Although it is now the middle of September, the weather is still very hot, and although Li Mingyuan brought carefully selected soldiers to Beijing this time, it is difficult to beat this hot weather.

"Isn't it too hot, little marquis, should we take a break?" Chen Chong asked.

It was indeed too hot today, and some of the people in the team were a little tired because of the hurried journey a few days ago.

"I said the eldest marquis, this time to go to Beijing is not in a hurry, you rushed so early, late to rush, it is estimated that you will be tired to death before you arrive in the capital!" Shang Jing is now detained, so he has to follow the team on foot in shackles, he is already thin, the weather is hot, and it is extremely difficult to walk, Lin Qingran must think of a way.

Li Mingyuan looked at the team, yes, it's useless to be anxious, and now I don't know what the situation of my father is, although he brought all the selected elite soldiers this time, all of them are strong, but if he continues to rush like this, he will be exhausted.

"Okay, let's rest in place for two hours." Li Mingyuan said.

After getting out of the carriage, Lin Qingran walked straight to Shangjing, originally the road back to Jiangnan she imagined should be happy all the way, stop and walk, and look at the scenery, but now ......, "It's all that hateful Li Mingyuan!" ”

"Are you okay? Do you want to drink water? Lin Qingran handed over the water and asked with concern.

"I'm okay, the caravan is often rushing, I'm used to it!" Shang Jing didn't want her to worry, it was true that caravans sometimes rushed, but not like now.

"I'll talk to him again."

"It's okay"

"Li Mingyuan! How can you put the business scene? At this time, Li Mingyuan found a shady place and was about to take a rest when he heard Lin Qingran's voice.

"It's not like rescuing my father and letting him go." Li Mingyuan didn't want to pay much attention to her.

"Then don't hold him like this, your team is full of soldiers with strong feet, and he can keep up with him so thin."

"Who told you that my team is all soldiers?" He asked, surprised.

"Look at the people in your team, all of them are strong, although they are all wearing the clothes of the family, but there is such a family, and when they get close, they are very fierce." Lin Qingran's guess was indeed right.

Li Mingyuan saw that she had already guessed and didn't want to hide it anymore, "Yes, these are all my own soldiers mobilized, so don't even think about running away." Then he lay down, ready to close his eyes.

"You are hiding this trick, do you want to fight hard!" She sat down too.

"If you really want to fight, just these people, you can't fight, I don't have the intention of rebelling." He said with his eyes closed.

"You brought so many soldiers into the city, maybe the emperor didn't know about it at first, but if it was discovered, even if you didn't intend to rebel, you would be convicted of rebellion."

"So what," Li Mingyuan opened his eyes and sat up with a grunt, "If I have to be convicted of treason, I will definitely rush out with my father desperately." ”

"You person, why are you so impulsive, can't you think of a solution?" Lin Qingran said.

"How to fix it?"

"I'll have to think about this, but you let Shang Jing stop walking without shackles."

"You care a lot about your little lover! He's a prisoner. ”

"You, don't talk nonsense! Shang Jing is not what you think, he was arrested and put in prison to apologize for the people in their caravan, and ah, those people under your command have not paid for taking things in my shop for the past two years, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet! ”

"What? And this kind of thing, I haven't heard of it. "The army has always been very disciplined, and he thinks that this will definitely not happen.

"You, the great marquis, are high up, and you know the affairs of us ordinary people!"

"Forget it, how much you take, you can calculate it then, and I'll give it to you." Li Mingyuan disagreed, and lay down again.

"The so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, even if these things are not instructed by you to do, but in the end, the people will still count all these things on your head, and you can't manage them well." Lin Qingran said again.

"Chen Chong will deal with these things." He was ready to close his eyes again.

"Forget it! Shang Jing is not a bad person, he didn't have to suffer with me, but if he is like this now, then I have to walk with him, otherwise I can't get over it in my heart. ”

"You don't want to take the car, you can walk if you want, and no one will stop you!" Li Mingyuan turned over and didn't want to pay attention to her anymore.

After the team rested for a while, they went on the road again, Lin Qingran didn't get in the car, she decided to walk with Shang Jing.

Although it was past the hottest time at noon, the weather in this afternoon was still very hot, and her feet were not as good as these big men, and after a while, she was struggling to walk, Shang Jing saw her persuade her to go back to the car.

"No, if you can go, I can go. Didn't you say that you would share the joys and sorrows? Lin Qingran has made up his mind.

Usually Chen Chong did this kind of thing to inspect the team, but today Li Mingyuan decided to inspect the team by himself, he rode a horse from the front of the team to the back, saw Lin Qingran, and said loudly: "If it doesn't work, go back to the car and rest!" You're walking so slowly, you've delayed my team's trip! "Actually, this Li Mingyuan didn't really want her to walk like this, this road was hard, even if it was his elite soldiers, he needed to take turns to ride horses and rest.

"No, you don't! Wouldn't it be just a few steps! Auntie, I can still walk! Lin Qingran will not admit defeat.

"This little girl is really stubborn!" Li Mingyuan had good intentions, but seeing that she didn't appreciate it, he walked to the front of the team again.

"Little Hou Ye, I just inquired, and there is a water source not far ahead." Chen Chong said.

"Alright, I'll be here tonight." Li Mingyuan specially asked Chen Chong to inquire about the water source, so that the team could have a good rest.

