Chapter 139: There are assassins
Fuyan and Hongdala were lying on both sides of Fu Yingran, and Fuyan explained in a low voice, "A few days ago, a team of 500 people from Qi Mengguo kept provoking on the frontier, and Lu Qi also sent 500 people to respond, but both sides were just fighting with words, and no one wanted to take the lead. This morning, a group of newly recruited soldiers from Lu Qi's military camp had just arrived from Kyoto and happened to bump into them. The recruits were full of spirit, and before they received training, they recklessly moved their hands after a few wrong words, and Qi Mengguo seized the opportunity to fight back and immediately fought. Those recruits were killed in less than two hours, and these should be the last remnants. ”
Fu Yingran looked at her curiously, "How do you know so clearly?" ”
Hondara was the first to reply, "We saw it with our own eyes, and the place where we went ashore was very close to the place where the two sides were facing each other. Seeing that they were nervous, they were worried that we would be affected by the pond fish, so they kept an eye on the situation there. ”
"Aren't you most concerned about my death?" Fu Yingran muttered playfully.
Hongdara gave her a blank look, "You were already out of gas when you went ashore, it was Fuyan who insisted on waiting and seeing, just waiting for three days, but I didn't expect you to really wake up." ”
"So you're suggesting to bury me?"
Fu Yiran's knife flew over, and Hongdala was a little sorry, "I thought you were really dead, and I want you to be buried in peace." ”
Fu Yingran snorted, and turned to look at Fuyan with a smile on his face, "So I survived thanks to Fuyan, otherwise I would have been buried alive by this guy of you." ”
Hondara coughed lightly, unable to answer.
"Master, what should we do next? I have inquired, and it is seventy or eighty miles away from the nearest county seat, and the nearest person I can find is General Lu's camp. ”
So they now have only two options in front of them, hike to the county seat and find a way to contact Kyoto, or ...... Go find Lu Qi.
Fu Yingran thought to herself, how could they come to this place, Quzhou is too far away from Kyoto.
I don't know how many days they floated on the river, but they didn't starve to death.
She naturally wanted to go to the county seat, she didn't have a good impression of that Lu Qi, besides, Lu Qi and Queen Lu were a family, seeing that she was not dead, she might also help Queen Lu with a knife.
They are going to die here, and they are the real gods who are unaware, and there is no one to collect their bodies.
But she suddenly thought of something and asked, "How far is this place from Qi Mengguo?" ”
Fuyan and Hongdala were surprised why she asked this, Fuyan still said honestly, "Of course, the straight-line distance is not far, the place where we are now is the junction of the two countries, and if you go west for a while, you can set foot on the land of Qimeng." But the frontier is full of garrisons, and if we cross it directly, we will definitely be caught. ”
Whether it is captured by the army of Tianyang or by the army of Qimeng, it is not a good thing, and it may be regarded as a fine work.
"It's okay, as long as you promise not to be caught by Lu Qi's soldiers."
Fuyan's face was at a loss, what does this mean, doesn't it matter if she is caught by the Qimeng army?
Hondara had a guess in his head.
Fu Yiran did already have an idea in her heart, she was going to Qi Mengguo to see her sister.
She also did not forget that she still had the task of delivering letters, and heard that Ximing and Qimeng were neighbors, and the relationship between the two countries was friendly, so it was convenient for her to go to Qimeng and then Ximing.
Thinking of this, she subconsciously touched the fabric on her waist, fortunately she put Concubine Han's letter on her body at any time, otherwise it would be really troublesome.
After paying attention, he set off, but Fu Yingran glanced at the short man with disgust, and said, "Let him go, it's a drag to take it with you." ”
Fuyan immediately said, "I can't let it go, it's he who brought Queen Lu's people." ”
The short man looked at the murderous aura in Fuyan's eyes, and snorted in fright as if he wanted to explain, and his face turned red with excitement.
Fu Yiran adjusted the cloth ball in his mouth and said, "You really brought people to the end?" ”
The man trembled and defended, "I can't help it, they can't find you and they will kill me, and I also want to save my life." ”
"And how do you know I'm doing everything?"
The man paused, "The day you escaped, I saw you enter the Lu Mansion. ”
At that time, she changed into the costume of a waiter, and a scrutiny could guess that she was dressed as a waiter and hid in the end.
This man is still quite smart.
"What's your name?"
The man shrank and shook his mouth, "My name is Zhang Wen." ”
The soldiers who had just fought had long since left, leaving only the frightened corpses of the recruits.
