It was nearly twilight, and a team of no more than half a hundred drove out of the imperial horse in Jiangning City and headed straight north.

The people in Jiangning City had seen the big scene of the children of the Yue Clan gathering at the main house a few days ago, and now this small wind and waves obviously could no longer attract their attention.

This royal cavalry team going north is naturally the likes of Yijian Villa that have been staying for many days.

There were some people missing in the team, and they were arranged by Ye Dangting to return to the villa to deliver news to Mr. Qinglan and Senior Sister Chen Qi, as well as inform him of his future plans.

At the same time, there was one more person, who was dressed in blue and wearing a long sword at his waist, walking beside Lin Manliu.

In Yijian Villa, anyone who is familiar with the young man, they all know the identity of the woman in blue, and they also know the thoughts of their senior brother Lin.

Now looking at the beautiful women side by side, no one will think of bothering them, except for the old liar who is full of evil taste.

Ye Dang heard that the two of them were speechless for a long time, and pretended to sigh sadly.

"The literati say that this autumn is very lonely, but let's see that this autumn is cool and cool, isn't it good?"

Lin Manliu glanced at the old liar and replied: "If you feel comfortable, hurry up, if you go late, there will be nothing left, why don't you just run for nothing?" ”

Ye Dang listened to himself and said: "When I chatted with everyone Ran before, she once said that she knew her daughter's thoughts, and she knew everything and saw it in her eyes..."

Lin Manliu thought that the old liar was going to disgust himself and make fun of him.

As a result, listening to this tone, he came to persuade Hanzhi?

When she ran away from Yuefu before, Aunt Ran didn't go out to see her off, only that Yue Zhimian sent a message, saying that the master mother was lacking, so she didn't send it off.

In this way, Yue Hanzhi, who was determined to go north with Yijian Villa, inevitably felt a little lost and guilty in his heart.

She knew that her mother didn't want to see her in danger.

She also knew that if her mother stood in front of the courtyard gate at the time of parting, she would definitely not be able to walk as freely as she had just now.

Yue Hanzhi nodded and said, "Got it..."

Seeing this, Lin Manliu said in a voice on the side: "According to the old liar's virtue, he must have told Aunt Ran all your roots!" Don't worry too much! ”

Yue Hanzhi said: "It must be like this when I think about it, otherwise my mother wouldn't be so easy to talk to." ”

Ye Dang heard that the attitude of the two changed so quickly, so he stopped mixing in their conversation and walked forward alone.

He didn't forget to shout in his mouth, brothers, hurry up, don't let Lin Daxia be slow!

The disciples of Yijian Villa who responded to the words all laughed and scolded, you old liar is the slowest!

......

The footsteps of Yijian Villa are neither fast nor slow, but they have penetrated deep into the north in three or two days, and they can reach the boundary of the eastern capital in a little while.

But as they farther north, they saw some people moving south on the road.

There were hundreds of escorts accompanying him, and more than a dozen carriages full of businessmen's children...

There are also poor families who carry their burdens and go south on foot...

There are even single, ragged sufferers...

You don't need to inquire about it, you can know that these people were forced to move south because of the military disaster in the eastern capital.

In the course of Lin Manliu's march over the past few days, they roughly understood the changes in the war outside the eastern capital.

It is said that the rebels are stubbornly resisting, even if they have been cut off from food and grass by the defenders of the Eastern Capital, no one has surrendered, and there are even signs of counterattack at any time.

The people in the nearby villages and towns are naturally panicked and afraid that they will be affected by the war.

And those big families heard the news from nowhere, saying that the world will be chaotic, the country will be restless, the south will be more comfortable than the north, and the south will be earlier to avoid disaster.

Therefore, the people of Yijian Villa have undoubtedly become an outlier on the official road, and everyone is fleeing south, but they are going north at this moment, which will inevitably cause some people to peep in secret.

Lin Manliu and the others didn't care about the eyes of others, but by noon, their situation had undergone some subtle changes.

Someone is stalking them...

Several people led by Yijian Villa, including Yue Hanzhi and Qin Mo, began to pay attention to the woods on both sides of the mountain road.

Lin Manliu had already walked this road once when they went north before, and there was a village two miles ahead.

So the peeping that appeared at this moment must not be a good stubble.

After there were no more people on the mountain road, Ye Dangting pulled the reins and walked to the front of the crowd.

Qin Mo moved accordingly, and after walking to the side of the yellow-shirted figure, he immediately held the saber at his waist.

Ye Dangting was the first to speak: "I don't know which way a hero is walking here, why don't you come forward to talk about it!" ”

After a long time, no one responded on both sides of the mountain road, but the peep at Yijian Villa still did not subtract half a point.

Ye Dang had to speak again, and the arrogance and disdain in his tone were unmistakable.

"If you don't dare to come forward, don't just follow it, and the guts want to get rich?"

Throughout the ages, the method of agitating generals has been quite practical, after all, there are always capable people who will take the bait.

Suddenly, in the forest on the right side of everyone, twenty or thirty people immediately appeared, looking at the clothes of these people, it seemed that they were bandits here.

