Chapter 5 Chapter Five

Although Zeng Wanggu was defeated, his casualties were very few, only one was shot down under the tree by me, and the rest were only slightly injured; while in the Xifu army, three were killed, two were seriously injured, and twelve were slightly injured. The walls of the car in the tribute envoy were very thick, and there was nothing wrong with hiding in the car. Yemo Dawu took out a notebook from his arms, counted the names, and reported the casualties. Tang Kai stabbed the spear hard on the ground, and said angrily: "Fucking Zeng Wanggu, when I come back from the tribute, I will definitely pay you a tribute!" Commander, please kill these insects."

The more he spoke, the angrier he became, and suddenly he waved his palm across the barrel of the gun.I thought the spear would be knocked down, but when he swipe it with one palm, the spear was cut off like a sharp knife. The gun shaft is made of very tough wood, and it may not be able to cut it so cleanly with a knife.Following his palm, I was also shocked. Unexpectedly, Tang Kai has such a good ability!No wonder he was able to entrust him to pursue Zeng Wanggu. At this time Tang Kai was already roaring: "Bury the three brothers who died in battle on the spot, and the injured get into the car depending on the severity of their injuries."

Yemo Dawu put the notebook in his arms and walked back.When he came over, I said, "Brother Dawu, who is Zeng Wanggu? He sounds very young." "No one has seen him, only heard that he used to be a very favored person in front of Li Tuan, and there are also rumors that he was Li Tuan's child molester." I frowned.Is Zeng Wanggu Li Tuan's child molester?I also couldn't connect that resolute voice with the word "pedophile".However, Zeng Wanggu's voice is also very sharp, so he must be quite handsome.I didn't know that Li Tuan had such a hobby. Yemo Dawu looked at Tang Kai who was directing the soldiers to sort out the arrow branches, and murmured: "This man has been entrenched in Gui Xiaolin for five or six months. We tried to encircle him several times but he escaped safely. And he has many people, he really has his skills."

Indeed, Zeng Wanggu's archery skills are definitely at the same level as Tan Qing and Jiang Zaixuan's, and he commanded his subordinates with well-founded advances and retreats, and he must also have a deep understanding of the art of war.Although his men are full of mobs, they are also very threatening.If this person can also be included in the Dragon Scale Army... I can't help but want to laugh a little.Up to this moment, I was still thinking about the Dragon Scale Army.Maybe, from top to bottom in the Dragon Scale Army, there are only me and Wu Wanling left? At this time, Tang Kai said loudly: "Yemo Dawu, Zong Yang has also been killed, you can write him down. Damn Zeng Wanggu, these four lives, I want four pieces of your body in exchange .”

He kept cursing obscenely there, Yemo Dawu agreed, took out a book from his arms, and opened it.I casually said: "Brother Dawu, I see you have a book." Yemo Dawu said: "That's the roster. Has General Chu read the book?" He took out another black stick from his pocket, opened the roster, and wrote under the name "Zong Yang" date. I touched my bosom, the two books I got in Gaojiu City and one was beside me.I felt it out and said, "Can you write on this register? Try here, can you write?" Yemo Dawu took it and scratched a line on the cover, but his little stick was easy to remember in the book, but it was just a black mark on my book, which was erased with a single swipe.He was surprised: "General Chu, what is your book made of? It doesn't seem to be cowhide."

For the books of the empire, the high-grade ones are made of cow and sheep skin cut into squares, then calendered, and then written on. It is inconvenient to carry.When I got those two books, I was very puzzled about the material that made them. I tried cutting off a small strip and burning it, but it melted in the fire and turned into a small black ball. Don't know what it is made of.I saw that Yemo Dawu's roster was similar to this one, as thin as a leaf. I thought it was the same thing, but I didn't expect it to be completely different.I said, "Where did you get your roster?"

Yemo Dawu said: "That's cocoon paper, it seems to be very different from yours." It was the first time I heard this name, so I aroused my curiosity and said, "Cocoon paper? What is that?" "It's a kind of thing formed by the precipitation of cocoon-boiled water on the bamboo sieve. It's not easy to get. It's usually too thin or has holes. I've searched through thousands of options to find it all. Don't underestimate this little thing." It’s a small book with dozens of pages.” His book is about the same size as my book, but my book has more than two hundred pages, and his pages are still much thicker than mine.But compared with parchment, cocoon paper is much lighter.It's just that the cocoon paper is so rare, it seems that it is not easy to get it.At this time Tang Kai was already directing the soldiers to set off, so I didn't ask any more questions.

Ghost Howling Forest has a radius of twenty miles, and the following journey has no twists and turns. Zeng Wanggu probably knows that if an ambush fails, there will be no more chances. This man is truly extraordinary.Walking out of Ghost Howling Forest, I looked back again.There were waves of whistling in that piece of woods, as if it was a sobbing ghost that couldn't grab people.I shivered and said to Wu Wanling: "General Wu, we are still thousands of miles away from the imperial capital. If there are five or six other places where there are people like Zeng Wanggu, I'm afraid the future will be unpredictable, alas."

