Chapter IV: Interception

The door of Zhao Ji's old store in the southwest corner of the city has been opened, Zhao Hongyan is standing behind the counter flipping through the account book, and a guy is wiping the table in the house. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The guy looked up at the sky, "The shopkeeper, seeing that it's noon, why don't there be any guests?" Zhao shopkeeper looked outside the door, it was almost noon at this time, but there was no one on the road, and he looked at the guy again, and said, "Maybe there won't be any guests today." ”

The guy said: "Shopkeeper, I heard last night that the Zhixian Yamen burned down, and I don't know why? Yang Zhixian was also weird yesterday, what did he want to do?"

"Shhhh Shopkeeper Zhao looked at the people around him, and whispered to Xiao Er: "Although Yang Zhixian's official rank is very small, he has the ambition to serve the country. Seeing that the Qing court had firmly occupied China, there was no hope for the Ming Dynasty to restore the country. He was so discouraged that he wanted to die for his country. ”

The guy asked suspiciously, "Shopkeeper, can you see this?"

Shopkeeper Zhao said in a low voice: "Yesterday, Yang Zhixian came to us in an official uniform, in fact, he showed his determination to die to the other guests in the restaurant. Those diners actually came to save him or come to pick him up, but Yang Zhixian refused. He died alone, and he didn't want anyone to accompany him. But I think he still has unfulfilled wishes. ”

The guy asked, "What wish?"

Shopkeeper Zhao thought for a while and said, "I don't know either." ”

The guy was very disappointed and turned away.

After the shopkeeper Zhao finished speaking, he continued to check the account book.

It was getting dark again, and the Xintai County Ya returned to calm. Nalan Xingde first gave Emperor Kangxi a recital, explaining everything that happened in Xintai County, and then wrote a letter to the governor of Shandong, the content of which was to inform the Shandong Mansion and the Provincial Yamen to deal with the aftermath of Xintai. Then Nalan Xingde personally led the Qing army to chase south, because the four black-clothed men he sent had turned back, and the red carriage out of the city had been found, but there was no one, only an empty carriage, on the official road south to west of Xintai County.

In front of the Yamen of Xintai County, a black carriage passed slowly. Pitch black horses, pitch black carriages, pitch black night sky. This carriage was the carriage that Yang Lutuo had rushed to the market to sell, and at this moment the carriage was driven slowly by a person.

The man wore a hat with a low brim, and wore a pitch-black robe. The carriage did not stop outside the county office, but the driver glanced sideways at the ruins in the county office, and then quietly drove to the south gate.

The county is newly mourned, and Xintai County is temporarily governed by the garrison Liu Cong. After a fire in Xintai County, the officers and men of Xintai County were exhausted. When Nalan Xingde was there, none of these officers and soldiers dared to be lazy. As soon as Nalan Xingde's soldiers left the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the city in Xintai County immediately gave themselves a holiday. At this moment, there is not a single gate army in the south city.

When the carriage arrived at the south gate, the man in black on the carriage jumped out of the carriage, and when he saw that there was no one around, he quietly removed the latch and opened the city gate. The carriage slowly drove out of the south gate. The man in black closed the gate again (the latch was empty), then jumped back into the carriage, waved his whip, and drove the carriage out of the south gate and galloped westward.

On the official road to the south, there is an ox cart with a lot of firewood on it. A motorist drove his oxen forward with a leather whip. The ox walks very hard and very slowly. At this time, the driver heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him and hurriedly drove the ox cart aside.

Nalan Xingde led the guards and the Qing army to pass by the ox cart quickly.

Seeing the Qing army moving away, the driver breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue to drive the ox cart forward.

"Yang Lu, where are you going?" a voice sounded behind the driver.

The driver's body shuddered, but quickly regained his composure, and when he looked back, he saw that four men in black were looking at him immediately. The tallest man in black jumped off his horse, walked up to the driver, and said with a smile: "In a few years, you won't even know us." ”

The driver is none other than Yang Lu. Yang Lu sighed, looked at the four people in front of him, and said with a smile: "Four Qing court lackeys, how could I not know them." ”

The man in black was not angry, and with a whip in his right hand, the firewood on the ox cart was suddenly scattered all over the ground. Large rocks were exposed from the ox cart.

The man in black couldn't help but be stunned, and asked Yang Lu in a deep voice: "Where is Helian Qingtian?"

Yang Lu was not afraid, and drew his long sword in his right hand, "No matter how loud the dog barks, it is still a dog." ”

The man in black did not answer, the long whip in his right hand rolled, and the long sword in Yang Lu's hand flew out of his hand.

The man in black said mockingly: "Even you dare to run rampant in front of me." Let me ask you again, where is Helian Qingtian?"

Yang Lu raised his left arm, and a sleeve arrow went straight to the door of the black-clothed man.

