"Say, what letter did you send?" Chen Wen frowned, pointing his sword at the orderly who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and yelled loudly, and the four bronze guards stared at him immediately.

The messenger had already broken his head, and kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy, his face was covered with blood, and his voice was trembling: "General Cai sent an order to the counties along the way, saying that your son Liu Qi is a bandit and wants to escape from Nanjun. He must be arrested and brought to justice. If he encounters resistance, Shoot to kill."

"What? There's no reason for that!" When Chen Wen heard this, he was so angry that blood rushed to his head. This Cai Mao is really abominable. He took in bandit Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and others, and even falsely accused Young Master Liu Qi of being a bandit. This is to tarnish the reputation of Young Master.

"Hero, spare your life. It's none of my...my business. I'm just passing... the order." Seeing Chen Wen's anger, the messenger was so frightened that he couldn't speak coherently.

Chen Wen asked coldly, "Where are the fast horses in front going?"

The messenger whispered, "It's going to Yiling, Yicheng, and Huarong counties."

"Are there any messengers coming from behind?"

"No, just six fast horses telling each other."

"Do you have customs clearance tokens and military orders?"

"Yes." With trembling hands, the messenger took out a few exquisite bronze medals and a few official documents of Ji Na Liu Qi stamped with the official seal of Cai Maonan County from the chest armor.

Chen Wen took the token and the official documents, glanced at them roughly, and there were two tokens of Dangyang and Jiangling among them. He put his mind at ease, sheathed his sword, and said, "Get up."

"Yes." The messenger shook his body, looking at Chen Wen and the four bronze guards in horror.

"My brother is dead, and I lost my badge and official documents. I don't think you can go back. I'm afraid General Cai won't let you go. I have a few taels of silver here. I'll run for my life. The farther away from Xiangyang, the better." Chen said. As Wen said, he reached into a small leather bag on the back of the horse and took out a handful of silver.

The messenger didn't dare to pick it up, so Chen Wen yelled again, "Take it, let's go." The messenger hurriedly took Chen Wen's handful of silver with both hands, put it in his pocket, and kowtowed to Chen Wen: "Thank you for not killing me, the hero!" Thank you." Leading the horse aside, he jumped on the horse and returned to the original road to escape in a hurry through another trail, for fear that Chen Wen and others would change their mind if they run too late.

The orderly didn't dare to return to Xiangyang City to report to Cai Mao, he galloped on horseback, the broken silver in his pocket jingled, the silver could be enough for the orderly to serve as a soldier for several years, the orderly thought that if he brought his wife and children Fleeing to another country to buy some land is still barely enough to make a living. It seems that these vicious men are not bad, and the eldest son Liu Qi is not a gangster as Cai Mao advertised. How can a gangster have such kind-hearted subordinates?

Chen Wen put away the badge and official documents, and ordered the four bronze men to strip off the official uniform of the messenger who had been stabbed under the horse and cut his intestines. He went to the ditch, cut off the reins of the fast horse the messenger was riding, and let him go. He slammed the horse's buttocks with his palm. The horse the messenger rode neighed and galloped towards the field path, becoming a wild horse without an owner.

After doing all this well, Chen Wen got on his horse and rode straight to Dangyang with the four bronze guards.

When Chen Wen arrived at Dangyang City, it was already time to light the lanterns. The city gates were closed, the suspension bridge hung high, two red lanterns hung high above the gate tower, and a row of city gate guards stood guard with guns in full armor.

"City guards, please open the city gate, the prefect General Cai has an urgent military order to convey." Chen Wen shouted at the top of his voice across the moat.

"There is a curfew in Dangyang, no one is allowed to enter the city, please enter the city at Ming Dynasty if you have something to do." The guard replied from the gate tower.

"I have a customs clearance token, and the official letter from General Cai, the prefect, must be handed over to the county magistrate urgently." Chen Wen secretly said that it is not good, the curfew is on, even if there is an official letter, it is not easy to enter the city.

"The county magistrate has an order to close the city under curfew, and no one is allowed to enter. If there is an urgent military situation, you can shoot the official document into the tower with an arrow, and we will definitely report it to the county magistrate." .

Chen Wen thought to himself, this magistrate of Dangyang County is really awesome. He closed the city with a curfew and sent letters into the city.

