Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 3 Xue Zhi Assassinated
At the same time, Chen Nian was not in the mood to be sentimental, and kept chasing after Mu Zhanyue at a moderate distance, his mind was full of thoughts on how to avoid lying and put the blame on others.

One after the other, they went westward not too far, and before they entered Feilongxing, they ran into Zhang Kuisu, the leader of Qingfengzhai, and others head-on.When Zhang Kuisu got the reward from Ye Xiaoqi and learned that Chen Nian had been robbed, he couldn't help being shocked for a moment. He ordered people to quickly send a message to Mu Zhanyue, and at the same time personally brought dozens of experts from the village. Rescue Chen Nian.

Ye Xiaoqi followed closely beside Zhang Kui's horse. Seeing that Mu Zhanyue brought Chen Nian back, he was relieved, and was about to go up to have a word with Chen Nian, but saw her keep on talking. Winking at himself, obviously winking.Ye Xiaoqi was taken aback, and subconsciously reined in the horse.

Zhang Kuisu hurriedly went forward, looked at Chen Nian carefully, and asked anxiously and with concern: "Is there any injury?"

Chen Nian carefully peeked at Mu Zhanyue, although the black veil hanging from the bamboo hat covered his complexion, it couldn't hide the sharp coldness emanating from him.She swallowed dryly, and timidly replied: "No, everything is fine."

Zhang Kuisu's expression was visibly relaxed, and before he could speak, Liu Zhongyi, the third master behind him, patted his horse and rushed forward, saying, "It's good that it's okay, today's incident scared the rest of us. If you want me Said you girl, you acted too recklessly. You said long ago that you would not be asked to come out to get this ticket. You just wanted to be brave and ran away after grabbing the token, without waiting for the boss to make proper arrangements. Fortunately, nothing happened , in case something bad happens, how do you tell us to explain to Brother Mu?"

The more Chen Nian listened to him, the more he felt that his words were not pleasing to her ears. She was afraid that her adoptive father was true, and she also wanted to respect Zhang Kuisu, but this did not mean that she was easy to bully.Contrary to her appearance of avoiding cats and mice just now, she smiled generously, and said in a calm manner: "The third master's words are a bit serious, not to mention whether Chen Nian dares to be presumptuous in front of the eldest master, Let’s just say that with your skills, if you really don’t want to ask Chen Nian to do this business, can Chen Nian grab the token right under your nose? You think highly of Chen Nian too!”

She had a sharp tongue, but she spoke this passage very quickly, and she jumped down like crackling beans, which immediately made Liu Zhongyi blush.

Mu Zhanyue remained silent.

Zhang Kuisu could already see that he was unhappy, seeing that Liu Zhongyi was still thinking of arguing with Chen Nian, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Sir, shut up!"

Seeing this, Wen Fengming, the second boss who had been silent all this time, hurriedly came out to smooth things over, and sincerely apologized to Mu Zhanyue: "Zhan Yue, don't argue with the third child, he has always had this temper, he has a bad mouth and a good heart." ...In any case, this matter is due to our lack of thoughtfulness, and Chen Nian should not be asked to come out alone to pick up this leader. The head of the family knew that she had been arrested, and he was very anxious, and immediately took us out to rescue, saying that if Chen Nian Once he made a mistake, he really doesn’t know how to explain it to you.”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Chen Nian again, and reprimanded him in the tone of an elder: "Chen Nian, you are also at fault for this matter, although the third master said something inappropriate in a hurry, but this time you greedy for merit and underestimated the enemy, so that you fell into the enemy's hands , but it's all your fault!"

Although Wen Fengming said that Liu Zhongyi and Chen Nian were each given [-] slaps, the words clearly favored Liu Zhongyi.Chen Nian sneered secretly, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smile: "The second leader is fair and strict, and Chen Nian is convinced. The third leader is like this. He is obviously very good at the bottom of his heart, but he wants to act like a villain." To scare people. Chennian was actually very guilty when he first went out for business. He wanted to ask his old man to come over for help, but when he saw him so frightened that he didn't even dare to say anything, how dare he open his mouth to beg him. Today If there are three masters on the sidelines for Chen Nian, Chen Nian is so much more than that!"

