The official road leading from Qingzhou to Anyang is called Qingyang Road. Passing through the seventeen counties of Cheng and Cao Erzhou, there are 32 post houses and post stations between them, which is an important traffic artery in Dachu.

It was noon, and the sun was shining. A team of hundreds of soldiers and horses is stopping in the middle of the official road, all dressed in Xuanjia, although the air is a little stuffy, the soldiers have sweated slightly, but they are still standing still, it can be seen that the army is rigorous on weekdays.

Heavy rain for several days has made the road potholed and muddy.

"General, the grain cart is trapped, and it may not be able to get out for a while, so let's rest in place first." Wei Ziyun, who was dressed in black armor, turned over and dismounted, walked in front of Shang Ying's horse, and waved his hand and said.

Shang Ying, who was on the horse, turned around and looked at the several carts of grain and grass behind him, and said, "Okay, tell me to go down and rest in place." As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned and looked forward, only to see a carriage galloping from the rear, stopping behind the grain and grass, and an old man in cloth was arguing with the soldiers in the rear.

"What's going on?" He asked.

Wei Ziyun was stunned for a moment, and turned around to look at the back, and sure enough, he saw some noise behind him.

"Let's go, go over and have a look." As he spoke, he rode away, and Wei Ziyun on the side hurriedly followed.

When he reached the rear of the army, he saw that the old man's face was red, and he was not ready to plead, and an old woman came down beside him to mourn.

"It's not that I won't let you go, the carriage in front of me is stuck in it, blocking the road, and I can't help it." Pei Xiong said in a rough voice, although his tone was not bad, but his face was slightly fierce, and he thought he was making things difficult when he looked at it so suddenly.

"Pei Xiong, what's going on?" When the two approached, Wei Ziyun asked.

Pei Xiong looked up and saw that Shang Ying was also coming, and said, "General, this old man has to go through the aisle now, I told him that the front is blocked, but he just won't listen." ”

Shang Ying looked at the old man, only to see that he was full of anxiety, and he couldn't stop looking at the carriage behind him. He was relieved: "Uncle, don't panic, what he said is right, the carriage has indeed sunk in, and it won't be able to get out for a while, so it's better for you to rest a little." ”

"This" I saw that the old man not only did not feel relieved after hearing this, but the sweat on his forehead became more and more.

Shang Ying felt a little strange, and was about to open his mouth to ask again, when he suddenly heard a very thin sound of horses' hooves. Looking around, I saw a column of people and horses coming from afar on the official road.

Wei Ziyun also saw it, and was stunned and lowered his head and asked, "Uncle, isn't someone chasing you again?" ”

When the old man heard that someone was chasing him, his face turned pale.

Seeing the old man's reaction, the people present immediately understood in their hearts.

At this time, another person came down from the carriage, a girl who looked like a maid. The old man was startled when he saw her coming down, and hurriedly said, "Xiaoxiao, why did you come down?" Get back in the car! ”

When the maid first came down, she was also startled when she saw all the soldiers in armor around her, but she quickly calmed down. "Dad, they're all catching up, it's useless for me to stay in the car." The old man she called his father was none other than Fauber.

Fauber was momentarily stunned. Xiao Xiao looked around, and finally looked at Shang Ying and said, "Dare to ask this official who is in charge?" Among the few people around, except for the slightly fierce look next to him and another slightly heroic officer, the general in silver armor on the horse looked the most majestic.

Shang Ying looked at Xiao Xiao and nodded.

After hearing this, Xiao Xiao knelt down and begged: "Please ask this official to save our young lady." As soon as these words came out, everyone around them was stunned.

Fu Bo on the side hurriedly went to pull Xiaoxiao: "Girl, don't talk nonsense, where is the young lady." ”

Xiao Xiao knelt steadily, didn't get up, just looked up at the old man.

Fu Bo suddenly realized that this was the idea of the beginning of the month, so he and Aunt Gui also knelt down.

