Xiang Hongxuan looked at the map presented by Xue Pingchuan on the table, the place where they were attacked last night was a large forest, and it was difficult to walk at night, and the group of people with Ling Xi estimated that they would not be able to go far, following the traces of the phoenix car, they should be able to find Ling Xi soon.

"Xue Baihu, you take the soldiers in the city and Zhou Xun's guards with me to rescue the queen."

Xue Pingchuan was stunned, he glanced at his uncle Xue Tao, Xue Tao shook his head gently, Xue Pingchuan, who was originally going to admonish, immediately lowered his head silently, Zhou Xun looked at the uncle and nephew beside him who behaved a little strangely, and suddenly he was puzzled, he looked at it again, Xiang Hongxuan, who was still looking down and carefully studying the map, last night he didn't let Xiang Hongxuan go to rescue Ling Xi, just because he was afraid that Xiang Hongxuan would be in any danger, don't look at it now that it's dawn, but if something happens to Xiang Hongxuan, he will lose not only the future, but even his family.

"Your Majesty, you didn't rest well all night last night, today's rescue of the queen, let Weichen and Xue Baihu go, you can wait for news in the scout mansion with peace of mind, and the minister will definitely rescue the queen safely."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Shangshu is right, you just have a good rest in the house, our Xue family is very familiar with this area, Zhou Shangshu, you should also stay with Your Majesty, protect Your Majesty's safety, and save the queen, and leave it to our uncle and nephew." Xue Tao said coldly.

Zhou Xun raised his eyebrows, what does the Xue family want to do, the competition for credit is not so obvious, and they don't know anything about the bandits last night, the Xue family is so active, if it weren't for the tiger general's natural bravery, it would be in their hearts.

Xiang Hongxuan raised his eyes and looked at the Xue family's uncles and nephews and Zhou Xun, and said firmly: "I want to rescue the queen in person, go and prepare to go." ”

As soon as Xiang Hongxuan said this, the Xue family and Zhou Xun didn't dare to speak anymore, especially Zhou Xun, he knew that Xiang Hongxuan was already angry at this time, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, if he couldn't save Ling Xi, I was afraid that none of their entourage would be good, especially him, but he stopped Xiang Hongxuan last night, if Ling Xi really made any mistakes, he would be unlucky.

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Ling Xi sat in the phoenix car and looked out of the window slightly, as if they had returned to the place where they stayed for a moment last night, the phoenix car stopped again, and now she saw clearly, it turned out that this was a three-way intersection, it seemed that they wanted to go to another fork in the road, Ling Xi immediately understood, if it weren't for those injuries, Ding Lufu wanted to take her to this fork in the road last night.

Suddenly, Ling Xi saw that these people began to clean up the traces of the carriage and horses, obviously they were afraid that someone would find the traces to track them, when Ling Xi was still in a trance, Ding Lufu jumped on the car, and the phoenix car began to move slowly again.

"Madam, offended, you have to take this with you." As he spoke, Ding Lufu leaned over and tied the black belt on his hand to Ling Xi's eyes, and Ling Xi's eyes immediately went dark.

Ling Xi felt that Ding Lufu in front of her seemed to be turning around, as if Ding Lufu was about to leave the carriage, she immediately said: "Miss Greenbrush, it's too dark, I'm a little afraid, it's good that you can stay in the car and talk to me." ”

Ling Xi felt that Ding Lufu seemed to stop moving, she sat next to Ling Xi and said, "Okay, I'll accompany Madame in the car, Madame doesn't have to be afraid." ”

The sound of the search was blowing in Ling Xi's ears, and she knew that this group of people must be rushing to a certain place now, and if she guessed correctly, they should be rushing to the place where the transaction was located. In other words, in their original plan, she, no, should have appeared at the trading location a long time ago.

"Green-whisked girl, I'm curious how you know in which car you're going to rob in the darkness and chaos of last night."

"Because of the torches, the employer said that the biggest car in your convoy, and the animal on the car, is the man's car."

Ling Xi was shocked, it turned out that their sneak attack from the rear last night was just a sound attack, in fact, they were already on the edge of the woods, waiting for the convoy to light the torches in a panic, and then rushed to the car they were looking for, and immediately hijacked Xiang Hongxuan with lightning speed, this group of people also used the art of war?

