Chapter 60: Greeting each other in the middle of the road
The border between the An Dynasty and the Qiao Kingdom.
Duan Qingqian looked at the city gate in front of him, and felt extremely warm, he had finally returned to his own land, and it was much more convenient to do anything on his own territory.
Along the way, Duan Qingqian also heard some speculation about her identity, but after all, it was Qiao Guo, and the affairs of An Chao had little to do with them, just a few people were talking about it, but when she returned to An Chao at this time, Duan Qingqian found that things were far more lively than she imagined.
Duan Qingqian looked at the people densely surrounded under the city gate and asked.
"Do you know what's going on?"
"My subordinates don't know."
"Look at what they're wearing, but court officials?"
"Exactly."
"Let's slow down, Shadow, you go ahead and find out what's going on."
"Yes."
The shadow dismounted, went to the crowded place behind him, and one turned around and disappeared.
Duan Qingqian rode a horse and walked slowly, which made the people under the city gate anxious, and they couldn't wait to give the horse a few whips, they were waiting for An Qinghuan, the legendary emperor's relatives, but they came to the city gate at noon to wait, it was dusk, and their stomachs were already rumbling with hunger.
It only took half a cup of tea for the shadow to return.
"How?"
"The court officials and squires are greeting the son."
"Welcome me?"
"Yes."
Duan Qingqian muttered in his heart that An Yunmo was here, let her cause trouble, and see how she repaired him then.
"In the dark night, you often follow the prince, do you know how to deal with officials eating, drinking and having fun?"
"Huh?"
Duan Qingqian took out the folding fan in the baggage and stuffed it directly to the dark night, the dark night didn't react, Duan Qingqian had already driven the horse forward, and the dark night and the shadow had to drive the horse to follow.
The people waiting at the city gate saw that Duan Qingqian and the others were approaching, and immediately stepped forward to greet them, and the leading officials didn't know An Qinghuan, but they just found out the news, saying that An Qinghuan's son entered the city from Qiao Country with a pair of merchants, so he led people to wait.
The leading official saw Duan Qingqian walking in front and led everyone to salute Duan Qingqian.
"Xiaguan Chen Zhongpei led all the squires to welcome the son."
After Chen Zhongpei and the others finished saluting, Duan Qingqian smiled awkwardly.
"Chen County Order, this person next to me is our son."
Duan Qingqian moved away slightly after speaking, Dark Night knew what Duan Qingqian meant, and drove forward, his face was serious, his eyes swept over them, Chen Zhongpei immediately led people forward to salute, and Dark Night responded lightly.
This is also thanks to Duan Qingqian's lack of clothing fabrics, the clothes she wears are the same as those of Dark Night, Shadow and others, and Dark Night also has the aura of a strong man, so Chen Zhongpei and them were suppressed, and Dark Night has the regent's fan on his body, according to rumors, An Qinghuan is white, and Dark Night has been hidden in the dark for a long time, and people are also of the white type, so no one doubts the authenticity of An Qinghuan.
"Gongzi An, please enter the city and rest for a while."
"Hmm."
The people surrounding the city gate scattered in an uproar.
Chen Zhongpei was bent on currying favor with An Qinghuan, and immediately ran to the dark night to greet him.
"Gongzi An has worked hard all the way, and the lower official prepared a little thin wine in the mansion to catch the wind and wash the dust for Gongzi."
Dark Night was thinking about whether to go or not, Duan Qingqian spoke.
"Childe, since County Officer Chen invited you, you can go, and there are other small things."
Chen Zhongpei saw that Duan Qingqian was not like an ordinary person, he was talking to An Gongzi at this time, how dare he speak?
"I don't know who this is?"
"Nobody, just an ordinary bookkeeper."
Thinking about the princess in the dark night, she was afraid that she had guessed this result, so she let him deal with it, although she was helpless, she still had an inaccessible look on her face.
"Well, Shadow, you assist Mr. in handling things, and send someone to call me if you have something. You two come with me. ”
The two guards who were named stepped forward respectfully in response.
