Xiao Jin didn't want to cause more trouble, and when he wanted to grab the angry Wen Yinan, it was too late, so he had to stand up with Mu Tu and closely observe the surrounding movements.

Seeing this, the people from the western Xinjiang who were with the fat man screamed and pulled out the scimitar at their waists, rushed up, surrounded Wen Yinan in the middle, and couldn't help but say, they raised their knives and cut them.

Wen Yinan didn't dare to slack off, dodged left and right, and hit a heart-warming fist, as fast as lightning, hitting the chest of a man in front of him, and the man spurted out of his mouth with a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

Wen Yinan used the shadowless chain foot again, and two close men were kicked over, lying on the ground for a long time and unable to get up.

At this time, Xiao Jin and Mu Tu glanced at each other, and pressed the scimitar on their waist in their hands to force them over.

The remaining guys saw Wen Yinan with his bare hands, so he knocked over a few brothers who were showing off their martial arts on weekdays to the ground, and saw that two other sturdy men came up with scimitars in their hands, knowing that the situation was not good, and they were afraid that they had encountered a powerful master, so they pulled up their injured companions on the ground and fled for their lives.

When the other customers in the store saw someone using a knife, they dispersed in a hurry, leaving only the man and the woman.

Xiao Jin saw blood oozing from Wen Yinan's arm, so he asked with concern, "What's the matter?" You're hurt! You okay? ”

Wen Yinan said: "It's okay, it's just a little bit of skin." ”

When the man and woman heard the two of them talking, they glanced at each other, supported each other and thanked each other, "Thank you for saving me." How many of them are from Middle-earth? ”

Wen Yinan knew that his identity had been leaked in the conversation just now, so he no longer concealed it, so he replied, "Exactly." Are you all right? ”

"It's okay, it's okay, thanks to Engong's timely rescue, otherwise I don't know what would have happened?" The man raised his hand and gently wiped the blood on the woman's face.

The woman held back the pain and said, "Meng An, this is not the place to speak, quickly bring a few benevolent fathers home to talk." ”

"This ......" Wen Yinan heard that he was about to excuse himself, Xiao Jin on the side heard the name Meng An, and his heart was shocked, but he responded: "It's okay, then bother." ”

So Xiao Jin and the three of them followed the man and woman out of the restaurant, along the narrow street, turning left and right, and came to a low and dilapidated house.

It was still early, but the light in the room was dim, and the tall man beckoned the three of them to sit down, and took out a medicine box to apply medicine to the woman's head wound.

A teenage boy in the room snuggled up in the woman's arms in fright, looking at three strangers dressed as aliens with frightened eyes.

Xiao Jin smiled kindly at the boy, and then suddenly asked the man, "Jie Du envoy, aren't you going to return to the court?" ”

When the man heard this, his hand stopped suddenly, turned his head and smiled: "This Engong, I don't know what you're talking about?" ”

"Jie Du envoy, aren't you going to return to the court?" So Xiao Jin repeated what Fang Cai said again.

"Who are you?" The man asked.

"Then I'll introduce it, in Xia Xiao Jin, obey orders under the current holy steps, this is Mu Tu, also the Jinyi guard of the court, this is Wen Yinan, Fengyuan County catcher." Xiao Jin said unhurriedly.

"No wonder! No wonder! No wonder the three benefactors, although they were dressed in cross-dress, did not behave and speak like barbarians, but they were like this! The tall man said happily.

According to Xiao Jin, this person is Meng An, the envoy sent by the dynasty to the Western Xinjiang Festival.

It turned out that Xiao Jin had heard the saint mention the person Meng An, who was stationed in the Western Xinjiang Festival, and knew some of the situation of Meng An, and today he heard the woman say this name, and then took a closer look at the man's physical characteristics, and he understood most of it.

Listening to Meng An, this town is called Crescent Town, so how did Meng An end up here?

It was still the late autumn of the third year of the Qing Dynasty, and the armed forces of the Dabu clan in Western Xinjiang suddenly invaded the borders of the dynasty, and soon occupied Qingya Mountain, blocking a large area including the Water Lotus Temple.

Meng An led his troops to meet the enemy, and the two armies engaged in a protracted confrontation in front of Yuyang Pass, regardless of victory or defeat.

Unexpectedly, just when the two armies were facing each other, a strange person suddenly appeared in the enemy army, who could call the wind and rain, gather thunder and lightning, and successively killed several generals of the imperial court defenders with strange spells, causing panic in the army.

Meng An said this, as if immersed in the memories of the past, his eyes were full of fear and despair.

"At this time, I saw that it was not a solution to go on like this, so I planned to lead the defenders to withdraw from the formation, preserve their strength, and wait for the opportunity to fight a decisive battle." After a pause, Meng An continued:

"That night, I gave the order to go down and command the defenders to pull out the camp and begin to retreat. However, what I did not expect was that the enemy on the opposite side took the opportunity to launch an attack on our army, and what was even more unexpected was that the rear of our army was also attacked by an unknown enemy, and the retreat route was completely cut off. ”

"Attacked in the rear? How so? Xiao Jin asked in surprise.

"Yes! At that time, I didn't know why this happened, how did I have enemy troops in my rear? You must know that according to the terrain there, the left and right sides of the confrontation between the two sides are cliffs that stretch for thousands of miles, and there is no other way at all. Therefore, it is impossible for the enemy to make a detour to the rear of our army in a short time, unless they have wings on them. Meng An said.

