The wedding date was finally set. August 16th was an auspicious day and the two families coincided with each other. They chose it at the same time. There were still two months to go, so both families started busy preparations.
When Dugu Xinyue heard that the wedding date had been set, she knew there must be news about Li Ye.
The open atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty did not prevent young men and women from seeing each other after they were engaged, but according to custom, it was generally inconvenient for both parties to meet again after the wedding date was set.
Although Dugu Xinyue also knew this rule, she couldn't help but write a note and sent her personal maid Aqiu to run to Li's house and hand it over to Pei Sanniang.
An hour later, Aqiu came back and handed Dugu Xinyue a note. Xinyue opened the note and there were only two words on it, "Come quickly!"
Since it was my future mother-in-law who summoned me, it didn't count as breaking the rules.
"Aqiu, go tell the housekeeper that I am going out and ask him to arrange a carriage for me!"
The maid ran away, and Dugu Xinyue sat in front of the mirror, dressing up a little. Pei Sanniang didn't like women who dressed up voluptuously, so she did what she liked. She tried her best not to wear makeup, combed her hair neatly, and put on a crimson pleated skirt.
, wear a jacket.
At this time, the maid ran back with a frustrated face and said: "The housekeeper said that the master has an order not to let the girl go out!"
Dugu Xinyue suddenly became unhappy and said, "Did you tell him that it was my future mother-in-law who called me there?"
"I did not say!"
"Then you hurry up and tell him that I'm in a hurry to go out."
The maid Aqiu ran away again, and came back after a while: "The housekeeper agreed, let the girl go early and come back early!"
"Where's the carriage?"
"It's arranged, it's at the gate!"
Dugu Xinyue took a handbag and went out in a carriage.
But what Dugu Xinyue didn't expect was that as soon as her carriage left the mansion, several horsemen followed her carriage silently.
"Aqiu, go to the back window and see if the housekeeper has sent anyone to follow us?"
Aqiu quickly lay down in the back row to check. After a moment, she said nervously: "Girl, there are really a few people following us on horseback behind us!"
"Is he the samurai in our house?"
"It's not about the clothes. Some of them are wearing green clothes, and some are wearing black clothes!"
The warriors in Dugu Mansion all wore red and black warrior uniforms, which were very recognizable. Suzaku felt something was wrong, so she immediately pulled out a sword and a pair of bows and arrows from the hidden compartment in the front seat. Many dignitaries would hide them in their carriages.
weapon.
"Aqiu, get out of the way."
Dugu Xinyue approached the rear window and took a closer look. There were four horsemen, two on each side, all maintaining a very even speed. They were obviously following the carriage. Each of them stared at the carriage with sinister eyes. They were definitely not from Dugu Mansion.
Could it be that Pei Sanniang was sent to protect him? It is unlikely. There are no warriors in the Li family. Even if they find someone to protect them, they will tell themselves in advance.
Dugu Xinyue vaguely guessed that it was most likely An Qingxu who sent him, and he would never let him go.
"Aqiu, lie down on the ground!"
Ah Qiu was so frightened that he lay on the carpet with his head in his hands. Dugu Xinyue kicked off the back window, knelt down on one knee, drew an arrow, drew the bow like a full moon, aimed at the man in Tsing Yi's war horse on the left, and shot an arrow.
The arrow was like lightning, and it hit the horse of the man in Tsing Yi on the left. Naturally, Dugu Xinyue would not kill people on the street. She had never killed anyone before, so she shot the horse of the other person to give them a warning.
The war horse was shot in the chest by an arrow and fell to the ground with a neigh. The other three people reined in the reins and dismounted to help.
The driver also sensed something was wrong and immediately accelerated his speed and turned a corner. Dugu Xinyue shouted: "Stop!"
The carriage stopped slowly, and Dugu Xinyue said to Xiaoqiu: "Go to Li's Mansion and tell Madam that you encountered something on the way. I'll go check it out and I'll be here right away!"
