On the official road from Dongshan Duanzhuang to the county town, there are two green mountains on the side of the road, which are clearly dotted with the Bihu River. There are red horses trampling on the horse's hooves and dragging two carriages forward and back and forth, each with a coachman, but there is only one coachman in front and one behind. In addition to the coachman, there is also a powerful young man from Kong Wu.
There was not much fun on the road, it was quite idle and cool, with only a few passing carriages or people hiking in a hurry.
But when the driver who was driving the car in front was waving his whip, he couldn't help but raise his eyes to see the sky, his face looked slightly worried, and he said, "Girl, it's a bad day..."
Hearing the sound, the curtain of the window was lifted open in a corner, with a curve of not too small. The slightly slender and white fingers on the indigo curtain were visible, as if Xie Mingjin was seen.
Qingshan may be the same when she saw her, but she could also see that Qingshan was as old as before. She seemed to remember that she was far away from the capital four years ago and could not even go back to the county town. She was sent to the village directly. She passed by this place when she came. The scene was vivid in her mind.
When you read the memories like books, there is always a bit of erosion of time entangled in the tiny senses and then dissipated in a breeze.
It seems that she hasn't seen the outside world for a long time.
After her slightly dazed expression faded, she saw a cloud of dark clouds gathered on the green mountains in the distance, and it felt like a storm was about to come.
"It's going to rain. It's faster, go to the station ahead earlier."
The sound is very light, with a bit of fatigue and tenderness, but it is clear to the ears, like a banana night rain in summer, the moonlight is getting cooler and the lotus pond is filled with moistening.
The coachman responded, speeded up, and also explained another carriage.
At that time, Shaoyao opened a small jar, took a candied plum with a clean handkerchief and handed it to Xie Mingjin, "Girl, eat one, I think you are so uncomfortable." Mingjin couldn't say that he was not feeling uncomfortable because of the fatigue of the car, after all, it was only a day before he left Zhuangzi.
She just... the old things in her heart are hard to eliminate.
After so many years, she thought she had taken it lightly, but in fact she was still a little worried.
But Ming Jin took it and put it in his mouth. The sweet and sour taste soaked the tongue bud. She gently pushed the jar at Shaoyao, "You can eat it too, and there are still many schedules, so I can only pass it on this."
Shaoyao knew that her girl was easy-going, but she knew her identity and kept her duty. Although she occasionally broke, she could still keep the rules. Seeing that Mingjin didn't want to eat too much, she smiled and put away the jar.
However, the scenery outside the curtain that had not been closed was still visible, Shaoyao couldn't help but say, "It seems that it is really raining heavily, but fortunately, we have never encountered the rebels who I heard about earlier."
Two days ago, when they were about to leave, they learned that the days were not peaceful.
"The Jiang Sheng rebels in the south and rebelled, and Duan Cheng, the governor of Tiannan County, led his troops to suppress the rebellion. Now the Jiang Belt has been defeated and has led the rebels to flee everywhere. Some of them crossed Yinshan to Wuling County. Now people are in panic, and there are fewer people coming and going on the official road. Perhaps like us, they are afraid of meeting this remnant of the rebels."
If someone else heard the words of a maid like Shaoyao, he would probably be surprised, because since ancient times, it is common for the slave to not ask about politics. If he asks, he will be more panicked and uneasy. It is rare for a girl of such an age to be so calm.
Probably, the servant follows the master?
"Perhaps they are not afraid of traitors. The traitors will be defeated in chaos. They are trying to hide and make a comeback in the future. Instead, they dare not expose their behavior too rampantly."
Shaoyao was surprised and even more confused, but soon figured it out, "Can you be afraid of... the bandits born from chaos?"
Ming Jin curled his lips and smiled slightly, reached out to pat Shaoyao's head, but he didn't say anything, but Shaoyao happily packed the box of candied jars.
"By the way, girl, I want you to go back this time. I don't know what it means, are you worried?"
