Chapter Eighty-Three: Conspiracy
The soldiers were vigilant, and no matter what they did along the way, there would be a large number of people watching around the box.
At night, they never stayed in guest houses, and they all set up camp on the wide ground outside. And Su Xiaoxiao doesn't like to live in a tent, she always feels that there will be unpredictable dangers when she goes out, or this sedan chair is the most suitable for herself.
At night, Su Xiaoxiao pulled Lanzi who was in the sedan chair, and ordered someone to spread a thick life inside, and a sleep was a solid night. And Moon Shadow, I have hardly seen her sleeping, when Su Xiaoxiao fell asleep, she stood outside the sedan chair to guard, and when Su Xiaoxiao woke up, she always waited outside the sedan chair with a basin.
I wanted to pull her in the sedan chair several times to rest together, but every time I had to open my mouth and think of Xia Yuanheng's face, Su Xiaoxiao was ruthless again. Who told her to do things for Xia Yuanheng, this is all retribution.
"Crown princess, there is a low peak in front of you, the road is very steep, after this dangerous road, there is a maple forest in front, after the maple forest, and then walk for five days, over a mountain, we will arrive at the Lingque country. There will be someone at the gate of Lingque Kingdom to greet the crown princess. "Moon Shadow introduced me word by word when Su Xiaoxiao was washing.
Su Xiaoxiao wiped her face dry and nodded. Didn't say anything.
When Moon Shadow was about to turn around and leave, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you tired these days?" If you are tired, go into the sedan chair to rest. ”
Moon Shadow's back was facing Su Xiaoxiao, and she couldn't see any changes on her face, but her voice was still cold, "Princess Xie is worried, the slave is not tired." ”
Looking at the figure she left, Su Xiaoxiao didn't say anything anymore.
The low peak is indeed steep, a very narrow winding path, and the sedan chair barely enters. The guards in front led Su Xiaoxiao's horse in a sedan chair, walked away, stopped, and spoke by the door of the sedan chair, "Princess, come down and take a walk, the road is too steep, and the slaves are afraid of hurting you." ”
Lanzi opened the sedan door for Su Xiaoxiao, and a guard knelt on the ground and let her step on. Su Xiaoxiao followed behind the sedan chair, supported by Lanzi and walked forward slowly.
It is said to be a low peak, but in fact, the peaks on both sides are not short. From below, it stretched far, far away, until at the top, only a narrow slit in the sky could be seen.
Moon Shadow was on Su Xiaoxiao's left side, and Lanzi was walking on the right with me in her arms. I couldn't see any difference in Lanzi, but I could see the difference in Moon Shadow. She cautiously looked above the peak, and then at the bend of the road, her eyes full of vigilance, as if something was really going to rush down from the peak, to attack out of the bend.
This mecca is really not ordinarily long, and the whole team walked for a long time before coming out. The soldiers didn't know if they were overly nervous, or if they were so tired from the sun that they asked for rest as soon as they got out of the tunnel.
Su Xiaoxiao watched the leading general let people rest in an orderly manner, and then placed some people to protect the tribute, and respectfully invited her back to the sedan chair.
Walking into the sedan chair, Lanzi brought water and some dry food, "Princess, drink some water." ”
"Give Moon Shadow some drink, I haven't seen her drink water." Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her ankles, and her head didn't rise.
After half a month of dating, she felt that Moon Shadow was actually not bad, no matter what the reason, at least Moon Shadow took care of her. Su Xiaoxiao is not a hard-hearted person after all, how can he not see the good of the moon shadow? are all young, seventeen or eighteen years old, this girl should have a lot of hardship, right?
"Protect the crown princess."
"Quick, protect the tribute!"
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Su Xiaoxiao had just received the dry food brought by Lanzi, and before she could swallow a bite, she heard the sound of a riot outside. There has never been such a sound, even if it is the fireworks during the New Year, even if it is the lantern festival on the Shangyuan Festival, even if it is the lantern festival on the Qiqiao Festival, it has never been so lively.
Since she was a child, Su Xiaoxiao has never seen too grand scenes, and every day she only walks around the forest and fields, in front of the house and behind the house. As for the scenes of the war, I only learned a few from ancient poems.
Now, is there going to be a war?
"Crown Princess, you sit inside and don't come out." Moon Shadow lifted the sedan curtain, and her already cold eyes were now a little more murderous. The cold is biting, and people dare not look directly.
"What's wrong?" Su Xiaoxiao grabbed Moon Shadow's hand.
"We've met a bandit." Moon Shadow didn't have time to explain too much to Su Xiaoxiao, so she lowered the sedan curtain and rushed into the crowd of war. Su Xiaoxiao looked out through the corner of the sedan curtain.
The first thing I saw was Moon Shadow's pale blue shirt, Moon Shadow was really good at martial arts, she dodged very quickly, and the thieves who wanted to get close to the sedan door were all knocked down by her. Su Xiao took a closer look, Moon Shadow was holding a soft sword in his hand, and the sound of brushing shook in the sky.
It turns out that Moon Shadow's weapon is the strap that is tied around his waist! It turns out that the strap is a soft sword!
"Su Xiaoxiao, what should we do?" Lanzi had never seen such a scene, so she pulled Su Xiaoxiao's sleeve and leaned towards the back of the sedan chair in fright, she was really frightened, and her face turned pale.
