The old Taoist apprentices are also very clever, and when they saw that the situation was wrong, they turned around and fled on horseback.

"Abandon the shield, travel lightly, and pursue!"

Wu Qi shouted loudly, and his voice was like thunder.

At his command, all the pursuing Praetorian guards discarded their shields and other belongings, and then only one man and one horse were left in pursuit.

On the open plain, just the right cavalry to deploy.

Zhao Hongming sat on horseback, and saw Wu Qi and others divided into three routes, forming an encirclement trend.

Under them are all well-tended military horses of the Wei State, and their foot strength is outstanding.

Most of the horses of Lao Dao and these people are wild horses, which are difficult to compare with the horses of Wu Qi and others, and they were quickly caught up by Wu Qi and others.

"Hey!"

"Hunt!"

The forbidden troops on both flanks drew their swords from their waists, gradually changed direction, and converged towards the middle.

Change speed at the same time to charge.

The two sides soon came into contact.

When the final encirclement is formed, there is no suspense.

There are more than ten apprentices in total, but they are all ordinary martial artists, and their cultivation is almost in the realm of opening the pulse.

In the face of the siege of Wu Qi and others of sixty or seventy people, they had no power to fight back at all.

Not to mention that Wu Qi and the others were still fully armored and well-equipped.

Under Zhao Hongming's gaze, these apprentices of the old Taoist priest fell from their horses one by one, and they fell to the ground without knowing their life or death.

Some were unfortunately trampled by horses and trampled into a puddle of mud.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen veteran apprentices were killed.

There were no casualties.

Wu Qi cleaned up the battlefield and regrouped to return to the team.

He walked up to Zhao Hongming, clasped his fists and said, "Lord, fortunately not disgraced." ”

Zhao Hongming's gaze swept over the many guards.

Their armor was more or less stained with blood, which added a lot of solemnity to them.

Zhao Hongming looked away and looked at the woman not far away.

At this time, under the gaze of everyone, the woman in Qingtianlou walked towards Fang Mingda's cold corpse little by little.

Ignoring the blood stains on the ground, she held Fang Mingda's body in her arms.

His eyes gradually turned red, and then two lines of tears flowed silently.

Zhao Hongming drove over and said in a condescending tone with an expressionless face: "Tell me, what's the matter?" ”

When the woman heard Zhao Hongming's question, she came back to her senses, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, exhaled deeply, and calmed the surging emotions in her heart.

After a few breaths, the woman seemed to have regained her composure, she carefully put down Fang Mingda's corpse, and then turned to Zhao Hongming and gave a deep salute.

She could see from the performance of the people around her that the man in front of her was not only a profound cultivator, but also a noble status, so she didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and said: "I am a disciple of Qingtianlou, and the one who died is my senior brother." ”

"Some time ago, Senior Brother didn't know where he got the news that the old Dao of Shangxianmen was refining elixir with human life, so he took me all the way from Luling to here."

"It's just that my brother and I underestimated his strength, and I wasn't his opponent at all. As for the rest of the matter, you know this nobleman. ”

Alchemy with human life?

It was the first time Zhao Hongming heard such a thing, and he couldn't help frowning.

"This old way has something to do with the Immortal Gate?"

"Yes."

If he remembered correctly, Gao Yanshi heard that a large reason why those homeless people were willing to go to Ying County was because of this Shangxian Gate.

Now it seems that this Shangxian Sect is afraid that it is not good-hearted, and there are other reasons.

"I heard that there is a county guard in Ying County, does he not care about this matter?"

Hearing this, Jing Qiaoyan shook her head and said, "Lord County Shou has something important to him, and these homeless people are not under his rule. ”

Jing Qiaoyan didn't say anything more.

Zhao Hongming understood and didn't ask any more.

He walked over to Lao Dao's corpse and stopped.

Gao Yanshi beside him was like a roundworm in Zhao Hongming's stomach, he rolled off the horse, walked to Lao Dao's side in small steps, and groped for a while.

He found a piece of parchment, as well as some wishing stones and fragments of elixir.

Gao Yanshi carefully folded it and presented it: "Lord." ”

Zhao Hongming spread out the parchment and took a look, and found that it was recorded in a formation for refining human life.

You can seize the essence and blood vitality of the living, and then use it to strengthen yourself to achieve the purpose of prolonging your life.

A proper evil skill.

From here, it can be roughly judged that Shangxianmen is also a cult that is also acting in an extreme way.

This formation, if he wants to learn it, he also needs to constantly fill it with other people's lives.

Zhao Hongming admits that he is not a good person, but he is not so mad as to do such a thing with human life.

He casually threw away this formation and said, "Burn it." ”

Gao Yanshi gladly accepted the order.

Zhao Hongming drove the horse: "It's been delayed for so long, let's go, let's make sure to arrive at Yingjun before dark." ”

"Yes!"

Under Wu Qi's intention, all the horses that Lao Dao and they brought over were gathered together and brought behind them.

Although these horses are not good horses, they are horses after all, and it is a pity to let them go.

Anyway, now they are ownerless, and they can be taken away as trophies.

Jing Qiaoyan looked resolute, put the body of her senior brother Fang Mingda on horseback, and slowly hung behind Zhao Hongming and the others.

Chang Wuxi, who was following the team, approached, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, she ......"

"As long as she doesn't bother me to wait, let her be." Zhao Hongming didn't care about this, and silently sped up.

Jing Qiaoyan also hurriedly followed.

After walking for almost half a day, Zhao Hongming and his party successfully entered the territory of Ying County.

In the entire territory of Ying County, there are a total of ten cities, and Zhao Hongming's palace is in Luling among these ten cities.

Luling is not far from the border of Ying County.

Zhao Hongming hurriedly whipped up, and the group finally arrived at Luling City before dark.

The walls of Luling City are not tall, but they are very new.

At this time, there are many guards patrolling back and forth.

Jing Qiaoyan, who was following them, saw Luling, nodded to Zhao Hongming and the others, said goodbye silently, and went around to another place.

After Jing Qiaoyan left completely, Zhao Hongming's face squirmed for a while, and then he returned to his original appearance.

"Let's go, let's go into the city with Lone, and we'll be the county guard for a while."

From hearsay along the way, Chen Shenghai, the county guard of Yingjun, may not take him, the newly crowned martial king of Wei, in his eyes.

Looking at the whole world, there are very few kings who can mix up fame.

Zhao Hongming glanced at the city gate and walked over solemnly with a group of subordinates.

From today onwards, this piece of wasteland has officially ushered in, Zhao Hongming, its nominal owner.

(End of chapter)