Chapter 33 Gongcheng is in trouble

When Huang Shimi walked into the locksmith shop, she smelled a strong smell of blood, and then she saw the body of a dwarf.

The officials of Huagui Town Court followed behind tremblingly and kept saying: It’s all because of the carelessness that made Mu Guiying escape...

Huang Shimi ignored him, squatted down, picked up a strange iron tool from the ground, and suddenly her face changed drastically.

Mu Guiying had unbuttoned the iron crotch protection and bra locks. Now she could recover her strength with just a little rest. It was even more difficult to capture her again.

He asked the town officials: How many soldiers are there in the town?

The town yamen quickly replied: There are hundreds and twelve people.

Huang Shimi stood up and walked out of the locksmith shop, saying: All soldiers will go with me.Whenever you see Mu Guiying, you will be killed without any attention!

In fact, there were already three or four hundred soldiers around Huang Shimi at this time.

In the canyon, hundreds of people were trapped, perhaps still in the valley at this time.

He knew that a few huge rocks should not be difficult for hundreds of people. In a short while, they would push the huge rocks away and find a way out.

In order to catch up with Mu Guiying as soon as possible, he led two or three hundred soldiers who did not enter the valley to go around the canyon and chased him towards Huagui Town.

The side general who blocked Maguan had already been waiting at the door and asked: Prime Minister, where are we going to chase him now?

Huang Shimi said: Since you have arrived in Huagui Town, you must go to Gongcheng.Everyone followed the emperor and chased him towards Gongcheng.

When the soldiers got the order, they all got on horses and left the town and looked north.

After walking for more than ten miles, soldiers came to report, saying: Prime Minister, there is a land temple in front of him.There were many corpses lying on the open space in front of the mountain gate!

Mr. Huang was shocked when he heard the news and said: Go and take a look!

When the team arrived in front of the Land Temple, Huang Shimi and the side were about to dismount.

I saw that there were indeed many corpses of people and horses on the open space.

The general recognized these people at a glance and said: This is the eight hundred-mile fast horse of His Highness of the Four Kings and more than twenty accompanying masters!

Huang Shimi was frightened to see that these twenty or so people were all good at it, but they were all destroyed in an instant.

Who else can do this besides Mu Guiying?

It seems that she has recovered her strength.

Suddenly, the party knelt down in front of a headless corpse and burst into tears.

Huang Shimi said: Why are you crying?

He burst into tears and said: This is His Highness, the Four Kings!

Huang Shimi was even more shocked and her muscles on her face began to stiffen.

Nong Zhishang is known as the most brave and powerful man in the South. He is no problem to knock down more than a dozen men with bare hands. Now he has died here with his weapons and horses.

He could not imagine what kind of catastrophe she would bring to the South if Mu Guiying returned to Quanzhou.

He summoned a fast horse and said, "Go to Guanyang quickly and tell the guard general Hua Erneng to block all the roads to the whole province, and even a fly must not be spared!"

To the south of Guanyang are all boundaries of the southern country. As long as the road is closed, Mu Guiying is like a turtle in a jar. Even if she has great ability, she cannot cause much storm.

He heard that Yu Jing and Sun Mian had already gone north to Quanzhou. If he met with the imperial guards in Quanzhou and went south to break through the defense line of Guanyang, Mu Guiying would naturally return to the army.

However, the news of Mu Guiying being rescued should have not spread yet. Yang Paifeng from all over the province must have thought that Mu Guiying was still in Guizhou, and most of his main attack directions were determined.

But he must be fast. If he slows down, Guizhou City will be broken and Guanyang will definitely not be protected. He must arrest Mu Guiying again before the Song army heads south.

Huang Shimi sent people to Yongzhou to report to the Southern King Nong Zhigao that the four kings died in battle.

He also left behind a side general and more than 20 soldiers to restrain the bodies of the four kings Nong Zhishang and others.

He personally led most of the troops to continue chasing Gongcheng.

More than thirty miles away, Mu Guiying and Shi Jian were galloping in the jungle one after another.

After killing Nong Zhishang, he undoubtedly revealed his whereabouts to the pursuers, so the two of them rushed towards Gongcheng without any rest.

The two of them crossed a mountain and were blocked by a turbulent river in front.

Mu Guiying stopped by the river and looked around, but there was no bridge.

