The man finally reacted. With a move of his back, he slowly raised his hand according to Yan, as if he was about to take off the mask, but suddenly his elbow moved slightly, and he quickly turned out, and the person also turned around.

It turned out that under the half arm he was wearing, a crossbow was hidden. With the movement of his elbow, the dark crossbow was triggered and shot towards Pei Xiaoyuan's chest.

With this kind of method, Pei Xiaoyuan will not be fooled again. The five fingers of the hilt of the sword suddenly tightened, the green tendons on the back of the hand swelled, and the sword suddenly came out of the sheath. With a clang, the crossbow was knocked to the ground.

The man in blue wanted to turn the situation around with a surprise attack, but when he saw that it was in vain, his eyes hidden behind the hole in his mask couldn't help but show surprise, but he still didn't want to be caught, and took advantage of the sneak attack to turn around and drag his injured leg and grit his teeth, and he was about to continue to escape into the mountains ahead.

How could Pei Xiaoyuan allow him to escape again, and the person between his feet had already pounced and quickly blocked in front of the other party.

The wind passed by, the cold light swept by, and the tip of the sword was bloody.

The suede mask covering the face of the blue-clothed man split in half and fell to the ground with a snap.

Behind the mask is the face of a young man. This person is much older than Pei Xiaoyuan, he is about to stand, he is born with sword eyebrows and handsome eyes, but because of the pain of his leg injury, his face is covered with cold sweat, his face is pale, and at this moment, there is another straight sword wound in the middle of his forehead, the wound extends to his eyebrow bone, tears open the flesh, opens the mouth, blood gushes out of the mouth, flows down the bridge of the nose and cheeks, and splashes on the chest of the round-necked robe he wears.

Breaking his forehead was done intentionally by Pei Xiaoyuan, and he was just punished slightly. He glanced at the other party, and without asking further about the origin, he only took out the deer whistle, blew a few times in the direction from which he came, and the sharp whistle was sent out with the wind.

The man's injured leg kept shaking, and his body swayed, but he insisted on standing, refusing to fall, and when his breath calmed down, he slowly wiped the blood on his forehead, looked down at the blood-stained palm, nodded, and laughed.

"He is worthy of being the son of General Shenhu, and he really has the wind of a father. I thought I was cautious enough, but I didn't expect to be noticed by you. ”

His situation could not but be said to be extremely bleak, and there was a bit of frustration in his expression that could not be concealed, but when he said this sentence with a smile on his face, he still looked like a jade tree in the wind, and there was no embarrassment at all.

From the discovery and tracking to the sword and seeing blood, Pei Xiaoyuan's expression never saw much turbulence. But at this moment, his eyes suddenly turned sharp.

I only heard the man continue to say leisurely: "It is said that back then, when you knelt outside the Danfeng Gate with Mrs. Lingtang Cui to plead for the soldiers of the Shenhu Army, Fang was only eight years old? Your mother and son have moved the world and saved many lives, which I still admire. But alas, it's just a matter of keeping them alive. They are all unique heroes and warriors, and they have all fought for this empire, and they do not hesitate to shed their blood. But sixteen years have passed, sixteen years! Neither the living nor the dead received the justice and reward they deserved. Not to mention Ling Xianzun! ”

He stared at Pei Xiaoyuan, letting the blood flow from his forehead.

"The court doesn't read the merits of Ling Xianzun and Pei Ji, three years ago you also made great contributions in the First Battle of Xifan, no one in the army knows, the official who should belong to you can't take your turn, you only have to be a mere empty title of a seven-rank cloud cavalry captain, still in this city, day after day, waste time."

"The husband should be meritorious in life. Your uncle Pei Ji is in his twilight, but you are young and strong, are you really willing to spend the rest of your life like this? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan's eyes were gloomy, and he said coldly: "Who are you?" Cover it up again, use the ability of your tongue, and don't blame me for my sword! ”

The other party was not afraid, and laughed: "Wherever people die, it is the destiny of heaven." If you die by your sword today, I admit it! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan stared at him, he simply closed his eyes and waited.