The man in black flicked the middle finger of his left hand, and the sleeve arrow was bounced off and shot deep into a big tree on the side of the road.

The man in black scolded angrily: "Look for death!" The long whip in his right hand instantly straightened and pierced Yang Lu's left shoulder.

Yang Lu snorted, grabbed the whip with his left hand, and fell to the ground.

The man in black glared at Yang Lu and said, "Finally, I ask you, where is Helian Qingtian?"

Yang Lu smiled miserably, facing the man in black, he wanted to scold but couldn't scold, and a stream of black blood spurted out of his mouth.

A man in black in the back frowned and said, "He has already committed suicide by taking poison." ”

The tall man in black snorted coldly, drew his horsewhip, turned over on his horse, and said, "Let's go, go and report to Lord Nalan." ”

A black carriage was driving on the official road twenty miles east of Dongping County. The driver looks at the sky, and the night is coming again. He turned to the carriage and said, "Twenty miles to Dongping County, you are hungry." ”

There was a woman and two children sitting in the carriage, they were Helian Qingtian's wife Tian and two sons, Helian Xuanhua and Helian Yinghua. Tian looked at the two children and asked softly, "Are you hungry?"

Helian Xuanhua and Helian Yinghua both nodded, but did not say anything.

Tian said outside the car: "I'm okay, I'm okay, but they haven't eaten for a day." Although Brother Yang Xian gave a coil, he did not bring dry food. In order to rush, we rarely hit the tip along the way. And you haven't eaten in two days, and your injuries are so severe. ”

The driver sighed and didn't speak, this person was Helian Qingtian, and the experience of the past two days could not be calmed in his mind for a long time.

Since being hit by artillery that night, Helian Qingtian has blocked it with the help of Vajra Demon Suppression. Although his life was saved, his five organs were damaged, and his divine skills were nullified. Helian Qingtian just bandaged the bleeding wound with a white cloth, and didn't even apply medicine. In the evening of the next day, Helian Qingtian fled to Xintai County along the secret passage dug in advance on Culai Mountain. He saw Nalan Xingde enter the Xintai County Ya, he saw Yang Fang who entered Zhao Ji's old store in official uniform, and he saw which diners were sitting in Zhao Ji's old store. Those diners were all arranged in advance by Helian Qingtian to pick up his wife and children at Zhao Ji's old store, and they also responded to Yang Fang.

Yang Fang and Helian Qingtian had already made an agreement: if he was wearing civilian clothes, it meant that Yang Fang wanted to abandon Xintai County and escape, and if he was wearing official clothes, he indicated that he wanted to live and die with the Qing army and did not want to leave. In the end, Yang Fang wore an official uniform, once again indicating that he would buy Helian Qingtian time to escape with his own body. He showed his heart to those who answered him, and those people also practiced silently for Yang Fang. Although they didn't say a word to each other, their hearts were overturned and their hearts were surging.

Yang Lu was entrusted by Yang Fang to drive west, and on the way, he quietly left the red carriage with Tian and the two sons and hid in the depths of the roadside. In order to confuse Nalan Xingde, Yang Lu returned to the south gate of Xintai County (without entering the city), disguised as a farmer and drove the ox cart south.

After Helian Qingtian waited for Nalan Xingde to leave the city, he quietly left the city at night and rushed westward. At the agreed place, Helian Qingtian found the three Tian's mother and son.

The carriage slowly drove into Turtle Mountain. Kameyama Mountain is dangerous, with mountains on both sides and a path in the middle. There was not a single wind in the valley, and it was surprisingly quiet, suffocatingly quiet. Helian Qingtian felt a hint of murderous aura.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in the valley: "Helian Qingtian, do you still want to go?" The voice was not high, but in such a quiet valley, it was as indecent as a thunderclap.

Helian Qingtian couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart, he knew that today's deadline was approaching. It is nothing to die by himself, his wife, his own children, he does not want to see them die with him, he is not willing. He was also puzzled as to how Nalan Xingde had managed to get ahead of them, and how they had known their whereabouts. His arrangement, his plan can be said to be leaky, and his whereabouts cannot but be called secretive.

Nalan Xingde walked out of the dark shadow, and the black pressure behind him was overwhelming. Nalan Xingde seemed to see through Helian Qingtian's thoughts, "Helian Qingtian, you are worthy of being the number one thief in the world, and you are the number one person in the life of this commander. Not only is his martial arts world-renowned, but he is also transcendent in his scheming, and he has deceived me several times. But don't forget that this is the world of the Qing Dynasty, and the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. As long as you are still in the land of the Qing Dynasty, you will not escape from my palm. Again, I don't want your life. As long as you can hand over the Dogtooth Talisman, I can play the Son of Heaven and forgive you of your innocence. If you want, you can also serve the imperial court. If you don't want to, you can also retire to the mountains and enjoy your old age, and the official will never break his word. ”

Helian Qingtian did not answer, but suddenly turned the horse's head, and the horse's whip was raised, and the carriage immediately sped south.

