213, on the way north
It is not very easy to hunt down the couple Nangong Mo and Wei Junmo, even if Xiao Qianye is nominally wealthy. But in fact, the feudal king's fief was more of the final say of the feudal king. Obviously, most of the vassal kings were more reluctant to offend their third brother King Yan than Xiao Qianye. What's more, just when everyone thought that Nangong Mo and the others would definitely hurry to Youzhou with a large team of guards. Nangong Mo and the others have already taken Princess Changping to turn into an ordinary family and walked away. There are only a few brothers Xiao Qianchi who really lead the team. Along the way, there are fast horses and expert escorts, and ordinary people really can't do anything about them.
At this time, Nangong Mo was sitting in a carriage with Princess Changping.
It was not the gorgeous and huge carriage of the eldest princess, but the inconspicuous carriage of ordinary people. It's just that the inside of the carriage is very comfortable, and Princess Changping is sitting on the side with a hand stove and looking at Nangong Mo, who is also leaning on the carriage and holding a medical book.
Noticing Princess Changping's gaze, Nangong Mo raised his head and smiled lightly: "Mother is tired?" ”
Princess Changping shook her head and smiled: "Then where is so weak and can't help the wind?" I think back then, I also followed my father and third brother everywhere. "When Princess Changping was young, the first emperor had not yet claimed the title of king, let alone the capital of Jinling. Although the days are not hard, but following the army to fight in various places is by no means as pampered by the daughters and ladies in Jinling City today.
Changed out of the cumbersome and exquisite clothes in Jinling City, Princess Changping wore an ordinary person's satin clothes, and the exquisite imperial jewelry was also replaced with the style of the common people, looking a little less alienated and noble than in Jinling City, but a little more angry. Nangong Mo is also dressed in an ordinary blue cloth robe, with long hair pulled up casually, and a delicate silver hairpin between his hairpins. Their group was deliberately dressed up, and even Wei Gongzi's overly handsome face was changed by Nangong Mo himself. People who are not familiar with each other stand face to face and look carefully, and they will definitely not be able to see Wei Junmo's true identity.
They pretended to be a couple of ordinary young couples who took their families to the north to do business, except for their family of three, they only brought a girl who was a confidant of Princess Changping, Mingqin Zhishu next to Nangong Mo, and Mama Lan. and several subordinates of the Zixiao Hall dressed as subordinates and guards. There are only about a dozen people in total. It doesn't look very noticeable.
Princess Changping raised her hand and lifted the curtain of the car window to look out, and said, "How many days will it take us to get to Youzhou?" ”
Nangong Mo estimated and said, "We have been walking for more than ten days, and we still have about seven or eight days to go." "They weren't too slow along the way, but they couldn't compare to riding horses. They didn't care, but Princess Changping and Mama Lan couldn't stand the long journey.
Princess Changping also understood that if it weren't for herself, Wufang and Jun'er would only be afraid to find someone who was already in Youzhou City, "Let's go faster, I'm fine." When I arrived in Youzhou, I was slowly resting. Although there was nothing to do on this road, Princess Changping also knew that this road was definitely not so safe.
Nangong Mo smiled: "Mother, don't worry, now even if Your Majesty regrets it, it won't be so easy to chase us." ”
This is the difference between a centralized system and a feudal system. If it was really when the emperor alone had the final say, Xiao Qianye ordered them to either hide in the mountains and forests, or go incognito, or they could only leave Great Xia. But now, except for those places close to Jinling, even if Xiao Qianye wants to send people to hunt them down, it depends on whether the feudal kings of the fiefdom buy it. As if I don't know it's polite, I'm afraid that some princes will promise to do it well on the surface, but secretly make him stumbling, so Xiao Qianye can only eat this dumb loss and consider himself unlucky. However, that's not to say it's completely safe, after all... They are going to pass through the fiefdom of King Zhou, although they can also make a detour, but this detour will go far, but I am afraid that Princess Changping's body will not be able to stand it.
Nangong Mo picked up a soft blanket and put it under Princess Changping's knees, and said with a smile: "Mother will rest for a while and I'll go out to have a look, or will I ask the girl to come in and chat with you?" ”
Princess Changping shook her head and said, "No need, I'll sleep for a while." There you go. "At first, I was a little unaccustomed to it, but in the past ten days, Princess Changping has also become accustomed to sleeping and resting in the carriage. Nangong Mo nodded, got up and got out of the carriage. didn't let him stop, and seeing that there was no one on the road around, Nangong Mo jumped on the horse of Wei Junmo, who was riding a horse and following him. Wei Junmo raised his hand to grab her, and easily pulled her from behind him to the front and sat down. Nangong Mo didn't bother to struggle, and leaned lazily into his arms and said, "The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes." "It's early February, but the weather in the north is still not warm. The farther north you go, the colder it gets, and the more depressed it becomes.
