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Chapter 281 Drive away tigers and devour wolves?

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At dusk, an autumn rain quietly fell on the Gobi Desert.

Although the rainfall is so small that you don't need an umbrella and a bamboo hat, it's like water mist blowing on your face, but it still brings a sense of dew after a long drought to travelers on the Gobi Desert.

In a small town more than 300 miles away from Langxuan City, two horses stood at the entrance of the town, and immediately sat on Cao Aning and Xu Tianying who had just been repatriated.

Although Cao Aning suffered internal injuries from two blows and has not fully recovered yet, it is already a blessing for him to be able to come back alive from the Palace of the King of Hades. is saying:

"I used to say that King Yeda Hades is powerful, and that it is impossible to guard against ghosts and ghosts. You still don't believe it, but do you believe it now? If you didn't rely on me, you wouldn't have the opportunity to be a bad person in the court and win the opportunity to commit crimes and meritorious deeds..."

Since Xu Tianying met Cao Aning, he hadn't encountered a single good thing. Hearing that Cao Aning was still bragging about himself, he responded:
"If you don't come to Yanshan to report the news of the female emperor's hidden illness, the prince of Yan and the master will continue to hold back. If the master doesn't take the risk, I will still be the young master of Jieyun Palace. After a hundred years from the master, I will become a justifiable Yan. The leader of the state, innocent and without any stains. Now it’s good, thanks to you, I became a traitor without doing anything, and I had to risk my life to lurk in the enemy’s country, trying to find a way to clear my guilt..."

Cao Aning sighed: "Fate is ups and downs, it's all the same. I grew up with Emperor Fei, and I was raised as a loyal confidant of the emperor since I was a child. As long as nothing happens, I can become a nine-thousand-year-old king of thousands of people. Under the superior, even the kings have to act according to my face.

"The result is good. The eldest princess turned back without saying a word. My master is still trying to fight against the new king. I can't do it. As a result, my apprentice will either die for the country or be purged by the empress. There is no way out. ..."

When Xu Tianying heard this, his heart moved, he tilted his head and said:
"You not only killed the two princes, but also the deposed emperor?"

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Cao Aning frowned: "Your words are inappropriate. When Emperor Fei was in power, I was the leader of the secret guards before I was in power. Emperor Fei lost the throne purely by himself, and I didn't contribute half of it."

"So it was Ke's death?"

Xu Tianying said thoughtfully: "Whoever you give the saddle to, whoever suffers, but you yourself are fine, you can be regarded as an extraordinary talent. When you arrive at King Zuo Xian's mansion, you don't have to treat yourself as a hidden stake, just sincerely help King Zuo Xian with his affairs, Maybe he can make great achievements repeatedly..."

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While the two were talking nonsense, the team in the distance rushed to the front.

There are six people in the team, all of them are warriors dressed up in Jianghu, and the leader is Du Tanqing, the spy chief under Zuo Xianwang.

Seeing this, Cao Aning bowed his hands in the distance:
"Old Du."

Du Tanqing stopped the team, drove the horse to the front of the two, and praised:
"Hu Yanjing Feige sent a letter to send a message, praising you for doing a good job, but he couldn't get out of the ground all day after beating him, which is a bit too real. But in the eyes of the old man, this is a good thing. Since you are going to do a bitter trick, you should not be sympathetic. If you really fight, you will not leave any flaws. In the future, you should be so rigorous when doing things."

Cao Aning knew that Ye Dayan's hands could not be taken lightly, so he was a little ashamed and sorry:
"Mr. Du, I've always been pragmatic. From what Mr. Du said, I'll be a guest of Prince Zuoxian's mansion from now on?"

Du Tanqing nodded: "Things are done well, the old man will naturally not go back on what he says. However, the prince has a lot of masters, and if he wants to become a close minister, he still has to climb from the bottom to the top. Recently, something happened. You are good at martial arts. Let me take a walk with the old man." .”

