Everyone fought fiercely for a long time, and after running for such a long distance one after another, they were quite tired. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Huo Chiyan turned over and dismounted, and said, "The pursuers won't be able to get here for a while, let's rest for a while." ”

The heroes clapped their hands and cheered, tethered their mounts to a low tree, gathered together, and built a bonfire. Qiu Yan led the two into the forest, and after a while, he came back with a few pheasants and hares.

Barbecue is Zhao Bingjue's specialty, and today is his most leisurely, and it is incumbent on him to carry the prey to the stream and disembowel, and clean it up.

When the people saw that he had dug up the roots and stems of the grass out of nowhere, they washed them and wrapped them in leaves, and stuffed them into the bellies of pheasants and hares, and then put them on the fire to roast them. Halfway through the roast, he took it out again, then took out a handful of green wild fruit from his bosom, crushed it, spread it evenly on the prey, and put it back on the fire. Everyone was curious, and they all looked at him intently, thinking that barbecue is also so particular?

After a while, the fragrance of the wild fruit mixed with the burnt aroma of the roasted meat was wonderful and special, and everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva and feel even more hungry.

After the wild juice completely penetrated into the meat, Zhao Bingjue sprinkled salt and said with a smile: "Okay!"

The group of heroes couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed to divide the barbecue, of course, the fattest one was left to Zhao Bingjue.

Zhao Bingjue looked at the appearance of everyone gobbling up, felt satisfied, tore off a rabbit leg and handed it to Huo Chiyan, only to hear a vague voice behind him: "Wonderful, wonderful!"

The barbecue skin is crispy and crispy, and it melts in the mouth, Yan Shisan laughed and said: "I think my Yan Shisan has traveled all over Yunze for more than ten years, but I have never eaten this kind of barbecue, his grandmother's, all these years have been in vain." If there is another bowl of spirits, it will be the best thing in the world!"

Someone laughed and said: "Brother Qiu, compared to Brother Zhao's craftsmanship, you are 108,000 miles behind, and we were really violent yesterday." ”

Looking at Qiu Yan's embarrassed face, the heroes laughed.

After eating the barbecue, everyone went to the stream to drink a sip of water, and the fatigue gradually subsided, and the spirit was greatly invigorated.

The bonfire swayed, the branches crackled, the red sparks flew in the wind, and everyone sat around, only to hear one person: "Fire City Lord, are we going all the way north like this, are we going to Yueyang City?"

"Yueyang City is already subordinate to Qinglong Prefecture, if the Yueyin Candle is ordered by Fang Yuanao, that old thief, to raise troops to stop it, aren't we throwing ourselves into the net?"

Huo Chiyan said with a smile: "The moon is dark and quiet, and I have never cared much about the matter of power and conspiracy, so Yueyang City has the least number of troops among the more than 390 cities in Yunze, as long as we go in time, Fang Yuanao will naturally not be able to transfer troops." ”

Zhao Bingjue said in his heart, no wonder there were dozens of people in Yueyang City that day, except for Qingtu and his party, and they didn't see any other soldiers, it turned out that it was also because of the moon candle.

Yan Shisan said with a smile: "Could it be that the city lord is preparing to pass through Yueyang City, make a detour to the west, and take a boat down the river?"

Huo Chiyan shook his head and said, "With Fang Yi's alertness, presumably the ferry port heading south at this time has already been full of ambushes. ”

Everyone wondered: "Then how can we go south and return to Red Lotus City?"

Huo Chiyan smiled: "If we can pass through the Zici Mountain and go south along the mountain!"

Everyone was stunned, the Zici Mountain lies between the three states of Baihu Prefecture, Qinglong Prefecture and Vermilion Bird Prefecture, running through the north and south, the mountain is ten thousand feet high, it is impossible to climb up, how can it cross the past?

Huo Chiyan seemed to know what everyone was thinking, and said, "In the quicksand rebellion more than twenty years ago, I was trapped alone in Yueyang City for seven days, and at that time, it was thanks to an old man from Yueyang City who helped me get out of trouble. ”

Everyone was puzzled in their hearts, in the Quicksand Rebellion, the Fire City Lord had indeed disappeared in Yueyang City for many days, but they had never heard of any old people, and they didn't know who that person was.

The bright light of the fire reflected on the lonely face of Huo Chiyan, Zhao Bingjue's heart was bright, and the old man he said must be the beautiful fairy of the wind.

Huo Chiyan continued: "I was seriously injured at that time, and thanks to the many times that my friend took care of me, and when my injuries were almost healed, she secretly led me into a secret passage. This secret passage was extremely long, and the two of us walked non-stop for most of the day without seeing an exit, and I was quite curious at the time, not knowing where this secret passage leads. But I trusted her very much, and thought to myself that if it weren't for her, I would have died under the arrows, and if she wanted to harm me, why should she save me. So I silently followed her, and walked for two hours, before I saw the exit, I stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the tung trees all over the mountains outside, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses, and I was surprised and delighted, it turned out that this road actually ran through the mountain. ”

Everyone was taken aback, the mountain stretches for thousands of miles, the width is thousands of zhang, I don't know who can have such a ghostly power, hard to dig a hole.

