On the day I decided to go to Xixia, the sun was very strong on Lizhou Road, there was not a cloud in the sky, and the trees on the mountain were wilted and lifeless.
Zhu Shang was sitting in front of the desk writing a letter, and he was sweating all over while writing the letter.
This letter was written to Xu Nuo, and contained his itinerary and a request.
He needs to promise to immediately arrange for ten secret guards to be dispatched by him to Xixia, not only to protect Hu Ling and his safety, but also to have a backup.
When Xu Nuo received the letter, she was sitting with Mrs. Lu in the pavilion by the pond in the mansion, feeling the refreshing cool breeze, drinking tea and enjoying the lotus, and chatting about interesting things happening in the capital. It was very comfortable.
July was supposed to leave the house and go to the store to get the ledger, but at this moment he was walking along the pond to the pavilion.
After entering the pavilion, Qi Qiyue first saluted Lu, then Xu Nuo, and at the same time said, "Madam, here is a letter from you."
Xu Nuo stared at Qi Qiyue. When Qiyue didn't reply to the letter, she reached out to get it.
After reading the letter, Xu Nuo took a deep breath, folded the letter and put it back in the envelope. She told Lu that it was a letter from Ye Qingchen and that she was going to show it to Xu Pingqi, and they would reply together.
After hearing this, Lu did not become suspicious, gave Qiyue a plate of snacks, and let Xu Nuo go with a smile.
Although she said it casually, she actually went to the front yard to fulfill her promise. Xu Pingqi happened to be not in the house, so she immediately returned to Mingjin Pavilion.
I held Zhu Shang's letter and thought about it for a long time, and then asked people to inquire about Zhu Shang's movements before leaving Bianjing. I heard that he had visited the palace to meet the official family the day before leaving the capital, and concluded that he had another purpose for his trip.
She is already familiar with the abilities and specialties of each of the secret guards that Zhu Shang entrusted to her, and has trained a group of new people.
But because she has already arranged for many secret guards to go out, although she can still pick out ten more, which can ensure that they are very skilled in martial arts, she cannot guarantee that all of them will have full experience.
This time she personally selected the personnel to go to Xixia, and wrote to Zhu Shang to inform Zhu Shang of the situation of the secret guards she had placed around Hu Ling. At the end of the letter, she wrote in small words the sentence "Remember to repay kindness".
Less than half a month after Zhu Shang and Hu Ling arrived in Xixia, all ten secret guards also arrived, and the letter of promise was also handed over to Zhu Shang by the secret guards.
After the meeting, Zhu Shang asked these ten people to find a living in various places in Xiping Mansion, live as ordinary people, and then help him collect information about Xixia and report to him regularly.
There are two people selling pancakes on the street outside Li Deming's house. Although the pancakes they bake are extremely unpalatable, as if they are made of dead noodles and have no flavor when chewed, they are more than half cheaper than ordinary pancakes. When it is getting dark, Basically it’s a giveaway, so it’s sold out.
If it weren't for the promised money, I'm afraid it would have closed within three days of opening.
Every time Zhu Shang went to see Li Deming, he would pass by the pancake stall, and someone would follow him. If anything went wrong, he would immediately start the planned plan.
Dali and Changwei, who entered Li Deming's house to assist Zhu Shang, were not among the ten secret guards. They were two of the six secret guards promised to be placed next to Hu Ling, and they were very experienced.
These two people were arranged by Hu Ling to protect Zhu Shang on the night when Li Deming invited Zhu Shang to dinner for the first time.
Both of them have followed Zhu Shang since childhood.
When Zhu Shang entered the capital, he handed over all his property and people to Xu Nuo, including them.
This time they promised to arrange someone to protect Hu Ling. The two originally resented Hu Ling for seriously injuring Zhu Shang and were unwilling to go, let alone protect Hu Ling's safety. Besides, she didn't need anyone to protect her with her skills.
Turning around, he thought that if Hu Ling made a mistake, Zhu Shang would be angry, so he obeyed the order and headed west to protect Hu Ling.
