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Hundreds of officers and soldiers escorted hundreds of war horses and dozens of carts from Chang'an, all the way along the official road to the east.

The route set by Wang Yuan was to first take Lufu, and then go north to Bingzhou, where he would join Liu Dehai's 500 regiments of training soldiers and horses, and then he could change his clothes and go all the way east to Youzhou City, where Fanyang Jiedu was governed.

Wang Yuan was not in a hurry, as long as he left Chang'an City, his goal would be achieved, as for when he arrived in Fanyang County, Wang Yuan was not so concerned. In addition, with the autumn wind getting stronger, the weather is chilly, and the days on the road are not easy. So Wang Yuan's idea is to walk slowly, and it doesn't matter when he arrives in Luzhou, as long as people and horses are comfortable, it is a day to mix for a day.

However, the official road between Chang'an and Luzhou is a wide avenue that has been rested in recent years, and the place it passes through is flat and wide and unimpeded. Even if Wang Yuan doesn't want to be in a hurry, starting from Chang'an, the team can still travel more than 80 miles in a day, and the speed is definitely not slow. Wang Yuan could only go with the flow.

Three days later, in the evening, the brigade arrived at the Meiliang River, which was the last place to camp and rest before arriving in Luzhou, and it was also the only mountainous terrain that was not avoided on the official road from Chang'an to Luzhou. In order to rush to Luzhou Mansion tomorrow to rest, the brigade set up camp early under the slope next to the Miragawa mountain stream.

The soldiers buried the pot to prepare dinner, hundreds of soldiers were busy enclosing the fence and enclosing the five hundred war horses to feed the fodder, and Wang Yuan and two generals escorted by the Nanya army sat in the tent and bragged. When it comes to the allusion to this place of the Meiliang River, it is the battlefield of the Qin King Li Shimin who broke the captain Chi Jingde, and an elderly Jin Wuwei general named Chen Zhong knew this matter very well.

"Report to the king's envoy that there are suspicious people and horses on the west road, coming towards the place where I am camping."

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment, got up and got out of the tent, stood on the stone under the hillside and looked at the place where the red sun was hanging low in the west, and saw smoke and dust everywhere, as if more than a dozen horsemen were plunging from the official road to the path by the mountain stream, and were coming to the place where they were camping.

"Someone is coming, immediately order the archer squad to guard the camp gate, and ask the other party to identify themselves, otherwise they will be shot immediately within a hundred steps." Chen Zhong immediately gave the order, and ordered the soldiers to take the order.

A moment later, fifty archers quickly took their positions, lined up in three rows at the simple camp gate, bent their bows and arrows, and waited for orders. But seeing the unidentified dozen horsemen running from the official road, they crossed the wooden bridge over the mountain stream and went straight to the camp gate, but stopped a hundred paces away.

"Who are you waiting for? This is an important camping place in the army, and it is not allowed to watch closely, and violators will be killed. One soldier shouted.

One of the knights in the row in a black piping cloak stepped forward, removed the hood from his head, and revealed a jewel between jet-black hair and a shiny bun.

"Excuse me, is this the car of the imperial court's envoy Wang Yuan?" The woman asked crisply.

Wang Yuan, who was standing on the high ground in the camp, heard it clearly, and he had already recognized who the woman was, it was Zi Yun'er, the personal maid of Mrs. Qin Guo, and she didn't know why she came here with the car.

"General Chen, this envoy is familiar with people, please let them in." Wang Yuan spoke, and hurriedly walked towards the camp gate.

Chen Zhong hurriedly passed the order and let Ziyun'er and the dozen knights enter the barracks. Ziyun'er turned over and dismounted and saluted Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan smiled and saluted, "Why are you here?" ”

Zi Yun'er ran all the way, her face was red from the cold wind, her mouth was a little chapped, and her hair bun was a little scattered.

"Give me some water to drink, they also want to drink water and eat, please ask Gongzi to order someone to entertain the people."

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, look at me." Come, come with me into the tent to drink water and eat something, and the men you have brought with you will have someone to entertain them. ”

Zi Yun'er nodded, followed Wang Yuan to Wang Yuan's own tent, opened the curtain of the tent and entered inside, and was bending down to clean up the bed and boil tea, Qing Yun'er, who had no time to take care of the noisy things outside, saw Zi Yun'er at a glance and cried out in surprise.

"Sister Zi'er, why are you here?"

