The vermilion lanterns illuminated the bluestone road in front of us, and the galloping horses kept patrolling in front of and behind the convoy. The horses' hooves stepped on the bluestone, making a pleasant impact sound, mixed with the crisp sound of the aristolochia, piercing the loneliness. of night.
Deep into the water at night, the sky is cold, and the pale stars shine through the thick evening clouds.
The riders holding torches and carrying flaming red flags painted with the shape of a dragon on their backs paraded in front and behind the convoy.
In the carriage, a pair of slender hands were pressed against the small gilt stove at the animal's feet, using the heat to warm her palms.
"Madam."
A maid with a bun-style hair was holding the freshly cooked tea. She has bright eyes and white teeth, and her dimples are shallow when she smiles.
"It's getting late at night, so you'd better not use tea."
The lady looked to be no more than thirty years old. She wore an agarwood hairpin on her head and held a cup of tea in her hand. A scroll of ancient books, she smiled slightly and looked at this caring maid with her narrow eyes.
How can we get through the long night without some tea?
"How many days have we left Jiankang?"
"It has been four or five days since we left the capital and headed east."
"The capital is Jingcheng, and Jiankang is Jiankang." She smiled and shook her head: "The capital of my Daliang is Luoyang, the sacred capital, and Jiankang is the place. It doesn't matter if those people outside are confused. If you are mistaken, You will make others laugh."
The maid is sharp-tongued.
"They are just making fun of the Wang family, not our Xie family."
"These words can only be said in this car." This lady She said sternly: "I'll just listen to it. Don't talk nonsense when you go out. Wang Xie is one."
She listened attentively.
"The sound of horse hooves is chaotic, Xu'er, go outside and ask what's going on."
The big girl nodded and took out something near the car door. The plain white fox fur was draped on the mountain and he walked out cautiously.
There are six horses in front of this carriage, with wide spokes. There are brocade couches and bookshelves in the carriage. The furnishings are extremely luxurious, and hot water is boiling in a small red clay stove.
She has always liked simplicity and elegance, but her husband's family has such a family tradition, but she cannot escape this level of wealth.
Not long.
"Madam, there is some filth in front. The people in the team are busy cleaning it up."
The big girl named Xu'er squeezed in from the outside, bringing a wave of filth on the shop floor. chill.
"What's the filth? Are they the corpses of refugees who froze to death?"
"Yes."
"You don't have to tell me these whitewashing words."
The lady sighed.
When I left Beijing, I heard someone mention that something happened in Cizhou. But I didn't expect it to be so tragic.
They came along the official road, which was full of devastation, and refugees fleeing famine could be seen everywhere. If that was all, the weather was getting colder and colder day by day.
Winter actually came earlier and more violently than usual. Apart from refugees, frozen corpses can be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road.
My wife has lived in Jiankang since she was a child. The so-called suffering in the world has only been read in books. What she has seen and heard recently is particularly shocking.
The wheels creaked, but they slowly stopped.
"It's really troublesome, why did it stop again?"
The big girl muttered something dissatisfied, picked up the fox fur and wanted to go out again.
"Forget it, wait."
The lady said.
"Maybe something happened again and we had to stop."
They encountered a zombie a few days ago.
Perhaps due to the accumulation of resentment, for some reason, the entire village has turned into living corpses, invulnerable and bloodthirsty, looking for refugees everywhere to feed on.
Perhaps because he was not smart enough after turning into a living corpse, he actually ambushed their convoy, and was wiped out by the cavalry, killing them all, but half a day was wasted.
"It's like this every day. I don't know when I can get to Cizhou."
"Do you really want to go to Cizhou?"
"I heard there It is one of the most prosperous ports in Daliang. I don’t know how many good things from the East China Sea are on the market, including pearls as big as a bowl, corals as tall as a person, and monks from the East China Sea..."
Mrs. Listen and smile.
When she was young, she also went to the East China Sea several times with her elders and saw the scenery there.
I felt very shocked at the time, but when I thought about it again when I grew up, I always felt a little awkward.
"Madam, there are two extremely troublesome people in front of us, we are dealing with them."
A knight rode back and whispered outside.
"Are you a practitioner?"
"I don't know the way."
The lady said inside: "It's hard work."
p>Strong horses and bamboo hats.
Su Che rode a dark and strong horse, holding the reins and watching Lu Bai communicate with the team in front.
Since leaving Guobei County half a month ago, Suche has not slept a single night.
In addition to the endless hungry ghosts and evil spirits, there are countless refugees waiting for rescue.
"Stop."
Lu Bai's face was even worse than Su Che's. He was riding on a yellow steed, with a sword on the left saddle, a bow on the right saddle, and a bow on his head. Also wearing a worn bamboo hat.
"Who are you? You dare to block our carriage."
