74. Chapter 74
Xie Liangying looked at the bandits from far and near, and her whole heart was like roasting on a fire.
Now they are not advancing, nor are they retreating. Carriages were carrying people and things, and they couldn't go fast at all, but they could be caught up by those people for a few miles. You can stay where you are, and you will be trapped.
Most of the homeless people held farm tools, some with hoes and some with nail rakes, all kinds of strange things. The leaders of the bandits, out of nowhere, snatched the horses, they were on horses, and the weapons in their hands were different from those next to them, but they were real swords and guns.
Xie Liangying sat in the carriage, clutching her skirt and staring at the homeless people. No, this is no longer outcasts, they have weapons, and the target is obvious, it is coming towards them. They have apparently fallen from poor starving people to hated bandits.
The carriage was still moving forward, and the coachman was so frightened that he almost forgot his housekeeping skills, and let the horses run freely.
Liu Chengfang sat in the car, tightly hugging her babbling and innocent only son. She couldn't help complaining about Xie Liangying in her heart, if it weren't for this cousin's troubles and saving people, I am afraid that she would not have attracted these bandits at all. Where are the poor victims of the disaster, it is clear that they are the vanguard of these bandits. When they saw that people were no longer alert, the grandfather and grandson sent a message to the bandits and came to arrest them.
Liu Chengfang looked at the bandits who were getting closer and closer, and couldn't help urging the coachman, "Hurry up!" Do you really want to die here?! ”
The coachman was sweating in a hurry, and was urged by Liu Chengfang in every possible way, and the horsewhip in his hand fell to the ground in fright. The carriage grunted forward, followed by the bandits who were about to catch up, and there was no time or opportunity for the coachman to dismount and retrieve the whip.
"Useless stuff!" Seeing this, Liu Chengfang scolded in the carriage, "Wait a while, the first one will push you out, and ask someone to poke you with a sword!" ”
Although he had not experienced such a thing, the mere hearing of it made the coachman frightened, as if countless swords were really piercing his body. His crotch was hot, and when he looked down, he was urinating.
The thin curtain of the door could not hide the smell of urine at all, and it was blown into the carriage by the wind. The airtight carriage is very good at retaining the taste. Liu Chengfang covered her nose inside, so smoked that she wanted to vomit. She wanted to kick the coachman off now.
Grandma took Alun from Liu Chengfang's arms, covered his little nose, and shouted, "What is going on!" ”
Liu Chengfang glared at her fiercely, telling people to shut up and not dare to speak again.
The carriage that started was Liu Chengfang's. Her carriages and horses are all from King Ke's Mansion, all of them are BMW light cars, and they are also the fastest. It's just that now the driver doesn't do anything, and the speed drops.
Later, Xie Liangying and Mrs. Wei were in the same car. This was proposed by Mrs. Wei, she was afraid that Xie Liangying would really have a good time at that time, but she could be a witness to prove that she was okay. Where is the prestige of the Wei family, even if it can't stop the mouths of the people, but it can also make most people believe their words.
Their carriage belonged to the Wei family, which was not excellent. But carrying the two masters, the two grandmothers, and a maid and a coachman sat on the wheel. Six people in a carriage, this can't run fast. The Wei family is old because Mrs. Wei is old, so the coachman who went out to pick this time is the most old, and he is not panicked. It's just that it's difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and no matter how effective the coachman is, it's useless if the car and horse can't keep up.
Old Madam Wei and Xie Liangying had already been mentally prepared, so they were quite calm at this time, and the two of them did not rush the coachman. They know that even if they urge, they may not be able to escape. It's not just those who can't escape, it's just the subordinates who are also in it together, and everyone dies together. Even if you don't count others, just look at your own life, the driver will do his best to catch the car. So the two of them simply didn't care about these things, and only discussed countermeasures.
Most of the bandits are for money, and they don't bring much along the way, so it doesn't hurt to give them all, as long as they can save their lives. I'm afraid that those people will be tempted to look at the bright maids in their line, and in addition to asking for money, they also ask for people to stay. At that time, Liu Chengfang, who is in her prime, and Xie Liangying, who has not yet come out of the cabinet, are afraid that they will not be able to escape. Madame Cao did give a few people when they left, but how could those people compete with the outlaws in front of them? Those bandits had more than 50 people, and one person and one knife could hack these dozen or so guards to death.
Old Madam Wei never wanted any unnecessary casualties. There is a clear negative resistance in front of him, that is, hitting a stone with an egg. Dozens of lives were buried here, and she couldn't bear it anyway.
Xie Liangying lifted the curtain and looked ahead. Since the carriage is not a straight line, you can see the front from the side. I can already vaguely see the city gate, but I look close, I'm afraid there will be some way to get past. Xie Liangying groaned in her heart, lowered the curtain, and turned in to discuss with Old Madam Wei.
