Chapter 735: The True Colors of a Traitor
There was a burst of exclamations and the neighing of the rhinosaurus horse from the back of the team, and the nervous Luyuan sergeant beside Yan Liqiang pulled out his sidearm with a choked sound, and the advancing team also became slightly commotion......
"Don't be nervous, stop your guard here, I'll ......go and have a look in the back," Yan Liqiang said to the people around him, and then turned his horse's head and rushed towards the back.
Based on Yan Liqiang's cultivation, if someone was ambushed and peeped on the side of the road, he would not notice it at all, and he didn't hear the sound of arrows breaking through the air just now, so Yan Liqiang judged that it should not be an attack, but something wrong in the team.
And that's exactly what happened!
When Yan Liqiang came to the back of the team, he saw a carriage lying crookedly on the road, one of the broken wheels of the carriage had fallen to one side, the carriage on one side of the carriage was rubbed on the ground, and the contents of the carriage also rolled out of the carriage and scattered all over the ground.
Fortunately, there were no people sitting in the car, but some heavy baggage, and except for the driver who had just fallen off the carriage and suffered a little skin injury, no one else was affected.
A group of accompanying craftsmen were surrounding the carriage, cleaning up the scattered items of the carriage, and some were busy untying the rhinosaurus horses pulling the cart.
"What's going on?" asked Yan Liqiang.
The clerk hurriedly walked over, "My lord, the bushing inside the wheel hub of this car is cracked, the copper and copper on the outside of the axle are worn and fell, and the axle is crushed and the spokes are broken......"
The wheels and axles of this four-wheeled carriage for carrying goods are still the same set of wheel structure in the old style, and after two consecutive days of long-distance travel, the wear and tear of the wheels and axles is long, and the load is large, it will naturally break.
In this case, it can be repaired, and the team has tools and parts in it, but it takes a lot of time to repair, and it takes at least five or six hours to get it done, so Yan Liqiang took a look at it and knew that this carriage had no value for repair, but fortunately, when he left the deer park, he had already considered that this situation would occur, so there were several carriages in the team, which were completely empty, and once this situation occurred, there was no need to repair it directly, just change the carriage.
"No need to fix it, move the baggage on the cart to another empty carriage, and then move the cart off the road, don't get in the way behind it......"
"Yes, yes, yes......" The clerk nodded, commanded his craftsmen, and in just a moment's effort, he finished moving the things on the cart, untied the rhino dragon horse pulling the cart, pushed the broken carriage to the side of the road, and cleared the road.
Seeing that it was almost done here, Yan Liqiang walked towards the front of the line again.
When he just walked to the middle of the team, the curtain of Rong Guifei's carriage opened, revealing Rong Guifei's somewhat lazy and tired eyes, "Lord Yan, we've been running around for half the night, where are we now?"
"Niangniang, we have left Wuting County for more than two hundred miles, and we have already passed two counties, at this speed, we will be able to reach the county seat of Hualan County before dark today......
"It's safer here?"
"Niangniang, but you want to get out of the car and take a break?"
"Well, I'm tired from bumps all the way, I'm really tired, if there's a place to rest nearby, it's better to take a break nearby and then hit the road!"
Yan Liqiang looked at the sky, at this time, the sky was already bright, and the sound of birds could already be heard in his ears, the team ran for half the night, before the riots in Wuting County, most of the people were physically and mentally tired, this is the wild, there is a river not far away, there is a river beach by the river, the terrain is open, it is suitable for rest, well, it is also suitable for cutting off people's heads.
"Since Niangniang is a little tired, let's take a rest nearby, eat something and then go on the road!"
"Hmm!"
In the next few minutes, Yan Liqiang asked the team to turn from the official road to the edge of the river beach not far away, and camped by the river to rest.
When the team settled down and everything was almost done, Yan Liqiang asked people to invite Concubine Rong, King Min, Princess Anping, as well as Concubine Duan, Concubine Rui, Concubine Yi and Elder Liu to his tent, of course, even if Yan Liqiang was not invited, Gonggong Jiang naturally followed Concubine Rong and King Min.
Everyone sat down, and as soon as Concubine Rong wanted to speak, King Min couldn't help but shout, "Master, master, why was your arrow so powerful last night, when an arrow was shot, it could actually turn into a big python, and hundreds of chaotic troops couldn't resist Master's arrow, this is really amazing, master, can you teach me?"
Yan Liqiang smiled, "As long as Your Highness wants to learn, I am willing to teach, but the practice of archery is not an overnight effort, and you have to suffer a lot in the middle, Your Highness can take your time......"
King Min clapped his hands and smiled, looking excited, "As long as the master is willing to teach, I will study hard......"
"Ahem...... Concubine Rong coughed lightly twice, looked at Yan Liqiang, and said, "Last night, thanks to Yan Daren, he turned the tide and saved us again!"
"What harassed us last night was just some rabble cobbled together at zero hour, it collapsed at the touch of a button, it seems to be huge, in fact, it is just a noise to bluff people by taking advantage of the darkness, and it is not beaten at all, if it weren't for our family and a group of guards guarding you and Your Highness at that time, as long as the guards in the palace are sent, it is enough to scatter those rabble, those people, can't hurt a single hair of Niangniang at all, Niangniang saw that last night Lord Yan took the sergeants of Luyuan to attack to meet the enemy, isn't there no one who is damaged, as long as those White Lotus Sect's chaotic army has a little ability, Lord Yan may not be so easy......" Before Yan Liqiang could speak, that Jiang Gonggong said in a sharp voice on the side, his words were understated, as if last night's incident was not worth mentioning at all, and after speaking, he also raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Liqiang.