If a young girl who is suddenly going to return to the tribe, especially those who are expelled from outside, ignore her all year round, and suddenly an edict is issued, it will always make people feel uneasy.
Shaoyao asked this because she was worried that her girl would feel wronged.
In her opinion, her own girl has been very aggrieved over the years.
"No, just take it as going home and take a look." Ming Jin's expression was not full of trouble and worry. Only gentleness and tranquility could soothe Peony's anxiety. However, Peony was about to put a bun on Xie Mingjin's hair when thunder suddenly came outside, and raindrops fell.
The rain came earlier than they expected.
The rain is also strong, and it looks like it is pouring rain.
The coachman frowned, and the speed of the carriage and horse became faster and faster.
As soon as the rain and fog came, water vapor swelled up. Xie Mingjin gently wiped his face with his fingers, which was full of wetness. Although it was refreshing, she still put down the curtain.
The carriages and horses are running at a speed, and the sound of rain is even more urgent.
Seeing her girl calm and leisurely look, Shaoyao didn't panic. She sat quietly, occasionally saying a few words about the matter at the village. She was talking about the issue of autumn tax collection, but suddenly she heard the coachman outside shouting: "Who is ahead!"
Then the whip was swung, the horses neighed, and the carriage was turbulent.
"Girl, this..." Shaoyao was shocked and subconsciously went to see Xie Mingjin, but Xie Mingjin remained silent and held Shaoyao backhanded to protect his hand, patted her lightly, shook her head lightly.
Shaoyao then calmed down, and the dense sound of the sound of the sound of the sword and the sound of the swords coming from outside was soon suppressed by the heavy rain and became unclear.
After a while, the coachman stabilized his surging strength after taking action and said in a deep voice outside the car: "Girl, it's solved."
Xie Ming, who put down the window curtain and turned his face, slid his eyelids slightly. Shaoyao understood and opened the front curtain.
The blood splashed on the ground outside was diluted by rain, and several warm bodies lying on the ground.
But there are also living mouths.
The carriage and horses behind also stopped. Bi Shiyi was the one who had been promoting the art of lingering and leaping light skills from a distance. At this time, he grabbed a living mouth from a distance that he wanted to escape when he saw that he could not match and dragged him to the front of the carriage.
"Report to the girl, this group of people is a third-rate veteran, but they can't tell the story. I just asked him and refused to say it, but I will be punished?"
Bi Yixian was young and had extraordinary martial arts skills, but he did not make decisions by himself. Instead, he came to ask Xie Mingjin for his opinions first.
Xie Mingjin glanced at it, but put down the curtain, and then a sentence floated out of the curtain, "If you don't want to say it, then forget it."
This tone is exactly the same as the gentleness when I just talked to Shaoyao.
Bi Shiyi understood, smiled and reached out to hold the living neck, about to break it.
"Wait, I can say, I...I can say..." The living was afraid, and immediately wailed and shouted, "We are a wanderer who came from the war, poor and unable to make a living, so we walked down the road. I hope the noble man is magnanimous, I..."
He begged for mercy and after howling, he suddenly felt something was wrong because the car curtain was very quiet.
He was a little uneasy and was looking up, but he heard words floating behind the curtain.
"It is not easy for refugees to lose their homes. You are very skilled, so how can you be considered an ordinary refugee? Don't fall into the head of a bandit act like killing people and killing people and robbing people."
The living was frightened and had to shout: "It's a person named Xie Yuan. His name is Xie Yuan. I didn't lie to you."
Bi Shiyi, Shaoyao and others were stunned and speechless for a moment.
The rain is majestic, complex outside and silent inside.
In fact, it was only a few breaths, and Xie Mingjin said softly: "What a coincidence, my father is also called Xie Yuan."
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This time it was the turn of the survivor to be shocked. Before he could react, his neck was creaking and his eyes turned black, and he was already lying in the mud.
Bi Shiyi looked cruel and his eyes were cold when he slipped into the carriage.