Zhang Kuisu could hear the sharpness in their words, and guessed that there must be something strange about today's incident, but now it's not the time to delve into the matter, so he ignored them and just cupped his fists at Mu Zhanyue With a bow, he sincerely said to him: "Brother Mu, it is indeed my brother who did something wrong this time, and I am here to apologize to you."

Mu Zhanyue avoided his salute by parting his horse's head, and only took a blood-stained bundle from the side of the horse and handed it to Zhang Kuisu, and said calmly, "Master Zhang, this is the head of Xue Zhi in Jizhou. I promised to kill ten people for you, this is the tenth, so far, Mu has paid off the favor of Zhang Dazhang."

As soon as these words came out, except for Zhang Kuisu, the head of the family, everyone was shocked.Although everyone is a bandit, they know a little about the things outside the mountain. Xue Zhi has also heard of him. He was born in a military family and has served as the guard of Jizhou since Yongping four years ago. There are tens of thousands of Jizhou troops.Since the Shengdu Rebellion in the ninth year of Yongping, the imperial court's control over the counties in Jiangbei was far less than before. Xue Zhi also took the opportunity to recruit troops to strengthen his strength.

Now, the head of this "hero" is in this package.

Zhang Kuisu refused to accept the burden, but asked in a deep voice, "Brother Mu, what is the meaning of this?"

When Mu Zhanyue saw this, he threw the burden at Liu Zhongyi, the third master. Liu Zhongyi caught it subconsciously. After he realized it, he wished he could throw the burden back immediately, but he finally held back and only looked at Zhang Kuisu.

But Zhang Kuisu ignored him, and still stared at Mu Zhanyue intently: "Brother Mu, I have something to do to you?"

Mu Zhan shook his head slowly, and said, "The boss has nothing to do to me."

Zhang Kuisu's expression softened a little when he heard the words, but he heard Mu Zhanyue continue to say: "But Mu is worthy of the boss."

As soon as the words fell, Liu Zhongyi who was beside him shouted angrily: "Mu Zhanyue, how can you be so ungrateful? 16 years ago, you were hunted down and had nowhere to go. If the big boss didn't take you in, your father and daughter People have died here in the Taihang Mountains long ago. We have protected your father and daughter for 16 years, and even raised Chen Nian as a daughter. Why, you are leaving now after saying a word?"

Chen Nian was not annoyed when he heard this, and was about to stand up to argue with him, but Mu Zhanyue at the side reached out to stop her, only looked at Zhang Kuisu in front of him and said: "Master, I have something to say that day, no matter where you live in Qingfengzhai How long, there will always be a day to go."

Zhang Kuisu was silent for a moment, finally sighed, and said, "Yes, you did say that."

Mu Zhan stopped talking after listening.

Zhang Kuisu said again: "Since this is the case, Zhang will not stay with Brother Mu anymore. But you and I met each other anyway, and Chen Nian grew up in Qingfengzhai. I watched her grow up. I have long regarded her as a My own daughter. No matter where you go, Brother Mu, don’t break the news with Qingfengzhai. If everything goes well, just report to me that you are safe. If there is something wrong, just say a word, and Qingfengzhai will definitely help you.”

As he spoke, Zhang Kuisu rode his horse out of the way first, clasped fists with Mu Zhanyue and said, "Brother Mu, we will meet later."

Mu Zhanyue also hugged him, turned his head and said to Chen Nian, "Let's go."

Chen Nian has been in Qingfengzhai since she can remember, but she doesn't know why her adoptive father chose to leave today. The incident happened so suddenly that she couldn't accept it for a moment, and she was stunned for a moment before she patted her horse and chased Mu Zhanyue away.

Ye Xiaoqi, who had been unable to intervene next to him, was also stunned. Seeing that Chen Nian had left like this, he couldn't help calling out: "Chen Nian!"

Chen Nian reined in his horse, hesitated for a while and turned back, and hurriedly confessed to Ye Xiaoqi: "Xiaoqi, I'm leaving first, take care, all the treasures I let go are given to you. You have to take good care of it. And the pair of rabbits I raised behind the house. After you go back, take them to the back mountain and release them. Don’t forget, you can’t kill them secretly, otherwise I won’t Forgive you!"

