On the official road about fifty miles northeast of Fangling County, a man in black was galloping in the dark night, he kept whipping the horses, and at the same time looked back nervously, the horses under his crotch were already exhausted, panting, foaming at the mouth, two crossbow arrows were stuck in the hind buttocks of the horse, and the blood flowing down condensed the hair on the hind legs, which looked shocking.

But the man in black on the horse didn't care about the life or death of the horse, he was only worried about whether the pursuers behind him would catch up, he also had an arrow stuck in his back, and the blood stained his clothes red, but the will to escape supported him,

At this time, the war horse let out a long neigh, and fell down violently, lifting the man in black more than a foot away, fortunately, there were dense bushes on both sides of the official road, and the man in black was not injured again, he got up in pain and dragged the horse desperately, but the horse twitched its hind legs, its eyes were closed, and it was obvious that it was no longer good.

Helpless, the man in black had to untie the horse bag, the horse bag containing important documents close to his body, he looked around, all around are towering mountains, there is no light in sight, at this moment, he suddenly faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, this is the pursuers are about to arrive, the man in black is terrified, he can't care about the arrow wound in his back, he turned around and ran towards a forest hundreds of steps away.

In a moment, dozens of guards rode horses to chase after him, and the person was Wei Lian's henchman Han Zhiqi, who saw the horse that died on the side of the road at a glance, and immediately reined in the war horse, and ordered a few people to everyone, everyone dismounted, and someone stepped forward to check it, and said to Han Zhiqi: "Captain, the horse's body is still hot, which means that it has just fallen down." ”

Under the silver moonlight, Han Zhiqi saw a series of footprints next to the war horse, he looked in the direction of the footprints, and saw a lush forest more than two hundred steps away in the distance, in addition, that person should have nowhere to hide, he immediately shouted: "Go to the woods to search"

Dozens of guards divided into three ways and outflanked the woods, but Han Zhiqi didn't expect that this was not a forest, but a forest hundreds of miles long, stretching to several mountains, and the black-clothed man they were chasing fled into the forest, which was tantamount to a fish like the sea, and there was little hope of finding him again.

In the early morning of the next day, in the palace of Luling Wang, Princess Wei Lian was pacing back and forth in the inner hall anxiously, and her eldest son Li Chongrun stood next to her.

Shortly after Li Chongrun left the capital overnight after giving up the race, he sent a pigeon letter to his mother, but due to space reasons, he did not say much, only mentioning that Jiang Enxin, the eunuch guard next to his father, was probably an undercover agent sent by Wu Sansi.

Li Chongrun still has a lot of important things to present to his mother, such as the Wu family is secretly discussing to block the revival of the Li family, and someone is preparing to attack his father, etc., these important information cannot be explained in detail in the pigeon letter, so he can only meet his mother and discuss it in detail.

It was precisely because of the lack of awareness of the urgency of the crisis that Princess Wei wanted to plan and use Jiang Enxin to deliver some fake news to Wu Sansi.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Enxin received a secret letter from Wu Sansi today, ordering him to evacuate the palace immediately, although Jiang Enxin was about to escape when he was monitored by the guards who watched him, Han Zhiqi had already led people to chase him, but it is still unknown whether he can catch up.

Wei Lian was annoyed and remorseful in her heart, if she could be decisive and arrest Jiang Enxin in time, she would not be in trouble today, but this matter is not entirely her fault, if her son could have given her the news earlier-

Thinking of this, Wei Lian turned her head and glared at her eldest son fiercely, Li Chongrun was even more aggrieved in her heart, she reported all the information to her mother the day before yesterday, she could arrest Jiang Enxin calmly, but she didn't do it for a long time, and it wasn't until today that Jiang Enxin ran away, and she began to blame herself for not saying it earlier.

Li Chongrun didn't dare to argue with his mother, so he had to stand aside silently, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard under the hall, and a palace maid said loudly: "The Han guards are back"

Wei Lian was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around to greet him, but Han Zhiqi walked into the inner hall first, he saw Li Chongrun at a glance, he was stunned, and quickly knelt down on one knee, "Princess Qiyu, she is incompetent and incompetent, and she has not been able to catch Jiang Enxin." ”

"What"

Wei Lian was annoyed, "Can't so many people chase after one?"

"Returning to the princess, I was supposed to catch up, but he fled into the forest, the forest is too big, and we are understaffed, as a result. ”

Han Zhiqi was reporting to Wei Lian, but Li Chongrun next to him was furious, with murderous intent in his eyes, this is the inner hall, it is his mother's living place, Han Zhiqi broke in directly without reporting, Li Chongrun had already heard some gossip about his mother, just because he lived outside the palace, this matter can only be heard.

