Chapter Twenty-Six: Going to the Banquet Fengshen Store
An hour ago, the miasma in Anlin was filled, He Pei dispatched the Wangcheng guards and horses to hide in the dense forest, she knew that Anlin was the last barrier at the west gate of Yundu, if this forest was breached, it would directly endanger the survival of the Wangcheng Jiali Temple.
Yelu Jinyun, the monarch of Yundu, has sent people to send letters five times, asking if it is necessary to combine other defenders in the city to the Anlin area to jointly defend against the enemy, He Pei replied and insisted that she be guarded by herself, although she is a woman, but she has never been afraid of the tens of thousands of people in the sunshine, and has just captured Qin Tiancang's son Qin Yu, and with a bargaining chip in her hand, it is naturally better than fighting by force. It's just that she has not seen Xiao Luo's letter from Yu Danshan for a few days, which makes her really uneasy, but the monarch wrote the battle situation of Yu Danshan in the letter, and Yu Danshan counterattacked on all fronts under the leadership of Xiao Luo and Chong Wanzhong, and there was a trend of turning defeat into victory, so that she could defend the city with peace of mind and no need to be distracted.
He Peiben forced him to say Rizhao's strategy for entering the army after capturing Qin Yu, and only then did he learn that Rizhao had the moon lice pioneer battalion, a strange army, and she knew that her 'Peiyu Fengwu' formation could only resist the enemy on the ground, so she didn't dare to neglect the guards of Wangcheng and Jiali Temple, but An Lin had to go to guard it in person to resist the Rizhao infantry army, Yelu Jinyun replied and suggested that he personally led the guards and horses to guard the Guiyuan Palace, and Bai Zixiang insisted on Jiali Temple.
He Pei couldn't help but think of what Xiao Xiao had told her when he left, and immediately wanted to refute the proposal to appoint Bai Zixiang to guard the Jiali Temple, but she didn't know what to say, coupled with the danger of the army, she could only reluctantly accept this decision.
There were moon lice regiments in the sky over Anlin from time to time, and Qin Yu naturally couldn't stay on the front line, so Yelu Jinyun ordered that he should be escorted back to the royal city by reliable people.
"How can I have any reliable person under my account at this time?"
He Pei sighed coquettishly, in the past few days, he has exhausted his mind to meet the enemy one after another to urge the "Peiyu Fengwu", and he has not applied powder under the flowers, and his pretty cheeks are even more haggard, and now An Lin's danger is unsolved, and he urgently needs reliable people to escort Qin Yuyun to Wangcheng, which is really nerve-wracking.
Who is the best person to arrange for this matter, I think only the second brother Bai Zixiang is the right person, but Bai Zixiang has never seen through this person He Pei.
While thinking about it, Bai Zixiang came uninvited and walked into He Pei's barracks.
"Pei Mei, the second brother seems to be more relieved when he sees that you are tired for days, but on the contrary, he is a little less charming and a little more pitiful. ”
Bai Zixiang came to the door and joked, but He Pei didn't get up to greet him, but just smiled implicitly, "The second brother said that he laughed, the deacon's daily admonition to the little sister I don't dare to slack off for a moment, Jiali Temple and Yundu are destined to be together, lips and teeth depend on each other, I should do my best to resist the enemy, plump or thin, how can the second brother be so leisurely, but care about these." ”
"The second brother is watching Pei Mei getting harder and harder, so he made a special trip to visit. ”
"If you just visit the little sister, the second brother can rest assured, although the little sister's cultivation is not good, but she is still easy to deal with some sunshine thieves. ”
"In this way, Wan Zhong is not here, but I am a person who cares for him in vain. ”
At the mention of "Chongwanzhong", He Pei's heart twitched, and his face couldn't help but flush crimson.
"Why did the second brother mention that big man? It's okay not to mention him, I get angry when I mention him, I've been out for half a month but I haven't sent a letter, who do you think I am?"
Bai Zixiang stroked the folding fan, and smiled with peach blossoms on his face, "Pei Mei is not talking about Chong Wan Zhong all day long, but Wan Chong is honest and straightforward, and he must not care about you, plus he has a dull mouth, so naturally he doesn't dare to write to you, so why should Pei Mei complain about him." ”
He Pei smiled noncommittally, and recalled the time when the five Si Tian were together, and suddenly felt warm. He Pei said: "The monarch wants me to escort Qin Yu back to the royal city to take care of it, and the younger sister wants to guard Anlin, I really can't get out, and I am afraid of being robbed by Rizhao halfway through when I entrust others, so I can only find a wise and brave person, it just so happens that the second brother wants to go back to Jiali Temple, it is better for Qin Yu to be escorted back to Jiali Temple by the second brother to take care of it, I don't know what the second brother wants?"
