Chapter five hundred and thirteen: meet Liu Zhong again
next day
The weather today was particularly bad for Xu Qing. It was sunny and the sun was shining brightly in the sky.
Fortunately, autumn has already entered, and the wind blowing out is slightly cool, so the sunshine makes me feel warm when it shines on me.
But for Xu Qing, who needs to watch the road while riding a horse, it is not so friendly.
Why are you only unfriendly to Xu Qing?
Because Xiao Ruxue is riding with Xu Qing, she only needs to huddle in Xu Qing's arms and enjoy sunbathing with her eyes closed, without looking at the road.
At this time, Xiao Ruxue's horse was already being used to pull the luggage, even though the two of them combined only had so little luggage.
The little girl will enjoy it now.
But now Xiao Ruxue doesn't dare to camp outside. There are not only many mosquitoes in the wild, but they are also big and fierce. In addition to mosquitoes, there are also small bugs with many legs!
Toilet water doesn’t work anymore!
But sleeping in an inn was different. Xu Qing told her stories to coax her to sleep at night.
It's much more comfortable than camping outside.
…
Xu Qing also didn't expect that the little girl decided to go all the way west to unify the continent in order to verify whether there were really a bunch of small and shabby countries in the West.
The authenticity of the fairy tale world is guarded by the little girl!
Xu Qing was very glad that he didn't tell the little girl the story of the mermaid last night. If he had told it, wouldn't he immediately want to organize a fleet to go fishing?
However, if this wish of the Western Expedition comes true, and the books and articles travel in the same direction, the students a thousand years from now may have to thank Princess Yongle.
I will not be so lucky. I have nothing to do for money...ahem...I wrote a lot of poems for art. I don't know how many students want to dig up my own grave...
Xu Qing lowered his head and looked at the little girl who was leaning in his arms without speaking, so he asked: "What are you thinking about?"
Xiao Ruxue said: "Yesterday you told me the story of Sleeping Beauty, and now I feel something is wrong."
Xu Qing asked curiously: "What's wrong? Isn't it what you wanted? The hero and heroine must be together, and they ended up together."
Xiao Ruxue said: "The woman was sleeping soundly at home, and a stranger came in and broke into the house privately...Do the princes in their country like to be thieves?"
"..." Xu Qing didn't know how to explain.
Xiao Ruxue continued: "Then when I came in and saw the mistress sleeping at home, I kissed her. This is simply a slut! Even if you say you are a slut, I will definitely interrupt you if I see such a prince.
His legs!”
Xu Qing was stunned for a moment: "Is that what you think?"
Xiao Ruxue hummed: "Fortunately, the sleeping beauty woke up later. If he hadn't woken up, he wouldn't have known what the wretched prince was going to do next... It was like a human with a beast's heart... The small country to the west has such a level of education. Just think about it.
Li Yu, no wonder it is called a barbarian land by us, where did you read these stories?"
Xu Qing smiled awkwardly and said, "I used to have a storybook from the West at home."
Xu Qing now feels more and more that Xiao Ruxue has the appearance of an emperor, and is not a princess with the title of Yongle. There is some aura that cannot be hidden.
…
Xu Qing drove his horse and slowly came to a fork in the road. He lowered his head and looked at Xiao Ruxue and asked: "Look, there are two roads ahead. Should we take the big road or the small road?"
Without thinking, Xiao Ruxue stretched out her little finger and pointed to the tree-lined path aside: "Take the small road, take the small road. We have been walking on the main road all morning. Bandits and bandits on the main road don't dare to rob. It's so boring. Let's go now."
On the small road, we will go back to the main road to find an inn in the evening."
Xu Qing felt that what Xiao Ruxue said was very reasonable, so he rode his horse and walked towards the path.
The advantage of a small road is that it is closer than the main road, but the disadvantage is that it is more dangerous than the main road.
Of course, this disadvantage is actually an advantage for him and the little girl.
If a group of bandits can spring out at any time for them to rob, at least the journey will not be too boring.
The little girl rubbed her hands in anticipation.
…
Just as Xu Qing was riding forward, he suddenly saw a familiar caravan in front of him. However, these caravans had many more carriages and seemed to have more goods.
Obviously this is Liu Zhong's caravan. It seems that a lot of goods have been imported into Gu County?
Xu Qing was very curious. After learning the lesson from the last time, why did Liu Zhong still try to walk quickly on the small road?
Aren't you afraid of encountering bandits and robbers again?
Besides, he brought a very good-looking daughter with him this time.
Xu Qing looked at the sparse guards in the caravan in front and felt confused.
Didn't he say that he was temporarily staying in Gu County to recruit caravan guards?
Why does this look like there isn’t as much as there originally was?
Xiao Ruxue's ears twitched and she said: "Xu Qing, these carriages are not filled with goods, they are filled with people. I heard the heartbeats of many people."
Xu Qing was slightly startled when he heard this. Liu Zhong didn't look like he was in the human trafficking business. Why was there people in the carriage pulling goods?
Wait, the person who pulled...
Xu Qing looked at the extra carriages and seemed to suddenly understand something.
At this moment, the accompanying guards couldn't help but said with joy when they saw the two people riding horses from behind: "My benefactor, are they you?"
At this moment, the guard on the side patted the guard's head: "Those are the Marquis and the Princess. Have you forgotten what the lady told us last night? Watch your head."
At this moment, Liu Zhong and Chen Yong came over after hearing the commotion. Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue got off their horses and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, we meet again."
Liu Zhong and Chen Yong were walking quickly. When Liu Wanyan was about to bow down, she was stopped by Xu Qing and said: "These are all false names. Brother Liu, you don't have to be like this. We just think that we are people in the world who go to Liuzhou to participate in the martial arts conference."
, everything should be done in secret, as long as it is tacitly understood."
When Liu Zhong, Chen Yong and Liu Wanyan heard this, they had no choice but to give up saluting and instead used their original titles and asked: "Two benefactors, why did you take the small road?"
Xu Qing said: "There are too few robbers and bandits on the main road, and there is no business. I wonder why Brother Liu also takes the small road?"
Liu Chong smiled and said, "It's the same when you report back to your benefactor."
Xu Qing looked at Liu Zhong who was smiling and also smiled slightly, without saying a word.
The caravan continues on
The shadowy place on the hillside not far away
A dozen bandits looked at the caravan below, with longing in their eyes.
The leader of the knife-wielding bandit licked the blade and said: "Such a large caravan only brings this few guards? And it also brings two pretty young ladies. This is a door-to-door deal. It just so happens that the uncle is short of two.
I’m Mrs. Yazhai, you guys, come with me!”
After that, the leader rushed down first, followed closely by the bandits behind him.
Liu Zhong looked at the approaching bandits but he didn't panic at all. Not only did Liu Zhong not panic, but no one around him looked panicked at all.
The guard leader Chen Yong said: "Everyone, we are just passing through. I have ten taels of silver here for you to drink tea. Please let our caravan go."
The leader of the bandits smiled sinisterly and said: "It's only ten taels of silver? Are we begging for food? Since it's so shameless, young ladies, grab it from me! By the way, don't hurt those two ladies."
"
Just as the leader of the bandits finished speaking, four or five guard-like people holding long knives suddenly jumped out of each carriage behind the caravan.
There were dozens of people in total.
Facing the guards of dozens of people, the dozen bandits instantly looked extremely weak.