Today he appeared in his mother's inner palace because of special circumstances, but he showed this detail, this Han Zhiqi dared to break into his mother's inner palace at will, is this really just an accident?

It was this casual detail today that made Li Chongrun realize that those rumors were not unfounded, and his heart was filled with deep shame at this time.

"Chongrun, what do you think should be done now?" Wei Lian turned around and asked Li Chongrun.

Li Chongrun hid the hatred in his heart in time, he lowered his head and whispered: "Back to my mother, my child will block the exits of various official roads in Fangzhou in time, even if Jiang Xinen escapes with his life, he will not be able to leave Fangzhou." ”

"This building is good"

Wei Lian nodded approvingly, and said to Li Chongrun: "You immediately go to the state government and the Fangling County government, that is, the palace is stolen, let the government fully assist in tracking down Jiang Xinen."

"Son, go now. ”

Li Chongrun glanced at Han Zhiqi coldly and left quickly, Wei Lian was upset, she didn't notice the hatred in her son's eyes when he looked at Han Zhiqi.

Han Zhiqi felt the troubles in Wei Lian's heart, so he comforted her in a low voice: "Princess, Jiang Enxin may not be able to come out alive if he escapes into the forest, the fierce beasts in the forest are infested, and he feels that he is more than lucky, but in fact, there is no need to worry too much." ”

Wei Lian also felt that there was some truth, she thought about it, and said to Han Zhiqi: "Although you say so, you still can't be careless, you continue to lead your men to search for Jiang Enxin, once he escapes from the forest, be sure to catch him"

Fangzhou is surrounded by mountains, the terrain is high-risk, the mountains and rivers in the territory are vertical and horizontal, and there are broken basins one after another, which have become the place where Fangzhou people have cultivated and lived for generations.

There are three main official roads leading to other states in Fangzhou, one is the North Road, also known as the Blocked Water Channel, which leads to the Hanshui River in the north, followed by the West Road, which is the famous Shangyong Road, which goes west to Hanzhong and Bashu, and then the East Road, also called the Zhushui Road, which leads to the Zhushui Valley to Xiangzhou.

The north of these three official roads is blocked by Hanshui and Wudang Mountain, the terrain is rugged and steep, and the road is difficult, the general mule and horse caravans do not take this road very much, and the Shangyong Road is to Hanzhong and Bashu, there are too many detours for the Central Plains, and it is only conducive to the caravan going west.

Only the host road, the terrain is slightly flat, which is conducive to the entry and exit of caravans, and it is also the gateway to the prosperous Central Plains, so the host road has become the most important official road in and out of Fangzhou.

In the easternmost part of Fangzhou, there is a small town called Guishan Town, named after a large mountain nearby that resembles a turtle, and the clear and wide Zhushui comes from the west, crosses the town, flows northeast, and flows into the Han River in Gucheng County, 50 miles away.

There is a tea shed next to the official road in the easternmost part of Turtle Town, which is opened by a large family in the town, specially for pedestrians to rest and sharpen, customers continue to play all year round, and the business is also prosperous, the shopkeeper of the tea shed is surnamed Liu, a distant relative of a large family, about forty years old, can speak, is very shrewd and able, and takes three guys to take care of the tea shed.

In the afternoon of this day, a team of more than ten people rode slowly from the east official road, and the shopkeeper Liu saw this team from afar, he was well-informed, and felt that this team should be from the official government.

In the past two days, there has been a lot of noise in Guishan Town, and the people of Fangzhou Government and Luling Palace are arresting a thief, which makes the people of the town panic, and every family closes their doors at night, and they dare not go out, which also affects the business of the tea shed to some extent.

Shopkeeper Liu didn't want this team to come to his tea shed to rest and eat, he didn't want to deal with people in the official mansion, but many things were often contrary to people's expectations, this team saw the tea shed, and left the official road and walked towards the tea shed.

"Shopkeeper, do you have tea and dinner?" shouted one at the front of the line.

Shopkeeper Liu heard that they were accented by the capital, and his heart was worried for a while, so he had to reply stubbornly: "There is tea and dinner, everyone is welcome to come to the shop to rest."

Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly instructed the men to lead the horses for them, tied the horses to the horse stakes outside the tea shed, and he personally welcomed the group into the tea shed.

There are a total of thirteen people in this line, it is the Dali Temple investigation team led by Sun Li, Dali Temple Qing Li Element received Wu Zetian's secret order, ordered him to send someone to Fangzhou to investigate the case of the Luling King raising warriors, Li Element also learned that Junchen also went to Fangzhou, related to the orthodoxy of the royal family, he really didn't want to meddle in the case, but had to obey the order, so he ordered Dali Temple Cheng Sun Li to lead more than a dozen people to Fangzhou.