Zi Yun'er stepped forward and hugged Qing Yun'er and shouted, "Sister Qing'er, I miss my sister." ”

The two hugged each other and shed tears. Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said, "Okay, okay, is there hot tea?" Pour some hot tea to warm her up. ”

Qingyun'er hurriedly agreed, took a futon for Ziyun'er to sit on the carpet, and hurriedly went to make tea. Only then did Zi Yun'er see Gongsun Lan sitting in the corner of the tent with her eyes closed, and Wang Yuan introduced: "My cousin Gongsun Girl, this one is Miss Zi Yun'er, the personal maid of Mrs. Qin Guo. ”

Gongsun Lan nodded slightly, closed her eyes and meditated again. Zi Yun'er looked at Wang Yuan suspiciously, and Wang Yuan smiled: "My cousin doesn't like to talk, don't mind." If we have anything to say, we don't have to shy away from her, she is the person I trust the most. ”

When the tea was served, Zi Yun'er blew a few times and took a few sips, and her little tongue licked her chapped lips, making her red lips wet. Soft and ruddy, then he said: "Childe, something happened." ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "What's wrong?" ”

"The young master is gone."

Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "Liu Jun is gone?" What's going on? ”

"The day after you left the capital, the young master left a letter saying that he was going to break outside, but he disappeared. The lady was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, so she ordered people to look for the young master, but there was no trace of him. Until the guard at the east gate reported that the young master rode out of the city gate with dozens of horses in the early hours of yesterday morning. The Lang general who was guarding the city thought that the young master was taking people out of the city to hunt, so he didn't pay attention at that time. Madame cried darkly, not knowing what to do. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "You chased all the way, did you think he came to me?" ”

Zi Yun'er said: "After listening to the news of the East City Gate, Mrs. carefully read the letter from the young master, and then thought that the young master was chasing the son." But along the way, I didn't see any traces of the young master's passing, and I asked the people along the way, and I only saw the son's men and horses passing by, but I didn't see the traces of the young master's party, I'm afraid that the lady was also mistaken. ”

Wang Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "What did Liu Jun say in the letter? ”

Zi Yun'er thought for a while and said, "The letter is in Madame's hand, I remember that it seems to say that one day Madame and Gongzi said that he was too young to be a man, and he couldn't do what a man did." So he wanted to leave Chang'an for a while by himself to prove to his wife and son that he was a man and was not afraid of anything like this. ”

Wang Yuan nodded slowly and said, "Can you figure out who Liu Jun brought out?" ”

"A few Kunlun slaves around him, as well as more than a dozen personal servants, are all people with some martial arts. By the way, they all carried swords and bows and arrows, and the young master also rode the white horse of the night lion that he usually took great care of, and usually did not ride easily. The servants in the outer house said that the young master ordered them to make hundreds of catties of dried meat and dry food two days ago, and they also took them away. ”

Wang Yuan had an answer in his heart, nodded and said, "Madame's expectation is good, he did come to me." On the day before I left, when I said goodbye to my wife, he broke in and asked to go to Fanyang County with me for training, but my wife and I refused. With Liu Jun's temper, he must not be convinced, he must have quietly set out to chase me the day after I left. ”

Zi Yun'er frowned and said, "But he's not with you." There was no trace of him along the way. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Liu Jun is not a ten-year-old child as you think, he has a lot of ghost eyes. Judging from the fact that he sneaked out of Chang'an without arguing, you should know that he was scheming. He knew that his traces after leaving Chang'an would be found all the way, so he must have taken another road, creating the illusion that he did not follow me. I bet he's waiting for us on the road ahead. ”

Zi Yun'er blinked and said, "What should I do then?" If you can't see others, you can't take him back to Chang'an, and his wife is about to die. ”

Wang Yuan sighed: "The fish enters the sea, the bird comes out of the cage, even if you see him, how can he go back with you?" I'm afraid I can only let him go to Fanyang with me. When you go back to report to your wife, you will say that I will protect Liu Jun desperately, please rest assured. ”

Zi Yun'er waved her hand again and again: "No, I can't see how the young master can return to his wife?" I want to see him safe and sound. Childe, I want to go with you, and when I see the young master, I can personally persuade him. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "No, Madam is in a hurry, you have to go back to report and let her feel at ease." ”

Qingyun'er suddenly said: "Zi'er just follow us, and call the people who came with me to go back and report to Mrs. Madame's temper is very strong, Zi'er just goes back like this, and Madame will definitely not follow. ”

Wang Yuan looked at Qingyun'er and then Ziyun'er, and saw that the eyes of the two girls were shining earnestly, so he had to nod and said, "That's it, then let's do it, I'm afraid I can't sleep four people in this tent." ”

Zi Yun'er's face turned red, but she heard Gongsun Lan's voice on the side: "Build a tent for me alone, I'm not used to living with people." ”