Lanke Chess Edge

The stables in the backyard of the Xiao Mansion are where carriages are lined up. A servant of the Xiao Mansion moves some soft objects to the cart. Xiao Du also comes over occasionally to put some favorite things. Several of his wives came to get on the car one by one.

Although the Xiao family will leave a few servants to watch over the mansion in the capital, it is hard to say when the Xiao family will return to the capital this time, so it is considered a big move, and some precious or cherished things are ready to be taken away. .

"Cough cough...cough cough cough..."

Xiao Du coughed, took a few calligraphy and paintings out, walked to the back of a carriage full of calligraphy, painting and writing, an old servant hurried forward.

"Master, let me come. You haven't fully recovered yet. Go and rest indoors. It's still cold outside."

"Cough cough... No, cough, it's okay, these things are my precious things, so I can rest assured that I can take them myself!"

As he spoke, Xiao Du slowly walked to the back of the carriage, put the calligraphy scroll in his hand into a long wooden box from the opened back cover, and then closed the wooden box, and there was a copper-encrusted precision scroll on the side. The long carved nanmu box is still empty.

"Looking good."

"Why!"

Xiao Du gave an order, turned back again, passed by the busy servants of the Xiao family, returned to his study again, entered the room and looked inside, many shelves were empty, but many things were still there.

The Xiao family is not short of money, even if the date of return is uncertain, it is impossible or difficult to move all the things in the Xiao residence, as long as you only need to take what you have to take with you.

Xiao Du walked around the curtain of the study room, came to the inner position and looked at the white wall behind the table case. There was a large copybook hanging on it, and "Spring Water Poster" was written on the top. Jiang Zhijing also relieved the author's mind, and the characters were iron and silver hooks, showing the strength of character, and the last signature was actually Yin Zhaoxian.

Xiao Du took the hanging rod in the study room, carefully removed the "Spring Water Poster", put it on the desk case, stretched out his hand to brush the dust that didn't exist on it, and then rolled up the words little by little.

After Xiao Du took the "Spring Water Stickers", he looked back at the study he had used for many years, finally sighed, and left with a low cough.

When he arrived at the stable, Xiao Du saw his son's figure, and also saw some maids handing things on and off beside the carriage, and knew that his daughters-in-law had already boarded the carriage.

"Father, why don't you go and rest, move things to let the servants or let the baby come!"

Xiao Ling hurried over to help Xiao Du. Recently, his father was particularly afraid of the cold, and his anxiety for days made it difficult for him to recover from the wind and cold. There were no other bad symptoms, but the cough never healed.

"Cough cough cough... What's the matter with some things, cough, how can I let the servants come here, if it is broken, what can I do, cough cough... Daddy do it yourself!"

Xiao Du walked to the carriage where his texts were placed, put the copybook in his hand into the box, and after he took the lock and locked it, he was slightly relieved.

Xiao Ling could see it clearly from the side. From the gold border on which the copybook was framed, he knew it must be the "Spring Water Sticker" in his father's study room. , I don’t know how many people will be willing to pay a jaw-dropping price to buy it.

"Father, get in the car, we'll be leaving in a while."

"well."

Xiao Ling helped Xiao Du into one of the carriages, then told the servants beside the carriage a few words, and then walked to a large carriage behind, there was a woman over there who was opening the curtain to look at the direction he was coming from, it was Xiao Ling's His main wife is Duan Muwan, a former famous prostitute Hongxiu.

Seeing Xiao Ling approaching, his wife looked at the direction he came from and asked.

"Sanggong, what you said just now was 'Three Points Near Immortals'?"

Although Duan Muwan is Xiao Ling's official wife, she has never been to Xiao Du's study, and she doesn't know how it is furnished, but she also heard her husband mention the calligraphy and paintings there.

Xiao Ling nodded.

"That's right, it's Yin Xiang's "Chunshui Tie". According to legend, Yin Xiang rarely wrote it when he was drunk. Laughing, this word can be close to immortality. At the beginning, the Holy One almost snatched it from Yin Xiang. My father has been there for many years. I have made a lot of achievements in handling the case. On the eve of my father's 70th birthday the year before last, the Holy Majesty asked my father in private in the imperial study what reward he wanted, and he asked for this "Spring Water Sticker". The Holy Majesty was very angry, but he still gave it. "

Thinking of this, Xiao Ling couldn't help but smile, while the wife next to him said with emotion.

