On the official road leading from Dongshan Duanzhuang to the county seat, the road side is blue with two stretches of mountains, clearly dotted with Bihu streams, there are jujube red horses stepping on the hooves of the horses dragging two carriages before and after running on the road at a slight speed, each has a coachman, but there is a single coachman in front, followed by one, in addition to the coachman, there is also a powerful young man to accompany him.

There was not much bustle on the road, it was quite quiet, and there were only a few passing carriages, or people hurrying on foot.

But when the driver in front of him waved his whip at this time, he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the sky, his face was slightly worried, and he said: "Girl, I'm afraid it's not good to look at this day...."

Hearing the sound, the window curtain opened a corner, the arc was not big or small, and the slender white fingers on the indigo curtain were visible, as if it was Xie Mingjin.

Qingshan may be the same when she sees her, and she can also see that Qingshan is the same as before, as if she remembered that she was far away from the capital four years ago, and she couldn't even return to the county town, so she was directly sent to Beizhuang, and she passed by here when she came, and the scene was as vivid as she remembered.

Memories are like books, and there is always a bit of the taste of the erosion of the years entangled in the last senses, and then dissipated in a wisp of breeze.

It seemed like she hadn't seen the outside world in a long time.

After the slight trance faded, she saw a dark cloud gathered on the green mountains in the distance, and she felt that the mountain rain was about to come.

"It's going to rain, hurry up, get to the post station in front early."

The voice is very soft, with a little tiredness and hoarseness, but it is clear to the ear, like a banana night rain in summer, the moonlight is getting cooler, and the lotus pond is full of light.

The coachman answered, quickened his pace, and gave another carriage as well.

At that time, Peony opened a small jar, took a plum candied fruit with a clean handkerchief and handed it to Xie Mingjin, "Girl, eat one, I see that you are very uncomfortable." "It's hard for Ming Jin to say that he is uncomfortable not because of the tiring journey, after all, it is only a day's journey away from Zhuangzi.

She's just.... It's hard to get rid of the old things in your heart.

After so many years, she thought she was downplayed, but in fact, she was still a little uneasy.

But Ming Jin still took it and put it in her mouth, the sweet and sour taste soaked her tongue buds, and she gently pushed the jar towards the peony, "You can eat it too, and there are still a lot of schedules, so I rely on these to pass the time." ”

Peony knows that her girl is easy-going, but she knows her identity and keeps her duty, although she occasionally jumps off, but the rules can still be kept.

However, the scenery outside the curtain that had not yet been closed, Peony couldn't help but say: "It looks like it's really going to rain, but fortunately, we haven't encountered the traitors we heard about earlier." ”

Two days ago, as they prepared to set off, they learned that it was not a peaceful time.

"Jiang Sheng in the south rebelled against the thieves, and the governor of Tiannan County, Duan Chengxi, led his troops to suppress it, and now the Jiang thieves were defeated, and the rebels fled everywhere, and some of them crossed the Yin Mountain to Wuling County, and now the people are panicking, and there are many fewer people on the official road, probably like us, they are afraid of encountering this gang of rebels."

If others hear such words as such a maid as Peony, they will probably be surprised, because since ancient times, there has been a clear hierarchy, and it is common sense for slaves not to ask about political affairs.

Probably, the servants follow the master?

"Probably what I'm afraid of is not the traitor, the traitor, the rebel thief, the chaos and defeat, the picture is to hide, and in the future, it will be a good comeback, but I don't dare to expose the behavior too rampantly."

Peony was surprised, even more confused, but quickly figured it out, "That's what I'm afraid of.... A rogue born out of chaos? ”

Ming Jin hooked his lips and smiled, stretched out his hand and patted the peony's head, and didn't say anything, but the peony had already packed the box of candied fruit jars.

"By the way, girl, I don't know what to say if I want you to go back this time, are you worried?"

If a young girl who suddenly wants to go out returns to her clan, especially if she is expelled from the outside, she will ignore it all the year round, and suddenly an edict will always make people feel uneasy.

