The second day.
When Wu Yun woke up, she felt the carriage swaying. She opened her eyes dimly and saw Bai Yan sitting steadily beside her.
"woke up!"
When Bai Yan saw Wu Yun waking up, he took out some warm dry food from the package on the side and handed it to Wu Yun.
"Thank you Zixiao!"
Wu Yun took the dry food and thanked her, then she lowered her head and ate quietly. When she looked at her brother sleeping beside him, her eyes were full of worry.
Wu Gao's injury has begun to deteriorate.
Thinking of this, Wu Yun's eyes turned red, and she looked unnaturally at the young man beside her.
Yesterday, she already knew that the young man in front of her was a nobleman named Xu from Qi State. This time he came to Zhao State to go to Handan just like her.
Xu Zixiao is this young man's name.
The boy didn't say what the purpose of going to Handan was, and she didn't ask.
Because she also didn't tell the boy why she and her brother were going to Handan.
Two hours later.
As the carriage was about to reach the city, the carriage slowly stopped.
In the carriage, Bai Yan moved Wu Gao's body to the back and found some cloth to cover it.
"Is this okay?"
Wu Yun looked at it with worry and asked softly.
"Then do you have any other ideas?"
Bai Yan turned to look at Wu Yun: "If we don't enter the city today, we can delay it, but your brother may not be able to hold on for long!"
After finishing speaking, seeing that Wu Yun could not think of any other solution, Bai Yan turned to look at Wu Gao's weak face, stretched out his hand to wrap up the cloth on the side, took out the clothes, and covered Wu Gao's body.
In this unfamiliar place, Bai Yan originally planned to find a chaiman and bribe him with a large sum of money to see if he could put Wu Gao into a chai and take him into the city.
He never thought that Wu Gao's body was already extremely weak.
If he had gone to the city to find a doctor later, Wu Gao might have lost his life.
"At least the people in that village won't come here before sunset. Don't worry, we should be able to enter the city."
After Bai Yan finished everything, he sat back to his original position, clapped his hands, turned to Wu Yun and said.
Last night, Ye, Fengnian, and Gui took turns guarding the road. In the middle of the night, a villager held a torch and rushed all night. He wanted to open the city gate at dawn, so he informed the officials in the city of the news.
That person and villager have already been dealt with by Ye and others.
Counting that person's return journey, no one from that village would appear here before sunset.
As long as the people from that village haven't come here, it shouldn't be difficult to enter the city now.
Inside the carriage.
When Wu Yun heard Bai Yan's words, although she was worried, she still nodded.
After seeing Wu Yun sit down, Bai Yan asked Ye to set off.
After a long time, when the carriage arrived at the city gate, Bai Yan and Wu Yun inside the carriage held their breath, quietly listening to the movements outside and Zhao Zu's questions.
Then I saw a Zhao soldier, 17 or 18 years old, opening the curtain and looking into the carriage.
When the young Zhao soldier saw Wu Yun, he stared at her for several breaths. He was patted by other older Zhao soldiers before he came back to his senses.
"What's behind that?"
Zhao Zu asked.
Wu Yun lowered her head and held the corners of her clothes with her delicate hands.
Bai Yan, who was on the side, calmly took out more than five hundred coins from his sleeve pocket.
"I was invited to Handan. These are some of my concubine's clothes. If you don't believe me, you can come up and have a look."
Bai Yan said to the young Zhao soldier, and then stretched out his hand.
When the young Zhao soldier saw this, his eyes widened when he saw so much money. Before he could react, an older Zhao soldier behind him impatiently pushed him away and then took two steps forward.
"Let me check it out!"
After the older Zhao soldier got on the carriage, he glanced at the person hiding behind Bai Yan, and then looked at Bai Yan's outfit and the jade pendant hanging around his waist.
Thinking that this young man was invited to come to Zhao country, his outfit was definitely not ordinary.
Zhao Zu guessed that the girl in the village was attracted by the young man and was specially kidnapped. Otherwise, how could a young man in luxurious clothes hide and take her to the city?
Thinking of this, Zhao Zu smiled and reached out to take the five hundred coins from Bai Yan's hand, but did not leave in a hurry.
"These clothes?"
Zhao Zu asked.
In his eyes, the young man in front of him was so familiar and made such a generous move. It was obviously not his first time.
If such a young man could be attracted to her, then the woman's appearance would definitely be no worse than this woman's.
"These clothes are all ordinary cloth. If you finish searching, it's getting late, and I will have to rush to Handan to keep my appointment! Otherwise, it will be too late. Not only old friends in Handan, but also elders who have already arrived in Handan will not be exempted from scolding!"
Bai Yan once again took out two hundred coins from his pocket and placed it in Zhao Zu's hand.
This adds up to more than 700 yuan. To buy a slave in Qin State, adult slaves, regardless of gender, only cost 4,300 yuan, while children are sold for only 2,500 yuan.
The situation of more women and fewer men in Zhao State is several times higher than that in Qin State. Although Bai Yan has not understood the market situation, it will definitely be much lower.
It's a lot of money to pay for a trip.
"I see, okay, that's okay!"
Zhao Zu naturally heard that the young man was telling him that she was a girl from an ordinary family in the village. After collecting her, he took her to Handan and had a backer behind her.
Looking at the young man's appearance and feeling that the money was heavy in his hands, Zhao Zu didn't dare to be greedy anymore, so he turned around and got out of the carriage.
The car curtain was lowered again.
"Give way!"
Outside the carriage, Zhao Zu's voice sounded.