Huo Chiyan smiled: "I was shocked at that time, far better than you, suddenly remembered that the moon yin candle is very good, thinking that he must have another trick, this is relieved." ”

Everyone came back to their senses and turned to great joy, Yan Shisan laughed and said: "Although the eastern part of the mountain is the hinterland of Qinglong Prefecture, if you can cross the past without knowing it, dress up in disguise, and wait until Fang Yi's thief leads the people and horses to surround Yueyang City, we have already returned to Chilian City from their old nest unimpeded, and he can't guess why we disappeared out of thin air." ”

The other laughed and said, "Yes, that little thief turned Yueyang City upside down, and he couldn't see us, and thought we all had wings and flew away." ”

Everyone burst into laughter and cheered loudly, and at this time there were no worries, and the morale was high.

Suddenly, there were trumpets in the distance, and the shouts were faint, and everyone got up, and looked into the distance, only to see the dust and smoke billowing ten miles away, hunting with flags, and they were taken aback, but they didn't expect the enemy to come so quickly.

Huo Chiyan said loudly: "Everyone get on the horse, let's go to Yueyang City!"

The people answered, extinguished the fire with earth, climbed on their horses, and galloped north with shouts.

At this time, night falls, the lights are on, and the bustling streets are as good as ever, with a steady flow of people and endless selling.

In order to prevent people from being annoyed, the heroes had already ripped off the reins of their mounts and let it go.

Looking at the ten-mile long street, Zhao Bingjue remembered that day when he traveled here with Fairy Yunwu, his heart fluctuated, playing with the small and delicate ring in his palm, Fairy Yunwan's smile was still in front of him, and he couldn't help but be stupid.

Suddenly, Huo Chiyan said: "Although there are not many guards in Yueyang City, in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes, everyone should be careful. ”

Everyone nodded, and a group of more than ten people divided into three groups and slowly walked north.

Fortunately, Yueyang City is located at the junction of Baihu Prefecture, Qinglong Prefecture and Vermilion Bird Prefecture, with bright lights and busy traffic, and tourists and businessmen from all over the world are endless, but no one pays attention to them.

Crossing the jade arch bridge, the people gradually thinned, Huo Chiyan made a gesture, everyone understood, bypassed the low house on the side of the road, and walked cautiously towards the south gate.

The city wall is more than five or six zhang high, everyone looks at each other, rises up, steps on the side wall of the city wall, and turns over with a little strength.

Zhao Bingjue looked at it with great envy, and only heard Huo Chiyan say: "Brother Zhao is standing firm!" I felt that my feet were empty, the wind was whistling in my ears, and in a blink of an eye, I had jumped five feet high, and my heart couldn't help but pound.

Qiu Yan said "Huh" and said: "Even if there are few defenders in Yueyang City, it must not be empty, but now the city is empty, and there is no figure in sight, so it is strange." ”

Zhao Bingjue looked at him, and saw that the city was brightly lit, but it was unusually quiet, which looked particularly weird.

Everyone looked at each other, all showing a hint of worry.

Huo Chiyan said lightly: "Everyone be careful, follow me closely." ”

Yan Shisan said with a smile: "His grandmother's, if the Moon Yin Candle really colludes with Fang Yuanao's old thief and sets up an ambush, let's see one and kill the other, what is there to worry about." Besides, as long as we find the secret passage, we can leave safely, and there is no need to fight them unless we have to. ”

Zhao Bingjue thought that Brother Yan looked rough, but he didn't expect it to be as careful as a hair, he must have said this because he saw that the people were demoralized, and he intended to appease, and said with a smile at the moment: "Yes, yes, thousands of ambush soldiers in Yanzilou can't help us, and there are hundreds of soldiers in Ququ Yueyang City, what are you afraid of?"

Everyone saw that Huo Chiyan and Zhao Bingjue were calm and calm, and they were infected by it, and their hearts were at ease.

The moonlight is like water, sparkling, and under the city wall is the waterfront pavilion. As soon as Zhao Bingjue landed, he was shocked, and the eight-sided three-story tower in the lake was faintly blue and intact. My heart was churning like a stormy wave, the calendar was clear, this tower was smashed in half by the strange bird, and sank to the bottom of the lake, how can it be safe and sound today? Even if the moon candle has the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to rebuild it in a few days. The more I thought about it, the more suspicious I became, and suddenly my heart jumped, and a bold thought came to my mind: Could it be that this tower was an illusion that did not exist in the first place?

Thinking of this, Zhao Bingjue's back was cold and cold sweat was dripping. A breeze blew, carrying a refreshing fragrance, and I couldn't help but shiver. Looking from afar, the lake surface is full of tender stamens and lotus flowers, swaying gently with the wind. And in the waterfront pavilion, the incense is curling, the green smoke on the Sanding incense burner is around, blown away by this breeze little by little, the wisps are mixed, mixed with the quiet lotus fragrance, poured into the mouth and nose, wonderful as illusion.

Zhao Bingjue remembered the illusion in the tower that day, and suddenly his heart sank, and he lost his voice: "Everyone hold your breath and concentrate, don't sniff the fragrance of flowers!"