"Green Breeze Girl, you are talking about animal patterns, is it the style of this hairpin on my head?" Saying that, Ling Xi deliberately took off a small phoenix hairpin on her head, she handed her hand forward with feeling, and began to test Ding Lufu.

Ding Lufu took the phoenix hairpin in her hand, and soon she heard Ding Lufu's hearty laughter, "It's really similar to the pattern on your car, what kind of animal is this, I haven't seen it." ”

Ling Xi's heart couldn't help but be happy, it is estimated that Ding Lufu doesn't know about phoenixes and dragons, from this point of view, Ding Lufu and her people seem to be ordinary ordinary people, they haven't seen dragons and phoenixes, so they don't know the meaning of dragons and phoenixes.

"It's a kind of firebird, flying in the sky, it's not common."

"No wonder I said I hadn't seen it, it's so beautiful." Ding Lufu was holding Ling Xi's little phoenix hairpin, seemingly interested, and she muttered to herself.

"Greenbreeze girl, are you soldiers?"

With a bang, Ling Xi heard the sound of Feng Hai falling to the ground, and then Ding Lufu immediately asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Ling Xi's heart chuckled, Ding Lufu didn't refute her, if this group of people were really soldiers, this matter was much more complicated, and she asked tentatively: "Last night you came and went very well, first feinted to attack the rear of the convoy, created chaos, forced the convoy to light torches, and then looked for the driver, and finally took advantage of the darkness of the night to suddenly enter the convoy and loot the carriage, this is not like what ordinary people can do, it is very similar to a well-trained army." ”

Maybe it was because Ling Xi's words were praising Ding Lufu and her group, Ding Lufu didn't get angry, but laughed again.

"I didn't expect that Mrs. is also a person who understands the art of war, and we are not an army, that is, my father-in-law used to be a general of Nanchang State, and later after the destruction of Nanchang State, he was unwilling to surrender to Dongyu, so he took his men to this mountain to live in seclusion, in order to survive, occasionally go down the mountain to do some private affairs for all rich masters, we are not mountain bandits, but we are not soldiers either."

Ling Xi frowned, the general of the Nanchang Kingdom? This matter is getting more and more interesting, she seems to remember that Ding Lufu is from Dongyu, how could she become the righteous daughter of the general who died in the country?

"Green breeze girl, you are from Dongyu, how did you become the righteous daughter of the general of the dead country in Nanchang?"

"How do you know I'm from Dongyu?"

"I've seen the red silk spike of the green whisk girl before, it looks like the red silk spike on the unmarried daughter of Dongyu Kingdom, I guess you are from Dongyu."

"Madame is right, I am a Dongyu person, my father used to be a general in the military camp in the north of Dongyu, he died on the battlefield of Beirong that year, I was only 9 years old, my mother was overly sad, and died not long after, my grandmother took me, wanted to go back to my hometown in the south to live, I never wanted to meet mountain bandits on the road, and then the old mother was also killed by mountain bandits, it was my father-in-law who saved me, and since then I have lived in the mountains with my father-in-law."

"But after all, Dongyu died in Nanchang, and a general who died in the country will raise Dongyu's orphan daughter?" Ling Xi's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she asked in a puzzled whisper.

Vaguely, Ling Xi seemed to hear Ding Lufu's choked voice, and Ding Lufu said faintly: "My father-in-law said that the enmity of the family and the country should be resolved on the battlefield, the child is innocent, the soldier's knife is never aimed at the child, the woman and the child, for the soldier, there is only the weak to save in the world, and there is no grudge." ”

Ling Xi was slightly stunned, if there was no war, maybe there would not be so many enemies between the family and the country, she said softly: "Your father-in-law is a good general. ”

"Well, my father-in-law taught me the art of war and martial arts, he said that women can also go to the battlefield, and women can also defend their families and defend the country, of course, my father-in-law is not a general, and I can't go to the battlefield, but my father-in-law said that one day is a soldier, and a lifetime is a soldier, and I still have to protect the safety of the people."

