Not long after they set off on the road, the young master from General Li's family slowly walked up to Qingyan.
At the beginning, Qingyan, Lanhua and a few other women were sandwiched between the men, but there were only five men in total. Of course, including Liu Sanli, the total was six.
In addition to stopping to rest these days, Liu Sanli has been sitting in the car driving. The five men usually walk two in front and three behind, so that they can protect the woman in the middle.
Of course, it's just a little psychological effect. If something happens, the old, weak, sick and disabled may not be able to protect him.
Now that there are three more men on the road, and they are in their prime, it is easier to distribute them, there are exactly four in the front and in the front.
This time, Qingyan walked relatively far behind. At first, Lanhua would come to look for her, trying to pull her into the middle. Later, Grandma Lanhua looked at Mr. Li and the other three walking behind, thinking that Qingyan might be with her. The noble man had something to say, so he called Lanhua back.
In fact, Grandma Lanhua thought wrongly. Qingyan walked behind simply because she wanted to listen to what was going on behind to see if there would be any pursuers.
Although her hearing was good, the donkey cart was too close and the rumble of the cart would seriously interfere with her hearing, so she walked a little behind.
Mr. Li, the two guards and Yang Dashan were walking behind. Seeing that Qingyan was not far away from him, they took two steps faster and walked side by side with Qingyan.
Qingyan didn't find it strange. She would be surprised if the other party didn't come to her.
Although the other party told the people in Yangjiaping that she was from the Xue Mansion in the capital, she probably knew that she was not and was just following her words.
Today's capital is certainly not as big as it would be in later generations, and there will be contacts between high-ranking families, and there may even be in-laws. If they are children of big families, they will have some impression.
Moreover, in this era, the requirements for women should not be as strict as after the Song Dynasty. Nowadays, women do not have so many opinions when going out.
Her appearance should be different from the people in Xue Mansion. Even if the other person is really her ancestor, she feels that the chance is not high.
Mr. Li stopped one meter away from Qingyan, quite politely.
If you speak too quietly at this distance, you may not be able to hear clearly, but speaking normally is still no problem.
Qingyan originally thought that he would ask about her true identity, and she had already made up an excuse. However, it turned out that the other party did not. The first sentence was to introduce herself.
"Miss Xue, my surname is Li, my name is Hao, and my courtesy name is Huaiyuan. I am the third in the family. I should be a few years older than Miss Xue. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Li San."
Qingyan turned to him and smiled politely, imitating the way of speaking on TV and said: "Brother Li is so polite. I wonder if Brother Li has any advice?"
Li Hao coughed lightly and said, "The Xue family's sister said something serious and I don't dare to take advice seriously. It's just that my brother has something unclear and wants to ask the sister to clarify his doubts."
Qingyan raised her eyebrows, this guy is a bit too pushy, so he calls himself a girl? Just now I called her Miss Xue.
Without saying a word, he nodded to indicate for him to continue.
Li Hao paused, probably trying to organize his words, and then said after a moment: "The girl came down from the mountain next to me. Two guards and I also went up that mountain. We didn't meet the girl at that time. I must have missed her. .
What the brother wants to ask is, did the girl encounter anything on the mountain? "
After hearing this, Qingyan was stunned for a moment. She thought that the other party was going to ask about her true identity after a long time of twists and turns, but she didn't expect that this was what the other party was asking.
Thinking about it, the other party may not know that he is not from the Xue family. Even if he is not from the capital, maybe he is a side branch? In ancient times, a family was very large, and its direct and side branches were even more prosperous. There was no need to worry about one's identity.
On the contrary, his previous behavior when he came down from the mountain was even more suspicious. After all, the other party had just come down from the mountain, and he came down right after him. If he said that no problem was found, the other party probably didn't believe it either.
Qingyan thought for a while, should she tell the truth, or just prevaricate?
If they were trying to prevaricate, it would be easy to say that they were looking for water but couldn't find it, so they could just come down from the other side of the valley, and they would definitely not run into each other.
But if this happens, it will be difficult for him and Chou Chou to perform in the future.
After all, her strength and Chou Chou may be used to explore the way later. It seems a bit unreasonable to say that she did not discover them.
They will have to travel together for a while later. The distance that Chou Chou asked before is as long as it takes for a bird to fly out. It may take more than ten or twenty days for them to walk out of the mountains and then to Handeng. You can't just do nothing by yourself, right?
She only has a month in total. If she doesn't do anything and only relies on others, then what is she doing?
In the end, Qingyan decided to tell part of the truth.
So she lowered her voice and said: "Brother Li San, I didn't buy it. When I went up the mountain to look for water, I saw some messy footprints, so I asked Chou Chou to go up the tree and take a look. I found that there was an ambush near the top of the mountain. I didn't dare It goes straight down the mountain again.
After I came down the mountain, I asked Chou Chou to inform Uncle Yang and the others. I just wanted to leave quickly, but I didn't expect to run into you when I came down the mountain.
Presumably those ambushes on the mountain are waiting for Brother Li and the other three, right? I wonder if they will come after me? "
She did not say that she had met them. The two guards had martial arts, but they did not notice her when they met. She heard the other party's conversation again, in case the other party was not a good person, wanted to kill her, or had other ideas. What to do with ideas?
So it's better to say half hidden and half hidden.
Unexpectedly, Li Hao had no suspicion at all. He did not think that the little girl Qingyan was an enemy.
Everyone in Yangjiaping had said before that the little girl had been with them for several days.
Although the other party was wearing strange clothes, made of a fabric he had never seen before, there were all kinds of strange things in the world. It was just a special kind of fabric, and there was nothing strange about it.
The shoes were rare and looked very different, but he just glanced at them and didn't dare to look hard at the girl's feet.
This is how Qingyan would choose clothes before. Although the clothes she picked were casual sportswear, they were of solid color. There were no embossed or embroidered clothes on them, and the style was also very simple.
Except for the elastic fabric on the cuffs and hem, which may be a little strange at this time, everything else is fine.
In particular, the clothes she wore were pullovers and did not have zippers or buttons. The sneakers on her feet were a bit strange, but the legs of the sweatpants were open, not the tight-cut ones, so the sneakers were half covered. Only the front toe and white sole are exposed.
Of course, the color is now almost the same as dirt.
Although it didn't rain along the way, she kept walking on the ground and she didn't clean her shoes, so she wasn't that conspicuous.