At this time, Shi Jian also rushed up and said: Marshal, this river is called Zhaochuan, and it is named after it flows through Zhaozhou.After crossing this river, it is the boundary of Gongcheng.

Mu Guiying asked: Is there a way to cross the river?

Shi Jian said: Originally, there was a wooden bridge above this river.However, due to the sudden outbreak of war in the Southern Kingdom, the Song general who had previously defended Zhaozhou demolished the wooden bridge on the river to resist the Southern Army.Now there are only downstream shallows that can be wading by.

Mu Guiying turned over and dismounted, looked at the river, shook her head and said: Don’t wade from the downstream.The intercepted Southern Army will inevitably be there, just waiting for us to go there and wade across the river.Didn’t it become a self-invested person at that time?

She turned her head and said to Shi Jian, and then went to find out if there were any ships to carry them across the river.

Unexpectedly, he saw Shi Jian kneeling on the ground and said in surprise: What are you doing?

Shi Jian worshipped: The marshal's great kindness is unforgettable. Please accept a blessing from a villain!

As he said that, he was about to bow down. Mu Guiying quickly helped him up and said in confusion: If you want to be kind, it is also your kindness to save me. What kind of kindness do you have to you?

Shi Jian sighed and said: The villain was originally a salt merchant in Yongzhou City. His family has made a living by selling salt for generations.

It was just because Nong Zhigao caused rebellion than Yongzhou, occupied the city and established the court.The Southern Army wanted to take the salt grains into its own hands, but the villain's family refused to obey.Nong Zhigao then colluded with the men from the thirty-six caves, robbed the salt ship in the villain's family, and beat the old father who was escorted to the ship to death.My eldest brother and second brother heard about it and went to settle the score with Nong Zhishang, but he was killed by him.The villain was about to go find him again, but he came to him with his men and killed all my wife and children and more than ten people in the family.The villain fought with the blade, but his skills were not as good as those of others. He fell into Yongshui with four spoils.Thanks to God's favor, the villain did not drown. He drifted outside the city with the waves and was rescued by a villager.After the villain woke up, he had no choice but to act as a strong man and started to rob the military ration truck in the South...

When Mu Guiying heard this, she sighed for a long time before saying: No wonder you hate Nong Zhishang so much!

Shi Jian said: The villain thought that he could no longer avenge his family in this life. Today, the marshal took a blow to help the villain kill his enemies, which would make the villain comfort the spirit of his father, brother, wife and children.The marshal's kindness will be remembered by the villain!

Mu Guiying nodded and asked: I heard you just now, what are the origins of these thirty-six caves?She also heard Nong Zhiguang say this name under the city of Guizhou, and she had suffered from these people, so she asked curiously.

Shi Jian said: These thirty-six caves are all powerful children, who are separatist and self-sufficient. Among them, the power of the Jiedong Huang Shoulingling is the largest. After Nong Zhigao rose up, these people from the cave were afraid of their power and attached themselves to him one after another, often helping Nong Zhigao invade the Guangnan Song army.

Mu Guiying pondered for a moment and said: If the people in the cave were not helped by Zhigao, the Song army pacified Guangnan, and it was just around the corner.

Shi Jian said: I wish to listen to the order of the marshal!

Mu Guiying said: If I can reach Quanzhou, I will add you as the Xuanfu Envoy of Yongzhou and go to Yongzhou to remove Nong Zhigao's wings.If he succeeds, the general will be responsible for the report in front of the emperor, and the official will be given a third rank and a thousand acres of land!

Shi Jian quickly knelt down and said: Thank you Marshal!

Shi Jian was promoted, and his position was to alienate the relationship between Nong Zhigao and Thirty-six Dongs, but the problem in front of him was crossing the river.

Shi Jian said: If you build a raft and cross, it will definitely take time.The pursuers behind arrived in a flash, and were afraid that they would not cross the river before that time, so they asked them to capture them.

Mu Guiying said: Is there a ready-made ferry that takes us there?

Shi Jian looked embarrassed and shook his head.

Mu Guiying said: Then we can only abandon the horse.She took a big bow from the victory hook and took the feathered arrow.

He asked Shi Jian to cut down another vine and tied the vine to the tail of the feather arrow.

Saying: Look at the arrow!Then he used all his strength to pull the bow round.

