"The baggage train is on fire, hurry up, come and put out the fire!"
"The inn! The inn is also on fire! The princess and the adults are still inside!"
"Wake up everyone, there are bandits coming over there!"
…
A series of shouts came from outside the inn, and the officials who were still sleeping were woken up almost immediately.
People are getting dressed and packing their things. No matter how hard they were bumped by the carriage in the past few days, everyone is now in high spirits.
Fortunately, the Imperial Guards who stayed in the inn and were responsible for protecting them responded very quickly. Almost as soon as they packed their things, they escorted them out of the room as planned and quickly assembled in the lobby downstairs.
At the same time, Feng Xi's door was pushed open by Qi Xiao.
The young man was dressed in black clothes, with his black hair tied up. His facial features, which were originally sharp due to his light eyes, now seemed to have a sense of solemnity.
"There is a safe cave six miles away. Do you need me to escort you there immediately..."
In Qi Xiao's opinion, with such a big movement outside, even a pig on the bed should be aware of the danger, right?
However, what he saw when he opened the door was Feng Xi lying peacefully on the bed. Not only did she not panic, she also tried to cover her eyes with the quilt to block the too bright fire outside the window.
Qi Xiao: "?"
Taking a deep breath, Qi Xiao finally calmed down and said: "Feng Xi, what I just said..."
As if she thought he was too noisy, Feng Xi finally said dullly in bed:
"Nonsense! If a useless person in this palace dies, he will die. However, several adults and imperial doctors are the pillars of the country. You can just escort them there, really."
Qi Xiao: "..."
At this moment, not only did Qi Xiao's face look complicated, but the subordinates who had their backs to the door and accidentally listened to it were all about to burst into tears.
Is this a princess?
The kind of big shot who values his life like gold and can make many people lose their heads with just a slight bump?
After looking at the pillars of the country who were hurriedly wrapping their robes and rushing downstairs, they thought about what a certain princess had just said. They suddenly felt that this princess was quite brave...
Of course, you have to be very self-aware.
However, Qi Xiao inside the room had no time to lament anything else. He had just made a preliminary observation of the situation outside the inn.
Not to mention the burned baggage trains and the outer walls of the inn, one-third of the thousand-man escort they brought out from Shengjing suddenly raised knives against their teammates.
Coupled with the menacing "bandits" in the distance, who were obviously using fire as a signal, the enemy's tactics this time were not small.
A Royal Forest Army and a large camp on the outskirts of Beijing. The two military forces that should have been firmly in the hands of the emperor have now made such a big mistake...
Obviously, the top management of the Royal Guards is not iron-clad, and this situation will only become more serious in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing.
It can be said that Qi Xiao didn't really understand the helplessness of his father and Emperor Sheng De until this moment.
Of course, his top priority now is not to trace the source, but to drag away the princess who was lying on the bed and refused to move.
So Feng Xi lay well, waiting for Qi Xiao to take advantage of the opportunity to retaliate and leave her "enemy" here. However, she found that Qi Xiao, who was standing by the door, suddenly appeared on her bed. forward.
Immediately afterwards, he was wrapped in a quilt and made to carry him on his shoulders.
Feng Xi: "?"
Did you agree to break your hands and feet, throw them off the cliff, and let thousands of snakes bite you?
You didn't say you actively committed the crime, but you were passively abandoned!
Even if you think I am not the original owner, can't you just look at this shell and feel disgusted, and not let me be a troublesome person?
While Feng Xi was cursing crazily in her heart, she took off the quilt wrapped around her body and quickly put on all the coats thrown on the bed.
Although she wanted to "die", she didn't want to drag others down.
So she was eventually taken out of the room by Qi Xiao, surrounded by tall walls.
"Where's the princess? Why hasn't the princess come down yet?"
"There are so many bandits outside, I'm afraid we are going to die here this time..."
"What should we do? What should we do?"
…
In the lobby, all the adults looked anxiously at the battle situation outside the inn. They saw that not only were their own side being forced to retreat by bandits, but there were also traitors in the team who were stabbing their own people from time to time. Their expressions were simply not very exciting.
Compared with their shock, Bai Yi, who was accustomed to war, held Qi Zhuo and looked very calm under the protection of Qin Zhui and his two men.
"Master Pangda, tell me the truth, can our people still hold on to this inn?"
Among the crowd, Mr. Li Ge, who was good at managing disasters and comforting people, asked with a calm expression, dragging his aching waist.
Hearing this, Pang Hua, the commander who was dispatched by the camp on the outskirts of Beijing and was responsible for managing eight hundred elite soldiers, was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head and said:
"It is estimated that there are more than a thousand bandits, and there are many traitors on our side. In addition, the water storage in the station is limited, and the fire will continue to spread. We are afraid that tonight will be very bad."
The man was burly in armor, with worry written all over his square face.
"In my opinion, we might as well escape from the backyard of the mountain and go straight to the mountain to find a way out."
Hearing what Pang Hua said, everyone's already ugly faces could only be described as pale.
Almost the next second, many of the accompanying minor officials in the hall nodded and said:
"Ren Pangda is right, Mr. Ge, instead of staying here waiting to die, we should fight for a way out from the back mountain!"
"Yes, these bandits may have come to intercept us for luggage. As long as we leave our things here, they may not catch up!"
Under the strong persuasion of several petty officials, Mr. Li Ge did not speak. Instead, Lin Qiandao, the Minister of Household Affairs, said:
"Mr. Li, what they said is not unreasonable..."
However, before Lin Qian finished speaking the word "reason", he saw Liu Wanshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, who had always had a good relationship with him, saying:
"It makes sense, there's a damn reason!"
Liu Wanshi is a rough man, and he speaks inhumanely:
"Don't tell me that you really think those are bandits? Are you fleeing into the mountains? You want me to tell you that we should send people to break out immediately and ask for help, and ask Liangzhou to send reinforcements immediately!"
Lin Qian didn't seem to expect that he would be so excited, so she shut her mouth at that time.
As the only general here, Pang Hua suddenly said:
"Okay everyone, what's the point of us expressing our opinions here? Doesn't it still have to be decided by the princess and the consort on how to do this? What if they have a way?"
Hearing this, the petty officials who were eager to escape laughed angrily. Not to mention them, even Mr. Li Ge and Liu Wanshi looked heavy and didn't know what to say.
How about the princess's consort making up her mind?
What time has it been? The two of them haven’t come down from upstairs yet!
Seeing the subtle expressions on these people's faces, Qin Zhui, who was standing aside, almost couldn't help it.
Fortunately, at this moment, Feng Xi was finally escorted downstairs by Qi Xiao and others. She said to Pang Hua with a standard smile of no embarrassment but mockery:
"Come here, drag him out to me and chop him up."
