The winter of this year in Jingshi is extremely cold, especially in the past few days, the bad weather has reached the extreme. The biting north wind is fierce, and the huge snowflakes are flying, so that the dignitaries and dignitaries who live here do not dare to go out easily. It's okay to nest on the warm kang head, sit on the kang table, eat warm fruit wine, and taste delicious side dishes, that is called a comfortable day. However, in such weather, even if it is windy, there are always some people who have to go out, and there are always some things that have to be done.

On the official road outside the capital, a team of more than 30 officials escorted three prisoner carts to the west. The snow was falling one after another, blowing on the faces and bodies of those officials, but it could not provoke the slightest reaction from them. Seeing their neat steps, they seemed to be accustomed to rushing in such bad weather. The leader was dressed in a coat and a snow cap, and rode a tall yellow horse under his crotch. This person is about forty years old, with a Chinese face, and a tall northerner, but his eyes are full of shrewdness and ability. The officials in the same company all called him Master Xu Jixu, and he was the head of the escort team this time.

In the dreary atmosphere, the prisoner wagon team slowly moved forward with its head bowed like dead wood against the wind and snow, and the thick snow under the official boots was also creaking and squeaking. In such weather, it is difficult to even walk, and naturally there is less gossip and chatter, and one by one they just cling to their clothes and hurrying silently. The three people in the prison car were an old man with gray hair, a woman in her forties, and a young man in his twenties. All three of them wore only thin cotton wool prison clothes, and their faces were all haggard, and even their eyebrows and hair were stained with a layer of frost from the cold.

The convoy walked for more than half a day in the wind and snow, and then came to a small forest. The convoy slowly moved in the forest, and Xu Ji rode his horse to look around. Sheltered by the woods and a little weaker in the wind and snow, it looks like a good place to rest. So he was about to beckon the team to rest, when he suddenly saw two black dots moving at the end of the road.

In such weather, ordinary people will not go out, and Xu Ji's team only met these two people along the way. When the arrivals approached, Xu Ji saw clearly that they were old and young. The old man was dressed in a gray cotton robe, with gray hair and eyes, about sixty miles away, while the young man was dressed in white and wore a fur-collared cape with a snow cap. The snow hat wrapped the young man's entire head, and the high collar blocked most of his face, leaving only a pair of eyes as black as ink. If it weren't for the young man's body and eyes, Xu Ji really couldn't tell whether the other party was a man or a woman.

The old man and the young man walked up to the group, and after a moment's pause, they walked around and continued on. Xu Ji looked back at the back that was gradually moving away, and couldn't help but gasp. They walked all the way, but there were no footprints in the snow behind them. Xu Ji didn't believe his eyes, and ran to the front of the team to take a closer look. The snow here is as smooth as ever, and there are really no signs of trampling.

It takes a lot of skill to do it, and the boy still looks very immature.

Xu Ji frowned, and after a while, he suddenly looked back, but there was no longer the figure of the old and the young behind him. Such a long road, and their speed is not fast, so suddenly disappeared? Xu Ji's heart was alarmed, and he immediately beckoned his brother to speed up and continue to hurry.

Xu Ji was worried along the way, for fear that something unexpected would happen. After a few more hours, a low forest appeared in front of them. By this time it was already dark, and it was nearly evening. Except for the old and young people he met at noon, Xu Ji and his party didn't meet anyone else along the way, which made his hanging heart gradually go back. After nearly a day's journey, people were sleepy and tired, so Xu Ji beckoned the brothers to sit down and rest, eat and drink.

Xu Ji got off the horse, took out the wine bag and poured a few sips, and then looked up at the people in the prisoner car. Seeing that the three people had been beaten by the wind and snow, they were even more depressed. Xu Ji cursed secretly in his heart, and shouted at the brothers to let the three people out of the prison car. And he ordered them to be poured a few sips of wine. After settling the prisoners, Xu Ji turned around and instructed his subordinates, saying, "Brothers, it's getting late today, and the wind and snow are heavy, so we will spend the night here tonight." ”

As soon as Xu Ji's words fell, the dozens of people under him suddenly relaxed, and some even lay directly on the snow to rest. Nearly a day's headwind and rushing also made their bodies a little unbearable.

