Chapter 1: Anxiety
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Seeing the long procession slowly moving away, the people at the city gate slowly dispersed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It wasn't until the team disappeared at the end of the leveled official road that Yang Mei withdrew her gaze, sighed and ordered, "Go back......"
The coachman did not dare to slack off, and led the horse to turn around before carefully avoiding pedestrians, and slowly drove towards Furong Street.
Guan He held the curtain with his hand and looked outside, quite absent-minded.
Yang Mei glanced at Guan He, sighed and said: "Don't blame me for not letting you go to the northwest, even if you go with him, he doesn't have much energy to take care of you, and besides, the husband has risen too fast, and the foundation is still shallow, so you must avoid gossip as much as possible............
Guan He smiled reluctantly, nodded and said softly: "Sister, don't worry, I understand......"
The carriage soon returned to Seremban Street.
As soon as she arrived at the street, Yang Mei saw several maids at home standing there in a hurry, her heart sank, and she immediately asked the coachman to stop.
When a maid saw the carriage, she grabbed the edge of the carriage and said in a crying voice, "Madame...... Oh no...... Second lady she ............ It's gone!"
.................................... At this time, Yang Lin had already secretly rode out of the city.
A few days ago, Yang Lin had already made preparations, and this morning he said that he was unwell and did not go to see Chu Nan off.
Chu Nan left, Linglong followed, Yang Mei and Guan He were not at home, and Yang Lin was of course the largest in the huge courtyard.
When Yang Mei and Guan He left for a while, Yang Lin lied and said that Chu Nan had forgotten to bring something and would ride a horse to deliver it himself.
The subordinates did not suspect him, and by the time the maid who cleaned the room found Yang Lin's letter without saying goodbye, she couldn't catch up with him for a long time.
Yang Lin said in the letter that she was going to the northwest to find Chu Nan, and asked Yangmei not to worry about it, and she would take care of herself.
Of course, Yang Lin also knew that if he went to meet Chu Nan immediately, he would most likely be escorted back to the capital by his family who caught up, and it would be even more difficult to escape.
So Yang Lin had an idea, and instead of going to Chu Nan immediately, he decided to go directly to Yongzhou and wait, and they couldn't think of it.
Yang Lin proudly rode the horse he had raised, turned around and looked at the black team, and didn't know where Chu Nan was, tightened the reins on his hand, waved his hand and whispered, "I'll go first...... Don't make me wait too long............"
........................ Due to the large amount of baggage accompanying him, and Emperor Liang did not set a time limit for arrival, Chu Nan's team still walked unhurriedly.
At this time, it is only ten miles away from the capital, although it is the middle of winter, but the spacious and flat official road is full of cars and horses.
Whether it was a pedestrian or a caravan, when they saw this majestic and solemn army in black clothes and black armor, they all retreated to the side with interest.
Naturally, there were old soldiers who were familiar with the road in front to lead the way, and now the weather was not too cold, most of the people were a little new to this journey, and no one hid in the carriage, so a group of people rode horses and walked in the team at will.
Leng Yun and Dugu Qiu haven't been out of the country much, let alone Li Zhen, of course.
Chu Nan and Chu Madness walked side by side in front, discussing something softly, and Leng Yun, Dugu Qiu and Li Zhen exchanged a few words of greetings and followed.
As for the responsible Metropolitan Procuratorate celebrity Guo Xianyan, he had already torn his face with Chu Nan several times, and he didn't dare to humiliate himself, so he hid in the carriage and didn't come out.
The official road near the capital can be regarded as the face of the big beam, not only is it very flat, but it is also spacious and scary, and Chu Nan's team only occupies half of the space.
Dugu Qiu has no official position and no position, wearing a white fur coat, but his already handsome face is even more gorgeous, and from time to time there are passers-by looking sideways.
Chu Nan saw that Dugu Qiu's face was not good-looking, and he was not easy to laugh at, looking at the pedestrians who were avoiding in awe on the spacious road, and secretly sighed the importance of power.
Speaking of which, Chu Mad, Li Zhen and others are all very noble, but if they walk alone on the road, most of them will not give way.
Although Li Zhen was a little reluctant, he also knew that he couldn't make the atmosphere too bad, especially when the accompanying forbidden army, Leng Yun, and Dugu Qiu were obviously biased towards Chu Nan, he frowned at the convoy that was moving slowly on the horse, and said casually: "Although the winter march is quite troublesome, but looking at this situation, the speed of the march is faster, and you will almost be able to reach the territory of Yongzhou around the New Year......
Leng Yun and Dugu Qiu had no experience in marching, and there were experts like Chu Mad who were present, so they did not answer tacitly.
Chu Nan smiled and didn't speak.
Chu Mad was a little helpless, sighed and explained: "Your Highness, how can it be so fast? ”
Li Zhen was a little embarrassed, but continued to ask, "Why is this?"
Chu Mad pointed to the ground and explained softly: "This official road is no more than a hundred miles at most, and the road to the west will be much more difficult, and you have to climb a few mountains on the way, if there is snow on the mountain, it will be fatal." ”
After speaking, he pointed to the carriage in the team and said: "Look at the ruts, you can see that this carriage is loaded with heavy objects such as gold and iron, and the mountain road is difficult to travel, if these carriages are trapped, ......"