"Sometimes I can't understand it, but when I think about it carefully, I agree..."

"Stop talking, just sit inside."

The people in the Xiao Mansion started tidying up their things yesterday, and today all the things that should be brought have been loaded into the car, and the servants who should go together have also arrived, and those servants who should be disbanded have also paid the corresponding fees to let them go. After getting ready, Xiao Ling and some guards rode in front together, leading a team of more than a dozen large and small carriages, and left the Xiao Mansion where he had lived since he was a child. Only a few servants stayed in front of the house, watching the fleet going away , the feeling in my heart is difficult to express in words.

In the carriage, most of the members of the Xiao family felt a little heavy, but some people felt that being able to get out of the capital would be a breather.

Xiao Ling rode a horse, looked at the people in the capital along the way, and looked at the prosperity of the capital. He knew that he might not come back for a long time. This trip even had no time to say goodbye to some friends. Well, it's worth mentioning that Zhang Luozhong's new marriage in Xiao's mansion can be regarded as yellow.

The Xiao family's building boat on the Tongtian River has already been prepared. Before boarding the boat, Xiao Ling and a few guards with strong martial arts searched every corner of the building boat, and then they will let people board the boat and load everything on the boat. Everything is ready After that, he didn't stay at all, and went along the waterway of Tongtian River.

...

"Drive..." "Drink..."

"Papa papa papa..."

"drive……"

The sound of horseshoes trampled on the ground, like rolling over.

Yin Zhong led A Yuan and ten other experts from the Yin family. A total of twelve people were riding their horses in a hurry. They did not follow the team of the Xiao Mansion. When the Xiao family started packing their luggage and were about to leave, Yin Zhong took the people one step ahead. Straight to the proper place in his judgment.

It is absolutely impossible for Xiao's residence to go out of the capital to Tongtianjiang Wharf. This distance is absolutely impossible for accidents. One is that the distance is short, and the other is that it is within the scope of the capital after all, and there is that old turtle in Tongtianjiang. Yin Zhong listened to his elder brother Yin Qing chatting with him. Having passed this old turtle, so he also has some understanding of this old turtle. The possibility of the Xiaojialou boat being attacked in Tongtian River or being successfully attacked is not very high. The most vulnerable is when they land from Wanzhou and go to Jizhou.

On the one hand, Yin Zhong dispatched a few light kung fu masters who were also smart to follow Xiao's whereabouts secretly, while leading others to follow at a safe distance. When others sailed and rode horses, they were naturally much more tired, and they had to change horses frequently, otherwise their horsepower would not be good. , but everyone, including Yin Zhong, is not taking it easy, this bit of suffering is nothing.

After driving for six days in a row, in the middle of the night, Yin Qing and the others were resting when they heard Ye Xiao's cry approaching.

"Young master, there are spies reporting back!"

Yin Zhong opened his eyes and sat up. After about ten breaths, a man in dark blue night clothes trotted up to him.

"My lord, the boat from Xiao's House stopped at Yanluoqiu one hour before nightfall, and there is no movement at present."

"One hour before nightfall? It seems a bit early... Yan Luoqiu?"

Yin Zhong felt that something was wrong, he frowned and ordered his subordinates to say.

"Bring me a map."

"yes!"

The subordinates took the oiled paper map, and then lit a small lantern with a torch. Everyone surrounded the light and checked the map in the temporary camp for rest. Yin Zhong followed the Tongtian River to find Yan Luoqiu, slid his fingers across the waterways beside him, and said in a low voice after thinking for a moment.

"Dark Yan Luoqiu?"

Yin Zhong looked up at the sky. The weather was beautiful tonight, and it was a cloudy day with extremely poor visibility after the lights were turned off.

"My lord, what do you mean, someone from the Xiao family will secretly go back to Yanluoqiu tonight in two ways?"

"Wonderful!" "As expected of the former royal doctor, I can think of getting off the boat here!"

"Well, the small waterways on Yanluoqiu's side are criss-crossed. If a small boat sneaks forward, it will be difficult to predict its direction afterwards."

"How can you tell that they will do this?"

Yin Zhong looked calm.

"The Xiao family is scheming, and it is not difficult to speculate based on his nature, but doing so is tantamount to separating their hands. After all, to maintain the illusion of building a ship, the risk of accidents is small, but the ability to resist risks is greatly weakened... ..."

...

