"Two hundred miles to the west from this official road is the famous Yunxia Mountain Range. This mountain range stretches for thousands of miles and spans Quanzhou and Yunzhou. As long as we enter this mountain range, our hope of escape will greatly increase.
Most likely." Shi Mu replied without thinking.
"Yunxia Mountain is indeed a good place for us to escape. But it will still be a long time before we get there. I wonder if people from the Jin family will catch up with us on the way? After all, I heard that those aristocratic families have specially trained spirit horses.
Far from being comparable to our two ordinary horses." Zhong Xiu asked with bright eyes after hearing this.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Although I left Fengcheng with you as soon as the incident happened, it should have taken more than half a day longer than them, but I can't say whether I can enter the Yunxia Mountains before the other party catches up.
We can only give it a try. Girl Zhong, sit tight. I will speed up a little more, hoping that these two horses can continue to run for more than a hundred miles." Shi Mu said solemnly.
Hearing what Shi Mu said, Zhong Xiu hurriedly put down the door curtain and sat back in the carriage, even though she was still a little worried.
The next moment, Shi Mu whipped the two horses with the whip in his hand, and the two black horses immediately neighed, and their galloping speed increased by two points.
Not long after, the gray carriage turned into a black spot on the official road and finally disappeared at the end.
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At the same time, at the west gate of Fengcheng, a carriage covered with black cloth drove from the city.
Pulling the carriage are three strange horses whose bodies are flaming red and whose manes are as lush as flames. They are the famous flame-chasing horses among the spirit horses. It is said that this spirit horse has an explosive temperament. It can not only be used as a mount, but can also travel during the day.
Qianli, if he gets angry, he can even breathe fire from his mouth to hurt the enemy, which is very rare.
At the front of the carriage sat a coachman in green clothes, waving a dark and shiny whip in his hand. Behind the carriage, there were three other knights riding the same strange red horses.
One of them, with a long face and short beard, and a look of sorrow on his face, was none other than Mr. Jin Wu. The other two, one wearing a yellow cloth shirt, with pointed ears and monkey cheeks, were about four feet tall, like a giant monkey squatting on a horse.
An unusually tall man, wearing silver robes, with eyes as bright as an eagle.
Three riders and one cart, all looking like their butts were on fire, were speeding past the west gate without stopping at all.
However, after they had not gone far, the man who looked like a monkey would jump off the horse, slightly distinguish some newly appeared car marks on the road, and then jump on the horse again and continue to run forward.
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"The fifth son of the Jin family has already set off with Dog Eagle Two!. Very good, let's start from the north gate as well. By then, as long as we make a slight circle, we can catch up with Shi Mu before them. Blood Dog and Bi
Although the Eagle is good at tracking, there is no one as useful as Thousand Miles. We have already put Thousands of Thousand Miles down on the Shimu carriage." Near the north gate, a group of more than ten knights had been waiting there.
, the first man in brocade robes heard the servant in front of him reply, and immediately laughed and said.
"Third uncle, if we catch Shi Mu earlier than the Jin family this time, I must break his legs with my own hands first." A young man with an arrogant face in the team said eagerly.
This group of people is none other than Wu Tong, the third eldest son of the Wu family, and Wu Hua, who was originally engaged to the Zhong family.
It's a coincidence that because the Wu family planned to wait for the martial arts test to be completed before sending people to Shi Mu to kidnap Zhong Xiu, they had been secretly sending people to monitor the activities of Shi Mu's manor during this period. Naturally, the result was the first.
In time, we learned the news that Jin Tian was accidentally killed by Shi Mu.
As a result, the Wu family, who were still a little wary of Shi Mu's identity, were naturally relieved and immediately formed a tracking team led by the third son of the Wu family, preparing to get ahead of the Jin family and kidnap Zhong Xiu back.
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As for Wu Hua being in the team, it was naturally because he asked for it.
The knights of the Wu family are riding some kind of specially trained spirit pony. They are all blue in color, with unusually shiny fur, and are vaguely shrouded in a layer of green light. They are another famous kind of cyan among the spirit pony.
Wind horse.
This kind of spirit horse is said to have some of the blood of the wind fox. Once it runs to the extreme, its four legs can generate wind on its own, making it one of the fastest spirit horses.
This is why the Wu family is confident that they can get ahead of the Jin family and block Shi Mu.
Not long after, a group of knights from the Wu family also swarmed out from the north gate. After taking a small path, they quickly arrived in front of the Jin family and chased Shi Mu straight in the direction where he escaped.
At this time, most of the other forces in Fengcheng had already received the news that Jintian was accidentally killed by Shi Mu. Although this incident surprised many people, it was soon submerged in the various discussions about the martial arts test.
middle.
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Most of the day later.
The sky was dark, and the gray carriage continued to run wildly on the official road, but its speed gradually slowed down.
There are some faint hills and hills on both sides of the official road, but they are faintly visible in the night, and it is unusually quiet.
Shi Mu had a gloomy face and kept waving his whip, but the two dark horses in front were just blowing out hot air and couldn't speed up another half minute.
"Brother Shi, this won't work. The horse has been running for so long and is almost exhausted. It needs to rest for a while." Zhong Xiu's words came from the carriage.
"Of course I know the horse is dying, but every time we stay here for a moment longer, we may be overtaken by the pursuers from behind." Shi Mu replied with a wry smile.
"But now even if you beat the horses to death, it won't help at all. It's better to rest and let them eat something before going on the road." Zhong Xiu continued to persuade.
"What you said makes sense. Although I have other back-ups, they have indeed reached their limit now. Then let's rest for half a quarter of an hour in the woods over there, and let's eat something together." Shi Mu looked at his body.
The two black horses, dripping with sweat, could only nod in agreement.
Then he pulled the reins, causing the two black horses to turn around and go straight down the official road, running towards a nearby forest.
But it was obvious that both of them had underestimated the true power of the legendary spirit horse.
When they arrived at the edge of the woods, Shi Mufang untied the reins of the two black horses and helped Zhong Xiu down from the carriage. He suddenly heard the sound of heavy rain of horse hooves coming from the official road not far away, and could vaguely hear the extremely wanton sound.
Laughing wildly.
"Haha, the scent bugs have reacted. They are not far ahead!"
"Look, you must stay and wait for me after capturing Shi Mu. I will do it myself."
This group of people came so quickly, and the sound of horse hooves got much closer as they spoke.
"No, the pursuers are coming. Let's go quickly." When Shi Mu heard this, he didn't know what was going on. He immediately yelled in shock and anger, hugged Zhong Xiu by the waist, and rushed in.
In the woods.
The people chasing him were naturally a group of Jin family knights riding Qingfeng horses.
Relying on the Qingfengju who was sitting down and even faster than chasing the Yanju, and Qian Lixiang's breath, they surprisingly caught up with Shi Mu in just half a day.
(It snowed today, so our little body caught a cold again and had a really bad headache!)