Chapter 21 Rescue or Pursuit
After a night's rest, Xiao Lan was full of energy, and came to Lingnan County early, and Wang Taishou had already taken the five hundred school swordsmen who had been ordered yesterday and stood in front of the county yamen waiting. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Haha, Wang Taishou came so early, he actually asked Wang Taishou to wait for Xiao Lan here, Xiao Lan is really ashamed of herself" Xiao Lan stepped forward and said politely.
Wang Taishou also walked up to Xiao Lan and saluted Xiao Lan in return: "It's a matter of the well-being of the people, of course I have to do my best as a parent official here, Xiao Gongzi, let's go!"
"Well, Wang Taishou, please!" Xiao Lan motioned for Wang Taishou to go first, and he also followed closely beside Wang Taishou's official sedan chair, these officials were pampered on weekdays, and they couldn't walk anymore.
Xiao Lan and Wang Taishou walked slowly together, I don't know how long it took to come to the foot of the Black Mountain, the Black Mountain is rugged, Wang Taishou can only get off the sedan chair and walk.
Xiao Lan was also next to Wang Taishou, worried that this chubby Taishou would fall down the mountain carelessly.
Xiao Lan and Wang Taishou came to the black pine tree, and black smoke was still floating in the black hole under the tree.
"Wang Taishou, this is the entrance to the Black Mountain Thief's lair, let's go in, when I exchange my two friends back, you will lead the troops to attack and we will definitely succeed" Xiao Lan explained his strategy to Wang Taishou forward.
Wang Taishou looked at the cave and said with a big change in his face: "This ...... The entrance to this cave is too small, and it is impossible for my soldiers to pass through all of them at once, so why don't you go in first and lure the Black Mountain thieves out, and I will lead the soldiers to surround and flank outside, wouldn't it be better?"
Xiao Lan expected that this Wang Taishou didn't understand his own strength, and was afraid of putting himself in, so he deliberately made up this excuse to prevaricate.
But Xiao Lan has no choice, who called them soldiers of the imperial court, if Xingyuelou's subordinates told them to go east, they would never dare to go west.
"Okay, Wang Taishou will sweep the formation for me outside, and when I lure out all of them, Taishou will encircle and suppress them with all his might," Xiao Lan said in a deliberate heavy tone.
Xiao Lan glared at Wang Taishou and went into the cave.
In fact, Xiao Lan was completely unsure this time, and she didn't know if she could rescue Tang Yueying and Xue Yan, because she didn't find the sword rain stone, so she could only use a fake sword rain stone to deceive the hat man, so that Tang Yueying and Xue Yan could be brought back, I just hoped that the hat man had not seen the sword rain stone.
"Brother, you're here, I knew you would definitely come to save us" Xue Yan shouted vigorously as soon as she saw Xiao Lan.
"That's, when did my brother lie to you" Xiao Lan squinted and smiled at Xue Yan.
At this time, the man in the hat appeared in front of Xue Yan again and laughed loudly: "Haha, yes, you can really keep your promise, did you bring the sword rain stone?"
"Of course, this is what you want" Xiao Lan took the fake sword rain stone in his hand and shook it, "However, what about the person I want?"
The man in the hat waved his hand: "Bring people up"
As soon as the words fell, the two black mountain thieves escorted Tang Yueying and Xue Yan to Xiao Lan with the man in the hat.
"How is it? the thing is here, let it go" Xiao Lan was relieved to see that Tang Yueying was not injured.
The man in the hat smiled sinisterly: "Release people, you are stupid to me, if I release people, will you still give me sword rain stones?"
"Haha, you and I Xiao Lan are the same as you, do what you say, never drag the mud and water" Xiao Lan looked at this scum with disdain.
"The words are what you said, if you really don't give me the sword rain stone at that time, won't I suffer a dumb loss" The man in the hat smiled treacherously, Xiao Lan felt that he was born a cunning person.
Xiao Lan stepped forward and said: "I don't think it's as good as this, you and I each walked to our respective sides, I count one, two, three, you release people, I will come out of the sword rain stone"
"Okay, that's it!"
The man with the hat took Tang Yueying and Xue Yan to slowly move towards the center of the main altar, and Xiao Lan also carefully leaned towards the man with the sword and rain stone in his hand, for fear that the man with the hat would use tricks again.
Xiao Lan and the man in the hat walked tightly towards the center, and the distance between the two of them was getting closer and closer.
Three steps.
Two steps.
One-step.
The Adam's apple of the two of them was squirming back and forth, and the atmosphere was extremely tense, and Xue Yan almost couldn't breathe, feeling that the whole air was about to freeze.
The two finally came together, and the man in the hat didn't dare to slack off at all staring at the sword rain stone in Xiao Lan's hand, Xiao Lan swallowed a stream of saliva and began to count.
"One ......"
"Two ......"
"Three!"
"Release people"
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Lan threw the sword rain stone into the air, and the man in the hat immediately pushed Xue Yan and Tang Yueying towards Xiao Lan.
The man in the hat took the sword rain stone and was overjoyed: "Haha, master, the emperor has paid off, I finally found the sword rain stone"
"Xiao Lan, thank you for risking your life to come to us" Tang Yueying smiled at Xiao Lan.
Xue Yan on the side also smiled, but immediately became nervous again: "Brother, we have been together since we came out of the Huanhua Gate, I haven't heard that you have found the Sword Rain Stone!
