Chapter X
After a whole night of fast horses, Zhao Zheng and his party rushed all the way to Qin after leaving Jinyang City. The sky is slightly bright, but it is still calm. But everyone did not dare to relax and continued to rush non-stop.
Another day passed, and there were still no pursuers, and I was afraid that the plan to burn Zhao's mansion would work. Along the way, under Wang Qian's arrangement, they kept changing their identities and dressing up. On the way, Wang Qian's friends kept giving them news. Jinyang City really thought that Zhao Ji's mother and son had been buried in the fire.
It's just that I'm afraid that I won't be able to hide it for long, so I still can't stop, even if it's a short rest, it's a luxury.
After another three days, a strong man with a big beard contacted them and said that Jinyang City had become a soldier. King Zhao sent a team of 800 men to quickly rush to the passage to Qin, and ordered cooperation in the pursuit of the fugitives along the way.
Now it is no longer safe to swagger in and out of every Zhao Guocheng gate. We must change our strategy, and we must not go down the official path. Originally, it took four or five days to travel only by taking the official road to get out of Zhao. It could have been cut in half the time to take the path. But Zhao Ji is a female stream after all, no matter how strong she is, she can't support the day and night climbing mountains and wading through the water, and she is afraid that time is more time-consuming than taking the official road.
Zhao Zheng was heartbroken for his mother's hard work, and it was difficult for him to be a mother when he sat in the carriage. Not to mention, you have to hike mountains, wade through water, and take trails. But Zhao Ji insisted on taking the trail. She didn't want to risk her son for her own comfort. Now every pass out of Zhao is only afraid that it will be plastered with portraits of their mother and son.
At the end of the day, when it was dark, Wang Jian saw that everyone was tired and hungry, and no one complained, but he always had to eat and drink to replenish his strength. So I found an open space and divided dry food and water in the dark.
Just as everyone was eating and drinking seriously, Wang Jian suddenly listened to something in his ear. Liu Chang also felt something, and he was surprised: "Is there a chasing soldier?" ”
"There is only the shock of a horse, not the pursuers, it should be my friend who rushed to inform us of the whereabouts of the pursuers of the Zhao Kingdom."
When everyone heard Wang Jian say this, their tense bodies relaxed. Sure enough, a man on a fast horse approached them. Wang Jian learned the call of an owl with his beak, and when the man heard it, he dismounted and galloped in their direction.
"Brother Wang." A young voice shouted, because it was dark, everyone couldn't see each other clearly.
"How, what's going on?"
"Brother Wang, you can't take the road here anymore, King Zhao ordered that no matter what the road, as long as the road that can lead to the Qin State can be sent to pursue along the road, they have a team of about three hundred people coming here, and it is not far from here."
"Damn it!" Liu Chang cursed, and finally had to face this situation, but he wasn't worried about himself, he was only worried about Zhao Zheng's mistakes.
"Listen to me, on the road ahead, you will continue to walk with Zheng'er, because of my reasons, the journey will be slowed down. I'm a woman, not to mention that it's not a pity to die, even if they catch me back, at most they will lock me up again. So, I'll stay, and you guys go quickly. ”
"Mother, no, Zheng'er must not leave you."
"Wang Zhuangshi, if Zhao Ji does not die in the future, there is a chance to see him again, Zhao Ji will give everything he can to repay the strong man to save my Zheng'er's life today."
Zhao Ji didn't care what her son said, and pleaded firmly with Wang Jian with the instinct of a mother.
"Childe, Madame is right, you have to leave quickly, you go first, I will stay with Madame, I will use my life to keep Madame safe."
Liu Chang also saw that he had a better chance of winning only by going separately, so he volunteered to stay and take care of Zhao Ji.
After a few days of getting along, Wang Jian was busy before and after, arranging everything bravely and strategically, he felt that Wang Jian was really helping, so he was relieved to let Zhao Zheng take the first step.
