More than ten miles of mountain roads, because the witch soldiers scattered to search and advance, it took more than half an hour for Gao Yuan and Mei Lian to converge. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's the banner of the Mei family, Fluttershy, you take two people over to see how many people have come, and which room is leading the team?" Fluttershy casually beckoned the two companions and walked forward, and asked Mei Lian to stop, "If you want to ask us, it is directly the team that escorted the Qinghui Empire's Qin Mansion to propose marriage, because the dowry is expensive, and it has been delayed a lot of time along the way." ”

Gao Yuan has long understood Mei Lian's pungency, but it is still difficult to accept her way of acting, how can there be a reason for the eldest girl to escort the marriage team by herself, and the Mei family promises not to agree to this marriage is still between the two.

"Xiao Yuanzi, are you thinking, I can't wait to get married, I can't find a suitable family except for your senior brother. ”

Gao Yuan's face was noncommittal, in fact, it was a disguised acquiescence, Mei Lian's pretty face sank at that time: "Tell you, although Cuihua's daughter doesn't take chastity seriously, but it is based on your affection and my willingness, if anyone dares to rely on power to force a girl, in Cuihua will be hunted down by the witch cult, there are girls dressed like me everywhere in the town, but if you have a crooked heart, don't blame my sister for not reminding you, you don't know how to die, in the Cuihua Empire, without the strength of Wuzong, you don't want to escape back to the Qinghui realm." ”

Mei Lian's voice was not small, the surrounding inspectors could hear it clearly, and the naked warning made many team members who were somewhat crooked in their hearts wake up, men and women are willing to have no one to interfere, forced and lured to be hunted down, and the safety of the girl seems to be more guaranteed in Cuihua.

"When you get to the Mei family, you know why I warned in advance, Xiao Yuanzi, the envoy is tantamount to another kind of battle, words and deeds represent the Qinghui Empire, don't let the county lord Duguying be humiliated because of this, the grievances between the Mei family and the Qinghui royal family are far more complicated than you imagined. ”

Mei Lian put up a face to teach a lesson, Gao Yuan is admitting his mistake is not suitable to thank him and it is difficult to say, standing awkwardly next to him only scratching his head and smiling bitterly, he can guarantee that he will never be crooked, he is not very sure about the inspection team, in the Qinghui Empire, the young and promising team members, and then mix power and wealth, seducing young girls is almost an invincible combination, accustomed to this kind of life, suddenly to become all obedient to the true wishes of the girl, during which I am really afraid of conflict.

"Yan Zifeng, Chang Yunfei, have you two heard? The noble priest is teaching the young master, I can tell you, if you really dare to mess around, don't expect anyone to save you when the time comes, I will be the first to catch you and hand you over to eliminate disasters and take refuge. ”

Yan Zifeng didn't reply this time, he really had the idea of acting on the spot, Chang Yunfei was no exception, the two of them asked Mei Lian to break his mind, and if he argued strongly, he would become a thief and not admit himself.

"Restraint mainly depends on your own concentration, whether you want to lose your life for a moment, or resist temptation for the honor of the empire, you weigh it, but never forget your military status. I declare: From now on, the inspection team will be under wartime control, and no one shall act alone, and the team must be led by the sentry commander, and five people must go together. ”

Gao Yuan's first half of the words were fluttering, so that the team members self-restraint, and then the words turned and gave an order directly, everyone knows the meaning of the words, even if it is convenient to go out, it must be kept in the sight of the sentry commander and partners, wartime control is not just talking, disobeying the order must be carried out military law, and there is only one punishment in the battle, kill!

"If the whole sentry colludes to collectively disobey the military order, and the squad leader must bear the responsibility for negligence, I will keep an eye on the five of you!"

Gao Yuan didn't say much after giving the order, and the five squad leaders immediately gathered their subordinates and began to lecture in a loud voice, no one wanted anyone in their team to disobey the military order and follow their own bad luck.

