Chapter 125: Collecting Military Rations
Meng Fang was slightly stunned, and quickly understood Xiao Qingtian's intention of such an arrangement.
At the beginning, I disguised myself and found two fresh faces to go out of the city to buy military rations together, thinking that what I was doing was very secretive, but I didn't want to be targeted for a long time.
If you go to find military rations this time and let the army go out, you will definitely become the target of the underworld again.
Even if it's around Fengcheng now, it's hard to guarantee that it won't be blocked by some strange demon summoned spirit for the second time.
At the moment, the most suitable and armed people are naturally the people of the government.
If you ask Lord Liu to borrow someone, you can hide it in the name of the government, and even if you are noticed that something is wrong, the other party will not dare to act rashly.
After all, the county magistrate is majestic, not as good as the Xiao family, which has not yet taken root and is stable.
Although the Xiao family is in the name of the military department, it is still far from the official mansion that directly connects to the imperial power, after all, everyone in this Fengcheng knows that the Xiao family came here because they were demoted.
With Lord Liu's temperament, if the person in the dark really dares to make a move, he will never suffer a loss and swallow his stomach, and he will definitely investigate to the end.
The government has its own prestige among the common people and squires, as well as among the nearby counties and counties, and if it is really found out, the people behind the scenes are afraid that they will no longer be able to safely hide in the dark and harass the Xiao family.
The hot potato-like trouble of the government, presumably that group of people naturally didn't want to set themselves on fire.
After thinking about it, Meng Fang's most surprised thing was that Su Qingtian could consider it so deeply at such a young age.
When he looked at the little girl again, the look of joy and a little regret appeared on Meng Fang's face again.
It's a shame......
If Xiao Qingtian is a man, it will be a great blessing for the Xiao family and even the Mo country.
Su Qingtian didn't know Meng Fang's thoughts, but her firm salted fish heart never changed.
As long as the Xiao family is well, and her grandfather, uncle and brothers are well, she can live happily without worries.
At lunchtime, Meng Fang was discharged from the hospital and found Nie Chen to explain the matter.
After hearing this, Nie Chen went directly to the yamen and handed over the letter that Su Qingtian had prepared earlier to Liu Zifeng in person.
After reading the letter, Liu Zifeng summoned Wang Zhutou to arrange more than a dozen officials, and went directly to the outside of the city with a few carriages.
So many officials and carriages did cause a commotion among the people, but Fengcheng and the surrounding area were not peaceful, and they guessed that it was either Lord Liu who arranged for someone to clean up the official road.
Or, it must have gone to the surrounding villages to collect money and grain, and carried out the autumn collection activities in advance.
According to the instructions of the letter, Wang Zhutou and his party came to a ruined village in the suburbs.
In the distance, they saw a large and a small riding waiting for them.
The big one is Meng Fang, and the man's already tall figure is riding a black horse, which makes him even more eye-catching.
Beside him, a snow-white pony was wearing Su Qingtian, who was dressed in water red.
This pony was carefully selected by General Xiao from the army to Su Qingtian's meeting gift, and the little girl named it Yinxue at first sight.
Although the little granddaughter came unexpectedly, there will never be one less of him as a grandfather.
Meng Fang wanted to leave the house with a mask like before, but who knew that the little girl directly took out an invisibility charm and led people and horses, and quietly slipped out of Fengcheng.
"Everyone is here, let's go."
Su Qingtian waved her little hand, patted Yinxue's head, and the foal ran out happily.
The little girl had a majestic and high-spirited look, and Nie Chen laughed out loud.
"Xiao Qingtian, you slow down."
Meng Fang has never seen Su Qingtian riding a horse, and the average lady in the mansion can indeed learn to ride a horse at a young age, but Xiao Qingtian has been back for so long and has been in and out of a sedan chair or walking.
He couldn't help but get nervous, "Don't be in a hurry at this time, you can't fall." ”
"Yinxue won't fall me, hehe."
The little girl turned her head and showed a sly smile to everyone, "Come on, let's see which uncle can catch up with my Yinxue first." ”
After speaking, Su Qingtian shouted, "Yinxue, run!" ”
The foal suddenly sped up and shook off the crowd behind him.
Meng Fang's face changed, and he immediately chased after him on horseback.
Seeing this, Wang Zhutou also jumped into the carriage and urged the officials to speed up, and they must not lose the little lady of the Xiao Mansion.
The group ran for a long time, following Su Qingtian all the way from the official road to the path, and finally stopped at the bottom of the majestic mountain range.
"Uncle Meng, the military rations are in the cave in the mountains ahead." The little girl stretched out her hand and pointed to the direction halfway up the mountain not far away, "But from now on, you can't ride a horse, you have to walk there." ”
Nie Chen, Wang Zhutou and the others in the back naturally heard it, and got off the horses or carriages one after another.
"Xiao Ding."
The king summoned a young catcher and instructed, "You stay here and take care of the horses and chariots, and all the others go up the mountain." ”
Su Qingtian was small, and Meng Fang hugged her from the foal.
"I'll go ahead in a moment." Pulling out the saber from his waist, Meng Fang said to the little girl, "I heard that there are fierce beasts in the mountains and forests here, and very few people dare to come. ”
"Don't be afraid, the beasts won't hurt us."
The little girl was not frightened by the words of the man at all, but led the way in front with a smile, "Let's go." ”
She stepped into the deep grass as high as she was, and walked forward without hesitation.
Immediately followed to Meng Fang did not relax because of Su Qingtian's self-confidence, and the saber slashed near the deep grass from time to time, so as not to infestation the snake and insects and hurt the little baby.
Nie Chen and Wang Zhutou naturally knew about the hidden dangers in the deep mountains, and they all looked around vigilantly, and at the same time, they had to speed up their pace and shuttle between the mountains and forests.
Wang Zhuhai followed behind Nie Chen, he knew that it was the little lady of the Xiao Mansion who led the team, but the speed of the team was too fast.
How can a five or six-year-old baby move forward so quickly in the mountains.
Only Meng Fang knew that the little girl's pace seemed to be flying, but the deep grass submerged her lower body, and she couldn't see the frequency of Su Qingtian's legs at all.
As we went deeper, the sunlight above us was mostly obscured by the dense trees.
The mist permeated the forest, making it difficult to see in the distance.
Without the light of daylight, Nuan's body gradually climbed into a trace of coolness, and the hands of Nie Chen and the others who were holding their weapons began to stiffen.
Occasionally, the movement of wild beasts passed by their sides, but Nie Chen never saw any of them.
Aimless walking, coupled with constant vigilance against the beasts around you, makes people feel depressed.
"It's here!"
The crisp sound made everyone feel good, and they were afraid that their muscles would twitch from excessive tension if they continued to walk.
"Don't come forward, there's a wolf!"
Meng Fang looked up and saw two lazy gray wolves at the entrance of the cave, prostrate on both sides, half-squinting their eyes, as if asleep.