The carriage galloped all the way, a day and a night has been out of the capital hundreds of miles away, a strange road for me, Qingluo is full of confidence, he is not a person who talks much, but there is a sense of trust in nature.

With my frailty, I can't stand the bumps of the mountain road for a long time, so Qingluo chooses to be a spacious and stable avenue, so that we need more time to reach Yancheng, at twilight, Qingluo usually takes me to rest at the inn along the way, worried that the news of my departure from Beijing may be leaked, he picks an inconspicuous small shop, and waits for me to eat and sleep enough to nourish my spirit before going on the road again.

When I had to sleep in the wilderness, I slept peacefully in a warm carriage, and Qingluo set up a simple tent outside the carriage to block the wind, and spent the night like this, and the next day I slept and continued on my way.

The weather on this day is fine, cloudless, it is a rare good weather since the beginning of winter, the carriage stopped in the backyard of an inn, I took advantage of the gap between Qingluo feeding the horse to feed the forage and drilled out, and was stuffy in the carriage for several days, but it hurt me, I looked around, and saw Qingluo stirring the grass and corn bark from the store with his hands, and so the horse ate happily, he was not idle, and began to help the horse comb his hair, a big man served a horse so attentively, it is really rare.

I stepped forward and deliberately said in a deep voice like a man: "Qingluo, you have a deep affection for this horse. ”

His eyes softened: "When I followed the prince in the army, this horse followed me, and it has been eight years." ”

Qingluo is estimated to be about the same age as Li Xuan, Li Xuan bowed at the age of fifteen, and was driven down the mountain by the old man of Jiuyin to meet Long Xiao, so calculated, Li Xuan was trained in the army to assist Long Xiao to ascend the throne, I have always regarded him as a civil minister, this time to send troops to the south, I only thought it was because of Mrs. Tilting Moon, it turned out that he had been on the battlefield for a long time.

"When I knew the prince, he was not a prince yet, he started from the lowest soldier in the army, and climbed up to the position of general step by step.

"The prince has a good martial arts, but the battlefield is about power and strategy, and the chance of winning by one person is very small. Once, he took the initiative to lead a small group of people to raid the enemy's camp where food and grass were stored, but unexpectedly fell into an enemy ambush, and all the 100 people accompanying him died. ”

People who don't talk much talk about Li Xuan's past from Rong to gush endlessly, and they do not hide their admiration for Li Xuan, for every Qingluo in the palace, Li Xuan is their god and their faith.

I listened quietly, and couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat when I heard the danger, Li Xuan protected me well, I was used to seeing him who was light and light, and forgot that power started at the end of the day, he did not have the background of the emperor's relatives, and he could have a foothold in the capital, and he must have experienced the unbearable suffering of ordinary people.

I stroked the horse's back in the same way as Qingluo: "How long will it take to get to Yancheng?" ”

"If you go on, you can go to Qinzhou tomorrow, and when you leave Qinzhou, you won't be far from Yancheng."

How long have we been apart, five months or six months? The closer I get, the more I want to see Li Xuan.

After dinner, I asked the shopkeeper to boil a few buckets of hot water, and when I heard that the local area is famous for hot springs, I decided to take a good bath.

I untied the headband, put down the 3,000 green silk, walked behind the screen, took off my coat, my middle coat, and my dirty clothes in turn, and finally tore off the strips of cloth that bound my chest and put them on the screen. Long hair to the waist, red lips and white teeth, such a scene fell into the eyes of the man in black hidden on the beam, undoubtedly the beauty of the city, he understood what I was going to do, and quickly turned his face, the face under the black cloth towel was secretly hot.

I slid into the bathing vat, the warmth spread through my pores to every part of my body, and in the thick of the steam, I picked up a handful of water and threw it on my face, my breathing became longer with the release of exhaustion. I took the cloth towel that was placed next to the bathtub, dipped it in hot water and wiped my body, nearly half a month of sleeping in the open air, rarely bathing so comfortably, I leaned back to rest in enjoyment, and almost didn't fall asleep in a daze.

The temperature of the water gradually cooled down, soaked almost, I was going to get up and dress, the moment I looked down, I suddenly saw a black shadow reflected on the clear water, I was in my heart, I didn't feel angry, this person was only afraid that I sneaked in before I entered the house, then I just took off and bathed, didn't he see it all?

I'm naked in the water, I'm at a disadvantage, screaming and shouting at this time, maybe I won't be able to die before anyone comes, even if someone comes, I can't see anyone like this, what should I do, there are people on the hanging beam, I can't just get out of the bath, right?

I subconsciously bit the knuckle of my index finger, thinking about the countermeasure, I motionless to observe the reflection, he seemed to deliberately not look at me, my eyes fell on the towel on the side, and I thought about it.

I naturally picked up the towel for fear of getting wet in the bathtub, taking advantage of the man's unpreparedness, with lightning speed to throw the handkerchief to the hanging beam, when he avoided it, I quickly got out of the bathtub, ripped off the coat on the screen to wrap my body, he fell lightly, landed directly opposite me, did not make a sound, saw my embarrassed state, he quickly turned around, he was masked, I can't recognize it, only feel that the eyes seem familiar, but I can't remember anything.