On the night when Hu Ling arranged for them to protect Zhu Shang, after Hu Ling fell asleep, they took the initiative to confess Hu Ling's arrangement to Zhu Shang. Zhu Shang knew that Hu Ling was worried about him and that he really needed help, so he did not send them back.
That day, not long after Zhu Shang entered the hall, they saw many guards with weapons ambushing outside the hall. Changwei immediately sneaked in, knocked out one guard and sneaked in disguised as a guard.
Dali waited for the hall to close, and according to Zhu Shang's arrangement, he returned to his residence with the people from the shaobing shop to look for Hu Ling, told her Zhu Shang's plan and what happened, and escorted her to move.
Hu Ling didn't know the existence of these ten people, but sometimes he felt that a stronger force would briefly appear around him. He originally thought they were sent by Li Deming to monitor them, but now he thought it was these secret guards sent by Zhu Shang.
Hu Ling quickly accepted the message conveyed by Dali, and after asking Dali to go to Li Deming's study to assist Zhu Shang, she did not hide in the place prepared by Zhu Shang, but went to find another hiding place.
After Zhu Shang learned about the hiding place decided by Hu Ling, he smiled and nodded: "The place Sanniang chose is more suitable for her! It is indeed safer."
Li Deming naturally didn't know this. He was just proud that he could imprison Zhu Shang, and at the same time he was resentful that his men were useless. He couldn't even find Hu Ling who came from Bianjing and was not familiar with Xiping Mansion.
Although he admired Hu Ling, he looked down on her.
With Hu Ling's keenness, she could clearly understand every street and alley in a town for half a month, not to mention that she had been in Xiping Mansion for more than four months.
The place where Hu Ling was hiding was both inconspicuous and hidden.
Li Deming searched for three days but couldn't find a trace. However, Zhu Shang spent three days eating and drinking in his house and found a lot of useful information.
On the fourth day, Li Deming ordered that if anyone found Hu Ling, he would hand over Zhu Shang to that person.
Zhu Shang was a scholar and a businessman.
People in Xiping Prefecture are not good at doing business. If someone can get Zhu Shang and let Zhu Shang make suggestions, he will definitely make a lot of money.
In addition to the guards, some businessmen also joined in, eager to find Hu Ling.
After Li Mei learned about it, she held back the dissatisfaction and resentment that overflowed many times in her heart and came to Li Deming. He forced himself to beg someone, asking him to let Hu Ling go and let Zhu Shang go.
How could Li Deming do this? He pushed Li Mei away, stretched out his arms and raised his head and said, "Hu Ling, I must find you. No matter life or death, you should be mine!"
When Li Mei heard this, she looked at her brother in horror. She didn't believe her brother would say such a thing!
She once fell in love with Hu Ling, who was disguised as a man, and she asked her brother to help her find him. At that time, her brother said that this man was not suitable for her and said that he would help her find a better man.
Now, he said he wanted to get Hu Ling?
In this way, he has been deceiving her, because he likes Hu Ling, so he said that Hu Ling is not suitable for her, and he will provoke their relationship!
But he didn't even say a word to Hu Ling, so why did he fall in love with her? In the final analysis, his love is just his possessiveness!
Li Mei thought about what happened in the past and was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she couldn't say a word.
After she adjusted, she left without saying a word.
Li Deming realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, but at the moment he had no time to take into account Li Mei's mood and just sent more people to look for Hu Ling.
Hu Ling, on the other hand, was in the livestock market three blocks away from Li Deming's residence, combing horses and shoveling manure every day for the past few days, and had a very relaxed life.
Buy party horses in the north and capture Tubo parrots in the west.
The area where Xiping Mansion is located is an excellent horse-producing area.
Dangxiang people are good at raising horses, and they produce many horses with excellent breeds. Therefore, the horses in Xiping Prefecture are also called Dangxiang horses.
Ordinary livestock markets are in the suburbs, but Dangxiang horses are the main source of foreign trade in Xiping Prefecture, so there are several livestock markets specializing in selling horses in the city.