Seeing this, Cao Aning quickly beckoned for the followers in the town to follow up. He drove his horse in front of Du Tanqing and asked:

"What is it that Mr. Du needs to do in person?"

Du Tanqing had already said something last time, and he didn't hide it now:

"The last time Hu Yanjing said that he had met the descendants of the Qinchi family, the palace attached great importance to this matter. Naturally, the remnants of the northwest royal court must be eradicated."

When Cao Aning heard this, his heart moved: "Old Du has already found the whereabouts of the descendants of the Qinchi family?"

"The people trained in the various tribes of the West Sea have provided some clues, and they should be close to each other."

Cao Aning nodded slightly, feeling that the news was very important, as a spy, he should send it out immediately.

But it was always Yeda Hades looking for him, and he didn't know how to find Yeda Hades. This kind of emergency information was really difficult to handle, so he could only ask now:

"Our trip is to destroy the remnants of the Northwest Royal Court?"

Du Tanqing caressed his beard lightly, and there was a flash of depth in his eyes:

"For the strategy of driving tigers and wolfs away, someone will help us fight the battle. We used to just watch the battle situation, and at most take action to close it."

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Cao Aning didn't know why, but he felt scared when he heard something like "driving tigers to devour wolves and killing people with knives", but he didn't have much right to speak when he first arrived, so he didn't ask much at the moment...
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On the other side, Taniguchi Town.

At dusk, two fast horses galloped from the Gobi Desert and entered the frontier town where dragons and snakes were mixed.

Ye Jingtang was dressed in a black robe and a bamboo hat, with a chilong saber hanging on his waist, and a dragon firing gun hanging on the side of his horse. After entering the town, he looked around.

Fan Qinghe was wearing a colorful dress of red and white flowers, with a belt hanging around his waist, and there were many bottles and cans on it. He didn't carry any weapons, and he rode a big horse and walked beside him.

The two of them bid farewell to Master Xuanji the night before, set off from Langxuan City, and flew to the vicinity of Huanglaoguan in two days.

Huanglaoguan is next to a mountain range. It is called Hongshan Mountain in the Great Wei Dynasty, and Huangming Mountain when it exits the pass. It is rumored that it is the place where ancient hermits practiced immortality. It is the grassland and the Gobi Desert.

Because the terrain is relatively steep, it is inconvenient for horse-drawn carriages, and there are thousands of miles of desert after passing the mountains, normal caravans will not go here at all; but also because this place is not easy to manage in the northern and southern dynasties, it has become a golden business route for smuggling. , the largest of which is the Hongshan Gang.

Thinking about Huangming Mountain, the only way is to go through the Duolan Valley by taking a long way. Although the location is very remote, but because of the smuggling caravans and people from the rivers and lakes who dare not see their identities, they have to go here, which is profitable. There is a small town that acts as a supply point.

There are more than [-] houses in Gukou Town, and there are very few people. Even at noon, there are not many passers-by.

Yejingtang has been on the road for two days in a row. There is nothing to do but the birds are tired and the horses are exhausted. When they arrived in the town, they found a small inn to stay.

Fan Qinghe ran around all the year round, and it became a habit to eat and sleep in the open air. After running long distances, he didn't feel a little bit uncomfortable. After arriving at the inn, he asked the innkeeper for clues:

"Xiao Er, about two months ago, there was a small caravan of six people passing by here. The two cars were full of medicinal materials. Do you have any impression?"

To cross Huangming Mountain, one has to cross mountains and ridges and then cross thousands of miles of desert. The risk in the no man's land is extremely high. Those who can go from here are either large caravans with dozens of people, or tyrannical warriors who practice lightly. Six people pull two It is very likely that a car cannot get out of the desert. For this reason, as long as you have been to the town, the people in the town must have an impression.

