Chapter 262

When he stood up, he quietly knocked on his father's back a few times, the secret signal meaning "be very careful." He Chunhua looked at the two and didn't say anything.

The restaurant shopkeeper pointed them the way: "There is a latrine in the back, don't look down when you go in."

The two left the restaurant, and Shan Youjun whispered: "Master, look at these horses, they are all good horses good at running."

He Lingchuan didn't pay attention at first, after all, Xinhuang didn't lack cattle and horses today. Reminded by Shan Youjun, he looked carefully, and these three horses were shiny, with long legs, willow-leaf ears, broad chests and thick muscles, and eyes full of spirit.

This was different from the pack horses pulling carts.

One of them was digging the ground, Shan Youjun glanced at it and said: "These three are all warhorses, and their hooves and horseshoes have just been repaired and changed. I was a mobile cavalryman in the north, and I won't see it wrong."

Those three merchants, everyone had such good horses? Shan Youjun urged urgently: "We walked all the way north to here, how many merchant caravans have we seen? As soon as we arrived in Xinhuang, they happened to be here."

The central and northern parts of Xiazhou were depressed, and merchants couldn't make money, so they didn't take this route much. He Lingchuan followed the grain transport team north, and indeed didn't see many merchant caravans along the way, and even scattered merchants were few.

He took a light breath: "Got it, let's go back after swaying outside for a while."

The two walked a few steps, and a light flickered behind them. He Lingchuan looked back, and one of the three merchants walked out, holding his stomach with one hand and saying: "I also want to go to the latrine. Haven't you found it yet?"

He Lingchuan pointed to the back of the restaurant: "Haven't found it, isn't it said to be behind the noodle shop?"

"Follow me." The merchant said and drilled into the alley behind the restaurant.

It was already dark, and the residents didn't turn on the lights, so it was dark everywhere. The low walls on both sides of this alley were less than seven feet, but the trees were very high, which were shady even during the day, not to mention blocking the light even more at night.

The wind was blowing, the leaves were rustling, and it was dark all around, just like a ghost movie.

At such a time and in such a place, something must happen.

After turning two corners, He Lingchuan asked the merchant who was walking fast: "How much longer? Why is the latrine so far?"

"Soon, just ahead."

"You seem to be very familiar with this area?" He Lingchuan stopped and smiled, "Often come here to squat?"

The merchant also turned around: "Are you going or not? I'm in a hurry."

He Lingchuan whispered to Shan Youjun, the merchant couldn't hear it at all, He Lingchuan immediately opened his mouth: "I don't think you look like merchants. There might not even be such good horses in the army."

The merchant scratched his head: "I don't think you look like it either, where are there any merchants going north at this time?" Immediately his face tightened, and he shouted: "Do it!"

His hand scratching his head was also put down, but his wrist turned over, and with a soft sound of "xiu," the sleeve arrow shot from the dark box went straight to He Lingchuan's face.

His eyesight was good, and he could see that He Lingchuan had a higher status between the two.

This turn of the face was without any warning, and it was pitch black in the dark alley, who could notice this dark arrow?

At the same time, two people flipped out from behind the low walls on both sides, pouncing on He Lingchuan and Shan Youjun from behind.

From the beginning, they had the idea of tricking people in to slaughter them.

He Lingchuan was well prepared, dodged the dark arrow sideways, and the incense ball hidden in his left hand had already been smashed on the ground a step earlier.

An indescribable stench instantly covered this narrow dark alley.

Coincidentally, the wind stopped at this time, and the smell suddenly became intense to the extreme.

He Lingchuan and Shan Youjun both held their breath, but the three opponents were panicked by the sudden stink bomb. The merchant who led He Lingchuan into the alley couldn't help but bend over and retch, and the two who flipped over the wall hadn't stood firm before they subconsciously covered their mouths and noses.

This was a natural physiological reaction.

The whisper He Lingchuan said to Shan Youjun just now was only two words:

Hold your breath!

The opponent wanted to set them up, how could they not want to set the opponent up?

The person retching just bent over and knew it was bad, and was about to hold his breath and draw his sword, when He Lingchuan raised his wrist and also came with a dark arrow to hurt people.

The purple gold sleeve arrow specially customized with Li Fubo, he only got it in his hand the day before departure, which could be considered a debut today.

The equipment specially made by Master Li was not at the same level as the mass-produced goods used by this person. As soon as the person straightened his waist, he felt a coolness and pain below—

An arrow exploded the eggs! He Lingchuan's hard training should have some results, and besides, could the accuracy be bad at such a close distance? How could this merchant stand, and he fell to the ground rolling in an instant, screaming in agony.

However, He Lingchuan's viciousness was far more than that? The arrow was also tied with a rope.

He just pulled it lightly, "pa ji"—

It broke.

The person didn't scream anymore and immediately passed out.

This feeling of hurting people with dark arrows was too cool; the Reading Martial Hall of Panlong City didn't allow him to use such high-lethality weapons. He Lingchuan exhaled and turned to find the next opponent, the enemy entangled with Shan Youjun.

This person not only responded extremely quickly, immediately suppressing his discomfort with the stench and throwing himself into the battle, but was also very fierce, fighting two swords head-on with Shan Youjun, only seeing sparks splashing in the dark.

He Lingchuan went up and kicked, aiming at the gap where his sword style was old, and kicked him directly in the ribs! With his foot strength, even a copper cake would be kicked round, let alone a human body?