"That night, it was dark and windy, and the moon was bright and the stars were scarce. Our army was attacked by the enemy on its back, there was no way to advance, there was no way to retreat, and for a time it trampled on each other, and the formation was in chaos. The enemy troops before and after came to kill them, and almost all of our 50,000 defenders were wiped out overnight, and I and several lieutenants fought desperately to break through the siege, and finally escaped with my life. Meng An said this, his face was ashamed.

"After this defeat, several of our defeated generals scattered without any way to return to Middle-earth without face. On that day, I hurried back to Xicheng and left the capital with my family, so I fell here. Alas! Speaking of this, Meng An sighed softly.

"The general fought with the enemy, but did he ever see through who the enemy was coming from the rear?" Xiao Jin asked.

"It's dark and dark, everyone is red-eyed, and they can't care about looking carefully, but what is certain is that it is not an alien armed force in Western Xinjiang, but it seems to be a ......" Meng An said here and stopped.

"What's the like?" Seeing this, Xiao Jin asked urgently.

"That night, as we fought the enemy, we heard the opponent shouting in a Middle-earth accent, but the uniform resembled the army of the old dynasty. At that time, I only cared about fighting and breaking through, although I was frightened in my heart, I couldn't think about it a lot. Meng An recalled.

"Later, there were finally some rumors about the battle in the town. You may not believe it, but who are the people who are attacking us behind our backs? Meng An looked around at the three of them and said.

The three of them all turned their gazes to Meng An and waited quietly for his next step.

"They're Middle-earthers! It's the army of the old dynasty! Meng An said this, breathing a little short.

"Middle-earthers? The army of the old dynasty? Xiao Jin asked in shock.

"Yes, that's what people say. This reminds me of the fact that no wonder when the other party shouted to kill in a Middle-earth accent during the fight that night, I see! Meng An said in a low voice.

"The old dynasty has been destroyed for a long time, how can it be the army of the old dynasty? If not, then where will the army be? Xiao Jin muttered to himself, as if asking everyone.

After Xiao Jin thought about it, a person's name surged in his heart: "Zhao Jiangxiang, the king of Beijun." ”

Yes, if we talk about the army of the old dynasty, only Zhao Jiangxiang, the king of Beijun, and Guo Yongda, Haizhou, remained, with about tens of thousands of people.

However, this army has been hidden in the Longxi Mountains, how did they secretly come to the Western Frontier? And how did they collude with the alien armed forces and gather in one place?

Xiao Jin felt that he had to figure out this situation as soon as possible, if this was the case, then once Zhao Jiangxiang colluded with the foreign armed forces, the western frontier of the new dynasty would be in danger!

Xiao Jin and the three of them spent the night at Meng An's house, said goodbye to Meng An in the early morning of the second day, and hurried west.

There is still a lot of distance from the Water Lotus Temple, and there are many winding mountain roads in the back, in order to save foot strength, the three of them made Yin Liang buy three Xijiang horses, all of which are good at walking mountain roads, and the speed of the trip has suddenly accelerated a lot.

Sometimes, passing through some mountain passes, you will encounter a checkpoint set up by an alien armed force to check the passes.

At this time, Mu Tu would come forward and take out the documents forged by the three of them in advance, and talk to the soldiers at the checkpoint in Western Xinjiang to get through the customs in confusion.

For Wen Yinan, the situation is better, this is because he grew up in the Water Lotus Temple since he was a child, so he also understands a little bit of Western Xinjiang.

The human geography of the Water Lotus Temple is very peculiar. Although the Water Lotus Temple is located in the Western Xinjiang, many of the Taoists are from Middle-earth, and the Taoist culture is also a Middle-earth culture, despite this, the Western Xinjiang culture is inevitably infected, such as this Western Xinjiang language, although Wen Yinan is not proficient, but he also knows a little about it.

Therefore, once faced with the interrogation of the soldiers at the sentry post, Wen Yinan can deal with it, and it is okay.

is the only Xiao Jin, who tries to hide behind the two of them and keep quiet, so as not to speak incomprehensibly and show his feet. In the end, he simply chirped and pretended to be deaf and dumb.

However, as they walked, the three of them found that more and more sentries wearing the military uniforms of the old dynasty had appeared in more and more checkpoints, which seemed to confirm that there was indeed a situation where Xiao Jin was worried that the alien races in the western Xinjiang and the forces of the old dynasty had joined forces.

The three of them passed through several large and small villages and towns, and on this day, an endless desert appeared in front of them, Wen Yinan pointed to the desert in front of him and said: "After this sand dune, you will arrive at Qingya Mountain, and the Water Lotus Temple is on the mountain." ”

After that, the three of them rested for a while, then the prancing horse raised the whip and entered this long piece of yellow sand.

The three of them left the last village in the early morning and entered the desert.

By noon, everyone had a meal, replenished water, fed the horses forage, and continued to walk until late at night, still not out of this desert. Everyone felt tired, so they set up their tents, lit the lamps, ate dinner, and decided to rest for the night.

In the middle of the night, the wind picked up. Outside the tent, sand and rocks flew away, the sky was dark, and the wind was terrible, like a ghost whimpering.

On the second day, the fifth watch had just arrived, it was still dark, the wind was getting quieter, everyone woke up, and couldn't sleep anymore, so they got up to pack up and continue to hurry.

When the sky was just dawning, I finally walked out of the desert.

Under the reflection of the morning light in the east, a high green mountain rises in the distance in the west, at a glance, the vegetation on the mountain is luxuriant, full of vitality, at the end of the desert, such a scene suddenly appears, it is simply unexpected, excited.

This mountain is the famous Qingya Mountain.