Guo Guan agrees with the first half of the sentence.
He had known who the person behind the world study was for a long time, so he had been paying attention to every move of Lianfeng Academy and would not miss any movement every day.
But in the second half of the sentence, "Putting him at the table of distinguished guests means placing him in a place of bright light. If you want to kill him, a crossbow is enough."
And, judging from Hou Rui's description, although Shen Lie is not in Hengxiang now, he is already on the road.
Previously, Zhao Ning and Shen Shu had made it difficult for them to let go.
Now add A Li and Shen Lie, and the sacrifice in June this summer may not go well.
Several gentlemen continued to discuss whether to go or not, but Guo Guan no longer paid attention to their problems.
Whether to go or not was no longer within the scope of his thinking. He had to find that person as soon as possible and then escape unscathed and leave Dongping Academy.
Guo Guan's eyes fell on the paperweight.
This is a stone ruler, inlaid with pine and bamboo, decorated with jade, and with a finely carved plum blossom in the lower left corner.
Guo Guan picked it up and gently rubbed the plum branches on it with his thumb.
We still have to start from Nianhuazhai, or start directly with Qu Xiling.
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The clear spring is gurgling and the sun is shining brightly. From time to time there are groups of fat fish in the water, sliding away from the smooth and clear rocks.
Xia Zhaoyi knelt on one knee on the shore stone, with a long bandage in his hand wrapped around his left palm.
After tying a simple and neat knot, I pulled it with my right hand and the bandage broke.
There were footsteps behind her and she turned around, it was Zhan Ning.
"Second Miss." Zhan Ning walked over quickly with a piece of food in her hand.
The food we eat is very simple, dry food and fish soup.
The river stone was hot from the sun. Zhan Ning reached out to touch it, gave up the idea of sitting on it, looked at Xia Zhaoyi who was slowly chewing dry food, and said: "Second Miss, your left hand is injured?"
Xia Zhaoyi lowered his eyes and smiled lightly: "There are some scratches on the skin, so wrap them with a bandage first to prevent problems before they happen."
Zhan Ning nodded, looked at the fish swimming in the water, and said: "Wow, there are actually so many. Liang Dechang and the others said just now that there are many fish, but I still don't believe it. Hey, Second Miss, why don't you catch a few and take them away with you when you catch up with Shen Lang?" Would you please give them a pot too?"
"Not to mention that by the time we catch up with them, we may have already reached Hengxiang. Even these fish may not be rare to them."
"Who dares to say that it's not unusual for the second young lady to catch fish with her own hands?" Zhan Ning said proudly.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and looked towards the river: "Maybe we don't care about it anymore."
Three days ago, Xia Xingming suffered an emergency. There were not enough medicinal herbs in the field and he needed to find a medical clinic. Xia Zhaoyi took him to the city.
As the study of death was about to begin, the situation of Hengxiang was bound to be serious, so she asked Shen Lie to lead the Xia family army to Hengxiang first, and their urgent march separated in Kuozhou.
Now, there are only twenty people, including Zhan Ning, setting off for Hengxiang with Xia Zhaoyi.
The so-called rush march, sleep time, rest time, and eating time were all greatly reduced, and they still traveled long distances, crossing five major states and provinces. Xia Xingming was too old and could not keep up with the younger generation, so he struggled to support himself. Only when he finally fell from his horse did Xia Zhaoyi realize that he was so seriously ill.
In addition to feeling guilty and upset, Xia Zhaoyi firmly refused to take Xia Xingming with him again, so he ordered the two lieutenants around Xia Xingming, Xia Zhi and Yan Haiqi, to bring fifty people to escort Xia Xingming to Tanzhou first.
After finishing this meal, she and the twenty men around her will embark on the road to Hengxiang again.
But it is definitely impossible to catch up with Shen Lie.
"Second Miss!" Xia Songyue's voice suddenly came.
Xia Zhaoyi and Zhan Ning looked back.
