Chapter 74 Qishan Station
When Li Zhiyi suddenly woke up, what he saw was Xia Bing, the girl in the courtyard. How could she be a foot washer to take care of her? She suppressed her displeasure and lowered her eyes and asked: "When did you find me?" ?”
Xia Bing did not dare to say anything. She had always been unpopular in front of girls. She answered concisely and concisely: "It was the girl who was discovered first by the exploration team."
After hearing this, she stood up and said with gloomy eyes: "Execute the entire team that discovered me." How could she let those lowly servants find her in such a mess?
Xia Bing hesitated and did not go out.
Li Zhiyi's eyes deepened and he sneered: "What's wrong? Can't I execute a few people?"
Xia Bing quickly shook his head and denied, "No, it's just to execute a few government soldiers who neglected their duties, failed to trace the girl's trace in time, and injured the girl. Why not?"
Li Zhiyi then raised his head, looked at Xia Bing who had a low eyebrow and said: "I looked down on you before. Your name is Xia Bing, right? Now that Chuntao, the savior, has died, you will take her place and be my personal maid during the trip to Qi." Well, if I do well, I’ll let you work as a maid in the back room when I get back.”
Xia Bing immediately burst into tears of gratitude and knelt down to thank her, "Thank you for your promotion, young lady, I will surely do my best to slay you."
She shook her still sore arm: "Go and deliver the order."
Seeing her turning back, he stopped her again, "You go get paper and pen first, and I'll draw the portraits of those two people, and then you give them to the commander of the army."
Xia Bing replied: "Girl, why don't you let the exploration team live first, and then deal with it after they patrol the whereabouts of the injured thieves? After all, they are the best at detecting traces. If we use other soldiers to go, wouldn't it be delayed? , if the thief escapes, the gain will outweigh the loss.”
Li Zhiyi thought about it for a moment and thought it was feasible. She waved her hand and said, "They are lucky. Let's save their lives first."
Gongzi Yan didn't even know that he had been ordered to kill him. The two of them galloped for several miles before they found traces of food under a big rock.
Songshan took a long breath, "Fortunately, I didn't pursue the wrong one."
Although Gongzi Yan was calm on the surface, he actually breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He said aloud: "Don't get too close. Li Xiaobao has an extraordinary ear. If he chases too close, he will definitely speed up to be cautious. , this is already a mountain road, the road is steep.”
Songshan smiled and accepted his unspoken words: "Mr. Lang is afraid that the moon girl in the car will have a sore back and her body will not be able to bear it."
Young Master Yan stood on the horse, opened his fan with a smile on his face, and replied like a handsome young master, "So what?"
Songshan silently
Lang Jun's face has really become thicker and thicker, and he is no longer afraid of his teasing.
Xie Fengyue was indeed shaken by the road and her back ached. She almost wondered if she had taken the wrong road. Is this mountain road really the official road marked on the map?
The area of the mountain forest was unknown. When she opened the curtains, she saw that it was full of dense trees. Only a few spots of sunlight on the ground shone through the tall and dense branches on the old stone slabs that were in disrepair.
Those moss-covered stone slabs were scattered here and there, and it would have been easier to walk on a dirt road.
The origin of this mountain road was mentioned in the mountain and river journals. It was built by a reclusive tribe. It was later requisitioned by the Qi State as an official road and never repaired again.
The horse seemed to be struggling to drag the carriage, and it grunted and snorted.
Seeing this, Xie Fengyue simply ordered a few people to get out of the carriage, and they could lighten it as much as possible. Anyway, the current traveling speed is almost the same as walking.
The broken branches and stamens were still behind the carriage, pushing the carriage with their hands.
Xie Fengyue looked amused and said, "Come on, save your strength. With all your kitty strength, you might as well take care of yourselves."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhi Zhi stepped into the horse's hoof prints and took off his shoes before pulling his feet out of the mud.
She looked shy and smiled awkwardly, but it made Xie Fengyue and Hua Rui laugh loudly. The clear and melodious laughter echoed in the mountain forest, triggering waves of birdsong in response.
The four of them walked in the mountains for three days before coming out, which was a little slower than Xie Fengyue expected.
When night fell, they saw the figure of Qishan Station.
To be precise, this Qishan Station is actually a village built on the basis of the station. This place was originally the border between the two countries, with few people and scarce supplies.
In order to prevent the army from sneaking through the mountains to attack, Qi State established the Qishan Post Station, and the surrounding residents built houses along the perimeter of the post station. As time went by, a village of fifty or sixty people was gradually formed here. small villages.
Xie Fengyue and his party took the household registration order to the post officer for inspection, and then moved into the post station. The entire post station was quite large, with five or six rooms on the two floors, which proved that this place was actually a good place in the past. There is a constant flow of people coming and going.
After Xie Fengyue took a comfortable hot bath, she got into bed. She hadn't slept in a bed for almost ten days. She relaxed as soon as she lay down. All the beds in Qi State were Datong bunks. , originally it was more than enough to sleep three people in one room.
Zhizhi got on the bed neatly, smiled and shouted to Huarui: "Why don't you go to bed after washing."
Hua Rui shook her head and refused: "How can I sleep with a girl on the same bed? This is too far away!"
Seeing her decisive refusal, Zhezhi stopped pushing and pointed to the bamboo chair at the door, "If you don't want to sleep on the bed, you'll have to sleep on that one!"
Huarui nodded and lay down on the bamboo chair.
She can't forget her duty as a slave just because the girl treats her softly. Sister Zhezhi is the person the girl cares about, so naturally she can't compare with her. At this time, she can still sleep in the house with a bamboo chair. It's very good. In the past, when I kept vigil for other masters, I could only stay outside the door no matter it was windy, rainy, or scorching hot and thundering. She is very satisfied with her current life.
The three of them fell asleep very quickly and slept soundly.
In the middle of the night, the dogs in the whole village suddenly barked one after another, and then there were sparse human voices in the originally quiet inn.
Hua Rui and Zhe Zhi woke up together. As slaves, they would wake up immediately if there was any disturbance at night. This was a habit they had developed over the years.
Facing the moonlight, the two of them looked at each other. Hua Rui gestured to Zhi Zhi to continue sleeping, and she went to check.
She put on a coat, lit an oil lamp, gently opened the door, and looked out from the corridor on the second floor. The house directly opposite had already turned on the lights.
The servants and maids who kept coming and going were decorating the simple house, and Hua Ruizhong breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that someone noble has moved in.
As she walked back with a lantern, she suddenly saw a group of soldiers lecturing, "Be sure to check the entire inn and don't let unscrupulous people disturb the girl anymore."
She pursed her lips and sighed: "What a great card."
The next day, Li Xiaobao was the first to wake up, and it was still dark. He felt that it was time for people in the village to get up and do work, so he wanted to go to the fields to see which family had a good harvest so that he could buy some.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he was stopped by soldiers standing five steps around the house. He whispered: "You are not allowed to go out so early. My girl will not get up until three o'clock in the morning. If you ignorant people make any noise, they will wake you up." ”
Li Xiaobao had ten thousand reasons in his mind, but after seeing the armor he was wearing, he swallowed them all.
Forget it, we can't just let go of our whim and cause trouble for Moon Girl.
(End of chapter)