Chapter 61: Admiral of the Nine Gates
Originally, the person was hiding there, and it was not easy for people to find out, but Bai Qianfan had a sixth sense, as long as there was something alive around, it would never escape her eyes.
She didn't know whether the man was friend or foe, so she clenched the branch in her hand and stood still cautiously.
But the man came out from behind the tree, looked her up and down, and said, "You are the princess of the Chu Palace?" β
Bai Qianfan was taken aback and asked rhetorically, "Who are you?" β
The man walked over slowly, a tall and thin man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a righteous face, he didn't look like a bad person, he suddenly saluted her: "My subordinates see Princess Chu, Princess Chu has suffered." β
Bai Qianfan took a step back in fright, "Who are you?" β
The man straightened up, "I'm Du Changfeng, the commander of the Nine Gates, and I'm here to take the princess back to the house." β
Bai Qianfan looked at him suspiciously, "Who asked you to come, King Chu?" β
Du Changfeng was a little embarrassed, probably afraid that she would be disappointed, "It's not the King of Chu, it's Jia Tong, I owe him a favor, and he asked me to pick up the princess back." β
Bai Qianfan was happy when he heard it, "It was my master who asked you to come, why didn't he come by himself?" β
"This ...... Jia Tong is the personal guard of the king of Chu, and he must never leave his master, so he entrusted me ......"
Jia Tong's difficulties, Bai Qianfan knew, and didn't say much, with a wave of his hand: "Let's go, there are many forks in the mountain, I have made two mistakes, just have you lead the way." β
Du Changfeng led the way in front, he deliberately walked slowly, afraid that Miss Jin Lian would be difficult to walk, but he didn't expect Bai Qianfan to take a big stride and walk quite neatly. He immediately had a good impression of this princess of Chu.
When Jia Tong came to beg him, he was not happy in his heart, the commander of the nine gates was under the hands of the king of Chu, for the dutiful subordinates, the enemy of the boss was his enemy, so he didn't want to wade into this troubled water, if it wasn't for Jia Tong begging him hard, he would never come here, I wanted to look for it casually, and I couldn't blame him if I couldn't find it, but I didn't expect to go halfway up the mountain and meet him head-on, which is also a wonderful fate.
According to Jia Tong's description, he matched the number at a glance, a little girl, big eyes, petite figure, and bold. If you dare to walk the mountain road alone, you are not afraid of being talked about by wild beasts.
He asked Bai Qianfan, "Did the princess escape by herself?" β
Bai Qianfan snorted, his expression was indifferent, obviously reluctant to mention it.
Du Changfeng understands that being captured by the vicious bandits, and then recalling it must be another nightmare, or wait for her mood to calm down, and then ask carefully, with the testimony of the princess, sooner or later the bandits in Niutou Mountain will be taken down in one fell swoop. But this princess of Chu is really brave enough, she didn't wait for anyone to save her, and escaped by herself. She's a clever little girl!
After going down the mountain, Du Changfeng untied his horse from the tree, "Does the princess know how to ride a horse?" β
Bai Qianfan shook his head, "No." β
Du Changfeng thought for a while, "The princess sat up, and her subordinates led the horse for the princess." β
Bai Qianfan asked, "Is this far away from the city?" β
"About twenty miles."
"You're going to just walk back? How long does that have to go? β
"There is only one horse, and the princess can't ride it, and her subordinates are ......"
Bai Qianfan snorted, "You come up and take me to ride, isn't it?" β
Du Changfeng blushed, "The subordinates don't dare to offend the princess." β
"There's nothing to offend or offend, I'm not in time, and I'm a fake princess, hurry up. I want to rush back to see Xiao Huang, it must want to kill me. β
Du Changfeng heard her words, and he didn't know for a while, what is a fake princess? didn't make time, but he was already married, and who is Xiaohuang? Why didn't he understand?
"Come up," Bai Qianfan was anxious, "you are still a gentleman, and you are also pedantic." β
Du Changfeng was scolded for pedantic by a little girl for the first time, and he felt a little funny, but listening to Jia Tong's meaning, Bai Qianfan's princess would not last long, and he was young, so he got on the horse generously, sat behind Bai Qianfan, pulled the reins, and shouted: "Drive!" β
Ma Er Sazi ran to the front, the mountain road was rugged, the horse ran up and bumped, Bai Qianfan ate a piece of jujube paste cake in the morning, this time the child felt all up to the throat, and the next moment she was going to spit it out, she was a strong person, she didn't want people to see the joke, she swallowed it back, grabbed the horse halter, and didn't say a word.
Du Changfeng did it on purpose, he wanted to try her reaction, he scolded him for being pedantic just now, this time he asked him, right?
But no, the little girl was very hard, her little body was straight, Du Changfeng felt bored, a little annoyed, slowed down and asked, "The road is uneven, the princess can still stand it, if you can't stand it, let's go down and walk." β
Bai Qianfan gritted his teeth and didn't speak, only shook his head.
Waiting for the official road, the road surface was flat and not so bumpy, Bai Qianfanfang felt better, but a new problem came again, she was wearing a thin skirt, and her legs were grinding from the saddle, as if she was holding sand and scraping her legs. She couldn't help but snort.
Du Changfeng heard it and slowed down his speed, "The princess is tired?" β
Bai Qianfan shook his head, "It's not tired, it's just that my leg hurts." β
Du Changfeng understood as soon as he heard it, and secretly regretted that he didn't have two more layers, no wonder, he took this errand was perfunctory, and he didn't think that he could find someone. Only if the speed is slowed down any longer, the horse will not be able to run, and the friction between the legs and the saddle will naturally be smaller.
That's it, I didn't return to the city until almost noon, Du Changfeng was the commander of the nine gates, and the soldiers guarding the city gate saw that the boss was coming, and they greeted him from afar, "Hello Lord Admiral, ......Lord Admiral" glanced at the little girl in front of Du Changfeng, and quickly swallowed back the words behind, the admiral has not yet married, take a little girl to run around, what's going on? If you don't avoid people like this, could it be that you are the fiancΓ©e of Lord Admiral?
Du Changfeng saw the soldier's ambiguous face, quickly dismounted, and glared at him, "Go, get a sedan chair." β
"Yes," the soldier saluted, turned and ran away.
Du Changfeng took Bai Qianfan down, and as soon as he landed, Bai Qianfan groaned, feeling that his two legs were not his own, he stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately Du Changfeng pulled her on the side, "Be careful, princess." β
"Don't get in the way," Bai Qianfan didn't shy away from suspicion at all, held his arm, kicked his legs, and finally regained a little feeling.
Not long after, the soldier really got a small sedan chair with green skin, and along with the two sedan chair drivers, Du Changfeng invited Bai Qianfan to get on the sedan chair and told the sedan chair driver to send it to the Chu Palace. The soldiers on the side looked straight, why did the admiral send his fiancΓ©e to the Chu Palace?
Bai Qianfan thanked him repeatedly, put down the curtain and got up the sedan chair, and Du Changfeng saluted: "The princess walks slowly." β
Only then did the soldier understand that this little girl was the princess of Chu, he glanced at his top boss, and muttered in his heart: Lord Admiral and Princess Chu......