It was almost noon when Lu Yingquan woke up.

Like Sisi, she felt groggy in her head, and she didn't sleep until she woke up naturally, but as if she had done some physical work in the middle of the night last night, she couldn't lift her spirits.

"Master, ...... last night" Sisi told Lu Yingquan exactly what she heard from Achen, and her trembling voice showed that she still had palpitations in her heart.

When Lu Yingquan heard this, he was also stunned, and then he figured it out: "It seems that he was being targeted, you called Achen to come over, I have something to ask him." ”

Sisi nodded, waited for Lu Yingquan to get up and get dressed, then called Achen over, and went to the small kitchen to prepare meals and fetal pills for Lu Yingquan.

Gu Chen came to Lu Yingquan's room and asked, "Niangniang summoned her subordinates, what are your orders?"

"I heard Sisi say what happened last night, are you sure we have to leave?" Lu Yingquan asked, "You know, if we live here, there will be a place to shelter from the wind and rain, as long as we keep this one-third of an acre of land, those people can't help us." But if you leave, you will inevitably embark on the road of escape. ”

"The situation that Niangniang said, my subordinates have also considered it. But we don't know how many people there are on the other side now, there were seven or eight people in black last night alone, and two of them were no less martial arts than their subordinates. If you stay here, of course, you will be fine for the time being, but if your subordinates are injured or killed, then Niangniang and Sisi Girl will become each other's pockets. Gu Chen looked at Lu Yingquan and whispered.

He was still expressionless, and even when he said that he might die, his tone did not have any waves, as normal as eating and drinking.

But hearing these words in Lu Yingquan's ears made her nervous for no reason.

She also understood Ah Chen's intentions, and if she left now, she could at least write a letter to Yun Yao or King Jing asking for help, and at the same time approach either of them. If they are lucky enough to successfully escape the pursuit of the man in black, and King Jing or Yun Yao receive the letter in time, then they are likely to come to answer halfway.

"So with what you can see, should we return to Jingguo, or should we continue north?" Lu Yingquan asked.

"The subordinates think that they should return to Jingguo. First, what is the situation of the general and Yun girl in the Jade Kingdom, we don't know yet, in case the Jade King is not so easy to talk, we are tantamount to throwing ourselves into the net; Gu Chen thought about it and made a judgment.

Lu Yingquan knew that Gu Chen was the person next to Gu Qingming, and he had always done things safely, and it must have been carefully considered to have such a result, so he nodded and agreed with Achen's decision.

At this time, Sisi walked in from outside with a medicine bowl, and she seemed to have heard part of the conversation between Gu Chen and Lu Yingquan, so she took out a silver whistle from her arms, handed it to Gu Chen, and said:

"This is what Meng Yijie gave me when I left Jingguo, and he said that if we encounter difficulties, we will blow this whistle. ”

Sisi was hit by the incense last night, and she was also groggy when she got up as soon as possible, completely forgetting that there was such a whistle, and now that she knew that they were going to leave here and return to Jingguo, she suddenly remembered that Meng Yijie gave her this whistle.

"This silver whistle should be the power of the king side by side in the rivers and lakes, I don't know how many, but it is always a help for us. Gu Chen looked at the whistle, it should be specially made, and there was a mark on it that belonged to Meng Yijie, the king of the side.

"But I've tried, and the whistle doesn't blow at all, and I don't know how to use it. Sisi was a little depressed, she didn't know why Meng Yijie gave her an uncontrollable whistle.

Gu Chen looked at the whistle carefully, then put it in his mouth, used his internal force, and blew it vigorously - a long whistle came out of the room, the sound was not loud, but it could travel far away.

After about a stick of incense, a stranger dressed in black came to the house, embroidered with gold stripes, exactly like the mark on the silver whistle.

The man came to the house, walked directly in front of Sisi, bowed and saluted: "My subordinates have seen Miss, I don't know what Miss commands?"

"You were sent by your brother?" It was the first time for Sisi to hear someone else talk to her with such respect, a little unaccustomed and a little cramped, but she still didn't forget her business, so she asked.

"The subordinate is the one who has been sent by the King to protect the safety of the young lady. The man bowed and said.

"What's your name? Are you the only one?" Sisi is also clever, knowing that the person in front of her is here to protect herself, so she wants to inquire about the situation.

"Subordinate Meng Bo, a group of seven people who came this time, are all on standby outside Dusk City. Meng Bo said.

Lu Yingquan listened to their conversation, and knew in his heart that the Meng Bo in front of him was Meng Yijie's henchman, just like Meng Lei who was in the palace side by side, only Meng Yijie's henchman was qualified to be surnamed Meng.

"It's easy to do it if there are too many people, the seven of you plus me, escort the master and Miss Sisi back to the capital of Jingguo, if there is no accident, there should be no problem. Gu Chen nodded and said.

After discussing the itinerary, they decided that Meng Bo would come forward to hire a carriage, and when the city gate just opened early tomorrow morning, they would immediately leave Dusk City and return to Jingguo.

