"Grass your uncle, cheer up Lao Tzu, keep up, do you still want to be promoted and make a fortune? The prince has already spoken, and captured Sun Sui alive and promoted him to two levels, and rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold. ”

Yang Qing turned around and scolded while beating his horse and galloping, urging his subordinates behind him to speed up.

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and the dozens of listless cavalrymen behind Yang Qing were shocked when they heard this, and their speed finally increased by a few points.

Yang Qingchao spat fiercely on the side of the road, and his heart was extremely unhappy, as if he was harboring a fire and could not vent it. It is said that Yang Qing was blocked by Fan Yi and other personal soldiers for nearly half an hour, and he also lost nearly forty brothers.

Drive......

Yang Qing led the remaining seventy or so horsemen to hurry up, and soon came to the outside of the small forest, but as soon as he turned the mountain pass, he saw more than a dozen corpses lying on the official road.

Yang Qing hurriedly reined in his horse, and slowly stepped forward to inspect it vigilantly, and his eyelids suddenly jumped, because these corpses were the dozen or so brothers who had taken the lead in making a detour to catch up before, and they had all been killed.

The rebels behind Yang Qing all looked at each other, and their eyes couldn't help but show a trace of fear. These rebels had been killed by Fan Yi and other soldiers who were not afraid of death before, and at this time, when they saw the dozen or so bloody corpses of their companions, their morale was even lowered.

Yang Qing couldn't help but gasp at this moment, and the eagerness in his heart for promotion and fortune suddenly cooled down, and he was replaced with a little vigilance and caution, no matter how much money he had, he had to spend his life, right?

Based on Yang Qing's experience, it can be seen that these brothers were suddenly ambushed and killed. In the case of the other party running for his life, he dared to stop the ambush and attack the pursuers, this calmness and courage surprised Yang Qing, and he shuddered a little, it was obvious that there were masters among the other party.

Yang Qing couldn't help but put away his carelessness, and immediately ordered his brothers to carefully search the woods and surroundings.

About half a burnt incense time, a rebel hurriedly ran back to report: "Big brother, two abandoned carriages were found at the bottom of the slope over there, and they probably abandoned the carriage and fled." ”

Yang Qing couldn't help but move in his heart, and said loudly: "Sun Sui's old horseman is seriously injured and can't ride a horse, they probably took a shortcut and escaped, and then search carefully!" ”

As soon as Yang Qing's words fell, another rebel rode back on horseback and said, "Boss, there is a small mountain path over there, and traces of horses' hooves have been found!" ”

Yang Qing hurriedly urged the horse to the intersection of the small mountain path, turned over and lowered to observe carefully.

There is a saying that after a long illness, Yang Qing used to be a thief, and in order to avoid the pursuit of the government, he learned the ability of anti-reconnaissance and anti-tracking.

"There are about twenty horses passing through here, it must be Sun Sui and his party, yes, chase!" Yang Qing happily turned on his horse and beckoned his brothers to chase down the sheep intestine path in the mountains.

Of course, this time Yang Qing didn't dare to chase after him without scruples like before, but carefully took precautions, the bodies of the dozen or so brothers behind him were still lying on the official road, Yang Qing didn't want his neck to be pierced by the sharp arrows that suddenly attacked.

……

In the afternoon, clouds rose, and the howling mountain wind blew in the face, and the chill ate the bones. The group walked along the winding mountain path, with the postman Gu Mancang leading the way in front, and Xu Jin and his brother-in-law riding together, following closely behind Gu Mancang.

Yahuan Yue'er didn't know how to ride a horse, so she rode with Xie Xiaowan and followed closely behind Xu Jin. Originally, Xie Xiaowan didn't know how to ride a horse, but she had a foundation in martial arts, and she could barely cope with it after a few tosses. And Wang Cuihua naturally rode with her husband Xie Yidao.

What surprised Xu Jin the most was his mother-in-law Jiang, she could ride a horse, and she was very skilled.

Sun Sui was injured on his back and naturally could not ride a horse, at this time he was being carried on foot by two personal soldiers with wooden planks, and when he was tired, he was replaced to carry it, and the speed of travel was not much slower than that of horses.

And the old man Xie Qing carried a machete to press the formation at the end. It is said that Xie Qing is tall, and he is estimated to be more than 200 catties, plus the machete weighing nearly fifty catties, the horse under his crotch is unlucky, and his nostrils are snorting heavily.

Fortunately, a lot of horses were seized in the hands of that group of rebels before, and Xie Qing deliberately led two more horses to ride in turn, otherwise one horse would really be unbearable.

Gu Mancang led everyone for nearly two hours, and finally walked out of the sheep intestine path in the mountains, and a large open lawn appeared in front of him.

Gu Mancang turned around and said: "Young Master Xu, through this grassland, and then over the opposite hill is the official road, and along the official road for another fifty miles is the county seat of Leadshan." ”

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked, and there was a kind of joy for the rest of their lives. However, Xu Jin did not dare to be blindly optimistic, at this time the sun was already tilting in the west, and it was obviously impossible to rush to Leadshan County before dark, and it was estimated that he would have to sleep in the wilderness tonight.

The worst thing is that the food brought has been eaten, everyone is hungry at this time, and Sun Sui's condition is also quite bad, intermittent fever, has been groggy, and his mind has never been sober, if he sleeps in the wild for another night, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky.

Xu Jin asked, "Brother Gu, there is a village around here, I have to find a place to settle down tonight!" ”

Gu Mancang said with a smile: "Naturally, there is a small mountain village ten miles ahead, and there are only about ten families, and the people in the village are quite familiar, so it must be no problem to spend one night." ”

Er Niu said happily: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go quickly, our stomachs are almost hungry." Then he urged the horse to run.

"Slow!" Gu Mancang hurriedly drank Erniu and said, "This is a swamp, don't you want to die?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised, and Erniu hurriedly retracted the reins.

As he led the horse, he pointed out: "This place used to be a river, but a few years ago the river was diverted, and this place has become a swamp. Below is a bottomless mire. Remember to follow me, don't dare to move around, if you accidentally fall into it, you won't be able to get out. ”

Xu Jin looked along the grain barn, and sure enough, he saw that the grass in many places was particularly green, and some of the green grass blocks were even more than ten meters wide, if people who didn't know rode by......

Xu Jin suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and turned his head to Xie Erjian and said, "Second brother, leave two horses here, just near the largest piece of green grass over there!" ”

Xie Erjian is a smart person, and when he heard this, he suddenly understood, and said with a smile: "It's still your brother-in-law, you're yin!" ”

After Xie Erjian finished speaking, he led two empty horses over and tied the reins of the horses to the roots of a relatively thick weed.

At this time, everyone understood Xu Jin's intentions, and they couldn't help but gasp.

Seeing his mother-in-law's strange eyes, Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat, but Jiang nodded and said, "Brother Jin'er has a good idea, it's best to add a bonfire, and it will be dark soon!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but gasp......