Hearing that Jiuxiao wanted to practice, Yu Zhi naturally called He Xiaodie back. To practice, you have to work diligently. To be honest, shortcuts cannot be taken and golden fingers cannot be used.

Mr. Xiao Wen is indeed a person who can win the first prize. His learning ability is too strong. After learning about Yu Zhi’s class, he did it well the first time he did it. He captured the information very accurately.

Especially his judgment, tsk tsk, he is indeed a master of solving cases by observing words and deeds. A top student is a top student, so he has to be admired.

As you go south, the population becomes sparser and thinner, and the pipelines become narrower and narrower. The roadside is covered with all kinds of lush plants, scattered high and low. Occasionally, you can see some lakes and swamps dotted among the jungles, giving it a primitive forest feel.

scene.

The journey is even more difficult. I used to be able to walk 80 to 100 miles a day, but now I can walk 50 miles. The distance from one city to the next is also getting farther and farther, and it is more than 300 miles. Sometimes it is more than 300 miles.

After walking for a long time, I couldn't see a single house.

Fortunately, Wen Jiuxiao and Yu Zhi were well prepared and had plenty of food and drink. They also brought tents and insect repellent and snake repellent powder. Even so, Wen Jiuxiao also ordered to go through pipelines as much as possible to be safer. After all, they brought a lot of

Although there are two hundred guards for the valuable materials, there are still dozens of ordinary people who are helpless.

Oh, by the way, the guards escorting the abducted women had already caught up with the main force. Yu Zhi was buying and selling, just to wait for them.

It is more than three thousand miles from the capital to Shanyun County. If there is no delay, it will take more than a month. Wen Jiuxiao has been traveling for more than two months now and is still on the way... Ha, this couple is so worried

They are all very big, so just arrive before the end of the year. Anyway, the emperor does not specify a specific arrival date.

On this day, they didn't reach the next city until the sun had set. Seeing that the surroundings were deserted and they couldn't find a village to stay, they had to find a relatively flat place to camp, some distance away from the dense forest and with a water source nearby.

Everyone is familiar with it along the way, and sleeping in the wild is nothing. Everyone divides the work and cooperates. Some of the guards are responsible for security, some are responsible for unloading the carriages, allowing the animals to eat some grass, drink some water and rest, and some are responsible for clearing the camp.

To detect dangerous animals in the area, sprinkle insect repellent and snake repellent powder on them, and build sleeping tents and so on.

The servants are responsible for collecting firewood, water and making fire for cooking. Even when he is away from home, Yu Zhi pays special attention to everyone's diet. Everywhere he goes, the first thing he prepares is various ingredients, and there is never a shortage of dried mushrooms, dried shrimps and the like.

Passed. Now cook several large pots of wild vegetable porridge, add chopped mushrooms and dried shrimps, and let everyone drink a bowl. Not to mention how delicious it is! Then eat the sesame cakes bought in the last city. Hey, it’s better than eating at home.

The results were not bad, no one felt miserable at all, and many people even gained weight.

After dinner, it was already completely dark. After a day's journey, everyone was tired. Except for those who took turns to watch the night, everyone went to rest.

After one night of correction, in order to reach the next city before sunset, everyone got up at five o'clock, fed the animals, hitched up the cart, had a quick bite to eat, and were ready to set off.

It dawned early in the south, and there was already a ray of dawn in the sky when they set off.

It’s just that I didn’t have good luck today. After walking for more than an hour, the road ahead was blocked by a jagged boulder. These boulders weighed hundreds of kilograms each and were covered with a layer of dry leaves. They should have been there for a while.

This place is far away from the government offices in both places, and no one came to clean it up in time.

What's going on? Where did the stone come from? How are we going to live like this?

Wen Jiuxiao sent people to explore the road. Zhuo Zhengyang took a few people to go around the pile of rocks to explore the road. He came back soon, "Sir, look at the right side. There is a path that can be passed. Walk a few dozen meters. In front of you.

It’s just the pipeline.”

Wen Jiuxiao looked in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, there was a dirt road trodden by people on the right side of the stone pile. There were traces of carriages and people walking on it. He probably thought these stones were blocking the way, so he opened up a dirt road next to it.

A small road.

Wen Jiuxiao nodded, "Okay, let's go from here."

The road is too narrow to allow only one carriage to pass, so the carriages must be arranged so that they can pass one by one.

At this moment, Yu Zhi came over and said, "Wait a minute!"

"What's wrong?" Wen Jiuxiao turned around.

