59 Falling short

From Xiangcheng to Yingzhou, the capital along the Yingshui coast, three hundred miles of road. The two of them barely rested www.biquge.info except for getting off the horse halfway to confirm the marks of the ruts and asking the villagers along the way.

The horse was already a little tired and panting. Thorn had no choice but to let it go to the river to drink. Jun Li picked up a long branch and drew his current location on the ground.

"If you take the path, there are only a hundred miles left from Huaishui. It's just that I don't know where Zhang Ting will cross the river. If you go south of Huaishui, I am afraid that there will be more, and it will be difficult to restrain him. ”。

"In Shouzhou in the west, there are many golden soldiers stationed. Thorn said. "I think he must have taken a small road to cross Huaishui directly, and he wouldn't go to Shouzhou to ask for trouble. ”

"Then we'll have to hurry up. ”

Thorn nodded, and when he saw that the horse was almost drunk, he said, "It's only a hundred miles to the left and right." Only hard work for this horse. ”

Although this horse is a good horse, it can't travel thousands of miles in a day. Mounted again, it was clear that its physical strength was not as good as before. Although the thorn was in a hurry, there was no way, when it was still more than thirty miles away from Huaishui, the two could only abandon their horses and use light skills to chase.

The thorn could only come up and ask Jun Li why his body seemed to have improved greatly compared to four months ago. Jun Li only said, "I wasn't very diligent in the past, but I have practiced it during this time." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard another roar of people and horses in front of him. Her heart moved, could there be another horse to grab, so she and Jun Li slowed down and took advantage of the terrain to see.

In the distance, I could already see the shore below, and I saw that it was obvious that two groups of men and horses had been fighting for a while, and after a while, they were facing each other tensely.

"Isn't that Zhang Ting!" Jun Li had already lost his voice. "What luck, I don't know who stopped him!"

I only heard the thorn and shouted: "Yes--it's my Uncle Xiang, and Uncle Xu-ah, in short, it's my father's people!"

At the end, the two looked at each other, one said, "That's Zhang Ting?" and the other said, "Are they sent by your father?" As soon as the words fell, he didn't know that he didn't need to answer, and suddenly he only felt that it was extremely worthwhile to come all the way from last night to today, because at least now it seems that Cheng Pinghe should be saved without intention.

"Then let's go down quickly!" Jun Li said. "Go help!"

Who expected that the stab was happy before, but at this moment, he pulled him hard, "Don't go yet!"

Jun Li was surprised, "Why?"

"You see, on Zhang Ting's side, he brought no more than five people in total, and Uncle Xiang and Uncle Xu's side, the number of people exceeded him by a large margin. Moreover, Uncle Xiang and Uncle Xu's martial arts are also ranked best in the Blue Dragon Sect, even if we don't help, I don't think Zhang Ting can beat them. ”

"But since it's your father's man, you're at least ......"

"Shhhh Then why do you say you came? It must be that my father returned to Qinglong Valley a few days ago, knew that I had run away, and sent them out to catch me back, but he met Zhang Ting here. If they can protect the eldest brother and the second brother safely, why should I show up and be captured by them?"

Jun Li was puzzled: "But you can't worry about your eldest brother and second brother when you run out?" Now that they are there, what is the reason why you don't go back when you are out alone?"

"Well...... Naturally, there are other reasons, so don't ask!" Thorn pouted suddenly. "Anyway, if I can't go back, I'll resolutely not go back! Okay, it's too far from here, let's go a little bit first, and we can help in case there is any situation. ”

The two of them walked forward a little closer, and suddenly saw three or four archers in the bush and bush, and they hurriedly stopped. Jun Li also said that it was Zhang Ting's people who were ambushed, but the stabbing said in a low voice: "Amazing, Uncle Xu actually brought out the people from the bow and arrow group this time, is this still the formation to catch me back?"

Jun Li glanced at a few people on the riverbank, and saw a middle-aged man with a bow and arrows, so he said, "That's the 'Uncle Xu' you said?"

"That's right. "Thorns are low and tunnely. "His name is Xu Shan, and he is the head of the bow and arrow group in Qinglong Valley, and now he is under my father's control. Do you know that his bow and arrow are very famous, and he once fought against Zhang Gongchang, who was known as 'one arrow to hook the soul', and he even won! ”

While speaking, I saw that Xu Shan was negotiating something with this court, but after saying a few words, it seemed that the negotiation could not be achieved, and everyone's blades lit up again. Suddenly, he saw Zhang Ting laughing, and said in the forest: "Zhang has also made the biggest concession, if you insist on forcing each other, I'm afraid that even this benefit will be gone!"

Thorn frowned and said, "What conditions does he want to release people?" Seeing that someone behind Zhang Ting was holding a knife on his neck, but he didn't see Cheng Ping, he expected to be trapped in the carriage, and he saved the second brother and grabbed the carriage, and it was done, isn't it better than them talking endlessly here?

Just thinking like this, suddenly Jun Li pulled her and pointed at Jiang Xin. When he looked at Jiang Xin, he was taken aback. There was a boat on the river heading to the opposite bank, and on the boat was Cheng Ping, who was under control, and the two people on his side were obviously Zhang Ting's people. I heard that Xu Shan had already stepped forward and said sharply: "I count to three, if you don't order the boat to turn around, I will kill you on the spot!"

"It's useless for you to count to ten. Zhang Tingdao. "One life for another, I can only give this kid back to you. That one--if I lose him, I won't be able to save my life when I go back, hehe, it's not worth it!"

"You!"

