It was near midday, and the sun was shining brightly.
Although the official road leading to the west of Jinzhou City is quiet and deserted, the sunlight shining on the sand and gravel on the road makes it look bright, making people feel that the place is not too deserted.
A leopard hangs lazily on a protruding branch to bask in the sun, and a fly flies lazily... This is the only thing moving outside the west gate of Jinju at noon in midsummer.
However, at this moment, a figure rushed up from the windless forest to the official road.
The figure stepped lightly on the ground and made almost no sound, at least it did not disturb the lazy leopard and the lazy fly.
This man's hair is tied up in brocade clothes, with a bulging bag wrapped around his waist, a folding fan, and a delicate leather bag. He has the air of a gentleman, and looks like a scholar who has returned from a long journey.
The man gently twisted the folding fan with his fingers and dusted his clothes. The leaves, flowers and plants were reluctantly taken off from his body and floated to the ground.
Looking up about ten feet in front of him, he saw the gold letters on a black background on the city gate plaque. The word "Jinzhou" was particularly eye-catching. The man wiped away some beads of sweat on his forehead, and at the same time wiped away the fatigue of the past few days, but it concealed the
He couldn't help but smile slightly at the corner of his mouth.
Just as he was about to move forward, he suddenly heard a strange noise behind him, and it was only a few feet away from him.
The man was astonished. He was sure that there was no one on the road just now, so he showed up. How could he know that in this moment, a person and a horse had quietly come up behind him.
These people and horses are none other than Jiang Yichen and General Hei.
After Jiang Yichen said goodbye to Feng, he found his way to and from Jinzhou City from the depths of Windless Forest.
Under the scorching sun, the hungry Jiang Yichen didn't have much energy at all. He just closed his eyes and held his breath as he straddled the black general's back, letting him drag him towards the west city gate.
Knowing that his master was too tired, General Hei quickened his steps, but shortened his steps and landed his hooves lighter, allowing Jiang Yichen to take a good rest.
The man in brocade clothes who sprang out from the forest did not disturb the lazy leopard and lazy fly, but it alarmed Jiang Yichen.
When Jiang Yichen opened his eyes, the man in brocade clothes was landing on the road. When General Black approached the man like a ghost, Jiang Yichen had a clear view of the man's clothes, appearance, and demeanor.
The man in brocade had already turned around and looked at the man and the horse with a calm and generous look. He thought to himself that he was probably just a passerby, so he turned around and walked towards the city gate.
But the man in brocade didn't dare to relax at all, especially when the two sides were only a short distance apart. He kept his steps as light as possible. If the person on the horse made any movement, he could immediately stand up and make evasive movements.
The moment he passed by, the man in brocade clothes felt his heart in his throat. No matter how calm he pretended to be, he still couldn't help but glance to the side and saw that the man on the horse had closed his eyes, as if he was extremely sleepy.
, unwilling to miss a moment to take a nap, and moved forward entirely carried by the black horse under his crotch.
The man in brocade clothes remained calm on his face, but he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm. The moment the two sides approached, he felt the chill coming from under the indifferent appearance of the young man on horseback. If this was the case,
If young people want to cause trouble for him, he may not be able to fight, but he will definitely be entangled and find it difficult to escape.
He could tell that the young man was probably too tired. Seventy percent of the action of closing his eyes was to rest his mind and catch up on sleep, while the remaining third was just for his own sake, showing that he had no thoughts about him.
Just after a moment of calming down, there was another burst of rapid hoofbeats coming from the west city gate. It was not the young man in white who had shot back with a carbine, because the hoofbeats came from inside the city gate and came from two horses.
the sound of.
Although Jiang Yichen felt sleepy, he didn't want to miss any opportunity to get information. The two people coming out of the city were excellent information carriers. He didn't necessarily have to ask questions, but he had to watch their faces. Therefore, he
Still opened his eyes.
I saw two people on horseback running out of the city gate. They walked towards Jiang Yichen and glanced at each other in a hurry.
Not only was the sound of the horse's hoofbeats rapid, but even the breathing of the two men on the horse was fast and short. Their frowns showed sadness, and their constant wiping of sweat could not hide their inner anxiety. However, they kept hesitating eyes as they passed by Jiang Yichen.
At that time, I stayed on his body for a while.
Although their appraising eyes were slightly concealed, it was not missed by Jiang Yichen. It was obvious that the two of them were here to look for someone.
Jiang Yichen didn't see the appearance of the two men clearly, but their clothes made him pat the advancing Black General to slow it down.
Jiang Yichen had seen this outfit not long ago, and he showed no mercy that time.
Purple, mysterious and rich, the purple clothes on these two people were no different from the purple clothes of Ziyexuan and his group he met in the Misty Valley more than ten days ago. He really wanted to know what Ziyexuan thought about what happened before.
