There were many more soldiers and horses galloping on the ground than before, and the atmosphere in the guard road was much more tense, most of the cities that were once free to enter and exit were closed, and the guards stared vigilantly outside the city gates.

"When is this?"

In the Jiangling Mansion, Hu Zhifu was pacing again and again.

"When has this been? The rebel Shi Dynasty has not yet been ambushed, the remnants of the rebel army are wandering everywhere, and the imperial court has used soldiers and horses against Weidao, and Weidao rebels ....."

"Your Excellency, you are wrong." Li Minghua corrected, "It was Yanhaidao who rebelled first, and the imperial court used soldiers and horses." ”

Governor Hu stopped to look at her: "Miss Minghua, why did Yanhaidao rebel?" It's not because of the court, no, the lady is persecuted. ”

Li Minghua shook his head: "That's even more wrong, Yanhai Dao Changji kills people, and it is reasonable for the court to ask for guilt." ”

"You ....." Hu Zhifu said, and stopped again, "I won't argue with you about this, why Yanhai Dao Changji, why the female marquis, everyone knows it, Miss Minghua, you are not one of those boudoir ladies, you also know it very well in your heart." ”

Li Minghua smiled: "Master Hu, I'm still Miss Boudoir." ”

Hu Zhifu snorted, he already had respect for this little girl who led the troops to help in times of crisis, and after getting along with each other over the years, she has become like an elder and a relative and friend.

"I warn you." He lowered his voice, "I know that you have a lot of relationship with that lady, and you have a lot of dealings, but you have to remember that woman is different from you, and different from other women, you should stay away from her." ”

Li Minghua smiled: "Is it because she is the same as you men?" ”

Hu Zhifu glared: "What? ”

The man was wary of women of his own kind and unconscious, Li Minghua pursed his lips and smiled, not continuing the topic.

"Master Hu." She said, "We are not talking about the affairs of the imperial court, nor about the affairs of the female prince, but now we are in our own territory." ”

She stood up.

"The soldiers and horses of the Southeast Province crossed the border from us, did not accept verification, and arrested our people, how can I not ask?"

"It's not our soldiers and horses that are captured, it's the Chu army." Governor Hu also corrected her, with a solemn expression, "Miss Minghua, this is a matter between the Southeast Dao and the female marquis, let's not interfere." ”

Li Minghua was silent for a moment, but still shook his head: "No, what happened in our territory is what happened to us in Southeast Dao." ”

Let's move forward.

"Come, gather the soldiers."

The maidservants followed, put their cloaks on her, and rushed out as they briskly went, giving orders one after another.

Outside the yamen, the horse's hooves sounded like a torrential rain.

Hu Zhifu stomped his feet, "Minghua!" "Chased out.

When night falls, a dense array of torches lights up around a fortress.

This fortress is located in the valley, isolated and independent, and it seems that a husband and wife cannot open it.

But at this moment, it is surrounded by countless torches, like a small boat in the sea, ready to be overturned at any time.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door!"

The roar was like the continuous fluttering of the waves, and the darkness was a little less ferocious, and it sounded a little cheerful.

The locusts lay behind the rocks and spat heavily.

"Boss." A guard huddled beside him and whispered, "Even if we don't open the door, they can pass, and now we have to open the door to pass, are the guards so obedient?" ”

The locust raised his hand and slapped him, slapping his hat crookedly, "Keep a fart rule, have a fart rule, are you stupid?" They are besieging us, they are trying to kill us! ”

As if in response to his words, the waves roared again, "If we don't open the door again, we will attack the city."

The guards looked at the torches around them, and they didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were, and they could be swallowed up at the first order......

The locust stood up and snorted, spitting its saliva farther away.

The soldiers and horses who lit the torches were leisurely and a little impatient.

"Your Excellency." A guard said to the general standing under the banner of the Southeast Provincial Guard, "The governor has already passed, aren't we leaving?" There's no need to waste time on this small level. ”

The general was bored picking his nails and said: "We have gone all the way, only this small checkpoint has to check our car driving cage, what does this mean?" ”

"Mean, they follow the rules?" The guards guessed.

