on the official road.

The sound of horses' hooves mixed with the sound of the wheels of the wheel turning noiselessly forward.

Lu Jinxi was still sitting in the car reading a book, but her eyes had already landed on the first page, and she stayed for a long time.

These are not the books that came with them.

The ones that came here have been read by Lu Jinxi, so the ones that Qingque brought on the return trip were bought and taken away from Baoding before departure, just because she was afraid that she would be bored on the road.

But obviously, her mind is not on the book now.

After walking for more than an hour or two, He Xing, who was riding at the front, slowed down, identified the direction and the road, and then rode his horse close to Lu Jinxi's carriage, saying from the window, "Madam, come on again. We will be able to arrive at the inn in a little more than a minute, and we will rest there for the night. The subordinates see that the weather is not bad and it will not rain, so if we hurry up, we will be able to return to the capital in the morning the day after tomorrow. However, if you want Don't you want to stop by Dianchan Temple?"

Lu Jinxi blinked, frowned slightly, and replied lightly: "If you don't go, it will take too much time. Look at us, we will go as fast as possible. If we go by the way, let Yin Ping make an outpost and make a run first. , get a few strings of beads, a few amulets, and bring them to me."

This is just to save face, in fact, I never thought of going to a Zen temple at all.

He Xing felt ashamed.

But Lu Jinxi's words made it clear, not to mention that he just asked subconsciously, and didn't mean to give her any advice, so he behaved like a flow: "Then I will arrange a time for Yin Ping to go first."

"Yeah." Lu Jinxi responded, remembering what happened in Baoding before, and asked, "By the way, let Yin Ping continue to look at Nansheng Longchang before, did you find anything?"

"No." He Xing shook his head, "Yin Ping will follow him later, the scribe and those mysterious people have never contacted Sheng Hong and the others, let alone no trace of them. All I know is that Nan Sheng Longchang wants to be in Baoding. This is the place."

no trace...

Lu Jinxi's brows furrowed a little tighter, probably because of the hangover last night, and her temples were still a little sore, so she raised her hand and pressed it, but didn't speak for a while.

He Xing outside was also silent, as if waiting for her to speak.

But didn't wait.

So after a long while, he finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Madam is worried about this matter, and she is uneasy, why don't you ask Yin Ping to go to the city to explore?"

"No need."

Just asking casually, Lu Jinxi subconsciously felt that this matter is not easy to get into, and there is no result.

"Even if you're worried, let's talk about it when you return to the capital. You'll have to work this way."

"This is what subordinates should do."

When He Xing said this, he turned his head straight.

Although Lu Jinxi couldn't see it, he still had a serious look on his face.

After reporting the itinerary, he turned his horse's head and left.

Before dark, the group of them arrived at the last inn where they had stayed, and stayed there for one night. The next morning, we set off again.

On the third day, they were only 80 miles away from the capital.

Still starting from the inn.

Everyone has prepared enough water and dry food that they need, packed everything, saddled them, fed the horses, and walked on the road they had traveled.

"Eighty miles isn't that far, but I have to cross a mountain. The road is not easy to walk, as it was when I came here. So the sixth subordinate left enough time to ensure that he can find a place to rest tonight. This section may be slower. , but if there is no accident, before noon tomorrow, you will be able to arrive at the post station outside the capital."

He Xing held the reins tightly, keeping the horse at a speed similar to that of the carriage, and said to the inside.

This section of the road, Lu Jinxi had an impression, was a little rough, but not too steep.

She lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, and saw a verdant mountain in the distance. The brilliance of the rising sun fell from the gap between the clouds, which was light and beautiful.

"It's okay to walk slowly with such a beautiful view."

Probably because it was about to arrive in the capital, the hidden worries caused by those people and things that I had inadvertently encountered because of the trip to Baoding seemed to be dispelled.

In the procession of carriages and horses, there was a crisp sound of bamboo flute.

Lu Jinxi listened, looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Yin Ping who was riding at the front.

The young man who is not yet weak, his body is still a little immature, but his shoulders have broad outlines. He sits on the back of a horse and plays the bamboo flute in his hand.

The color is very blue.

Obviously it should be made of thin bamboo tubes that were cut down on the road, and the sound is not perfect.

But I don't know if the bamboo flute itself has a charm close to nature, or Yin Ping's skill in playing it, but Lu Jinxi could hear the chirping of birds from the sound of the flute.

It was an exhilarating feeling.

So she couldn't help smiling slightly: "He blows so well."

He Xing also heard.

He looked back, saw Lu Jinxi smiling, and laughed too.

But after a while, he immediately chased after his horse, threw his whip at Yin Ping lightly, and scolded him with a smile: "It's enough to show off for a while, how long do you have to do it? Yes, you are not afraid of attracting jackals and bandits!"

