Xia Xun and Ximen Qing got up and walked out of the valley. Xia Xun said: "Looking at the weather, it's really not late. We may not be able to understand the route today, so we'd better come early tomorrow morning."
Just as Ximen Qing nodded, his expression suddenly changed. Xia Xun immediately sensed an alarm. He followed his gaze and saw four people leaping out from behind a large rock in front of him. They were running very fast in the knee-deep snow. The four people dispersed and surrounded them.
The posture was clearly directed at the two of them. All four of them were wearing white clothes and trousers, and the cloaks behind their shoulders were also white. They had knives in their hands, and the knives were shown.
The four people had a tacit understanding, and there was no need for discussion. Two people walked in front of them and blocked their way out. Two people rushed towards them from the flanks. Xia Xun and Ximen Qing looked at each other, tacitly understanding and agreeing.
He ran towards the hillside on the left.
Someone shouted sternly: "Stop! Wait for questioning."
"Don't leave, we are officers and soldiers!"
Xia Xun and Ximen Qing saw that they were holding obvious sharp blades and were as murderous as wolves and tigers. How could they be stupid enough to stop and tell clearly whether they were officers and soldiers and what their purpose was? When they heard the warning, they fled faster.
When they saw that the two people refused to listen and fled, the suspicions of the two men became more serious. They immediately gave chase. One of the guards even took off the bow from behind his shoulder, pulled out a whistle arrow with his backhand, bent the bow and nocked the arrow, and shot towards the sky.
Shoot away.
"Woo..."
The sharp whistle of arrows rose through the air, and with the reverberation of the valley, it echoed in the sky. When Ximen Qing heard the whistle arrow, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh no, they still have the manpower to send whistle arrows! Eh? This
It’s a sentry arrow, could it be that it’s really an officer or soldier?”
At that time, only three types of people had bows and arrows in their hands: the officers and soldiers of the guards, the local people, and the hunters in the mountains.
The officers and soldiers of the garrison use military bows, which are divided into three classes according to different military services. The bows used by local people are slightly inferior in range and quality, and they must be stored in warehouses for safekeeping. Only those promoted by local officials can
, Inspections and other judicial officers want to arrest some gangsters, and only when they need to mobilize the strength of the people can they open the arsenal and use it; the third type is the hunters in the mountains. They use hunting bows and need to be registered with the government. And the sentry
Arrows are only available to military figures.
Xia Xun ran and said: "Who cares if they are officers and soldiers? Look at their murderous looks. Do they seem easy to talk to? God knows what will happen if they fall into their hands? Besides, their clothes are so weird, they are obviously
If you come prepared, you may not be the local officers and soldiers guarding the customs. Will our matter be brought to light?"
Ximen Qing understood the truth when he heard it, so he didn't say anything more at the moment. The two of them just climbed up the hillside desperately. There were many trees, neither thick nor thin, growing on this side of the hillside. Because it was a sunny side of the hillside, the snow was not blown by the wind.
It was not heavy, so the two people ran up the mountain in a hurry. From time to time, they needed to pull the tree trunk for support, and the snow on the top of the tree fell.
The pursuers did not fire arrows, but just chased after them. The trees on this sunny side of the hillside were sparse and small, and the grass and trees were withered in the heavy snow. There was no place to hide. The two of them could only compete with the four people on their feet and try their best.
Run up the mountain, hoping that the pursuers will run out and stop.
But those people are in the military, and the only thing they do every day is to train in force. This is much longer than those who just practice boxing and kicking a few times every morning. The four people have been chasing closely behind them, and they can't escape at all.
No.
On the ridge, Concubine Xu, Dao Yan and others heard the sound of whistle arrows. Concubine Xu walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at the chasing situation in the valley. She was surprised and said: "Sent the whistle arrows? There is indeed something wrong with those people.
Master, let’s chase after him and have a look.”
She turned her head and said, "Ming'er, you rest here while my sister goes to check on the situation and will be back soon."
On the leeward side of the hillside, three marching tents have been set up, and the guards are busy preparing to set up the fourth tent. In front of the tent, there is a large pot, and the snow in the pot has melted and is boiling.
With steaming heat.
It would take at least a few days to go hunting. Concubine Xu is a general and a tiger girl. She is proficient in bow and horse. She also has rich hunting experience and is well prepared. Xu Ming'er is a lady, and girls usually play tricks, such as
Xiaodi would never have a chance to try the little game of running with a puppy in her arms. When her brothers and sisters were young, their father Xu Da was still fighting in various places, and they all raised the children like herding sheep, and they were used to wild things.
By the time she was born, Xu Da had already become a very popular minister, and the rules in the family began to increase. He was determined to cultivate his favorite little daughter into a little lady, so there were many rules.
Smile without showing your teeth, walk, sit, and lie down, and pay attention to your manners and demeanor.
Now that she was at her sister's and brother-in-law's house, there were not as many rules as at home. Especially on this hunting trip, the little girl went crazy and threw all the red tape at home that restricted her nature. She forgot about it.
It's rare to see a fire scene, especially in the wild, which gives people a simple and primitive feeling. When I saw the flames rising, I couldn't help but get excited. I immediately pushed away a guard, sat down by the bonfire, and picked up the guards.
She poured branches into the fire one by one, and the red flames reflected her red face, playing with great interest.
As soon as she heard her sister speak, her attention immediately shifted. She jumped up and said happily: "Sister, are you going to catch the thief? I will go too."
