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The Dihu cavalry chased after them, and dust flew. They were getting closer and closer to their target. More than a dozen Han cavalry were killed by them. More than a thousand war horses were quietly gathered beside them. The rugged road made them unable to escape anymore, and they had to wait uneasy to wait for the mercy of fate.

But the Di Hu cavalry was not the target of these horses. Their target was the two people in front who were still running desperately, and they were only one or more steps apart. The Di Hu cavalry, who had excellent riding skills, began to control the horse with both legs and bend their bows to lure arrows.

The range of the Dihu bows and arrows was far less than that of the Central Plains army. Although they also had some compound bows flowing from the Central Plains, most of the Di people's bows and arrows were still relatively primitive single bows, with a range of only sixty or seventy steps.

Arrows were shot in densely, mostly falling about a dozen steps behind Taoli and Jiang Jiong, but there were also several arrows that were strong. They crossed their heads and whistled by. Taoli and Jiang Jiong were so anxious that they were sweating profusely and ran desperately. Just when they were about to despair, an army suddenly appeared in front of them, which was a Muniu Grain Team, with about a thousand Muniu, who were lined up and walked quickly towards this side.

"Help" Taoli shouted, "Dhu is chasing us behind, save us."

At this moment, they saw hope again, shouted for help, and ran towards the Muniu Team. The Muniu Team came from the upper valley to transport food to Xinji County. It was Wang Ping, the general. He suddenly heard the cry for help in front of him. He couldn't help but stop the war horses. He saw two people running quickly on the official road ahead, one in front and the other behind, with a panic expression, dust flew behind, and horse hooves sounded like thunder. It was obvious that there were a large group of pursuers.

He was stunned and waved his hand and said, "Preparation of crossbow arrows"

More than a thousand barbarian soldiers took out crossbow arrows, and hung crossbow arrows and formed an attack formation on the official road. Soon, Taoli and the others rushed to each other. Taoli often went back and forth on the Qishan Road and knew Wang Ping. He was so excited that he shouted, "General Wang, save us, Dihu is chasing us behind."

Wang Ping also recognized Taoli. He was shocked and quickly ordered, "Prepare the crossbow and shoot the pursuers behind him."

Tao Li and the other two rushed past the barbarian grain transport soldiers like lightning. Dozens of barbarian soldiers immediately deployed obstacles on the official road with wooden ox carts. At this time, the Dihu cavalry gradually chased after them. They were red in their eyes and rushed to chase them regardless of everything. This was when the Dihu found something abnormal in front of them. Before they could stop the war horses, dense crossbow arrows shot overwhelmed the sky and the arrows were strong and shot through the cavalry's heads and chests. The Dihu cavalry screamed and fell off the horse.

The cavalry behind finally stopped the war horses. When the general saw countless Han soldiers in front of him, he knew that they could not kill the target. In addition, this was already the actual control of the Han army. Once they were blocked from front and back, they could not escape. They shouted "retreat" for Di generals, led several cavalry to turn around, and ran away in a moment without a trace.

When Wang Ping saw Di Hu running away, he ordered people to check in front. At this time, Tao Li and Jiang Jiong came forward to thank him. The two were still in shock and were extremely grateful for Wang Ping's rescue. Only then did Wang Ping realize that Tao Li was accompanying the envoy of the Qiang King. He was also secretly glad that he was decisive, otherwise he would have almost missed the big thing.

"Please rest assured, I will personally escort the two of you south, and there will be no more dangers."

"Thank you for helping General Wang"

At this time, Taoli's friends rushed over and told Taoli about the cruelty of the Di people. They snatched most of the horses before leaving. Taoli comforted them one by one. At this time, saving lives is the most important thing, and the horses are robbed seem insignificant.

He bowed to Wang Ping and expressed his gratitude again. Wang Ping arranged for the sergeant to transport grain and led the five guards, and then smiled at the two of them and said, "Let's go and keep rushing."

Tao Li and Jiang Dou nodded and continued to head south under the escort of Han soldiers.

These days, Liu Guan's mansion was in chaos. The main reason was that Liu Guan was enthroned as King of Han, Tao Zhan was enthroned as Princess of Han, and the mansion became a royal palace. There were many changes in the details of rules, including changing titles, etiquette, rules, plaques, etc. Although Liu Guan and Tao Zhan did not care about identity etiquette, their words and deeds and the Han Palace represented the face of the entire Han country, so many things were involuntarily and had to be changed.

However, Tao Zhan tried his best to simplify it. She did not want to be troubled by tedious etiquette, and especially had to restrain the people in the mansion and not to harass and entice others in the name of the Han Palace.

On the other hand, Sun Shangxiang's pregnancy is also a big deal. She showed signs of miscarriage a month ago, which made the Liu family very nervous. It took a lot of effort to barely save the fetus.

Tao Zhan didn't dare to be careless. She knew that once there were signs of miscarriage, miscarriage could be at any time. It would take until after full term to breathe a little relieved. Sun Shangxiang is only more than six months pregnant, which is the most dangerous time.

The charcoal fire was burning in the warm room, and the fragrance was swaying in the bronze beast furnace at the corner of the room. A faint sandalwood was filled with the room. Sun Shangxiang was half lying on the bed, covered with a quilt, and her face was a little pale. She took a few sips of porridge, put the porridge bowl on the table, frowned slightly, "Sister, when did you think the general come back?"