Ah Qiu was so frightened that he nodded repeatedly. Dugu Xinyue opened the car door and jumped out. The carriage continued to move forward, heading towards Xuanpingfang.
Dugu Xinyue was not so reckless. She jumped up and climbed up a big tree. She easily jumped into Yongle Square and ran along the wall of the square. After a while, she rushed to the place where the man in Tsing Yi fell. She climbed up a big tree again.
tree, standing on the big tree looking towards the street.
I saw a few hard laborers lifting the horse, preparing to lift it onto a flatbed truck, but the knights who were following him had disappeared.
Dugu Xinyue jumped out and landed as lightly as a flying swallow. The people watching the excitement were immediately startled and moved out of the way.
Dugu Xinyue stepped forward with his sword in hand and asked, "Where is the owner of this horse?"
The first slave laborer pointed to the distance and said: "They are going over there. Give us a few bucks and let us get rid of this dead horse."
"Where should I send you?"
"Sent him to be buried outside the city!"
The leader's eyes flickered, they were actually going to be sent to a butcher's shop to be sold.
Dugu Xinyue walked around the horse. The horse bag and saddle were gone, and there were no features. She suddenly thought of something, raised a horse's hoof, and saw the horseshoe underneath. The most edge of the horseshoe was clearly engraved.
There is a character 'Yan' on it.
This is the evidence. The horses are the war horses of Fan Yangjun. She heard from her father that the horseshoes of the war horses of each Jiedufu are marked. The Longyou Army is 'Long', the Hexi Army is 'Liang', and the Shuofang Army is 'Shuo'.
', the Hedong Army is 'Bing', and the Fan Yang Army is 'Yan'.
She took out a small gold bar from her bag and said, "I'll give you a tael of gold and drag this horse to Dugu Mansion!"
Pei Sanniang was still waiting for Dugu Xinyue to come and chat with her! After waiting for a long time, she saw the maid Aqiu running over in a hurry.
"Madam, something happened!"
Pei Sanniang was startled and asked quickly: "What happened?"
Aqiu then told the story of being followed on the road. Pei Sanniang was so anxious that she went back to the house, drew her sword and ran out. Although Xinyue knew some martial arts, the opponent was four men, and they were all highly skilled in martial arts.
, what should we do if we take her away?
Pei Sanniang had just rushed to the door when she saw Dugu Xinyue walking back.
She urgently took Dugu Xinyue's hand and asked, "Xinyue, are you okay?"
"Aunt, I'm fine! Those guys ran away."
"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have let you come here." Pei Sanniang blamed herself.
Dugu Xinyue patted Pei Sanniang's hand and comforted her: "It has nothing to do with aunt, who would have thought that something like this would happen? Ordinary visits would be followed, it's simply too scary."
"Who is such a bastard? He is so audacious!"
"There is a mark on the war horse. He should be from Anlushan."
Pei Sanniang reacted immediately, "Is it An Qingxu? He still doesn't give up?"
"It should be him. My father will look for them. Auntie, is there any news about Aye?"
Pei Sanniang took her hand and said: "Let's go into the house and tell him that he wrote a letter and it was sent from Ganzhou at the end of this month."
When he learned that his daughter was being followed by An Qingxu's people, Dugu Lie's face was very gloomy. There was a dead horse on the ground in the vestibule. A craftsman from the Ordnance Supervision was carefully identifying the horseshoes. He looked at the four horseshoes, and nodded to Dugu.
Lie said: "It's definitely true, not fake!"
Dugu Lie gritted his teeth and said, "This is too much!"
Of course he would not blame his daughter for running out. It is necessary and important for her daughter to be invited by her future mother-in-law to drink tea and chat. It is conducive to cultivating the relationship between her daughter and her future mother-in-law. After her daughter marries into the Li family, life will be better.
Be more comfortable.
The key is that An Qingxu has a despicable character and a dirty mind. He wants to take something he can't get or destroy it. He wants to destroy his daughter.
Dugu immediately ordered: "Prepare an ox cart and take this horse corpse with you. Let's go to An Mansion and ask An Mansion to give me an explanation!"
