Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 28
The night was dark, and only the leading guards had torches. As soon as Zhong Yao called to stop, Uncle Fu whistled immediately, and the guards in front reined in their horses, turned around and surrounded Zhong Yao and Uncle Fu.

Uncle Fu polished the torch, looked at Zhong Yao's bloodless face, and suddenly panicked, this was not a state of drinking too much at all.

"Young master, why is your face so pale?" Fu Bo jumped off his horse and asked with concern.

Zhong Yao shook his head with a painful expression, his body seemed to be losing all strength under the abdominal pain, and even sitting on horseback was a kind of torture for him now.

Uncle Fu helped Zhong Yao off his horse and put him on the ground. Pulling the torch closer, Zhong Yao's pale face and lips turned purple. Uncle Fu put his hand on Zhong Yao's forehead and touched it. Take Zhong Yao's pulse.

"It's not drunk, it's poisoning!" Forcing his composure, Fu Bo quickly searched for various symptoms in his mind while sounding his pulse. After a while, he exclaimed in shock: "Zi Yueqing!"

The team leader Bai Shen squatted nervously beside Uncle Fu and asked, "Zi Yueqing?"

"A type of numb body poison, commonly used by quack warlocks. It is colorless and odorless, and it is difficult to guard against."

Bai Shen continued to ask, "Is that fatal?"

Fu Bo took out a white pill from his waist pocket and stuffed it into Zhong Yao's mouth, and gave him a sip of water before answering the guard's question: "It's not fatal, but the poisoned person has unbearable abdominal pain and general weakness. It will take four weeks at the fastest." It takes an hour to recover."

The Changyu Pills he fed could only relieve abdominal pain, but could not detoxify. Fu Bo knew that the most important thing right now was to induce vomiting.

Hearing Fu Bo said that it would not be fatal, the guards were relieved, Bai Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "That's good."

Uncle Fu stood up slowly, his face even more serious: "No, this poison is not fatal, the enemy must know, this is just a preparation for the next step." He looked at the road ahead, the darkness was like an abyss, years of experience told him, It was full of murderous intent.

Just when the guards were at a loss, Fu Bo said: "Captain Bai, if I guessed right, there must be an ambush ahead, but at this moment, you need to distract the enemy, so that I can take the young master to detour to the west through the dense forest in the north." Water City."

When Bai Shen heard this, he stood up and nodded, "Okay." This was Shi's order, but he didn't look panicked at all.

Uncle Uncle felt a little sad, looked around the ten guards, clasped his fists and bowed and said: "The previous crimes were more or less serious, whether the young master can escape or not depends on everyone."

Bai Shen drew out his sword and said: "The general has treated us with great kindness, even though death is not enough to thank us, how can we let the young master be destroyed by our hands!"

After the guards clasped their fists to salute Uncle Fu, they got on their horses and ran forward without any hesitation.

Uncle Fu helped Zhong Yao onto his horse, and then sat behind Zhong Yao himself. At this time, Zhong Yao had fainted, and his numb body was supported by Uncle Fu behind him.

"Young master, hold on." Uncle Fu turned his horse's head and ran towards the dense forest to the north.

In the quiet dense forest, Uncle Fu speeded up his whip while supporting Zhong Yao. Under the darkness, the horse could only rely on intuition to dodge the approaching trees. It's easy to be exposed, but at this time, Fu Bo can't care so much. If there is an ambush, then the only way to stop is to die.

As long as you pass through this dense forest, you can go north to Xishui City, which is the territory of the Zhong family, Uncle Fu thought about it, and touched Zhong Yao's face from time to time.

The temperature on Zhong Yao's face has warmed up a bit. This is a good symptom. People who practice martial arts have stronger physique than ordinary people and recover faster.

Just when Forbe relaxed a little, the rapid and dense sound of horseshoes behind him pulled him into the abyss of fear again.

After sprinting for a while, Forbe could only hear the dense sound of hooves getting closer.

With two people on one horse, the foot strength is not enough to run away with the pursuers. After thinking about it for a while, Fu Bo suddenly stopped the horse.

He helped the unconscious Zhong Yao off his horse and carried him to a tree to lean against. Then he went to the side of the horse and took out a torch, moved the dead leaves and brittle wood on the ground together, and a bonfire was lit in a short while.

With the fire shining, Fu Bo calmly took out tungsten steel rings from his waist, eight in total, and put them on his fingers slowly.

"Come on, I haven't practiced this old bone for a long time."

The crumbling Yuxiangzhai was on the verge of collapsing in the raging fire. Under the cross-siege of well-trained guards with bows and arrows and spears and swords, the breakout of the men in black had failed.

