Chapter 11: Kidnapping
"Dao Chief, look, if I send this letter to the emperor as soon as possible, it has been done" "Dao Chief, I declare Ruoyin a thousand gold!" When do you think our marriage will be done? Xuan Ruoyin looked at Qingxia in front of her with a serious face, ah no, it's Yan Chuchen, see how long she can pretend.
"Marriage?" Yan Chuchen panicked for a moment, immediately calmed down, and put his ugly face on Xuan Ruoyin's face: "Yes, get married, the general has promised me to marry me Qingxia as his wife." ”
This Xuan Ruoyin is really perverted, let her, a big beauty, not marry, but marry this ugly woman.
Yan Chuchen sat down angrily and took a cup of tea to drink, but she didn't realize that she had eaten her own bucket of flying vinegar.
"Our army will immediately open Linxian, so let's do it, you can follow your husband and follow your husband to Linxian to find out?" Xuan Ruoyin continued to tease Yan Chuchen to see when she would be able to reveal her identity angrily.
I was thinking about how to find an excuse to follow to Linxian, Xuan Ruoyin actually proposed it by himself, Yan Chuchen was secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "Then Dao Chang Jiu is reluctant to go with you!" ”
Linxian is only more than 30 miles away from Qi County, Linxian has a peculiar terrain, is in a day pit, surrounded by miasma, it is difficult to pass through usually. The county seat is in the sinkhole, and from the outside, it looks like a panoramic view of the heavens and the earth.
Qi and Lin'er counties have been the main roads of the official army since ancient times, and this incident, the two counties echoed each other, which caused a great headache for the imperial court.
Some of the defeated troops in Qi County have defected to Linxian County, and now Linxian County is full of lonely people, and displaced people can be seen everywhere the army passes.
The team rode on horseback, and the frightened eyes of the refugees on both sides looked like they were accustomed to seeing the officers and soldiers burning and killing.
"Stirring up wars at will, just for their own selfish desires, regardless of the suffering of the people, this is also worthy of being called a righteous army?" Yan Chuchen said with a straight face.
Xuan Ruoyin looked at her thoughtfully, this princess of Chuchen didn't seem to be as arrogant and lascivious as outsiders rumored, and she didn't look like she was pretending to be angry when she saw the refugees suffering.
"Then what the Taoist chief sees, how should he be worthy of being called a righteous army?" Xuan Ruoyin asked tentatively.
"There are no more than three kinds of righteous words in the world, the high righteousness of saving relatives and friends, the morality of forgiving grievances, and the righteousness of the whole world. If you want to take over the world with righteousness, self-interest must be eliminated, if you don't get rid of self-interest, how can you be righteous, so the rebels call themselves righteous soldiers, which is ridiculous! Yan Chuchen said slowly, the brilliance in his eyes became more determined.
This time, Xuan Ruoyin's eyes really showed appreciation, and he was about to say something, when the general next to him stepped forward: "General, there is a village ahead, the soldiers have been in a hurry for a day, and now it is getting late, can you rest on the spot." ”
Xuan Ruoyin looked at the sky and said, "The soldiers are resting on the ground." ”
As soon as they entered the village, the two of them felt a little strange, there were obvious traces of people living in the village, and even the stove on the street was still steaming.
This village is quite large, a group of people walked slowly, suddenly heard the sound of the Suosuo, in front of the bend, the villagers seemed to suddenly come out, three by two and two, look closely, they are actually tied together, but their lips are tightly closed, dare not make a sound.
A flower horse paced out, and sat on a scar-faced sweat: "Where is Xuan Ruoyin?" ”
Xuan Ruoyin responded: "I am, what do you have to do?" ”
"I am the general of the Linxian Righteous Army, orange ugly, Xuan Ruoyin came out to die."
"Death? Are you sure you can kill me? Xuan Ruoyin said with a smile.
"Chiming Hou Xuan Ruoyin's martial arts are superb, and he has long been famous all over the world, even if he is confident, he will not be stupid enough to really fight you." The orange ugly man lived up to his name, a twisted face with a scar and a rattling laugh.
"I can't, but they can!" Tachibana smiled weirdly and tilted his head slightly.
The entourage next to him pulled out a man from the crowd, his hand raised the knife and fell, and the man's head rolled to the feet of the two of them with a grunt, and the eyes and slightly twitching corners of his mouth made people look at it shockingly.
But the people behind him trembled, bit their lips, and did not make a sound, as if they had been intimidated in advance.
Although Yan Chuchen has practiced martial arts since childhood, he has been pampered and has never been too bloody, and he was so frightened that he suddenly threw himself into Xuan Ruoyin's arms, and Xuan Ruoyin also subconsciously returned his hand to protect her.
Yan Dun behind him opened his mouth wide in shock, this Xuan Ruoyin was really cold, looking at the appearance of that Qingxia in his arms, he really had a bit of friendship! When he returns to the capital, he must tell Ah Chen.
"It seems that Xuanhou's taste is really peculiar! This is the first one, if you don't come and tie your hands and catch me, I'll cut off a man's head every quarter of an hour, what do you think? The orange ugly grinned at the people like pigs and dogs.
"Don't bother, I'll go." Xuan Ruoyin said in a deep voice.
"Xuan Ruoyin!" Yan Chuchen was in a hurry, forgetting to hide his voice, Yan Dun, who had grown up with her, was naturally very familiar with her every move, frowned, and suddenly looked at Yan Chuchen: "Oh, are you ......?" ”
With a look, Yan Dun, who had been bullied by her since childhood, reflexively silenced.
