Mikago

Lu You and Tang Ruilang are both smart and calm.After a brief shock, the analysis immediately began.

First of all, this is definitely not a trap left by Orion.

But three days before the start of the field hunting, the officials in charge of the paddock will carefully search every inch of land and vegetation within the paddock.Remove all the traps left by the hunters and destroy all the traps.They will even send additional manpower to places with dangerous terrain to take care of and remind them.

It is impossible for a large trap like this not to be discovered and destroyed during the inspection, and it must be rearranged after the inspection.

"These traps are actually relatively solid. There should be no problem for people to walk up."

Tang Ruilang pushed away the dead leaves on the surface, broke off a piece of soil on the edge of the trap, and made such a judgment.

"If it weren't for the fact that we happened to be warming up here, piled up a lot of dead branches, and happened to ignite the bamboo sticks covering the trap, otherwise we wouldn't have found it at all."

"Is it a design error, or was it intentional?"

Lu You went on to infer: "Perhaps people can't fall in, but what if it's a horse? I'm afraid this trap is specially aimed at people on horseback... That is, those important officials who participated in the field hunting this time may even point directly at the prince!"

But Tang Ruilang felt a little puzzled: "But look at the bamboo tube in the trap is so short. If people and horses fall into it together, unless there is a coincidence, even if the horse is seriously injured, it may not cause great harm to the rider. What's more, this kind of trap itself doesn't have eyes, so how can you tell who the person who fell into the trap is?"

"Could it be that the person who set up the trap just wanted to create chaos? Or..."

Lu You and Tang Ruilang looked at each other, and thought of a terrible answer at the same time - the trap was just a cover to attract attention.When the chaos begins, the real killer will take advantage of the chaos to come.

Thinking back to the ignorance and fearlessness of himself and Lu You riding to the lake just now, Tang Ruilang's spine suddenly felt chills.

"I suspect that there are more than one traps like this in this forest. I'll go and inform the Inner Flying Dragon Guard right now, but you can't ride a horse, otherwise it's too dangerous."

He also told Lu You: "Stay here first, wait until the surrounding situation is clear, and then act before it's too late."

But Lu You also had his own plan: "This matter cannot be delayed, I will notify the prince."

"Then be careful."

Knowing that persuasion is useless, Tang Ruilang didn't hesitate, but couldn't help but say one more sentence: "Remember, I'm still waiting for your answer."

"……it is good."

Lu You nodded, and then the two left their horses and parted ways, each running in two different directions.

The range of the paddock forest is really not small.However, due to the special status of the prince, all the hunting routes he passed were carefully designed by people in advance.As a close servant, Lu You naturally understands it roughly.At this moment, he didn't stop walking, using the technique of lightness kung fu and lifting, and quickly rushed towards the depths of the dense forest.

But after a long time, the horseshoe prints in the mud became more and more clear, and there were faint voices coming from the front, and it seemed that nothing happened for the time being.

Lu You calmed down a little, and immediately decided to shout loudly, first to attract the attention of the front, and to stop the prince's men and horses.

But he just opened his mouth, only to hear a cold wind blowing in the forest, sending a whining horse neighing!

not good!

Lu You quickened his pace again, and at the same time drew out the horizontal knife in his hand, ready to meet the enemy.

I saw a large pit appearing in the woodland, and the faint wailing of people and horses came from the pit.Several arrow branches were stuck on the ground and tree trunks, and several people were lying motionless on the ground, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

Looking not far ahead, the prince's men and horses have been surrounded by a dozen black-clothed masked gangsters!

Those people held strangely shaped scimitars in their hands, specializing in cutting horses' feet.The horses that were cut fell down one after another, and the people on the horses fell to the ground and were killed instantly!

Seeing this, the outermost guards of the cavalry immediately got off their horses and came into close contact with the men in black.

Although the crown prince Zhao Yun was guarded by everyone, he couldn't get out of the siege.

Lu You didn't dare to be negligent, and charged forward with strides, raised the knife in his hand, and wounded a black-clothed assassin first.

Although he has practiced martial arts with Li Hongzhi for many years, except for the night visit to Ye Ting Prison, he hardly has any actual combat experience.Fortunately, under the high concentration of mental power, he even forgot the tension and fear, and even felt no pain when the blade was cut across his arm.

Soon, he began to feel that the tactics of these men in black were sinister and weird—it was not like a head-on confrontation between famous families; nor was it completely like a fight in the army, taking people's heads, chests, brothers and feet, with the goal of eliminating the enemy's combat power.Instead, they stabbed people's eyeballs, pinched people's double pills, and stabbed people's throats—they were all dirty tricks, but they were surprisingly effective.