A trace of hesitation passed through Pei Xiaoyuan's heart.

He naturally knew that this person said what he had just said, and it seemed that he was not afraid of life and death, but in fact, he just wanted to fight for his life under his sword.

His purpose seems to have been achieved.

If it is an ordinary spy caught today, and he doesn't tell the origin, he doesn't need to bother to talk about it, and he will be killed on the spot, which will save him a burden.

But the man in blue in front of him obviously has a simple background, and it is not ruled out that there is a possibility that he is in the same party nearby.

However, no matter who it is, none of them can compare to the woman surnamed Ye at the moment.

The most important thing for him to continue to look for people is here, and when He Jin comes, hand over the people to him and bring them back, and use some means, even if he can't pry his mouth open for a while, sooner or later he can lead out the same party.

When his mind swirled like electricity, suddenly, behind him, there seemed to be a faint sound mixed with the sound of the wind.

The other party also slowly opened his eyes at this time, with a smile on his face.

"Pei Langjun, look at your back."

Chapter 10

Chengping was tied to the horse's back with a rope and was being brought in this direction. He was full of anger, struggled hard, scolded the thieves and slaves and dogs, but he was tightly bound, even if he had divine power, he couldn't break free, and he looked up and saw Pei Xiaoyuan during the struggle, and immediately yelled: "The thief slave laid a stumbling rope, I don't want to fall into the hands of people!" You don't have to worry about me, I see if they dare to kill me! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan understood.

These were this man's accomplices, or rather, his entourage, and when they saw that he was captured, they did not dare to approach rashly, but it happened that Chengping heard the whistle of the deer and rushed to him, and secretly set up a stumbling rope to make them succeed.

As for the purpose, it's obvious.

Sure enough, those people stopped in front of him, and one of the leaders saluted him and said respectfully: "Pei Langjun, if you offend the prince, you still look at Haihan." As long as Pei Langjun was willing to let go, the villains would leave immediately, not daring to touch a single hair of the prince. ”

Chengping's forehead was beating angrily, and he was about to scold again, but his mouth was blocked by a nearby person with a mouth plug, and his face turned red.

Pei Xiaoyuan glanced at the man in blue.

He was really injured, the two wounds on his body were bleeding non-stop, ordinary people had already fallen, but he could still stand and not fall, and his demeanor still maintained such a demeanor, and he didn't feel half frowned, I have to say, he was also a very ruthless person.

Cheng Ping shook his head desperately at Pei Xiaoyuan again, and let out a whining sound in his mouth.

Pei Xiaoyuan did not hesitate at all, and put away his sword and returned it to its sheath.

Those people looked ecstatic and seemed to be a little incredulous, hesitated, and said, "You let people go first!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the man in blue looked gloomy: "Presumptuous! Who are you Pei Langjun? How dare you treat others as your own? ”

The leader was scolded, his face was panicked, and without half a minute of hesitation, he immediately went up to put Chengping down on horseback, and a group of people followed closely, and the two of them supported the young man in blue left and right, the leader pulled out his waist knife, and cut off the shaft of the arrow that penetrated his leg, and the other person took out the wound medicine from a skin bag tied to the belt around his waist, first hastily stopped the bleeding, tied the wound, and then carried the man in blue in the middle and left. The whole process is extremely fast and there is no noise.

The man in blue obviously couldn't support it anymore, and the whole process was half-open and half-closed, his head and neck were weak and sagging, and his expression was sluggish, until he was sent to the back of the horse, and he struggled to sit up straight, then he turned around, looked at Pei Xiaoyuan deeply, and then was escorted by the leader and several people to leave in the middle.

Pei Xiaoyuan came to Chengping's side, pulled out his knife, and cut the rope that bound him with one sword. Chengping's hands were free, he pulled out the mouth plug, his face was gloomy, and the man jumped up from the ground and turned over on the horse.

"No need to chase!" Pei Xiaoyuan called out to him.