Ye Xiaoqi just nodded his head, before he had time to say a few words, Chen Nian turned his horse's head again, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye, only the sound of the horse's hooves gradually faded away, and finally there was no movement.

Outside Feilongxing, on the official road from west to east, Feng Junyang and others were also on their way overnight.Traveling all the way like this, all the people arrived at the station until midnight.Their own guards arranged for the guards, while Feng Junyang, Yun Sheng and others got off the carriage and went straight into the station to rest.Unexpectedly, before he could take a break, he heard noises outside.

Feng Junyang was washing up, and he couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the sound, and told the guards beside him, "Go out and see what's going on."

The guard went out in a hurry, and came back after a while, and reported nervously: "It's the troops from Jizhou. They said that General Xue of Jizhou was assassinated and killed. They chased the assassin all the way west and came here."

Feng Junyang's hand froze in the water for a moment: "General Xue was assassinated and killed?"

The guard hesitated, looked carefully at Feng Junyang's face, and said in a low voice: "Yes, I heard... the assassin's head was cut off and taken away."

Feng Junyang didn't speak any more, just stood silently.He went to Jizhou this time to form an alliance with Xue Zhi on behalf of the Feng family, who knows that Xue Zhi died like this before others arrived in Jizhou city.Whose method is this?Is it a personal enmity or is there a secret force manipulating it?Xue Zhi only had two sons, but they were not born to the same mother. They had always been at odds with each other. Now that Xue Zhi died, who would Jizhou fall into?Will the situation be turbulent?

A bunch of questions came crashing down on his face, Jiao Feng Junyang couldn't help frowning, he was thinking about what to do next, but he heard another rush of footsteps outside the door.The next moment, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside with a bang, and Yun Sheng came in with a gust of wind, shouting, "Cousin, is Uncle Xue really killed?"

Feng Junyang flattened his brows, took the towel handed over by the guard, dried his hands leisurely, then threw the towel casually into the basin, turned around and looked at Yunsheng: "The gang outside That's what people say, and the specific situation will not be known until we arrive in Jizhou."

Yunsheng's eye circles were already red, but he still couldn't believe it was true, and murmured: "How could a hero like Uncle Xue be plotted against by villains? Xian'er doesn't know what to do now. It’s like this, it may be able to withstand this accident.”

Seeing her like this, a gentle look flashed across Feng Junyang's face, and he said in a gentle voice: "Yunsheng, it's useless to think about it now, I will leave for Jizhou early tomorrow morning, if you want to come with me , now hurry back to the room and rest for a while, I'm afraid I'll be on horseback all day tomorrow."

After Yun Sheng heard this, although he missed Xian Er very much in his heart, he could only nod his head, and went back to his room to rest full of worries.But where could she sleep again when she went back? She tossed and turned on the bed in the middle of the night, and when it was a little bright outside, she couldn't lie down any longer. The movement on Jun Yang's side.

Just like that, at the second quarter of Yinzheng, someone came outside the house and asked Yunsheng to get up.

Hearing the sound, Yun Sheng hurriedly opened the door and went out. He saw Feng Junyang was waiting downstairs, fully dressed, and he was talking to Zheng Lun in a low voice, "Jizhou City must be loose on the outside and tight on the inside right now. Don't let it out. You don't have to follow me into the city, just take people to stop outside the city, and always pay attention to the movements of Qingzhou and Yicheng. Xue Zhi's assassination and death cannot be hidden, and there will be something in those two places soon. reaction."

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Feng Junyang glanced towards the stairs, seeing that Yun was born, he only slightly nodded at her, then turned his head and told Zheng Lun, "Go, be careful not to reveal your identity."

Zheng Lun nodded, and quickly walked away as ordered.

Feng Junyang then turned his head to look at Yunsheng and said, "Let's go."

Yun Sheng hurriedly followed him out of the station, abandoned his cart and mounted his horse, and rushed to Jizhou with many guards.A group of people rushed on horseback and ran for a full day, and arrived at Jizhou City when it was dark.Li Chong, Lieutenant General of Jizhou, got the news in advance and had already brought people to meet him outside the city. Feng Junyang didn't care about greeting him, so he rode his horse straight into Jizhou City.