The rumbling drum interrupted the discipline of the inspection team, and a group of people came from the camp not far away, it seemed that there were more than 100 people, Gao Yuan and Mei Lian glanced at each other, and each walked to the front of their own team, and gave a warning order in a low voice.

"Captain, Qinghui sent someone to propose marriage, even if the Mei family does not agree to the marriage, there is no need to treat us as enemies, how come the closer you get to Meiling, the more strict you and the shaman will be?"

Chang Yunfei asked the common doubts of the team members, the vigilance of the inspection team can be understood, how can even the witch soldiers who accompany them all the way be ready for battle, is it because the Mei family is going to have internal strife, and whether the inspection team will help at that time, will it affect the task of this trip.

"Be careful, we are in other people's territory, if you are not careful, you will die without a place to be buried, Qinghui and Cuihua have never been friendly with each other, witch soldiers and scholars have no less enmity in the grassland, Meilian Shaman's friendliness does not represent the attitude of the Mei family, vigilance!. ”

The team to greet Mei Lian beat the gongs and drums and seemed to walk slowly, but soon arrived in front of them, all the leather armor and leather skirts, scimitar bows and arrows were fully equipped, stopped more than 100 steps away, the old man at the head waved his hand, the drum music stopped abruptly, the team intentionally or unintentionally put into a battle formation, and Mei Lian's witch soldiers faintly had a confrontation posture, the inspection team was a little far away, but soon Gao Yuan received a report from the witch soldiers secretly sent by Mei Lian, there were people hidden in the mountains and forests on both sides, the specific number is not clear, but it will not be less than a hundred people, according to a little analysis, there should be a team outflanking in the rear。

"Venerable Shaman, welcome back to Meiling, please accept the bows of your clansmen. ”

The old man who led the team was in his fifties, with a red face and a fluttering beard, stopped more than ten steps away from Mei Lian, turned over and kowtowed, while the young beautiful shaman, Zhuo Ran, stood opposite, and didn't even say a word of polite obstruction, until the old man knelt down and bowed three times, and then took three or two steps forward slightly, leaned over and gave a half-salute.

"Boss, please get up, Mei Lian is a junior, I bother you to lead the troops to meet you. ”

Before Mei Lian's voice fell, the old man turned over and stood up, and calmly accepted Mei Lian's salute: "Miss, the ceremony cannot be abolished, don't blame you for secretly sending troops to surround it, hahaha, this Meiling is hundreds of miles away, and the Qinghui soldiers have not dared to appear for decades, but this time Miss has opened the eyes of the clansmen." ”

"Chief, the fact that the Qinghui soldiers did not appear in Meiling does not mean that they are timid, and it does not mean that the Mei family is strong, why do you have to pretend to be confused. ”

The old man's hostility towards Qinghui was undisguised, but it made Takagaki a little grateful, and the hostile gesture made the inspector team understand the current situation, which was much more effective than his verbal teaching. Since it was an envoy on behalf of the county lord, the leader Mei Lian didn't have time to introduce each other, he just watched from the wall to see how the Mei family greeted the team, and he was not too worried about being surrounded, the old man's great gift to worship just showed that Mei Lian's status was transcendent, and the youngest shaman of the witch sect was very likely to be one of the next celestial maidens, and I believe that the Mei family would not destroy its own hope.

"Bright shield, if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move, and without my order, you can't do it without permission!"

The standard equipment of the inspection team, soft armor, short crossbow, longbow, saber and round shield, heard that the arm of the iron shield was blocked in front of the chest, the members of the two wings were even more open bows and arrows, the cold arrow pointed to the ambush soldiers who gradually emerged from the dense forest, and the Mei family team watching on the opposite side let out a chuckle, more than 100 people actually wanted to resist stubbornly in the encirclement of the thousand people, Qinghui's commander was bold enough but stupid enough, at present, it was best to pretend to be non-hostile, so that it was convenient for the Mei Lian shaman to take the middle field.

Although the voice of Gao Yuan's order was not loud, the old man who had been paying attention to the inspection team was enough to hear that Mei Lian was secretly annoyed that he didn't know the current affairs, and sure enough, the old man seized the flaw in his words and made a preemptive move.

