The convoy went fast.

Especially after leaving the boundary of the capital, the speed has increased significantly, and it seems that I am afraid of the body of the Emperor Taishang and I am a woman, and I can't rush day and night, otherwise, it will be faster than now.

Early in the morning, the morning light was slightly dewed, we had already sat in the carriage and staggered forward, Su Su did not sleep well, yawned with me for a long time, just the wheel touched a stone, the carriage jolted, her head hit the car board, knocked out a red envelope.

I smiled and said, "Does it hurt? Do you want them to take medicine and wipe it?" ”

She herself was also aggrieved, stretched out her hand to rub it, but said, "It's okay, how can a slave be so delicate." ”

I smiled and continued to lie by the window__Now that I have reached the official road, it is still early, and there are few pedestrians and convoys passing around, so I can open the curtain and look out without much care, the morning mist fills the dense trees on the slopes on both sides, making the surrounding scenery a little mysterious.

Su Su muttered to herself for a while, and suddenly pointed to my side and said, "Miss, your things have fallen out." ”

I looked back and saw that it was the small brocade bag, which Pei Yuanhao asked Father-in-law Yu to bring me, which was originally placed in the sleeve, but it fell on the board at some point. It's too small, and it's too weightless, and I don't even feel it when it comes out.

So I smiled and picked it up.

Su Su said: "This is something that the emperor specially asked people to give to the eldest lady, and it must be very expensive." ”

I smiled.

Su Su's big eyes stared at the thing, obviously very curious, but she also knew the rules, and she didn't ask much if the master didn't say anything, so I smiled and said, "Yes, gold is very expensive." ”

This time, she was even more curious.

The car drove through a muddy road again, the carriage shook badly, Su Su leaned on the window and looked out, and said with some concern: "There are no people on this section of the road, will there be robbers?"

I laughed, "It's official." ”

"Miss, there will be robbers on the official road. ”

"In broad daylight, where did the robbers come from, don't be suspicious. ”

However, the world is really hard to say, I just reprimanded Su Su not to be suspicious, and after a while, lying by the window and watching the scenery, I looked at the morning mist woods on both sides, and some sneaky figures followed, back and forth, following us for a mile.

I felt that something was wrong, so I asked one of the guards who was following the carriage to inform the captain of the escort. There were two teams escorting us westward this time, each led by a pair of brothers, the eldest brother was called Wen Hu, and the younger brother was called Wen Bao.

The middle-aged man named Wen Hu soon rode over, this person had a beard on his face, and three deep lines on his forehead, at first glance, he looked like a king, but he really had a bit of a tiger shape. His voice was also rough and rude: "Miss Yan, what are you asking me to come over?"

I whispered to him, and as soon as Wen Hu heard it, his blackened eyebrows twisted up, and he turned his head to look to the side.

I whispered, "I've been following us for a mile, but after a cursory look, there don't seem to be many people." ”

"I'm afraid that there are still people waiting in front of me. ”

Although this Wenhu is thick, I can feel that he is thick and fine in one sentence, and I immediately understood why Pei Yuanhao chose him to protect the safety of me and the Emperor Taishang this time, so he asked, "Then what should you do?"

"Since there are few people, let's clean up first, grab and ask, in case there is an ambush ahead, we won't crash into it. ”

"It's fine. ”

I nodded, and said, "However, the Emperor Taishang is too old to be frightened, so don't disturb him." ”

"Miss rest assured, this naturally understands. ”

After saying that, he beckoned, and immediately a group of twenty or so people gathered around him, and I leaned on the window and watched, he didn't even say a word, only a few cleaned up, and those people nodded in understanding, drew their weapons, and went into the woods beside them.

It's really resolute, and it will be moved.

Su Su said a little nervously: "Miss, nothing will happen, right?"

In fact, when encountering such a situation, unless it is dealt with, the result is really difficult to say, and I really didn't expect to encounter such a thing on the official road less than a day after leaving the capital, but I still said calmly: "Don't worry, they are all selected by the emperor to protect us, and they won't be so useless." ”

As if I didn't know what was going on, the convoy continued to move forward, and I leaned on the window, looking at the misty woods that had been left far behind, faintly, as if I heard the sound of fighting, but because the people around me didn't care much, no one even noticed.

Soon, the convoy made a turn, and I couldn't see what was behind me.

Just when I was faintly anxious, I finally heard the sound of horses' hooves coming in at the back of the convoy. I hurriedly lay on the window frame, and saw Wen Hu with his people, and quickly caught up.

