On the official road, the wheels rumbled, the hooves were like thunder, the Qincha guards were galloping, two fast horses galloped over, the people on the horses were wearing the uniform of tolerance, and one of them shouted loudly: "May I ask if this is Lord Shen Zhitang's driving?" ”

Li saw Qing slamming his mount, and the guards slowly stopped

Li Jianqing replied: "Exactly! Who are you? ”

The messenger said: "The people of Xilin City are lowly and have an urgent official document to submit!" ”

Shen Zhitang lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked Shen Qiu outside the carriage, "Why did you stop?" ”

Shen Qiu said: "There is an urgent official document in Xilin City"

Shen Zhitang beckoned: "Present it"

The tolerance Pegasus came to the front of the car, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down on one knee to present the official document: "Lord Shen, this is an urgent document for six hundred miles in Xilin City."

Shen Zhitang took the official document, quickly opened it and read it, and nodded: "Got it"

instructed Shen Qiu to sign the cabinet order and sent him back

Li Jianqing turned the horse's head, stopped in front of the carriage and asked, "Teacher~ But something happened to Xilin City again?" ”

Shen Zhitang said softly: "The two villages of Xiaguhe and Gushan in Nahe County, Xilin City, were attacked by flying insects, and almost no one survived...... See clearly~ It seems that we have to step up our trip! ”

Li Jianqing turned over and dismounted, put the map he was carrying on the front frame of the carriage and said: "There are only two mountains and a canyon between Nahe County and Xisha County of the Western Zhou Kingdom, and that canyon is the dividing line between the two countries, this ......"

"Yes! What a strange thing! ”

"What do you mean, teacher?"

"Most of the flying insects are infested in the warm summer, and now it's early autumn, and the terrain of Xilin City is northerly, the weather should be cooler!" Shen Zhitang thought for a while and was shocked: "See clearly! Hurry up and order the guards to travel day and night to reach Nahe County in the shortest possible time."

"Yes~"

On an unknown hill under Xisha County

The mountains are quiet, the birds are singing, and the air is very fresh

It's just that there are a lot of mosquitoes in the mountains at night in the past two days, which are extremely vicious and spicy, and when you are bitten, the skin is immediately red and swollen, and if you don't take measures, there are still a lot of insects on the skin

Refugees who have escaped here have to look not only for wild vegetables to eat, but also for herbs to keep mosquitoes out

Li Zhilian held a handful of wormwood and kicked Su Yun, who was lying under the tree with Erlang's legs crossed and a stick of grass in his mouth, and said in a low voice: "I want to go to Niise Village to see, will you go?" ”

Su Yun immediately jumped up and said, "Really? ”

In this jump, he forgot that he was still playing an old man with a gray beard, looked at Li Zhilian, who was suddenly a head shorter than himself, and slowly bent down and said, "How to go?" They still don't believe us? Do you know the way? ”

Li Zhilian smiled and replied: "There is no one here~ You don't have to pretend to be like this"

Su Yun slowly stretched his waist and wondered, "Why do you want to go to Nianse Village?"

She just vaguely felt that Mr. Wang sent her out to find a person named Shen Zhitang at this moment, which was related to the refugees in Xisha County, and the cause of the refugees in Xisha County was Nianse Village, and the flying insects in the past few days were also very weird, so she had to go and see it anyway

"So are you going or not going?"

The sun was shining, and the dappled light under the trees swayed on Li Zhilian's immature face, and sometimes he even forgot that the girl in front of him was only thirteen or fourteen years old

"I'll go~"

After Su Yun finished speaking, he lay back again, wrapped his hands around the back of his head, and looked at Li Zhilian with a playful expression

After a few days of getting along, he also knew that Li Zhilian was not a person with good things, and could even be said to be a person with nothing to do, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with her, and everything she said and did was based on her preferences

Now he took the initiative to go to Nianse Village to investigate, thinking that he should have found something

Li Zhilian returned to the outside of the wooden house with wormwood in his arms, knocked on the door gently, and the originally frolicking sound in the house suddenly quieted down

She has long been accustomed to smiling and said to Aunt Fan: "Auntie~ If there are flying insects at night, you can try to burn this wormwood in the house, this smell can repel insects, and I have also set up the traps for catching pheasants and hares outside, you must pay attention when collecting medicine...... It's not good to stay here for a long time, so you'd better find another place as soon as possible! ”

Aunt Fan was stunned: "The girl is leaving?" ”

She noticed that there was a gaze staring at her, it was the old woman, and her heart tensed up at once

If the old grandmother doesn't agree, then what should she do and sneak away at night? I'm afraid I'll be stared at!

smiled and said: "Grandpa once left a letter to hand over to my uncle in Xilin City, but now it has been delayed for several days, and I think the gate of Xilin City should also be opened."

