A group of officers and soldiers came and surrounded the carriage.
"Stop!"
Facing the aggressive officers and soldiers, the driver tightened his grip on the reins and was at a loss.
The leading officer and soldier glanced at the quiet carriage and said coldly: "People inside, come out!"
After a while, the car curtains were lifted, revealing Xiaolian's face: "Our girl is in the car, what happened?"
The leading officer and soldier glanced at the pretty little maid, and then took a closer look at the carriage.
It's an ordinary carriage with green curtains, and no sign of any mansion can be seen.
The leading officer and soldier judged that the person sitting in the carriage was not a nobleman, and he gave it away in a perfunctory manner: "We are under the command of Wu Dadu, the commander of the Beijing camp. We have been ordered to capture the fugitive. Please get out of the car and cooperate with the inspection."
The curtains of the car were lowered, and soon the door curtains were raised. The maid who had spoken previously stepped on the horse stool and got out of the car, then turned around to help the girl in the car get out.
The leading officers and soldiers stared closely at the girl who got off the carriage. Seeing that her body was plain, with only a golden hairpin stuck in her black hair, they felt relieved. They sat on the horse and asked condescendingly: "Have you ever seen a girl?" Young man?".net
Xin You raised his head slightly and met the eyes of the leading officers and soldiers: "Young men are everywhere. I wonder what kind of men you are asking about?"
This cool and calm answer made the leading officer and soldier frown.
He originally thought that there was an ordinary Xiaojiabiyu in the carriage. Facing the tall and powerful officer holding a sword, he was almost frightened and cried. It is normal to be trembling. Unexpectedly, he was mistaken.
In this case, maybe he really has the courage to hide the prisoner.
"He is a ragged young man, of medium height, thin, with delicate features..."
Xin You waited for the leading officer and soldier to finish speaking, then said apologetically: "Sorry, we have never seen such a person along the way. Right, Uncle Sun?"
Uncle Sun was the coachman. When he was suddenly asked, he quickly agreed: "I've never seen it before."
The leading officer's eyes wandered between Xin You and the coachman, and finally looked at the carriage parked quietly on the side of the road. He raised his chin at his subordinates and said, "Go and take a look in the carriage."
Xiaolian's face changed drastically: "No!"
The leading officer and soldier looked at the little maid who was facing a formidable enemy, and sneered: "What? Is there something shameful in the car? Or - you are harboring a fugitive!"
Xiaolian knew that her gaffe had aroused the other party's suspicion, and she was annoyed and blamed herself. Fortunately, she had experienced a lot with Xinyou for so long, and she quickly realized: "Master Cha, don't get me wrong. There are a lot of us in the car." What kind of things are the girls using? The servants are all men, so it’s really not convenient——"
"Is it inconvenient?" The leading officer held the scabbard of his sword in his hand, with dark clouds on his face.
"Xiao Lian, go and open the car door curtain." Xin You said calmly.
"Yes." Xiaolian responded and stepped forward to open the car door curtain.
You can see the entire carriage at a glance. There are several cages fixed along the walls of the carriage, as well as a table. In addition, there is a large baggage, several cloth bags and thin blankets hanging on the walls.
The leading officers and soldiers took a quick look and found no hiding place. However, the man on the run was too important to be reconciled to losing the clues like this.
"Go check under the car."
Soon an officer and soldier stooped in to check.
Xiaolian saw it and was secretly afraid.
If the monkey hadn't discovered the person hiding under the car, they wouldn't have been able to escape even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
"Captain, we didn't find anything."
"excuse me."
The leading officer and soldier glanced at the carriage again, pulled the reins and prepared to leave. His eyes fell directly on the bundle: "What's in the bundle?"
Judging from the size of the baggage, it is impossible to hide a man, but it still looks a little strange.
Xiaolian gritted her teeth and her hands shook with nervousness.
Xin You calmly replied: "It's just clothes and other things I changed into."
Before the leading officer could speak, she walked over, took out a banknote from her purse and stuffed it into his hand: "It is inconvenient for outsiders to see the things my daughter wears, so I hope you will understand me. It has wasted your time."
Sorry, I'm waiting for you to buy a glass of water and wine when you have time. "
The leading officer lowered his head and looked at Xin You with a strange expression: "The girl is really generous."
A little girl turned out to be a fifty-tael banknote.
Xinyou winked at Xiaolian.
After being together for so long, the master and servant have a tacit understanding. Xiaolian raised her voice and said: "What's the matter? Our girl also donated fifty thousand taels of silver to the victims of the Dingbei disaster!"
The leading officer and soldier looked shocked, and when they looked at Xin You, their eyes changed: "Are you Miss Kou?"
Nowadays, there are many people in the capital who have never seen Miss Kou, and there are not many people who have never heard of Miss Kou.
Xinyou nodded and admitted.
"Sorry to bother you." The leading officer and soldier cupped their hands. The evil thoughts that had arisen from seeing the fifty taels of silver notes disappeared, and they quickly rode away with their men.
Miss Kou has a reputation in the Tian family, so it's not worth offending her.
Xin You watched the group of people walking away with a cold look in her eyes.
It seems that the style of these subordinates of the commander of the Beijing Camp is not very good. The leader just saw the banknotes and obviously had the idea of taking the money. This is why she gave Xiaolian a wink to reveal her identity.
Back in the car, Xiao Lian looked remorseful: "It's all because of my bad maid and her lack of calmness that aroused the suspicion of those officers and soldiers."
"Don't think too much about it. It's natural for you to be nervous."
Hidden in the baggage was Kou Qingqing's skeleton. Not to mention Xiaolian's nervousness, she did not dare to take the slightest risk of being opened by the officers and soldiers, so she would rather expose her wealth and send those people away.
"Who is that young man? I am inexplicably implicated by him!" Xiaolian became extremely angry just thinking about the consequences of having her baggage unpacked.
"Maybe... he's a poor man."
If she hadn't interacted with those officers and soldiers, Xin You wouldn't have thought this way, but now that she had a bad impression of those officers and soldiers, it was inevitable that she would have such a guess.
But these were just an interlude after all, and then the carriage took a different route and went to a farm.
This farm also belonged to Kou Qingqing. It was one of the properties that Xin You wanted to come back to. It was Xiaolian's suggestion to bury Kou Qingqing here.
Shaoqing's Mansion is not a home. You can't go back to your former home, so even half of your home is considered buried here.
There is a small hill within the farm area. Xin You arranged for someone to dig a pit and prepare a coffin in advance. After that, she and Xiaolian completed the burial of Kou Qingqing personally.
More than an hour later, a new tomb appeared. Xiaolian knelt in front of the tomb and burned a lot of paper money.
The Qingming Festival has just passed, and the burned paper money was carried away by the spring breeze. I don’t know how many fly ash they met with the sorrow of the world.
It got dark unconsciously, Xin You leaned over and patted Xiaolian on the shoulder: "Go back, you can visit Miss Kou anytime in the future."
Xiaolian nodded, Kou Qingqing's burial made her feel much more relaxed.
And Xin You also relieved a burden. Before leaving, she looked back at the lonely grave and said softly in her heart: Kou Qingqing, please wish me a smooth journey, may all my wishes come true, and will be with you when I come back.
