The Golden Bough and the Dog Verse 39

It was as if he had been frightened and put on a defensive posture.

In front of them, the peasant girl approached with a teapot and was stopped by the guards.

The peasant girl, still covering her face with a black cloth, timidly handed the teapot to the guard, bowed her head and went back to the room.

It just so happened that Yun Xuan was thirsty, so he jumped in to drink. Behind her, two puppies built up a deep friendship with her in just a few days, and followed her from one to the other.

Tang Xian thought this scene was interesting, and recalled that Yun Yuan was unhappy yesterday because the puppy ran away with the peasant girl, and said with a smile: "I'm right, the puppy likes people who are good to it, you play with them more, and after getting acquainted, they will naturally get close to you......"

"Hey, hey." Yun Yuan forgot about her sister-in-law for a while, and said, "Later, I will ask Grandma if these two puppies are for sale, and I want to take them home and let them be the company of the lame military master." ”

Tang Xian smiled, and when she turned her head, she saw two puppies circling around the clouds again, and suddenly, a picture came into her mind.

Her heart moved, and she stood up suddenly, startling Yun Yuan.

"Maomao, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, you, you stay in the house, don't move around." After Tang Xian finished speaking, she hurriedly walked out, and saw a peasant girl drying clothes in the opposite corner of the courtyard at the door.

She was dressed in plain indigo and had a large black cloth wrapped around her head, covering her face and upper body.

Over the past few days, Tang Xian has learned a little about her, and she is a timid and cowardly girl with the same personality as she does outside.

Tang Xian's chest rose and fell with nervousness, and she secretly touched the dagger hidden in her arms.

The dagger that Yun stopped giving her was as sharp as snow, and it was said that it was extremely sharp.

Tang Xian had not yet seen its true power, and she did not want to see it until the moment of last resort.

She secretly calmed down, stepped out of the door, and when she passed the mute who was guarding outside, she called out to him, and for the first time took the initiative to approach the peasant girl under his questioning gaze.

Gently patting her on the shoulder, Tang Xian asked tentatively, "Girl? ”

The peasant girl turned around, bowed her head and did not speak.

Tang Xian couldn't get a glimpse of her face, glanced at her left shoulder, and said, "Thank you girl for taking her in, it's okay left and right, I'll take a hand." ”

Without waiting for the peasant girl to reply, she squatted down to pick up a wet garment, and as if unintentionally when she got up, she suddenly turned around and slammed into the peasant girl's left shoulder.

The peasant girl turned sideways and shook her head to pick up her clothes.

At this moment, Tang Xian knew that she had guessed wrong, her face turned white with fright, her fingers shook, and her clothes fell straight to the ground.

The peasant girl was slightly stunned and raised her head to look at her.

Under the black cloth, there was a pair of slender eyes that shimmered with cold light, the corners of the eyes were slightly wrinkled, and the skin around them was rough, but there was absolutely no decay.

"Dumb!" Tang Xian shouted, and at the same time, he pulled out the dagger with a "swish" and swung it fiercely at the peasant girl.

The peasant girl couldn't dodge and raised her arm to block it.

The feeling of the blade cutting through the flesh was transmitted to Tang Xian's palm through the dagger, and in an instant, blood splattered!

……

When Tang Xian opened her eyes, the "peasant girl" had been captured by the guards, and the black cloth covering her head was torn apart.

This was the first time Tang Xian had hurt someone, and the other party's arm was scratched by her, and blood flowed down the dagger to the back of her hand.

The scarlet liquid burned her hands with a hot heat, and her hand holding the dagger jerked loose, and the dagger fell to the ground.

There was such a big movement in the courtyard, Yun Yuan in the house heard it, ran out in a panic, and led the frightened Tang Xian to wash his hands, while the guards dealt with the thieves and went around to search for the traces of the family of three.

Xu was afraid that the smell of blood would be detected by the guards, but the other party did not kill him, and the peasant couple was knocked unconscious in the house, while the peasant girl was tied up in the grass.