"Yes, Childe."
Shadow understands the meaning of the dark night, the dark night is for him to protect the princess well, originally the two of them protected together, but now he is alone, no wonder the dark night is not at ease.
"Don't worry, Childe, my subordinates will definitely assist Mr."
Only then did he follow Chen Zhongpei and others to eat, drink and have fun in the dark night.
Duan Qingqian didn't expect the people of the An Dynasty to be so curious about An Qinghuan's identity, and he heard so many rumors just after entering the city, so what did An Cheng have to do.
Regardless of the rumors outside, Duan Qingqian secretly arranged to get out in An Chao according to the previous plan, and then went to Qiao Guo to look for medicine in another identity, especially at this time, the poison on An Yunmo's body was unstable, and she needed rare medicinal materials even more.
Dark Night has his own mission, and at this time he realized that it was a painful thing to deal with these eating, drinking, and having fun, but fortunately, Duan Qingqian only had a night's rest here and set off tomorrow, otherwise he wouldn't be able to cope with it.
At night, when he heard movement outside in the dark, he could sense that the other party was coming at him, so he immediately grabbed his sword and pretended to be asleep.
After a while, a man in black sneaked in, tiptoed to the side of the bed, and when he was close to the bed, he suddenly drew a short knife and stabbed at the dark night on the bed.
After avoiding the dark night, he immediately got up and counterattacked, the man in black didn't expect this person to be so alert, he couldn't see clearly in the night, and his martial arts were not as good as the dark night, but in three moves, the man in black showed defeat, and the fifth move was captured by the dark night.
Shadow and Duan Qingqian's room was close to the room in the dark night, and when they heard movement in the dark room, they both came here.
The dark night pressed people to kneel in front of Duan Qingqian.
"Are you here to kill Gongzi An?"
The man in black said with a glare.
"Yes."
"Who ordered you to come?"
"I'm not going to tell you, you're going to die."
The man in black was still angry, he didn't expect An Qinghuan to have such a good martial arts person around him, causing him to miss.
Duan Qingqian doesn't need to guess to know, just a few.
"Dark Night, since he doesn't say it, then deal with it."
The man in black didn't expect the person in front of him to decide his life and death so quickly, didn't he need to torture him to extract a confession?
"You just killed me? You don't want to know who sent me? ”
"Give you another chance, to say or not to say?"
The man in black looked at Duan Qingqian seriously and suddenly asked.
"Actually, you're An Qinghuan, aren't you? I said you could let me go? ”
"What about me? As for whether you let it go or not, it depends on your performance. ”
"You ......"
If you don't say you're dead, you won't necessarily live if you say it, it's really hard to choose.
The man in black finally lost to himself, he could see that Duan Qingqian was a person who did what he said, he didn't say that there was only death left for him, he said that there was still a glimmer of life, and he only hoped that his master would not blame himself.
"It was King Kang who sent me."
"Lord Kang?"
"Believe it or not."
"Dark night, give him to the people of Zhuangzi."
"Yes, Childe."
The dark night carried the man in black and disappeared into the night.
"Childe, we ......"
"It's fine. Pay attention to these two days. ”
"Yes."
Duan Qingqian crossed the first town of the border pass, Chen Zhongpei and the others greeted each other, but they didn't expect it to be the same when they passed through the second town, as usual, they were once again the son of An Qinghuan in the dark night to accompany them to eat, drink and have fun.
Duan Qingqian couldn't understand that An Qinghuan's identity really had such deep magic? However, this rumor has also spread outrageously, where did she get the heirloom jade seal in her hand, and some said that he was the illegitimate son of the former emperor? What are these words, and they are not afraid that the officers and soldiers will be held accountable? Compared with these, it is better to accept that she is a relative of the emperor.
In addition to these, it is also said that An Yunmo is loyal to the emperor, and the rivers and mountains he has built over the years have paved the way for him, speaking of An Yunmo, Duan Qingqian remembered that she hadn't heard from An Yunmo for a while, and what they found was An Yunmo recuperating in the mansion.
