Chapter 117: The World's Roads, Mountains and Rivers
The coachmen sent by Deng Tong were more secure than the original ones, not only familiar with the route, but also very smooth driving. The rest of the family were drowsy in the carriage, and only Yifang was still awake. She kept thinking about the words Deng Tong said to her, and the strangeness of the flower on the other side. But no matter what, I always can't understand what he means, and I don't know what the mystery is in it.
When the carriage had gone for a while, a group of men and horses stopped in front of them. These people did not wear black clothes and cover their faces, but held the queen mother's token, saying that they were waiting here to escort them to the country.
"The journey to Daiguo is difficult and dangerous, the Queen Mother specially ordered me to wait here, if your family members arrive here safely, we will escort you to Daiguo." The man at the head said loudly, "I am Qin Hong, the leader of this escort team. ”
"Since the Queen Mother has already arranged for someone to send us over, why do you have to wait here, and set off with us directly from the palace, and it will save us from suffering the sins of those men in black." One of the family members complained.
Previously, they only saw the man in black, and when Deng Tong appeared, he used drugs to stun them, and when they woke up, they only thought they were stunned, and they didn't think so. Yifang secretly thought about how the Queen Mother could send such a stupid person to Daiguo, but when she heard several other people speak like this, she understood most of it in her heart.
These women should be just ordinary family members, not the queen mother's fine work, and she is the only one who really works well. It's just that the acting king is not stupid, the queen mother suddenly gave them some family members of the princes and kings, obviously wanting to find someone to spy on them. If the other four were stupid, after a long time, the acting king would definitely be able to detect that they were not a threat, and he would naturally relax. And Yifang is mixed in it to Daiguo, as long as he also pretends to be stupid, he can not arouse the suspicion of others.
"The Queen Mother explained to us that if your family members can't get here safely by their own ability, then they are useless people, and it doesn't matter if you can send them to the country or not." Qin Hong coldly let out such a sentence, and led the team to continue to move forward.
The other four family members were still whispering their dissatisfaction, and Yifang had already sat back in the carriage. She didn't expect the Queen Mother's trick, Qin Hong and these people went all the way with them, and they had to be cautious if they wanted to send Chu Ruo away, if they found out, I am afraid it would be more troublesome.
When they arrived in Beili County, it happened that it was already dark, and Qin Hong took them to find an inn to stay at. Several family members naturally lived in the upper room, but the boss's gaze made Yifang feel unhappy, and the price he asked for was surprisingly high, but Qin Hong did not bargain, he gave as much as he reported.
These guards are all pretending to be ordinary people, the inn is not big, and they plus the coachman all live in, which is equivalent to covering the entire inn. The boss and his wife happily accepted the money, and they were quite courteous, but the meal was slower. Although they waited for a while, the food was hot and barely tasty, so they didn't care.
Xu saw that they were generous, and the boss and his wife gave some food at night and delivered them to the door of the room one by one. The guards and coachmen gave a few jugs of wine, and a few family members and maidservants gave some pastries. The shopkeeper didn't know their identity, so naturally they ate according to the number of people, and everyone took care of them.
At this time, everyone was in the room, Tengling, Zili and Chu Ruo were willing to come to Yifang's room together. She was in the upper room, and the distance between each room was relatively large, so that they could avoid disturbing each other, and they could just let them talk.
"This is Beili County, we have to find a way to send Chu Ruo away." Zili mentioned.
Yifang nodded: "Yes, I brought you here to discuss this matter." I thought that there were just a few of us who could leave anytime and anywhere, but now there are more of these guards. If you want to walk generously under their noses, I'm afraid it won't work. ”
Chu Ruo was also distressed, and when he saw the snack on the table, he wanted to reach out and take it. Yifang hurriedly patted the back of her hand: "Don't eat this!" ”
"What's wrong? Is there a problem with this pastry? Zili suddenly became vigilant.
Yifang shook his head: "I don't know, but I just saw that the boss and his wife looked a little strange, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, it is better not to eat." ”
Zili also signaled Chu Ruo to withdraw her hand, and she picked up a piece and sniffed it, broke it open and carefully checked the color inside, and finally raised her head: "Yifang, you guessed right, there is something wrong with this pastry, and it should be a sweat medicine in it." ”
"Sweat medicine?" Yi Fang tapped his index finger on the table, "This may be a black shop, the boss and his wife saw Qin Hong and their generous moves, so they felt that it was profitable, and wanted to use these pastries to stun everyone, and then slowly take away the money." ”
"No wonder you want to bring food to all of us, it's really unconscionable, I'm going to arrest them!" Stomping the bell angrily.