Fu Yiran got up from behind the low slope, asked Fuyan to untie the ropes in his hands, and said coldly, "I should have killed you, but I just saw enough of the blood and didn't want to get dyed again, so let you live, get out." ”
When Zhang Wen heard this, not only did he not leave happily, but knelt down with a plop, his movements were very crisp, without hesitation, and he kowtowed again and again and begged, "Please let Miss stay with the villain, the villain will be willing to be a cow and a horse for Miss in the future, and when you are a servant, what do you say and what the villain does, the villain will all listen to you." ”
Fu Yingran secretly praised it, this guy's eyesight is quite fast.
Zhang Wen was very shrewd, if he was left alone in this war-torn wilderness, penniless, without force, and even more far away from the town, he was afraid that he would return to Yama in two days.
He can see now that these people are not ordinary people, and the people who threatened him after listening to their words were Queen Lu's people, can the people who are chased and killed by the dignified mother of the country be ordinary people?
Following these people is the best choice.
Wealth is in danger, if you are lucky, you may be able to fight for glory and wealth in the future.
So after a moment of thinking, she made a decision, and the dead skin and face always followed them.
Fuyan looked at him with hatred and itched at the root of his teeth, but Fu Yingran looked at him with his chest in his arms, hesitated for a long time and said, "Even if you are still clever, now that this situation is released to you, you will definitely die, so if you want to live, you should know what to do." ”
Zhang Wen nodded excitedly, "Thank you, Miss, the villain will only obey Miss's life in the future." ”
Fuyan expressed skepticism, this person's origin is unknown, and if he does any tricks, he is afraid that it will be dangerous.
Fu Yingran disagreed, "It's good to leave him, if there is danger, there can be someone who throws it out to cushion his back." ”
When she said this, she didn't lower her voice, she deliberately said it to Zhang Wen and warned him to be honest.
Fuyan was the only one who knew martial arts among the few, so she took the lead in investigating the situation.
"The two armies have stopped fighting, and there is a small river five kilometers to the west, which is the dividing line between the Tianyang Kingdom and the Qimeng Kingdom, and to the west of the Xiaohe River is the Qimeng Kingdom, and to the east is the Tianyang Kingdom."
"So we crossed the river and arrived at the border of the Qimeng Kingdom?"
Fuyan nodded, "That's right." ”
Fu Yingran was a little excited, and after eating and drinking, he was ready to go.
"The situation of the Liang army is tense, I don't know when the fight will start again, take advantage of the fact that they have just ceased fighting, hurry up."
A few people followed Fuyan all the way to the west, and the journey was smooth, but along the way, they often saw the corpses of soldiers who had no one to collect, some were dressed as soldiers of Tianyang Kingdom, and some were soldiers of Qimeng Kingdom.
In the face of war, no one in any country can escape the word life and death.
When a few people walked near the river, it was already very dark, and the sound of gurgling water calmed the nervous minds of several people, and the fire was faintly shining on the other side of the river, which should be the garrison of Qi Mengguo.
Both sides set up camp on both sides of the river, and a few people walked around the Tianyang military camp, for fear of being discovered by the soldiers patrolling the night around.
"This river is not deep, my master follows me, be careful not to trip over the stones at the bottom of the river."
Fuyan took Fu Yingran's hand and stepped into the river first, Hongdala followed, and Zhang Wen walked behind.
Step by step, several people walked steadily, and soon reached the middle of the river, and the river also overflowed to the waist.
"It's almost there."
Fuyan turned around and supported Fu Yingran with both hands, worried that she was unstable because of buoyancy, so she helped her to the other side together.
"Who's there, there's an assassin!"
Suddenly, a shout broke the silence of the night, and a man in a single shirt with trousers in his hand shouted fiercely, buttoning his trouser belt as he shouted, and then pulled out the weapon he was carrying, as if facing a great enemy.
The barracks are very vigilant even in the middle of the night, and as soon as there is movement, a large group of soldiers in full gear will rush to attack.
When Fu Yiran saw this situation, he did not panic or hide, and quickly glanced at Fuyan and Hongdara, and Cheng Triangle stood still, one in front and two behind, solemnly and reverently performing the temple salute in the direction of the moon.
Everyone in the Qimeng Kingdom believed in the Holy Lord, and the man was naturally familiar with their great gifts, and he was a little dazed for a while, unable to guess their intentions.
Judging by their behavior, they seem to be believers in the Holy Lord, but sneaking in from the other side of the river in the middle of the night is still suspicious and should not be careless.
The broadsword in his hand tightened his grip a little, and when he saw the soldiers in the barracks arrive, he immediately explained the situation to the leading centurion.
Hundreds of soldiers surrounded the Fuyi and several people, but a few of them finished the salute as if they didn't know it, and then slowly raised their heads to look at the centurion, and greeted them gently, "I've seen my lord." ”
The centurion was a little amused by this call, and no one had ever called him that.