There were no casualties, but it frightened the dumb and other guards.

The dumb man endured it for a long time, and when he saw the clouds coming down from Chuyang Mountain from a distance, he couldn't help but say: "Girl, if you notice something strange next time, you can inform your subordinates in advance first, and your subordinates will take action, so as not to hurt the girl in an accident." ”

Tang Xian's hand holding the teacup was still trembling, and a dry smile appeared on her face, but she did not reply.

When she saw the dog barking at the peasant girl twice in quick succession, she realized that the peasant girl today was someone else's pretense.

For the sake of safety, it is true that the mute and the guards should be told directly, rather than taking risks themselves.

But Tang Xian thought too much, she thought that the other party was Yanxia.

There was an abnormal movement in the imperial mausoleum, and Yanxia took the opportunity to slip out and find it by mistake, which is not impossible. Besides, she has a disguise technique and pretends to be a peasant girl to sneak in, which is completely reasonable.

Where did Tang Xian dare to reveal Yanxia's identity in front of the guards, she could only carry a dagger and go to test it in person.

If yes, she will confirm it first, and then find an opportunity to secretly meet with Yanxia.

If not, she had already shouted mute in advance, and if the mute and the guards reacted quickly, she might not have had an accident.

Yanxia had an injury to her left shoulder, but the "peasant girl" was hit on her left shoulder without any pain, so Tang Xian knew that he was not pretending to be Yanxia.

Thankfully, the dumb man lived up to expectations.

Tang Xian didn't dare to say these careful thoughts, and after perfunctory past, she led Yun Yuan to the gate of the courtyard and waited for Yun to stop.

In Chuyang Mountain, everything stopped as expected, and the mastermind behind the scenes believed that the treasure cave in Chuyang Mountain was true, and after he entered the mountain, he sent a large number of people to surround it.

The men and horses of both sides fought in the dense forest for half a night, and in the end most of the opponents were beheaded by swords, and only a few were spared.

It wasn't until the two sides met each other that Yun Zhu saw clearly that one of the main envoys was Captain Guanglu in the Yulin Army.

Born in the army, it is no wonder that there are people with such exquisite archery.

The move was a complete success, but the mood of Yunzhu did not improve.

In the past few years, the royal family has been absurd, and at this opportunity, foreign forces have infiltrated the capital. Even the Yulin Army has been infected, and in the rest of the place, I am afraid that there are only a lot of them.

This court is simply full of loopholes, what a big mess.

Yun Zhu was in a very bad mood, so he cleaned up the gang in Chuyang Mountain, tried those who should be tried, killed those who should be killed, and finally ordered the guards to escort the half-dead Captain Guanglu back to Beijing.

This person treasoned and collaborated with the enemy, and the evidence was conclusive, and he did not escort him to the court to be severely punished, so as to set an example, and it was difficult to swallow this evil breath.

After the business was dealt with, some people were left to search for the missing traitors in the mountains and forests, and Yun stopped down the mountain to pick up Tang Xian and Yun Yuan, accompanied by Zhuang Lian, who had not appeared for a long time.

On the way, Zhuang Lian said: "Son, don't be angry, this matter can't be solved in a day or two, take your time and ......."

When it comes to the affairs of the court, it is tantamount to directly touching Yun Zhu's moldy head, Zhuang Lian said a few words, and seeing that his face did not improve in the slightest, he turned to ask: "Are Miss and Maomao also here?" ”

"It's a hard journey, son, let's slow down on the way back, take them for a walk, it's time to relax."

"My subordinates have seen it, there are many mountains and rivers around here, and it is much cooler than the capital. And this place is very close to the imperial mausoleum, can the prince take the young lady to the imperial mausoleum to meet the emperors? ”

Zhuang Lian was verbose, thinking of something and saying something, "By the way, when my subordinates went to the imperial tomb to transfer troops, I heard that there have been many emperors in the imperial tombs recently......"

Yun stopped not saying a word, he had already nagged a lot.