"Wait." Yi Fang suddenly stopped her, "I suddenly thought of an idea, we may be able to use these sweat-soaked pastries to help Chu Ruo leave successfully." ”
"What do you mean?" Zili also seemed to think of something.
Yifang nodded: "Since the boss and his wife sent pastries to everyone, then we will follow their wishes and let everyone fall asleep." Anyway, they are just seeking money, and they will definitely not have the courage to harm people's lives. When they began to collect money, we covered Chu Ruo's escape. ”
"But Chu Ruo, if you go alone at night, will you be afraid?" Zili asked worriedly.
"Yes, but it's the best way, I understand." Chu Ruo is very sensible at this time.
Yifang held Chu Ruo's hand: "Endure this for a while, you will be free in the future, you can go anywhere you want, or you can marry someone you like and live a good life, just like you dreamed of before." ”
Once the plan was drawn up, the four of them took their respective positions. After a while, the footsteps outside sounded, and the boss and his wife must have thought that everyone was stunned, and they began to search from the upper room.
"This way." Teng Ling went out to check first, then beckoned to Yifang and them, and walked out in the opposite direction of the boss and his wife.
The four of them crept out, but Tengling suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Yifang asked vigilantly.
"Something is wrong." Teng Ling turned his head suddenly, "I heard the sound of drawing a knife." ”
"What? I didn't hear that! Chu Ruo's face was dazed.
Teng Ling explained as he looked back: "We martial arts practitioners are much more sensitive to these sounds than ordinary people, and the boss and his wife may not be as simple as robbing money. ”
As soon as Teng Ling finished speaking, he saw another family member running out of the room screaming, followed by the boss and his wife with knives. Needless to say, Teng Ling hurriedly rushed up to fight with them, and the three of Yifang supported the panicked family in the back.
"I, I was sleeping, and I heard and heard a movement, and when I opened my eyes, I saw, and I saw them sneakily fumbling around my room. Before I could scream, they drew their knives and slashed at me. The family explained intermittently.
"You didn't eat the pastries they sent?"
"No, I ate too much for dinner, and I couldn't eat it when it was delivered, so I went straight to bed."
Yifang sighed, she had escaped the catastrophe, but Chu Ruo couldn't take this opportunity to leave.
"Someone! Help me! Yifang watched Teng Ling fight with the boss and his wife, and suddenly had another plan in his heart, so he shouted loudly below.
She shouted several times, but no one answered, and no one came out to take a look. It seems that the only ones who are not stunned are this family and the four of them, so the previous plan may still work.
"Chu Ruo, you hurry up and call someone to help." Yifang said to Chu Ruo meaningfully, and while pushing her out, worried that she didn't understand what she meant, he added, "Hurry up!" Don't come back if you don't call someone. ”
"I see." Chu Ruo glanced at Yifang and Zili with a memoristical look, gritted her teeth and turned around, carrying her already packed bags, and strode outside.
The boss and his wife have been doing such a black-hearted thing for a long time, and their martial arts are not bad, and they can barely make a draw against Shang Tengling. Although it is Tengling one-to-two, they are also good at kung fu among ordinary people. With such kung fu, it's not good to do something, but it's a pity to open a black shop here.
"Shopkeeper, is anyone there?" Not long after Chu Ruo ran out, there was a knock on the door outside.
The boss and his wife were stunned, and Teng Ling took this opportunity to restrain them and asked them to respond quickly.
"The shop is full, please find another one!" The boss responded simply.
"Shop, it's raining outside, and it's hard to find an inn in this place, the two of us don't want a room, just hide from the rain here, and ask the store to open the door!" But the people outside were relentless.
"Two strong men, there are guests in the small shop who have chartered the whole store tonight, it is really inconvenient to let the two of you in, please forgive me!" The boss squinted at Tengling, was glared at by her, and then took his gaze back.
"Shopkeeper, who chartered the store, can we discuss it with him? When you're away from home, it's good for everyone to make friends. "Looks like the two people outside are determined to stay here.
Yifang thought for a while, and whispered to the boss: "You go to open the door, just say that everyone has fallen asleep, let them be quiet, and then ask them if they have seen a girl on the way here." ”
"Alright, alright, I'll go." The boss answered, and Teng Ling finally let go of him and allowed him to go to the door.
"Wait." Yifang stopped him again and pointed to the knife he was still carrying, "You're going to go out like this?" ”
He reacted, threw the knife to the proprietress and turned to open the door for the two men.