Chapter 14: Going east to Luoyang

Hu Xiaotian held back his anger and begged: "Doctor, can you save people first? I can send you the remaining insufficient medical treatment money from Chang'an. As long as my wife is safe and sound, don't say 100 taels at that time, what's the point of giving you 1,000 taels!"

Dr. Ma flatly refused: "This clinic has fair transactions and will not be owed credit!"

Hu Xiaotian couldn't bear it anymore, and with a dragon roar, he pulled out the short sword in his arms.

Dr. Ma was startled and with agility and speed that was completely inconsistent with his fat figure, he hid behind the pillar and screamed: "Scholar, are you going to commit murder? If you dare to touch a hair of my hair, your wife will not be able to survive."

Hu Xiaotian was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and said with a forced smile: "Doctor Ma, you misunderstood. My sword is worth a thousand gold. How about mortgageing you for medical treatment? If you don't believe it, I can try the sword on the spot." As he waved his hand, the sword light flashed, and the Eight Immortals table was immediately broken into two pieces. He had something to ask for, so of course he would not act recklessly, but a little threat and intimidation was inevitable.

Dr. Ma was so scared that his face turned pale, and he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Sword is a fierce thing, I don't want it, I don't want it! There is a pawnshop in the town, so you can mortgage it to them."

Hu Xiaotian shook his sword gently and narrowed his eyes and said, "Then my wife's illness..."

Dr. Ma smiled and said, "Please don't worry, my son. I will prescribe the prescription and take medicine immediately, so that it will not delay the young lady's condition. But the medical treatment fee must not be lost. The medicinal materials are really too expensive."

Hu Xiaotian had no intention of bargaining with the other party and waved his hand and said, "Then please treat the disease first, I will go and pawn the sword immediately."

Dr. Ma kindly reminded: "When going out, turn right, walk about fifty steps, and the shop painted red at the door is the pawn shop."

Hu Xiaotian hurried to the pawnshop, handed over the sword, and proposed to mortgage 200 taels of silver. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper responsible for pawning and collecting the detention was straight and he made up his mistakes. In the end, he was willing to give out eighty taels of silver to collect the sword. Hu Xiaotian had no choice but to use blood in his heart, he could only agree to the consent.

Although Doctor Ma loves money, he finally has some real skills. He first used acupuncture to boost Li Xuan'er's spirit, and then used the power of medicine and stone to replenish his qi and blood, consolidate his roots, and eliminate wind and cold. After a while, Li Xuan'er's body temperature dropped slightly, and he had three more blood on his face, which was much better than the dying condition in the morning. Hu Xiaotian breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Doctor, why is my wife still unconscious?" Doctor Ma said, "The little lady has severe loss of energy, and it seems that there is another hidden disease in her body, even if she takes it on time.

The medicine takes several days to recover. The medicine I prescribed is enough for her to take for three days. After taking it, she will take the medicine according to the prescription until she recovers. "Hu Xiaotian took the prescription and saw the words "A hundred-year-old wild mountain ginseng" at first sight. He suddenly saw the words "A hundred-year-old wild mountain ginseng" and almost fell down on the spot. He calmed down and pointed to the prescription and said, "Doctor, do you have to get the hundred-year-old mountain ginseng?" Doctor Ma said with confidence: "Of course! This mountain ginseng is the main medicine, and it must not be missing. If it is replaced by the thousand-year-old ginseng in Northeast China, the medicine will be more effective."

Hu Xiaotian finally deeply felt the feeling of a hero who could not die a penny. With his current wealth, not to mention buying a wild mountain ginseng, buying a ginseng will be considered as God's eyes. Now that things have come, either turn to Chang'an and meet with Song Qian and others, all the problems will be solved; or they will rush to Luoyang and hand over Li Xuan'er to the disciples of Baiyun Sect to settle. Chang'an is near and Luoyang is far away, so it is logical to consider returning to Chang'an first. But Bai Dao group of heroes gathered in Chang'an and had a deep hatred for Li Xuan'er. Wouldn't they send sheep into the tiger's mouth when they go back? In addition, the King of Qin was furious, and the Chang'an city gates were intensified to investigate and interrogate. They were absolutely impossible to get into the city. After thinking about it, they had to go to Luoyang. Now they wrote a letter and asked Doctor Ma to send his servants to Song Qian in Chang'an to explain his situation clearly.

