From Furong Town to Gubeikou, there is a place that must be passed, which is called Huya Pass. Because the mountains on both sides of the road are raised upward, resembling tiger teeth, so it is named. Huya Pass is not a pass, in fact, the road is also very spacious here, and it has nothing to do with dangerous places, but the soldiers and civilians in the border areas name the terrain, which will be more or less stained with some military atmosphere, so there is such a name that sounds particularly domineering. The hillsides on both sides of Huya Pass are densely wooded, but the "Huya" is two boulders, which are smooth and abnormal.

At this time, on one of the "tiger teeth", there was a figure wearing a robe with wide sleeves and long hair and waist, standing quietly, staring at the road below the mountain with calm and waveless eyes, motionless for a long time. There are pedestrians passing by from time to time on the road under the mountain, three or five in groups, since the Gubeikou pun into the hands of the Tang army, this place has been quite peaceful, so there are more pedestrians than usual.

The mountain breeze blew, and the man's robe and long hair danced lightly, and he was more and more entrusted to him as if he was independent from the world, lonely and depressed.

A swordsman with a sword on his back appeared next to the figure, handed him a water bladder, hesitated for a while, and said softly: "Jianzi, when this matter is done, we can also be regarded as a credit to the Khitan, and the Khitan Emperor will no longer embarrass the Sword Mountain, so we can go back to the mountain to continue practicing, right?" ”

Jianzi was bringing the water bladder to his lips, and his movements froze slightly when he heard the words. When the water entered his throat, he put away the water bladder, but he never said a word.

The swordsman with the back sword seemed to have long been accustomed to his reaction, and instead looked at Shannan with him, and said in a complicated tone: "Over the years, the Khitan iron cavalry has swept the world, since the founding of Yelu Abaoji, in just ten years, its iron hooves have reached the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, on the grassland, whether it was Xi, Heichezi Murowei, Jurchen, Wugu, Murowei, Tuhun, Dangxiang, and Tatar, whether it was an enemy or not an enemy before, has been conquered by it, and even the territory of Shatuo has now been incorporated into the Khitan territory. The heart of panic and conquest, never stopped for a moment, the prosperity of the soldiers, unrivaled, the world is big, there are countless heroes and heroes, and they can't compete with it. Jianzi, is the Khitan really going to dominate the world? ”

"The world?" Jianzi let out a laugh of unknown meaning, his voice was very crisp, like a mountain stream and a clear spring, and it was pleasant to hear, "The world is big, how big is it?" ”

Without waiting for the swordsman on his back to answer, Jianzi suddenly turned to look at him, "Wen Hua, such words are not something you can say, who taught you?" ”

His tone was not bad, but Wen Hua, who had been with him for more than ten years, knew him very well, and knew that the other party was angry, so his face turned pale suddenly, and he hurriedly bowed down to plead guilty, "Jianzi ......"

"Forget it, no need to say more." Jianzi looked into the distance again, paused for a moment, and admonished: "Wen Hua, you remember, although the world is big, there is only one place that can accommodate me. You and I were born and grew up in Si, so we have to protect it for the rest of our lives, if we can't do this, what is the use of you and me holding a three-foot long sword? ”

"Yes, Kenko!" Wen Hua responded, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party didn't mean to blame, but he couldn't help but have a question in his heart, and this question became stronger and stronger: With the sword in my hand, it is good to protect the place where I was born and raised. However, the so-called guardianship is not the Khitan iron horse who points the sword at the mountain gate, but the blood of others who have nothing to do with us in exchange for the peace of the Khitan "gift", is this also the meaning of guardianship?

Before Ma Xiaodao and Ma Huaiyuan finished speaking, a man in a green shirt went back and forth, and conveyed a military order to the two of them - Li Congjing asked Ma Xiaodao to follow the brigade north to Gubeikou as a guide.

Ma Xiaodao naturally couldn't ask for this, he said goodbye to Ma Huaiyuan with some excitement, Ma Huaiyuan patted him on the shoulder, and said with feeling: "Boy, follow the military commander and do a good job, don't embarrass us in Furong Town!" ”

Ma Xiaodao's smiling face was as bright as a summer flower, he puffed up his chest to reassure, and followed the man in the green shirt to leave.

Li Congjing led the team out of the city, and after Ma Xiaodao caught up with the team outside the city gate, the first thing he saw was not Li Congjing himself, but the little devil who made his scalp tingle.