Sisi waited for Lu Yingquan to drink the medicine, and then sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed her sore head for her, so that she could be more comfortable.

Fortunately, Lu Yingquan recuperated in Dusk City for a while, and his body had almost recovered, without the symptoms of unaccustomed water and soil at the beginning, and the fetus in his womb was not too noisy, everything was quite calm. So Lu Yingquan felt that this was already God's blessing.

Everything is ready, just wait for the dawn to leave.

Those black-clothed people last night had just failed, so they expected Lu Yingquan and them to be on guard, so they didn't come back this night. But even so, Gu Chen still didn't dare to relax his vigilance, and Lu Yingquan and Sisi didn't sleep peacefully.

As soon as the sky was dawn, Lu Yingquan left the house with Sisi, followed Gu Chen, got into + the carriage that Meng Bo had prepared a long time ago, and Gu Chen drove towards the city gate.

Meng Bo and the seven of his brothers still followed secretly, just in case.

However, their movements did not hide from the black-clothed men under the Empress Dowager Qin, and when they saw the carriage leaving, they gathered all their brothers and chased Lu Yingquan and them.

This escape and chase are doomed to the whole road will not be peaceful.

In fact, Lu Yingquan had long expected that since he left Yiguo and wanted to help Shen Che win over the alliance with the dignity of the queen, he would definitely encounter danger on the road.

It's just that Yun Yao and Gu Qingming were there before, Yun Yao is cautious and can avoid risks to a large extent, and a master like Gu Qingming can also prevent some accidents from happening, so they didn't encounter particularly dangerous things along the way.

And now, the danger really begins.

This escape is purely a bet of luck and chance, whether it is Gu Chen or Sisi, they all know in their hearts that they can't completely cover up their whereabouts, after all, with Lu Yingquan, a pregnant woman, it is the most eye-catching.

But Lu Yingquan is the most important person among them.

No matter how day and night, no matter how disguised they are, they can't escape the enemy's tracking, and all they can gamble on is their luck. If they stay in Dusk City, or return to Jingguo, they will face the situation of being rounded up, and their choice will at least have a chance to live.

At this time, Yun Yao didn't know that there had been an accident on Lu Yingquan's side.

The further she and Gu Qingming walked north, the more the scenery gradually became depressed, the sound of horses' hooves was dull but very monotonous, the hard loess road, the dust was flying and shading, and even trees were rare in sight.

Only then did Yun Yao discover how empty and desolate the northern part of the Jade Kingdom was, all along, the so-called prosperity and liveliness were only concentrated in the part of the city south of the capital of the Jade Kingdom, and to the north, it was a lonely city.

It is no wonder that the literati and writers since ancient times have had great fear and sorrow for this barren land in the north, and if they had not seen it with their own eyes, the countless poems and songs read in the book would not be enough to describe the scene in front of them.

Fortunately, the two brought enough dry food and water, and chewed two mouthfuls of dry and hard glutinous rice cakes when they were hungry.

Due to the urgency of time, almost all of them ate on horses, and Yun Yao was weak and couldn't stand the bumps, so she fell asleep in Gu Qingming's arms all the way. Only when she was particularly tired, she would agree to Gu Qingming to stop and rest, but she always sat under a few trees or in the wilderness for a while, or for two hours, and then continued to move forward.

Finally, on the tenth day after leaving the capital of the Jade Kingdom, the two arrived at Yoki City, which was not far from the northern border. Here he recuperated for a day and made peace with the southwestern garrison that came later.

The two generals, Li and Xu, immediately handed over their talismans after seeing Gu Qingming, preparing to let Gu Qingming lead the army, but Gu Qingming refused.

"Two generals, I am no longer the great generals of the imperial court, I believe the two of you have also heard of it, I was dismissed from office by the emperor, and now I am idle at home. I came here this time only because I had fought with Beidi all the year round and knew Beidi better, so I came to help the defenders of the northern border. Gu Qingming said, "I can't accept the talisman, and my current identity is just a military advisor at best." ”

"General Gu, even if the imperial court removes you from your official position, in our hearts, you are still an invincible general, and I ask the general to accept the military talisman. "General Lee is stubborn.

"Etiquette cannot be abolished, rules cannot be observed, in order to prevent someone in the court from taking advantage of the handle, let's just follow the rules. Gu Qingming excused himself, "Time is pressing, and I also ask the two generals to rest here for one night, and tomorrow morning, we will go to Chicheng together." ”

Seeing this, General Li and General Xu could only reluctantly withdraw the talisman and order the soldiers to camp on the spot and adjust their rest, but on the condition that they would not disturb the people.

Yun Yao watched hundreds of thousands of troops settle down in the city in an orderly manner, and sighed in her heart.

She knew that some of these people would remain on the battlefields of the North forever, because war was always merciless, and perhaps it would be the last time in their lives that they would ever be together.

When they arrived in Akagi, they parted from life and death, and each had a destiny.