Trees are thick, grass is luxuriant, murderous intent is everywhere, and danger is easy to find.

If Zheng Wei were here, he would definitely recognize that this is the forest behind Jinling Temple that they walked through.

This place is already far away from the town where they are.

Outside a cave halfway up the mountain, a group of masked men in black, holding sharp swords, cautiously approached the cave entrance.

If you have good eyesight, you can vaguely see two men sitting back to back in the cave.

There were countless wounds, large and small, on their bodies. Blood from the deep wounds kept seeping out, and their clothes had turned blood-black.

Among them, the more handsome husband was now pale, breathing rapidly but weakly, as if he could fall asleep at any time and never wake up.

"Your Highness, you can go back and ask for clarification if you are alive!"

The other man gasped and said heavily.

"It's not that easy to kill me!"

The deep voice of the person called His Highness was filled with endless murderous intent.

If Zheng Wei were here, she would definitely recognize that these were Tuoba Yu and Xia Houqing whom she had been worried about for a long time.

They sensed the conspiracy even before reinforcements arrived at Muling Pass.

Later, the county magistrate of Banyang was arrested, and Tuobayu became even more certain that someone wanted his life.

Lu Shu, the magistrate of Banyang County, had been greatly favored by Xiahou Qing's father, Xiahou Chu, during the previous dynasty, and he always wanted to repay his kindness.

At the beginning of the year, Xia Houqing came to Lu Shu with a letter from Xia Houchu, hoping that he would provide a temporary shelter for Xia Houqing and others.

Lu Shu felt that there was something wrong with having a hundred or so powerful men, so he tentatively asked Xia Houqing about the origins of these people.

Xia Houqing replied that the Xiahou family left a batch of things that could not be transported away in the Great Zhou Dynasty. This time Xiahou Chu asked Xia Houqing to transport these things. As for what it was, Xia Houqing hesitated to say it and could not elaborate.

Appearance. The Xiahou family was the royal family of the former dynasty, and the skinny camels were bigger than horses. They must have left behind a lot of good things, and it was difficult to tell them publicly. Lu Shu thought he had guessed it right, and he nodded understandingly.

No more questions.

The reinforcements planned at that time also entered the Great Zhou Dynasty through this line. After all, Lu Shu had already been dragged into the water, and even if he knew the truth, it would be too late to regret it.

The worst case scenario is to take him back to Wei Dynasty with him.

Unexpectedly, before the reinforcements arrived, Lu Shu was captured first.

Xia Houqing felt that Old Han Wang's family could not stay for a long time, so he took Tuoba and others to Jinling Temple, thinking that they could leave at any time if something went against them.

Sure enough, Xia Houqing secretly contacted several strongholds, passed on the news of going south to Langya County, and took some silver and medicine. Not long after leaving, he discovered that he was being followed.

It took a lot of fighting and hiding to get rid of those people.

Xia Houqing reported the situation to Tuoba Yu. They analyzed that there was a spy inside, but they didn't know whether the spy was in the Xiahou family of the Wei Dynasty or a sergeant following them.

Xia Houqing was told by Xia Houchu's lieutenant about the road to the back mountain of Jinling Temple. Before, they took the customs clearance documents from Banyang County and went directly to Muling Pass. The people traveling with them didn't know.

I thought that if the Xiahou family wanted to kill them and arranged an ambush in the back mountain, the three of them would definitely die.

But not only did they have a safe journey, they also made some arrangements here.

As for the hundreds of people they brought with them, they didn’t know whether they were alive or dead, and they couldn’t tell the difference between loyalty and treachery.

Xia Houqing came up with this plan to lure the snake out of its hole. They deliberately did not enter the city and stayed in the small town, just to see if anyone would come to die.

Xia Houqing was worried about Tuoba Yu's injuries, and originally planned to delay the plan for a while, but Tuoba Yu felt that the other party had not yet fully grasped their whereabouts, and the initiative was still in his hands.

