The second volume of the second chapter of Xuanjing, the one hundred and sixty-ninth chapter of the
Half a day later, Liu Ming quietly left the Bai family again, and as soon as he walked out of Lushui City, he immediately summoned a gray cloud and flew away in a certain direction.
As for the matter of breaking off the engagement between him and the Mu family, it was naturally left to the Bai family to handle. This was considered part of the deal.
He was not even interested in meeting the herdsman envoy, nor was he willing to waste any more time on it.
After all, he has other important things to attend to.
Seven or eight days later, Liu Ming left Fengtian County and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Two months later, on an official road hundreds of miles away from Xuanjing, the capital of Daxuan Kingdom, more than thirty black-armored knights were guarding three carriages and moving forward slowly.
Each of these black-armored knights wore standard thick armor, carried guns and knives, and looked murderous. They were the famous Black Tiger Guards of Daxuan Kingdom.
One of the soldiers had a long light red tassel on his head and a huge light green bow on his back. He was actually the lieutenant in charge of a group of men in the Black Guard.
Although according to regulations, a team only has about thirty people, the Black Guards have always been stationed at the fortresses of important towns in various counties, specifically for the imperial court to monitor the movements of soldiers and civilians in various places. Even an ordinary lieutenant can be considered a high-ranking official.
Now all these Black Tiger Guards, together with the lieutenants, are dispatched to escort only these carriages. This shows that the owners of the carriages must be either rich or noble.
"Sir, it's getting late. Let's find a place to stay. If we hurry up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we should be able to reach Xuanjing." A soldier who looked like a strong man in front suddenly came with a horse head.
He walked up to the lieutenant and whispered.
"Well, of course I know about this. But the nearest inn from here is thirty or forty miles away. You first take two people to explore the front and see if there is a suitable place to stay nearby."
The lieutenant replied calmly, with a cold black mask on his face, and his true appearance could not be seen at all.
"Yes. Hei Niu, Tie Xiaosan, come with me to the front to explore." The strong man immediately agreed and shouted loudly to two of the other soldiers behind him.
Immediately, two of the soldiers behind rushed out, and the three of them galloped forward on horseback.
"Lieutenant Du, has something happened?" A magnetic female voice suddenly came from the front carriage.
"Don't worry, Madam Mi. I just asked a few of my men to go ahead and find a place to stay." The lieutenant wearing a black mask turned his head and replied after hearing this.
"Oh, it's okay. Thanks to Lieutenant Du for escorting us all the way, I will definitely reward everyone heavily when we get to Xuanjing." The woman in the carriage seemed to be relieved, but still said very gratefully.
"Thank you madam for your kindness. We are just following the orders of Lord Commander!" The lieutenant bowed slightly and seemed unwilling to say anything more.
After the woman in the carriage chuckled, she also fell silent.
When the motorcade continued to move forward for about a quarter of an hour, the sound of horse hooves sounded again in front of them, and it was the strong man galloping towards them on flying horses.
Once he arrived in front of the team, he tightened the reins and slowed down his mount.
"The lieutenant found an abandoned temple beside the official road five miles away. Hei Niu and Tie Xiaosan have already taken care of it there." The strong man said respectfully as soon as he arrived in front of the lieutenant.
"Very good, you can lead the way and let's go to the temple to rest for the night." Hearing this, the officer said without thinking.
So the motorcade immediately sped up a bit and started to trot as the strong man left.
A quarter of an hour later, the convoy, surrounded by soldiers, arrived in front of a yellow beam earth temple far away from the official road.
Outside the temple were two black tiger guard horses, but there was also a small black carriage and two blue and white mules tied to a beer stake outside. They were quietly munching on nearby weeds with their heads lowered.
In the earth temple, the firelight flashed, and there were faint voices.
"What's going on?" Du Junwei immediately lowered his voice when he saw this and shouted to the strong man next to him.
"Reporting to the officer, when we found this place, there were already two passers-by. However, my subordinates have already interrogated them. They went to Xuanjing to visit relatives. One is a famous scholar who has no power, and the other
She's just a young girl." The strong man hurriedly took a step forward and replied.
"Really? It's a very important matter. I'll take a look at these two people first." Du Junwei still didn't seem to be at ease. After saying something calmly, he jumped off his horse and strode towards the temple.
I saw that two fires, one large and one small, had been lit in the earth temple.
Among them, there were two soldiers, one tall and one short, sitting next to the larger fire. Near the smaller fire, there was a young man wearing a blue Confucian robe and a thin girl of seven or eight years old.
Although the girl has a delicate appearance, she has a sallow complexion and is leaning against the young man with half of her body, as if she is very attached to the young man.
The young Confucian scholar looked to be in his mid-twenties, with a very ordinary face, but he was holding an unknown thick book in his hand and looking at it with great interest in the light of the fire.
When the two soldiers by the fire saw Lieutenant Du walking in, they stood up in surprise and hurried over to salute.