The general sneered: "It shows that they want to die!" He looked ahead, "This is the boundary of Jiangling Mansion, and the guards also hang the guard flag, but when the previous group of guards came out, there was still a big flag with the word Chu mixed in it." ”

The guards knew: "Those people in the Chu army are still there?" Wasn't it driven away by Jiwei and other places before? Gangnam Province still has a place to take them in? ”

"So they must not stay." The general said fiercely, "And I want to kill them reasonably." ”

In this way, it can not only eliminate hidden dangers, but also not startle snakes.

The guards understood: "No wonder we have to pass through this checkpoint, they want to check us, we are allowed to cross the border by the imperial court, and their insistence on not letting them go is an act of robbing and robbing bandits, and killing them is also a good ..... to eliminate violence."

As for how to explain the killing in Gangnam Province, it is estimated that no one in Gangnam Province wants to explain.

The general looked at the sky: "It's almost, take advantage of the dark night and high wind, send them on the road." ”

With an order, the scattered firelight condensed, and the locust lying on the stone also stopped spitting: "The grandsons are going to do it!" ”

The guards scattered here and there stood up and there was a slight commotion.

"Let's fight then." Someone came from not far away and gave an order.

Under the light of the torches, the masons of the year were no longer a little green, wearing armor and holding knives, surrounded by four personal guards, holding the flag of the Chu army.

"I can't beat it." The locust muttered.

Zhou Yan glanced at him.

The locust hurriedly crossed his waist and said, "I can't run even if I run." ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the dark night ahead, condensing the burning torches and cursing.

"This group of grandsons is going to kill us at all! Even if we die, we will drag a few more pads! ”

The guards shouted along with him, and the atmosphere of battle ensued.

Zhou Yan was about to give an order, but saw the sentries waving their flags, "The attack has stopped." "Here comes again."

And there are soldiers and horses? Is it the Southeast Province that has increased its troops again? Zhou Yan was not afraid, and the earth locusts had already rushed over to look out, dancing and laughing.

"It's Miss Minghua here!"

"I knew Miss Minghua was coming!"

"This is Gangneung Mansion, Miss Minghua won't not come!"

......

.......

In the scorching torches, the banner of Li characters was unfurled, and more than a dozen women wearing armor were very conspicuous in the night.

The general saluted the little woman who came over: "Miss Minghua." ”

Li Minghua said: "You are a person from the Southeast Province, and you actually besieged our Jiangling Mansion guards, and my Jiangling Mansion is not afraid to fight with you." ”

She took the guards of Gangneung Mansion and the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Province, standing in front of this military formation like a.

The general hurriedly said: "Miss Minghua misunderstood, we are not going to besiege Jiangling Mansion. ”

He pointed behind him.

"We are allowed to pass by by the imperial court, but these people do not allow us to pass, and it is they who embarrass us first."

Li Minghua looked behind him, behind him there were layers of soldiers and horses, and behind him there was a heavy cart shrouded in the night.

"What the imperial court allows you to leave Weidao, it's not that you don't need to be verified when you cross the border." She said, raising her hand to the soldiers and horses behind her, "Come on, check." ”

The guards behind him were in unison.

The general took a step back and shouted to Miss Hua slowly, and the guards behind him also changed formations to meet him.

Governor Hu, who rushed over, hurriedly persuaded: "If you have something to say, say it well!" It's all your own people! ”

Li Minghua said: "What do you have that you can't verify? ”

The general held his waist and was arrogant: "This is our eldest lady's dowry, exquisite and luxurious, you take a look, if you lose it, what should I do?" ”

Li Minghua smiled and looked behind him: "Is it just a few cars?" I really didn't see it as a dowry, when our family Minglou married to Taiyuan Mansion, the dowry...."

She surveyed the generals and the military formation behind them.

"That's about the same number as you."

"You have a lot of people escorting the dowry, but the dowry is not much."

The general's face stiffened, and Li Minghua didn't wait for him to speak, and said again.

"Don't worry, take your list to check, but if there is a little bit of damage, I will pay double the compensation."

If someone else said this, the general could hold his waist and laugh "You can't afford to pay", but he was facing Jiannan Dao, which has gold, copper and salt......

"Miss Minghua."

Someone came at a hurry from the rear.

"Please listen to me."

This is a scribe without armor, followed by two guards, as if he has just arrived.

He saluted Li Minghua and then to Governor Hu, and said with a smile: "Miss Minghua, Master Hu, we meet again." ”

Li Minghua and Hu Zhifu identified them by torches and recognized them as one of Xiang Yun's doormen, one of the doormen he brought with him when Xiang Yun used the name of Southeast Province to help Jiangnan Province.