"Miss, please take your men back to the camp to rest first, since Qinghui has come to regard my Mei family as an enemy, then the old man wants to see how they can get out of the encirclement in this dense forest. ”

"Captain Gao, please pay attention to your words and deeds, please come here. ”

Mei Lian couldn't refute the old man's words, turned her head to summon Gao Yuan, she couldn't hear joy and anger in her tone, Gao Yuan promised to step forward without hurrying, and her hand was pressed on the handle of the knife on her waist, which made Mei Lian's face even more ugly, and the old man couldn't help but show a mocking look, the student soldier who led the team was too young, and his heart was not calm and could not be stimulated, it was really hard to imagine that he would be the commander who escorted the holy relics, and he should have sent someone to snatch it a few days ago, thinking of the chagrin, his eyes were unconsciously aimed at the left wing of the Mei family's team, and he quickly took it back.

"The head of the Mei family, one of the four captains of the guards, the name of the elders is inconvenient to tell. Gao Yuan, the special envoy of the county lord of the Qinghui Empire, the two of you are a foreign envoy and the other is the greeter of the Mei family, so don't lose your dignity and face in front of everyone. ”

Mei Lian briefly introduced the identities of the two, and did not forget to knock on two sentences, diplomacy is no trivial matter, personal disgrace is small, don't burden the appointer behind her, Gao Yuan has already let her teach her a lesson and get used to it, and the old man's face is a little unbearable, let a junior warn him face to face, which is naturally a blow to his prestige, but Mei Lian's words can't find fault, and her hostility towards Gao Yuan is even stronger.

"Since Captain Gao is on behalf of the Qinghui Empire, is it a special trip to Mei's house, or is it a visit to Cuihua Kyoto? Inform the itinerary earlier, and this seat will also send troops to escort you, there are too many poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains and forests, don't accidentally hurt someone." ”

Gao Yuan's answer was neither humble nor arrogant: "Commander Qian, Gao Yuan was entrusted by His Royal Highness the County Lord to go to the Mei family to propose relatives first, as for whether to go to Cuihua Kyoto, the itinerary of the mission has someone from the Cuihua Foreign Affairs Department to negotiate, so there is no need to bother the commander to send troops to escort it." ”

"Propose? Hehe, to whom do you propose? How do you make this seat believe in sincerity, where is the dowry? The mission did not carry the dowry, could it be that he wanted to enter the Mei family cottage with empty mouths and white teeth!"

The old man's attitude was contemptuous, but his words did not lose his proportion, he did not bring a dowry but said that he was here to propose marriage, and it was reasonable for the Mei family to send troops to expel him, even if he killed it, it was not too much.

"Qinghui is a state of etiquette, the county lord is more aware of the righteousness, although Gao Yuan is young, how dare he come empty-handed to let people as a malicious provocation, the commander of a thousand, the dowry is naturally there, and it is more generous than you imagined, but I have never met the owner of the Mei family, and the barren mountains and mountains are inconvenient to show, so as not to attract thieves to peep, presumably the commander will not be difficult to force. ”

Before Gao Yuan left, Mei Ying and Yan Ning trained for a few days, and in the ancient village, Qin Rufeng was coerced to learn diplomatic etiquette language, which came in handy at this time.

"What a clever tooth, it's a pity that you forgot that this is Meiling, this seat naturally has no right to receive gifts on behalf of the owner of the village, but the first inspection is in line with the rules, no matter which young lady of the Mei family proposes, if the dowry is too shabby, it will not insult the reputation of my Mei family's daughter, and set a precedent for the evil young man to come to Meiling. ”

The two clashed with each other, the situation around them was even more delicate, although the Mei family's army that surrounded them did not show their blades, but the appearance of the tiger was clearly ill-intentioned, if it were not for the scruples that Mei Lian and his cronies were also in the encirclement, I was afraid that the old man would have been impatient to talk nonsense for a long time, and would directly order an attack.

