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Chapter 208
Climb up the hill, not far down the hill, is a white avenue, through the dense oak, elm, and ash trees, you can faintly see the towering and towering castle on the hill in the distance.The roof of the old castle is pointed and straight, piercing through the thin clouds of smoke, pointing directly at the pale warm sun.

Yao Qing leaned on Lu Jian's shoulder, played with a fallen leaf, and said, "Lu Jian, do you know? In Xicheng, there is a big garden at the bottom of the land, where many flowers and trees are planted, some from Middle Earth and some from foreign countries. , in spring, the garden seems to be on fire, full of purples and reds. In summer, it is lush and beautiful. But, we are most afraid of autumn. When the autumn wind blows, the flowers wither and the leaves are withered. It looks decayed and decayed, and everyone is afraid to go in... But it can't be avoided, autumn will come after all... After autumn, it will be fine, and when winter comes, it will snow, and the flowers and trees will be covered with snow, shining brightly, It's cold and beautiful. Lu Jian, tell me, it would be great if there was no autumn but only winter."

Lu Jiandao: "Whether there is autumn or not depends on the will of the heavens. We don't count if we say it." Yao Qing pondered for a while, then nodded: "Yes, we don't count if we say it. Autumn will always come. It's really lonely " Lu Jian felt more and more strange as he listened, and said, "Ah Qing, what are you talking about, I...I don't quite understand."

Yao Qing looked at him, wanted to smile, but tears flowed down her face: "Fool, you still don't understand? Autumn is here, the leaves will wither, the flowers will wither, just like... I am today. It's over, and my winter is not far away." Lu Jian could hear the pain in his chest, the tears rolling down, wishing he could cry on the hillside, he took a deep breath, suppressed the crying, and cried loudly. Said: "Ah Qing, you will not die, Mo Yi said, the next clue is not far away, go fast, it will arrive in three days."

Yao Qing sighed: "You can only say some stupid things. The next clue is 'Whale Track', and behind it, there are 'Ape Fighting Tail' and 'Snake Cave'. For 'Horse Shadow' and 'Whale Track', I have to die so hard." Hurrying, how many horses and camels were exhausted, but it took more than a month, how long will the ape and snake take? Only God knows!"

"Ah Qing!" Tears flowed down Lu Jian's eyes, and he hugged Yao Qing tightly in his arms.Yao Qing sighed: "Fool, you are so strong, you hurt me." Lu Jian hurriedly let her go again, crying and said, "I'm sorry, Ah Qing, I'm sorry..." Yao Qing smiled slightly, rolled up her sleeves and wiped her away. With tears in the corners of his eyes, he said: "Fool, you have nothing to do to me, but I have many things to do to you, but I can't help it. I am like this, and I can't change it if I want to. I told you so much just now. I want to say that in life, the grass grows in autumn, and death is like autumn, and you can’t avoid it. Even if I die, don’t be too sad. Death is like snowflakes in winter. Spotless, no worries."

Lu Jian stayed for a while, then wiped away his tears suddenly, gritted his teeth and said, "Ah Qing, even if I die, I still want to find Qianlong." Yao Qing said angrily, "Why do you look like a stubborn bull?" Lu Jian said, "You If you say I am a stubborn bull, I am a stubborn bull." Yao Qing was so angry that her eyes turned black and she almost fainted.

Suddenly, Lu Jian straightened up and stared into the distance. Yao Qing calmed down and asked, "What are you looking at?" There are horses." Yao Qing said: "That's so strange, maybe someone is hunting and walking in the forest." Lu Jian said: "If hunting, this forest is too quiet, if walking, there will be more people and horses." Yao Qing laughed and said: "You , more and more minds." Lu Jian sighed: "Where is it, no matter how much I have, I can't compare to a fraction of yours." Yao Qing straightened her face and said, "Okay, you scold me for my mind." Don't you have a lot of children? See how I teach you." After speaking, he wanted to get up, but he couldn't even move a finger.Lu Jian glanced at her, squatted down, took her hand, patted his face lightly, and sighed, "I'll teach you a lesson." The two looked at each other, and Yao Qing Suddenly burst out laughing, and cursed: "You bastard, you're getting more and more slippery, it's all taught by the stinky fox."

