Chapter 547 Unexpected Worry
The sound of horse hooves on the official road, before pedestrians could see clearly, the shadow of the galloping passed by as fast as the wind.
“You can’t trust me?”
Chun Yubei on horseback turned his face slightly.
Liang Huan was dressed in a man's attire, tightened the reins in his hands, glanced at him quickly, and had no intention of joking with him.
Zhou Zhaoyuan returned to his hometown with his family, but unexpectedly he was attacked by bandits on the way.
If she hadn't been worried and sent someone to keep an eye on her, she wouldn't have been able to find out in time.
Liang Huan gritted his teeth, feeling more and more resentful. He didn’t expect that despite all the precautions, he still couldn’t defend against it.
If Zhou Zhaoyuan is like this, then Wang Tingyue is probably in trouble...
Liang Huan turned his face: "Is there any news from Pingtang?"
Chun Yubei shook his head: "No."
Three days ago, news came from Pingtang that water accidentally leaked into Wang Tingyue's mansion at night. The fire burned all night and was not extinguished until dawn, but the entire mansion It had long since turned into a puddle of ashes.
Someone dug up a charred corpse under half a beam. After careful identification, it was determined to be that of Wang Tingyue’s wife Liang Jiao. The strange thing is that after searching several times, Wang Tingyue’s body was never found. I don’t know whether he survived. It was still burned by the fire.
The horse ran very fast, and the cold wind that hit him was wet and cold. It had already blown him all over. Liang Huan tightened the reins and concentrated on driving the horse.
Based on her understanding of Wang Tingyue, at such a critical moment, he would never leave Liang Jiao alone...
She ordered someone to investigate, and the reply she got was that the fire was caused by the fire left in the blister, and it was indeed an accident.
Accident?
Liang Huan didn’t believe it.
Hu Lu Qiguang only proposed to recall Wang Tingyue two days ago, but within a few days something unexpected happened?
Unfortunately, Pingtang is too far away from Jinye to check it out in person.
I thought that by keeping him away from the capital, he could avoid fights and frame-ups...
Right now, I just hope that Mr. Zhou and his party can escape this disaster.
Chun Yubei looked at the increasingly silent person, and said in a deep voice: "Now that you have done your best, let's obey fate."
Liang Huan did not speak, staring at the road ahead and speeding up. speed.
Those who hurried and hurried slowly arrived at the place where they were attacked. Someone was already waiting for them. Before they could get closer, they saw several corpses lying on the road.
Chun Yubei jumped off the horse first, and Liang Huan followed him without revealing the identity of the Queen Mother.
The waiting people came forward, bowed their heads and clasped their fists in salute.
"Sir."
"Have you found Mr. Zhou's whereabouts?"
The man replied: "Except for the two surviving servants, no one was found alive. As for the Mr. Zhou and others are still looking.”
Chunyu Bei frowned and nodded.
The man took them south again, into a dense forest off the official road. The snow that should have been untouched was covered with messy footprints, stained with blood, and the damaged carriage was tilted. It fell sideways, and the horses pulling the cart had already disappeared. There were corpses lying around, lifeless.
Just now on the way, the man briefly described the general situation of last night.
They were ordered to escort Mr. Zhou back home, but their whereabouts would be exposed, so they could only follow them from a distance. Who would have thought that the original group of people in Jinye City actually split into two groups, and then separated into another group. .
They couldn't tell which route was used to confuse others, so they had to divide their troops into several routes and continue to follow.
As a result, the secret escort forces were gradually forced to disperse, which also led to the fact that when Zhou Zhaoyuan and his party were assassinated, they were outnumbered and failed to protect themselves from the sudden surge of assassins...
Liang Huan frowned. He approached the corpses and looked at them one by one. There were servants, maids, and concubines. Without exception, they were all hacked to death with random knives.
These assassins clearly want to kill them all and leave no one alive.
Liang Han squatted down and looked at the cold corpse, silently.
