That night, Zhang Jiusheng turned out his thick clothes, put them under the carriage, and hung the thick clothes on the windows on both sides to cover the curtains and prevent the cold wind from blowing in. He himself hugged Yunsheng, and the two of them slept all night with each other.

And those extra mattresses, no matter whether Ah Yi took them or not, Zhang Jiusheng stuffed them into his hands.

Ei had no choice but to give the mattresses one by one to the brothers who were keeping vigil.

On this night, the moon and stars are scarce.

The bright moonlight poured down, like a layer of white powdered sugar on the land.

The cold wind was blowing, the fire was rattling, and something seemed to be slowly growing.

Gu Li sat in the carriage, holding a sword in his arms, and covered with a blanket that Zhang Jiusheng had thrown out of the car before. On the eve of the guard, he sat by the fire with a stick in his hand, poked it in from time to time, and then threw a few pieces of wood into it, and the sparks floated upward, burning his still immature face red.

On this cold night, I couldn't even hear the sound of insects around.

Ei sniffed, except for the two people in the carriage who could not martial arts, the breathing sound was even and slow, and the breathing sound of the rest of the people was almost none.

But that doesn't mean there's no one else here.

After the second half of the night, it was the most difficult time for people, and Gu Li was a little about to fall asleep, and his breathing became heavy.

Before Ah Rong and his brother changed shifts in the middle of the night, he first went to the grass on the side to solve his personal problems, and just as he reached out and was about to tie his belt, in a daze, he heard a very slight breathing sound, and a little hurry.

Ei frowned, and glanced back at his brother who was guarding the fire, while he himself looked in the direction where the breath came from, and it was so dark that he couldn't see what was hidden inside.

The eldest brother said that you must not act blindly.

Ah Ei stepped forward and retracted.

He walked back to the fire and sat down, and the brother who was guarding saw that Aei had not gone to sleep yet, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, and was about to speak, but Aei raised his hand to stop him.

The tacit understanding of fighting side by side for many years is vividly manifested at this time.

The brother nodded slightly, and still sat down in front of the fire, holding the stick that Arong had held before, and poked at the fire again and again, and poked the sparks everywhere.

Ah Rong sat on the side, picked up a small pebble from the ground, twisted it lightly on his fingertips, and then turned his head and ejected it towards Gu Li's shoulder.

In an instant, Gu Li opened his eyes.

His eyes were clear, as if he had never fallen asleep at all.

He glared at Ari, but only saw Ari's back.

Ei is by no means the one who makes fun of him for no reason, unless there are a few more uninvited guests.

"I'm really in a hurry." Gu Li muttered, then flexed his fingers and gently knocked on the carriage door.

It was not very comfortable to sleep in the carriage, and he had to take care of Yun Sheng not to knock his head, Zhang Jiusheng didn't fall asleep much, and as soon as he heard the movement, he immediately opened his eyes, hugged Yun Sheng and moved slightly, and put his head to the door.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Jiusheng's voice was still a little sleepy, and he was confused.

Gu Li couldn't bear to disturb his clear dream, but if he didn't say it, he had to be a little mentally prepared so that if he started fighting for a while, they wouldn't be so frightened, and he could protect Yunsheng.

"Someone is coming, take care of the eldest lady."

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Jiusheng immediately woke up, he glanced at Yun Sheng, who was still sleeping in his arms, and said, "I know." ”

Then, the carriage shook slightly, and Gu Li got out of the carriage.

Zhang Jiusheng cautiously returned to his original position, took off the clothes covering the car window, leaned against the carriage wall, carefully lifted the curtain and looked outside, the sky outside was still dark, he had no internal strength, he didn't notice how weird the atmosphere outside was, but he felt that the wind in the air seemed to be colder.

He lowered the curtain, hung his clothes back up, and secured the curtain.

The blanket on Yun Sheng's body slipped down, Zhang Jiusheng grabbed it and covered it for her, he couldn't do anything at this time, he could only hug Yun Sheng tightly as much as he could.

It was still quiet outside the carriage.

And Zhang Jiusheng has completely lost his sleepiness.

Everyone was on alert, including the brother who was sleeping on the tree, who was awakened by the sudden cold, but he still squatted on the tree without making any sound, watching the changes.

Unconsciously, time passed little by little, until the sky was white, and then the sky light was like a sharp arrow through the thick clouds, at first it was just a hazy white light, as the wind gradually blew away the clouds, the light became more and more transparent, even dazzling.

Gu Li stood at the top of the tree, squinting his eyes, watching the sun in the sky climb up little by little, and finally broke through the obstacle and jumped up, the light of that moment almost blinded his eyes.

He slammed his eyes shut, and a burning heat was about to dig through the cracks.

After a long time, Gu Li opened his eyes.

This night was a thrilling one.

I don't know what the other party wants to do, but they just hide nearby, making some movements, so that they are all soldiers, their whole bodies are alert, and they don't sleep all night.

In addition to Yunsheng, Zhang Jiusheng was also so sleepy that he yawned again and again.

They rushed into a small town at dawn, replenished some dry food and water, had a good meal, and continued on their way. Everyone knows that every second of delay is dangerous.

