On the 25th day of the first lunar month, Xiyou Town.

This town belongs to Mengzhou Prefecture, which is only more than 80 miles away from Luoyang, the capital. It is a must-see path directly to the official road of the capital.

It is precisely because of its extremely convenient location that this small town has developed like a small county town. Not only is it a large population, but various shops are also standing on the long streets, while a stream divides the town into two, connected only by a stone bridge that can just pass through a carriage. This is the key to suppressing the expansion of this town into a county town.

Over the years, it is not without knowledgeable people who have mentioned re-planning in the town, at least they rebuild and widen the stone bridge called Fumin Bridge. However, such plans have been resisted from the beginning, because for hundreds of years, there have been legends in the town that this stone bridge that existed in the Tang Dynasty was the key to protecting the prosperity and safety of the entire town. Once demolished or the bridge was built elsewhere, it would cause a catastrophe to the entire town.

This legend that has been passed down for hundreds of years is more effective than any law for people at this time. Therefore, even though the Fumin Bridge caused a lot of trouble to the people in the town, everyone still did not dare to move the stone bridge at all, and had no intention of building a bridge elsewhere.

As noon approached today, Li Ling and his team of carriages and horsemen finally arrived at Xiyou Town, and like many people, they lined up in the queue passing through the stone bridge.

This stone bridge is not wide in nature, and it is designed with an arch bridge. There is a step up and down, so whether it is hiking or riding a horse or a car, it seems particularly troublesome. Especially when some vendors carrying the burden pass by slowly, it will hinder others' pace, making the team that is already difficult to cross the bridge become slower and slower. Many people have been urging behind the scenes.

As a senior official in the capital city for many years, Li Ling has long heard of the statement that Fumin Bridge is on Xiyou Town, but he has never really experienced it before. He has fought several times before, but every time he is surrounded by people, so he naturally doesn't have to squeeze in with such people. At this time, he is secretly shocked, how many times will it take to delay.

But now it is not the time to be impatient. Instead, he cares more about where the assassins who are likely to be hiding nearby and want to attack him and others. Anyway, since the arrow failed, the assassins have stopped moving, as if they really retreated and gave up on assassination.

But Li Ling and the others would not really believe that it was safe. Instead, as they got closer to Luoyang, the uneasiness in their hearts became stronger and stronger. At this time, Li Ling, who was in the car, raised a little curtain and looked around, but the people around him could not see any strangeness.

The people who walked by casually, stood in front of their shops to solicit customers, and some vendors who took off their picks and were also organizing business... These people looked full of human spirit, and there was no sign of danger.

After scanning these people for three times, Li Ling gave up, shrank his hand and turned around, and sighed softly at Sun Bi in front of him: "It is said that there are only thousands of days to be thieves in the world, but no one can defend against thieves for thousands of days. Today I really understand this is a true saying. Be careful along the way, and always worry about assassination coming. This is really not easy."

Sun Bi was much calmer than him, and smiled and said, "Actually, it's the same for them. The more we guard, the more they won't find any chance. Now they are all in our initiative. After passing Xiyou Town, the more spacious and straight official roads are going forward. There are also guards in the capital from time to time. As long as we meet them, we can ensure that everything is foolproof. So they should be very anxious."

This also reminded Li Ling, making his brow frown even more: "So, this is the only place where they can do it?"

"That's it, but we won't give them a chance!" Sun Bi said, and also raised a little car curtain and swept out. He was not looking at the crowd around him, but the guards and knights guarding around several carriages.

Their position is quite particular, and they take care of almost every angle that may attack the vehicle. With these people's skills, the assassin will not pull it. Once it really happens, it will end up in a trap.

Unless there is a whole elite cavalry coming, and the number of people must be more than 300, it may also pose a threat. But this is an important place in the capital. Not to mention 300 cavalry, even the mobilization of one hundred troops is enough to attract the attention of all parties.

So in Sun Bi's opinion, he was foolproof at this time, and more importantly, Li Ling had made a move before, which was more secure.

At this time, what he thought more about was what he saw and heard from the south, thinking about how many lessons he could learn from these experiences, and what kind of changes he could bring to the world of Dayue after truly ascending the throne and taking control of the imperial power.