"It is said that the melons and fruits offered every day are eaten by people, and in the middle of the night, there are often bells and drums ringing in the mausoleum, and there are several times, and the guards and eunuchs are inexplicably imprisoned in the tomb......"

As he spoke, seeing Yun Zhu frowning, Zhuang Lian himself laughed, "When I heard it, it was man-made, I don't know if the old eunuch was weak-hearted, or if he was a prisoner and a thief, he actually said that he was the emperor's manifestation." ”

is really the emperor's apparition, and the first thing to deal with should be the courtiers in the court who hook up with foreign enemies with their money.

"The subordinates thought that the business was important, so they didn't intervene. But the young lady loves to play, and she may want to find out. What does Childe think? ”

Yun Zhu didn't have a particularly deep affection for the strange ancestors, but no matter how he said it, it was also the ancestor of the Yun family. The emperor's mausoleum, being tricked like this by Xiaoxiao, is a loss of face for future generations.

It just so happened that there was still a spare military baggage - the burial goods in the imperial tomb, so Yun stopped and said: "Take Mao Mao and Yun Yuan first, and go around to see it when you return." ”

At this point, the tone finally loosened a bit.

This time, a large fish lurking was caught, but the archer, who was skilled in archery, was still not caught, and Yun Zhu was not at ease, so he no longer listened to Zhuang Lian's ramblings, and galloped towards the village with his horse's belly between his legs.

On the outskirts of the village, he met the guards who stayed behind, and saw the figures of Yun Xuan and Tang Xian in the distance, and Yun stopped remembering the quarrel with Tang Xian a few days ago, and her timid and weak appearance of letting herself protect her, and the hand holding the reins could not help but tighten.

Zhuang Maomao...... A delicate and weak little girl.

Just let her go.

Yun stopped on his horse, straightened his clothes, and was about to ride his horse over, when the vigilance he had cultivated all the year round jumped suddenly.

He raised his eyes to the side of the forest, and fixed his eyes on an arrow shooting in the direction of the farmhouse.

"Get out of the way!"

At the door of the farmhouse, in addition to the guards, there were also Tang Xian and Yun Yuan, and it was self-evident who the arrows were heading at.

He could no longer reach him, and when he saw the arrow shoot, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he immediately drew the bow and arrow from the back of the guard.

Lead the bow and arrow, and do it in one go.

The first arrow, with a sharp sound of the wind, went straight into the dense forest, and quickly disappeared.

But it was followed by the second arrow off the string, which hit something with precision.

There was a dull sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and the guards immediately rode away.

Yun stopped throwing down his bow and arrows and hurried to the farmhouse.

Chapter 34: Crying

Hearing the familiar sound of "get out of the way", Tang Xian knew that it was coming again.

It's the third time!

Her reaction was quick, but she didn't know which direction the arrow was coming from, let alone where to hide.

The guards were a little farther away, but Yun Yuan was right next to her, she dodged it, would the arrow shoot Yun Yuan?

Tang Xian was slow for a moment, and the chill brought by the arrows had already hit her face.

I don't know if I should say that she knew each other with the archer who had been entangled for so long, and that arrow really came from her side in front of her, unlike the last time she aimed at her eyes, this time it was shorter.

Unconsciously, either she was shot in the waist or she was lucky enough to dodge, and the arrow would shoot straight at Yun Yuan.

Tang Xian didn't have time to think, the wind swept in, and she turned around and pounced on Yun Yuan.

As she fell to the ground, the pain spread from her right shoulder, and she gritted her teeth and lowered her head.

In Yun Yuan's eyes, she was waiting for her brother to come to her and tell her brother how Tang Xian had alertly spotted the villain's disguise, when she was suddenly covered by Tang Xian and fell to the ground.

The uneven ground hurt her back and knocked her elbows.

She was blinded by Tang Xian, and she couldn't see what was happening, but she could hear the panicked reactions of the guards.

"Maomao, what's wrong with you?" She asked, stretching out her hand to help Tang Xian, her fingers touching the warm liquid.