The waiter saw that Fan Qinghe was a woman. Although she was covered with a veil, she looked good-looking, and she was kind. She only asked for a tip of one or two silver coins, so she responded:

"With six people pulling two carts of medicinal materials, it is impossible to cross Huangming Mountain without pulling supplies. Not to mention the past two months, I haven't seen them in the past two years."

"never seen it……"

Hearing this answer, Fan Qinghe couldn't help frowning secretly, asked a few more words, and then came to the room at the back of the inn with Ye Jingtang, thinking:
"I have a lot of acquaintances in the various tribes of the West Sea. I have inquired all the way and confirmed that the small caravan that left from the Xuanhao tribe came here, but there was no turning back. Could it be that they entered Liangzhou directly from Huang Laoguan?"

Ye Jingtang ordered two bowls of chopped scallion noodles, put them on the table, took out Niao Niao, who had been eating and sleeping all the way, out of the package, shook him up to eat, and responded:

"From Langxuan City, you can go directly to Heishi Pass. It is unlikely that you will come here. I guess the caravan did not enter the pass, nor did it pass Huangming Mountain. somewhere."

Fan Qinghe sat down at the table and lifted the veil from his face:
"There is no man's land nearby, and there is only this small town. I have never heard of other tribes taking root..."

"If you want to refine the strange poison of prison dragon miasma, it is likely to be hidden in the barren mountains. The amount of medicinal materials in two carts is not small. If you want to consume them all, you need to have a medical workshop. It is impossible that there are no traces of life around. Later Let Niao Niao go to patrol the mountains, as long as there are people living within a few hundred miles, they can see everything in the sky, just look for them one by one."

"grumble……"

Ye Jingtang saw that Niao Niao didn't want to go to work, so he put a poached egg for his meal.

In the past two days, Fan Qinghe hastened his journey and inquired about clues, and basically didn't stop, and hadn't had a good chat with Ye Jingtang yet.At this time, she ate noodles and saw that they were both idle, she thought for a while and asked:

"Yejingtang, don't you have any thoughts in your mind?"

"Ok?"

Ye Jingtang just picked up the chopsticks, when he heard the words, he raised his eyes to look at the gorgeous King Dongming opposite, and said in doubt:
"what idea?"

"It's about the Northwest Royal Court."

Fan Qinghe picked up the bowl, sat on the side, and said earnestly:

"Grandma Gui said that you must be a descendant of the Qinchi tribe, but you can't be sure whether it is a direct line or a collateral line. The strong in the Qinchi tribe are respected, and as long as you are capable, you are eligible to inherit, so you are considered to be the descendant of the Tianlang King. The orthodox heir..."

To be honest, Ye Jingtang didn't think about this, he shook his head and said with a smile:
"I'm just a knight-errant, and I prefer to travel around the rivers and lakes immediately with a sword. I really can't do anything like king and hegemony. Besides, status is obtained by skill. It's really not interesting to get the position of King Tianlang by relying on bloodlines."

In fact, Fan Qinghe saw that Ye Jingtang didn't value fame and fortune, but was just a bit lustful, so he said in a persuasive way:

"This is not seeking, but getting back what you should have. You don't have King Tianlang, so naturally you don't understand King Tianlang's goodness. King Tianlang is not an ordinary vassal king, but a serious monarch of a country. The monarchs of the northern and southern dynasties were equal, with three thousand beauties in the three palaces and six courtyards..."

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When Ye Jingtang heard this, he was a bit serious:
"Ms. Fan thinks that I am a person who is greedy for beauty?"

No?
Fan Qinghe thinks so, but it's hard to say it clearly, so he tactfully said:

"It's not greed either. Don't you like Prince Jing? Prince Jing is the empress's own younger sister. Even if you become number one in the world, you are still a son-in-law if you want to marry Prince Jing. Taking concubines depends on Prince Jing's will. And when you become Tianlang The king is different, marrying a bunch of side concubines, even Prince Jing can't say anything about you..."

