Chapter 17: The Organization Has Been Found
If there were other options, out of prudence, Du Xiaomeng would not want to hire the same driver. But in the current environment, if she wants to get to her destination quickly, she has no choice at all.
The carriage soon left Jizhen and ran quickly in the direction of its destination, Xiushuiping.
Sitting in the rickety dark carriage, Du Xiaomeng's mind didn't stop for a moment. She is thinking about countermeasures for the various situations that may arise, and everything is planned for the worst first, and it is better to think about the corresponding countermeasures than not to think about anything!
Du Xiaomeng bothered to think about the situation that would occur after the barracks, but he didn't expect that urgent things unrelated to the barracks happened first.
The carriage ran forward in the face of the flying snowflakes, and the wheels pressed down two obvious ruts in the snow, rolling the fluttering snowflakes that circled the carriage to the ground again and again.
I don't know how long I had been running, but suddenly, without warning, there was a sound of wood breaking, and the horse seemed to be frightened and neighed, and at the same time the carriage shook violently a few times, and then it swerved to the side and rushed forward.
Du Xiaomeng was almost thrown out of the car, but fortunately, her adaptability was quite strong, and when she hit the car and her body rushed out under the action of inertia, her hands grabbed the frame of the window. As the carriage swayed from side to side, different positions of her body were hit to varying degrees, and her tears were about to fall out of her eyes. She endured the pain and clung to the window frame and didn't let go.
The rickety carriage rushed forward for a few moments, and finally stopped. The carriage was obviously tilted to the side, and Du Xiaomeng was thrown onto the seat, reclining between the carriage and the seat.
The coachman came in from outside and asked nervously, "Little brother, are you okay?" ”
The expression on the coachman's face could not be seen in the darkness, but his voice trembled and his tone was panicked.
Du Xiaomeng, who was in shock, felt that the blood in his whole body was surging to the top of his head, and his body was so stiff that he couldn't move due to the extreme nervousness of his spirit. She opened her mouth, but her throat was blocked by a heart that was about to burst out, and she couldn't make a sound.
I couldn't hear any noise in the carriage, and the driver almost cried. That generous God of Wealth won't die like this, right? Don't!
He climbed into the carriage in a panic, groping and shouting, "Little brother! Little brother! ”
In the dark, he touched Du Xiaomeng's feet, and he wanted to pull people out of the car to see if they were alive or dead, but Du Xiaomeng's hands were still tightly gripping the window frame, and he couldn't pull it after pulling it several times.
Just when the coachman was sweating profusely, Du Xiaomeng finally recovered half of his soul, and asked in a trembling voice, "What happened?" ”
Hearing that the God of Wealth could still speak, the coachman's heart hanging in mid-air was half relaxed. He let go of Du Xiaomeng's feet and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and replied, "Little, little brother, there is ice on the road that makes the car slip and roll into the ditch on the side." ”
Du Xiaomeng wanted to get up from the seat, but she didn't expect a sharp pain from the right shoulder that she had just moved, and she couldn't help but let out an "ah" sound.
The coachman asked nervously, "Little brother, what's wrong with you?" ”
It hurts all over my body, especially when my shoulder moves slightly, and I don't know if I was hit and fractured. But at this time, Du Xiaomeng couldn't care about the injuries on her body, she asked anxiously: "Can the car still run?" ”
The driver shook his head and said, "I broke the wheel when I slipped into the ditch, and I need to fix it before I can continue running." ”
Du Xiaomeng asked again: "How long will it take to repair?" ”
The coachman said helplessly: "I have to wait until dawn to see it." ”
Du Xiaomeng endured the pain in her shoulder, jumped out of the car, dragged the driver with her hand that could still move, and asked anxiously: "How far is this place from Xiushuiping?" ”
"It's not far." The coachman gestured to the vague ahead, "Just go over the hill ahead and go a few miles further." ”
Du Xiaomeng looked in the direction he pointed, the snowy sky was not so dark, and the snowfall in the sky had also stopped a little, and the surroundings were not so dark that they couldn't see their fingers. By the light of the sky, I saw a shadow looming in the snowy night not far ahead.
How far is the mile road, Du Xiaomeng has no idea at all. However, the coachman said that it is not very far, so it should not take a long time to get there, right? Can't waste any more time here and wait, Du Xiaomeng decided to drag her painful body to her destination. Although the accident caused her to be injured, she fortunately did not break her foot, and it was a great luck that she could walk on both feet.
"Is there a fork in the road along the way?" Du Xiaomeng asked the driver for clarification before acting.
The coachman replied, "There are forked roads, but those are inconspicuous paths, as long as you follow this road all the way, you can reach Xiushuiping smoothly without going too wrong." ”
After listening to the coachman, Du Xiaomeng was about to leave for Xiushuiping. Although she was a victim of a car accident, she was kind enough to give the driver some fare before leaving.