While talking and joking, people and horses neighed in the distance, but a group of people and horses came out of the ancient castle on the mountain, walked around the foot of the mountain, and walked slowly along the white road.

The forwards of the team are all dark horses with jet-black fur, not stained with variegated colors. The knights on the horses hold spears and swords, and their feathers are gorgeous, which is rare for Lu and Yao when they came to the West.Behind the knight on a black horse is a carriage, inlaid with gold, drawn by four white horses. Behind the carriage are swordsmen and archers with shields, the shields are shining silver, and the bright feathers in the quiver complement each other.

Yao Qing pouted and said: "This man is not a small person, is he the owner of the castle?" Talking and laughing.The knight's armor was gorgeous, his eyebrows were handsome, and his long blond hair was draped over his shoulders like waves.

Yao Qing smiled and said, "Lu Jian, guess, is the person in the car a man or a woman?" Lu Jian said, "He's hiding in the car, how can I guess?" Yao Qing laughed and said, "I bet it's a woman. "Lu Jianqi said: "Why?" Yao Qing said: "The blond knight's eyes can only be seen when he sees the woman he loves, and the way he talks is also what makes his sweetheart happy." Lu Jian carefully Looking at it, I also saw some clues, and said with a smile: "Ah Qing, you are right." Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a sharp "pop", and a black horse rider fell down in response, screaming in his mouth, and holding his hands together. Covering his cheeks, blood trickled down from between his fingers.

All of a sudden, musket shots sounded like fried beans, and immediately either the knight was shot and fell off the horse, or the horse was shot and knocked the owner down.Although there were many knights guarding the carriage, gunshots rang out from nowhere, and even those who were not shot were all reining in their horses and circling around.

Two rounds of gunshots sounded, and a row of feathered arrows swished out from the dense forest. The feathered arrows were extremely powerful, and the knights were wearing heavy armor, and they also pierced through with one arrow.The leader of the knights roared. Although Lu Jian didn't know what it meant, he guessed that it was to restrain the troops.Sure enough, the shield-wielding knight braved the rain of arrows and stepped forward in response, forming a human wall around the carriage. The arrows hit the iron shield and made a loud clang.

That round of arrow feathers was violent and short, and black shadows flickered in the dense forest on the right. Dozens of masked swordsmen rushed out, holding shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands. cut.When the knight falls off his horse, he will attack the killer with sword and shield.It's just that the armor on both sides is extremely thick, with hard armor on the outside and soft armor on the inside. It is extremely difficult for swords to penetrate. Even if the guards are knocked down, it is difficult to kill them immediately. kill one piece.

There were many guards, and they were all warriors selected from a hundred. The masked swordsmen could not resist it, and they fought and retreated.Seeing this, the blond knight pulled out his sword, raised it to the sky, and shouted, the shield-bearers dispersed in an uproar, led by the blond knight, shouted loudly, and galloped out. , just like a first-quarter moon turning into a perfect circle.The masked man held up his sword to block it, and all of them broke the sword and flew away. Several heads followed the heavy sword, jumped and flew up, and fountains of blood spurted out from below.

Yao Qing saw her heart beating faster and stuck out her tongue, but Lu Jian said: "I've been fooled." Yao Qing said: "Who was fooled?" Lu Jian said: "Guards." In front, the horses were reined in, the blond man pointed his sword, and the cavalry divided into two wings, outflanking the left and right, trying to surround the group of assassins.

