045 An Unexpected Journey
Although their horses galloped fast, the road was long, so it was essential for them to stay and eat during the journey. On this day, Jiang Shan and Xue'er felt very tired after traveling seventy or eighty miles, so they found a fairly clean hotel in the market town to prepare for a rest.
It was a fairly spacious hotel, with three private rooms on the second floor, in addition to six square tables in the hall on the first floor. According to the habits of the country, they should have gone to the private seat on the second floor to eat, but Xue'er had long been suffocated by the bitterness because of the long isolation from the world, and now they finally found an opportunity to communicate with outsiders, how can they give up easily? In this case, of course, Jiang Shan did not disobey her, so they chose a table by the window in the hall and sat down.
Of course, Xue'er, who sat down, was not honest, the whole thing was like a little house finch that had just come out of the cage, staring at a pair of big eyes, looking around from time to time, as if to see every customer in the room.
There were several guests scattered throughout the hall, two of them seemed to be running business, the other was dressed as a scholar, and beyond that, there were five or six people dressed in strong clothes, all of whom looked like they had a bit of martial arts roots.
Of course, the people in their usual attire didn't attract Cher's attention, and her eyes only flashed after a hurried glance. However, those people who were dressed up immediately attracted Xue'er's attention, and after observing her carefully for a while, she mysteriously approached Jiang Shan's ear and whispered something, as if she had discovered something.
Of course, when Xue'er carefully observed those people, Jiang Shan was not idle, and had already observed them quite thoroughly. At this time, when he heard Xue'er's inquiry, he immediately listened quietly, thinking that he could take this free opportunity to examine Xue'er's observation ability.
Of course, Xue'er didn't know what Jiang Shan was thinking, and at this time, she was still mysteriously and deliberately lowered her voice and asked Jiang Shandao: "Brother Shan, have you found anything? I wonder if you can tell what they are doing?"
"It's hard to say, but there's nothing worth studying, it's just that they're all ordinary characters, and they can't be seen by experts!" Jiang Shan said calmly, not taking these people to heart at all.
"Of course, I know that they are all ordinary characters, but I don't know if you heard what they are talking about, what they are talking about seems to be very important news!"
"It doesn't matter what they talk about, it's not going to talk about us, I'm too lazy to bother with them. Jiang Shan still showed that he didn't care about himself, he just wanted to be focused on playing Yan'er.
"Who said they didn't talk about us? Do you know that what they talked about is related to our Yan Kingdom!" Xue'er didn't expect that Jiangshan, who had always been observant, would be so careless this time, and hurriedly reminded him, lest the slightest negligence would affect the judgment of the whole process.
"Oh, really, I really didn't expect them to be busy talking about our Yan Kingdom! I'm going to take a closer look at it now!" Jiang Shan acted as if he had suddenly woken up, and immediately praised Xue'er, before pretending to be quite attentive and listening carefully.
"Let me tell you a good news, do you know that the army of our Qin State has now reached the capital of Yan State, and it is possible to destroy the entire Yan Kingdom at any time. At this moment, the drinker near the counter suddenly started talking and laughing heartily, as if he wanted everyone to know what to say.
"Isn't it! Our Qin army is not ordinarily powerful, and now it has only taken a few years, and it has almost wiped out the six eastern countries! It shows the wisdom of our king and the bravery of the soldiers!" It is estimated that they were talking about the excitement, and at this time, they saw a tall and thin man actually stand up and interject loudly.
"What a fart! If you want me to see that the kings of the six eastern countries are incompetent!Otherwise, how could there be such an embarrassing situation now!" I thought that the other party was sitting together and tasting wine It was estimated that they were all like-minded people with similar temperaments, but I didn't expect that there were still people with different views, but as soon as the thin and tall man's voice fell, a relatively fat guy of medium height appeared and interjected.
"What evidence do you have? I don't think your statement is to belittle the Six Eastern Kingdoms, but to openly slander our Qin State, right?" the tall and thin man obviously disagreed with the other party's point of view, and immediately argued indignantly.