Peony asked this because she was worried and afraid that her girl would be wronged.

In her opinion, her own girl has been very aggrieved over the years.

"No, let's just go home and have a look." Ming Jin's expression did not show any distress and worry, only mild and tranquil, but it could soothe the uneasiness of Peony. However, Peony was about to give Xie Ming a haircut when thunder suddenly came outside, and raindrops fell down.

The rain came earlier than they expected.

The rain was also fierce, and it looked like it was about to turn into a heavy rain.

The coachman frowned, and the speed of the carriage and horses became faster and faster.

As soon as the rain and mist came, the water vapor hit her face, Xie Mingjin wiped her face with her fingers, it was full of moisture, although it was refreshing, she still put down the curtain.

The carriages and horses were galloping, and the rain was more urgent.

Peony saw that her girl was calm and relaxed, and she didn't panic, she sat quietly, occasionally said a few words about the things in the Zhuangzi, and was talking about the autumn harvest tax, when she suddenly heard the coachman outside shouting: "Who is ahead!" ”

Then the whip was flailed, the horses neighed, and the carriage tumulted.

"Girl, this...."Peony was startled, and subconsciously went to see Xie Mingjin, but Xie Mingjin remained silent, pressed Peony's hand to protect him with his backhand, patted it, and shook his head lightly.

Only then did Peony fall silent, and the sound of the sound of leaping and shooting and the clanging of swords from outside was quickly suppressed by the sound of heavy rain splashing and became unclear.

After a while, the coachman stabilized his surging strength and said in a deep voice outside the car: "Girl, it has been solved." ”

Putting down the curtain of the curtain, Xie Ming, who turned his face, slightly teased his eyelids, and the peony understood and lifted the curtain in front of him.

Outside, streaks of blood were diluted by the rain on the ground, and several bodies were lying on the ground warm.

But there are also live mouths.

The carriage and horses also stopped, and it was Bi Shiyi who had previously promoted the vertical and horizontal light skills, and at this time he held a live mouth from a distance that wanted to flee when he saw the enemy, and dragged him to the front of the carriage.

"Girl, this group of people is a third-rate veteran, but I can't see the history, I just asked and refused to say, but I want to be tortured?"

Bi was eleven years old and flamboyant, and his martial arts were extraordinary, but he didn't make his own decisions, but first came to consult Xie Mingjin's opinion.

Xie Mingjin glanced at it, but put down the curtain, and then a sentence floated out of the curtain, "If you don't want to say it, then forget it." ”

This tone is the same as the mild one when I talked to Peony just now.

Bi Shiyi understood, smiled and reached out to clasp the living neck, and was about to twist it.

"Wait, I can say, I'm... I can say..."The living mouth was afraid, and immediately wailed, and shouted: "We are the exiles who have come because of the war, and they are destitute and have no means of livelihood, so we have gone down the road, and I hope that the noble man will be magnanimous, and I..."

He begged for mercy, howled, and suddenly felt that something was not right, because it was very quiet behind the curtain.

He was a little uneasy, and was looking up, but he heard the words floating from behind the curtain.

"It's not easy for displaced people to lose their homes, how can you be considered an ordinary homeless person. Collecting money to kill people, killing people and selling goods, don't fall on people's heads. ”

Huokou was frightened and had to shout: "It's a person named Xie Yuan, his name is Xie Yuan, I didn't lie to you." ”

Bi Shiyi was stunned with Peony and the others, and was silent for a while.

The rain is majestic, complicated on the outside, and dead on the inside.

In fact, it was only a few breaths, Xie Mingjin said softly: "What a coincidence, my father's name is also Xie Yuan." ”

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This time, it was Huokou's turn to be shocked, and before he could react, his neck rattled, and his eyes were dark, and the person had fallen into the muddy water.

Bi Shiyi's face was fierce, and when his eyes slid to the carriage, he was also cold.

