The convoy was moving very fast. In order to return to Dazhou as early as possible, Ji Jie ordered that except for necessary rest and meals, the rest of the time should be spent on the journey.
Sima Xueran had some objections to his approach. Her original words were: "Cao Qiudao does not have such abnormal recovery ability. His injury will take at least ten days and a half to fully recover. As the head of a big family, , without him commanding on the spot, how could others dare to intercept and kill them halfway?"
Ji Jie’s answer is simple: “Because of face!”
That's right, the more famous a person is, the more they pay attention to their own face. Cao Qidao and Ji Jie are tied. He is the one who is embarrassed! Because he has been famous for almost 20 years, and Ji Jie has only been famous for more than a year. .
Not to mention age, Cao Qiudao is twice as old as Ji Jie!
For a young man under twenty years old to be able to compete with a sword master who has been famous for twenty years, either this young man's martial arts skills are too good, or this sword saint has a false reputation!
Cao Qiudao can't afford to lose this face. He will definitely deal with Ji Jie in the shortest time and shorten the spread of the incident. If it is handled properly, the world will not know that there is such a thing and will only continue to praise the sword master. 's reputation.
There is another thing that Ji Jie and others did not expect, that is, the Cao family has good medicine that can quickly heal wounds. In addition, the dozens of wounds on Cao Qiudao's body are not too deep, and it only takes three to five days to heal with the good medicine.
But compared with Ji Jie's abnormal physique, the Cao family's good medicine is nothing.
The reason why Cao Qiudao chose to set off overnight was to gain time for action. At this moment, he was lying in the extremely soft carriage, looking through the opened door curtain at the clan members who were burying gunpowder below.
This is an inconspicuous small valley, only a dozen feet long. Riding a horse can pass through it in the blink of an eye, and no one would think that there is an ambush here.
Cao Qiudao raised his arm, looked at the unhealed wound on it, smiled and said to himself: "Ji Jie, I just need to blow up your carriage. As for your entourage, I am not interested at all, because there are no People pay for their lives!”
In addition to the large amount of gunpowder buried on the ground, Cao Qiudao also asked people to dig out countless explosive points on the high stone walls on both sides, and also buried gunpowder. When the sky and the earth exploded together, even the gods would not be able to escape through a small path. life!
"I just want Ji Jie to die under the gunpowder I created!" Cao Qiudao continued to say to himself: "But, I will tell the world that you will die under my sword! So, you'd better not do it when it explodes. Just die and I will personally give you a ride, hahaha!"
Behind the carriage stood a man wearing black clothes and a black hat. He was Cao Qiudao's new shadow guard.
"Shadow, I leave the task of lighting the fuse to you!" Cao Qiudao said without looking back.
"I'm sorry, Master, my responsibility is to protect your safety!" Shadow replied in a cold tone.
Cao Qiudao's voice rose a little and said: "Your responsibility is indeed to protect my safety, but the most important thing is to obey my orders! Don't think that holding an incense stick in your hand can be the person to light the fuse. I feel What’s interesting is your judgment, you know when to light the fuse and it will explode when the carriage arrives!”
"Shadow follows the master's arrangements!" Shadow's head lowered slightly.
The corners of Cao Qiudao's mouth turned up slightly, thinking that you are just cannon fodder raised by the Cao family. Even if I order you to rush towards Ji Jie's carriage with explosives, you must do it.
After finishing the preparations, Cao Qiudao's carriage and people left one after another, leaving only a shadow guard responsible for lighting the fuse.
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"Hey, if you, a grown man, don't go riding, why are you staying in the carriage?" Li Yuechan pouted and looked at Ji Jie, who was "laid" in the carriage.
Ji Jie shrugged and said in a lazy tone: "Sister, could you please think through it before speaking next time? I am the owner of this carriage and I should stay here by rights, but what about you?"
"I..." Li Yuechan was at a loss and couldn't think of a reason to refute for a while.
Sima Xueran said with a smile: "You can't just stay still for a while. I've heard you two bickering all the way! Brother Jie, otherwise you should just listen to Sister Chan'er and go out to ride horses. We just have something to whisper!"
"Well, I just happened to go out to relax my muscles!" When Ji Jie saw Sima Xueran speaking, he naturally would not deny her suggestion.
Not long after Ji Jie came out, the laughter of three women sounded like silver bells in the carriage. Three women have a drama. This sentence really makes sense. Women always have endless topics to talk about when they get together.
Soon, that inconspicuous little valley appeared in front of everyone.
Ji Jie looked up at the sky. The blue sky was cloudless. Xiong Kui pinched the horse's belly, and the horse began to speed up. As he ran forward, he said: "Another valley appeared. This time it's my turn to check the terrain." !”
In order to ensure absolute safety on the road, Ji Jie formulated a detailed travel plan. No matter whether it was mountains or rivers, in addition to the news sent by the scouts, one of the three Xiong brothers would be asked to conduct a review to make sure there was no danger. The troops move in again.
Xiong Kui arrived there quickly, patted the horse and ran around for a while and found nothing unusual, so he immediately returned to report the news.
"Your Majesty, it's safe!" Xiong Kui said.
"Okay, hurry up and pass!" Ji Jie ordered, and everyone urged their horses forward.
But the closer he got to the small valley, the more Ji Jie felt something was wrong. As for what was wrong, he couldn't be sure. The only thing he was sure of was that he felt a danger signal.
However, the scouts and Xiong Kui conducted two inspections and found no danger.
Could it be that because I have been suspicious too many times, Is it an incorrect early warning in my consciousness?
It must be!
Continuing forward, after another forty feet, Ji Jie and the carriage carrying three girls will enter the valley passage.
No, the feeling I had before is getting stronger and stronger.
"Stop!" Ji Jie shouted.
"Stop, everyone stop!" Although the three Xiong brothers did not understand Ji Jie's intention, they still followed his order to the letter, and the car and horse team slowly stopped.
The shadow guard hiding on the top of the rock on one side felt his heart in his throat. He was about to light the fuse, but when he saw Ji Jie leading the crowd, he stopped and quickly took the incense stick with the red flame tip aside and refused to let go. Any spark splashes up.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?" Xiong Kui asked.
Ji Jie shook his head and said: "I think this road is dangerous. Maybe my feeling is wrong, but I still don't worry!"
"How about I go take a look again?" Xiong Kui said.
"No!" Ji Jie said: "A valley-like passage suddenly appeared here. It is so short that it is easy to be ignored! Cao Qiudao understands my character. He knows that if I choose a general valley terrain as an ambush point, I will glance at it. See through, so..."