Body 601 Yangzhou Night
The carrier pigeons flew around on the city wall of Hangzhou this night, and the soldiers guarding Yangzhou City could only look at these pigeons that appeared overnight, and they were a little unclear.
On the orders of Li Jingye, King Luo Bin has been patrolling around the city for nearly an hour, followed by several generals who defend the city, and he also has a strong impression of the new record to join the army.
The sound of horse-drawn carriages sounded in the silent streets of the night, and the sound of horses' hooves made a clattering rhythm, accompanied by the sound of wheels running over the road, making the originally silent night seem particularly harsh and abrupt.
"Go down and see who's going out of town in the middle of the night." Luo Bingwang stood at the head of the city and looked at the carriage under the city tower, an unmarked lantern placed on the side of the wheel, emitting a dim light, illuminating the road ahead.
As more than a dozen soldiers rushed down the city under the leadership of a guard, they quickly raised their spears and crossbows in front of the carriage, and a cold drink sounded from the guard's mouth, and the carriage slowly stopped.
"What people!" The guard looked at the driver whose face was obscured by the shadow of the light, and asked, and the horizontal knife in his hand immediately pulled out its scabbard and put pressure on the opposite side.
The driver did not answer immediately, but slowly lifted the lantern in his hand, shone it next to his cheek, and then took out a fish talisman from his arms and threw it over, before he said coldly: "On an errand, open the city gate!" ”
The fish talisman was caught neatly by the guard, and he took a look at it by the firelight on his side, not sure whether such a fish talisman was still useful in today's Yangzhou City, so he couldn't help but look at the record on the head of the city to join the army.
Unsurely, he pressed the fish talisman in his hand with his fingers, thought for a while and said, "Wait a minute, Yangzhou City is different from usual now, I need to go up and ask for instructions." ”
"Please." Mang Chong looked at the guard general's cheeks and said lightly.
Bai Chun in the car muttered quietly: "If King Luo Bin doesn't come here, we might as well wait a little longer, and remember not to turn around and go to other city gates." ”
"Yes, Miss Bai, but looking at the appearance of the guard, it is obvious that he can't make the decision, and he wants to go up to ask for instructions, I don't know if it is King Luo Bin." Mang Chong turned his head and glanced at the curtain of the carriage and said.
Bai Chun in the carriage did not answer Mangzhong's words, but fell into a kind of silence, at the head of Yangzhou City, only the footsteps of the guard when he went up and down the steps sounded.
"You can get out of town." The horizontal knife in the guard's hand has been put into the sheath, and the fish talisman in his hand has been returned to Mangzhong, watching Mangzhong put the fish talisman into his arms, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Now it is not peaceful outside Yangzhou City, it is best to take the path after you go out, and there are ...... After this fish talisman goes out of the city, it is best not to use it again if you encounter other people's inquiries, and it may not work when you go out of the city. ”
"Oh? This is a fish talisman given by Lord Li himself, will it not work after leaving the city? A crisp voice came from inside the car, and the guards who listened couldn't help but frown.
"These things are not clear to you, in short, you must remember, after leaving the city, don't use this fish charm again, not to mention that there are female dependents in your carriage, if you want you to escape Yangzhou City safely, it is best to do what I say." The general looked at the dark shadow on the top of the city, and saw that no one was urging him, so he said a few more words.
Bai Chun in the car didn't speak, but she had already understood, thinking about it, this night, they were not the only ones who secretly went out of the city, it seems that some wealthy families, connections, and connections have begun to quietly flee Yangzhou to escape the war.
"Thank you for the reminder, General, we will remember what you said." Mang Chong saluted.
The guard looked at Mangzhong's decent movements, and secretly thought that this might be another family in Yangzhou.
I wanted to think about it, but I nodded silently and said, "Let's go, it's not easy to leave your hometown, so you don't have to." The guard general handed over the silver to Mangzhong, pushed it back to Mangzhong, and said with a gentle smile.
"Thank you so much, then when we come back, thank you for the great virtue of the general." Mangzhong was also not polite, took back the silver in his hand and put it in his sleeve pocket, and thanked him again.
"I don't know if I can see you next time, who knows what Yangzhou will be like in the future." The guard smiled wryly and waved his hand, obviously reluctant to say more, and motioned for them to leave quickly.
Chen Qinghan in the carriage, looking at Chen Jingzhi who was tired leaning in the carriage, the innermost Chen Jingzhi, his face was full of happy smiles for a while, and tears flowed down his face for a while, and the silk handkerchiefs prepared by Bai Chun were used by her to wipe her tears.
"Thank you, Miss Bai, for saving your life." After the carriage slowly set off again, Chen Jingzhi said haggardly.
"You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank His Royal Highness the Prince, if it weren't for His Royal Highness, I'm afraid you would have been beheaded by Li Jingye a long time ago." Bai Chun said lightly, without a trace of expression on his face.
In this way, Chen Qinghan was very puzzled, she clearly remembered that when Miss Bai was by His Royal Highness the Prince's side, she always wore a smile, although she was occasionally as indifferent as she is now, but in the face of her father's gratitude, she didn't have a polite expression at all, which was too rare.
