Valkyrie Returns

Chapter 34

Lu Bu brought only five hidden guards and rushed to Fufeng Maoling overnight. Maoling and Xiliang were not far away.

Since Zhang Liao came to Maoling, Ma Teng placed him in a post house in the city to rest, but he didn't see Ma Teng again for four or five days.In the dead of night, Zhang Liao couldn't sleep because of the weird wind and sand in Fufeng, so he simply went to the small courtyard of the post house to have a drink. As soon as he sat down at the stone table under the big locust tree in the courtyard, he faintly felt that someone was watching him. Zhang Liao was quite surprised. After all, he had been in Fufeng for so long. Although Ma Teng kept making excuses to put him aside, he still entertained him with good wine and food, and did not do anything special.If it is said that he wants to attack himself, this is Ma Teng's territory, and he didn't bring many soldiers here, let alone an assassination, even an open and aboveboard siege is full of opportunities.

Zhang Liao was secretly vigilant, but there was no extra expression on his face. He pretended to be ignorant and took out the wine bag from his waist.

"Wen Yuan, are you still carrying this wine bag?" The one who came was none other than Lu Bu who had just arrived, before he finished speaking, he jumped from a tall elm tree outside the courtyard to the stone table in a graceful manner.

"Master Hou, what happened in the city that made you come here overnight?" Zhang Liao's joy at seeing Lu Bu at the beginning was quickly suppressed by reason.Lu Bu smiled bitterly: "Wen Yuan, you are still so perceptive, you can't hide anything. Xiu Yuan and Mr. Jia decided to take action tonight to get rid of the rebels in the city. Chen Gong is very likely to be an insider, so I need your team to give them a surprise from outside the city. I wanted to have a few drinks with you before leaving, but leaving Xiuyuan alone in the city, I am really worried. A scrape or two will do the trick,"

"I have been in Maoling for almost ten days. Ma Teng has been unable to avoid me, but he has not taken any other actions. It should not be difficult to escape." Zhang Liao said nothing more, nodded to Lu Bu, and went straight to the courtyard Waking up the sleeping department will go. ,

Although the post house was located in the inner city, it was located in a remote location. Even though they made a lot of noise in forming an army, they didn't attract anyone's attention, and they left the city smoothly within half an hour.Lu Bu only wore a short coat close to his body, and the armor he usually wore on the battlefield was still left in his room in Xiliang City, so he randomly found a horse in the army to accompany Zhang Liao.

Although it was on the way of the rapid march, Zhang Liao's tense nerves gradually relaxed after he left Maoling City. He rarely talked with Lu Bu about the time when he served under Ding Feng's command: "Fengxian, Guo Si came to bring us that day. When Jinzhu came to look for you, if you hadn't insisted on letting us and Gao Shun be your generals, Grand Master Dong might have found an opportunity to kill him at will. I didn't expect that things are impermanent, and Gao Shun and I were waiting for you in the blink of an eye. I have been with Lord Hou for five years."

Seeing Zhang Liao talking about these old things suddenly, Lu Bu knew that he must have had a very unhappy few days in Maoling, so he immediately offered comfort: "What is Wen Yuan talking about? When we were in Jiuyuan County in the past, Xiu and I If it wasn't for you and Gao Shun who took care of me in many ways, I would have died in the chaos of the Xiongnu cavalry. My father only had my mother in his eyes. The city has already fallen into the hands of others. It's a pity that we and Xiuyuan were separated by accident at that time. Without him to advise and advise, we brothers had to live under the fence.

In that case, Dong thief sent someone to surrender, I had no room to refuse, and he was always suspicious, so I had no choice but to use Ding Yuan's head to win his trust.In fact, although Ding Yuan has no ambitions, he treated our brothers very well. Even now, when I think of this incident, I still feel sorry for him. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead and the Han Dynasty is in decline, you and I feel the sorrow of the death of a rabbit and a fox. Helpless, I only hope that this troubled world can end soon, and Xiuyuan's wish is forgotten. At that time, we will go back to the mountains and forests together, farm and hunt, and truly be a couple of gods and gods. "

Zhang Liao looked at the natural gentleness on Lu Bu's face calmly, sighed silently in his heart, and swallowed back the words on his lips bitterly.Suddenly, a strange wind blew past, and the yellow sand rose on the ground. Zhang Liao was about to organize the army, and some generals rushed to the front to report: "Your Majesty, there are yellow sands in the sky for ten miles in front of you. You can't tell the direction. Soldiers They are all trapped in the yellow sand formation, unable to move." Lu Bu put his toes on the horse's back and used light kung fu to fly forward, while Zhang Liao stayed where he was and counted the number of soldiers, and they didn't say much to each other. But full of tacit understanding.

