Geez! How dangerous it is! The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
The land of Bashu is surrounded by mountains. No matter which side you leave the river, you have to climb over mountains and ridges, so the road will naturally not be easy.
In the scorching heat of midsummer, people are naturally in a bad mood when they are on a rugged mountain road.
Qingju Mountain is a mountain that is neither high nor big, but it is somewhat eerie. A group of officers and soldiers were walking on the official road in the mountains, escorting a dozen carriages carrying large boxes. There is a big red word "official" printed on all sides of the box, and there is also a government seal on it. It is obviously an important item that the government wants to escort to other places.
The leading officer was a garrison general from Chengdu Prefecture named Song Jin. He was escorting these more than ten carts to Huguang on the orders of the governor of Sichuan. Huguang was experiencing a famine at this time, so the court ordered nearby provinces to raise money and grain for disaster relief. Bashu, the land of Tianfu, has always been a prosperous place, so it raised 1.5 million taels of disaster silver, all of which were packed into these more than ten or two large carts.
With such a large amount of official silver, there will naturally be no shortage of escorts, with nearly 150 officers and soldiers accompanying them. Although there were many officers and soldiers, the escorting officer Song Jin still did not dare to take it lightly. Because once this matter goes wrong, all one hundred and fifty of them will lose their heads. Everyone's lives depended on him, so naturally he didn't dare to relax. So he chose to travel when it was hot at noon and when the night was quiet, so as to avoid people's eyes and ears as much as possible.
But how could such a large team really avoid the eyes of others, so his escort team was still targeted by others.
The flames were raging in the sky, and the mountain road was so difficult and dangerous that all the officers and soldiers were a little overwhelmed.
"General, it's shady here. Can you let the brothers have a rest and drink water before leaving?" an officer suggested.
Song Jin looked at the hillsides on both sides and saw that the slopes were vertical and unreachable, and the sun couldn't enter. It was indeed a shady place. But Song Jin always felt that the mountain was like a lion's mouth, swallowing them up.
He had a bad feeling in his heart, so he urged: "No, this is not a good place. We can't rest. It's better to rest when we get to Shunqing Mansion."
He was thinking about safety. The officers and soldiers were complaining, but they couldn't care less. As long as everyone successfully completes this errand, it is better than anything else. Even if the officers and soldiers complain a few times, it is still worth it.
Song Jin had already spoken. Although the officers and soldiers were unhappy, they could only keep it in their hearts and had to obey the order and hurry on.
The convoy had just reached the entrance of the valley and was about to climb out of the "lion's mouth" when suddenly a carriage rushed out from in front and crashed directly into the first official car. The people on the carriage shouted and yelled, but the horse seemed to be frightened and was not obedient at all, and still slammed into the official carriage.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Jin hurriedly ordered: "Stop it."
Several pikemen were ordered to immediately stand in the front row, press the butts of their guns to the ground, point the tips of their spears at the carriage, and quickly form a spear array to protect the safety of the official carriage.
Unexpectedly, the horse seemed to be no ordinary bad horse. It was not afraid at all when it saw the spear formation. It suddenly raised its hoofs and kicked several officers and soldiers in front of them to the ground. The spear formation was actually rushed out by it. gap.
When Song Jin saw it, he was furious and said, "Kill this beast for me."
Several other spearmen already had their spears in hand, and they all stabbed at the evil horse. The evil horse was stabbed, fell to the ground with a long hiss, and lost its breath in a moment. However, the carriage behind it continued its momentum and collided heavily with the first official car. The official wheel axle could not withstand the violent impact and broke into two pieces with a "click", causing the official car to tilt to the ground.
The driver of the horse was a middle-aged man. When he was thrown off the horse, his first reaction was to ask: "Old lady, are you okay?"
At this time, a middle-aged woman slowly climbed out of the fallen carriage. Her forehead had been cut, and the middle-aged man immediately stepped forward to help her up.
Song Jin saw that they seemed to be just an ordinary couple, but they frightened him, and he felt angry, so he shouted: "You are so bold and cunning, you actually rammed into an official car, arrest me." More than ten officers and soldiers immediately arrested them. Middle-aged couples surrounded them. The middle-aged man seemed to be an honest man. When he saw this, he was immediately frightened and begged: "Master, how dare you intentionally ram the official car! That beast just now went crazy for some reason. No matter how hard I try, I can't hold it back. I hope the adults will not remember the faults of the villains and be merciful!" As he spoke, the pants underneath him had already become wet.
When the officers and soldiers saw that he was so frightened that he peed his pants, they all yelled "pussy" and burst out laughing.
Song Jin did indeed see him keep shouting at the evil horse, and it seemed that what he said was true. He also saw that he was very honest, and did not want to go into details. After all, hurrying was the most important thing. So he asked again: "Then you crashed one of my official cars, but what are your plans?"