Chen Jingzhi didn't know what Chen Qinghan was thinking, but he knew that Miss Bai Chun was telling the truth, if it weren't for the fact that there were two more people secretly helping him, he was afraid that he would have died in prison if he couldn't wait for Li Jingye's execution.
And the letter he put on Chen Qinghan, although there is a certain amount of coercion on Li Jingye, but if it is in the form of Yangzhou City today, Li Jingye does not have to take care of so much, so, to put it bluntly, his life was saved by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince no matter what.
Bai Chun took out a letter and handed it to Chen Jingzhi, and continued expressionlessly: "This is given to you by His Royal Highness, and when you arrive in Chang'an or Luoyang, you can use this letter to find Yin Lou Shide of Luoyang Mansion, or King Ji." As for these letters, they naturally need you to hand them over to Dali Temple or the Criminal Department, but I think that when the time comes, you don't need to make a trip in person, they may send someone to find you. ”
"Thank you, Miss Bai, the minister will definitely do it, and never let these letters fall into the wrong hands." Chen Jingzhi's hair was scattered, his expression was old and tired, in Chen Qinghan's eyes, she felt that her father, as if he had aged seventy or eighty years old during this time.
The carriage slowly stopped again, the footsteps outside sounded noisily again, Bai Chun didn't wait for the mangzhong outside to lift the curtain, he took the initiative to lift the curtain and walked down, and then turned his head and said to Chen Jingzhi: "This road may not be peaceful, Yang Zhirou and the young master Yang Sijian, or whether others will embarrass you, it will depend on your creation at that time, there are twenty elite soldiers here, they will escort you to Chang'an, and they will listen to your command along the way, so you have to be cautious in everything." ”
Chen Jingzhi, with the support of Chen Qinghan, got up from the side of the carriage with difficulty, saluted Bai Chun respectfully, and then said: "Miss Bai, don't worry, the minister will be very careful along the way, thank you Your Highness, thank you Miss Bai." ”
Bai Chun lowered the curtain of the car, and under the protection of Mangzhong and Cheetah, he explained a few words to the twenty soldiers of the Futu Camp in front of him, and then prepared to rush back to Yangzhou immediately.
And at this moment, the curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside again, and with that little bit of moonlight, Chen Qinghan's beautiful eyes looked back and forth, and then jumped out of the carriage and trotted to Bai Chun's side, bowed his head and saluted, and said in a low voice: "Sister Bai, please go back and thank Your Highness for your little sister, Qinghan will remember His Highness's life-saving grace in this life." ”
Bai Chun smiled, looked at Chen Qinghan who lowered his head, and showed a smile that had not been shown since they met, and whispered: "Don't worry, I will definitely bring my little sister's thanks, but ......." ”
"But what?" Chen Qinghan didn't know why Bai Chun was silent, so he had to raise his head and ask.
"But when His Highness returns to Chang'an, you have to thank him in person, can't I thank His Highness on your behalf, and this matter will be just done."
Chen Qinghan didn't have time to think about it, and said with a boost of energy: "That's natural, if His Highness returns to Chang'an and is willing to condescend to his dignity, the little sister will definitely thank His Highness." ”
"That's what you said, then we'll make up our minds!" Bai Chun stretched out his little white jade-like fingers and looked at Chen Qinghan.
Chen Qinghan looked at Bai Chun's jade-like little fingers, which were shining in the faint moonlight, nodded firmly, and also stretched out his slender and graceful little fingers, hooking them with Bai Chun's fingers.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and then watched Chen Qinghan get into the car again, and the twenty soldiers of the Futu Battalion immediately surrounded the carriage, rode their war horses and began to take advantage of the night to slowly drive away.
"What shall we do?" The cheetah looked out into the desolate wilderness, and the unknown birds and insects in the grass cried tirelessly, calling for the dawn.
Bai Chun walked forward, and in the night, Mangzhong and the cheetah followed closely behind, and the three of them were now left with nothing but the only lantern in the cheetah's hand.
Walking in the quiet and empty night, Bai Chun tried his best to look at Yangzhou City hidden in the dark night in front of him, and muttered: "What else can I do, wait, if that Luo Bin King is sensible, why do you have to send a carriage out of the city to meet us, right?" ”
There was an indescribable ease in her tone, in her opinion, as long as Chen Jingzhi was sent away, even if half of the task was completed, what would happen in Yangzhou City next, to what extent would it develop, and what kind of result would end in the end, these were not her own considerations, and she only needed to protect the safety of His Highness.
The three of them walked leisurely and easily in the dark night, in just two miles, they actually passed by three carriages, and even two carriages stopped to dissuade them, don't go forward, Yangzhou City is no longer the Yangzhou City of a few days ago, and now it is extremely unstable and dangerous, it is better to come over in a few days.
Bai Chun and the others refused their kindness, and at the same time had to sigh in their hearts that the people south of the Yangtze River had a completely different attitude towards the war from the people north of the Yangtze River.