There is an official document, and there is no technical problem in shooting letters into the city.It's just that the official documents are shady. It was Cai Mao who framed Liu Qi and ordered Liu Qi's official documents to be collected. It seems that Dangyang's pass is not very easy. Chen Wen, who is known as Zhuge Kongming's wisdom, was also stumped. Will be at a loss.

Clearing the bronze medal is real, and there is no problem shooting into the city.However, official documents cannot be submitted to the county magistrate unless official documents are forged, but although official documents can be forged, it is not easy in a short period of time. Chen Wen thought that if he knew this, he should have prepared the official documents before heading to Jiangling. , There is no good way now, four or five people can't come to attack the city, we can only wait for Liu Qi to arrive.

At this time, the moonlight is like water.Chen Wen ordered the four bronze guards to dismount, sit on the ground in an open space in front of the city gate, draw out the bows and arrows on their backs, pretend to be binding letters, and work hard for half an hour without firing a single arrow. The guards didn't care, anyway, they were on duty all night, and they had plenty of time to accompany them.

Shaoqing, E Huan arrived on horseback, saw Chen Wen and the bronze guards were blocked outside the city, wondering: "Brother Wen, why don't you go into the city?"

Chen Wen said helplessly: "Dangyang City has a curfew, no entry is allowed without official documents, and the guards will not open the city gate. I have no choice but to wait here for the son to come."

E Huan looked at the wide moat and the high suspension bridge, and said angrily: "Then wait until the young master comes. If you don't open the city gate, kill a few of his guards to see if he can't open it."

Chen Wen looked at E Huan curiously and said, "General E, if they don't open the city gate, what can you do?"

E Huan patted the quiver on his back, and said cheerfully: "What else can I do, I have this, one shot is one shot."

"Oh." Chen Wen oh, looking at the bow and arrow on E Huan's shoulder, that bow is very strange, not too curved, shaped like a crescent moon, made like a century-old dead wood in the mountains, probably used by E Huan for hunting Family Bow and Arrow.

Chen Wen smiled: "General E, you must be good at archery, don't get angry for now, the young master will arrive soon."

There was a faint sound of horseshoes approaching from far away, it was Liu Qi's four carriages approaching Dangyang City in the moonlight.

Chen Wen and E Huan went to the intersection and waited. The four carriages arrived at the gate of the city. Seeing this, Liu Qi knew that Chen Wen had failed to enter Dangyang City, and asked, "Have the messengers entered the city?"

"Young Master, the messengers going to Dangyang and Jiangling have been stopped, and the tokens and official documents for customs clearance have been confiscated. It is indeed Cai Mao's work." Chen Wen said while taking out the tokens and documents from the small bag on his horse. The official document was passed to Liu Qi, and he briefly explained how he killed one and released another messenger on the way.

Under the moonlight, Liu Qi browsed through the official document, and couldn't help laughing. This Cai Hao is really a genius. His ability to point deer as horse and frame him is much better than that of Zhao Gao in the Qin Dynasty. He wanted to seek success in Xiangyang and fled everywhere. When encountering Liu Qi in all counties of Fannan County, he had to arrest the government. If Liu Qi resisted, he would be shot to death.

Although Chen Wen was angry, he was funny. He never thought that he would meet such a deadly enemy Cai Mao after crossing the Three Kingdoms. He chased and framed Liu Qi several times. If Liu Qi hadn't been lucky, he would have been tricked by Cai Mao. This Cai Mao didn't seem to put Liu Qi to death. I won't give up.

Cai Mao, Cai Mao, you treat me Liu Qi like this, never thought that one day, sooner or later, I, Liu Qi, can treat you like this?Don't do to others what you don't want to be done to others, don't you, Cai Mao, understand at all?Just wait and see... Chen Wenji hates Cai Mao, but it's just jealousy. The most important thing now is that the group of people are blocked under Dangyang City. If they can't enter the city, they can't go to Jiangling.If you can't go to Jiangling, you can't steal the best sword in the world, the King of Yue Goujian.

Seeing Liu Qi's gloomy face, Chen Wen quickly explained: "My lord, according to the city gate guards, due to the curfew at the city gate, even if you have a pass token, you can only enter the city during the daytime. They don't put up the drawbridge, but there is no other way. How about How about camping outside the city for one night, and then entering the city tomorrow?"

