Cross the bluestone and cross the mountain stream.
With his Taoist robe catching in the wind, Li Changan walked deftly through the mountain roads.
He urged Chong Longyu to carefully identify every scent in the air, recalling in his mind Yan Xinglie's instructions before leaving.
"Master Taoist, please be careful during this trip."
"The identity of the witch is very important. People from the White Lotus Sect must have sent their best men to search for her."
"Furthermore, this demon girl is also a master of evil. Although her cultivation has been sealed by the methods of the Suppressing Division, judging from the mind-deception techniques, some of them may have gradually lost their effectiveness. If the demon girl is allowed to regain her magic power, it will be even more difficult.
uniform……"
Time was tight, and Yan Xinglie didn't waste any time.
All in all, you have to act fast!
It's faster than the White Lotus Sect's response, and it's even faster than the demon girl's recovery!
However, life is inevitably full of twists and turns.
The Taoist priest who was running suddenly stopped suddenly.
He grabbed a handful of air, brushed it across his nose, and frowned.
The scent of the woman in red was mixed with other scents.
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An army unit was winding its way along the mountain road.
Although the number of people was small, the flags were arranged neatly before marching, and were mixed but not chaotic. It was obvious that the commander was also an experienced soldier.
This team belongs to the imperial army nearby, and this trip is to report the victory to the imperial court and offer prisoners.
"Second Uncle Cui, I will be repairing here today."
The chariot and the horse fell apart, and Zhang Zhihu beat the horse and came to the head of the team.
The gray-bearded veteran looked at the sun and wrinkled his face.
"But Major General, it's still early before dark."
"The soldiers are all exhausted."
He said the next sentence firmly and couldn't wait to return to the carriage.
On the carriage sat a pretty girl in red.
"I think that little lady is tired!"
The veteran cursed, but then sighed. What else can he do? Although he is the actual commander of this team, the other party is the nephew of the general.
He could only hold his nose and arrange for the soldiers to camp around, but he couldn't help but look at the woman on the carriage. She was really a beautiful girl.
I picked this girl up on the road today. She is said to be the daughter of a noble family. She met some bearded thief and got separated from her family.
It was strange to say that he knew how arrogant his young general was, and he had never set his sights on any of the rich and noble girls in Chang'an. However, when he fell in love with this girl, he was like a hungry dog bumping into a fleshy bone.
The whole day, I didn't care about anything, I just focused on being courteous to others.
Seeing him circling around the little lady, a fresh idea suddenly came to the veteran's mind.
"Major General, he... looks like a dog."
Well, he is still a "dog" who is clamoring to marry "meat and bones". But the origin of this "meat and bones" is really unknown. It would be fine if it is really an official, but if not... the general will find out about it, and he will inevitably be taken advantage of.
Let go of your anger and punish the sin of poor care.
Thinking of this, the veteran felt a slight pain in his back and asked the man in black robe next to him in a low voice.
"Where is your lady from?"
The man in black robe responded with two nostrils.
Your mother! The veteran is furious, but with his behavior, there is no guarantee that he really comes from a famous family.
He suppressed his anger angrily, but the sun was too strong and he couldn't hold it down, so he found an unsightly butt and put his foot on it.
"Ouch."
The owner of the butt immediately threw the shit out of him.
"You..." The unfortunate guy stood up angrily, and when he saw the veteran, his face immediately turned into a flattering one. "...What do you want me to do, old man?"
"Zhu Hazi..." This quick reaction and thick skin made the veteran roll his eyes, "... take your people with you and go collect some firewood."
"Yes!" Zhu Hazi said with a smile on his face, "Do you have any other orders?"
The veteran waved his hand.
"Then take your bow, get some wild products, and give me a toothpaste as a sacrifice."
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"Oh haha."
Li Changan was lying in the forest, looking at the team setting up camp below, feeling that the trip might have been cold.
For an army, the number of the following team is very small, only about a hundred people, not even a partial division. But for Li Changan who is single-handedly... let's forget it, he doesn't have the ability to "take the rank of general among an army of millions"
ability.
Sneak in and wait for an opportunity to assassinate?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Li Changan shook his head.
But, just go back like this? It’s a shame that I was so confident in front of that bearded guy.
Suddenly, there was a noise from ahead.
The Taoist priest climbed up to the tree crown using his hands and feet, hiding his body.
In Er, a group of officers and soldiers marched into the forest. From their words, it seemed that they were here to collect firewood and get some delicacies and game.
"Zhang San, you and Li Si, go over there."
"One ear and one eye to the left."
After the general named Zhu Hazi ordered his men to disperse, he sat down under the tree where Li Changan was hiding and lazily stretched out his waist and knocked on his back, which felt very comfortable.
Above his head, the short-haired Taoist priest was deep in thought.
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"Sir, please spare my life!"
"I have done meritorious service for the imperial court, and I have suffered injuries for the imperial court!"
Li Changan caught the officer and soldier and returned to the mountain road. The villagers had already dispersed, but there was a lame horse with its neck raised, gnawing on the leaves at a low place.