Concubine Xu said with a straight face: "Don't be ridiculous. It's strange that your physical strength can't keep up with this kind of road."
Xu Ming'er was not afraid of this motherly elder sister. She ran to her side happily, held her hand, and jumped up and down: "I can keep up, I can keep up. It's more fun to catch people than to catch them."
The fox is much more fun, take me with you, you must take me with you."
Concubine Xu had no choice but to take Xu Ming'er with her and take a shortcut along the mountain ridge to the peak where Xia Xun and Ximen Qing climbed.
it's dark.
The winter night seems to have been bright one moment, and then suddenly becomes dark.
Fortunately, it suddenly turned dark, and Xia Xun and Ximen Qing, who were chased by another group of people who were stabbed out from the side, were able to escape along the ridge to the top of another mountain. The two of them were exhausted, and they had already spent all their energy on this climb.
Too much physical strength, but the pursuer seems to have endless energy.
Looking forward, there is a steep hillside, glistening white, which is the reflection of the snow. Looking back, there are torches in three directions. The bad thing is that the mountain is not big enough and there is not enough place to hide.
Ximen Qing changed his face and said: "Oh no, there is no way out. If I had known this, I might as well have been tied up. When we escape, we will have yellow mud stuck in our crotch, which is either shit or shit."
Xia Xun said angrily: "Nonsense, do you think we are all innocent? Unless these people are the defenders of Lulong Pass, if we just tie our hands, it is not the same as death."
As he spoke, he carefully observed the movements around him, and a bold idea secretly formed in his mind.
"What are you doing? You are sneaky. Why do you run away when you see us!"
The pursuers surrounded them, and a big man holding a torch shouted angrily.
Ximen Qing gritted his teeth and said, "Who are you all, and why are you chasing us for no reason?"
The man said: "Stop talking nonsense. I told you that we are officers and soldiers. How dare you disobey orders and run away? What on earth are you going to do?"
Ximen Qing immediately cried out in pain: "You are wronged, Master. You are holding a shining steel knife in your hand, and you are not wearing a military uniform. How dare we stop and identify you? The two of us...well...the two of us
In fact, it’s a guest…”
Ximen Qing was so anxious that he revealed the identities of Gu Zhou and He Keshuo. The man sneered: "What an excuse. Why did you go up the mountain to dig ginseng in such heavy snow? Grandma, why didn't you say you went up the mountain to cut down trees?"
Ximen Qing hurriedly climbed up the pole and said, "Yes, yes, yes, we... ahem, we actually go up the mountain to cut down trees... um... build a house... and marry a wife."
"Shut up! Don't continue to quibble with your clever words, show your way to lead us away!"
As the big man yelled, "Huhuhuhu", four torches were thrown out violently, spinning like fire wheels in the night sky, "Puff, puff, puff, puff", and they were inserted diagonally around Xia Xun and Ximen Qing, illuminating the light.
their appearance.
"Huh? It turns out it's you!"
Xu Ming'er, whose legs were weak from running, had already been carried by a guard. She lay on the shoulder of a guard. When she saw the appearance of the two of them, she couldn't help but be surprised. She hurriedly slipped out and walked forward happily.
What kind of environment did this little girl grow up in? Although she is extremely smart, she lacks a lot of the most basic common sense of life. Many basic knowledge that ordinary people should know, but she is ignorant. It's like there is a historical little girl.
As recorded in the story: An emperor accidentally asked a minister what he had for breakfast. The minister replied that his family was relatively poor and only ate four eggs for breakfast. The emperor was shocked and said: "One egg costs ten taels."
Silver, four eggs is forty taels of silver. I don’t even dare to do this. Why do you still say that your family is poor?” It’s not that this emperor has a problem with his IQ. It’s actually that he has never had the opportunity to come into contact with these things since he was a child. Eunuch
In order to embezzle money, they lied to him that an egg was worth ten taels of silver, and he naturally believed it.
There is no way to verify whether this story is true or not, but it illustrates a problem. Sometimes he does not know common sense, not because he is an idiot, but because he grew up in a completely different environment from the general public.
There is no chance to come into contact with this common sense. Xu Ming'er falls into this category. In her house, if a servant commits theft or other illegal matters, once the master finds out that he or she dares to resist, he will kowtow and beg for mercy.
. She only thought that the same was true for officers and soldiers catching thieves. The thieves would naturally obey the officers and soldiers, so she had no taboos. When she saw that these two people were actually the two guys who were determined not to sell the fox skin to her, she immediately excitedly
Ran out.
Concubine Xu never expected that her sister would be so ignorant of the dangers of people's hearts that she would run out unsuspectingly. She could not help but change her color and shout: "Ming'er, come back!"
Those guards only paid attention to the front. Suddenly, the little princess came out from behind them. They were so surprised that they forgot to catch her. Xia Xun and Ximen Qing were surrounded by a group of fierce wolf-like men when they suddenly heard a fragile
The little girl's voice sounded, and she couldn't help but be stunned. At this time, Xu Ming'er had already ran over.
The flames of the four torches stuck on the ground were blown by the wind in the direction where she came from. The hazy crimson halo flickered and flickered. The little girl with pink makeup and picturesque features ran out, charming and innocent.
Just like a legendary little fox fairy, Ximen Qing immediately stared at it.
Xia Xun, however, had no time to be surprised by the appearance of this little girl, nor did he have the time to appreciate her beautiful appearance. "What a great opportunity!"
He pounced on the food and pounced on the tender little girl!