Chapter Ninety-Seven: Running All the Way to Yanmen
It is said that the three of them rode away, leaving a dusty road at the east gate of Mayi County, and at this time, the city tower had already beaten drums to warn, and the soldiers who were fighting the fire in the north of the city heard the drums and stopped their work and looked at the official surnamed Liu.
I heard the official surnamed Liu shouting angrily: "What are you looking at me for? There has been so much chaos tonight, and if the fire spreads again, no one will be able to save their heads. ”
At this time, the fire in the north of the city was still soaring to the sky, and the air was scattered with black ash, and the raging fire seemed to be crazy, scurrying around with the wind, devouring everything unscrupulously, and the red flame was also like an arrogant painter, with the brush in his hand, he painted everything he went black.
The official surnamed Liu looked at the fire in front of him, and his eyes also revealed anger, thinking to himself who did what happened tonight? The real purpose of killing people in the west of the city, throwing corpses in the south of the city, and setting fire to the north of the city turned out to be the east of the city, and if according to the innkeeper, the three people on the registration book were from Zhangye, then they could only leave through the west gate or the south gate, and they would never go through the east gate.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly dragged a firefighter next to him, because the faces of every firefighting soldier at the scene were covered with a layer of black ash, and the sky was dark and it was impossible to tell who was who, and the person who was dragged over saw that it was the official surnamed Liu, and hurriedly said: "What do you command?"
"Take a few people to the east gate to investigate, ask why the city tower is beating drums, if someone escapes, hurry up with my warrant to the government to transfer troops to pursue. The official, surnamed Liu, pushed the man hard, signaling him to do as he was told, and then turned his attention to the fire in front of him.
Besides, the soldier who received the order dragged two comrades from the side of the road, and the three of them ran towards the east gate in a hurry, and when they came to the east gate, they found that the huge city gate was half open, and a man fell in a pool of blood at the city gate, and the three men immediately went up to the city wall.
I saw that the person who beat the drum to warn saw someone coming up, and hurriedly greeted him, and said angrily: "Hurry up and go to the Taishou Mansion to inform the Taishou Lord, and only three people have deceived the city gate and fled in the direction of the Yanmen." ”
When the three of them heard this, they didn't care about greetings, and went down the city tower and ran towards the direction of the Taishou Mansion in the west of the city like crazy, and when they came to the gate of the Taishou Mansion, the three of them saw Liu Wuzhou holding a sword and standing at the gate of the Taishou Mansion surrounded by a group of soldiers. The three of them hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and then told everything that happened tonight.
After listening to the narration of the person who reported the news, Liu Wuzhou did not show surprise and anger, but just paced back and forth, and the three of them looked at Liu Wuzhou anxiously, for fear that he would be angry with him, only to see Liu Wuzhou suddenly stop and speak: "The cavalry team sent twenty horsemen out of the city to pursue, whether dead or alive. ”
I only heard the voice of a leader behind me, and then the other nineteen people turned over and chased in the direction of Chu Mofeng and the others fleeing. Seeing that the cavalry had already set off, Liu Wuzhou took off the jade pendant on his waist and said: "Xiao Fang, eat my token and hurry to Yanmen County, and inform Guo Cheng, the garrison of Yanmen County, to lead people to pursue in the direction of Mayi County." ”
I saw a thin man behind Liu Wuzhou answer, and after taking Liu Wuzhou's jade pendant, he also turned over and ran towards the east city gate. At this time, Liu Wuzhou looked at the three people who came to report the news and said: "You and the other three people have worked tirelessly to report the news, and each person will be rewarded consistently." ”
When the three of them heard that not only would they not be angry, but they would also receive a reward, they couldn't help but be happy, and when they were about to kowtow to thank them, they only heard Liu Wuzhou say: "Don't be in a hurry to thank you, the three of you will take the rest of the soldiers to the north of the city to fight the fire, go quickly." After speaking, he turned around and returned to the Taishou Mansion. Seeing this, the three hurriedly led the remaining soldiers to run towards the north of the city.
At this time, Chu Mofeng and the three of them rode their horses all the way and escaped about ten miles away, and there was a dense forest on the official road leading from Ma Yi to Yanmen, and the three of them hid in the dense forest while resting while monitoring the movements on the official road.
I only heard Gu Zhen'er fan the wind with her hand and said: "I said Brother Feng, let's play a little big this time, if you go back safely, you must let Li Shimin's kid add money." I was hungry all the way through. ”
"Eat, eat, eat, know how to eat, first find a way to get to Yanmen County. Liu Feiyan saw that Gu Zhen'er was about to eat as soon as she stopped, and remembered that she was also running all the way tonight, and she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in her heart.
Seeing this, Gu Zhen'er was about to refute Liu Feiyan, only to hear Chu Mofeng suddenly whisper: "Silence, someone is coming." ”
The two hurriedly closed their voices and held their breath, looked towards the official road, only to see a fast horse running in the direction of Ma Yi, looking at the figure on horseback in the distance, Chu Mofeng and the three of them each took out a pair of bows and crossbows from their backs, and after pulling out a crossbow arrow and stringing it, they held their breath and pointed the bow and crossbow at this person, and followed closely with the movement of this person.
This person turned out to be the small party who went to report the news, at this time someone will ask, the cavalry team is in front, Xiao Fang left behind, why Xiao Fang will run to the front of the cavalry, it turns out that Xiao Fang's crotch is a BMW, known as a thousand miles a day, not long after Xiao Fang went out of the city, relying on the speed of the BMW under the crotch, Xiao Fang quickly caught up with the cavalry team that left earlier.
