Those who robbed the funeral procession were just a group of rioters, so how could they be compared to the elite troops brought by Zhou Chen.
Under the impact of the cavalry led by Zhou Chen, they fled in all directions instantly. However, the cavalry who received Zhou Chen's order showed no mercy and killed the bandits on sight.
Zhou Chen waved his halberd and knocked away the thief in front of him, then drove his horse towards the funeral procession.
"uncle!"
Sheng Wei patted his chest in fear. He had just tried his best to stop the thieves from attacking the coffin and was beaten several times. Although he was not injured, he was still very frightened.
Suddenly he saw a knight on horseback coming towards him, and he even called him uncle. He was very surprised. When he looked carefully, his face suddenly showed shock.
"Are you Zhou, Zhouhou?"
I originally wanted to call him Zhou Chen, but suddenly I realized that Zhou Chen's identity had changed, so I hurriedly changed my name to Zhou Hou.
Zhou Chen said: "Uncle, just call me Shuyuan. I was fighting a rebellion in the south. I heard that the rebels had arrived near Youyang, so I led my troops here. I didn't expect that my arrival would be such a coincidence. Where is my uncle, my grandmother?"
Sheng Wei hurriedly replied: "It was freezing cold, so I didn't let the old lady follow me."
At this moment, the female relatives of the Sheng family ran over.
"Dad, sister and Minglan ran away."
Sheng Wei was shocked and asked eagerly: "What's going on? Where are your sister and Minglan?"
The person who came to report was Sheng Wei's youngest daughter Sheng Pinlan, who was full of panic at this time.
"Just now, the thief rushed over to arrest someone. My sister, sister, and I were separated from the thief when we were hiding from the thief. I followed him and ran away. When I looked back, I couldn't see my sister and Minglan. Dad, they will not be caught by the thief.
Are you going?"
Sheng Wei's face was full of anxiety. One was his biological daughter, and the other was his cousin's daughter. If something happened to either of them, he would not be able to accept it.
In a hurry, he could only look at Zhou Chen.
"Master Marquis, can you ask your soldiers to find Shulan and Minglan?"
Zhou Chen did not hesitate at all and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, uncle, I will go after him myself."
After saying that, he slapped his horse and turned around, his eyes swept around the chaotic battlefield, and he quickly chased in one direction.
After Zhou Chen left, Sheng Pinlan woke up from a dream and asked Sheng Wei, "Dad, was that the official of Sister Hualan just now, the Marquis?"
She went to Tokyo to attend Zhou Chen and Hua Lan's wedding and met Zhou Chen twice, but she was still young at that time and didn't have a particularly deep impression of Zhou Chen. She only remembered roughly.
Sheng Wei nodded and said: "Yes, that is your sister Hualan's official, Zhongjing Marquis Zhou, please be more respectful when you see him later."
Although Sheng Pinlan was out of character, she nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Zhou Chen was a marquis, and he was a big figure to You Yang.
"I know, dad, since it is Mr. Hou's brother-in-law who takes action, he will definitely be able to save my sister and Minglan."
Zhou Chen rode his horse and ran wildly. After a while, he saw several thieves chasing a woman in mourning clothes. They were all wearing the same mourning clothes. It was impossible to tell who was from whom, but as long as they were from the Sheng Mansion, he would definitely save them.
of.
So he quickly caught up and waved the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand. The three thieves didn't even have room to fight back and were killed by him.
The woman running in front obviously didn't notice what was going on behind her and kept running. Zhou Chen could only catch up with her on horseback and stopped in front of her.
"ah!"
With a scream, Zhou Chen said helplessly: "Stop screaming, I'm here to save you. You must be Shulan from my uncle's family, right?"
"ah?"
When Sheng Shulan heard Zhou Chen call her name, she stopped screaming, raised her head, and looked up at Zhou Chen.
"You, you are Zhou..."
"Yes, I'm Zhou Chen, why are you the only one and the sixth sister?"
Zhou Chen didn't tell her much, but asked about Minglan's whereabouts.
Sheng Shulan said hurriedly: "She ran away from me. I don't know where she went. It was probably in that direction."
Zhou Chen frowned slightly, and everyone really ran away with their heads down.
"You go back first..."
He was about to let Sheng Shulan go back to the funeral procession first, but when he saw that they had already run so far, he frowned.
"I'm going to save Sixth Sister. Should you wait here for my people to come and take you, or should you go with me."
"Let's go together, let's go together."
How could Sheng Shulan dare to stay? What if Zhou Chen left and another thief came, which would be even more unlucky, so she answered the question without hesitation.
Zhou Chen frowned slightly and said, "There is only one horse, are you sure you want to sit on it?"
Sheng Shulan only hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
Zhou Chen no longer hesitated, directly lifted her up and put her behind him.
"Hurry up."
"drive."
Sheng Shulan grabbed Zhou Chen's armor tightly and used all her strength, fearing that she would be knocked down.
Relying on the general direction pointed by Sheng Shulan, Zhou Chen quickly chased after him and came to a high place, where he soon saw a running figure in mourning clothes.
"drive!"
Minglan ran all the way, thinking that as long as she ran fast, the thieves would not be able to catch up.
It's just that she didn't realize at all that the thief chasing behind her had long since disappeared, leaving her alone and running wildly.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of horse hooves behind her. She trembled with fright and ran faster.