"Don't look." Su Xiaoxiao covered her eyes with her hands, "Don't worry, there is a moon shadow, she is very powerful." Su Xiaoxiao comforted her and comforted herself. Gently lifted the corner of the car curtain and looked out.
Now she can see it clearly, sure enough, it is not a few bandits, she has long guessed that there are 1,000 soldiers in the team to send off relatives, what kind of people come to intercept such a car? But now I was shocked, the number of bandits was no less than the number of the team, and even seemed to surpass them.
Only the moon shadow is protecting Su's small sedan chair. Only the number of fallen bandits here is relatively large, and the rest of the places that fall are soldiers who send their relatives.
"Moon Shadow, be careful." Su Xiaoxiao saw a thief with a long knife slashing from the side of Moon Shadow, and reminded in a nervous voice. It seems that there is nothing wrong with having Moon Shadow by her side, she has a great role to play, and her kung fu is really good. Without her, I'm afraid Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't be able to reach Ling Anguo.
Moon Shadow flashed lightly, flashed the big knife, just before the thief could react, Moon Shadow's soft sword had already wrapped around his neck, the soft sword was extremely sharp, the neck was gently broken, and blood burst out, as if it was the broken little watering can when Su Xiaoxiao was watering the flowers, and liquid kept flowing out of it.
"Ahh Su Xiaoxiao screamed in fright, dead, she had only heard that the old man of which family died, and whose mother died of illness. But it's the first time I've seen a person die so tragically in front of my eyes like this.
More and more people rushed in the direction of the sedan chair, and the soldiers had already been killed. No wonder the wars of Xiangshu always end in failure, and the soldiers are so vulnerable!
Seeing that there were more and more people coming, Moon Shadow reached out and dragged Su Xiaoxiao out of the sedan chair, "Princess, go!" She had a lot of strength and directly dragged Su Xiaoxiao out of the sedan chair, Su Xiaoxiao was shocked, and heard Lanzi shouting her name like a roar, "Su Xiaoxiao, Su Xiaoxiao......"
"Moon Shadow, you can't leave Lanzi behind." Su Xiaoxiao looked at Moon Shadow pleadingly, this indifferent woman, Su Xiaoxiao didn't know if she would turn her head to save Lanzi, but if she didn't save her, Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't go with her, Lanzi was her last relative, and she couldn't leave anything behind.
Moon Shadow hesitated for a moment, glanced back at Lanzi lying next to the sedan door, and pulled out Lanzi with her other hand, and the soft sword was thrown out of her hand, cutting the horse rope tied to Su's small sedan chair. Moon Shadow whistled loudly, and the horse ran obediently.
I have never paid close attention to this group of white horses pulling sedan chairs, but now I look at it, only to find that this horse seems to have spirituality, and can easily dodge so many people, in the scene of the two armies fighting, it is not chaotic, straight towards their direction.
Without waiting for Su Xiaoxiao to think about it, Moon Shadow threw her on the horse, turned over on the horse, and pulled Lanzi again, and as soon as her feet were clamped, the horse galloped out.
Moon Shadow is not idle, the soft sword has not stopped, once it is thrown out, one person will fall, blood splashed on their bodies, Su Xiaoxiao's red wedding dress, I can't see any changes, but Moon Shadow's is different, Su Xiaoxiao saw the blood stains on her light blue shirt with a little side of her head, red mixed with blue looked very weird.
The white horse's body was not pure white anymore, and the bright red blood was sprinkled on the horse bit by bit, as if something had been spilled into the flour. Su Xiaoxiao sat on the horse and was nauseated.
"Don't let them run away, chase me."
"Lao Tzu asked those women to go back to be Mrs. Zhai, and they were rewarded."
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"Stop."
Behind me, I remembered all kinds of roars, and the voice of the man shouting was so harsh, so ugly. Several boxes of tribute had been intercepted by them, and almost all the 1,000 soldiers who had sent them to their relatives had fallen, and now all the bandits who were still standing were pouring in the direction of the horse.
It's like ants before the rain, densely packed, pouring in one direction en masse, and the feeling makes people's hearts numb, itchy, and uncomfortable.
Su Xiaoxiao tilted her head sideways and looked back, but was blocked by Moon Shadow's body.
"Don't look back!" This was the first time that Moon Shadow had spoken to Su Xiaoxiao in such a commanding tone, and Su Xiaoxiao was so stunned that she really didn't dare to look back.
"Hold on." Moon Shadow spoke, and Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horse, although she didn't turn her head to look, but she could hear the voice behind her. The sound of the horse's hooves is like thunder in the rainy season, Xiaosu is afraid of the thunder, every time there is thunder, she always hides in her mother's arms, covering her ears and not daring to go out.
And now, the thunder was so close to her, and it kept getting closer, as if it was going to devour the three of them alive.
Su Xiaoxiao raised her head to look at the sky, the bump of the horse made her feel like vomiting, she had never ridden a horse, this was the first time, Su Xiaoxiao was not used to it. The sky was trembling like this horseback, and the weather was still good, clear and blue.
Moon Shadow's soft sword suddenly flung backwards, followed by the sound of someone falling from a horse. Is it already this close? Have they caught up?