Those people quietly merged into the previous team, and Wen Hu rode to my carriage, I looked at him slightly gasping for breath, and the clothes on his body were a little messy, and hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

Wen Hu said: "Miss Yan is really not mistaken, someone is really following us." ”

I was shocked: "Is it really a robber?"

"Well, all with knives. ”

I couldn't help but gasp__ really let Su Su say right?

Wen Hu said: "But don't worry, the number of people in this group is very small, only about a dozen, and it has been cleaned up." ”

I nodded.

Wen Hu said again: "However, I think it's a little strange below. ”

"What?"

"There are so few people in this group, and there are so many people in our team, it stands to reason that they shouldn't be eyeing us. ”

"What do you mean __"

"It's a bit of an anomaly. ”

"So, did you catch them and ask?"

"I didn't catch anyone at all," he said with some frustration: "This group of people has been with us for a while, and they have figured it out, and they are probably going to give up, so we just passed, and they ran away by themselves without a few moves." ”

"Oh......"

It's naturally a good thing that people are beaten away, but I also hesitated a little when I heard Wen Hu say this__As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and I'm not afraid that someone will beat our ideas, but I'm afraid that those ideas are not simply looking at money.

I thought about it for a while, and then I said to him, "Anyway, let's be cautious along the way, and we will bother you two brothers." ”

Wen Hu immediately waved his hand: "Miss Yan is strict when she says so." ”

I smiled, nodded at me, and rode on, unfazed by the fact that our convoy was still moving forward calmly and quickly.

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In the days that followed, we had two more of these accidents.

said it was an accident, but the Wenhu and Wenbao brothers seemed to be prepared, so the matter was resolved smoothly. The next two encounters with robbers and bandits were one more than the previous one, and the most, that is, the most recent one, came with nearly forty people, which is considered a relatively large-scale bandit.

This time, it was not solved quietly, and Pei Ji was alarmed after all.

In the evening when we were staying at a post house, he sat in the hall drinking tea, and I went to greet him, and he smiled and said, "You young people, you are getting more and more unpresentable. ”

I looked at him in amazement.

He said: "People say that they don't hide it, it's good for you, Lone is also on the same road with you, you just deceive Lonely, and you don't know anything at all?"

I hurriedly pleaded guilty: "Emperor Taishang, please calm your anger." ”

He looked at me and said, "Shouldn't someone come and talk to Gu when something like this happens?" Even if the knife is cut to the neck, at least he is a ghost." ”

As soon as he said this, Wenhu Wenbao was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt in front of him: "Subordinates should be damned!"

Pei Ji glanced at them, lowered his head and took another sip of tea, and then said slowly: "Say, what's going on?"

In this way, the two brothers Wenhu and Wenbao only told him how to get out of trouble after we left the capital in the past few days, and how they encountered an attack on the road, and told him 1510, probably because I said hello before, Wenhu added a sentence at the end: "However, there are few people who come, and it is easy for subordinates to clean up." ”

Pei Ji listened, but he was not angry or happy, he thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Since there are not many people here, why do they bother to come to die?"

With this sentence, he said what we had been worrying about for the past two days.

What I am most worried about is this, to say that we have a hundred or so people, and the discerning people know at a glance that they are well-equipped, Wenhu Wenbao and their men are all big-shouldered and round-waisted, strong in martial arts, ordinary bandits and bandits, one or twenty people come to fight our idea, and they are really holding eggs and touching them on stones.

But there are more than one such stupid thieves.

It's just that the two people encountered in the back are more than the handful of centaurs before, but they are just mantis arms as cars.

What's more, even if we don't say it clearly, Pei Ji and I also know very well in our hearts that the people sent by Pei Yuanhao to send us to each other can't be only the two teams of people and horses in the open, Huwen and Leopard, and there must be some people who haven't made a move in secret, and these few times are really not worth their shots.

At this time, Su Su next to him said softly: "People die for money, birds die for food, they come, of course, to grab money." ”

As soon as she spoke, everyone's eyes looked at her, Pei Ji also turned his head to look at her, I hurriedly pulled her and said, "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Su Su shrank his head.

However, Pei Ji looked at her with interest and said with a smile: "What this little girl said has some truth. ”

“……”

"People die for money, birds die for food, don't these robbers make a living from this?"

“……”

"The question is, they are pointing at us, what kind of treasure are we here, so attractive to these people?"