Chun Yubei took two steps closer, stopped beside Liang Huan, glanced at her, and said kindly: "No one thought that Mr. Zhou would have several arrangements for leaving Beijing..."
Liang Huan was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes slightly and looked at the man standing by, with a cold voice: "When you are not sure, how do the assassins know that this is the real Zhou Zhaoyuan?"
< br>Hearing this, Chunyu Bei's eyes flashed, and the man immediately bowed his head and knelt down: "I will immediately order people to interrogate those two servants." "No need," Liang Huan stood up and said, "Now we are going all out to search and rescue talents. "It's important."
The man glanced at the face of the unattractive person in front of him, who was disguised as a man. Although he felt strange about her identity, he saw that Chunyu Zuowei didn't stop him, so he followed her. said.
“Yes.”
They were about to move forward when they saw a bird flying towards them in the brown forest.
To be precise, it is a flying slave.
Chun Yubei raised his left arm, and in Liang Huan's slightly surprised eyes, Fei Nu landed on his arm.
I don’t know if it was her imagination, but there seemed to be an unnatural flash in Chun Yubei’s eyes when he looked at her.
Soon, he turned his head and took off a small paper roll from Fei Nu's leg.
After a quick glance, he put away the scroll, raised his head and said to her: "Let's go."
Liang Huan looked at him in surprise, but in a flash, he nodded lightly: "Okay."
Chun Yubei did not take anyone else with him. He and Liang Huan rode towards the north one by one.
After walking a few miles, a small village appeared in front of us.
The village is not big, with only a few families, and they are still some distance apart.
As soon as they reached the entrance of the village, people dressed as farmers trotted forward.
Chun Yubei said a few words to the farmer, and the farmer led them to a house.
Liang Huan led the horse and followed Chun Yubei, feeling a strange feeling in his heart.
The house is connected to a large yard with a straw shed and bundles of firewood stacked underneath. There seems to be a cellar next to the wooden piles.
While listening to Chun Yubei's speech with the farmers, Liang Huan secretly looked at the layout of the courtyard.
Hearing a noise in the yard, someone opened the window, stuck his head out and looked over. Seeing who was coming, he hurriedly walked out of the house and helped them tie their horses, while the farmer took them back to the main house.
As soon as the door opened, Liang Han followed Chun Yubei's footsteps and stepped across the threshold. It was a very ordinary farmhouse.
The main house is simple, but spacious and tidy.
The farmer let them into a room on the right and then left.
Liang Huan looked at the farmer's back and muttered to himself. When he turned around and saw the person on the bed clearly, he was really surprised.
The person lying down was the Zhou Zhaoyuan they were looking for.
His arms and legs were bandaged, and he must have suffered trauma.
Liang Huan stopped and raised his eyes to look at Chunyu Bei.
Chun Yubei was thinking about how to explain when he was interrupted by a surprised sound.
"Chun...Chun Yuzuo Wei?"
The person lying on the bed struggled to sit up. The person who was no longer young seemed to have aged several years overnight.
“Yes, you saved me?”
Chun Yubei looked at Liang Han, with a rare embarrassment on his face. Liang Han lowered his head and walked to the wall to stand respectfully, as if He looks like a little follower.
Seeing that Liang Huan had no intention of speaking, Chun Yubei had no choice but to step forward and help Zhou Zhaoyuan sit up.
"The Queen Mother is worried about someone doing something bad to you, so she ordered me to send someone to escort you secretly. No one wants to be safe."
"...Queen Mother?"
Zhou Zhaoyuan was surprised and guilty, then lowered his eyes and sighed.
Chun Yubei let go of his hand, took a step back and stood beside the bed, and said in a calm tone: "The reason why your Excellency divided the troops to leave the capital is because you don't believe that the Queen Mother really wants to let you go?"
Zhou Zhaoyuan suddenly raised his head: "No, this is not my original intention. Chunyu Zuowei should know that I don't want to leave Jinye!"