It was only then that Wu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and the silk clothes in front of her undulated slightly.
As the carriage moved, Wu Yun turned to look at Xu Zixiao beside her and found that his expression was very calm.
After entering the city.
"How did Zi Xiao know that Zhao soldiers would not search?"
Wu Yun couldn't help but ask in the end. It was only then that she could see a person covering her back as long as she got on the carriage.
Why was Xu Zixiao so calm or so confident in front of him?
Could it be that this is not the first time he has done such a thing?
Thinking of this, the way Wu Yun looked at Bai Yan was slightly different.
"Why do you think the people in that village wanted to kill you and your group?"
When Bai Yan heard Wu Yun's question, he didn't answer. Instead, he looked ahead and asked softly.
Wu Yun didn't react for a while.
"It should be money!"
Wu Yun said instinctively, thinking of her beloved, a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes.
If possible, she would use more money to exchange the lives of her beloved with the villagers.
Just when Wu Yun was feeling sad, she saw Bai Yan spit out something softly.
"If it weren't for this day, those people would be kinder than all the nobles!"
Bai Yan's words stunned Wu Yun.
Soon Wu Yun understood what the young man beside him meant. The Zhao State had been suffering from drought for many years. With the current lack of food and grass in the Zhao State, the people were desperate. If they did not violate their conscience, not only would they starve to death, but also their wives and children. Parents will also starve to death.
No matter how the Zhao soldier was in the past, he would become insensitive and only care about money when faced with the situation of Zhao State.
"God owes them, but my husband does not! If the people in that village kill my husband, I will definitely take revenge in the future."
Wu Yun looked aside.
She didn't blame the young man in front of her, who was also a member of the noble family, for speaking up for the murderers of her husband, but she also wanted to tell this young man.
Kill for life!
She still wants revenge!
In the carriage, Bai Yan heard Wu Yun's words and turned to look at Wu Yun who was curled up and staring directly at the wooden board in front of him.
Bai Yan said nothing, and he would not stop Wu Yun.
Because if it were him, he might have gone even further than Wu Yun.
What's more, after those people lost their nature after killing people and taking wealth, who knows how they will treat other women they caught.
Just now, he just lamented that God and the world had subtly influenced people to become like this.
Just like him.
He has killed countless people now, but he has gradually become accustomed to killing.
Within the city.
The carriage drove slowly down the street until it came to a medicine shop.
"You have a wound on your back. My servant knows the medicine to heal the wound. You don't need to go down. Once you get the medicine, you must leave this place immediately. You must not stay for a long time!"
Bai Yan saw Wu Yun trying to get off the carriage and said.
Wu Yun nodded. She naturally knew how dangerous it was to stay here.
Bai Yan stood up, opened the curtain, handed the money to the three of them, and whispered to Gui to get herbs, Feng Nian to find a trailer, and Ye to buy some coarse clothes.
After explaining everything clearly and watching the three people leave, Bai Yan returned to the carriage.
"Zi Xiao often travels around various countries?"
Wu Yun couldn't help but ask softly. She found that Xu Zixiao, at a young age, was not only thoughtful, but also very sophisticated.
This is definitely not the vision and astuteness that an ordinary, carefree young man in a big family can possess.
The surname of Qi State is Xu.
She did know that there were many nobles named Xu in Qi State, but she had never heard of a young boy named Xu Zixiao.
"Occasionally traveling is not a good idea!"
Bai Yan heard Wu Yun's inquiry and said softly, as if he didn't want to talk in depth.
Looking at Wu Yun out of the corner of his eye, Bai Yan knew clearly that he could not ask Wu Yun and Wu Gao about the purpose of coming to Zhao country at the moment.
Even if he asked, the two siblings would probably not tell the truth.
In this case, it is better to give Wu Yun the feeling that he doesn't care about the other party. Only in this way can the other party's mental alertness be lowered.
"You stay here while I go out!"
Bai Yan looked at Wu Yun.
Wu Yun was a little confused, then watched Bai Yan get up and walk out of the car.
After watching Bai Yan's leaving figure disappear.
Inside the carriage.
Wu Yun turned to look at Wu Gao, listening to the voices of people walking outside the carriage. Only when there was no one around did her eyes shed two lines of tears.
She did not expect that during this trip to Zhao State, her husband would die on the way before reaching Handan.
In the blink of an eye, she became a widow, and her brother was seriously injured and unconscious.
She was not opposed to rebelling against Qin, but her father did not like Qin. After marrying her to Wei, her husband's father was also an official in Wei who supported the rebellion against Qin.
Her eldest brother followed General Yi Cheng to fight against Qin last year, but was killed by Bai Yan, a Qin man. If he had not wanted to rebel against Qin, she and her husband would not have accepted the invitation of Zhang Er and other famous people to come to Handan. .
But she never expected that her husband would be killed by the hungry and desperate people before he arrived in Handan as promised.
"Woooooo~!"
Wu Yun covered her face and cried bitterly.
According to Zhang Er's information, when Zhang Er was young, he was a frequent visitor to Wuji, the Duke of Wei. I once traveled abroad on the run.
According to records, a rich girl lost her husband, and her father's retainers suggested that she marry Zhang Er. The rich girl married Zhang Er and gave her great support. Zhang Er attracted followers from all over the world and became the magistrate of Huang County outside Wei.
A slight change here.
It’s really not water! !
Guys, I still have the next chapter, which I will post in the morning. I had to stay up all night with a knife to finish the manuscript. I had a conflict with my wife this afternoon and was beaten by my wife until my nose started to bleed.
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