Hu Zhifu was surprised: "You are here too." ”

Li Minghua was not surprised, his expression was indifferent: "It's just right that you came, when your family escorted our eldest lady to Taiyuan Mansion, did our family ever have such guards who besieged a place from one place?" ”

Your family and our family, this is estrangement, the marriage of the Qi family and the Xiang family, the people of the Li family will be unhappy, the guest does not accept this topic, and he is not here to persuade the relationship between the two families, he is straight to the point: "Miss Minghua, the governor has something to say to you, please come with me." ”

Avoiding the crowd, the doorman personally held a torch to shine, Li Minghua read the letter written by Xiang Yun, during which his expression changed from shock to nervousness to slight panic, and finally pinched the letter for a long time without speaking.

The doorman observed the words, and then took out the token given by the old manager of Jiannan Dao: "Miss Minghua, the eldest lady has already set off, and the second master and your father are also with you." ”

Li Minghua raised his head and looked at him: "Uncle Xiang is asking me to go too?" ”

The doorman smiled and said: "The governor didn't mean this, the governor just meant to say hello to the young lady, the fourth master should want to tell the young lady about you, but the trip was in a hurry, and the eldest lady considered that this was a family matter, so it was inconvenient to take you along." ”

Li Mingqi, this girl is still like this, Li Minghua smiled.

"The Governor is just saying hello to you, so that you know what the Governor of Qi is doing, so that there is no conflict." The doorman said, "The governor said, Miss Minghua is a smart and clever person, and she has a thorough view of the world, and she ..... about what he said."

He pointed to the letter in Li Minghua's hand.

The letter said very bluntly that Han Xu colluded with the female marquis to murder the first emperor Cui Zheng and the third prince, and wanted to blackmail the queen mother and the young emperor to steal the country.

"The governor explained that Miss Hua had a plan in her heart, so we don't need to say more."

Li Minghua was silent, the assassination of the first emperor of the Songzhou night banquet came, even if she was a teenage girl, she didn't believe that there was such a thing in the world, the death of the first emperor must be related to the female marquis.

But she is just a teenage girl, and she doesn't dare to say that she can see through the world, and she doesn't speak or act before she sees clearly.

"Miss Minghua, time is pressing, then we'll go first." The doorman said, "Please also ask Miss Minghua for a favor." ”

Li Minghua looked at him: "What? ”

The doorman pointed to the fortress over there: "The Chu army is the female marquis's soldiers and horses, in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes, I also asked Miss Minghua to do me a favor." ”

Li Minghua looked at the fortress and did not speak.

The doorman didn't say any more, handed the torch to Li Minghua, Shi Li said goodbye, walked a few steps and turned back.

"Miss Minghua, although the governor didn't say much, I still want to take the liberty to say a few words." He said, "Now that the world is changing, the wind and clouds are changing, insects can become dragons, dragons can also become insects, Miss Minghua has today because of Jiannan Road, and Jiannan Road can also be more powerful because of Miss Minghua." ”

He said that without waiting for Li Minghua to answer, he strode away and disappeared into the night.

Li Minghua held the torch in one hand and Xiang Yun's letter in the other, was stunned for a moment, ignited the letter on the torch and shook his hand, and a ball of fire rose and turned into ashes.

"Miss Minghua." Governor Hu asked from a distance.

Li Minghua turned around with a torch: "Master Hu, let them pass." ”

......

......

The locust let out a strange cry, turned around and sprayed saliva on the face of his companion next to him.

"Haha, they retreated!" He shouted, "This group of grandsons, they really don't dare to make a big fuss!" ”

After shouting, he spat again and beckoned to his companions.

"Come on, catch up! I haven't checked it yet, so I don't want to pass by us! ”

Instead of clamoring as before, and no one responded, someone pulled him.

"Boss." "Some people retreated, but there were still a lot of people around us." ”

The locust was stunned, looked outside, and shouted: "That's Miss Minghua's person, it's our own person!" It's to protect us. ”

Zhou Yan didn't speak, he made a secret signal to the sentry, and after a while, he heard a sharp sound of breaking the air, accompanied by a shout.

"The soldiers of Jiangling Mansion are here, you must not move! Otherwise, you won't be killed! ”