Liu Pinglan so hastily agreed to go to Langzhou with this unknown woman in white and her subordinates, although the old housekeeper did not raise any objections - mainly because Liu Pinglan agreed too quickly, he had no chance to object - but in his heart he was very resistant to going with the women in white and the group, and secretly signaled his own servants to be highly vigilant, if any accident happened, they must try their best to protect Liu Pinglan's safety.

For the old butler's vigilant eyes, the woman in white didn't see it. On the one hand, she sent her guards to inform her companions behind to catch up as soon as possible, and on the other hand, she came to Liu Pinglan's side and took the initiative to talk with the girl she had just met. Maybe it's because everyone is a young woman who is easy to communicate, maybe it's because they have experienced the turmoil just now that the two sides are related, or maybe both parties subjectively want to be close to each other, so when the companions of the woman in white who are lagging behind catch up, the two have not only become friends, but also have begun to be sisters.

As Liu Pinglan and the woman in white got along more and more harmoniously, the twenty or so guards brought by the other party did not have any intention to harm their own family except for scattering around to guard those fleeing strongmen to kill the "return gun", and the old housekeeper's heart that had been carrying it gradually gradually let go. When he saw a large team of people hurrying along the official road with the escort sent out by the woman in white, the old butler's worries disappeared. More than a dozen obviously heavily loaded carriages, and a convoy of dozens of coachmen, men, and escorts, all proved that this group of people was indeed a caravan trafficking goods from the palace of Xingwang of the Southern Han Dynasty to Langzhou, as the woman in white had just said when she talked to her master. As for why she did not board the boat from Hengzhou and went straight to Dongting Lake along the Hunan River, the woman in white -- who should be called Liu Xuan or Shiliu according to her self-introduction -- said that due to the war in Jinghu some time ago, many stragglers of the former Wuping Army bravely fled to the upper reaches of the Hunan River to live by robbing business travelers on land and water. Although his guards are fierce, most of them are only good at land fighting, and they know almost nothing about water operations. As a result, I had no choice but to give up the easy and difficult, and take the dry road over the mountains and mountains, and give up the convenient and fast waterway.

Liu Xuan's explanation was reasonable, and the old butler, who knew that there would be a causal relationship between bandits after the military disaster, also agreed with this, and thus let go of all his vigilance and began to talk with the steward of the opposing convoy and the leader of the guards, so that he could get more care and help from the other party along the way.

Although there was a delay for some time because of the appearance of the strongman blocking the road, under the hurried rush of everyone, Liu Pinglan and Liu Xuan and their party still rushed to the small village where Jihua settled before dark and spent the night steadily. Three days later, everyone finally arrived in Changsha City.

After entering the city, Liu Pinglan and Liu Xuan went their separate ways after agreeing on the place to meet on the second day. Liu Pinglan took her servants to the inn to stay at the inn, while Liu Xuan took her guards and men to find her brother Liu Mao, who had left a few days earlier than herself and came to Changsha Mansion to negotiate business with local merchants, and her husband Shiren.

After finding a good place to stay, Liu Pinglan didn't care about the fatigue of the saddle horse all the way, and immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to the distant uncle in Langzhou, introducing her recent misfortune to the other party, while also explaining the fact that she was going to defect, and mentioned Liu Xuan who would go with her.

If it is said that before Liu Pinglan was robbed on the way, she was just thinking of trying it out, and she didn't care very much about whether the other party was still in Langzhou or whether she was still serving as a pusher. Then, with the chance encounter with Liu Xuan, and after taking the initiative to mention to the other party that her uncle was an official in Langzhou, in order not to lose her words in front of this new friend, Liu Pinglan still very much hoped that her uncle would still be an official in Langzhou. Therefore, after the letter was written, Liu Pinglan found a confidant, ordered him to rest for the night, and set off for Langzhou early the next morning to find her uncle and hand over her letter to the other party - provided that the other party was still in Langzhou, of course. At the same time, Liu Pinglan also repeatedly instructed that if she couldn't find her uncle, she would return quickly, so that she would have time to explain the situation to Liu Xuan, so as not to find her uncle in Langzhou, so that Liu Xuan would misunderstand that she was making up a story to deceive people.

Liu Pinglan was thinking about getting in touch with her distant uncle, while Liu Xuan was arguing with her brother in a whispering room in the secret room. The reason for the dispute was whether he should go to Langzhou City with Liu Pinglan and his party, whom he had just met.

