Meng Wugongzi's team camped across the road, and the next morning, the two teams naturally joined together.

The caravan of the Meng family was much larger, with fifty or sixty camels, and the same number of horses, and a total of hundreds of people, and more than thirty guards alone.

These guards were all the Meng family's own, only the person who walked in the front and carried the Jinpeng Banner on his back was the Stone Fort Killer, and the Brown Belt Killers didn't know him, and he was not interested in a group of teenagers with brown belts.

Meng Mingshi seemed to be a different person, polite, and chatted with Qingnu while walking and chatting with him, neither to pester the two sons of the Shangguan family, nor to show a trace of hatred towards Huannu, in fact, he didn't seem to recognize the "kid with a knife" at all.

Gu Shenwei ordered the brown belt killers to stay on guard, there were only seven people on their side, but there were more than thirty people with knives on the other side, however, the bodyguards of the Meng family were all wandering swordsmen temporarily hired from Nancheng, they looked scary and their knife skills were dull, Gu Shenwei had carefully observed, and only two or three of them were barely considered masters.

The two new guards surnamed Shangguan began to obey the orders of the leader and not to provoke the Meng family's caravan, and it didn't take long for them to come up, sneering and ridiculing, showing no mercy, but Meng Wugongzi was able to accept it calmly, with a look of repentance, but he was in a hurry to Qingnu, one to persuade and the other to apologize.

Shangguan Ru and Shangguan Yu were annoyed, and since they returned to their own team, they no longer paid attention to Meng Wugongzi.

The first three days were uneventful, and on the night of the third day, the two teams camped in a mountain pass, which was the border of the Jinpeng Castle forces, and further north was the endless grassland, which nominally belonged to the territory of the North Court, but in fact it was unguarded and bandits were rampant, but the Jinpeng Banner was still unimpeded.

After walking for two more days, it was still bland, the population was getting less and less, and finally as far as the eye could see, it was all sparse wilderness, boundless, as if it would never come to an end, Shangguan Ru began to complain that the journey was boring, and wanted to provoke the Meng family several times, but was persuaded by Qingnu and Huannu.

At an intersection, the two teams diverged.

The road to the north looks better, and every few days the journey will encounter a crowded place, guarded by the Beiting cavalry, it is very safe, just want to find the Iron Mountain camp, this road is farther away, it takes about twenty days.

The other road leads to the northeast, to the capital of a small country in the Western Regions, where the Meng family caravan ends, and it is relatively close to the Iron Mountain camp, it takes about ten days to walk, but the path is rugged, and it is said that it is not very peaceful.

Meng Wugongzi had already decided to approach the road, there was a Jinpeng Banner in front of his team, followed by more than 30 swordsmen, fearless, he said goodbye to the two sons of the Shangguan family very formally, "There are many bandits on this road, scaring the two, no one can afford it." In fact, the tenth prince does not need to be in a hurry, he will stay in the city for ten more days, and it is estimated that he will be able to see the tenth prince again, and then he will ask the tenth prince to teach him a lesson. ”

This is almost the most naked radical method, but Shangguan Shi prefers to eat this set, once again surpassing the status of "swordsman", and strongly asks to also take a shortcut.

The third son who was in charge of leading the way and Gu Shenwei both wanted to take the original north road, it didn't matter if it was farther, Gu Shenwei still had an unspoken reason, he felt that the purpose of Meng Wugongzi's trip was definitely not simple, and there was no need to be tricked.

In the end, it was Qing Nu who made the decision, he was the big leader, and everyone had to listen to him, "Isn't it good to go together?" There are still many caravans in the Meng family, everyone takes care of each other, and the bandits don't dare to approach, isn't it?"

Qing Nu has already been subdued by Meng Mingshi, and now let him change his court to be a servant in the Meng family, and he will happily agree.

The team turned onto the northeast path, and at Shangguan Ru's insistence, they kept a distance from the Meng family's caravan beyond their sight, so they camped early that night and hit the road later the next day.

Gu Shenwei secretly ordered that the brown belt killers should be on guard, and let the Dutch girl focus on taking care of Shangguan Ru, and now the most valuable thing in this team is not the box on the back of the camel, but the uninvited female "swordsman".

Gu Shenwei once again felt that the world was unpredictable, and the girl he wanted to protect with all his heart now was the enemy he had to kill in the future.

For two days and two nights in a row, there was no incident, and the biggest accident was that a gray wolf somehow approached the camp and was shot to death by Liuhua with an arrow, which also made Shangguan Ru excited for a long time.

In the early morning of the third day on the trail, Gu Shenwei was tightening the saddle of the horse, Shangguan Ru walked over, pressed the handle of the knife with his left hand, raised his head slightly, and his eyes in the backlight looked doubly dark in the morning light, "Why do you keep ignoring me?"

"You're a swordsman, I'm the leader, it's supposed to be like this. ”

"No, you're talking and laughing with those brown belt killers. ”

Gu Shenwei didn't talk or laugh to anyone, but he felt that he was an adult and didn't want to dwell on childish issues, so he smiled, "We're just talking and laughing now." ”

Shangguan Ru pursed his lips, said nothing with a cold face, walked around Huan Nu for half a circle, and suddenly asked, "Why did you come out to protect me in the Bodhi Garden that day?"