Du Xiaomeng stepped on the snow on the ground with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked forward along the road that stretched into the distance against the cold wind. It didn't take long to walk, and the snow that had already stopped a little turned into goose feather snow again, and with the howling cold wind, it swooped down with its teeth and claws, and soon covered Du Xiaomeng into an active snowman whose eyelashes were covered with snowflakes.
She tightened her coat with her uninjured hand, and hid her frozen hand in her sleeve. Looking up ahead, the hillside that had not seemed very far away before had been hidden under the ravages of the bleak wind and cold snow, and even the looming darkness could not be seen.
The scene ahead is not clear, the road is also covered by the snowflakes that are constantly falling, fortunately there are some tall trees on both sides of the road, Du Xiaomeng can use those trees as road signs, so as not to go astray in this white sky.
After walking for a long time, Du Xiaomeng finally climbed to the top of the hill with heavy footsteps, panting. Looking around, I saw a vast white area that could not distinguish between the southeast and the northwest. She walked so tiredly for so long, and she couldn't see the shadow of Xiushuiping, and she couldn't help but scold the coachman for cheating on her father's goods, what do you mean that it is not very far? Rely on it! It's not far away, how is it far away? Talking to people of this era is not an ordinary generation gap!
It takes more physical energy than usual to spend on the snow, especially dragging the body that hurts here and there and forcibly travels, and the physical exertion is even more severe. Du Xiaomeng's feet were numb from the cold, her breathing felt a little uncomfortable, and her eyelids became heavier and heavier, and she wanted to sleep. She took a big breath hard, and the cold air rushed into her internal organs, so cold that she couldn't help but shiver, and it also made her sober up. If you stay in a cold place for a long time, you will want to sleep if you don't have enough physical strength, and if you accidentally don't hold it up and fall asleep, you will have to sleep in this ice and snow!
Du Xiaomeng slapped his face a few times, pulled his feet out of the thick snow, and continued to use the tree as the roadside to walk hard.
It felt like she had walked for a century, and just when Du Xiaomeng felt that she was about to be unable to hold on, and she was so tired that she fell asleep on the snow just like that, she suddenly saw a little bright light flashing a few times in front of her. She stood still and looked up again, although she couldn't see it very clearly under the wind and snow, she could still see that there was light in one direction, and that light should be fire.
There is a fire, does that mean that she has approached Zhan Qi's military camp?
Stimulated by the firelight, Du Xiaomeng immediately resurrected on the spot with full blood. She crawled to the place where the fire came from, and after walking about a few hundred meters, a military camp appeared in front of her, and the fire she saw before should be the fire that the two guards lit to keep warm.
Under the light of the fire, Du Xiaomeng saw a big "Zhan" on the banner planted in the barracks, and when it came to the word "Zhan", she felt that she had finally found the organization after all the hardships!
Du Xiaomeng couldn't hold back her excitement, she didn't have time to wipe away the tears that flowed uncontrollably because of her extreme joy, and ran towards the barracks with her last bit of strength. When the soldiers guarding the camp heard the noise, they immediately stood up vigilantly, and when they saw someone running towards the barracks, they both raised their spears at the same time and shouted: "Who is it? Hold it! The barracks are not allowed to trespass! ”
The bright head of the gun pointed straight over, Du Xiaomeng quickly stopped his steps, stabilized his body before he was about to hit the head of the gun, and hurriedly said: "I have something important to see General Zhan, please let the big brother pass it on for me!" ”
The two soldiers looked Du Xiaomeng up and down, the spear in their hands was not put down, and they were still vigilant. One of the older soldiers said to the younger one, "This man sneakily came to the barracks in the middle of the night, and he must not be a good man." Let's catch him first! ”
Du Xiaomeng shouted before the two soldiers caught her: "Slow! I have a token from the general! She quickly let go of her coat and took out a silver mobile phone from her arms and handed it to the two of them, "I know General Zhan, if you don't believe it, you can show this token to the general!" If the general says he doesn't know me after reading it, it's not too late for you to arrest me, I'll just wait here and not go anywhere!" Brother Bing, I'm sorry for your trouble, I really have something very important to ask to see the general, and I can't delay for a moment! ”
The soldier looked at Du Xiaomeng, then at the silver phone in her hand, and finally the older one spoke: "You watch him here, I'll go to the general." ”
After that, he took Du Xiaomeng's silver mobile phone and marched into the barracks to find Zhan Qi.
Zhan Qi, who has been involved in the struggle for the power of the royal family, has been in a state of irritability lately and has not been able to sleep peacefully every night. That night, when he was lying in the tent and unable to sleep again, waiting for dawn with his eyes open, a soldier came to report that a suspicious person intended to break into the barracks at night.
Zhan Qi got up and lit the lamp, and then asked the soldiers to bring things in. When he saw the silver phone, his heart beat faster, he grabbed the silver phone with one hand, and hurriedly asked, "What about the person?" ”
The soldier replied: "It has been controlled by us, and now it is outside the barracks." ”
Zhan Qi grabbed his coat and put it on his body, rushed out of the tent with a silver mobile phone, and ran in the direction of the barracks gate like a gust of wind.