"This is really a mistake!" After a moment of silence in the carriage, Sheng Weiqiao said quietly, "When General Lu and the others came over, there must have been no potholes on the road. Even if there were, they would have filled them up long ago. Now suddenly The pit that popped up, calculating the time, was when a flowing water mat was being laid out in Yizhou City to congratulate me on my pregnancy. It seems that someone had already guessed that I would not have a fetus and give birth in Xijiang, so they specially prepared this on the road. Treat me with kindness?"
Xuanyu Feng frowned: "It's okay to guess that you won't have a baby and give birth in Xijiang, because Xijiang is already bitterly cold, and you are a native of Nanfeng County, and I haven't seen you even if you come here in the past few months. There is no need to adapt to the local environment. After all, one person and two people are two different things. Not to mention that there are no famous doctors here in Western Xinjiang. The best medical skills are probably the doctors we brought here ourselves, and the medicinal materials are not very complete. How can it be compared to that in Chang'an? There are so many imperial doctors here, you can find everything you want?"
"It's just... just like Mi Zhen said when she asked us to leave the city overnight, most outsiders didn't expect us to leave in such a hurry!"
"Although these pits are troublesome, they can be filled quickly by recruiting more civilians."
"How can someone who digs a hole be so sure that it will be useful?"
Because generally speaking, the outside world would think that Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yufeng had just finished hosting the flowing feast. One of them was a pregnant woman and the other was a grandmother. They must take a rest before traveling a long distance.
And whether this rest is one or two days, three or four days, or four, five, six, seven or eight days... it's all possible.
But the big hole on the official road has been there ever since it was dug.
Even though Xijiang has always been a vast area with few people, especially in this cold weather, few people are willing to go out.
But nothing can prevent accidents. Who knows if someone will find out and report it to the Yamen
If the yamen knows about it, how can it not organize people to repair it
"They are sure that we will definitely go this way in the next few days!" Sheng Weiqiao looked gloomy, "Is there a traitor, or is it?"
"A traitor should be unlikely." Xuan Yu Feng shook his head and said, "Your safety is of great importance. If Mi Zhen can't keep this kind of thing a secret, then don't do anything big!"
Sheng Weiqiao asked: "Is it possible that the problem lies with General Lu and others?"
"Zhao Shi is the second most powerful person in Northern Xinjiang after all, the representative of the Gaomi King faction in the army." Xuanyu Feng raised the curtain of the car and looked outside. He saw that the soldiers were guarding a few steps away. The wind and snow were rolling. , expecting not to hear the conversation in the carriage, he whispered, "He intends to befriend Mi Zhen instead of sending people to destroy Mi Zhen's place. So do you think he will send a loser here?"
"Not only can't you send a waste, but you must also send someone who is thoughtful. This will make it easier for him to understand Mi Zhen better!"
"So there shouldn't be any problems with General Lu."
Sheng Weiqiao took a deep breath and whispered: "Then there is only one possibility!"
"Yizhou City, or the entire Western Xinjiang, will be in turmoil!"
"The extent and nature of this turmoil require Mi Zhen to send us away from Western Xinjiang immediately!"
“That’s why these pits make sense!”
Xuanyu Fengshi nodded slowly and said: "So it is actually a good thing that Mi Zhen asked us to set off overnight. We discovered the trap here in advance. Compared with the calculation of the people behind the scenes, we should have a few more days to deal with it!"
"And General Lu is very experienced. He has already sent people to investigate the dangerous terrain ahead to ensure that the army can pass safely."
"The Northern Xinjiang Army has been the imperial court's most loyal frontier army for decades, and its reputation as an elite force is well known all over the world!"
"If you are trapped in extremely harsh terrain, even if you meet Ruru, you can still fight!"
"... I don't know what's going on in Yizhou City now?" Sheng Weiqiao listened to Xuan Yu Feng's analysis and was silent for a long time, but only said softly, "I hope they can all be safe."
At this moment, in Yizhou City, in the mansion with the name "Meng Mansion" hanging on it, Meng Jiaqian was horrified: "Uncle, you... what did you say?!"
"Ruru will attack the city soon. For your safety, I plan to let you leave at night." Compared to his panic, Gao Qieyi was calm and said in a gentle tone, "If you are injured, It's very serious. Even after this period of recuperation, it has improved a lot. After all, Xijiang is not a place suitable for health care. If it were not for the overall situation, you should have gone to a more prosperous place. Secondly, you are a descendant of the Meng family, so you should not and cannot It fell into Ruru's hands, so..."
Meng Jiaqian interrupted him anxiously: "Uncle, where did you hear the news about Ruru's attack on the city?"
Gao Qieyi frowned and said, "Don't worry about this!"
"How could I not care?!" Meng Jiaqian laughed angrily, "I am General Yunhui, transferred to the Western Territory, and I have the responsibility to defend this territory! How could I not find out clearly when I heard that foreign enemies were attacking?! "
"What kind of territory are you guarding like this now?" Gao Qieyi said displeased, "You are just helping yourself if you take care of yourself... Besides, you are General Yunhui, so it is right for you to be transferred to the Western Territory, but you must not forget it! Come over here , not to defend the territory and protect the country, but to protect the Meng family!"
The Meng family said: "This is not a contradiction! Dad has been stationed at the border for decades. Although he had many intrigues with General Huaihua, why didn't he work hard for the Northern Xinjiang Army?! Our Meng family is not the kind of treacherous person who only cares about his own selfishness and does not care about the people of the world!"