The drivers were silent.

This scene, the two women in the car can't see it, but they can understand the hidden meaning - when it comes to the interests of the sovereign, Xie Mingjin also has to go to the back row.

So it was Bi Shiyi's own decision to kill just now, without waiting for Xie Ming to express his position.

And they did not dare to speak.

The atmosphere was strange for a while, until Xie Mingjin seemed to smile in the carriage.

"If he really wants to kill me, why should my father send someone?"

"You don't need eleven to do it, everyone else can do it."

This is the truth, but everyone is even more afraid to speak up.

Bi Shiyi even didn't hear it, and took people to clean up the mess in the heavy rain by himself.

The peony in the car looked at her girl's calm and calm side face, and was inexplicably a little sad.

The world thinks that she is in a difficult situation, but she is desperate to survive, but if they think that she is free, it is wrong.

She has been living in a cage controlled by others.

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After a short while, the body outside was disposed of, and the two coachmen and Bi Shiyi came to return to their lives.

"Take a different path and take Zhanyang Road." Xie Ming said calmly.

The rain was like this, and he was ambushed again, so he couldn't delay here, so he immediately got into the carriage and drove around.

"Girl, these people are of unknown origin, they are unscrupulous for money, and in order to survive, what they say may not be the truth."

can make Bi Shiyi conclude that he is a veteran, naturally he will not be a rookie, and the other party gathers in a group to ambush here, either to wait for the rabbit, or to come prepared, if the former is okay, it will be considered that they are unlucky, but if it is the latter.... Peony was shocked to think about.

It's because someone doesn't want the girl to go to the county alive.

But it can't be the lord.

Peony asked, suspicious of the old lady in her heart, and secretly thought that maybe the old lady was to blame the lord, just to separate the two fathers and daughters.

Anyway, this kind of thing has not been done before.

She was horrified by the old lady's methods.

Xie Mingjin shook his head, but didn't speak, just took the towel handed over by Peony and wiped the water stains on his face and neck.

After a long while, he spit out a sentence, "No matter which one it is, we all know that this place is the intersection of the three roads, no matter which way we come from Beizhuang, we must pass through this place, they can just guard it, they are so familiar with the terrain, it is not like an outsider, it seems to be a local." ”

Local bandits?

Peony suddenly blurted out: "Lianyunjian Seven Caves? ”

"The sachet hanging on the waist of the living mouth is still sent by the singer in the Yaxiang Building in the city...."

Xie Mingjin just glanced at it, and she also saw the conspicuous sachet in the rain, the style and color were quite attractive, and she recognized it at a glance.

Qinglou Goolan has always been the gold cave of these bandits, but the consumption is not expensive, the general bandits do not have this money, looking at the entire Wuling County, it is also the famous bandits who have such financial resources.

Peony suddenly muttered, "Girl, how do you know about such a thing..."

She had been with her girl since she was young, and she knew a lot of things about the latter, but she had never seen the girl run to the Qinglou.

Although today's world is open, many girls in the city have anecdotes about strange people, and some of them like to dress up as men to go to the Qinglou to live in the world, but the girls are not good at this, although they are a little sharp when they are young, they will not excel in this regard.

Not to mention the girls of today.

"What do you think?" Xie Mingjin saw through the peony's thoughts, and couldn't help but say angrily: "It's just that I've seen such sachets on a few uncles in the clan in previous years." ”

Peony was suddenly embarrassed, so she flattered and praised: "It's still a girl who is observant and discerning." ”

"But girl, don't you say that this bandit from Lianyunjian has always been keeping an eye on the business trips between Wuling County and the surrounding three counties, how could they come here to rob passers-by?"

At this time, most of the people who take this road are ordinary people, and their net worth is shriveled, so how can there be any oil and water for robbery.

Xie Mingjin turned his face and said lightly: "That's the reason, that's why they came here.... Just to kill me. ”

She also didn't say who sent it or whether she suspected her father.

Others didn't dare to ask.