It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.

Luoxia Mountain is brightly lit and lively. Chen San, the big boss on the mountain, was holding a sea bowl, casually brushing his beard, drinking all the liquor in the bowl in one gulp, and then slammed the bowl happily and made a bang.

"What's the joy of being in charge?" A big tongue held the jar directly, and asked as he drank.

"You guessed right!" Chen San poured another bowl of wine and said quite smugly: "Tomorrow, there will be another Cangzhou Mu to suppress the bandits!" ”

"Big brother, what kind of happy event is this? Someone who is good and powerful! Ma Yuankai, the old horseman, knows how to call us! ”

"That is, isn't the salt intercepted every year all for him?"

"How much benefit have we gotten from our stockade?"

"Eh, this time is different." Chen San's treacherous eyes, under the night light, looked even more ruthless and greedy: "The Chu family in Yizhou knows it!" This time, it was the third son of the Chu family who came to suppress the bandits. Ma Yuankai has already written to say that this time don't die, just live. As long as you catch him, you can get a steady stream of silver from the Chu family! ”

"Eh, that's the Chu family! How much silver is this third prince of Chu worth! ”

"As long as I catch this third son of Chu, then I can have as many girls as I want in the future!"

"Superficial, I heard that this third son of Chu is the first beauty in Shengjing!" When Chen San spoke, his face was lewd. Evil smile. He is already a good man, and behind this Luoxia Mountain, I don't know how many bones of the beautiful boy are buried. As soon as he heard about the fame of this third prince of Chu, the evil fire in his heart couldn't stop burning.

As soon as he heard this, the big tongue who had just started to ask the question walked towards Chen San with the wine jar and said, "Then congratulations to the big boss in advance!" I salute you! ”

"Good!" Chen San drank all the wine in the bowl.

"Huh? Who are you? Have I never seen it? Chen San looked at the face in front of him and asked suspiciously.

"It's the one who took your dog's life!" The big tongue in front of him suddenly threw away the wine jar, took out a long knife from his arms, and stabbed straight at Chen San.

Chen San secretly said that it was not good, and just as he was about to dodge, he was pierced through his body by a long knife shining with a cold light.

"I dare to think about my lord, and die for my lord!" Under the moonlight and candlelight, Kuaixin's angry face was clearly reflected.

The people in the cottage didn't expect the mutation to protrude, and just now everyone got together to drink. Lewd on the days of sitting on the gold and silver sea in the future, in the blink of an eye, his own boss was killed?!

The people were frightened and frightened, and some of them were like birds and beasts, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape; Some take up arms and want to avenge the boss; Some fell directly to the ground and begged for mercy.

But just when they made a move, they found that more than half of the people around them didn't know each other!

"You guys! What a person! ”

"Beat him up!" Kuaixin shouted.

After a while, the rest of the bandits on the cottage were arrested. Kuai Xin kicked the few people who said that they wanted to arrest Chu Ji in exchange for money: "His grandmother's!" Want to catch us? Don't look at how much ability you have? ”

"Okay, when we get back, I'll hand them over to my lordship. Now let's get down to business. In the crowd, Kuaimin also walked up. Today's ploy to disguise himself as a mountain bandit was exactly what he came up with.

"Good!" Kuai Xin said, and gave Chen San several more knives to make sure that he couldn't die anymore, and then left with Kuai Min.

As night fell, a gray dove that almost merged with the night fell into the courtyard of the Cangzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion.

In the study, Chu Ji, Qin Zong, Xue Zheng and Yang You were all waiting for the arrival of this gray pigeon.

"Young Master, I've come to the secret letter!" Ji An, who had been guarding the courtyard, took the note removed from the pigeon's leg and entered the study.

The secret message came from Kuaimin.

Chu Ji opened the secret letter and looked at it, and there was a smile between his eyebrows: "It's done!" ”

"Great!" Yang You said with some excitement.

The lord sent Kuaimin Kuaixin with 3,000 soldiers and horses, and he had already eliminated the mountain bandits on Luoxia Mountain. In this way, as long as the 5,000 soldiers of Cangzhou City arrive at the foot of Luoxia Mountain, they will be able to turn against the guests and take them by surprise.

At that time, those who descend will live, and those who rebel will die!

Originally, he was worried that the adult would only take Qin Zong and a hundred soldiers to go, and behind him were five thousand ill-intentioned soldiers and horses, and he killed Qian Youcai's only son, so it was inevitable that there would be a risk of accidents on the way.

didn't think that the adults had already used Dasi Nong to tell Qian Youcai and Ma Yuankai the news that they could find the elixir. No one can resist the temptation of immortality.

In this way, even if Qian Youcai hates adults in his heart, and hates them so much that he would rather commit the crime of rebellion, he will never kill adults before he reaches Luoxia Mountain. In this way, the risk of the trip is greatly reduced.

After discussing the specific countermeasures, they prepared to go back to the hospital to rest.

Chu Ji's courtyard was not in the same direction as theirs, and when the five of them reached the fork in the road, they separated.

Seeing Chu Ji walking away, Xue Zheng made a big salute towards Qin Zong and said, "Little General Qin, the safety of the adults is tied to you alone!" ”

Adults have great kindness to him, and so does General Qin. If it weren't for the fact that his martial arts skills were not as good as General Qin Xiao, and Cangzhou Mansion needed him to lead the remaining two hundred soldiers to join forces inside and outside, he couldn't wait to accompany the adults to break into the Longtan Tiger's Den.

Qin Zong pursed his lips and looked at Chu Ji's back.