In the afternoon, it seemed that Chen Chong was inquiring about the way, but in fact, Li Mingyuan deliberately slowed down the speed of the team. Although he is a rough man, he is also considerate in some details.

It was supposed to be only two hours away, but it took more than three hours to walk. Before the sun went down, the team reached the water source, set up tents, lit fires, and set up camp. The soldiers in the team were also young men, and when they saw the water, they were also excited. Li Mingyuan asked people to check the situation around them, and after making sure that there was no danger, he agreed to let the soldiers bathe in the river, catch fish, and have fun, after all, it was very hard for them to follow him during this time.

Lin Qingran was too tired to move, she was lying on the grass, she didn't want to do anything, she just wanted to rest.

Although Shang Jing was also tired, he just sat next to him and didn't know what to say.

She lay down for a while, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Li Mingyuan, this bastard, my aunt and grandmother will not let you go." She said angrily.

"If you want to be a ghost, Lord Yama may not accept you." Li Mingyuan originally wanted to see what was going on with her, but he heard her scolding herself.

When she saw Li Mingyuan, she immediately sat up.

"What are you doing, you want to see if I'm dead!" She said angrily.

"I think you're in good spirits." Li Mingyuan didn't want to scold her anymore, "There will be grilled fish over there in a while, you can come over and eat together." There was a hint of thoughtfulness in his tone.

"Oh." After saying that, she lay down again, although she usually takes care of the business of the store, and when she is busy, she will go out of the city to deliver goods, and occasionally walk long distances, but it is the first time for her to walk under the scorching sun for three or four hours like this, and it is not easy to be a soldier.

In the evening, the fish was grilled, and a burst of fragrance wafted in. Lin Qingran rested for a while, and his stomach was also hungry, so he and Shang Jing walked over.

When Li Mingyuan saw them coming, he asked Chen Chong to find a place and handed over the grilled fish.

After sprinkling some salt, Lin Qingran ate it.

"You're not a good person, but the fish is still very good!" Maybe I'm hungry and think the fish is extra tasty.

"You are a woman, you don't sit down, you don't eat, and you speak so rudely, can you get married?" Li Mingyuan said.

"You don't care who I marry!"

"You're so poor! I thought that Qin Yu and we walked for three days in a row, and we didn't rest! is also a woman, why is the gap so big. The attendant Liu Wei looked at her and said.

Lin Qingran gave him a blank look.

Shang Jing also picked up a grilled fish, because it was inconvenient to wear shackles, Lin Qingran saw it and helped him sprinkle salt on the fish.

Li Mingyuan saw it, but he didn't know why, he didn't feel very comfortable, "I took off his shackles!" Let him do it himself, a big man still needs a woman to help! Then the soldier took off Shang Jing's shackles.

"Find him a horse tomorrow! Let him ride his own horse! Li Mingyuan originally didn't want to slow down the trip because of them, but maybe he had other intentions.

When Lin Qingran heard this, he was very happy, after all, Shangjing didn't have to walk so hard anymore.

In this weather, the sun was still shining when we set off in the morning, but in the afternoon there was a sudden strong wind, the sky was getting dark, and lightning flashed not far away, and then the thunder was deafening.

Li Mingyuan saw that there was going to be a heavy rainstorm in this weather, and immediately asked Chen Chong to inform everyone to put on their clothes.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the road was muddy and difficult to walk, and the carriage was stuck in it, unable to move. Everyone had to take down the items on the carriage first to reduce the weight of the carriage, Lin Qingran also got out of the carriage to help, and some people pushed while pulling, and finally got the carriage out.

"Little Hou Ye, this rain is getting heavier and heavier, let's find a place to shelter from the rain first!" Chen Chong said.

Li Mingyuan looked at the sky, and the rain couldn't stop for a while, "Okay! ”

Not far ahead, there happened to be a small village, so Chen Chong took some people to explore the road first, and after a while, he rode back and said that he could enter the village. As soon as Li Mingyuan waved his hand, the team marched towards the village.

Coming to the village, the group settled down temporarily.

"Do you still have to go further?" An old man in the village asked.

"Yes!" Chen Chong said.

"This is the realm of Taizhou again, where bandits are rampant, and ordinary traders will bypass here, I see that you have so many boxes, I'm afraid it's not safe." The old man said again.

"Don't worry, we're all strong, it doesn't matter!" Chen Chong said.

"Get out of the way, don't scare people." Lin Qingran had also heard that there were many bandits in Taizhou, originally she wanted to go around the east and return to Jiangnan by sea, but now she was caught by Li Mingyuan and could only cross Taizhou with him. But after this wrongful place, we still have to ask clearly, safety is the supreme thing, "Old man, there are so many bandits in Taizhou, will the government not care about it?" ”

When the old man saw a group of strong men, he didn't want them to enter the village, but the man promised that he was only temporarily sheltering from the rain, and he agreed without any other purpose. Seeing that there were still women in the team, I was a little less vigilant.

"Alas...... I can't control it, in this world, the government taxes are heavy, the harvest in the fields is not good, and there is a famine in some places, so there are even more robbers! The old man sighed.

"I see! Old man, don't worry, we're not bad people, when the rain stops, we'll leave! Lin Qingran comforted the old man and said.

"It's okay, anyway, there is nothing valuable in this village, if you want to hide from the rain, just hide." It seems that their village must have been robbed by bandits, so they are very vigilant.