Nalan Xingde smiled coldly, "Chase!"

Helian Qingtian said to the car: "Madam, there is Lao Niu Mountain not far ahead, and you will hide in the mountain ring in front of you for a while." I led them away. The children are entrusted to you. After saying that, Helian Qingtian choked up a little.

Mrs. Tian was silent for a long time, and said, "Qingtian, you, you have to survive, we will wait for you." ”

Helian Qingtian didn't answer.

The carriage quickly turned into Lao Niu Mountain, and Helian Qingtian immediately stopped the carriage and carried his wife and two sons out of the carriage, while putting Yinhong and Yurong in the hands of the two sons. "You go into the woods, cross this mountain, and to the west is Dongping County. There are people in Dongping County who answer, don't delay. With that, Helian Qingtian immediately jumped into the carriage.

The two sons shouted behind them, "Dad." ”

Helian Qingtian didn't look back, shook his horsewhip, and continued to gallop south, but tears had blurred his eyes.

Tian's mother and son were lying in the woods on the side of the road, not daring to move.

Nalan Xingde's horse team quickly caught up, chasing in the direction of Helian Qingtian's carriage.

After a long time, Tian got up and quietly pulled his two sons towards the dense forest.

Helian Qingtian continued to gallop south. He was very sad in his heart, and he already faintly felt that he and his wife and son would be goodbye forever.

The carriage traveled more than ten miles, bypassing Laoniu Mountain and coming to the foot of Longshan Mountain. Suddenly, several tripwires appeared in the Longshan Pass, and the big black horse was immediately overturned to the ground. Helian Qingtianrao was a light achievement, but he was still thrown out of the carriage for several feet. Helian Qingtian rolled over and stood up from the ground. At this time, the torches of Longshan Pass were lit up one after another, like a fire dragon. Helian Qingtian did not slack off in the slightest, turned around and flew towards the top of Longshan Mountain.

The torches lit up, and the two men in black slowly walked out.

Nalan Xingde's cavalry soon arrived at the Longshan Pass as well.

Seeing Nalan Xingde coming, the two men in black immediately knelt on the ground and saluted: "Knock to see your lord." ”

Nalan Xingde waved his hand and said, "No, where is Helian Qingtian now?"

One of the men in black said, "I've gone up the mountain." ”

Nalan Xingde glanced at them and said, "You won't let him run away again this time, will you?"

Another man in black bowed down and said, "The lowly rank has already laid a net of heaven and earth in Longshan, and Helian Qingtian has wings and cannot fly. ”

Nalan Xingde nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, chase!"

Although Helian Qingtian knew that this was Longshan, he was not familiar with the terrain of Longshan. He just wanted to cross Longshan and run for his life as soon as possible. Yongshan was not very high, and soon he came to the top of Yongshan Mountain. His heart tightened as a cliff appeared in front of him. This cliff is unusually steep, the standing stone is like a knife, and there is not even a single grass. If it was in the past, Helian Qingtian could also climb down slowly with his gecko magic skills. Helplessly, the magic was destroyed, and I wanted to go down the mountain than to climb to the sky. Looking back, there were already countless torches shaking under the mountain. For the first time in his life, Helian Qingtian felt cornered.

"Helian Qingtian, where are you going!" Surrounded by everyone, Nalan Xingde came to the top of Longshan Mountain and surrounded Helian Qingtian on the edge of the cliff.

Helian Qingtian hadn't eaten for two days, and the wound had broken by this point, and blood was flowing outward from his arm and shirt. He looked at Nalan Xingde, and then at the two black-clothed men behind Nalan Xingde, and his heart couldn't help but move: "Where did the other two traitors go?" But he didn't have time to think about it anymore.

Nalan Xingde's Liuyun Sword had already struck, and a cold light went straight to Helian Qingtian's front door.

Helian Qingtian swept sharply to the left, and the two long swords suddenly pressed down directly from the air towards Helian Qingtian. Helian Qingtian didn't dare to block it, and he couldn't block it, so he had to retreat backwards, and his body had already floated to the edge of the cliff.

"No, he's going to jump off a cliff. "Nalan Xingde was shocked, the canine tooth charm was not found, if Helian Qingtian died, how could he explain it to the emperor. It was too late, and then it was fast, and more than a dozen iron cables wrapped around Helian Qingtian.

Helian Qingtian was pulled back by the iron cable.

Nalan Xingde Liuyun Sword stabbed Helian Qingtian in both shoulders. Helian Qingtian's shoulders immediately flowed blood.

Nalan Xingde's heart trembled, and under the light of the torches, he saw a subtle smile flash on Helian Qingtian's face.