The fifth girl glanced at Ma Xiaodao up and down, as if she was evaluating his ability, and still retained a skeptical attitude, Ma Xiaodao was not angry in her heart, but she didn't dare to behave strangely at all. After a moment, the fifth girl said, "The commander has something to ask you, come with me." ”

After Li Congjing saw the horse knife that rushed to his side, he said with a smile: "I heard that you have led a horse gang in the vicinity for many years before, and you have a lot of fame, you must know everything around you well. ”

This errand was not difficult, Ma Xiaodao's originally nervous mood relaxed a little, he cheered up and poured out all the ink in his stomach with all his might.

Ma Xiaodao's eloquence is not bad, and it didn't take long to speak, and his words were said very crisply. After a long time, Ma Xiaodao pointed to the two mountains not far ahead: "Marshal, this is the Huya Pass, it is the place where the ancient Beikou must pass through the north, and from now on, there are no shortcuts such as mountain roads and paths." However, although the location of this place is important, it is not dangerous, even if the bandit horse gang has to work, most of them will not choose this place. Speaking of the stubble of "work", Ma Xiaodao showed a shy look and was a little embarrassed.

Li Congjing looked around with great interest, nodding from time to time, and didn't care about Ma Xiaodao's past behavior.

Everyone approached Huya Pass step by step.

It was still early, the mountain breeze was slightly cool, the mountains were green, the trees were luxuriant, shaking in the sun, everything seemed to be calm and normal.

Li Congjing's brows suddenly furrowed slightly for no reason, and before he could say anything, Ding Hei had already leaned over and said in a low voice: "Military commander, it feels a little inappropriate to be humble." ”

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's calm all year round...... Ma Xiaodao said.

Li Congjing raised his arm and gave a categorical order: "The brigade stops the horse." ”

Walking between life and death a lot of times, the perception of danger is always keen, and many seemingly calm and ordinary clothes will suddenly pop up unexpected dangers.

As soon as Li Congjing's voice fell, the team had not completely stopped, and a sudden change occurred.

On a mountain ridge in front of him, a figure suddenly appeared, rising into the sky.

In the bright sunlight, the bright light reflected by the sword body flashed away, like a white practice, separated by dozens of steps, and slashed down to Li Congjing in the middle of the road down the mountain.

At the same time, in the dense mountains and forests, countless swordsmen with swords in their hands suddenly jumped out, like a single winged Dapeng, and the sword pointed directly at more than 100 riders on the road.

The sword intent and murderous aura shattered the light curtain in the afternoon and broke through the air.

Li Congjing saw that these swordsmen not only jumped out with swords, but each of them also carried a rope-like object in their hands, which was connected together to form a large net. This looming big net is like a condensed killing machine and life and death line, and the center is Li Congjing, who is looking up.

Ding Hei instantly held his two knives in his hands, jumped high from the horse, and shouted in a deep voice: "Guard the commander!" ”

Either because of the sudden increase in the mountain wind, or for other reasons, the fifth girl danced violently in a red dress, and even the long hair on the back of her head was flying unrestrainedly, she stood on horseback, her silver teeth were clenched, and her eyes were as cold as knives, "I will go to you immortals, I dare to assassinate the military commander in front of the military intelligence department, I don't take this girl seriously!" On, chop up these tired and crooked idiots for this girl! ”

The sound of a long knife unsheathed sounded behind Li Congjing, and he practiced into a piece, and there was a golden iron horse in the golden sunshine. Li Congjing sat firmly on horseback, and one after another figures rushed out and jumped out from behind him, raising his knife and rushing towards the countless swordsmen who killed in front of him, like a tiger out of the cage.

A mile or two away from Li Congjing's location, there is an unknown high place, because of the high terrain, the view is wide, and the people standing here can clearly see everything that happens on the road. Yelude's eyes flashed with madness, and his hands trembled slightly uncontrollably, "Li Congjing, how much effort did this king take to lure you out of Youzhou and here, and you actually came, why are you embarrassed not to stay here forever?" ”

Nearly 100 miles away, in the south pass of Gubeikou, a horse galloped in the mud and dust, and shouted loudly in front of the pass. On the city wall, Sima Changan saw the coming, and his heart couldn't help but be awe-inspiring, and he hurriedly ordered the door to be opened and put the person into the pass.