Cheng Ping didn't say a word, his face was so swollen that he wanted to drip blood, and kicked the horse's belly with his heels, urging the horse to leave.

Pei Xiaoyuan grabbed the reins of the horse with his right palm, and with a tug, he forcibly blocked the yellow horse that had gathered momentum.

"These men have a steady pace, skilled in handling injuries, and a seamless cooperation, and they look like battle-hardened veterans. This kind of person who can survive is only fatal, and he is as cunning as a raccoon fox, which is not easy to deal with. And you should be able to see that they are all dead men, and they obey only the man. There are not many of us, it will be dark, and it will not be easy to catch up. If he has an ulterior motive, this time he misses, there must be a next time, and it is not too late to slowly compare, there is no need to make extraneous branches today, it is important to find the leaf girl! ”

Cheng Ping looked at the person in front of him who had already walked a little bit, and after a while, he slowly turned to Pei Xiaoyuan, his eyes showed a heavy shame, and before he could speak, Pei Xiaoyuan smiled again: "Needless to say, I really don't blame you, I didn't expect this person's subordinates to react so quickly, and in a short period of time, they came up with this way to earn you, and it would be difficult to avoid it if it was me." It's a great luck that you're okay, and put out the fire, let's go, let's see if Uncle He has anything to discover. ”

He Jin didn't gain anything.

It was too empty, and he walked farther than Cheng Ping, and only then did he follow the sound of the deer whistle, and he didn't know about the accident that happened a moment ago. Hearing Chengping's words, he was furious and looked around.

"What the hell is going on! Lang Jun, did you ask about it just now? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan shook his head slightly, "It's a ruthless character, and he won't open his mouth easily." ”

Moreover, the other party obviously knew a lot about him, and almost certainly came for him. In order not to cause He Jin more worries, he did not mention this.

But even so, He Jin still cares about chaos.

"Lang Jun, you don't like to take people when you go out, you must follow more in the future, don't be careless!"

Pei Xiaoyuan bowed his head, turned the topic back to the matter of finding people, and quickly returned.

The sunset had completely fallen, the twilight was four, the night was falling quickly, and I continued to move forward for some time, and it was dark in all directions.

I came out in a hurry in the morning, I didn't expect such a result, and I didn't plan to go on the road for a long time, and a few people only ate some food at random in the post point they passed through during the day, and they were already hungry. He Jin proposed to go back to the county guard first, and there was another possibility, if she took a different path, then the people sent out might have found it, but they hadn't gotten the news yet.

Pei Xiaoyuan stopped his horse and looked around at the pitch black.

That's all there is to it today.

Now his greatest hope is that he can really say what Jin said, and when he returns, what awaits him is the news she has found. Otherwise, he could not imagine how she, a woman, could walk alone on such a deserted road. Even if she made a point of emphasizing in her book that there was no need to worry, he could not have been at ease.

If something happens to her, it is his guilt, and the sin is unforgivable.

On the way back, a few people let go of their horses, and when they rushed back, it was already the second half of the night. Before he arrived at the county guard's office, he learned from the castle guard that the people who had taken another road in the middle of the night had been reported, but like them, he didn't see anyone.

Chengping's expression was extremely depressed, Pei Xiaoyuan knew his self-blame, cheered up, and was about to continue tomorrow, when he heard the city guard say again: "There is another matter." During the day, the fox festival envoy came. ”

"Do you know what's going on?"

"I don't know. However, it didn't seem to be a business matter, and it didn't take much effort to come, so the county guard sent people out of the city, as if they were passing by. ”

The festival envoy in the mouth of the city guard is the governor of Ganliang and the envoy of the festival to order the fox, and govern the sweet and cool land, including Weiyuan. Pei Ji has been here for many years and has never moved to the official again, but the position of the governor and envoy above him has changed several terms.

The importance of this place to the entire empire is self-evident, and those who can sit in this position are very likely to pay homage to the prime minister in the future, and naturally they are not ordinary people.

Now this Linghu Gong, speaking of which, can be regarded as Pei Ji's late advance.

