It is said that Yang Zhutou saw that this Miss Xie San had made up his mind, and in desperation, he had to let her leave alone. Xie Yixiang rode a horse all the way south, first out of Dongyang Pass in the south of Zhuji, and then through Jinyun, so that two days later, he had come to the boundary of Ningyi. After leaving Jinyun, an official road was already sparse, and there were almost no pedestrians in sight, until it was still more than thirty miles away from Ningyi City, and there was a checkpoint set up by the army on the official road ahead, blocking the way with a wooden fence. Xie Yixiang raised his eyes and saw that there were hundreds of sergeants at the checkpoint, who were stopping seven or eight pedestrians in front of the checkpoint and asking them for questioning. Xie Yixiang's heart sank, and she said secretly: "If King Heng's rebels have really used troops against Ningyi City, how can there be soldiers from the imperial court stationed here......?" Could it be that these soldiers are the rebels of King Heng?"

It is said that Xie Yixiang had heard as early as last year that King Heng, who was "killed" in Bifu, had come back from the dead, and rebelled in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang garrisons, but he never had the opportunity to deal with the rebels of King Heng. At that moment, she didn't dare to be careless, so she hurriedly turned over and dismounted, took off her waist and hid under the saddle, and cautiously approached the level ahead. At this time, there were seven or eight men and women in front of the checkpoint, who were negotiating with the sergeants guarding the checkpoint, as if they wanted to pass through this checkpoint and continue to Ningyi. A white-faced sergeant in front of the checkpoint raised his voice and said: "How many times do you want the military master to say this? King Heng raised troops this time, not to target the current imperial court, but in the name of 'Qing Jun's side', to eradicate the treacherous villains in the court, and to be a righteous teacher." Although Ningyi is too guarded by the iron-clad to help the gang to be abusive and stubborn, but the soldiers and people in Ningyi City are innocent, and King Heng has already passed down a military order, so that the soldiers of our army 'will not be bloody, and will not kill a single person', so you don't have to worry. ”

Xie Yixiang was secretly shocked in his heart, it turned out that it was King Heng's rebels who set up a checkpoint here, as for what the white-faced sergeant said "soldiers don't kill a single person", it was clearly nonsense. You must know that since ancient times, when the two armies have been fighting each other, how can there be any military order to 'not kill a single person'? If this is the case, wouldn't the side that refuses to kill only be beaten, and then what kind of battle will it take? Xie Yixiang thought about it, and while leading his horse, he came to the side of the people in front of the pass, and when the people present heard the white-faced sergeant's words, they couldn't stop talking, and one of the young men even said loudly: " My father is already in the age of sixtieth, and now he is in Ningyi City, as the only son in the family, how can I abandon my father? Please also ask the military master to make it convenient and let me go. ”

As soon as the words fell, the other people also coaxed, shouting for the soldiers to let them pass. The white-faced sergeant at the head smiled and said, "It's not that he refuses to let you go, but the military master has a good heart, so I want to persuade you with good words." You must know that at present, our army has encircled the entire Ningyi City with 30,000 people, although there is no intention of attacking the city, but before Fang Tieyi opened the city and surrendered, the entire Ningyi City was 'only in but not out'. If you are really let in, you will never be able to get out again, so why should you put yourself in danger?" The young man immediately said in a deep voice: "Between the world and the world, filial piety comes first! Don't say that I am in danger, even if I die, I will die with my father at home!"

Hearing this, the white-faced sergeant pretended to sigh, shook his head, and said, "Well, yes, since you insist on going, it is inconvenient for the military master to stop you." Who told my army to march as a righteous army, and it was meant to work for the well-being of the people of the world?" After that, the white-faced sergeant raised his hand and waved his hand, asking the soldiers behind him to move the wooden fence on the official road and let these people pass through, and said in his mouth: "After you enter Ningyi City, remember to persuade your Taishou Lord Fang Tieyi, and tell him to open the city and surrender as soon as possible." Hmph, he himself is stupid and loyal, so why should he cause the people in the city to suffer?"

Seeing that the sergeants at the checkpoint finally agreed to let them go, the people present were overjoyed and hurriedly rushed up. Xie Yixiang didn't dare to reveal her identity, and also led the horse to follow the crowd, trying to get by. Unexpectedly, the white-faced sergeant at the head was like a torch, and immediately found her, and immediately asked: "Where are you from the little lady, what is your intention to go to Ningyi City?"

Xie Yixiang had no choice but to reply respectfully: "The father of the family died of illness, and the little woman was alone and helpless, and she had to go to Ningyi City Xie Yuan's family since she was a child, so she wanted to go to take refuge." The white-faced sergeant saw that she was dressed in plain clothes and had a sad face, and indeed seemed to have a funeral, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Since the little lady is alone and helpless, why should she go to Ningyi City to find her own death? So saying, he came to Xie Yixiang's hand.

Xie Yixiang couldn't help but secretly said in her heart: "In the end, it's just a chaotic minister and thief, and finally he still shows this ugly face." She didn't want to show her martial arts, so she pretended to be surprised, staggered, and happened to bump into the young man in front of her who was going back to Ningyi City to take care of her father, and whispered: "This big brother, everyone is from Ningyi, please ...... Please help the little girl. The young man was already young and vigorous, but he was warm-hearted, and hurriedly protected Xie Yixiang behind him, and asked the white-faced sergeant sharply: "What, if we go, this girl can't go?"

The white-faced sergeant was immediately furious, his eyes widened with anger, and he was about to attack, but he heard a sergeant dressed as a general in the distance shouting in a deep voice: "Presumptuous! As a soldier in the army, you should abide by military discipline, how can you behave so recklessly? Are you a bandit or a bandit? It's just a girl who wears filial piety, and he is not afraid of being contaminated with bad luck, so let them go quickly!"

Hearing the general's words, the white-faced sergeant didn't dare to say much, so he had to restrain his anger and let Xie Yixiang pass with everyone. When Xie Yixiang led the horse to walk more than a dozen steps away, the white-faced sergeant suddenly threw an object to Xie Yixiang from behind, and greeted: "Don't say that the military master didn't take care of you, everyone meeting is fate." You little lady refuses to obey the military master today, and there will be a time when you can't regret it later!" Xie Yixiang was slightly stunned, and reached out to take the thing thrown by the sergeant, but it was a thick oiled paper bag, and after a little weighing, there should be a few Jinyun's famous baked cakes inside, and I don't know what the sergeant's move meant, so I had to lead the horse and walk forward quickly.

Then Xie Yixiang continued to travel south along the official road with these people, and then the terrain on both sides of the official road gradually rose, and he actually came to the mountains. Listening to the people who traveled with them, it turned out that this place at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian was a large area of mountains with dangerous terrain, and only this official road opened up in it was passable, and Ningyi City was built on this official road. Therefore, if you want to travel between Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, if you don't pass through Ningyi City, then you can only take Lishui in the west or Taizhou in the east, and it will be two or three hundred miles away.

Therefore, for King Heng's rebels, if they want to hold Fujian, they must take this Ningyi city. Who knew that he bumped into Ning Yi's stubborn iron clothes, who didn't eat hard and soft, and refused to surrender to a rebellious prince who said anything, which made the two sides stalemate so far. Xie Yixiang looked at the mountains on both sides of the official road, and the white camps were faintly visible in the shade, which was naturally the rebels of King Heng stationed there, which showed that King Heng was really angry this time, and he had to take this Ningyi City for himself.