Chapter 396: Extra-Fifty-Eight
As soon as the news spread, everyone passed on the person who killed Zhang Batian as a big hero and a hero, and a hero who punished evil and promoted good in the eyes of the people.
Some people even said that the one who came to the mass grave that day must have been a soul-hooking messenger from the underworld, and it was rumored that the soul-hooking messenger was jealous and hateful, and it must be this Zhang Batian who bullied men and women on weekdays, and did all kinds of evil, so not only did he suffer this bad luck before his death, but he was also burned by the soul-hooking messenger after death, so that he was wiped out and his soul was wiped out.
Gong Huangjue got these gossip from the mouths of the subordinates of the Suzhou Annex, and when he heard it, he looked weird.
Out of Suzhou City, in the tea shop near Guanwai Guanguan, a handsome young man heard the news, and his jade hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.
This person is none other than Rong Qiao, who escaped from Black Wind Village.
After she heard the news, her first feeling was that Gong Huangjue did it.
That cold man, she had a hunch in her heart, the reason why he treated Zhang Batian so cruelly must have a lot to do with her.
In addition to being surprised, she felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart, she didn't know what kind of feeling it was, she obviously felt that he shouldn't have killed anyone, but she was very conflicted, and she felt that her heart was shaken.
But he moved so fast, and found out her whereabouts so quickly, that she was a little worried.
After all, she can't go back to Taoyuan Island directly, and she has to bring back someone.
That is the eldest uncle's youngest son, her cousin Fang Zhiting.
According to the news from the contact point of Jiangnan Commercial Station, Fang Zhiting is missing.
And how exactly he disappeared, the news is not clear.
But fortunately, the last place where Fang Zhiting appeared was in Liuyun Pass.
There, she happened to have a merchant station contact point, and she had to go there herself to find out what happened to Xiao Ting.
Although she has a lot of worries in her heart.
I'm worried that she will be caught back by Gong Huangjue.
However, compared to being captured by Huang Gong Jue, Rong Qiao cares more about Fang Zhiting's cousin.
So even if she might reveal her whereabouts, she would have gotten a try at the merchant post contact point on the dynasty's border.
Thinking about it, she quickly finished a few buns, put down a few copper coins, got up and began to walk.
At sunset, Rong Qiao hurried to the last merchant post contact point on the border line of the dynasty.
There, Ma Jiaoyan, the person in charge of the liaison of the merchant station who received her flying pigeon message, waited in the private room early, waiting for Rong Qiao's inquiry and dispatch.
"Shopkeeper, has anyone come to me recently?" Rong Qiao asked straight to the point.
"Tell Director Rong, no one has come to see Director Rong recently."
Rong Qiaoyu's eyebrows condensed slightly, and then asked, "Then have there been any suspicious people?" ”
"Not either." Ma Jiaoyan shook her head.
Rong Qiao's eyebrows tightened, Ma Jiaoyan saw that Rong Qiao was silent in thought, her eyebrows were furrowed, and she was concerned at the moment: "Master Rong, is something happening?" Do you need help from your subordinates? ”
"I'm afraid only I can handle this matter myself. It's a private matter, and it has nothing to do with the business station, so the shopkeeper doesn't have to take it to heart. ”
She thought for a moment, turned around, and suddenly asked a strange question.
"By the way, have you received any strange codes or strange words in the trading station lately?"
Ma Jiaoyan listened, hesitated for a while, and then shook her head at Rong Qiao.
Nothing to say? Rong Qiao stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, his heart sinking a little.
Just when Rong Qiao was worried, outside the Merchant Station Liaison Inn, a fast rider stopped outside the gate at this moment, and the person who came was dressed in a strong costume, his expression was solemn, his steps were steady and fast, and he was carrying a one hundred and eighty pounds of dark iron broadsword behind him.
But seeing that he calmly strode into the inn, he intercepted a junior who was entertaining guests and asked, "May I ask this little brother, can Master Rong be in the inn?" ”
The loud voice was transmitted to the private room, Rong Qiao and Ma Jiaoyan couldn't help but glance at each other, and then Rong Qiao glanced at her and motioned Ma Jiaoyan to go out to see the situation.
Ma Jiaoyan received Rong Qiao's eyes, and immediately walked out of the private room, leaning on the railing on the second floor, just in time to see Xiao Er talking with a burly middle-aged man.
She hurriedly gave Xiao Er a finger code, and Xiao Er was a smart and clever young man, and immediately understood what Ma Jiaoyan meant.
But seeing Xiao Er cautiously looking at the man in front of him, he then pretended to be confused and said: "The small one is an inn, and I don't know how many guests come and go. ”
The strong man was not embarrassed by Xiao Er, I saw him smile brightly, take out a letter from the placket hidden inside, and hand it to Xiao Er.
"Zai Xia is also acting on orders, and someone has asked Zai Xia to hand over this letter to this inn. It's okay to hand over this letter to the shopkeeper of this inn, and there are still important things to do, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I'll leave. ”
The strong man stuffed the letter into the small second-hand man, and then strode out of the inn door.
The little second held the letter in his hand, looking stunned, he had never encountered such a strange thing. It was Ma Jiaoyan who was standing on the edge of the railing, and she snapped her fingers at Xiao Er.
