Jiangnan County, Jiaozhou, both sides of the official road are covered with the unique periwinkle trees in the south, just like the name of the tree, even in winter, it is still undefeated, and the trees are full of gorgeous flowers, delicate and gorgeous.

One big and one small rode a handsome black horse, galloping on the official road, elongated by the afterglow, the big one wore a linen robe, his beard was gray, and he carried a long strip of sacks wrapped in linen, holding a horsewhip in one hand and the villain in his arms in the other. The small one was dressed in a long blue jacket, his hair was pulled up high, and a branch was inserted into the bun to fix it, and his pink little face was wide-eyed and curious to look around.

"Uncle Gu, is this to Jiangnan County, it is completely different from Fengyang City, what a beautiful scenery. At this time, in Fengyang City, the leaves should be yellow, but there are no flowers blooming. ”

"People in the world say that the scenery is beautiful, and the most beautiful is Jiangnan. This is not true at all. ”

The one big and one small on this official road are Xu Zhaonan and Gu Sihai who went to Yaoshan. When the two of them set off from Fengyang City, they didn't know where Gu Sihai had conjured up this black horse, if it weren't for it, they wouldn't have been able to catch up with the hundreds of miles back in the past half a month.

"It's a pity, this is the great rivers and mountains of my Western Chu country, but because of the incompetence of the faint king, the traitor made trouble, so that he gave it to the thief, sigh, sigh. Drive!"

Gu Sihai waved his whip vigorously, sat down and raised his speed, galloping on the official road. The periwinkles blooming on both sides are still competing for bloom despite changing owners.

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Not far ahead, a group of dozens of chariots and horses are hurrying, in front of the convoy is a group of knights in heavy armor, holding spears to open the way, and the guards on both sides hang steel knives on their waists, at a glance they are made of refined steel, all escorting a huge carriage in the center galloping on the official road.

"Master, there is a rider behind him, one big and one small, like a person in the rivers and lakes. One of the guards, who had a good appearance at the head of the convoy, came to the carriage in the center and whispered.

"It doesn't matter. The road is facing the sky, and this long official road is not built for me alone, just hurry, and there is no need to cause more trouble. ”

Inside the carriage, a middle-aged man's majestic voice was heard.

"Yes. ”

The guards were instructed to retreat.

"Little beggar, look ahead. ”

At this time, Xu Zhaonan, after half a month of full food and recuperation, and after freshening up, he changed into this newly bought blue long jacket, although he still looks a little thin, but he has long lost the appearance of a little beggar.

But in Gu Sihai's opinion, no matter how Xu Zhaonan dressed, the image of the little beggar who would rather be hungry than eat himself with a meat bun has been lingering in his mind. In Xu Zhaonan's mind, he has been a little beggar for a few years, and he is used to hearing this title, but now he is called like this by Gu Sihai, which is a little cordial.

"See, are they officers and soldiers? ”

Xu Zhaonan looked at the armor on the knights in the convoy in front of him and said enviously.

"Hahaha, not looking at them. ”

Gu Sihai smiled and continued: "Uncle Gu will teach you the first lesson of walking the rivers and lakes today, and you should take a long-term view!"

Xu Zhaonan, who was sitting in front of the horse, scratched his head in confusion, looked at the official road in the distance, looked back at Gu Sihai, and said, "I still don't understand." ”

"You look into the forest in the distance. ”

Hearing this, Xu Zhaonan stretched his neck, his eyes widened, and his gaze crossed the convoy in front of him and looked into the woods in the distance.

"There seem to be people in the woods! What are they doing?"

"Ambush, it's not an ambush for the two of us anyway. The road is facing the sky, and each one walks on one side. Let's ride slower and watch the excitement. ”

The scene in front of him, and what was about to happen, Gu Sihai had long been accustomed to it. Obviously, in the territory of Dongshengguo, there can be so many officers and soldiers accompanying to protect it, and with such a large convoy, the car in the center must be the dignitaries of Dongshengguo.