Although the words were not finished, everyone understood the meaning.
Li Zhen pursed his lips, looked at the unhurried convoy, and asked with a smile: "Then why don't you take advantage of the good road now and speed up?"
Chu Nan looked back at the long convoy, sighed and said: "The road ahead is difficult and dangerous, and it is a winter march, maintaining physical strength and morale is the most important, now we must first let the soldiers adapt to the rhythm of the march, if you rush to accelerate, everyone will be exhausted after walking this official road, and when you encounter the mountain road later, it will hurt morale......
Li Zhen laughed reluctantly twice, and suddenly said: "It turns out that there is such a statement, but I am ignorant......"
Chu Mad pointed to the rut marks that had been pressed out on the official road and added: "If it is a rapid march, this trip will be abandoned......
Li Zhen's knuckles holding the reins turned white, smiled, pursed his lips, and did not speak again.
.................................... By noon, the convoy had only left Beijing thirty miles.
Chu Nan ordered to rest for half an hour, rest and drink some water before setting off.
There are also many female dependents in the ranks, and the soldiers may not be able to stand them.
Chu Mad did not object, nodded tacitly, and the others did not express any objections when they saw this.
Although it is only thirty miles away from Beijing, it no longer has the slightest sense of prosperity.
After all, they are all the elites of the forbidden army, even if they are temporarily recruited, they have adapted to the rhythm of the march in just one morning, their faces are not red or breathless, and they are very relaxed to talk and laugh relying on the heavy carriage that they don't know what to hold.
Leng Yun was also born in the military, and he didn't feel anything yet, but Dugu Qiu decided early to take the carriage in the afternoon and not blow the cold wind outside with everyone.
Although Li Zhen also has martial arts skills, but the first time he rode a horse for such a long time, he was faintly hurt by the bumpy buttocks, but he had to grit his teeth and hold on.
Chu Nan saw that the soldiers were adapting well, calculated the distance, and ordered to speed up a little in the afternoon, and be sure to arrive at a small city fifty miles away before dark.
Li Zhen's eyes widened.
This is also too child's play, just said that speeding up will hurt morale and hurt the road, and this time you want to speed up nearly double?
When it was time to set off again, after hesitating for a long time, Li Zhen still expressed his doubts.
Chu Mad glanced at Li Zhen and pointed to the wheel for others to see.
Some animal skin thatch had been wrapped around the wheels, and I couldn't help but laugh a lot, and the ruts were noticeably shallower.
Chu Yan said lightly: "In the morning, let the soldiers adapt slowly, and it is also necessary to accelerate appropriately in the afternoon, and it is best to finish this official road at noon tomorrow." As for the wheels, it is also to protect the road, this carriage is too heavy, it doesn't hurt that the road surface is very hard in the morning, and the road will be softer in the afternoon, and more means are needed......"
Leng Yun thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the march is really a university question, I think I don't know how much I have read the military book, but I don't know that there are so many things to say about this rush alone............"
Chu Nan sighed and said softly: "It's not just learning, this is a major matter related to the lives of soldiers and even the safety of the country, and you can't be sloppy......
Li Zhen was depressed and completely gave up his plan to meddle in military affairs again.
................................................ Not long after setting off, a fast horse from the capital delivered a letter to Chu Nan.
The letter was written by Yang Mei herself, naturally telling about Yang Lin's running away from home, and her tone was full of panic and self-blame.
Chu Nan also had a headache when he read the letter, but he didn't expect this Xiao Lin'er to play this trick again.
Last time, the Yang family wanted to force marriage, but Yang Lin was angry and ran thousands of miles to Hangzhou to find Chu Nan, scaring the Yang family half to death, and since then he has never dared to have the idea of forcing Yang Lin to marry.
may have tasted the sweetness, but Yang Lin ran away without hesitation this time.
Although this love for herself is touching, Yang Lin doesn't know how many people will be frightened or even suffer when she runs.
The person who delivered the letter was the general of the Yang family, and he didn't panic and shout, but just waited for Chu Nan to make a decision.
Chu Mad saw Chu Nan frowning and silent, casually glanced at the letter in Chu Nan's hand, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chu Nan did not avoid Chu Madness and handed over the letter.
Chu Crazy glanced at it a few times, frowned, and said slowly: "I think my brother and sister will take the initiative to come to you, such a team is very eye-catching, it's okay." ”
Chu Nan smiled and was noncommittal.
Last time, Yang Lin went south to Hangzhou, and there was basically no risk in taking a boat down the canal.
This time it's different, if she comes to find the team, it's okay to say, if she decides to go to Yongzhou alone, it's a headache.
This official road is good to say, the environment further west is much worse, she is a girl alone, piercing the eye, to the vicinity of Yongzhou, horse bandits and bandits are really common, and there will even be Hu people who cross the border.
These words can't be said to Yangmei, although Yangmei can rest assured not to make a noise, the Yang family and the Chu family have a great influence in the northwest, and they will also ask the Yingzhou caravan to help, which will be foolproof.
After sending away the messenger, Chu Nan continued to hurry with apprehension.
When it was dark, the convoy finally arrived in the small city of Feng County.
(To be continued)