Chapter 628: Assassination on the Road
Seeing that Rong Che was still hesitant and didn't want her to go to Zhangzhou, Ji Yanning said: "The third prince is also in Zhangzhou now, and I have a lot of people in Zhangzhou, so there will be no problem." β
Rong Che pondered for a moment and said, "If you insist on going, I will go with you." β
He is not at ease, unless he is by his side.
When Ji Yanning heard Rong Che say this, he could only compromise and said, "Okay." β
Rong Che's eyes looked at the letter on the table, and he couldn't help frowning.
He knew that Rong Qi was worried about Ji Yanning, so he might not agree to this matter, so he handed the letter directly to Ji Yanning.
But he still felt uncomfortable.
Knowing that he cares about Ji Yanning so much, he has to ask himself.
However, Rong Che and Rong Qi grew up together, he knows Rong Qi's temperament, I have to say that he should be a good successor, after all, he is worried about the country and the people, as long as it is for the society and the Wei country, he naturally feels that he can sacrifice his ego.
But in Rong Che's heart, Ji Yanning is different.
Ji Yanning noticed his complexion, and stretched out her plain white fingers to gently smooth her frowning brow.
"Are you angry that Qi Qi is not looking for you?" Ji Yanning hit the nail on the head.
Rong Che said: "Such a thing, he should come and ask me, after all, you are my fiancΓ©e, if I don't agree, you can't go." β
When Ji Yanning heard Rong Che's words, his eyes were smiling.
She said: "Of course, but he was probably helpless, and there was no way to find me." β
The two imperial doctors could not cure the epidemic, and his hope was naturally pinned on her.
But the epidemic is so dangerous, you can be infected if you are not careful, Rong Qi knew that Rong Che cared about her too much, and was afraid that he would not even tell Ji Yanning about it, so he simply wrote a letter to Ji Yanning directly.
This letter was written sincerely, and Ji Yanning could feel that the life of the three princes in Zhangzhou was not easy.
Although his efforts to provide disaster relief have not made people greedy for much money, there are still too many problems.
Rong Che said: "I know that if he is desperate and can't find a way, he won't be like this, but I'm still not happy." β
Ji Yanning stood on tiptoe slightly, dropped a kiss on his cheek, and said, "Okay, don't be angry like this, right?"
Rong Che pointed to the other side of his face again, and Ji Yanning just said secretly: "You have to inch in." β
Although she hurt herself so much, she still dropped a kiss on the other side of his face.
Rong Che's face was a little better.
Chang'an is not far from Zhangzhou, about ten days away.
Since Ji Yanning had decided, there was no reason to continue to drag on, so he set off with the guards and Pearl on the second day.
Originally, Liu Mu and An didn't want Ji Yanning to leave Chang'an, but the last time Ji Yanning left, it was more than a year to leave, and there were many ups and downs, which made them quite worried.
But this time there is Rong Che, although they are against it, they still can't persuade Ji Yanning.
What's more, Ji Yanning promised to return to Chang'an within two months, and Liu Mu was relieved.
The weather was slightly cool, and the carriage was moving slowly on the official road.
Jinhe rode his horse and chased forward from behind, came to Ji Yanning's carriage, and said, "Miss, lord, someone has been following us behind, and it seems that he has come from Chang'an." β
Ji Yanning and Rong Che, who were sitting in the carriage, glanced at each other.
Rong Che said: "Pay attention to vigilance, and find out what they are." β
Jinhe continued: "They look like well-trained soldiers, but they are disguised as traders, and they follow us fast, and when we slow down, they are also slow, and they seem to be looking for the right time to attack. β
Rong Che's eyes flashed slightly: "Got it." β
Ji Yanning listened to Jinhe's words and pondered.
Now that the Second Prince and Zhai Taiwei have been imprisoned, the people of the Second Prince's Party who participated in the rebellion basically can't turn over.
So who will be the one who wants to attack her and Rong Che behind her back now?
Ji Yanning felt that nine times out of ten, he was sent by the emperor.
After all, the emperor had already been suspicious of her before, and he had let Li Xiaoyun keep an eye on him, if it weren't for Chang'an's hard work, I was afraid that she would have been assassinated many times.
Or is it coming for Rong Che?
No matter who it is, they will naturally not be afraid.
The people behind didn't know that they had only been following them for two days and had already been discovered, and they were still staring at Rong Che and Ji Yanning as before.
And the group of vendors who had fallen not far behind them was moving slowly.