Jun Li and Thorn were also surprised. I thought that my side had the upper hand, but I didn't expect that the opponent had already held the cards in hand. I can already see the figure on the other side from a distance, and it is difficult to say whether Zhang Ting's response has arrived. The ships on the shore here seem to be destroyed, and the other ship is far away, and if it is impossible to save people by light effort, it is considered to swim overboard, and I am afraid that before it can catch up, the ship will have to dock.

I only heard Zhang Ting say again: "You don't seem to be Cheng Fangyu's people, that Cheng Gongzi has little to do with you, but this one is different." Now Zhang is willing to return him, and he is also willing to plead with Lord Zhu on behalf of you after returning to Beijing, and no longer arrest him in the name of an accomplice. If you still want to get Cheng Ping back, Zhang can only let you get nothing!"

Xu Shan and his peers looked at each other and said, "Okay, you let the unintentional son come first." ”

"I've got to get that boat to shore first. Zhang Tingdao. "Xu Daxia's archery skills are superb, in case I release someone, you will hurt the people on my ship with a few arrows, hmph, then I won't ruin my previous efforts?"

Xu Shan originally had this intention, but as soon as he said it, there was nothing he could do.

Thorn and Jun Li thought for a long time, but they were also at a loss. Thorn said in a low voice: "It seems that I can't save my eldest brother here, so I can only make plans after passing through Huaishui." ”

After a while, the boat approached the opposite shore, only to see an agreed signal rising on the opposite side. Zhang Tingfang let the unintentional go, and said, "Zhang is now looking for a boat to go to the other side." If Zhang can't reach the other side safely, then Cheng Gongzi may not be able to reach the capital Lin'an safely. If you want to do something to Zhang, please think twice. ”

Jun Li hated: "This court is so cunning!"

Thorn comforted him: "It's okay, there is still a long way to go after Huaishui to reach Lin'an." Uncle Xu, they will definitely find a way to chase after them, and we still have a chance to save people. ”

The two of them planned to go away with Zhang Ting, but they suddenly heard someone over there asking, "Unintentional young master, isn't the thorn with you?"

The stabbing body was stunned and turned around. It was Xiang Liuyu, whom she called "Uncle Xiang", who spoke. In terms of qualifications, he can be called the number one person under the single family.

Unintentionally, he said: "Most of the thorns are still in Huaiyang-she was trapped in the old helm of the Black Bamboo Society last night, and she doesn't know ...... I don't know how!"

Thorn Heart: Last night, he must have seen the three of us go inside the Gold Medal Wall before he was taken away, but he thought we had been trapped inside. I saw Xiang Liuyu frowning deeply when he heard this, and said to Xu Shan: "Zhang Gongchang looks at Master Shan's face, he shouldn't do anything about the stab." But no matter what, we have to find her first and bring her home safely. ”

Seeing that a group of people were all about to turn around and head north, Thorn couldn't help but stand up in anger and shouted: "I'm here, what else are I looking for!"

Jun Li didn't expect her to suddenly become violent and didn't stop her, so he could only show up with her.

The thorn was not without anger, and jumped to the river bank in three or two steps, "Brother Ping is in such danger now, what do you think, you don't even want to save him!"

Xiang Liuyu was overjoyed, "Thorn, it's good for you to get out of danger!"

"I'm fine. Why don't you go after Zhang Ting, why don't you find a way to cross the river? No matter where I am, I'm always a hundred times safer than him!"

Xiang Liuyu said: "Thorn, it was your father who sent us to find you and the young master who had no intention of going back." Cheng Gongzi, of course, we also want to save it, but ...... Your safety is still a priority. He is there, Cheng Zuo will naturally send someone to ......"

"Cheng Zuo envoy?" snorted. "Where are the people of Cheng Zuo's envoy? Do you think I don't know, the sect leader has explicitly forbidden Cheng Zuo's envoy to send people to find him, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have rushed out in the first place!"

Xiang Liuyu said anxiously: "Then you should know that we also took advantage of this time to stop Huizhou a little, and came out against the will of the sect leader, as long as we can bring you back as soon as possible, there is no way to take care of the facts on the side." Now let's go back to Qinglong Valley first, even if we still want to save Cheng Gongzi, let's go back and think about it together. ”

Thorn sneered: "Once Brother Ping arrives in Lin'an, it will be unpredictable what will happen in the future, and there is no time to think about it in the long run?" I will say so, if you want to take me back, unless you save Brother Ping, don't even think about it!"

Xiang Liuyu frowned and said, "Anyway, Uncle Xiang can't still let you run outside!"

Seeing that he was about to tell everyone to do something, the thorn raised his eyebrows and said, "You still want to do it?" she said and looked at Xu Shan: "Uncle Xu, are you on my side or on his side?"

Seeing that Xu Shan was silent, she turned to Unintentional again and said, "Brother, you are always on my side, right?"

Nodding unintentionally, he walked on his legs. Xiang Liuyu stretched out his hand to block, but Xu Shan was suddenly beaten with a bow in the horizontal field.

"I think I'm right, too. Xu Shan said. "Brother Xiang, why don't you go back and inform me first, and I'll go with them to save people. ”

Xiang Liuyu hurriedly said: "You can't figure it out, you know the temper of the sect leader, we just came out secretly......"

"Nothing will happen to you, which time is not my father's responsibility?" "If Dad is here today, I don't believe he will leave Brother Ping behind! If he goes back, I don't know what will happen to the sect leader, but I will definitely tell Dad that you watch Brother Ping being taken away under your nose, but you don't chase after him-guess what he will say?"