Just when the people were swarming outside the city, on the mountain road not far from the official road outside the city, a rider rushed in the direction of Liangzhou City with a face full of wind and dust.

Just as he was about to step out of the mountain forest and step onto the official road, two whistles suddenly sounded in the dense forest, one short and one long, and then a group of bandit-like people jumped out of their hiding places, dragging knives and guns to surround the lonely horseman.

The sergeant on horseback grabbed the reins of the horse and scolded at the crowd in front: "Dare to intercept the imperial court officials, are you impatient?" ”

The thieves just looked at him silently, without the slightest appearance of giving way.

The sergeant was too lazy to talk nonsense with them, and with a flick of his wrist he was about to rush over.

At this moment, a dark-skinned girl walked out of the crowd, looked up at the domineering sergeant in front of her and giggled, "Is this big brother going into the city, can you take me with you?"

"Bastard!" the rider was obviously extremely annoyed, and the whip in his hand pointed at the girl, and shouted, "I have important information to send to Liangzhou, and you don't get out of the way quickly, if there is anything wrong, I am afraid that you little thieves will not be able to afford it." ”

"Don't be so stingy!" the girl shook her head and said in his tone, "But it's really a coincidence, I also have important things to rush to Liangzhou, why don't we go together?"

The sergeant was about to say something, when he suddenly felt a pain in his wrist, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a small red dot on his wrist, and the surroundings quickly turned black, he was taken aback and said: "Who is the secret arrow that hurts people!"

Seeing that the blow was successful, the girl giggled and turned over and jumped on the horse, sat behind the sergeant and said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, I just pricked your hand lightly with a silver needle, and it doesn't hurt at all." As long as you take me into the city smoothly, I will naturally give you the antidote. With that, his legs were clamped suddenly, and the horse neighed and galloped.

The sergeant didn't react, and almost fell off the horse, but fortunately he was able to avoid the appearance of the foreign man in time, but he was still extremely angry that he was being manipulated wantonly, and just galloped silently, not caring whether the people behind him would fall down.

Not long after, a handsome young man with a gloomy face walked out of the forest, looking at the second in the distance and was silent.

A man with a big face next to him said with some concern: "Childe, let's really let Miss Yan go alone?"

Hearing this, the young man sighed and said, "What else can be done?" The imperial concubine has an order, our Tiger Wing Army is not allowed to step into the border of the Great Qin State, and all actions are subject to the dispatch of the national teacher. At the moment, the national teacher is still in Liangzhou, if I still want my eldest brother to be safe and sound, I have to be careful. Sister Yan is strong in martial arts, and she is smart and witty, so I am more relieved to have her going. ”

It turned out that this group of people was the group of soldiers from the Black Sand Country who had broken into Guxi Village before, and the leader was the young man known as Yuwen Gongzi. He didn't ask about the whereabouts of the eldest brother from that Jia Wuwen's mouth, so he was naturally unwilling to leave, so he had been lurking near Liangzhou City, always ready to wait for an opportunity.

"Childe, are we just waiting?" the other man said angrily, "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Your Majesty was poured into by that woman, and actually handed over the military power of our Tiger Wing Army to that monster who is neither male nor female." Now it's okay, the city that was originally at your fingertips is now being handed over, and the subordinates are really unwilling. ”

Gongzi Yuwen was silent for a while when he heard this, and said for a long time: "Vice General Cui, soldiers, I know that all of you are unwilling. Since the 'Tiger Talisman Theft Case', our Tiger Wing Army has lost its past grace in His Majesty's mind. If General Li hadn't taken the initiative to resign and bear all the charges on his own, I am afraid that even his father would have been implicated...... Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go back and talk about it first. After speaking, he waved his hand, and led a group of 'bandits' into the mountains and forests again.

And the two people who rode together here were already not far from Liangzhou City, and standing on the dirt slope, they could already see the tall city wall from a distance, as well as the black crowd below.

The sergeant grabbed the reins of his horse, looking at the situation in front of him with some hesitation.

The girl poked her head out from behind him and said in surprise, "Could it be that Liangzhou City is broken?"

When the sergeant heard this, he flicked his whip and shouted, "Ride!" The horse rushed down the dirt slope like the wind.

He did not enter the city through the east gate, which was in front of the crowd, but made a long drive through the south gate in a large circle. That's right, it's a long drive. I don't know why, the soldiers who were supposed to be on duty didn't see a single person, and even the entire Nancheng District was quiet, as if it was an empty city.

The sense of unease in the sergeant's heart became stronger and stronger, if it was really as the girl said, Liangzhou had been destroyed, then the information he brought would have no value.

