Li Hanning listened to the footsteps of those people from far and near.

The men were approaching their wagon.

It was a group of people in night clothes, although they covered their appearance with black masks, and they used ordinary swords, but Li Hanning always felt as if he had seen their sword moves somewhere when he was fighting.

But at the moment, the situation was critical, and protecting their wives was the most important, Li Hanning didn't have time to think about it for a while, so he had to draw his sword first to repel the people who wanted to get close to the carriage.

There were thirteen of them in their group, and the soldiers who had originally put secret posts around here had been dealt with by these men in black, and there were only nine people alive now.

But there were more than a hundred men in black.

Li Hanning may still be able to hold on, but the remaining soldiers on the side are obviously a little unbearable.

"General! I'll take it with the others! The general and his wife will withdraw first. ”

The soldiers who were fighting with the man in black all glanced at Li Hanning, knowing in their hearts that they could die, but Mrs. Wen Qing must not have an accident here.

But Li Hanning also knew in her heart that if she really left at this time, they would definitely be outnumbered, and the remaining few people were using their lives to open the way for them.

Li Hanning suddenly remembered at this moment that the Deadpool of their Li Mansion seemed to be a similar scene that year, in order to protect the adults of the Li Mansion, now everything seemed to be repeating itself in front of her.

But this is indeed the only solution.

Li Hanning jumped to the carriage with a light effort, easily put the two thieves who were about to climb into the carriage, and strangled the reins of the horse, the horse jumped in the air, and saw that the whole carriage was about to turn over on its back, but fortunately, Li Hanning's arm was strong enough, so he narrowly strangled the reins, and the carriage rushed out of the crowd smoothly.

The black-clothed men behind him saw the carriage leaving, and immediately put down the people who were confronting him and wanted to rush over, but the remaining officers and soldiers saw the carriage leave and blocked the way with their bodies.

Li Hanning drove the carriage all the way, and those black-clothed people had fast horses around them, how could the speed of their carriage be equal to the speed of fast horses, when they reached the mountains, Li Hanning stopped the carriage, helped Wen Qing get out of the carriage, and whipped the horse with a horsewhip, and the horse was crazy and galloped away with the carriage in another direction in the mountains and forests.

At present, although it is dark between the mountains and forests, and only the starlight and moonlight can illuminate, the carriage can leave a deep mark on the mud, and the sound of the carriage passing is not small, and this carriage should be able to divide a lot of attention from the people in black for them.

Now they were planning to walk back, Wen Qing had grown up in this area since she was a child, and she was knowledgeable and knowledgeable about the stars, so she could remember the way back.

Seeing that her snow-white cloak was now covered with mud, and the hair at the corners of her eyes was a little messy, Li Hanning only felt full of guilt, if only she had taken more officers and soldiers out at that time.

"Madam, why don't I carry you back."

In the past, they Deadpool carried out missions, not only alone, sometimes the more difficult tasks were also carried together in twos and threes, she carried a burly man on her back and walked more than ten miles of mountain roads, although her back hurt a little afterwards, but it didn't hurt, not to mention that their wife should be very light.

Wen Qing stopped when she heard this: "No need, although my body bones are indeed worse than my father and brother, but I haven't reached the point where I need someone to carry it, not to mention that I am a woman, and you are the same, where is it to the point where you can walk back safe and sound, but I want someone to carry it?" ”

What's more, she still felt sorry for Li Hanning when she fought bravely against those black-clothed men just now, although she was still in the carriage at that time, she could also hear the sound of the collision of weapons around her, and knew the danger of fighting outside, especially now that she saw Li Hanning have a few bruises on her hands, thinking that she was injured when she strangled the reins of the horse just now.

Wen Qing's eyes sank when she thought of this: "Actually, you don't have to say it, I also know some things, I go to Hanshan Temple to incense at this time of year, and there are fewer people around me at this time in the past than this time, when you told me a few days ago that you wanted to bring more people, I also rejected you, I always feel that I shouldn't be extravagant and wasteful, and turn around to affect my husband's statement." ”

Li Hanning always felt uneasy at that time, and wanted to bring more people with her, but Wen Qing, who had always disliked noise and extravagance, refused in person, she had never had an accident on this road for so many years, not to mention that their carriage was from the backyard this morning, and few people in the city should have noticed them.

I didn't think it was this accident.

The people who can plan so carefully and know that they will come back at this hour are likely to have internal ghosts in the Li Mansion, or there are people in Huai'an City who want to take the opportunity to get rid of them.

They are now walking on the hillside, it has been midnight, and they will be able to return to Huai'an in two or three hours, and they can see the lights of thousands of homes in Huai'an City from a distance where they are now, but it will take a certain amount of time to walk over.

