Chapter 22: The Scholar with a Thousand Faces
Everyone else has also changed their clothes, just like an ordinary convoy of family sons. The Second Highness walked up to the white-faced scholar and said, "Thank you Gongzi for rescuing." ”
"We are people on the same road, and Your Royal Highness doesn't have to be polite." As he spoke, he glanced at the guards beside him, "I still have to grieve His Royal Highness." ”
The guards on both sides quickly bullied him, and one by one drove Wei Xuan and tied his hands behind his back. Wei Xuan struggled twice, and looked at the white-faced scholar coldly, "What does this mean?" ”
The white-faced scholar smiled slightly, "As you can see, that's what it means." He waved at the two guards.
The two guards carried Wei slowly into a carriage behind. Then two more guards came over with Uncle Acne who tied his hands and feet, and the white-faced scholar took two steps closer to Uncle Acne and greeted with a smile: "Prime Minister, don't come unharmed!" ”
Uncle Gong stared at the white-faced scholar with frightened eyes, and exclaimed, "You are a thousand-faced scholar, Wu Ming"
"Prime Minister, I have a good memory, I still remember my little nephew." The white-faced scholar laughed heartily.
"...... your master?" Uncle Gong said hesitantly.
The white-faced scholar restrained his smile and said solemnly: "I have gone." Then he asked coldly, "Is the Prime Minister still satisfied?" ”
Uncle Gong broke out in a cold sweat on his back and didn't answer. Wu Ming stared coldly at his uncle's eyes, "Prime Minister, I thought of today. Without waiting for Uncle Gong to answer, Wu Ming ignored him and waved his hand to his subordinates, and his guards also entered the carriage behind him with a stunned face.
"Senior brother, where are we going now?" Su Ruiqing saw that Wu Ming was in a bad mood and asked softly. Wu Ming eased his mind, soothed his expression, looked at his junior sister, and suddenly felt a warm heart, and said softly: "We should go back too, let's go home." ”
Su Ruiqing didn't say much, smiled softly, turned around and got on the horse, Wu Ming liked Su Ruiqing's cool temperament, he was straightforward when he should speak, and he didn't ask a word when he shouldn't say it.
Wu Ming was a little tired, so he didn't insist on riding a horse and got into the first carriage. A large group of chariots and horses slowly walked through the dense forest towards the official road ahead.
Su Ruiqing walked beside Wu Ming's carriage, her mind was heavy, she had been taught by her master for a short time, and some things were not very clear. But she knew that her senior brother was carrying the legacy of his master and had a heavy burden on his shoulders.
She remembered hearing her father say that her brother was an orphan who was adopted by his master since he was a child, and he took the master's surname and took a name. The senior brother's feelings for the master are also the master and the father, so he took the master's love and hatred on himself.
The senior brother has been smart since he was a child, his mind is quick, and he has learned the art of disguise even more superbly and ever-changing, so the people in the rivers and lakes are called "scholars with a thousand faces". Except for the master, there are probably few people who have seen his true face. Even Su Ruiqing wasn't sure if the senior brother she saw was his true face.
Because he walked in disguise for half a day and a night, he did not encounter the pursuers. A team of people is like a convoy of ordinary sons of a family who travels, and it does not attract attention. Su Ruiqing's heart was a little lighter. At noon, they marched to the gate of a county seat, and in order to avoid a mistake, the large group of men and horses did not intend to enter the city, but rested outside the city.
Su Ruiqing was a little tired after riding the horse for a long time, and was about to squeeze the carriage with her senior brother, when she heard someone behind her ask for directions, "Little girl, is the way to Dadu Anyi going this way?" The voice was still somewhat familiar. Su Ruiqing's scalp was numb for a while, she and her senior brother made a detour north in order to get rid of the pursuers, but they didn't expect to meet Ruyi them.
Su Ruiqing didn't want to pay attention to it, and wanted to pretend that she didn't hear and jumped into the carriage. The senior brother gently lifted the curtain and looked over. Su Ruiqing winked at her senior brother, but found that her senior brother was not looking at her, but looking at Ruyi behind Pang Juan in a daze.
At this time, Ruyi was dressed as a man, although she was very handsome, but it did not let Su Ruiqing misunderstand that her senior brother was fascinated, and Su Ruiqing did not know that Ruyi was a daughter. I just glanced at my senior brother with some puzzlement.
After such a delay, the three Pang Juan brothers all discovered Su Ruiqing. Pang Juan looked at Su Ruiqing and asked blankly, "What about the girl taming horses again?" ”
Sun Bin didn't react, Ruyi looked at Su Ruiqing and frowned secretly, she didn't think that frequent coincidences were reasonable. Su Ruiqing didn't notice Ruyi's expression, but fell into Wu Ming's eyes, and Wu Ming lowered the curtain without speaking.
Su Ruiqing listened to Pang Juan's question, burst out laughing, jumped out of the carriage with a smile, and admitted calmly: "Yes, Brother Pang, the convoy of this son on the car is huge, and two horse trainers are needed to do the security work, and my father and I will come to eat." As he spoke, he walked in front of Ruyi and turned around, continuing, "After walking through this city, I will go all the way to Dadu Anyi." ”
Pang Juan thanked Su Ruiqing, got on the horse and ran towards the front with the two junior brothers.
Watching the three of them walk away, Su Ruiqing jumped into the carriage again and squeezed in. Wu Ming asked with a smile: "What kind of treasure did the famous 'Wonderful Hands Empty' go?" Show it to my brother. ”
Su Ruiqing pouted unhappily, "I can't hide anything from Senior Brother." As he spoke, he took out a piece of mutton fat white jade pendant with excellent color and complex patterns from his sleeve, which was the one that Wei Poppy gave Ruyi.
