A day of carriage and horses had already made Zhaoyun a little tired, and she leaned on the soft collapse and closed her eyes slightly.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" knock on the door.

She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the door with a nervous expression.

"Who?" She asked warily.

"Princess, it's me!" Mingcui's voice came.

Zhaoyun breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to open the door.

"Princess, why are you so nervous!" Ming Cui put down the copper basin containing water in her hand, wringed out the handkerchief soaked in it, and was about to hand it to Zhaoyun.

"The caravan that lives in this inn is a killer hired by someone else to assassinate me!" Zhaoyun lowered his voice.

With a "poof", the freshly twisted handkerchief in Mingcui's hand fell into the basin again.

Seeing the little girl's round eyes and a shocked look, Zhaoyun smiled and reassured, "You don't have to be so nervous,"

"And how did the princess find out?" Ming Cui frowned.

"It was Xingniang who told me."

Seeing Mingcui's eyebrows knotted, Zhaoyun said helplessly, "This inn is the property of Linyuan Pavilion, and that Xingniang is also a person from Linyuan Pavilion." ”

"Princess, what shall we do?" Ming Cui hurriedly stepped forward and held Zhaoyun's hand tightly.

"Now that there are guards, those people don't have a chance to make a move."

When Ming Cui heard this, she instantly breathed a sigh of relief. But it didn't take long for her to relax, and the next words made her heart rise again.

"In the dead of night, when we're all a little bit slack, they might do something."

"Or, tell the Xuanwu Festival envoy about this?"

"No," Zhaoyun said with a solemn face, "If they are made aware of this by the festival, they will definitely be more vigilant, and then we will never have a chance to escape." ”

Mingcui bit the corner of her lip and was silent.

"Wait and see!" Zhu lips spit out the four words lightly, and Zhaoyun's face was calm.

After speaking, he opened the door and went to Bai Yi's wing.

After knocking lightly on the door and seeing him open the door, Zhaoyun said bluntly, "That wing room is uncomfortable for the palace, and I want to make you change rooms at the same time." ”

Bai Yi had a trace of doubt, but he still frowned and responded.

After the two changed rooms, Bai Yi sat upright on the collapse and instructed Song Qi, who was waiting with his head down, "This is close to the pass, let the people below be cautious tonight, don't be careless." ”

Song Qi bowed his hand and exited the door.

As soon as he got downstairs, he heard that the main hall of the inn was already noisy.

"Come on, come on, full on full!"

"Come, brother, this ......"

Seeing the soldiers who were already sitting around the table, pushing cups and changing lamps, and calling each other brothers, Song Qi roared angrily, "Who made you so presumptuous? ”

"Who are you, you! It's just a dog who is following behind Jiedu, and he is still pointing fingers in front of us! As soon as the soldier was already a little drunk, he pointed at Song Qi with a red face.

"Say less!" Another soldier shoved him.

"I've walked so far today, and my brothers are tired, why can't I drink some wine to relieve myself? The brothers said yes? A soldier who usually has a little prestige raised his voice and shouted.

"Yes!" The other soldiers responded in unison.

"You are so presumptuous, be careful that your sin will be punished!" Song Qi blushed and pointed his finger at them and roared.

"You're just a little more sycophant than us, so you can be reused by the Temperance Envoy." The soldier who spoke first got up from his seat and shouted with a blushing face.

"Which of us soldiers here has not been with you longer than you? Why are you the only ones who are being reused? And now it's still pointing fingers in front of us! What is it! ”

Song Qi clenched his fists and trembled with anger, "If you are not convinced, you can go and talk to adults!" ”

"Just say it, I'm afraid you won't make it!" The drunken soldier put down the empty flask in his hand, kicked away the bench in front of him, and said loudly with the courage of wine.

"What do you want to tell me?" A faint voice suddenly sounded on the side.

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly stood up and saluted Bai Yi.

"What are you going to say?" Bai Yi walked up to the soldier who was already in the dark and asked condescendingly with a cold face.

Stared at by this sharp gaze, the soldier's drunkenness was instantly sobered up, and he hurriedly lowered his head.

Suddenly, a fierce palm wind struck, and before he could react, his face was turned aside.

"Who allowed you to drink?" Bai Yi had a dark face, looked at the soldiers with their heads down, and scolded in a deep voice.