Wu Wanling looked around and said, "General Chu, I have something to say. I wonder if General Chu will listen to you?" I didn't know what he was going to say, so I looked at him and said, "What's wrong?" "General Chu, in Gaojiu City, even though we were overwhelmed by snake men, you never lost confidence. But since we escaped from the city, you seem to have lost a lot of energy." It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over my head, and my whole body shivered.Indeed, in Gaojiu City, even facing the Snakeman, I have never been afraid, and even went to the Snakeman camp to steal Shen Xiping's head.But maybe the last battle to break the city made me overly stimulated, and I seemed to have no confidence all of a sudden.No matter how powerful Zeng Wanggu is, can he be as powerful as a snake man?The number of his team is not too large, it is really not very good, but I seem to be a little afraid of Zeng Wanggu.If I was like this when defending the city, I'm afraid I would have died in the battle long ago.

I took the horse with me, and the horse neighed, alarming the Xifu army in front.They all turned their heads to look over, not knowing what happened.I took the horse and circled around her car, returned to Wu Wanling, and said, "General Wu, you are right." I will never let you go through any more frights. Looking at the big car she was sitting in, I thought silently. After passing through Eulji and Kylian provinces, it enters Fangyang province.The two provinces of Ulchi and Kylian have always been depressed and dilapidated. The prefectures of Ulchi Province can only rank below fifty in the empire, and the prefectures of Kylian Province can’t even be ranked. They are not as good as several small cities in rich provinces. The combined population of the two provinces was not as large as that of Tianshui province.However, because Tianshui Province was repeatedly killed by soldiers, many residents who originally lived scattered in Tianshui Province fled across the river. The population of these two provinces has also increased, and we saw some villages living together from time to time along the way.Because they have not lived together for a long time, the officials of the empire have no time to take care of them, and those people are enjoying themselves while recuperating on these barren lands.

When the convoy passed through those villages, some children ran out yelling and followed us.Just like the weeds on the field, even if they are burned to ashes by wildfire, they will still grow all over the mountains when spring comes, and these children will grow from generation to generation.They may not know the cruelty of war. In their eyes, us warriors on horseback and holding weapons are really admirable scenery. After more than ten years, these children may also hold weapons and go to kill.At that time, they will know the horror of war. Entering Fangyang Province, everything around seems to have changed.Fangyang Province is close to the imperial capital, and Beining City, the prefectural capital, is only two hundred miles away from Wuyun City, the imperial capital. It is also one of the twelve famous cities. Amber Tufang, Governor of Yang Province.Although Tu Fang is not a famous general, his family has been favored and trusted by the emperor for three generations. He is also the emperor's son-in-law, and he is considered a relative. The emperor asked him to guard the capital, so he was at ease. After paying homage to Tu Fang, we rested in Beining City for a day and then set off again.Now there is only two days away from the imperial capital at most, and at this time, it can be said that there is no need to worry about anything.Tang Kai, who had been trembling all the way, also showed a smile, presumably this trip went well, and he would be promoted after returning. Beining City is located between two mountains, built between the mountains, just like a giant lock that locks the gate.After passing Beining City, there is Yimapingchuan, and the thoroughfare of two hundred miles travels very quickly.Along the way, dense weeds have grown on both sides of the official road, spreading across the field like wildfire, boundless, like the sea. Wu Wanling and I rode at the end, and our mood gradually became more relaxed.Xue Wenyi's injury has also healed very much. He lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside, talking to Qin Yanchun from time to time, but Zhang Longyou who was sitting on the side was very embarrassed. It's funny.However, the car she was sitting in never opened the curtains. This time the Xifu army paid tribute, it was quite grand, and the tribute envoy was divided into civil and military envoys. Tang Kai was the Wu tribute envoy, and the civil official had been hiding in the car, probably not yet recovered from the fear brought about by Zeng Wanggu's attack. Get out, rarely go out, I haven't seen it a few times. After walking for another day, someone in front suddenly made a commotion, and I said, "What's wrong?" From the