"Old lady, do you see if we can pick a good horseback rider and go to Beijing to report the news first. Although the thieves in the back have bows and arrows, as long as they have not practiced riding and archery, they will not be able to shoot at all. Our horses are better than theirs, and we should be able to run back. Xie Liangying took a waist card from her body, which Xue Jian gave her to play with, "The officers and soldiers guarding the city should recognize this." ”
Old Madam Wei looked at the waist card by the light that came in through the curtain. There are a few big characters written on it clearly, as long as the people guarding the city are literate, they will not deliberately intercept and not let them go.
Xie Liangying said: "Just because we run like this, sooner or later we will be caught up." It's better to ask for a rescue first, and when the time comes, we will think of delaying for a while. She pointed to Shuangjue who caught up behind her, "Shuangjue also has a waist card on his body, that is, the officers and soldiers are here, just show them." ”
Old Madam Wei squinted her eyes and recalled the map of the area around the capital. Dare to use force like this at the feet of the Son of Heaven, without a little dependence, it is impossible. The only place near here where a large number of people can be hidden, except for the mansions of a few powerful mansions, is Qishan in the west of the city. Thinking of this, she said: "Let the person who reported the news go to the Wei family by the way, and say a word to the people in the Wei family, if you don't catch up, the person will be in Qishan." ”
The collusion between the government and the bandits, Mrs. Wei can't say that there is no in one go. It's just that with her understanding of the people in Beijing, which Beijing official's family would bend down and make friends with such undignified homeless people? All of them look at people with their nostrils, and their hearts are so arrogant that they are deadly. What's more, it has been made near the capital, and I am afraid that the imperial court is ready to start suppressing bandits. If there is any collusion, tie up some bandits and ask them a little to find out. These people were just farming, not tough guys, and if it weren't for natural disasters, they wouldn't have taken such a risk.
Xie Liangying nodded, then called a guard who was good at riding, and after admonishing him, he handed him his waist card and asked him to go forward immediately.
Although the guards' horses came all the way, the good horses were always carrying only one person, and the distance was not far, so they were much faster than the horses dragging the wagons.
Looking at the figure of the guard dodging the arrows, Xie Liangying inadvertently grabbed the hands of Shuangjue on the wheel, and waited until the guard was out of sight before reacting. She looked down at the hand that she was almost pinching and blue, and hurriedly let go.
Shuangjue outside the curtain grabbed Xie Liangying's let go of the hand with his backhand. It was a powerful, reassuring hand. Xie Liangying knew that this was not a way for comforting Shuangjue to soothe herself, and she held Shuangjue with both hands, as if she had gained endless courage from it.
One of the bandits chasing people behind took control of his horse and went to the leader's side, and said, "We didn't have enough time to let go of one of the rescuers, what should we do now?" ”
The leader of this group of grassy people was a man who used to be very talkative in the village, and now God has given him the opportunity to indulge bloodthirsty, and naturally he will not miss this opportunity. Although the peasants were only one level lower than the scholars, it was actually these tens of millions of peasants who grew the grain of the whole country and fed them. And it is they who are stripped and cut by the merchants. He had long seen that those officials and old men were not pleasing to the eye, and took advantage of this time, he led people to kill the county officials, and led the brothers in the village to kill all the way from the local area, and finally became a team.
This gave him more ambition. The founding emperor of this dynasty was originally just a peasant, but now his descendants enjoy great power, sitting high on the Jinluan Palace, controlling the lives of countless people in thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Just thinking about that made his heart boil.
I was just born at the wrong time, if I seized this opportunity, wouldn't I be able to follow in the footsteps of that Taizu? Become the founding emperor of a generation. As long as you dare to fight and dare to grab, why worry about it.
The land of Gyeonggi is close at hand, and you can grab it with just one stretch of your hand.
This person has also studied and can read, so he naturally recognizes the swaggering firewood characters on Liu Chengfang's carriage in front of him. It was the flag of the famous Chai family army on the frontier. The spies they sent out had already ascertained that the carriage was occupied by Princess Ke and the eldest son of King Ke's mansion. As long as you catch them, you don't have to worry about the Chai family not listening to you.
Who in the world doesn't care about the eldest son? This is true in the villages, and it is also true in the city.
With a flick of his whip, he rode his horse to catch up with the carriage ahead. The people behind followed.
The bandits roared, outflanking Xie Liangying's carriage from both sides. The coachman had to stop the carriage.
The carriage had come to a complete stop, and the sound of the wheels could no longer be heard. Xie Liangying was in the carriage and could clearly hear the neighing of the horses outside and the sound of impatient stomping on the ground. There is also the crisp sound of metal colliding. She doesn't sit outside like Shuangjue, and can only judge the situation outside by these voices.
"Get out of the car. All of them. ”
A deep man's voice, with the smell of blood.
This man had seen blood. Xie Liangying said in his heart. This kind of voice is very familiar to her, when she first met Xue Jian in Haitang Building before her rebirth, Xue Jian's tone had such a flavor in it. This person is very difficult to deal with. She subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Wei, and when she saw that Mrs. Wei was not shocked, her heart was a little calmer.
All they have to do now is stall.