Recalling the various routines mentioned by Li Honghe, Lu You felt more and more that these masked people looked like unscrupulous local bandits.

But it is also this kind of role that is the most difficult.

Unknowingly, the two sides have been fighting for a long time, each with casualties.

However, the situation is obviously more favorable for the man in black - after all, as long as the crown prince's head is removed, even if all of them lose their lives, it can be considered a success.

Most of the bodyguards guarding Zhao Yun were killed or injured, and the rest followed Lu You, forming a circle around the prince.

Zhao Yun also has a long sword in his hand, the sword is a good sword with exquisite patterns, but it may not be usable.

If this continues, it will take another half-hour, I am afraid that the hope of breaking through will be slim.

Where is the Swiss franc, the Swiss franc...

Even though he often shouted "I have my own opinion, I don't need you to make the decision", but Lu You never expected Tang Ruilang to appear in front of him.

It was like a divine help in the dark, just when he was looking forward to it, the armor flashed in the woods not far away.

It really is Neifei Longwei, and Tang Ruilang!

"Protect the prince!"

Hearing Tang Ruilang's order, six or seven inner flying dragon guards surrounded Zhao Yun.The rest of the people followed his lead and killed the remaining black-clothed assassins.

The situation suddenly reversed!

Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining assassins turned around and ran away, not wanting to fight.

"Are you OK?"

Tang Ruilang supported Lu You whose arm was bleeding: "Where is the injury?!"

Lu You shook his head to express that it didn't matter, and said anxiously: "The assassin is about to escape, why don't you hurry up and chase him?!"

The inner flying dragon guards were wearing armor and had no horses, so they didn't have an advantage in speed when they ran.Tang Ruilang thought for a while, and immediately put his finger to his lips and whistled.

Hearing an eagle's howl in mid-air, his white eagle swooped down, circled a few times above everyone's heads, and then flew forward again.

"This way, go!"

Tang Ruilang raised his arms and called out, Lu You gritted his teeth and followed closely.

The forest is deep and quiet, and the paths of the beasts are treacherous.The assassins were obviously very familiar with the environment. At first they were still faintly visible in the forest, and then they could only hear the rustling sound of running, but later on, they couldn't even hear the movement clearly.

Fortunately, there was a white eagle in the sky to guide, Lu You followed Rui Lang, and the two of them galloped forward indomitably.

Only then did Tang Ruilang slow down a little: "I'm afraid the reinforcements won't be able to keep up for the time being. We're alone. I don't know where this man from the deep mountains and old forests is."

"Then... go back the same way?"

Lu You was also a little physically exhausted. Looking back, he acted so rashly, he really violated the taboo of military strategists that the poor should not chase after.

The only good news is that the prince is safe and sound.It seemed that he had no choice but to turn around and mobilize his staff to search the nearby forests and villages carefully.

After reformulating their ideas, the two finally stopped to take a break.

Tang Ruilang put his hands on his knees, took a few breaths and then stared at Lu You: "Are you okay?"

"You asked, I'm fine."

Lu You took a sip from the water bag on his waist, thought for a while, and handed the water bag to Rui Lang.

"What about you?"

"I'm fine."

Tang Ruilang reached out to take the water bag, without wiping it off, just sipped it directly to his mouth.

Lu You looked at his up and down Adam's apple, blushed, and hurriedly looked away.After a while, his face suddenly changed.

"...do you remember the way you came here?"

"Ok?"

Tang Ruilang put down the water bag, wiped his mouth, and then looked around.

"The camp should be in that direction."

As he spoke, he roughly pointed in a direction, and then said in relief: "It's okay, I'll ask Bai Ying to point the way later, and I'm sure I won't go wrong."

After drinking the water, the physical strength also recovered a lot, and the two of them went back on the road and started to walk back.

Perhaps Tang Ruilang remembered the general direction correctly, but the road was obviously not the same as when he came.At this moment, they were already outside the paddock, the road was slippery and difficult, and traps and traps set by hunters could be seen everywhere.On the one hand, they were thankful that they missed an ambush when they came, but on the other hand, they had to slow down and move forward cautiously while checking.

I don't know how far I moved forward, but a small hillside appeared in front of me, and there was a low earth hole hidden on the slope.

Tang Ruilang, who was walking in front, suddenly grabbed Lu You by the skirt, and dragged him behind a big tree to hide.

There is a man in black in the earth cave, who is one of those assassins!