Chapter 0034: The Third Force
Li Zhen and the others lived in an inn owned by the Sogdians, but it was not a Persian mansion, but an ordinary merchant inn, the inn had three floors, and they lived on the highest floor, through the windows of the room, they could clearly see the pedestrians on the street.
Li Zhen stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, silently watching the movement on the street, they had been staying in the inn for two days, and for two days, the street was very calm, and there was not a single Tocharian warrior, nor Scarface and his men, as if they had left Gaochang City.
"Lao Li, it's not a way to be stuffy in the room like this, let's go out and have a look!"
Jiu Zhi and Li Zhen lived in the same room, and after eating and sleeping for two days, the fat on his body increased by a few catties.
Li Zhen didn't speak, he had been thinking about the impact of this matter, Scarface had something to do with the Suo family, there was no doubt about it.
Could it be that this matter has something to do with the Suo family? But my intuition told Li Zhen that the Suo family could not afford to set off such a big storm.
Also, what would that thing be, the Tocharian warriors would not hesitate to get it.
Li Zhen glanced at the copper box placed on the table, this copper box seemed to be the Pandora's box of the West, bringing them unexpected troubles and dangers.
"Lao Li, Xiao Xi and I went out to have a look, we haven't seen those Tocharians, they don't know me. ”
Li Zhen nodded, Jiuzhi was right, the street was too calm, and there was no point in them being stuffy in the inn.
Jiuzhi was overjoyed, jumped up from the bed and said, "I'll call Xiaoxi!"
Half an hour later, Jiuzhi and Xiaoxi walked to the area around the north gate, and saw from a distance that the Tocharian shop had been closed, and the wine shop where they ate was still doing thriving business.
Jiuzhi sighed, he remembered the roasted whole sheep that he hadn't eaten, and then he saw that there was a wine shop next to him, and he was itchy and unbearable, so he said to Xiaoxiao: "Let's have a drink!"
"But we're here to check on the situation, it's not appropriate to go drinking!" Xiao Xi said a little timidly.
"You know what! Of course you have to inquire about the situation from the tavern, and those bartenders don't know anything?"
After thinking about it carefully, he no longer objected, followed Jiuzhi into the tavern, and the two of them found a table in the corner and sat down, ordered four or five dishes, and asked for two pots of good wine.
Jiuzhi took a sip of wine, and the mellow wine made his eyes narrow, "Good wine! I'll bring them two pots when I go back later." ”
At this time, the bartender brought them a plate of sauced beef, and Jiuzhi asked, "Little brother, I don't seem to have seen those Tocharian warriors in the past two days, where have they gone?"
"I'm afraid this guest hasn't been to Gaochang for a long time, right? Three hundred Tocharian warriors disappeared a year ago, as if they had suddenly disappeared, and no one knew where they had gone?"
Jiuzhi and Xiaoxiao were stunned, so what was that group of Tocharian warriors they saw two days ago, was it a ghost?
"Those warriors who appeared two days ago are the guards of King Ahsh, although they are dressed in the same costume, they are not famous Tocharian warriors, they are far from the real Tocharian warriors. A deep voice came from behind them.
As soon as the two turned around, they saw a few people sitting behind them, a Han man about thirty years old, wearing a rather gorgeous, blue brocade embroidered robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a black long gauze hat on his head, but his face looked dusty, his skin was tanned, and he didn't know where he came from?
The man picked up his wine glass and sat down at their table, and said with a smile on his face: "If I guessed correctly, the people who those guards of King Ashu are looking for are you!"
Jiu Zhi was taken aback, how vicious this person's eyes were, he could see through them at a glance, and the man smiled faintly and said: "There are very few Han people here, you are the only Han people who appear in Gaochang these days, so it is easy to guess your identity." ”
"That's not right!" Jiuzhi reacted very quickly, "There is also a group of black-clothed horseback riders appearing, they are also Han Chinese, how do you say that?"
"You mean Lan Zhenyu and them? They didn't just come to Gaochang, they had been in Gaochang City all along, and they only came back after a few days, and they were also tracking you, this group of people is much more threatening than the Tocharians. ”
"Who the hell are you?" Jiuzhi secretly held a throwing knife in his hand, and if something was wrong, he would take this person hostage.
The man smiled, beckoned, and the attendant handed over a small wooden box, and the man opened the box, and inside Huo Ran was another copper box, exactly the same as theirs.
"Why do you have that?" asked Jiuzhi in amazement.
The man looked at them deeply, smiled meaningfully, closed the wooden box, and said to the two: "You don't care who I am for the time being, but I sue you, I am afraid that you will get into great trouble, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of your life."
