Xia Xun, Xin Lei, and Fei Hewei came out of Zhou Laohu's house, and there was one less person behind them.【】
Another guard, Yu Miyuan, was also generously sent away by Xia Xun. Zhou Laohu was overjoyed to find a treasure and was making preparations for his grandson's daughter Cao's wedding.
Xia Xun coughed and said: "When we came out, we were originally looking for someone, but we didn't find anyone. Instead, two people were snatched away. If we continue walking, I'm afraid you two will also..."
Fei Hewei said quickly: "Don't worry, Duke, we are both married."
Xin Lei said: "Yes, Duke, shall we continue to search?"
Xia Xun shook his head and said: "She is like a frightened bird now, how could she stay in any house?"
Xia Xun thought for a while and then said: "Her horse is still here, and she will definitely come back to get it. Come, take our horse away to a shady place at the entrance of the alley somewhere, rest and wait.
Come and wait for the rabbit!"
The horses of Zhu Lang and Yu Miyuan have been led to the Zhou and Zhao families. The three of them led their own horses and walked to an alley diagonally across the street. They chatted about the ridiculous thing just now and poked their heads around.
As he was watching, he suddenly saw a group of people suddenly appear on the street, including men and women, old and young, chattering and gesticulating. They looked excited and had no idea what they were talking about.
Xia Xun suddenly came to his senses and said hurriedly: "What you and the others did, could it be that they discovered the traces of Miss Sakura and thought she was a thief?"
As soon as he said this, the group of people rushed towards their hiding place. At the same time, many people gathered on the roads extending in all directions, especially the old and frail father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Yu's shaky body was still running so fast, which was really frightening.
Fei Hewei wondered: "Why are they coming after us?"
At this time, the fastest runner had already rushed in front of him. Looking up and down, he recognized Xia Xun standing in the middle. He bowed his head and said, "My lord, I have found you!"
Xia Xun was also stunned: "Huh? I'm not Song Jiang. I bow to you as soon as I accept my head. Why is that?"
At this time, the strong man in front of him was already saying happily: "My lord, I have a daughter. Because she is pretty, she is a little picky, so she is twenty-eight years old and has not yet been married..." As he said, his eyes were on
Xin Lei and Fei Hewei were spinning.
Fei Hewei was shocked, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no, I'm so tired, I even gave birth to three babies!"
Xin Lei heard that this man's daughter was very handsome, she was twenty-eight years old, and she was so old that it would make her wet even if she pinched her. He was tempted, so he said quietly: "I don't mind getting married again..."
Just as he was talking, a group of people behind him rushed up, talking all over the place, all trying to sell his wife.
How come there are so many people?
Because the local government has conducted a thorough investigation since the imperial draft came, most of the ordinary people with small families would not dare to offend the government and force their wives to marry, unless the family is rich and powerful, once the rice is cooked,
Once the meal is ready and a sum of money is given to cover the expenses, the matter will be solved.
But who is here now? That is a prince! If his daughter married his guard, who would dare to make noise? Who would dare to come to question him? So Old Man Zhou
, Yuan Zhao and his family were overjoyed to invite the villagers to their home to watch the ceremony, and when they planned the wedding for their children, whether they were originally looking to marry their daughter or were determined not to marry their daughter, they were all upset when they heard the reason.
, hurriedly ran out to look for Xia Xun.
Later, the man who came later was eager to sell his daughter. The strong man who arrived first was probably a martial artist. He had horse steps under his feet and opened his arms to block the crowd. He couldn't wait to ask again: "How many guards have the Duke brought?"
Xia Xun hurriedly said: "These are the only two left!"
The strong man was greatly disappointed when he heard this, but he looked Xia Xun up and down, suddenly his face lit up, and he asked happily: "Is the Duke willing to take a concubine? My daughter is from an innocent family, well-behaved and beautiful..."
At this time, the people behind were blocked by the big man and kept them from getting closer. Everyone shouted together and rushed forward, flattening the strong man at Xia Xun's feet. A cloud of dust suddenly rose from the ground.
A large group of villagers stepped on the strong man and rushed forward. Once the crowd's emotions were so high that they lost their rationality, nothing could control them until they calmed down.
Xia Xun was shocked and said: "What is this? Even my own father-in-law is going to be robbed of his bride? Let's go! Let's go!"
Without saying a word, Xia Xun turned his horse back and left. Fei Hewei hurriedly caught up with him.
I seize the ground and rush forward, you stumble me, I tease him, and he gives you an elbow. Do you want them to get close without tearing yourself to pieces?
Xin Lei cleverly fought a cold war, then turned around and ran away.
The three of them came out of the alley, got on their horses, whipped like rain, turned around, and finally left the man behind. The three of them reined in the horses, and looked at each other in a state of embarrassment. They couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.
Fei Hewei grinned and said: "This is a good time to marry a wife. If we bring all our people here, everyone can find a wife they want."
Xia Xun said angrily: "By chance, it's okay for Yu Yu and Xiao Zhu to marry the daughters of those two families. They are just two girls. But now that there is a draft in the palace, if I rob all the daughters
Now, I want to marry my son, and even dare to poach the emperor’s corner. Am I impatient with my life?”