The crisp sound of horses' hooves echoed through the long empty street, lined with open gates and broken signs. It seems that there was a mess before telling the two of them about this.

However, he didn't go far, and with the sound of breaking the sky, a feathered arrow flew in the air, and the hat on the sergeant's head flew directly out.

Immediately afterwards, a small group of heavily armed soldiers ran out of an alley and surrounded the two, and the leading military general looked at the two and shouted: "If you don't get off your horse when you enter the city, who are you?"

The sergeant hurriedly jumped off his horse, took out the token and said, "Down there is Tie Xiong, the captain of the third squad under the command of Deputy Commander Song Yanjun of Jinwuwei, who has something important to ask to see the prefect." ”

The military general stared at him suspiciously for a while, and saw that the other party's calm look did not seem to be fake, so he raised his hand to take the token, and after careful verification, he nodded and said, "It is indeed Jin Wuwei's token." Your Excellency is in the castle tower, please come with me!" After speaking, he said to the soldiers, "You continue to patrol. ”

Just as the girl was about to follow, she suddenly turned her head to look at it as if she had a feeling, but there was no shadow of anyone behind her, only a tattered sign floating in the wind.

She frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Brother Tie, I'm a little tired, and I want to rest first." How about you come back to meet me when you're done?"

The sergeant who called himself Tie Xiong glanced at her when he heard this, and then looked at the military general with some embarrassment.

The military general looked at the appearance of the two side by side, and he already had a number in his heart, and at the same time he sighed that Jin Wuwei's life was really good, but he was not only embarrassed by his hard life, but when he saw the eyes of the two of them looking at him together, he sold a favor at the moment, raised his hand and pointed to an alley and said: "Turn right and left through this alley, there is a restaurant, the people there have not left yet, and the girl can go by herself." ”

"Thank you!" the girl smiled, arched her hand at the general, and led the horse towards the alley.

The military general turned around and grinned at Tie Xiong, "Brother Tie is so blessed!" Tie Xiong knew that he had misunderstood the relationship between the two when he heard it, but he didn't plan to explain more, but pulled the corners of his mouth noncommittally as an answer.

The girl walked a little way down the alley, heard the footsteps of the two of them go away, and suddenly changed direction, and walked towards a shop whose doors had been broken.

Just as she was about to step into the store, a low voice came from her ear: "Someone is following, keep walking forward, don't look back! ”

The girl's heart sank, and she listened carefully, and sure enough, she heard a slight breathing sound not far behind her. She suddenly grabbed the ground silently, pretending to pick up something, and then changed her direction and continued to walk in the direction that the military general pointed before.

As soon as she came out of the alley, she saw an arrow scrawled on the pillar not far away, and she was overjoyed at the moment, and walked forward quietly, but she had not gone far, and sure enough, she saw the same arrow again.

Walking like this until the arrow disappeared completely, the girl looked up and found herself standing in front of a noodle shop. It's just that there are only a few people in the noodle restaurant now, and each of them looks weak. The shopkeeper with a white scarf on his shoulder, when he saw her appear at the door, he also pointed out that he looked up lazily, and he didn't mean to come forward to greet her at all.

She frowned and said, "Excuse me, is there anything else to eat?"

The shopkeeper reluctantly walked over, yawned and said, "There is still a bowl of somen noodles in the kitchen, which was originally reserved for me to eat, for the sake of you being a girl, if you want to eat, I will bring it to you." ”

To tell the truth, the girl was indeed a little hungry, and nodded when she heard this, "It's okay!" After saying that, she tied her horse to a pillar on the side, walked in by herself, and found a table to sit down.

Not long after sitting down, the shopkeeper came over with a large bowl of noodles, put the noodles on the table and said, "Guest, use it slowly!" However, at the moment when the girl looked up to thank her, the shopkeeper suddenly glanced at her.

The girl was stunned for a moment and then nodded slightly, and said loudly: "Thank you, little second brother!" and then blocked the big bowl with a slight side, and then quietly took out a small note from the bottom of the bowl, and quickly unfolded it to see, on which were written 'Tongrentang Back Alley' five scribbled big characters, the other party was obviously in a hurry, if the girl was not very familiar with this font, there was really no way to understand it for a while.

She quickly ate a few bites of noodles, threw down a piece of broken silver and said, "Little second brother, settle the account!" After speaking, she got up and walked outside, if she remembered correctly, she seemed to have a glimpse of the signboard of Tongrentang before entering the store.

As she left, a person in the corner of the noodle shop quietly got up and turned into the back hall.