Chapter 459

"Get out of the way in front!"

Xu Zaijing shouted loudly on the back of the small Li colt,

"Hurry and move!"

Brother Qingyun also called out in front of Xu Zaijing.

But there were many Bianjing commoners going out of the city today, many riding in carriages or on horses,

And the cavalry unit that had just gone out of the city also had quite a few men and horses,

The road was a bit crowded.

But no one dared to block the way of this unit of imperial guard cavalry, so the speed of leaving was still quite fast.

In the gap between Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng talking,

Gu Tingye, who was following beside the cavalry, had already run quite far.

Looking at Gu Tingye's figure,

Xu Zaijing's eyes had a somewhat anxious expression,

"Jing Ge'er, let's wait a while before chasing!"

Liang Han said while following behind Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing shook his head, didn't look back, and stared straight at the cavalry that was still going away: "I feel something is wrong! That person looks unfamiliar, but why are the cavalry following him provoking us for no reason?"

Liang Han didn't speak,

Just exchanged a look with Qi Heng, and then looked at Xu Zaijing's mount.

Xu Zaijing didn't wait for Liang Han's answer either,

In desperation,

Xu Zaijing swung the horse whip in his hand with a bit of force in the air.

"Pop~~~~"

The whip tip exploded in the air,

Although the surroundings were noisy,

The sound still traveled very far,

"Neigh~"

The small Li colt stood up.

"Move!"

A moment later,

Whether it was because the sound of the horse whip was too loud, fearing it would be whipped on them the next moment,

Or because the majestic and divine small Li colt's stance was a bit scary, fearing being trampled by this violent stallion,

In short, the passersby in front of Brother Qingyun hurriedly dodged to the side of the road.

After the small Li colt's front hooves landed,

"Ha!"

Xu Zaijing passed Brother Qingyun and chased after the departing cavalry.

After being delayed for this while,

The speed of the cavalry in front had already been slowly accelerating.

"Little biting bug! Tell Young Master what that cheap spit you just sprayed meant!"

Gu Tingye rode his horse beside the cavalry, his scolding voice traveling from afar.

This cavalry unit seemed not to have heard Gu Tingye's scolding, continuing to maintain a slowly accelerating appearance and heading east.

"Ha!"

Xu Zaijing didn't use the horse whip,

Just shouted on the horse's back,

And the frequency of the small Li colt's running increased by one level.

"Yuan Erlang, stop!"

Xu Zaijing shouted loudly on the horse's back.

"Fifth Young Master, wait a moment, I'm coming to help you~"

A voice came from behind from afar.

Xu Zaijing looked back,

Gu Tingye in front waved his hand back and shouted: "They must give me an explanation today!"

"Listen to me!"

Xu Zaijing turned his head and shouted, but the small Li colt slowed down again because of the commoners' carriages and horses by the road.

Xu Zaijing could only repeat the old trick: swing the whip.

After finally waiting for the commoners and passersby to the side to become a bit sparse,

Amidst Xu Zaijing's loud shouting, the small Li colt finally began to run.

"Bird-thief, stop for Young Master!"

Gu Tingye was still scolding in front.

But at this time, this cavalry unit had already turned on the official road, and the direction of travel turned from east at the beginning to north.

The official road heading north was on the east side of the East Imperial Garden; there were also commoners here, but they were mostly sparsely distributed under the trees by the roadside.

On this official road, one could still vaguely see the wooden building in the East Imperial Garden.

At this time, the speed of the small Li colt truly picked up.

Xu Zaijing approached Gu Tingye at high speed, looked at the Chasing Wind cavalry that was slowing down, and kicked the horse's belly again:

"Yuan Erlang! Stop chasing!"

Gu Tingye looked back with a straight face, just in time to see the palm Xu Zaijing reached out to grab him.

Gu Tingye didn't hesitate, very skillfully performed a hide-in-the-stirrup move, hid to one side of the horse, and said:

"Jing Ge'er, they are bullying people too much! From childhood to adulthood, I, Gu Tingye, have truly never seen such cheap people."

