Chapter 24 Defending Against the Enemy
When the convoy left the boundary of Xiwen Town, Old Man Cao said goodbye to everyone and returned, and did not forget to say goodbye when passing He Le's carriage. He Le also got out of the carriage and saluted the old man Cao who was far away.
On the carriage in front, Zhang Zhichun stretched out his head to look, and quickly shrank back. Regarding He Le's departure and stay, Elder Zhao has reported to the sect, and I believe that there will be a reply soon.
In the other carriage, the two women were also curious. He Le was kidnapped, and then returned and was seriously injured in front of him, but they didn't help, and naturally they didn't get close to He Le after that.
Sun Tianyi took a carriage alone, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him, just concentrating on absorbing the flow between heaven and earth.
At this point, the carriage began to speed up, and continued to gallop south along the official road, and except for a few people, no one knew where the final destination was. He Le sat in the carriage, imagining the future while reading a book, and at the same time there was a natural flow in his body. Because it is extremely small, it is also an inconspicuous existence in the ranks of so many cultivators.
Halfway through, Sun Tianyi opened his eyes and quickly closed them again, but they were so weak that he didn't bother to raise his eyelids.
The dead soldiers arranged by the Cao family all rode around the three carriages in front of them, all the way to peace, and only ate at the inn after noon. At this time, three sons in the same costume came down from the three carriages in front, and He Le was also stunned behind, and he couldn't imagine that Shang Gongzi would put on such a suspicious plan, which can be regarded as knowledge.
Because of the arrangement, He Le had to enter the inn and find a table to sit with Mu Ziqing to eat. This inn is just at a fork in the road, there are many merchants coming and going, although it has passed the meal, there are still a few tables of guests. There were more than 20 people in their convoy, and they gathered four or five tables. When the shopkeeper saw that the big customer was coming, he ran over to serve tea and food.
Maybe it's because when he goes out, the merchant only orders a few simple dishes and pancakes at the table, and the rest of the tables are also based on this standard, only urging fast.
Before the assassins and attacks, they ate and lived casually, but now they can be regarded as frightened birds, and they seem too cautious everywhere, but their identities are not simple. He Le is not qualified to advise at this time, so he can only follow the trend to see and think more. Although he felt that it was inappropriate, he also sat quietly in the corner and ate his pancakes. Sometimes Mu Ziqing would look at him curiously, knowing that he seemed to be worried, but he didn't ask out loud.
When he got into the car and left, He Le noticed that someone was leaving in a hurry and galloped away along the official road to the south. In fact, there are also dead people in the rivers and lakes who have noticed, but they are confident in their own abilities, and they just whisper to each other.
He Leqing knew that he was afraid that there would be a situation in the next two days, so if he got into the car, he asked Mu Ziqing to sit on the corner of the carriage as much as possible to avoid being injured by sudden random arrows.
"Aren't you afraid?"
"I'm afraid! That's why you hid. We have no guards in this car, so we can only rely on ourselves. He Le said indifferently, and then saw Mu Ziqing's unnatural expression, and then continued: "In the past, in the north, I was often chased by the Jin people, their horses were fast and arrowy, and if they ran slowly, they would die." So if you get used to it, you don't feel it. It's just that I'm still afraid, the arrow doesn't have long eyes, and it won't fly over at any time. ”
Mu Ziqing listened quietly, silently shrunk into the corner of the carriage, biting his lip. He Le looked at it and smiled slightly, and patted her head in the air.
The official road in Jiangxia Prefecture has been repaired for many years, and there are many parallel sections with the north-south post road. However, in recent years, as the Qinglian cult has shrunk in Shitai Prefecture, the number of bandits in various localities has decreased, and it is rumored that a large number of strongmen from the green forest have defected to the Qinglian cult, and Shitai and other five prefectures are gathering strength.
The carriage was still flat on the official road, and He Le was able to continue reading, and at the same time he found that as the carriage ran, he could feel the impact of the current. Why is this happening? He didn't dare to try it lightly for the time being, but carefully adjusted his posture so that he could better absorb the flow. In the end, he didn't think it himself, Mu Ziqing on the side looked at it and felt that it was a soft-shelled turtle with four legs facing the sky, how funny and funny it was. But she endured it and quietly accompanied him to practice.
Time passed quickly, and they hurried all the way without stopping at the inn, and only in the evening did they choose a remote place next to the official road to rest. Those Jianghu people scattered, sharing the work of fetching water and hunting with the coachman. Three experienced Jianghu people walked into the nearby dense forest with short crossbows, and returned after half an hour, carrying a few pheasants and wild birds, and a young deer.
These are all masters of survival in the wild, and they don't need people to help, and a few people will deal with the game after a few people's division of labor. Someone brought three large pots from the wagon, mixed all the game pieces and threw them in the jars, added water and began to boil.
He Le got out of the car and squatted next to them to watch them deal with the game, for some reason there was always a feeling that the food was being ruined, and he always thought that there should be a better way to get it. But in fact, this is a common practice in this era, only rich families will add a little condiment, but it is also very limited.
The game had been boiled for an hour, when it was completely dark, and the people sat around the campfire, and few people spoke. The standard dinner configuration is a pancake with a bowl of broth, while a bowl of minced meat will be served in a bowl at the level of a Shang Gongzi. Those Jianghu people left themselves a bone frame to gnaw, and He Le also got a bone with a little meat, but he left it to Mu Ziqing. Because the women did not sit by the campfire, but remained in the car.
