Chapter 405: Sneaking into Tatar territory
After deciding who would go, Xia Zihan called the four maids Chu, Si, Cao, Vanilla and Nuan Yu to come in, and then ordered them one by one, "Nuan Yu, Silk Cao, Vanilla, the three of you stay and take good care of grandma. With my aunt and the twins, you must protect them when I am not in the capital. Chu Cang, you come with me to Shuimu City to save people.”
Chu Xing has the highest martial arts among the maids. She has the ability to fight against the strong and powerful Tatars. However, the martial arts of the three of them, Silk Grass, Vanilla and Nuanyu, are mediocre. Taking them there will only hinder them.
"Princess." Nuan Yu suddenly knelt down, "I heard that the Tatars are very ferocious and savage, and their fights are even more deadly. I know that my martial arts is not good and I can't defeat the Tatars, but I can defeat the Tatars the most. When in danger, protect the princess from the knife, and ask the princess to take the slaves with her."
"Princess Princess. Take us with you, we can all protect you from the knife." Silk Grass and Herbs all knelt down.
Xia Zihan was so moved that her eyes turned red.
She choked and said, "That won't work. You are all going to die. Where can I find some lovely maids to serve me in the future?"
"I'm still waiting for you to be my wife in charge from now on."
"I won't take the three of you with me this time. However, the tasks you three have in Chu's house are not light. The safety of my grandmother, aunt, and the twins will be left to you. You must protect them well. They.”
"Princess..." The three of them burst into tears, as if they were about to part ways.
"That's it. Nuanyu, you go get some banknotes and help me pack a few sets of clothes for Joy on the road. Sicao, you go to the kitchen and ask the cook to make some godmothers, and we will take them to eat on the way."
"Chu Cong, you go to the Second Prince's Mansion and find the Second Prince. Be sure to get the badge to leave the city. Ask Vanilla to pack your luggage for you."
At this time, the city gate had long been closed. If she wanted to leave the city in the middle of the night, she had to have a badge to leave the city. Otherwise, if someone from the Flying Tigers found out, she would be punished as an assassin.
After making arrangements for the maids, Xia Zihan went to Old Man Bai and asked him for the poisonous powder he had recently made.
Since the last time, Old Man Bai used poison powder to kill half of the assassins who attacked the mansion, Xia Zihan discovered that it was a good thing, and it could save the lives of everyone in the mansion in critical moments.
She immediately wrote to Qilan Qimei Nuanxiang and collected medicinal materials for making poisonous powder from all over the country, just in case.
No, it really comes into use.
Seeing Old Man Bai rummaging through a pile of poisonous powder and only giving her a dozen or so packets, Xia Zihan's face turned dark and he said, "Master, if I go this time, I will survive a narrow escape, but you will have more Give me a few packets of poisonous powder. This is what your apprentice needs to save his life. You can’t be stingy.”
As she said that, she stretched out her hand and quickly took a dozen more bags. When she couldn't hold them anymore, she found a basket to put them in. Then, when old man Bai wasn't paying attention, she filled the basket directly, "Master, I have informed you Qilan, Qimei and Nuanxiang, in All over the country, medicinal materials for making poison powder are collected all year round. Don’t worry, we will definitely not be short of your medicinal materials. From now on, I can get you all the medicinal materials for poison powder as much as you want. This time, you can give it to me. ”
This is a good life-saving tool, and she cannot live without it.
Like a bandit, Xia Zihan scraped off all his poisonous powder from Old Man Bai. Old Man Bai was so angry that his beard stood up and he glared, "You damn girl, you took them all away, you poisoned the elephant." ”
"That Tatar is much more powerful than an elephant." Xia Zihan retorted.
Just as he was about to walk out of the yard, Old Man Bai stopped him again, "Don't want the antidote? Do you also want to poison yourself to death?"
Although the tone was not good, Xia Zihan was very moved.
Well, she was only focused on grabbing the drug powder, but forgot about the antidote.
If there is no antidote and the poison is powdered, they will all die, right?
Xia Zihan trembled all over, then hurried back and carried out a small basket containing more than a dozen packages of antidote.
When Ma Bao was full, Chu Cong also brought the out-of-city badge, packed his luggage, dried the dry food, and Nuanyu had been wrapped in paper and placed in the saddle bag.
Just...
After hearing what happened to Chu Jingqi, Mrs. Zeng was almost furious with anxiety. Fortunately, Xia Zihan hurriedly comforted her. However, when she heard that Xia Zihan was going to rescue Chu Jingqi, Ms. Zeng became even more worried.
She didn't want Xia Zihan to go to a dangerous place, but...when she thought of Chu Jingqi, she couldn't stop her.
She also liked Chu Jingqi's child. She couldn't let Xia Zihan go find someone when she heard that he was missing.
Mrs. Zeng reluctantly sent Xia Zihan and his party away, then tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep well all night.
Mrs. Zhuo grabbed Xia Zihan's hand and cried loudly, "Good boy, you must get Aqi back."
