Chapter 543: Chaotic War (II)
Chen Ao's straightforwardness to Lan Yuyan was a little difficult to accept for a while. Maybe it's because he has been fighting in officialdom and rivers and lakes for a long time, and he has also learned twists and turns, without considering that Lan Yuyan is not from the Central Plains.
Lan Yuyan's eyes stared straight at Chen Ao. She was anxious to know the answer now, because the great thing she was going to do could not be postponed any longer.
Chen Ao put down the bowl, sneered, and said, "Since Boss Lan is so straightforward, then I won't go around in circles." As long as you send my wife back safely, the two of us will not interfere with the river water!"
"Your wife?" Lan Yuyan wondered, "I've never met your wife!"
Chen Ao was stunned for a moment, seeing that she didn't look like she was lying, he couldn't help but wonder a little. Wasn't Xuan Ning caught by Lan Yuyan?
Lan Yuyan was also secretly thinking, could it be that his wife was arrested by Xiao Ting? Could it be because of this incident that there was such a big disturbance yesterday?
As soon as she thought that she had encountered such a big trouble, it was very likely that Xiao Ting had brought it to her, and she was so angry that the roots of her teeth itched. Lan Yuyan regretted it, she shouldn't have taken Xiao Ting in at that time. I really can't imagine this person can cause trouble like this. She wanted to cut him apart now!
Lan Yuyan calmed down and pretended to be casual and asked, "May I ask how Mrs. Chen disappeared?"
Chen Ao thought to himself, if Lan Yuyan really didn't arrest Xuanning, then he and her would only have friction on official matters, and there would be no personal grudges.
So he briefly said that he went to Fuxi Building yesterday to stand for Lan Yuyan, Xuan Ning quietly followed, and then disappeared.
Lan Yuyan pretended to be casual and said, "Could it be that the one surnamed Xiao did it?"
So Lan Yuyan said his suspicions about Xiao Ting. However, of course, she omitted to mention Xiao Ting's relationship with her, and just said that she learned that Xiao Ting and Chen Ao were a little discordant.
Chen Ao couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that Xiao Ting had actually come to Hulu County. If what Lan Yuyan said was true, then it was really possible that Xiao Ting did it. Xiao Ting wanted to blackmail the Empress Dowager Xiao, and even wanted to kill the Empress Dowager, but all of this was destroyed by Chen Ao. Of course, Xiao Ting would regard him as an enemy who shared the sky.
Lan Yuyan also instructed Holkoz to take Chen Ao's people to the inn to recognize the bodies of the two monks. Chen Ao asked Feng Hu to follow. As soon as the two strong men left, only Chen Ao and Lan Yuyan were left, and the atmosphere seemed a little relaxed.
Chen Ao looked at Lan Yuyan, pointed to the breakfast on the table, and asked, "Do you want to eat some together?"
Lan Yuyan smiled faintly. The millet porridge that Chen Ao drank was not to her taste at all, and besides, it was impossible for her to show her face in front of Chen Ao. It is a blasphemy to let such a person see what he looks like.
Just when the two of them were waiting for news in the county office, Xiao Ting and his group of dead soldiers had already rushed into the mountains on horseback. He killed Yirong and withered, and he himself was seriously injured. As a result, he was chased and killed by Xuanning, and he didn't dare to go to Lan Yuyan in a hurry, so he had to take people on horses and rush out of the city gate all the way to the west of the mountains.
The West Mountain is rocky and thorny. If you are not a person who walks around a lot, you will get lost when you enter the mountain. However, Xiao Ting was not worried about this, because it was the lair of a gust of wind under Lan Yuyan, after he defected to Lan Yuyan, he had lived in the mountains for a while, and he was already familiar with the path.
The only thing that made them feel at ease was that there was a chasing Xuanning behind them. Although there were many of them, somehow, they didn't dare to stop and fight with Xuanning.
Xiao Ting whipped his horsewhip sharply, and at the same time, he thought that there were more than 100 people in the mountain with a gust of wind. Just get there and you'll be safe. They know themselves and will definitely help. When the time comes, more than a hundred people are still afraid of that little slut?
He made up his mind and shouted to speed up. Xuan Ning rode a red horse, his eyes were red, and he stared at the figures in front of him. Last night, she was free, and she was bent on revenge, and she didn't even care about her family, so she followed Xiao Ting out of the city.
After running for a few hours, Xuan Ning slowly figured out that Xiao Ting wanted to drill into the West Mountain. Although she was in extreme grief and anger, she did not lose her mind. She quickly thought that Xiao Ting was definitely going to go to the rescue.
As she pondered how to deal with her enemies, she quickened her speed, trying to intercept Xiao Ting before she could enter the path that crisscrossed the mountains.
I ran for a while, and the road ahead became more and more difficult. Although Xiao Ting and the others are all masters of equestrianism on the grassland, they must inevitably be cautious on this kind of path. The speed in front slowed down, and Xuan Ning chased closer.
Xiao Ting was scared in his heart, and he was seriously injured first, and then he was bumped on the horse for a long time, and his internal organs seemed to be broken. He waved his hand and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Quick...... Stop her ......"
The two people around him slowed down their horses, wanting to stop Xuanning. Xiao Ting kept running forward desperately. As soon as the horse ran out two steps, he heard a miserable cry of "ah".
Xiao Ting's heart trembled, and he secretly thought, why is it so unhelpful?
But after thinking about it, Xuanning was still some distance away from here, how could he hand it over so quickly? Xiao Ting turned his head strangely and saw a man in rough cloth falling off the cliff next to him and rolling all the way to the road ahead. The man rolled down, and in addition to the wounds cut by the sharp stones, there were two terrifying knife wounds on his body. Rolled to the ground motionless, and looked like it was not alive. The shout just now was naturally made by this person.
Xiao Ting turned his head to look at the mountain, and saw a blonde and blue-eyed bearded man holding a knife and showing his head on the hillside. The man also seemed to see Xiao Ting, and turned around and whistled, as if calling his companions.
Xiao Ting knew that such a Hu person was a Persian like Lan Yuyan. But the person just now didn't see it, but the person who rolled down just now looked a little familiar, but a person in a gust of wind.
Xiao Ting felt strange in his heart, the Persians under Lan Yuyan's hands were all strong in martial arts, and they had snare the original horse bandits under his command. A gust of wind is composed of Persians and bandits. What's going on now? Why did the Persians start killing people? Was it infighting?
Just thinking about it, a few more Hu people appeared on the hillside and looked at Xiao Ting and his group. Xiao Ting's heart was furious, and he turned around the foot of the mountain, seeing that he was about to come to the cottage with a gust of wind, and he could see the dawn again. Unexpectedly, the oncoming scene surprised him.
I saw that in the open space of the cliff in front of me, a wooden village was on fire. Hundreds of people are fighting each other, no, it should be a one-sided slaughter.
Xiao Ting was able to recognize that the person who had a gust of wind was slaughtering a group of Hu people. He knew that there were only twenty or thirty Hu people under Lan Yuyan's command. But there were more than a hundred Hu people in front of him, wearing a uniform white robe with gold trim, exactly like the man seen on the hillside.
These people were obviously not Lan Yuyan's subordinates, and they were even her enemies. Because Xiao Ting clearly saw that Lan Yuyan's Hu people's subordinates were also cut down to the ground by a few white-robed people.
"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Ting exclaimed in shock, "Why is everyone fighting?"
He was at a loss, and suddenly heard Xuanning behind him shouting: "Xiao Ting, take your life!"