"Qinghui Royal Workshop refined 100 pairs of talisman soft armor, 100 steel crossbows, 100 good bows, 100 crossbow arrows, put out the gifts, please move to the head of Mei, and verify the dowry in public. ”

Gao Yuan's voice deliberately added internal strength, and it came out far away with the wind, and the surrounding witch soldiers widened their eyes when they heard the sound, the generous gift was definitely an unimaginably rich dowry, this was only the first time to come to the door to propose, if the Mei family agreed to the marriage, the future gifts would not dare to imagine how valuable they were.

The inspector team members held their breath for the unfriendly attitude of the old man, and when they heard that the front team did not move, the other four teams changed their formations one after another, and when they put away their shields, the elite armor blades in the center of the formation were placed in a pile, and the inspectors were surrounded by guards like a great enemy, this dowry was enough to attract countless bandits and forest bandits to rob them, and for Gao Yuan's previous order to show the shield to be vigilant, the vast majority of the officers in the Mei family no longer felt that it was a provocation, and whoever escorted this generous gift did not dare to have the slightest carelessness when they saw the main owner at the destination.

"Lord Steward, please check the dowry, there will be labor escort in the future trip, if there is one less, the owner of Meizhai will blame it, and please bear more. ”

It is said that Gao Yuan did this step, and the head of the Mei family should accept it when he saw it, and gave each other room to get along with each other because of the friendly qi that had been injured by the verbal confrontation, who knew that the old man waved his hand to protect the soldiers after a little hesitation, and walked towards the inspector team with a big stride, and he really wanted to count them one by one.

Mei Lianqiao's face was cold and she was about to stop it, but when she saw Gao Yuan looking at her, she was surprised that a voice sounded in her ears: "If the chief manager doesn't test it with his own eyes, how can he get off the field, let him do it." The old man who walked forward raised his eyebrows, and his expression returned to calm, playing with the sound next to Wu Zong, it is better to speak directly.

Stopped Mei Lian, Gao Yuan walked a few steps without losing courtesy, and after catching up with the old man, he put on a posture of leading the way, only Yan Zifeng and Chang Yunfei saw the clue from between his eyebrows, the two of them were also silent, and their right hands made gestures behind them, under the cover of other squads, the two sentinels quietly moved their steps imperceptibly, and when the old man brought people to the gift, he realized that when he was surrounded by the inspector team, everything had become a certainty, and in the face of Sen Han's dozens of poisonous arrows, Wu Zong did not dare to act rashly.

"Manager Mei, I have already made it clear that the value of the dowry will inevitably attract Xiaoxiao, and now that you have inspected it in person, in order to deliver it safely to the Mei family, it seems more appropriate for you and me to guard the side together. ”

The Mei family's thousand-person team surrounded the inspector team, and the chief manager of the team leader inadvertently fell into the trap laid by Gao Yuan and became the person in the encirclement of the inspector team.

The confrontation did not last long, the Mei family camp sounded the gong of the army, a group of ambushes on the periphery retreated one after another, the head of the Mei family looked at Gao Yuan coldly, since he fell into the trap, the old man has never said a word.

"Manager Mei, it seems that there is someone else in the Mei family's camp who is giving orders, in this case, you don't have to go back to the camp, let's go forward with the escort team. ”

"Takagaki!"

Mei Lian came over and happened to witness this scene, the dignified head of the Mei family made people take hostages in disguise, and she, as a member of the Mei family, felt that she couldn't stand it.

"Venerable Shaman, the Mei family sent troops to surround it, and for the sake of self-preservation, I have to make this decision, hehe, even if the Mei family is strong, it will not take a martial arts sect for our more than 100 unknown juniors. ”

Mei Lian glared at him in annoyance, turned her face and comforted the manager with a smile: "There are dozens of chain machine crossbows, don't make a senseless resistance, I will accompany you all the way, don't worry about safety, and when you return to the cottage, you will have your own father and elders in charge." (To be continued.) )