After leaving the clinic, Hu Xiaotian hired a carriage and asked the coachman to set off for Luoyang immediately. Li Xuan'er woke up several times on the way, but each time she woke up was short, and she was speechless in a daze and said nonsense that no one could understand. Most of the time she was in a coma, and she had to pry her teeth open and pour it in when taking the medicine. The next afternoon, the carriage passed by Huayin County and was getting closer and closer to Tongguan. After passing Tongguan, it was the boundary of Henan.

Tongguan is named after its proximity to the Tongshui River. It was called Taolinsai in ancient times. Because Tongguan is located at the Yellow River Ferry, it is the key to the Chang'an-Luoyang Post Road, which is the key to entering and exiting the Three Qins. It has become a must-pass place for the Western Regions and the Pass defense pass since the end of the Han Dynasty. It has always been a place that must be fought for by military strategists. It is known as "the first danger in the capital", "the throat of the four towns", and "the hundred and two gates". There are Qinling Mountains in the south of Tongguan; there are banned valleys in the south, and there are twelve cities in the south; there are Wei Rivers in the north, and the two rivers of Luohe River are coming down to the Yellow River, and close to Huayue in the west. The surrounding mountains are connected, with peaks and peaks, deep valleys and cliffs, and narrow roads. In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Qianhu Liutong rebuilt the city at the original site. In the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the city sign was added and the city walls were built according to the mountain direction, and later it was called Mingcheng.

Because the road is narrow, pedestrians, cars and horses need to be careful to avoid, and the speed of travel has been greatly reduced. After walking for a while, the carriage stopped. Hu Xiaotian felt strange and said loudly: "Uncle He, why don't you leave?" The coachman replied: "Young Master, someone set up a chronograph in front of you, so you need to wait patiently." Hu Xiaotian muttered in his heart. Seeing that Tongguan is close, how could the government suddenly add more checkpoints? He lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, and saw a group of knives more than a hundred steps away.

The man with a gun blocked the road, and looked like he was not a man in the government. They didn't care about the business trips from east to west, but they had to search and question them one by one. They were arrogant and if anyone dared to protest, they would raise their hands immediately. This caused the road to be blocked, and more than ten cars and more than a hundred business trips were gathered in front of them. Everyone was out, with the idea that it was better to have less than more things. No one came forward to make trouble and was honestly waiting for the test to pass.

Hu Xiaotian jumped out of the carriage, grabbed a merchant, and asked the group of men why they set up a chuck to check. The merchant couldn't tell the reason, but just listened to people's comments. The group's purpose seemed to be to find a young woman. It is said that she stole a precious treasure, and the owner refused to let her out of seclusion, so he sent someone to intercept her.

Hu Xiaotian was stunned. Could it be that they were looking for Li Xuan'er? Then he shook his head. Li Xuan'er offended the White Dao Sect, and that group of men were obviously gangsters, rude and fierce, and unscrupulous. Suddenly, his heart moved. Looking back on the experiences of the past two days and the scenes seen in the ancient temple, he almost burst into screams. It was Yan Jiu, and they were looking for Yan Jiu! Yan Jiu was alone, but he had to deal with the rounding of hundreds of gangsters. He had not been captured by the other party so far. It was an exception. The terrain of Tongguan was dangerous and was a must-pass place for entering the Central Plains east, so the gangster heroes set up another checkpoint to prevent Yan Jiu from escaping from Guanzhong. Since no one had seen Yan Jiu's true face and was afraid that she would change her clothes, every pedestrian who went east would have to search.

Hu Xiaotian jumped onto the frame, looked up, and focused on the single and thin business trips to see if anyone was suspicious. As expected, he immediately found a man in front of him looking left and right, looking both alert and anxious. The man saw that more than ten people were still on his turn to be searched, but he actually flashed out and took the initiative to give in.

Hu Xiaotian's eyes were sharp-eyed. He noticed that when the man stepped back, a cold light shone between his fingers, and he stroked the mules and horses waiting by the road, intentionally or unintentionally. The man was extremely alert and felt someone staring at him. His body suddenly stiffened, and he slowly turned his neck to look at Hu Xiaotian standing on a high place.

The eyes were facing each other and they knew each other.

Hu Xiaotian nodded slightly, leaned over and went back to the carriage, wrapped Li Xuan'er tightly, and jumped out of the carriage with her in his arms. The coachman was surprised: "Young master, aren't you going to take the car? There are still hundreds of miles to go to Luoyang." Hu Xiaotian smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle He, don't ask more. When the trouble starts, control your horse and don't let it run around." The coachman's eyes rolled and lowered his voice: "Are you saying someone is going to cause trouble?" Before Hu Xiaotian spoke, there was a loud bang in front of him, and several strong horses seemed to be bitten by snakes and insects, and suddenly became irritable. He shook his head and tail, and kicked his four hooves, and broke free from the shackles of his master and rushed forward violently.