Wei Junmo stretched out his hand and pulled the cloak on his body to wrap Nangong Mo together, and said softly: "Why did you come out?" ”
Nangong Mo moved his body and said, "The carriage has been sitting for a long time, and my whole body is stiff. And I'm inside, my mother has to sit with me, and I haven't rested well all the way, so let my mother have a good rest. "In the past ten or twenty years, Princess Changping has still developed some noble habits. You will never fall asleep by yourself when someone is around.
"Flawless and filial." Wei Junmo laughed in a low voice.
Nangong Mo glanced at him angrily, and said, "I'm about to enter King Zhou's fiefdom, do you have any plans?" She bet King Zhou had definitely been waiting for them for a long time. If you don't even care if your own sister-in-law is killed, then King Zhou is really a bun.
Wei Junmo said: "It doesn't matter if you deal with it carefully. I asked people to wait in front earlier, let's go faster, Uncle Yan Wang will come to pick us up. "Although the fiefs of King Zhou and King Yan do not border, the fiefs in the middle are in Xingzhou, and King Zheng happens to have a good relationship with King Yan, so it is naturally a simple matter to borrow a way.
Nangong Mo nodded and said, "That's good." ”
"Childe, ma'am, it's dark
"Childe, madam, it's getting late, and there are still ten miles to our nearest town, are we in a hurry?"
Nangong Mo raised his eyebrows and said, "How many more ways to enter Yingzhou?" "Yingzhou is the fief of King Zhou.
The guard said, "There are still more than a hundred miles." ”
"Just rest in front. Hit the road again tomorrow. "When they enter Yingzhou, they have to be more careful everywhere.
"Yes."
I picked up my speed, but I was half an hour before I arrived at the town where I would spend the night. This is a veritable town, this place is already close to the north, both the style of the houses and the customs and language are completely different from the south. However, the killers of Zixiao Hall have been traveling all over the year round, and this little thing naturally can't stop them. By the time Nangong Mo and the others helped Princess Changping get out of the carriage, the room dressed as a steward had already opened the room with the innkeeper in a simple northland accent.
personally sent Princess Changping back to the room to rest, and the two turned back to their room, where they were already waiting.
"What else?" Wei Junmo asked.
Fang nodded and said, "I just received a secret letter, Xiao Qianye sent a master, and he is about to catch up with us." ”
"Praetorian guards again?" Nangong Mo said curiously. Fang smiled: "Approximately, there are not many people who can use it in Xiao Qianye's hands." The dark guard has taken refuge in Xiao Chun, he must have a stalk in his heart, it is better to send someone out to hunt us down, it is naturally the best if he succeeds, and he doesn't have to feel distressed if he dies. ”
"How far is it?" Nangong Modao.
Fang calculated for a moment and said, "The news on the secret letter is counted, and it will definitely arrive tonight." ”
Wei Junmo lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and said indifferently: "Then deal with them first tonight." "If you bring people into the fiefdom of King Zhou, not only will it increase their dedication to being discovered, but it will be even more troublesome to be attacked from front to back when the time comes. Fang nodded heavily, obviously he had the same idea. Just hesitated for a moment and said, "Are we going to set up an ambush outside, or are we ......?"
"Summoning all the people in the neighborhood, don't let them into the town and spare my mother's closeness." Wei Jun said unexpectedly.
"Yes, Childe."
Nangong Mo said: "Let's go too." "Before, the team of people and horses went to send Xiao Qianchi and others, how could some of them go to Yingzhou in advance to wait, and now there are not many people they can use, otherwise these news will not be reported to them at all, and the people hidden on the road in Zixiao Hall can directly solve those people.
Wei Junmo nodded slightly and said, "Wei and Liu took people to stay and take care of their mother. ”
"Yes."
On the official road not far from the town, a team of men dressed in black galloped through on horseback. Seeing the outline of the town hidden in the night in front of him, the person who walked in front said in a deep voice: "It's almost there, they will definitely rest in this town tonight." Be quick when you get in! In any case, you must kill Xiao Qianye and Nangong Mo! ”
The man next to him whispered, "Can we really kill those two people ......?" It's not once or twice that they've fought these two in Jinling City, but wasn't that time a heavy loss?
"We don't have a choice!" The man interrupted him and snapped. At the beginning, they were taken by the people above to take refuge in Xiao Chun, Xiao Chun failed, and the leader died, but those of them who survived were not much better. The family members who had families were accused and took poison, and they were the ones who died if they didn't kill those two people.