Xu Zaijing looked up at the unfamiliar young man who was using flag signals to command the Chasing Wind cavalry to split into two in the distance, frowned, and scolded Gu Tingye: "Yuan Erlang! If you continue like this, it will be noisy and abusive, offending the rank-and-file, and intimidating the military!"

"Yuan Erlang, do you think the Great Zhou Military Law's seventy-two punishments are a joke?"

Gu Tingye, who was curled up on the other side of the mount and poked his head out from the saddle, was stunned: "Ah? Military... military law?"

Amidst the rumbling sound of horse hooves,

Xu Zaijing looked at the cavalry that was about to complete the deceleration action and was about to close in and surround them, and said urgently: "Come up quickly!"

Gu Tingye followed the advice and sat back on the saddle with nimble movements.

"Jing Ge'er, what..."

"Don't slow down, rush through from the side! Hold on tight! Ha!"

Before Gu Tingye could finish asking, Xu Zaijing shouted, then whipped the butt of Gu Tingye's mount with the horse whip.

During the time the two were talking, the distance to the cavalry in front became even closer.

"Neigh~~~~~"

Gu Tingye's mount felt the pain, neighed, and its speed soared.

The small Li colt also raised its hooves to catch up without showing weakness.

Taking advantage of the Chasing Wind cavalry in front adjusting their formation,

Xu Zaijing rode the small Li colt and took Gu Tingye's mount, rushing toward the empty trees beside the official road.

Outside the large trees beside the official road was a narrow ditch, and lush wild grass grew on the bank of the ditch.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye's mounts were both fine horses, the two didn't weigh much, and the speed of the mounts was up,

So looking at such a ditch, the two mounts jumped up suddenly.

"Thump thump."

"Thump thump."

The horse hooves stepped heavily on the opposite bank of the ditch,

Then the two fine horses continued to gallop forward without slowing down,

The shallow spring grass on the river bank that couldn't even cover the horse hooves,

After being stepped on by the heavy horseshoe, flew up between the horse legs along with the mud,

While the Chasing Wind cavalry on the official road was crowded on the road because of adjusting the formation.

After Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye ran for a distance on the other side of the river,

Well-dressed servants appeared on the grass not far ahead, who were getting up in panic, among whom a young girl was anxiously supporting two old people, preparing to dodge Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye.

Xu Zaijing had excellent eyesight and could see the small flag with the character 'Yu' hanging on the carriage that had taken a detour and stopped on this side of the ditch.

The girl also looked familiar; who else could it be but Yu Yanran.

Xu Zaijing took the lead in adjusting the direction of the mount's running, and the small Li colt returned to the side of the official road with a leap.

Gu Tingye also controlled his mount to jump over here, but when the horse was in mid-air, Gu Tingye actually turned his head to look at the dodging Yu family, which caused a flaw in the coordination between him and the mount,

So when the horse landed, its hind hooves stepped on the soft mud by the water, the horse lost its footing, and although the horse tried hard to adjust for a few steps, it finally fell into the mud.

This excitement on the official road attracted the attention of the Bianjing commoners playing by the roadside.

When Xu Zaijing looked at the dodging Yu family, he saw Yu Yanran helping the frightened Old Madam Yu catch her breath, while Old Master Yu was angrily flicking his sleeves.

"It's Old Master Yu!"

Gu Tingye shouted at Xu Zaijing with a trace of a smile on his face while flying off his horse to pull his mount on the bank.

Xu Zaijing replied irritably:

"I have eyes myself! Stop laughing, get on the horse quickly!"

Third floor of the East Imperial Garden wooden building,

Several noble ladies were already standing by the window,

Han Wulang Young Lady of the Zhang family looked at Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye jumping back and forth on the ditch and said: "The imperial guard parading out of the city this year is different from previous years; there's actually a show!"

