Part 4 Beacon Fire Chapter 1 Mistakes
A group of people galloped wildly on the official road outside the Guan, heading eastward, and the sound of horses' hooves shattered the tranquility of the early morning.
The leader wears a white inlaid treasure hair crown, a white brocade robe, a white jade belt around his waist, and a white cloak, and the whole person looks heroic. This person is none other than Tuoba Shiruo. She was followed by dozens of iron horsemen outside the gate, and took two maids, Ruosi and Ruomeng.
If you ask why Tuoba poetry is in such a hurry, you have to start from a long time ago.
It is said that the hometown outside the Guanhai was once the old land of the Bohai Kingdom, and later the Bohai Kingdom was destroyed by the great Khan Haidusi of the Di people. The whereabouts of Yuan Shixun, the last king of the Bohai Sea, are unknown, and along with him are the legendary treasures.
After Tuoba Ruhui took up the important task of Zhenbei of the imperial court, he also sent people to look around, but he never had a whereabouts.
Recently, it is rumored that the descendants of the Yuan family appeared in a place called Moyunzhuang outside the gate. Tuoba Ruyan is recruiting troops and horses, and is in urgent need of money and food. And Tuoba Ce and Tuoba Quan were ordered to train their troops, and they couldn't get out. Tuoba Shiruo volunteered to find treasure for his father. After obtaining his father's consent, he brought dozens of elites from Guanwai Iron Cavalry to Moyunzhuang, and went with Fu Gongjin, who was the friend of the eldest brother Tuoba Ce, and was known as "Jin Fu Lang" by the people of the rivers and lakes.
The group traveled day and night, and finally arrived near Moyunzhuang at noon that day. Tuoba Shiruo stopped moving, looked at Moyunzhuang, and saw that the villa was unusually quiet, and did not dare to go rashly. Looking back at Fu Gongjin and asked: "Brother Fu, do you think that Moyunzhuang is too quiet, the matter of the descendants of the Yuan family has already spread all over the rivers and lakes, and it stands to reason that martial arts people should gather here, it is extremely lively." ”
Fu Gongjin looked at it for a while and replied, "I'm afraid that we are late, and there are no living people in Moyunzhuang for a long time." Third Miss, please see, it was lunch time, and there was no cooking smoke in the village. ”
If you look closely, Tuoba Shi really looks like this. I secretly screamed in my heart that it was not good, someone must have taken the lead.
"Lu Zhong led the brothers to wait here, and Brother Fu and I went in to have a look. After Tuoba Shiruo finished speaking, he rushed to Moyunzhuang first, followed by Fu Gongjin, Ruosi and Ruomeng.
If Tuoba poetry is a master of art, he is bold and wants to investigate Moyunzhuang first. He was worried about fraud, so he asked his subordinate Lu Zhong to lead his troops to wait outside.
The four of them rode into the villa, and walked slowly all the way to see that the doors of every house were closed. Walked to a house that looked large from the outside, turned over and dismounted. Ruosi stepped forward and slammed on the door, but there was no reaction inside. So he kicked open the door, and as far as he could see, all the doors and windows of the house were closed.
The four of them walked into the courtyard and looked around, but they didn't find the slightest trace of a fight. Ruosi cautiously pushed open the door of the hall and saw that the floor inside was clean and the items were neatly placed.
When I went to the wing room again, the quilts were neatly folded, and there was no trace of a fight. When I went to the backyard, the donkeys, the cows, the chickens and ducks were all there, but their owners were nowhere to be found.
"It's too weird, it's possible that the entire people in Moyunzhuang can't go by themselves. If Tuoba Shiruo subconsciously tapped the palm of his hand, he was puzzled.
Fu Gongjin squatted down to carefully observe the ground, and then carefully inspected the doors and windows everywhere. After a moment, he affirmed: "They did not go on their own, but were captured." ”
Ruomeng asked, "Since it was captured, there should be traces of struggle, why not here?"
"No matter how shrewd a person is, he will leave flaws. Fu Gongjin pointed to a door and window in the wing room and continued, "You take a closer look, this door and window are newly replaced, and you won't find anything on the surface, but have you noticed it, it's reversed." Do you know what that means?"
Tuoba Shiruo stared at the doors and windows, and said, "It means that the people who live here have not thought of leaving, or that someone has cleaned up the traces afterwards." Either way, it tells us that none of the people in this village left voluntarily. ”
Fu Gongjin proposed: "It's too weird here, let's not stay here for a long time." It's better to go to other places nearby, maybe there will be new gains. ”
Tuoba Shiruo agreed with Fu Gongjin's statement, and the four of them got on the horse and left Moyunzhuang. When he returned to the place where the iron rider was waiting, he found dozens of iron riders lying on the spot, and the head of Lu Chong, led by Lu Chong, was hung on a tree, and a line of words was written next to the head: "If you want to get a treasure, your head is in a different place." ”
"What's going on, they're all elites, not to mention that we're not far away, so we haven't heard a sound at all. Ruosi was shocked and couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Tuoba Shiruo's face sank like water, and he said coldly: "Someone has been following us, but we haven't noticed it in the slightest, this person's martial arts are indeed rare in the world. ”
"Being able to kill so many people in one move, this person's swordsmanship is really good. As far as swordsmanship is concerned, Geng Shuxuan, the sword leader of the hundred generations who chased Jiangnan. After Fu Gongjin carefully examined the corpse, he judged: "Some people can't resist the temptation of money and appear in the rivers and lakes." ”
Tuoba Shiruo said: "First bury these brothers, then go to a nearby place to live for a night, and then think about it in the long run." ”
The four of them found an open place, untied their waist cards, and buried and erected monuments one by one.
