Startled Meng

On the eve of the Social Festival, He Qian led people to suppress the bandits, and there was a lot of commotion. The birds on the Yongshan Mountain were almost flying away, but the bandits in the deep mountains and old forests were like mice. There were more mouths, and at the end of the suppression, He Qian and his soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally, and returned without success.

But the last time there was a lot of noise in suppressing the bandits, the Yongshan area was silent for a while, and recently some people reported that the bandits were causing trouble. He Qian prepared for many days, and it was time for the sword to be sold.

"Before dispatching troops, the general has already sent people to investigate in all directions. The bandit's nest is definitely not on the top of the mountain. It is impossible at the foot of the mountain. It must be on the mountainside!"

Yan Ci looked at He Qian expressionlessly: "... Isn't the mountainside big?"

Yue Junshan spoke for He Qian: "Master Yan, we came prepared this time!"

At this time, it was almost dark, and the troops had stopped advancing and rested on the spot. Yan Cijing found that many people had disappeared. gray cloth clothes.

Yue Junshan and He Qian also changed into common people's attire and sat in his carriage pretending to be good people.

This dress is obviously intended to lure the enemy.

Yan Cijing patted the hard arms of the two of them, and said helplessly: "If you are like this, even if you have gold bars wrapped around your waist, if the robbers want to stop you, they have to weigh it first and see if they can beat you."

He Qian lifted up his sleeves, revealing his thick forearms: "Then what should I do? How can I hide this tendon?"

Yan Cijing said: "Stuff some straw, it will make you look fatter, and you can't walk in military steps. It's too neat to attract people's suspicion. And General He, whose eyes are too fierce, can you cover them with a hat?"

What Yan Cijing said made sense, He Qian hurriedly asked someone to find straw to stuff it, and ordered him to go on, not to take marching steps!

In fact, their plan was quite complete. He Qian led people to pretend to be merchants, wandered around before dark, and looked for a place to rest after dark. They hid their swords and swords under the wooden carts. When they met bandits, they pretended to chase them. Waiting in various places in the deep mountains, contacting with signal flares, finding a way to the bandit's den, and killing them all.

Yan Cijing was still worried, but He Qian dismissed it: "Your civil servants are just chattering, alright, Mr. Yan, I'll send someone to take you to the inn to have a good rest, and you don't care about the rest."

He Qian originally sent two people to follow Yan Cijing, but Yan Cijing said nothing. In the end, the two compromised with each other and sent an officer and soldier to follow him as a servant, and went to the inn to wait for news.

In fact, it was He Qian who drove away the questioning Yan Cijing: "If you don't say that you are an official, you are just a frail scholar with fairer skin. If you look at it, you have no money, and the robbers will never have evil intentions against you." , you follow, how can we run into robbers? Hurry up! Don't follow!"

Yan Cijing had no choice but to leave with the car.

It was getting dark, and the carriage ran towards the distant fire. The sound of horseshoes and rolling wheels was extremely ear-piercing in the quiet forest.

The officer and soldier who drove the car was named Liang Qian, who was not yet twenty, joined the army late, and had never been on the battlefield with He Qian, but he had heard many legends about He Qian's killing of the enemy. He didn't think the task was simple, and he was quite excited.

"My lord, we are almost there!"

Yan Cijing lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the inn that was getting closer, and said to Liang Qian and Juniper: "Don't call your lord when you are outside."

Liang Qian's brain is active: "Sir."

Juniper also called out Mr.

When they arrived at the inn, Liang Qian led the carriage to the stables, and Juniper followed Yan Cijing into the shop.

Yan Cijing came to this inn before entering Jiangling.

But compared with a few months ago, the store is much more depressed, the tables and chairs have been set up, and the wine jars have accumulated a lot of dust.

"Guest officer, you also know that robbers are rampant in the Yongshan area. People who pass by are walking in the daytime. There are fewer people staying in the shop, and the business has dropped a lot. I was thinking about closing the shop after a while."

The store owner smiled, moved the stool down, and cleared out a table.

Yan Cijing glanced at him and said, "I remember last time I was a coughing old man looking after the store, why did you change?"

The store owner nodded: "Yes, my father's cough has become more and more serious recently, and he went back to the countryside for treatment." Then, he opened the account book, "Are you staying in the store? It's not easy to walk when it's dark .”

Yan Cijing nodded: "One room."

The shop owner looked Yan Cijing up and down with an unhappy face, and Juniper was quite cooperative, pulling out a small piece of broken silver from his sleeve with difficulty: "I spent a lot of money on the way to Beijing, so let's squeeze in a room."

The shop owner pushed out the room sign and said with a smile, "What do you three want to eat?"

Juniper quietly grabbed the corner of Yan Cijing's clothes, Yan Cijing raised his hand to block his small movements, and pointed to the wooden sign on the wall: "Then three bowls of noodles in clear soup, and bring them into the room."

"Row."