Zhang Liao tried his best to look far away, and all he could see was rolling yellow sand, which was extremely weird.They didn't encounter such a bizarre sandstorm on the way to Fufeng, so he had to order the soldiers to stop at the spot to rest, pulling at the corners of their clothes.Not long after, Lu Bu came back with a few hidden guards: "I just went to the front to inquire, and found that it was not a sandstorm that trapped us. The yellow sand was only a few feet high, and there was no wind, so I wanted to force it. After breaking through, as soon as I got close to the edge of the wind and sand, I heard a lot of horseshoes outside, so I had to hurry back and discuss with you."

Zhang Liao got off his horse and poured the water in the water bag around his waist on the ground. The clear water flowed slowly downhill without being swept away by the yellow sand that covered the sky, and none of the sand fell to the ground. In the clear water, Zhang Liao looked at it confidently for a while, and soon became concerned: "I think this should be some kind of magic or supernatural power. Immortal Master Yu Ji often uses it. It is hard to guarantee that there is no such expert in the Fufeng tribe." , but it is still unclear why the person who cast the spell specifically targeted us. After all, we have stayed in Maoling City for so many days. If Ma Teng really wants to do something, he only needs to send people to surround the posthouse. Well, there is no need to make such a big detour, and set up doubts on our way back to the city."

"Wen Yuan means that there is another person who traps us?"

Zhang Liao nodded: "In Xiliang, it is impossible for ordinary bandits to do anything to us. Since it wasn't done by Fufeng people, it could only be people from the Cao Wei camp who did it. When I left the city, Gao Shun even deliberately The people who told me to be careful of Cao Wei said that even if they were trapped in the camp, they would have no way to get close to them, so the one who came this time must be Cao Cao's confidant, with such thorough protection, he is probably one of the most powerful figures in the entire camp of Cao Cao's counselors."

"When you were in Jiuyuan, didn't you also learn the Yili formation from Xiuyuan's father for a few days? Can you see something? We have been trapped here, even if we can get out, the soldiers are not so good Light function to get out from above."

"This weird yellow sand seems to have appeared out of nowhere, covering the moonlight to death. I am not as powerful as you, so I can't see the situation in the formation at all. I can barely see a vague shadow. As for the sound of horseshoes, I didn't even hear it at all," Zhang Liao shook his head, walking back and forth anxiously.

Just when Lu Bu and the others were at a loss, Xiu Yuan's Soul Condensing Jade hanging around Lu Bu's waist suddenly emitted a faint green light. Although the green light was faint, it just penetrated the yellow sand and faintly pointed out a direction. Zhang Liao quickly Spotting this green light, he hastily asked, "Fengxian, what kind of jade is this hanging on your waist? Why does it glow even in a different formation?"

After being reminded by Zhang Liao, Lu Bu also paid attention to the fluorescent light on his waist, carefully took off the soul-condensing jade and carefully identified it for a long time: "This should be the jade pendant that Xiu Yuan carried with him, even when he was sleeping, He also tied this on his wrist, maybe it's a magic weapon?"

Zhang Liao walked forward for a while following the green light emitted by the soul-condensing jade. The wind and sand really weakened a lot, and he immediately realized: "Fengxian, since you heard the sound of horseshoes not far away just now, why is this weird yellow Will the sand formation hurt Cao Wei's soldiers? It should be because of some kind of footwork. Fengxian, you have good eyesight. Take the jade pendant and lead the way. The soldiers and I will follow you and be on guard at any time. I don't think it will take long. We can get rid of this strange array."

Lu Bu felt the faint warmth coming from the jade pendant in his palm, and his mood became very complicated.At one moment he was delighted because Xiuyuan was able to predict the future, and at another moment he felt that he was only out to pass on a message, and he was very frustrated that Xiuyuan had to worry about such a small matter. It was only a few hours, but Lu Bu's desire to see him was stronger than ever.