Since hearing the news brought by Xu Lu, Yan Qiu consciously began to order people to pack their luggage slowly, and wait for the weather to be warmer before they can go on the road.

A few days later, she received a letter from Zhao Jin, saying in her heart that they had entered Jinling on February 25, and that everything was going well, so Yan Qiu should not worry. At the end of the letter, there is another sentence: "Not seen for a day, like March." ”

This made her wonder, when did His Highness be the one who could talk about love?

But surprise is surprise, she is still happy in her heart, and she can't wait to set off immediately at this moment to reunite with Zhao Jin in Jinling.

March 17, good to go.

On this day, the wind is clear and clear, the spring cold has passed, the spring river is warm, everything recovers, and the grass grows and the warbler flies.

The carriage clattered, and the tassels in front of the carriage swayed. With such a big battle in the Ji Palace, the people of the entire Wancheng City knew that this was the female dependents of the Ji Palace's Mansion going to Jinling.

More than ten days ago, news came from Jinling that Zhao Jin, the king of Ji, had captured the Liang family, and the emperor was very happy. And because the holy dragon body was not safe, he ordered that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince Ji Wang should supervise the country.

Therefore, the entire Great Zhou already knows that His Royal Highness the King of Ji is afraid that he will be extremely noble in the future.

Jingzhou is mountainous, and Yan Qiu and they need to take a carriage to Huzhou first, and then take a boat in Huzhou to Jinling.

Although he had felt the fatigue of this journey before, Yan Qiu was still very unaccustomed to it. At this time, the trees start, and the entire Z slope is still a mixture of green and gray, and the scenery is not good. Moreover, this mountainous road is not easy to walk, the carriage sways so badly that it hurts a little in the butt after sitting on it for a day, not to mention that there are still a few days of work to get to Huzhou.

Ah Bai was served by Cai Wei and the nurse, and Yan Qiu was in a carriage with him, wide and comfortable. She was also fine in the carriage, so she teased Ah Bai and taught him to speak.

Counting up, by the end of this month, Ah Bai will be eight months old, and he can already sit on the soft couch, clapping his hands and screaming. He is surprisingly energetic, and he doesn't recognize life, except for the resemblance to Zhao Jin, he doesn't look like Zhao Jin at all in terms of personality. The sometimes smirk is quite similar to Yan Qiu.

There was Ah Bai along the way, Yan Qiu didn't feel boring, plus she was learning to play with Caiyue, a few days of hard work passed in a flash, and soon arrived in Huzhou.

When the group arrived in Huzhou, it was late, so they rested in Huzhou at night, repaired a little, recovered their spirits, and set off the day after tomorrow. thought that someone had already taken care of everything in advance, so as soon as Yan Qiu arrived in Huzhou, he was greeted in the rented yard.

This time is different from the situation when he came back from Youzhou the year before last, Zhao Jin was hindered by the Liang family the year before last, and his food, clothing, housing and transportation were all in the post station, and now he has long been out of care, so Yan Qiu entered the city, naturally to live comfortably.

Along the way, Yan Qiu was very tired, and as soon as he entered the house, he let people take a hot bath to relieve fatigue. And Ah Bai is the same, even if he is in good spirits on weekdays, he can't withstand the fatigue of the journey, and when he gets off the car, he is still asleep in the nurse's arms.

After taking a bath, the sky had completely darkened, and the dim candle flame was flickering in the house.

Yan Qiu's hair was wet, so he wiped it with a handkerchief a few times, then left it aside and began to eat.

After finishing the meal, Yan Qiu chatted with Cai Wei and a few people, and talked about the Lantern Festival in Huzhou.

"When the slave went to the stove, I heard Sister Mandarin Duck talk about it. I heard that the Huzhou Lantern Festival is a feature of this area, do you want to go out and have a look. Cai Ge smiled. Mandarin ducks are the original maids of this house, and they are naturally very familiar with Huzhou.

"If I don't go, I'm very tired, and I'm afraid I won't have much energy tomorrow." Yan Qiu waved his hand and refused.

When Cai Ge heard this, his face was as usual, but he just stepped back and didn't mention it again.

Soon it was the second day, and sure enough, Yan Qiu woke up with a sore body and couldn't lift his arms, let alone the lantern festival at night.

So she rested in the courtyard during the day.

As a result, when it was time to unite, although the few maids she brought with her didn't say anything, their eyes were full of expectation. Yan Qiu smiled slightly, waved his hand and simply let a few people go out to join in the fun, leaving only the nurse and Cai Wei to take care of Ah Bai, as well as the rough maid in the yard.

When it got dark, there was a burst of gongs and drums outside, as well as a commotion. Hearing this, she smiled absently. Although she also likes to join in the fun, she has no choice but to give up because she is not feeling well. But she didn't regret it, because this lantern festival was a festival for unmarried men and women, so she didn't bother to go to see it. His Royal Highness was not around, and the province was abused by young men and women on the streets.