The person felt pain in his ribs, his body went numb, and his eyes went black, and his breath almost stopped.

Shan Youjun made another supplementary sword, taking the opportunity to chop off his head.

The last enemy just rushed over with a water-splitting thorn, and was easily parried by He Lingchuan. Seeing that his two companions had already fallen, but the opponent was completely unharmed, he didn't fight and turned to run.

Among the three, his combat power was not the highest, but he must be the fastest runner. He rushed out two steps, supported the wall with one hand, and went directly over the earthen courtyard of others, turning into another alley.

He arrived in Xinhuang earlier than these two and was more familiar with the terrain.

Taking time to look back, it seemed that no one was chasing.

Hurry back to report, this place is a bit tricky. When the main force arrives, he will chop off the heads of these guys and kick them as balls.

However, just as he planned to run again, suddenly there was wind behind his skull, and a knife flew from the sky, piercing his heart directly.

In from the back chest, out from the front heart, piercing through.

The person staggered forward two steps before falling to the ground and dying.

He had already entered the alley, how could this big knife hit him? He had an expression of disbelief.

He Lingchuan first recovered the purple gold sleeve arrow before coming over to pull the knife.

This arrow was stained with dirty things and could not be used for the time being. Shan Youjun, who followed behind, was also a bit surprised. He clearly saw his master throwing out the long knife just now, and the enemy had already flipped over the wall, but the knife made a turn in mid-air and chased the person by itself.

He had heard of arrows, flying knives, or other magic treasures that could chase people, but he had never heard that long knives also had this special effect.

He Lingchuan pulled the precious knife from the enemy's back, who died with his eyes wide open, wiped the blood on his clothes, and sheathed the knife.

Of course, the characteristic of piercing the heart of the fleeing enemy with one knife came from the "one throw must hit" characteristic of the Floating Life Knife. He Lingchuan felt that this was much easier to use than shooting arrows.

"Let's go back." The enemy didn't even let go of the two of them who went to the latrine, let alone He Chunhua.

However, He Lingchuan was not too worried; his father also had cultivation and a large pile of protective magic treasures, so it was not that easy for others to deal with him.

The two hurried back. Just as they reached the alley entrance, there was a loud noise in the east, and the firelight illuminated the entire Xinhuang! This explosion was powerful, and the ground under everyone's feet trembled violently.

He Lingchuan's face changed: the restaurant where the County Magistrate entertained Mo Zhejingxuan seemed to be in that direction!

In the noodle shop, He Chunhua and the two merchants were chatting intermittently, both a bit distracted.

The explosion started suddenly, and the shopkeeper who just picked up the water basin spilled it, grabbing the pillar so he didn't fall.

He Chunhua, Mao Tao, and Jiao Tai subconsciously turned their heads when they heard the sound.

The two merchants then grabbed their weapons and launched an attack.

However, they only attacked three feet in front of He Chunhua when a thin light screen barrier suddenly appeared in front of them, with fine patterns on the surface, like snake skin.

Their attacks immediately became sluggish, as if they were trapped in mud.

This was He Chunhua's protective magic treasure automatically taking effect.

Jiao Tai knew it was bad as soon as he looked back, shouted "How dare you," and rushed to protect his master.

He Chunhua threw the red thread wrapped around his hand forward, and it expanded into a net in mid-air, wrapping one of the enemies in it.

Sun Fuping's magic treasure was always good to use at any time.

At this time, the wind-blocking curtain suddenly lifted, and everyone was startled, only to see He Lingchuan and the other rushing in, saying: "Three were solved outside!"

Next, there was no suspense. The five people on their side forced the opponent to fight one-on-one, and they beat him to the ground in minutes.

While Jiao Tai beat him half to death, He Chunhua had already lifted the net on the ground and said to the captive inside: "Make it clear, what's going on outside?"

The man laughed: "Your official has ascended to heaven! My brothers have arrived and want to send you together!"

He Chunhua looked at his son, and then asked: "How did you know when the grain transport team would pass through here?" The grain transport team notified Xinhuang to prepare, only one day in advance. These Xunzhou mobile cavalry roamed everywhere in the central and northern parts of Xiazhou, and the region was so vast, they shouldn't have received the news so quickly.

The man grinned and didn't answer.

"He wants to drag out the time." He Lingchuan saw through his intention, "Let's go back to the camp quickly!"

Jiao Tai wiped the captive's neck with a knife, ignoring the shopkeeper who was shaking while holding the pillar. He Lingchuan didn't forget to throw more than a dozen copper coins for the meal. The five people rushed out of the restaurant, untied the good horses of these three Xunzhou scouts, and flew onto the horses.

Five people, three horses, ran out less than a hundred zhang before hearing the sound of hoofbeats:

A team came from the south, and the sound was at least two or three hundred cavalry! "Drive!" He Chunhua's face changed, urging his mount to run fast.

The horse turned out of the main street and went straight to the grain transport team camp. He Lingchuan looked back and saw a vast expanse of cavalry behind him.

These people tore open their outer clothes and cloaks, revealing the military uniforms underneath. Even if He Lingchuan hadn't seen that style, he could be sure that the newcomers were undoubtedly Xunzhou mobile cavalry.

Obviously, these guys had been lurking outside Xinhuang for a long time. Once the explosion sounded in the town, they rushed in to kill and rob the grain! Oh, it's almost the end of the month again, so let's ask for a monthly ticket.

(End of chapter)