"How can I have no evidence? Not to mention that the mediocre King Chu Huai stupidly ruined himself and the country. Let's just say that Yan Wangxi recently, he is not also a fool. Who would have thought that he would be so stupid as to give away his own son to the Qin State! Just imagine, if it weren't for King Yan himself sending his son to the door, would it be so easy for your Qin State to catch the Prince Dan?" The medium-sized man known as He Fatzi had obviously been carefully observed, and he actually talked eloquently and eloquently, without any drag in the slightest.
"This is also true, if it weren't for them giving them away, we don't know when we would have been able to achieve a complete victory? But don't forget, our victory is based on our powerful military deterrence, if our military strength is not strong enough, can those people become mediocre in front of our Qin people? You must know that they are all quite shrewd people!" I only heard the tall and thin man say proudly.
"May I ask what's wrong with Prince Dan, what did you Qin people do to him?" Xue'er heard about her relatives at this time, and immediately couldn't care about anything abrupt, so she rushed forward directly and asked sharply.
"Hehe! What can Prince Dan do? Of course he is dead! It's just that you little chick don't be sad, he is dead, and I am! I will definitely make you comfortable! You will follow me with all your heart!" The thin and tall man obviously didn't take Jiangshan and the two of them in his eyes, and he didn't expect to be light on Xue'er when he spoke.
There is no need to worry about dealing with these people, so they still sit there and sip the wine in the glass, watching things develop and change with cold eyes. In fact, as Jiang Shan observed, after Xue'er was angry, she casually slapped the black and thin man in the face twice, and immediately knocked out several of his front teeth, but he didn't even have the ability to resist at all.
Although that person didn't have the ability to resist, it didn't mean that the others didn't, but I heard the sound of Hula pumping weapons, and the rest of the people had weapons in their hands, and instantly surrounded Xue'er in the middle.
Xue'er was not afraid, but asked coldly: "Do you really want to find death? Then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Yes, we just want to die, but it's not us, we want to see how you come back to life!"
When did Xue'er receive such a lightness, she immediately became furious and used the killer. I saw her streamers flying diagonally, silver needles sweeping, and in a moment, those few light people fell to the ground one after another. There was still a white person left at the end of the day, stunned, and he was already scared stupid.
Xue'er originally wanted to make a move on the person who was already stupid, but Jiang Shan had already taken her hand and set off. Jiang Shan is not worried that someone will come to arrest them, he is worried that although those officials will not be able to arrest them, if they are delayed, it will not be a situation after all.
Sometimes, however, things don't always go their own way. Just when Jiang Shan was about to leave with Xue'er, although the officials of the Qin State did not come to stir up the situation, someone spoke.
"You killed someone, do you want to leave so easily?" I don't know when, there was an old man with a white beard sitting at the square table in the corner, and this person who spoke happened to be the man with a white beard.
"Dare to ask the old-timers for any advice?" Of course, Jiang Shan had already seen that the identity of this person who suddenly appeared was extraordinary, so he immediately turned around and asked very politely.
"Don't dare! I just want to ask how much hatred this little girl has, and she has to put so many people to death?" Although the old man with a white beard looked quite serene, the words he asked made people feel a cold chill coming.
"This girl is not happy, so she killed them, what are you going to do? Do you want to force them to stand up?" Xue'er doesn't care so much, as long as she is unhappy, she will dare to contradict the king of heaven, not to mention that she still firmly believes that there is nothing in this world that she and Jiangshan can't handle? Therefore, the words of the answer are also quite blunt.
"Oh, I see, but I wonder if Miss Lu Dao has thought of what to do if others are unhappy?" Strange to say, the old man did not show the slightest rage after hearing Xue'er's cold answer, but still asked calmly with a peaceful look.
"Whether others are happy or not, what does it matter to me?" Xue'er had already been annoyed by the other party's verbosity at this time, so her answer was even colder.
Jiang Shan saw that the two of them were about to stiffen immediately, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed slightly to the old man and said: "My sister has just lost her relatives in the past few days, and she is quite sad.
