Chapter 23: Attacked
The coachman knew the task and galloped all the way to the city gate waiting for the escort procession.
After waiting for a while, a pair of officials left the city with the prisoner cart and drove south.
Qing Huan's carriage followed not far behind, and she looked at Li Yan through the small window, only to see him wearing prison clothes, sitting decadently in the prison car, not knowing what he was thinking.
Qing Huan only felt sad when he looked at it, that handsome gentleman fell into such a situation, he probably felt very uncomfortable.
The anger in the cell that day, Qinghuan has long since disappeared.
She just wants to follow Li Yan and take care of him all the way, so that he can suffer less crimes. Stopped and went until noon, Qing Huan found a place to eat, the prisoner car also stopped aside, the two officials bought a few steamed buns at random to eat, Qing Huan bought some wine and meat from here and brought them to the officials.
The two officials had already been taken care of, and they were not surprised to see her coming, but introduced themselves politely, "Madame has a heart, my name is Zhao Da, this is my younger brother Zhao Xiaoer, our brothers are responsible for escorting the prince to a place eight hundred miles away from the city, and we will do our best to take care of the prince during this journey." ”
Qing Huan was grateful, and took out a little broken silver, "This is what I mean, please smile at the two little brothers." ”
Zhao Da excused himself, but still accepted it.
Qing Huan said, "Then I'll send him some food." ”
The two brothers naturally wouldn't stop them and let Qinghuan go. Qing Huan handed the food into the prisoner car, and Li Yan turned his head to look away, ignoring it.
Qing Huan said in a harmonious voice: "Is the prince still angry with that day?" ”
Li Yan didn't answer, so Qing Huan continued: "If you are angry, you will be angry, you have to eat." “
Li Yan still didn't react, Qing Huan sighed and said, "Why do you bother yourself? I've put things here, so you can eat a little bit. Then he ignored him or not, and walked back on his own.
After a short break in the afternoon, we set off again.
Qing Huan took a nap in the car, and the bumps were so bumpy that his bones fell apart. When I couldn't sleep, I got up and looked at the person in the prisoner's car, only to see that he was still in that position, motionless.
Qing Huan laughed angrily and said to Ah Gu: "Look at that idiot, why torture yourself? ”
When Agu knew what was going on between them, he said, "Why should Madame bother with him?" ”
Qing Huan said: "He treated me well in the past, but now that he is suffering, can I not care?" ”
Agu pouted, "He broke Madame's heart." “
Qing Huan knocked her head with her hand, "Mouthful." “
Agu shrugged his shoulders and stopped talking.
The road was very long, and when it was finally time for dinner, Qing Huan sent something over again, and seeing that his lunch had not moved at all, he said helplessly: "If you are hungry, you will not be able to fight with me." “
Li Yan still didn't answer, Qing Huan could only put down the things, "You don't want to eat what I sent, then let Agu deliver it." “
After speaking, he went to Brother Zhao and said, "I bother the two little brothers to persuade him to eat something, how can he stand it like this." “
The two little brothers naturally nodded in agreement and went to persuade him.
Zhao Da said to Li Yan: "Although the prince has been hit, his wife will not give up, which is also a blessing." The prince ate a little bit, so as not to disappoint his wife. ”
Zhao Xiaoer was also next to him and said, "Yes, yes, the prince should eat a little." ”
I only heard Li Yan's voice hoarse and replied: "Bother the two little brothers to tell her for me that I don't want to see her, let her not come." ”
Brother Zhao looked at each other, not knowing what to say, so he could only persuade again, so he gave up and went to rest by himself. The next day, I didn't dare to tell Qing Huan this sentence.
But the next day, Qinghuan didn't go to deliver the meal, but let Agu go.
Agu came back and said, "He seems to have eaten some, but not much. ”
Qing Huan was still very happy to hear it, and he ate a little, which was not bad.
Seeing that she was happy, Agu said a little angrily, "Madame is happy, Madame doesn't know what he said to me." ”
"What did you say?"
Agu said angrily: "He asked Madame not to go again, he didn't want to see Madame." Why don't you say he doesn't appreciate it? “
Qing Huan smiled, "He is in such a miserable situation now, he must be aggrieved in his heart, don't worry about him generally." “
Agu could only pout his lips to show his dissatisfaction.
The next few days went well, and there were no twists and turns along the way. Qing Huan thought that this would be the way in the future, and he was very glad in his heart, but who knew that something would happen that night.
They were unable to reach the town that night, so they had to spend the night in the mountains and forests.
Qinghuan and the others had been keeping a distance from the prisoner car, and that night, too, they were parked far away, and they could only vaguely see Li Yan's situation through the light of the torches.
She slept too much during the day, and she couldn't sleep at night, so she got up and habitually looked in the direction of Li Yan.
The torches were blown by the wind and flickered a little, Qing Huan saw Zhao Dazheng sleeping soundly, and Zhao Xiaoer was keeping vigil, but he was also drowsy.
Li Yan in the prisoner car was leaning back, and he had also fallen asleep. Qing Huan saw it, and when he was about to put down the curtain, he caught a glimpse of some figures in the forest.
There were no torches on their side, no one kept vigil, and the other two slept well.
So when Qing Huan found out that there were people, he was very frightened, thinking that it was just an illusion, so he had the courage to look out secretly with one eye.
