An Feng Bamboo Horse

?Spent the night in the Taoist temple, no one disturbed me in the middle of the night, and I lived in peace all night.

On the second day, before the convoy set off, Luo Tang specially asked someone to bring a pen and ink, and pressed a note under the statue of the Sanqing God.

"My friend Maizi: There is no one in the Taoist temple. I took the liberty to bother you last night. As a reward, I have tidied up the temple. Now I am leaving for Beijing, passing by Shannan, and turning right at the intersection to go up to the official road. If you return, you can catch up with your friends." You. Tang." A detailed road map was drawn on the back of the note.

Xia Anfeng flipped the note left and right, and commented: "This way of luring the enemy is really simple and straightforward... rude and bold."

His handsome friend rolled his eyes without hesitation: "Otherwise, do you have a better way?"

Thinking about it, if the other party really came up the mountain and passed by this Taoist temple where they once settled, there are eight out of ten//nine//will come in to have a look.If you find this note, it seems that you can only follow their drawing instructions all the way.Xia Anfeng asked: "If they don't find this instruction map, will they fall into the trap?"

Luo Tang said, that would just be my memory for Maizi~~~~

Third Young Master Luo is indeed generous.

The two had a small dispute over who would be the bait in the next step, and finally reached a compromise.

Bu Zhangbai also looked at the note, and then asked, "Who are you two sure will be the bait?"

Xia Anfeng said mysteriously: "The mountain people have their own tricks."

Bu Zhangbai didn't ask any more questions, and put the note back under the statue of Taiqing Daodetianzun.Originally, Luo Tang stuffed the whole note under the statue to cover it tightly, but Bu Zhangbai put it away casually, just revealing the last word "Tang", which seems to be eye-catching, but also seems to be hard to detect if he is careless.

Tang, small wide-mouthed wood.If the visitor is interested, he may be able to perceive the double meaning hidden in this message.

The road up the mountain is easy, but the road out of the mountain is far more complicated than expected.After crossing several half-mountains, it gradually became difficult for vehicles and horses to travel. The young masters who were riding in vehicles gave up their mounts and got off on foot.

The natural speed of walking is much slower than that of riding a horse, and it is inevitable to stop and stop along the way.

Both Xia Anfeng and Luo Tang were born in martial arts, and they had solid foundation skills; Bu Zhangbai was weak, and after walking with them for most of the day, although he took a lot of rest, he gradually lost his strength.

He is also stubborn, his steps are sloppy, his breath is slightly out of breath, and he doesn't complain to Xia Anfeng who is walking in the front.

Every time there is a tree with a wide tree path and luxuriant branches, he stops by himself and rests against the big tree.

The soldiers of the Xia Mansion were responsible for protecting the safety of the entire convoy, marching in front of the team, but they always kept an eye on Mr. Bu, who was not far behind the team, in case he was attacked while resting.Fortunately, there were no accidents. Bu Zhangbai only had to rest for a few breaths, and immediately speeded up to catch up, trying his best to catch up with the progress of the team.

Starting in the morning and walking until the afternoon, the long mountain range has no end.Xia Anfeng turned around and found that Bu Zhangbai was walking more and more slowly, his face turned from reddish to pale, so he was unhappy.

He slows down.

Luo Tang, who had always been side by side with him, turned around and found that there was no one beside him, and when he looked again, Xia Anfeng ran to Bu Zhangbai's side.The footsteps of Xia's servants also slowed down following the young master.

"Friend," Mr. Luo San frowned, "over this mountain, there is a mountain with many forks ahead, we can go there and rest."

Xia Anfeng said: "After walking for three hours, everyone is tired. The lure is no longer in a hurry."

Luo Tang looked at Bu Zhangbai.Bu Zhangbai shook his head and gritted his teeth: "It doesn't matter to me, you go first."

"There is another road with a longer detour, but horses can pass. If Mr. Bu can ride a horse, you can let a few followers escort Mr. Bu to leave the mountain from that road."