For the big officials of Dongshengguo, Gu Sihai has always had no good impression, and it is already restrained not to kill him, and it is impossible to let him speak out and warn.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

As soon as Gu Sihai's voice fell, he saw a deafening sound of shouting and killing coming from the woods in front of him. Immediately afterwards, hundreds of strong men rushed out of the forest, armed with knives and guns, and rushed towards the cart and horse.

"Enemy attack!"

"Escort!"

Seeing this, the accompanying guards shouted loudly, and at the same time surrounded the carriage and formed a position to defend against the enemy's attack.

For a time, the swords and swords were shining, flesh and blood were flying, and although the convoy guards had been trained on the battlefield for a long time, they were still invincible with two fists and four hands, and under the attacker's crowd tactics, there was a gradual attrition.

On the carriage in the center, a smooth palm was stretched out to lift the curtain, and it looked like it could only be raised by being pampered all year round. A person walked out of the carriage, holding a long sword, wearing a black robe, the back of the black robe was embroidered with a hideous Rui beast pattern with silver thread, and on the cuffs, three silver stripes were also embroidered with silver thread.

Everyone in the world knows that Dongsheng is still black, up to the Dongsheng Emperor, down to the civil and military officials are wearing black robes, the only difference is that the emperor wears a black robe, embroidered with gold thread full of five-clawed golden dragon. The civil and military officials used silver thread, and the various beast patterns embroidered according to the grade and the cuffs were embroidered with various beast patterns and cuffs at the back of the black robe, which only officials of the third rank or above were qualified to embroider.

And this person is dressed as a member of the three products of Dongsheng Country.

"Who is coming! This official is His Majesty's personal title of Jiangnan County Guard, and he is in charge of Jiangnan for His Majesty! You dare to come and assassinate this official! You know what you have done today, and you should punish the nine clans!"

The Sanpin master on the carriage stopped drinking, which actually caused the battlefield to pause for a moment.

"Hahaha, Jiangnan County Shousu asked Jing, Lao Tzu is looking for you today!"

A big man rushed out of the oblique thorn, only to see this person with a beard like a halberd, straddle a jujube red horse, coarse cloth shirt was bulging with muscles and muscles, holding a long spear, the head of the spear was cold and shining, and there was a hidden sound of wind and thunder between the waves, the big man laughed arrogantly and said: "It's about to enter winter, the mountains are bitterly cold, Lao Tzu plans to take your head to change a few jars of wine for the brothers to warm up!"

"If you only need silver, then quickly get out of the way, and the official will reward you with a hundred taels of silver, which is enough for you to buy a thousand jars of good wine. ”

Having said that, Su Wenjing held the sheath in one hand and the handle in the other, and his expression was solemn and did not dare to be careless.

"Hahahaha, Master Su is a dignified Jiangnan county guard, and the head of Xiang is only worth a hundred taels of silver?"

The big man laughed wildly, pointed the spear in his hand at Su Wenjing, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid to let you die, our brothers took over a deal a few days ago, and someone wants to pay a thousand taels of gold to buy your head!"

After that, he kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and rushed towards Su Wenjing with a spear, rushing over like a dragon going out to sea.

The whole people of Dongshengguo are martial, and although Su Wenjing is a civil official, he has also practiced martial arts to the rank of a third-grade master. The reaction speed is also quite fast, quickly draw the sword, block the tip of the spear that stabs the front door, and the action is done in one go.

The big man couldn't strike a blow, and he passed by, and the blade of the gun in his hand flew up, and he took away the heads of the two guards.

Shook his arm a little sore, I didn't expect this big man to have such skills, under a blow, his arm was sore, and he almost couldn't hold the long sword in his hand, you must know that you are a third-grade master, but even the big man's blow can barely be blocked, and he is even more shocked that who can ask such a master to assassinate himself, thinking that this time I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape.