Yao Qing smiled and said, "I'm about to win, where did I get fooled?" Lu Jian pointed his hand and said, "Look." There were six black shadows, all with pitch-black armor, the mask was pulled down, the horse under the crotch was also shrouded in black armor, and the heavy iron gun in his hand was black and shiny.All of a sudden, six horses neighed together, and the black-helmet knights flew out one after another, raised their spears horizontally, and swooped down towards the carriage.At this time, all the guards were chasing and killing the assassin, and the number of guards around the carriage was reduced by half, leaving only a few scattered people guarding the surroundings.However, the incoming enemy had sufficient horsepower and amazing strength. When two horses crossed each other, the guards and their horses competed to overturn.The black knight's momentum continued unabated, and in an instant it was only a few feet away from the carriage. At this time, the elite cavalry among the guards were all led away by the masked swordsman. Even if the horse had wings, it was too late to rush back.All of a sudden, a hundred people saw the black knight approaching. They lowered their swords and stopped their horses.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", a feathered arrow shot out from the carriage, with a perfect aim, it got in through the gap in the mask of the black knight in front, and the man rolled off the horse in response.Before the black knight came back to his senses, there was a flash of light between the curtains, and another arrow, which still penetrated through the gap in the mask, hit a knight in the face.The man leaned back, and unconsciously pulled the reins tightly, the horse "咴" stood up, the third arrow of the man behind the curtain had already been shot, and it hit the horse's hind leg, the horse staggered and brought The black knight fell down with a bang.The two black knights in the rear were in a hurry, but they were suddenly blocked and couldn't restrain themselves. Their front hooves stumbled and they all fell over. One of them let go of his iron gun and swept across the roof of the carriage.

The guards were both surprised and happy, the applause reached their throats when they suddenly saw the remaining two black knights reining in their horses and jumping over the bodies of their accomplices. He was dumbfounded again.

Seeing that the two black knights had succeeded, they suddenly felt that the horse sank and stopped moving.The two of them didn't know what to do, but when they looked back, they saw a strangely dressed young man with a young girl on his back, holding a horse's hoof with his hands on the left and right, and with his own strength, he managed to force the horses into conflict. Hold on tight.

It was Lu Jian who came. Seeing that the people in the car were in danger, he ran down from the hill with Yao Qing on his back. When he arrived, there was no time to wait, so he summoned up his might, grabbed the horse's hooves, and yelled, "Come back here!" !” Divine power turned, pulling the two steeds back again and again.

The black knight has never seen such supernatural powers before, he was stunned, both turned his body, and raised his gun to stab Lu Jian in disorder, but Lu Jian's body twisted left and right, as if casually, but the guns came one by one. Stab empty.Lu Jian stepped back like the wind and forcibly pulled the two horses ten feet away from the carriage. Seeing the guard cavalry rushing back, he let go of the horses' hooves.

The black knight was on the brink of defeat, and was so frightened and angry that he couldn't take revenge on Lu Jian, so he swung his gun and reined in his horse, and galloped away into the distance.Lu Jian had no intention of hurting anyone, so he let him go.

The guard knights came and went, and when they looked back, none of the masked swordsmen escaped, and they were about to turn around and give chase, but suddenly they heard two calls from the people in the carriage, and immediately reined in their horses.The young blond knight rushed up to Lu Jian with a happy expression on his face, and murmured a few words, as if asking for something.Neither Lu Jian nor Yao Qing knew the language of this country, so Lu Jian replied indiscriminately, "It's my duty to draw swords to help when the road is uneven, so you don't have to worry about it." Yao Qing bit his ear and said, "Fool, what do you say?" He doesn't understand these things." Lu Jian said: "Whether he understands or not, just explain and we'll leave." With Yao Qing on his back, he wanted to turn back to the inn.

Seeing this, the blond knight showed anxiety. He crossed his horse and blocked the way of the two of them. While sputtering and talking loudly, he swung his epee in front of Lu Jian, as if the two of them were not allowed to leave. .Yao Qing got angry and said loudly, "Lu Jian, take his sword." Lu Jian waved his hand, stretched out two fingers, and clamped the tip of the sword.The blond knight was startled, and regained his strength, but like a mayfly shaking a tree, his mouth was hot, and the hilt of his sword left his hand. In the blink of an eye, it fell into Lu Jian's hands.