Zhou Chen felt funny when he saw the figure in front of him suddenly speeding up. He had already recognized it. This person was the Sheng Minglan he was looking for.
"Hey, hey, why are you running so fast?"
Minglan looked surprised while running, and thought to herself, why does this thief's voice sound so similar to that of her eldest brother-in-law?
But there was only a moment of hesitation, and then he ran faster.
Zhou Chen's horse speed has slowed down. Looking at Minglan running in front, the speed is even slower. He follows Minglan leisurely and looks at it with a smile.
Sheng Shulan, who was behind, couldn't stand it anymore and shouted loudly: "Minglan, Minglan, don't run away, we have been saved, don't run away anymore."
Upon hearing Sheng Shulan's voice, Minglan was immediately shaken, her speed involuntarily slowed down, she ran forward a few more steps, and finally stopped.
Panting, she turned around and saw a general holding a Fangtian painted halberd, riding a horse and looking at her majestically.
With just one glance, she recognized Zhou Chen.
"Eldest brother-in-law?"
She really couldn't believe her eyes. She thought she was dazzled, so she rubbed her eyes hard and looked again.
"It's really you, elder brother-in-law, why are you here?"
Zhou Chen looked at her with a smile and said: "I am fighting the rebellion in the south. Youyang also belongs to the south. I just happened to chase the enemy and came here. But you, you really don't notice it at ordinary times. You are running with such short legs."
Get up, it’s quite fast.”
Minglan's face, already rosy from running wildly, became even redder, and she stared at Zhou Chen dissatisfied.
What do you mean by short legs? Is this a roundabout way of saying she is short?
This was when Sheng Shulan, who was behind Zhou Chen, showed her face and shouted excitedly: "Minglan, it's great that you're okay."
"Sister Shulan, why are you with your eldest brother-in-law?" Minglan looked shocked.
Sheng Shulan was afraid of falling off her horse and did not dare to let go of Zhou Chen.
"It was Lord Zhou who saved me just now."
Zhou Chen jumped off the horse, let Sheng Shulan sit firmly, and then said to Minglan: "Uncle and the others are very worried about you. Let's go back first. Sister Six, you get on the horse and take her with you, I will follow you."
Minglan said: "How can that be done? Brother-in-law, you should take Sister Shulan with you on horseback. I can go by myself."
Sheng Shulan said hurriedly: "I can walk by myself without riding a horse."
Zhou Chen couldn't refuse and said: "Stop talking nonsense and get on the horse quickly. You two girls, my feet are faster than yours, so hurry up."
"All right."
Minglan didn't dare to refute Zhou Chen, so she could only nod in agreement, and then carefully got on the horse. She could even play polo well, so there was no problem with riding a horse.
The two rode horses, with Zhou Chen walking behind. But after walking for a while, several cavalrymen came over and gave Zhou Chen a horse. The group soon joined the funeral procession.
After handing Sheng Shulan and Sheng Minglan to Sheng Wei and others, Zhou Chen got on his horse again.
"Uncle, I still have military affairs. Now that the thieves have entered Youyang, I will lead the army to destroy them. I will not delay any more. Uncle will tell my grandmother for me. After I defeat the rebels, I will go to Sheng Mansion to see you.
She is old."
Sheng Wei immediately said: "Official affairs are important, the Marquis does not need to worry about us."
Zhou Chen didn't say anything more and directly led the cavalry to leave quickly.
Sheng Shulan looked at the direction Zhou Chen and the others were leaving, dazed.
The number of rebels who broke into Youyang was not large. When Zhou Chen led the Dragon Guards to arrive, most of them were frightened and fled. The remaining rebels were quickly wiped out by Zhou Chen's army.
Already.
After finishing all this, Zhou Chen ordered his people to stay on the spot and stand by, and then he took his people into Youyang and went to Sheng Mansion to pay homage to the old lady.
Zhou Chen came to the door, and everyone in the Sheng Mansion gathered together.
As soon as he entered the Sheng Mansion, Zhou Chen saw the old lady and immediately came forward to pay her respects.
"grandmother."
"Oh, Sanlang, you kid, you are busy with military affairs, why do you come to see me, an old woman?"
The old lady stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Chen with a happy face. She was happy in her heart, but she still gave a lecture.
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Since I passed by Youyang and learned that my grandmother is here, I will definitely come to see you. Grandma, don't worry, I have wiped out the bandits around Youyang. The remaining thieves can't make any trouble. The government will
It can be solved.”
"That's good, that's good."
The old lady breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Hua'er told me before that there were many rebellions in the south, but I still didn't believe it. If it hadn't been for Hua'er and Sanlang you on this trip, something might have happened to me, an old woman."
"Grandma, don't say that. You have a long history of blessings. Even without us, you will definitely have a smooth journey, be safe and healthy." Zhou Chen said kindly.
Seeing the old lady saying this to Zhou Chen, the people around him didn't dare to interrupt and waited quietly with smiles on their faces.
The old lady expressed some concern and then pulled Zhou Chen to sit down. Zhou Chen took the initiative to greet Mr. and Mrs. Sheng Wei. Mr. and Mrs. Sheng Wei did not show off because of their seniority. Instead, they were very respectful and careful. After all, they both
The status gap is really too big.
Let me ask a question, which one is older, Shulan or Hualan?