Glancing back at the team behind him, he said in a deep voice: "They want to hide people's eyes, and there will definitely not be many people." There are so many of us, we won't ......."
"It turns out that the secret guards of the inner court of Great Xia have been reduced to the point of bullying more and less?" A hearty laugh suddenly rang out, especially loud in the silence of the night.
"Who?!" Everyone hurriedly grabbed the reins and looked around vigilantly. Seven or eight men dressed in various costumes came out of the darkness, staring at them with unkind expressions. The man sat on horseback, stared at the person who suddenly appeared here, and said in a deep voice, "Just a few of you want to stop us?" ”
"What if we are added?" A Qingyue female voice sounded, and everyone looked up, and saw Wei Junmo, who was dressed in green, and Nangong Mo, who was dressed in blue, strolling side by side. The difference is that Wei Junmo is holding an out-of-body sword in his hand, which is really the Zixiao Sword with the same name as Zixiao Palace.
"Since you're here, that's just right." The man gritted his teeth and said, "We don't want to disturb the eldest princess either." "The emperor's order is to kill Wei Junmo and Nangong Mo, and they don't want to hurt the eldest princess unless they have to. But when it comes to fighting, the sword has no eyes, and no one can say for sure. This is the case today.
Nangong Mo smiled lightly: "Since you are satisfied, it is the best." Do it. ”
More than a hundred black-clothed men looked at the pair of men and women in front of them vigilantly, and at the same time clenched the weapons on their waists. They hadn't forgotten that not long ago, a group of their colleagues had been wiped out at the hands of the smiling woman in blue.
Wei Junmo snorted lightly, didn't say much, and swung his sword directly, the sword qi was so vertical and horizontal that the horse also neighed, and frantically wanted to retreat.
"Up!"
At the sound of an order, a group of black-clothed people pounced one after another. The people of Zixiao Hall also joined the battle group without saying a word. In the night, the sound of weapons crashing was incessant, and the air was filled with a thick smell of blood. In the distance, the town ...... still asleep in the night.
Early in the morning, Princess Changping was helped down from upstairs by the girl, and Nangong Mo and the two were already sitting in the lobby downstairs waiting. Seeing Princess Changping go downstairs, they both stood up, "Mother." ”
Princess Changping nodded lightly and said with a smile: "You guys are early, young people are different." ”
Nangong Mo stepped forward to help Princess Changping, and said with a smile: "Mother slept well last night?" ”
Princess Changping nodded and said, "It's okay, what about you?" ”
"We're fine too." Nangong Mo smiled, last night she asked the girl to light a kind of incense to help her sleep in Princess Changping's room, so Princess Changping didn't hear last night's sound. In fact, they didn't sleep at all last night, and they cleaned up
Sleep, after cleaning up those people, it was almost dawn when they came back. However, both of them are people with deep internal strength, and Princess Changping can't see it if they don't sleep all night.
After breakfast, the group set off again. Before getting into the car, Princess Changping didn't pay much attention to it, although she felt that the people around her looked at them a little strangely. Out of the town, I walked dozens of miles and entered the boundary of Yingzhou. Although they were very careful along the way, King Zhou's control over his fiefdom was still very good. On the third day after entering the fiefdom, they began to be hunted down by the people sent by the King of Zhou, but fortunately, Wei Junmo had obviously expected this situation for a long time, and most of the masters of the Zixiao Hall gathered here, escorting them all the way to the north.
Nangong Mo rode on horseback, Wei Junmo rode a horse and followed her, and behind her was a mighty team of more than a hundred people. Except for the carriage of Princess Changping and a few girls, the group was all dressed and rode lightly, and the sword in hand was not easy to provoke, and ordinary people had already avoided it far away when they saw it. Since entering Yingzhou, they have fought with King Zhou's people for four or five rounds, and King Zhou's people have become more and more ruthless each time, obviously King Zhou doesn't want them to get out of their fiefdom like this.
"Are your injuries alright?" Nangong Mo looked at the people around him and frowned and asked, there was a trace of chagrin in Qingli's eyes. If it weren't for her carelessness in the morning, Wei Junmo would not have been injured. Wei Junmo raised his eyebrows, raised his left arm and moved: "Skin trauma." ”
Nangong Mo glared at him angrily, "Skin injuries are also injuries, don't move." ”
A smile crossed Wei Junmo's eyes, "Don't worry, you can get out of the Yingzhou realm tonight." ”
Nangong Mo frowned and said, "I just think that King Zhou probably won't let us go out so easily." ”
Nangong Mo's hunch was right, because... The king of Zhou was waiting for them in front - with thousands of his own soldiers.
