Chapter 64 A Long Road
It is said that the fire flows in July, and the clothes are given in September. Wen Zhesang and his entourage set off for the north in early September, the wind blowing in their faces became more and more cold, and the trees next to the official road gradually added yellow leaves.
After a month of hurrying, there was still half of the way back to Beijing, when the wind from the north of the Saibei went all the way south, blowing the thrilling of the Saishan.
"This year's cold wind came a little early." Shui Yanwei tucked the small curtains to prevent the wind from blowing in.
"Maybe I stayed in the warm house in the cold winter months of previous years, and I didn't feel the cold wind in autumn and winter, but now I suddenly feel cold after a tiring journey." Wen Zhesang's thick clothes were placed in a conspicuous place by the winter snow, and it was not possible to settle in the inn every day on the road, so she would cover a few more cloaks, but fortunately, it was not yet winter, and the clothes she brought were enough to keep out the cold.
Shui Yanwei also added clothes, and a month of running around made her already pale face even paler. When she went to Qingfeng County, someone was waiting, and she was sick a few times along the way, so she kept going and stopped, and never wronged herself. Now because of the emperor's order, General Wei's subordinates are eager to hurry up and hurry day and night.
Fortunately, Shui Yanwei thought, fortunately, they still took into account that they and Sister Wen were women, although they were in time, but they were not too much.
The further north you go, the more you can appreciate the change of seasons, and the autumn wind blows the body and heart.
On this day, the sun is shining and the autumn is crisp. Wen Zhesang was closing his eyes to recuperate, when he suddenly heard a quarrel in front of him.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"There is a person in distress in front of him, and he has to follow us to Beijing." Across the carriage, the people accompanying him outside replied.
Wen Zhesang felt a little strange when she heard it, she had been gone for more than a month, and she had been separated from Xie Yikou for more than a month, they had originally agreed to go to Beijing together, but she had not waited for Xie Yikou's news for more than a month. Could it be that he found it today?
Sometimes Wen Zhisan's instincts are indeed accurate. Although she soon saw the person who was going to go with them after she insisted on getting out of the carriage despite the opposition of the guards, Wen Zhisang did not think that he was Xie Yikou.
Several carriages were forced to stop, and the guards drew their swords at the man, but the man was not afraid, and hugged the rim of the carriage, saying that he would not let go of anything.
"I'm going to Beijing to visit relatives, and you're also going to Beijing, since we're on the way, what's wrong with you taking me on a ride?" The man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, unkempt and unkempt at all, and his voice was different from Xie Yikou's, which was relatively low and vicissitudes.
Li Dong had a cold face, "I said that there are female dependents in the carriage, it's not good to take you, it's really miserable that you were robbed by robbers, it's really bad, I'll give you two taels of silver, but don't want to follow us." ”
The man shook his head and said, "That won't work!" You see how helpless I am, I've already lost my money once, and I'm sure there's a lot of trouble along the way. You are all powerful, and those swords, those bandits on the road will not dare to act when they see you, I just have to follow you so that I can be safe! ”
Although the words are extremely selfish, the truth is irrefutable.
Wen Zhesang looked at it for a while and felt that he had recognized the wrong person, although Xie Yikou often looked like a hanger, but he should ...... You wouldn't be so cruel to yourself and make yourself look like this just to get close to her, right?
She laughed inexplicably, and suddenly felt bored. The noise not far away continued, and Wen Zhisang was already planning to leave.
She didn't know that her figure had already been noticed, and when she saw that she was leaving, the man hurriedly said, "I, I have a little kingfisher as a coil, okay?"
Wen Zhisang paused, turned his head to look at him suspiciously, and then became even more suspicious.
Xie Yikou crossed Li Dong and the others and cast a pitiful look at Wen Zhisang, "This young lady is a good person at first glance, I am so miserable, I just want to go with you, there is a response, you won't not agree, right?" He saw that Wen Zhesang didn't know him, and he couldn't identify himself at this time, so he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Wen Zhisang couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, and Xie Yikou knew that the matter had settled.
Later, Li Dong and the others thought that Xie Yikou was right, so they asked Wen Zhesang to leave him, but they never thought that the two had already discussed.
Xie Yikou concealed his identity, he said that he was sold by his parents for food when he was a child, and when he grew up, he learned about his life and wanted to find his real parents. He inquired around and learned that his biological parents were originally in Shangjing, and he was on the road alone, so he was robbed by the robbers as a fat sheep.
As soon as he told the story, he immediately gained two tears from Shui Yanwei and the sympathy of several guards. But Wen Zhesang, who had been deceived once, didn't give him a look.
During the break, Xie Yikou secretly asked Wen Zhesang, "Do you think the story I made up is not exciting?" ”
Unexpectedly, Wen Zhesang shook his head and said with a smile: "Wonderful is wonderful, but it can't stand scrutiny." Is this what Jiang Weixi told you again? ”
No, it was actually him who saw it from the script. Xie Yikou thought in his heart, and said with great regret in his mouth: "Yes, it was Jiang Weixi's bad idea for me, he said that the more miserable I talked about my life experience, the more sympathy there will be, so I can take the opportunity to walk with you."