"hiss!"

Yin Ping took a breath and shrank with an exaggerated look. He obediently removed the bamboo flute from his lips, but he complained half-truly and half-truth.

"Really, don't you just play a flute if you don't move your mouth? We've walked this road quite a few times, and we haven't encountered any jackals, let alone bandits. Are you so worried?"

He Xing heard itchy hands, and wanted to whip him again: "Listen, what did you say? The eldest son let go of the harsh words, what happened, you dare to raise your head to see him? Hurry up! "

"Yes Yes Yes."

Yin Pingsheng was afraid that He Xing would smoke again, so he quickly put away the bamboo flute, but the smile on his face was confiscated, and he only patted his chest.

"But to be honest, Brother He, don't say that it's only less than 80 miles away from the capital, even if it's farther away, which bandit and bandit are crazy and dare to come and rob us? Tired of courting death-"

"Whoosh!"

Before he finished speaking, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from the high mountain forest in front of him!

Wipe Yin Ping's cheek directly!

- Lightning fast!

"Boom!"

Before Yin Ping and He Xing could even react, the arrow had passed the distance of the horses in front of them in an instant, and had been nailed deeply into the edge of the carriage!

The terrifying sound made Qingque, who was pouring tea for Lu Jinxi inside, screamed!

The sudden change made everyone vigilant, pulling the reins one after another, and suddenly there was a high-pitched neighing sound of horses!

The carriage stops!

He Xing restrained his horse tightly, looked back at the arrow on the carriage, and broke out in a cold sweat!

"who?!"

His eyebrows were raised, and he was extremely angry. While shouting and asking, he had already made a gesture to the people behind him.

The well-trained people immediately retreated, moved forward, and surrounded Lu Jinxi's carriage in the middle. All weapons carried on the waist or carried on the back are immediately unsheathed!

On the entire mountain road, there is a chill!

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Ye Xiao's jeering smile spread from the mountains and forests, and then a few strong men with knives came out. .

The crowd suddenly felt like an enemy.

He Xing saw that the hearts of these people sank, and calmly swept the other directions of the mountain forest, only to feel that there were still many people in ambush in the dark.

He clenched the long sword in his hand and asked in a deep voice again, "Who is coming!"

"Grandma is a bear, the old men robbed, can't you see?!"

The man standing at the front of the mountain forest laughed loudly with a knife on his back, scolding badly. At the same time, he didn't look at the following people at all, and spoke directly and arrogantly.

"The silver and the woman stay, spare you from dying!"

He Xing's face instantly turned ugly.

Yin Ping also secretly made a "bah", thinking that it was his crow's mouth, but he was not afraid in his heart. He only grabbed the restless horse under his crotch and watched the surroundings vigilantly.

"There are still people in the woods, eleven or two."

"I count to three, if we don't hand over the money and the woman, we can do it directly."

The man who spoke earlier seemed to appreciate their nervousness, laughed loudly, gave the ultimatum, and pointed at the carriage at the same time!

"one!"

Everyone held their breath, glanced at each other, and surrounded the carriage in the middle.

"two!"

No one moved, He Xing had already called Yin Ping with a wink.

Yin Ping knew what he meant and nodded.

"three!"

The last count came out.

The man looked at the people below who didn't move at all, the previous laugh suddenly turned into a smirk, and he also turned into anger with a kind of humiliation after not being obeyed!

"Okay, don't eat and drink for toast! Brothers, give me a hand! Kill—"

"Kill!"

As soon as the word "kill" came out, the surrounding mountains and forests shouted loudly, and a dozen horses rushed out of the forest, all of them were men dressed in rough, mercilessly armed with knives!

There are more feather arrows falling from the heights!

Lu Jinxi, who was in the carriage, didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and was a little stunned.

She is nothing.

Although he was nervous, he knew that although He Xing and the others were not many, they were very capable. It should be no problem to solve this group of mountain bandits who blocked the road and robbed them, so they could calm down.

But Qing Que's face was already pale, trembling uncontrollably.

Lu Jinxi was afraid that she would do something that would affect He Xing, so he quickly took her hand and gave her a booing gesture to signal her to calm down.

At the same time, he also pricked up his ears and listened tensely to the movement outside.

She dare not go out.

The first is that I feel that I can't help myself by going out, and the second is that I am afraid that going out will make things worse.

After all, if she was accidentally controlled by the bandits, the result of this fight would be seen almost immediately.

Fast heartbeat.

Breathing is also rapid.

Lu Jinxi felt that she was trembling, and her face was much paler, but the hands she held Qingque were extremely calm, and she couldn't notice the slightest abnormality.