Looking at King Zhou, who was sitting on horseback before the thousands of soldiers in front of him, Wei Junmo lowered his eyes and raised his hand to signal the team to stop. King Zhou looked at them and sneered, and said loudly: "Jun Mo, you are not small, you dare to pass through Yingzhou?" ”
Wei Junmo said lightly: "I explained, I didn't kill people." Of course, Xiao Qianye would not be kind enough to explain to him that he did not kill anyone, and it was written in an unknown way to let him go. Don't accept King Zhou's disbelief, just look at the holy decree Nangong Mo himself doesn't want to believe it.
King Zhou smiled, "Are you so foolish as this king?" "King Zhou on horseback looks a little more imposing than the white bread-like King Zhou in Danyang City.
Nangong Moce immediately took a step forward and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, what did Jun Mo do with the prince of Zhou to kill him without injustice or vendetta?" You are holding us like this, but you are conniving at the real murderer, I am afraid that it will be difficult to look at the prince of Zhou, Jiuquan, right? ”
"Nangong Mo?" King Zhou squinted.
Nangong Mo nodded, "His Royal Highness King Zhou still remembers the little girl, it's my honor." ”
King Zhou snorted coldly, "Little girl, this king knows that you can speak well, but even if you say that the sky is falling, this king will ask for an explanation for my son." ”
Nangong Mo sighed, "How can the prince believe us?" ”
"This king only believes in evidence." King Zhou rolled his eyelids and said indifferently.
"Fourth brother." Princess Changping in the carriage behind obviously heard the changes in front of her, and got out of the carriage with the girl's hand and walked over quickly. King Zhou frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Changping, it's none of your business. You stand aside, and the fourth brother will talk to you again. ”
Princess Changping smiled bitterly, "Jun'er is my son, how can it have nothing to do with me." Fourth brother, you won't dare to admit what you've done, even if you don't believe him as a nephew, can't you still believe in my sister once? King Zhou looked angry, glared at Nangong Mo and the others fiercely, and said, "It's easy for you to say, the one who died is my son!" ”
Princess Changping said: "Since Jun'er said that he didn't do it, the murderer must be someone else." Didn't the fourth brother do this to make the thief proud? ”
King Zhou said: "This king will look for him now, unless he has evidence to prove that it really has nothing to do with him, and then arrest the murderer in front of this king." Otherwise a qiē interview. ”
That is, there is no need to talk about it? Wei Junmo had written a letter to King Zhou earlier, and the letter also said what had happened, so he didn't believe that King Zhou couldn't see what the letter meant. In the final analysis, King Zhou doesn't have the confidence to trouble Xiao Qianye now, so he just makes fun of them.
"What does His Royal Highness King want to do then?" Nangong Mo held Princess Changping's hand, held her hand and shook it gently, signaling that she didn't have to say any more. King Zhou was determined to embarrass them, and no matter how much Princess Changping said, it would be useless. It's a dead son, and if King Zhou doesn't do anything, it will only make people look down on him. So, is this a soft pinch of persimmons now?
King Zhou said: "Two choices, one, Wei Junmo's life will be left behind, and this king will let you go." Second, you all stay together, don't worry, this king will send the fifth sister to Youzhou afterwards. ”
Nangong Mo smiled, raised her eyebrows and said, "The prince's idea is good, I'm afraid it is... These people behind us won't say yes. ”
King Zhou sneered, "This king knows that you are all masters, but... No matter how powerful a master is, what can he do in the face of thousands of troops? With a wave of his hand, the soldiers and horses behind King Zhou raised their bows and arrows in unison, all aimed at everyone. King Zhou looked at Wei Junmo proudly and said, "Boy, this king knows that you and your daughter-in-law are very powerful, but I advise you not to run, otherwise... If you accidentally hurt the fifth sister, this king will also feel sad. ”
"Fourth brother!" Princess Changping changed color slightly, "Jun'er, flawless, don't worry about me when you go." Fourth brother won't kill me! ”
King Zhou raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid that the two of them don't have the confidence of the fifth sister." ”
For a while, the situation was deadlocked, and the place where thousands of people gathered turned out to be quiet.
Behind King Zhou, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping towards him, and even the ground seemed to begin to shake. King Zhou looked back for a while, frowned, and said, "What's the matter?" "He didn't order anyone to mobilize other soldiers and horses, how could there be soldiers and horses coming here?
The generals around King Zhou were also at a loss. I saw that on the official road not far away, a pair of cavalry galloped towards this side quickly, black armor, maroon horses, and a strong atmosphere. But in a moment, hundreds of cavalry had already arrived in front of him, and a deep voice came from behind, "Fourth brother, do you want to put on such a big scene when you play with juniors?" ”