Xia Songyue trotted to the front: "We found a large number of soldiers and horses five miles ahead, heading north!"
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Xia Zhaoyi put down the fish soup: "Let's go and have a look."
Seeing soldiers and horses in Kuozhou is not a new thing, because Fengyuan Mouye is located in the southeast.
Along the way, they encountered Yun Bozhong's troops several times. Fortunately, the Xia Family Army's scouts had been keeping an eye on the five-mile area centered on them, so every time they encountered them, they would avoid them in advance.
The current army of soldiers and horses is not Yun Bozhong's soldiers, nor does it belong to any of Tian Dayao's armies.
At least, when she saw the eight military envoys meeting in Congxin Mansion in Youzhou, the military-made armors of those eight armies were all different from the armor styles of this army.
She hasn't seen it.
"They are heading north," Zhan Ning looked at Xia Zhaoyi, "Second Miss, are they aiming for Hengxiang?"
Xia Zhaoyi was not sure, so she didn't answer.
She raised her eyes and looked around. Although the battle in Mouye was between Yun Bozhong, Song Zhiyi, and Tian Dayao, there were still two major forces very close to this place.
One is Jiao Jinhu and Chen Zibao from Yanzhou, and the other is Ying Jinliang who is crossing the river together.
But do these two dare to go to Xiangxiang at this time?
The troops and horses were mighty from south to north.
Xia Zhaoyi and the others were hiding on the cliff, unable to see the end or the end at a glance.
Preliminary estimates indicate that these troops number at least 30,000, which is considered to be the size of a large army.
"Thirty thousand people are unlikely to be able to move in a hurry. They will definitely set up camp and stop to rest," Xia Zhaoyi said in a deep voice, "We will stay until nightfall and we will capture two of them alive."
"Um!"
As a result, we followed them all the way until nightfall, and they were still marching.
It was true that they could not move in a hurry, but they did not rest for a moment. After leaving Kuozhou, the army kept going north.
When it was time to Yin, Xia Zhaoyi didn't want to follow anymore. The speed was too slow. She ordered a half-hour rest and left three more people here to continue following. The rest followed her to rush to Hengxiang.
Today is another sunny day. The sun emerges from the clouds on time. The morning light spreads out. The undulating peaks on the ground line are the first to wake up in the rich and light colors.
Tu Xiaoxi opened her eyes amid a burst of crying. She looked confusedly at the darkness around her and the pale white light on the edge of the window. After a while, she found that the cry was from Feng Anan outside the other wall.
After only eating one bowl of rice for several days, Tu Xiaoxi got up weakly and walked towards the mud wall on the opposite side.
Feng Anan kept crying, and it seemed that the more she cried, the sadder she became. Suddenly she opened her mouth wide and began to howl.
This is, I can't hold it any longer.
Tu Xiaoxi pursed his pale lips and lowered his eyes.
The crying finally alerted the handymen, and someone came shouting. Through the door and window, Tu Xiaoxi heard someone cracking a whip while walking.
She had not heard the sound of whips during this period, and she thought these people would not use violence against them. However, the scene that happened outside last night almost defeated her.
The girl who was said to be the first to arrive was beaten by three or four men outside...
The screams came, like a knife cutting into Tu Xiaoxi's body.
Where they took the girl in the end is unknown.
That girl, her voice was hoarse from crying, her breath was weak from crying, Tu Xiaoxi couldn't get out, but he seemed to be able to see her appearance.
Like a lifeless piece of pork, limp and helpless, looking at the world in despair.
Now, the scolding and whipping sounds were getting closer and closer, and Feng Anan's crying stopped.
Feng Anan looked towards the door and window, shrank his hands and feet tremblingly towards the innermost corner.
Just when Feng An'an's door was about to be opened, Tu Xiaoxi clenched his fists and suddenly rushed towards the door. He raised his hand and slapped the wooden door of the miscellaneous room: "I have figured it out, I am willing, I am willing!"
