Chapter 156

Fang hated Shui and chose to obey without too strong struggle. If he knew that the following group of people riding high horses were students of the martial arts academy, he would change his mind. Unfortunately, he is just a constable from a remote fishing village. He has never seen Chang'an city or martial arts academy.

He knew that the two monks were practitioners, but if he knew that the following people were from the martial arts academy, his first reaction must be that the people from the martial arts academy were better, even if he was sure that the two monks were terrible. As a Sui, I still feel that the most powerful place in the world is the martial arts academy.

What he didn't know was that fortunately he didn't make another choice. Fortunately, he didn't know the uniform of the martial arts academy. Fortunately, he was a coward.

So he's not dead.

Sliding down the hillside, the ragged Fang Henshui immediately attracted the attention of division Yuan Cheng.

Almost at the same time, the front students of the martial arts academy pulled out their sabres one after another. Although the stopped students have only studied in the martial arts academy for a few days, they still form a defensive formation in the shortest time. All the people gather together with the horse head outward. Such a circular array can defend against attacks from any direction.

When they found that what rolled down the hillside was a guy covered with blood and so dirty that they could hardly see that he was human. The students obviously relaxed their vigilance, and someone couldn't help shouting in surprise.

"Help me..."

Fang hated Shui's hard kneeling, prostrate on the ground and begged, "I was seriously injured and my companions were caught by villains in the mountain. I managed to escape. Please save me."

"Are you from Jiangnan?"

Liu Shuang frowned slightly, urged the horse to take a step forward and asked.

"Yes... I'm the Constable of Duxian County, Chuzhou, Jiangnan."

Fang Henshui panted: "I was ordered by my county magistrate to come to Chang'an for business. As a result, when I was about to arrive in Chang'an, I met several powerful criminals who kidnapped me and my companions. I wanted to let me go back and get the money to redeem, but I know we came from the south of the Yangtze River. After Chang'an had no relatives, they wanted to kill people. Today, I finally found a chance to escape and ask you to save me."

He kowtowed as he spoke, looking miserable and sad.

"You said you were from Chuzhou County in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Liu Shuang was stunned and couldn't help asking, "What proof?"

He is from Chuzhou and his father is the governor of Chuzhou.

Fang hated Shui's effort to take off the constable's waist token he had kept all the time, handed it to Liu Shuang in both hands and said, "please look, childe, this is my waist token."

Liu Shuang leaned over and took a look, then turned back and said to Yuan Chengshi, "it's really my Constable of the great Sui Dynasty. His accent is really from Chuzhou. He shouldn't be wrong. I just didn't expect that such a strong man dared to hijack the officials of the great Sui Dynasty at the foot of the emperor of Chang'an city. Brother Maocheng, we don't care about it?"

Yuan Chengshi's word was Maocheng. He thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "we're going to have a competition with Mr. today. How can we have time to mind this business? Give him some food and give him a few liang of silver to report to the official in Chang'an city. We still have business!"

"No!"

Fang Henshui climbed forward two steps and stopped in front of Yuan Chengshi, crying: "I have companions on the mountain. If those strong men find me escaping, they will kill him. Please save my companions. They are all people of the Sui Dynasty. We can't wait for death."

As he begged, he pulled away his ragged clothes to reveal the place where the meat was cut off, and immediately attracted a burst of exclamation from the people.

Master Yuan Cheng frowned in disgust and said, "we have other important things to do. Giving you money and food has delayed your trip back to Chang'an. If you stop again, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Your father is still an official of the great Sui Dynasty!"

At this time, Ma Lilian, who was at the back of the team, urged the horse forward with a slight anger: "don't kneel down on him! You are a member of the Sui constable's government. Why are your knees so soft? If he doesn't save your friend, I'll go with you. I don't believe it. Someone dares to do evil more than ten miles away from Chang'an city!"

"I'll go with you too. I can't ignore it. Even if Mr. is here, I will never stand idly by!"

A student jumped down from the war horse, held a horizontal knife and said to Ma Lilian, "it's just a group of mountain bandits. We don't need everyone to go. If you and I can't pick the bandit's nest, we'll plant it!"

"I'll go too!"

"I'll go too!"

The crowd began to speak. They were obviously dissatisfied with Yuan Chengshi's attitude. As the people of the Sui Dynasty, especially the children of aristocratic families, their character determined their pride. How can robbers be allowed outside Chang'an City?

"Something's wrong!"

Niu Huahua frowned and said, "don't say that outside Chang'an City, even in the whole Gyeonggi Province, it's impossible for anyone to dare to do anything against the laws of the imperial court. There are few people in the mountains. What do robbers do for a living? I think this guy's origin is strange. Let's not be fooled."

"As you said!"

A student held his head high and said, "this is the imperial capital Chang'an. He is also an official. Will he cheat us?"

After being silent for a while, Yuan Chengshi asked Fang Henshui, "how many robbers are there?"

"Seven or eight, all very fierce."

The square hates the water.

"Lost all the people of Chuzhou yamen!"

Liu Shuang scolded, "at least you are also a county constable, and you were caught by several unscrupulous robbers. As a man of the government, you'd rather die than be humiliated. Have you forgotten?"

"Dare not forget!"

Fang Henshui kowtowed his head and said, "but I still have a job assigned by the yamen, which is very important. Before I get to Chang'an, I can't die until I see the officials of the Ministry of punishment explain clearly! When I finish the instructions of the county magistrate, I will die to apologize!"