The middle-aged man immediately said: "The young man also brought some silver coins, and I will pay them all to the official." After saying that, he immediately opened the curtain, climbed into the carriage and rummaged for the silver coins.
"smell good!"
The moment the middle-aged man opened the curtain, all the officers and soldiers smelled a strange fragrance, and all the bones in their bodies seemed to be crispy.
Song Jin also smelled the strange fragrance, and felt that it smelled very comfortable, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, so he took the silver from the middle-aged man's hand, and then ordered: "Move the boxes of this car to other cars, and then move the Get rid of the dead horse, and let’s continue on our way.”
Several officers and soldiers got the order and stepped forward to move the boxes. Two officers and soldiers moved a box and tried hard, but the box did not move at all. Two officers and soldiers said: "We both moved the box last time! Why is it heavier this time?" Looking at the other officers and soldiers, they couldn't move the box either. Then I felt dizzy, couldn't stand, and fell to the ground.
When Song Jin saw the officers and soldiers around him falling to the ground, he suddenly woke up, covered his ears and nose, and shouted: "Everyone, be careful, the incense is poisonous." But it was too late, and he saw forty or fifty big men suddenly rushing out from the mountains on both sides, all holding hands. The sharp blade rushed over. Although there were many officers and soldiers, most of them were poisoned by the poisonous incense and had no strength at all. How could they withstand the charge of so many heroes from all walks of life? They were instantly defeated.
The two middle-aged couples suddenly changed their faces at this time, and they were both holding sharp knives to kill the officers and soldiers. After all, Song Jin was a general and a brave man. Although he was poisoned, he was not afraid at all. At this time, his horse was also poisoned and could not move. So he got off his horse, drew his sword, and chopped down the two robbers as soon as he got up. Seeing that the couple was very brave and killed many officers and soldiers, I was furious and cursed: "Traitor, I will kill your grandfather twice."
The middle-aged man said to the woman: "We cannot leave him alive, we must kill him."
So the couple joined forces to besiege Song Jin, intending to kill and silence him. However, Song Jin was a cautious person and did not smell too much poisonous fragrance. At this time, he was just a little dizzy and did not faint. He is also a person with strong martial arts skills. Even when he was poisoned, he fought two people alone and still did not fall behind. If he had no skills, how could the governor be willing to entrust him with such an important job?
Seeing that Song Jin could not be captured for a while, the middle-aged man was surprised and said: "He is still tough, but things will change later. We have to retreat quickly." So with a whistle, the robbers immediately drove the official car to the other direction of the official road. Retreat.
When Song Jin saw the great danger, he abandoned the middle-aged man and chased the official car with a loud shout. The middle-aged couple knew that they could not defeat Song Jin for a while, so they did not want to get entangled and followed the official car away.
However, Song Jin refused to give up. He chased and chopped down two more robbers, and even held one of them tightly. When the middle-aged man saw that Song Jin had captured a living man, he wanted to come back to rescue him. Suddenly, three official officers appeared from the official road and chased after him. The middle-aged couple saw that the situation was not good and had to retreat quickly.
Those three officers were the agents of Shunqing Mansion. They had just finished their errands and were about to return to Shunqing Mansion. They happened to hear the sound of fighting and chased after them to see what was going on.
When Song Jin saw the official officer, he shouted: "They robbed the official's money, chase them quickly, we can't let them escape."
The leader of the arresting team is named Fan Chou, and he is also a brave man. When he heard Song Jin's cry, he knew what had happened, and said to the two fellow police officers: "You take care of the general, and I will chase the gangster."
The two officials saw that there were many people on the other side and did not want to take risks, so they were naturally very happy.
Fan Chou had just chased him not far away when suddenly two masked men shot out from both sides. Fan Chou drew his official sword to fight one against two, and realized that both of them were very strong in martial arts and were not ordinary robbers. Fan Chou, however, was not as good as Song Jin and could not withstand the two men's joint attack. In the blink of an eye, he was hit by a sword in his left hand. At that moment, he also succeeded in tearing off the veil of one of them. When Fan Chou saw that person, he actually recognized him, so he said, "Murong Tian, it's you!"
Murongtian originally wanted to kill him and silence him, but a large group of official officers were already chasing him over there, and it was the two official officers who had just attracted them. Murongtian could only threaten: "Fan, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will kill your whole family." After that, he and another masked man flew away. By the time the officers arrived, the robbers had already disappeared.
The officers came back and took stock. One hundred and fifty officers and soldiers, except Song Jin, were all killed. Song Jin killed four robbers and promised to arrest one. Fan Chou had no choice but to take the robbers and Song Jin back to Shunqing Mansion, and then discuss the matter further.