It's just a section of the road after that, and those who are hiding behind them just follow and don't make any moves, which makes Gu Li feel extremely strange.

Ah Rong drove the horse to Gu Li's side.

"What's wrong again?" Gu Li was so sleepy that he didn't have a good temper.

"What the hell are they trying to do?" Ei was already short-tempered, and this kind of mindless behavior made him even more irritable, and he couldn't even bear to talk with encouragement.

Gu Li glanced at him and said, "It's best for them to keep their hands on it." ”

"Big brother, when do you think they'll do it?"

"What do you think?"

Ah Rong scratched his head, his whole face wrinkled together, and said, "That must be before we enter the capital." ”

"Nope." Gu Li shook his head: "I think they are just spying on us now, how important are the jade seals and the directory, if it were you, would you blatantly bring these two things on you?" ”

"Do they suspect that we're splitting up?"

"Possibly."

"But we ......," Aei's eyes widened, pointing to the carriage that followed.

Gu Li glared at him: "Don't point it." ”

"Oh." Ei grabbed her hair again and asked, "Then are we going to do it?" ”

"Do you still need to say it? I had already arranged it. What I'm afraid of now is not that they will do it, but that they will do it on the birthday of the Holy One. ”

Ei frowned, puzzled.

"You must know that at that time, not only Wu Zhidun's people were all present, but all the officials who Mr. Zhou had arranged outside for so many years were also present. Gu Li clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and the black horse under his crotch ran a few steps quickly and went to the front.

Ei followed slowly, thinking, and after a while he returned to the carriage.

Zhang Jiusheng lifted the curtain and knocked on the window frame, and Ah Ei's mind was withdrawn: "What does the second young master command?" ”

"I don't dare to say it, I just want to ask, how long do we have to get to the capital?"

"If you travel overnight, it will take two days."

Zhang Jiusheng frowned, two days, not long or short, but enough for a lot to happen.

Sensing Zhang Jiusheng's concern, Ah Ei leaned over and said, "Second Young Master, don't worry, we have all arranged it, everything is as usual." ”

"Okay, please."

"Hmm."

Yun Sheng slept well that night, and she didn't notice the strange atmosphere nearby, and now looking at the conversation between Zhang Jiusheng and Ah Ei, no matter how stupid she was, she noticed something unusual, grabbed Zhang Jiusheng's sleeve, and asked, "Second Young Master, what happened?" ”

"No, I'm just asking, are you hungry?"

Seeing that Zhang Jiusheng was reluctant to speak, Yun Sheng shook his head.

"It's only been a few days since I came out, and I miss Fan County a little, but it's hard for Zhang Tong, and you have to help me deal with the trivial matters of the yamen."

Zhang Jiusheng smiled: "He's happy." There are not so many homicides in Fan County, and there are not so many corpses for Zhang Tong to examine, and I eat and drink in my yamen every day, I can't support him for nothing, and I have to do some work, right? ”

"I sometimes think that if nothing happened to the Prime Minister's Mansion, maybe I would never know you for the rest of my life." When Yun Sheng said this, he looked at Zhang Jiusheng quietly.

In that gaze, there was joy and pain.

Zhang Jiusheng tilted his head, thought about it, and was about to say something, but heard Gu Li outside shouting: "What person?!" ”

Yun Sheng was startled, and his first reaction was to reach out to open the carriage door, Zhang Jiusheng grabbed her back, stuffed her behind him, and said, "Stay, don't run around." ”

Carefully opening the carriage door, through the crack in the door, Zhang Jiusheng saw a person who should not be seen in this place.

Zhang Tong?

Still peaceful?

Zhang Jiusheng suddenly pushed open the carriage door, jumped out of the car, and ran to Zhang Tong, who was being carried by Gu Li by the collar, in a few big steps.

"It's really you?!" Zhang Jiusheng stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhang Tong's ear: "Didn't you let you stay in the yamen and help me watch it?" What are you doing here? ”

"Huh! Huh! Adult, let go! Let go! Ears are going to be broken! ”

Zhang Jiusheng twisted it again before letting go, and said angrily: "What's the matter with you?" ”

Zhang Tong held his ears with both hands and said aggrievedly: "Didn't I come with Uncle Guan?" ”

"Uncle Guan, what are you making a fuss about?" Zhang Jiusheng held his forehead and looked up to the sky and sighed.

The little ones don't know how to be ignorant, and the old ones are still mixed with it.

"I have to go to the capital, otherwise I have to testify against Wu Zhidun, I'm afraid that with only those two lists, maybe it won't be so easy for you."

"But it's going to put you in danger."

"Am I scared?" Guan Ning said a word, and Zhang Jiusheng was speechless.

Zhang Jiusheng thought for a moment and asked, "What about Guan Chu?" He agrees? ”

"Uncle Guan is standing here, do you think he agrees or not?" Zhang Tong interjected, and Zhang Jiusheng was angry when he saw him.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't come?" Gu Li asked.

Zhang Tong glanced at him, pulled at the placket of his somewhat messy clothes, and replied a little embarrassedly: "I want to be a saint a little." ”