"Xiao Wu, why are you staying there, you need a pot of high-quality daughter red in the private room upstairs, why don't you send it up quickly." She looked displeased, cocked her orchid fingers, and waved her red handkerchief.
"I really don't know what to do with raising you, you all eat white rice and don't work, you know that you are lazy."
Ma Jiaoyan chattered and chattered endlessly into the private room. Xiao Er saved up the letter, hurriedly went to the back hall and took a pot of daughter red to the second floor, and went straight to Rong Qiao's private room.
"The little one is in charge of the business, the shopkeeper of the horse. This is the letter left by the person just now, please let me take a look at it. Xiao Er put down the flask, quickly took out the letter, and handed it in.
Ma Jiaoyan took the letter, her eyes swept the envelope lightly, and she said: "Xiao Wu, you go out to be busy, there's nothing to do, don't come in to disturb us, and don't let others in, understand?" ”
"Yes, the shopkeeper, the small one will retire." After Xiao Wu went out, he closed the door with his hand.
Ma Jiaoyan hurriedly sent the letter to Rong Qiao's hands. "Excuse me, your letter."
Rong Qiao took the letter, slowly opened it and opened it.
His eyes focused on the contents of the letter, and his pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression was horrified.
The letter in her hand slipped from her palm and floated to the ground.
She sat down in her chair dejectedly, and for a moment, her mind went blank.
"Master Rong, what happened?"
Ma Jiaoyan had never seen Rong Qiao's frightened expression, and felt that the matter was serious at the moment.
She picked up the letter on the ground, but she didn't dare to glance at it, and hurriedly packed up Rong Qiao's letter and placed it on the desk next to her.
And Rong Qiao had already adjusted her mood at the moment of shock, and her expression returned to indifference and calmness in an instant.
"The shopkeeper." She called in a deep voice.
"The subordinates are here, and they are waiting for the orders of the director." Ma Jiaoyan's expression was solemn, and she hugged her fists.
"Within one day, get the pass card of the Blue Wolf Country for me, and prepare dry food, water, a thousand-mile horse and a map to go to the Shenshui Gate for me."
Rong Qiao commanded lightly, but there was a slight trilling between the timbres.
"Yes, the subordinates will do it immediately, please allow the chief to wait for the good news of the subordinates."
Ma Jiaoyan took the order and left. But seeing her hurriedly return to her room, she changed into a strong outfit and went out of the secret passage of the inn.
Rong Qiao stayed in place, her body stiffened slightly, she finally stood up, but her hands were desperately propped on the edge of the table.
At night, Ma Jiaoyan returned as scheduled, she had an extra piece of the border of the blue wolf country in her hand, Rong Qiao took the waist card, and then came out of the secret passage of the inn, brought the package, and rode on the fast horse and good horse prepared by Ma Jiaoyan for her outside the dark passage, her heart was like a sharp arrow, non-stop, and she drove for three days and three nights, and finally came to the boundary of Shenshuimen.
She jumped off the horse, her expression was tired, but her eyes were as bright as stars, she stared at the vast yellow sand in front of her, stared at the boundary monument on the side road, and said in her heart.
Xiao Ting, you must wait for me to arrive, you must not have an accident, you must not!
In front of me is an endless desert, and under the scorching sun, the golden sand is like a hot soldering iron, imprinted into the soles of the feet, and from time to time it makes a sneering sound.
Sweat continued to run down her hot, reddened cheeks, pooled her chin, and soon turned into smoke as the sun wore on.
Rong Qiao took out the leather kettle from the package, moistened the lips that were so dry that he was a little cracked, only took a few sips, and cherished the kettle back into the package.
She lowered her head and took out the topographical map in her sleeve, carefully compared her surroundings, then used her compass needle to orient herself, and continued on her way.
But after climbing over a huge sand dune, they were confronted by a strange group of people riding camels and wrapped in black cloth bags on their heads, all of them with fierce expressions, burly bodies, and their complexions were the color of black earth, faintly revealing the luster of brass.
They stared at Rong Qiao, like a hungry traveler who had been in a drought for a long time, and their eyes flashed with a strong light, that light was very dazzling, very frightened, like a hunter hunting prey, with a hint of pride in the ferocity.
And this kind of ferocious eyes, Rong Qiao is very familiar, familiar with that person, ghost-like skills, crescent-white silver mask, long hissing snow-white blue wolf totem, and bloodthirsty gaze in deep eyes from time to time.
She couldn't help but take a step back, suppressing the panic that was churning in her heart. At this time, she felt that she could not show the slightest fear, she needed to be calm, she needed to be calm.
The swarthy man sitting on the leading camel looked at Rong Qiao, who looked at Rong Qiao with a calm expression, and there was a moment of astonishment in his eyes, and after a moment, it turned into a smile with deep meaning.
But seeing him babbling with the group of people behind him in a language that Rong Qiao couldn't understand, like a text from the blue wolf country, Rong Qiao realized something.
She didn't know what he was talking to them about, but her sensitive sixth sense told her that they had absolutely ill-intentioned intentions toward her.
Sure enough, after he spoke to the group of people behind him, the way they stared at her became strange. Rong Qiao was already prepared in his heart, ready to fight them.