car, Zhang Longyou shouted: "Emperor Capital! General Chu, Wuyun City has arrived!" He stood in the car, pointing in front of him and yelling with joy on his face.I stretched my neck to look, and in the distance, among the green hills, a spire was half hidden, and a golden light was shining from it. That is the Jiaotian Pagoda on Huabiao Mountain.Huabiao Mountain is in the western suburbs of Wuyun City, where Xiaotian Pagoda can be seen, and Wuyun City is only a dozen or twenty miles away.I was overjoyed and said, "Exactly! General Wu, we are back!" Wu Wanling was also overjoyed, and said, "Yes, Commander, we are back!" The Xifu army has probably never seen such a tall building, and I can hear them all exclaiming.Yemo Dawu was the closest to us, he was opening his mouth, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.I patted my horse and stepped forward, saying: "Brother Dawu, the imperial capital is here!" Yemo Dawu turned his head and said: "General Chu, I only read that the sky tower in the suburbs was so high that it reached into the clouds, and I thought it was about the same height as the Wangjiang Pavilion in Fudun City. I didn't expect that there is such a tower. Wait for the law!" I smile slightly.I was used to seeing Jiaotian Pagoda before, and I didn't think it was so high, but after hearing Xue Wenyi's story about Lu Xizi, I felt that this pagoda was indeed high.I said: "There are many majestic buildings in the imperial capital. Brother Dawu is free, so I'll take you to visit them." At this time, a woman's voice came from behind and said, "General Chu, is there a temple of auspicious clouds in Wuyun City?" It was the voice of the woman who was very close to Zhang Longyou, Zhang Longyou had also told her about Xiangyun Guanzhu.I turned my head and said with a smile: "Yes, that is the city of Qingxiu of Master Tianji. It opens on the 15th day of every lunar month, and people enter and offer incense. I heard that there are ninety-nine and a half rooms in this temple, and it is the largest except the Forbidden Palace. house." She was sitting next to the talking woman, and she was also looking at the Jiaotian Pagoda in the distance.Hearing what I said, she turned her eyes and smiled at me. That smile was like a spring flower blooming, bright and incomparable. I felt a warm feeling in my heart, and said: "Xiangyun Temple is a legal place, Mr. Zhang must Very familiar..." Before I finished speaking, someone in front suddenly shouted: "It's a wild boar! It's a wild boar!" In the chaos, there was a noise from the side of the road, a wild boar rushed out from the grass, and several Xifu soldiers were chasing it. The wild boar panicked and rushed towards her car.I took off the spear, hit the horse, stopped the wild boar, concentrated my mind, and stabbed the wild boar with a single shot. If the wild boar is old, its ferocity is not inferior to that of the rat and tiger.But this wild boar is probably only a little over a year old, and the fur on its body is still very loose, unlike old wild boars that are often glued to the armor with resinous sand.I saw where the wild boar came from, and stabbed it with a spear, and the point of the spear was piercing the wild boar's neck.As soon as the gun entered the body, the wild boar let out a scream and struggled desperately, but it had already been pierced by my spear, how could it break free?When it was dying, it was very powerful. I took the horse around a few times and picked it up violently. The wild boar was lifted two or three feet high by me, slipped out of the spear point, and fell to the ground without any pain. angry. A Xifu army ran very fast and had reached the side of the wild boar. He bent down from his horse and caught the wild boar. He said with a smile: "General Chu is very skilled, we have to eat roast pork today." I also laughed and said, "When we arrive in the imperial capital, why do we care about this wild boar? There are plenty of delicious food in the wine shop." This wild boar also weighed sixty to seventy catties, and he grabbed it with one hand, acting as if nothing had happened, and his strength was really not small.He grabbed the wild boar and put it on the horse's back, "Hey" and said: "Why, so this beast has already been shot by an arrow?" This wild boar got an arrow in its rear, no wonder it ran into our queue.It's just that the arrow didn't penetrate deeply. If the wild boar ran for a while, the arrow might fall off by itself.The man pulled out the arrow, looked at it and said, "What a beautiful arrow, who shot it?" While talking, someone suddenly shouted from the front: "What are you, you dare to snatch our young master's prey?" We all stopped.The one who spoke was a young man in a short jacket, who seemed to be a follower.He spoke very rudely, and I felt uncomfortable for a while.Tang Kaipai immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother, we are the tribute envoys of the Xifu Army of Tianshui Province, here to pay tribute to the emperor." The man curled his