The next day, just as dawned, Xie Ze, Li Ran and others set off for Qingcheng Mountain.

Master Jian has a gentleman's temper. This trip was not suitable for many people. Zhou E, Huo Wencan and others did not follow him. Only An Xiaorui led twenty or thirty people to follow the guards. Shang Dashang picked four or five people, dressed up in one dress and walked in front.

The group was very fast. Just after the beginning of Si, they arrived at the foot of the mountain, placed the horses and walked up the mountain.

Shangda's shopkeeper followed Xie Ze and Li Ran, walking along, introducing the surrounding scenery, as well as the nearby manors, which one belongs to which house, and also some gossip. While talking, the journey slowed down a lot.

After crossing the mountain, you can't see the villa. Occasionally, one or two are hidden among the green trees and rocks, a look that you don't want to see.

"From forward, it's the other courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Manager Shang Da pointed to the lush green in front and said with a smile:

"Jian Xiang is inconvenient in legs and feet. I heard that she doesn't like Qingcheng Mountain or this villa. She wanted it because Mrs. Jian Xiang liked it.

When Mrs. Jian Xiang was there, she would stay here for one or two months every summer.

After Mrs. Jian Xiang passed away, the two young masters and one room came and went in this villa.

The eldest son built several thatched huts in the back mountain. When Mrs. Jian Xiang was there, the eldest son accompanied him. Most of the time, he rested in the thatched huts in the back mountain. After Mrs. Jian Xiang passed away, the eldest son seemed to have never been there in this villa.

The second young master and his wife, the two young masters and a girl, both like this villa very much.

Every summer, the second young master's wife must take the girl to this villa for a month or two, just like Mrs. Jian Xiang back then.

The second young master told the two young masters that they were busy with official business, but they often came, but they came and went in a hurry."

"The location of the Jian Family Courtyard is almost necessary. Can you avoid it?" An Xiaoruiyuan, who was walking behind, looked at the Jian Family Courtyard and asked.

"Yes, I mean that's the same. Let's go here." Shang Da Shopkeeper responded with a smile, pointing to a stone staircase in the forest that was diagonally facing the other side.

Xie Ze held Li Ran's hand and looked at Li Ran with his head, "Are you tired?"

"It's okay." Li Ran replied with a smile.

Walking all the way from the foot of the mountain to here and climbing half of the mountain, Li Ran felt sweaty in her temples.

"Let's slow down, it's time." Xie Ze slowed down.

"Call a slider?" Shang Dashang hesitated and suggested.

"No, it's not far away." Li Ran shook her head.

When he was at the foot of the mountain, Shangda Manager said that Jian Mingrui walked to and from the back mountain, and the officials from Shu who were asking for instructions were also walking up and down, even the second young master from the Jian family courtyard was walking up and down.

Since there is this unwritten rule, it is best for her to give her enough respect.

When Shangda heard Li Ran say nothing, he didn't say anything more, but pointed to the quite distant waterfall in front of him and talked about some long-standing legends.

Bypassing the Jian family courtyard, An Xiaorui breathed a sigh of relief. Manager Shang Da pointed to a turning cliff in front and smiled: "If you turn that corner, you can see Master Jian's thatched cottage."

"It's almost here when I see it?" An Xiaorui asked with a smile.

"Go down to a small valley and then go up." As soon as the shopkeeper Shang Da finished speaking, the guide who was walking in front of him made a short warning whistle before he could finish blowing, and then several harsh sounds of swords and guns hitting each other hard.

Xie Ze protected Li Ran behind him, An Xiaorui drew his sword and issued an order, and the guards surrounded Xie Ze and Li Ran, while An Xiaorui stood in front with his sword.

The shopkeeper Shang Da held a long and narrow knife, held his body, and rushed towards the point where the sword and spear were clamored.

"Follow Manager Shang and rush forward!" Xie Ze pulled out the knife, looked at Li Ran who had pulled out the short sword, and signaled to her, "Come on with me."

Li Ran nodded and followed Xie Ze closely. Before he rushed far, he met the elite warrior covered in black cloth.

An Xiaorui was in front of Xie Ze, Shi Nan and Xi Qing were on the left and right guards on both sides of Xie Ze and Li Ran, Sang Zhi and the rest of the people were behind.