"You have to be more careful yourself. You have to remember that we can't get Aqi back. I've lost you. You are Aqi's life. If anything happens to you, Aqi won't be able to survive even if he comes back."
"Aunt, I know, I know everything." Xia Zihan couldn't help crying, "Don't worry, I will bring Aqi back safely." She is Aqi's life, and Aqi is also hers Fate, if Chu Jingqi dies, her life will be meaningless.
Instead of living in memories and longings, it would be better to travel in paradise with him.
We are in the same boat through thick and thin, we share life and death, that's all.
……
At the beginning of midnight, a group of people and twelve horses galloped out of the capital.
When passing by the official road at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, Xia Zihan and a group of people were waiting by the road. Chu Cang and Hua She went to Fruit Tree Village and pulled Fox Chu Lin and Chu Lin out of bed in the middle of the night.
"Oh my god, Chu Cang, you're so scary. Why are you here at midnight?" Chu Lin suddenly jumped up from the bed, eyes wide open, standing beside the bed in disbelief, wearing a Chu Cong in black.
If she hadn't been so familiar with Chu Cong's face, she would have almost taken out a dagger from under the pillow and stabbed him as soon as she opened her eyes.
"Something happened to Prince Chu. The master is going to Shuimu City to rescue people. You and Fox should go together. Get dressed quickly. The master is waiting on the official road."
Chu Cong didn't waste any more nonsense. He just finished the whole story in one sentence, and then urged Chu Lin to get dressed quickly. Chu Lin, who was always a gossip, didn't even bother to ask a few more questions.
By the time Chu Lin, Fox, and others met Xia Zihan, it was already two cups of tea. Fox didn't ask any questions, and the group continued on their way.
It would take a month to travel day and night on horseback from the capital to Shuimu City. Not to mention that Xia Zihan was not used to riding horses and was not very good at riding horses, so he was delayed for a few days on the road.
On the second night after she started horseback riding, the tender flesh inside her legs was worn out, causing severe pain.
Xia Zihan didn't say anything. She just secretly applied a layer of ointment when she went to the toilet. However, because she didn't get a rest, the tender flesh kept being rubbed, and the wound never healed. After a few days, it began to swell. .
While Xia Zihan was resting for a meal in a small town, he went to a tailor shop and bought a pair of thick cotton pants to wear.
Oh my god, it was such a hot day, it was just August and autumn weather, and she was actually wearing cotton pants. As you can imagine, she was in pain and sweating along the way, which tortured her very much.
In the end, Chu Cong was careful and discovered something was wrong with her, and persuaded her to change her itinerary.
"Master, it's dark on the road at night and the horses run slowly. It's better for us to ride horses during the day and switch to two carriages at night. We can also take turns to rest in the carriages. It's still more than twenty days' journey from Shuimu City. Everyone is alone. Aren’t you going to be able to stand it without sleeping and riding day and night?”
Even a martial arts master wouldn't be able to hold on while traveling like this, right?
Although Xia Zihan wanted to fly to Shuimu City as soon as possible, she was a human being, not a god, and she couldn't travel day and night like a god without eating, drinking or sleeping.
In the end, she agreed to Chu Cong's suggestion. When she rested in the next town, she asked Hua She to take a few secret guards to the market and buy three large carriages. Fox took the second prince's waist card. , went to the inn on the outskirts of the city, picked out a few tall and strong maroon horses, and replaced the ordinary horses that originally pulled the carriage with mighty and tall war horses.
Chu Cang went to a quilt shop and bought a dozen quilts, four of which were placed in a carriage. He also bought some more dry food and water bags to put on the carriage.
Now that they have a carriage, they don't have to stop and rest when it's time for meals. From now on, they can just eat dry food on the carriage, which can save a lot of time.
That night, Xia Zihan, who had not slept for three days and three nights, lay in the rickety carriage and felt asleep without knowing it.
A dozen or so secret guards used two carriages. Except for the three drivers, everyone rested in the carriage. The driver was taken in turns by a dozen or so secret guards. In this way, everyone could rest most of the night. night.
The horses pulling the carriage are all war horses. They can run very fast, not much slower than Xia Zihan's horseback riding speed. They can also save time to rest and eat. In this way, the speed is much faster than before.
Every time they arrived at a post station, they would take out the Second Prince's waist card and ask the inn station to change their horses for them.
After changing horses, continue on your way
Even so, by the time we arrived at Shuimu City, a month had passed.
Xia Zihan did not go to see Chu Xuanyu, but left the carriage in an inn. A group of people, led by Ma Bao, quietly left Shuimu City through a small door and headed straight to the Tatar territory. Go up.
Seven days later...
This is the first time that Xia Zihan has seen such a vast grassland in his two lifetimes. It is green and stretches as far as the eye can see. In the distance, there are herds of horses, sheep and cows munching grass, and a little further away, They are white tents.
Ma Bao said, "That's not a tent, that's a house where the Tatars live. On this grassland, the Tatars live in houses like this."
(End of chapter)