Xia Anfeng said: "Xiaobai doesn't know how to ride a horse. Besides, I won't let Xiaobai leave my side."

"Did you procrastinate like this, you won't be able to walk into the mountains until dark, and we are easily attacked in such a place with a wide view, do you know that?" Luo Tang was a little impatient.

Looking around, they were at the bottom of the cliff, and there were no big rocks, trees, mountains, etc. to cover them. If the people behind them really chased them all the way up, it was indeed possible to catch them all in such a condescending place.

"Young Lord, you have never traveled far, and you have never had a real fight with anyone, so please stop playing your temper." Although he was talking to Xia Anfeng, he was looking at Bu Zhangbai.

Of course Xia Anfeng knew that he was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, so he stood sideways in front of Bu Zhangbai and stretched his face: "Why are you so annoying? If you want to go, you take your Luofu people away, and my Xiafu people need to recharge their batteries. "

"Hehe," although Luo Tang had a handsome face, his temper was far from his appearance.Hearing the words sneered: "Did I say it before? You are neither his father nor his mother, and you are so well protected. If you don't know, you still think you want to be his husband--"

The words that came out of his mouth were really too much, Xia Anfeng was startled, his face flushed suddenly; while Bu Zhangbai turned pale immediately.

"Luo, Tang!!" The young master of the Xia Mansion clenched his teeth, his mind went blank for a moment, and he didn't know what words to refute such frivolous remarks.He just gritted his teeth, popped out the name of the chuckling friend, and said angrily, "Take back that sentence just now!!"

High-ranking nobles, officials and families, it is nothing to have the favor of Longyang or the habit of breaking sleeves; Sincere feelings.In front of Bu Zhangbai, Luo Tang slandered the relationship between the two of them in this way, which obviously regarded Bu Zhangbai as contemptible.

Luo Tang only looked at them with a smile, Xia Anfeng jumped up in anger, and touched his waist with his hands.

Bu Zhangbai held him tightly, his face was pale, but his eyes were still clear.With a voice that only he can hear, whisper in his ear: "Shhh—just make a show, don't really fight..."

"Who the hell is acting like him!" Xia Anfeng broke his arm away, and the young master's bright and bright eyes were flickering with anger, and he was really offended.

Luo Tang took a step back, Xia Anfeng took another step closer, the long sword at his waist was unsheathed, and mercilessly slashed towards the chest of Third Young Master Luo.Luo Tang was caught off guard, and with a chirp, a hole about an inch long was cut through the skirt of his clothes.

"Hey, are you really..." This time he was quite surprised, Luo Tang, who was defenseless, backed up again and again, powerless to parry.The guards in his mansion immediately stepped forward to block, and was stabbed in the arm, blood splashed out.

Luo Tang didn't do it anymore.Pushing away the guards, he pulled out his sword and sneered: "It's just a slip of the tongue, how can you lose your temper like this? Xia Anfeng, you want to fight today, I will accompany you, you will be at your own risk!"

The guards of the two mansions drew their swords one after another, drew their knives and drew their knives, facing each other under the cliff, and it became a tense situation.

Commander Qin, who was in front of the battle, heard the commotion behind him, so he had no choice but to turn around to check, and found that his young master was blushing, and he was fighting with Mr. Luo San on the mountain road.

——Before going out, what did Lord Hou explain?You must not let the young master cause trouble...

It was only the second day after leaving the city, and Commander Qin had already begun to regret accepting the escort mission.

"stop!"

The commander of the Xia Mansion's personal soldiers was someone who had really seen the battle, he dodged in, and with a deep shout, he separated the two high-spirited noble sons. "You two masters, discuss things carefully. The Duke of Wei's Mansion and the Marquis of Dingguo's Mansion have always been on good terms, so don't hurt your friendship."

