Chapter 144 This knife is quite heavy~
Out of the city gate, Geng Huyuan's mouth was like a dam with its gates open, and he introduced incessantly, "Since I learned that Miss and Uncle want to go out to play, I have spent the past few days working hard and forgetting to eat and sleep for this trip. Plan the route to ensure that the young lady and uncle can have fun and rest assured."
God, don't worry.
Zhou Ji twitched his mouth slightly, took the blueprint handed over by Geng Huyuan, opened it and glanced at it.
Su Tan'er next to him moved to the side with a curious face, took Zhou Ji's arm, and looked around.
A few long and short thin wires twisted and wriggled like earthworms, and a few lumps of strangely shaped 'Xiang'? Interspersed among them, the words "flower sea" and "desert" marked next to it can be vaguely recognized.
"Look, if it was early spring, we could take the official road in the southeast, pass through the dunes, Zhangze, and enjoy the flowers all the way along the river, but now it's late autumn, the road must be full of broken flowers and willows, so it's not worth recommending. "
Su Tan'er and Zhou Ji looked at the map several times, and asked curiously, "How about changing the road?"
Geng Huyuan was even more proud when he saw someone cheering him on. He turned around and said, "Take the official road in the southwest, passing through Anmo and Bi County. Ann is getting further and further away."
"Shouldn't the bumpy and muddy road be due to abundant rainfall? Then why did you go to the desert?" Zhou Ji asked in surprise, "By the way, is there a desert in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Since coming to this world, Zhou Ji has not traveled around the world in person. He only knows that this world is somewhat similar to the Song Dynasty he knows, but compared with Geng Huyuan who "traveled south and north", it is still a bit ignorant.
Geng Nuyuan was choked by the cool wind in late autumn, and coughed several times, as if he didn't hear Zhou Ji's words, "Only in the south, the commercial road stretches for three hundred miles, and the scenery along the way is beautiful. There are Chaoyin Cave and Fanghua Pond. , There are also various snacks such as sour plum soup, distiller's lees balls, sweet-scented osmanthus cakes."
Su Tan'er's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said happily: "Then follow Geng Nursing Academy's suggestion and follow the Zhengnan official path."
"But I'm more interested in the deserts in the south of the Yangtze River." Zhou Ji just wanted to express a different opinion, but before he could finish his sentence, Su Tan'er hugged his arms tightly and shook him coquettishly. Although the two small soil bags were not big, Zhou Ji did not either Have you ever experienced a bigger one?
The delicate and somewhat elastic touch made him immediately betray his heart and choose to follow the ticket.
Hundreds of miles away, on the outskirts of Lin'an City.
The war in the north had officially started half a month ago, but under the deliberate maintenance of Qin Yuyuan and Li Gang, the more or less actions of the imperial court did not cause much disturbance in the city.
The mobilization of troops, the transfer of materials, everything is going on quietly under a huge momentum, as if everyone can feel that kind of action, but not many people can really clearly understand the inside story.
Shenggong Fang Tianlei, who was hiding outside the city to observe all this, also quietly sent people to intercept and kill passing merchants and vegetable farmers, and sent his own people into the city bit by bit as a response.
At this time, it has been a full month since He Yuanchang's death, and the three scourges from the Wudu Imperial City have passed. spread more widely.
At the same time, the ambition in my heart gradually expanded.
After a period of observation and unannounced visits, Fang Tianlei has confirmed that the army of the Wu Dynasty has assembled to go north, and among the supplies sent by the Tianwu Capital to Lin'an for escort, there is a huge amount of gunpowder hidden.
As long as he looks for an opportunity to capture Lin'an, the remaining hundreds of stones of gunpowder in the city will surely fall into his pocket.
The army of the Yasukuni could break even the capital of the Liang Kingdom, so it must not be easy. At that time, the war in the north will be intense, and the Wudu will have no time to take care of the land of Lin'an.
As a result, great things are done.
Just as he was planning how to capture Lin'an and make a fortune, Zhou Ji and Su Tan'er on the other side were also led off the official path by Geng Huyuan, and came to the map from a slightly remote path. The first scenic spot. The hot spring.
In the woods next to the trail.
The four of them squatted in a small puddle the size of a bowl and looked at each other.
Su Tan'er propped his chin with one hand and looked at Zhou Ji. Zhou Ji looked at Geng Nuyuan with a half-smile, and asked lightly, "Director Geng? Is this the hot spring you mentioned?"
"Impossible?" Geng Huyuan glanced left and right quietly, and argued with some guilt, "A few years ago, it was still a hot spring."