They came from the north to the capital, but not only paid attention to possible threats, but also saw various injustice and various difficulties and hardships of the people in the north.

Although Dayue claims to be a peaceful and prosperous era, the people’s lives are not easy. Especially after the Guirong invasion two years ago, many villages and towns in the north were in trouble, countless people were displaced, and many rich and powerful people were bullying others with their power...

Sun Bi saw these things and even communicated with the people in some places and asked more details from them. At that time, he did not express much, at most he gave some money to the suffering people, but in fact he kept keeping them in his heart and telling himself that he would make changes and let these suffering people get rid of the sea of ​​suffering, at least so that they can survive.

However, at least he still has no idea how to realize this ideal at the moment. He can only make plans in his mind and never even talk to Li Ling. At this time, he was idle, so he closed his eyes and started to meditate again. It was not until the vehicle bumped, which made him feel a little excited.

"Is this going up the bridge?" Sun Bi asked casually.

Li Ling didn't lift the curtain, but just nodded slightly: "Yes, after crossing the bridge, we can speed up and go straight to Luoyang. Maybe we can get under the capital tonight."

"That's great." Sun Bi breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that our defense makes it difficult for the assassin to find his phone any more."

...

"Is that car?" On the second floor platform of a small winery far away from Fumin Bridge, a man squinted his eyes and looked at the bridge. He saw that the carriage he was thinking about had already shaken up the stone bridge along the not-steep stairs. Soon, it arrived at the flat area in the middle of the stone bridge.

The two people next to them responded softly, with light flashing in their eyes. At the same time, their hands suddenly raised and they clenched their fists again.

Although this action is a bit weird, it is not eye-catching. Neither the people near the restaurant or anyone else is paying attention to his actions, except for someone who has been paying attention to his signal.

Just as he clenched his fists, a fire suddenly lit up in the shadow under the Fumin Bridge, reflecting the figure of a thin man below, and a sinister and crazy face.

The moment the fire broker was lit, he had already brought it to a thin rope on the ground in front of him. As the fire light licked, the thin line immediately caught fire and quickly spread forward. After seeing this scene, the ignitor was also trembling in his heart. He didn't care that he would expose himself in front of him, and turned around and headed straight towards the stream on the side.

However, his evasion was still a little slower... or rather, he completely underestimated the burning speed of the string. Almost in the blink of an eye when he turned around and jumped, the light of fire had reached the end of the thin line.

There were several square boxes piled up there, which looked similar to the broken stones by the river!

The flame suddenly disappeared at this moment, but it burned into the box. Then it was just a pause. Then, a loud burst sounded under the bridge. At the same time, there were fires soaring into the sky, and the explosion blew upwards, breaking the entire hundreds of years of stone bridge and rushing into the air.

"Boom--!"

The huge explosion shocked everyone to the spot, and then flew out in all directions, faster than the arrows shot from the strong bow and hard crossbow, and even lethal stone fragments were even more like raindrops, and they were like cutting wheat. It immediately beat a large number of people who were stunned there and fell down, and flesh and blood were flying everywhere.

Until this time, screaming, crying, howling... just now, it was gushing out of people's mouths. Everyone rushed around like gains and losses, colliding with each other and trampling on them, causing countless people to fall into the chaos after the explosion.

As for the people and chariots on the bridge, they were even divided into pieces with this sudden change. The bodies of light men and horses had turned into pieces of flesh and blood, and flew around the stone bridge one or two miles.

Only a carriage that had just come from the bridge was safe. However, the horse that pulled the carriage was also greatly frightened. At this time, it was completely out of control by the coachman and rushed straight ahead like crazy, and hit many frightened people in a ruthless manner. Some people were trampled by horse hooves and were run over by vehicles. If they were not killed, they would be seriously injured.

Anyway, at this moment, Xiyou Town, which was originally safe and prosperous, became a hellish scene on earth. Too many people were hurt, and at least more than a hundred people died on the spot.

After seeing all this caused by his own hands, the guy who raised his fist and ordered it just grinned and soon brought people and went out with many frightened people.
Chapter completed!