Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo had already stood up and moved quickly.
"Why are you panicking?" Li Xia suddenly shouted.
The scene quickly calmed down.
Over there, Gao Changshou galloped back, and Han Chengxu quickly went to help him, only to see three arrows stuck in his back, one of which was so deep that it might have hurt his heart.
"There are soldiers checking at the checkpoint... checking the Taoist priests... I just showed up and was chased... Let's go..."
Li Xia had already put the information in a bag on the carriage, carried it, walked down, and started giving instructions in an orderly manner.
"Hel Muru onto the carriage, Mr. Han, and treat his injuries."
"good."
"Liu Jinsuo, go cut down some tree branches and tie them behind the carriage to hide the traces of the ruts."
"good!"
"Linzi, you drive and take the east path."
"Okay, what about you?"
"I lure them away."
Li Xia took the reins of Gao Changshou's horse, hung the baggage on the horse's back, and took the crossbow and sword. He turned around and saw that there was not much dry food left, so he put most of it in the carriage for them.
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While preparing in an orderly manner, he added: "After you have hidden yourself, change your Taoist robes, pretend to be ordinary people, return to the Song Dynasty, and go directly back to Lin'an..."
"No, where shall we meet?"
"Within half a month, I will go to the courtyard at the foot of Wu Mountain by the West Lake."
On the carriage, Han Qiaoer lifted the curtain and cried again: "Brother Li, you have to be careful..."
"Well, remember what I just told you."
Han Qiaoer nodded vigorously.
While talking, everyone had helped Gao Changshou onto the carriage. Liu Jinsuo tied the branches and sat on the shaft with Lin Zi. He turned to look at Li Xia, still wanting to speak.
"Shut up and go." Li Xia ordered.
The carriage quickly turned into a small road...
In fact, anyone else would probably suspect that Li Xia was using them to distract the pursuers and return to the Song Dynasty alone with the information.
But at this time, the six people did not have any doubts and simply followed the arrangement.
Li Xia was the only one left on the official road. He glanced around and wiped away the traces left by the rest, including Gao Changshou's blood.
The water in the clay pot had cooled down. He picked it up and drank a few sips, then slowly put the rest of the water into the water bag.
After doing this, he got on the horse, walked forward for a while, grabbed the reins, and waited.
There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, and a group of knights came running from the south.
"There! Chase!"
Li Xia didn't wave his riding whip until he saw them.
Both sides chased each other and whizzed away...
Outside Yizhou City, there was a squire's garden called "Zaoyuan", and Zhang Rou stayed here.
On this day, Jingjie strode into the hall and said: "Uncle, we have found Li Xia. He fled to the east, and General Zhang has led his men to surround him..."
"Cough, cough..." Zhang Rou coughed twice, interrupted Jingjie, and said: "Remember, take it alive."
Jingjie was stunned.
He glanced over and saw Zhang Rou raising her hand in a killing motion, and then he felt relieved.
"Yes, I understand." Jingjie nodded and retreated.
After a while, Zhang Wenjing poked her head out to take a look, walked out from behind the screen and said, "Hey, father is here to catch Li Xia?"
Zhang Rou pretended to pick up the book beside the desk and flipped through it, asking casually: "Sneaking into the team, this is the first time you have done such an outrageous thing...could it be that you want to see him again?"
"No way? He bullies me. If my father catches him, let me beat him a few times myself to relieve his anger."
Zhang Rou raised her head and glanced at her daughter, seeing her looking out the window, somewhat lost in thought.
He shook his head and said, "Kill him to relieve his anger."
"don't want……"
"No?" Zhang Judao: "Li Xia is an extraordinary person. Your fifth brother was forced to become seriously ill by him, but he still praised him generously. As a father, I ask you, after you have been with him for a few days, have you..."
Zhang Wenjing didn't wait for him to finish, and quickly responded: "My daughter thinks that he does have some skills and should be kept. He is still capable of being a little centurion under his father's command."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Rou looked at her daughter with some scrutiny in her eyes.
Zhang Wenjing felt as guilty as a thief and avoided his gaze.
Zhang Rou sighed and said: "Why are you doing this? You want to be happy..."
"Are you asking me why I bother to persuade my father? I'm afraid that my father will have to work hard."
Zhang Wenjing heard the word "happiness" and quickly interrupted, then started chirping.
"Really, my father is a general who leads troops in war. He can kill enemies on the battlefield, and he is indeed invincible. However, he is not a patrol officer. This is just like... just like... using a sword to split a flying mosquito. How can you hit it? According to
I think I really can’t catch Li Xia this time..."
Zhang Rou sighed.
Although his several questions were avoided by his daughter, he became increasingly aware of her attitude and couldn't help but feel more worried.
After killing Li Xia, we can only blame Zhang Yanxiong...
Weishan Lake has thousands of hectares of blue water. It is said that Zhang Liang's fiefdom and remaining city are under this lake.
Weishan stands in the southeast of the lake. Because the sage Weizi in the late Shang Dynasty was buried on the top of the mountain, it is called Weizi Mountain, or Weishan.
Since the reign of Shaoxi in the Song Dynasty, that is, more than 60 years ago, the Yellow River has repeatedly burst and flooded, encroaching on the Si River from the Huaihe River to the sea, making the Si River unable to vent smoothly, and water began to accumulate under the mountains.
In later generations, this place will become an island, called Weishan Island, but now it is a peninsula in a lake, and the east side has become a swamp.
Li Xia led the horse through the swamp and climbed the mountain.
When he reached the mountainside, he stood there and looked out, as if he was observing the terrain, looking for something.
I saw rows of soldiers blocking the east side and advancing layer by layer.
Turning his eyes, he saw that the water surface of Weishan Lake was clear and vast, with dots of light, lotus flowers on the lakeside reflecting the sun, green grass on the shore, water birds chirping, and small boats cruising to prevent him from jumping into the lake and wandering away.
"There are so many people. Could it be that Zhang Rou is here in person..."
He was completely surrounded.
Li Xia's eyes looked further away, with some worry in his eyes.
"I wonder if they escaped?"
Muttering to himself, he took the object off the horse's back, let the horse go, and continued walking to the top of the mountain.
It was the end of July, and there were small green fruits on the jujube trees. Li Xia reached out and picked one and tasted it. It was sour and astringent in the mouth.
The branches and leaves of a jujube tree swayed in the wind, and under the jujube tree, the swing swayed slightly.
In the courtyard of Zaoyuan, Zhang Wenjing was lost in thought while holding a piece of colored paper.
"Big sister, big sister." Feng'er shouted as she ran to the swing with her skirt in hand and said, "I heard that Zhang Yanxiong led people to surround Li Xia on Weishan Mountain yesterday."
Zhang Wenjing raised her head when she heard this and said, "What now?"
"I don't know yet. I asked Yan'er to look at the door. If there is any news, I will report it immediately."
"Um."
Zhang Wenjing responded, a little uneasy, and lowered her head.
Written on the colored paper in his hand was half a small order.
"Withered vines, old trees and dim crows, small bridges and flowing water, people's houses..."
She held an eyebrow pencil in her hand and drew it casually, thinking that she was about to see him again, and it would be great if she could fill in this word and suppress his limelight.
But Zhang Wenjing thought about this word for a long time, and after filling it out again and again, she was still not satisfied.
After a long time, she suddenly saw Yan'er trotting over, interrupting her meditation.
"Eldest sister, eldest sister, there is news about Li Xia... Zhang Yanxiong is back..."