"Ah, there's one less person!" Ruomeng exclaimed after counting three times.
Fu Gongjin said worriedly: "This person is a master of disguise, disguise is among us, and he will suddenly kill people after we leave, which also explains why there is no sound at all." ”
Tuoba Shiruo gasped: "The master of disguise on the rivers and lakes is the first to recommend the 'Thousand-faced Fox' Ao Xuanying, but she died at the hands of Zhang Qichao. Who would be so capable?"
After the four of them buried the corpse, they rode out of Moyunzhuang and headed east to Laowangzhuang, which was not far from Moyunzhuang.
After they left, several people with black veils appeared next to the cemetery, all wearing black cloaks, unable to see their faces or gender. There were only a pair of cold eyes, looking coldly at the distant figures of Tuoba Shiruo and others.
Let's say that Tuoba Shiruo and others came to Lao Wangzhuang quickly, looked into the distance, and saw the smoke curling in Lao Wangzhuang, and felt a lot more steady.
Riding a horse into the village, the people seen along the way are full of voices, so lively.
Tuoba Shiruo and the others asked the village chief's house in the village, and after obtaining permission, they unloaded their luggage and led the horses to the stables in the backyard.
The village chief's name is Wang Baosi, and he is very hospitable. Not only generously let Tuoba Shiruo and others stay, but also treat them with better wine and good food.
During the banquet, Tuoba Shiruo asked about Moyunzhuang several times, but he was extremely vigilant and avoided talking about it. This made the four people at the banquet suspicious and raised their vigilance.
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the village chief slipped out of his room and cautiously slipped through the back door. I also looked around along the road, afraid of being followed. I came to a grass hut and looked around to make sure that no one had gotten in.
"Dead ghost, why did you come. A woman's voice came from the hut.
"Baby, I'm not here. The village chief's lewd laughter was mixed with excitement.
This made the four people who followed them feel embarrassed for a while, wondering if they were thinking too much, and they just came to have a tryst.
To the effect that it is a taboo to walk the rivers and lakes, only Fu Gongjin is a man among the four people, to see if it is the most suitable adultery. Fu Gongjin looked loveless, walked lightly to the grass shed, and cautiously picked up the grass shed with his sword.
Tuoba Shiruo, Ruosi, and Ruomeng nervously pressed their swords to guard against it, and once they found danger, they immediately came to support Fu Gongjin.
The moment Fu Gongjin picked up the grass shed, a knife stabbed out, and Fu Gongjin avoided it with a sideways and a backflip. was about to take out his sword to fight back, but he saw the village chief and a beautiful woman, standing there naked, holding the waist knife in his hand and not continuing to shoot.
Everyone was stunned......
"Why are you?" I thought ......" The village chief saw that the person who had come was a daytime guest, not the woman's husband. hurriedly threw down the knife and hurriedly covered it with his clothes. The woman screamed in fright, and hurriedly blocked the important parts with her belly pocket, her face red and her ears red.
Not only them, Tuoba Shiruo and the two maids beside him were also red-faced. Only Fu Gongjin was the calmest, and quickly looked around to confirm that no outsiders had put his sword back into its sheath.
"Ladies and gentlemen, for the sake of the little old man's warm hospitality, please don't say it. The village chief pleaded and kowtowed.
Fu Gongjin made a gesture to ask the village chief to get up, and said, "We didn't mean that in the first place, we just saw the village chief sneaking out alone, and we didn't feel at ease so we came out." ”
The village chief thought about it, why did a few outsiders bother with this idle matter. A hanging heart finally fell to the ground. got up tremblingly, not daring to look at Fu Gongjin.
Fu Gongjin took the opportunity to threaten: "If the village chief wants us not to say it, you must tell us about Moyunzhuang, otherwise you will ......"
"So you're here for the treasure, too. The village chief looked very understanding.
Fu Gongjin was shocked, and pretended to be calm and said: "So there are other people who have come to you to inquire, and they also ask the village chief to give advice." ”
At this time, Tuoba Shiruo and the other three also came out.
The village chief said helplessly: "It's not that I deliberately hide a few, it's really too weird." About a month ago, when it was still snowing heavily, a group of people suddenly came to inquire about the way to Moyunzhuang, and I kindly pointed out the way. After that, what treasures suddenly came out of Moyunzhuang, what rumors about the descendants of the Yuan family. The weird thing is that the people in Moyunzhuang seem to have fallen into evil, and they are not there for a while. We don't know many of the villagers, so we don't dare to tell outsiders easily. Before you, I've been here several times asking me about this. It's all covered up by me, but I didn't expect you to come too. ”
After listening to the village chief's words, the four of them all felt that this incident was extremely unusual.
"Since the village chief has said everything here, I won't bother anymore. Fu Gongjin said goodbye, and asked Tuoba Shiruo and the others to go back to the village chief's house to quickly pack their luggage and leave at night.
The village chief shouted behind the four of them, "You guys stay for one night and then leave, where can you go when it's so dark!"
Fu Gongjin didn't look back and walked straight forward, giving Tuoba Shiruo and the others a hint of look, and told them not to look back.
The village chief's anxious eyes watched the four of them disappear from view quickly.