Chapter 15: Leaving the City in Disguise
"It's okay aunt, I'm not afraid, I believe Uncle Qiao is innocent."
"Good boy." Qiao Mishi was stunned, then raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, she gently patted Yao Mingxi's hand and said with a tearful smile, "It's okay, it's okay." With you by Ya'er's side, I feel more at ease. ”
"Mother, everything is packed, let's go. I'll send you to Xianyang first. Qiao Xiya saw that Chunling and the others had already packed up their things, so she helped Qiao Mi to get into the carriage.
"Xi'er, you come too, come up and sit, let's talk." Qiao Mishi sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, and looked at Yao Mingxi.
"Auntie, I'm wearing the clothes of a subordinate, and it's not appropriate to sit in." Yao Mingxi refused, "If my aunt wants to speak, I'll just follow my aunt's car outside, and if my aunt needs anything, just tell me." After that, Yao Mingxi put the small step stool on the car and motioned to the coachman to catch the car, while he lowered his head and followed closely on the side of the carriage.
"Well, you will come up when you get out of the city." Qiao Mishi leaned on the window next to him and looked at Yao Mingxi.
"Girl, get in the car too." Seeing that Qiao Mi's car had set off, Chunling helped Qiao Xiya into the carriage.
Xia He handed over a soft pillow on the side: "Girl, this car hired from the car dealership is not as comfortable as our own home, put this soft pillow on it."
Qiao Xiya took the soft pillow, and beckoned Chunling and Xia He to get into the car, and then ordered the coachman to set off.
"Master, how long do we have to wait......" A young man dressed as a scholar was lying bored in the grass halfway up the mountainside, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth, looking at the sky without a trace of clouds boredly.
"Wait a few more days." A young man who looked like a rich boy stood aside, stroking the oily and slippery black war horse beside him, and his eyes kept looking at the official road down the mountain.
"Master, I've been waiting for six days...... Wait......" The scholar turned over and sat up, wrapped the dogtail grass in his mouth around his fingertips, and twisted the dogtail grass into pieces after a few back and forth.
"If you don't want to wait, go back first." The boy raised an eyebrow and smiled, and threw a waist card to the scholar.
"That's it." The scholar stood up and put the waist tag back on the young man's waist, "If the little one goes back alone, a severe beating will be indispensable." It's better to follow you, but it's just two more days of sun. ”
"You go down the mountain and take a look, and see if there is any news from our brothers who stayed at the gate of the city to watch the wind." The boy handed the reins to the scholar.
"Have the pigeons been released?" In the dimly lit room, a Taishi chair was placed with its back to the door, and the person on the Taishi chair closed his eyes lightly, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and kneaded two shiny walnuts in his hands.
"Back to the master, it's been released." There was a person standing bowed next to the closed door, and the sunlight shone into the room through the hollow carving on the door, reflecting on the person's face, mottled, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, "Master, it's just a yellow-haired girl who has not dried up, do you need to be so careful?" ”
"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." The voice that was not angry and arrogant came from the Taishi's chair, "Don't underestimate that girl. Send more men along the way, and it's best not to let her reach Huimeng alive. ”
"Yes."
"Mother, you will live here for a while, and your daughter will definitely come to pick you up as soon as possible and go back to reunite with your father." Qiao Xiya took Qiao Mi's hand and was reluctant.
Qiao Mishi really wanted Qiao Xiya to stay for a few days, but she knew that time was really not so abundant, so she patted Qiao Xiya's hand lightly: "Don't worry." I'll be here waiting for you to come back. ”
"Xiya, you're all ready, ready to go." Yao Mingxi changed into a lake blue robe, and the whole person looked heroic. Beside him stood a snow-white steed with a smooth coat, which looked silver in the light of the morning sun.
"Mother, take care of yourself." Qiao Xiya held back her tears, said goodbye to Qiao Mi for a week, and got into the carriage.
"Be careful on the road." Jomi's eyes were hazy as he looked at the back of the carriage and waved his hand.
A horse, a carriage. Qiao Xiya rushed to Huimeng County as fast as she could. I thought that I could keep traveling in the carriage day and night, but I didn't think that in less than a day, Qiao Xiya was already suffering from back pain, and her whole body seemed to be falling apart. She lifted the curtain and called for the carriage to stop.
"What's wrong?" Yao Mingxi, who was exploring the road in front, didn't see Qiao Xiya's carriage following for a long time, so she had to turn around and come back, only to see the carriage parked on the side of the road, Qiao Xiya sitting in the car, Chunling and Xia He were busy beating her legs and pinching her shoulders.
"How far have you gone?" Qiao Xiya wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief and looked at the endless road ahead.
Yao Mingxi turned over and dismounted, put up a pergola with one hand, and pointed ahead with the other: "Over the mountain not far ahead, we will arrive in Huizhou, enter Huizhou, and walk another 200 miles to Huimeng County." Let's take a break for a snack. Yao Mingxi took out a pack of snacks from her arms and handed it to Qiao Xiya.
"Can we climb that mountain before dark?" Qiao Xiya took the snack and frowned.
Qiao Xiya made a bet with the Son of Heaven with her enthusiasm to clear her father's grievances, but she didn't think about how to deal with everything that might happen on the road. Even if she should move on now, she couldn't make up her mind. If it weren't for Yao Mingxi by her side, she wouldn't know who to talk to.
"Girl," Qiao San, who had been silently driving the car, took off the hat on his head, turned around and said, "Why don't we spend the night at the foot of the mountain tonight, and then go over the mountain tomorrow." ”
"I'm afraid that the trees are dense and the grass is high overnight, and there are fierce beasts at night, what should I do if I hurt Miss Qiao?" Yao Mingxi did not hesitate to reject Qiao San's proposal, "Why don't we continue to walk forward, find a cave on the mountain, and light a bonfire at the entrance of the cave, which is warm and not afraid of wild beasts." ”
Qiao Xiya pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go further, if we can walk more, we can get to Huimeng a day earlier."
"Then listen to the girl." Qiao San glanced at Yao Mingxi and responded to Qiao Xiya's proposal.
"The front is the mountain road, I'll go to the front to explore the road first, you walk slowly behind, the mountain road is narrow, you must be careful." Yao Mingxi turned over on his horse, turned his head and said uneasily.
"Don't worry." Qiao Xiya said, stretched her body, and sat back in the car. Chunling and Xia He sat by the door of the car on the left and right, and Qiao San waved his whip behind the wheels and drove the carriage towards the mountain road.
The sound of bells under the wheels of the "jingle ......" echoed in the valley.
"Master, here it is." The bored scholar in the grass on the mountainside heard the bell and jumped up, "Master, let's go." Seeing that his master was indifferent, the scholar couldn't help but urge.
"There's no hurry." The young man glanced faintly down the mountain, a white horse trotted all the way, the clattering hooves splashed a thin layer of dust, and an ordinary carriage slowly drove into sight behind the white horse. The corner of the young man's mouth hooked a light smile, "Chuyun, get on the horse, just follow here slowly." ”
A master and a servant each rode a horse on the official road halfway up the mountain, slowly following the carriage traveling on the next official road.
"Master, the man on the white horse sped up and went forward." Hatsuyun reminded in the back.
The young man frowned slightly, and just when he was puzzled, he saw that the carriage following the white horse suddenly seemed to be crazy, and the horses stood up, neighed loudly, and then spread their hooves and galloped away, and in an instant, they galloped past the white horse.