Xu Ji saw that the scene that should have been strict was a little messy, and he couldn't help shouting: "Don't relax, stay vigilant, take advantage of the fact that the sky is not dark, and hurry up to make a fire to cook......"

Everyone responded in a low voice, drove away from the official road, and found a vacant place in the nearby woods to camp, and the official messenger automatically set aside some people to guard, and the others scattered to prepare. Xu Ji sat aside, looking up into the distance. At this moment, four horses rushed from the woods, and the people on the horses were all dressed in gray. When Xu Ji saw this posture, he suddenly felt bad in his heart, and he drew his sword and greeted it.

The four gray-clothed men came to him in a blink of an eye, and without saying a word, they jumped off their horses, and swung their swords at the officials. In the chaos, because the prisoners were wearing heavy armor and could not dodge easily, one person was cut on the arm in the blink of an eye, and the official was close, and four people fell in a pool of blood.

Xu Ji took a look at it and shouted, "Block it...... "He can see that these people are here to assassinate these three prisoners."......

At this critical moment, four more cloaked men rushed out of the woods. These four people were all dressed in white and white hats, which was in obvious contrast to the four people before them. I saw that as soon as they jumped out, they blocked the gray-clothed man one by one.

As soon as Xu Ji saw that he had a helper, he took advantage of the chaos and slowly withdrew from the fight. He could see that although there were not many people on both sides, they were all good hands, and they were not comparable to the officials under him. And the purpose of the foursome in white is also very clear, that is, to rush out to save people.

The two sides were equal in number, and they were entangled together for a while but couldn't tell the winner, which gave Xu Ji a chance. I saw that he slowly retreated, whispered to his brother who had escaped from the fight, and took advantage of the chaos with the prisoner.

The gray quartet and the white quartet were in a tight fight, and they watched the team go away, but they couldn't spare their hands to stop it.

When Xu Ji ran a long distance with the team, he looked back and saw that those people were still fighting, and they didn't distinguish any of them. Xu Ji was happy in his heart, as long as he was given enough time, he could take these three prisoners away from the dangerous place.

Xu Jizheng turned around and was about to move on, his relaxed smile had not completely disappeared but had already solidified on his face, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead on a cold day.

- Two people are in the way of the group!

If there were only two people blocking their team, Xu Ji wouldn't have to be so nervous at all. The problem is that it is the old and the young who stand in their way, and they are also gray and white. It was the old and young who disappeared mysteriously, but didn't they obviously walk over, why did they suddenly appear in front of the team.

Xu Ji saw these two people clearly, his face changed and changed, and even his palms were sweaty. Despite this, Xu Ji still fought with the spirit of twelve points to face it.

"Who are you, and why are you in our way?"

"Lord Xu Jixu, don't you know Lao Er?" the old man's eyes were sharp, and there was a mocking smile on his face.

Xu Ji was shocked, and carefully identified it, the outline of this person's eyes was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while. "You are?"

The old man laughed and said, "Lord Xu is really a noble person who forgets things, don't you remember ten years ago...... What happened to the scene downstairs in the West Fourth Archway?"

Isn't that place the execution ground, and it was ten years ago. But it's too far away, I don't know how many people die under the West Fourth Archway every year, but there are not many that he can remember...... Thinking of this, Xu Ji looked up at this person again, the vague pictures flashed in his heart, and the memory gradually changed from vague to clear.

"It's you...... You are the Qin ...... of the Dharma Raid Field that day Qin Gu?"

"Hahaha...... I didn't expect Lord Xu to remember Lao'er?"

Xu Ji gritted his teeth and said: "It's really you, it's you thief......"

Qin Gu said sharply: "Bah! If you talk about evil thieves, what you have done secretly in the past few years, it is not an exaggeration to bear the word 'evil thief'. ”

Xu Ji said: "The civil blockade official, what he is doing is rebellion, not a thief, then what?"

Qin Gu sneered when he heard this, and he said word by word: "What if you are a thief? With that, Qin Gu swung his fists and pounced.

Xu Ji, who was forced by the sudden attack, took a few steps back, and then raised his sword to block, and shouted loudly as he flew back: "Brothers, let's get on the ...... together."

Suddenly, the remaining twenty or so officials immediately made a siege and surrounded the old and young in the center. The three prisoners quickly gathered around and retreated.