After Le Yiyang and Kuang Weijian left the Jin army camp, they stayed in the suburbs of Hengzhou for half a day, inquiring about the whereabouts of Guan Ruo and Bu Chunsheng along the way, but there was no news, after the two discussed, they thought that their martial arts were not weak, and they might not encounter any trouble, so they decided to continue to go north into Yingzhou. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Before the Khitan retreated, the suburbs north of Hengzhou were occupied by Yelu Ruan's army. Le Yiyang passed by here and found that the market towns and villages were almost empty, and the people were either killed by the Khitan army or fled to the south for refuge, leaving behind the old, weak, sick and disabled.

When the two arrived in Dingzhou, they found that the damage was even more serious, the houses collapsed and damaged everywhere, and there were almost no people in the town. Occasionally, I saw a few people, all of whom were beggar disciples passing by, and they were gathering together to rest, always paying attention to the movements around them.

Le Yiyang and Kuang Weijian nodded at them, and then rode away. When those beggar disciples saw the long swords on the waists of the two of them, they knew that they were passing by the knights of the rivers and lakes, and they also responded with a smile to them.

The two of them had been walking for half a pillar of incense, and they were about to leave the town, but they encountered a dozen hungry dogs scurrying out from between the broken walls and blocking the street.

Kuang Weijian hurriedly waved the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Dodge, dodge!" Those hungry dogs stared at the two fat horses in front of them, saliva almost flowed out, but they didn't dare to approach.

Le Yiyang thought to himself: "These dogs are really pitiful. When the Khitan army came, the master's family fled in a hurry, and there was time to manage them. Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a dog pounce on Kuang Wei's horse.

The horse was startled and immediately raised its front feet. Kuang Weijian grabbed the reins and leaned over the hilt of his sword in front of the horse. The hungry dog rushed too fast, and when he opened his mouth, he bit the Tianshan Sword. Kuang Wei's wrist moved slightly, only to hear the dog bark, and his teeth were knocked to the ground. The dog barked at Kuang Weijian a few times, and ran away unwillingly.

Seeing this, the other hungry dogs had no fearless looks, and they all rushed towards Kuang Wei's stiff horse, but they didn't dare to get close to Le Yiyang.

Le Yiyang knew that it was because of the white horse, and at this time, seeing that Kuang Wei's stiff mount was in difficulty, he didn't have time to think, so he hurriedly took out a dry steamed bun, slightly exerted force, crushed the steamed bun, and threw it at those hungry dogs.

When the hungry dogs saw that they had food, they immediately distracted and pounced on the fragments of steamed buns.

Le Yiyang shouted: "Brother Kuang, let's go." These dogs must have been hungry for days. ”

Kuang Weijian nodded, sighed in his heart, and continued to walk among the rubble. Out of town, the two met the victims on the way. Le Yiyang restrained the white horse and asked humbly: "Fellow villagers, I will ask you about something, which direction should you go to Yingzhou?"

The victims were packing up their bags and heading south, and when they met two people on the road, they said puzzledly: "Are you going to Yingzhou again?"

Le Yiyang was stunned after hearing this, and hurriedly asked: "Fellow villagers, our brother has something to do when he goes to Yingzhou." Has anyone been passing through here in the last few days?"

One of the old men said: "Young man, only one team of people has gone north to Yingzhou in the past few days, and the rest of the people have fled from the border. ”

Le Yiyang asked, "Old uncle, can you tell me what those people who go north look like?"

The old man recalled the scene of that day and said, "Those men were burly and carried large swords on their backs, but they were very kind-hearted. ”

Le Yiyang glanced back at Kuang Weijian and said, "It must be a few people from the Seven Swords of Xishu." Kuang Weijian nodded and said, "Brother Le, it must be them." Then he asked the crowd, "Fellow villagers, have you ever seen a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy walking with them?"

The old man replied, "How do you know? ”

Le Yiyang smiled and said, "Old uncle, thank you for telling me the truth." We know the boy and we're going to him!"

The old man panicked and said, "That young man is a Khitan? Be careful, boy. ”

Le Yiyang said indifferently: "Old uncle, you misunderstood. The young man was also Han, and we were all invited to visit. ”

The victims looked at each other, and only heard the old man say, "In that case, you must walk faster, they have been passing through here for three or four days." After speaking, he showed the two of them the way to Yingzhou. Le Yiyang thanked him again, and then rode his horse with Kuang Weizhuang.

The white horse was originally a thousand miles horse, and after a while, Kuang Weijian was left behind. Le Yiyang walked more than 100 miles along the road, and when he turned around, he found that Kuang Weizhuang had not followed, and he couldn't help complaining that he was walking too fast, and he was stopping under a big tree, quietly waiting for Kuang Weizhuang.

After half an hour, I saw Kuang Wei's voice. When he walked in, he said, "Brother Kuang, am I walking too fast?" Kuang Weiyan replied ashamedly: "My horse can't do it, since it left the Silent Valley, for more than half a month, its physical strength has gradually exhausted, and today it was attacked by those hungry dogs, and I am afraid that it has exhausted its heart at this time." Le Yiyang comforted: "It's okay, let's just go slower." ”

The white horse seemed to understand what they were saying, and walked up to Kuang Wei's mount, and rubbed his head on its neck a few times, and the horse, as if in his mind, immediately raised his head and howled, and flicked his tail several times.

Kuang Weijian didn't notice the strange behavior of the two horses, he only lowered his head and said: "Brother Le, today is the sixteenth, and the martial arts conference is still two days away, according to our itinerary, when can we get to the Sky Villa?"

Le Yiyang looked ahead, and saw a mountain forest faintly in the distance, towering into the clouds, so he put his mind at ease and said: "Brother Kuang, I heard that old uncle say just now that after the mountain forest in front, it is the territory of the Khitan. Yingzhou is the closest state of the Jin Kingdom in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and it must be Yingzhou. ”

Kuang Wei stiffened his body, looked forward, was quite disappointed in his heart, and said gloomily: "I'm afraid it's one hundred and sixty or seventy miles away from there, and according to the current itinerary, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Yingzhou until tomorrow." ”

Le Yiyang said: "Brother Kuang, don't worry. I once heard Brother Wang say that Cangqiong Mountain Villa is in the south of Yingzhou, only more than 50 miles away from the border between the two countries, and it is very convenient for martial arts people from all over the world to go. ”

Kuang Weizhuang's expression changed after hearing this, and he cheered up and said, "I didn't expect the Sky Mountain Villa to be ahead. Brother Le, let's go. ”

Le Yiyang got on the horse and said, "Let's go to the bottom of the mountain to rest tonight, no problem, right?" Kuang Wei stiffened: "It's still an hour and a half before dark, it should be too late." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and continued on their way. The two horses walked side by side, unhurriedly moving forward.