Qin Shuhuang's face became ugly.

Liu Renci learned an hour ago that Xuan Cang took people out hunting, and he also brought the old servant Ah Hai over to accompany Qin Shuhuang and wait.

Now that two hours have passed, there is still no news from Xuan Cang and the others, and Liu Renci's expression is also serious.

The old village chief was afraid that Qin Shuhuang and his party would rob the villagers, so he came over early in the morning to inquire about the news, and when he saw that no one had come back, he muttered and sighed.

"Behind our village is the deep mountains and old forests, and there are wolves! Why do you think the villagers in our village don't go out to hunt in winter, it's because in the past few years, some villagers went out to hunt and disappeared in the mountains. Later, in the spring, we sent people to look for it, but we only found the bones! Experienced old people looked at the bones and said that they met wolves in winter and were bitten to death by wolves! You don't know, as soon as those wolves appear, they come in packs, sometimes six or seven, sometimes there are more than a dozen! Smarter than people! ”

As soon as the old village chief said this, the people waiting in the room became even more worried.

Qin Shuhuang's hand under his sleeve was clenched tightly, and his expression was solemn.

The pro-soldiers who were left behind next to them immediately came out to request, "Your Highness, let's go and find out, in case the commander and Brother Lu are in trouble, we can help them at this time!" ”

Qin Shuhuang didn't immediately nod in agreement, she said to Shilan beside her, "Take my cloak and bow and arrows." ”

Shilan chuckled in her heart, but after a pause, she immediately complied.

Not only did she do so, but she also wore a cloak and carried a bow and arrows.

Qin Shuhuang stood up and let Shilan tie her cloak, and she ordered coldly: "Select twenty people to go out with me to search and rescue Xuancang and Luda." ”

Liu Renci didn't expect Qin Shuhuang to go in person, the guards knew about His Royal Highness, they didn't stop it, they should say yes in unison, and then immediately went out to organize people.

Liu Renci immediately stood up and grabbed Qin Shuhuang's arm, "Your Highness, don't do it!" You are a daughter, you can't get into danger, and you will be led by the old man to search! ”

Qin Shuhuang shook his head with a smile, but his eyes were full of perseverance, "Your body is weak and you can't be cold, and those who go out are my personal guards, I don't care about my people, who is willing to follow me in the future." Don't worry, I'll be careful, you are here to wait for me to come back. ”

After speaking, Qin Shuhuang took out his arm and took Shilan to the courtyard to assemble the guards.

Just as Qin Shuhuang was about to take someone out to find Xie Xuanye and his party, Luda ran back with two people!

Liu Renci breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Luda, he was okay...... Fortunately, she is back, at least the eldest princess doesn't have to take risks.

Qin Shuhuang saw that only Luda was with two personal soldiers, and immediately frowned, "What about Xuan Cang?" ”

Luda knew that what His Highness cared about most in his heart was their commander Xuan Cang, he ran two steps quickly to Qin Shuhuang, and gasped: "Your Highness, the commander is fine, he led people to find a team a tea distance away from here, the team carried a lot of supplies, and it looked like a caravan of the Beidi people." The commander asked his subordinates to come back and organize his brothers to rob the Beidi caravan. ”

When Luda said this, Qin Shuhuang's tense emotions instantly relaxed.

sighed, and soon remembered what Ruda said about the "Beidi caravan".

How could there be a Beidi caravan passing by at this time of this weather?

However, since it was Beidi's caravan, she had the same idea as Xie Xuanye, since she bumped into their guns, they were not polite.

"Pick the people you need, and then hurry up and help!" Qin Shuhuang said to Luda.

Ruda gave up his hand and neatly selected his men.

Since this was the case, Qin Shuhuang took Shilan and the rest of the guards back to the house.

After Luda led the people away, Qin Shuhuang chose fifteen more people as a reserve force, and if Xie Xuanye Luda still needed people, she would send these fifteen people to meet them.

Man is small in front of nature, whether he is good or bad.

At this moment, Gu Hongchao led the team to walk in the wind and snow, but fortunately, he was well prepared, and deliberately staggered with the Beidi envoys, Tisang and others, so that the road went smoothly.

Apart from the unfavorable weather on the northbound journey, there were no other accidents.

Rao is very prepared, and Gu Hongchao didn't expect the climate to be so bad in this winter in the north.

Originally, he planned to stay in the county seat for a few more days, but he was afraid that he would be too late to arrive in Xia Gongcheng and miss the opportunity, so he could only take advantage of the snow a few days ago to set off urgently.

This is not far from Beidi, in recent years, the northern border of Dawu has often been plundered by the Beidi people, especially the major caravans of Dawu.

However, the caravans of Beidi doing business in Dawu had a much better life, and they could often make a lot of money.

For the sake of accident and safety, Gu Hongchao ordered his team to pretend to be a Beidi caravan.

Originally, the purpose of this line he led was to infiltrate Beidi, and there were naturally real Beidi people in the team who were bought by him.

So it's not difficult to pretend to be a Beidi caravan.

In order to be more like, they specially purchased a lot of materials in the county.

After successfully arriving at Xia Gong City, they can sell the remaining materials to earn the difference, and if they encounter difficulties on the road, these materials can also allow them to temporarily sustain themselves.

I have to say that they also brought the right materials by mistake.

In the past few days of violent snowstorms, their convoy has been moving very slowly, and if it weren't for these supplies, so that everyone can eat at all times, they would have been buried in the blizzard.

There are two team leaders in the convoy, one is Batu, a native of Beidi, and the other is Bao San, the guide of Dawu in the north.

Batu had previously worked as a steward for the nobles of Beidi, and was now ostensibly the chief steward of the caravan.

Bao San used to be a dart master in Aocheng, in his forties, with a scar on his face, and now he is the second steward of the caravan.

In the wind and snow, the convoy struggled forward, and Gu Hongchao, who was sitting in the carriage, asked Bao San to get into the carriage and talk.

"Young Master, what are you looking for your subordinates?" Bao San got into the carriage and asked.

Rao was sitting in the carriage, and he was not comfortable at all.

At this time, what Gu Hongchao missed the most was Bai Lingge's quilt in Gu Fu.

When he really went out to do errands, he realized how rare it was to live happily in Beijing before.

After running around in the cold for several days, Gu Hongchao's hands also had frostbite, he was wrapped like a bear, and there was a charcoal basin beside him, he asked Bao San, "The wind and snow are too big, we can't last a few days if it goes down like this, are there villages and towns nearby where we can rest temporarily?" ”

Bao San ran darts in the border, Xia Gongcheng, and Ao City, and was familiar with the maps of these three places.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "Back to the eldest young master, there is a small mountain village about ten miles away from us, but the conditions are not very good, but there is no problem to avoid the wind and snow for the time being." If you don't want to stay here, you have to walk another sixty or seventy miles to the nearest county seat. ”

Gu Hongchao slightly lifted the curtain of the carriage that had been replaced with a heavy felt blanket a long time ago, and in an instant, an extremely cold wind and snow poured in, stirring up all the warmth that had accumulated in the carriage.