"Just go there!"

"It's just ......" Du Xianling looked at Liu Ben, and was a little guilty: "This Qixingtai is seventy miles away from the city, and it is in the mountains, and the road is long and obstructive!" ”

"So what!" Wang Xian was very willful, and waved his big hand and said: "Anyway, it's fun to go anywhere, and it's quite interesting to drill the ravine this season." He made another gesture to shoot: "You can also hunt!" As he spoke, he happily boasted about how accurate his marksmanship was, and he had hunted a few tigers, leopards and bears with his grandson, and he was talking about spittle, and he was so excited that he couldn't wait to start a fire and fight a few beasts back.

"This ......" Du Xian Ling looked at Liu Ben for help, but Liu Ben looked at his nose and nose, and had no intention of persuading at all. It turned out that Lord Zhentai had already figured it out, but anyway, Wang Xian didn't listen to persuasion at all, so he simply let him toss. Climb the mountain road, grind a foot of soaking, and the hardships will stop when you have had enough...... Of course, Liu Ben will never support it, otherwise when Wang Xian comes back, how can he have the confidence to say such as 'I know' to relieve his anger?

"It's done, it's decided," Wang Xian pulled up the tablecloth to wipe his hands, stood up and said, "Let's leave early tomorrow morning, let's hunt first, and then go to the Seven Star Terrace for a barbecue!" ”

"Hey......" Liu Ben didn't say anything, Du County's order was qualified to object, so he had to respond timidly, and he was ready to go......

Wang Xian really had a good heart, he got up before dawn the next day, and he usually had to sleep until three o'clock in the morning before he was willing to get up, it was like a different person. At the urging of Lord Chincha, the guards hurriedly got up to eat, and then set out as soon as the city gate opened.

Seeing Liu Ben riding on a horse, listless, Wang Xian smiled and said: "Lao Liu, if you don't want to go, just rest in the county seat, there's no need to hold on." ”

"Hehe......" Liu Ben was in no mood to deal with him.

"Then I don't care about you," Wang Xian was full of energy, his whole body seemed to be inexhaustible, and he slammed the horse's belly and said, "Go first!" The horse under his crotch was in pain, neighed, and galloped out with his hooves. Gu Xiaolian, Lingxiao, and Zhou Yong and other guards also rode their horses and galloped, chasing Wang Xian away!

"Lord Qincha, be careful......" The group ran away, and Du Xianling was still shouting and reminding.

"Save your energy, he won't listen to you." Liu Benbai glanced at the county commander, sighed helplessly, and ordered: "Let the soldiers catch up, and you must protect Qincha." The leader of the team was a commander, who received the order in a deep voice, and led more than 100 horsemen, closely following behind Wang Xian and his party.

Of the 1,000 guards sent by Ma Zhong to Wang Xian, 900 of them were horseless infantry, and there were only more than 100 cavalrymen with horses.

However, Wang Xian still has more than 100 guards, of course, there are also horses, and more than 200 cavalry are enough to protect the safety of Lord Qincha.

Liu Ben and Du Xianling are both civil officials, and they usually don't ride horses, so when they rode out for more than 20 miles, they felt that the two inner fires were burning, as if they were stuffed with two pieces of red-hot charcoal, and the tears of the two of them were about to come down, but when they saw that they had entered the mountain, it was impossible to sit in a sedan chair. You can only pout your butt and lie on the horse's back, trying to avoid contact with the saddle of the injured part. But I'm so tired, and after a while, my back hurts, my eyes are dizzy, and I can't hold on anymore.

"Lord Zhentai," Du Xianling said with a sweat on his head, "Otherwise, you can rest here, and you will have to go out of the mountain from here anyway." ”

Liu Ben was very moved, but after thinking about it, he still shook his head, gritted his teeth and rode away into the mountain.

"Hey......" Du Xianling sighed, and he didn't know whether he felt sorry for Lord Zhentai or his own chrysanthemum .......

After entering the mountain, the scenery is really beautiful, it is the mid-spring season, the mountain flowers are splendid, the green trees are like grass, the wind blows, the birds are singing, even the mood of Liu Ben and Du Xianling is unconsciously better. The two simply dismounted and walked, but their steps were a little strange, and when they looked from behind, they looked like two male ducks walking.

The two enjoyed the spring sunshine and recited poems, and they both felt very comfortable. Especially Liu Ben, there is no Wang Xian in front of him for the time being, he feels very relieved, and as soon as he is happy, he makes seven or eight poems one after another, and Du Xianling naturally applauds desperately. The happy time always flies, and before you know it, it is noon, and the two of them can no longer walk, so they sit by the mountain spring by the side of the road to rest their feet under the service of their subordinates. Liu Ben then remembered Wang Xianlai, put his hand on the pergola and looked into the distance, only to see that the mountain road was winding and there was no end, where was there a shadow?

"They must have disappeared long ago on horseback." Du Xianling didn't care, and asked people to open the food box and put out the wine and food. The servant soaked the hand towel in the mountain spring again, and wiped the hands and faces of the two adults. "Let's have lunch first, it's just one way to Qixingtai horizontally, and we can meet sooner or later."