The coachmen were silent.
The two women in the car couldn't see this scene, but they could understand the hidden meaning - it involved the interests of the lord, so Xie Mingjin had to line up back.
So it was Bi Shiyi's own decision to kill just now, and Xie Mingjin didn't wait for his statement.
Everyone dared not speak because of this.
The atmosphere was strange for a moment until Xie Mingjin seemed to smile in the carriage.
"If I really want to kill me, why should my father send someone?"
"You can't do it on Eleven, you can do it any other person."
This is the reason, but everyone dared not say anything.
Bi Shiyi even pretended not to hear it, and took people to clean up the mess in the heavy rain.
Shaoyao in the car looked at her girl's calm and composed face and felt a little sad.
People think she is in a difficult situation, but she is in a desperate situation. But if you think she is free and free, it is wrong.
She has been living in a cage controlled by others.
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After a while, the body outside was handled, and two coachmen and Bi Shiyi came to report.
"Change the road and walk the Zhanyang Road." Xie Mingjin said calmly.
The rain was so rainy and he was ambushed again. He was afraid that there would be evil people waiting in front of him and could not delay the situation here, so he immediately got on the carriage and drove around the lane.
"Girl, these people have unknown origins. They use any means to make money and survive. What they say may not be the truth."
If Bi Shiyi can determine that he is a veteran, he will naturally not be a miser. The other party gathers in groups to ambush here, either waiting for the rabbit or coming prepared. If the former is fine, they will be considered unlucky, but if the latter is the latter... Shaoyao is shocked to think about it.
Could it be that someone doesn't want the girl to go to the county town alive?
But it is impossible to be the lord.
Shaoyao asked, and in his heart he suspected the old lady, thinking that it might be the old lady who blamed the Lord, just to alienate the father and daughter.
Anyway, this kind of thing was not gone before.
She was deeply terrified by the old lady's methods.
Xie Mingjin shook his head but didn't say anything. He just took the towel handed over by Shaoyao and wiped the water stains on his face and neck.
After a while, he said lightly, "No matter which one it is, everyone knows that this place is the intersection of three roads. No matter which way we come from another village, we must pass this place. They can only guard it. They are so familiar with the terrain that they don't look like outsiders, but local ones."
Local bandits?
Shaoyao blurted out: "From the seven caves of Lianyunjian?"
"The sachet hanging on the sanity was sent by the singer in Yaxianglou, Chengli..."
Xie Mingjin had just glanced at him and saw the conspicuous sachet in the rain. The style and color were quite attractive, and she recognized it at a glance.
The brothels have always been the gold-selling cave for these bandits, but they consume a lot of money. Ordinary bandits do not have the money. Looking at the entire Wuling County, only the famous bandits in Lianyunjian have such financial resources.
Shaoyao suddenly realized it and murmured, "Girl, how did you know this..."
She accompanied her girl when she was young. She knew a lot of things about the latter, but she never saw her running towards the brothel.
Although the world is open today, there are many girls in the city who are vassals and strange stories, and some of them have outstanding personalities like to dress up as men and go to brothels to be famous, but girls are not good at this. Although they were a little sharp when they were young, they would not be out of this aspect.
Not to mention the girls today.
"What are you thinking?" Xie Mingjin saw through Shaoyao's thoughts and couldn't help but say angrily: "It's just that I have seen such sachets on several uncles in the clan in the past years."
Shaoyao then suddenly realized, quite embarrassed, so she flattered and praised: "It's better for the girl to observe the details and see the truth."
"But girl, don't you think the bandits in Lianyunjian have always been staring at the business trips between Wuling County and the surrounding three counties? How could they come here to rob passers-by?"
At this time, most ordinary people take this path, and their wealth is too shabby, so there is no such thing as robbery.
Xie Mingjin turned his face and said lightly: "This is the reason, so they came here... just to kill me."
She didn't say who sent it, whether she suspected her father.
Chapter completed!