Fei Hewei smiled and said yes.
At this moment, they only heard the sound of the gong. The three of them heard the sound and went to see an old man standing on the roof, knocking a gong with his hand, pointed towards them, and shouted loudly: "
The Duke is here!"
"Woof woof woof!"
The dogs in the village also started barking. The three of them were so frightened that they galloped away again. After a while, a young man stood on the wall of another house. He held up a bamboo pole tied with red cloth and shook it repeatedly, shouting: "
Here! Here! Don’t let them run away!”
Xin Lei said: "My lord, we can't stay in this village! With such a big movement, my girl Wulantuya doesn't dare to enter the village anymore."
Xia Xun gritted his teeth and said: "Let's go! Escape from the village first, and then discuss it!"
The three of them no longer hesitated and fled straight out of the village. Halfway through, a group of villagers came out of an alley and captured them with just one step.
The three of them ran non-stop and fled five or six miles out of the village before reining in the reins.
Xia Xun sighed: "I was chased by Timur's army all the way across the eight hundred miles of vast sea, but I was able to return to fight from time to time. This is the first time in my life that I have escaped in such an embarrassing situation!"
Fei Hewei sighed: "They say women are tigers, and I really learned the lesson today!"
Xin Lei said: "Master Guo, what should we do now?"
Xia Xun thought for a while and said: "With such a commotion in the village, even if Miss Sakura was hiding nearby waiting to get the horse, she would be scared and run away. Moreover, the people in my village have the same voice, and their ears and eyes are everywhere.
I don’t know if it’s a skill he developed while hunting thieves in the local Minzhuang, but Miss Sakura couldn’t hide it even if she wanted to, so she must have left.”
Fei Hewei said: "Then where can she go?"
Xia Xun frowned slightly and said: "Since she appeared here, she probably went to Jinling City to find me but missed me. Now that she is here, her most likely destination is Ci Lao Mountain!"
Xin Lei and Fei Hewei nodded repeatedly.
Xia Xun added: "However, we do not rule out the possibility that she is worried about her family and returns to Moling Town first."
Xin Lei and Fei Hewei both groaned.
Xia Xun continued: "Now the farther away from Jinling, the messier the place becomes. She has lost her mount. This place is closest to Jinling City and far away from Ci Lao Mountain and Moling Town, so we cannot rule out the possibility of her returning to Jinling."
Yes, all possibilities have been discussed by the Duke. Xin Lei and Fei Hewei have nothing to say, but Xia Xun's analysis is indeed not impossible.
Xia Xun said: "Well, she is most likely going to Ci Lao Mountain. I'll look for her there. Lao Fei, you go back and look for her all the way to Moling Pass. Lao Xin, you go around the village and look for her in the direction of Jinling."
If Lao Fei finds her, bring her to Ci Laoshan to meet me; if Lao Xin finds her on the way back to Beijing, take her directly to the mansion and settle her down first."
The two agreed, and the three of them parted ways and headed to Jinling, Ci Lao Mountain, and Moling Pass respectively.
Xia Xun headed southwest. The roads here were wide and could be used for carriages and horses. However, it was past noon and there were not many passengers on the road. Occasionally, villagers from nearby villages and towns, wearing short brown hats and carrying hoes, would leisurely pass by for two days.
A boat came here to ferry us and make some money along the way, so the bridge was built slowly. If you didn't ferry us, you would have to go upstream and downstream, and the other bridge would be more than ten or even dozens of miles away.
Xia Xun asked people if anyone had passed by here. The man who built the bridge and ferry said that there really was a young man of the same age as Xiaoying who dressed up and passed by. However, he had no money, so he went down the river in desperation.
Went downstream.
Xia Xun was at Zhao Yuan's house just now. He knew that Xiaoying had dropped her purse during the fight and that the money was now in his arms. When someone told him, he hurriedly chased him downstream along the river embankment and in the fields.
On the second bridge, there was no sign of Sakura, and I couldn't help but think to myself: "After she came out of the village, she didn't even think about getting the horses, and just ran here, otherwise she wouldn't have walked so fast!"
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Xia Xun crossed the bridge and continued walking along the road. There are hundreds of miles of Pyongyang on both sides of the road. The crops in the fields are growing extremely well. The breeze blows, and there is a burst of green. However, even if the wind blows in the green gauze tent, it feels very stuffy.
Sometimes we pass through a mulberry forest, which is a bit cooler.
Xia Xun walked very slowly along the way. When there was shade, he tried to stick to the shade of the trees and looked around, because Xiaoying lost her mount and could not walk fast with only two tui. After walking for a while, another person appeared in front of her.
It was a dense green gauze tent, with only a straight road in between. Not a single pedestrian was seen on the road, so Xia Xun sped up a little.
As he was walking, the green gauze curtain was "sandy", and the wind blew erratically. Suddenly, there was a person behind Xia Xun. His delicate hands quickly reached out, strangled his neck, and shouted: "Get down!"
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