"If you don't let you drink alcohol on the march, it's okay, but this is just escorting a princess, why can't you drink?" The round-faced soldier strengthened his courage and muttered quietly.

"Go back, get forty sticks each!" Bai Yi only dropped this sentence faintly, and turned around and went upstairs.

"It's all your fault, why did you just encourage us to buy wine and drink! Now it's okay, I have to be punished when I go back! The round-faced soldier complained.

"A mouth grows on yourself. It's ridiculous that you can't control your mouth and still blame me for instigating! ”

The soldier who was slapped by Bai Yi already had a fire in his heart. Now when I hear it, the fire in my heart burns even more vigorously. He threw the empty flask on the ground and tried to fight him.

Inside a wing of the inn.

"Brothers, the soldiers who escorted the princess almost fought." A man with a roe deer's head and a rat's eyes, after secretly watching this farce in the corner, hurriedly went back to the house and told the remaining three.

"I just went outside, deliberately scooped a bowl of wine from the wine jar in our carriage, and drank a few big sips in front of those soldiers. Unexpectedly, they scrambled to buy it later, and I made a small profit because of it. A thin and tall man in white coarse silk touched the purse on his waist and said with a smile.

"It's good that they're fooled, then we'll go according to plan tonight!" The strong man who sat at the table of the Eight Immortals sneered.

This strong man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the beard on his face is like an iron brush. He was dressed in brown cotton and linen and had broad shoulders. The muscles on the thick arms with swindling tattoos bulged up, lining the bronzed skin, making it look even stronger and burly.

"Third child, have you inquired clearly? Which room does the princess live in? ”

The man with a roe deer's head patted his chest and said, "I don't have to worry about my business, my eldest brother, I have already figured it out!" The princess lived on the second floor, near the innermost wing. ”

"Big brother, it is said that we have always robbed families and houses before, robbing the rich and helping the poor, why did we suddenly take on such a job?" A thin young man sitting at the table looked at the strong man and said.

"Someone found me and gave me a generous deposit to kill Princess Zhaoyun. He also promised to give us 10,000 taels of silver after the matter was completed. ”

"That big brother is not afraid of killing this princess and causing disputes between the two countries." The thin young man persuaded, "If the two countries go to war, it will be a misery." ”

"You boy! The eldest brother didn't know that this princess was going to Xiwu to kiss her. But since you have received this order, you can only do it head-on, how can you still be so hesitant now. The tall, thin man reprimanded.

"That's right! Being entrusted by people and being loyal to people is the rule that Pei Da has always pursued. How can you regret it when you are on the doorstep? ”

Pei Da clenched into a fist. Next to Zeng Mingwa's bright temples, a pair of big eyes were blazing, revealing murderous intent.

The kitchen of Guangyuan Inn.

"Apricot Hall Master!" The shopkeeper bowed his head and saluted the woman seated in front of him.

"How long have you been here?" Apricot Niang seemed to be smiling.

"I've been the shopkeeper of this inn for five years." He replied respectfully, "I wonder what the hall master came here for?" ”

"You can take care of this matter, just be your shopkeeper!"

"I want to know, when will the Pavilion Master transfer me out of this place?"

"Look at how you do next." Xingniang stood up with the back of the chair, "Next, you continue to cooperate with me, don't show flaws." ”

"Also, tonight might be a bit more lively, so keep an eye on it."

"So what do we need to do?" The shopkeeper wiped the fine sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"No, we don't have to do anything, just watch the show." The red lips opened lightly, and the flowers and branches of the smile trembled.

The golden crow that fell into the mountains had already hidden its afterglow.

In the large wing room on the side.

Bai Yi stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looked at Song Qi and said, "Has Princess Zhaoyun ever walked around?" ”

"My lord, the princess has never been out of the room since dinner!"

"Hmm," Bai Yi only responded briefly, "You have to be careful tonight, don't make a mistake!" ”

"Yes!"

Bai Yi looked out the window.

The sky was getting dark, and the shadows of the trees in the distance were sparse. There is a wind that carries the heat of the day, coming from the bank of the Wangchao River.

It looks like a heavy rain is coming......

At this time, the Mengjin ferry port was still flickering with fishing fires.