Concubine Rong's face sank slightly, and her tone became colder, " Jiang Yun, how can you talk like this, the situation was critical last night, if it weren't for Lord Yan's superb, one arrow would make those chaotic troops scatter, yesterday's battle, where would it be so easy, although this palace is a woman, she doesn't know how to fight in the palace, but this palace is always by His Majesty's side, and I know that the number of rebels last night was almost ten times that of us, and the horses were complete, surrounding us, and menacing, Lord Yan led the soldiers of Luyuan to completely defeat it without losing a soldier or a horse, it was a rare victory, this is not the incompetence of the chaotic army, but Lord Yan's strategizing, bravely crowning the three armies, you say so, isn't it this wood upside down, which makes people feel cold......”
Seeing that Concubine Rong's face was really angry, the dead eunuch's face changed, and he slapped his mouth twice like a mosquito, "The old slave can't speak with this mouth, it should be beaten, it should be beaten, the mother is angry, and Lord Yan must not mind......"
Yan Liqiang smiled, watching Gonggong Jiang performing, he was not angry at all, at this time, how could he be angry with a person who was going to die, just looking at this Gonggong Jiang, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, there are really hundreds of people, all kinds of people, the same eunuchs, Gonggong Liu is so good at being a man, and he has martial arts, but this one in front of him is a strange flower.
Concubine Rong's face turned slightly, she looked at Yan Liqiang, and showed a hint of a smile, "I don't know why Lord Yan invited us here?"
"It's nothing, it's just that last night the rebels of the White Lotus Sect attacked, one by one chanting to arrest you Niangniang and the two Highnesses, the words were filthy, so that the Niangniang and the two Highnesses were frightened, the crime deserved death, I was thinking on the road this night, we came all the way from the Deer Garden, we were cautious along the way, even the guards in the palace changed their clothes, and they didn't meet anyone along the way, and the Niangniang and the two Highnesses never showed their hiding in front of outsiders, why did we just arrive in Wuting County, the whereabouts of the Niangniang and the two Highnesses were exposed to the White Lotus Sect and those rebels, and they almost fell into the mouth of the tiger, which is a matter of great importance, It is related to the lives of your mothers and the two highnesses, so I invite you to come, just to find out this matter in person, to find out the person who leaked our whereabouts, if this matter is not resolved, we don't even know how our whereabouts were leaked, our later trip, I am afraid that we will fall into the calculations of the White Lotus Sect and the villains along the way at any time, even if I have ten times the ability, it will be difficult to protect you and the two highnesses!"
Everyone in the tent, as soon as they heard Yan Liqiang say this, almost everyone's faces became solemn, especially those women, as long as they thought about what would happen to them if they almost fell into the hands of those beast-like White Lotus Sect rebels last night, such a possibility simply made them shudder, if it really came to that time, maybe death would be a lucky thing for them.
Among all the people, only Gonggong Jiang's face changed suddenly, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and the hand hanging in his sleeve couldn't help but tremble......
"This ...... Let's interject one more sentence...... Yesterday, Lord Yan took people to Wuting County, and also met with the county order, I don't know if Lord Yan and the accompanying guards accidentally said something wrong, or the chat along the way was overheard, so those chaotic soldiers of the White Lotus Sect knew the whereabouts of several mothers and two highnesses!" The dead eunuch still had a generous expression on his face, but his eyes flashed, looking at Yan Liqiang," But fortunately, a few mothers and two highnesses are auspicious, and every evil turns into good fortune, after all, Lord Yan is still young, and it is the first time to experience this kind of thing, so pay more attention in the future, don't be careless, let the bad guys take advantage of it, and then put a few mothers and the two highnesses in danger!"
At this time, this dead eunuch did not forget to throw the pot on his head and beat him upside down, such an improvisable ability is breathtaking!
Yan Liqiang sneered in his heart, but his face was calm, "Gonggong Jiang's words are wrong, I went to Wuting County yesterday, and there were several palace guards with me from beginning to end, not leaving an inch, what I said, who I met, they could all testify, and they also listened and watched, even if I met with the Wuting County Commander, I never said half a word or half a sentence related to the palace, you can always find those guards to confront and ask, see if I leaked the news!"
"Of course we don't suspect that Lord Yan leaked the news!" Concubine Rong opened her mouth to comfort Yan Liqiang, her brows furrowed slightly, "It's just that this matter has to be investigated, I'm afraid it's also a little difficult, could it be that the news leaked when we left the Imperial Capital City, and the people of the White Lotus Sect knew about it......"
"If we leak the news in the Imperial Capital City, and the White Lotus Sect knows the whereabouts of several Niangniang and His Royal Highnesses and wants to send troops and masters to intercept them, then the one who appeared in front of us last night will definitely not be that little bit of people!" Yan Liqiang said calmly, "Actually, if you want to know who leaked the news, it's actually not difficult, just find someone to ask......"
Yan Liqiang said, clapped his hands, Liu Xitong, who had been waiting outside the account for a long time, and the two sergeants from the Deer Park escorted the leader of the White Lotus Sect who was captured alive by Yan Liqiang last night into the camp tent.
Seeing the appearance of the person who was escorted in, Concubine Rong, Concubine Duan, Concubine Rui and Concubine Yi all covered their mouths in low and exclaimed.
Last night, when it was dark, when Yan Liqiang took the people of Luyuan to join Rong Guifei and their people, he played a little trick and directly hid the leader of the White Lotus Sect who was still alive, and then stuffed it into a carriage, which made people watch, and the people present didn't know that Yan Liqiang actually arrested the leaders of the White Lotus Sect's rebellious army......