After entering the room, Juniper closed the door one step behind, made sure there was no one outside, and said to Yan Cijing in a low voice: "My lord, the owner of the shop last time was a woman, not some father with a cough."

Yan Cijing nodded: "I thought it was an ordinary store transfer, but now it seems that this store has a big problem."

Juniper worried: "Could it be a black shop? My lord, let's go?"

There is only one inn around here, where else can I change?If I run into robbers again after going out, I don't have much money, and I will lose my life...

Yan Cijing comforted: "It's okay, there are three of us."

Just as he was talking, Liang Qian came in, carrying three bowls of noodles in clear soup.

"My lord, this clear noodle soup... is too clear!" Jiangzhou camp was on military pay, Jiangling was rich, and Liang Qian ate very well in the army. How could this clear noodle soup, which is not oily at all, catch his eyes?

Yan Cijing didn't like it either, but it wasn't just because of the lightness: "Don't touch things, eat some dry food you brought."

Juniper was puzzled: "If you don't eat it, why do you still bark?"

Yan Cijing explained: "It's normal to stay in a restaurant and eat, but now I suspect that those two people are tricky. If it is true, these three bowls of noodles are a test."

Liang Qian finally understood after listening for a long time, and said: "The stables are full of dust. This store has not been opened for a long time. It is good for you to be more cautious."

The three shared the three steamed buns from the juniper belt.

The steamed buns were small and cold, and they must not be full, but now the three of them were feeling uneasy, so they had no appetite, so they swallowed them indiscriminately, then turned off the lights and went to bed.

Liang Qian was guarding the door, while Juniper and Yan Cijing each occupied a bed.

Just a quarter of an hour passed without hearing any movement, and the sound of walking downstairs was very small. Just when Yan Cijing relaxed his vigilance, a shadow suddenly appeared on the door!

Liang Qian reacted the fastest, imitating the sound of sleeping snoring.

The person outside the door stood against the crack of the door for a while, then dragged down the stairs.

In the darkness, the three pairs of eyes were not sleepy. Liang Qian was guarding the door, holding a dagger tightly, Juniper was lying stiffly, holding a candlestick in his hand, Yan Cijing was also lying down with his clothes on, and his shoes were all gone. Did not take off.

"Fire! Fire!"

"Guest officer, come down quickly! The second floor is on fire!"

The screams from the explosion downstairs made Juniper sit up in fright.

"grown ups!"

"Shh!"

Yan Cijing sat up quietly, listening to the movement downstairs.

Sure enough, it was a fake, the two people downstairs stopped shouting a few times, and there was no sign of fire in the building, they were defrauding them!

Those two people have a problem!

Sure enough, the footsteps gradually became louder again, this time it was two people who came, lying on the crack of the door and listening for a while, then pushed the door open with a smile.

"I just said that people will definitely wipe me—"

Liang Qian jumped up violently, holding a short knife and slashing from top to bottom.

With a "boom", the dagger was jammed by the scimitar brought by the robber.

"Damn you, you're actually pretending?!"

Liang Qian didn't talk nonsense with him, first kicked the scimitar robber over, and then blocked the kitchen knife that was hacked at his side.

"My lord, let's go!"

Yan Cijing didn't hesitate much, and rushed out with Juniper.

"The stable! Hurry up! My lord! Let's go to the stable to get the horses!" Juniper panicked and almost fell down the stairs.

At this moment upstairs, Liang Qian alone was no match for four hands, he saw the opportunity, kicked the machete robbers down the stairs, and started fighting with the rest of the kitchen knife robbers.

The machete robber who fell downstairs smashed the wooden floor, stood up rolling all over his body, and chased towards the stable.

"Quick, my lord! Come up!"

Juniper's hands were shaking and he couldn't find the whip, so he slapped the horse's buttocks so that the horse neighed and galloped, knocked over the support beams of the stable, and the carriage rushed out before the thatch of the stable fell down. .

Yan Cijing's half body was still hanging outside the car.

When the horse hit the support, he jerked, and fell, clinging to the edge of the plank just as the horse hit it.

Juniper turned pale with fright and freed up one hand to hold Yan Cijing.

"No!" Yan Cijing yelled.

Then Juniper discovered the robber behind Yan Cijing!

Jun Jun let go of his horsewhip, and tightly held Yan Cijing's arm with both hands to prevent him from being dragged to the ground by the robbers.

"My lord—hold on—"

The horse had already run into the dense forest, and there were many trees in the forest. The robber hit the tree and let go. Juniper took this opportunity and finally pulled Yan Cijing up.

"My lord! Are you alright?" Juniper pulled Yan Cijing with lingering fear.

Yan Cijing was frightened half of his life away, lying on the wooden board and gasping for breath.

"A Song, go forward and join General He!"

"Who will meet?!"

The sudden male voice startled the two of them, Yan Cijing and Juniper raised their heads stiffly.

I saw the robber standing on the carriage, smiling sinisterly, the scimitar in his hand shining silver in the night.

The author says:

Our strict love career is not very smooth!