Seeing that they had entered the Liao territory and it was getting late, the four of them found a shelter from the wind and rain to rest for the night before continuing their journey the next morning.
This time, however, my heart felt much more relaxed, and the young lady also became cheerful. However, when she met Zhao Tong's gaze occasionally, her expression immediately became tense, and she lowered her head without knowing what was going on in her mind.
Before they finished walking through the mountains, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the front. A few people stopped and took a look, but they saw a group of Liao soldiers coming.
This group of Liao soldiers was quite large, with over a thousand riders, all with bows and arrows in hand, guns and knives, and they blocked the road in front of them.
The young lady wondered: "Where did so many soldiers come from? I remember that the border of Taizhou is mountainous and has always been very relaxed."
Zhao Tao sneered and said nothing, and reached out to touch Chi Ji's mane. The horse took a few steps back with a click.
The leader of the cavalry in front shouted: "Who is walking around here?"
Huang Gu stepped forward and said, "We are friends of Dashi Linya. We are going to Beijing to meet Lin Ya to reminisce about the past."
This was the rhetoric that Zhao Tong had already told, and Huang Gu came forward to answer it.
The leader on the other side looked at the people: "Dashi Linya's friend? How can you prove that you know Linya and do you have a token with you?"
Naturally, there was nothing to prove on these people's bodies. Even the proofs on my mother's body were all left in Laizhou before going to the Kingdom of Jin.
Huang Gu looked at Zhao Tong, who shook his head. The young lady said at this time: "I am Princess Yanmin. Don't you know about me? Is Lin Ya in Beijing at the moment?"
When the leader on the other side heard this, he immediately said "Ah!" and said: "It turns out that the princess is here. I'm sorry. Da Shi Linya has been going to the capital. Since the princess is here, please pass quickly."
The young lady nodded and was about to drive her horse forward, but Zhao Tong said: "Wait a minute!"
The girl asked doubtfully: "Yuanjiro, why don't you leave?"
Zhao Tong said: "Let them evacuate far away from here first, and then we can pass."
The young lady looked at him for a few seconds, then turned around and said, "I don't want to see so many people. You go to patrol somewhere else first, and we will pass by naturally."
The leader on the opposite side said: "I only obey the order of the princess. We will go elsewhere now. Please let the princess go."
After he finished speaking, he gestured to the cavalry behind him, and the cavalry made a move to leave.
The young lady frowned at Zhao Tong and said, "Yuan Erlang, you..."
Before she could finish her words, she heard the "bang bang" sound of bowstrings from the opposite side, and countless arrows were shot in an instant.
When Xiao Niang and others came out from Huining, they naturally carried weapons. At this moment, they were wielding their swords to fire arrows. Xiao Niang was shocked and said: "How dare you do this? Could it be that we are soldiers of the Liao Kingdom?"
The other side didn't answer, but arrows flew in random directions.
Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "Retreat first!"
The few men and horses quickly retreated back, but the cavalry team refused to let them go and actually killed them directly.
Zhao Tong glanced at Huang Gu and said, "Let's go separately!"
Huang Gu nodded and headed northeast with Ouyang Bei, while Zhao Tong and Xiao Niang headed southwest.
But when the cavalry team saw that they were splitting up, they also separated three to four hundred people to chase Huang Gu and Ouyang Bei, while the rest all ran towards Zhao Tong and the two.
Zhao Tong sneered on the horse and said: "What a big Shi Linya, I think you are a hero, but you do things like adding insult to injury!"
The young lady was stunned when she heard this: "Yuanjiro, what did you say?"
Zhao Tong said: "To add insult to injury, go up to the house and take out the ladder. Dashi Linya has a good trick!"
The girl said: "You...you are talking nonsense, this is impossible!"
Zhao Tong glanced at her and said, "Do you still need me to explain something so obvious?"
The girl said anxiously: "Yuan Erlang, you are talking nonsense, Lin Ya is not that kind of person at all!"