"With who you are now, you really have to be careful. And it looks like you've learned a lot this month. Wen Zhesang looked at his disguise again, he looked like an ordinary farmer, and his current face was very different from his previous face, not at all. If he hadn't deliberately lowered his voice when talking to himself, Wen Zhisang wouldn't have dared to confirm that this was Xie Yikou.
"I learned from Du Ruoqiao. She used to learn from a master to learn disguise, and her skills in traveling south and north were quite good, so I learned a little from her. Xie Yikou touched a mole on his face, he was not used to this face, and he always wanted to get something off his face. But he was afraid that people would find out about his fake face, and he didn't dare to destroy the disguise seriously.
A yellow leaf was blown down by the wind and swayed into Wen Zhesang's field of vision. As soon as she raised her hand, she caught the yellow leaf, which was a maple leaf with clear veins and was infused with golden autumn colors.
With such a disguise technique, it is better to act when you go to Shangjing, Wen Zhesang asked him: "It will take a month to return to Shangjing this time, will you be alerted by them if you are acting alone?"
Xie Yikou nodded calmly, in the past month, he had worked hard to win He Qiuping's trust, and it was only two days ago that he finally let them release Jiang Weixi and Baili Song. He also had an excuse to leave the group of people this time, but He Qiuping and those people would not wait for him in the same place, even if he delayed for a little longer, it would probably be fine.
"Jiang Weixi and Baili Song have already settled in Xinning Town, I will let them rest for a few days and leave immediately, so as not to be chased and killed by He Qiuping." Xie Yikou said.
"It's okay, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. But you should go back earlier, the longer you leave, the easier it will be for them to become suspicious. Wen Zhesang played with the maple leaf in his hand, and suddenly dark clouds surged from the sky, and a light rain fell gloomily.
Xie Yikou said don't worry, but he still left quietly after half a month. He only said to Li Dong that he regretted it, although he thought of his biological parents in his heart, he could not forget the nurturing grace of his adoptive parents. Moreover, his biological parents may have already had a new life, and he rushed to disturb them for fear that it would only add to their troubles.
Li Dong also understands him, although he is a cold-faced person, he forced Xie Yikou to give two taels of silver, let him hide it well, and don't let people rob him again.
Regarding Xie Yikou's departure, Wen Zhisang was only worried. The closer she got to Shangjing, the more uncertain she became, even if she had sworn to tell Xie Yikou that she had a way to help him talk to the emperor. But she can be safe and secure when she enters Beijing, but Xie Yikou is alone in the anti-thief den. Among them, the danger is not clear and clear that can be said in a few words.
After more than a month of tiring travel and restlessness, Wen Zhisang suddenly fell ill, and after ten years, his mouth and nose were full of bitter and astringent medicinal taste. When she opened her eyes clearly again, Shangjing was already close at hand.
The day before entering Beijing, Wen Zhisang met Xie Yikou. His expression was no longer as leisurely as it had been a month ago, and he must have been in fear for the past month.
"I will be able to return home tomorrow, and the entrance and exit of Beijing are heavily guarded, so you should be careful in everything. Also, didn't you go all the way with He Qiuping? Why are you here now? Wen Zhesang avoided everyone and met Xie Yikou.
"How did you lose weight?" Who knew that Xie Yikou's first sentence made her speechless, "There is a smell of medicine, are you sick?" ”
Wen Zhesang has been cured for several days, but he can't get rid of the smell of medicine when he sits in the carriage all day, so it gets on his body. She smiled at Xie Yikou and said, "It's just a little wind and cold, it's been well for a long time." How the hell did you end up here. Could it be that He Qiuping and their destination is also Shangjing? ”
Just as Wen Zhesang guessed, Xie Yikou sighed and just wanted to kill himself with his head, and he babbled about his past month.
It turned out that He Qiuping and those people saw him as honest, and they found Jiang Weixi and Baili Song back only half a month after sending them, so they reluctantly thought that he was sincere. Later, in order to pretend to be real, Xie Yikou also kept saying that he was going to rebel and be an emperor all the time.
Xie Yikou said: "This time I did come with He Qiuping, and he also arranged a false identity for us in order to let us enter Beijing smoothly."
Wen Zhesang wondered in his heart, "This is strange, don't all the thieves want to stay away from the Son of Heaven, go to the north, go to the border to recruit troops and horses to strengthen themselves, why do they want to go off the rails and crash into the feet of the Son of Heaven?" Moreover, if you want to enter Beijing, you need to be strictly scrutinized, and it is impossible for ordinary forged documents to pass. He Qiuping is so sure that there is no problem with a fake identity, what confidence does he have? ”
Xie Yikou laughed and said, "I haven't heard about this yet, maybe there are some of them in Shangjing?"
The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Wen Zhisang frowned suddenly, only to feel that his head began to hurt again, "If you really want that, the matter will be too big." ”