Yan Dabeard sat aside, with a few bloody arrows scattered in front of him, and his body was covered with bandages. Some simple runes were painted on the bandages, and a dim brilliance circulated.
"how?"
As soon as he saw Li Changan, the bearded man asked eagerly.
The Taoist priest shook his head and threw the red clam to the ground.
"Ouch."
This Zhu Hazi is also a wonderful person. He figured out the situation in just two or three glances after waking up. He immediately kowtowed to Yan Xinglie and said the above sentence.
But Li Changan heard some meaning from these words.
"You called him sir? Do you know him?"
After hearing this, he quickly turned around with a flattering smile on his face:
"Taoist Master, you are so noble and forgetful. Yesterday, I saw with my own eyes that Taoist Master you were so powerful."
Oh, Li Changan suddenly realized that this person was one of the knights led by the white-robed young man that day.
The Taoist priest nodded.
"Since we are old acquaintances, we can't let you suffer any hardship. If I ask you anything, you should tell me honestly, otherwise..."
Before he finished speaking, this Zhu Hazi shouted, telling everything he knew, and resolutely cooperating with the Zhenfu Division to carry out the work. In a few moments, the details of the team were shaken to the sky.
Including how he met the woman, how the woman described herself, and how his young general was obsessed with her.
After listening, Li Changan pondered for a while and suddenly asked:
"I see there are two men in black robes in the army. They don't look like officers and soldiers. They are..."
"The two of them were found by Ban Dao himself. They are servants in the little girl's house..."
Hearing this, the Taoist priest and the bearded man looked at each other with solemnity in each other's eyes.
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I asked a few more questions.
Finally, I couldn't get anything new out of this oily guy's mouth.
The Taoist priest winked at the bearded man, and the meaning was self-evident - what are you going to do with this guy?
Zhu Hazi, who had been carefully observing the expressions of the two people, did not know that it was a matter of life and death. He immediately activated the twelfth level of skill and threw himself on the ground with tears and mucus pouring out.
"Sir, please spare my life! There are elders above me and young ones below. I serve the imperial court..."
"Stop, stop, stop."
The bearded man interrupted him with a headache. After thinking for a while, he waved his hand.
"Go on your own."
"It's a great kindness that I will never forget." The red clam howled, but did not run away. He only glanced at Li Chang'an secretly with his eyes.
The Taoist smiled and shook his head: "You can stay or go as you like."
"OK."
Then he got up quickly and ran away without a trace.
After the person ran away, Yan Xinglie sighed leisurely:
"The demon girl has met with the people from the White Lotus Sect."
"The commander-in-chief of the No. 100 army also fell into the trap of a witch."
"Brother Yan, if you show your identity as Zhenfusi..."
"I'm afraid it won't work." Yan Chixia shook her head, "If we go to the military camp to bring military orders, firstly, we are afraid that we will not have enough time, and secondly, we are afraid that the general will be deeply confused and will not obey orders; if he appears directly in
In front of that army, I'm afraid they will be instigated by witches to surround and kill them."
Li Changan spread his hands.
"Then there's nothing we can do."
for a long time.
"No."
Yan Xinglie, who had been thinking for a while, raised his head, his eyes shining.
"Maybe, there is still a chance."
"How to say?"
"Has the Taoist Master ever seen the iron shackles on the demon girl's hands?"
Li Changan nodded. With such a rough thing locked on the delicate and beautiful woman's hand, it was naturally very conspicuous.
"The iron shackles are called dragon-suppressing locks. They were made by our Zhenfu Division specifically for escorting serious criminals. They are rare in the world and are specially designed to lock people's souls. Once they are put on, even the King of Heaven and I will not be able to break free."
"And the ingenuity is made by the master craftsman. Each dragon-suppressing lock is unique and has only one key."
"And the enchantress holds the key to the dragon-suppressing lock..."
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"...in the hands of that surnamed Yan!"
The woman in red was half leaning on the bluestone, her tone was delicate and soft, and she didn't seem to care much, but the long nail of her tail finger scratched the iron shackles, making a heart-wrenching friction sound, but not even a white mark could be left behind.
Finally, it landed on the bluestone below, chipping away a stone chip in vain.
The two men in black robes looked troubled.
"Holy girl, the Zuo envoy has received the news from us and is on his way here. We will return to the sect after regrouping. There is always a way to break the dragon-suppressing lock. Why bother with an old bird now?"
The woman suddenly laughed after hearing this: "You two are really the best in my teaching..."
As soon as these words came out, the two of them immediately became happy, but the next sentence was like pouring down a basin of ice water in the dead of winter.
"In the eyes of the two of you, the famous tough judge is just an old bird, so why do you still have to push back and forth to deal with such a seriously injured old bird..."
The smile on the woman's face was faintly cold.
"Could it be that she's just a saint like me..."
The two men in black robes were heartbroken and fell to the ground quickly.
"I don't dare. I just thought about this barren mountain and forest. We won't be able to find Yan Xinglie for a while, and there is no one around the saint to help..."
"There's no need for you to look for it."
The woman snorted coldly, and the expression on her face suddenly changed back to her delicate and charming look, and she whispered: