The vermilion lantern illuminated the bluestone road in front of us, and the galloping horses kept patrolling in front of and behind the convoy. The horses' hooves stepped on the bluestone and made a sweet impact sound, which mixed with the crisp sound of the aristolochia bells, pierced the lonely night.
The night went deep into the water, and the sky was cold, and the pale stars shone through the thick evening clouds.
Riders holding torches and carrying flaming red flags painted with the shape of a dragon on their backs paraded in front and behind the convoy.
In the carriage, a pair of slender hands were pressed against the small gilt stove with the animal's feet, using the heat to warm her palms.
"lady."
A maid with a bun in her hair was holding freshly cooked tea. She has bright eyes and white teeth, and her dimples are shallow when she smiles.
"It's getting late at night, so you'd better not use tea."
The lady looked to be no more than thirty years old. She wore an agarwood hairpin on her head and held an ancient book in her hand. She smiled slightly and looked at the intimate maid with her narrow eyes.
It's a long night, how can we get through the night without some tea?
"How many days have we left Jiankang?"
"It's been four or five days since we left the capital and headed east."
"The capital is the capital, and Jiankang is Jiankang." She smiled and shook her head: "The capital of my Daliang is Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and Jiankang is the city. It doesn't matter if those people outside get it wrong. If you get it wrong, you will Let others laugh."
The eldest maid is very sharp-tongued.
"They are only making fun of the Wang family. They are not making fun of our Xie family."
"These words can only be said in this car." The lady said seriously: "I'll just listen to it. Don't talk nonsense when you go out. Wang Xie is one."
She listened intently.
"The sound of horse hooves is chaotic, Xu'er, go outside and ask what's going on."
The eldest girl nodded, took out a plain white fox fur from the car door, draped it on the mountain, and walked out cautiously.
There are six horses in front of this carriage, with wide spokes. There are brocade couches and bookshelves in the carriage. The furnishings are extremely luxurious, and hot water is boiling in a small red clay stove.
She has always liked simplicity and elegance, but her husband's family has such a good family tradition, but she cannot escape this level of wealth.
Not long after.
"Madam, there is some filth in front of us. The people in the team are cleaning it up."
The big girl named Xu'er squeezed in from outside, bringing a chill to the shop floor.
"What filth? Are they the bodies of frozen refugees?"
"Um."
"There is no need to tell me these whitewashing words."
The lady sighed.
When I left Beijing, I heard someone mention that something happened in Cizhou. But I didn't expect it to be so tragic.
They came along the official road, which was full of devastation and refugees fleeing famine could be seen everywhere. If that was all, the weather was getting colder and colder day by day.
Winter actually came earlier and more violently than usual. Apart from refugees, frozen corpses can be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road.
My wife has lived in Jiankang since she was a child. The so-called suffering in the world has only been read in books. What she has seen and heard recently is particularly shocking.
The wheels squeaked, but slowly stopped.
"It's really troublesome. Why did it stop again?"
The big girl muttered something dissatisfied, picked up the fox fur and went out again.
"Forget it, wait."
The lady spoke up.
"Maybe something happened again and I had to stop."
They encountered a zombie a few days ago.
Perhaps due to the accumulation of resentment, for some reason, the entire village turned into living corpses, invulnerable and bloodthirsty, looking for refugees everywhere to feed on.
Perhaps because he was not smart enough after turning into a living corpse, he actually ambushed their convoy, and was wiped out by the cavalry, killing them all, but half a day was wasted because of this.
"It's like this every day. I don't know when I can get to Cizhou Mansion."
"Do you really want to go to Cizhou?"
"I heard that it is one of the most prosperous ports in Daliang. I don't know how many good things from the East China Sea are on the market, including pearls as big as a bowl, corals as tall as a person, and monks from the East China Sea..."
The lady smiled.
When she was young, she went to the East China Sea several times with her elders and saw the scenery there.
I felt very shocked at the time, but when I thought about it again when I grew up, I always felt a little awkward.
"Madam, there are two extremely troublesome people in front of us, and we are dealing with them."
A knight rode back and whispered outside.
"Are you a practitioner?"
"I don't know the number of routes."
The lady said inside: "Thank you."
Healthy horse, bamboo hat.
Suche rode a dark and strong horse, holding the reins and watching Lu Bai communicate with the team in front.
Since leaving Guobei County half a month ago, Suche has not slept a single night.
In addition to the endless hungry ghosts and evil spirits, there are countless refugees waiting for rescue.
"Stop."
Lu Bai's face was even worse than Suche's. He was riding on a yellow steed, with a sword hanging on the left saddle and a bow hidden on the right saddle. He also wore a worn bamboo hat on his head.
"Who are you? You dare to stop our carriage."