There was a murderous atmosphere in the city, not only checkpoints were set up at each intersection fortress, but also teams of patrolling soldiers in full armor could be seen everywhere on the streets.The people in the city were oppressed by this dignified atmosphere, and their doors had long been closed, and they didn't even dare to light the lights.Only the inside and outside of the city guard's mansion were brightly lit, with big white lanterns hanging high up, illuminating everything in white.

In the mourning hall, Xue Zhi's two sons, Xue Shengying and Xue Shengxian, knelt on each side facing each other. Seeing Feng Junyang coming in with Li Chong, they looked up at the same time.

Because Xue Zhi's stepmother was the daughter of Yunxi Feng's family, although she was not a direct descendant, she was Feng Junyang's cousin in terms of seniority, so Feng Junyang held his son and nephew to worship Xue Zhi.Xue Shengying and Xue Shengxian kowtowed and kowtowed in return. After the ceremony was over, they both stood up and came forward.

Xue Shengying called "Shizi" first, but before she could speak, tears flowed down again.

Feng Junyang comforted him a few words in a warm voice, and then asked Xue Zhi's widow, Mrs. Feng, about the situation.Xue Shengying wiped away her tears and replied: "Since hearing the bad news, my mother has fallen ill, and Xian'er is taking care of her."

What Yun Sheng was most worried about was Xian'er, mother and daughter, so he said, "I'm going to see my aunt."

Xue Shengying took a look at Feng Junyang, seeing that he did not respond, and ordered the people around her to take Yunsheng to visit Mrs. Feng in the backyard.

Feng Junyang asked Yunsheng a few words, and after she left with others, he turned around and asked Xue Zhi about the scene when he was stabbed.Xue Shengying replied in grief and indignation: "At that time, my father had just returned from patrolling the camp, and he was killed before he could enter the city. The guards who followed my father were all loyal and guarded desperately, but they were all murdered. The guards on the city wall Although I saw it from a distance, I couldn't see the assassin's face clearly, I only knew that it was a knife, the moves were fierce, and the knife killed people, and when the people in the city rushed out to rescue, the assassin had already run away."

It turned out not to be an assassination, but an assassination in the street in blue sky and broad daylight, and first killed all the guards around Xue Zhi, such a powerful assassin... Feng Junyang's heart moved, and he asked again: "Are you sure the assassin fled west? "

Xue Shengying nodded and said: "Yes, several teams have been sent to chase after it, and I have also sent a letter to Qingzhou Feige, telling them to seal the west entrance of Feilong Xing and strictly check the passers-by."

Qingzhou is just to the west of Jizhou, and there is only one Taihang mountain range between the two, and the hundred-mile flying dragon crosses the Taihang mountain, which is the main road connecting Qingzhou and Jizhou. As long as the assassin wants to go west, he must go Passing through Feilongxing.

But what if the assassin didn't flee to Qingzhou?What if you just want to enter the Taihang Mountains?For example... Qingfeng Village in the Taihang Mountains!Feng Jun raised his eyebrows and narrowed his heart slightly, and his thoughts changed a few times in a moment.The man who rescued Xie Chennian came from the direction of Jizhou, and he also used a sword and had superb sword skills... Could it be that he was the assassin who killed Xue Zhi?However, Qingfeng Village is just a bandit in the Taihang Mountains, why would Xue Zhi's life be taken?

Xue Shengxian, who was silent all the time, noticed Feng Junyang's expression was different, and suddenly remembered that he came from Qingzhou, and he was also walking by the Feilongxing. After thinking about it, he asked: "My son came from Qingzhou. Have you encountered any suspicious people?"

Feng Junyang pondered for a while, and replied: "I met a somewhat weird swordsman, and he beheaded a war horse with a single knife. The technique was very ruthless."

Both Xue Shengying and Xue Shengxian's expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly asked, "Where did you meet? Where is that person now?"

There seemed to be a slight light flashing in Feng Junyang's eyes, he lowered his eyes slightly, then raised his eyes to look at Xue Shengxian, and replied: "The man entered Feilongxing, he should have gone to Qingzhou."

