Chapter 21: Autumn Night Pursuit!
The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, winter had arrived, and it had snowed heavily in Linyuan City, and the north wind was howling, blowing the snowflakes obliquely circling and flying. At the gate of the city, an exquisite carriage was parked early in the morning, wrapped in thick fur and grass on the periphery, Mo Yanxi was surrounded by a heavy white snow fox cloak, carrying a hot soup woman in his arms, and a thick brocade quilt was draped on his legs.
Suddenly, the curtain at the door of the carriage was lifted, revealing a beautiful face, and after a while, Nan Ke's whole body also came in, took off his boots aside, and crawled straight into the bed. Then, Xiangxue also jumped in, shivering, and quickly got into the bed.
Mo Yanxi looked at the two people hiding in the quilt and couldn't help but sigh that it was really cold today.
"When I said it, I wore thicker, but I didn't listen, and I told you not to go out just now, if you have to go out, it's going to freeze."
The two didn't answer, Mo Yanxi didn't say anything, and put the soup woman in his hand under his feet to keep the two of them warm.
"Miss, Miss Sakura didn't deliver a message last night, it will definitely arrive today, and now it's over, it's almost noon, why haven't you seen anyone yet."
Nan Ke exposed the upper half of his face from the brocade quilt for a long time, and looked at Mo Yanxi with big eyes.
Mo Yanxi looked at the red nose of the man, and couldn't help but smile:
"I'm afraid that I'm thinking that you, who can't bear it, will definitely follow, and deliberately make it difficult for you."
While the two were talking, there was another knock at the door.
After Tang Mingsang knocked on the door, he quickly buried his face in the padded jacket, crossed his hands into his sleeves, and jumped to his feet:
"Sister Yan Xi, Sister Sakura sent Changle to say that there was an avalanche on the road, I'm afraid it won't be until the afternoon, it's easy to get cold outside, let Sister Yan Xi go back first."
Hearing this, Mo Yanxi rubbed his temples, since he sent someone to pass the word, he thought that there was nothing wrong with the person, so he replied:
"Mingsang, it's almost noon, everyone stays here and suffers from the cold in vain, let Changle go back to the house directly, you go and take the others to the inn next to you to eat something, warm and warm, come out later, remember to boil two pots of wine to drive away the cold."
Mingsang said: "Okay. Sister Yan Xi won't go? ”
Mo Yanxi was a little sleepy, elbowed his head and said lightly:
"I'm a little tired, I'll sleep for a while."
"I'll go, I'll go!! I've been hungry for a long time! ”
Nan Ke on the side suddenly came to his senses, packed up the carriage in a hurry, and followed Ming Sang and his party to the inn for lunch.
The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and there was no intention of stopping, Mo Yanxi smelled an extremely fragrant bone broth in his sleep, so he swallowed his saliva, slowly opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was a fair and ruddy face, Nan Ke held the table with both hands, staring at Mo Yanxi fixedly.
"Miss, you're awake~ The bone broth in this inn is delicious, I'll bring you a bowl."
Mo Yanxi rubbed his eyes, saw that Xiangxue on the side was munching on a chicken leg, and also felt hungry, so he got up and sat up straight, took two sips of the bone broth brought by Nan Ke, and a warm current immediately filled the internal organs.
"What time is it?"
Xiangxue was chewing a piece of tendon that couldn't be bitten, and when she heard Mo Yanxi's question, she gently peeled off the fur hanging on the window, looked at it, and said, "It seems that it's time for Shen Shi." ”
A few people inside were chatting, and there was a rush of footsteps outside.
Mingsang panted and rushed to the carriage and shouted inside:
"Sister Yan Xi,... Come...! Here it comes! Sister Sakura is here! ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't hide their happiness. Mo Yanxi quickly packed up, got out of the carriage, and stood at the gate of the city looking at the three carriages covered by the wind and snow.
About three quarters of an hour, the carriage finally drove to the city gate, there was movement on the car, Changle Changxi jumped down first, and then there were people in the other carriage down, first Lanxi and then Zhaohua, and finally there was a figure in a peach-colored cloak, slowly coming through the wind and snow, and gradually becoming clear.
Mo Yanxi looked at everyone, although he had only seen him for a few months, it seemed that a few years had passed.
"Miss, Sakura Niang is fortunate not to be dishonored."
Ying Niang walked forward quickly and saluted Mo Yanxi with everyone.
"It's cold, it's been hard all the way, quick, let's go home, Qingrong and Xiangmei have cooked, go back and scald a few pots of good wine to warm up."
Mo Yanxi made a gesture to pull Ying Niang into his carriage, but Ying Niang hesitated, turned to the side, and saluted the person next to the third carriage, and then got into the carriage with Mo Yanxi.
Because the sky was full of wind and snow obscuring his vision, Mo Yanxi didn't see who that person was.
In the Mo house, the snow had fallen for more than a foot, but fortunately they came back early, otherwise they would have been sleepy for a few more days.
"Is it going well?"
Mo Yanxi hugged the charcoal stove that warmed his hands, took a sip of hot wine, and asked.
