Chapter 400: Hidden in the Dangerous Domain
Ah Rong couldn't help but speak: "Master Wan, Xiaolin, he ......"
In an instant, I turned my head to stare at Ah Rong. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
He showed a helpless look, consciously closed his mouth, and said no more.
I don't want Master Wan to know about the conversation between me and Ah Rong...... lest things make waves again.
"Master Wan, whatever I think is right, I am willing to do it."
"It's my own meaning, and it has nothing to do with you."
I looked down and thought for a moment, then said, "It's a matter of ...... Even if there is a risk, I am willing to take it. ”
"Master Wan, please rest assured!"
Ah Rong glanced at me from the side and stepped forward to echo: "Yes, Master Wan, Xiaolin has thought of a countermeasure." ”
"You don't have to worry, we're working together anyway."
"If something happens, you can't take all the responsibility off!"
Ah Rong winked at me, then looked at Master Wan and said, "Master Wan, it seems that we are already in the same boat right now." ”
"Where it's so easy to get down."
I glanced at him, a smile appeared on the corner of my mouth, and I slowed down my tone and said, "Master Wan, Ah Rong is right. ”
Master Wan's gaze swept over me and Ah Rong one after another, and his eyes were a little complicated.
Only after a moment did he lower his head and sigh softly.
"This thing is not arranged by the above."
"There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people."
I heard him mutter, and for a moment my eyes turned to him, and I was stunned for a moment.
I understand what he means.
It's just that I can't imagine that apart from Yuan Xiu, in the territory of the empress, I will hear the remarks of defending the position of the national teacher again in a short time.
In an instant, I couldn't help but be distracted.
Then Ah Rong opened his mouth and pulled my thoughts back.
He looked at me and said, "Xiaolin, if you want to go out with Master Wan tomorrow, you have to think about how to talk to the people who go with you when the time comes." ”
We all know this.
The last time Master Wan asked the female official to go out, he was followed by several people in the house.
In my opinion, it is the meaning of the above, helping with things is secondary, and watching him is important.
On this point, Ah Rong's thoughts are in line with mine.
He looked at me and said in a serious tone: "The manpower arranged in the house, if the female official has specially taken care of it, may not easily leave Master Wan's side. ”
"Well, I have to find a reason to convince them, so I asked about the situation in the town," I said to him, "Ah Rong, if you know, tell me more." ”
Ah Rong thought for a while, and suddenly looked at me and said, "Actually, if you want to talk about the situation in the town, the most familiar must be Yuan Xiu, none of us are from here." ”
"When she came to you before, we didn't think to ask her."
Ah Rong looked a little regretful.
After hearing this, I shook my head at him and said, "It's so late now, and it's not suitable to go to Yuan Xiu." ”
I thought about it and decided to go with the flow.
I looked at Ah Rong and said, "Forget it, just wait for the opportunity to act tomorrow!" ”
After speaking, I looked at Master Wan: "If you send someone to follow in Ming'er's house, let's cooperate with each other." ”
Even if I don't say this, I'm sure Master Wan will be able to think of it.
As Ah Rong said, before the task in the house was completed, several of us were connected.
If something really happens, everyone will take the blame together.
...... I sat by the small stove and stared at the fire, and I didn't have the heart to sleep for a while.
Listen to the voice in the distance, it is Ah Rong and Master Wan.
After the conversation, they went to the storeroom, and I guess they were still discussing the car.
At this time, I can't interject.
I have to think about what I have to say to the people who have been sent to follow me in the house for what I have to do tomorrow morning.
If you want to go out of the house, you have to mention it to the female official, and Master Wan will come forward to say it himself, and I just go out by the way.
It depends...... They shouldn't bother me for a while, and I opened my palms to the light.
On the trail, when Yuan Xiu and I were about to leave, ...... What the guard unexpectedly stuffed into me was in the palm of my hand at the moment facing the light.
It's a very inconspicuous thing to look at...... The rhizome resembles a small section of a plant, and it is also like a kind of medicinal herb.
I first took it in my hand and looked left and right, and said in my heart, what does this mean by the person who gave me?