The livestock market where Hu Ling was hiding was the largest in the city.
Entering from the alley, every household is selling horses. Through the gate, you can often see people standing in the hall, with their sleeves closed in one place, doing horse sales transactions in their sleeves.
Several waves of people have come to this livestock market for interrogation. The interrogation usually starts from the last or first household. The house where Hu Ling is hiding is in the middle. By the time the guards checked here, they were already smelled by the smell of horse urine and feces. about there.
After entering the house where she was, he asked a few questions from the front, and then walked around to the livestock shed at the back. He saw that she was dirty and the smell of manure was even stronger. The person who was looking for her turned around and left after taking one look at her. , unwilling to cross-examine further.
And no one believed that a delicate lady could be in a stable.
The owners of this household are some of the ten secret guards.
Zhu Shang asked the secret guards to find their own livelihood, but apart from their martial arts skills, they could only raise horses. A few of them formed a partnership here to sell horses.
They will not bake such unpalatable cakes, nor work as waiters in shops, nor copy books for people. Only here is what they are good at. Except for the smell of horse manure, everything else is peaceful and beautiful.
These people are really proud of the livelihood they have found. Now that Hu Ling has come to hide with them, they are almost swollen to the point of bursting.
Hu Ling liked to deal with horses very much. After three or four days, she seemed to have almost forgotten about Zhu Shang. Until Dali sent her a message again, saying that after the arrangements were made outside, Zhu Shanghui would come out at night, and they, No. 18, would leave Xiping Mansion together.
Hu Ling wiped the mud on his hands, found a case table, asked someone to bring paper and ink, and wrote: "Xu Dalang, I am the third wife of the Hu family. I encountered something in Xiping Mansion this time, and I need you to send some capable guards." , come to the north to meet..."
On the fifth day of Zhu Shang's imprisonment, Hu Ling had arranged his departure route, and had collected almost all the information about Zhu Shang, and agreed to leave together at midnight.
Unexpectedly, Li Mei suddenly appeared at the livestock market before dinner.
Hu Ling was washing the bucket when he suddenly saw a gorgeous piece of clothing. When he looked up, it was Li Mei.
She was stunned for a moment, and Li Mei happened to look at her.
In an instant, Li Mei rushed over. Regardless of Hu Ling's dirty smell, she hugged Hu Ling and said with a choked voice: "How can you be here and let you suffer? I know a way out of Xixia. I will take you there." .”
Hu Ling patted Li Mei on the back and said: "No need, you and he are brother and sister after all. If you help me, it is equivalent to betraying him. After betraying him, the Dangxiang clan will no longer have a place for you. Don't worry about me, I have a way to leave."
Li Mei looked at Hu Ling, tears falling straight down.
Li Mei also felt strange about herself. She clearly liked a man and knew that Hu Ling was a woman, but she still had such feelings for her.
I don't want to leave her, I don't want her to be coerced, I want to be with her all the time.
No matter whether Hu Ling is a boy or a girl, she, Li Mei, just likes Hu Ling. She can't deceive her heart!
"How did you find this place?" Hu Ling asked.
Li Mei took the handkerchief from Hu Ling and said: "I have traveled all over the places we have been together in the past two days. I remember you brought me to buy a horse in this area, so I came over. I didn't expect you. It’s really here!”
After Hu Ling persuaded her for a few more words, Li Mei reluctantly left.
At night, half an hour before the scheduled departure time, Dali hurriedly came over and said to Hu Ling: "Sanniang, we are surrounded outside the livestock market!"
Hu Ling stood up and asked, "What's going on?"
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I counted the time points in this chapter, and there are more than 7. So many different time periods are included in one chapter. I don’t know if you will get dizzy, but I barely managed to get dizzy when I wrote it.
In order not to have too many words in a plot, and also to explain some things clearly, there are so many time points in one chapter. I hope everyone will not be confused, and I hope I have explained it clearly.
