Coming out of the pavilion chief's house, it was already sunset.

The people in the town rested early, and now the doors were closed, and there was only a big yellow dog on the street, wagging its tail and running very happily.

Xiao Yuan hummed a small tune, jumped all the way, and Su Su picked off the dog's tail grass and unknown flowers on the side of the road, and prepared to go back and hand it over to the sister-in-law of the Song family to weave a flower basket.

The sister-in-law of the Song family is a widow in this town, and she is hired to do rough work such as sprinkling, sweeping and sewing.

This time they came out in a hurry, and they brought few people.

In addition to Lao Hai and Su Su, he only took the third son of the Lao Shi family to catch the car, and rented a yard to live in this town, and the original owner of the yard saw that they had a little mother-in-law who did laundry and cooking, so he took the initiative to introduce the sister-in-law of the Song family.

The sister-in-law of the Song family is diligent and hearty, but in just a few days, she has already become familiar with Xiao Yuan and his party.

Xiao Yuanhao already held a large handful of wildflowers in her hand, she thought of the pig's trotters of the pavilion chief's family, and was very sorry: "The pig's trotters of the pavilion chief's granddaughter-in-law are so delicious, I should ask the pavilion chief for some and bring them back to the youngest son of the aunt of the Song family." ”

Sun Chi twitched the corners of his mouth: "Okay, okay, you can't eat and take it like this." You think I don't know what you're thinking. What to eat for the youngest son of the sister-in-law of the Song family, I think you want to eat supper at night. ”

Xiao Yuan smiled: "Uncle is really smart, he even knows what I think." ”

When they were about to turn into the alley where they were temporarily staying, they happened to meet the sister-in-law of the Song family.

"Mr. Sun, little girl," the sister-in-law of the Song family greeted warmly, "someone from your family has arrived." Hey, no one came looking for you? ”

Sun Chi asked, "What kind of person is here?" ”

"They said they came from your house in the capital, and I just warmed up their meals, and then went home to wash their clothes. I just thought about putting away the dishes and chopsticks, but these people are no longer there. I saw that the horses at the mouth of the alley were still there, and I thought they were looking for you. ”

Sun Chi didn't care much: "Xu took a fork in the road with us, and the two ends didn't meet." ”

The sister-in-law of the Song family said curiously: "How can you take a fork in the road?" How big can this town be, coming back from the pavilion chief's house, this is the way. I don't know whose Tao boy pointed them the wrong way. ”

After saying goodbye to the sister-in-law of the Song family, a few people turned into their own alley, and sure enough, they saw six horses tied to a few trees at the mouth of the alley.

"The people from the capital are really slow, they found us so late, and Junzi has met with us a few times."

Lao Hai let out a sigh of disdain: "Little general, are we going back with them in a while?" ”

Sun Chi shook his head: "Don't go back, go downstream." ”

At first, he felt that Xiao Yuan was messing around, but at this moment, it was Sun Chi who was leading this field investigation of Lanjiang Shui.

"Since it's all out, let's just find out and go back. The palace only sent four people, and there was no accompanying princess honor guard, which did not mean that Ah Hao wanted to go back immediately. ”

Xiao Yuan was curious: "Uncle, isn't there six horses?" Why do you say there are only four people here? ”

Sun Chi smiled: "You see, there are six horses, but only four of them have saddles, and the other two are just accompanying them." ”

Xiao Yuan suddenly realized that Dayan did not have a horseshoe, and the horses were very easy to wear and tear, and it was the work of the rich family to bring two more horses when they went out.

Entering the alley, Xiao Yuanhao was still annoyed with Su Su before he forgot to hand over the flowers and plants in his hand to the sister-in-law of the Song family, and suddenly heard Sun Chi shout: "Ah Hao, silence!" ”

Xiao Yuan was startled, and subconsciously covered his mouth.

Sun Chi pulled Xiao Yuanhao and Su Su to his side one by one, and glanced at Lao Hai.

His hands were trembling slightly, not from fear, but with excitement.

A subconscious excitement at the smell of blood.

Sun Chi hugged the two little girls tightly, his eyes moved with the movements of Lao Hai and Shi Saburo, he was so excited and nervous that he even forgot to breathe.

