Mr. Wenyuan and his guards were in front, while Jin Feng and his men were behind. They were several miles apart, chasing and escaping along the mountain road.
After passing a section of winding mountain road, both parties saw each other, one on top and one on the bottom.
"No wonder some people say Jin Feng is a lunatic. Didn't he already rescue Tang Xiaobei? Why are he still pursuing him so closely?"
Zhou Wenyuan cursed angrily.
After scolding, you have to keep running.
Both sides are excellent war horses brought back from the grassland, and their speeds are almost the same.
But after running for more than an hour, the speed of the horse under the guard gradually slowed down.
He was so heavy that the war horse could bear it at first, but as time went on, the breath coming out of his mouth and nose became heavier and heavier, and it was obvious that he could no longer bear it.
Fortunately, this was a mountain road, and Shuangfei didn't drive his horse to run at full speed, otherwise the horse would have died of exhaustion.
The guard had no choice but to whip the horse's butt hard with a whip and stimulate the horse with pain.
This method worked well at first, but as time went by, the distance between the two parties became closer and closer.
The chase continued until mid-afternoon, and the distance between the two sides was less than one mile. They could see each other at any time without passing through the winding mountain road.
"Crazy, crazy, this Jin Feng must be crazy!"
Mr. Wenyuan felt that he was going crazy.
Jin Feng had chased him for more than a hundred miles, and the horses on both sides were running very slowly.
Even if it stops now, the war horse is basically useless.
But Jin Feng still pursued him closely.
"Sir, if this continues, we won't be able to escape at all."
The guard slapped the horse's butt again and chased after Zhou Wenyuan: "We can't take the official route anymore."
As a veteran, he could sense that if the horse had to run for at most ten miles, the horse would be exhausted.
"What should we do?"
Zhou Wenyuan looked back and became anxious.
"Let's go down the path. If the horses fail, I'll take you into the woods to get rid of them."
"Then let's listen to Mr. Qu."
Zhou Wenyuan had no idea now and could only follow him and ran down the path.
Having already chased them all the way here, Jin Feng would definitely not give up and led his people down the official road.
After running along the path for two or three miles, a small river with a width of more than ten meters appeared. The path was dug out along the river bank. The further forward, the narrower it became, and the closer it was to the river.
At this time, the way back was blocked, and the guards and Zhou Wenyuan could only grit their teeth and drive their horses to continue fleeing along the bank of the river.
thump!
The guard's horse finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell to the ground with its legs weak.
However, the guard was well prepared and lost his strength by rolling over.
"It's over, it's over, it's really over this time..."
Zhou Wenyuan felt desperate and wanted to slap himself twice.
Why bother provoking Tang Xiaobei properly?
Now the madman Jin Feng is determined to die...
In fact, this is also the effect Jin Feng wants.
No one in Jinchuan County dares to provoke him now. Isn't it because he killed Master Zhou desperately and left an image of a madman to others?
At this time, Jin Feng's horses were at the end of their strength, and the guards ran with all their strength. They were much faster than them, and they quickly caught up with Zhou Wenyuan.
"Sir, we can only go into the mountains."
The guard was about to ask Zhou Wenyuan to stop and carry him on his back to escape, when he suddenly saw a small wooden house on the riverside behind the forest in the distance.
The most important thing is that there is a small fishing boat on the grass next to the wooden house.
There is also a young man drying fishing nets at the door of the wooden house.
"Sir, God is blessing us!"
The guard shouted excitedly: "I'll stop them. Master, go and ask the fishermen to put the boat on the river."
The fisherman was afraid that the boat would be stolen, so he dragged the boat to the grass on the shore and wanted to borrow the boat to escape. He had to stay and buy time for Zhou Wenyuan.
"Mr. Qu, be careful!"
Zhou Wenyuan agreed and rode towards the wooden house on horseback.
The guard drew his sword, cut down two arm-thick trees from the nearby forest, and threw the branches and leaves onto the path.
Then he went into the nearby woods.
Jin Feng and the others were blocked by a small tree and had no choice but to stop their horses.
As soon as it stopped, the war horses fell to the ground one after another, unable to get up.
Without Jin Feng saying anything, the veteran female soldiers immediately formed a formation consciously. Da Liu led the veterans in front and the female soldiers in the back, protecting Jin Feng and Qing Mulan in the middle.
Amei always stood beside the two of them.
At this time, a dark shadow suddenly flashed across the woods more than ten meters away.
"Where!"
Liu was the first to pull the trigger.
Other veterans also turned their crossbows.
But the guard's speed was too fast, and the trees in the forest were dense, making it impossible to hit him.
At the same time, Zhou Wenyuan also rolled off his horse and jumped up and down to the door of the wooden house.
"who are you?"
The fisherman asked nervously, holding up a harpoon.
Behind him, there is a young girl, who should be his wife, hiding behind the door and peeking out half of her face.
"Brother, don't be afraid. I am a good person, and those who are chasing us are bandits."
Zhou Wenyuan took out a fifty-tael silver ingot from his arms: "Brother, as long as you send me away, this fifty-tael silver will be yours."
"this……"
There was hesitation on the fisherman's face.
"Brother, bandits kill without blinking an eye. There are more than 30 people in our caravan, but only me and the guard survived."
Zhou Wenyuan threw the silver at the fisherman's feet and continued: "Now that my guards have held them back, we still have time to leave. If they come later, you won't survive.
In this way, these five taels of silver are just a deposit. As long as you send me to the capital, I will buy you a house in the capital and a shop for you. From now on, you and your mother-in-law can start a small business in the capital, which is no better than here.
Is fishing much better?”
Zhou Wenyuan's words completely touched the heart of the fisherman.
"Do you keep your word?"
"Of course it counts. My family is very rich in the capital. If I lie to you, I will be struck by thunder."
Zhou Wenyuan quickly slapped his chest and swore.
"Okay, I believe you!"
The fisherman gritted his teeth and shouted to his mother-in-law: "Xiu Niang, come out, let's go!"
"Master, then I'll go pack things..."
"The bandits are almost here, so what else can we do to deal with them?"
The fisherman picked up the silver and said, "Hurry up and help this young man."
After saying that, he turned around and ran towards the boat.
His mother-in-law was also obedient and supported Zhou Wenyuan with a blushing face.
A few hundred meters away, Jin Feng saw the fisherman pulling the boat and immediately guessed Zhou Wenyuan's intention.
He said in a cold voice: "Alan, take a few people to intercept that young man first!"
"yes!"
Alan agreed and ran towards the wooden house with a few female soldiers.
When the guard saw this scene, he immediately became anxious.
Gritting his teeth, he rushed out of the forest with a sword in hand and rushed towards Jin Feng and Qing Mulan!
"Just waiting for you to come out!"
The veterans picked up their crossbows and pulled the triggers.
[The author has something to say]
I'm quite busy today and my thoughts are a bit messy. I need to sort out the outline. The next two chapters will be a bit late. You don't have to wait. Let's get up and read them tomorrow morning.