Chapter 47: Shocking Horses
The banquet gradually came to an end, Sui Fan was already dizzy and couldn't help himself, Sui Ping sent someone to inform Mrs. Tuesday, so when he left, Mrs. Tuesday let the little girl help Sui Fan, and she took her hand and said to Sui Ping and Hui Zhi: "The fourth girl is uncomfortable, let her get into my carriage, and Sui Ping will go back in a car with the sixth girl." β
The two girls bowed their heads, and when they got into the carriage, the coachman swung his whip steadily, and the carriage went smoothly.
On Tuesday, Madame told the coachman to be steady. She was in the car asking Ju Yi next to her to pour some honey water, when she suddenly heard someone outside bustling and shouting, and the driver stopped the car in a hurry. Mrs. Tuesday glanced at Juyi, who lifted the corner of the curtain and jumped out of the car to visit. After a while, he got into the car and returned: "It's Jinyiwei." β
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Tuesday's face changed, and she looked at Ju Yi and motioned for her to continue.
"It was said that Jinyi Wei received the will to arrest the fugitives, and he rode down the street, and he wanted to take the fork in the road ahead, and when he saw the carriage of our house, let us give way here."
Ju was about to speak and stopped, seeing that Mrs. Tuesday's face was a little impatient, she paused and said: "I asked the coachman, he said that dozens of people were dispatched by Jinyi Guard, and Shuntianfu was followed behind, if we wait here, I'm afraid they won't be able to finish an hour, so it's better to walk next to Xinglin Hutong and bypass Goldfish Street to go back to Nancheng." β
Mrs. Tuesday felt justified when she heard this, "Then do as he said, and take a detour." β
Ju Yi got out of the car and ordered the carriage behind him, so he turned the head of the car, but in this way, he turned around, the alley road was narrow, and the carriage where Sui Ping and Hui Zhi were sitting together walked in front.
I don't know if the road is unstable, or the coachman asks for speed, the carriage in the alley is going fast and fast, not as stable as Fangcai, with Fang took out some soothing incense from the box with the car and sprinkled it in the small incense burner, the hot aroma dispersed, it seemed to make people feel more stable.
Hui Zhi's ears were quiet, and she felt that something was wrong.
Even if you bypass Xinglin Hutong, it should be in the south of Nancheng, and the shops are lined up on the street, even if it is past noon, it shouldn't be so quiet!
She looked at Sui Ping, who was quietly closing her eyes and recuperating, and Lu Nong next to her followed, gently rubbing her legs. Hui Zhi wanted to gently open the curtain to look outside, but she didn't expect Sui Ping to interrupt: "The incense that has just been lit, don't disperse." Hui Zhi had no choice but to give up.
After walking for another quarter of an hour, it seemed that I could hear some bustling and street sounds, but suddenly all of a sudden, the two horses driving the car neighed loudly and galloped forward. There was a sudden shake in the car, and Hui Zhi followed the body, and her head touched the wall of the carriage.
Sui Ping also fell in the car, but fortunately he didn't hit his head, but Lu Nong knocked his knees all of a sudden, and was covering his legs and whispering in pain; Xianfang sat firmly, and there was a small table in front of her, which just stuck her. She hurriedly turned to look at Hui Zhi, who looked at her, shook her head, and said, "I touched my head, but it's not heavy." Then he turned his head to look at Sui Ping, and several people helped Sui Ping up, seeing that she was pale and panicked.
"Could it be that it startled the horse?" Sui Ping's voice was rare to see, a little trembling, and a little sharp.
Yifang calmed down and raised his voice to ask the coachman what was going on. I heard the coachman say with difficulty: "I don't know who threw a snake in front of the carriage when I got out of the alley, and the two horses were startled at once." Don't panic girls, the little ones know how to manipulate. β
The carriage slowly stabilized from the bumpy beginning, and with the coming worries, it also faded. Hui Zhi's heart was put down, and she thought about it carefully, but she still felt that something was wrong.
Where is it so coincidental? Out of the alley, it is obviously a downtown street, how can a snake appear for no reason?
I always felt that something was wrong.
But the carriage gradually stabilized, and several people let out a long breath. "Fortunately, it has stabilized, and it is really dangerous." Sui Ping patted his heart and spoke softly.
The regular sound of horses' hooves echoed in the road surface, like stepping on Huizhi's heart one by one, and her eyes suddenly widened.
The streets of Nancheng are all paved stone roads, and the horseshoe fixed on the horse's hooves is on the stone road, which is clear and crisp, and very good-sounding; And now this dull voice is not in the South City at all!
The dull voice could only run to the outer city -- bypassing the Xinglin Hutong, it was originally in the south of the southern city, and it was also very close to the city gate in the south of the capital.
The guards at the gate of the city, seeing the startled carriage galloping by, I am afraid that they are also powerless and unable to stop it, let alone see the emblem on the carriage!
But the coachman stopped talking, and the carriage was not steady. Hui Zhi caught a sound at the tip of her earβthe thick-soled boots stepped on the dirt, accompanied by the subtle sound of the blade responding to the wind, and it seemed that it was still quite far away.
But in an instant, the sound of the sword suddenly came closer!
The carriage swayed, and the sound of the golden blade breaking through the air outside was far and near, and there was a faint sound of fighting between blades, a muffled snort from someone, and a surprised voice, "Didn't you say that there was only one coachman?" Where do you get a master escort? "Maybe it's the shadow guard of the Qin family, there is only one, kill it!"
Then there was the voice of the multitude.
The coolness spreads from the tips of the fingers to the entire ribcage. She didn't know that the secret guards in the house would follow her when she went out this time, but there was still a glimmer of hope.
But obediently, the other party has a large number of people, and there is only one guard who does not know the enemy and a driver who can only drive.
Judgment from above.
Even if they die here, it will be impossible to find out who the murderer is.
The carriage swayed and moved slowly, as if it were spinning in place. The situation outside was unknown, and none of the people in the car dared to open the curtain to take a look. It was still the early spring, the spring was cold, and the carriage curtains were made thick, and no light could be penetrated.
The sound of the golden blade breaking through the air sounded frequently for a while, and then it slowly quieted down, the carriage had completely stopped, and Hui Zhi's hand began to tremble.
She heard footsteps again. Extremely light, unlike ordinary people's voices, you can tell that it is a practitioner when you hear it, and it is also a master in it.
The coachman had been killed, Hui Zhi thought a little desperately.
She had just heard the sound of a sword stabbing into the flesh, the sound of blood splattering out, and the curtain of the carriage was covered with blood, and it was ticking down the wooden frame to the front door.
Fierce and auspicious, Hui Zhi was pale, and looked up at Sui Ping worriedly, but she didn't expect that Sui Ping turned out to be calm, indifferent, and looked at herself quietly.
Then she bent a very graceful and gentle smile, the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, and the scalp of Huizhi was numb, and this trembling numbness went from the top of her head, over the back, to the palms of her feet.
Turning a thousand times in his head, could it be that Sui Ping knew about this matter?
Or is it that this matter, from beginning to end, although it is not known what the beginning and the end are - but is it all a conspiracy?
Is it his own life that Sui Ping is plotting?