Duan Qingqian can believe that there are ghosts, is An Yunmo such a peaceful person? Duan Qingqian couldn't help but wonder what An Yunmo was busy with in the mansion.
Duan Qingqian It is not surprising that they can't hear the news of An Yunmo, they all have established rules, where the master is and what he is doing is not something they can say, An Yunmo passed by their Zhuangzi, they also saw An Yunmo, as long as An Yunmo did not instruct, they would not leak An Yunmo's whereabouts to anyone. Some of them only knew that an important person was coming, but they didn't know what An Yunmo's true identity was, and the news about what the regent was doing in the mansion was also blocked by An Yunmo, so it was no wonder that Duan Qingqian couldn't find out any news about An Yunmo.
An Qinghuan's identity is not the most attractive place, the most attractive thing is that he may have the news of the jade seal of the country, in addition to the children of the royal family, some ambitious power schemers also want to compete for the jade seal, this is not tonight and is destined to be a sleepless night.
The dark night has changed from being passive at the beginning to being An Qinghuan to being active to being An Qinghuan now, but there are too many unknown dangers in An Qinghuan's identity, and it is better for him to bear it than the princess.
Compared with the previous assassination, this assassination is much more professional, Duan Qingqian has also joined the battle, and she is taking this opportunity to practice her skills.
The target of the assassins is "An Qinghuan", they want to capture An Qinghuan alive and ask the whereabouts of the jade seal, so they all attack the dark night directly, this time the assassin's ability is not as good as last time, and the shot is ruthless, no matter how strong the martial arts are in the dark night, there is always a time when you can't be prepared, the dark night and the assassin have a wrong shoulder, both shoulders were stabbed, and the blood instantly stained the clothes red, and the battle continued.
Duan Qingqian lived in a shop registered with the government in An Yunmo, and the guards of the shop also took up arms against the assassins, and some people went out to report the crime.
Someone came to report the crime, and the other party was not an ordinary person, and the government could not continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so they had to come to arrest the assassin slowly.
When the Assassins heard that the officials were coming, they hurriedly retreated.
Duan Qingqian looked at the county official who was still unhurried in front of him, and mocked.
"Didn't the county lord collude with the assassin and wait for the assassin to leave?"
The county magistrate immediately knelt down and said.
"The lower officials have no such intentions, and please ask the son to know the truth."
Duan Qingqian turned sideways, stared at the county official in the dark, and said in a cold voice.
"The county lord had better catch the assassin, otherwise you will look good."
"Yes, yes, the lower officials will do their best to capture the assassins."
"Hmph."
The dark night didn't speak, and the county lord dared to raise his head slightly to look at the dark night, and saw that there was blood on the dark night's clothes, and asked.
"Childe is injured, so the next official will ask for a doctor for Childe."
"No need. All down. ”
"Yes."
After they all went down, Duan Qingqian looked at the wound in the dark night and asked.
"Serious?"
"No problem."
"Bandage the wound first."
"Yes."
They all carried wound medicine with them, and poured some medicine and applied it casually in the dark.
"Dark night, me and the shadow absconded tonight, you rest here tomorrow for a day, and set off the day after tomorrow to escort the medicinal herbs."
"The princess is leaving early?"
They had supposed to go together.
"Well, you are injured and physically inconvenient, and now you are An Qinghuan, and you can't leave everyone's sight."
"But ......"
"I'll protect myself, and there's a shadow, the prince asked, and told him to look for me."
"Yes, Princess."
That night, Duan Qingqian and Dark Night changed their outfits and went out of the city.
And An Qinghuan, who played temporarily in the dark night, continued to set off after being assassinated for a day and resting, although there were some twists and turns on the road, but somehow walking and walking, there was no news of An Qinghuan, and it was said that the wound was infected after being injured that day, and he was taken back by his family to heal.
An Qinghuan, as at the beginning, appeared unexpectedly, and then disappeared unexpectedly, for those who have never seen him, he only lives in people's mouths, and quietly quits after making waves.