When Pei Ji turned the tide and reached the top of fame in the chaos, Ling Hu Gong was just an ordinary general under his account. In the war against Xifan three years ago, when the prince Yao led the march commander to sit in the rear, Ling Hu Gong had been appointed as the deputy head of the march, and he was the actual leader of the war. And not only that, in that battle, because of his status as the deputy commander of the march, Pei Xiaoyuan became his subordinate again, so the two sides can be said to have a lot of origins.

However, for well-known reasons, he, like his predecessors, usually rarely interacts with Pei Ji in private, how could he suddenly come today?

He Jin looked at Pei Xiaoyuan in confusion.

"Let's go, we'll find out when we get back."

He Jin sent Chengping to the post house to rest, Pei Xiaoyuan returned to the county guard's mansion, Qingtou was guarding the door, looking around, seeing him, he pulled out his legs and ran out to greet him.

"Lang Jun, you're back! The county guard told you to go down to him! ”

The door to the study was wide open. Pei Xiaoyuan hurried over and saw Pei Ji standing with his back to the door, slightly leaning back, looking at a hanging statue on the wall.

It was the portrait left by Ye Nu this morning.

The night wind surged, the lights flickered, and Pei Ji's back was motionless.

Pei Xiaoyuan was afraid of being disturbed, so he quietly stopped outside the threshold. Suddenly, I heard Pei Ji ask: "Didn't you find anyone?" ”

He should have been, and then stepped inside, and then immediately explained: "My nephew has come back to make some preparations, and he will go on his way again tomorrow morning." ”

Pei Ji stopped talking.

He didn't mention the matter of Ling Hu Gong coming during the day, and Pei Xiaoyuan didn't ask, stopped beside him, and looked at the painting in front of him.

After a long time, he heard Pei Ji sigh lowly.

"When she came to see me that morning, I just casually mentioned that she wanted her to paint a portrait of me in the future, and she really took it to heart, and decided to leave, and made a picture for me first. For a portrait of this size, it took a skilled painter ten days and a half months to calculate it, but she painted it in a few days, and she was so precise that it was not hastily perfunctory. No wonder she didn't go out of the door for a few days, how sleepless and exhausting her heart should have been at that time! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan was silent, and the guilt was like a mountain, weighing down his heart.

"This reminds me of the past when Ye Zhongli made that long scroll of heaven and man Jingluo. He also couldn't go out of retreat, and he was all in one go. At that time, I estimated that it would take at least three or four months to complete the murals of Yong'an Palace, but he did it in a little more than a month, so that he vomited blood on the spot when he came out. His body is now declining, which is also the cause of his fall at that time. Su Yu is indeed a famous teacher and a high apprentice, but the thought of asking her to paint so hard because of my words makes me even more distressed. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan only felt that he was extremely guilty, and said again: "I will ...... tomorrow"

He glanced at Pei Ji and changed his words, "Uncle, don't worry too much. I'm going to hit the road tonight and look for her again!" If you can't find it, your nephew won't return! ”

Pei Ji turned his face and glanced at him.

"It doesn't have to be that way."

"After you left during the day, I looked at the paintings, and then read her letters, but I realized something else. With the breadth of his vision, the firmness of his heart, and his high ambition, he may not be able to match ordinary women, even many men in this world. The uncle was thinking that maybe it was indeed the uncle who had misunderstood her. Her proposal to terminate the contract may not be entirely out of misunderstanding, maybe it is indeed as she said at the time, she came here this time, and she didn't think that she was here to marry you. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan was stunned and was silent again.

Pei Ji's gaze fell on his face.

"I know you must have a lot of guilt for this. This morning, I was in a hurry, and I said that you were a little heavier, and Xiao Ashina had already explained it to me. You don't have to blame yourself too much. Forcing her to come back may not be what she wants. Continue to look for it tomorrow, if you can meet it, you don't have to force her to stay, send her back, maybe it will be more in line with her heart. ”

"My nephew knows, and I will obey my uncle's orders."