Li Ran looked at An Xiaorui facing two men in black who were rushing towards him. He lifted the long sword in his hand and slashed it horizontally. It seemed that it was not fast or slow. It was normal. He cut off one of the arms of a man in black holding the knife with one of the arms of the knife, and then picked up the neck of another man in black, and the knife squirted and slid over the neck of another man in black. The knife bleeded.

Li Ran narrowed her eyes and looked at the squirting blood, smelling the rich smell of blood coming to her face, and felt a moment of trance.

At this moment, she seemed to be in the battlefield of the past, with dull gunshots around her. After a blast, the bloody rain and flesh were poured down.

An Xiaorui raised his sword and slashed at another man in black. When Shi Nan and Xi Qing swung the long sword in their hands, Li Ran turned the short sword, cut the skirt, and tore the fine embroidered skirt outside, revealing the bright red trousers inside.

Xie Ze heard the sound of Ling Luo tearing open, looked back at Li Ran who was throwing her out skirt, and reached out to pull her closer to her, "I'm there."

"Yes." Li Ran threw away her skirt and held a knife and pressed it against Xie Ze.

The more than 30 people who were selected to follow this trip were the elite among the generals of the life, and there were a large number of men in black, but they were uneven.

When they rushed to the front, the most powerful wave was almost killed in one encounter.

An Xiao's sharp sword rose and fell again and killed the two of them. Looking at the second wave of people who were about ten steps away from the first wave, he hurriedly shouted "Be careful".

In fact, there is no need for An Xiaorui to remind you that the second wave of people is very different from the first wave of people, with a bloody smell that makes everyone familiar with.

Li Ran looked at the gap of more than ten steps between the first and second waves, and subconsciously remembered that when she was about to rush out when she was about to rush out and was pulled by the captain, the captain's contempt and arrogance: they had no ability to rush, but they had no ability, but they had a lot of heart to make contributions.

"Is it okay?" Xie Ze glanced at Li Ran.

"It's okay, it's like someone who got together for a while." Li Ran stared at the second wave of people rushing towards them.

"Those who were just now probably followed the servants and could only rely on their power. These people are not bad." Xie Ze looked around and smiled with Li Ran.

Among the second wave of people who are not bad, there are also uneven. After a short-term fight, less than half of the remaining people are left.

An Xiaorui looked relaxed, and stood in the middle holding a knife, occasionally dispatching one or two sentences.

"Leave a few more living things." Xie Ze put away his knife and gave an order.

Before Xie Ze spoke, the remaining dozen or twenty elite soldiers in black were no longer rushing forward, but retreating tacitly.

An Xiaorui carried the knife and directed everyone to surround him. Xie Ze pulled Li Ran and followed him. He had just chased after dozens of steps and the men in black who were rushing to withdraw, a fire rose in front of the men in black who had rushed to withdraw.

The flames rushed up high and fast, like a fire snake, extending rapidly from both sides to Xie Ze and the others.

Among the men in black, the few people who escaped in the front had already stepped on the flames, and the flames surrounded them almost immediately. Several human-shaped fire balls screamed and ran a few steps before falling to the ground.

The man in black behind quickly retreated and cursed, but couldn't hear what he was scolding.

An Xiaorui was panicked and hurriedly looked at Xie Ze.

"This is tung oil, let everyone run away from their own lives." Xie Zeyang ordered.

The fire was already rising high around, and the tongue of fire even licked the treetops. The smoke filled the surroundings, and there were extremely terrifying screams everywhere.

When the fire burns, it will spread freely. It will not follow the will of the fire, but it will only burn wherever it is, or not wherever it is not dense. However, it is definitely not in a few other courtyards, grass pavilions and Taoist temples, and it will soon be wrapped in the Xiongxiong fire.

It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the fairyland where birds were singing and flowers just now burned into a sea of ​​fire and hell.

Xie Ze pulled Li Ran and retreated quickly towards the way the flames had not yet spread. The rugged steps could not go up quickly, nor could it go down quickly. Seeing that the flames were about to roll up, Xie Ze hugged Li Ran, protected her as much as possible, and rolled down the mountain.

Shinan and others also rolled down the mountain with their heads in their arms.

Li Ran hugged Xie Ze and opened her hands to protect Xie Ze's neck and head. It was better than no protection.

The edges and corners of the stone steps, large and small rocks, sharp branches and shrubs hit the body and thorn on the body. From the sharp pain to the dull but dull pain, they fell into the cold flames in Li Ran's eyes without rolling.

