Chapter 15: Déjà vu
When Cao Lu was talking to himself, Lin Hu had been silent beside him, but at this moment, he suddenly pressed his right hand down hard, signaling Wei Qing and Cao Lu to be vigilant, and at the same time commanded in a low voice: "You two hurry up and hide to find a place to hide, and if you don't see me coming to call you in person after an hour, hurry back and tell Lord Lu that there is fraud in it, don't fall for it."
Wei Qing was startled and had to ask the reason, but Lin Hu waved his hand again and again to tell them to go quickly, Cao Lu saw this and grabbed Wei Qing and walked away quickly. The two didn't go far, and they saw Cheng Bin and a few servants stop in place halfway through, but Zhang Jingting and Li Hansheng continued to walk into the maple forest with several other servants and came to Lin Hu, Wei Qing and the others didn't dare to go anymore for fear of being detected, so they had to hide behind a big rock and watch secretly.
Wei Qing and the others were far away, and they couldn't hear what the people in front of them were saying, only to see Zhang Jingting say a few words first, and then Lin Hu and Li Hansheng said something to each other, and the two sides seemed to have some verbal disputes, but in the end, Lin Hu still followed Li Hansheng and Zhang Jingting towards Cheng Bin and others who were still waiting halfway in the direction of Daying.
Watching Lin Hu and them walk out of the maple forest, Cao Lu said to Wei Qing: "Brother Qing, why did you say that Master made us wait here, is it because I just said that there was a problem with Zhang Taishou's camp, which made Master suspicious, but it is common for this civil official to be unfamiliar with military affairs, and Zhang Jingting, this kid has come out to pick us up, how can there be anything wrong."
Wei Qing replied: "I think Master has his own reasons for doing this, let's do it, you can keep an eye on the sun, and if Master doesn't come out for an hour, we will hurry back and report the news."
Cao Lu said with a smile: "Master, don't just eat and drink enough after going in, but forget that our two poor apprentices are still waiting outside to starve, if he sees the wine and meat and forgets to come out to call us, but we go back in a daze to report that there is fraud, wouldn't it be a big joke."
Wei Qing stretched out his hand and patted Cao Lu's head and said, "You can't be a master, how can his old man commit such a mess."
At this moment, there was a sudden sharp chirping sound from the sky, and Wei Qing looked up and saw an eagle flying in the sky, making a burst of cries while hovering over the barracks. Cao Lu also raised his head to look at the eagle and said: "It is rare to see eagles in the territory of Lu'an Prefecture, and there are eagles in the mountains and forests, and they are not as big as this, so I am afraid that they flew from other places."
Wei Qing stared at the hovering eagle shadow, only to see the eagle suddenly soar downward, and then fly high again, and a sense of déjà vu suddenly burst out in his mind: when Li Hansheng jumped up to kill the enemy on the treetops last night, his body shape and posture were exactly the same as the appearance of the "strange ghost" Zhuergen chasing him that day, and they were all like flying birds. Wei Qing suddenly woke up, and finally understood where his previous uneasiness came from, he jumped out from behind the big stone where he was hiding, and shouted loudly while chasing after Lin Hu: "Master be careful, they are golden people, come back quickly."
Lin Hu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Wei Qing's shouts from afar, at this moment, a murderous aura came coldly beside him, Lin Hu has been walking the rivers and lakes for decades, and he has extremely rich experience in facing the enemy on the spot.
Lin Hu shouted angrily: "What a traitor, he actually used such a trick", Li Hansheng raised his head and laughed: "It's a pity that I took the risk and fell short, and in the end I still couldn't hide it from Lord Lin Helm, but now I realize that it's too late, and you don't want to get away with it today." Li Hansheng said that the five fingers into the claw went straight into Lin Hu's middle chest, Lin Hu roared angrily, and unleashed his master's martial arts five-element stick method, a bowl of thick cooked copper Qi Mei stick was danced by him, Li Hansheng attacked several moves in a row but could not find a flaw to get close to his body, so he had to use light skills to hand out one move after another around Lin Hu, and tried his best to entangle Lin Hu and wait for the camp to send helpers.
On the other side, Cheng Bin also burst into trouble, and with one palm, he beat a golden soldier who was guarding his side so much that he vomited blood and sat on the ground, then rubbed himself and snatched a big knife from the other party's hand, and retreated to Lin Hu in battle. Except for Li Hansheng, the others among the enemies were mediocre in martial arts, and after Cheng Bin entered the battle group, the two of them quickly fought their way out of the battle group, and retreated into the maple forest under the response of Wei Qing and Cao Lu. Li Hansheng alone is not the opponent of Lin Hu and Cheng Bin, he didn't dare to chase too closely for fear of losses, but he followed not far behind, and at the same time sent sentry arrows to urge reinforcements.
Lin Hu asked Cheng Bin about the changes after entering the camp while retreating, Cheng Bin's face at this time had long lost the warmth and kindness of the "Buddha-faced snake" of the past, he spit indignantly to the ground and said: "It's all fake, it's all Tartar, as soon as I entered the big tent of the Chinese army, I was surrounded by regiments and took it, I wanted to die, I would die, you will be suspicious if you don't see me come out, and you will never come in easily, after waiting for a long time, you will realize that the situation is not right, and you will go back to report and take precautions." When he said this, his eyes suddenly showed a mixture of anger and regret, and he continued with a sigh: " Zhang Jingting, this kid has been in vain for many years as a parent-child cultivation teaching, Fangou just used torture he couldn't bear the hardships and surrendered, promised to come out to lure you into the camp, I am afraid that you will pretend to surrender, and plan to come out and then drink through the enemy's tricks, how do you know that Li Hansheng is cunning tightly, only allow me to show my face halfway, I don't know if your position can see the movement on my side, don't dare to do it rashly, until Wei Xian's nephew finds out that something is wrong, I will come to meet him."
