Chapter 55: Prelude to the Racecourse Night
The mountain wind was so strong that I was about to cry.
But Ji Jiu in front of him stood as steady as Mount Tai without saying a word, when will he be a head!
I want to say that you told me to sit in the carriage for most of the day, and I didn't have time to rest, and I climbed up the mountain like a cow, and I was still standing in the wind, saying that I had something to say, but I didn't let out a fart for half a day.
Resentment rises in the wind!
I took a deep breath and finally decided to speak first.
Didn't have time!
Ji Jiu looked at me and said fixedly, "I changed my mind." ”
A clueless sentence knocked me down.
Did he change his mind? What do you mean? What did you think?
My mind was racing fast, and I was about to ask a detailed question, but when I saw Ji Jiu who was there, his face changed suddenly.
He grabbed me quickly, and retreated a few steps to a large tree on the mountainside, and the knee-high grass suddenly became a natural barrier in front of me, and even then, he pressed my head down in a hurry.
I felt a chill when I looked like I was facing a great enemy, and my head was under the palm of his hand, and I felt that the distance from the ground was too close, so I had to lower my voice and ask, "What's the matter?" ”
No matter how bad it is, I know that he must have seen something to make such a reaction, this man has a keen instinct for danger, but I was depressed just now, and he was duller than usual.
He bowed his head and made a silent gesture at me.
I brushed his hand away, raised my head gently in the grass, and looked in the direction he was concerned through the wind-blown blades of grass.
It was still an endless meadow, but in the distance, there was a line that was slowly moving.
When I looked closely, I realized that it was a long line.
In fact. Judging by what you can see with the naked eye, the speed of travel is already extremely fast, and it was said that it was slow, but it was because of the distance and the large grassland.
Where we are now is halfway up the Yu Mountain. The temporary house is located at the foot of the hill on the other side.
I was disappointed that the herdsmen lived in a house that I thought was nothing like a grassland tent.
Ji Jiu took me on a long detour on Yu Mountain, in order to find a suitable place for him to talk, which he just thought, let's go a little far.
I lowered my head and thought about it, and it was more off than the direction we came. Close to the current position of the sun.
I thought of a possibility, and then recalled the conversation with the two girls in the dart bureau on the carriage when I came, and the next second I immediately asked Ji Jiu out loud: "But Sealand recruits troops in Yuzhou?" ”
After listening, Ji Jiu nodded slightly.
All of a sudden, I was on fire!!
Hey, we're not deserters. It's not a fugitive, is it strange to meet the empress's team in Sealand?
Isn't that weird?
Do we need to hide like thieves?
Do you need it?
At this time, I had completely forgotten about the adventure last night, and my first reaction was actually very angry, very angry, I didn't like being pressed on the head like a vegetable just now!
"Xiaolin, at the gate of the city." Ji Jiu saw my gloomy face. A simple reminder came to my mind.
It's all because my depressed feelings have affected my sharp judgment.
Ji Jiu is not wrong, if it is really Xilan's army, it will be mixed into the army of those people. There is indeed a risk in confronting us head-on at this moment.
I forgave him for his surprise just now, grabbed his arm and said, "Then what are you waiting for, since we don't want to meet them, and we don't want to make trouble, we don't want to stop at the racecourse." "You come with me down the hill and find the people in the dart board." We told Sister Li that we wouldn't stay overnight, and that we would go straight through Yushan Mountain from the trail of the mountain pass. ”
"Catch up while you still have time."
I quickly thought, "That's going to happen." We're ahead of them. “
"It's not been two hours since sunset, and the horses in the dart game are not slow. As long as they are in full force, they may not continue to march after nightfall, and such a large group must always rest and settle. ”
"It's safe enough to keep a distance before sunset."
"The terrain of the grassland is open and the field of vision is wide, and when you get out of the grassland, the chance of encountering it is even smaller."
When Ji Jiu heard this, he shook his head and said, "Xiaolin, it's not appropriate." “
"What's wrong?" "One, the people of the dart bureau have already contacted the owner of the horse farm, and they plan to stay here to rest tonight, you have said it, see that they all unload their things, and prepare for the guests and hosts to enjoy themselves in the evening." "At this time, we suddenly told them that we were going to leave temporarily, aren't you worried that the other party will be suspicious?"
Ji Jiu paused: "Second, you have to know that this is still on the boundary of Yuzhou." "Because of the relationship between horses and horses, Yuzhou is closer to the imperial court than other places." "Except for those people who tried to flee during the conscription or those who were replaced by rich children with grab bags, the attitude of the people in Yuzhou City towards the empress's army was similar to that of the country."