"Official, we came from the direction of Chengzhou, my young lady was favored by a gentleman, regardless of her already having a marriage contract, she insisted on marrying, my lord is an official in Beijing, and he can't know about it, so we can only escape and ask the official to save us kindly." After the words were finished, everyone around them was stunned.

Shang Ying frowned, although what this maid said seemed reasonable, it also seemed a little strange. Just as he was about to ask again, he saw the sound of horses' hooves approaching. The leader was a lean man, followed by more than a dozen people, all dressed as housekeepers.

"Official!" Seeing that Steward Li's people were approaching, Xiao Xiao was also a little anxious.

Shang Ying stared at the carriage and thought for a moment, "You three will get on the carriage right now." ”

Xiao Xiao reacted and hurriedly pulled Fu Bo and Aunt Gui into the carriage.

"Ziyun, let a few people line up around the carriage, and then call the coachman." He said.

"Yes." Wei Ziyun greeted him, and several soldiers immediately gathered around the carriage.

At this time, the Li family also brought people to arrive.

Steward Li saw a team of soldiers and horses and a few grain and grass in front of him, followed by a carriage, and suddenly felt a little confused. He had just seen in the distance what seemed to be a carriage ahead, but he was not too sure it was the one in front of him.

"Dare to ask Master Jun, this carriage is yours?" He stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Nonsense! It's not ours, is it still yours?! Pei Xiong on the side glared at him fiercely and said roughly.

Pei Xiong did look a little fierce, and with such a glare, Steward Li suddenly withered a lot, but it was indeed a little strange to see a team of soldiers and horses delivering grain and grass following the carriage, and he was worried that something would go wrong, and it would be difficult to explain when he went back, so he had to ask again: "Dare to ask Master Jun, who is sitting inside?" ”

When Pei Xiong heard this, he slapped him abruptly. "What are you?! My general's second-class military attaché, who will report to you? ”

Steward Li was stunned all of a sudden, but when he heard the other party say that he was a second-grade general, he didn't dare to make a mistake no matter how much he hated it, and he was still a little unwilling in the end, so he wanted to stay and follow behind.

Seeing that Pei Xiong was still not leaving, he was angry and wanted to fight again, but Shang Ying suddenly stopped him, "Pei Xiong, that's enough." He glanced at the housekeeper and saw that his eyes were shining, but he was afraid that even if Pei Xiong beat him away now, it was hard to guarantee that he would not secretly follow behind.

"Sitting inside is my wife." Shang Ying lowered his eyes and paused, and spoke, his voice was not loud, but the people around him couldn't help but take a deep breath.

At this time, Xiao Xiao also opened the curtain of the car and poked his head out slightly, looking innocent and asked, "Master, Madame asked what happened outside?" ”

That Steward Li had never seen Xiao Xiao, and when he saw that it was a maid, he was a little less suspicious when he heard her ask. Shang Ying turned his head sideways when he heard this, and said in a very doting tone: "It's nothing, don't worry about Madame." ”

Xiao Xiao was slightly stunned when he heard this, then nodded and shrank back.

At this time, Pei Xiong cooperated and roared at Steward Li: "Look at it, don't get out of here!" ”

As soon as a few people acted like this, Steward Li immediately believed it, nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and was about to leave, when he suddenly paused, turned around and asked, "Master Jun, have you seen a carriage passing by here?" ”

Pei Xiong didn't think much about it, waved his hand, and said, "It's been blocked for almost half an hour, how can any carriage pass by." ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone around them was stunned. Fortunately, Wei Ziyun hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Carriage?" Half an hour ago, there was indeed a carriage in front of our group, but now it should have gone far. ”

When Steward Li heard this, he secretly screamed that it was not good, hurriedly turned over and got on his horse, and hurried over with a group of people.

After the people left, Shang Ying glanced at Pei Xiong and said lightly: "I almost made a mistake again, think about it before speaking next time." ”

Pei Xiong's face fell, "The general has learned a lesson." ”

With that, Shang Ying glanced at the carriage again, and then whipped the horse away.