Everyone was uproaring and screamed: "The horse is shocked! The horse is shocked!" They rushed to avoid the horse's hooves, and the originally neat team was in chaos.

Horses are sociable, and panic and frenzied emotions will be transmitted to each other. The horses sandwiched in the back of the team neighed and screamed, biting and kicking, and also lost control.

The group of men rushed over like crazy with their frightened horses, their eyes were blood red and their hooves flew. They were panicked and instinctively jumped to the high place to avoid being trampled to death by Ranma. Some of these horses were pulling the carriage, while others were pulling the carriage, rushing through each other, and the smoke and dust rolled over and was unstoppable. After all, the men were not fools. After thinking about it, they knew something was wrong. How could the horses be frightened for no reason? Who made the previous loud noise? One of them immediately took out the bamboo whistle and blew it desperately, while the others raised their swords and guns, rushed into the smoke and dust, shouting wildly: "Stop!" "Kill the scared horse, don't let her escape!"

"Drip!" "Drip!"

A sharp and rapid whistle spread, and shouts were everywhere from far and near. However, in the moment, seven or eight teams of underworld heroes rushed over, and at least two or three hundred people were shouting and whistling by.

A group of business travelers avoided the road, staring at the small eyes, and were silent.

After more than half an hour of disturbance, the heroes of the world finally disappeared. Not to mention the unlucky guys who lost property or were injured, Hu Xiaotian held Li Xuan'er and got back on the bus and ordered the driver to continue on the way. After hundreds of steps forward, he saw horses scattered by the roadside, and the goods scattered all over the ground. Fortunately, he did not see the corpse, probably Yan Jiu had escaped in the chaos. As for whether she could escape the pursuit one after another, it was unknown.

After passing Tongguan, she walked more than twenty miles more. When it became dark, she stayed at an inn on the roadside. Hu Xiaotian borrowed a clay pot, boiled the medicine juice, and fed Li Xuan'er to take it after a little cold. Li Xuan'er was still in poor spirits. She could only swallow some rice soup for two consecutive days, and she looked like she lost weight again. Fortunately, her high fever had subsided and her condition did not worsen for the time being. Hu Xiaotian thought that Li Xuan'er's medicine was only one day left, but she had four or five days left before Luoyang, so she was helpless. Could she go to rob the house and pretend to be a robber? Hu Xiaotian settled Li Xuan'er and sat half-sleep on the edge of her bed so that she could take care of her nearby. When she slept until midnight, a loud noise came from outside the inn. At the same time, there was a sound of shouting and a sound of gold and iron. I don't know which forces in the world were fighting and fighting in the wilderness.

All the businessmen and travelers in the inn woke up in shock and stood up to close the doors and windows.

Hu Xiaotian also woke up in shock and felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that Yan Jiu fell into a trap? I carefully distinguished the sound of fighting, as if it was not far from the post station. After hesitating for a while, he pushed open the rear window and flashed out like a raccoon cat. The post station was built in a valley, with its back against the rolling hills, and the sound of fighting came from behind the mountain. The night was deep, and the moonlight appeared and disappeared. The withered weeds spread to the top of the hillside. A few lonely short trees swayed in the wind, and no ghosts were left. Hu Xiaotian closed the window tightly, climbed to a high place in one breath, and looked to the other side of the mountain.

I saw a dry riverbed at the foot of the mountain. The terrain was quite open, and several masters were shouting and fighting fiercely. Both sides fought back and forth, and the scene was extremely hot. Dozens of other men were distributed around, holding torches in their hands to occupy the high places, illuminating the battlefield so that they could not hide.

Hu Xiaotian looked carefully and found that it was not Yan Jiu who was besieged, but Yan Ao!

Yan Ao wore a unique golden mask, which was very easy to identify. There was no semicolon in the world. But seeing his hair scattered, his left arm was covered with blood and flesh, and several broken crossbow arrows were inserted on his back. He was wearing black clothes and torn apart in many places. It was obvious that he had been fighting fiercely for days and was seriously injured. Yan Ao once tried to play tricks on all the heroes with a series of tricks, but his achievements were lost and his actions were exposed. He was still besieged by many masters, even though he was extremely skilled in martial arts.

He was also killed and fled in panic. In the past few days, he never rested and used all his skills to escape from the encirclement dozens of times. He thought that if he passed Tongguan, the sky would be wide, but he was unexpectedly ambushed. With Yan Ao's determination, he couldn't help but sigh that the times were not good, and the sky would be destroyed. Although the situation was critical, he was unwilling to restrain himself and tied up. He waved the iron ruler and slashed left and right. His moves became more ruthless, and he was very stance to fight for his life with his life.