lips and said, "Is it Tianshui? Are you an official? Why are you so uneducated?" Not far from him, there were five or six people standing on horseback, one of them was a handsomely dressed young man, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, probably a son of some family who was out hunting in the spring.I suddenly realized that the wild boar would only run around if it was hit by the boy's arrow, and I took advantage of it.It's just that this boy's arrow can't kill the wild boar. If I didn't pull it, how could they catch up with this wild boar? Tang Kai was also a little angry, and said: "Brother, we really didn't know that wild boar was your young master's prey. Wei Yuehao, return the prey to this brother." The Xifu army named Wei Yuehao stepped forward and said: "Brother, I'm really sorry, we didn't know your wild boar came here. Here, here you are." There was already a thorn in his words, and he threw the wild boar at the man after he finished speaking.Wei Yuehao's arm strength is astonishing, and this pig weighs sixty to seventy catties, how does that man have his supernatural power?Seeing the wild boar thrown over, he didn't know what to do to catch it. The wild boar hit his horse's back, and the horse stood up in shock. The man swayed and fell off the horse. The soldiers in the Xifu army all let out a burst of laughter.In terms of stature, Wei Yuehao is not considered tall, and the man saw him holding the wild boar with one hand as if nothing had happened, and thought that the wild boar was not worth much. Now he suffered a big loss, his face turned red, and he turned over Get on the horse, don't want the wild boar either, grab the whip and whip it at Wei Yuehao.Wei Yuehao was unprepared at all, a whip was whipped on his face, and there was a red and swollen stripe on his cheek.His face also changed, and he shouted: "What are you beating?" The man said angrily: "I'll kill you bastards of the Xifu Army!"His strength was not as strong as Wei Yuehao's, but a horsewhip made him elusive, and Wei Yuehao couldn't dodge it even if he wanted to. The whip hit him on the face again, leaving another red mark. With a roar, Wei Yuehao took off the gun from his horse, and shouted: "Bastard! I shot you into a transparent hole!" He didn't raise his gun, Tang Kai suddenly pulled out his long gun, pressed Wei Yuehao's gun, and shouted: "Wei Yuehao, don't be rude!" Wei Yuehao was very wronged, and said: "General Tang, look at him..." Tang Kai ignored him, and said with a smile: "Brother, my brother is a bit rude, please don't take offense, brother. I don't know who is your son?" This person probably thought he was cheap, raised his face and said triumphantly: "Ask my son, tell you, do you know this?" He took out a round piece of iron from his arms and showed it to Tang Kai. Tang Kai's face changed, he stuck the gun on the ground, rolled off his horse and said, "So it's your son, the last general of the Xifu army, Tang Kai Open, invite Housekeeper Chen Haihan." The round iron piece probably proves the identity of this person.Seeing Tang Kai being so respectful, the man said triumphantly: "It turns out that the Xifu army is not all blind. General Tang, what's your surname?" Tang Kai had already signed up, but he still asked his last name, that was deliberately picky.But Tang Kai didn't lose his temper, and said respectfully: "The last general's surname is Tang, he is the bodyguard of Zhou Dudu of Xifu Army, this time he is escorting the tribute to Beijing, please tell Steward Chen to report to your son." Butler Chen said with a smile: "It's easy to talk about." He bent down on the horse, pulled the wild boar up and put it on the horse's back.It turned out that his strength was not very small, but he was a little out of breath after such a movement.After putting away the wild boar, he said again: "General Tang really understands current affairs, so I will take my leave." He patted his horse and was about to leave, but he caught sight of Wei Yuehao on the side, and said angrily, "What are you doing with those bull's eyes? Do you still deserve a beating?" Wei Yuehao was panting loudly, with one hand and five fingers separated and closed, as if he was about to draw a gun at any time.Tang Kai shouted: "Wei Yuehao!" He looked at Tang Kai, his face was as red as spurting blood, he gritted his teeth and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything yet.That Butler Chen was so unreasonable, he pointed at Wei Yuehao and cursed: "You bastard, you still want to be rough? It seems that you are so tall for nothing, so you don't want these tricks, do you? " As he spoke, a black light suddenly flashed in his hand, and with a "snap", Wei Yuehao let out a scream, and fell off the horse with his face in his hands. There was a sudden change. The soldiers of the Xifu Army had already stood still and looked at them. At this moment, they all let out an exclamation, but they saw Wei Yuehao rolling around on the ground with his face in his hands. Hit him in the