Chapter 256: Passing by
Whoa!
A moment.
All the officers took out their sabers from their waists, and Ning Feng rounded the long knife in his hand. Hundreds of pairs of eyes stared intently at the brown BMW, which was getting closer and closer and could move as fast as lightning.
Ning Feng's tiger eyes flashed with light, and he reminded Zhou Jingxian: "This is a thousand-mile horse, and the one who comes here must be an extraordinary person."
"Handle with caution."
Zhou Jingxian saw that the opponent was empty-handed. It didn't look like an enemy attack, but like he was rushing through the night. She didn't dare to relax, for fear that the raid outside Lai'an County would happen again. Among the eleven carts of tobacco seeds by the river, no matter which cart had
Damaging her would be more painful than killing her.
As long as the other party makes any changes, she would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!
"drive!"
"drive!"
The closer you get, the more you can feel the pressure brought by the brown thousand-mile horse.
Zhou Jingxian used the bright moonlight to see the brown hair undulating as it ran under the moonlight, and her eyes fell on the brocade on the horse's forehead.
The python pattern on it is clearly visible, and a large "Jin" character can be clearly seen in the middle of the pattern.
Are they from the Jin Palace?!
"drive!"
Jia Chu on the horse also recognized Zhou Jingxian from a long distance away.
We haven't seen her for many days. Zhou Jingxian, who used to be low-key and low-key, was like a star holding the moon, surrounded by everyone, all waiting for her to give orders.
Jia Chu moved the bamboo hat used to block the wind, sand and drizzle, and covered half of his face with a towel with one hand.
Since his identity as a servant of Prince Jin's palace is easy to pass, there is no harm in exposing it, but he is a secret guard of the palace and often does dirty work. For example, Zhou Jingxian's cousin's death was caused by him, so he cannot reveal his true identity in front of the enemy.
In order to prevent Princess Xian, who now has a rank, from drawing a sword against her, her death may be in vain.
Jiachu deliberately bypassed the river, headed south ten feet, and advanced in a roundabout way.
His move was tantamount to declaring that he had no hostility. In addition, he was empty-handed and did not pose a big long-range threat. After Ning Feng and others understood that this was just a passerby, they waited until the figure of Jiachu and the horse disappeared.
Within sight, he put away the knife.
Ning Feng looked at Zhou Jingxian, but saw that she was still staring at the invisible back with vigilance, and was secretly impressed.
As expected of Princess Xian, she is indeed serious and responsible. Even after the horse has run so far, she still keeps an eye on it.
"Princess Xian, shall we camp here to rest tonight?"
he asked.
Ning Feng admired Zhou Jingxian, a girl who was so nervous all the time and even riding a horse to accompany her.
Originally, when Zhou Jingxian stopped, she was planning to set up camp and rest until early tomorrow morning before setting off on the road.
Unexpectedly, he met Jiachu and headed to Jinling.
Did King Jin specially send someone to ask Zhou An to return to the capital?
But Zhou An has already...
"After walking for another hour, choose a place with a wide view to rest. Thank you for your hard work."
In order to arrive in the capital an hour earlier, Zhou Jingxian let Grandpa Huang know the ins and outs of the tobacco seeds an hour earlier.
In this way, as long as the Emperor's grandfather is distracted before the news of Zhou An's death is confirmed and spread to the capital, the sadness that Zhou An's death will bring to the Emperor's grandfather will not be so great.
She knew it was inappropriate to plot against Grandpa Huang like this, but she really didn't want Grandpa Huang to feel sad for a grandson who was not loyal to Daxing.
"Let's start the journey and walk another twenty miles. The front is next to the border of Luohe Road. There may be thieves running around. Please be careful."
Ning Feng had no objection to moving forward.
Even though he has been semi-idle for twenty years, this kind of schedule, which is not as intense as his military career, is still very easy for him.
The convoy headed west again for less than ten miles.
There was a "rumbling" vibration on the ground.
