The speed of the carriage was much slower than the coachman had expected, Jiang Wei ignored Li Chenghua, who was riding a horse, and just lifted the warm curtain to look out the window. Jiang Yu recalled the map she had studied when she went out, pointed to the fork in the road on the left side in front of her, and said, "Let's go there, don't take the official road." ”

When Li Chenghua heard this, he felt that the sentence "Only women and villains are difficult to raise" was really right.

"Madam, the official road is safe and flat, suitable for hurrying, and besides, you are not in good health and can't afford to bump......"

"I said take the path and go around Yongping Mountain, do you have an opinion?"

Jiang Yan spoke slowly and methodically, raising her eyebrows to look at him.

Li Chenghua only felt oppression, as if it was a great crime to disobey Jiang Yan's orders, and felt that her deterrence and courage made him unable to say no, so he had to be bitter.

Jiang Wei put down the curtain of the car, lay down on the soft pillow, and asked in a low voice when she heard the rain: "Madam, why don't we take the official road?" ”

Jiang Yu closed her eyes and said, "You don't want me to be caught and sent back to Kyoto, do you?" ”

Listening to the rain, her pretty face suddenly turned red. Hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand: "Madame's words are serious, how dare the servant!" ”

"You don't dare, but that doesn't mean you don't want to." Jiang Wei said slowly and lazily: "Listen to the rain, although you have not been with me for a long time, I understand your heart and trust you." So these words do not have to be concealed. I'm worried about Hou Ye's safety, and it's inevitable to go to his side. ”

"But madam, you are heavy and uncomfortable, even when you get to Hou Ye's side, how can you protect Hou Ye?"

"It's not about whether I can do it, it's about whether I can do it or not." Jiang Yu opened her eyes. looked at Tingyu seriously and said, "If I don't come." I'm afraid that it will be suspenseful every day. If Hou Ye is really injured or something, I will definitely regret it for the rest of my life. Since that would be painful, I might as well grasp the present. If I let the carriage continue to take the official road, do you say that the temperament of the Hou Ye will let me pass through Yongping Pass smoothly? Even the Li guards rushed to intercept me, and Yongping Guan's subordinates of your marquis didn't set up a battle to escort me back to Kyoto. I can't slaughter them one by one, and then I won't have to be obedient? ”

"Master Hou is also for the good of his wife."

"I know it." Jiang Yu said: "If it weren't for him, he wouldn't really be for me." It's not worth my special trip. Let's take a detour to Yongping Mountain, and if we don't take the right road, it will not be easy to be caught back. ”

Listening to the rain, he also had to agree with what Jiang Yu said, if Jiang Yu was not pregnant, he would probably be the first to stand up and support Jiang Yu to go out to find a husband. is opposing it now, just because Jiang Wei's body is inconvenient.

The master and servant had nothing else to say, and the carriage went down the official road according to Jiang Wei's instructions in a short time, and went in the direction of Yongping Mountain on the side.

When the sky was bright, the carriage first walked along a narrow canyon road, and then saw a sudden opening up ahead.

in a narrow valley. There are many shops on both sides, and the road surface is very flat and spacious. And the snow has been cleared.

Jiang Yu had seen the local map and knew that there was a Yongping town at Yongping Pass, but she didn't know that there was such a prosperous town in the valley of Yongping Mountain.

The coachman had been on the road all night, and he was also tired and hungry, so Jiang Yu ordered to stop and chose a small restaurant on the side of the road to eat.

The dishes are not very exquisite, but they are delicious.

Jiang Yan endured the nausea of morning sickness and ate a small bowl of porridge, and also ate half a steamed bun with vegetarian filling. looked at Li Chenghua with a tangle of brows, and his face was full of unwilling wolfing. couldn't help but quip: "If you come, you will be safe, and now you escort me to see Hou Ye, it is not against Hou Ye's orders." ”

A little woman can't handle it, she can't say it, but she can't take it back, Li Chenghua is already aggrieved enough, where can she still listen to cool words? immediately took a big bite of the meat bun, don't open your eyes and don't look at Jiang Wei.

Jiang Yu couldn't help but laugh again.

After finishing the meal, Jiang Wei instructed her entourage to buy some dim sum steamed buns that she had brought on the way, and stocked up on water, so she was about to get in the car and set off. I've just asked for the way, and if you follow the road all the way, you will see the exit of the valley.

Jiang Wei couldn't help but think that if she had spare time, she must think of developing a checkpoint fee here, and the sales and trading between Jinguo and Kyoto, no matter what kind of business she did, the transportation of goods would have to pass through here - take the official road, check strictly, it is better to go through this valley.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a chaotic and rapid footsteps coming from behind.

Jiang Wei raised her eyebrows, listened carefully, and knew that there were about 30 people.

"Stop." Outside the carriage, Li Chenghua was guarding Jiang Yan's carriage with a stern face.

Jiang Wei lifted the warm curtain, and saw more than 30 sturdy men, each holding sticks, slowly blocking the way of the carriage, surrounding their group of two carriages in the middle, while the people on the side of the road turned a blind eye as if they were accustomed to it.