eye. Beating a blind man's eyes with a thin whip must be a good skill, Steward Chen patted the rear horse, leaned in and said: "Boy, I will tell you to respect people more in the future." After saying that, he raised his whip , It looks like it will be whipped again.I couldn't bear it anymore, I kicked the horse's belly, rushed out, and shouted: "I stabbed the wild boar to death, it's none of his business!" At this time, the whip in Steward Chen's hand had already been swung out. I swung my hand forward, and the spear blocked him with the sound of the wind. He just hit the whip and wrapped it around the barrel of the gun. I stopped my hand abruptly. Steward Chen's strength is not as good as mine, and I snatched it away with a single stroke of the whip. When I appeared so suddenly, he was also startled, and shouted: "You bastard, do you want to die?" I took the gun back and said, "I am Chu Xiuhong, the commander of the Dragon Scale Army, Steward Chen, please respect yourself." He looked at me, and suddenly shouted: "Pretending to be an officer, do you know that you have committed a capital crime?" I said: "The former commander of the Dragon Scale Army, Zhongyi Bo Shen Xiping died in battle at Gaojiu City, I was promoted by the prince." "What about Marquis Wu? Did he let you join the Xifu army?" "The Southern Expedition Army has been completely annihilated, and we escaped." Butler Chen looked at me in astonishment, a little skeptical.Indeed, if one were to tell a lie, it would not be so outrageous.He said: "Are you really the Southern Expedition Army? Is it true that you are the only one who escaped?" Just as I was about to answer, a scream sounded in front of the horse. I was taken aback and pulled the horse, but this was also unnecessary. A loud arrow stuck three feet away from the horse.This arrow was extremely gorgeous, it was painted shiny with gold powder, and the snow-white feathers were still trembling when they were inserted into the ground.Only someone said: "Chen Chaohang, what did you tell him?" The voice was still a little childish, it was the gorgeously dressed boy.He was coming with his horse, and the five or six men followed him closely.He came up to me and said, "Are you really the commander of the Dragon Scale Army?" In addition to the nine families of the second lord and the thirteen uncles in the imperial capital, there are more than a dozen clan relatives, and there are also many sons and brothers, plus the children of high-ranking officials, there are even more such noble sons.This person is probably Mr. Guijie from some family, and his words are also very rude.Immediately, I set up the gun and saluted: "My lord, the last general is right." "I heard that the Dragon Scale Army is the strongest soldier in the world, so your skills must be very good?" When he said this, he curled his lips, and I couldn't help but smile bitterly.The Qianfeng Battalion also considers themselves to be the strongest soldiers in the world, but they don't talk about it as often as the Dragon Scale Army.If this noble son knew that I was originally the centurion of the Vanguard Battalion, he would probably even curl his lips.I said: "Don't dare." "Okay then, come and try my gun." He took the gun off the horse.His spear is also extremely gorgeous, a long spear has been brushed several times with gold water, the golden light is dazzling, a blood-red tassel hangs down from the tip of the spear, it is extremely beautiful.However, as soon as he took off the gun, I knew that the tip of his gun was less than one-third of what I used to use before. It folds when you touch it. He took off the gun, and the steward Chen said in surprise: "My lord, you have a body of ten thousand gold, don't you need to be as knowledgeable as him? In case, if your uncle knows..." The boy was also a little hesitant.I don't know who the "uncle" Chen Chaohang is talking about, and he is somewhat afraid.But what he just said was big, and it is not easy for him to take it back.I laughed secretly in my heart, I knew that it was enough to wait for the young master to praise him, and there was no need to fight him, and said: "Young master shoots a gun, and you will be an expert at first sight. I will not dare to compete with you in the end." I feel that I am not very good at flattering horses, but these few words are not too outrageous. The boy was about to take advantage of the situation to withdraw his gun, when suddenly he stared blankly at me.I only knew that there was something wrong with my face, and I reached out to touch it, but saw that his gaze was vacillating, and it turned out that he was not looking at me, but looking behind me.I turned my head to look, but saw that the curtain of the car was opened, behind the driver driving the car, the three of them were looking out, looking at me and this boy.She was sitting among the three of them, and the other two women were considered to be one in a thousand beauties, but they couldn't conceal her beauty at all.I couldn't help smiling at them, and