Aunt Fan looked at the old woman sitting in the middle of the crowd, and after the old woman nodded, she replied: "So ~ girl be careful on the road"

Li Zhilian bent over and saluted and smiled: "Auntie, can you show the way for Xiao Lian, I forgot it in a hurry when I came?"

Aunt Fan walked out of the wooden house and pointed to the road ahead: "From here, down the mountain, there is a small road that leads to the official road, and it is Xilin City all the way to the south."

"Okay~ Thank you, auntie"

Aunt Fan held her hand tightly, and under the cover of her sleeves, she slipped the bracelet on her hand onto her hand, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, and she said reluctantly: "Girl, walk slowly, all the way safe"

Although she didn't know what Aunt Fan's trip meant, she still pushed the bracelet into her sleeve and slowly left the wooden house

A gust of wind rose, blowing up the fallen leaves on the ground, and I felt a trace of sadness, it was already autumn! The autumn in Zhongluan City is very cold, and I don't know if the autumn in the southern Xinjiang country is warm or not?

"Little mercy~ Did you just ask for directions? How to go? ”

Li Zhilian secretly rolled his eyes and said, "Let's go find some water and wash your face first!" ”

"I can't wash my face yet"

"Why? Is there still someone who wants to hunt you down?"

A trace of fear flashed on Su Yun's face, and she was caught, and she immediately covered her mouth, widened her eyes and asked, "It can't be true, right?" ”

Su Yun smiled and said, "How is it possible?" I just think so! and you pretend to be grandchildren, it is more convenient to walk the rivers and lakes

Suddenly, Su Yun suddenly covered her mouth and pulled her to a big tree and hugged her

Li Zhilian patted Su Yun's hand and signaled that he knew that someone was coming, so he wouldn't move

Su Yun slowly put down his hand, and the fragrance of the herbs on the tip of his nose disappeared instantly, making him a little in a trance

Li Zhilian lay on the trunk of the tree and looked at the people on the official road

The sound is getting closer

"Brother~ Do you really have a way to enter Zhongluan City?"

"I heard that there are people who eat people and don't spit out bones?"

"That's better than feeding the bugs here!"

"yes~yes~ That flying insect is terrible! The people in a county town were almost bitten to death, and they died so much that they couldn't even see the portrait."

Li Zhilian raised his hand and gently poked Su Yun's waist with his arm

Su Yun immediately sat on the ground holding his stomach and said, "Can you light it up?" ”

"I'm sorry!" Pointing to a few middle-aged men talking in the distance, he asked, "Your enemy?" ”

Su Yun still squatted and shook his head, his expression with an indescribable pain

Li Zhilian immediately leaned over and said, "Let me take a look at your wounds?" ”

Su Yun stood up with a smile and said, "Lie to you~"

Li Zhilian shouted loudly with an expression that he knew this earlier: "Grandpa~You slow down~"

"Who~?"

"Who's there?"

There were three middle-aged men on the official road, one with a machete, one with a stone, and one hiding behind the two

Su Yun pretended to cough twice and said: "I'm old~ I feel tired and panicked when I take two steps"

The man with the knife bent over and walked towards them in small steps, stammering and asking, "Who are you~you~?" ”

"The old man's surname is Su, this is my granddaughter~ Where are you going?"

Another person with a stone also walked up quickly and asked loudly, "Where ~ where is the person?" ”

Su Yun was stunned, Li Zhilian stood up and said with a smile: "My grandfather and I are from Zhongluan City, and a few days ago on the way to Xilin City, we were robbed of our baggage by a group of refugees, chased to the mountains and got lost, and walked for a few days before we came out......"

The man with the stone turned back to the person behind him and asked, "Didn't you just say that the place in Zhongluan City doesn't spit out bones when eating people?" How can there be old people and children here? ”

The man hiding behind him poked his head out and asked, "You came from Zhongluan City, do you know if it is really ~ really cannibalistic there?"

"Poof~" Li Zhilian responded with a smile: "There are no people in Zhongluan City, but you outsiders are bullying us."

The three of them asked in unison, "Really?" ”

Li Zhilian smiled and said, "Seriously~"