Nightmare is a bit funny:
"I'm really not interested in royal power, but if I find out my life, even if I don't remember it, the enmity related to me will be settled, and the kindness will also be repaid. Girl Fan doesn't have to worry about me because I grew up in Dawei. , treat the things before birth as something outside my body that has nothing to do with me."

When Fan Qinghe heard this, he secretly sighed, and didn't say any more...

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At the same time, between the mountains hundreds of miles away.

It is about to enter late autumn, and the cool autumn wind carries the rain, pouring into the basin between the mountains. The basin is covered with knee-deep yellow weeds. The center is a few fields, surrounded by an isolated and nameless village. There are only seven or eight families.

In the small courtyard at the entrance of the village, Jiang Zhahu, dressed in a green robe, put his hands out of the eaves, caught a few drops of rainwater, and called out:

"Girl, it's raining, go ask your grandfather to add some clothes, don't worry about everything and catch cold."

"I know, Dad."

In the room behind, a fat girl of seven or eight years old reluctantly put down her toys and ran out the door with an umbrella.

In the kitchen, the daughter-in-law, who was washing the dishes, wiped her hands and came to her after her daughter went out, and asked:
"In a few months, the mountains will be covered by heavy snow. You won't go out before spring, right?"

"Yanfeng was folded outside. There are not many people in the gang you can trust. If something happens, you may have to go out a few times."

"Hey, you live here, and you have no place to spend the money you earn, so why bother about it? In my opinion, it's better to give the position of leader to Huatou Buddha..."

"Zhan Zhongdao is not good at martial arts and has a reckless personality. Even if he is the leader, he can't control the Liangzhou rivers and lakes. Liu Qiansheng has a thousand crimes, but when he dominated Liangzhou, no matter the gang or the horse bandit, he did abide by the rules; I put Liu Qiansheng If you pull it down, you can only fill in the vacancy by yourself..."

"You say this again. I think you just don't want to bear the reputation and status of the overlord of the rivers and lakes. Back then, I shouldn't have begged my father to cure you. When your martial arts were ruined, you followed me with a shameless face, and kept saying 'always be with you I will never be separated for the rest of my life', but after being cured, I ran out every three days..."

Jiang Zahu listened to the nagging, but the words brought back memories of the past.

When he was expelled from the Hongshan Gang when he was more than ten years old, he left the customs alone and came to various tribes in the West Sea, where he and Shi Yanfeng became a bodyguard traveling from south to north.

The core of the trade of the various tribes in the West Sea is Langxuan City, so he also wandered there. Once he took over a business and was hired as a driver to run to Huangming Mountain. The owner was a little girl.

At that time, he was useless in martial arts, and he didn't know that the girl's father was a genius doctor. Because he was carrying blood and deep hatred, he didn't talk much during the escort, and he didn't think about marrying a wife and having children.

But the girls from various tribes in the West Sea have always been aggressive, and when they found that he was good-looking, had read books and could write like a frail scholar, they treated him very well, and surrounded him all day long to make friends with him, trying to figure out his background.

Then he was pulled down the mountain and met one of the most important people in his life. From that day on, his experience began to turn around. He jumped out of the valley to the top of the mountain and never fell down again.

Jiang Zhahu received the favor, so he naturally remembered it, and never left after he came to this valley, even if he finally avenged his father's murder, became the leader of the military, and took charge of the Hongshan Gang, he still had to go out on business to finish his work. After that, he came back here. From the beginning to the end, he was the homeless little ranger who was taken in by a girl. He has never changed, and this valley is also the only rebellion in his heart.

Seeing his daughter-in-law talking about the past again, Jiang Zahu responded:
"Back then, it seemed that you forced me to come here, and you beat me if I didn't come..."

"I did it for your own good! Besides, you said 'always be with me, and we will never be separated for the rest of my life', right?"

"Then why don't you visit the hall, you have to say a few words..."

"Scene talk?!"

"Hey, I'm in my 50s and [-]s, what should I do if I let the girl hear this..."

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(End of this chapter)