When the last rays of the sunset were scattered, Wang Jiqing and his party finally walked down the Erlong Mountain Range. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Miss, it's getting dark, should we camp on the spot, or go straight to Shanzhou?" Ding Erniu looked at the surrounding environment, this place is backed by the Erlong Mountain Range, and there is a small lake not far away, which is indeed a good place to camp.

It was difficult to walk on the road after dark, and in order to get down the mountain before dark, their group galloped on Erlong Mountain for most of the day, without a moment of rest on the way. At this time, Wang Ji leaned weakly on the arms of Thirteen Niang, she had never ridden a horse for most of the day, and she had already vomited without a trace of strength.

"How far is it from Shanzhou?" She took the water bladder handed over by Thirteen Niang behind her, rinsed her mouth, and took another sip. A clear stream slid through his throat before he suppressed the nausea in his chest.

"If you go back to Miss Liu," Zhou Yong drove forward, "if the horse moves forward quickly, you can reach Shanzhou in an hour." He looked at the weak master on horseback, and his heart was very unbearable. The sixth lady of his own family, such a golden and noble person, how could he have suffered like this?

"Erniu, tell the brothers, hold on a little longer, let's rush directly to Shanzhou and rest in Shanzhou City." Wang Ji nodded lightly, rushed to Shanzhou at this time, rested for a simple night, and could rush to Qizhou early tomorrow morning.

"Miss," Ding Erniu ordered someone to light the torch, and under the firelight, Miss's face turned even paler. "Miss, even if we rush to Shanzhou at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to get in." The gates of ordinary state cities will be closed after dark, let alone Shanzhou, a military town on the border!

"It doesn't matter." Wang Jiqing took out a token from his sleeve and handed it to Ding Erniu. "You send someone to take this token in advance and rush to Shanzhou, and someone will naturally open the city gate for us at that time."

Although his third brother Wang Zeren left Shanzhou, after all, he had been a garrison in Shanzhou for three years, and Shanzhou was a military town, so he naturally made complete preparations before leaving. At this time, the Shanzhou garrison was the third brother's original deputy general, and he was naturally a descendant of the Wang family.

"Miss, don't you really need to take a break?" Ding Erniu immediately stepped forward to take the token, and at this time, he was also weak and weakly lying in Ding Erniu's arms, looking at his young lady with a concerned face.

"No," Wang Ji shook her head lightly, "When you get to Shanzhou, you can rest well." ”

Ding Erniu handed the token to Xiao Qi behind him and carefully instructed him. Seeing that the young lady nodded, she asked Xiao Qi to rush to Shanzhou with a few guards. He himself returned to the front of the group and shouted, "Go!" ”

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On the south gate of Shanzhou City, several guards on duty saw a few fires moving quickly in the direction of the city from a distance.

"Someone, go and report to the general, someone is blocking the city gate late at night." Seeing this, the squad leader on duty hurriedly sent someone back to the general's mansion in the city to report.

If it was usual, such a trivial matter, he would naturally ignore it. But at this time, the epidemic in northern Xinjiang has spread, and now even people in Shanzhou City have malaria, and I heard that dozens of people have died in just three or five days.

The prefect Ma has written to the imperial court many times, but there has been no response, and he does not know when the imperial court will send a doctor to deal with the epidemic. A few days ago, the doctors who had a medical center in the capital arrived spontaneously, but they also passed through the city without staying, and went directly to Qizhou. At this time, someone from the south gate of the town came late at night, and it was likely that the doctor sent by the imperial court to prevent malaria had arrived.

"Who's coming?" In a few moments, the captain saw five or six men riding horses and carrying torches to the city. Without waiting for the other party to seize the city, he let out a loud shout.

"We are here from the south of the Yangtze River to see Lord Liu Chengliu, the garrison of Shanzhou!" Afraid of the disbelief of the people on the wall, he reached out and held up a token from his bosom.

The captain of the squad at the city gate, hearing this, stepped forward and leaned out, and by the light of the fire, he glanced at the token in the hand of the visitor from a distance.

It turned out to be the Shanzhou Garrison Token! How could the token, which should be in the hands of General Liu at this time, be in the hands of someone who came? The team leader was shocked, and couldn't help but lean out and take a few more looks, that's right, it's a garrison order.

Gangnam! The person who came claimed to be from Jiangnan, could it be that General Wang had returned? The squad leader was overjoyed, "Wait a minute, General Liu will be here soon." ”

Half an hour later, Liu Cheng, a Shanzhou garrison in armor and about thirty years old, had already turned back and forth a few times outside the wide open south gate.

"Little Seven, Miss Six, why haven't they arrived yet." Liu Cheng was quite anxious, it was almost time, something should happen.

"Brother Liu, don't worry." Xiao Qi stepped forward and patted Liu Cheng's horse's head, "Sixth Miss, they should be there in a while." Brother Er Niu personally led more than 200 elite guards armed with crossbows to move forward, and it would be fine. "Not to mention those bandit road barrants who don't have long eyes, even if it is the regular army of the imperial court, I'm afraid there is not a team that can be equipped with a hand crossbow that can fire six arrows in a row.

"You kid, a quarter of an hour ago, I said that I would personally bring someone to meet Miss Six, don't you reply to me like this." Liu Cheng pulled Xiao Qi's hand away with one hand, and shouted angrily, "But now, another quarter of an hour has passed, why haven't they arrived yet, Sixth Miss?" ”

"Ding Erniu, this kid, is really true. But I haven't seen each other for a few years, and I'm getting more and more out of order. ”

"If Yang Lie hadn't left him, if he had followed me, I would have smoked him a long time ago."

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Listening to the tone of these two people, one of the guards who followed Xiao Qi was very puzzled. After he asked a Liu Cheng's personal soldier next to him, he learned that this Lord Liu was also in the guard of the Wang family. Back then, Liu Cheng was a personal guard of Wang Zeren, and later followed Wang Zeren to the battlefield before slowly rising to the position of a partial general. After Wang Zeren returned to Jiangnan, he took over the post of Shanzhou garrison.

"Look, my lord, it's coming." The captain who was on duty at the south gate first saw a fire dragon faintly appearing in the distance, and turned around and shouted.

Liu Cheng, Xiao Qi and the others were overjoyed, and hurriedly drove their horses forward to meet them.

"My subordinate Liu Cheng has seen Miss Six." After a cup of tea, Liu Cheng reined in the horse's head, saluted a woman in front of him, and clasped his fists.

"Lord Liu, now that you are a city guard, you don't need to be polite." Wang Ji looked at the honest man in front of him lightly and nodded weakly.

"Sixth Miss, no matter what position your subordinates are in, they will always be members of the Wang family." Liu Cheng's voice was loud, and he clasped his fists and saluted again. If it weren't for the Wang family's adoption and nurturing grace back then, an orphan would have died in a broken temple outside Jiangzhou City, where would he still have his status today.

"Okay, Brother Liu," Ding Erniu stepped forward to interrupt Liu Cheng's words, the two had worked together for many years, and the brotherly relationship was naturally deep. "Let's send Miss Six into the city first, Miss has been tired for a few days."

"Yes," Liu Cheng touched his head and laughed a few times, "Look at me, a rough man, I have ignored this matter." Miss, please, the house is ready. ”

Wang Ji lay weakly in Thirteen Niang's arms, smiled and nodded. The group went to the general's palace in the city.