The person at the head raised the Pu knife in his hand and pointed directly at Ye Dang's door.

He shouted, "I'm driving this way!" I planted this tree! To get started with..."

But before the man could finish speaking, Qin Mo on the side of the yellow-shirted figure had already drawn his knife out of its sheath, and looked at the man with the knife with a gloomy face.

Where can the mountain bandits compare to the people in the ranks, the man looked at the fierce aura on Qin Mo's face, and the whole person almost fell to the ground.

He said in a trembling voice, "We are... This area's... Mountain Patrol Guard..."

Ye Dang laughed and said, "Can you talk to me below, what is a mountain patrol guard?" ”

The man glanced at Qin Mo, who was holding a knife, and then at the yellow-shirted figure, and the whole person seemed to be full of the word fear.

But somehow, he suddenly stood firm, and the Pu knife in his hand was clenched again.

The man closed his eyes tightly and shouted: "What is the intention of you people to go north, if you want to do evil!" Get past us first! ”

Perhaps it was the man's performance that attracted Ye Dangting's attention, and he nodded at Qin Mo and motioned for the other party to put away the knife and return it to the sheath first.

Ye Dangting said again: "I never thought that this trip to the north had not been stopped by officers and soldiers, but it was stopped by your mountain patrol guards..."

The man opened one eye and peeked at the yellow shirt, and he also saw Qin Mo put away the knife.

The pressure in his heart suddenly became much less, and he was no longer as nervous as he was just now.

The man said, "So what is the purpose of your going north?" ”

They secretly followed Yijian Villa for almost four miles, and there was no intention of stopping and resting the whole time, which seemed to them to be too abnormal.

Even if the news is closed, looking at the people who have gone all the way south, they should also know the situation in the eastern capital now.

But these people are still here, and in his opinion, there must be some plan!

Suddenly, a voice sounded, and the man hurriedly looked for the sound, it was not Ye Dangting in front of him, nor was it Qin Mo.

"Brother Gu hasn't seen him for half a year, but he's a lot tougher..."

When he hesitated, two riding figures walked out from behind Ye Dangting, namely Lin Manliu and Yue Hanzhi.

The man first looked at the two of them with some doubts, and then began to rub his eyes, as if he didn't believe the scene in front of him.

After seeing the young man's face clearly, the man was suddenly shocked, and he shouted: "You, the hero?!" ”

Ye Dang laughed and said: "Lin Daxia's prestige has spread here, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

The young man didn't pay attention to the old liar's yin and yang weirdness, and looked straight at the man in front of him.

The person who stopped them with many "dog legs" was Gu Laosan who met when he returned south last winter.

Lin Manliu said: "Brother Gu, don't come unharmed!" ”

Gu Laosan hurriedly threw the Pu knife on the ground and looked at the young man with a flattering expression.

"If it weren't for the mention of the heroes that day, how could there be today's Gu Laosan, today is really a big flood that has washed the Dragon King Temple!"

Lin Manliu listened to Gu Laosan's analogy, and his face was a little stiff.

However, in order to understand the situation, the young man had to ask: "Brother Gu is fighting now, but what is the trouble in the village?" ”

Gu Laosan wanted to continue to flatter a few words, but when he heard Lin Manliu ask, his attitude changed.

"I don't know you heroes, have you ever heard of the rebels' rebellion?"

Lin Manliu nodded and said, "I've heard of it..."

Gu Laosan raised his hand and pointed to the north, and explained out loud with an ugly face.

"The rebel army that came out of nowhere, although it was stopped by the general who defended the city in the eastern capital, but the rumor is getting more and more mysterious..."

"Some say that those people are doing the right thing for heaven, and some say that they are here to start another war, in short, there are all kinds of theories, that is, there will be instability in the north after that..."

"Our village is not far from the boundary of the Eastern Capital, and there are many more old and weak women and children in the village than in other villages and towns, so there is no way to flee south with them..."

Hearing this, Lin Manliu could also guess seven or eight points.

He spoke, "But you're worried that someone will intrude on this place, so you patrol everywhere?" ”

Gu Laosan responded: "Well, that's what Brother Zheng meant, these are the only young and strong men left in the village behind us, saying that they will patrol the mountains together to see, and they will protect the villagers to some extent!" ”

That Zheng Lian is quite a person...

Lin Manliu said: "Brother Gu and fellow villagers don't worry, we are the people of Hangzhou Yijian Villa, there is no malice in going north this time, and we will not disturb the people in the village later!" ”

Listening to the young man's words, the men standing in the forest holding farm tools all looked at each other.

Among them, some people have seen Lin Manliu, and they can trust the words and deeds of the young man.

Gu Laosan also wanted to follow the young man and stabilize the mood of the villagers together.

He turned around and raised his arm aloft.

"The scene where we were taught a lesson before, I heard a few brothers say it! This hero, along with the people behind him, are all heroes of the rivers and lakes, and they will not disturb the village! Big guy put a hundred hearts! ”

Gu Laosan turned his head to look at the young man again, and laughed loudly: "Yes! ”

Lin Manliu nodded, turned over and dismounted, and clasped his fists at the villagers one by one.