Yu Xiangzhai had already begun to tilt, and under the firelight of Yu Xiangzhai's whole body, the black-clothed corpses were particularly dazzling.

Zhong Lin looked at Yu Xiangzhai, which was slowly collapsing in front of him, and wondered in his heart, did the Lu family really dare to plot so blatantly?This is unlikely.

The second captain, Jia Shi, wiped off the bloody sword and came to Zhong Lin with a look of shame on his face: "My lord, this subordinate has neglected his duties and is not alive."

"The night is unclear, it's not your fault, have you found anything?"

Jia Shi then replied: "Most of them have self-disfigured, and there is no proof of death. I am afraid it will be difficult to find clues."

Zhong Lin took a torch, walked to the nearest corpse in black, squatted down and rummaged through the corpse carefully.

When he saw the tattoo of the water god Qiangong exposed on the corpse's arm, he looked back at Jia Shi and said, "See if the other corpses have this tattoo."

Jia Shi beckoned to the other guards: "Pull off the black clothes of these corpses to see if there are any tattoos."

After searching, Jia Shi came to Zhong Lin's side and said, "They all have tattoos, but..."

"But what?" Zhong Lin asked back.

"All tattoo designs are different, there are tigers and wolves, water gods, green pheasants and so on."

"Oh." Zhong Lin unconsciously touched his chest, sighed and said, "Well, maybe I was wrong."

Tattoos are not uncommon in Yue country. People will tattoo on their bodies what they like or admire. Some are hobbies, some are beliefs, and some are forgiveness.

Zhong Lin himself has tattoos, on his chest, two Vietnamese characters, Qing Niang.

Unbearable to look back on the past, Zhong Lin pulled back his thoughts, turned and walked to the carriage.

Jia Shi, who was behind him, was obviously not as calm as Zhong Lin. He chased after Zhong Lin and said worriedly: "General, the Lu family's conspiracy cannot only target you. I'm worried about the major general..."

After saying this, Zhong Lin stopped, turned around and said, "Don't worry, Yao has the strength of a rock, and he is no problem against 30 or [-] people alone, besides..."

Zhong Lin paused for a moment, then continued to walk towards the carriage: "There are people who are a hundred times more powerful around him."

Also under the moon, Shouyan City.

Pang Baichuan was sitting under the gazebo in white clothes. The breeze blowing by the pond made the candles beside his table shake and tremble.

Instead of playing chess, he held a piece of thin pigskin the size of a palm in one hand, and drew tattoos on the pigskin with a stained needle in the other hand. There was also a stack of thin pigskins on the table, each of which was different patterns.

The slightly sturdier servant Li Si has been standing behind him, yawning from time to time, his face full of impatience.

Li Si really didn't understand his master. Every time he didn't play chess, he used pigskin to draw tattoos, and each pattern was different. This tattoo could be handed over to a professional tattoo artist, but it was just a matter of money.

After Pang Baichuan finished painting, he stopped and looked up at the moon outside the pavilion. Tonight's moon is a bit dark, but very round.

"The hour of the day has passed, they should have succeeded." These words didn't seem to be said to Li Si, but rather to themselves.

"Ah?" Li Si was startled awake by Pang Baichuan's words, and hurriedly put away his fatigue, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Pang Baichuan continued: "Li Si, do you know why I sent those secret agents to Beiye Town to die?"

How did Li Si know, he shook his head calmly: "I don't know."

Pang Baichuan likes Li Si's character, he doesn't hide anything, he knows what he knows, and he doesn't know what he doesn't know, but how many people in the world can be so frank: "Those who work carefully, some of them may have married, and their lives are stable. It's inevitable that your mind will be shaken."

Li Si thought for a while, didn't understand, and asked, "And then?"

Pang Baichuan put down the pigskin in his hand, neatly folded it on top of the original pile of pigskins and said, "Whoever has a wavering heart will not be kept."

Li Si still didn't understand, and then asked: "Isn't the master trying to kill Zhong Lin and Zhong Yao?"

Pang Baichuan shook his head: "Zhong Yao cannot stay, but Zhong Lin cannot die."

When the pond wind picked up again, Pang Baichuan got up and stretched himself, feeling comfortable all of a sudden.

"Zhong Zi has a brave plan and needs to be eliminated as soon as possible, but if Zhong Lin dies, the country will be in chaos, which will not benefit Pang."

At this moment, a military scout rushed over, knelt down in front of Pang Baichuan and saluted, "General Yan has an order, Staff Pang will go to Enshui City as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)