Seeing that the time had come, Bai Zixiang hurriedly asked, "What will the unknown monarch do with Prince Rizhao?"
"Naturally, he was taken hostage and forced Rizhao to withdraw from the army. ”
"Does the monarch have a letter to send to the Rizhao camp?"
"There is no letter, and the monarch means to escort Qin Yu to the city first and then make discussions. ”
Bai Zixiang shook the folding fan lightly, pacing back and forth: "Such a delay, when the Rizhao infantry crosses the Chen River and the army presses the border, it is difficult to guarantee that Qin Tiancang will not abandon the car to protect the handsome, I think this matter should be done as soon as possible." ”
"What does that second brother mean..."
"We immediately wrote a letter to Qin Tiancang in Rizhao, and restricted him to withdraw at noon tomorrow, otherwise Qin Yu would be beheaded in a different place. At the same time, I escorted Qin Yu back to the royal city to resume his life, so that Qin Tiancang will definitely put pressure on him, I expect him to throw a rat bogey, he will not dare to come to take An Lin, Pei Mei can also relax for a few days. ”
He Pei nodded and said: "The second brother is still thoughtful, if Rizhao retires as scheduled, the second brother will be regarded as a great achievement, but what if Qin Tiancang really refuses to quit the army?"
"Pei Mei, don't panic, you hold Anlin to resist the Rizhao infantry army, I and the monarch divide troops to guard the Guiyuan Hall and Jiali Temple, I have a lot of people who practice the hidden yuan, and the Wangcheng guards are all capable people, I think that as long as it lasts for three days, the eldest brother and Wanzhong will definitely help, the four major Sitian are here, and Rizhao can't help us even if he has the moon lice pioneer battalion. ”
"What the second brother said is reasonable, then write a letter to Qin Tiancang according to the second brother's wishes, the younger sister is not good at dealing with the court, and ask the second brother to be in charge. ”
Bai Zixiang walked straight to the bookcase, and in a moment he made a letter and handed it to He Pei, He Pei naturally had no opinion, so he asked the envoy to send the letter, and instructed Bai Zixiang to escort Qin Yu back to Beijing, and be cautious all the way.
However, He Pei was still uneasy after Bai Zixiang left, so he let a confidant enter the account, and wrote another letter asking him to hand it over to Xiao Luo of Yushan Mountain.
Before the 28th of August, the sky was half cloudy and half yang, and the clouds were already two incompatible weather, and the clouds were moving from west to east, and the cold wind was sweeping Xiao Luo's forehead from the back. ”
Xiao squinted slightly, but saw a pass in the distance, with dangerous peaks on the left and right walls, and the loess erosion was serious, revealing the rugged skeleton in the mountain rock.
"The wind is blowing here, why do you want to set up a post here?"
Seeing Xiao Luo asking, Qiu Xiaoxing said: "Legend has it that this place used to be the place where the wind god Ji Xing stayed, because he loved the scenery in the valley, and was worried that future generations would be destroyed by frequent exchanges, so he cast a spell to cause today's wind to be fierce, in fact, as long as we walked through the south, there will be no hurricanes in the north of this valley." Pedestrians pass through this place from the east gate of Yundu, and they can walk quickly with the help of the wind, as if the wind god Kei Xing is urging you to leave this place, so a post station is set up in the north for pedestrians to rest. ”
"There is such a thing, and it really responds to the sentence 'Creation Zhong Shenxiu.'" Xiao sighed slightly, then let go of the reins and let the horse gallop against the wind, and after a while, he really walked out of the south outlet, and when he arrived in the north, he immediately realized that Qiu Xiaoxing said that the wind was light.
Out of the wind is a hill, but the road is not as narrow as the ordinary mountain road, but a line of traces is clearly imprinted in front of you, and a mile or so of the roadside stands a watchtower, the top of the building is about fifty feet high from the ground, the layers are stacked, towering into the clouds, the eaves of the roof of the building hang a three-color cloth curtain, and there are a few big characters written in the middle - 'Fengshen shop'. There are several guards at the entrance to the level, the first two, dressed with the sunburst mark.