"Who are you?" I forced myself to compose and tried to divert his attention, he turned his back to me, as if he was enduring something, I hid behind the screen, grabbed a set of clean middle clothes and put them on in a panic, he was very gentlemanly, and he didn't turn back when he heard the sound of my rubbing, as soon as I was dressed neatly, I immediately opened my throat and shouted: "Someone-"

He turned around and glared at me viciously, angry and helpless, I thought he would draw his sword to kill me, but he quickly moved towards the door, but before he could open the door, he was stopped by Qingluo who pushed the door in.

Qing Luo heard my shouts and came with his sword, and seeing my embarrassment, he looked away and concentrated on dealing with the man in black.

The masked man in black wanted to leave this room, only the door behind Qingluo had an exit, when he was deadlocked, he swept towards me, and in a hurry, Qingluo also ran to me, there was a vacancy behind him, the man in black saw this, drew his sword out of the sheath, and blocked Qingluo's attack in a few moves, Qingluo cared about my identity, and did not want to do more entanglement, so he let go of the man in black.

After the person left, Qingluo asked me anxiously, "You're not hurt, are you?" "When I go out, I have a lot of disguises for my identity, and it's not good for him to call me princess again.

I shook my head, shocked, and he said with a solemn expression: "It seems that our whereabouts have been leaked, you pack up, and we will leave immediately." ”

He went next door to pack his bags, and I tied my hair and belt, not daring to delay for a moment.

When I got dressed again, Qingluo hadn't come over to ask me to leave, I was worried about delaying the trip, so I opened the door and walked to the lobby of the inn, and hurried downstairs, but I saw that the hall was brightly lit and full of people, all of them were young and middle-aged men, looking like well-trained soldiers, there were still a few days away from Yancheng, I wouldn't be stupid enough to think that Li Xuan sent someone to pick me up, I haven't seen Qingluo yet, I can roughly guess that he is trapped.

I walked out the door step by step, and sure enough, one of them stopped to stop my way, I stopped and looked over, these people were all unfamiliar faces, although they were not masked, but I didn't know anything about their identities, and I couldn't think of a way to deal with them for a while.

Just as I hesitated, a man came from behind me, he paced, a dark blue robe lined with his figure and extraordinary bearing, he kept staring at my face, his eyes were as sharp as a falcon, and he gave me a sense of danger and familiarity.

"Take her away." He gave orders coldly, and even his voice was hard and emotionless, it was simply a piece of ice that would not melt for thousands of years.

"Who the hell are you?" I am like a fish on a chopping board, to be slaughtered. I thought that I could avoid interception and killing by secretly leaving Beijing, but I didn't want to fall into the hands of traitors, thinking that Long Xiao's dead soldiers were unable to resist and there would be casualties, and the news would soon reach the capital, and Long Xiao would also send someone to rescue him, so I was a little relieved.

The man refused to look at me again, and as he passed me, I took his hand and asked again, "Who are you?" ”

He was very tall and gave people a strong sense of oppression, and I almost looked up at him: "I thought you would come to me with a jade pendant." ”

Jade pendant? He woke me up with a word: "You were the one who gave me the jade pendant in Mozhu Jusai that night?" ”

That jade pendant has a unique dragon pattern, which is unforgettable, I hid it well, and I took it with me when I went out this time, I remember that he said that if he wanted to leave Li Xuan, he would take the jade pendant to him for help, but then my relationship with Li Xuan became stronger and stronger, and I never thought about abandoning him, and this jade pendant naturally did not come in handy.

I suddenly remembered another thing, and I became vigilant: "The dragon pattern on that jade pendant is exactly the same as the one on the Xiaoye dagger, you are from the south?" ”

He was silent, and there was that hug with unknown meaning, I had a very bad premonition in my heart, if I was really taken away by him, I was not familiar with life, how to get out of this way? He is from the southern country, and the southern country is at war with Daqi, will he use me to blackmail Li Xuan? It's already sad to lose Li Xuan, the lady of the Falling Moon, if I also die at the hands of the southerners, how desperate should Li Xuan be?

I must try my best to escape, and I must not become a burden to Li Xuan.

The man saw through my mind at a glance: "No matter how hard you struggle, it's useless, I want to take you away, I must have made all preparations." ”

He is not ten percent sure that there should be eighty percent, look at the hall full of people are his people, the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper have long since lost their shadows, and I don't know if they were extinguished or ran away from the wind, at this time, I can't be rash and hard-hitting, I have no way out, I thought about it, and said hard: "Okay, I'll go with you, where are you going to take me?" ”

"Qinzhou."

I thought that the gang should at least sneak up on me when they kidnapped me, but when it was nightfall, the man still let me ride in the carriage in which I came up, and he asked one of his men to drive for me, and he quickly mounted his horse and rode to the front of the group to lead the way, as if he didn't care whether I was alive or dead, and did not believe that I could escape from his control, I pouted, and entered the carriage with reluctance.

Later, Qi Ao told me that he was in a hurry to come and take me away, and he wanted to ride a horse with the two of us, but when he saw the layout in the carriage, even he was surprised by Long Xiao's carefulness, and because of the rush all the way, he decided to let me take this carriage to Qinzhou.

The night was dark, the moon and stars were scarce, the people in the city were still asleep, an ordinary carriage was galloping on the road, and I was still disguised as a man in the car, after this night, I was getting farther and farther away from Li Xuan, I was restless in the carriage, but there was nothing I could do.

Full of worries, sleepless nights.

I never imagined that I was really taken to the prosperous Qinzhou, and lived in the mansion of the current city lord of Qinzhou, and what I didn't expect was that Qi Ao, the city lord of Qinzhou, personally led someone to intercept me on my way to Yancheng.