"Ding ding ding!"

"boom!"

"Kill!"

"kill!"

…

The battle surrounding this horse-drawn carriage was very intense at the beginning, and it was almost bloody! Humans and horses, knives and swords are all mixed up in the blink of an eye, and they can't tell them apart!

The more you fight, the more shocked!

He Xing only felt that cold sweat broke out on his head!

At first, he judged that this was just a group of powerful mountain bandits, but after fighting, he found that the fierceness of the other party was completely beyond their imagination!

Do not!

Not right!

Absolutely not right!

They were the guards of the Grand Master's Mansion. They didn't eat for free, and they received a lot of training. In Beijing, only the people from the 3rd Battalion of the Infantry, Dragon, Tiger and Falcon, could compare with them.

They have done a lot of things over the years.

Although there are only a dozen people, it is not a problem to fight the general scattered bandits and bandits.

However now...

There are more than a dozen of them, and the other party is only a dozen people!

But before the two sides fought for a while, he felt the strength of the other party: not only was everyone in this group of bandits extremely strong and fierce, but also because of their methodical and step-by-step progress!

Although there are not many flying arrows in the mountains and forests, every time they come out, they can force them to retreat a point, or avoid a point. It is difficult for a person to avoid, let alone riding a horse!

In the blink of an eye, many horses were shot by arrows!

The horses neighed like crazy, or raised their hooves high, tossing the people off the horses, or fell to the ground weakly, bleeding all over the place...

It's not like a mountain bandit, it's more like a devil!

"Yin Ping, Yin Ping!"

He Xing's eyelids jumped wildly, and he slashed a mountain bandit who had attacked him back a few steps with a strong sword, and shouted hoarsely!

"The situation is not right, you **** the lady, go first!!"

"when!"

A machete with a silver ring swept over!

Yin Ping raised the knife to block, only to feel a big shock in the tiger's mouth, and hurriedly bowed his head, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow of the mountain bandit in front of him!

When he heard He Xing's voice, he clenched his teeth, knowing that things were different today.

Even if he didn't want to abandon He Xing and the others, his eyes turned red when he thought of Lu Jinxi who was still in the carriage and the eldest son's instructions when he set off.

He turned the horse's head and jumped onto the carriage!

"Madam, sit tight!"

Before he could say anything more, Yin Ping had already abandoned his horse, directly pulled the reins, made the carriage turn to the back, and then swung the whip to the front of the horse's ass!

"go!"

The people who were fighting behind the carriage tacitly strengthened their counterattacks, and only forcibly opened a gap from the tight siege at the moment when the carriage rushed!

"boom!"

The pained horse behind him ran wildly and broke out directly from the gap!

It was too late to see what happened to the brothers who had drank and ate meat together in the past, Yin Ping shouted loudly, beat the horse pulling the cart fiercely, and galloped forward!

Not in the direction of the capital, but in the direction of their origin!

It wasn't long before they set off from the inn where they settled down. The place where the accident happened was still 20 to 30 miles away from the next inn, or where there were people, but it only took half an hour to turn back!

Yin Ping drove like crazy!

In his heart, he just wanted to hurry to the inn, the bandits dared not chase after him, and he could ask for help when he got there.

Unexpectedly, before they ran two miles forward, two horses appeared on the mountain road ahead, and immediately sat a strong man with a knife!

That pose, that dress...

It is clearly the accomplice of those mountain bandits just now!

Yin Ping's heart suddenly cooled down. Although he was sweating all over, it was as if he was in a world of ice and snow, and his whole head was blank.

I don't know what to do and what will happen next.

Until the sound of drinking, came from the carriage behind him—

"Don't mind us, you jump down and go back to the capital to report!"

It was Lu Jinxi's voice.

She didn't know when, she had come to the front of the car door, opened the curtain of the car, and saw the two fearful and desperate horses on the road ahead.

The divine light in his eyes is surprisingly calm and rational.

Yin Ping looked back at her, with a young face full of shock and daze, as if she didn't understand what she meant at all.

But Lu Jinxi only said one word to him: "Go!"

Command, indisputable.

Those eyes are full of majesty, even coercion!

At this moment, Yin Ping didn't know what he was thinking, so he subconsciously obeyed her order and jumped towards the mountains and forests beside the road!

"boom!"

Almost at the same time as he jumped out, the out-of-control carriage ran over the rugged mountain road quickly, and a protruding stone stumbled on the cab!

A terrifying shock strikes!

What followed was a terrifying feeling of being in the air!

Lu Jinxi only felt that she couldn't control her body at all, she slammed into the side compartment wall, her head hit the hard wooden partition with a thud, and she lost consciousness as soon as it got dark.