Chapter 125: Murder and Silence
This time to escort the prisoners back to Beijing, Huang Yan sent 300 men and horses to protect them. After all, this prisoner is related to the government and politics, and he must not be sloppy.
"Yes." The guards replied in unison.
"Let's go!" Zhang Qian, the head of the guard, turned over his horse and gave orders. A mighty group of men and horses walked towards the city gate.
Dozens of people disguised near the city gate looked at each other, nodded their heads, pretended to be nothing, and followed the procession, ready to leave the city.
With the token given by Huang Yan, the guards quickly left the city. Dozens of people disguised as ordinary people followed behind, pretending to be in a hurry.
Zhang Qian found the person who was following the team, but he didn't say anything, it seems that the prefect expected it well, and Meng Zhendong has now sent someone to follow. He'd been informed, still scared that something would happen to them.
However, they brought so many people, even if he got up, he would not necessarily fall behind, and now things still have a certain chance for them.
He rode at the front of the group and continued with the group as if nothing had happened.
If you hurry up and travel day and night, it only takes one day and one night from Weinan City to the capital, and you can arrive soon.
However, with such a large team, there were not enough horses, and many of the guards were on foot, so no matter how fast they were, it would take two days and two nights to reach the capital.
This group of people followed behind their team during the day, and it must have been at night, while they were all asleep, they relaxed their vigilance, and suddenly appeared to make a move, in fact, night is also the best time for them to do it.
It was getting late, and there was no place for a large group of people to rest, and there was no inn near here, and there was no place to rest.
Can only rest in the woods next to the road, just set up a tent and prepare to rest, Zhang Qian got off the horse, sat on the ground to rest, he gave a look to a few guards nearby, it seems that now these people can no longer hold it back, and they may do it at any time.
The guards understood and nodded. Before leaving, Zhang Qian had already informed everyone of the arrangements for the matter, and told them to just pretend and be sure to save their lives.
However, the purpose of the other party is also the people in the carriage, and as long as the guards dodge well, their lives should not be in danger.
The sun had completely set, the moon had appeared in the sky at some point, it was completely dark, and the guards sat on the ground, napping with their eyes closed.
Suddenly, a group of people rushed out of the woods, Zhang Qian was immediately awakened, he opened his eyes, stood up, and pulled out the sword at his waist, and these people really appeared when it was dark.
"Rush!" A group of robbers dressed as bandits rushed over with their faces covered, with knives in their hands, desperately rushing out, although on the surface it seemed to be robbing money, but it was obvious what their real purpose was.
"Get up and prepare for battle." Zhang Qian shouted.
The guards had all woken up, and they were all around Zhang Qian, sword in hand, ready to fight at any time.
"Brothers, give it to me." The masked man rushed up and tangled with the guards. While responding to the enemy, Zhang Qian paid attention to the movement of the carriage.
The people in the carriage had already covered their mouths, so they sat in the carriage without saying a word.
Sure enough, the group of people came for the carriage. Some robbers dragged the guards in tow, and a few more rushed out masked, and they rushed straight to the carriage.
"Quick, protect the prisoners!" Zhang Qian shouted.
Seeing this, the other guards tried to approach the carriage, but were entangled by the masked man beside them. Zhang Qian wanted to get close to the carriage by himself, but there were several people around him, and he himself was not skilled for a while.
They should just want to distract these people, and when they all focus on him, they are trying to find a way to fight directly.
Several masked men who rushed out from behind sat in front of the carriage, patted the horse's back vigorously, and rode away.
"Hurry up and chase it!" Zhang Qian shouted loudly, he wanted to go forward to chase after him, but there were a few people around him. Zhang Qian had no choice but to watch the carriage slowly disappear.
"Withdraw!" The other masked men shouted when they saw that the carriage had been successful, and a group of people scattered in all directions into the woods. Before leaving, they did not forget to cut the reins of the horses and slapped them on the back.
The horse was frightened and immediately ran away.
The battle stopped, Zhang Qian looked around, the carriage was gone, and the horses were gone. The group of people was indeed coming for the prisoner, but fortunately he had already guessed that the other party would do it tonight.
"Are there any casualties?" Zhang Qian asked, looking at the people around him, there didn't seem to be much of a situation, and the man in black didn't know where to go.
"Back to my lord, some brothers are injured, but their lives are not in danger." Someone replied.
"That's good, I have a bottle of medicine here, let's take it to my injured brother." Zhang Qian took out a bottle of medicine from his arms and handed it to the other guards, who took the medicine and began to apply the potion.