"Sigh, why is the formation of this cavalry unit turning so slowly! If it were on the battlefield, it would be covered by the enemy's cavalry arrows at this time!"

Hai Chaoyun, who stopped writing poems, looked at Gu Tingyi, who was standing beside her and looking out: "Sister Tingyi, come here to me!"

Gu Tingyi shook her head and waved her hand with a smile: "No need."

Then she turned to the Fifth Young Lady of the Zhang family and said: "Fifth Young Lady, why do I think the person behind looks a bit like my brother?"

"What do you mean looks like, it is your brother Gu Yuan Erlang! You can tell it's Jing Gege from the mount in front."

Tinkling~

Chai Zhengzheng, who was knitting a flower wreath behind the table in the middle of the third floor and didn't come to join the fun, suddenly raised her head, which made the jewelry on her hair bun shake and collide.

Han Wulang Young Lady of the Zhang family continued to look out the window: "Jing Gege didn't go horse racing on the second day of the New Year; quite a few people in the capital regretted not seeing his mount! It seems they can see it today."

Looking at the appearance of the tourists dodging in the distance downstairs, Hai Chaoyun said: "I vaguely remember that the Yu family sister was accompanying Old Master Yu over there; I hope they don't collide."

Chai Zhengzheng moved to the window and looked: "They should have bumped into them! Why are they riding their horses so fast?"

"Feiyan, look, your brother is here too."

Han Wulang Young Lady of the Zhang family pointed at the few riders chasing from the New Song Gate direction and shouted.

Hearing Chai Zhengzheng's words, the Fifth Young Lady of the Zhang family thought for a while and said: "Maybe they are horse racing?"

On the official road,

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye, who had pulled his mount out of the ditch and remounted, and then looked back at the Chasing Wind cavalry that was accelerating to close the distance behind him.

"Jing Ge'er, thanks to you! Otherwise, I would have fallen into that guy's trap."

"Heh! Spit!"

After Gu Tingye finished speaking, he spat at the cavalry behind him.

Xu Zaijing frowned and looked at the cavalry behind him: "Let's go! Giddyup!"

Amidst the shouting,

The cavalry behind was even closer to the two of them.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye's horses were good, and the mounts of the imperial guards in the capital behind were also not bad.

Amidst the rumbling sound of horse hooves,

The cavalry unit chasing people gradually went away,

A moment later,

Rong Xian lay panting on the horse's neck:

"Whoo~ slow down! Fifth Young Master, you are running so fast, how can I help you!"

Qi Heng beside Rong Xian looked at Liang Han with a somewhat serious face and hesitated: "Liang Liu Lang, I think something has happened!"

Liang Han also stopped laughing, nodded, and said: "Jing Ge'er rarely drives his mount with full force like this; let's follow and see."

While speaking, Qi Heng and Liang Han also drove their horses to follow.

Looking at the two who continued to gallop in front,

Rong Xian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "This, is this not letting people live!"

New Song Gate is in the southeast of the outer city,

Walking north from the New Song Gate, it's only ten miles to the northeast corner of Bianjing.

After running for less than half a cup of tea,

Gu Tingye, who kept looking back, lay on the horse's back and shouted: "Jing Ge'er, someone behind is sparing no effort to accelerate and catch up."

Xu Zaijing looked back and glanced: "Hmm! They can't catch up to us!"

Gu Tingye nodded and shouted: "But I think that the few bird-thieves who are chasing with all their might are wasting so much horse power, they might tire their horses to death! Won't they blame these few horse lives on us then?"

Xu Zaijing frowned with some incomprehension of the behavior of the few behind, and replied: "If they catch up, you'll have your own good fruit to eat! If they can't catch up, then it's their problem!"

Gu Tingye whipped his mount with the horse whip and buried his head and shouted: "Giddyup!"

After galloping for a while, Gu Tingye said again:

"Jing Ge'er, have we offended the bird-thief in the lead? Chasing us so relentlessly!"

"How would I know! Giddyup!"

If it were on the battlefield, Xu Zaijing would have long since ridden his horse to catch people.