If we don't take the opportunity to pull out this cancer, as time goes by, the enemy will be hidden and we will be exposed, and what awaits them will be endless assassinations.

Sure enough, the uninvited guests refused to miss this opportunity to kill them.

According to the plan, Tuoba Yu and Xia Houqing led the killer to the woods behind Jinling Temple, where a big gift was prepared for them.

They say that if you are taller than you are taller, there will always be surprises.

Tuoba Yu and the others may have offended the kid like Zheng Wei, and their luck is not that bad.

Just when Tuoba Yu thought they had eliminated all the assassins, another group of men in black came behind them, roughly a dozen of them.

At that time, Tuoba Yu and Xia Houqing were at the end of their tether. With the last handful of lime, they temporarily avoided the crowd and fled all the way.

But they were caught up within half an hour and were stuck in the cave.

"Fortunately, they were also afraid of long nights and dreams, so they spent a lot of money trying to take the opportunity to keep me in Dazhou. Otherwise, our arrangements would have been wasted."

Tuoba Yu groaned through gritted teeth.

"That person who is the leader is"

Xia Houqing also saw the clues. He really didn't expect that the other party would dispatch such a strong person. This was to avoid future troubles forever.

"But now, we're afraid we have to stay here."

Xia Houqing sighed.

"Xiahou, I have caused trouble to you! Hiss!"

Tuoba Yu felt a little guilty and wanted to look back at him, but just this action caused wounds on his body.

Xia Houqing smiled bitterly, "Compared with His Highness, my situation is not much better. If it hadn't been for Your Highness's promotion, I wouldn't be where I am today."

"If this happens, to use your Chinese language, we will be brothers who live and die together and share adversity!" Tuoba Yu suddenly smiled heartily, his voice was not loud, but he was extremely determined.

"If something unexpected happens today, I will die in front of Your Highness!"

Xia Houqing said movedly.

The two people in the cave were chatting with each other, but the people outside couldn't wait any longer. They heard a rough voice shouting: "If you don't come out and die, we will be burned."

Tuoba Yu smiled when he heard this, "It's too ugly to be burned to death. After all, I can be considered the most beautiful man in the Wei Dynasty. The little girl was stunned last time! No way."

As he spoke, he struggled to stand up.

Xia Houqing also smiled, "If you want to die, fight to the death. How can you suffocate yourself to death in this wet and dirty cave? It's too suffocating!"

After saying that, he first stood up with the knife, then lifted up Tuoba Yu, and the two of them supported each other and walked out of the cave.

The people outside heard the movement in the dark cave and drew their bows. As soon as the two men came out of the cave, they immediately released their arrows.

After a short distance, a quarter of an hour passed before two figures staggered towards them. Some of them couldn't hold their breath and their arrows immediately flew out.

Just as he was about to shoot at that man, the others saw that someone was taking the credit and quickly followed suit.

But before the arrow was shot, the arrow that flew out before was shot down before it hit the target, and countless sword energy came from behind them.

The leader of the men in black reacted first and flew away from the place, escaping the attack.

Soon, the two groups of people were fighting together.

The man who shot down the arrow came to Tuoba Yu and the others, and then they saw clearly that it was Xiao Yu who had snatched Muling Pass from them that day.

Tuoba Qing's mind was spinning a thousand times, and it was quite complicated, but he knew that he didn't have to die here today.

He still has a chance to go back for revenge!

Xiao Yucheng saw the tragic situation of the two men and knew that they could not escape far now, so they did not stay here, but joined the battle group.

The leader of the men in black was quite powerful. In just a few breaths, he had wounded several of them.

After a fierce battle, more than half of the people Xiao Yucheng brought were lost, and the leader of the men in black actually escaped with a few people.

Xiao Yucheng looked at the two people slumped on the ground with a dark face and hatred.

I don’t have to stay up all night tonight, and I don’t have to go to the hospital tomorrow. I can just write in a down-to-earth manner. I’m happy!
Chapter completed!