high official

Chapter 887
"Just go there!"

"It's just..." County Magistrate Du looked at Liu Ben, a little guilty: "The Qixing Terrace is seventy miles away from the city, and it's in the middle of the mountains. The road is long and obstructive!"

"So what!" Wang Xian was very self-willed, and said with a big hand: "Anyway, it's fun to go anywhere, and it's quite interesting to drill valleys in this season." He gestured to shoot again: "You can still hunt Le!" Then he happily bragged about how accurate his marksmanship was, that he and his grandson once hunted several tigers, leopards and bears, talking about saliva flying all over the place, so excited that he wished he could use the firecracker to shoot A few beasts came back.

"This..." County Magistrate Du looked at Liu Ben for help, but Liu Ben was looking at his nose, nose and heart, and had no intention of persuading him at all.It turns out that adults in Taiwan have already figured it out, anyway, Wang Xian didn't listen to persuasion at all, so he simply let him go.Climbing up the mountain road, grinding your feet, and stopping after suffering enough... Of course, Liu Ben would never support it, otherwise, when Wang Xian came back in despair, how could he have the confidence to say "I knew it"? Bullshit to relieve anger?

"It's done, that's it." Wang Xian pulled up the tablecloth and wiped his hands indiscriminately, stood up and said, "Let's set off early tomorrow morning. Let's go hunting first, and then go to the Seven Star Terrace for barbecue!"

"Hey..." Liu Ben didn't say a word. County Magistrate Du had no right to object, so he timidly agreed and prepared to go.

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Sure enough, Wang Xian was so heartbroken that he woke up before dawn the next day. Normally, he had to sleep until the sun was high before he was willing to get up. It was like a different person.Under the urging of the imperial envoy, the guards hurriedly got up for dinner, and then set off as soon as the city gate opened.

Seeing Liu Ben riding on the horse, looking listless, Wang Xian smiled and said: "Old Liu, if you don't want to go, just rest in the county town, there is no need to hold on."

"Hehe..." Liu Ben was not in the mood to talk to him.

"Then I don't care about you," Wang Xian was in high spirits, his whole body seemed to have endless energy, he clamped the horse's belly suddenly and said: "Let's take a step first!" He ran out with his hooves.Gu Xiaolian, Ling Xiao, Zhou Yong and other guards also rode their horses and galloped, chasing after Wang Xian!

"Master Imperial Envoy, be careful..." County Magistrate Du was still yelling to remind them as they ran away.

"Save your energy, he won't listen to you." County magistrate Liu Benbaidu glanced at him, sighed helplessly, and ordered: "Let the soldiers catch up, and we must protect the imperial envoy." The leader of the team was a The commander, taking orders in a deep voice, led more than a hundred cavalry and followed closely behind Wang Xian and his party.

Of the thousand guards that Ma Zhong sent to Wang Xian, nine hundred of them were infantry without horses, and only these one hundred cavalry had horses. What's more, they were only out for fun today, so they didn't need so many guards, so the horseless The infantry were all left in the city, and only the cavalry with horses came out.

However, Wang Xian still has more than 100 guards, of course they also have horses, and more than 200 cavalry are enough to protect the safety of the imperial envoy.

Liu Ben and County Magistrate Du are both civil servants, and they don’t usually ride horses, so after riding for more than 20 miles, they felt that the two inner sides were burning, as if they were stuffed with two pieces of red-hot charcoal, and the pain caused them to cry I came down, but seeing that I entered the mountain, even if I wanted to take a sedan chair, it was impossible.I can only lie on the horse's back with my buttocks pouted, and try to keep the injured part from contacting the saddle.But how tiring it is, my back hurts after a while, my eyes are blurry, and I can't hold on any longer.

"My lord," County Magistrate Du said, sweating profusely, "otherwise you can rest here, anyway, you will have to leave the mountain from here."

Liu Ben was very moved, but after thinking about it, he still shook his head, gritted his teeth and rode off into the mountain.

"Hey..." County Magistrate Du sighed, and he didn't know whether he felt sorry for the adults in Taiwan or his own chrysanthemum...

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After entering the mountain, the scenery really became beautiful. It was the height of spring, the mountain flowers were in full bloom, the trees were green, the wind was blowing, and the birds were singing. Even Liu Ben and County Magistrate Du felt better.The two simply got off their horses and walked, but their gait was a bit strange, looking from behind, they looked like two ducks walking.

The two of them enjoyed the spring scenery and recited poems to each other, feeling very comfortable.Especially Liu Ben, for the time being without Wang Xian being annoying, he felt very relieved, and wrote seven or eight poems one after another when he was happy, and County Magistrate Du naturally applauded desperately.Happy time is always fast, and before you know it, it is noon, and the two of them can't move anymore, so they sit by the mountain spring beside the road to rest under the service of their subordinates.Only then did Liu Ben think of Wang Xianlai. He set up a pergola and looked into the distance. He saw the winding mountain road with no end in sight. How could there be anyone there?

"They are riding horses, they must have disappeared long ago." County magistrate Du didn't care, and asked people to open the food box and set out the wine and dishes.The servant soaked the towel in the mountain spring again, and wiped the hands and faces of the two adults. "Let's have lunch first. There is only one way to go to Qixingtai, and we will meet sooner or later."