If you say that the hot spring should have a faint smell of rotten eggs, but when you got off the carriage, not only did Zhou Ji not smell the strange smell, he had never even seen the mist in the forest.
If there is a hot spring in a place like this, it would be a **** of a place.
The dignified thief was deceived by a small nursing home that pretended to be a fake?
Before Zhou Ji could speak, he saw Su Tan'er propping his chin, and said wearily, "It's still early, Geng Nursing Academy, take your broken map and go back to Jiangning."
Xiao Chan next to her was not so tactful, she pouted and complained, "That's right, don't bully us anymore."
Geng Nuyuan was a little embarrassed for a moment, reached out his hand to touch the puddle, and said quickly: "Look, the water is still warm, maybe there is a spring here, or if we dig down, it should be a hot spring."
After the voice fell, the three of them got up immediately, and walked towards the carriage without paying attention.
Geng Nuyuan hurriedly said, "Miss, uncle, why are you going?"
"Go to Lin'an City." Zhou Ji said lightly, "Don't you want to dig hot springs? It's okay, dig slowly, and we will come to you when we come back from Lin'an."
"This time it was actually an accident," Geng Nuyuan's mouth twitched, and he quickly made amends, "There is a sour plum soup in front, a century-old shop, guaranteed to satisfy my uncle and miss."
Can you still trip over the same place twice?
Su Tan'er paused, glanced at Geng Nuyuan, who was full of sincerity, and wished to pat his chest to assure him, sighed softly, and turned to look at Zhou Ji.
Zhou Ji shrugged, he didn't care, anyway, he was going out to play with Su Tan'er, no matter where he went.
So the four of them set off again, and went around several times. Zhou Ji listened to Geng Nuyuan chanting in the carriage, "Twenty miles to the east, fifteen miles to the south, through a forest." He knew that this guy was blind again. lead the way.
Su Tan'er still had some confidence at first, but when he got off the car and saw the crumbling hut in front of him, he froze in place.
Zhou Ji, like a normal person, went into the hut to solve his physical problems, glanced at the speechless Su Tan'er, and asked Geng Nursing House, "Can we tell the truth now? What's going on with this map?"
"What's the matter?" Geng Nuyuan looked at Zhou Ji's gaze, his heart trembled, he tiptoed and dawdled on the ground, and said, "I'm reading a novel."
"Read novels?" Su Tan'er and Xiao Chan showed unbelievable expressions, and said in unison, "What novel?"
"He said so, I am more interested in Chaoyin Cave." Zhou Ji asked curiously, "Why don't we go to Chaoyin Cave to see?"
"I'm not going anywhere! Go directly to Lin'an!"
Su Tan'er glared at Geng Huyuan angrily, took Zhou Ji's hand and walked towards the carriage.
After all this trouble, when the group arrived at Lin'an City, it was already dusk and the city gate was about to be closed.
Due to missing a few 'attractions', the carriage entered Lin'an City ahead of the last batch of merchants entering and leaving the city.
Although the foundation of the Su family is in Jiangning, they also have several houses in Lin'an.
Entering the city, the night gradually rises.
Zhou Ji and Su Tan'er looked at the car curtain first, and looked at the still bustling street scene in the city, and they were a little shocked for a while.
The houses are like a forest, with overlapping eaves and corners. In the night, the lights between the houses in the city gather to form an extended stream of fire. In this late autumn night, they outline the scene of the ancient city of Lin'an in a criss-cross pattern.
It's already time for dinner, and even though the night is getting darker, the hustle and bustle in Lin'an City does not show any signs of subsiding. It is the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also considered the most affluent place in the entire Wu Dynasty. It gathers almost all merchants from all over the world. There are countless travelers and merchants passing through here to the north and south.
Coming to live in a quiet house in the south of the city, Zhou Ji coaxed Su Tan'er to sleep, slipped out of the house quietly, did not pretend to be deliberately, and directly crossed the city wall. As a result, the detective was spying, but just as he was passing through a forest outside the city, he heard a fierce fight coming from the forest.
Zhou Ji frowned slightly, looked in the direction of Wudeying, turned and walked into the forest, and saw the little girl hiding in the tree eating apples at a glance.
Wearing a warrior's short robe, she looks small and cute, but the big knife next to her shoulders is in great contrast.
After all, he is also a saint who has been in the rivers and lakes for many years. He used to wear Baizhantang in his soul, but he has lived up to the legends of saints who have been circulating in the rivers and lakes. Xiang Shuai competed with him, and he was 100% sure that he would beat Chu Liuxiang.
