Amid the smoke, there was also the sound of pursuing soldiers.
Ruan Mingzhu did not dare to waste time. She quickly changed places with Zhao Sanniu, sat behind and pressed against Zhao Sanniu's exhausted body. She held the reins in her hand and kicked the horse's belly hard, causing the horse to run wildly.
She did not walk in a straight line, but turned into a small forest in the distance. The woods served as cover, and the sounds of the pursuers behind her finally got farther and farther away.
But she still didn't dare to stop, and continued to kick the horse's belly and run until she could no longer hear any sound, and she finally stopped.
She dismounted first and then helped Zhao Sanniu down.
Zhao Sanniu's back was covered in blood. Although he didn't faint, he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes and was gasping for air.
"Ruan, Ruan Cheng, listen to me..." he said with difficulty, "In the bag, there is a compass prepared by my mother. Take this thing and find the north. Go to the Northern Xinjiang garrison as soon as possible to General Yunhui for help... "
"Shut up!" Ruan Mingzhu said angrily, "You are injured and you are talking so much. Do you think you are not dying fast enough? Turn over and I will treat your wound!"
She remembered that Aunt Wanwan had prepared some first-aid medicines in her bag, including medicinal wine, scissors, and some small pills.
She poured out two white pills and forced them into Zhao Sanniu's mouth, and then used scissors to cut open the burned clothes. When she saw the arrows piercing into the flesh and blood, she was so courageous. He couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"You're a girl, don't take off your men's clothes..." Zhao Sanniu struggled weakly, "I'm fine, just take a nap and I'll be fine."
"You keep calling me Ruan Cheng, then I am Ruan Cheng, and we are brothers." Ruan Mingzhu held one end of the arrow and wanted to pull it out, but she didn't dare. Her face was solemn, but her tone was very relaxed, "There is an arrow for you I'll pull it out first, please bear with it. I don't know if the other one has pierced your internal organs, so I'll cut it short first, and then go find a doctor to deal with it for you..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand to draw the arrow, and Zhao Sanniu couldn't help but let out a scream.
Fortunately, the arrow on the arm did not pierce too deeply, and there was no barb on the rocket, so the wound was not that shocking.
Ruan Mingzhu did not dare to delay for a moment. She followed the steps Cheng Wanwan taught her, carefully bandaging the wound step by step, and then giving medicine. By the time all this was done, Zhao Sanniu had already fallen asleep.
Looking at the sky, there was a faint light in the east, and it was almost dawn.
She was exhausted to the extreme, but she knew that she couldn't sleep because she still had many important things to do.
She took out some dry food, ate some, drank water, then hugged Zhao Sanniu and got on the horse. She also sat on the horse and walked slowly while sitting on the horse.
It's not that he doesn't want to go fast, but that the horse is tired. Even if he doesn't strike, he's doing well. How can he dare to kick the horse's belly wildly? Besides, Zhao Sanniu's body won't be able to withstand it if he goes too fast...
Just like this, we walked from dawn to dawn, from dawn to sunset, and finally saw farmers in the deep mountains and old forests. The farmers spoke the language of Dayu and were from Dayu. Only then did Ruan Mingzhu feel relieved and asked the farmers to prepare hot water and food before going. Ask the village doctor to come over and treat Zhao Sanniu.
It's just that Tu Langzhong didn't dare to pull out the arrow at all, for fear of sending the person away.
Ruan Mingzhu handed over the silver in the bag: "Can you please prepare a carriage for us..."
"Oh, there are no carriages in our deep mountains and old forests. There are only ox-carts, but we don't need so much money..."
"Then let's use the ox cart." Ruan Mingzhu didn't choose. "The remaining silver will be used to exchange some soft bedding for the ox cart, and prepare some water and food."
The local people were very honest, and she gave her money, so everything was ready in less than half an hour.
At this time, the sky was slowly getting dark.
What the farmers meant was that the mountain road was not easy to walk in the dark, so they should go to the city the next day.
Ruan Mingzhu glanced at the slow-moving oxcart, then at the unconscious Zhao Sanniu, and thought about how there were so many people imprisoned in Xirong Kingdom, how could they bother to wait until the next morning.
She asked the farmers to burn four or five torches and put them on the oxcart to provide lighting and to drive away wild animals, and then she set off.
Zhao Sanniu was lying on a soft cushion, covered with a thick quilt, and started talking nonsense halfway, which scared Ruan Mingzhu so much that he had to give medicine again, praying that the old cow would go faster, even faster...
She was also sleepy and slept for a while leaning against the cart.
When I woke up, I had already walked out of the deep mountains and old forests. Cows were grazing on the roadside. I could vaguely see the city wall in the distance.
This should be the border town of Northern Xinjiang. To the northwest of the town, there are one hundred thousand soldiers of Northern Xinjiang stationed.
It was already the third day since they escaped from the Xirong Palace.
There were so many variables in three days that she didn't even dare to think about Aunt Wanwan's situation.
Fortunately, we have seen hope.
She patted the old cow on the back, and the old cow snarled and walked slowly northwest.
After walking for about an hour, we finally arrived.
The garrison in Northern Xinjiang was extremely strictly guarded, and was stopped before they even reached the door.
Ruan Mingzhu got off the bullock cart, took out a sandalwood box from the baggage, and took out a golden identity tag with shining golden characters written on it: Mrs. Second Grade, Sui.
Her waistband and other things that could prove her identity were all confiscated by the Xirong Kingdom. I don't understand why Aunt Wanwan can still keep it with her.
But without this thing, it would be difficult for her to enter the northern Xinjiang garrison.
Not long ago, King Qin and Madam Sui went to Assab Kingdom on behalf of Dayu Kingdom and passed by the garrison in Northern Xinjiang. People here naturally knew who Madam Sui was.
Their general received news very early that Mrs. Sui and her party would return at the end of September. After waiting for so long, he didn't even see a trace of the group. The general thought that the route might have been changed, so he didn't wait any longer.
Why did Mrs. Sui's people come here at this moment?
The soldier guarding the gate asked Ruan Mingzhu to wait for a while, then went in with the token to report.
The general stationed here is the second-grade General Yunhui. He is about forty years old and personally greeted him.
"I have met General Yunhui." Ruan Mingzhu said quickly, "We are under the command of General Zhaoyong of the garrison in the capital. We are responsible for escorting the Assab royal family back to the court. On the way back, we met the Xirong cavalry, the prince, Mrs. Sui and all All the ministers were captured by the Xirong Kingdom, and the two of us escaped to report the situation and asked General Yunhui to send someone to rescue him... We will discuss the specific details later, and we also asked General Yunhui to quickly call for military doctors to treat him."
General Yunhui's expression suddenly became solemn. He glanced at Zhao Sanniu who was lying on the bullock cart and ordered people to take him in for treatment.
Then he brought Ruan Mingzhu into the camp and called a dozen military advisors to listen carefully to what Ruan Mingzhu said.
Ruan Mingzhu didn't even bother to drink water and talked about Xirong's situation in detail.
"Xirong Kingdom is so audacious!" General Yunhui couldn't believe it. "If you two hadn't escaped, we would have thought that the prince and Mrs. Sui had changed their way back to Dayu Kingdom. Who would have thought that they were kidnapped! Little brother, you go first. Take a rest, I will write a note and send it back to the capital as fast as possible to ask the emperor to make a decision!"
"Hurry up and return to Beijing. It will take at least ten days to come back. It's too late!" Ruan Mingzhu knelt on the ground. "Please also ask General Yunhui to send troops now to rescue Wang Yesui, Mrs. Sui and the others!"