Seeing that Mo Yanxi opened the chatterbox, Ying Niang didn't hide it, and told all the customs and strange things along the way, and only said a thrilling thing in the end.
"The five of us walked with a caravan selling tea, and the road had been smooth before, but we almost died in a narrow passage. The night was very dark, and I couldn't see my fingers, because the summer and autumn came, and the road was often stormy, and when I first entered the narrow road, I felt that it was wrong, so I called them to fall far behind the caravan, and even when they were resting in the narrow road, they stayed far away, without a little fire..."
That night, it was the day of the beginning of autumn, the weather was not very good, and at night it was the kind that could not see the five fingers, Sakura Niang and his party followed the caravan into a narrow road in the direction of Yubei, which may be the sensitive sense of smell that the merchant often walked outside, Sakura Niang always had some indescribable panic in her heart.
So secretly called Lanxi and the four people silently walked at the end, just when they were resting in the narrow road, suddenly a sharp sound of weapons whistled by, and then all the people in the caravan were killed by arrows, because Sakura Niang and his party were cautious, and there was no fire when they rested, and the place to stay was empty, which was conducive to escaping, so the first time the incident happened, Sakura Niang led everyone to flee in the direction of the arrow, which was considered smooth, but suddenly Lanxi accidentally stepped on a section of dead wood branches.
Click! Originally, it was the weather with the wind howling today, Sakura Niang thought that no one would care about this, but she didn't expect that those people's ears were not within the reach of normal people, and a few people didn't take a few steps, and there was a uniform footstep behind them.
"Run!"
Sakura Niang shouted, and the five of them supported each other and ran forward quickly, seeing that the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the silver light emitted by the friction between the knife in the hands of those people and the stone surface seemed to be around.
At the last moment, God had mercy, and everyone saw several carriages. There was no one driving outside, the horses seemed to be psychic, walking on their own, and there was only a dim glass lamp swaying in the wind on the side of the carriage, which was really weird, a bit like the appearance of a hundred ghosts walking at night.
Sakura Niang was also stunned in her heart, but after only thinking about a few breaths, she ordered everyone to run to that place while shouting for help.
After a while, several people with strong martial arts flew out of the carriage and fought with the people behind Sakura Niang. But those people didn't love to fight, and they all fled after a while.
"What? Brother, are you saying that those masked men attacked a few pretty girls, and then you saved them bravely? Tut-tut! Wow! ”
In the Han Mansion in Yanyu Lane, Su Changfeng was babbling, jokingly asking Su Changqing.
Yuan Huaisheng and Su Changqing both gave him an idiot look.
Yuan Huaisheng asked: "Is there a reason?" ”
Su Changqing shook his head and said, "I asked, a few of them originally went to the Yubei region to do business in Linyuan City, and set off with a caravan selling tea, but they didn't want to go halfway, the caravan was destroyed by the masked people, and they also suffered by the situation." ”
Yuan Huaisheng was lying on the bedding obliquely, holding a cup in one hand, and gently playing with the leaves stretched out in the tea with the other hand holding the tea lid.
After a while, he put down the teacup, gently rubbed his temples, and said:
"Looks like they've found something."
Su Changqing nodded: "I asked, and several of them said that those people took things from the caravan's tea bags." ”
Yuan Huaisheng's eyes froze, revealing an evil smile, and said, "Since that's the case... Let's go after the year, I also want to learn what this feared Shura in the martial arts is like. ”
Sakura Niang almost finished talking about this matter without breathing, and there was no one to say anything at the banquet for a while.
Mo Yanxi was shocked in his heart, the situation at that time was afraid that it was quite urgent and dangerous, if it wasn't for that person, would they be separated by yin and yang? It seems that the matter of recruiting martial arts forces should be put on the agenda.
Xiangxue on the side naturally knew the inside story, and she couldn't help but be surprised when she heard Sakura talk about that person.
"Sakura-sama? You said that the person who saved you was called Su Changqing? But Nanliu Lane, the eldest son of the Su family that we all know? ”
Sakura Niang poured another glass of wine, and then responded:
"That's right, it's the Su family, the Su family we all know, fortunately, I'm cautious and haven't shown any flaws."
Nan Ke was on the side, took a bite of the osmanthus cake, and asked very suspiciously:
"The Su family? Their family is a well-known rich businessman, what's wrong with you? Messed with him? ”
Xiangxue was a little weak-hearted, so she only lowered her head to eat the vegetables and stopped talking. Sakura Niang looked at Nan Ke Yuanyo, and said with big curious eyes:
"It's not a provocation, but if the East Window incident happens, our family will become famous."
Nan Ke took another big bite of osmanthus cake, looked at Sakura Niang with some disgust, and said:
"Our family is already famous, dare to ask this eastern region, who doesn't know how to get drunk!"
Mo Yanxi let them joke and joke, but he was absent-minded. Pondering: This Su family has so many martial arts masters to suppress the formation, I'm afraid it's not just a rich businessman, it's not simple, it's not about yourself, don't think about it.
But it backfired, and a huge net that could not be opened invisibly has firmly tied everyone's fate together.
Some things, some people, the more you want to avoid and escape, the more they will be caught off guard in the long river of life, never ending!