While he was thinking wildly, there was a sudden scream outside, men, women and children, and it seemed that something big was happening.

"Dai Niangzi, you go out and have a look, Ah Bai and I'll watch." Cai Wei just went out to make tea, and only Dai Niangzi and Yan Qiu were there.

"Yes." Dai Niangzi answered, pushed open the door and went out.

There was a loud cry outside, and the room seemed quieter. Originally, Yan Qiu didn't feel anything, but after Wei Niangzi went out, she suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Master, it's no good, the horse bandits are here." Suddenly, the door was pushed open vigorously, and Cai Wei hurriedly walked in with a frown.

"Where are they now?" Yan Qiu's hand holding the tea shook, she knew the horse bandits. When she was a child, before Zhao Jin came to Jingzhou, horse bandits rushed into Wancheng, burned, killed, looted, raped □□ women, and did all kinds of evil. She still remembers the scene when the fire was blazing and the crying was incessant. Later, Zhao Jin took up the domain and led a team of men and horses to exterminate the gang of horse bandits, and Wancheng settled down. I didn't expect her to be so unlucky, as soon as she arrived in Huzhou, Huzhou entered the horse bandits.

"It's at the mouth of the alley on the other side of the stone bridge, not far from here, I will let the guards guard this yard, and then go to the Huzhou garrison, you and the little boy hide in the house and don't come out." Cai Wei spoke a little faster.

"Okay, you go." Yan Qiu nodded.

"If the guards are defeated, you will take the little boy to hide in the dry well in the backyard, and the slave and maid will be outside." Cai Wei advised.

"Okay."

After instructing all this, Cai Wei hurriedly went out and mobilized the palace guards to guard the courtyard desperately.

Yan Qiu looked through the window, not far from here, the fire was all over the sky, and it felt like half of Huzhou was lit up.

The guards brought by Yan Qiu are all carefully selected by Steward Liu, and they can fight one against three. It's just that there must be a lot of horse bandits outside, and these guards are only fifty-seven people, how can they be able to defeat hundreds of horse bandits? Now we can only hope that those horse bandits will scatter and grab things, otherwise these guards will not be able to resist at all.

And it will take at least half an hour for the Huzhou garrison to arrive, and if the horse bandits really come here, the palace guards will not be able to resist it at all.

Yan Qiu was thinking in her mind while asking the nurse who had already come back to take a set of her clothes to change into. Brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes are the most attractive to those horse bandits. She also specially wiped a handful of pot ashes on her face, so that even her parents couldn't recognize her.

"Concubine Niangniang, what should I do? The horse bandits are murderous and don't blink, and if they meet them, it's over. The nurse swallowed her saliva. As soon as she heard that the horse bandits were coming, she was frightened and her legs weakened. What's more, there was more than enough screaming outside, and the sound of horses' hooves seemed to be coming this way.

"Don't worry, the palace guards are here, they are all picked out by Steward Liu." Yan Qiu was suddenly a little funny, when she was so chaotic, she was still in the mood to comfort the nurse.

The cries of the women and children were getting closer and closer, and it was clear that the people on the other side of the alley had suffered.

Yan Qiu's heart pounded, and he prayed in his heart that the gang of horse bandits would not come.

"Da Da Da!" Yan Qiu hugged Ah Bai's hand tightly, it was the gang of horse bandits. The sound of horses' hooves approached, striking at her heart one after another.

By this time, the crying outside had gradually died down. Yan Qiu pursed her lips, she knew that they were afraid that they were already more than lucky. At this moment, she was extremely glad that the small courtyard where she lived was at the end of the alley, if it was the mouth of the alley, the gang of horse bandits would have found them at this time.

It's just that those horse bandits are at the entrance of the alley now, and it won't be long before they come over. Here she could clearly hear the neighing of the horses.

In the empty alley, there was only the sound of horses' hooves and the neighing of horses, which seemed to be in Yan Qiu's ears.

The people in the entire courtyard couldn't help but hold their breath, they were preparing to catch the people outside off guard.

Time passed little by little, and the sound of horses' hooves was not far away. Yan Qiu suddenly grabbed the futon under him, ready to take Ah Bai to the bottom of the well once there was a horse bandit knocking on the door.

"Come back! Go to the government office. A clear male voice said, Yan Qiu frowned. This is the official saying...... How could the gang of horse bandits say that?

Huzhou's dialect is very different from the official dialect, how can ordinary horse bandits speak official dialect? Moreover, for such a long time just now, she didn't even hear the voices of those horse bandits, Yan Qiu suddenly remembered. If it weren't for the well-disciplined army, ordinary horse bandits would not have held back their words, and they would have spoken official words.

Where did these bandits come from?

The author has something to say: Recently, my grandfather was sick and hospitalized, and I didn't have time to update it last night, but the draft of the draft box was accidentally sent out, and I only found out this morning, I'm sorry everyone. This chapter is basically bought without money, and it can be regarded as an apology for my mistake yn__ny 166Reading.com