But the identities of these people in front of him were suspicious, so he abandoned the distracting thoughts in his heart and asked in a deep voice with a straight face, "Who are you waiting for, and why are you here?" ”
Could it be the meticulous work of the Tianyang army! ”
He wanted to scold the Tianyang army, but he didn't know what to do, but he thought that a few assassins would be able to save the day's defeat? But when he saw that there were two women inside, he changed his mind.
There are only four assassins sent by Tianyang Kingdom, and these people look decent, thin and weak and not like assassins, and the woman at the head is even more temperamental, which may be a bit of a background.
Sure enough, I saw that the woman in charge was not in a hurry, with a spring breeze on her face, and asked softly without answering, "I don't know who is in charge here, please pass it on, I want to ask to see you." ”
"Do you want to see our Captain Han? Who are you? ”
The centurion was a little more polite to him, Fu Yiran paused, raised his head slightly, and said loudly, "The little woman is the director of the medicine department of the Peach Blossom Spring Village of the Twilight Country." ”
Hongdara looked at her in surprise, she didn't expect her to pretend to be Director Xiangbao.
Fu Yiran chose Director Xiangbao to pretend, first of all, the status of the director was high enough, and secondly, there was only one female director she knew.
As expected, Fu Yiran was smoothly brought into the barracks to meet Captain Han, the highest official here.
Zhang Wen, who followed at the end, kept sneaking a glance at the back of the ambush with his eyes full of consternation, that young girl was really the director of Peach Blossom Spring Village?
He had only heard of the title of the Director, but his status in the temple was clear.
Although Peach Blossom Spring Village is only a branch hall, the director is the highest position except for the owner of the village, and he directs the entire medicine department, just like the Shangshu who manages a section of the imperial court.
If she made it up, this would be exposed, and the four of them would be bone-stripped, cramped and roasted.
The people of the Kingdom of Qi Meng have the greatest respect for the Temple, and those who dare to pretend to be the Temple will never end well.
Fu Yiran didn't know Zhang Wen's careful thoughts, and followed the centurion to Han Duwei's camp safely, Han Duwei should have gotten the news in advance, and was already waiting in front of the camp door, which shows the attitude of the people of Qimeng towards the temple.
Han Duwei is a very tall man, wearing armor, full of murderous aura, and his eyes are full of speculation and scrutiny.
He was the first to speak, "I heard that Your Excellency is the director of the Pharmaceutical Department of Peach Blossom Spring Village?" ”
"In the next phase treasure, it's polite."
Fu Yingran bowed his head briefly, and Captain Han welcomed them into the camp, but he remained suspicious of their identities.
The two sat down, and Hong Dala, Fuyan, and Zhang Wen stood beside Fu Yingran as subordinates.
Han Duwei quickly looked at the few people, and then looked at Fu Yingran and said, "You said that you are from Peach Blossom Spring Village, so why are you here?" Do you know where this is? ”
Fu Yingran showed a miserable smile, shook the still wet skirt, and said, "We originally went to Kyoto to participate in the investment promotion on behalf of Peach Blossom Spring Village, but when we were about to return, we were suddenly attacked by someone and fell into the river, and we floated on the river for several days before climbing ashore. We also hid for several days before we knew that this was Quzhou, the frontier where Lu Qi was stationed, and my subordinates also saw the battle between your two armies this morning, and took advantage of your truce to recuperate. ”
"You are floating down the river from Kyoto, so why don't you ask the army of Tianyang for help?"
Fu Yiran snorted disdainfully, "The temple and the Qimeng Kingdom have always relied on each other, and they are like brothers, how can they be compared to the Tianyang Kingdom?" Besides, it was the royal family of Tianyang Kingdom who attacked us, and looking for the army of Tianyang Kingdom will undoubtedly throw ourselves into the net, and we will not have time to hide, how can we find our own way to die. ”
Fu Yingran's words did not make Han Duwei let down his guard, "The importance of the military camp is very important, and I, as the commander, must ensure the safety of the rear of all the soldiers and soldiers, and cannot allow any possible danger to exist." How does Your Excellency show that you are the people of Peach Blossom Spring Village, and not the conspiracy of the Tianyang army? After all, this is a frontier wasteland, and your presence has to be suspicious. ”
Han Duwei is a straightforward person, and Fu Yingran replied bluntly, "I understand your prudence." We only have one mouth, and no amount of talk can dispel your suspicions. I would like to ask you to send a message to the director of Zhulan Dongfang, and ask him to come here to see me. Director Denghai knows me, and he can confirm my identity. ”