Later, I took a knife from the small table on one side, which was the tool I needed to cut the herbs.
I put it on a small table and cut a small slice.
I sniffed closer, and suddenly it occurred to me that something might happen.
I closed the door of the side room tightly and listened to the movement outside, and it seemed that Ah Rong and Master Wan had gone back to sleep.
The yard was very quiet.
After a while, I turned back to the small table, took out the small box in my arms, and took out the map from the guard.
What I can guess is naturally related to this map.
Earlier, the texture of the map had caught my attention, and now the guards were behaving strangely, and I couldn't think of anything else.
If I'm not mistaken......
...... At night, fog rose on the river.
The ships carrying grain moved one after the other on the river, and had to slow down.
The officer standing at the bow of the ship looked at his entourage and asked, "How much grain has been burned in the Northland barracks, and why is it so vague on the letter that was delivered?" ”
After he groaned, he said in a low voice: "It stands to reason that General Gu's subordinates should not make this kind of mistake when they pass on the message." ”
With that, his gaze swept over the misty river in the distance, and fell back on the faces of his attendants.
The entourage was slightly stunned, and after lowering his head and thinking, he also followed his gaze and glanced at the river in the distance and said, "My lord, the situation in the Northland is tense. ”
"It's normal for them to have omissions."
The king of Sealand rushed to the Northland, and the letters were delivered along the way, and after arriving in the town of Northland, there was continuous news.
The capital city knows the current situation in the Northlands.
Besides, even if the delivery of letters is delayed, the news will still come through various channels.
"Sir, isn't it clearly written in the letter?"
The attendant thought about it again, raised his voice a little, and looked at the man standing beside him: "They said that the grain was burned, but fortunately, we are preparing for a rainy day, and we are just waiting for our ship to transport it over!" ”
The entourage paused in his tone, and said after a while: "My lord, we can't make more food, and all we can transport is these on two boats." ”
The retinue added: "To mobilize from the south, I'm afraid it won't be so fast." ”
"The last time I sent the grain to the north, I transferred it from the south."
"It's not long ago, where can you collect so much!"
The officer's face sank, and the corner of his eye glanced at him, then looked ahead and whispered, "Once you arrive in Suzhou, you can't take the waterway." ”
The message also includes the road conditions over there, which they are always keeping an eye on.
"I heard that the recent rain and snow weather, the official roads in the Northland area are very difficult to walk."
"Yes, there is news that between Suzhou City and Beidi, there are many cars blocked in the middle of the road."
"There are still landslides on the mountain road because of rain and snow."
Hearing this, the attendant chimed in: "If this were not the case, we would not need to sail at night, not for the sake of less effort on the road, my lord!" ”
I heard that even the cart transporting medicinal herbs was parked in the middle of the road, and it didn't reach Northland Town at this time!
Thinking about the situation in the front-line camp, the lack of doctors and medicines, coupled with the burning of food hoarding, General Gu should have a headache!
As soon as the two of them mentioned the matter of the Northland, their expressions immediately became solemn, and they stood on the bow of the boat and talked in a low voice, looking at the weather from time to time.
The fog on the river looked getting thicker and thicker, and the officer had to order the boat to slow down even more.
Compared to when they left the national capital, the speed of the boat is almost the same as that of a snail, but the weather is not strong, it is really helpless, and they have no other way to think of it.
The two ships of grain were transported all the way from the capital city to understand the urgency of the Northland army.
The beginning of the ...... I really didn't expect to encounter the accident of hoarding grain in the middle of the night.
If you think about things a little mysteriously, it's like an omen, and they just happened to come together.
...... The fog on the river looked like it was gradually fading.
The entourage had been standing beside the officer, and when he saw this, he said with a happy expression: "My lord, it seems that the front is quite smooth, and the fog has also faded." ”
The officer's expression was not relaxed at all, and he turned his head to look at him and said, "The most dangerous area is coming." ”
The attendant looked at the river in front of him, seemingly calm, and was silent in his heart.
The officer seemed to read what was going on in his mind, and his gaze flickered, then lingered on his face for a few seconds.