If it were someone else, it would be impossible to resist the sect leader of the underworld's life-sacrificing his life to fight. However, the one who fought against Yan Ao head-on was Zeng Xiangjie, who was famous for his courage and good fighting! His iron fists spread out, and he was whirling and tit-for-tat with Yan Ao's iron ruler. When they collided, they made a clanging sound. Unlike Yan Ao, who was isolated and helpless, Zeng Xiangjie was full of energy and was at the peak. Every punch was full of strength, and it was fierce and fierce, making people feel blood rushing.

In addition to Zeng Xiangjie, three other people were responsible for restraining Yan Ao on the outside. They stepped forward and retreated, and shot out various hidden weapons from time to time, which was quite insidious.

Yan Ao fought hard, and the internal and external injuries that had not been healed occurred at the same time. He was forced to retreat step by step. Knowing that if the battle continued, he would die. He suddenly shouted: "Zeng Xiangjie, stop!"

Zeng Xiangjie laughed wildly and said, "Master Yan, do you think Zeng is your subordinate?" Not only did he keep fighting, but he bullied himself in front of him. His left fist turned into claws, turning his strong and fierce into feminine. He suddenly grabbed the other end of the iron ruler, turned his right fist into palm, and shot down hard towards the enemy's chest. He fought with Yan Ao several times, and always used a fierce and domineering move, which was worthy of the reputation of "courageous general". At this time, he suddenly used exquisite grasping techniques, which was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Yan Ao pulled the iron ruler hard with his right hand, and the iron ruler was not moved at all. Seeing the enemy's palm hit, he sighed inwardly, letting go of his palm to hit him. With a muffled sound, Yan Aoru was struck by lightning and took two steps back. Suddenly, the sword light flashed, and blood splashed out, but a master took the opportunity to take action and slashed him behind him. Zeng Xiangjie casually threw away the snatched iron ruler, and his palms were wrong, attacking like shadows, and he didn't give the opponent a chance to breathe.

Hu Xiaotian shouted in secret. Zeng Xiangjie was very delicate and good at capturing fighter jets. If anyone thinks he is a reckless warrior, he will suffer a lot in the end.

Yan Ao fought to the death and shouted, "Zeng Xiangjie, I think I am defeated, how about I willing to exchange my treasure map for my life?"

Zeng Xiangjie said coldly: "Yan Ao, what trick do you want to play? You have been doing a lot of tricks in the past two days, aren't you still tired of it?"

Yan Ao said quickly: "As long as you promise to let me go, I will present the holy objects of the Demon Cult with both hands immediately. If there is a word of false words, the sky will be hit by five thunder!"

Zeng Xiangjie said: "Nonsense! If you kill you, I can still get the treasure map."

Yan Ao shouted angrily: "Zeng Xiangjie, don't think Yan is already slaughtered by you. If you force me to do something urgent, I will die together!"

Zeng Xiangjie laughed and said, "Sect Master Yan, let's try it out, how to die with Zeng?"

At this moment, the wind sounded, and several black shadows flew across the sky and broke into the valley. The person in the head was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like cold stars, and there was a black beard under his jaw. There was a unique evil charm in his eyes, as if he had seen through the etiquette and rules of the world, and he was a bit unrestrained and arrogant. It was Huangfu Ji of Baiyun Sect. Huangfu Ji laughed loudly from afar, "Zeng Shen General, since the Qinglong Association has found the Ghost King, why are you stingy to notify us? Do you want to eat alone?"

Zeng Xiangjie's face changed slightly and he said sternly: "Do you get rid of him!"

Before he finished speaking, the three masters involved in the siege turned their wrists at the same time, and each showed a small steel crossbow, and raised their hands without thinking. Swoosh, the steel crossbow broke through the air and shot at Yan Ao's vital parts. The distance between the two sides was so close, and the strength of the crossbow arrows was so strong that Yan Ao might not have been able to escape, let alone when he was exhausted? Two muffled sounds, Yan Ao hit an arrow on his left waist and back, which made his moves slow down.

If a master fights, life and death are judged. How can you make any mistakes?

Zeng Xiangjie shouted loudly, and a palm printed on Yan Ao's chest. He immediately hit his ribs, his mouth was covered with blood, and his whole body flew backwards two feet away. At the verge of death, a strange color flashed in Yan Ao's eyes, and he suddenly took out an iron box, and threw it at Huangfu Ji with all his last strength.

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Chapter completed!