Chapter 280 A Safe Strategy
It was about to dawn, and the fog was so thick that it was difficult to see the road.
Li Xiaobao rode his horse in front and said loudly: "Set off immediately. Those who stay behind will have one day to regret it. If you regret it again after entering Ailao Mountain, it will be too late."
More than a hundred people in the chattering crowd did not stand up but half raised their bodies, looking at Li Xiaobao who was speaking timidly.
They had the courage to talk to Xie Fengyue because she was a girl and she was as tall as a fairy. But it was different when it was Li Xiaobao's turn. Regardless of his fierce face, just his bulging arms were It makes people dare not say another word.
They looked around for Xie Fengyue's figure. Unfortunately, Xie Fengyue had no intention of explaining anything today, and naturally he would not get off the carriage even half a step.
After Li Xiaobao raised his whip and said "drive".
The large army began to move forward again. The refugees who were originally in large groups left one group last night and left another group today. They have been reduced from four to five hundred people to about a hundred people.
Xie Fengyue is quite satisfied with this. The people left behind are at least clear-headed and obedient, which will save her a lot of energy.
With fewer people, the traveling speed was obviously faster. Except for the two hours when everyone rested when the sun was the strongest, the time to reach the mountain pass was one hour faster than the original time.
If it were an ordinary mountain, one would either enter at noon or in the morning, but Ailao Mountain is an exception. It is safest to enter after the sun has dried for a day.
The mist in the morning carries all kinds of miasma. Once you encounter it, you can only resign yourself to fate. If you are lucky, the miasma will disperse quickly and you can still save a life. If you are not lucky, there will still be a whole body, because there are all kinds of miasma in the mountains. Even ferocious beasts won't eat people poisoned by miasma, which is half a good thing.
Xie Fengyue turned her body, leaned her face out of the car window, glanced at the sky, and finally decided to wait until the sun set before entering the mountain pass.
In her line of work, she must act according to what is written on the parchment. Now she is responsible for the lives of more than two hundred people, and she cannot be careless in the slightest.
Xie Fengyue then made a gesture. Upon seeing this, the soldiers beside the car immediately ran forward to find Li Xiaobao. After a while, the entire team stopped.
"Girl, do you need me to warn those refugees again?" Li Xiaobao asked.
Xie Fengyue nodded gently and handed the medicine bottle and water bag to You Heng.
He slept very well that day, without complaining of headache or backache. Xie Fengyue was a little more patient with him.
"Take all the medicine you should take. The temperature difference in the mountains is so big that it won't freeze."
You Heng held five or six bottles of medicine, and Yi Gulu poured all the pills he should take into the palm of his hand, filling half of his palm with them.
Seeing that handful of medicine, Xie Fengyue frowned unconsciously.
This You Heng is really a real medicine jar.
Xie Fengyue's extra patience was reflected in the fact that she waited for You Heng to finish all the medicine before she spoke.
She tied her wide sleeves tightly with a silk belt and said, "I believe in this mountain road that Yongning people risked their lives to try, but your body is too weak, maybe even those thin miasmas that are not harmful to ordinary people can make you you can't breathe Come, I want you to die in this Ailao Mountain. You still have a chance to regret it before you enter the mountain. If you change your mind, I will assign fifty soldiers to you and let them escort you back to Shengjing safely. "< br>
As soon as Xie Fengyue finished speaking, You Heng's face turned ugly: "You returned to the fiefdom to receive the ceremony after getting married. How can I, the husband, be absent? If outsiders find out about this, they might scold me for visiting Jiaozhou. He is greedy for life and afraid of death.”
Xie Fengyue looked at him calmly: "Do you think face is more important or life is more important?" This sentence stopped You Hengyu from using it as an excuse. He turned his head angrily, with a hint of anger in his voice. Gu Li said: "It's just Ailao Mountain. This mountain has been here for I don't know how many years. I don't know how many times people have walked this road. It's not as scary as you said. I think you are just unfounded."
Xie Fengyue was not affected by his slightly passionate tone, and her expression remained calm: "You mean you are determined to go to Yongning with me, right? As for the unfounded worries you said, I hope that my worries are unfounded this time more than you do. .”
You Heng knew better than anyone else that nothing would happen to Xie Fengyue this time. When he got the fiefdom of Yongning from Xie Fengyue, he had already sent people there one after another. If it had been in the past, there might have been some ferocious beasts, snakes and insects on the road. Misty and miasma.
But not now.
The long and disrepaired trail has been almost repaired. Only one person can pass through. Wooden piles have been built on the edge of the cliff. The surrounding area has also been sprinkled with powder to remove miasma. All beasts' dens within a radius of two kilometers from the trail are covered by him. Served it clean.
Not to mention that his men had entered the mountain first yesterday.
With his complete plan, how could Xie Fengyue be in danger?
You Heng did not reply immediately. Instead, he picked up the parchment she had put aside and said, "Look at the detail of this map. You can tell that Yongning's parents have put great care into it. This road is definitely the safest and fastest to reach Yongning." Yes, please relax a little.”
Xie Fengyue took the map in his hand and sighed softly.
She really shouldn't think too much now. Anyway, the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. It's better to take it one step at a time. Things can always be solved.
Before entering the mountain, Xie Fengyue had to do one very important thing.
The temperature difference in the mountains was huge and the refugees were barely clothed, but her soldiers set off with thick coats. When she thought of this yesterday, she just asked Li Xiaobao to go to the city and collect less than sixty sets of old coats from door to door.
She wanted to use this to screen people again. She couldn't bring some silverfish to harm Yongning.
Xie Fengyue led Li Xiaobao towards the crowd. As soon as he walked in, the sour smell of sweat from the day rushed straight into people's noses, swirling around and hitting people's brains. Xie Fengyue felt uncomfortable. After shrugging his nose, he felt funny again.
Xie Fengyue thought mockingly to herself, what's the difference between her and those people from aristocratic families who exploit the people and then look down on them?
It's just that one is acting openly and honestly, while the other is pretending to be aloof.
Xie Fengyue's state of mind quietly changed at this moment. It was only at this moment that she truly realized her problem. She had always thought that she was different from ordinary children of aristocratic families.
She will not take advantage of her status to exploit people, nor will she disregard human life and then laugh it off.
But she is always a vested interest.
Li Xiaobao saw that Xie Fengyue had not moved and asked in a low voice: "Why don't you go back to the carriage to rest for a while, then let me do this."
Xie Fengyue seemed not to have heard anything and asked an irrelevant question.
The sunset covered the sky, and the girl's face seemed vaguely sacred in the soft light.
She said: "Li Xiaobao, if I were not a girl, would you still follow me?"
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