Seventy-four, beauty

At dusk, Zhou Xuan and his eighth people returned to the ashore and went to Luoyang with Li Hu. Zhou Xuan did not let Fei Qing go with him. Such people might ruin his big trouble.

After an hour of fast horse galloped, it was already dark when it arrived at Luoyang. The lanterns were high in front of the inn. Sure enough, four carriages were parked. When Zhou Xuan and others arrived, the shop owner and the four coachmen came out. After a while, they had a rest, fed the horses and fed the horses, and then rushed to Quanzhou County City.

Everyone's mounts were tied to the shaft of the carriage and slowly followed the carriage, leaving two people to ride the horse and accompany them. The rest of them got on the carriage to rest, rest, and prepare for tomorrow's amazing plan.

Siqi naturally arranged to have the same car as Zhou Xuan, but Siqi said: "Master, I'm here to stay at night, and the master will sleep peacefully in the car."

Zhou Xuan whispered: "The fourth brother, if you enter the city tomorrow, there may be a fierce battle. You are the main force, how can you not keep your spirits? Since you remember that you are a woman and want to keep a difference between men and women, then you can get in the car and sleep. I will ride my own horse. Anyway, I don't have to do anything, I am a prisoner as a bait."

The four snorts snorted, got off the horse and got on the carriage, and the carriage was driving. Zhou Xuan followed the carriage on the "Crane in the Cloud", shaking his body slightly, closing his eyes to rest.

Siqi looked at Zhou Xuan on the horse's back in the car window and was dozing. He was worried that he would fall down and had to say, "Master, come in to the car and rest. I didn't sleep all night last night."

"The fourth brother is still soft-hearted. She should not be suitable to be an assassin now!" Zhou Xuan thought so, dismounted and handed the reins to the coachman, and got on the carriage.

The four fools turned inside, and their thin body only occupied a little bit of space.

Zhou Xuan leaned halfway and half lying down, tightened his robe and said, "Second, I'll go to bed first." He was indeed sleepy and fell asleep in a short while.

Sinibal sitting cross-legged, regulating breathing, circulating qi in small and large circumferences. After half an hour, the fatigue disappeared and turned around and looked at Zhou Xuan who was sleeping with his legs curled up.

The moonlight penetrated through the window, and several lights and shadows were reflected on Zhou Xuan's face. His chest and abdomen slowly rose and fell, and his breathing was long. This man slept so soundly!

Sichi thought about this and envied Zhou Xuan's sleep. She has been practicing martial arts hard since she was eight years old and has never lie down and slept well. She has been lying down a few days ago, but that was because she was seriously injured.

The autumn night is silent, and the monotonous sound of wheels and horse hooves make people sleepy. The four fools also lie on their side in a lion lying, resting their eyes and breathing. The spiritual platform is empty and bright, and it is endless, without any thoughts and worries.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly I heard Zhou Xuan say, “The fourth brother——”

"What's the matter with the master?" Siqi asked with his eyes open, then sat up straight, waited for a while, but didn't listen to Zhou Xuan's answer. After a closer look, Zhou Xuan slept with his eyes closed. It turned out that he was talking in his sleep just now!

Sichi shook his head and thought to himself, "Master is dreaming, what am I doing?" When he thought about this, he felt uncomfortable all over, as if there was a thorn on Zhou Xuan's body that would pierce her. Anyway, he had enough rest. He opened the car door and didn't ask the driver to stop, and then jumped out of the car easily. The sound of landing was even more subtle than a raccoon cat.

Lihu on the night and a Qingyuan warrior came over and greeted Sichi in a low voice. Sichi said, "You both got in the car to rest, I've already rested."

Sichi followed her mount on foot. The mount slowly followed the carriage that Zhou Xuan was riding. There was a bamboo tube on the saddle. The white-backed worm caught last night. The worm never heard it ring like a mute!

It is already midnight now, and half of the waning moon has just risen on the East Mountain. The moon is dark and yellow. It seems that the sunny weather is about to end, and the autumn rain is coming.

Fujian is full of mountains, and the mountain roads are winding along the way, and insects can often be heard beside the roads.

Suddenly, a "buzzing" sound was heard, and everything was silent. The crickets who were chirping happily were silent, and there was no sound.

