A flash of thunder and lightning flashed, and the entire window lattice turned white.
Zhili mentioned Shen Lie. In fact, she came here because of Shen Lie.
There are many roads back to Liling. The nearest one is to go up around the waterway and go straight to Tangzhou. Then you can enter Zhaozhou via Yongyi River. However, Xia Zhaoyi still chose to take an extra day's journey and go left specifically because Zhao Ning mentioned in his previous letter that Shen Lie had to go left.
But so many days have passed now. According to what Zhao Ning said, Shen Lie has been wandering around with no fixed address these years. Xia Zhaoyi knew in her heart that he should no longer be here, but he still came here because he missed his old friend. One trip.
It was raining heavily outside now, and she couldn't help but wonder what Shen Lie would be doing at this moment.
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Guangzhuo doesn't have that severe thunderstorm weather, but the torrential rain doesn't stop it at all.
The long team went all the way to the southwest. People on horseback and on foot in the team were all wearing coir raincoats and hats. Nagano was a wasteland. It was a dark night with no light and the future was unknown.
They had gone far away, and when they turned around they could not see the pursuers behind them. Lieutenant Lin told him not to let down his guard. The heavy rain temporarily blocked the unsuspecting pursuers, but it did not mean that something would not come out halfway.
Also, Lieutenant Lin discussed with Ji Mingyou and Ji Zhongchuan to find out the traitor. It was really dangerous to have such a person in the team.
The elders in the front were discussing, and several sons of the Ji family in the back were also thinking about who might have done it.
Ji Xiahe did not go there. Looking at the brothers, he still had not recovered from the shock and worry: "Actually, if you want to leave, you can leave a year or half a year earlier. Now Emperor Ding will focus most of his energy on Mouye. These months The army was mobilized frequently, and our trip went all the way to Songzhou. We passed through so many passes on the way, and the biggest fear was that we would just run into these armies."
"Half a year ago, did you think the Ji family would want to leave?" Shen Lie asked.
Ji Xia and Naanmei said: "I won't shed tears until I see the coffin. They couldn't be happier when they were with Emperor Tianding before."
It rained heavily all night and after traveling all night, they bypassed Bajiang Lake and chose an unknown desolate valley to rest early the next morning.
The men were divided into two groups, each resting for an hour and setting out again after two hours.
Dai Yu heated up water and dry food before handing them to Shen Lie. The person sent by Ji Zhongchuan said that he would be called over.
Ji Xiahe was at the side, and upon hearing this, he followed Shen Lie over.
The carriage stopped by the roadside. Ji Zhongchuan and Ji Mingyou were sitting together. Deputy Lieutenant Lin, the Xiong brothers and several of their close followers were also there.
Seeing this posture from a distance, Ji Xiahe felt unhappy and hurriedly raised his hand to hold Shen Lie, not wanting to let him pass.
"It's too fierce," Ji Xiahe said, "This Deputy Lieutenant Lin, I have never seen such a fierce person."
"He won't hurt you," Shen Lie said, "nor would he dare."
"That was before, and he had to rely on my second uncle. He may not be able to do so in the future. Now that he has fled Guangzhui, our Ji family will definitely start to go downhill. Who can say what will happen in the future."
Here Ji Xiahe pulled Shen Lie, and over there Ji Mingyou stretched out his hand to push his second brother and made a look in the distance.
Ji Zhongchuan looked over, frowned and said, "What is Jiulang doing?"
After a pause, Ji Zhongchuan stood up and shouted: "Jiulang, why are you here too!"
Ji Xiahe looked up and felt embarrassed for a moment. He let go of Shen Lie's hand and said, "We can only go ahead and go."
Along the way, there was the carriage of the female relatives of the Ji family and the Xiong family. They had all gotten out of the car to rest, and their bodies were sore from being in the car.
Many people looked up and saw Ji Xiahe and Shen Lie, the expressions on their faces were not very good.
Everyone had a temper after last night's thrilling incident.
Ji Xiahe was not a fool, and he was afraid that Shen Lie would take it to heart, so he whispered: "Actually, they all know what is right and wrong, and know that what we do is right, but they just have anger in their hearts, and they feel uncomfortable holding it in, so they have to find someone to come over. Only when you hate yourself can you feel better. If not, the two of us will become targets."
"They won't hate you," Shen Lie said as he walked. "It doesn't matter if they hate me. Whether they hate you or not, it doesn't matter to me."
"Don't underestimate them," Ji Xiahe said when he saw that he was worried, "these women's mouths will kill people if they chew them. Did you know that rumors can kill people?"
Shen Lie turned his head and glanced at his friend helplessly: "Do you want me not to care about them, or do you want me to care about them?"
Ji Xia and a meal.
Shen Lie had already taken a few steps away from him.
The open space where Ji Zhongchuan and Ji Mingyou were was on a few rows of steps.
Shen Lie went over and looked them over, but before he could say anything, Lieutenant Lin, who was sitting next to him, suddenly picked up his thirty-kilogram sword and slashed at Shen Lie's neck.
The blade is sharp and the force brings strong winds, showing no mercy or mercy.
Everyone around them was dumbfounded. Ji Zhongchuan and Ji Mingyou did not expect that Deputy Lieutenant Lin would suddenly do this. Ji Mingyou had recently lost his son and his nerves were quite weak. After such a stabbing, he covered his mouth and screamed in surprise.
The bloody scene that I expected to see did not appear. The big knife that was about to fall on the young man's neck was dodged. The falling blade did not slow down at all. It can be seen that if he did not dodge, his head would be dismembered in an instant.
Lieutenant Lin raised the knife to cut again, but someone had already grabbed his wrist. The young man was quick and agile. While snatching away his weapon, the metacarpal bone of his other hand hit him on the shoulder. Then he raised his long leg and bent back. Kick him in the stomach as he retreats.
Lieutenant Lin hurriedly parried, but it was too late. His knees softened and he knelt down on one knee facing the direction of Ji Zhongchuan and Ji Mingyou.
In the blink of an eye, the winner is decided.
The big knife fell to the ground in front of everyone's eyes, with a clanging sound.
Upon seeing this, the Xiong brothers stepped forward with weapons in hand, two against one, but fell faster than Lieutenant Lin.
"Good nephew!" Ji Zhongchuan stood up quickly and shouted.
"Second Uncle!!" Ji Xiahe rushed up angrily, "What do you mean, what do you want to do!!"
Ji Zhongchuan didn't know what Vice General Lin wanted to do, and he and Ji Mingyou were so anxious that they didn't know what to say.
"Vice General Lin wants to test my skills," Shen Lie looked at Ji Xiahe, "Nothing."
"That's right, that's right," Ji Mingyou said hurriedly when he saw what he said, "I just want to try my skills."
Vice General Lin got up from the ground and said to Shen Lie: "Lin is convinced. Mr. Shen is really very skilled!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the young man in front of him taking the initiative to attack. Lieutenant General Lin took a step back and hurriedly raised his hand to block it, but it was of no use. The opponent's attack was so fast and fierce, just like before, he had no power to parry. After calming down, he realized that he had already He was grabbed by his forearm, his hands were behind his back, and his whole waist was bent forward.
Shen Lie's move was too fast, and no one else could react. Lieutenant General Lin's forehead was so painful that he was sweating, but the young man always looked relaxed.