Tao Zhan understood her concern. She was afraid that Liu Yan would not be able to catch up with the birth of the child, so she smiled and comforted her, "I think he should be back."

Sun Shangxiang sighed and complained, "I have only been back for two months and left again. He, the King of Han, is also busy. Can't I hand over anything back to my men?"

"There is no way." Tao Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "Cao Cao is almost sixty years old and he still has to fight in person. Isn't your brother the same? They are all hard-working. I heard that this time I'm going to clean up the Hu people, I hope he won't get the daughter of the chief back."

Sun Shangxiang chuckled, "Sister is worried that he is romantic outside."

Tao Zhan blushed and shook his head quickly, "He is not that kind of person, and I am not that stingy either. But I don't like dealing with Hu women. This and that rule is different from us, and it is difficult to live together."

"My sister makes sense, and I don't like it either."

Sun Shangxiang smiled sly and said, "It's better for us to write him a letter together and tell him."

Tao Zhan hesitated, "Forget it."

Sun Shangxiang knew that Tao Zhan was thinking in her heart that it was hard to write such a letter because of her identity. She didn't care. He dared to bring a Hu girl back and let him wait and see. Sun Shangxiang smiled and held Tao Zhan, whispering, "Sister, don't worry about this matter, I'll write a letter."

Tao Zhan also knew that her husband loved Shangxiang very much. He never listened to his opinions on such men and women, but he cared about Shangxiang's feelings. Although Tao Zhan sometimes felt uncomfortable, she was relatively broad-minded. In addition, Sun Shangxiang herself was also a simple person, who was loved and respected herself very much. Tao Zhan also tried not to care about favor and maintain harmony in the family.

At this time, she couldn't help laughing, "I'll explain first that I don't have this kind of thought, it has nothing to do with me."

Sun Shangxiang blinked, "Of course, my eldest sister is the princess of Han, so the overall situation should be the most important thing. I, a stingy girl, ignore his tricks."

Speaking of this, both of them laughed. At this time, a maid at the door reported that "Qi reported to the Princess, the Marquis of Taoxiang is asking for a meeting outside."

Tao Xianghou is Tao Zhan’s father Tao Sheng. Although he is in Chengdu, he rarely comes to visit his daughter. Tao Zhan knew that his father must have something to do, so he nodded and said, “Please wait, I’ll come right away.”

She said to Sun Shangxiang again, "Lying down and rest, I'll see you tonight."

"Well, bring Zhu'er and Chan'er. I haven't seen them for several days. I miss them very much."

Tao Zhan gave a few more instructions and quickly walked towards the outside house

In the guest hall of the outer house, Tao Sheng sat on the soft mat and drank tea with great worries. He was also very busy in the past two months. He had just returned from Chang'an and was promoted to Jingzhao County Magistrate and Chang'an Order. This was a major event for the Tao family, and it was even ten times more important than his hometown marquis. Tao Sheng asked Jia Xu for advice, and Jia Xu told him that at most two years, the Han Dynasty would move the capital to Chang'an. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be the first Jingzhao Yin. If his political achievements were outstanding, he would even join the Pingzhang Platform as a prime minister in ten years.

Tao Sheng was very excited. If his father knew about it, he would not know how relieved he would be. But he also knew very well that his son's Gao Qian was entirely because his daughter became the princess of Han. This was Liu Guan who was cultivating relatives and improving his daughter's status. So he knew what he should do. He needed to communicate with his daughter to let her understand the family's movements.

At this time, there was a sound of ringing and wearing a pen. Tao Zhan walked into the hall from outside. Tao Sheng quickly stood up and went forward to give a deep bow, "See the Princess"

Tao Zhan was slightly stunned, "Father, why do you want this?"

"This is etiquette. I'm already very rude when I didn't bow down." Tao Sheng smiled and said, "This is not only your face, but I must give the King of Han."

Tao Zhan nodded silently, "Father, please sit down."

Tao Sheng sat down, bowed and smiled, "Do you know that your brother was appointed as the governor of Jingzhao County?"

"I heard that, but it was not the general who told me that I heard from my sister-in-law that she had been here a few days ago."

"Don't you tell you about these things about the King of Han?" Tao Sheng asked in confusion.

"Father"

Tao Zhan raised his voice with some dissatisfaction, "I told you before that I never care about the Tao family's affairs, and I hope the Tao family will not do anything outside in my name. As for the promotion of my brother, I have agreed with the general that he doesn't have to tell me these things, and I don't want to know."

Tao Sheng was a little embarrassed. He was silent for a while and said, "Of course I remember you said, but some things cannot be done. After all, you are the daughter of the Tao family. Your brother's appointment as the governor of Jingzhao County and Chang'an Order has something to do with you. This is a fact, and you cannot deny it."

"Father, I didn't deny it. I just said that I don't want to know these things. What the general thinks about it. I will not interfere, nor will I take the initiative to ask him to take care of the Tao family. Do you understand what I mean? The affairs of the Tao family may have something to do with my identity, but it has nothing to do with me."

Tao Sheng nodded with a smile, "I can understand that it is wise to not interfere in politics. Just as a member of the Tao family and as a daughter, I should know how my father, the head of the family, is also what your father thinks. I hope you can give some advice."
Chapter completed!