Later, he reminded me, "You're going back to Suzhou for the first time, right?" ”
"My lord, I've been there once," recalls the attendant, "but that time it was on the mountain road, and the water road was the first time. ”
The officer understood, looked at him and said in a calm tone: "Don't be too happy, it's good to see the calm in front of you, but in another hour you will reach the section of the river outside the boundary of Suzhou, where it is the most dangerous." ”
He has been there more than once and already has experience.
The attendant looked at him and asked in surprise, "That's what you said, my lord...... Go to the most accident-prone waters in Suzhou? ”
"yes, that area has accidents every year, and it's not uncommon for boats to capsize."
As the officer spoke, he paused and continued: "Passing through there depends on luck. ”
The entourage's expressions immediately became nervous.
He took a few steps forward until he reached the furthest edge of the bow.
However, from the perspective of the entourage standing, the river is still vast.
The fog is fading ahead, and you can faintly see the shadow of the mountain.
Between the mountains, there seems to be a long and narrow passage through it.
Depending on the route, the boat will enter the waters around the canyon in that area.
Thinking about what he had just heard, there was no longer a relaxed expression on the face of the attendant.
...... The officer looked ahead for a moment, then his face sank.
He quickly told the people on both boats to be on their guard.
Night sailing is inherently risky, and crossing dangerous shoals is doubly risky, and if you are not careful, the food transported by ship will not be saved.
It was only the urgency of the situation, and they couldn't wait too long, so they had to make the decision to fly at night.
If it is safer, even if it is the same dangerous area, at least it is more appropriate to wait until dawn.
...... "The last time we went to the southern border, we came across dangerous areas, and it was not far from what you said about the previous scene. ”
The attendant looked down and recalled: "That time there was a strong storm, and the boat I was on looked like it was about to capsize, and I felt that way many times...... Later, I felt lucky to be able to escape. ”
"I'm glad I think it's good to have been able to pass such a dangerous place."
The attendant told the officer about what had happened to him on his way back to the south.
"My lord, on the way back at that time, a few of us said that we would never go to such a place again, and we still can't avoid it!"
The entourage's expression flashed a trace of trance, and then he looked ahead and said: "That time, we were lucky to get out of danger, I don't know if we can have the same luck this time." ”
His mood was completely different from before, from the joy when he saw the fog fade, to the surprise when he heard the officer's words.
In a short period of time, his emotions fluctuated several times, and when he arrived at this point, the canyon in front was not far away, and he looked at the mountain shadow, and had an indescribable feeling.
...... It was raining lightly outside, and at this time, it was either snow or freezing rain, and it was cold when it fell on the body.
Fortunately, there was a fire in the house, and I could see the color of the water gradually melting under the lamp.
The indigo slowly spread in the water.
Every once in a while, the basin of water changed color.
I hesitated, and for a moment looked at the map the guard had given me.
Trying means risk!
Sister Huiping once helped me draw it in the clearing in the forest, plus the parts that I tried to remember.
Taken together, the route in the house is almost understood.
But I'm going to risk the map being damaged, so I'll check before I move forward.
I looked closely at the routes mapped above, especially the trails that led to a few of the places I was going to.
After going through it in silence, I was sure I should be able to remember.
What's more, I also followed Ah Rong and them a few times, including Yuan Xiu, and also took me through some areas of the house.
...... The two boats slowly sailed into the valley, surrounded by cliffs.
In the dark night, it looks like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and there is a kind of fear of being devoured.
Looking up, the cliffs on both sides of the bank are as steep as a ladder, which makes people feel cold at the bottom of their hearts.
The river rolled up whirlpools, and the raindrops the size of beans smashed on the hull deck, and the wind blew more and more fiercely.
The hull of the ship was violently jolting, and at this moment it was already in the canyon of the dangerous area.
Darkness obscures the view and limits what can be seen to the naked eye.
On the cliffs on both sides of the valley, there are small caves scattered one after another.
At this moment, the people on the ship did not know that they had arrived in an area that had been secretly demarcated.
A pair of eyes are staring!