Stimulated by the cold hand towel, Liu Ben felt tired for most of the time, and he felt that what Du Xianling said was very reasonable, so he put his mind at ease, and Du Xianling used wine and food slowly with this beautiful spring. , Du Xianling took the opportunity to show his courtesy to Liu Benda, trying to gain the favor of Lord Zhentai. Liu Ben also had the intention of acceptance, and the two naturally fought hotly.

The wine was half-drunk, and both of them were very comfortable. At this moment, Liu Benwang saw a horse galloping from the mountain road ahead, and seeing that the clothes should be the guards of the Ma Zhong faction, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and his heart rose to his throat.

"My lord......" Du Xian Ling still wanted to make a few sycophants, but when he saw Liu Ben looking into the distance like a goose, he had to quickly shut up and wait with him for the guard to come closer.

But as the saying goes, 'Wangshan runs a dead horse', obviously watching the knight gallop all the time, but the two of them waited for a meal, and the man did not run in front of him. Du Xian Ling moved his sore neck, and just wanted to say a few jokes to relax the atmosphere, but when he saw Liu Benhuo standing up, he asked people to lead the horse, and he wanted to ride the horse to meet him.

"Lord Zhentai, you can't do it." Du Xianling hurriedly smiled: "What's more, your ...... It's still hurting. ”

"Don't worry." Liu Ben didn't care about him, threw a sentence indiscriminately, and turned over and walked away. Look at his agile posture on horseback, where there is any pain.

The guard desperately urged the war horse, and the running horse was foaming at the mouth, and it seemed that it was about to stumble, and finally saw Lord Zhentai coming towards him. The guard jerked the reins and '......', and the horse's front hooves rose high, nearly throwing him off his horse.

"Lord Tsudai!" The guard hurriedly rolled over and dismounted, and fell to one knee.

"What's the matter?!" Liu Ben asked.

"Lord Qincha and his entourage went into the mountains to hunt, and the result was ......" The guard swallowed with difficulty, and his voice trembled: "The result is ......"

"What did it turn out of?!" Liu Ben was anxious when he heard this, and said that his hunch was really right, and something really happened! In a hurry, he turned over and dismounted, stepped forward, grabbed the guard's collar, and asked sharply, "Say it quickly!" ”

"It turned out ......," said the guard with a white face, "missing!" ”

"What?!" Liu Benru thundered to the top, and his hands unconsciously strengthened, making the guard breathless. He roared and said, "What are you guys eating?!" Didn't you command the envoy to protect the good Qincha?! ”

"We have been following closely behind," replied the guard, with difficulty, "ahem, but they were too casual, and suddenly they saw a wild boar come out, and they swarmed after it, and the wild boar went into the forest, and they followed it......"

Liu Ben waited for him to continue, but he didn't hear the following for a while. When I looked down, it turned out that the guard had already rolled his eyes by himself. Hurriedly letting go of his hand, the guard covered his neck vigorously, panting heavily, and it took a long time to recover his strength, wiped his nose and continued: "The commander also took us to follow quickly, but the mountains are high and dense, and we will lose our trace after a while. After looking for a long time, there was still no one to see, so the commander had to continue to look for it, and at the same time asked the little one to come to the platform quickly. ”

"A bunch of rubbish!" Liu Ben scolded angrily, picked up the guard from the ground, and roared, "Hurry up and take me over!" ”

"Yes!" The guard hurriedly mounted his horse and took Liu Ben back the same way. Before he could run two steps, the war horse threw himself and broke his leg. Liu Ben didn't care about anything else at all, so he let his subordinates ride with the guard with the broken leg, and let him continue to lead the way.

He hurried out of the thirty-mile mountain road before he joined up with the commanding man. When Liu Ben saw that they were losing their armor and despondent one by one, he knew that there was nothing good.

"Zhentai," the commander hugged his fist at Liu Ben in shame, and whispered: "I still haven't found ......" said and scratched his head vigorously, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm and said: "It's evil, isn't it a wild boar?" Where can you catch up?! ”

"Are they lost?" Liu Ben frowned and said patiently: "Qin Cha and his party are all returning to Shandong, and no one should know the road." ”

"Very likely," the commander thought for a moment, "that shouldn't be a big problem, there are more than a hundred of them...... There are no high mountains in this Taiyi Mountains, and the population is not sparse, as long as they find someone, they can have a guide. ”

"Hmm." Liu Ben nodded, and scolded in his heart, grandma is a bear, what kind of is this! Why did the emperor send such a living treasure to Shandong?!

At present, there is no other way, Liu Ben can only let people send a message to Du County, and ask him to go back to the county seat to send orders to the grain chiefs of various townships, and ask them to organize the people to go into the mountains to find people. Liu Ben also sent everyone out to find someone, and he took people to the Seven Star Terrace by himself, waiting for Wang Xian to arrive.

When Liu Ben went to the Seven Star Terrace, it was already almost dark. He stood on the high platform of the former martial saint training, watching the sunset shine like blood on the mountains red, and his heart swelled with a sense of foreboding.

The guards saw Lord Tai pacing back and forth on the high platform with his hands behind his back, as if they were thinking about some eternal unsolved problem......