"None of you can stay, you must come with me." Zhao Zheng twisted his jaw, he couldn't sacrifice his closest people to fulfill himself.
"Childe..."Liu Chang grabbed Zhao Zheng's arms: "Childe, do you believe in Wang Qian?" ”
Zhao Zheng couldn't see Liu Chang's expression clearly in the dark, but from the strength with which he grabbed his arm, he could imagine how serious and firm Liu Chang was.
"I believe it." Without hesitation, Zhao Zheng replied. After a few days of getting along, Zhao Zheng, like Liu Chang, completely let go of his suspicions about Wang Qian. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come here, at least it was absolutely credible to send him back to Qin.
Hearing Zhao Zheng's answer, no one saw that Wang Qian's hand holding the sword was bulging, because Zhao Zheng had the word "letter". He was willing to go to the trouble for him.
"Then you follow him, ride on the thunder, and the two of you will be able to get out of danger safely." Liu Chang's tone could not be refused. Wang Jian is familiar with the terrain, and his martial arts are far higher than his own, even if he tries his best, he may not be able to protect Zhao Zheng safe and sound, but Wang Jian can definitely do it.
Just when Zhao Zheng still wanted to insist on something, another voice spoke: "Childe, I will also stay, and by the way, I will help you take care of your wife." It was Zhao Gao who spoke. He was also ready to sacrifice himself, and this life did not belong to him anyway.
Another person who planned to sacrifice himself to fulfill his high flying made Zhao Zheng's eyes hurt, and he swallowed his tears in his stomach. Clusters of torches appeared in the recess of the mountain not far away. The pursuers were already closing in.
The imminent determination could not afford to wait for a moment, Wang Jian mentioned Zhao Zhengdantian with lightning speed, and followed the thunder all the way: "Everyone, I will send you back to Qin safely." ”
After speaking, without waiting for Zhao Zheng's struggling protest, everyone only saw a black shadow accompanied by the sound of clattering horses' hooves, which had slowly disappeared into the night in a short time.
The hearts of those who stayed were in a mess. You can't go forward, otherwise you will expose the whereabouts of Wang Jian and Zhao Zheng, and you can't retreat back, otherwise you will face off with the pursuers.
"Now. What should we do? Zhao Ji seemed to be asked by no one, I don't know if she asked herself, or the other three.
Although he is willing to sacrifice anything for Zhao Zheng, he still has a fear of death, if he can live, why should he die?
The three of them didn't make a sound, Liu Chang watched the torches in the recess of the mountain getting closer and closer, and he was not familiar with the terrain. He could only ask the person who came to report the news: "Brother Tai, do you know that there is another way to leave here first, and then find a place to avoid for a while?" ”
"It's a trail that doesn't have a lot of people walking, either forward or backward. Today, we ......"
"I have a way." Zhao Gao suddenly interrupted the unknown man and said.
"Say, what's the solution?" Liu Chang doesn't care if he can trust a child at this time, he has to listen to whether it is useful or not.
"We'll stop there, make a fire, and wait for them to come."
"Is this going to die?" The man who reported the message disagreed.
"Brother Tai, don't worry, let's listen to Zhao Gao's reasons first." Liu Chang was reassured.
"The two of them are older than me, but they can disguise themselves as my elder brothers, and they say that we are from the Qin State to Zhao to find relatives, but..."Zhao Gao looked at Zhao Ji beside him and hesitated: "I'm afraid that I will be wronged Mrs. to avoid it temporarily, there is no woman together, but three brothers are commensurate in this wilderness, how much can reduce the possibility of being suspected, they must have a portrait of Gongzi, although I am almost the same age as Gongzi, but we don't look like each other at all." ”
"It sounds like you can take a risk, first, you can't advance or retreat, and second, you can divert the attention of the pursuers, and you can buy more time for Childe if you delay it for a while." After listening to Zhao Gao's plan, Liu Chang nodded in agreement, and at the same time marveled at Zhao Gao's resourcefulness, it seems that he is also a promising person.
