Xu Jingluo handed the whip to Cui Ying and asked her to drive for her.

"It's not early, I have to go to General Zhenyuan's Mansion as soon as possible."

After the words fell, Xu Jingluo put two small bags of meat buns on the wheel, and carefully explained to Cui Ying: "The big guy may not stop halfway, I brought a few meat buns, and if I am hungry, I will share them with Runtian and Yi Bao." ”

"Girl, your stomach is still empty, let's get two cushions first."

Cui Ying subconsciously decided that this meat bun should be bought by Qian Yulan, so she didn't feel strange, and quickly took out two meat buns and wanted to hand them over to Xu Jingluo.

"No need, I'll buy it again when I enter Beijing." Xu Jingluo pushed the meat bun back and said.

"But, girl, you don't have money to eat, do you?" Cui Ying looked at Xu Jingluo with a sad face.

"Who said that, when I get to the General's Mansion, just ask my mother for some." Xu Jingluo rolled his eyes, smiled, and jumped out of the carriage lightly.

When she just walked past Qian Yulan's mule cart, Qian Yulan saw her, poked her head out of the window, and asked curiously, "Miss Xu, how are you walking, and where are you going?" ”

"I want to go home and see how my mother is doing." Xu Jingluo told the truth.

"In this way, why don't I ask Ze'an to go with you, you go alone, I'm afraid something will happen."

"Aunt doesn't need to trouble Brother An, nothing will happen to me."

"Don't say that it's not troublesome, Jingluo, it's a bit dangerous for you to enter Beijing alone as a weak woman, I don't agree with anything! Our family Ze'an, after all, is half a man, let him protect you on the road. Zean, come over here. ”

After the mule cart stopped, Qian Yulan called a young man in a green shirt and instructed: "Ze'an, now go with your sister Jingluo, protect her, and then hurry back to the road to find us, do you know?" ”

"Okay, no problem."

Qian Yulan's eldest son, Feng Ze'an, is sixteen years old, tall, burly and strong, but his face is a little thin, and he is easy to stutter when talking to girls.

As soon as he looked at Xu Jingluo, his face immediately turned red.

"There's Aunt Lao and Brother An." Xu Jingluo saw that it was difficult to resist, so he thanked Qian Yulan and Feng Ze'an.

"It's all a family, what's polite?" Qian Yulan smiled and waved her hand, and found that Xu Jingluo didn't bring anything, so she took two freshly boiled eggs in the morning and handed them to her, and whispered: "Eat two eggs to pad your stomach first, try not to delay too long on the road, I will let the team slow down and wait for you to catch up." ”

"Uh-huh, thank you, auntie." Xu Jingluo glanced at Qian Yulan with red eyes, and after waving goodbye, he immediately led Feng Ze'an and strode forward.

After leaving the team that had snaked into a long line, Xu Jingluo gave one of the eggs in his hand to Feng Ze'an, and continued to hurry while eating.

At this time, at the door, as Xu Jingluo expected, additional people had been sent to check the crowd of people.

However, this kind of inventory is very routine and even perfunctory, and everyone's face does not show a panicked and uneasy expression, as if everything is as usual, and there is no sign of the imminent death of the country.

If it weren't for the fact that the warning letter was sent by her brother, she would almost have questioned that the death of Nan Zhou was a rumor!

It was unexpectedly easy for Xu Jingluo and the two of them to enter the city, and the soldiers only glanced at the customs clearance documents twice, and then let the two enter the city without even searching their bodies.

Xu Jingluo felt very strange, could it be that the army of the Southern Zhou Dynasty had driven away the Northern Liang barbarians?

In any case, it is necessary to find out the situation in the city as soon as possible, and if it is confirmed that the Northern Liang barbarians have really been beaten away, he will tell the people in the village that it is not too late to let them return the same way.

The city is still bustling with people, and all the shops are open as usual, but even more noisy than ever.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

"Sister Jing, Sister Jingluo, it's difficult, is the information we got wrong?"

Feng Ze'an rubbed his cheeks with a puzzled face, glanced at Xu Jingluo, and said, "Since that's the case, I, I'll rush back now, call and tell the team to turn around and go back to Zhuangzi?" ”

"Don't go back for the time being, wait until you get to the Zhenyuan General's Mansion and figure out the ins and outs before making plans!"

If it weren't for the letter sent to her by her eldest brother Xu Jingsheng, Xu Jingluo would have been a little unconvinced.

The eldest brother is a lieutenant under the command of the cavalry general Lu Guangzu, so secret, he will never dare to spread rumors casually, could it be that Nanzhou turned the tide and reversed the defeat in an instant?

However, she also thinks that this probability is extremely low, a while ago the Northern Liang was like a bamboo, and the victory was one after another, if it was said that the Southern Zhou Dynasty was in a desperate situation, it sounded like a fantasy.

It is very likely that the imperial court deliberately concealed the situation of the war, and all the people in Beijing are still in the dark, not knowing that the Northern Liang barbarians are about to attack.

Xu Jingluo wasn't sure what the truth was, and thought to himself, it would be better to ask Xu Wanjun to know.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the Zhenyuan General's Mansion, he saw an old man guarding him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Guo, is my mother at home?" ”

After the old man opened his eyes wide and saw that it was Xu Jingluo, the former fourth girl, who was asking questions, he immediately got up and said with a look of surprise: "Fourth and fourth girl, why did you suddenly return home?" Madame, she's at home. ”

"I'm here to see how my mother is doing lately, and by the way, I want to ask your master."

Xu Jingluo straightened his collar and was about to raise his feet to cross the threshold, but was stopped by the old man.

"I'm sorry, four girls! After you left, the master ordered the old slave to never allow the four girls to step in half a step further. ”

Xu Jingluo's eyes sank when he heard this, he gritted his teeth, and pinched his knuckles white.

At the beginning, Xu Wanjun, the father of the original owner, Zhenyuan General, ruthlessly expelled the original owner from the house, and right here, in front of a group of people in Wuyang, scolded her to the point of blood, every word was punishable, and she endured cold eyes and ridicule.

What a sad thing it must be to have such a cruel father!

"Fourth girl, if you really want to go in, there is a way for the little one, I don't know if I should talk about it or not." Uncle Guo quietly pulled Xu Jingluo aside, looked around left and right, and after confirming that there was no one around, he lowered his voice.

"What's the method?" When Xu Jingluo heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately asked.

"The fourth girl hangs her head down a little, don't let anyone recognize you, the little one can lead you around the corner gate, and sneak in from there."

Uncle Guo made a move for Xu Jingluo, Xu Jingluo accepted it happily after listening to it, and said, "Okay, let's do it, Uncle Guo will lead the way." ”

Xu Jingluo always hooked his head along the way, fortunately, there were not many maidservants who came and went, and no one noticed her, and under the leadership of Uncle Guo, she smoothly mixed in through the corner gate.