The mountains are cascading to the east, like dark green waves, pushing layer by layer, and there is no limit at a glance. The rolling hills crisscross each other, and the towering peaks are like checkpoints, blocking the sun's rays. Verdant green all over the mountains. The dense foliage casts a shade of grey over the mountain path, and the occasional stream sounds the sound of the stream.

This is Yuzhou, located in the center of the imperial dynasty to the west, is a country of mountains and water, and is also a holy place for mountain bandits.

Due to the mountainous terrain and the steep terrain, it is difficult for the army to enter, and the mountain roads are narrow and remote, and it often takes a lot of time to go deep. There are many wolves, insects, tigers and leopards in the mountains, which is one of the most dangerous places in the imperial dynasty. It is because many criminals who have committed capital crimes often abscond into the mountains and join local bandits, often never being found.

Such a barbaric place, no official wants to be relegated here. Almost every governor who served here as the governor of Zhizhou was desperate and longed to return to the imperial capital of the capital. However, there are also a few cases in history where people are obsessed with the mountains and rivers of Suzushu, brew wine from streams, set up government offices in the mountains, draw a clear line with local bandits, maintain balance, mingle with local residents, and spend the rest of their lives here.

However, under the cover of heavy mountains and green leaves, there was a team of chariots and horses marching. The road they walked on was the only one in the mountain that was slightly wider, and it was also the farthest and safest road from the mountain bandits' activity site, and it was the only way for the mountain people to go out of the mountain and enter the mountain for trade.

No bandit has ever dared to rob the royal family's car.

The convoy was supposed to be wide and magnificent, but in the narrow mountain road, it had to be reduced in width and lined up in a long line. It was as if a golden python was winding its way through the mountains.

At the front were two side-by-side cavalry. They wore golden armor, a rose inlaid with black borders on a gold background, and the bow of the Imperial Legion tied to their backs. The horses under their crotches were also dressed in marching horse armor, and the saddles were tied with imperial steel swords with gold scabbards. This is a golden-blooded horse from Xinjiang.

Since Emperor Wu unified Jiangzhou, the barbarian nobles of Jiangzhou were killed, only the horse trainers of the family were left behind to teach the skills of the horse trainers of the Qi Dynasty, and continued to tame the unique golden blood horses of Xinjiang and pay tribute to the Daqi Dynasty. The barbarians worship the horse god, and legend has it that the golden-blooded horse in Xinjiang is a gift from the horse god to the people of Xinjiang. They are psychic and can understand the indigenous language of the barbarians in Xinjiang. This kind of horse lives in the grasslands of Jiangzhou and cannot be tamed by ordinary methods, and only by using methods passed down from generation to generation by the local nobles of Xinjiang can the brute be eliminated and walk with people.

In the ten-year war between Emperor Wu's father, Emperor Jing, and the barbarians of Xinjiangzhou, he tasted the ferocity of the barbarian iron horse, and once entrusted his eldest son to unify Xinjiang in the future, and he must include their most precious thing, the golden-blooded horse, into the worship of the Yu Dynasty.

Now this kind of fierce horse on the grassland is already the Yulin military horse of the royal family of the Yu Dynasty, and it is also the elite war horse of the imperial cavalry. The steppe beasts that were once used to deal with the Imperial Dynasty have now become the perfect tool for the Imperial Dynasty to fight in the East and the West.

The cavalry's golden armor was forged from stainless steel and cast with a thin layer of gold on the outside, which was light but strong. The wearer does not feel heavy, and often marches for tens of miles without sweating a little, while ordinary arrows and steel blades cannot pierce it. Its name is Jin Luojia. There is only one place in the world where such armor can be forged, and that is the Earth Forge in Shenyang City, the capital of the Empire.

Undoubtedly, only the nobles of the most noble families or the most important armies and guards had the opportunity to wear such armor.

Behind the cavalry were rows of convoys with the same equipment and mounts, except that some of the cavalry did not have longbows behind their backs, and instead wore ornate spears. In the very center of the convoy was a luxurious carriage. There are six wheels in the front and rear, pulled in front by two white horses, and a coachman and a man in black armor sit side by side on the cart. Behind them is a lavishly decorated sedan with windows. The sedan chair is covered in black lacquer, and the top of the sedan chair is embroidered with gold lines with a large end of the rose, and the four edges are also inlaid with luxurious gold edges. The body of the sedan chair is covered with rose-gold patterns, as if golden vine branches have grown in the black night sky. There is a rectangular opening on the left and right sides, which is a reserved window. The windows are bordered by rose gold, and beneath the black curtains are edges of shimmering gold lace. The curtain floated slightly in the wind, and the faint fragrance of flowers flowed out of the window.