Wen Qing looked at the direction of Huai'an City from a distance and said, "If God has mercy on you and me this time, I will definitely not let go of the people who sent the assassins this time, so that they can also get the retribution they deserve." ”

Listening to Mrs. Wen Qing's meaning, she probably understood in her heart that she might know who those assassins were, Wen Qing, whom Li Hanning had always known, seemed to be not quite the same as the soft and rigid lady in front of her, Wen Qing at the moment was gentle and firm.

Li Hanning glanced at her and said, "Madame, don't worry, I will definitely escort Madame back to Huai'an City safely." ”

Wen Qing also glanced back at her, the two of them looked at each other, she had never trusted the person in front of her.

*

Wen Qing, who was supposed to come back during the curfew, had not returned for a long time, and Mo Zhao, who was guarding the city gate and was about to close the city gate today, noticed that something was wrong for the first time.

"Don't close the city gate today, I have something to find Lord Li Zhao, Lord Yanlu came to watch here, and everyone will not change their guards until I come back."

"Yes."

Mo Zhao quickly told Li Zhao about this, Li Zhao frowned and glanced at the sky outside, it was indeed past the hour, Wen Qing's travel never made people worry, this time when they came back late nine times out of ten they encountered an accident on the way, they originally went to Hanshan Temple today to pray for blessings, if something really happened, it should be not far from Huai'an City now.

What's more, Li Han personally followed Wen Qing out today, if they really encountered something, I am afraid that it is a major matter that Li Han will not be able to solve at the moment, so he will delay the time to come back.

"Pass my order, take three thousand soldiers and horses out of the city, and search along the ancient road all the way."

The matter is related to Mrs. Wen Qing, not to mention their adults, even if they are in a hurry at this hour.

Mo Zhao bowed his head and replied, "Yes, then you-"

After all, Wen Qing is his wife, and he is now his only relative in this world, if something happens to her, how can Li Zhao care?

Li Zhao frowned and said, "Go and lead my horse." ”

Naturally, he wanted to go out of the city in person to pick up his wife and return home safely.

*

The two of them walked all the way, almost all night, and finally listened when the sky was about to dawn and the long night was about to dawn

Not far away, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves, rolling dust from far and near.

Li Hanning heard that this was the voice of the military horse, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief after being nervous all night, the people from Huai'an City had already discovered that they did not go back on time, and speculated that they might have an accident before rushing here, but fortunately they came in time.

The person who came was none other than Li Zhao.

Li Zhao dismounted and hugged Wen Qing beside him on the horse, and then ripped off the cloak on his body and draped it on her, covering her already somewhat messy clothes.

Wen Qing also experienced a whole night of worry, and at this moment, her body was warm, and when she saw Li Zhao's natural sour eyes, tears couldn't help but fall.

Li Zhao turned over on the horse again, wrapped Wen Qing in his arms, and whispered relief to her side: "It's okay, I'm here, let's go home first." ”

The rest will be done when they get home.

Li Zhao held Wen Qing on the horse with one hand, and grabbed the reins on the horse's back with the other, and rode away from here.

Mo Zhao, who was watching all this from the side, looked at Li Hanning and seemed to stop talking.

But Li Hanning didn't seem to notice this gaze, turned over to another horse, glanced sideways at Mo Zhao and said, "This neighborhood may not be safe, let's talk about it when we go back." ”

"Drive!"

When all the people passed by the gate of Huai'an City, no one stopped them, but Li Hanning was stopped by the people of Yanlu when they passed by.

Mo Zhao, who had been following her, was also a little surprised: "What do you mean by this?" ”

The soldier looked in a dilemma, he naturally didn't dare to stop Li Han casually before this, but after all, this was an order under the law.

Yanlu walked down the steps step by step from the city wall: "Don't embarrass him, this is what Lord Han Ye meant, let's ask Lord Li Han to come with us." ”

Li Hanning seemed to understand something, when Li Zhao saw her before, it was as if she hadn't seen her as a person, and she already understood something at that time, not to mention that she also knew that Yanlu was also Li Zhao's person, and his meaning was naturally Li Zhao's meaning.

Mo Zhao frowned, and his spear blocked: "To make it clear, he is the general of the city guard, where are you going to take him?" When it comes to official positions, you and Han Ye are not as good as him combined. ”

Yanlu didn't seem to be afraid of the spear in his hand, and approached in the direction where they were step by step: "Take it to the water prison, General Mo and General Li are both smart people, and I know that this is the best choice for Lord Li Zhao at the moment, after all, Mrs. Wen Qing was not dressed when she came back, and the streets and alleys of Huai'an City will be full of rumors about Mrs. tomorrow morning, whether the adults are being used or framed by others, at this moment, I will go to the water prison to live for a few days, whether it is for adults or for Mrs." ”

Li Hanning pushed away Mo Zhao's spear with one hand: "I understand, I'll go with you." ”

Mo Zhao hesitated on the side and said, "But general." ”

Li Hanning shook his head at him: "The clear is self-purifying, I believe that Gongzi will come up with a way." ”

All she had to do was not to mess with Li Zhao until he came up with a way.