It turned out that she still knew, Gu Shenwei stopped what she was doing, and regretted that impulsive action more and more, "That's my fault, you have already noticed that someone is approaching, just pretending to be asleep, isn't it?"

Shangguan Ru has a strong nature, Gu Shenwei thought that she would say "of course" in passing, but what she said was, "No, I was drunk and didn't hear anything." ”

Gu Shenwei was speechless and was silent for a while, "Because I am Huan slave, the apprentice of Shigongzi, and the killer under you." ”

In a few months, Shangguan Ru will celebrate her thirteenth birthday, and from now on, she will be called the "Ten Young Masters", qualified to lead the real killers, she has received all the education that a young master should have, including how to see through and win people's hearts, but she will never hear the hatred and irony hidden in Huan Nu's words.

Shangguan Ru smiled, showing a slight smugness, "It's good if you remember, I will compete with you if I have the opportunity to see if your sword skills have improved." ”

Gu Shenwei bowed slightly, "No matter how fast the apprentice progresses, he can't catch up with the master, but now I am the leader." ”

Shangguan Ru also bowed slightly, and retreated with a smile, "Ten taels of silver a day is not easy to earn." ”

On this day, Gu Shenwei was eager to kill, longing for a knife to be stabbed in the neck, the bright red blood would make his stomach churn and make his heart quiet.

That afternoon, his craving was partially fulfilled and he saw a corpse.

The gift-giving procession saw the Meng family's caravan from afar, parked on the side of the road, as if waiting for them.

Qingnu, Huannu, and Baosan'er drove their horses to catch up, and the others waited in place.

There was an ominous atmosphere in the caravan, and even Qingnu felt it, his face turned pale, and when he ran to the front of the line, his voice became hoarse.

"How...... Kiyonu's words were only half asked, and the corpse lying in the middle of the road told him to shut up.

It was a swordsman of the Meng family, lying on his back, with a black arrow standing in his heart, and the knife under his waist had not yet left the sheath.

The killer with the Jinpeng flag on his back glanced up, "Someone has taken a fancy to our goods." ”

Qingnu looked around nervously, "Where is it? Who is so bold? Let's turn around and go the way we were?"

"No, I can't. The killer shook his head and refused, Qing Nu was stunned, his status in the castle was not as good as before, an ordinary killer should be polite.

Pour San'er is experienced and explained, "This is the bandits making a mark, indicating that they want this batch of goods, and others are not allowed to touch it, and it is not okay to turn back, and the road behind must have been cut off." ”

"What, not a bunch of bandits, this ...... We have the Jinpeng Banner ......"

"The famous bandits let our flag, and the nameless bandits don't care about anything. The killer said indifferently, as if he was used to it.

"Bandits, bandits aren't good, are they?"

"It's not powerful, as long as they dare to show up, kill them and leave no armor. ”

The composure of the flag killer greatly boosted the morale of everyone present, and a sneaky arrow was not a skill, and if you want to rob, you have to rely on face-to-face knife fighting.

"Let's set up camp here. The flag killer said to Meng Wugongzi, not so much a suggestion as an order.

Meng Mingshi's face was as pale as Qing Nu's, he nodded again and again, and the entourage around him sent orders.

"It's better for everybody to keep along. The flag killer said to Qing Nu again, Qing Nu couldn't wait for this, and nodded his head faster.

The two teams were together again, Shangguan Ru and Shangguan Yushi didn't believe the people of the Meng family, so they deliberately ran to see the corpse, and when they came back, they looked serious and took the initiative to ask for a sentry vigil.

Gu Shenwei arranged for the two of them to stay in the first shift.

As always, the closer the crisis is, the clearer his mind becomes, peeling off those accidents, coincidences and adventures, looking at everything and analyzing everything with the simplest and most ** eyes, and the causes and consequences of things will naturally show in front of him.

Gu Shenwei felt that he had seen through the intrigues hidden in the corpse.

As night fell, he walked around the procession and finally walked over to the camel driver.

The five camel drivers sat in a circle, drinking and chatting against a small fire, and Gu Shenwei joined in, talking without a ride.

Everyone is old, and the four camel drivers hired by Nancheng soon leave under the pretext of going to bed early, leaving the camel drivers and guard leaders of Jinpeng Castle.

Gu Shenwei stared at the camel driver, he didn't know the other party's name yet, and there was no need to know.

The camel driver bowed his head for a long time and was silent, and when he looked up, his eyes were fierce, which was the gaze of a killer, "I do my thing, you do your thing." ”

Gu Shenwei nodded and left, as long as he could prove that his guess was correct, the camel driver was a killer sent by Jinpeng Fort to protect the tenth prince, Shangguan Ru was a little careful, and before he left Jinpeng Fort a step, he was seen through, with him, the lives of the two girls were worry-free.

The two sons of the Shangguan family were still keeping vigil, and Gu Shenwei called the other four brown belt killers and ordered the white camel to stay, and the other three set off with him on a mission.

"Let's go find the 'bandits', if I guess correctly, these 'bandits' are not far from here. ”

The four men took out their horses, dodged the night watchmen, and rounded the camp from the other side, galloping forward.

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