The knight at the front, wearing armor, reined in his horse and shouted to Lu Bai.
"Don't block the road, be careful of the sword without eyes."
"Tiqi is doing something."
Lu Bai held up a black iron waist plate in his hand: "Still not stopping?"
"Tiqi?"
The knight at the front glanced at Lu Bai and spat hard on the ground.
“We have played the most games in the capitalIt's Tiqi. ”
“Then you can try it and play a dozen in Cizhou. "
Lu Bai snorted coldly. "If you want to do it, hurry up. I don't have time to spend time with you." "
"What's going on? "
A knight wearing black armor came on horseback. Judging from his appearance, he should be the leader of the group of riders.
"These two people claimed to be from Cizhou. Tiqi said that there is a problem in our team and he needs to stop him for inspection. It is probably because he lacks money to buy alcohol. "
The rider shouted at the top of his lungs: "There is no difference between Beijing and outside Beijing. Money is in the eyes, and there is only wine in the stomach..."
"You haven't asked for advice? "
The leading knight reined in his horse and saluted Lu Bai with fists in his hands.
" According to Daliang regulations, when riding on errands, Tiqi only reveals his identity and does not give his name. "Lu Bai shook the badge in his hand. "You know the rules better than I do. ”
I met someone serious today.
The leading knight glanced at Su Che behind Lu Bai, and also pointed at the Soaring Dragon Flag behind him.
"There is only one family that can use the Soaring Dragon Red Banner, brother, do you know? ”
Although Daliang’s laws and regulations are not strict, and things that exceed the regulations often occur, they are still very strict about dragon patterns, especially flags, which cannot be used by non-royal people.
There is only one family in Daliang that can use the dragon-shaped flag, and that is the Langya Wang family.
“You are in danger. ”
“There are noble people in our team, please show your respect. "
Lu Bai looked at the leading knight and shook his head slowly.
"The imperial decrees are not written as waste paper. "
Su Che grabbed the horse's belly and rushed into the team.
"There is an assassin! ”
“Protect Madam! "
The guards of the Langya Wang family were in chaos.
Su Che held the reins in his left hand, the hilt of the sword in his right hand, and the sword at his waist was unsheathed.
"Crazy! "
The guards tried their best to stop them, but with a flick of the sword in Su Che's hand, they were swept away.
There was not even a seventh-grade one.
Su Che Che rushed straight towards the most luxurious chariot, his sword sharp and powerful, swiping across the air and killing the six strong horses pulling the chariot. >Sheathed the sword.
Su Che clamped the horse's belly and walked in the direction he came from.
"Old Lu, let's go. Don't bother with them next time. tongue. ”
With the clang of horseshoes, the two of them galloped in another direction along the deep night.
The guards of the Langya Wang family could only watch them go.
“He is humble and incompetent, disturbing my wife. "
The leading knight turned around and knelt down in front of the luxurious carriage.
"This matter must be reported to the head of the family. We cannot let this horseman just..."
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“Look up and look. ”
The knightLooking up, it turned out that the lady with bright eyes and white teeth had donned a red fox fur and was already standing in front of the carriage.
"It's not me, it's over there."
She raised her chin, and the eyes of the maid beside her were filled with fear.
The leading knight turned his head to the side.
Lying on the ground were the remains of six horses. They were clearly six evil ghosts with green faces and fangs. Each of their upper bodies had four arms, and their whole bodies were covered with green lins, which had been chopped to pieces by the sword energy.
"Among the hungry ghosts, there is a kind called Cunning, who is good at changing creatures and likes to breathe in the flesh while sleeping." The lady said: "That should be them."
The leading knight swallowed.
When did these evil spirits sneak into their own fleet? He accidentally committed a major malpractice mistake.
"Madam, even so, the Ti cavalry that just collided with my Langya Wang family's team must..."
"I said forget it."
The lady listened to the sound of horse hooves gradually disappearing into the deep night.
"Yes."
The leading knight lowered his head again.
He knew that this lady was usually gentle, but she could really make the decision.
"Go and change the horse, be careful, don't let something like this happen again."
Say that.
The lady turned back to her car. She picked up the unfinished cup of tea and drank it slowly, and read through the ancient book in her hand again.
"Madam, do you know that person just now?"
"No."
"Don't lie to me, the way you look at him is so... Seeing strangers is different."
"Really?"
"Of course."
She turned the page.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him.
"I have seen him several times in the palace before."
"Ah, is he the father-in-law? What a pity, he looks pretty good..."
"Just think of him as a father-in-law."
The lady stared at the maid.
"He is now Cizhou's Deputy Qianhu, and we will inevitably have to deal with him in the future."
"Then he is not the father-in-law?"
" It will be good for you to treat him as your father-in-law."
The lady closed the book and stopped talking.