It's a pity that Jiang Yan won't let him catch him.

Not even allowed to look at it.

Xiahou Dun became more and more frightened as he chased after him.

Jiang Yan has turned into a small sesame dot a few miles away.

And it almost disappeared over the horizon.

Why is it that he is not tired of chasing people further and further away?

Xiahou Dun glanced at the panting and slightly tired war horse beneath him.

In order to catch up with "Shu Shao", I had to give it dozens of whips.

It ran as fast as it could, almost foaming at the seams.

Not to mention catching up with the opponent, he can't even maintain the previous distance!

Who is a human and who is a horse?

During these dozens of miles, I have been chasing with all my strength,

The horse is about to run to death, but the people on the other side are almost out of sight.

Xiahou Dun frowned, but still had no intention of giving up.

Still persisting in chasing in the direction where the little black dot disappeared.

Another half hour passed.

When Xiahou Dun felt that the war horse under him was beginning to shake a little,

I don’t know whether it was Xiahou Dun’s perseverance that moved heaven, or whether “Shu Shao” in front was finally tired.

The black spot representing "Shu Shao" appeared again in the distance.

It even grew bigger and bigger under his sight.

Is that guy finally unable to run anymore?

We are still human after all.

Xiahou Dun sighed and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

But as we get closer and closer, the black spot in our field of vision gradually becomes clearer under the moonlight.

Xiahou Dun's face turned ugly.

Gan!

The "black spot" that appears again is not "Shu Shao" at all!

From a hundred feet away, he could see clearly that it was a flagpole stuck in the ground!

It's the half of the flagpole left in "Shu Shao's" hand.

The other party's people are not here at all, they have disappeared long ago.

I chased for a long time, but my newly born hope was ruthlessly shattered.

Xiahou Dun's chest felt so tight that it felt congested.

It took a while to calm down.

That guy was holding a flagpole weighing dozens of kilograms, and he was able to throw himself off.

Is he still human?

When Xiahou Dun finally arrived at the flagpole, he jumped off his horse with a gloomy look.

Go over and pull off a piece of cloth wrapped around the flagpole.

I saw a row of small words written on the strip of cloth, suspected to be written with blood stains on the pole.

"Brother Yuan Rang, please remember to bring your head with you. I will be waiting for you outside Shouchun City."

Two short sentences,

Xiahou Dun's eyes were splitting when he saw it, and his hand holding the cloth was trembling.

"Shu Shao, you are too much of a bully!"

"I swear I will kill you!"

Xiahou Dun tore up the strips of cloth and roared angrily to the sky.

……

Ma Jun wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling a little tired.

But the horseshoe in my hand is the last one.

I observed the other blacksmith companions around me and found that they had almost finished what they were supposed to do.

Some of those who had finished their work early were already sitting on the ground and starting to rest and chat.

It’s just that Ma Jun did it more carefully and seriously, but he became the last one.

Mr. Jiang is busy somewhere in the middle of the night.

I haven’t seen you for more than an hour.

Just as he was thinking this, he saw a figure running from a distance.

Take a closer look,

Hey, isn’t this Mr. Jiang?

The timing was so good that you came back just as you were about to finish the work?

But at this moment, seeing Mr. Jiang running so fast,

The calm and calm demeanor before was completely gone.

Is there something urgent?

By the time Jiang Yan arrived, Ma Jun had nailed the last horseshoe.

He put down the horse's leg in his hand and curiously asked Jiang Yan, who was wiping his sweat:

"May I ask Master Jiang where you have been and why you are so tired?"

Jiang Yan smiled and explained:

"I saw the beautiful moonlight, so I went for a night run to warm up."

Ma Jun shook his head after hearing this.

I can understand the meaning of Mr. Jiang’s words.

It's this wording that makes me feel a little bit off.

Is it a special term used in other places?

"Are you done?"

Jiang Yan glanced around and saw that the blacksmiths were all resting or packing their things.

The horses were happy to see him return, and each one came forward and snorted the hot breath from their noses.

It gave him the illusion that he had entered a smoking room.

It's just that the smell of cigarette has been replaced by the smell of horse.

Jiang Yan approvingly patted Lu, who was leaning forward.

This guy performed well, and the horses didn't cause any trouble after he left.

Of course Ma Jun also did a good job.

They are all good “horses”.

"It's all done, sir. I've divided the reward for you." The honest Ma Jun replied.