"Sharpen your hands and feet, and carry those boxes to the ship!" Wang Fushi, dressed in official robes, urged the busy soldiers on the shore.

The gangplanks connected to the boats, and the sound of messy footsteps, rose and fell.

Not far away, the dark woods swayed in the wind from time to time.

A group of black-clad men, who had blended into the night, were crouching in the dense bushes.

"Do it!" As soon as Yi Shu saw that all the boxes had been moved to the ship, he gave an order.

said that it was too late, and then it was fast, and the dozens of black shadows that followed behind him each performed light skills for a while, and flew out like black harriers with a few swishs.

The ship anchored at the Mengjin ferry had taken its iron anchor in the mud and sand, and was about to sail to the shore, when the soldiers on board heard a short whistling from not far away.

Before they could react, they heard a crackling sound falling on the side of the ship like a drumbeat.

In a panic, the soldiers hurriedly raised the torches in their hands. Looking closely through the flickering firelight, I saw that on the fence of the ship's hull, there were iron hooks that shone with cold light.

"There are assassins!" As soon as a soldier screamed, he was hit on the head by a steel ball, and immediately fell to the ground.

The rest of the soldiers panicked and drew their swords at their waists. But before the sword could be fully drawn, dozens of men in black kicked the ship's plank into the air and landed firmly at one end of the deck.

A soldier hurriedly shuddered and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"The one who came to take the dowry!"

As soon as the words fell, dozens of black-clothed men flew forward and fought with them in close quarters. After only a few rounds, the soldiers on the ship were obviously outnumbered, and they were almost forced to the edge of the hull.

Some of them wanted to resist, but they were hit by the handle of the knife, or they were kicked a few times in the air, and they were kicked back a few steps in a hurry. For a moment, they fell from the boat like dumplings, and then fell into the icy river water in various postures.

"Puff~Puff~"

The sound of falling water sounded all around. In an instant, the water splashed around the bottom of the boat.

The man in black was standing on the bridge of the boat, looking condescendingly at the soldiers who were struggling on the water, when he heard a loud voice coming from the boat.

"What's going on? What a system it has become so noisy! ”

Wang Fushi, the ceremonial official who was escorting the dowry, had just bent down from the cabin scolding, when he saw dozens of black-clothed men in front of him who were all turning their heads and staring at him.

Under the pressure of dozens of eyes, he immediately swallowed his saliva and swallowed what he wanted to say into his stomach. When the cicadas were silent, they only heard the sound of shouts coming from the bottom of the boat.

Wang Fushi retreated step by step to the edge of the ship, secretly looked down, and saw that his subordinates were all in the water below, and his heart was shocked.

As soon as he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his long sleeves, he heard a cold voice coming from not far away.

"Are you jumping on your own, or are we going to help you?"

"No, don't bother you. Me, I'll just jump on my own! After saying that, he turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, and jumped off the board.

After seeing him make a big splash, Yishu immediately went neatly into the cabin, 56, and sailed the ship to the shore.

It took a lot of effort before Wang Fushi was pulled up by a soldier who had climbed ashore earlier with a bamboo pole he found.

He shook off his wet robe and looked at the stern of the boat, which was already sailing.

"My lord, should we find a boat to chase!" The soldier who had dragged him ashore earlier asked cautiously.

"Chase a fart! Don't want to die? With the kung fu of you three-legged cats, you want to go up and die! Wang Fushi immediately scolded, and even the mustache on his chin that was wet into locks was so angry that he shook himself.

"My lord, what should we do?" The scolded young soldier lowered his head and asked cautiously.

"What else can I do, go back and report the news!" Wang Fushi slapped him on the forehead and scolded angrily.

The seized ship drove along the Wangchao River for only half an hour, and then it was moored in a reed.

On the reedy shore, there were already eight carts and a dozen people waiting there. After the gangplank was stretched out from the boat and set up on the shore, the dozen or so people followed the gangplank and carried the large boxes from the boat to the board car.

When all the boxes were moved to the cart, the moored boat went down the river again, and did not stop at the end of the Wangchao River.

The time has passed, and there is already silence around Qishui County, only the barking of dogs from time to time comes from afar.

The inn, which was still bustling with activity, gradually quieted down. Only the occasional whisper, bits and pieces floated out of the candlelit window lattice.

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