"Why did you choose to live in the wild?" gnawing on the meat and bones, Mu Ziqing quietly asked He Le, very puzzled.
"Maybe I want to fish those people out!" He Le thought about the strategy contained in the book of war to expose the flaws and lure the enemy deeper. It's just that this method has a drawback, if the enemy is too strong, it may really be defeated.
"That means it's not peaceful tonight, right?" Mu Ziqing looked worriedly at the surrounding environment outside.
"I don't know, looking at the look of the person who left, it should be fine tonight. It's likely to happen tomorrow. He Le leaned against the side of the carriage and closed his eyes.
"Why? Didn't you tell me to be careful during the day?"
"During the day, it's because the environment is relatively complicated, and you have to guard against other people's sneak attacks. The centaur was already tired from running, but he still forced it away, indicating that he was going to a far destination, and he had to use his speed to open the distance. And the man disguised himself as a merchant, not as if he was waiting here, but met occasionally. With either of these points, it's unlikely that you'll be ready for tonight's attack, so sleep well tonight and recuperate. He Le still didn't open his eyes, but the flow was running in his body, especially when part of the flow was mobilized to his ears, and his hearing was instantly enhanced several times.
Mu Ziqing's eyes widened again, and he found that he was getting more and more interesting. In him he was sometimes a teenager, sometimes a child, and sometimes an old scheming strategist.
"You know, you're having so little fun. Mu Ziqing suddenly said something for no reason.
He Le's eyelids moved, and he calmed down again, laughing at himself in his heart that he had been on the run since he could remember, and it was strange that he could have fun. But when I think about the past two years, it's still a bit of fun.
The night is full of stars, the night owls are chirping in the distance, and the occasional wind sound is quickly gone. Zhang Zhichun and Sun Tianyi were both practicing in the car, but the girl kept chatting, but unfortunately she couldn't hear clearly. Several disciples of the Yuntan Sect were also in charge of guarding, and the rest were mostly resting. Ten Jianghu people remained on guard all night, and nothing happened until early in the morning, except for suspicious movements at dawn. But by that time He Le had fallen asleep, and after thirty-six weeks of flowing in his body, he felt that he had never felt sleepy, so that he woke up in the morning with great energy.
"Didn't you sleep?" Seeing that Mu Ziqing's expression was not very good, He Le asked strangely.
"I was a light sleeper, I had slept late, and I was woken up by them at dawn. Mu Ziqing shrank in the corner blankly, seemingly ready to continue sleeping. Anyway, she has nothing to do, she is more treated as He Le's daughter.
He Le didn't bother, he used to take food to eat, and reluctantly let her eat it and let her sleep. Before leaving, Shang Gongzi asked someone to let him over, saying that there was something.
"It's not a big deal, I guess there will be movement today, you take care of yourself. Follow me on the risk, it's good for you. "Shang Gongzi has actually been in the same carriage as Zhang Zhichun all the time, and those three are stand-ins.
"Yes, Xiao Ke understands. Of course, He Le understands that his career cannot be appreciated by the prince and he can rise to the top. There are still countless people lining up behind the prince's department, and as a halfway queue, if he doesn't have some qualifications, it can be said that he can't stand. He has already seen it from the "Ten Strategies", and it is more difficult to take advantage of the importance of the situation than to follow the trend.
"Well, it's good to understand. Shang Gongzi didn't say much, it was a great importance to be able to ask him to come over and say something, and he was afraid that he would not understand the situation as a young man.
He Le ran to the Jianghu people to find a cow felt mat, soaked it in water, tied it with a rope and put it in the carriage.
The convoy slowly moved onto the road, passing through a large lake and passing through a few forested areas, before stopping in front of a large restaurant at noon. The restaurant had to have ten thatched huts connected together, and a large courtyard was enclosed by a fence made of firewood in front of the door. Pengjia, a Jianghu man who was familiar with this road, nodded in front of the courtyard, and the convoy slowly drove in.
At this time, two carriages had been parked in the courtyard, and it looked like a rich and noble family's car. Another Jianghu man got off the horse first, entered the restaurant to negotiate with the shopkeeper, and after a while, he came out to signal that it was okay.
This time, the three stand-ins went down, but the merchant boy also held back in the carriage for a long time, pretending to be an entourage and followed Zhang Zhichun into the restaurant. He Le followed behind Shang Gongzi and looked around carefully.
The restaurant has sat most of the guests, all walks of life, because it is not as good as the restaurant in the big city, so there is no upstairs seat and the like, a little better is to take a screen to block. At this time, there was a table in the corner that was blocked with a screen, it is estimated that it is the rich and noble family, and there may be a female dependent.
He Le asked for five tables here, and they didn't use screens, they simply ate some cakes and vegetables. When He Le left, he also ran to ask for a few bottles of plum wine brewed by the restaurant, and then packed a lot of pancakes.
When they packed up and were about to leave, a group of people from the rich and noble family over there also walked out. He Le looked over, and the leader was a middle-aged man, although he was wearing civilian clothes, but he looked at his gait or the official eunuch. He was followed by two female dependents, and a little boy was led by female dependents. Remove or ring two people, plus five guards with knives.
He Le couldn't guess the identity of the other party, so he didn't bother to guess again. Just as he was about to turn around and get into the car, he heard someone over there shouting: "Presumptuous!
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