Wei Qing said: "When I went south to report the news before, I hunted down my Jin Army shaman Zhuergen, and the light skills he used were the same as Li Hansheng's, and the Tsing Yi hero who saved me at that time knew that this was the unique skill of a certain sect in the south of the Yangtze River, so I concluded that Li Hansheng was a fine work, if I had noticed it earlier", Cao Lu said: "No wonder their big camp doesn't play flags, and they don't repair defenses, it turns out that they came here in a hurry, and they didn't have time to make fake flags and repair camp defenses, but I don't know how they learned that we were going out of the city." 。
Lin Hu thought about it and said: "It must have been when he chased and killed the Jin army deserter last night, Li Hansheng chased down to the east alone, and none of us saw whether he really killed the Jin soldier, and estimated that he was the one who let the Jin soldier go back to report the news at that time, and arranged for people to come here overnight to lay out the fraud."
Cheng Bin urged: "Everyone should speed up their pace, we have to rush back to the city in front of Fangou to report the news, otherwise if Zhang Jingting's kid lures the defenders out of the city, I will die a thousand deaths." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a violent sound of horses' hooves behind him, and even the ground trembled slightly.
Wei Qing was in this situation, he only felt that it was the same as when the Jin soldiers pursued him and Liao Chunhua that day, when he thought of Liao Chunhua, he suddenly felt that his chest was hot, and his eyes were hot and said: "If we run like this, no one will want to leave, I will stay here and lead the pursuers into the mountain next to it, where the terrain is complicated, and it will take a lot of time for the enemy to search the mountain, so you hurry back from the main road."
Lin Hu was about to speak, but Cheng Bin preemptively said: "I taught a spineless scoundrel like Zhang Jingting, and he has no face to go back to Lu'an City, so let Cheng die here to buy you some time, so that I can finally live up to the consistent actions of my beggar gang."
Wei Qing hurriedly pulled Cheng Bin's sleeve and said: "Master Cheng Helm can't be like this, I promised Miss Cheng before leaving, if you encounter a crisis, I will ensure that you go first, if you have a good case, Miss Cheng will definitely blame me." Cheng Bin grabbed Wei Qingyang's hand and threw it a few zhang away, and said categorically: "At this juncture, what are you still worried about about your children's private affairs, I have made up my mind, everyone doesn't have to say anything, leave quickly, don't let me die here in vain", he hugged Lin Hu and said: "Brother Lin, I have offended a lot on weekdays, and please take care of my family for the sake of my love today."
Lin Hu gritted his teeth and nodded, turned around and strode forward without saying a word, Cao Lu pulled up Wei Qing, who was still in a daze, and hurriedly followed, only to hear Cheng Bin behind him laugh sadly: "I have been taught the Compassion Sword Method by Master Guangyu of Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain, and I have never used this Buddhist martial arts to take people's lives, I don't want to break my oath today, hahaha." Wei Qing and the others couldn't bear to turn back, and hurried along the road in the direction of Lu'an.
Hurried all the way, Wei Qing's master and apprentice finally arrived at a broken temple a few miles east of Lu'an City that night, the Jin army camp was stationed in the north of the city, and there were only a small number of rangers in the east to guard, the three of them hurried for a day and a night, at this time they were already hungry and tired, Lin Hu said to Wei Qing and Cao Lu: "I really can't walk, and rest in this temple, and when my strength is a little better, I will quickly try to touch the city."
Wei Qing sat down and beat his legs and said: "I don't know what the situation in the city is, don't be preempted by Zhang Jingting in front of us, he has no enemy soldiers blocking the way, he should arrive before us", Cao Lu came over and sat down next to Wei Qing and said: "I have seen it, there is no movement in the city and outside the city, and the Tartars should not have succeeded, I think even if Zhang Jingting enters the city first, it is not possible to deceive Lord Lu into sending troops in a moment or three, as long as we can rush back tonight, we will not make a mistake."
Lin Hu nodded and said: "Lu'er is right, it should be in time, you can rest assured that you can take care of your spirits first, I will keep an eye here, and when the sky gets darker again, I will let you go." Wei Qing's whole body was so sore that he couldn't hurt anywhere, and he could still fight his spirits when he was in a hurry, and after sitting down at this moment, he relaxed a little and fell asleep quickly unconsciously, and he didn't know how long he slept, he suddenly felt a palm covering his mouth, and suddenly woke up.
Wei Qing got up and saw that it was Lin Hu covering his mouth, and Cao Lu next to him had also woken up, Lin Hu gestured to the two of them not to make a sound, and then pointed to the Buddhist shrine in the temple, and pulled the two of them in. After a while, Wei Qing heard a small sound of footsteps outside the temple, and then saw the bright light of torches coming into the temple, and a familiar voice shouted: "Search everywhere to see if anyone has come", this voice was sent to Li Hansheng who had entered the city before.