Chapter 48: Parting Ways
The people who put the poison were indeed the same people who assassinated Wu Zhan, and the closer they were to the Qi State, the more they wanted to kill Wu Zhan, and they couldn't let him return to the Qi State alive.
It's not a way to keep seeing this trick, so you have to think of a way......
Wu Zhan didn't bother with the people in the inn, believing that they had also suffered an unwarranted disaster, so it would be good for them to prepare a breakfast again.
After breakfast, Wu Zhan pulled Xu Jiao to talk in the courtyard of the inn.
Today's sun is a little big, and there are not many shades in the yard, Xu Jiao raised her sleeves to block the top of her head, squinted her eyes and looked up and asked, "Do you have to come here to say anything now, and you will set off to the carriage and say no?" ”
Xu Jiao was ready to leave, she didn't want to continue to bask in the sun here.
Wu Zhan stretched out his left hand and grabbed her, raised his sleeve to block the sunlight shining on her face, and said to her word by word: "You will set off by carriage later, not to Qi Country, but to return to Yuehua Country, I will let the dart masters send you." ”
Xu Jiao was naturally unwilling, and lost her temper: "You are sick, I have all arrived here, even if my father wants to punish me, I will be punished when I go back now, why don't I go to the destination to play?" ”
Wu Zhan didn't agree with her statement, and insisted on letting her turn back, the two had different opinions, and they quarreled loudly in the courtyard.
The result of the quarrel was that Xu Jiao pushed him away and said cruelly: "If I don't join you, I won't be with you, who is rare." ”
Xu Jiao strode out of the courtyard, went to the resting room to pack her luggage, and unceremoniously requisitioned Wu Zhan's carriage and asked the dart master to escort her back to Yuehua Kingdom.
The dart master is a little embarrassed, they pay attention to credit in this business, and they take Wu Zhan's order first, and they are not easy to accept no matter how much commission Xu Jiao gives, which will ruin their reputation.
Wu Zhan paced to the carriage and handed the dart master a few silver tickets: "This is the money I hired you this time, now you go and escort her, I mean, it will be more dangerous for her to be a little girl on the way back." ”
The dart master took the silver ticket at this time, but he still left the two brothers by Wu Zhan's side, and he said: "This time I was supposed to escort you to the Qi country, since you insist on letting us escort this girl, we will leave the two of us to send you to the Qi country, in case anything happens, it will be good to help." ”
Wu Zhan didn't refuse, he and Ah Liu were indeed a little thin.
Xu Jiao hadn't said a word to Wu Zhan since she got into the carriage.
This stinky man, if it weren't for the mission, who would follow her to Qi Country with a dead face, would she be very idle?
A dart master who said that his driving skills were okay temporarily acted as Xu Jiao's coachman, Wu Zhan walked to the carriage window and apologized in a low voice: "Gillian don't be angry, I'm also for your good." ”
He received only a cold snort, and the carriage was already driving away in front of him.
Wu Zhan also immediately packed up his things and prepared to leave, the carriage was given to Xu Jiao, and the dart masters only left him an extra horse before leaving, and he shared it with Ah Liu.
Ah Liu is good at everything, but he has some words, and he can't help but start gossiping: "Childe doesn't seem to be in a very good mood, but Miss Xu is losing your temper?" ”
Wu Zhan lowered her eyes, she looked a little angry when she left, her eyes were so round, and she didn't talk to him......
Seeing that Gongzi didn't make a sound, Ah Liu continued to chatter: "If you want me to say that you are too, other girls come all the way to find you, you are so ruthless, and you really drove her away, I feel distressed when I look at it." ”
Wu Zhan estimated that he stepped on the horse in a place with a lot of yellow sand, causing a burst of sand and dust to fly, and stuffed Ah Liu's mouth.
Ah Liu: "Bah, a mouthful of sand." ”
Wu Zhan's cold voice floated over: "There is a lot of sand, you just shut your mouth." ”
Ah Liu listened to his son-in-law's miserable tone, so he closed his mouth.
At noon, everyone did not find the inn, and there was no need for the little girl to go to the inn to rest at noon, so they found a shady place in the field and sat down to eat dry food.
Dry food and water were packed at the inn in the morning.
Today's weather is a bit abnormal, the sun is not as big as early spring, but like early summer, but fortunately, the temperature is still not high, otherwise I am afraid that it will die of heat.
I don't know if Gillian has found a place to rest, and if she is still angry.
Wu Zhan was worried that Xu Jiao would not take good care of herself because she was angry, those dart masters were all rough men, how could they take good care of a little girl?
Xu Jiao was not as miserable as Wu Zhan, they didn't go far before they found an inn to rest, and asked Xiao Er to buy her a few beautiful clothes in a nearby town, and they were happy to change their clothes.
"I've been running around for days, and I haven't worn any new clothes, so I'm going to try it today." Xu Jiao was not enough, so she simply asked the owners of the ready-to-wear store to bring the best clothes, and she wanted to choose enough.
Although it is only a small town, because of its proximity to the official road, there were many caravans in the past, and the ready-to-wear stores had clothes with national characteristics, and some of them had never been seen.
The dart masters are resting in their rooms, Xu Jiao said that she wants to stay here to try on clothes, since it is the employer's intention, they don't have to worry about it anyway, it is better to rest and recuperate.
After picking out the clothes, Xu Jiao asked the owner of the jewelry shop in the town to bring something to her to see, the owners of the jewelry store knew that this was a rich owner, bought a lot of expensive ready-to-wear clothes, and was a big customer, and they all took some of the most distinctive jewelry in their stores.
Xu Jiao was very happy to pick out jewelry here, and Wu Zhan and the others over there finally finished eating dry food and were ready to set off again.
When night fell, a bright moon hung high in the sky, and the wind in the early spring evening was still a little cold, Wu Zhan and the others tightened their collars and rushed to the inn where they were going to settle tonight.
The inns haven't closed yet, and the inns on the official roads won't be subject to curfew, and they close much later than the inns in the town.
They tied up the horses, instructed Xiao Er to get good feed for the horses, and each ate a bowl of hot noodle soup that had just been cooked in the kitchen before going back to the room to rest.
The shopkeeper waited for the bookkeeper to settle the account, yawned and went to sleep.
There is still an oil lamp in the lobby of the inn, which is convenient for guests who get up in the middle of the night to go to the thatched house.
A shadow appeared on the wall, followed by another, and in a trance, seven or eight more figures appeared in the inn.
This is the last assassination they are preparing for, if they can't succeed, returning to Qi Country will also be a death, maybe it will affect the family, it is better to fight here today.
The leader looked at the nephew next to him, he knew that this mission was so full of twists and turns, he shouldn't have promised him to take him out, if he died here, how would he explain to his brother and sister-in-law when he went back.
Fortunately, the second son seems to have a conflict with the girl today, and the girl left with most of the people, otherwise they would not dare to assassinate them.
A group of men in black walked lightly to the stairs and were about to go up to the second floor, when they suddenly heard the door of a room upstairs open.
The sound of squeaking and creaking appeared very abruptly in the night, and everyone nervously hid at the back of the bottom of the stairs to hide their figures.