It is as bright as the wind of a jade tree, and as independent as a green pine. （1）

"I'll naturally protect him." The young man's voice was green, like a murmur, but it carried a power as heavy as a thousand jun.

The scorching summer sun, even in the early morning, carries a scorching heat.

At the gate of Cangzhou City, Chu Ji was dressed in bright silver armor, riding on a jade top, and patrolling the five thousand and one soldiers at the city gate.

The first one was Qin Zong, who was in a red robe and black armor, holding a bright silver halberd, and straddled a snow horse. Qin Zong's body was really heroic and handsome, making Chu Ji seem to see the future god of war.

Beside Qin Zong were five lieutenants among the five thousand soldiers in Cangzhou, all of whom were loyal to Ma Yuankai. Ma Yuankai was able to send these five people and the soldiers under them, and he could afford him.

Later, because Ma Yuankai had already handed over the military power on his face, he justifiably incorporated his 100 guards into the Cangzhou Mansion soldiers and temporarily handed them over to Qin Zong. At this time, they were showing a defensive posture, separating Chu Ji from the five thousand soldiers.

Chu Ji and Qin Zong glanced at each other, then turned their horses' heads and stared at the road ahead with a determined expression.

- "Let's go! ”

The army marched all the way, and in the evening of the next day, it had already left the border of Cangzhou and came to the foot of the mountain only ten miles away from Luoxia Mountain.

Chu Ji stopped and ordered the army to set up camp here. After a night's rest, early tomorrow morning, we will attack Luoxia Mountain.

Chu Ji took Qin Zong into the middle tent with the front foot, and the five captains on the back foot discussed it.

"I see that Chu Ji is a little white face, and he will attack Luoxia Mountain early tomorrow morning, but I am afraid that I don't even know how to die!"

"It's just that the hundred people brought by Chu Ji are really a bit troublesome. All of them are cast iron, but they are not easy to deal with! ”

"What's the matter? Anyway, hand it over to Chen San to kill, and we won't do it. Wait until they are killed, and then take off the Xuanjia, and let our own soldiers enjoy it! ”

"That Qin Zong is loyal, and he follows Chu Ji step by step."

"Alright." Among the five, the leader is Ma Yuankai's confidant Ma Zhi. He heard three long and one short cooing, so he immediately stopped the four of them.

After confirming that this was the code set with Chen San, he arranged: "I am here to pick up Chen San." The four of you went to the tent of the Chinese army, killed Qin Zong, and captured Chu Ji alive! Remember, the adults indicated what to catch alive! ”

"Yes!"

In the Chinese military tent, Chu Ji was sitting with Qin Zong looking at the map.

When the four lieutenants entered the tent, the two men were having a heated discussion.

As soon as Chu Ji saw them, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "You have come just in time, this official is thinking about which way to attack the mountain tomorrow." You have all fought with mountain bandits, come and help this official for reference. ”

The four of them glanced at each other, secretly exchanged strategies, and slowly walked towards Chu Ji.

There was silence in the tent, and not even the sound of birds could be heard. Only the boots stepped on the ground and made a slight noise.

As the four approached, they secretly clenched their weapons in their hands.

Chu Ji over there looked at them with a smile on his face, and even took a sip of fragrant tea, and the warm yellow candlelight in the tent made him harmless and gentle.

Qin Zong just stood silently aside, without even raising his eyes, concentrating on studying the map on the table.

The footsteps stopped, and the four of them came to the table.

Chu Ji smiled gently at the four of them.

The four of them suddenly burst out.

One of them, holding the table with one hand, lifts his whole body into the air, and the other hand moves forward, making a grappling motion. The other three pulled out their weapons together and besieged Qin Zong.

"Bang!" - It was the sound of iron and armor clashing.

Qin Zong held a halberd in one hand, a bright silver halberd, and swept past the person who wanted to catch Chu Ji. The man was so hard that his body could not support him, and his back hit the ground hard, and he arched himself and spat out a mouthful of blood. Then he fell directly to the ground, already out of breath.

Then, Qin Zong jumped up, holding a silver halberd, like a god, standing in front of the table, separating Chu Ji from the four people.

The smile on Chu Ji's face did not change: "Captain Cangzhou, assassinated the state pastor, and other complicity in rebellion, and has now been ambushed." The extremely gentle tone has already set the ending for these four people.

What answered Chu Ji was Qin Zongyan's concise "yes", and the blood splashed as his words fell.

The other three, before they could react to how Qin Zong stood out from their encirclement, saw the silver tip of the long halberd shining with a cold glow, and it attacked straight towards their front door.

The three of them couldn't dodge, and they were pierced through the throat one after another by Qin Zong's halberd. Blood flew wantonly in the air, raging Chu Ji's nerves. The person in front of the table only glanced at the tip of Qin Zong's bloody halberd lightly.

Outside the middle tent, Ma Zhi, who answered Chen San, finally waited for the person who issued the code. There was no moon tonight, and in the darkness, he couldn't see the faces of the people who came, but with that iconic beard, he still recognized that this was Chen San, the big boss on Luoxia Mountain.

Looking at the team behind Chen San, he frowned: "Why do you bring so many people?" ”

"Harm! Didn't you hear that this Chu Ji was very smart, and he brought his own guards? We're also afraid that we won't be able to take it! ”

"Okay, all his guards are gathered outside the tent, the one wearing the armor. Make no mistake! ”

"Don't worry! You can't make a mistake! ”

The night was dark, and Ma Zhi, who heard this, felt a little gloomy in his heart.