Chapter Thirteen Morning Light
The night fades and the morning light is bright. The inns on the roadside are beginning to become noisy. You should hurry up as early as possible.
In the hall, large pieces of pickled vegetables were kept being brought to the table, so that the people who were rushing to get the energy of walking. Some servants in the backyard were busy adding fodder to the livestock to load the trucks. Even three-year-old children were not idle in the entire trip shop. So when the girl came over with a bucket while chewing a piece of cake, it was no surprise to everyone, and someone shouted to bring me a bucket.
"...I only have two hands." The girl said angrily, with the harshness of seeing all kinds of people.
The children in the foot shop are like this. It is not easy for them to bully them based on their gender, and the busy mailmen are not angry and surprised, but laugh.
"...The women in Xiliang are taller than horses..."
"...You little girl stood in front of others and disappeared..."
While tying the rain on the truck, the two guys were joking with the girl squatting aside and watching the fun.
The girl curled her lips and said, "Nonsense, we often come to Xiliang here, and there are many women accompanying you, which is not what you said... You two have not been to Xiliang yet, have you?"
The two guys were exposed, with awkward expression, and waved their hands to the girl, "Go away... Are you going to steal our goods... You kids with unclean hands and feet..." to drive them away.
The girl spat and stood up and walked away staggeringly. She was inconspicuous in the crowded traveling shop. Standing at the door of the store, looking forward, the sun was clear and seemed to be able to see the city... Xue Qing couldn't help but sigh and walked out of such a terrible ancient transportation.
Now Chang'an City should have known that she is missing. This method of cheating on both sides of the family is easy to get rid of, not to mention that there are people in the society who are specifically focused on her... Xue's mother is determined to keep her in the society, so she is naturally because she has her own people there.
Next, I will rely on Young Master Liantang.
Xue Qing smiled and leaned against the wall in a comfortable position. He should be very angry, and then he would tell the story of Chanyi to prove his guess. Of course, this was completely useless for Xue's mother and others, but Xue's mother and others would definitely not dare to tell Zhang Liantang about their identity as a woman, so they must do something and chase them towards the direction of the capital.
This will probably delay for another two or three days, and there will only be a few days, and there are only a few caravans in Zhangjia Trading Company that have sunrise in the city.
"... Have you checked the road? Don't make any mistakes."
"...Is it so strict before leaving Shanxi Road?"
A voice was heard by the door beside her. Xue Qing looked over and saw that it was two chubby businessmen talking. She already knew that Lu Yin was such a thing. It was a policy that was ordered by the five ministers of the resignation of the emperor and his family of three in order to ensure social order and stability. The people of Dazhou need to issue certificates to leave their homes for hundreds of miles, otherwise they would be arrested as rioters.
The road guide will indicate the name and wealth of the traveler come from, which is extremely detailed. Slaves are not qualified to have a road guide without an innocent body and can only rely on the master's family. Therefore, this is why there are few escaped slaves because they are difficult to move forward.
Of course, not everyone needs a guide, and there is no need for fame and fortune in the imperial examination.
Xue Qing sighed and listened to the two businessmen talking.
"...Isn't something wrong with Xiliang...A county magistrate has been beheaded... Other officials naturally have to make some moves."
"...Our business won't affect it, right?"
"...that won't be, the two countries are still having a happy time...How is your business?"
"...It's not bad... Prince Xiliang treats merchants of Dazhou very favorably..."
After saying three sentences, the two began to talk about business information. Xue Qing ignored it if he couldn't hear useful information. He wanted to continue to rely on the caravan to move forward. He checked the trucks at the level, but there was unsafe hidden in the car. He checked the identity of the road guides and checked the identity of the road guides. It seemed that he was the only one who walked alone in the wild.
This is also good. If you don’t know where you are going, those people will have no way to find themselves.
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With a choking sound, a snake that was about to arch up in the quiet and dark night was instantly pierced by an iron bar. The next moment, one foot was stepped on, and the iron bar was pulled out and walked towards the night sky. The snake seemed to have been stepped on and died unexpectedly.
But there are not so many accidents in this world. After a moment of disappearing in the night, footsteps sounded softly, and one hand reached out and picked up the dead snake.
"Qiancé...is not bad at all..." The low old voice sighed, "...This girl is such a lonely veteran... If it weren't for me, she would probably not be able to keep up with her... much better than her father back then."
Looking at the person who disappeared into the night, the voice suddenly became annoyed again.
"...Are you annoying? The whole family is like this. The father runs away, the daughter runs away. How much grievance will it be to be an emperor? I am still wronged, and I want to run away..."
As the night was spoken, a black shadow raised. It turned out that the person who had been squatting before stood up. The hunched figure seemed to become taller in the night. It seemed that he had thought of something and made a strange smile.
"...I originally thought about teaching you this again and again, after all, I am a weak scholar... But now it seems that you are so brave, so let's see the real danger..."
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It seemed that strange birds were singing and flying by in the night sky. Xue Qing, who was walking, stopped and raised the iron bar in his hand slightly. He stood quietly for a moment and confirmed that it was really just the night birds flying by before relaxing his vigilance.
However, she always felt that someone was following her... She had changed her route several times for this reason. She believed in intuition. Intuition saved her countless times in her previous life, and this intuition was also the experience accumulated between countless life and death. Xue Qing did not hesitate and moved quickly in another direction. Although this direction did not move forward, she retreated.
The real escape is not to move forward all the time, but also applies here to retreat.
When it was dark, Xue Qing, who was sitting on a big tree and resting with his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes, and appeared through the end of the lush branches and leaves, and gradually the sound of horse hooves was clear.
This is a main road, and it is not uncommon for pedestrians to pass by on the road, but... Xue Qing looked at the people getting closer and closer. These people were very powerful and dangerous.
Xue Qing held the iron bar in his hand tightly and looked at the horses in his sight. There were not many people, five people and eight horses, black armor, and they marched neatly. They were officers and soldiers, and they were well-trained and had gone to the battlefield to kill many people. Even the horses under them were full of blood, which was much more powerful than the Beijing soldiers and imperial guards I had seen before.
The officers and soldiers were carrying military orders. The military orders were like mountains of falling, and they would not be disturbed by external objects. Just passing by, Xue Qing held his breath and looked at the officers and soldiers, approached, and then galloped past here... But suddenly, one of the officers and soldiers suddenly rose and raised the crossbow on their arms.
I'll go! Xue Qing raised his hand and raised the iron bars at the same time.
With a choking sound, fire splashed on the lush trees. It was a crossbow arrow colliding with iron tools. The branches swayed and one person rose and flipped over it.
The five officers and soldiers under the tree had raised their arms, and several arrows shot towards the big tree. Xue Qing had turned the tree a few times, and the crossbow arrows rubbed their noses and nailed them to the branches of the trunks. As she turned several times, the iron bars in her hand kept piercing out, and with the last step, the thick branches broke and smashed down with a creaking sound.
The horses neighed under the tree, and five black armored men jumped up from the horse, avoided the falling branches, threw down the crossbow, pulled out the long sword behind them, and looked at the tree.
A girl in coarse cloth clothes and long braids on the tree trunk in the morning light was hanging in the air, holding an iron bar in her hand, which was sank into the tree trunk, and it was the only support.
Chapter completed!