"Oh, I can't see that she is so young, she is actually your master? Now that she cares so much about the affairs of Yan Kingdom, it seems that you should be Jing Ke's disciple and wife, right?" I didn't expect that the old man would deduce their origin from Jiang Shan's words, which immediately shocked Jiang Shan.
"I don't know what the old man is called?" Jiang Shan observed that the old man didn't seem to have any malicious intent, so he politely talked to the other party.
"Hehe! Who am I? Who am I? You don't need to know the way! It is estimated that the envoy of the Qin State is coming, so you better hurry up!" The old man seemed to have some scruples when he talked about his identity, so he laughed a few times and diverted the topic.
Jiang Shan originally wanted to continue to ask, but in fact, just as the old man said, the messengers of the Qin State had already arrived. Of course, Jiang Shan couldn't delay any longer, so he had to take Xue'er and Yan'er out of the back door and leave on horseback.
After getting rid of the pursuit of the servants, Xue'er immediately became like a crazy female tiger, desperately whipping the horse and galloping forward, eager to fly to the side of King Yan at once. It was not easy for Jiang Shan to catch up, but it didn't take long for her to be left behind.
No matter how bumpy the horse was, Jiang Shan could bear it, but he had always been worried about the young Yan'er, so he had to catch up with Xue'er again and persuade: "Master, why do we have to run so fast? If you're worried that something will happen to the prince, we don't have to rush for a while! Not to mention that we still have to take care of Yan'er?
Cher didn't say anything, still frantically beating her horse and galloping wildly. Jiang Shan couldn't persuade Xue'er, so he had to hold Yan'er in his arms and follow closely behind. In this way, they ran for a day and a night, and the Western Regions war horse that was the last Xue'er finally couldn't bear the fatigue for a long time and collapsed.
Xue'er, who didn't have a mount, didn't stop her crazy running, and she didn't expect that when she came down to check the situation, she suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse, and rode the horse on the horse again and galloped wildly. At this time, Jiang Shan was really made to smile bitterly by her, but after all, Jiang Shan understood her heart of caring for her relatives, so he hugged Yan'er and followed her on foot.
Eventually, they arrived at a market town, and Jiangshan bought a horse-drawn carriage at a great price. Xue'er was also very tired due to the continuous travel, so she obediently lay down in the carriage with Yan'er and continued to hurry.
In fact, Jiang Shan's heart is also very anxious to go to Yan Kingdom, in addition to worrying about the safety of the prince, he is more concerned about the whereabouts of the Xuantie Ruthless Sword, so this carriage is also running wild under the urging of Jiang Shan.
In this way, they crossed the high mountains and passed through the market town, and in three or five days they ran five or six hundred miles. On this day, at noon, they happened to pass by a restaurant. Jiang Shan still remembers that in order to hurry up in the morning, they just hastily used some snacks. After a morning of running, Jiang Shan and Xue'er were already hungry, not to mention Yan'er at a young age. Jiang Shan immediately parked the carriage on the side of the road and walked towards the store. The shopkeeper was an old lady in her sixties, and when she saw someone coming to patronize her shop, she immediately greeted her happily.
Jiang Shan took a cursory look at the situation in the store, there is nothing special about this hotel, only two thatched houses and a grass shed outside. Four old square tables were set up in the hut, and a wine jug and a few side dishes were simmering on the stove in the hut. Jiang Shan deliberately looked at the three people who were drinking in the grass shed, they were all decent croppers, and there was nothing suspicious. So they sat down at a square table near the side of the road, and then asked for two side dishes, a bowl of soju, three bowls of noodles and two tea eggs.
Since there is nothing special here, they can eat with peace of mind. But to Jiang Shan's surprise, he actually felt that his head suddenly became dizzy. Jiang Shan could already conclude that they had been drugged, and he guessed that the drug might have been in the wine, so he looked at Xue'er who was eating as if asking for help. But what he didn't expect was that Xue'er was also looking at him drowsily!