The knight at the front, wearing armor, reined in his horse and shouted to Lu Bai.
"Don't stand in the way, beware of swords that have no eyes."
"Tiqi is doing something."
Lu Bai held up a black iron waistband in his hand: "Still not stopping?"
"Tiqi?"
The knight at the front glanced at Lu Bai and spat hard on the ground.
"The one we fight the most in the capital is the Tiqi."
"Then you can try and fight in Cizhou."
Lu Bai snorted coldly. "If you want to do it, hurry up. I don't have time to spend time with you."
"what happened?"
A knight wearing black armor came on horseback. He thought he was the leader of the group of riders.
"These two people claimed to be Tiqi from Cizhou. They said that there was a problem in our team and they wanted to stop them for inspection. They probably lacked money to buy alcohol."
The rider shouted at the top of his lungs: "There is no difference between Beijing and outside Beijing. Money is in your eyes, but wine is in your belly..."
"Didn't ask for advice?"
The leading knight reined in his horse and saluted Lu Bai with clasped fists.
"Daliang's regulations, Tiqi handles errands and only discloses his identity but not his name." Lu Bai waved the badge in his hand. "You know the rules better than I do."
I met someone serious today.
The leading knight glanced at Su Che behind Lu Bai, and also pointed at the Soaring Dragon Flag behind him.
"There is only one family that can use the Soaring Dragon Red Banner. Do you know, brother?"
Although Daliang's laws and regulations are not strict, and things that exceed the regulations often occur, they are still very strict about dragon patterns, especially flags, which cannot be used by anyone other than the royal family.
There is only one family in Daliang that can use a dragon-shaped flag, and that is the Langya Wang family.
"You are in danger."
"There are noble people in our team. Please show your respect, brother."
Lu Bai looked at the leading knight and shook his head slowly.
"The imperial decrees are not written down as waste paper."
Suche pinched the horse's belly and rushed into the team.
"There's an assassin!"
"Mrs. Protector!"
The guards of the Langya Wang family were in chaos.
Suche held the reins with his left hand, the sword hilt with his right hand, and the sword at his waist was unsheathed.
"Crazy man!"
The guards tried their best to stop them, but with a flick of the sword in Su Che's hand, they were swept away.
Not even a seventh-grade one.
Su Che rushed straight towards the most luxurious car among them, his sword was sharp and his sword energy was flying across the air.
With a single sweep of his sword, he killed the six strong horses pulling the cart.
Sheath the sword.
Suche clamped his horse's belly and walked in the direction he came from.
"Lao Lu, leave. Don't waste any time arguing with them next time."
With the clang of horseshoes, the two of them galloped in another direction along the dark night.
The guards of the Langya Wang family could only watch them go.
"He is incompetent in his humble position and has disturbed the lady."
The leading knight turned and knelt down in front of the magnificent carriage.
"This matter must be reported to the head of the family. This Tiqi cannot be allowed to just..."
"Look up."
The knight raised his head, and it turned out that the lady with bright eyes and white teeth had donned a red fox fur and was already standing in front of the carriage.
"It's not me, it's over there."
She raised her chin, and the eyes of the maid beside her were full of fear.
The leading knight turned his head to the side.
Lying on the ground were the remains of six horses. They were clearly six green-faced and fanged evil spirits. Each of their upper bodies had four arms, and their whole bodies were covered with green lins, which had been chopped to pieces by the sword energy.
"Among the hungry ghosts, there is a type called Cunning, which is good at changing creatures and likes to breathe in the flesh while sleeping." The lady said, "That should be it."
The leading knight swallowed.
When did these evil spirits sneak into their fleet? He accidentally committed a major malpractice mistake.
"Madam, even so, the Ti cavalry that just collided with my Langya Wang family's fleet must..."
"I said forget it."
The lady listened to the sound of horse hooves gradually disappearing into the deep night.
"yes."
The leading knight lowered his head again.
He knew that this lady was usually gentle, but she could really make the decision.
"Go and change the horse, and be careful. Don't let something like this happen again."
Say it.
The lady turned back to her car. She picked up the unfinished cup of tea and drank it slowly, and read through the ancient book in her hand again.
"Madam, do you know that person just now?"
"do not know."
"Don't lie to me. The way you look at him is different from a stranger."
"Yeah?"
"of course."
She turned the page.
Indeed, I haven’t seen him for a long time.
"I've seen him in the palace several times before."
"Ah, is he the father-in-law? What a pity, he looks pretty good..."
"Just think of him as your father-in-law."
The lady stared at the maid.
"He is now Cizhou's Deputy Qianhu, and he will inevitably have to deal with him in the future."
"Then he's not the father-in-law?"
"It will be good for you to treat him as your father-in-law."
The lady closed the book and stopped talking.
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