Hearing that his sister-in-law first meddled a group of robbers on the way to Changsha City, and then walked with a team of rescued travelers, and now he plans to go to Langzhou with the other party, Liu Xuan's brother Liu Mao couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and reprimanded: "Our brothers and sisters and these dozens of nearly 100 people go to Langzhou City not to do business, let alone to play, but to have very difficult and important things to do." You show your force on the road and chase away the robbers who stand in the way, which is already a violation of the principle of keeping a low profile and not causing trouble. Now it has intensified, not only has he had a good conversation with a woman who is unknown, but he even has to go to Langzhou with her. You know how risky it is. In case the other party is a spy of the 'Dark Feather Hall', you and I and our subordinates who followed us from birth to death and traveled thousands of miles would be a self-defeating end and being killed by others. ”

Seeing that her brother was angry, Liu Xuan was not in a hurry to confess, but poured a cup of tea for her brother, and waited until the other party's anger subsided and calmed down, and then explained: "Brother is angry, and listen to what the little sister and you say." Yes, there are some risks associated with rushing into the company of people you don't know. But compared to the benefits that this may bring to us, Xiaomei thinks it is worth taking some risks.

First, Liu Pinglan's uncle was Liu Fei, the former Wuping military magistrate. If Xiaomei is not mistaken, many of the news brought back by the subordinates we sent to Langzhou to inquire about the news before are about this Liu Fei. It is said that this person has been an official in the Wuping Army for many years and has a lot of connections. More importantly, this Liu Fei not only saved his own life during the Battle of Jinghu, but also because of his meritorious service in leading the gentry of the people in the city to fight the fire, he also won the appreciation of Wang Kunjun, the commander of Chai Zhou's 'Jinghu Expeditionary Army', and Qian Yuanshan, the deputy general of the 'Jinghu Expeditionary Army' and the new Hunan Provincial pacification envoy. If we can get in touch with this Liu Zhizhou through Liu Pinglan, it will be very beneficial for us to act in the land of Jinghu in the future. The funny thing is that because she has not contacted the other party for more than a year, Liu Pinglan did not know that his distant uncle had been promoted, and when she introduced her to her younger sister, she still said that he was the official of the Wuping Army. If it weren't for the fact that Xiaomei remembered the information about Liu Fei at that time, she almost let go of this big fish.

Second, although the Zhou army has captured the land of Jinghu, in the past few months, its attention has been focused on recovering the losses caused by the war, as well as building ships to prepare for the future attack on Shu and Jiangnan, and the attention to our brothers and sisters is not high. Not only did it not send a large number of "Dark Feather Hall" spies to visit and search for our brothers and sisters like in the Central Plains, but even the sea fishing documents offering rewards for the capture of our brothers and sisters have not yet been passed to the land of Jinghu. It can be said that unless we meet an opponent who knows our brother and sister, otherwise, at least for a while, our brother and sister will still be very safe in the land of Jinghu.

Thirdly, after contact along the way, the little sister can conclude that this Liu Pinglan is indeed just an ordinary girl from an official family, and she is definitely not a spy sent by the 'Dark Feather Hall'. If she is really a spy of the 'Dark Feather Hall', I am afraid that the little sister will walk into your brother's hiding place with her front foot, and the spies of the 'Dark Feather Hall' and the defenders in the city will surround this mansion and capture our brother and sister in one fell swoop, how can we allow our brother and sister to chat here for so long.

Besides, the reason why our brothers and sisters took the risk of leaving the much safer Jiangnan and entering Jinghu Lake thousands of miles west is that they don't want to be chased and hide like before, they don't want to live trembling all day long like before, and they don't want to be turtles with shrunken heads for a lifetime, but they want to raise their eyebrows and straighten their waists to be people, even if they can't succeed, they have to do it vigorously, so that our opponents know that 'Feiyantang' still exists, Zhang Fei, and Zhang Yan's brothers and sisters will never give up, so they took all their men to the land of Jinghu. I am ready to do a great cause, give the complacent, arrogant, and invincible Beiping Army, and give the 'Qingyuan' brothers a little color. Weaken the Liliang of the Beiping Army, delay its time to attack Shu and Jiangnan, and buy time for our brothers and sisters to regroup and revitalize the majesty of 'Feiyantang'? In that case, why bother with the trivial risk of getting to know Liu Pinglan. ”