In the days that followed, Song Che ran between home and Xiqiang, leaving all the business of the milk tea shop to Tuya.
With Bach's relationship, Song Che's entry and exit were much more convenient, but it was obvious that Bach was not completely at ease with Song Che. The guards he sent were actually monitoring him, and they were almost always there except for eating, sleeping and going to the toilet. .
Where is there any respect at all? But it still has value.
By the end of November, all Biden's silks were sold out.
Song Che wrote a letter, describing his own safety on the surface, and writing in milk the changes in Hu's regime and his plans on the back. He entrusted it to Biden and asked him to hand it over to his assistant when he went to the market to purchase silk.
Biden is a typical businessman, and Song Che is very relieved to tie his own interests with his.
The construction of the city continued day after day, and Song Che's escape plan was gradually being prepared——
If you want to escape the big city, the first thing to overcome is the ice and snow. The snow on the grasslands will not melt away until at least March, and even if the snow melts, there will be no hiding place in the vast grasslands, so if you want to escape, you must not go on land.
Only by water!
During the past hunting trip, Song Che learned that Lianghe could be reached through the mountains and forests in the north.
The Liang River crosses the grassland and extends to Xiliang. The severe cold for several months has already caused the river to freeze. The trend of the Lianghe River is high in the west and low in the east... If you can build a pair of skates or a skateboard and use the potential energy to glide on the river, you can travel thousands of miles in a day.
In order to survey the escape terrain, Song Che used the excuse of going to the river to wash in the sand and secretly marked the woods to plan a route that would save the most time and effort.
It takes half an hour to get to the woods from Dadu, and half an hour to cross the woods to the Lianghe River. In other words, after leaving Dadu, he only has one hour to escape the pursuit of the barbarians...
Judging from the current situation where the guards are not far away, even if they find that he is missing for a quarter of an hour, they will send out hounds to track him down...
Of course, everything is uncertain, and escaping also requires a certain amount of luck.
Song Che thought that apart from being a little sentimental, he had never done anything harmful to God, so God would not embarrass him.
Time passed by, and in mid-December, there were several heavy snowfalls on the grassland, and a cold wave swept through. Even if you sneeze outdoors, ice particles will form.
The main body of the city wall has been completely repaired. The shelves were removed and then painted with mud paint. After a few days of solidification, it was completed.
Looking at the east and south walls of the eldest prince Sultan and the second prince Kuimu, even though they used nearly 10,000 workers and worked day and night, they could only build half of them.
Bach's victory seemed a foregone conclusion.
night.
There was heavy snow falling outside the house, and the charcoal fire inside the house was red.
Song Che rested his head on his head and looked at the top of the bed quietly. Tuya's cheeks were flushed in his arms. He didn't know whether it was the remnants of the fun or the lack of oxygen caused by the too warm charcoal fire.
They were so entangled every night and like glue every day. Inadvertently, Song Che developed feelings for this Hu woman that he couldn't let go of.
During his stay in Hu State, if she had not been with him day and night, he would have been in despair.
Feelings are often the heaviest burden.
Song Che must leave, but what about her? Where will she go? You can't take her with you.
"Tuya, where is your mother's natal family?" Song Che asked.
Tuya said: "In a city in the north called 'Uto'."
"Are you still familiar with your mother's family?" Song Che asked again.
Tuya shook his head and said with some disappointment: "My father and mother had some interactions when they were still living together, but after their death, we haven't had any contact for seven or eight years..."
Song Che said: "At least the blood relationship is still there."
Tuya nodded slightly and asked, "What's wrong, husband? Why do you suddenly ask these questions?"
Song Che hesitated for a moment, smiled, and said: "It's okay. I was thinking that our milk tea business is selling so well, so it's time to expand some business. You are from Wutuo City, maybe you can open a few businesses there. branch."
"Okay, okay." She believed it easily, but she was not happy for a while and asked again: "Husband, are you going?"
Song Che shook his head. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't leave this city.
Tuya seemed to realize something. She hugged Song Che's arm tightly with an urgent look in her eyes: "If you ask me to go back to my parents' home now, is something big going to happen? I... can stay and help you."
In the end, she couldn't be confident herself. A woman with no power and only the title of princess, how could she help?
silence.
It was so silent that you could hear the sound of falling snow.
The atmosphere was somewhat depressing.
"Hey." Song Che hugged the woman in his arms and said with a smile: "Just go back to your parents' home without worry. When I finish the things at hand, I will definitely come to pick you up, I will."
"I..." Tuya hesitated and nodded, "I have full faith in you!"
…
Early the next morning.
Tuya packed her bags and took ten maids from the milk tea shop, preparing to leave Dadu for Wutuo in the name of opening a milk tea branch.
Before leaving, Song Che handed her 80% of the profits earned by several milk tea shops and told her:
"When you arrive at your parents' home, you have to assess the situation and focus on your own welfare. You have to be good at using money. It can help you settle most things."
There shouldn't be too much emotional expression when parting, so as not to be noticed by unscrupulous people, Tuya left Dadu quietly.
At present, everyone is staring at Song Che, and not many people care about the departure of a woman.
That afternoon.
Biden, who went on business far away, also returned to Dadu, looking dejected and dusty all the way, and he only brought back one cart of silk.
Song Che came to the silk shop to ask Bi Deng about the situation in the name of delivering milk tea.
"Forget it, there's going to be a war... It's hard to do business! The shopping malls are closed and the borders are sealed. If it weren't for your relationship, Boss Song, I might not even be able to come back!"
Biden sighed several times before taking out a letter from his sleeve and stuffing it to Song Che, "This is what Miss Nangong gave to you, but you must keep it!"
Song Che hurriedly put the envelope into his arms, without saying a word, quickly left the shop, returned to the milk tea shop and stayed for a while, and then hurried back home.
After returning home, he took a lunch break, dismissed the guards, closed and locked the doors and windows, went to the brazier, took out the letter paper and roasted it on the flame, and a row of words appeared——
"Everyone is safe, don't worry about..."
When he read the first eight words, the big stone that had been hanging in Song Che's heart for three months finally fell.
Nangong Yue and the others returned to Daliang smoothly from Tubo, and then split into two routes. One was led by Nangong Yue back to Xiliang to seek a way to rescue Song Che, and the other was led by Lu Jingxiang and others back to Jinling to report the news.
After Nangong Yue returned to Xiliang, she asked Ma Wei to send envoys many times to ask for people, but they were all refused to leave the country.
Using the excuse of capturing the horse bandits, Hu quickly sent an additional 100,000 troops to the north bank of Lianghe River. His ambition is self-evident.
Hu Guo's action caused the tea-horse trade to be interrupted again, the market was also forced to close, and the relationship with Daliang was about to reach a freezing point.
After Song Che read the letter, he threw it into the brazier.
Lu Jingxiang must have returned to Jinling by now, and Liao Heng will definitely send General Jiang Yuntian to the northwest after reading his letter.
This war with the Hu people is inevitable and will probably happen in winter.