These two people are Jia Shou and Yuan Yan, seeing that there are only two people and one horse, he was shocked in his heart, Yuan Yan said to Jia Shou in his ear: "It's too deceitful! There are only two people who come to ride, and they really don't take my sunshine in their eyes." ”
Jia Shou motioned to Yuan Yan not to talk nonsense, and he stepped forward directly, "I don't know who is Yundu Xiao Sitian?"
Xiao Luo slowly got out of the carriage and said: "It is here, presumably the two are the two captains of Jia Yuan, disrespectful and disrespectful, introduce the two, this is the chief of the Wangcheng garrison to make Qiu short." ”
Qiu walked off the carriage and Jia Yuan and the two of them played with each other, Jia Shou looked at Qiu Short Xing, saw that his face was calm, and he walked in a chic and freehand manner, and there was a kind of spirit that was not lost to Xiao Luo, and it was expected that this person's cultivation must be good, and he heard Xiao Luo introduce that this person was the chief envoy of the guard, and he couldn't help but be in awe.
Yuan Yan led the way to take Xiao Luo and Qiu Xiaoxing to the attic on the top floor of the watchtower, which was surrounded by octagonal windows, and the blue sky and white clouds outside the window were in full view.
The wine case was complete, Jia Shou raised his wine glass and took the lead in toasting to the two people seated, but Xiao Luo held the wine glass and said: "You are a guest from afar, how can there be a reason for guests to respect the host, come and come, I will do it first." After that, he drank all the wine in his mouth, Jia Shou high-fived and said: "This is the best amber wine in the sunshine, I have heard that Xiao Sitian is addicted to wine like life, and today I saw it and it really deserved its reputation." ”
Yuan Yan on the side secretly exclaimed: "What a Xiao Luo, he has no scruples about whether the wine is poisonous or not, I don't know if he is really not afraid of death or defenseless, and he will see how to deal with you later!"
Jia Shou saw that Xiao Xiao had drunk all the wine in the cup, and hurriedly poured it with him, and at the same time greeted him for not taking good care of himself, but saw that Qiu Xiaoxing only took a sip lightly, and his eyebrows were a little more thoughtful.
Xiao Luo picked up the wine glass and said: "This wine has a mellow color and fragrant throat, I wonder if it is mixed with flower wine?"
"But when making wine, add a flower, this is a unique flower in my Rizhao country, the name is drunk and lying beauty, the flowering period is extremely short, when it is in full bloom, it is crushed and placed in clear water, and it can be turned into a unique koji in three days, so that the wine brewed out of it has a mellow taste, especially better than 30 years old wine. ”
"Sure enough, it's a good wine!" I thanked you for the wine in advance," Xiao Luo finished drinking the wine in the cup again, Yuan Yan gave Jia Shou a look, and Jia Shou immediately said: "Xiao Sitian is arrogant, and it is a blessing to be able to get acquainted with the two of you, and you will also drink this cup with you!"
Jia Shou was about to drink it all, but he was choked by his wrist again, and he looked at it, but he didn't know when Xiao Luo was already standing beside him, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and Yuan Yan on the side also stared at Xiao Luo vigilantly.
The atmosphere froze instantly, and Jia Shou said with a wry smile: "Xiao Sitian has any dissatisfaction, just say it, and I will definitely do it in the future." ”
Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "I drank wine just now as a gift of thanks, I don't know what Lord Jia means by drinking this wine?"
"Naturally, I drink to return the favor. ”
Xiao Xiao sneered and said, "Since it is a return of courtesy, why did you find many sunshine soldiers under the floor when you went upstairs, can you explain it?"
Hearing Xiao Xiao say this, Jia Shoudou's big beads of sweat slowly oozed out of his forehead, and Yuan Yan on the side lowered his hand and touched his waist, and there was a hidden weapon flying knife prepared in advance hidden in the jade belt.
Xiao Luo held Jia Shou with one hand, and poured a glass of wine for himself with the other hand, his face was calm and handsome, and he did not show his authority, when the afterglow swept over Jia Shou, Jia Shou only felt a burning heat rushing to his face. He said tremblingly: "Fengshendian is located in a remote area, and I am afraid that there will be an ambush by Luo Sheng, so I brought many soldiers here, and asked Xiao Sitian Mo Sheng to speculate. ”
"Is that really the case?"
Xiao Luo's eyes turned to Yuan Yan on the side again, Yuan Yan panicked, the hand holding the hidden weapon was almost cut by the edge above, he didn't dare to look directly at Xiao Xiao's fiery gaze, so he had to lower his head, but he looked at Qiu Short, and suddenly felt that he had nothing to hide.