The blond knight was dumbfounded and froze on the horse, not knowing what to do for a while.Lu Jian smiled, dropped the hilt of his sword, and handed it back to him. The blond knight took it in astonishment, his face full of confusion, he jumped off his horse, bowed to Lu Jian, and said something loudly.

Lu Jian shook his head and said, "We don't understand what you're talking about." The blond knight blushed, and Lu Jian still didn't understand even the hand gestures. At this moment, someone in the distance laughed and said, "Lu Jian, he invites you to see me." Queen, why don't you go?" Lu Jian looked back, Gu Zhen and his party came over, and it was Xianbi who was talking, it turned out that the people in the inn hadn't seen them for a long time, and they were very worried, so they came to look for them.Xianbi walked up to the three of them, smiled and said a few words to the blond knight. The blond knight stared at her with a surprised expression, suddenly got on his horse, and ran towards the carriage as if flying.

Lu Jiandao: "Sister Xianbi, can you speak this national language?" Xianbi smiled and said, "Yes, let's go see the queen." So when everyone came to the carriage, they saw the curtain move, and a A slender young woman stepped out.The woman's golden-brown hair was coiled high on the top of her head, and her chin was pointed, which made her fair cheeks appear thin, and her blue eyes revealed a friendly light as they rolled.Surprisingly, she holds a large golden bow in her left hand, which is used as a cane by her side. The length of the bow is surprisingly long, almost reaching the top of the owner's head.Lu Jian thought that this longbow was the queen's sharp weapon to save herself and kill the enemy, but she couldn't imagine how this slender woman would draw a bow and shoot an arrow.

The queen glanced at the crowd, and her eyes fell on Xianbi. For a while, the two started talking with each other.Lan You and Qing'e are all interpreters.The queen first asked, "Where are you from?" Xianbi smiled and said, "From China." The queen was startled, and asked eagerly, "Is it China in Marco Polo's book?" Xianbi said, "Marco Polo from Genoa? I heard my mother mentioned his name." A look of light flashed in the queen's eyes, and she said, "So how are the descendants of Kublai Khan?" Xianbi shook her head and said, "The descendants of Kublai Khan have been driven out." Out of China." The queen looked surprised, lowered her eyebrows and said, "So the Tatars have also declined!" After a while, she raised her head and asked, "Is China far away?" Xianbi said, "It's far away, there are mountains and deserts. , and countless thieves.”

The Queen showed a look of disappointment, and sighed: "You are Chinese, how can you speak our language?" Xianbi said: "My mother, Wen Dai, is from your country."

"Wendai..." The queen frowned and said in a low voice, "This is the same name as one of my aunts who disappeared when she was very young." Xianbi took out a ruby ​​ring from her bosom and said, "The queen Your Majesty, do you know this?" The maid took the ring and handed it to the queen. The queen looked at it for a moment, looked puzzled, then stared at Xianbi for a while and said, "This ring has the family crest of the Tudor royal family. If you are not lying, then this ring The owner of the ring is my aunt, I am Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry VIII."

Xianbi said: "I am Wendy Tudor's daughter Xianbi." The queen got out of the car with joy, and stretched out her hand and said, "Welcome to England, my cousin." Xianbi also extended her hand, Shaking her lightly, he leaned forward and said, "We passed by here for an urgent matter, and it is God's will to see the Queen."

"Yes." Elizabeth said, "this is God's arrangement, bring my horse." A guard brought a snow-white stallion, Elizabeth jumped on it, put the longbow on the saddle, and said, "Here My cousin has a horse." A guard leader suddenly stepped forward and said: "Queen, there may be assassins lurking here, and riding a horse is too dangerous." Elizabeth said: "Do you know the origin of the assassin?" The leader said: "Captured Scots were among the assassins, and we found Spanish muskets in the woods."

Elizabeth said: "Speaking of which, that beautiful Mary Stuart and my brother-in-law Philip formed an accomplice. I went hunting this time in secret, but they knew my whereabouts well. Walsingham , I think you should find out the mole instead of caring about whether I ride a horse."

(End of this chapter)