"They seem to have spotted an anomaly, and now they've picked it up. A man who looked like a trader rode over and said to his companion, "But ahead is Centipede Ridge, where there are few people coming and going, and the road is narrow, so it is the most suitable for attacking." β
Hearing what the person who came back from the investigation said, the man who led the team immediately said: "Then take advantage of the fact that when they arrive at Centipede Ridge now, they will destroy everyone in one fell swoop, and what kind of troubles will be left in the province, King Xuan is not easy to deal with." β
"What the master wants is Ji Yanning's life, as for King Xuan, it doesn't matter if he can't take it. The other person said, "No matter what, take Ji Yanning's life first!"
"Yes!"
Others answered.
So they began to gallop forward on horseback.
After chasing Xiao for less than half an hour, I finally saw the team not far away, and the eyes of this group of people lit up.
As far as they knew, Ji Yanning should be in the second carriage at this time.
So he chased his sword in their direction.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind, Ji Yanning narrowed her eyes slightly, at this time she was wearing men's clothes and was riding on a horse.
As the group of "merchants" approached them, they finally flashed their swords and stabbed at the guards.
Rong Che and Ji Yanning originally only brought more than twenty guards in order not to attract attention, and looking at the team of forty or fifty people who rushed over, they felt tricky for a while.
Ji Yanning's martial arts were too low, so he could only silently retreat to the side, and then drew his bow and arrow, and solved four or five people at once.
However, the opponent's martial arts are not low, and it seems that he came prepared, and he fell into a melee all of a sudden.
"Miss, let's go back a little further. Pearl looked at those who were fierce, next to Ji Yanning, a little worried.
Ji Yanning's eyes swept over these people's bodies and said, "It's not a dead soldier, and the martial arts are not particularly high, so it doesn't matter." β
They hid behind the trees and watched the people fighting in the distance.
Although there are a large number of stabbing guests, Rong Che is not a vegetarian either, and he quickly gained the upper hand.
However, those people's intentions did not seem to be on Rong Che's body, but they swung their swords several times to stab the people in the carriage.
But the carriage had been parked in the middle of the official road, and there seemed to be no movement inside, and the guards did not deliberately guard the second carriage.
A man leaped down in front of the carriage, stretched out his hand and lifted the curtain, only to see that it was empty, his face sank, and he opened his mouth and shouted to his own people: "Withdraw!"
When the others heard this, they glanced at him, and after a while, fled in a hurry.
Rong Che's eyes were incomparably deep.
More than a dozen corpses lay on the ground.
Ji Yanning and Pearl walked out from behind the big tree, turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to inspect the corpses, wanting to find some clues.
It's just that she just wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Rong Che: "Don't look at it, it's Jin Wuwei." β
Ji Yanning looked at Rong Che in surprise.
"They had been attacking the wagon just now, and when they saw that there was no one in the wagon, they withdrew, obviously coming at you. Rong Che said.
Ji Yanning's face sank: "Did he find out my identity?"
Rong Che said: "Maybe not, but he is a suspicious person, and he would rather kill by mistake than let go." β
Coming up to assassinate them so blatantly can't wipe everyone out, but if their target is only one Ji Yanning, it will be much easier.
Ji Yanning naturally knew that the emperor didn't like her, maybe he didn't know that he was Ying Caiwei, but this didn't prevent him from wanting to kill himself.
I just tricked him once not long ago.
Seeing Ji Yanning's gloomy face, Rong Che said, "Don't worry, even if they make another move, they won't be afraid." β
Ji Yanning nodded and didn't say anything more.
On the next journey, Ji Yanning and the others encountered two more ambushes, but those assassins were worried about their abilities in front of Rong Che and the other guards, but they never succeeded.
Rong Che and Ji Yanning came to Zhangzhou.
They met a lot of victims along the way, and they entered the territory of Zhangzhou more and more, and they seemed to be far away from Zhangzhou.
In the previous flood, not many people fled and left, after all, it was their homeland, and they had relief from the imperial court. Now there are more refugees, because everyone knows that there is a plague outbreak in Zhangzhou, and everyone is afraid of death, so they naturally have to leave.
But if you don't have a guide, even if you leave Zhangzhou, you won't be able to go anywhere else.
What's more, during the plague period, the people who went out of Zhangzhou naturally had to be checked, and for a while, many people didn't know where to go.
"It must be infected with the plague, hurry up and stay away!"
"That is, don't bother us if you die!"
"If you want to die, stay away, and don't follow us anymore. β
Ji Yanning and his party were still a few hours away from arriving in Guzhou City, and suddenly heard a lot of noise in front of them, as if a bunch of people were talking about something.
Lifting the curtain of the carriage, Ji Yanning looked at what seemed to be something not far away, her eyes had always been good, and at a glance she saw that the two girls were surrounded in the middle, and the others were talking about something in disgust, and they were a little far away, as if they didn't want the two little girls to continue to follow them.
The two little girls looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, thin and weak.
One of them seemed to be sick.