He stretched out his hand to mention the broad-backed broadsword next to the little girl. Good guy, it weighs fifty or sixty catties.
Putting it back in place, Liu Xigua seemed to feel something in his heart. He subconsciously turned around and looked. There was only the dark night behind him, and the ears were quiet and quiet, as if everything was an illusion, and there was no one behind him.
etc! Why is it quiet?
Liu Xigua turned her head suddenly, and saw that the two groups of people who were still in the scuffle just now seemed to have been cast by some kind of magic spell. They still maintained the action of fighting, but they were all frozen in place.
Wu De Camp plus Ba Dao Camp, there are more than 20 people fighting in the forest.
From when she turned around to when she turned back, there was only one or two breaths of time during this period. In the interval of one or two breaths, why did everyone stay where they were?
Liu Xigua subconsciously grasped the handle of the knife, jumped down from the tree, and frowned at the few people facing her with twitching eyelids: "Murder and set fire? What's wrong with you?"
It's a pity that these people can only wink at her, as if they are conveying something, but because they can't move or speak, even the winking looks extraordinarily funny.
Suddenly seemed to understand something, Liu Xigua's expression suddenly sank, his waist turned slightly, and he swung his knife and swept away behind him.
Due to her small size, she can only rely on her strength to swing the knife. Every move seems to open and close. The deadliest flaw.
Swinging the knife in the air, Liu Xigua's body was also driven by the momentum of the knife, making a slight adjustment half a step to the side, and the blade cut deeply across the tree trunk next to it, making a huge gap.
Sawdust flew all over for a moment, but there was still no one in front of her eyes.
Liu Xigua's heart sank, and he said in a cold voice, "Where are you fooling around here? Do you dare to come out and fight me face to face?"
As soon as the voice fell, I felt the breeze blowing behind me. I turned around again, and saw a young man in a dark short robe standing directly in front of the crowd. He looked handsome and had a gentle temperament. The literati and scholars I have seen are quite similar.
"Human beings are human, ghosts are ghostly. We are ordered by Tianlei Shenggong to work here. Are you a human or a ghost? Do you dare to declare your name?" Liu Xigua frowned slightly, looking at the young man in front of him Whether it's the lightness skill that she couldn't detect just now, or the extremely weird immobilization magic, it can make people feel the other party's unfathomable. Facing this kind of person, although Liu Xigua's heart is a little drumming, but his mouth is full of emotion. It's tough.
"It really is Fang Tianlei's person, where is he now?" Zhou Ji nodded slightly, knowing it in his heart.
I think so, besides Fang Tianlei who wants to gather a crowd to rebel near Lin'an City, who else would dare to organize people to intercept and kill Wu Dynasty soldiers in the middle of the night?
What kind of power would be the explosion of four hundred stones of gunpowder?
As a non-military fan, Zhou Ji doesn't have a clear concept.
But he believes that once the gunpowder is completely detonated, he may not be able to escape even with the demon umbrella and light kung fu.
What's more, even if he can retreat completely, what about Su Tan'er? Where is Xiao Chan? What about the Geng nursing home?
You can’t hang one on your body, carry two on your shoulders, and run around like a koala, right?
Since we have come to Lin'an, no matter what, Lin'an City and the gunpowder cannot fall into Fang Tianlei's hands.
"Bold, the name of Tianlei Shenggong is especially what you can call directly!" Liu Xigua looked sullen, and at the same time, through Zhou Ji's tone, he could tell that the other party was an enemy rather than a friend, as if he came here specially for Shenggong.
There is still Tianlei Shenggong! It's him who stole my name!
Zhou Ji didn't bother to explain to Liu Xigua, and waved his hands, "It doesn't matter. Seeing that your skills are already top-notch, I think you are also Fang Tianlei's capable general. First tie you up, and he will naturally show up."
Zhou Ji said as he waved his hands to untie the acupuncture points of the sergeants next to him.
Even after hearing the conversation between Zhou Ji and Liu Xigua, he subconsciously took a few steps away while regaining his freedom, and looked at Zhou Ji in surprise.
Among the soldiers, there was one man who was calm, clasped his fists and said, "Yuan Dingqi, Centurion of the Imperial Army in Wude Camp in Xialin'an City, thank you chivalrous men for your help."
"Wu Deying, Yuan Dingqi?"
Zhou Ji originally wanted to ask him about Fang Tianlei's specific situation, but now it seems that he doesn't need it.
Thanks to 'Iron Sky' for the reward of 100 coins.
Thank you for the 100 coin reward from ‘Men Yashi 555’.
(end of this chapter)