"Don't you think it's inappropriate for these stones to be piled here? These two sides are not cliffs. Where did the stones come from? They just blocked the road, and there happened to be a small road next to it. How could there be such a coincidence?" Yu Zhi solemnly said

She suddenly raised her doubts, "When things go wrong, there must be monsters." She always felt that something was wrong in the dense forest dozens of meters away, as if there were monsters hiding there.

Wen Jiuxiao heard her reminder and realized something was wrong. He looked at the pile of stones and then looked forward along the path on the right. There were huge trees on both sides of the road and the dense forest was deep.

"Come here, clean up the rocks." Wen Jiuxiao gave the order decisively.

Although the pile of stones is difficult to clean, there are so many of them and they are not in a hurry. They just clean it slowly. Safety is the most important thing.

Yu Zhi did not return to the car, but stood aside to watch the guards clear the stones. However, her mind was still on the road on the right, and her intuition told her that something was wrong there, something very wrong.

She thought about it and walked towards the path. Halfway there, she stopped, closed her eyes and felt it carefully. After a moment, she opened her eyes suddenly, turned around and walked back.

"Zhizhi!" Wen Jiuxiao saw Yu Zhi's face change slightly and strode over to hold her hand.

"There is an ambush and there are many people." Yu Zhi whispered.

Wen Jiuxiao's eyes flashed, and he immediately ordered a retreat. All the female relatives got on the car, and the male servants and guards held weapons and entered the first level of combat readiness.

The person ambushing in the dense forest was dumbfounded, "The boss has been discovered, what should I do?"

The leader was about thirty years old, burly, holding a long bow, and had a two-inch long scar between his eyebrows. He looked very ferocious. He looked at the fully loaded carriages, his eyes full of evil vultures.

How could he be willing to let a group of fat sheep slip away after finally reaching his lips?

"Follow us!" He waved his hand, and the men holding bows and arrows on the tree and the robbers holding swords hidden behind the tree all jumped out. There were hundreds of them. Although they lost the initiative, they were so numerous that they could capture this enemy.

The fleet is more than enough.

An arrow was shot on the carriage, which seemed to be a signal. A large group of robbers came after them, holding bright swords, and soon surrounded the entire convoy, with the inner circle holding broadswords and the outer circle holding bows and arrows.

Although everyone was mentally prepared, they were still overwhelmed by the number of robbers. This was too much, right? Everyone had weapons in their hands. These were not ordinary robbers!

The captain of the guard drew his knife to protect Wen Jiuxiao, "How brave you are to stop the imperial official's car."

The robber flashed out of the way, and the head master came out. His eyes turned around and landed on Wen Jiuxiao. His eyes were full of evil and teasing, "What about the court's car? Do you know where this place is? It landed here.

They are either criminal ministers who have been sent away or abandoned sons who have been ostracized. Don't take the servants of the imperial court. The imperial court is useless here."

The guards were so arrogant and domineering that they couldn't bear it. They drew their swords one after another and stared at them gloomily. The atmosphere between the two sides was tense.

Seeing this, Wen Jiuxiao took a step forward and said, "Wen is the upcoming magistrate of Shanyun County. His ancestors started with military service, and the emperor granted him the title of Marquis of Wu'an. I wonder where this brother is from? Can I give Wen some face? These five cars

Food is a small gift."

The headmaster raised his eyebrows evilly, looked at Wen Jiuxiao for a long time as if he were looking at goods, and said slowly: "Okay, I'll sell you a face, all the carriages will be left, and everyone can leave."

What's five carts of grain? It's not enough to put food between his teeth.

Wen Jiuxiao was not angry, but looked extremely cold, "I have a big appetite, and I don't want to see if my teeth will fall apart."

Such a large amount of material gold was brought here after hard work over three thousand miles. How could it be thrown away?

The big boss glanced at him gloomily, waved his hand, and the knife-wielding robbers took a step forward, staring at them fiercely. The big boss smiled evilly, "We in Menghu Village always only seek wealth, not killing people. But you guys

If you don’t know what to do, I can’t break the precepts for you today. I’ll give you half a stick of incense and think about it before you speak.”

As soon as he finished saying this, his expression changed, becoming gloomy and ferocious, "You can drink fine wine without having to drink wine as a penalty, that's great, I'll make it happen for you."

What's going on? It turned out that Yu Zhi and He Xiaodie were using the cover of the carriage to cause trouble. Yu Zhi had an improved hand crossbow on his wrist, and the small arrow was smeared with poison that would seal his throat when it saw blood. Yu Zhi's speed

Very quickly, several of the robbers fell down before they could react.
Chapter completed!