The small village is at the foot of Zhaori Mountain and is protected by the Mingjiao masters on the mountain.
In a small village, any suspicious thing will be watched by the village patrols sent by the Ming Cult. What's more, an unidentified woman suddenly showed superhuman dexterity and ran into the forest behind her?
Chunjiao looked at the dozens of figures appearing from the small village and frowned: "Just relying on them? Obviously they are not enough to catch that Japanese woman."
Xia Shang looked back at Ji Zi: "What's more important now is guarding our princess."
After listening to Xia Shang's words, Chunjiao also looked at Jizi.
Jizi was carefully picking up herbs on the ground.
Seeing Jizi's serious look, Xia Shang smiled and shook his head: "Jizi, do you really think of yourself as a little doctor?"
Ji Zi raised her head and hummed in confusion.
"Stop picking it up, it's time to leave."
"Leave?" After hearing these two words, Jizi finally recovered his thoughts, stood up, and looked at Xia Shang.
"Something happened and you have to go back to Beijing."
"Go back to Beijing?!"
The two women screamed almost simultaneously.
Chunjiao whispered: "Sir, you didn't say anything about this before coming here."
Yoshiko was more direct: "Why? Didn't you say you would respect my choice? I like it here and don't want to leave yet."
"Yoshiko, I won't hide it from you. This time I want you to return to Beijing, I am asking you to take a lot of risks, and I only use you as a bargaining chip in my hand. Now there is a very important thing that has fallen into Zero One's hands.
Apart from you, I can't think of a heavier bargaining chip in my hand. I want to lure Ling Yi out and find a way to get back what Ling Yi has in his hand."
Xia Shang's words were a bit too direct and sounded harsh.
No one likes to be used as a bargaining chip by another person.
The relaxation on Yoshiko's face was gradually replaced by solemnity. After a moment of silence, she replied lightly: "Oh, I understand, let's go."
…
Xia Shang promised his wife that he would rush back to the capital before New Year's Eve.
Today is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and two days later it will be New Year’s Eve.
Therefore, Xia Shang did not have any time to stay, so he took Ji Zi and used the Mingjiao internal procurement truck to rush to the capital disguised as a merchant purchasing goods.
On the way back to Beijing, there was no Springfield, but Yoshiko and her maid.
There was one more person, but the atmosphere was not as lively as before, and instead seemed a bit gloomy.
Wagons are no better than horse-drawn carriages, and wagons are far less comfortable than the soft cushions in carriages.
After leaving the Zhaori Mountain boundary protected by the formation, I found that the snow had not stopped, but was getting heavier and heavier, and there was already snow on the ground.
The speed of a cart is slower than that of a horse-drawn carriage, and walking in the snow is even slower.
In addition to the four Xia and Shang people, Ruan Xi and Yuan Yi also brought five brothers from the Ming sect as their followers.
No one expected that the snow outside would be so heavy, and there was only one umbrella in the team.
Ruan Xi put on the coat given by her brother, brought an umbrella, and whispered: "Master, this is the only umbrella, please cover it from the snow."
Xia Shang nodded, took the umbrella, and handed it to Ji Zi.
Jizi sat cross-legged on the trolley, showing no intention of taking it or speaking.
The maid next to her pushed Xia Shang away unceremoniously: "My princess doesn't care about your things, so you can leave."
Xia Shang was a little embarrassed and had no choice but to take back his hand. He was holding the only umbrella in the team and didn't know who to give it to.
"Sir, if you can't give this umbrella away, why not give it to me."
On the side, Chunjiao joked.
Xia Shang handed the umbrella to Chunjiao, and then shouted to Yuan Yi at the front of the team: "Speed up, we must be back in the capital in a day and a half."
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"Everyone in the world says that you understand a woman's heart best, and you can't please a woman. No one in the world can compare with you. However, after getting to know you, I realized that you really don't understand women. A woman who is thinking about you with all her heart can give you everything in just one sentence."
I'm offended. Look, it's been so long and I still haven't calmed down."
Chunjiao and Xia Shang were sitting on a cart in front, playing with the umbrellas in their hands, looking at the two women in the car behind them, thinking about Xia Shang being embarrassed in front of the women, and felt inexplicably happy.
Xia Shang frowned, not looking behind him, only looking at the umbrella, and sighed: "Hey, how can a man coax all women well? Also, I never coax women. I just want to treat women as I would treat my relatives.
, it’s enough to do everything sincerely. Women of your era are different from women of my era. You are easy to deceive, but they are difficult to deal with."
"Why are we so easy to deceive?" Chunjiao smiled, with a hint of surprise suddenly appearing on her face, "Sir, I haven't heard you talk about your era and our era for a long time. I used to think that you were talking nonsense.
But now I feel like you are living in another world, and you are not thinking the same thing as everyone around us. Have you really been to a world that no one knows about?"
"Haha...it's all nonsense. There are not as many stories as you imagined?"
Chunjiao was about to ask something, when suddenly the horse pulling the trailer stopped.
Xia Shang was very anxious and immediately shouted and asked: "What's going on?"
"Someone is blocking the road!" Yuan Yi shouted in response.
Xia Shang was shocked. Being blocked by someone at this time was not a good sign.
Xia Shang and Chunjiao immediately got out of the car and took a few steps to the front of the team. When they saw clearly the person blocking the road in Yuan Yi's mouth, their expressions became strange.
There was only one person blocking the road. He was wearing a thin black night clothes and carrying a samurai sword. He lowered his head and said nothing.
Although the other party lowered his head and couldn't see his appearance clearly, Xia Shang recognized the person's appearance and aura at a glance: "This is Zero Four!"
It’s not Zero One, it’s Zero Four!
At least this man has sound hands.
Everyone knows that the person Zero Four wants to find is Yoshiko. Now Yoshiko is in the team, and he is probably here to rob him.
"Leader, do you know this person?"
Looking at Xia Shang's expression, Yuan Yi asked suspiciously.
Xia Shang did not answer, but Yuan Yi saw Chunjiao's movements.
Chunjiao looked nervous and had already drawn the soft sword from her waist in advance.
Although Ling Si and Chun Tian were both disciples of Donghuang, their standing ability was very different, and Chun Jiao could not relax at all.
Seeing Chunjiao draw her sword, everyone in the team drew their swords, and the temperature in the snow seemed to drop several degrees in an instant.
"Why are you here?" Xia Shang asked in a low voice.
Xia Shang was very confused, thinking about his previous encounter with Ling Si in the palace and asking Chun Jiao to tell him the whereabouts of the princess.
Chunjiao did not lie at that time, but Xia Shang concluded that even if Lingsi knew that the princess was in Zhaori Mountain, he would not be able to find the location of Zhaori Mountain.
But Xia Shang never expected that things would be such a coincidence, that when he was leaving with Ji Zi, he would meet Ling Si halfway.
Things are hard to say now. Xia Shangdan cannot give Ji Zi to him. He has been looking for the princess for so long, and obviously he will not give up so easily.
It seems that there is another battle between Chunjiao and Zero Four?