Now I can see clearly, some men in black are quietly approaching. Qing Huan trembled with fright, and her intuition told her that these were not good people.
Her palms were sweating, and her forehead was starting to sweat, but she just couldn't figure out what to do. She looked out from time to time and found that the men in black were slowly approaching in the direction of Li Yan.
Qing Huan was worried about Li Yan's safety, and he really couldn't think of any good way, so he decided to take a risk.
She quietly took out the prepared torches, lit them in the car, jumped out of the car quickly, and ran desperately in the direction of Li Yan, shouting as she ran: "Wake up, there are bad people, Zhao Da Zhao Xiaoer wake up quickly." "It's almost screaming.
She quickly woke up the Zhao brothers, and Li Yan in the prisoner car also quickly woke up and saw the situation clearly.
Qing Huan's actions angered the men in black, and some of them ran towards Qing Huan, and the rest immediately attacked.
Zhao Da reacted quickly, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to throw the key to Li Yan.
Li Yan took it and quickly opened his hands and feet.
The secret guards hidden at that time were also dispatched and quickly surrounded Li Yan.
After Li Yan untied himself, he got out of the prisoner car, and said angrily: "What are you doing around me, why don't you go and save Madame." “
In fact, several people in the dark guard rushed directly in the direction of Qing Huan at first, trying to block the attack of the man in black on Qing Huan.
Qing Huan only felt that there was a strong wind blowing in her face, she was so frightened that her feet were weak, and she wanted to run away but couldn't take a step, when someone grabbed her from behind, threw her aside, and fought with the man in black.
Qing Huan was smashed to pieces, and the torch was also taken off and fell to the ground and extinguished.
Qing Huan lay on the ground and relieved the pain a little, and then thought about going to find Agu.
Agu had already woken up when Qing Huan screamed, and when she went south and north, she thought she had encountered a bandit, and she was not very scared, and she wanted to get out of the car to find Qing Huan.
However, it was dark outside, and the torches on the side of the prisoner's cart flickered with a faint light, and it was extinguished in a few moments. Qing Huan couldn't see the situation clearly, so he could only grope by himself, hiding behind a tree, and there was the sound of swords colliding in his ears, the groans of someone being injured and falling to the ground, and the sound of the wind hulala.
Qing Huan couldn't see clearly, but she could also imagine this fighting scene, she had no ability to protect herself, so she could only keep moving back, wanting to stay away from the battlefield.
When she saw the man in black, she had long forgotten that there was such a thing as a secret guard, otherwise she would not have taken a risk, after all, these dark guards must have also discovered the man in black.
Qing Huan moved back, ran into a pile of grass, and quickly hid in. She couldn't care about anything else now, and not causing trouble was the only thing she could do.
On Li Yan's side, several secret guards escorted him away from the center of the chaos.
He was very confused, because he was escorted away, and he didn't see the situation on Qinghuan's side. He was worried, anxious, but to no avail, because no one knew what the situation was now. He could only wait, his hands clenched and trembling invisibly.
An accident comes and goes quickly.
Qing Huan hid in the grass, and heard the sound of the fight gradually stopping, and the moaning of people gradually became weaker. She looked up to see the situation, but couldn't see anything. She didn't dare to go out rashly, so she could only continue to hide.
After a while, Qing Huan saw that someone had lit a torch, she looked up again, but she didn't see the man in black, and she was relieved.
Some of the guards were walking around with torches to check the situation, and when they saw a man in black who was not dead, they would make up for it.
It didn't take long for the dark guards to come out, and she hid in the grass and heard Li Yan's voice.
I heard him ask the dark guard very anxiously in his tone: "What about Madam?" “
One of the guards replied, "I haven't found it yet." “
Li Yan was furious and kicked the secret guard away, "You group of waste, you can't even look down on a person." “
The man hurriedly got up from the ground, "Don't worry, Lord Wang, we are searching with all our might." “
When Qing Huan heard this, he hurriedly got up from the grass and walked towards them, shouting as he went, "I'm here." “
Everyone turned their heads to look in her direction, but their faces changed instantly.
Qing Huan quickly reacted, there must be something behind it. Her back was numb, and she was so frightened that she couldn't move, only to see Li Yan draw her sword and rush over first, and a sword directly pierced the throat of the person behind her.
The knife held by the man fell in response, she smelled the strong smell of blood, and she didn't dare to look back, so she could only look sideways slightly, looking at Li Yan beside her.
Li Yan still had blood on his face, he threw away the sword, and walked away without looking back, without looking at Qing Huan again.
Qing Huan felt that this person was really contradictory, and he heard him shouting just now, but now he put on a face and pretended to show Qing Huan.
Qing Huan saw that he was safe and sound, and he didn't bother to pay attention to him. Walking directly to his car, Agu hid under the car and had already climbed out.
She also saw the situation just now, as soon as Li Yan left, she hurriedly ran up, pulled up Qinghuan, and said as she walked: "Madam, close your eyes and don't look, follow me back to the car." “
Qing Huan knew that the casualties at the scene must have been a bit heavy, and life was too well protected in the current society, and she had never seen the tragedy of death with her own eyes. At this time, she didn't dare to look, so she could only close her eyes and let Agu take her back.
Soon after returning to the car, they set off, leaving the guards to pick up the mess.