Ning Emei, the general of the Fengzi Battalion Wudian, has seen the prince. ”
Li Fei suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Fengnian, his eyes full of disbelief.
The corners of Xu Fengnian's mouth twitched, and he naturally understood why Li Fei had this reaction.
Since this battalion of soldiers and horses is called the Fengzi Battalion, it is naturally because they are his Xu Fengnian's personal guard battalion, which belongs to the descendant troops.
But even his own relatives and soldiers don't have the slightest respect for him as a son, and it's hard to believe anyone else.
Xu Fengnian slowly stood up, and Ning Emei turned her head slightly and squinted at him.
The Nangong servant on the wooden pillar looked at Xu Fengnian, and saw that he was looking at Ning Emei expressionlessly, as if he understood something.
She also slowly stood up from the wooden pillar and stared at Ning Emei condescendingly.
Seeing this, Ning Emei looked up at her slightly, and said coldly, "You, come down." ”
Nangong servant shot colder than him, and just said two words: "Dismount." ”
Ning Emei's divination iron halberd, which was originally held in his left hand, turned around and handed it to his right hand, and the halberd pointed at Nangong Servant, and said in a condensed voice: "No one in the world dares to stop in front of the Beiliang War Horse, come down." ”
Nangong Servant held the sheath of the double knife with both hands, pulled the knife out of the sheath with a bang, without fear, and said coldly-for-tat: "I want you to get off the horse." ”
Ning Emei didn't talk nonsense anymore, the iron halberd stood up, and shot straight at Nangong servant in the chest.
The iron halberd weighed seventy-five pounds, and this halberd was like thunder, carrying the indomitable violent momentum, and even the Nangong servants did not dare to shoot hard.
On the side of her body, she avoided this halberd, and the embroidered winter long knife in her right hand was raised high, and fell fiercely, slashing at the top of Ning E's brow.
Ning Emei made a quick move, and the recruitment was equally fast.
The iron halberd was horizontal above his head, and he caught the knife steadily, and after flipping the iron halberd grid and opening the long knife, he swept towards Nangong Servant's legs with his backhand.
Nangong Servant shot and spun up, avoiding this sweep at the same time, with the momentum of the whirlwind, the long knife slashed horizontally, straight to Ning Emei's throat.
Ning Emei was on a horse, unable to use footwork to advance and retreat, so he had to lean back to avoid this knife.
"General Ning."
He was about to attack again with his halberd, but Xu Fengnian let out a deep sigh, making him stagnate.
Nangong Servant fell back to the top of the wooden pillar lightly, and looked at him without showing weakness.
Although she only fought Sanhe, she had already tried Ning Emei's strength.
The moves are wide open and closed, powerful and heavy, more ferocious, and less dexterous, which is a martial art for battlefield fighting.
She is sure that she can cut the opponent off the horse in thirty moves.
Xu Fengnian stared at Ning Emei and said indifferently: "Someone in the Beiliang Army handed over my portrait to the bandits, does the general know?" ”
Ning Emei still didn't look at him, and said without changing his face: "In the Beiliang Army, there is absolutely no such person. ”
Xu Fengnian's voice was slightly deep, and he said slowly: "I only saw General Ning, rushing to kill my friend." ”
Nangong Servant Shot to defend his actions just now, which made Xu Fengnian dispel that slightest doubt about her in his heart.
He didn't suspect Nangong Servant Shot very much, but out of prudence, he acquiesced to Lao Huang's arrangement.
And when Nangong heard Xu Fengnian's "friend", he also subconsciously glanced back at him.
Ning Emei said: "Ning was ordered to take the prince back to his house, and those who blocked the way were in violation of the order. ”
Xu Fengnian's eyes froze, and he said, "Then what if I let you get off the horse?" ”
Ning E's eyebrows froze, his face changed slightly, and a look of reluctance appeared in his eyes.
"Brother...... Brother ......"
Just as he was hesitating, the man who had given him the stairs appeared.