Suddenly, a sadness drifted through Ling Xi's heart, letting the woman practice martial arts go to the battlefield, how helpless Ding Lufu's stepfather should be. At this moment, Ling Xi was full of curiosity about Ding Lufu's father-in-law, she wanted to meet this dead general, and of course she also wanted to know if this person was what Ding Lufu said.

"I don't know if I have a chance to meet your stepfather, I admire him very much."

"Ma'am, you won't see him."

"Why?"

"He's dead."

"How did he die?"

Suddenly, the phoenix car stopped, Ding Lufu lifted the curtain and looked outside, and said, "Madam, we are here, I will help you get out of the car." ”

Ding Lufu didn't answer Ling Xi's question again, she helped Ling Xi slowly walk down the phoenix car.

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Xiang Hongxuan looked for the traces of the phoenix car and came to a three-way intersection, he tightened the reins of the horse, and the team immediately stopped at the three-way intersection, Xiang Hongxuan looked at the two forks in front of him, Zhou Xun and Xue Pingchuan immediately dismounted to explore the traces of the phoenix car, but when they came back, they looked at each other and asked to Hongxuan anxiously: "Which intersection is the queen's phoenix car heading to?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are traces of human cleaning at the two intersections ahead, and there are no traces of my mother's car anymore." Zhou Xun said cautiously.

Xiang Hongxuan stared at the two intersections in front of him, which way did those bandits take Ling Xi? Suddenly, a soldier seemed to have found something in the grass at one of the intersections, he leaned down, picked up a silk handkerchief from the grass, and immediately ran towards Xiang Hongxuan's horse.

Xiang Hongxuan recognized at a glance that this was Ling Xi's handkerchief, he looked at the fork in the road where the handkerchief was found, and then looked down at the silk handkerchief in the soldier's hand, is this the mark left by Ling Xi? But there are traces of cleaning on both forks in the road, could it be the tricks of the bandits, Xiang Hongxuan is a little uncertain, he doesn't dare to make a decision, because he is afraid of making the wrong choice, which determines Ling Xi's life.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Niangniang may have been kidnapped by bandits and took another fork in the road." Suddenly, Xue Pingchuan spoke.

Xiang Hongxuan frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Xue Baihu, why do you think so?" ”

Xue Pingchuan turned around, pointed to the fork in the road and said: "Your Majesty, look, there are traces of cleaning on both forks, but one of them has a silk handkerchief of the mother, is it too obvious, since we have the intention to erase the traces, can we still leave the silk handkerchief for us to follow?" And this fork in the road leads to the village below the mountain, how can the mountain bandits go to the village? The minister thought that the bandits must have taken another fork in the road. ”

In fact, what Xue Pingchuan said was the same as Xiang Hongxuan's thoughts, but what if, what if Ling Xi really took this fork in the road?

"Xue Baihu, how sure are you?" Xiang Hongxuan asked Xue Pingchuan seriously.

"The minister has lived in this area since he was a child, and the minister is sure that Niangniang's phoenix car must have taken another fork in the road."

Zhou Xun heard Xue Pingchuan say this, it is indeed reasonable, but it is too strange, he is strange that Xue Pingchuan is too sure, anyone can think of this kind of thing, but no one dares to say so surely, because if it is wrong, Ling Xi's life may not be guaranteed, then the person who admonishes will inevitably be affected, but Zhou Xun looked at Xue Pingchuan's firm eyes again, it seems that he is not so worried about himself at all, could it be that the Xue family has not been in the court for a long time, and there is no city government?

Xiang Hongxuan looked at the two forks in the road in front of him, over and over again, his hand tightly grasped the reins of the horse, and it seemed that his next decision was extremely difficult.

"Zhou Xun, you take the escort army to this fork in the road with a silk handkerchief, I follow Xue Baihu to another fork in the road, if you can't see the queen's phoenix car, immediately return the same way and catch up with our team."

After speaking, Xiang Hongxuan raised the horse whip in his hand, a horse cry sounded, Xiang Hongxuan took Xue Pingchuan and a large group of men and horses, and galloped towards another fork in the road, Zhou Xun did not dare to slack off, and immediately ran towards this fork in the road with the escort army.