The Siqi was shocked. The "buzzing" sound just now was clearly coming from the bamboo tube. It was the wings chirping sound made by the white-backed worm? The sound was so thick and loud that it made the bamboo tube "buzzing". The Siqi was very knowledgeable, but he had never heard a cricket make such a powerful chirping!

Siqi took off the bamboo tube, removed the fine holes, and looked at the small white-backed cricket with a carefully hunched under the moonlight. The cricket bent his waist and legs, and lay motionless on the bottom of the tube. The bean powder and sesame seeds put in in the evening were gone, so it must have been eaten by it.

Sichi cut a soft grass stem from the roadside to tease the white-backed cricket, wanting to hear its chirping again, but no matter how to tease the white-backed cricket, the white-backed cricket was indifferent and shrank six thin legs to the bottom of the abdomen.

The Siniac thought of the "untouchable" quirk, so he used grass stems to tease the white-backed cricket's pp. The "untouchable" pp can't be moved, and he became furious as soon as he moved. He opened his teeth and halberds and was about to bite it, but this move was still useless for the white-backed cricket. No matter whether it was tickling its big teeth or plucking its pp, he ignored it.

Siji was helpless. Seeing the white-backed cricket motionless and looking dead, I wondered if I had heard it wrong just now. Can this little white-backed cricket really make such a loud chirping?

The four fools plugged the block and decided to find a yellow-backed worm to try tomorrow to see what kind of insect is?

Four carriages drove overnight and arrived at Songling Town, twenty miles north of Quanzhou City at the end of the night. This town was surrounded by mountains on three sides, with hundreds of years of pine trees on the mountain, lush and rolling.

The driver of the carriage in front said to Sizi: "Will the guest go to Songling or Quanzhou County City?"

The Sizi said, "Let's just come here." Hear everyone out of the car.

Zhou Xuan jumped out of the carriage, rewarded each coachman with one tael of silver, and sent them back.

Zhou Xuan and the nine others washed up in the mountain stream outside the town. The man from Pan Yujiao escorted Zhou Xuan: "Mr. Zhou, I will go to the town first to see. My Shanha people have two fur shops in the town, and the clan leader should be there to rest."

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, go quickly and return quickly."

The Shanha guard walked into the town and soon brought a woman out, but the female guard who came here with Pan Yujiao in advance, named Ayue.

When A Yue saw Zhou Xuan, he bowed and said, "Duke Zhou County, the eldest grand clan ordered me to wait for Duke Zhou County here and ask Duke Zhou to enter the town for a short rest."

Zhou Xuan asked: "Have the family of the five generals gone out of the city?"

Zhou Xuan promised to support these five Qingyuan warriors as fifth-rank generals after his plan succeeded, so he now calls these five generals.

The five Qingyuan warriors stared at A Yue's mouth nervously to see how she answered.

A Yue said: "I have taken out of Quanzhou City. In order to ensure that everything is safe, the clan leader took the families of these five generals to the mountainous area yesterday afternoon."

Zhou Xuan asked: "When will the clan leader come back?"

A Yue said: "It should be possible to rush back at dawn."

Zhou Xuan and his nine people followed Ayue to a fur warehouse run by Shanha people in the town, and stopped to have a rest while eating some food, waiting for Pan Yujiao and Lin Ji.

At the end of the Yin hour, Pan Yujiao arrived alone on the "Zhaoye Yuhua Cong". Although he was exhausted, he lifted his cloak, his starry eyes were like water, and his charmingness was still present. He presented a letter to Zhou Xuan and said, "Please see, the five families have 47 people. The list is here. Except for the illiterate children, they all have signatures. As for ordinary servants, they will not be taken out of the city."

The five Qingyuan warriors looked at the signatures of their families and learned that they were safe and were all very happy.

Zhou Xuanpang said: "The clan leader is really careful in his work. After the matter is completed, the clan leader will be the first to be the best."

Everyone was waiting in Songling Town until the end of Mao, and the sun was nowhere to be seen, but Lin Ji arrived, and they couldn't help but feel anxious.

The Siqi was not in a hurry and took the bamboo tube to the town to find someone to fight insects. She was determined to verify if there was anything magical about this white-backed cricket?

