The atmosphere seemed to become even more tense. Li Xiuheng urged everyone to get up quickly. Xiao Rong held onto the tree trunk, pretending he hadn't heard anything. Li Xiuheng walked over angrily. Zhuang Weizhi had his back to him. He wanted to help Xiao Rong. Xiao Rong watched Li Xiuheng getting closer and closer, but not too close. He immediately made a horrified expression and quickly said, "Be careful!"
Zhuang Weizi was already on high alert, and when he heard that, he drew his sword without a second thought and slashed behind him.
Li Xiuheng jumped back reflexively and drew his weapon.
The weapons have been drawn, so why waste time talking? What's more, Xiao Rong was right. If Zhuang Weizi was alive, he would only share the credit with him. Now that Xiao Rong had been tied up and brought out by him, he was of no use to him anymore.
The two sides started fighting as soon as they disagreed, and Xiao Rong quickly hid behind a tree. Six against one, Zhuang Weizhi's skills were just so-so, and Xiao Rong knew without even looking that he would be the loser.
So, people should not be too immoral.
If Zhuang Weizi had merely defected and had not taken Li Xiuheng and the Xianbei people with him, he might have been able to persuade a few of his subordinates to flee with him, and his choices would not have been so limited that he could only follow Li Xiuheng in a panic.
The sounds of fighting gradually stopped. Xiao Rong was still holding onto the tree trunk, but he was trembling with fear.
Li Xiuheng walked up to him with a knife in hand. Before he could say anything, Xiao Rong collapsed and yelled, "Don't kill me! You can ask me to do anything, but don't kill me..."
Li Xiuheng snorted coldly, put away his knife, asked one of his subordinates to pick up Xiao Rong, and then continued on his way.
It was very satisfying when killing people, but after he was done, Li Xiuheng remembered that the person who led the way was gone.
However, we have already left Yanmen County, and it’s not that difficult to just go south.
Xiao Rong changed the horse to sit on, but the shaking still made him feel like vomiting, and his thighs were probably rubbed raw.
The saddle has only been around for a short time. Nowadays, some people are used to sitting on the saddle, while others are used to riding directly on the horse's back. People like Li Xiuheng just ride directly, which makes Xiao Rong miserable.
But Xiao Rong was physically disabled but mentally strong, and nothing could disturb his regular conversation: "Where are you taking me, Nanyong?" No one paid any attention to him.
"But I remember that you have been to all the forces in Nanyong, big or small, that you could go to. King Zhenbei said that you had nowhere else to go, so you turned to Qingfeng Sect."
Veins bulged on Li Xiuheng's forehead, but because he was in a hurry, he ignored him.
Xiao Rong went over the forces in Nanyong in his mind. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. "I understand. You want to seek refuge with the governor of Jianning, Huang Yanjiong!"
In the future, Huang Yanjiong will be powerful enough to wipe out Qu Yunmie's entire clan, but at present, he is just a small governor in a remote area.
Huang Yanjiong and Qu Yunmie did not meet each other until they became famous. They knew each other long before they were both unknown.
Ten years ago, after Qu Yunmie fled with the remnants of his troops, he also went to Nanyong. Because he only had soldiers but no food, he could not afford to support so many people. In order to survive, he could only rely on others.
The person he chose was the then Lujiang prefect, Huang Yanqin.
Huang Yanqin is Huang Yanjiong's elder brother. Compared with his younger brother, Huang Yanqin is known for his benevolence and righteousness, and he is particularly supportive of the imperial court. He was a successful person at that time. He took in Qu Yunmie and was quite optimistic about Qu Yunmie, overshadowing his younger brother at one point.
But Huang Yanjiong was not as magnanimous as his brother. He targeted Qu Yunmie and the remnants of the Zhenbei Army he brought with him, causing Qu Yunmie to suffer a lot. On the one hand, Qu Yunmie still wanted to take revenge, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to protect the corrupt court, so he left in less than a year.
Before leaving, Qu Yunmie refused the imperial court's military order, took away a large amount of food and fodder, and fought a battle with the Nanyong army. He defeated the larger force with a smaller one, leaving Nanyong humiliated.
The court of Nanyong was unhappy, so Huang Yanqin, the mentor, naturally suffered the consequences. His military power was taken away, and his position as prefect was removed. He became depressed and died in his own home three years later.
But the Huang family is a noble family. If Huang Yanqin is removed, his younger brother will take over. However, the difference between Lujiang and Jianning, one is prosperous and the other is desolate, is quite big.
Huang Yanjiong didn't like Qu Yunmie in the first place, and now he regarded him as a thorn in his side. However, at this moment, he was still relatively rational. He knew that he didn't have the strength to fight Qu Yunmie, so he had been hiding in Jianning County and developing himself in a cowardly manner. ...
Even if Xiao Rong guessed their purpose, Li Xiuheng remained calm. In his opinion, Xiao Rong was just a burden who could not cause any trouble and could not be lost.
Xiao Rong had a look of enlightenment on his face. He finally knew the reason for his high fever.
Li Xiuheng was not the reason, nor was Zhuang Weizi’s defection. The real reason was that Zhuang Weizi went to Huang Yanjiong and provided more information about Qu Yunmie.
Nowadays, outsiders still think that Huang Yanjiong is an insignificant little governor, but only Xiao Rong knows that he has accumulated a lot of soldiers and food, and can start a rebellion at any time.
However, he needed an opportunity. In this era where morality was everything, no matter who wanted to rebel, they had to come up with an absolutely legitimate reason. …
The sun came out. It was about one quarter past the hour of Si. It had been six hours since Xiao Rong was kidnapped.
Xiao Rong sat on the horse, thinking about what excuse he could find to make them stop, and at this moment, Xiao Rong suddenly moved his ears.
He seemed to hear some kind of sound, rumbling, like an avalanche. ... Where did the snow come from on the official road?
Just as he was wondering, the man carrying him shouted loudly: "General, the pursuers are catching up!"
Li Xiuheng was very shocked. He actually caught up with him?
“How many people are there?!”
To Xiao Rong, it was just a rumbling sound, but this man could hear more information, and the more he listened, the paler his face became: "Five hundred... no, one thousand... General, it seems there are three thousand people, and they are all heavy cavalry!"
Li Xiuheng: “…………”
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