Who knew that Xiao Luo turned around and laughed loudly: "In this way, the two of you don't want to take my Xiao Luo's life, what happened just now is still looking at Haihan." With that, he let go of the palm that was holding Jia Shou.
Jia Shou breathed a sigh of relief, his palms were full of slippery beads of sweat, the cup was almost loose in his hand, and this glass of wine was not drunk, nor was it if he didn't drink it. Just when he was at a loss, he saw Xiao Luo take out a letter from his arms and put it on the wine table.
When Jia Yuan and the others saw the sunshine stamp printed on the envelope, they immediately panicked, and saw Xiao Luo slowly unfold the letter and said: "It's just that the day before yesterday, our army captured a messenger at the outpost, and the letter on his body is here, and the letter mentions that he will do things in the cold dew season, and tomorrow will coincide with the cold dew, so ask the two of you how to do things?"
"This..."
Jia Shou was speechless for a while, and Qiu Xiaoxing finally broke out first, and immediately took the case and shouted: "Could it be that this letter has nothing to do with you?
Jia Shou knew that his plan was exposed, so he simply tore his face, he pretended to retreat step by step, but secretly gave Yuan Yan a look, Yuan Yan understood, and suddenly overturned the table, and knocked over the dishes on the ground.
At the last moment, Jia Yuan and the others raised their robes, hiding countless flying knives, and used a move 'Hanhai Xingchen', and ten thousand darts were fired together, aiming at the two people on the table. Qiu Xiaoxing had already taken precautions, and his hands were circled into a stone shield, which offset the flying knife in front of him, while Xiao Luo was expressionless, his hands did not let go of the wine bottle, but his body was full of golden light, and the flying knife was close to him without entering a single bit, as if it had hit an iron wall, and fell to the ground like hitting an iron wall.
Jia Shou had already heard that Xiao Luoxiu was the top five Sitian, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he really felt terrifying, so he took advantage of the moment when the flying knife was sacrificed, and couldn't help but jump out of the window with Yuan Yan.
Qiu Xiaoxing was about to chase after him, but was stopped by Xiao Xiao behind him: "These two people are just unknown people, and it is useless to kill them." We should immediately rush back to the southwest camp, and you will lead all the men and horses to guard the Fengshendian, and trap the 5,000 men and horses led by Jia Yuan in the northern mountain range. I led the rest of the soldiers and horses back to the royal city, and as I expected, the clouds were in trouble, and I must return immediately to save them. ”
"In the next understanding, we will return immediately. ”
The two of them didn't say much, and when they were about to go downstairs, they saw a fire outside the window, and the entrance downstairs was blocked at some point.
Qiu Xiao walked to the window, but saw several Rizhao soldiers below piling up firewood and grass to start the fire, and there were soldiers surrounding the watchtower in a circle.
"It seems that they have been prepared for a long time, Xiao Sitian, how are we good?"
Xiao Xiao took the last sip of wine in the cup and said: "I thought that Rizhao Kingdom had made some progress in the past twenty years, but I didn't expect to do these useless things, I didn't want to kill these two, but I didn't expect to give birth to such a femme fatale! ”
Before the words fell, I saw Xiao Luo's black robe raised, surrounded by golden mangs, and he broke out of the window with a leap of his hand, leaving a golden ghost behind him, and the raging flames were less than one ten-thousandth of this golden mang.
After Xiao Luo turned into a golden light and flew out of the watchtower, Qiu Xiaoxing heard a burst of mournful screams from near to far downstairs, and the fire surrounding the watchtower slowly became smaller. Although he was a military general, he was kind and couldn't bear to look at it, so he had to ignore it, sitting on the chair and doing nothing, but he felt a chill in his back for a moment.
This is a kind of heart-penetrating coolness, like a cold strand of hair cutting the back, but after the coolness, Qiu Xiaoxing clearly saw that the skin and flesh on his chest began to bloom, revealing an inch of indigo blue knife tip.
Qiu Xiaoxing didn't have time to roar, and an ice blade pierced his chest!
The cold air spread from his heart to his neck, Qiu Xiaoxing opened his mouth, his eyes were full of despair, he couldn't believe that he could be attacked by someone unknowingly with his cultivation until he died, he forcibly held his last breath, twisted his frozen neck and turned behind him, when he saw the face of the murderer, Qiu Xiaoxing's face was frightened, and he shouted weakly in his mouth: "Yes... You...!"