On the official road six or seven miles away from the Xianyang City Gate, a carriage with a fairly elaborate decoration drove unhurriedly, and a middle-aged man in front of the carriage rode a tall horse with a big knife at his waist. The back of the carriage was closely followed by more than ten horsemen, all of whom were tall and tall, and their bodies were fierce, like people in the army.

And the person in charge of driving the carriage was a black-shirted descendant, with a pair of eyebrows as thick as a sword, which made him look heroic. Behind his butt, within reach, lay a silver spear.

As long as you go around this last hill, you can directly see the city wall of Xianyang City. But the woman in the carriage suddenly said that she wanted to stop and rest for a while. The handsome young man who acted as a coachman asked the middle-aged man in front of him, the middle-aged man nodded, the carriage stopped aside, and the group rested in place.

The curtain was lifted, and a woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old, got out of the carriage.

The woman was wearing a goose yellow dress, which made her very smart and intelligent.

After all, the black-shirted post-graduate couldn't help but ask, "County Lord, it's only six or seven miles away from Xianyang here, why don't you enter Xianyang City and rest again?"

The woman was the second county lord of Jingnan Wangfu who was invited by the queen to Xianyang, and the coachman was born after An Chengwu. Compared with other retinues, his identity is particularly special, and he is the righteous son of Huai Lutie, the king of Jingnan.

Huai Xiaoyu seemed a little depressed, and did not immediately answer An Chengwu's question.

The middle-aged man with the knife on his waist shook his head at An Chengwu and motioned for him not to ask more.

He turned to Huai Xiaoyu and said, "There are too many people in Xianyang City, I can't help but feel bored, anyway, it's already very close to the city gate, so it's good to take a rest here." ”

Although he said that he was light-hearted, the middle-aged man whose real identity was Wei Geng, the general of Jingnan, kept an eye on his surroundings. Regarding this seemingly homely entry into Beijing, Wei Geng knew in his heart that he was afraid that it would involve many forces in the government and the opposition.

Along the way, although the whereabouts were secret, few people knew that the county lord had entered Beijing, and there were dead soldiers from the palace following him in the dark, but the group did not dare to be careless at all, and God knows if there would be something unsightly to rob and kill.

Huai Xiaoyu said for no reason: "Uncle Wei, it's good to go to Jinyang when we go back, I haven't seen my sister for a long time." And I haven't been to that Tianlong Mountain, there is a stone statue of a monk dozens of zhang high on the mountain, it is very majestic and magnificent, and I have wanted to see it for a long time. ”

Wei Geng and An Chengwu glanced at each other. Wei Geng smiled and said of course it was possible, but he sighed softly in his heart, "Since the county lord came back from Jiangling Mansion, he has never let go of that talented son of the Song family in his heart, and when he passed through Jinyang when he came, he seemed absent-minded, and it is estimated that he wanted to go in to see him at that time." ”

An Chengwu hesitated slightly, gritted his teeth, and suddenly said: "County Lord, if you really don't want to marry the person surnamed Ji, you can tell your father-in-law directly, and your father-in-law will not persecute you if you want to." Why don't we go to Beijing?"

Wei Geng glared and said, "What are you talking nonsense, you kid doesn't want to live?"

Huai Xiaoyu smiled at Wei Geng, signaling the latter not to be angry, and she said softly: "As a daughter, how can I not understand my father's thoughts. He was worried that after he turned 100, no one would be able to protect me and my sister, unless he entered the gate of Ji's house. It doesn't matter, anyway, marrying someone else is also marrying, not to mention that there can be a princess to do it, at least it's better than my sister, isn't it, maybe one day, my sister who likes to bully when she urinates sees me, and she has to give me a big gift, and it feels funny to think about it. ”

Huai Lu Tie set foot in Kyushu for the son of heaven of the Ji family, although he is now a very human minister, but there are countless people who have offended. Among them, the relationship with the Ji family is the most delicate and special, and it can even be said that it is the Ji family that really makes Huai Lutie jealous.

An Chengwu couldn't help grinning and said, "County Lord, you are talking about your sister behind your back like this, aren't you afraid that I will tell the big county lord this?"

Huai Xiaoyu glared, "You dare?"

An Chengwu lowered his head and touched his nose.

After resting for a while, Huai Xiaoyu said: "Uncle Wei, let's go on the road, otherwise someone will have to go out of the city six miles to greet us, I'm afraid that we will say that our Jingnan Mansion is not." ”

Wei Geng replied respectfully, but An Chengwu had a scowling expression on his face, and said: "It's only three miles out of the city, and it's too childish, if you want me to say that if you really want to marry our princess, you should go out of the city at least ten miles, so you can barely be considered a little sincere." ”

When they were about to arrive in Xianyang, they were told that Ji Yue, the second prince of the Ji family, would go out of the city to meet them at the end of the day.

This time, Wei Geng did not mean to accuse An Chengwu.

At this time, a caravan with about thirty people came from the direction of Xianyang and happened to come to the place where Huai Xiaoyu and the others were.

When he was still a hundred steps away, Wei Geng noticed it, and although there seemed to be nothing wrong on the surface, he still signaled An Chengwu and the others to be vigilant. After all, this is a mountain bag, which can be said to be the last favorable robbery point before entering Xianyang.