to my great joy, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. That smile is as bright as a spring flower. Suddenly, I heard the young man shout: "Boy, die!" I was several years older than him, but he called me a kid instead.Such a sudden turn of events was probably because the young man really wanted to show off in front of them.He stabbed me in the chest with a gun, and a flower emerged from the blood-red tassel. When the real one goes into battle, this tassel can only get in the way, and it is only used as a decoration during the guard of honor.This young man probably doesn't even know this truth, and the way he shoots the spear is not weak, obviously he was instructed by a famous expert, I'm afraid it was also instructed by my spear master Wu Zhao.This shot was extremely fancy, and Chen Chaohang cheered at the side: "Young master, good marksmanship!" He glanced at me as he spoke. I naturally know what this means, and of course I can't really fight this boy.When the boy stabbed out with a single shot, I made up my mind to give him the upper hand and admit defeat.After all, this boy is no better than Zhou Nuo, let him think that he can win with his own abilities, and I think he can handle it with ease.I said: "What a good marksmanship!" I took off the gun and only used a third of my strength, but pretended to be very labored, so that his gun was still half a foot away from my chest before I hid it with one push, and even wiped it off. Hit, parry his gun with the gun. If it takes a few rounds, I can admit defeat.In order to look good, I can pretend to fall off the horse.Fortunately, these mountain horses are not tall, and the ground is full of green grass, so it's okay to fall off.As long as you give him some face, you won't be in trouble with Wei Yuehao. Unexpectedly, just as I turned sideways, the gun was about to explode the young man's gun, when he suddenly shouted, and the tip of the gun retracted. 2-inch pistol! This is the unique skill of Teacher Wu Zhao. Although he is a teacher in a military academy, few people can learn this two-inch pistol.This shot was fired, two shots in succession, the first shot was just a false move, the second shot was a real move, after the first shot was retracted, the second shot was fired suddenly, like lightning and thunder, and its power was twice as powerful.My horseback spear skills are not the best, but among the group of students Wu Zhao taught back then, I was one of the dozen or so students who learned this way of spear skills.At this time, I couldn't help being surprised to see him suddenly use this gun. Originally, when using this inch pistol, if he can break his gun at the first stage of firing, and prevent him from firing the second stage, the gun will be broken without breaking.Otherwise, the only option is to use guns against guns to force the other party to withdraw their guns with the force of the same death.But now I was too pushy just now, and I pretended to be too much when I tried to fend him off, the gun is empty, and the middle door is wide open, even if I can die with him, I'm afraid I won't be able to retract the gun at this time . My heart trembled, if the opponent was an expert with the level of Pu Anli before, I would definitely die.But the young man in front of him is immature in marksmanship, although this spear is very clever, although the speed of the first shot is fast, but when the second shot is retracted, there is stagnation in the middle, and the speed is greatly reduced.I was about to take advantage of the situation and fall off the horse, but when my body was in a hurry, I suddenly stood up straight. Before I could even think about it, my left hand grabbed the gun shaft under the point of his gun, and the gun in my right hand swung it with a "huh" past. "Oops!" As soon as the gun was pulled out, my heart was full of regret.I am also considered to be experienced in many battles, and my body's reaction is faster than my brain. If this young man's ability is stronger, if I know that I am invincible, I will already be defeated by the situation.But whether his ability is high or low, let me seize the opportunity to counterattack without even thinking about it. When I swung the gun, I had already used half of my strength. I was afraid that the boy would be knocked off his horse, and his arm might be broken.At this time our two horses were head to head, and he was rushing past my horse's left, and my gun was swung out with the back hand, and I couldn't get it back at all.At this time, both of us are pale, and I'm afraid that my complexion will be even paler. At this time, suddenly a figure flashed in and grabbed my gun. It was Chen Chaohang.He was already the closest to us, so he rushed in and blocked my gun abruptly.Using this strength, I let go of the gun with both hands at the same time.But even though I only used half the strength to swing the spear, Chen Chaohang only had one-handed strength on the horse, and the gun shaft still knocked on the young man. He couldn't bear