If they are caught up by the flames, they will become a human-shaped charcoal in the blink of an eye.

Xie Ze held Li Ran and fell from a steep to almost upright stone step. Li Ran's legs hit a stone they had been standing and admired when they were going up the mountain. Li Ran almost screamed with a severe pain.

The blank space of the trees blocked the direction of the flames. The wildly curled flames stopped on the steps. Xie Ze hugged Li Ran and ran over the long flat section after the steep stone steps. He looked back at the flames that had not followed him again, breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at Li Ran who was sweating profusely in pain, "What's wrong with you?"

"My legs seemed to be broken." Li Ran pointed to her left leg. She knew what the pain of the broken bone was like. Her legs were broken.

Xie Ze followed Li Ran's finger and looked at him, "You can bear it, let's go to the foot of the mountain first."

"Yes." Li Ran put her head on Xie Ze's chest, closed her eyes, endured the severe pain of breaking her legs with rapid running, and focused her attention on the speed of Xie Ze's running, the feeling of falling, and the hot breath of death that was getting farther and farther away.

The steep stone steps were already very close to the foot of the mountain, and Xie Ze rushed to the foot of the mountain in one breath.

The servants who were originally staying at the foot of the mountain to guard the horses, saw the flames and smoke on the mountain, had already gathered at the entrance of the stone steps in panic. Seeing the messy hair and broken clothes, Xie Ze, who was covered in black smoke, rushed down with Li Ran, who was as embarrassed as him, screamed and rushed around.

The locust branch, who was left at the foot of the mountain, rushed in front. When Xie Ze saw him, he was not standing firmly, and he was just a series of orders:

"Speed ​​an arrow and dispatched Zhou E to help; the princess's leg was broken, and there were other wounded people. Go to the two of them and search for the doctor to the nearest place; spread and keep it, keep as far as you can, and take down those who escape down the mountain, as long as you are not ours, you can take down all the things you can!"

"Yes!" Huaizhi said one after another, and while he was raising a sound arrow, igniting it, the sound arrow exploded in the sky with a sharp whistle.

This raging fire can be seen throughout Chengdu City, and the crowds gathered from all directions. The defenders of Chengdu City and the soldiers guarding the Fire Tower in various towns at the foot of the mountain rushed over from all directions.

There were more and more people, and Huaizhi and others were no longer dispersing, gathering around Xie Ze and Li Ran, alerting the crowd around them.

Some people kept falling down or running down the mountain.

Li Ran sat on a wooden stake that she found from somewhere, trying to lay her broken left leg flat. Looking at the people rolling down from time to time on the mountain, thinking about Monk An Xiaorui, Shi Nan and others, she was almost unable to breathe.

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Zhou E got up early, circled around the di shop, looked around the stable, returned to the di shop yard, just sat down and talked to Wang Shi, drank two cups of tea, the guard on duty on the corner building poked out half of his body, waved his hand and shouted at her: "General Zhou! There is smoke over there, as if it is on fire!"

"Ah? Where? Prime Minister's Mansion?" Zhou E hurriedly put down her cup and stood up, and Wang Jing hurriedly stood up.

"No! Qingcheng Mountain!" The guard waved his hand while shouting, signaling Zhou E to go up and take a look.

When Zhou E heard the words Qingcheng Mountain, her face changed. She rushed to the bottom of the corner tower in a few steps, and rushed up one step or two steps.

Huo Wencan and Li Qingning were playing chess in the house. When they heard Qingcheng Mountain, they squeezed out together.

Zhou E rushed up the corner tower, stared at Qingcheng Mountain where the smoke was rising, and then took a look, turned around and rushed down.

When we were about to get downstairs, we met Huo Wencan and Li Qingning who were squeezing upwards, and pushed them away with one hand.

"You two look at me, I'll go and have a look!"

Before Huo Wencan and Li Qingning could react, Zhou E had already rushed into the yard, shouting at the top of her throat, and rushed towards the stable.

The guards who followed were all elite troops from Lao Yu's army. When Zhou E heard Zhou E's shout, they rushed out of the house with swords and swords. Those who lived on the second floor simply jumped down from the railings and rushed to the stables.

Huo Wencan was pushed by Zhou E and staggered. At least he stopped. Li Qingning sat on the ground and crawled a few times, but couldn't get up.
To be continued...