The murderous intent in Xue Shengying's eyes soared, and he said bitterly: "Since he has gone to Qingzhou, the thief will not be able to escape. Once he is caught, he will definitely be skinned and crumpled to pieces!"

Xue Shengxian also ordered the general beside him in a deep voice: "Rush to Qingzhou overnight, and ask General Yang to guard the pass and carefully check the passing merchants, and we must not let the thieves get out."

The two of them spoke so harshly, but neither of them was willing to take someone to Qingzhou to capture the assassin, because they were just afraid of losing control of Jizhou.Feng Junyang lowered his head, hiding the sarcasm on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing him like this, Xue Shengying thought he was tired, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is tired from afar, I will send you to rest for a while."

Feng Junyang's face was frank, and he said bluntly: "Because I was delayed in Feilong Xing, I arrived at the post station at midnight yesterday. I didn't want to, but I was surprised to hear the news of General Xue's assassination. I was shocked and hurt. Abandoning the brigade and rushing to Jizhou, I am really tired at the moment, let me go down for a while, and then I will talk with the two young masters later."

Xue Shengying and Xue Shengxian were quite moved when they heard this, they personally sent him out of the mourning hall and arranged a good courtyard to rest with him.

Feng Junyang was not polite to them, and brought his own people in to live in. After all the people in Xue's residence had retreated, he called in his confidant guards and said in a low voice: "Go and check quietly, see Xue Is there any festival between Zhizhi and Qingfengzhai in Taihang Mountain?"

In the night, there was a clear fragrance coming with the wind. Feng Junyang stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the Xifu crabapple in full bloom under the porch.Qingfeng Village will never kill Xue Zhi for no reason, since there must be a reason for killing, then what exactly is the reason?It's just a group of bandits from the Southern Taihang, why dare to assassinate the guard of Jizhou who is in charge of tens of thousands of troops?
For a moment, Feng Junyang couldn't help being a little confused.

Chen Nian was also confused in a small mountain depression near the western pass in Feilongxing.

After receiving letters from Feige from Jizhou one after another, Yang Cheng, the guard of Qingzhou, personally led people to guard the gate of Feilong Xing, sealed the gate tightly, and checked the passing merchants and pedestrians one by one.Seeing this, Mu Zhanyue and Chen Nian didn't move forward. They turned their horses and walked back for more than 30 miles. Relying on their familiarity with Feilongxing, the two turned around and hid in a hidden mountain col. inside.

Although in the wild, there is no shortage of food. Mu Zhanyue's martial arts are so strong that catching some wild animals is not a problem.Although Chen Nian didn't learn kung fu, but because he followed Ye Xiaoqi in the mountains since he was a child, he has learned a good skill in barbecue.The two used their strengths and quickly passed the dinner.

Mu Zhanyue had already taken off his bamboo hat. Although there were a lot of silver strands in his hair, his face was not old. He looked about [-] or so, and his facial features were very correct, but his expression was a little cold, as if he had no expression generally.

While holding the fire in front of him with a wooden stick, Chen Nian carefully peeked at Mu Zhanyue who was sitting opposite, and after a few hesitation, he mustered up the courage to ask: "Father, why did the head of the family kill Xue Zhi? "

Mu Zhan raised his eyelids and looked at her.

Chen Nian felt a little nervous, and subconsciously held his breath, waiting for his answer.

Unexpectedly, Mu Zhanyue's eyes flicked across her face, but finally landed on the dark blue night sky, and he simply replied: "I don't know."

Chen Nian almost fell on his back when he heard this, and stared at Mu Zhanyue for a long while, seeing him looking up at the sky in silence, he finally believed that maybe he really didn't know.She felt a little disappointed, wanted to sigh but didn't dare, thought for a while to herself, and suddenly said without thinking: "I can't hide this matter."

She looked up at Mu Zhanyue, regardless of whether he was listening to her speech or not, she just said to herself: "There were so many people present yesterday, and they all saw that foster father handed Xue Zhi's head to the head of the family. As the saying goes, many people speak Miscellaneous, Xue Zhi is not an unknown person, so it is absolutely impossible to hide this matter, I am afraid that news will leak out in a few days, and Jizhou will definitely not let it go."