even this little strength, and he fell off the horse immediately. Come. As soon as he fell off the horse, I only heard shouts in my ears, and five guns were aimed at me at the same time.These five entourages moved extremely fast, and they surrounded me in a semicircle, sealing every blind spot of me.At this time, Chen Chaohang grabbed the end of my gun and snatched it away. He used too much force with one hand, and was also cut bloody by the end of the gun. Pulling out the saber and touching the ring of the Baipi saber with his hand, he suddenly came to his senses and couldn't help being stunned. The boy got up from the ground.The force of the knock just now wasn't that great, so he didn't have any serious problems, but with a look of panic on his face, he turned over and shouted angrily, "Damn it! Kill him quickly! Kill him!" Chen Chaohang threw my gun on the ground, stretched out his hand and tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes to cover the wound, jumped off the horse and walked up to the young man, saying, "My lord, are you alright?" At this time Tang Kai also got off his horse and rushed to the young man, knelt down in front of him and said: "My lord, please forgive me." The young man was not injured at all, it was just that after falling off the horse, his fine clothes were stained with dewy soil on the spring grass.He stood up straight, regained his grace and poise just now, and shouted: "Are you Tang Kai from the Xifu Army?" "It's the last general." "Haven't you taught this man the truth?" This young man was unreasonable, and I felt angry, but I didn't dare to talk too much. I got off my horse and knelt down in front of the young man and said, "I'm sorry, sir. Your marksmanship is so good that I have to I made such a bad move, please forgive me, young master." It is not wrong to say that he is "skillful in marksmanship", his marksmanship is indeed good, but the speed of the spear is far from enough, it is not considered great at all, even if I say that, I only feel a little blush.This kind of insincere words, I really don't want to say it, so I have to say it now. Tang Kai said on the side: "Young Master, General Chu is the leader of the Dragon Scale Army, he was killed out of the Wanjun formation, please forgive him for his impoliteness for the sake of his escort and tribute from thousands of miles away." Hearing Tang Kai's words, the young man also showed a smile, and said: "Okay, I'll spare you once." He whistled, and the five followers put their guns in their hands at once, all in uniform, no matter which one, They are all much more capable than this young man. Chen Chaohang supported the young man on the horse with his left hand, and said, "My lord, do you want to send him to Dali Temple?" The Ministry of Punishment, the Procuratorate, and Dali Temple, collectively known as the Sanfa Division, are divided into prisons, and they are all places where serious criminals are tried together.When Chen Chaohang said that he wanted to send me to Dali Temple, he meant to treat me as a criminal, and I couldn't help feeling chills.This young man can send someone to the Sanfa Division, isn't he the son of the Minister of Criminal Affairs? The boy hadn't answered yet, when there was a commotion from the front, his face changed, Chen Chaohang said: "Master is here!" The boy glared at me and said, "Quick! Stand up quickly, no one is allowed to talk about what happened just now!" Wei Yuehao had also been helped onto the horse.One of his eyes was swollen like a walnut by Chen Chaohang, and he didn't know if there was anything wrong.I also got on my horse, Yemo Dawu had already picked up my gun and handed it to me, saying: "General Chu, be careful!" Who will the "uncle" come?I couldn't help being surprised.This young man is undoubtedly a playboy, the "uncle" he talks about is probably his elder brother, and his elder brother is also a playboy, if he is so unreasonable, it will really be a headache. I thought there were only a dozen or so people, but it turned out to be a huge area, with a hundred or so people.These people were very orderly, separated like a tide, and a large cart poured out of them.I don’t know how many horses there are in this car, and it doesn’t go fast. When I saw this car, I felt a “buzz” in my head, and I almost fainted. In the system of the empire, when the emperor goes on tour, the imperial chariot is twelve horse-drawn horses, eight horses for first-class princes, six horses for second-rank civil and military princes, and everyone below can only ride in four-horse chariots, that is, four-horse chariots. The carriage is drawn by a maximum of two horses.But the carriage that this person was riding in had as many as ten horses.There are so many horse-drawn carriages, only the emperor and concubine and the prince of the East Palace! The one I hit turned out to be Dijun's little prince! It's no wonder that there are too many emperors and concubines in this generation. I'm afraid I don't know how many sons I have. Those