Zhao Tong said coldly: "According to your own statement, how could there be so many Liao soldiers here? How dare you take action directly? Even ordinary people passing by should be arrested and questioned first, right? This is a direct killing, it is inevitable It was Muzaha who judged our retreat and secretly sent a message to Yelu Dashi. Then Chen Bing is in this area, and if he encounters them... he will kill and silence them!"
"You, you..." Xiao Niang's face turned pale and she wanted to retort, but she couldn't say a word.
The four words "direct killing" are the best proof. Thinking of the words and expressions of the leader just now, even if he thought that the princess was fake, she should be arrested and interrogated. How could he just fire arrows at random? And one look at those neat movements, it seems that they have been prepared for the purpose of killing! The little girl's mind went crazy and became a mess.
Zhao Tong continued: "There is a reason to kill me, Thirteenth Mother, maybe I don't know why I want to kill you, right?"
The young lady felt that every word of Zhao Tao was heartbreaking, but she could not refute it. Her mind was shaken and she almost fell off her horse.
Zhao Tong swung his sword to knock away a few arrows behind her, glanced at the pursuers behind him, and said nothing, but his expression became more and more indifferent.
The two men were riding fast, and the pursuers behind them were just chasing each other, but could not catch up at all. Seeing a sparse forest appearing in front of them, the two men immediately rode into the forest.
The effectiveness of bows and arrows in the forest weakened. This forest was sparse, but the area was huge. The two ran for a while, and the young lady suddenly said: "Why did you kill me?"
Zhao Tong sneered and said: "Yelü Dashi is not a hero, he is actually a tyrant. That's what a tyrant is. When Thirteenth Mother chose to go to Huining that day, he had already decided to kill people and silence them."
The young lady looked at him with an expressionless face.
Zhao Tong continued: "If Xiao Ta Bu Yan comes, then he will kill Xiao Ta Bu Yan and silence him!"
The girl trembled on the horse: "What do you mean... In his heart, there is no difference between me and Xiao Ta, who do not smoke?"
Zhao Tong said: "Think about it for yourself, how could he let me leave the Liao Kingdom? Since he wants to kill me, he will kill and silence whoever is by my side. Otherwise, Yelu Dashi first conspired to kill the Jin Emperor, and then killed The Prince of the Song Dynasty, if this kind of news spreads, how many heads will he have to live with? As for you and Xiao Ta’s non-smoking, naturally in his heart they are the same!"
The girl sneered.
Zhao Tong said: "Whether you believe it or not, it's up to you, Thirteenth Mother, to decide. I'll leave it to you..."
Before he finished speaking, the young lady suddenly turned her head and said: "Yuan Erlang, since you were so clever and had expected this at the time, why did you still use words to encourage me to come with you to Huining?"
Zhao Tong was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "I just thought of it, not to mention how can I excite you, Thirteenth Mother, you are thinking too much!"
After saying that, he slapped Chi Ji, and the horse immediately took a step forward, overtaking the young lady behind.
The girl looked at his back, but could not see his expression, so her face became paler. Unknowingly, two lines of tears fell quietly, and she just felt that there was no good person in this world.
Unknowingly, they came out of the forest. Although the sound of pursuit behind them was far away, it did not diminish. Looking around, they saw that it was still a difficult mountain road. To avoid the pursuit, the two had to go southeast.
There are mountains here, but there are still roads for horses to walk. But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the other direction, and it turned out to be another group of Liao soldiers. This group of Liao soldiers said nothing, He actually shot an arrow directly.
Zhao Tong sighed: "Sure enough, there is more than one team of Chen soldiers here. The spy Mu Zaha has thoroughly understood Wanyan Baohua's plan. It seems that it is extremely difficult to enter the Liao realm from here."
While Zhao Tong was speaking, suddenly there was a shout of killing coming from another direction. He couldn't help but shook his head and said: "We actually sent so many soldiers and horses, we really spent a lot of money."
He looked back and saw that there were pursuers in three directions. He looked forward again and saw towering mountains rolling away. He sighed: "Now that the situation is like this, we have no choice but to go into the mountains."
(End of chapter)