Only then did Mu Zhanyue turn around slowly, and asked indifferently, "So what?"

Chen Nian suddenly became a little nervous, and asked: "Father, will Jizhou send an army to attack the village? Xue Zhi died like this, they must avenge him!"

Thinking about it this way, Chen Nian couldn't help worrying about the stockade, no matter how powerful Qingfeng stockade is in Taihang Mountains, it is just a group of bandits, how can it compete with Jizhou's regular army?If Jizhou really made up his mind to avenge Xue Zhi, then Qingfengzhai would definitely be in trouble.

That's where she grew up, and that's where her friends are!
Chen Nian stood up abruptly and shouted: "Father, let's go back to the stockade quickly and ask the head of the village to discuss the countermeasures. If it doesn't work, ask everyone in the stockade to go out and hide first. You can't stay in the mountains for long, everyone will come back after this storm!"

As she spoke, she rushed to pack her bags.Mu Zhanyue sat still.

Chen Nian took the time to turn his head and look at him, seeing that he couldn't help being impatient, he shouted loudly: "Father!"

Mu Zhan moved more and said, "It's useless."

Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment, and then Mu Zhan said unhurriedly: "If you can think of it, Zhang Kuisu can naturally think of it. Even if you go back now, it will be of no use."

Chen Nian stood silently for a moment, walked up to Mu Zhanyue and knelt down, and asked, "Father, you really don't know why the head of the family wanted to kill Xue Zhi?"

Mu Zhan shook his head: "I don't know."

Chen Nian stared at him with good eyes, and asked again: "Then why did we leave the village suddenly? Why didn't we leave sooner or later, but waited until you killed Xue Zhi?"

Mu Zhanyue and her looked at each other for a long while, and replied lightly: "Chen Nian, you ask too many questions." After speaking, he leaned gently on the stone wall behind him, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Seeing him like this, Chen Nian knew that he would not tell her the answer. She wanted to sneak back to the village, but she knew that she had no ability to sneak away under Mu Zhanyue's nose, so she curled her lips helplessly and rushed again. Watching Mu Zhanyue make a funny face, he walked to the side and reopened his luggage to prepare for sleep.

She just made a simple bed for herself here, and was about to lie down and rest, when Mu Zhanyue suddenly heard Mu Zhanyue say: "I haven't done my homework for today."

Chen Nian felt miserable, but he didn't dare not get up, so he walked aside to take a step.She spent more than two days on the horse, her legs were already sore and tired, and she couldn't hold on after squatting for a while.

Mu Zhanyue was still sitting with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

Chen Nian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to straighten his legs a little bit, but as soon as he thought about it, a stone hit his knee.She couldn't help but let out an "Ouch", and turned to look at Mu Zhanyue, and saw that his eyes were still closed, and his hands were lightly resting on his knees, as if he had never moved.

Chen Nian didn't dare to be lazy anymore, he gritted his teeth and persisted for a quarter of an hour, when he was about to get up, he heard Mu Zhanyue asking from behind: "What did I tell you before I left the village?"

What did he say?Naturally, she was told to stay in the village obediently and not go out to cause trouble.Chen Nian didn't dare to answer, and lowered his head guiltily.

Mu Zhanyue's voice was still flat, and he asked her again: "How did you respond to me?"

How did she respond to him?Naturally, she patted her chest and assured him that she would stay obediently in the village and become a female celebrity with Xiao Liu, and would never go out to play with Ye Xiaoqi.Chen Nian still dared to answer, he could only lower his head even lower, wishing he could hide his face in his clothes.

"How did you do it?" Mu Zhanyue opened his eyes and looked at Chen Nian quietly.

Not only did she run out with Ye Xiaoqi, but she also got a token from Zhang Kuisu, and led a group of people down the mountain to do a "business", but the "business" failed, but she was caught. Didn't she meet Mu Zhanyue on the way and rescue her, she doesn't know where she is right now!

Chen Nian looked at Mu Zhanyue pitifully, and said in a low voice, "Father, don't talk anymore, I'll just keep pricking."

As expected, Mu Zhanyue stopped talking.