With a whoosh, the feather arrow shot out like a meteor, and with a snatch, it nailed to a thick trunk by the river opposite. The arrow actually penetrated the trunk, revealing two or three inches long arrow body from the other side.

She tied the other end of the vine to a tree behind her.

Shi Jian couldn't help but praise: Good arrow technique!

Mu Guiying abandoned the spear, brought only a short knife, hid it under her clothes, and said to Shi Jian: You and I can cross it with a rope.

Shi Jian seemed a little worried and pulled the vine hard, but found it as tight as a string.

He and Mu Guiying climbed up the vine together, like two orangutans, climbed their left hand to their right hand, and then climbed their right hand to their left hand, moving forward inch by inch.

Below them was a turbulent flow of water. As long as they let go, they would fall into the water and be washed away by the torrent.

Finally arrived on the other side, the two of them were down-to-earth and felt more at ease.

Shi Jian pulled out his sword, cut off the vine with one knife, and said: Now, Huang Shimi wants to catch up with us, and he also gets to go around downstream, which is a journey that is half a day slower than us.We can have some rest in Gongcheng.

Although he temporarily left the pursuers, his future is still very slim.

The most important thing is that they are now penniless and even lose their mounts, so the next journey is likely to be on foot.

Fortunately, it is not far from Gongcheng.

Mu Guiying was afraid of being exposed, so she originally wanted to walk around the city to avoid contact with the child soldiers guarding the city, but now she has to find a place to rest in the city.

By the time they reached the foot of Gongcheng City, it was already bright.

The market in the city has opened, the streets are bustling, and the vendors on the roadside are constantly shouting and hawking, making a prosperous scene.

The two of them had not rested or ate for two days and two nights, and were hungry and sleepy. They wanted to rush to the inn on the side of the road now, eat and drink, and then fall asleep.

But he was helpless and had no money in his pocket, so he could only swallow his saliva at the steamed pasta in the steamed bun cage.

Shi Jian said: A villain here once came to sell salt. He heard that there was a Zen temple in the north of the city. The name was Jingchi. His secular family surname was Wang. The locals called him the Zen Master Wang.Monks are compassionate, so we might as well go to his temple to ask for some food, and I believe we will not be stingy.

Mu Guiying couldn't think of any other good solution, so she nodded.

Gongcheng was not big, only half that of Guizhou, so the two of them arrived in the north of the city before they walked long.

In the middle of the house, I saw a brand new Zen temple, with a plaque hanging in front of the mountain gate, with the letter Jingxin Temple.

Shi Jian rushed forward and slapped the mountain gate.

After a while, a young monk walked out of it, folded his hands together and said: I wonder what the donor has to visit and disturb the Zen master’s retreat?

Shi Jian lied: My mother and I came from Guizhou and wanted to go to Zhaozhou to get married, but unexpectedly met a strong man on the way, and all the softness and softness on our bodies were plundered.There are still dozens of miles to go to Zhaozhou, but I am helpless and tired. I want to ask for some food in the temple. I wonder if it is possible?

The little monk looked at the two of them.

Mu Guiying was afraid that he would recognize her identity, so she subconsciously lowered her head.

The little monk said: When I report to Master, please wait again.

The little monk closed the mountain gate and hurriedly ran in.

After exploring a cup of tea, I saw a mountain gate wide open and a Zen master in his fifties with a white face and no beard came out.

The Zen master looked very clean, unlike the two of them who were dirty and down, which made Mu Guiying feel a little ashamed.

He beat the two of them and said, Amitabha!Since you are in trouble, please rest in the temple.

Mu Guiying and Shi Jian thanked Zen Master and entered the temple.

The Zen master led the two into the side room, gave up his seat, and said: My monk's Dharma name is Jingchi, and he is the abbot of this courtyard.

Shi Jian hurriedly returned the greeting and said: The villain from Guizhou is named Shi Jian.He pointed at Mu Guiying again and said, "This is my mother's high hall."We both wanted to join our relatives in Zhaozhou, but we met a bandit. The gold, silver and fine gold were plundered. Now we are penniless and have difficulty walking. We beg our master to give us some food.

Master Wang said: Monks are full of hardships, and they have nothing to do with wine and meat. Please forgive me.The monk asked his disciples to go to the vegetarian room to prepare porridge, and later he delivered it to the two of them.

Shi Jian said: I am so grateful!

Master Wang's eyes swept over the two of them and asked: Are you really mother and son?