The door was not locked, Shi Saburo stretched out his foot and gently pushed it, and the courtyard door "creaked" and opened a crack.

Several people held their breath and waited for a long time before Lao Hai took a deep breath, kicked open the courtyard door, and rushed into the small courtyard.

The flock of chickens resting in the corner of the wall were startled by Lao Hai, flapping their wings, stretching their necks and chirping for a while.

The courtyard was empty.

The big white cat's hooves meowed, and they ran out to meet them, and the fat on their bodies shook as they ran.

Xiao Yuan is good, but he always feels that there seems to be something wrong with today's hoof.

Su Su's eyes were sharp, and he had already screamed in a low voice: "Your Highness, there is blood on the hoof!" ”

Really.

Xiao Yuan picked up the hoof, and saw that the hair on its back was dyed scarlet, and when he grabbed it with his hand, it was wet and sticky.

"Hoof...... Injured? ”

Sun Chi also touched it, and twisted his two blood-stained fingers: "It's human blood." Ah Hao, don't go in, San Lang goes in to catch the car, Su Su and Uncle Hai go to pack their things, the sooner the better. Let's get out of here now. ”

Xiao Yuanhao smelled danger from Sun Chi's words: "Uncle, are those people from the palace here to kill me?" ”

This is not the first time Xiao Yuanhao has encountered the danger of death.

From being thrown into a koi pond just after crossing over, to the life-and-death fight with the sixth son Xiao Jianyi in the rockery, she always seems to be unable to be a comfortable and happy little princess.

Xiao Yuanhao thought that it would be much safer outside the palace, but he didn't expect that when he left the palace and left Beijing, he would encounter a blatant assassination.

Sun Chi's eyes were slightly dark, after all, she was a little girl, although she pretended to be calm, how could she hide the fear in her eyes?

It was he who was careless, and he shouldn't have sent a few people away.

He hugged Xiao Yuan tightly, and pretended to smile easily: "Don't be afraid, maybe it's just a few little thieves." ”

Not long after, Lao Hai came out with Su Su, who was pale in his face.

"Little General, everything is packed, we can leave now." Old Hays paused, "The people have also been found, there are four in total, all in the cabinet." ”

Hearing the word "cabinet", Su Su trembled again, and his eyes were full of horror, obviously thinking of something bad.

Sun Chi didn't hesitate any longer: "Don't delay, hurry up." Junzi and they are waiting for us in front, and when they make peace with Junko, let Junzi come back to deal with the affairs here. ”

Shi Saburo drove the car out, Lao Hai picked up Sun Chi and a few people in the car, rode his horse, and went to the front to find Shunzi first.

Xiao Yuan leaned against the car window, watched Lao Hai gallop by, and said enviously: "Uncle, it's good to be able to ride a horse." ”

Sun Chi's expression was gloomy, yes, it's good to be able to ride a horse, if he can ride a horse at this time, why use this Laoshizi's carriage!

"Actually, my uncle can also ride a horse."

Xiao Yuan tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Does uncle know about stirrups?" ”

Dayan only has a saddle, horseshoes and stirrups, and it is precisely because of this that Xiao Yuanhao greatly admires people who can ride horses in this time and space, how superb riding skills must be, so that they don't need to rely on the support of stirrups.

Sun Chi really didn't know: "What is a stirrup?" ”

In order to dispel the fear of the unknown, Xiao Yuanhao danced in the car and said to Sun Chi and Su Su: "I see it from the third brother's notebook......"

The carriage galloped out of town and toward the villages downstream.

Shi Saburo, who was driving the car, listened to the sound of the girl chirping in the car, and his mood was much more relaxed.

This is the first time he has gone far away, and Ah Weng said that he wants him to go out with the little general to go out for some training, and when he returns home, it will be good for him to find relatives.

It was the middle of spring, and the dirt roads were lush and green, and the weeds had been dormant for a winter, and at this moment all the accumulated strength burst out, crawling all over the deep ditches on the side of the road.

Shi Saburo stared at the verdant greenery on both sides, thinking about the happy event of getting married, and was in a good mood, whistling while raising his horsewhip high-

Before the whip fell, the weeds in the deep ditch seemed to have grown into human shapes, and in the twilight quadrangle, they were like ghosts, and they pounced on the carriage with their teeth and claws!