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"What's your name? Is there a way to lead the way? Where did you come from to exterminate?" Du Junwei waved his hand, but after looking at the scholar for a few times, he said coldly.
"Ah, it turns out it's the military master. I'm Qianming, and my niece went to Xuanjing to visit relatives. As for the road guide, please wait a moment, military master..." As soon as the Confucian scholar heard Du Junwei's question, he seemed
Only then did Shi Shijie wake up from the book. After subconsciously answering a few questions, he began to fumble around on his body, and finally took out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it over.
A soldier hurriedly stepped forward, took the note, turned around and handed it to Lieutenant Du.
Du Junwei just glanced at the note, nodded, handed it to the soldier, and asked it to be returned to the Confucian scholar. He turned around and walked out of the earth temple without saying a word.
After a while, the sound of horses neighing and people shouting suddenly came from outside the earth temple. More than a dozen soldiers rushed in and began to clean the earth temple quickly. Then they brought many bundles of firewood from nowhere, and then
Several bonfires were lit.
At this time, there was a fragrant breeze outside, and a beautiful woman in her thirties walked in. She held a boy of seven or eight years old in one hand, and behind her was a rough-handed maid and a girl.
She is nothing more than a pretty maid who looks like she is fifteen or sixteen years old.
As soon as the beautiful woman and boy entered the earth temple, the servant girl immediately spread out a snow-white animal skin in her arms next to a fire, and placed two low wooden stools for the woman and boy.
The boy sat on it, and the pretty maid took out a palm-sized incense burner, put an incense candle on it, and lit it.
Immediately, a faint scent of sandalwood filled the earth temple.
After the other soldiers and Lieutenant Nadu entered the earth temple, and after giving the order, except for five or six people standing guard at the temple door, most of the others began to take their armor and weapons from their bodies one by one.
Next, it seems that he is planning to take a good rest.
As soon as Lieutenant Du took off his helmet, mask and armor, he turned out to be a beautiful woman with a slender figure and full of heroic spirit.
It's just that there was a light red scar on this woman's forehead, which ruined two or three points of her appearance. At the same time, her face was extremely cold, and there was no smile at all. She put a light green bow and a tube of black arrows in her hand beside her, and then
He sat cross-legged across from the beautiful woman and boy, looking at the fire in silence.
At this time, other soldiers began to take out some rice ball-like food from their bodies and began to eat quietly as well.
The Black Tiger Guards are indeed the elite soldiers of the famous Daxuan Kingdom, and they all appear to be well-trained.
But on the side of the beautiful woman, the servant girl had already gone outside the temple again, took out a bamboo basket from the carriage, and took out some exquisite meals for the beautiful woman and the boy to eat.
"Lieutenant Du, I have a lot of food here, why not eat some together too." The beautiful woman took out a piece of exquisite pastry and fed the boy a few mouthfuls, then glanced at the handsome woman who was still sitting opposite.
, said with a sudden smile.
"Thank you, Mrs. Mi, for your kindness. I have learned some fasting techniques. Even if you don't eat for two or three days, it won't be a big problem." The handsome woman glanced at the beautiful woman and shook her head indifferently.
"I see, I won't force the lieutenant to do anything." When the beautiful woman saw this, she didn't get angry. She just smiled and continued to feed the boy.
But after taking a few more bites, the boy shook his head and stopped eating. Instead, he rolled his eyes and looked curiously at the girl next to the Confucian scholar on the other side of the fire.
I saw that the girl had a piece of steaming and browned steamed bun in her hand at some point, biting it into bites and swallowing it seriously.
"Slow down, don't choke." The Confucian scholar was still holding the book in his hand and looking at it, but after glancing at the girl's struggling to swallow, he said with a slight smile, and with a move of his arm, he actually took out a little girl from his arms.
Some warm leather bags were handed to the girl."
"Thank you, Brother Ming."
The girl took the leather bag very obediently and poured two mouthfuls into her little mouth, with a smile on her little face.
However, there was a faint fragrance coming from the leather bag, but because it was far less strong than the scent of sandalwood, not many people noticed it. But the beautiful woman who was persuading the boy to eat,
The moment he smelled the fragrance, his face was slightly startled, and he looked at the leather bag in the girl's hand with an almost puzzled expression.
"Sir, may I ask what is in this leather bag..." Mrs. Mi's eyes flashed for a few times, and she wanted to say something to the young Confucian scholar with a slight cough.
But at this moment, a harsh scream suddenly came from outside the temple, and then there was a sound that broke through the air. After a scream, several black tiger guards standing outside the temple gate were shot out of the black night by more than a dozen guns.
The arrows shot out pierced the vital parts of the body, causing them to fall over one after another.
At this moment, all the black guards who were resting in the temple were in a panic. They immediately grabbed the weapons beside them, regardless of wearing armor, and made a defensive posture.
Some people even took out a few thick leather shields from nowhere, and the figures swayed in front of Mrs. Mi and the boy, protecting them tightly.