Wu Ming looked at Yu Pei's eyes but turned cold a little, and said to himself: "It seems that God is also helping me, this chip should be more useful." Su Ruiqing looked at Wu Ming puzzled.
"Send someone to find the three people just now, be sure to find the young girl just now before they enter the capital... Young teenagers. Wu Ming commanded. Su Ruiqing glanced at Wu Ming suspiciously, but didn't say anything.
At this time, the three of Ruyi decided to go into the city to rest because they were in a hurry for days and the supply of dry food and water was insufficient. The three of them came to a noodle stall and asked for three bowls of noodles. Ruyi didn't care about the image and devoured it, and after eating, Ruyi took out the silk handkerchief and wiped her mouth with satisfaction, and then stuffed the silk handkerchief back into her sleeve after wiping, and suddenly she felt that something seemed to be missing, and the jade pendant was gone.
"It's not good, the jade pendant is gone." Ruyi said in a deep voice.
Pang Juan and Sun Bin looked up from their bowls in shock. Sun Bin was the first to calm down, "Think about it again." ”
She always carried it close to her body, and it was impossible to misplace. "It must have been the girl just now. I just felt like something was wrong with her. Ruyi recalled, "Let's hurry back to find her." He got up and was about to leave.
Seeing Ruyi get up, Sun Bin also stood up. Only Pang Juan hesitated: "No, that girl is very good." ”
Ruyi said lightly: "Senior brother, you know the origin of that jade pendant, only that girl approached me just now." And the loss of your waist card is likely to have something to do with her. ”
As soon as Pang Juan heard this, he knew that the stakes were very important, and he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he paid the face money and got up and chased back with them.
When the three of them rushed back to the city, the convoy had just set off. The three of them chased for a while before they saw the convoy. At this time, Wu Ming also found the three people chasing the car behind. The corners of Wu Ming's mouth hooked up a shallow smile, and he said to himself: "Sure enough, I am alert, and I have guts." ”
Su Ruiqing didn't hear Wu Ming's self-talk, but the three people behind the convoy found it, so she happily said to Wu Ming: "Senior brother, you can see that it doesn't take any effort."
"Let's stop and wait for them." Wu Ming said with a smile. Su Ruiqing quickly ordered the convoy to stop and jumped out of the carriage to wait for Ruyi.
"Miss Su, did you take some more things with you?" Ruyi jumped off the horse and said coldly.
Su Ruiqing laughed and said, "Where is this what Childe said, if you don't believe it, you can search it." ”
Without waiting for Ruyi to say anything, Wu Ming raised the curtain and looked at Ruyi and said, "Childe, don't worry, we just picked it up and are about to look for you." Ruyi secretly slandered in his heart: it was obviously stolen, but he dared to say that he picked it up, and his skin was thick enough to be used as a city wall.
Ruyi looked at Wu Ming with a wary face, "Since that's the case, then please return it quickly." Wu Ming smiled, and just as he wanted to say something, he heard an uncooperative whimper from the carriage behind him.
Ruyi quickly turned his head to look at the carriage behind, Ruyi had his own experience of being kidnapped, and he speculated in his heart that these people were very suspicious. I was secretly vigilant in my heart.
Ruyi turned back and looked at Wu Ming secretly, Wu Ming didn't show nervousness, but his face was a little unhappy. Sun Bin drove his horse a few steps closer to the carriage behind, and there was a noticeable tremor in the carriage behind, as if someone was struggling inside. Sun Bin snapped: "Who is the back?" ”
Su Ruiqing took a few steps forward to stop Sun Bin, "I advise Gongzi not to meddle in his affairs." ”
Ruyi stared at Wu Ming, and Wu Ming only said lightly: "It's just two criminal slaves in the family." ”
Ruyi also smiled faintly, "Childe is really lenient, even the sin slave takes such a good carriage." ”
Wu Ming also looked at Ruyi for a moment, and said in a cold voice: "Are the three sons determined to wade into this troubled water?" ”
Seeing this, Pang Juan hurriedly came over and wanted to play a round, "Senior brother, let's find Yu Pei first." ”
Ruyi was not angry, but looked at Wu Ming calmly and replied: "Didn't we fall into the troubled waters of Gongzi a long time ago?" ”
Pang Juan also reacted when he heard this, and immediately became angry. Wu Ming smiled instead, "Then we won't go around in circles, we want to invite Gongzi to be a guest." As he spoke, he waved his hand at his subordinates, and three or five guards surrounded Ruyi.
Ruyi nodded, "Yes, but I have one condition." Since Childe invited me as a guest, let my two senior brothers go, and we are willing to buy the two sin slaves behind the car. ”
Wu Ming smiled softly, "What if I don't agree?" The words fell, only to hear Su Ruiqing's exclamation, which had been taken captive by Sun Bin and choked by the throat. Su Ruiqing screamed aggrievedly, "Senior brother." ”
Wu Ming looked at Ruyi with a gloomy face and said, "Good tacit understanding, good guts." Okay, I'll promise you terms, but the slave of sin can only give you one. As he spoke, he nodded to his guards, and several guards dragged out a blindfolded and gagged old man from the carriage behind, with messy hair and wrinkled clothes. Pang Juan took the old man and put it on the horse.
Wu Ming turned his head to look at Ruyi again and said, "Let Ruiqing go." Ruyi looked at his senior brother and nodded, before he said to Wu Ming: "You can rest assured that your junior sister will be safe, but you have to borrow it first, otherwise how will we get out." Saying that, Sun Bin and Pang Juan whipped their horses, and the two horses rushed out.
Wu Ming was not surprised, it seemed that they had expected that they would not let Su Ruiqing go, but just looked at Ruyi with a smile, "They are all gone, and the son should get in the car." ”