"Good! Xuanhou is righteous. Tie him up for me. The orange clown commanded his subordinates to tie up Xuan Ruoyin's five flowers, drove the people in front of him, and retreated.
Yan Chuchen wanted to follow, but when he looked at Xuan Ruoyin, he found that he was shaking his head, hesitating and stopped, Xuan Ruoyin was calm and resolute, and if he stopped at this time, he would have a calculation.
In the previous life, Linxian was the turning point of the war, since then the country collapsed in the anthill, and the rebels pounced on the imperial capital like a tsunami.
"Go back to the camp first, take people to rescue the captured people, and then make plans, at this time the war is current, and you can't mess up." Watching Yan Chuchen clench his fists and calmly give orders.
Yan Dun actually replied respectfully, and followed Yan Chuchen to the camping place, and the entourage behind him grew his mouth and looked at them, and Vice General Yan followed the extremely ugly Taoist leader like this.
Diancui also saw that their disguise had been seen through by Yan Hou, so he didn't disguise anymore, straightened his waist, and went with the two. Although Shang Yun didn't know why, he also retreated.
Back in the camp, Yan Chuchen left Yan Dun behind and dismissed the others: "Senior brother recognized me." ”
"Dust, why are you here?" Yan Dun asked with a puzzled expression.
"That Xuan Ruoyin dared to leave me alone on the eve of the wedding, do you think I should come to him in person to ask for an explanation?" Yan Chuchen said hatefully.
"Yes, I've long seen that this guy is not pleasing to the eye, if it weren't for the war now, I would have helped you beat this bastard right now." Yan Dun shouted angrily with the enemy.
"Let these go in advance, although this Xuan Ruoyin is a bastard, he is loyal to his father and queen mother, and he has made great contributions to the rebellion this time, so we still have to find a way to save him first." Yan Chuchen said suspiciously: "These thieves only arrested Xuan Ruoyin, but did not kill him on the spot, which means that they have other plans for Xuan Ruoyin." ”
"I heard that the county lieutenant of Linxian County has already defected to the rebels, and the leader of the rebel army has been masked all the year round, and no one has seen his true face. Yan Dun touched his head and said.
"The army can't be chaotic because of this, at present, only a few of us know that Xuan Ruoyin was arrested, and to the outside world, we will say that the general will go to Linxian first. Let the army camp on the flat ground on the east side of Linxian County according to the original plan. Yan Chuchen calmly arranged the affairs of the army.
"I'll take some cui and go into Linxian to investigate, and you guys are waiting for me outside."
"That's not good, don't talk about the emperor and queen, just say that if your brothers know that you are in this chaotic land, and you are still under my care, and enter the place where the rebels are, I don't think I have to go back
Wouldn't it be better to wipe your neck on the spot? Yan Dun shook his head like a rattle, he didn't do this kind of stupid thing.
"I'm not talking to you!" Yan Chuchen said, took Diancui to the hidden place to remove the disguise, changed into an inconspicuous women's clothes, and went to Linxian in the army.
Linxian in the sinkhole, even in the dry season in the northwest, is still humid and unbearable, Linxian is different from other places, other cities are bounded by the city, and Linxian is indeed half underground, enter the city needs to pass through the tunnel, which is more impermeable, other cities can also go over the wall, but there is a tendency here when the gate is not open.
It was getting late, a black carriage passed through the city defense, came to the county government of Linxian County, the coachman who pulled the cart, pulled the car to the county office, unloaded the vegetables and fruits on the car, gently knocked the wooden barrel on the car with his hand a few times and went to rest.
When he walked away, in a large bucket filled with water in the carriage, Yan Chuchen and Diancui pushed open the compartment and turned out, and quickly entered the city.
The night is the best protective color, the two of them went all the way to the highest Xiaofeng Tower in the city, this building is the center of Linxian County, since the previous dynasty began to repair, a total of eighteen floors, from the underground of the sinkhole to the top of the sinkhole, people who come to the county from afar, can see this building more than ten miles apart.
The foundation of this building is very large, the first floor is more than ten zhang wide, it was originally a prosperous place, the eighteen floors have their own merits, the war is together, and no one makes a living here.
The two got closer and closer, and Dian Cui suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "Girl, there is someone on the eaves." ”
The faint moonlight reflected under the eaves of the fifth floor, several corpses hung on them, the wind blew, swaying, and from time to time birds pecked at their flesh and bones.
Rao is accustomed to seeing blood, and Diancui was so shocked that he covered his mouth.
"The head of the rebels in Linxian County, Eagle Tuo, is proficient in the art of mystery, and the corpses hanging here are all people who were drained of his bones and blood to practice evil arts after resisting." Yan Chuchen frowned and looked at the corpse on the eaves and said slowly.
"You say, will Xuanhou be?" Diancui said worriedly.
"No, it will be of great use to capture Xuan Ruoyin so much, and he will not kill him so easily." Yan Chuchen frowned, thoughtful, "I just don't know what the intention is." ”
Just as she was contemplating and thinking, a black shadow behind her suddenly pounced, and after a little glance, Yan Chuchen was out of the sheath and suddenly rested on the neck of the person who came.
"Is that you?" After seeing the face of the man in black clearly, Yan Chuchen put down the Qingkan in his hand in surprise.