King Ashu's guards and Lan Zhenyu have been desperately tracking you down for the past two days, and they have not left Gaochang, you are very dangerous now, if you don't leave Gaochang again, you will die here sooner or later. ”
As soon as the man's words fell, Jiuzhi saw several Tocharian warriors rushing towards the wine shop from a distance, and he was so shocked that his heart almost stopped beating, and he didn't have time to ask the man in blue, so he ran to the back door with Xiaoxiao.
When the man in blue saw them running away, he ordered one of his men, "Keep an eye on them!"
His men chased him out in a flash, and his martial arts were quite strong
Li Zhen listened quietly to Jiuzhi's account, he didn't speak for a long time, he already realized that they were involved in a fierce struggle, and they were in trouble.
The group of Tocharian warriors was the protector of King Achu, and he remembered that the small Atuo Temple was in the city of Ashu, and they actually chased after Tochar.
That scarface was called Lan Zhenyu, a name Li Zhen seemed to have seen somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
But what made Li Zhen even more headache was that now it was not only Scarface and Tocharian warriors, but also a blue-robed man, and that man actually had the same box.
All kinds of information are confusing, which makes Li Zhen puzzled.
At this moment, a miserable scream came from downstairs, and the four of them were stunned for a moment at the same time, and immediately stood up and drew their long swords one after another, and the danger was already coming.
Li Zhen looked out from the crack in the door for a moment, he saw several Tocharian warriors appear in the courtyard, he turned back to the three partners and said, "It's the group of Tocharian warriors the day before yesterday!"
Sakushi's face was a little pale, and he realized that he had been careless, and the bastards must have been following them back.
Li Zhen looked at it for a while, and now there were forty or fifty people on the other side, they were divided into three teams, and they went upstairs to search, Li Zhen said to the three partners: "These people are all outlaws who kill people without blinking, we must not be soft, otherwise our lives will be lost here." ”
The three of them nodded silently, and at this time, Xiao Shen pointed to the back window, "Brother Zhen, we can actually leave from the back window, or I'll go pull a rope first." ”
Li Zhen thought that there was no need to fight hard, so he nodded, and Xiao Xi immediately jumped up to the back window, grabbed a roll of rope, and climbed out with agility like an ape.
By this time, a dozen Tocharian warriors had already gone up to the third floor and were running down the long corridor towards their room.
Li Zhen carried the copper box on his back, held a bow and arrow, and glanced at Jiu Zhi and Da Zhuang, the two of them opened the door suddenly, Li Zhen pulled the bow and released the arrows, three consecutive arrows shot out instantly, and three screams came from the corridor.
But there were too many people on the other side, more than a dozen people shouted loudly, brandished long knives and swarmed to kill, and Li Zhen shot three people in a row, but it still didn't scare these outlaws.
Several Tocharian warriors had already burst into the room, they were so fierce that they swung their swords like Li Zhen slashing them.
Kang Dazhuang roared angrily, brandished a copper rod and knocked over the two, Jiu Zhi opened his bow left and right, two flying knives shot out at the same time, and the two warriors next to Li Zhen fell to the ground holding their throats.
"Old fat, good knife skills!" Li Zhen couldn't help but praise.
Jiuzhi smiled and was about to boast a few words, when Xiao Xi leaned through the window and said, "It's all right!"
"Let's go!"
Li Zhen shouted and swung his sword to slash the last person in the room, but dozens of people on the other side of the stairs shouted and rushed up the corridor with their knives.
Jiu Zhi didn't have time to boast, he and Da Zhuang rushed to the window, climbed the rope and climbed up, Li Zhen put the sword back into the sheath, pulled the bow and shot fast, seven or eight arrows shot out in a row, the screams in the corridor were stacked, and they fell down in an instant, and the arrows hit the opponent's vital point.
The group of samurai was finally frightened by the high archery technique, and they all turned around and ran down the stairs, when someone brought a few large tables, and dozens of samurai hid behind the tables, and then rushed up to the corridor again, using the table as a shield, and slowly approached the room.
Taking advantage of this short opportunity, Li Zhen took the bow and arrow, jumped on the window, climbed the rope and quickly climbed to the roof, Jiuzhi was already waiting for him on the roof, he pulled Li Zhen up, retracted the rope slightly, and the four of them ran desperately south along the roof.
Most of the buildings in Gaochang City are flat-roofed mud houses, but they are not connected, they only run dozens of steps to the end, below is a long alley, the opposite roof is two zhang away, they can't jump over, and the bottom is as high as three zhang.
Li Zhen glanced back, and immediately said, "Go down with a rope!"
Xiao Xi tied the rope in a knot on the stake and threw it down, and the four of them climbed the rope and jumped down the alley one by one, but at that moment a short crossbow arrow came from a distance, hitting the rope, and the rope broke out of the air.
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