How will they react? At this time, they are even more concerned about whether the person these two people are looking for is the man in brocade.
On the short ten-foot road, the four people had their own thoughts. Unlike the anxiety of the two in purple and the curiosity of Jiang Yichen, the man in Jin couldn't help but have a headache at this time.
"My dear, why is this place in the west of Jinzhou City so busy today?" The man in Jinyi murmured in his heart. He has not been to this place often, but he has passed by it many times. Every time, they were the only people traveling together.
Even the Jinzhou government hired an old street sweeper at a low price to be responsible for opening and closing the west city gate. Otherwise, he would not have traveled far and traveled across the mountains to enter Jinzhou.
The two men in purple clothes who came towards me should be from Ziyexuan. After passing the young man in white clothes in front, he kept his eyes on himself. The man in brocade clothes walked towards the city with heavy steps and some staggering steps.
The door continued to move forward, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "The person who comes is not good, and the good person will not come. I'm afraid this trouble will not be avoided."
The man in brocade clothes filtered the information in his mind in an instant, and could already identify the two people in front of him.
The one with shaggy beard and thick eyebrows and big eyes is Wang Kui. The one who is well-dressed and slightly solemn is Ge Hongtu. One wields a double axe, and the other wields a single sword. They are both powerful generals in Ziyexuan. Their strength and status are not long ago.
Duanmu, who died before, was unscrupulous.
"Oh! It didn't take any effort. Lao Ge, if you bring this kid back to the alliance, we will have enough to eat and drink for the next half of our lives!" Although there is still some distance between him and the man in brocade, he is already squinting to see the situation clearly.
Kui couldn't help but greet his companions beside him.
"Are you sure?" Ge Hongtu, who was also staring at the pedestrians in front of him, but not as sharp-eyed as Wang Kui, asked doubtfully.
While they were talking, Wang Ge and the man in brocade were two feet closer to each other. At this moment, Ge Hongtu could clearly see the man in brocade's clothing and belongings.
After seeing the bulging luggage and the folding fan, Ge Hongtu opened his mouth and said in a voice that only he and Wang Kui could hear: "Do it."
"Oh, we're only a few steps away from entering the city, but it's really troublesome." Seeing the two evil spirits flying toward him, the man in brocade lamented in his heart.
I saw the two axes falling and the flying swords whizzing past, but they all missed.
"I didn't expect this sick man to react very quickly, but his movements were really unsightly." Wang Kuichui said with a widened gaze.
"After all, I was once a proud man of heaven, but now I have lost all my martial arts skills, but my most basic reactions are always no worse than ordinary people." Ge Hongtu said.
Obviously, the two of them did not care about the failure of the first move, because they did not intend to take the life of the man in Jinyi. They wanted to capture him alive, and a useless man was just a bird in a cage in front of them. They could easily capture him.
The evasive action of rolling around on the ground with his feet turned just now was the limit of what he could do in their eyes, and then they had no choice but to catch him without any help.
The sword wielder must be more nimble. Ge Hongtu used his sword again, approaching the man in robes, but the man in robes dodged his thrusts and thrusts. In front of a master who claims to be an expert in swordsmanship, these clever little tricks,
It is more of a provocation and will only irritate the other party.
Sure enough, Ge Hongtu immediately became angry, his sword intent soared into the sky, his body shot out like an arrow, the sword went straight to the head of the man in brocade clothes, and headed towards his life gate.
Wang Kui was horrified when he saw this, fearing that Ge Hongtu's sword would kill the man in brocade and that the wealth and wealth that was right in front of him would disappear. However, Ge Hongtu was like an arrow leaving the string, and it was difficult to stop his momentum.
Worrying about gains and losses, Wang Kui turned his head and held up the ax to completely block the view ahead. He silently prayed to the Bodhisattva for blessings and hoped that the boy in brocade clothes would be blessed with good fortune and could avoid this disaster.
Seeing that Ge Hongtu was approaching fiercely, the man in brocade no longer dared to underestimate the enemy. He spread out his folding fan and took the blow head-on.
Pushing a fan against a sword is like hitting a stone with an egg, but this folding fan not only was not pierced by the sword's edge, but also blocked the sword, and the man in brocade only staggered back a few steps without being greatly affected.
The material of a folding fan that can withstand sharp edges is extraordinary. Folding fans made of such materials are rare in the world, and Jiang Yichen has seen one before.
Although there was some distance, he could vaguely see about thirty words densely written on the fan facing him, and a poem came out of his heart inexplicably, "The moon shadow is broken, the star marks are aligned, the morning breeze makes the spring water tired."
"On the bank of willows, flowers are scattered. They are dancing lightly on the waves, as if they are lingering. Complex, complex, complex." Exactly thirty words.