After sitting in the carriage for five days in a row, the dozen or so girls on the carriage looked bad.

Since leaving Handcheng, ten girls have come up on the road one after another, most of them are between thirteen and seventeen or eighteen years old, and they are all beautiful women without exception.

Seeing that she was getting closer and closer to the capital, Liu Rong's eyelids that were shrinking in the corner jumped, and she always had a bad feeling.

On this day, when the sun was about to set, they passed through Qingjiang City, rested for a while, and were about to get up and go on the road.

The county commander of Qingjiang City looked at Gonggong Ruan with trepidation.

"Father-in-law Ruan recently returned to Linshan and there were a lot of refugees and bandits, the road was very unsafe, and there were many merchants who came and went to attract poisonous hands, so Xia Guan suggested that father-in-law rest here for one night and leave early tomorrow morning. ”

Grandpa Ruan was furious.

"At the foot of the Son of Heaven, how can there be refugees and bandits? ”

The county commander broke out in a cold sweat, trembled, and shirked: "There are no refugees and bandits in Qingjiang City governed by Xiaguan, they fled from Dongguan City to Huilin Mountain, and Xiaguan has sent people to suppress it, but there are too many of them, and Xiaguan's people are invincible, Xiaguan has already reported to the prefect, and he will send troops over tomorrow." ”

"Dongguan City is guarded by Marshal Jiang, how can there be refugees?"

The county magistrate smiled bitterly, "Back to the father-in-law, Marshal Jiang was assassinated, and Deputy Marshal Liu Zhen withdrew from Dongguan City, and now Dongguan City has been occupied by the Qianghu tribe and Beiliang. ”

Father-in-law Ruan was stunned, looked at the magistrate in disbelief, and digested the news for a long time.

"Does the emperor know this news?"

Lord Zhixian nodded.

"Your Majesty is furious, and has sent Prince Shou to lead an army of 300,000 to support. ”

Prince Shou was here, the Qianghu clan and Bei Liangding couldn't make waves, and Gonggong Ruan's heart was relaxed.

Rubbing the temples that ached faintly on his forehead, he looked in the direction of the capital, anxious.

I bowed my head and calculated the deadline for returning to Beijing, there was not much left, and if I delayed it any longer, I was afraid that I would miss the time to enter the palace.

Looking back at the girl in the carriage, he gritted his teeth, and his heart was certain.

He was a messenger, and he was protected by 300 forbidden troops, so it was expected that those refugees and bandits would not dare to act rashly.

"How many refugees and bandits are there on the back forest?"

The magistrate hesitated for a while, and said with an embarrassed face: "It seems that there are hundreds of people, and the specific subordinates are not clear." ”

"How many people are still in the hands of Lord Zhixian?"

The magistrate was stunned for a moment, looked up at Gonggong Ruan suspiciously, and said truthfully: "There are only one hundred officials in the hands of the lower officials. ”

Grandpa Ruan bowed his head in contemplation.

There were more than 400 people in the 300 forbidden army and 100 officials, and he didn't believe that they would have such courage.

"In this case, you will send a hundred officials to escort you, and we will set off in a moment. ”

The magistrate was embarrassed and wanted to persuade him again, but before he could speak, Gonggong Ruan interrupted him.

The magistrate had no choice but to go down to summon the official mission.

Although Liu Rong in the carriage couldn't hear what they said clearly, she knew that the situation had changed when she saw their faces.

Exhale a breath of turbidity and subconsciously hug the package on your body.

Wen Yue'er noticed Liu Rong's strange appearance and held her arm worriedly.

"Liu Rong, are you feeling unwell?"

Liu Rong shook her head.

Wen Yue'er was suspicious, stared at Grandpa Ruan outside the carriage, and complained in a low voice: "Father-in-law Ruan doesn't understand that our body can't stand it, Sister Jiang is sick like this, and she doesn't rest." ”

Jiang Xinyi's pale face showed a hot flush, which was a sign of fever.

coughed vigorously a few times and said, "Imperial Doctor Jiang has already seen it, I'm fine, Sister Wen don't complain." ”

Wen Yue'er was speechless, she kindly held grievances for her, and took over and blamed her for many things.

Rolled his eyes, and was about to refute, but was pulled by Liu Rong.

"More is better than less, I think Gonggong Ruan is so anxious, there must be a last resort, Wen Yue'er, you should say a few words. ”

Wen Yue'er opened her mouth, but was glared back by Liu Rong, turned her back depressedly, and didn't look at them, saving herself from being angry.

Two quarters of an hour later, the magistrate led a hundred officials to Ruan's father-in-law, counted the number of people, and the forbidden army set off with torches.

Because they knew that there were refugees and robbers back to Linshan, everyone's nerves were tense.

As soon as there is a disturbance, the forbidden army will be vigilant.

The team of people and horses walked quietly on the road back to Lin Mountain, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they were about to leave back to Lin Mountain.

At this moment, a lot of torches suddenly appeared on the slopes on both sides of Huilin Mountain, and they surrounded them at once.

Under the light of the torches, the Janissaries could see clearly that on both sides of the hillside were men in tattered clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and in their hands they were holding agricultural shovels, sticks, or flat poles, staring like wolves at the carriage guarding in the middle.

The leader of the forbidden army in the lead was in his heart, staring at the figure on the hillside with an expressionless face.

"Who is Your Excellency, who dares to intercept the way of the minister, and does not want to live?"

Out of the crowd came a slightly sturdy middle-aged man, who was holding a large knife and looked at the leader of the forbidden army with a sneer.

If it weren't for you officials who ruined our family, why would we have ended up in such a field? “

A brother beside the middle-aged man interjected impatiently, and said angrily: "Big brother, we are all about to starve to death, the emperor still has the mind to draft, if the news is correct, the girl in the carriage is the show girl sent to the palace by the official, none of the officials are good things, we robbed their daughter, don't worry about no ransom, with silver, our father and mother and children will have something to eat." ”

The movement outside the carriage made the girl, who had never been out of the house, ever seen such a battle.

All of them trembled with fright, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes watched the movement outside in horror, and several of them were so timid that they cried quietly.

The first time Liu Rong encountered such a thing, her nervous palms were sweaty, but her face was still calm.

There was a faint pain in her arm, distracting her tense nerves, and her willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she patted Wen Yue'er's little hand.

"You're hurting me. ”

Wen Yue'er let go of "ah", let go embarrassedly, and her body trembled with fear without support.

"Liu Rong, you say, will we die here? ”

"No, we have so many people to protect it, there will be no problems. "Instead of appeasing Wen Yue'er, it is better to calm your own heart.

Wen Yue'er looked at the forbidden army outside, breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, moved her body, and moved close to Liu Rong's body, as if she wouldn't be afraid of that way.

The silence outside the carriage did not last long, and with the order of the middle-aged man, the sound of fighting around him sounded.

Suddenly, the carriage shook violently, and a stream of bright red blood spurted into the carriage, and the coachman lay down in a fit of rage, his eyes staring straight at the girl in the carriage.

Suddenly, the girl's frightened screams pierced the starry sky at night.