This time, Chen Nian didn't dare to be cunning at all, and honestly walked for another half an hour, before he heard Mu Zhan Yue lightly order: "Go to sleep."

Chen Nian understood that this was considered to be a forgiveness for her, and he thought of Amitabha in his heart, so he didn't dare to say a word of nonsense, so he quickly crawled back to sleep.This sleep lasted until dawn, and when she woke up, the bonfire at her feet had already been extinguished.Mu Zhanyue was sitting silently at the side, when he saw her wake up, he turned his head and asked, "Should we go straight through the barrier, or go around the mountain?"

His tone was flat, as if he was asking Chen Nian a very common question, such as: "Steamed buns or steamed buns for breakfast?"

Although Chen Nian was still a little confused, he understood that the question was not as simple as choosing to eat steamed buns or steamed buns, so he answered subconsciously: "What?"

Mu Zhanyue looked in a good mood, and answered Chen Nian's question patiently: "The gate is blocked. If you don't force your way, you will have to go around and over the mountains."

Chen Nian was finally sure that he had heard correctly just now, raised his face and stared at Mu Zhanyue with incredulous eyes for a while, then asked in a daze, "Can you also pass through the gate of Feilongxing directly?"

She has heard of the reputation of the Feilongxing pass, and she has personally walked through it twice. Not to mention that there is a trend of "one man guards the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it", but as long as she is determined to guard it, tens of thousands of It is not a problem for the army to hold back for a month.Can such a pass be forcibly broken?
Mu Zhan nodded his head: "It should be possible."

Chen Nian half-opened his mouth in astonishment, pointed at him with his finger, and pointed at the tip of his nose: "Just the two of us?"

Mu Zhanyue asked her back: "Who else do you want?"

It's not a question of who else she wants, but a question of the two of them simply not being able to break through the Feilongxing pass!Not to mention just the two of them, even if all the people in Qingfengzhai came, they might not be able to break through.This pass is only more than 20 miles away from Qingzhou, and it will arrive in no time at a fast pace. As long as the defenders can hold the top for half an hour, Qingzhou's army will be able to rush to rescue, and then they will be unable to run even if they want to.This is not the depths of the Taihang Mountains where Qingfengzhai dominates. Once they meet the army outside the pass, no matter how fierce the bandits are, they will not be the enemy of the army.

Chen Nian knew that his adoptive father was not a joking person, since he said so, he really planned to break through the barrier.She swallowed dryly, and tentatively asked: "Father, can you allow me to say a few words?"

Although Mu Zhanyue frowned slightly, he did not refuse.

Chen Nian was well aware of his habits, and knew that this reaction was considered an affirmative answer, so he quickly analyzed the situation at the pass with him in detail.Her voice was crisp and fast, and Mu Zhanyue wanted to speak several times, but he hadn't opened his mouth yet. Chen Nian had already spoken half of the next sentence, and there was no room for anyone to interrupt. leave one.Finally, she finally finished speaking and came to a conclusion: "Father, we can't break through this level by force."

Only then did Mu Zhanyue have time to speak, so he first asked Chen Nian, "Is it all over?"

Chen Nian pondered for a moment, and just about to add a few more words, Mu Zhanyue was already ahead of her and said in a cold voice: "Whether you have finished speaking or not, shut up first."

Chen Nian was a little embarrassed, he laughed dryly twice, and closed his mouth exaggeratedly.

Mu Zhan glanced at her more and said: "They have been checking the pass for a few days and they haven't seen any trace of the assassin. They will be mentally slack, and they may even guess that I'm hiding in Feilong Xing because I'm afraid of their influence. In this way , they may start a detailed search of the Xing today. But now is not a wartime, there will not be too many defenders at the pass, and if the troops are divided, there will be fewer people at the pass. We only need to walk among the pedestrians Nearby, there will be a sudden attack at that time, and no one can stop it."

Chen Nian was quick-witted and quick-response, and immediately questioned: "Then there is still Qingzhou army, even if we can break through, what if we are stopped by the army?"

Mu Zhanyue said lightly: "Just the two of us, the defenders will not disturb the Qingzhou army because of us."