Jiang Yan nodded to express satisfaction, then looked back behind him.

Under the dark and careless night, there was no other figure in the distance.

But his sensitive ears have already heard the sound of horses running.

Of course it's not his horse, all his horses are here.

The sound is still very soft, indicating that the distance is still far apart.

It was most likely Xiahou Dun who was unconvinced and led his men to chase him.

"Then go back quickly. Don't stay outside the city. It may be dangerous. You and others should warn you."

Jiang Yan gave serious instructions.

As for the danger, of course he couldn't say it directly.

Wouldn't that expose your identity?

He deliberately put in so much effort and took such big risks, and the big blame he got was put back on himself.

How can he make Shu Shao surrender to him sincerely?

"Okay, sir." The upright Ma Jun didn't ask any more questions, turned around and went to greet other craftsmen to pack their things.

After seeing Ma Jun leave.

Jiang Yan patted Lu's forehead and whispered:

"Take these horses and quickly go to the south outside the city to find a secluded place to hide. I will come back to you tomorrow night."

Lu nodded obediently.

Jiang Yan has the sense of smell of horses, and the smell of their bodies can be smelled dozens of miles apart.

As long as you don't run out of Shouchun County, you don't have to worry about not finding them.

Moreover, Lu has been very obedient recently, so it is relatively safe to let him hide with the horses.

Jiang Yan finished explaining, but had no plans to return to the city immediately.

He planned to wait in an uninhabited corner near the north gate of Shouchun.

Wait until the city gate opens, then put on civilian clothes and sneak in.

As long as you return to the stable before the time of the year arrives, everything will be safe.

So a moment later.

Ma Jun's group of blacksmiths, Lu's group of horses, and Jiang Yan all went their separate ways.

The men and horses dispersed, leaving nothing but a pile of footprints.

This was done deliberately by Jiang Yan. What he wanted was to misunderstand both parties.

……

Two hours later.

In the Shouchun Prefecture.

Shu Shao sat on the imperial chair and bared his teeth, while the doctor invited was replacing plaster on his broken wrist.

Fortunately, this doctor was quite serious and only used herbal medicine for external application.

You must know that there are some unreliable doctors in the world, but as written in the Sui Dynasty's "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Various Diseases" in later generations.

If you don’t like to use herbal medicine to treat diseases, you like to eat shit or drink shit juice to treat people.

Even if you were poisoned by curare, he would still say:

"If a person is infected, he or she will eat feces or drink fecal juice, and the sore will be cured by applying it on it. If not, it will not be possible to recover for a while."

Anyway, I don’t know if I will die if I eat someone, but I have to eat feces.

Survive on your own and bet on luck.

It is comparable to the bloodletting therapy in Europe.

Better than worse.

After applying the plaster, Shu Shao felt a refreshing coolness on his wrist.

It seems that the pain suddenly eased a lot.

He looked happy and was about to praise the doctor for his wonderful medical skills.

But I saw the newly appointed deputy lieutenant running in in a panic from outside.

If I remember correctly, he should be on duty in the north of the city today.

Shu Shao's brows suddenly wrinkled, and they were even tighter than before when his wrist hurt.

He stayed quiet for two days after returning home. Could it be that something big happened again?

As soon as the sweaty lieutenant entered the room, he half-knelt on the ground and handed over his hands to report:

"Master Taishou, something serious has happened!"

Shu Shao's eyelids jumped when he heard this.

I believe that with so many things happening in the city, his subordinates will no longer dare to bother him with trivial matters.

What the deputy lieutenant said is definitely not a good thing.

When Shu Shao thought about it, his head suddenly felt big.

He immediately urged: "Come quickly!"

The deputy lieutenant did not dare to raise his head and said quickly: "Suddenly hundreds of Cao's cavalry appeared outside the north of the city, provoking and cursing under the city."

"They asked to see the prefect by name, and they said that the prefect invited them here!"

Shu Shao's face turned green when he heard this.

What he has been worried about is that Cao Jun is not satisfied after taking Xiapi and wants to reach out to Shouchun.

I didn’t expect that I would actually have to call.

But when I thought about it later, I felt something was wrong.

If Cao Jun wanted to attack the city, how could he send only a few hundred cavalry?

And he even pretended that he was the one who invited me. Can he be normal when he comes up with excuses?

Even if you say that one of your subordinates got lost on your territory, it sounds more reliable.
Chapter completed!