If someone really wants to murder the county lord, most of them will not give up this last opportunity.

Suddenly, the wagon carrying the goods was abandoned on the side of the caravan, and everyone showed their weapons and rushed towards Huai Rain.

"Enemy attack. Wei Geng shouted angrily, and with a sound of "Zheng", the big knife at his waist was unsheathed, and he held it with both hands. Intuition told Wei Geng that the attack here must have something to do with the current party struggle, and I am afraid that some people do not want to see the second county lord come to Xianyang alive.

"Chengwu, quickly help the county lord to return to the carriage, without my order, even if you die, you kid can't leave the carriage for half a step. Wei Geng said in a deep voice.

"Chengwu took the order. An Chengwu also looked solemn at the moment, he knew in his heart that since the other party dared to rob and kill them outside the Son of Heaven City, it would definitely be extremely difficult to deal with.

"County Lord, please hurry back to the carriage. An Chengwu helped Huai Weak Rain to get into the carriage. The carriage looks ordinary, but in fact, it has a different doorway, which was specially built by the palace for this entry into Beijing, and in terms of defense capabilities, it can be called an iron wall.

After sending Huai Xiaoyu back to the carriage, An Chengwu clenched the silver spear in his hand, and his eyes were also full of murderous intent.

Soon, the enemy, disguised as a caravan, came fifty paces, and some of them stopped abruptly and took out their strengthened crossbows.

Crossbow arrows rained down on the wagon.

Wei Geng left five people to protect the carriage with An Chengwu, while he himself led the remaining seven or eight people to rush towards each other.

This time, all the people who followed were good players in the palace, and in the face of the rain of crossbow arrows, no one was injured. Although he couldn't leave the carriage for half a step, An Chengwu took a strong bow out of nowhere, pulled the bow like a full moon, and then another, the arrows were terrifying, and the arrows were not missing. From time to time, someone at the other end was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse.

But the other party was numerous, and soon rushed to the front, colliding with Wei Geng and others, and the scene was chaotic. In order not to injure his own people by mistake, An Chengwu had to stop archery.

Wei Geng's sword was unstoppable, and he killed three or four opponents in an instant. But once they fought, Wei Geng's worries became much heavier. Each of the other party is a good player, but the martial arts are messy, and their identities cannot be found from the martial arts at all. Perhaps, this is also the reason why the people behind the scenes will use them.

But soon, Wei Geng vaguely felt that something was wrong, because after the enemy collided with them, he had no intention of continuing to approach the carriage at all, but more like it was just to trap them.

"Not good. Wei Geng seemed to suddenly realize something, and hurriedly alerted An Chengwu next to the carriage. At the same time, he himself tried to get out and retreated to the carriage, but the enemy, apparently discovering his intentions, surrounded him in an instant with six or seven men, and entangled him to death.

Sure enough, under the ground not far from both sides of the official road, more than 30 people suddenly broke through the ground. Obviously, these people have been ambushed here for a long time, and they are specially planning to ambush Huai Xiaoyu and others.

Unlike the previous merchants, these people who broke out of the earth were all dressed as bandits, and in fact, some of them were real bandits, and in terms of martial arts, they were even better than those in the caravan.

The bandits came from both sides, trying to flank the carriage from both sides.

Wei Geng was trapped fifty paces away from the carriage, and he couldn't get out of it for a while, and when he saw the scene in front of him from a distance, he was anxious.

"The other party must have made complete preparations for this robbery, no need to guess, the dead soldiers planted in the secret by the palace must have been attacked by the other party at this time and could not escape. ”

"Merchant, bandit?" Wei Geng suddenly guessed something. Whether it is a businessman or a bandit, it is obvious that they are a group of people, but since such an arrangement has been made, I am afraid that it is just to confuse the public, and it is estimated that after the real success, none of the businessmen who are estimated to be the dead soldiers of other people's families pretending to be will survive. The ending is to let all the people in Jingnan Palace, dressed as merchants and ordinary people, die from the robbery and killing of bandits, so as to create a false impression of robbing money and killing people by bandits.

Although this trick is not very clever, it is also a means. After all, this place is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the status of the second county lord of Jingnan Wangfu is special, if someone deliberately murders the county lord, Jingnan Wangfu will definitely pierce the sky. But if it is said that this is just a mistakenly killed by bandits in order to rob money, then it is another matter.

At that time, whether it is the imperial court or the Jingnan Palace, no matter how angry they are, at most they will be angry with the bandits in the world. As for the real murderer behind the scenes, I'm afraid that it will never be found.

An Chengwu's expression was so solemn for the first time, and so were the other five people beside him.

The bandits quickly rushed to the front, and with a clear goal, they were coming towards the carriage.

The two sides fought together, and An Chengwu held a silver spear while defending against the enemy, and stood in front of the curtain of the carriage inch by inch.

More than 30 against six, the two sides in terms of numbers, the difference is huge, although the palace is selected to be one in a hundred good players, but this group of bandits is also very special, the style of play is simply life for life. resisted for a while, and including An Chengwu, all six people were injured to varying degrees.

The situation is critical, and if it fails to hold on, the weak rain in the carriage will be harmed.

Wei Geng, who was fighting bloodily, seemed to be aware of it, and suddenly looked up at the sky, and vaguely saw someone coming from the Heavenly Edge! )