He spoke logically, but Chen Nian felt that it was unreliable to do so. She didn't have the guts to point it out to Mu Zhanyue directly, so she could only take the responsibility on herself, and reminded Mu Zhanyue very tactfully: " Foster father, my kung fu has not been mastered yet, so instead of being able to help you when the time comes, I'm afraid I will hold you back. And..." She pointed to the two horses next to her, "Our horses are not good enough either. , even if you are lucky enough to break through, there is no way to get rid of the pursuers."

Mu Zhanyue looked at Chen Nian expressionlessly, and asked, "Do you think it's not feasible to go through the barrier directly?"

Chen Nian nodded quickly, not only is it impossible, but he is going to seek his own death!
The more Mu Zhan thought about it, he asked again: "Then you want to go over the mountain?"

Chen Nian wanted to cry when she heard this, she said that it is not feasible to go directly through the barrier, but it does not mean that it is feasible to go over the mountain, okay?The east of Taihang Mountain is slow and steep to the west, and the mountain becomes steeper as you go to Qingzhou. Not to mention the narrow trails are difficult to walk, some places are even cliffs, and you can’t walk on them!If it were not for such a terrain, Feilongxing would not have become an important traffic route connecting Qinghai and Jizhou.

She looked at Mu Zhanyue eagerly, and discussed: "Father, do we have to go to Qingzhou? Going south and north is better than going west. If it doesn't work, we can go back to the stockade first, and then go south to Yicheng." It’s a different road, at worst, wait until you pass the Wanjiang River and then turn west, that’s a long detour, and it’ll just take you a month or so.”

Mu Zhanyue's eyes were firm, and he replied in a deep voice: "We must go to Qingzhou, and there must be no delay."

Then there is only one to choose between breaking through the barrier and over the mountain. Chen Nian sat cross-legged on the floor, weighed the advantages and disadvantages of each with his head down, and said, "In that case, let's go over the mountain."

Going over the mountain, although it will take longer and more laborious, compared to forcibly breaking through the barrier, Mu Zhanyue faces much less danger.It's just that her qinggong is not very good, I'm afraid she will suffer a lot.Chen Nian let out a long sigh, got up from the ground resignedly, quickly packed his bags, turned to Mu Zhanyue and asked, "Father, what should we do with these two horses?"

People can barely cross the mountain, but this horse can't.Chen Nian's horse is okay, but it was snatched from Feng Junyang, and he threw it away, but Mu Zhanyue's horse has been with him for several years, although it is not a thousand-mile horse. , but it is also a pretty good horse, and it would be really sad to lose it like this.

Mu Zhanyue patted the horse's neck lightly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Let it all go."

Chen Nian nodded, silently untied all the miscellaneous things that were hanging immediately, picked out useful things and took them with him, and hid the rest in the crevices of the rocks.For fear of leaving traces for each other, the two deliberately rode back on the main road of Feilongxing, found a wide place westward, tied the horse to a crooked neck tree, and then turned back. direction to leave.Chen Nian couldn't help turning his head when he walked far away, muttering in his mouth: "God bless you to meet a kind new master, you will have some food and some shelter, and you will suffer less if you don't work."

Mu Zhanyue paused, looked at her sideways, and asked her, "Is this raising horses or pigs?"

Chen Nian shut his mouth obediently.

The two of them traveled eastward for another twenty miles, turning from Feilongxing into a long and narrow canyon running north-south.This canyon is extremely inconspicuous and not deep. One end is connected to Feilong Xing, and the other end leads directly to a cliff, as if the head can be seen at a glance.But only people who grew up in the Taihang Mountains know that walking along the canyon to the end, there is a narrow path under the cliff that can turn to the west, and then turn over a few steep mountains, and you will be able to leave Taihang Mountains and arrive at Qingzhou City outside.

Mu Zhanyue and Chen Nian had just turned into the canyon, and before they had gone far, they heard a rush of horseshoes coming from the distance in Feilongxing.At the beginning, the two didn't pay attention to it. It wasn't until the sound of horseshoes suddenly stopped at the mouth of the canyon that they became alert. They looked at each other, then flashed to both sides of the canyon, hiding their figures behind the rocks.

(End of this chapter)