The people in Songling Town were panic and worried that the Tang army would attack, and some wealthy families had already moved to Wuyue. Therefore, except for the children playing with crickets, no one in the town had the leisure to fight crickets.

Sichi then fought with several children in the head of the town. Sichi showed off the white-backed cricket, and the children made fun of it. Who wants this white-backed worm?

The four fools promised that if the insect wins the white-backed worm, they will be rewarded with 100 cigarettes. Only then did these children become excited and recommend the most powerful black-backed cricket to fight.

Sichi looked at the black-backed cricket, which was only a lieutenant-level, but if her white-backed cricket could defeat the black-backed lieutenant-level cricket, it would be eye-opening.

Put insects on a clay pot and start a bucket. However, strangely, both insects are huddled at both ends of the clay pot and refused to open their teeth. It is useless to tease them with starch grass. This is true after several black-backed insects.

The Siqi sighed inwardly: "The white-backed cricket is not fighting in nature and cannot be used to fight with the insects at all. I still have a lucky dream that this white-backed worm is a mutated wild insect. It seems that it is a delusion. What will the master use to fight with the Prince of Snow Pig in two days?"

The four cynical men handed the bamboo tube containing the white-backed cricket to a child and said, "This insect has given you, and this hundred documents will be given to you."

The child happily took a string of money, busy counting it, not picking up the bamboo tube, another child took it, and poured the white-backed cricket on the ground, saying, "Who wants this insect, step to death!" Then he stepped down—

The four crazy men were quick-witted and grabbed the child's collar, carried him aside, and carefully caught the white-backed cricket back into the bamboo tube, thinking to himself: "After all, this was caught by the owner who was bitten by a poisonous snake, so take it as a souvenir."

Siqi returned to the fur warehouse and just met Lin Ji, but he didn't ride a horse, and he was walking.

Without a moment of rest for two days and two nights, Lin Ji raised his eyebrows and his eyes were sinking, but he was full of energy. When he saw Zhou Xuan, he submitted a letter from Minister Chen Kai, saying: "Mr. Duke, I will die halfway through the mount, and I will come on foot, so it will be a little late."

Zhou Xuanxi said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Lin, go and rest for a while, and use some wine and some rice." As he said that, he opened the letter and frowned slightly.

Lin Ji said: "Mr. County Duke, Chen Shilang knows everything that he said in his letter. Chen Shilang is worried about the security of the county and does not want the county Duke to take risks alone. Moreover, the clan leader Pan Da is also important in Fujian. If he falls into Chen Si'an's hands, then all his previous efforts will be wasted. Therefore, Chen Shilang thought it would be a matter of time before he took Qingyuan and there was no need to use this dangerous plan. Having said that, Chen Shilang has already dispatched troops to Quanzhou at night, and the troops were divided into two routes, one from Xiping, Xiangyun to Quanzhou West Gate, one from Tingxi, Dongtian to Quanzhou South Gate, the west and south sides are two thousand elite cavalry in front, and five thousand infantry are following behind. They are currently fighting fiercely with Qingyuan Army. It is estimated that the troops will be at the city of Quanzhou today, and everything will be carried out according to the plan of the county Duke."

Zhou Xuan asked Pan Yujiao: "What do you think Pan Da clan leader thinks? Is this almost worth a crime?"

Pan Yujiao said decisively: "A successful success must be achieved by using strange strategies, why should the county magistrate hesitate?"

Zhou Xuan clenched his fists and said, "Okay, Shen Shi set out for Quanzhou."

Everyone was raising their energy in Songling fur warehouse. Shen Shichu came out of the town and came to the north gate of Quanzhou. Five Qingyuan warriors were escorting the bound Pan Yujiao, Sichi and Zhou Xuan, a total of eight people. The rest of them mingled into the city and waited for an opportunity to respond. About dozens of Shanhapan clan members had received Pan Yujiao's orders. As long as they saw the fireworks of the Qingyuan Protectorate's Mansion in the city, they set fires everywhere in the city to create chaos.

Because he wanted to pretend to be a prisoner and enter the city, Sichi left the white-backed cricket in the fry warehouse and told Zhou Xuan about fighting insects just now.

Zhou Xuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I really have no fighting spirit? Don't worry about these things for now, and take Quanzhou."