Zhou Jingxian was stunned for a moment and was shocked.
"alert!"
At least there were nearly a hundred people coming to this news!
Moreover, they were all the sounds of riding horses carrying heavy objects, indicating that most of the people on the horses were strong men.
No carelessness!
"Ahead are the convoys of Princess Xian and Colonel Ning? I, Xu Jidao, have been ordered by Governor Su to escort you all to escort tobacco seeds into Luohe Road. After handing over with Governor Han of Luohe Road, let them
Officers and soldiers will continue to escort you on your way."
Zhou Jingxian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xu Jidao leading hundreds of officers and soldiers, and she hurried forward to greet them.
"Princess Xian."
Xu Jidao bowed and saluted.
Faced with this low-level official's salute to a high-level princess, she would have accepted it with peace of mind if it had been anyone else, but the other person was the Poet King Xu Jidao, and Zhou Jingxian was still a little uncomfortable with it, so she could only give him a blessing.
Show respect.
"It's time for Governor Xu."
"It's my duty, that's right. It just so happens that the carriage I usually use for traveling is right behind me. Why don't you, Princess Xian, go and rest for a while?"
Facing Xu Jidao's concern, Zhou Jingxian waved her hand, indicating that it was no longer necessary.
Although she is born as a girl, she is definitely no worse than a man in terms of physical fitness.
"If Principal Ning and the others can hold on, I can hold on to the end."
Zhou Jingxian said it very eloquently.
Xu Jidao nodded appreciatively and stopped inviting him, instructing Yu Ling to guard around the convoy and continue on the road.
There is indeed a gang of thieves near Luohe Road. The news has been revealed by someone who is interested. It is rumored that Princess Xian sent a convoy to escort 10,000 bottles of perfume to Jing'an City.
Ten thousand bottles of perfume in Luohe are worth one million taels of silver.
This rich amount of money attracted the attention of many thieves.
only.
After learning that all eighty-two killers in Lai'an County were buried in the flames, and that Xu Jidao personally guarded them, Zhou Jingxian personally escorted them, and Deputy General Ning Fengning, who was famous in the pass, was also the protector. The governor of Luohe Road even missed the night to hand over the murders.
In such a big battle, unless those thieves intend to rebel against Daxing, who would dare to rob this road?
The convoy traveled for an hour, and after arriving at Luohe Road, they camped and rested.
It was calm all night, until the next morning when it was dark, we drove quickly towards the northwest again.
morning.
When the first ray of sunshine shines into An County, a county with a permanent population of less than 30,000, people are awakened to a new day in the smoke of fireworks.
Downstairs in the North City, the mute guard's cracked lips were trembling, his face was pale, and his eyes were red, but his eyes were still staring sharply at every passer-by riding a horse into the city, for fear of looking at someone by mistake and losing the relationship with Jin.
The possibility of final contact with the palace.
It may be that the interrogations in An County have become more and more strict in recent days. Today, there were only a few people queuing up outside the city gate to enter the city.
The mute guard crawled into the cave, grabbed a handful of weeds and stuffed them into his mouth.
He had not eaten enough for many days, and now he could only maintain his physical strength by gnawing on weeds or taking a bite of fresh meat from the wild dogs that wanted to collect his body.
The closer you get to the entrance of the cave, the more you can smell the aroma of meat coming from the city.
This seems to be the meat buns made by the Li family bun shop next to the entrance of the building.
The proprietress of Li's Steamed Bun Shop is kind-hearted. When she closed the stall the night before yesterday, she put two warm steamed buns into his hand, saying they were leftovers. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to survive these two nights without stray dogs.
day.
"I haven't heard of it. Many charred corpses have crawled out from the mass graves. No one dares to go there now."
"Whatever crawled out, it was dragged out by wild dogs. By the way, have you heard that today Magistrate Jiang ordered that the masterminds behind the robbery should be paraded through the streets?"
Chapter completed!