This sentence aroused more people's sympathy.

"We can't ignore it!"

"That's right. It doesn't matter what happens."

Master Yuan Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "then set up camp here and have a rest. Liu Shuang, take nine people up the mountain to save people. The others rest and be on alert. Don't be attacked by Fang Xie and Zhang Kuang. They are both scouts! We can't be careful now that they have entered the mountain!"

"Who wants to go? Just follow me!"

Liu Shuang gave a bold greeting and told Fang to hate the waterway: "can you still go? If you can, lead the way in front!"

On the big stone on the mountain, chenya smiled and said, "master, that guy has completely succumbed after all. You see, how competent he is with this bait?"

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Fang Xie and Zhang Kuang live in a big tree. Both of them are well disguised. Even if they look carefully under the tree, they may not be able to find them. These two border scouts are good at hiding themselves. One has done 21 military exploits in Fanzi, and the other has lived in the northern barbarian tribe for two years. It's hard for people like them to show their flaws if they don't want to be found.

"Haven't come yet. Why is it so slow?"

Zhang Kuang explained to the other side in a low voice: "according to the map given by Sir, they should be from here near Yueya Lake. This is the only place you can ride. It doesn't make sense. We're all full. They haven't arrived yet."

Fang Xie still remembers the delicacy of six gill fish. The fish meat is really tender and smooth. You don't need to cook it, just add a little soy sauce and garlic juice, and you will have endless aftertaste. This is Fang Xie's first time to eat raw meat. Unexpectedly, the taste is so attractive. He had always firmly believed that the food was better cooked. Even when he was in exile, he stubbornly insisted on eating only cooked food.

"If you're not lost, you're in trouble."

Fang Xie said, "the former is almost impossible. Although those aristocratic children are domineering and arrogant, it's hard to say if they get lost. How can there be waste if they can enter the martial arts academy? As for the latter... I can't think of any trouble. This is not a frontier, and it's impossible to meet the enemy."

"That's what I said."

Zhang Kuang hesitated: "why don't we separate and move forward?"

"Good!"

Fang Xie nodded, took out the signal fireworks specially brought in his arms and gave them to Zhang Kuang: "if there is any accident, send a signal. Sir should not be far from us. After all, he doesn't want to see the students have an accident."

"Yes!"

Zhang Kuang took the fireworks and stuffed them into his arms and slid down the tree. He walked through the dense forest with his cat on his waist and soon disappeared. Fang Xie saw Zhang Kuang running and leaving traces on the tree with a dagger. This is the standard practice of scouts, which reminds him of the border town.

After the madness disappeared, Fang Xie also slid down from the tree. I chose the direction of leaving with frantic, ran out about five degrees, and left a mark while walking. Just when he disappeared, everything appeared on the big tree where he stayed.

His face was a little dignified, looking at the direction of Fang Xie's disappearance, with some worry in his eyes.

After Fang Xie ran out for about three or four minutes, Mo everything also took action immediately. He always kept a certain distance from Fang Xie and didn't let Fang Xie find out. I don't know why, he always followed Fang Xie instead of being crazy.

Fang Xie ran in the dense forest with his body down. His feet moved quickly and flexibly, like a cheetah born in the jungle, sharp and alert. His spirit has always maintained a high degree of vigilance and has not slackened because it is only a competition rather than a real fight.

This is Fang Xie's attitude towards life, which is difficult to change.

He ran out about two miles in one breath, and Fang Xie quickly climbed a big tree to hide. Although the angle of deviation from madness is very small, the distance between the two people is not close at this time. Fang Xie explored behind the leaves, looked carefully for a long time, listened for a long time, and still didn't find those people of Yuan Chengshi.

"Are you really in danger?"

Fang Xie frowned slightly and subconsciously touched his waist. I felt a little more secure when I touched the residual knife.

Thinking of the strange things seen in the eyes of all things before, Fang Xie's heart began to feel uneasy again.

Strange, but where is it?

It's just a competition in the martial arts academy, isn't it?

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Ma Lilian is still at the end. Although she doesn't want to, she is a girl's home after all. Other martial arts students who follow Fang hate water and mountains will not let her open the way. Liu Shuang is a smart man, so he didn't walk behind Fang Henshui. He kept a distance from Fang Henshui, and his right hand didn't leave the handle since he went up the mountain.

"How far is it?"

After climbing up for a while, Liu Shuang asked in some displeasure.

Fang hen, who was panting and leading the way in front, said in a low voice, "come on, childe, you see the big raised stone. The nest of those strong people is behind the big stone. It's a cave. They're out looking for food. We have to take this opportunity to save people."

Fang Henshui continued to climb up after saying these words, but when he climbed four or five steps, he felt something strange. He stopped and looked back. Then he found that the eyes of the ten people behind him were very cold. The previous sympathy disappeared, and there was only hostility and indifference.

Especially the leader, Fang hates that water can see the killing intention in his eyes. He didn't know what mistake he had made and why those people's reactions suddenly changed.

"Say!"

Liu Shuang slowly drew out the horizontal knife, pointed to Fang hate water's nose and asked, "who are you?"

"I......" Fang hated Shui and opened his mouth. As soon as he was about to answer, he saw the young monk turn out from behind a big tree. He put his hands together, leaned over the crowd slightly, and said calmly and gently, "welcome to the blissful world."