Being blocked by him, Xia Anfeng still refused to give up, "Luo Tang, take that back, or I won't be able to spare you!"

Luo Tang laughed loudly: "How can you not get around my method? If it wasn't for the sudden incident just now, you could touch half of my clothes? Don't forget that if you learn swords, I taught you the formulas and mental methods!!"

Xia Anfeng's red hair was about to explode, and the young master wanted to rush forward, but another soldier held him tightly.Turning to Luo Tang, he said: "Master Luo San, since the situation has turned into this way, it's no fun for us to continue walking together. Please go to the Weiguo Mansion first and go to Beijing separately."

In the chaos, no one noticed that Bu Zhangbai, who had always been pale, was leaning against the side of the cliff, and at some point there was a stone wrapped in paper on the sole of his foot.He slowly squatted down and rolled the paper ball into his sleeve.

Luo Tang snorted coldly, retracted the sword, and called to his followers without looking back: "Let's go."

Xia Anfeng was still jumping up and down: "The surname Luo, you can tell this young master clearly before you go—"

Mr. Luo San was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, Duke Wei's mansion took his own chariot and horses, and left in a cloud of smoke.

Only Xia Anfeng was left standing in the middle of the road furiously, and Commander Qin patiently comforted the young master.

Suddenly, Commander Qin's expression turned serious, and he pulled Xia Anfeng behind him.

Another soldier immediately drew out the long knife at his waist and stepped in front of Bu Zhangbai.

Commander Qin said in a low voice: "Young Master, please restrain your emotions and calm down—we are in trouble, and there are at least ten people coming from the other party."

Including Xia Anfeng, there are only seven people in Xia's entourage with military strength.Although the personal soldiers had experienced many battles, they had to protect other maids and servants who had no background at the same time, so it was inevitable that they would lose sight of the other—not to mention, they were in an open area, which was very disadvantageous as Luo Tang said.

Commander Qin hurriedly said: "Your subordinates are protecting the young master and Mr. Bu. Let's quickly retreat to the mountain that Mr. Luo mentioned just now."

Xia Anfeng had no actual combat experience, but his intuition and perception were surprisingly sharp.Without further ado, he quickly retreated to Bu Zhangbai, pulled him up, and said in a low voice, "Follow me closely."

Bu Zhangbai held the ball of paper in the hand hidden in his cuff, and by rubbing his fingers, he felt a long, sunken line on the ball of paper.The second time he met the bearded beggar, he had agreed that if any of Bu Shuai's former followers wanted to meet him alone, he would use the long and sunken notch as a contact code.

For most of the day's journey, whenever he was resting under the wide-caliber arbor, he would carve such a mark with his nails on the tree against which his back was leaning; only Bu Shuai's followers back then would know such a temporary agreement. signal.

Bu Zhangbai clutched the paper tightly, slightly wet with sweat from his palms.

Someone took advantage of the chaos and threw him a ball of paper with a special contact mark - among the group of people who followed them, there were people who came for him! ! !

Under the arrangement of Commander Qin, everyone in the Xia Mansion quickly formed a queue, guarding Xia Anfeng and Bu Zhangbai in the middle, and proceeded vigilantly and calmly towards the originally scheduled route.

After crossing the mountains, after half an hour of hurrying, they finally arrived at the mountainous area with many forks as Luo Tang said earlier.But at a glance, everyone was stunned on the spot.

The mountainous area is not as shown in the road view map, where the fork roads are winding and open above, and the sky can be seen; instead, the fork roads go deep into the hinterland of the mountains, so dark that the bottom cannot be seen, and it is hard to tell which road can go out and which road is a dead end.

Seeing that the sunset was about to set that day, the people in Dingguohou's Mansion were hesitating in front of many forks, unable to make up their mind which path to take.

I wanted to look for the ruts of the Duke of Wei's mansion as a guide. The ground was clean and the grass was lush, and it didn't look like there were any people or horses passing by. ?