Sun Li came from Gucheng County, went on the road before dawn, led his men to run for most of the day, and was really tired, he sat down and drank tea and asked the shopkeeper Liu: "The nearest county town from here should be Yongqing."

"It is to walk along the official road to the west, after Guishan Town, and then walk ten miles to arrive, if you want to find an inn, Guishan Town also has it. ”

"How far is it from here to Fangling County?"

"Then it's going to take a few days, at least two hundred miles."

Sun Li frowned, he actually had to walk two hundred miles, he pondered for a moment and asked: "I heard that there is a big drought in Fangzhou this year, I don't feel so strict."

Shopkeeper Liu smiled, "That was last year, in fact, it is not so strict, that is, there is a drought in the Shangyong area and the southern mountainous area, and there have been a few heavy snowfalls this winter, and the drought has already eased." ”

"It is said that many victims have fled to Fangling?"

"This ...... I don't quite know. ”

Shopkeeper Liu knew the truth from the mouth, he didn't want to say more, turned around and entered the house, and soon brought out a plate of game and bamboo shoots, and took out a jar of local wine, and the soldiers of Dali Temple poured wine and ate meat, talking and laughing.

Sun Li was just about to pick up a bowl of wine, only to listen, a sound, an arrow roared, was shooting the wine bowl, the wine bowl was smashed, and then dozens of arrows were shot out in the bamboo forest not far away, several Dali Temple soldiers could not dodge, they were hit by the arrow, screaming and falling to the ground.

The sudden change stunned everyone, Sun Li was the first to react, he roared, kicked over the table, hid behind the table, and drew the long sword from the bag next to him.

"Squat, squat," Sun Li shouted back.

At this time, the rest of the soldiers had already reacted, they were the same as Sun Li, kicked over the table, hid behind the table, Shopkeeper Liu was so frightened that his legs trembled, turned around and fled, but he was shot in the back by an arrow, screamed and threw himself to the ground, and saw that he could not survive.

Sun Li was extremely angry in his heart, he was attacked as soon as he arrived in Fangzhou, who did this? Through the gap in the table, he saw dozens of black shadows in the bamboo forest, only thirty or forty steps away from them, and they kept firing arrows, so that Sun Li and the other subordinates could not raise their heads.

I don't know how long it took, the tea shed gradually calmed down, and the black shadow in the bamboo forest disappeared without a trace, Sun Li estimated that the other party had withdrawn, and he immediately ran to several of his subordinates who were shot, two of his subordinates had been killed, and two were seriously injured and dying.

"Come and save someone"

Sun Li shouted, and the rest of his men rushed over to bandage the wounded companions, Sun Li was indignant, and he led several of his men to rush towards the bamboo forest, at this time, the people who ambushed them in the bamboo forest had withdrawn, only to see footprints all over the ground and a dozen abandoned arrows.

Sun Li picked up a crossbow, this crossbow is a standard horned crossbow, which belongs to the equipment of the Tang army, and the arrows that attacked them are shot with this kind of crossbow, who will do it

"Envoy, there's a bronze medal here"

A soldier from the bamboo leaves all over the ground appeared a shining bronze medal, Sun Li stepped forward to take the bronze medal, held in the palm of the palm to look carefully, only to see that the bronze medal is very exquisite, the lines are soft, the shape is simple, the front is a pair of swords intersecting, the back is engraved with three raised Yangwen seal characters: 'Xingtang Hui, there is a line of small characters below 'Ding 31,, it seems to be the number of the licensee.

This bronze medal made Sun Li gasp, "The Xingtang Society is a secret organization established by Xu Jingye and a group of officials who deposed Yangzhou more than ten years ago to oppose the current emperor.

Sun Li didn't know anything about the mission he came to Fangzhou this time, but now that his men were ambushed by the black-clothed men with crossbows, and the number plate of the Xingtang Society appeared in Fangzhou, he began to realize the problem of Yan zhòng, whether it was true or not, he didn't dare to hide it, and he had to report it to the authorities immediately.

Sun Li immediately wrote a letter and ordered two of his subordinates to return to Luoyang Dali Temple with the letter and evidence to report, at this time there were still six people under his command, plus two seriously injured, where should they go? Sun Li pondered for a moment, and said to everyone: "Pack up your things and rush to Yongqing County immediately."

Everyone quickly packed their bags, buried the two companions who were killed by the arrow in the bamboo forest, and rushed to Yongqing County one after another.

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