Li Chenghua didn't expect Jiang Yu to dare to show up, so he hurriedly covered the curtain of the car and said, "What do you have to do?" ”

The man at the head looked to be in his early forties, and wore a half-new khaki cotton jacket, with half an animal skin wrapped around his waist, dressed as a hunter. Holding a burning stick and pointing at Li Chenghua: "Who are you waiting for!" Why come to my Yongping Mountain! ”

Jiang Yan in the carriage blinked when she heard this, and suddenly felt interesting. This person's tone is not like an ordinary person, but like a grass coward who occupies the mountain as the king, and Yongping Mountain is like a cottage.

Li Chenghua frowned, and naturally felt that the situation was wrong. He hadn't walked this road, of course, he didn't know that there would be grass robbers here, they were understaffed, even if he had the ability to reach the sky, he might not be able to protect Jiang Yan's thoughtfulness, so he accompanied the smile and weighed his words: "I took my family to join my relatives and passed by here." I don't know what this uncle is doing? ”

"Phew! Fart! You're clearly wearing a military uniform! You are a lackey of the court! ”

The man who took the lead roared, and the thirty men around him also brandished their sticks and roared. looks like an enemy of the imperial court.

Li Chenghua's forehead was sweating, if he was alone, it would naturally be easy to get out of this rabble. But the problem is that there is a weak woman beside her, and this woman is still a pregnant woman, she can't touch it, she can't move, and she can't be frightened.

When he was in a dilemma, Li Chenghua forced himself to ask calmly: "What do you want?" ”

"How? Since you have thrown yourself into the net, you can't say so much, so I have to take you to meet our Dazhai master! Let the people in the car get off and come with us! ”

As soon as the words fell, the group of people rushed up, urging everyone in the carriage to get off.

Jiang Yu gave the two guards accompanying her a look, and was not allowed to act rashly. Doctor Zhou was invited by Jiang Yu with a lot of money, where have you seen such a battle? Immediately, his frightened face changed.

Jiang Yu put on the Guanyin pocket, covered most of her face, and followed the group of mountain bandits forward, listening to the rain and Li Chenghua naturally protecting her around, followed by Dr. Zhou, and the coachman and the guards.

The group bypassed the village of Pingpingren, stepped on the snow and went up the mountain road, walked a gentle slope for a while, and saw a wooden manor in the distance, which really had the appearance of a cottage.

Jiang Yu looked around curiously, she had suppressed bandits in her previous life, but the bandits at that time were obviously completely different from the bandits now. She was really curious about what ancient bandits looked like.

Jiang Wei was calm and relaxed, with a smile on her face that was watching a good show, which really made the eyes of the bandits escorting them straight.

One was that they had never seen such a beautiful woman in such a splendid dress. The second is that I have never seen such a bold woman, who has been robbed by mountain bandits and can still be so calm.

Listening to the rain and Li Chenghua vigilantly paying attention to the movements around them, they followed Jiang Wei's side, and after a short time, they entered the cottage and came to the main hall.

In the main hall, all the furniture is made of ordinary black lacquered wood, and there is a brazier in the middle of the floor, which burns charcoal, and the warmth continues to emanate from it. Looking ahead, I saw a half-new black lacquered official hat chair with an animal skin on it, and behind the chair was a wooden interstitial screen made of animal skin.

Several men in padded or leather jackets came out from behind the screen.

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At the same time, a team of people rushed from Yongping Pass to the direction of Yongping Cottage.

The more than 30 people led by him were all dressed in the black brocade waist pinching cotton clothes of the brocade guard, with embroidered spring knives diagonally on their waists, and the more than 100 infantry behind were panting and trotting far away.

The Yongping Pass garrison rode a horse and anxiously followed a thousand households led by the Jinyi Guard.

The thousand households asked, "You really didn't see Madame's carriage passing by?" Didn't you let people go? ”

"Where do I dare to deceive you, my lord, am I impatient? Jinyiwei does things, who dares to stop it. ”

Qianhu shook his head when he heard this, "That's the truth, I said how did you do this, there is a cottage on Yongping Mountain, you don't know how to suppress bandits?" ”

"Adults don't know what to do, these Diao people; On weekdays, they occupy the mountains as kings and collect customs clearance fees from those merchants who trade or bring prohibited items without permission, but as soon as we plan to suppress bandits, they will immediately become ordinary ordinary people. You also know that it was Commander Huo who made the emperor and the emperor go to the fold to build two checkpoints between Jinzhou and Kyoto City. Our Yongping Pass was built, but it was inconvenient for merchants to carry anything, here to Kyoto, and there is a valley in the middle of Yongping Mountain, for a long time, not only the people in the town have moved over, but the cottage has been built like that. ”

"You don't have to explain that much. If Madame really has a good one on Yongping Mountain, you and I won't be able to save our heads. ”

"But how come there are more than 1,000 people on the cottage, just with us taking these people, I'm afraid the odds are not great, why don't you wait for the army to arrive?"

Qianhu sneered: "Wait? What should I do if my wife is in danger during this period? I can tell you, you also know the temper of the commander, if we go this time, we can still have a pension for the family who is desperate, if we are greedy for life and afraid of death, and if anything happens to our wife, we can wait for the whole family to be unlucky! ”

When everyone heard this, they all shuddered, and they all neighed their horses, and they went towards Yongping Mountain faster and faster. (To be continued......)