little princes are not very valuable, but there is only one prince. This little prince is probably the same mother as the prince. Now It was also the time of spring hunting, probably they came out to hunt together... I felt chills on my back and felt a little overwhelmed. The prince's car drove over slowly.There are too many horses, and the cart will not go fast.When the car came in front of us, Chen Chaohang turned his head and whispered to us: "Kneel down! Kneel down!" Tang Kai reacted quickly, already waved his hand, and the Xifu army behind him knelt down at the same time.I was among the crowd and fell to my knees. The car door opened, and a young man stepped out from inside. This young man is not too far behind me in age, and his clothes are not as gorgeous as the little prince's, but his attitude is extremely graceful, almost like a heavenly man.He got out of the car with his hands behind his back, glanced at us, waved his hands and said, "Get up." The little prince was the first to stand up and said, "Brother, did you come so fast?" The prince probably set off at the same time as him, so far behind, of course it can't be considered fast.It's just that in the mind of the little prince, the days of freedom are always one moment longer.The prince smiled slightly and said, "You didn't cause trouble, did you?" He was looking at the little prince, but suddenly his face froze.I was a little surprised and secretly followed his gaze.Just glanced at it, and my heart tightened again. What he looked at was the car she was sitting in.Their car curtains hadn't been put down yet, and the three of them sat together, looking at us a little at a loss.For some reason, I suddenly felt a little sour in my heart. Although the prince looks handsome, in my eyes, no matter how he looks like this, he is not pleasing to the eye. It seems that, deep down, I wish she could only let me see the same. "You are……" The prince suddenly asked us.His voice is also calm and elegant, which is very pleasant, but the same, I still feel uncomfortable listening to it.Tang Kai was already in a hurry and said: "Weichen Tang Kai, the guard of the Xifu Army, together with Lord Jiao Wenyu, was ordered by Zhou Tao and the two governors to present a birthday gift for Emperor Qing's 40th birthday. Here is the list of gifts. Please have a look at the crown prince." Jiao Wenyu also got out of the car at this time, and took out a scroll of silk books from his arms.The crown prince took it, pulled it away, looked at it, then looked at our vehicle, and said: "It's really troublesome." At this time, Jiao Wenyu had returned to normal, and said in a loud voice: "His Royal Highness, we are loyal to the king's affairs, and we will not hesitate to confuse our brains." He was full of anger and impassioned in these two sentences, and no one would have thought that he had come from Zeng Wanggu. He was also the one who was so frightened that he hid in the car all day and dared not come out after the ambush. 太子只是微微笑了笑，右手五指灵巧地卷动帛书，左手则放开，一目十行地看过去。西府军也不知献些什么礼品，但既然是贡品，总不会差。 当帛书卷到最后，太子突然眉毛一扬，脸上露出了笑意。我看见唐开和焦文裕对视了一眼，脸上也都微微有点笑容，大概是他们投太子所好，送的贡品恰到好处，现在不禁得意起来。 太子将帛书重又卷好，道：“唐卿，焦卿，远来辛苦，你们办得很好。将贡品送入内务府后，来东宫领赏吧。另外，那四个女乐便直接送到我宫中来，不必到内务府报号了。” 他的话依然温和轻柔，但却象个晴天霹雳，我都怀疑是不是我听错了。 他最后说是，是“四个女乐”！ 西府军并不曾有什么女乐，那么这四个女乐就是她们了。这时，陶守拙那古怪的笑意又闪现在我脑海中。 周诺本来是要把我留在西府军，但后来突然改变主意，大概也是听从了陶守拙的劝告。但是我一直以为陶守拙只是跟周诺说些我是远来之人，不能重用之类的话，根本没想到他出的会是这种主意。 将这四个女子也当成贡品献给帝君，西府军自也早就知道帝君和太子的嗜好，这笔礼物那当然妙不可言，于贡品实有锦上添花之妙，只怕在太子眼中，那十车贡品也没有她们四人好。 这时，我越想越怒，身子一长，便要走上前去，告诉太子说她四人不是贡品，哪知刚走上一步，却觉得身后一紧，我扭头看时，竟是夜摩大武和一个人站在我身后，手搭在我背后，看样子，他们手中握着短刀。 我一阵气苦。一路上，夜摩大武跟我也比较投机，虽然唐开注意的时候他和我说话不多，但时不时还说几句话，我只以为跟他情味相投，以后也能做个朋友，可没想到居然会是这样，看样子，他只怕早就是唐开安排好来稳住我的。他没有在符敦城把我们斩尽杀绝，也算是心尚存一丝忠厚。 我越想越是心痛，也没再回头，只是低声道：“夜摩大武，你好！” 夜摩大武没有说话，但我觉得顶着我背心的刀尖有点抖动。我看了看边上吴万龄，他背后也有两个人正虎视眈眈地看着他，手搭在刀柄上，只怕吴万龄一有异动，他们便会将他斩杀。吴万龄的手握着拳，整个身体也在颤抖。他看了看我，眼中已透出了绝望。 到了这时候，难道我们再去向太子说，她们四个并不是献给他的贡品么？ 焦文裕还在向太子说着什么，大概仍是在表示些“肝脑涂地，在所不惜”之类的话，激昂慷慨地，太子听得也微微颌首根本没人在注意我。 吴万龄的一只脚已深深地插入泥土中，而他握成拳的右手中，指甲也插入掌心，血正一滴滴地滴下来，落入泥土，他脚边的泥土已是布满了星星点点的血迹。 我咬了咬牙，猛地抬起头，叫道：“太子殿下！” 当我说出这一句话的同时，人已猛地跃起，以左脚为轴，人疾向右转，右脚闪电般扫过。夜摩大武本站在我右边，我这一脚他首当其冲，正踢中他的手腕，“当”一声，他手中的短刀已然落地。但随即我只觉腿肚子一疼，人也一歪，倒了下来。 站在夜摩大武身边的那个西府军手起一刀，已刺入我右腿腿肚。虽然插得并不深，但我也疼得站立不住了。我奋起余力，右脚一屈，猛地蹬在他腰上，他被我蹬得一个身体也直飞起来。 此时我已摔倒在上，已看见随着我这一脚，伤口的血被甩了出来。耳边，已听得唐开在叫道：“护驾！擒拿反贼！”我心知不妙，现在我无论如何也不能伤人，不然满身是嘴也说不清了。人本已摔倒在地，便瞬即一个翻身，将受伤的右腿跪地，人跪在了地上，叫道：“太子殿下！” 哪知我刚喊出一声，又有两个西府军冲了上来，另一排挡在了我和太子中间。他们都没有长兵，但这二十几个人就算赤手空拳我也应付不了。我正待再喊叫一声，一个西府军一刀向我当头斫来。我低头闪过，看准他的刀势来路，左臂屈起，一把夹住他的手臂，不等他用手腕用力来削我，右手一拳打在他肘处，登时将他的刀打落。 这是要我的命啊。打翻了这一个人，我不敢放手，只是夹着他，那把落地的刀也不敢拾，只是叫道：“我有话说！”但此时围了一大堆西府军在周围，太子也不知能不能听清我的喊声，也许他突然间发现西府军中大乱，怕都来不及，哪里还会来听我喊什么。 好阴毒的计谋啊。我本以为陶守拙没有在符敦城杀我们是心尚存忠厚，但他明显不是这种人。他只怕知道我们与她们四个相濡以沫，同舟并济，要是明明白白杀了我们只怕会鸡飞蛋打，连将她们当成贡品的打算也不行了。而将我们骗到帝都才将事情抖出，如果我们没什么反应，这事也就顺水推舟，自然而然了，说不定我们还会得到些赏赐。如果我有所举动，那到此时杀我，上可以瞒住太子，下也可以将她们瞒住，说我是因为谋刺太子才受死的，这比在府敦城将我们杀掉不知要好多少。直到这一刻，我才算明白了陶守拙的真正用意。 真没想到，我们千辛万苦逃到帝都，竟然会落得这么个下场。 西府军已将我层层围在中间，我看见吴万龄也已被两个西府军用刀逼着。和太子之间，此时至少已站了五六排六七十个西府军了，我根本看不到太子。 竟然不曾死在阵中，不曾死在高鹫城破城，居然会死在这种地方。造化弄人啊，到此时，我反而有种好笑的感觉。透过身后那些西府军的人缝，我看见她们正向外张望着，也许她们还不知道到底突然间发生了什么事。