Stimulated by the cold towel, Liu Ben felt more than half tired. He felt that what Du County Magistrate said was very reasonable, so he felt relieved, and enjoyed the beautiful spring with Du County Magistrate, slowly eating wine and vegetables. At that time, County Magistrate Du took the opportunity to show courtesy to Liu Benda in an attempt to win the favor of adults in Taiwan.Liu Ben also had the intention of accepting it, and the two naturally had a fierce fight.

When the wine was half drunk, both of them were very comfortable.At this moment, Liu Ben saw a rider galloping from the mountain road in front of him, who should be the guard of the Ma Zhong faction, he couldn't help but thumped in his heart, and his heart rose to his throat.

"My lord..." County magistrate Du wanted to flatter him, but seeing Liu Ben staring into the distance like a goose, he had to shut up quickly and wait quietly with him for the guard to drive up.

But as the saying goes, "Looking at the mountain and running to a dead horse", they clearly watched the knight galloping all the time, but the two of them waited for a full meal, and the man hadn't run to the front.County magistrate Du moved his numb neck, and was about to say a few jokes to relax the atmosphere, but Liu Benhuo stood up, asked someone to lead the horse, and wanted to ride the horse to meet him.

"My lord, you can't do it." County Magistrate Du hurriedly said with a smile, "What's more, your...is still injured."

"It doesn't matter." Liu Ben didn't bother to answer him, and threw out a sentence indiscriminately, then got on his horse and left.Look at his nimble posture on horseback, where is there any pain.

The guard tried his best to push the horse, and the running horse was foaming at the mouth, and it was about to kick, and finally saw the adult coming towards him.The guard pulled the reins abruptly, "Woo...", the horse's front hooves soared high, almost throwing him off the horse.

"My lord!" The guard hurriedly got off his horse and knelt down on one knee.

"What's the matter?!" Liu Ben asked immediately.

"The Imperial Envoy and his party went hunting in the mountains, and it turned out..." The guard swallowed hard, and said in a trembling voice: "The result..."

"What's the result?!" Liu Ben became anxious when he heard it, and said in his heart that his premonition was indeed correct, and something really happened!In a hurry, he got off his horse, stepped forward, grabbed the guard by the collar, and asked sharply, "Say it!"

"As a result..." The guard said with a pale face, "Missing!"

"What?!" Liu Ben was like a thunderbolt, and unconsciously strengthened his hands, strangling the guard until he couldn't breathe.He growled and said, "What are you eating?! Didn't you ask your commander to protect the imperial envoy?!"

"We have been chasing closely," the guard replied with difficulty: "Ahem, but they are too casual. Suddenly they saw a wild boar coming out, and they swarmed after it. The wild boar entered the forest, and they followed it. It's..."

Liu Ben waited for him to continue, but he didn't hear the following for a while.Looking down, it turned out that the guard had been strangled by him and rolled his eyes.Quickly let go of his hand, the guard clutched his neck hard, gasped for breath, took a long time to recover, wiped his nose and continued: "Master Commander also led us to follow quickly, but the mountains are high and the forests are dense, After a while, they lost their traces. After searching for a long time, there was still no one, so the Commander had no choice but to continue searching, while asking the little one to come and report to the elder."

"A bunch of trash!" Liu Ben scolded angrily, picked up the guard from the ground, and roared, "Hurry up and take me there!"

"Yes!" The guard hurriedly mounted his horse and led Liu Ben back the same way.Before he could take two steps, the war horse kicked and broke his leg.Liu Ben didn't care about other things at all, and asked his men to ride with the guard with the broken leg, and let him continue to lead the way.

Hurry up and travel [-] miles on the mountain road before meeting up with the commanding officer again.When Liu Ben saw them throwing away their helmets and armor one by one, looking downcast, he knew that nothing was good.

"Normal Taiwan," the commander clasped his fists at Liu Ben in shame, and said in a low voice, "I still haven't found it..." He scratched his head vigorously, spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and said, "It's evil, isn't it just a wild boar? Where are you going?!"

"Are they lost?" Liu Ben frowned, and said patiently: "The imperial envoy and his party all came back to Shandong at the first time, so no one should know the way."

"It's very possible," the commander thought for a while, "That shouldn't be a big problem. There are more than 100 of them... There are no high mountains in Taiyi Mountain, and the population is not too sparse. As long as they find someone, they can have a guide." .”

"Yeah." Liu Ben nodded, cursing inwardly, grandma is a bear, what kind of shit is this!Why did the emperor send such a living treasure to Shandong? !
There is no other way at the moment, Liu Ben can only send a message to County Magistrate Du, asking him to go back to the county seat and order the food chiefs of the townships to organize the people to go to the mountains to find people.Liu Ben also sent everyone out to find someone, and he himself led people to the Qixingtai, waiting for Wang Xian to arrive.

When Liu Ben went to Qixingtai, it was almost dark.He stood on the high platform where the martial saints trained soldiers in the past, watching the setting sun illuminate the mountains red like blood, he felt ominous foreboding in his heart.

The guards saw the adult with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth on the high platform, as if he was thinking about some unsolved problem...

(End of this chapter)