Su Wenjing forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, and shouted to the head of the guards in a panic: "His target is me! Quickly lead the team to escort the lady and the young lady and rush out! I will stop him!" But in his heart, he didn't know how long he could stop this big man, but the matter had come to this point, and if he could escape, he would never let his wife and children accompany him to be buried here.

"My lord!"

The leader of the guards was already covered in blood, waved the spear in his hand, and cut several thieves under the gun, galloped to Su Wenjing's side, and shouted loudly: "My lord go first, I'll stop him!"

"That man is at least a second-grade master!You can't stop him!Hurry up! Take Madame and Miss away!" Su asked Jing anxiously.

"My lord! There is such a big commotion here, and when the county receives the news, someone will come to support immediately, and we will help you stop the enemy! Wait for reinforcements!"

The leader of the guards refused to leave, and at this time there were originally fewer people than the enemy, and if another team of men and horses were to be transferred, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Su Wenjing had already guessed a little truth from the words of the big man just now, there were not many people who could take out a thousand dollars to buy their own heads, and it was useless to say anything now, only to let the head of the guard protect his wife and daughter to escape, leaving a trace of blood for himself is the right way.

At that moment, he shook his head and said hatefully: "There will be no reinforcements!

"The last general will take orders! After the last general sends the lady and young lady out of the encirclement, he will come back to pick up the adults!"

When the head of the guard heard Su Wenjing say this, he probably thought of something, so he had to take the order.

said that it was too late and that it was fast, the big man missed the blow, so he turned the horse's head and rushed to Su Wenjing to kill, the spear in his hand was changed to a split, and every time he swung Huashan, he seemed to have the power of ten thousand catties, and Su Wenjing, who was attacking directly, was tired of parrying.

And when the leader of the guards galloped to the car where the lady was riding, he found that the coachman was dead, and there were only bursts of crying and soft words of comfort from the young girl in the carriage, and then he jumped up, straddled the coachman's corpse, and shouted to the car: "Madame, don't panic, I will escort you out!"

The leader of the guards looked around, and there were only a dozen brothers left in the rear team, and immediately shouted: "Men and horses in the rear, turn the horse's head!

The robbers who rushed out of the forest probably focused all their energy on killing Su Wenjing, and they didn't notice it for a while, but they were actually escorted by the head of the guard and the carriage, desperately fighting a bloody way to the rear, breaking out of the encirclement, and rushing towards Xu Zhaonan and the others on the official road.

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"Uncle Gu, a lot of people died in front. ”

The scene in front of him seemed to remind Xu Zhaonan of the day his mother left, and he also encountered robbers like this, and everyone fled in all directions. The young Xu Zhaonan was pressed by his mother in a mud hole on the side of the road, and after ordering him to cover his mouth vigorously and not to make a sound, he fled outside, trying to lure away from the robbers.

After a long time, Xu Zhaonan, who was lying in the mud cave, heard that there was no movement outside, and crawled out to see that there were bloody corpses all over the ground, and his mother was lying in a pool of blood not far away......

"Uncle Gu, can you save them?"

Xu Zhaonan looked at Gu Sihai and said with a sad expression.

Although, when he first saw Gu Sihai, he was stabbed all over and almost died. I haven't seen him make a move on this journey, but for some reason, Xu Zhaonan inexplicably believes that Uncle Gu has the ability to help these people in front of him.

Gu Sihai didn't react much to Xu Zhaonan's request, just squinted his eyes slightly and stared at the head of the guard who was leading more than ten people to drive in the direction of the two of them.

The hand holding the horsewhip tightened slightly.

"There are robbers in front of you, you go quickly, so as not to attract death!"

The leader of the guards saw the two riders standing on the side of the official road in front of him, and shouted loudly.

In fact, even if he didn't say it, anyone with eyes could see the tragic situation in front of him, and the leader of the guards in the panic didn't have time to think about why the ordinary people had already run away without a trace when they saw the bandits in front of them, but the two people in front of them sat calmly on horseback, without the slightest fear.

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