The other guards sat on the spot and took medicine, and Zhang Qian looked at the direction in which the carriage disappeared, thoughtful. Fortunately, the other party's purpose was only the people in the carriage, so he didn't love to fight, and he didn't kill anyone.
Now that all of them have come back safe and sound, they can be regarded as safely completing the things that the prefect has explained.
The other party was just to drag them down, the purpose was for the people in the carriage, Zhang Qian breathed a sigh of relief, although he had already prepared for the situation that there would be casualties, but fortunately, no one died.
The masked man drove the carriage forward, and one of the masked men got into the carriage, and they managed to save him with great difficulty, but the real purpose was to kill people.
The people in the carriage felt the murderous aura of the person in front of them, and it seemed that this person was coming at him, and they didn't know what his real purpose was.
"What are you going to do?" The people in the carriage stepped back one after another, and his face was somewhat unclear in the darkness.
However, the space in the carriage was small, and he took a few steps back, and there was no way back.
"You betrayed your lord and asked me what I wanted to do? Naturally, I'm here to ask for your life. The masked man looked at the person in front of him and said viciously.
He didn't want to continue to talk to this person, so he just picked up the knife and prepared to send him directly to Huangquan.
"I don't recognize ......" Before the prisoner could finish speaking, he was stabbed to death by a masked man.
"Hmph." The masked man snorted coldly and drew his sword. No matter how much this person quibbles, he can't change the fact that he has betrayed the adult, and the fact is very obvious.
The prisoner fell to the ground in response, and the masked man tore a piece of cloth from the prisoner's body, wiped the blood on the sword with a blank face, and brought this cloth back to the prime minister.
The masked man wiped the blood from his sword and put it away, he looked down at the prisoner who was no longer breathing in the carriage, and raised his foot to kick him aside.
"Solved?" The masked man who was driving the carriage asked aloud when he saw the masked man who had killed the prisoner coming out of the carriage.
"Rest assured, it's solved." The masked man who came out of the carriage said that they had finally completed the matter that the adults had explained this time.
"Okay, what to do with the carriage and the corpse?" The masked man driving the carriage asked again.
"Push off the cliff." The murderous masked man looked at the cliff not far away and proposed.
The masked man who was driving the carriage did not speak, he looked ahead, and not far away, there was a steep cliff, just in time for the destruction of corpses, which was indeed a good idea.
"Drive!" The masked man driving the carriage sped up and rushed towards the cliff. Only two meters away from the cliff, the carriage stopped. The two masked men got out of the carriage and released the horses from the carriage, which pushed the carriage off the cliff.
The carriage fell straight to the bottom of the cliff, which was so high and steep that if the carriage fell to the bottom of the cliff, the man and the carriage would be shattered. Two masked men stood on the edge of the cliff and watched as the carriage kept falling until they could no longer be seen.
Now that the matter has been successfully resolved, they now have the ability to reach the sky, and there is no way to find the crashed carriage at the bottom of the cliff, and all the evidence of this matter has been destroyed.
The masked man looked at what was happening in front of him with satisfaction, "Let's go, since the matter is done, go back and report to the adults as soon as possible." A masked man said.
"Well, let's go." The other masked man replied. The two rode the same horse together and hurried in the direction of the capital.
"Are all the injured brothers drugged?" Zhang Qian asked as he made his rounds. The guards were all sitting in the woods to rest, the masked man had achieved his purpose, and he would probably not return.
"It's all on." The guard replied.
"I'll rest in place tonight, and return to Weinan City early tomorrow morning, thank you for your hard work." Zhang Qian looked at the guards who were sitting on the ground resting and said.
"Yes." The guards replied in unison.
Zhang Qian found a big tree and sat down against the big tree, fortunately, the prefect had already guessed that they would come and kidnap the prisoners, so everything had been arranged in advance, otherwise, they were afraid that they would have to experience a vicious battle.
At this moment, it has reached the ugly hour, and in two hours, the sky will be dawn, and the horses have been scared away in the fight, and they must take care of their energy, and they will have to return to Weinan City tomorrow.
Zhang Qian took the guards to rest in the woods for the night, and at dawn the next day, he set off with the guards to return to Weinan City.
Fu Qinglian entered the palace after Fu Beixing finished the early dynasty, Fu Qinglian is now seized of power, but he is just an idle prince, and he doesn't even need to go to the early dynasty, although he is a little lonely now, but he is also happy to be idle now, and there is nothing he needs to do anyway.