So, they arranged Zhao Ji to hide in an overgrown place not far away. He pretended to be calm and lit a small fire. Find a proper place to lie down by the fire and pretend to sleep.
Since it was lying down, the deafening sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and even the ground could be felt.
Sure enough, not long after, a fire burst into the sky, and a large group of people surrounded the three of them. The three of them pretended to be panicked and quickly sat up, and gathered together to lean on each other with innocent expressions, as if they were terrified. The truth is that it is indeed a bit scary, after all, no one can predict the outcome.
"General, although these three people are not suitable for pursuit, they are very suspicious." One of the soldiers said to the leader.
The general took the sheepskin portrait from his subordinates, asked him to point a torch at Zhao Gao, looked at the portrait carefully, looked at Zhao Gao again, and confirmed it back and forth several times, and found that it was indeed not the same person: "Who are you?" He asked, a little disappointed.
"Will... General, I... I... The three brothers came to Zhao from Qin to look for their father, but it was too dark for them to hurry, so they wanted to rest and wait for dawn before continuing to hurry. After all, Liu Chang has experience in playing a lowly slave, and he will come to the trick of nodding his head. The other two snuggled up to each other in silence.
"Why don't you take the official road, you have to take this kind of path. Isn't there something unspeakable? ”
"The general didn't know, the father of my three brothers went to Zhao to do business for three years, and he was just a little colorful, but he never thought that he received a letter from his father some time ago, saying that he was sick and dying, so my three brothers hurried to see my father, in order to save time, this is the trail. ”
The general at the head seemed to be suspicious, but the adjutant general looked unconvinced: "General, it's better to be caught by mistake than to let go." ”
"General, although I don't know what bad people the general wants to catch, my three brothers did just come out of the Qin State a few days ago, and they are not bad people." Liu Chang was afraid that the only wavering of the general would be erased by the adjutant general, so he hurriedly stated once again that there was nothing suspicious about the three of them.
"You said you came from Qin? Did you see anyone on the road to Qin? ”
"Back to the general, I haven't seen anyone along the way, only my three brothers."
"In that case..."
"General, even if they are not the people we want to chase, but this small one is more or less qualified, and they can be arrested first, in case they can't be recovered, this is an explanation."
"The general spares his life, the villain's father is almost gone, he was brought up by two brothers since he was a child, if the general is determined to arrest someone, he will arrest the villain, and let the two brothers go to see their father for the last time, anyway, the villain is already a crippled body, and it is not worth regretting if he has no life." Zhao Gao heard that the spearhead was pointed at himself, so he simply didn't do anything and brushed himself, which can be described as a brave man who is not afraid.
"Mutilated?" There are no arms or legs, where is the cripple?
Zhao Gao stood in front of the leading general slightly, quickly unbuckled his belt, took off his pants, and endured his ashamed self-esteem to expose his bare lower body under the light of the torch, and everyone saw that there was nothing in Zhao Gao's grandson's bag, and it was not a female doll.
"The general doesn't know, my brother was bitten by a dog not long ago, and he has no fertility, and now he is a eunuch, begging the general to have mercy and let my poor brother go." Liu Chang knew how Zhao Gao was injured, so he went to the pole.
"In this way, it seems that it is indeed a poor person, and there is no point in arresting you in the end."
"General......" Adjutant General was very reluctant to let the three men go.
"Needless to say, aren't there enough innocent people who have died in this world?"
After hearing this, the three of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, knelt down and kowtowed together in gratitude, and the crisis was resolved. Because he believed Liu Chang's words, he naturally believed that no one had passed by in front of this road. But the general ordered a small group of men to continue looking.
Liu Chang is a lot more relieved, not to mention that Wang Jian and Gongzi have thunder that travels thousands of miles a day, even if they catch up, it is easy to deal with them with Wang Qian's skills. As long as it goes well, it will only be a few days before I get back together with my son.