But today is not on the battlefield, and the other party is the Emperor's personal guard imperial guard, so Xu Zaijing really found it hard to take action.

"Pan Ge'er, what are you doing!"

Behind in the 'pursuers', someone shouted angrily.

Gu Tingye looked back, his eyes widened instantly and he shouted:

"To hell with it! Jing Ge'er, be careful! The bird-thief behind is drawing his bow!"

Xu Zaijing hurriedly looked back, just in time to see the leading rider drawing his bow and arrow on the galloping horse's back.

The angle of the bow arm bending was very large, obviously exerting effort to draw the bow.

Xu Zaijing went out to play today, and his bow, arrow, and long sword were all in the carriage Qing Cao and the others were riding in.

Looking at the rider behind who was full of hostility, he could only stare behind.

"Damn! Really shooting!"

Gu Tingye shouted.

Before the words were finished,

Xu Zaijing suddenly turned to the side, knocked down the arrow shot at the small Li colt with his arm guard, and then took the opportunity to catch the arrow shot at his head.

Looking at the arrow cluster glowing with cold light, Xu Zaijing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Gu Tingye, who had also dodged an arrow, looked at the arrow cluster in Xu Zaijing's hand and scolded with some fright.

"Frustrating! If you have the guts, let me wear armor and hold a spear, and I'll stab you to death, you bird-thief!"

"You are intimidating the military, noisy and abusive, dismount and be captured immediately!"

The rider behind who was drawing the bow shouted.

"If you still flee, don't blame the bow and arrow in my hand for not showing mercy."

Xu Zaijing didn't speak, just broke the sharp arrow cluster by himself, and Gu Tingye to the side shouted behind: "To hell with you! You are failing to restrain your subordinates! You wait for me!"

"Setting me up! Bird-thief!"

Gu Tingye said this last sentence in a low voice.

"Pan Ge'er, stop!"

The voice that shouted angrily just now shouted again.

As soon as the words fell,

Several more arrows were shot.

Xu Zaijing didn't even look, the small Li colt under him accelerated suddenly to let the arrows miss, and Xu Zaijing also threw the arrow cluster in his hand backward with force as a hidden weapon.

"Thud!"

One of the riders drawing the bow behind also reacted very quickly,

Seeing Xu Zaijing's action, he reflexively raised the small round shield on his arm to protect his head.

After hearing the movement on the arm shield, the rider lowered his arm, looked at the arrow cluster on the arm shield, and cursed secretly.

At this time,

Everyone had already turned around the northeast corner of Bianjing city,

And began to run west.

There were also more commoners on the road,

The north city gate was very crowded and could not be entered by galloping horses.

And the Bianjing soldiers standing on the high city wall were also frightened by the scene outside the city wall.

Seeing the two running in front and the imperial guard chasing behind, they thought the imperial guard was catching some petty thief.

The shouting of 'Pan Ge'er stop' was still ringing from time to time,

But because they were all chasing with full horse power, they had already opened up some distance, so they couldn't catch up to the few riders in the lead to stop this matter.

Everyone was fast under the effort of sparing no horse power,

And in a while, they had already arrived at the northwest corner of the outer city of Bianjing,

"Frustrating! To hell with you!"

Gu Tingye said through gritted teeth on the horse's back.

Xu Zaijing looked into the distance, and after surprise, said to Gu Tingye: "Whip the horse! Let's go to the front and find Old General Cao!"

"Ah?"

Gu Tingye was stunned and also looked forward.

I saw on the official road near the northwest corner of the outer city of Bianjing,

A rider holding a large banner with the character 'Cao' was walking slowly, and behind the large banner with the character 'Cao' were several flags, among which was the 'Xu' flag.

Following behind the flags were a group of formidable Great Zhou Western Army soldiers.

"The Marquis of Tuoxi and the Marquis of Yongyi have returned to the capital????"

Gu Tingye shouted with some disbelief.

(End of chapter)