Mu Guiying hurriedly stood up and said: It’s true!How dare we ordinary people and ordinary people deceive us in front of the Buddha?

Master Wang nodded, then resigned the two of them and left the side room.

After he left, Shi Jian whispered to Mu Guiying: Marshal, after eating later, you can take a nap in the room first.I kept the wind at the door in case of accidents.When it gets dark, we leave the city at night and run to Guanyang.

Mu Guiying looked at his deep concave eyes and said with a heartache: You haven’t been asleep for two days, so you should go to bed first, I’ll take the wind for you!

Shi Jian said: No!Marshal, you are a body of gold. We and six others are going one after another, just to save the Marshal from danger.If the marshal is exhausted, wouldn’t the villain live up to the five dead brothers?

Suddenly, a sound of buckles sounded at the door.

Who is it?Shi Jian hid behind the door alertly and asked.

I am delivering food to the two donors.A voice that sounded childish and still unrestrained came from outside the door.

Shi Jian opened a crack in the door and saw a young monk standing outside the door. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old. He was holding a plate in his hand and two bowls of steaming white rice porridge were placed on it.

Shi Jian then opened the door completely, invited the little monk inside, and said: I'm thankful for your help!

The little monk put two bowls of white rice porridge on the table and immediately stepped out.

When Mu Guiying saw the white rice porridge, she couldn't help but feel soaked in her mouth. Her stomach became more and more hungry, so she picked up the bowl and wanted to eat it.

Unexpectedly, Shi Jian stopped him and said: Marshal, enjoy it slowly!The villain comes first!

Mu Guiying knew that he was afraid that the monks would poison the porridge and did not blame him.

Shi Jian took the chopsticks, swallowed them a few times and ate all the white rice porridge.

After asking for a meal, no abnormality was seen, he said to Mu Guiying: Please invite the marshal to have a meal!

Then Mu Guiying picked up the chopsticks and went to eat the bowl of porridge.

Unexpectedly, after only a few bites, Shi Jian suddenly fell to the ground with a thud.

Mu Guiying hurriedly threw away the bowls and chopsticks, went up to help him, and asked: What's going on?

Shi Jian struggled to stand up again, but felt weak all over.

He pointed to the bowl of white rice porridge and said, "You can't eat it..." Before he finished speaking, his head drooped and he fell asleep in a deep drowsy manner.

Good, you bald donkey, you dare to medicine in the porridge!Mu Guiying was furious and pushed open the door, wanting to settle the score with Master Wang.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps out of the door, I felt like the sky was spinning.

She staggered a few steps and quickly reached out to hold the pillar beside her.

At this time, Zen Master Wang appeared, and led a large group of monks, all holding swords and sticks, full of murderous aura, completely different from the appearance of a monk.

Zen Master Wang said: Amitabha!Marshal Mu, it’s been hard for others to find you outside, but you didn’t expect that you would come to your door by yourself!

Mu Guiying was shocked when she heard this. The other party actually saw through her identity and said: How do you know me?

Master Wang said: You and Shi Jian don’t look like a mother and son.In fact, as soon as the two entered the mountain gate, Master Wang believed that the two were definitely not mother and son.

Although Shi Jian was young, he looked murderous and cautious everywhere.

Mu Guiying was not like a hungry man in trouble just because of her appearance, especially the pair of sword eyebrows, which invisibly revealed her heroic spirit.

He asked someone to lie outside the window and eavesdrop on the two of them. Sure enough, he found that these two were not hungry people in Guizhou.

Moreover, this woman's identity is actually Mu Guiying, the Marshal of the Song Dynasty!

Master Wang said: Yesterday, you two were posted in the city and offered a reward for arrest. I didn’t expect you to come to your door by yourself!

Mu Guiying said angrily: Even though you are a monk, you are a citizen of the Song Dynasty, why do you betray me?

Master Wang said: But now Gongcheng is not the world of the Song Dynasty. Since the southern country is in power, how dare I, my small temple, be against the children? If you keep you privately and are discovered by a child, I am afraid that dozens of people in this Zen temple will be unable to save their lives!

Mu Guiying didn't know whether it was the world or her own people. The scene in front of her was shaking constantly, and her body was even more unstable, as if she might fall down at any time.

When she finally calmed down, she found that the group of young monks had already forced her into her eyes...