"Brother Wen, don't care about the curfew or not. There is no reason why the young master is not allowed to enter the city. The whole Jingzhou is the master's world. Whoever dares to stop the young master from entering the city is treason. Let me shoot and kill a few Soldier, how dare he not open the city gate?" E Huan angrily took down the old wooden bow from his back, bent the bow and set up an arrow, and was about to shoot.

"Slow down." Liu Qi blocked E Huan with his hands, and asked Liu Qi, "Curfew at the city gate is common, but it's not common to not let them pass through the customs clearance token. This Dangyang county magistrate is afraid of ordinary people, and Chen Wenke knows the county magistrate." who is it?"

Chen Wen thought for a while and said: "It is said that he is from Xiangxiang in Lingling. His surname is Jiang and his name is Wan. The county magistrate only happened in March and May, so I'm afraid Jiang Wan was timid and cautious, so there was a curfew at the city gates, and he was not allowed to enter the city even if he had a clearance token."

"You're talking about Jiang Wan and Jiang Gongyan?" Liu Qi was startled, he didn't expect that Jiang Wan, a famous minister of Shu Han, served as magistrate of Dangyang County, and Liu Qi forgot about it.Jiang Wan, who succeeded Zhuge Liang, was in charge of the state affairs of the Kingdom of Shu, but he was a world-class talent who once held up the sky of Adou Liu Chan, the queen master who could not be supported by mud.

Liu Qi learned from historical books that Jiang Wan in the later period of the Shu Han made bold strategic reforms, replacing Zhuge Liang's "defense with offense" with "defense and counter-offensive" to carry out strategic layout, secluded the people, and greatly enhanced the national power of the Shu Han , just when Jiang Wan wanted to make great achievements, but was jealous of the talents, Jiang Wan unfortunately died of a sudden illness, which hastened the demise of the Shu Han.

Jiang Wan's defense of the city must be ordered and prohibited. I'm afraid no one can explain it. It seems that Liu Qi is going to stay outside the city overnight.Liu Qi knew what kind of talent Jiang Wan was, he could easily rule a country, let alone a small Dangyang?However, if he took this opportunity to make friends with Jiang Wan, wouldn't Liu Qi's base camp have another good minister who governed the country?

"My lord, why are you frightened? Isn't Jiang Wan just a little county magistrate? What are you afraid of him?" Seeing Liu Qi's surprised look, E Huan drew his bow again.

"Slow down." Liu Qi yelled at E Huan. If E Huan shot the guard of Dangyang City Gate to death with one arrow, he would have a grudge with Jiang Wan. I'm afraid it would be impossible to make friends with Jiang Wan.

"Young master, do you want to get acquainted with County Magistrate Jiang?" Chen Wencha's ability to look at people's faces is really not covered up. Liu Qi's thoughts can never be hidden from Chen Wen's discerning eyes. Whether he didn't want to offend the magistrate of Dangyang County, or wanted to make friends with Jiang Wan, Chen Wen knew that the eldest son Liu Qi was not a person who dared not kill, and the nearly three hundred corpses buried in the large tomb dug at Hutoushan Tomb Mound were proof.

Liu Qi smiled strangely at Chen Wen, but did not answer, and told E Huan: "Pull the bow and arrow, and listen to my orders at any time. If you tell you to shoot, you can shoot. You are only allowed to shoot the helmet of the pawn, and you can't hurt his life, you know?"

E Huan said in a rough voice, full of confidence: "Young master, it's no problem. If I want to shoot a running leopard, I can shoot it in the head, and I can shoot it in the thigh. Take a shot."

Chen Wen measured the distance to the lower tower with his eyes, he was a little overwhelmed, and reminded: "General E is good at archery, but the tower is [-] paces away. Even if the general can penetrate Yang with [-] paces, how can he shoot the helmet with [-] paces?"

"Brother Wen, don't you believe me, I can really pierce Yang with [-] steps, I'll shoot an arrow first and you see." E Huan couldn't help but take a few steps forward, aiming at the tower, and swishing a shot The arrows shot down the high-hanging lanterns on the tower, and then the guards shouted from the tower: "Why are you shooting the lanterns with empty arrows? Did the official forget to tie the arrows?"

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