"Don't make a sound, you two listen to me, this sword rain stone is just a stone I found casually, everyone carefully follow me and slowly approach the entrance of the cave, if he finds out that the sword rain stone is fake, we won't be able to leave, hurry!" Xiao Lan whispered to Tang Yueying and Xue Yan.
Just as Xiao Lan and his entourage approached the entrance of the cave, they only heard a loud voice from the man in the hat: "Bastard, dare to take a fake stone to bluff me, come here, catch them for me"
"Let's go!" Xiao Lan hurriedly greeted Tang Yueying and Xue Yan.
"Uh......"
Tang Yueying suddenly fell to her knees, and then Xue Yan also sat on the ground.
"You guys are ?......," Xiao Lan said nervously.
"It may be that the amount of incense medicine in the past few days is too large, and the internal strength has not recovered until now, Xiao Lan, you go quickly, leave us alone!" Tang Yueying pushed Xiao Lan with her hand.
Xiao Lan immediately helped Tang Yueying and Xue Yan up: "Don't say anything, I'll take you out with me, there are our rescuers outside, just go out"
Xiao Lan sandwiched Tang Yueying and Xue Yan all the way to kill, flashed all the way, and finally came to the black pine tree.
"Poof......" Xiao Lan spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Haha, why don't you run," the man in the hat laughed.
It turned out that when Xiao Lan had just run under the black pine tree, the man with the hat sneaked up behind and flew a palm, and Xiao Lan was caught off guard and seriously injured.
"Villain, what kind of man is a sneak attack from behind" Xiao Lan stared at the man in the hat and his eyes cracked: "Do you think I won't be able to leave like this?
"This ...... This ...... "Wang Taishou saw that Xiao Lan had been seriously injured and kept squeaking, and there was no movement for a long time.
"Haha, this is your rescuer" The man in the hat laughed loudly and gave Wang Taishou a look.
"Yes" I saw Wang Taishou nodding his head, and with a wave of his hand, he went down the mountain with five hundred school swords.
Xiao Lan stared at Wang Taishou's back and was unwilling: "How can this be the case, yesterday it was obviously discussed, but today it backtracks, what is the reason!"
"Seeing that you are also a dying person, I am not afraid to tell you, that Wang Taishou is actually our partner for many years, he guarantees that I can loot everywhere in the Lingnan generation, and does not send troops to encircle and suppress, and I guarantee that he can get a concubine who is like glue every month, how can I understand now!"
"Hmph!" Xiao Lan slammed the ground and said: "The collusion of officials and bandits has been the way to make trouble since ancient times, but it is a pity that the people of Lingnan have been living under the deception of their parents and officials, but they don't know it, eh!"
"Okay, I've told you so much that I'm worthy of you, now you can take these secrets and bury them forever" The man in the hat jumped up deeply, and his palms came out together, hitting Xiao Lan directly.
"Bang!"
"Let's go!" Xiao Lan took out the mist bomb used in the Lan Pavilion from his waist and threw it to the ground, and in an instant, a cloud of smoke tightly surrounded the man in the hat.
By the time the smoke cleared, Xiao Lan and his party had disappeared without a trace.
"Someone, pass my password and tell Wang Taishou, just say that Xiao Lan and the others have returned to the city, and tell him to execute Xiao Lan, otherwise he will tell us about it, do you hear!" said the man in the hat angrily.
"Yes!" a small minion stepped forward to take the password and went down the mountain.
Xiao Lan staggered to the gate of the city with the support of Tang Yueying and Xue Yan, and at this time, Tang Yueying and Xue Yan's internal strength had almost recovered.
"Let's go, Xiao Lan, we'll take you back to the inn to recuperate," Tang Yueying frowned.
"I feel like I can't do it anymore, I don't have the strength to do it all over my body," Xiao Lan lowered her head like a wilted flower.
"Uh......!"
Xiao Lan spat out another mouthful of blood, only this time the color was even darker.
"What! You are poisoned, could it be that the palm of the man with the hat just now was highly poisonous?" Tang Yueying was at a loss for a moment.
At this time, a group of soldiers in military uniforms came to the city gate and surrounded Xiao Lan and the three of them.
"Come on, catch them all for me" With the support of several sergeants, Wang Taishou appeared in front of Xiao Lan.
Xiao Lan held Tang Yueying and Xue Yan's hands tightly and said, "I've been seriously injured, take me, none of you can leave, this Wang Taishou is already determined to kill me, you guys go quickly"
Xue Yan wiped her tears and shook her head: "No, I won't leave you, brother, I want to be with you all the time"
"Fool!" Xiao Lan touched Xue Yan's head and said, "You and Yueying go out first, and then come to save me when you have a way, as long as you go out, then Wang Taishou will not dare to harm my life."
Tang Yueying thought about it, what Xiao Lan said was indeed reasonable, so she comforted Xue Yan and said, "Your brother is right, the two of us must go out, so that we can come back to save him, let's go!"
"Let's go, see which of you can go, go!" Wang Taishou motioned for the soldiers to arrest all three of Xiao Lan.
"Hmph, this girl wants to go to see which of you can stay" Tang Yueying took Xue Yan two or three times and rushed out of the encirclement.
After all, Tang Yueying can be regarded as a first-class master in the rivers and lakes, if Xiao Lan was not injured, it would not be difficult to kill the people here.