"You've seen the recruitment at the city gate several times, and you've signed up enthusiastically." "If some information is revealed, we may not have time to reach the national capital, and we will be arrested as the object of suspicion." "Once that happens, we are likely to encounter the princess lurking in the army head-on, and then I will be taken away, with your current relationship with me, and if someone is corrected, the princess's people will most likely take you away with you."
He said in a soft tone: "Xiaolin, don't you still want to go to the national capital and the palace?" “
After Ji Jiu's words, I was about to be moved!
It's hard for him to be able to analyze in an orderly manner at this time, and keep my goal in mind for me by the way. "Isn't the empress's army going to the national capital? If you take it away, it's just on the way. “
I came as a matter of course, and only then did I feel that my mouth was fast and stupid!
Sure enough, Ji Jiu looked at me with the eyes of an idiot and said, "If you can't get to the national capital, the princess's potential team will send you and me wherever they want to send them whenever they have the chance." “
"With such a large team, there are two fewer people."
I pondered for a moment. I have to admit that what he said has a point.
I suddenly remembered what happened last night, and hesitated whether I should take advantage of the opportunity to skip some of the key points and talk to Ji Jiu about the situation at that time
"What are you going to do?" I still held back and decided to ignore it and care about Ji Jiu's thoughts in the future.
He was silent for a moment. His gaze continued to lock on the team moving on the grassland, and said softly: "No change, according to the decision of the dart board." ”
"But I may need to avoid it."
"The princess's people have seen me, and I can't meet them, as for you Xiaolin. Do you have questions? ”
My mind was a little wandering, and he instantly grabbed it back, and quickly shook his head and said, "No problem, they haven't seen me!" ”
Indeed, I said it in my heart. It's just me after the disguise.
"So it was decided." Ji Jiu turned his head to look at me and said, "I still have to go down the mountain faster, and I will also inform the people in the dart game." ”
The way down the mountain was hidden among the trees and the thick grass, and I walked with him one after the other, just as we had come.
"Ji Jiu," I said, turning my head in front of him, "is it possible that their team won't come to the racecourse at all?" ”
"The conscription in Yuzhou is over, and the war horses have been recruited a few days ago. Do you still need to come to the racecourse now? ”
"If that's the case, that's for the best."
Ji Jiu bowed his head, and then said with a slight smile in his words: "None of us are the leaders of the team. I don't know what the officers sent by the empress will decide. ”
"Hey, it's a pity it's not the eldest sister of the girl in the dart game." I plucked a weed from the side of the road with my bare hands, plucked the leaves on it, and said in a sullen voice.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I'm in the carriage, don't I sit in the same car as you," I threw the straw pole and looked sideways at Ji Jiudao. "I was in the car with the two girls from the dart board." "Those two people talk a lot, if they hadn't taken the initiative to talk about it. I don't know yet. “
I repeated what I had heard in the carriage: "One of them had several sisters in the empress's army, and her eldest sister had been promoted. Also sent to conscription. ”
"It's a pity that it's not in Yuzhou, if she says hello, we don't have to worry."
"That's right." Ji Jiu said casually
I thought the way down was faster than going up, but the actual time to walk down was about the same as going up.
I saw the courtyard wall of the main house of the horse farm at the foot of the mountain in front of me, and Ji Jiu unconsciously stepped forward to walk side by side with me.
I stopped and glanced at him and said, "Have you thought about what to say to Sister Li later?!" ”
"You can't use the excuse of being unwell to shirk that dinner that night, can you?"
You can climb the mountain with me, for such a long time, Sister Li should have found that there was no one in the house.
"Don't worry, I have my own plans."
Ji Jiu said in a calm tone.
Oh, he was halfway through his sentence and stopped!
In fact, I was thinking about the change of mind that he had hesitated to say halfway through, but unfortunately I can't take care of it now, and there are more important things that we need to arrange.
From a distance, I saw the back door by the courtyard wall, and the people of the dart bureau were standing in a row at the door, and the tall Sister Li was standing in the middle.
If I hadn't known that most of them had come looking for us, I would have the illusion that someone was here to kidnap us!
It's quite a bit of a mountain bandit!
As soon as Sister Li raised her head and saw me and Ji Jiu, she instantly pulled out her legs and rushed in this direction.
"Xiaolinzi, where have you been!" She called my name, but her eyes were fixed on Ji Jiu's body.
The crowd behind her couldn't see it, but I could see it clearly!
Seeing that I was about to go forward to greet me, Ji Jiu suddenly raised his hand to stop me, he lowered his voice and tugged on my arm and said, "Xiaolin, you listen well." “
I looked back in amazement. "Later, you don't have to speak." "One qiē, leave it all to me!"
I said in my heart that it was too good, I wish he would say, okay?! (To be continued)