The funeral of the lotus leaf continued, the whole folding house was full of mourning, the white flags were swaying, and Cui Wenqing stayed on the mourning hall all day long and refused to rest, as if he had lost his soul.

This situation was spread by people with good intentions, and it immediately aroused a lot of discussion in Fugu County.

It is very rare for a little maid to be able to get such a mourning and sacrifice from her master after she dies.

In any case, Cui Wenqing is also benevolent and righteous.

The funeral lasted for three days, and on June 18, the coffin of the lotus leaf was buried in the southern suburbs of the mountain mausoleum under the protection of a thousand armored cavalry.

The Governor of Zhenwu Army, Zhe Zhao and Cui Wenqing, went to pay their respects in person, watching as the coffin was gradually buried by the loess and turned into a small hill.

At the same time, the gate of Fugu County, which was very strictly checked, was also relaxed on this day.

The Zhenwu soldiers in charge of the search gathered back to the camp and left Fugu, and the city gate cave was replaced by a lazy and lazy box army to guard, and the people who came and went checked their bodies, and the search for luggage was also hastily done, everything had returned to calm, and the little maid was gradually forgotten by people.

Zhi Weiben's mansion is still in the secret room in the rockery, and Zhi Weiben is telling General Qin what happened outside.

"General, the current search of the gate of Fugu County is not so careful, if you want to leave, this time is the most appropriate, I don't know how long you plan to leave?"

General Qin didn't answer Zhe Weiben's question, he was cautious by nature and suspicious, frowning and muttering for a long time before he asked lightly: "What is Cui Wenqing doing these days?" ”

Zhi Weiben replied with a smile: "He is still as uncomfortable as a dead old lady, and he almost didn't go out in the Folding Mansion, only early yesterday morning, he went out of Fugu County to send Su Shi away." ”

"Where's Zhezhao?"

"Every day I go out early and return late, and go to Zhenwu Army to be busy with military affairs, for her, the lotus leaf is not worth mentioning at all, and she will not care about it."

Hearing this, General Qin finally put his mind at ease, and said with a bow: "Since this is the case, then you can make good arrangements and send me and Lotus Ye to leave Fugu, and we have to return to Great Xia immediately." ”

"Okay, don't worry, general, everything will be arranged." Fold but this even jaw head.

"By the way, there's one more thing." General Qin said lightly, "If there is no accident, there will be a big war against Qi Ting in our dynasty this year, and there will be a detailed work to contact you at that time, as for how to do it, I believe you should also know." ”

Zhi Weiben sighed lightly and said: "The general can rest assured, since he has already taken refuge in Great Xia, he should serve the dogs and horses of Great Xia, and he has no second heart." ”

General Qin nodded, with a look of great satisfaction on his face.

Two days later, an ox cart loaded with green dates left the bustling market in the early morning and drove into the avenue to merge into the endless traffic, slowly passing towards the west gate.

The cart was pulled by a sick old ox, and the sweltering heat and the heavy cargo compartment made it panting, as if it had to use all its strength with every step.

On the wheel, there was a middle-aged man holding a horsewhip, with a dark complexion, a country's face, and a hat on his head for shading.

Half an hour later, the ox carts marched to the city gate, and lined up to check the guards of the city gate.

Seeing that he had to wait for a while, the middle-aged man driving the car simply jumped out of the ox cart, squatted in front of the car and picked his teeth with a wooden stick, looking very bored waiting.

After the time of the pillar incense, it was finally the turn of the ox cart to go out of the city, and a general with a knife box came over, accompanied by two soldiers, and opened his mouth to ask, "What is in the car?" ”

The middle-aged man stood up, walked quickly to the general of the Xiang Army, nodded and said, "Master Qiqi, the car is full of fresh green dates, and the grass people are going to pull it to the neighboring county to sell." ”

"Green dates?" The general of the Xiang army glanced at him, "Open it and take a look." ”

"Yes." The middle-aged man hurriedly jumped into the wheel, uncovered the tarpaulin on it, and a box full of green dates suddenly caught his eye.

These green dates are all sleek and full, crystal like jade, piled up together like agate, and the bursts of fragrance are even more fragrant.

The general of the Xiang army glanced at it slightly, stretched out his hand and grabbed a few dates, put them in his mouth and took a bite, and nodded his head while chewing and said vaguely: "The green dates are good, where did you buy them?" ”

The middle-aged man's forehead jumped imperceptibly, and he replied respectfully: "Geng's shop in the west of the city, if the military master likes to eat, it is better to grab more green dates." ”

General Xiang Jun smiled and shook his hand and said: "One or two dates are okay, if you take too much, I'm afraid that the county commander will trouble me, let's go, don't block here." ”

Seeing that he didn't mean to check at all, the middle-aged man couldn't help but feel relieved, indeed, these dates were all piled up in bulk, unless they were emptied, otherwise they couldn't be checked at all.

"Thank you, Master Jun." The middle-aged man clenched his fists and bowed, grabbed a handful of dates like an honest and honest farmer and stuffed them into the hands of the officer of the Xiangjun Army, then shook off the horsewhip and drove away with a clattering ox cart.

Seeing the back of the ox cart leaving, Gan Xinda, a former military captain of the Zhenwu Army who pretended to be an officer of the Xiang Army, restrained his so-so look just now, and whispered to the soldiers beside him: "Immediately tell General Bai that this ox cart heading west is very suspicious, please take the opportunity to search." ”

"No." The soldier clenched his fists and arched, climbed on his horse, and walked away.

This official road at the west gate of Fugu County is one of the main roads leading to Linzhou, stretching for more than 100 miles to the foot of the Great Wall, as long as the Great Wall is crossed, it belongs to the national border of Western Xia.

After leaving Fugu, the middle-aged man drove much faster, and the horsewhip drawn on the old scalper did not stop at all, the blood marks were shocking, and the long mournful cry of the old scalper "moo-moo-" sounded from time to time.

Walking to the West Mountain, the official road narrowed abruptly, and the cliffs of the two mountains held against each other gradually tightened, sandwiching the top of the head into a line of southern sky, and the speed of the ox cart inevitably slowed down, and it was difficult to trek on the twists and turns of the mountain road.

When he arrived in the West Mountain, the middle-aged man's anxious expression suddenly decreased, and he knew that as long as he crossed this mountain road, his subordinates would come to respond, and then he would be able to bring the people hidden in the cargo box back to Xingqing Mansion safely, and hand them over to the Queen Mother who had been waiting for a long time.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man's heart was slightly excited, and when he thought that he would definitely be able to get the official reward after successfully completing the task and returning to the dynasty this time, his whole heart warmed up unconsciously.

Just as he was excited, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from behind him, and the sound of the knight's galloping horse was faintly audible.

(End of chapter)