The whole carriage exudes an air of luxury.

The black-armored man sitting in the carriage suddenly beckoned, and a cavalry escort stepped forward quickly, and the man in black armor said something to the cavalry. The cavalry nodded, rode to the head of the platoon, and conveyed the order to the two cavalrymen with longbows at the front. The convoy quickly stopped.

A cavalryman rode out of battle alone, left the convoy, and marched forward.

The convoy stopped suddenly, and the people in the sedan car seemed to notice something unusual, and a white and slender hand gently opened the curtains. The black-armored man in the car hurriedly turned around and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, please rest assured, there is no danger." ”

The outstretched hand paused slightly, then withdrew it. The curtains were closed again.

After a few moments, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves ahead.

The two cavalrymen led by the leader quickly took off the longbow behind their backs, mounted the bow, mounted the arrow, and pulled the string, all in one go, and the movements were as fast as lightning. It wasn't until the comer approached and appeared in the cavalry's field of vision that the cavalry lowered his bow.

It was the scout cavalry that had just been sent out. He came to the carriage and reported to the man in black armor:

"Lord Ji, I don't see anything abnormal."

Ji Yanyin frowned and didn't say anything. The scout returned to the convoy. It didn't seem to be what he expected, he felt something unusual, but there was no reason to question the Scout's report. Yulin Jun is the second son or relative of various nobles, and he received education from the imperial capital since he was a child, and he is absolutely loyal to the royal family. In terms of ability, they are also people who have entered the Daliu Battalion, the highest military academy in the imperial capital, and they are at the top level in the country in terms of combat and reconnaissance. It stands to reason that the scouts of the Yulin Army did not find anything abnormal, so it should be 100% that there was no ambush or hidden threat, but Ji Yanyin still felt that something was strange.

Ji Yanyin is a child of a family born in Shenyang City, Kyoto, once went to Huizhou with the Wing Emperor, is a person who has experienced the battlefield, and is also a person who has killed tens of millions of enemies, once saved the Wing Emperor from the hands of giants, and let him be the commander of the Yulin Army with the Wing Emperor.

This trip was personally ordered by the emperor to be the commander-in-chief of the Yulin Army, Ji Yanyin, and selected the most elite group of the Yulin Army to participate in the escort. At the time of the twenty-ninth year of the princess Liu Mengjing, the emperor summoned the princess who had been playing abroad for a long time to return to Beijing, and it was the age to get married.

The breeze lifted the curtains, revealing a gap in the window, and Liu Mengjing quietly looked out through the gap. Shui Ling's eyes blinked. Although Ji Yanyin, the commander of the Yulin Army, said that there was no problem, she still felt uneasy, and seemed to feel the subtle changes in the atmosphere outside the window.

Ji Yanyin commanded the convoy to move on.

The golden python slowly squirmed and continued to crawl along the mountain road.

"Cluck......" The sound of animals came from the car.

Liu Mengjin touched the white mink lying on his lap and said, "Mink, it's okay." ”

The mink was covered in snow-white fur, with a pink nose and a pair of dark and shiny eyes. It raised its head and looked out the window.

Liu Mengjing stroked down the mink's head and gently brushed the hair on the mink'er's back.

"Giggles." Mink continued to scream, standing up from Liu Mengjing's thigh, her dark eyes rolling around her bones. It looked at the window on the left and then at the window on the right, crawling around restlessly.

Liu Mengjin felt strange, the little mink was a sign of vigilance, and Liu Mengjin rarely saw it like this.

"Ermine, what's wrong?" Before she could finish her sentence, a crisp sound suddenly pierced the air and came to her ears at great speed. Liu Mengjin was slightly stunned, but before she had time to react, there was already chaos outside the window.

A cavalryman at the front of the convoy suddenly fell from his horse. His neck was pierced by a sharp arrow, sharpened, and the tail of the arrow was fixed with a red feather, which was stained red with blood. The arrows were so sharp that they didn't even give him time to make a sound. The arrow passed, and the fate fell.

Seal your throat with an arrow.