Five days later, Yin Zhong's worries turned into reality. The Xiao family's boat docked at a small town pier, and bought some carriages to drive on. The first day was fine, but before nightfall on the second day, Xiao Ling noticed something was wrong.

A group of people were making a fire and cooking on a hill in the wilderness sheltered from the wind, when Xiao Ling and other martial arts practitioners suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly.

"Attention everyone, there is a large group of people approaching!"

As soon as the words fell, there was already a loud roar in the distance.

"Hahahahaha, brothers, the fat sheep in front are here, kill the rebels, be careful not to hurt those little girls!"

"Hahahaha..." "Go up!"

Xiao Ling was startled.

"Everyone be careful, it's a horse thief!"

More than a dozen guards of the Xiao family drew their swords one after another, and ran to the outer area together with Xiao Ling. They could faintly see a group of troops approaching from a distance, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes was deafening.

"About forty riders, can deal with it, everyone..."

Before Xiao Ling finished speaking, the pupils in his eyes shrank violently, because he saw that many of those horse thieves actually leaned back and raised some long poles, and some of them had crossbows in their hands.

"Throwing a gun and riding a crossbow!? Not a horse thief!"

Whoosh whoosh... woo woo woo...

There was a whistling sound of piercing through the air, and more than 20 throwing guns shot across the arc, extremely fast and very precise...

"Pfft..." "Pfft..."

"Ah..." "Uh..." "Pfft..."

Even though the guards of the Xiao family were all skilled in martial arts, three of them were directly nailed to the ground by throwing spears, and then the crossbow arrows struck and injured a few of them.

"Kill them all, leave Xiao Du behind!"

The leading cavalry sergeant stopped pretending and shouted orders, and as a group of knights rushed towards the Xiao family camp, the sound of fighting and screams resounded in the wilderness.

The members of the Xiao family, including Xiao Du, could only huddle in the corner of the camp, or were at a loss, or trembling, while Xiao Ling was already killing mad, and his guards used all means to attack wildly, and his body was already damaged.

At this moment, there was another sound of horseshoes approaching, causing the Xiao family to despair. One hand grabbed Xiao Ling's shoulder, a guard covered in blood.

"Young master, you take the master and wife with you, we will block you here!"

"puff……"

The guard had just finished saying this, and his head had disappeared. The leader who looked like a general rode past and laughed.

"No one can leave!"

However, Xiao Ling was sprayed all over his face by his subordinate's blood, he just swung his knife indiscriminately and retreated, his vision was greatly disturbed, and his heart was filled with fear. He was not afraid of death, but the consequences after his death.

The general rode his horse and galloped again, raising the sword in his hand, aiming at Xiao Ling who was swinging the sword wildly over there.

"Hahahaha... Xiao Ling, die for me!"

The big knife had already been raised, and the horse's hooves stepped close to Xiao Ling, but at this moment, in the darkness near Xiao Ling, a faint whistling sound of tearing the air sounded.

"Woo... bang..."

A fist suddenly appeared, and directly hit the head of the military horse under the general's crotch. At this moment, the general felt his body being thrown away by a thousand pounds of force.

With a sound of "Boom...", the man and the horse were directly knocked down to the ground, dragged to a sideways for a few feet, the general was directly pressed under the horse, squeezed and dragged, and died halfway.

"No need to live!"

"yes!"

Following Yin Zhong's hoarse voice giving orders, the masters of the Yin family cut into the battlefield from three directions. Yin Zhong was unarmed, either using the sword he had seized, or the long spear he had seized, or even throwing it with a thrown spear, just like a god of war. People everywhere turned on their backs.

The Xiao family's physical strength has long been exhausted, so they just guarded the family members behind, watching together as if they were bewildered, and they could see which side had the upper hand.

After more than a quarter of an hour, the battlefield calmed down. In the dark night, Yin Zhong had a broken knife in his left hand and a long spear with a head in his right hand. He was standing on the corpses on the ground. The color of blood red.

"Boss, we killed two brothers and wounded seven."

"Well, take the dead and wounded brothers and let's go."

After finishing these words in a hoarse voice, Yin Zhong looked back at the Xiao family camp, then turned and strode away.

"Strong man! The strong man can leave his name! Strong man, can you tell who is helping!"

Xiao Du shouted from behind, but Yin Zhong and the others had no intention of staying, but those eyes that were still bright under the shadows were deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone in the Xiao family.