There was a panic inside and outside Quanzhou City, and there were several groups of Qingyuan patrol troops on the road, but these five Qingyuan warriors were all easily let go.

Eight people rode eight horses, Zhou Xuan, Si Chi and Pan Yujiao were tied with hands, and the horse reins were held by the Qingyuan warrior. Although they were tied, as long as you hook your thumb, the knot would be loosened. When you see Chen Si'an, you can suddenly attack and start a move.

When it was five or six miles away from the northern gate of Quanzhou, it started to rain. No one brought rain gear and was so embarrassed that he was soaked.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "This is better and more realistic - Lao Si, it doesn't matter if your wound is done?"

The Sizi said: "It's okay, master, don't worry, I can fight hard."

It doesn't matter if Zhou Xuan and other men are wet. The weather is not cold anyway, so Yujiao is a little indecent. Her thin two-layer autumn shirt and tight blue peacock skirt are wet by the rain and are tightly wrapped around her breasts and slender waist, round buttocks and long legs, messy hair dripping with water, and her arms are tied behind her back, making her chest look trembling, which makes people want to be very animalistic—

When Pan Yujiao saw Zhou Xuan looking at him, he lowered his eyes to look at his body. Sure enough, he felt ashamed. Even though he was soaked by the cold rain, he felt a fever on his cheeks.

When I arrived at the north gate of Quanzhou, I saw the city walls high and majestic, the five-meter-wide moat water flowing, the city towers were flags flying, and the soldiers patrolling each other were really solid. How could Chen Si'an and his son have been in vain for more than 20 years? If this attack on the city from outside, it would be a long-lasting battle of life and money. Even if the Tang Kingdom finally took Quanzhou, the Quanzhou city would probably be in ruins.

When the gatekeeper heard that Pan Yujiao had captured, he was very surprised and urgently reported to the Sili School Captain.

The Sili Captain had seen Pan Yujiao and rushed over. When he saw that Pan Yujiao, the chief of Pan clan who led his crowd to the Tang Dynasty, immediately added his forehead with his hand and said happily: "I am saved by Qingyuan! I am saved by Qingyuan!"

The five Qingyuan warriors led by the leader said, "Person Lin, I will go to see Lord Protector here and report this good news."

The Sili Captain said, "It's a coincidence that Chen Duhu went out of the city at noon to reorganize his troops, intending to attack the Tang army that was attacking from afar."

The five Qing samurai were stunned. Fortunately, they were not too stupid and did not pay attention to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan scolded: "Qingyuan Chen Si'an's subordinates are too rude. Who would surrender to my grand clan leader like this?"

The Sili School Captain looked at Pan Yujiao with thin dresses, which was really tempting, but he also knew that the woman had the power to order hundreds of thousands of Shanha, so he did not dare to be disrespectful. He urgently ordered someone to go to the Nanmen Wengcheng to invite Protector Chen to come back. While escorting Pan Yujiao to the Protectorate Mansion, the Sili School Captain asked Xiahou Yun on the way, and the five Qingyuan warriors naturally answered without any leakage.

Dismounted in front of the Protectorate's Mansion, the five Qingyuan warriors were escorted by Pan Yujiao, Zhou Xuan, and the four cynical men to the hall outside the court, preparing to wait for Chen Si'an to return.

A soldier from the Protectorate's Office came over and said, "Young Master Lianchang wants to see Pan Yujiao."

When Zhou Xuan heard this, his face changed color. Unexpectedly, Lan Lianchang was here. If Lan Lianchang saw him, wouldn’t it be revealed? But he must not let Pan Yujiao go to see Lan Lianchang alone. Pan Yujiao couldn’t make a fool of himself, and he was really imprisoned!

At this time, Zhou Xuan did not let him think too much, so six soldiers from the palace came over and took him three of them into the room.

The five Qingyuan warriors also wanted to follow him. The commander of the mansion stopped him and said, "Young Master Lianchang is in the inner palace, you can't go in." Seeing the five warriors looking anxious, they laughed and said, "Don't worry, you are bound to be credited."

The leader of the Qingyuan warrior smiled and said, "How dare you be greedy for merit in humble ranks, just because you are afraid that Mr. Lian Chang will ask questions."

The commander of the mansion nodded: "That's right, then you can follow in and wait for a reply."
Chapter completed!