Gao Meng, the captain of the cavalry team, was galloping forward with the team at this time, when he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, and everyone stopped and watched. I saw Xiao Fang running over from behind, panting and saying to Gao Meng: "Captain Gao, the villain went to Yanmen with the token of the adult to transfer Guo to guard and attack out of the city, you can slow down a little, wouldn't it be easier to wait for the two sides to form a siege." ”
Gao Meng is a brave person, and he is used to humbly accepting other people's suggestions, so he agreed to Xiao Fang's suggestion without thinking about it, but he didn't know that after listening to Xiao Fang's self-righteous suggestion this time, it caused some trouble.
I saw Gao Meng nodded, and said to Xiao Fang: "Then Captain Fang will go forward to report the news first, and I will set off later." ”
Xiao Fang clenched his fists at Gao Meng, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and galloped forward. Galloping all the way to the dense forest, Xiao Fang raised his whip and whipped the horse's back vigorously, and the horse under his crotch neighed in pain, but what he didn't expect was that there were already three gods of death staring at him in the depths of the dense forest.
Chu Mofeng looked at Xiao Fang's figure and was about to be level with him, and shouted 'put' in a low voice, only to hear three 'boom' sounds one after another, and the three crossbow arrows shot at Xiao Fang's vital point under the cover of night. only heard three rapid sounds of entering the flesh, and the small party on the horse seemed to have been hit by a powerful force, and the whole person flew out and fell silently on the side of the road.
Seeing that the blow was successful, Chu Mofeng and the three of them jumped out of their hiding place, and the crossbow arrow in their hands was followed by a crossbow arrow, and ran towards the direction where Xiao Fang fell to the ground. When they approached him, they found that Xiao Fang had been hit by an arrow in his ribs, neck, and head, and the three dragged his body to the nearby dense forest, and then led the horse away.
Chu Mofeng groped back and forth on the corpse, and took out a piece of jade pendant from Xiao Fang's arms, only to see that this jade pendant was engraved with a big Liu character on one side, and a Ling character was engraved on the other side. After thinking for a long time, Chu Mofeng said: "This person should have come out of Mayi County to report the news to Yanmen, and he was worried about how to deceive the city gate, now there is a way." ”
Liu Feiyan picked up the jade pendant, looked at it for a long time, nodded and said, "Brother Chu, then let's leave for Yanmen without further ado." ”
Chu Mofeng nodded, let Liu Feiyan change to Xiaofang's horse, and the three of them continued to run in the direction of Yanmen, but in the process of marching, Chu Mofeng kept throwing the iron thistle he brought all the way, and when he arrived at Yanmen, the iron thistle on his body had already been thrown away.
At this time, the sky was still dark, and the three of them came to the west gate of Yanmen County, and Chu Mofeng shouted to the city wall: "The brothers above quickly open the door, and the three of us have come to report something important with the token of Lord Taishou Liu." ”
After shouting three times in a row, no one responded, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but feel a little impatient in his heart, and when he was about to continue shouting, he saw a lazy voice coming from the city tower: "What are the ghosts crying wolf howling in the middle of the night?" Guo Shoubei has already slept at this time, let's talk about it tomorrow if there is anything." ”
Chu Mofeng hurriedly shouted: "Don't hide it, something happened in Mayi County, General Zhang Lun Zhang, Li Dao, Captain Li and a group of robes were killed, there was a fire in the north of the city, Lord Taishou was quite angry, it is said that the perpetrator has fled in the direction of Yanmen, and the Lord ordered us to come and transfer troops to arrest him, delaying the affairs of Lord Taishou, do you think you have a few heads that are enough to cut off?"
After a series of bluffs, I only heard the people on the city wall tremble and say, "Wait a minute, I'll let people open the city gate." ”
Hearing this person say this, the three of them couldn't help but look at each other and smile, Chu Mofeng looked at Liu Feiyan and the two and said: "After entering the city for a while, you two will find a place to hide, and after I trick the soldiers out of the city, let's go look for Chen Xiaoyi's family after dawn." ”
The two nodded, only to see the city gate slowly open, and a group of soldiers walked out with weapons in hand, and the first one shouted to Chu Mofeng: "Please show Lord Liu's token." ”
Chu Mofeng handed over the jade pendant that was scavenged from Xiao Fang's corpse, and this person looked at it for a long time and nodded and said, "Three of you, hurry up and go into the city to meet the garrison Guo Cheng." Then he handed the jade pendant back to Chu Mofeng.
After taking the jade pendant into his arms, Chu Mofeng and the three of them walked towards the city with their legs between their legs and the belly of the horse, and Chu Mofeng did not forget to ask: "I haven't been to Yanmen for a long time, is the mansion of the garrison still the same mansion?"
The leader did not suspect that there was fraud, and said without thinking: "Our garrison has already changed to a new house, and now lives in the south of the city, and you will see the largest house when you get to the south of the city." ”
Chu Mofeng smiled and thanked him, and finally motioned for Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er to follow him in the direction of the south of the city.
When the three of them came to the south of the city, they saw a huge mansion standing in the middle of the south of the city, Chu Mofeng sneered and said: "Feiyan, you find a place to hide now, and stay at the inn after dawn, I will meet this Guo Cheng for a while, and we will meet at the inn at the end." Remember not to act rashly. ”
Liu Feiyan nodded and left quickly with Gu Zhen'er, looking at the backs of the two of them, Chu Mofeng flicked his horse's head and walked slowly towards Guo Cheng's mansion......