Looking at his somewhat agitated nephew, Gao Qieyi twitched the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Okay! You can think whatever you want, but you have to leave later! Your three thousand fine cavalry were lost after the previous attack. It’s tragic, I also need some people on hand... Let’s do this, after I send you to the military camp outside the city, I will arrange for a thousand fine cavalry to escort you out of Western Xinjiang. If there are more, it will be difficult for me to handle things here. "
"Uncle, what are you going to do?" Meng Jiagan sensed that something was wrong and said, "If my uncle knew about Ruru's attack on the city and wanted me to put down my responsibility to defend the land and leave Western Xinjiang, why did my uncle have no intention of leaving? You want me to leave some manpower for you to do something for you, and what can I do for you?!"
Gao Queyi looked at him with a smile but not a smile: "What are you doing? When you go back to Chang'an and meet your grandfather, you will naturally understand!"
His face suddenly darkened, "As for now, don't be nagging anymore, just do as I say!"
"...Grandfather?" Meng Jiaqian was startled, as if he thought of something. His originally suspicious face gradually turned into panic, and he sneered, "Uncle, what do you mean... what do you mean?!"
Gao Qieyi turned around, ignored him, and only raised his voice to call the Meng family's personal guards: "Pack the general's things, and when night falls, escort the general out of the city and into the camp!"
"Uncle, you and Ruru..." Unexpectedly, Meng Jiagan shouted at this time, "Are you and Ruru..."
"Shut up!!!!" Gao Qieyi suddenly turned his head, his eyes as sharp as swords, and his voice as loud as thunder, "You bastard, try talking nonsense again!!!"
He comes from a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, and has a leisurely and graceful look that has been cultivated by years of wealth. He always speaks and does things in a tepid and slow manner, and rarely shows any obvious emotions.
The sudden attack at this moment made the nephew of the Meng family look indescribably fierce and strange!
Intimidated by his momentum, Meng Jiaqian was stunned for a moment before reacting and insisting: "Uncle, I must know what is going on! Otherwise I won't leave!"
"You're not going to leave if you don't want to?" Hearing this, Gao Qieyi just sneered and said to the two guards who had just come in, "Do as I say and ignore him! If he doesn't obey, we'll find him later." Come here, gag his mouth and tie him out by force!"
Meng Jiaqian said angrily: "Uncle, don't forget that they are my personal guards!"
Just as he was about to instruct his bodyguards to hold Gao Qieyi by force and ask him to explain clearly before leaving, Gao Qieyi sneered several times, then took out a private seal from his sleeve and waved it towards the two bodyguards: "Piao." It is the order of General Qi, from now on, everyone in this house, inside and outside, must obey me!"
"...Yes!" The two guards looked at each other. One of them took a step forward and looked at it carefully for a moment. After confirming that it was Meng Boqin's private seal, and that it was a seal that would never leave his body and was used as a keepsake in emergencies, he winked at his companion. They clasped their fists in unison and agreed.
Seeing this situation, Meng Jiaqian's heart sank suddenly, not only because even his personal guards betrayed him, but also because the glimmer of hope he had originally held on to was shattered!
"Uncle, think again!" Knowing that the personal guards under Meng Boqin would not pay attention to him anymore after seeing Meng Boqin's private seal, Meng Jiaqian did not angrily accuse them of betraying him, but hurriedly pulled the corners of Gao Qieyi's clothes. He said, "Not to mention that I, the Meng family, am a native of Damu, how can I collude with a despicable foreigner like Ruru? The news that you came to Western Xinjiang secretly has been known to Mi Zhen! Just read the secret The 'assassination' that Princess Zhenjun had caused earlier made Ni Jidao and the rest of them disgraced, so you know that their couple is not a light-hearted couple!"
"So even if they didn't guess my uncle's true purpose of coming to Western Xinjiang, how could they try every means to keep track of my uncle?"
"Maybe, our plan will be known to them by now!"
"In that case, the day when Ruru's army comes to the city may be the time when the Meng family and the Gao family are ruined... Uncle, think twice, think twice!!!"
But what he said was sincere, but Gao Qieyi said cheerfully: "Ignorant child! I only know how to look forward and backward, but I would rather not know that the winner is king?!"
Meng Jiaqian threw himself down from the sickbed and hugged his legs: "There is no airtight wall in the world! Uncle, and Mi Zhen is at odds with King Gaomi and his son. Western Xinjiang is just the layout of Mi Zhen and has nothing to do with King Gaomi. Even if we successfully deceive him, the impact on King Gaomi's strength will be minimal..."
"Have you forgotten what I said when I asked you to leave?!" Gao Qieyi interrupted coldly, "You are a descendant of the Meng family and cannot fall into the hands of Ruru! By the same token, no matter how bad the relationship between Mi Zhen and King Gao Mi is , he is also the legitimate son of King Gaomi! How could King Gaomi not be responsible for what he did?!"
"But Mi Zhen has been living abroad since he was a child!" Meng Jiaqian said loudly, "This is something everyone in the world knows! Even if we team up with Ruru to capture him and force him to write a confession that is unfavorable to King Gaomi, King Gaomi You can just say that you don't know that he has learned bad things outside, and you can get away with a righteous act of annihilation! Anyway, he doesn't like this son, and there is nothing he can't bear to do! At most, he can hand over the Sheng family and other families who are on Mi Zhen's side. Go out and quell the anger!”
He said eagerly, "Uncle, Mi Zhen is definitely not that easy to deal with! It's not that I'm defending myself, just look at how badly I lost this time in Western Xinjiang..."
"It's because you lost so badly that we have to take the wrong approach!" Gao Qieyi interrupted him in a cold voice, "That's enough! Your father has always had high hopes for you. Could it be that after you suffered such a blow, you have to face the secrets from now on?" Zhen retreats away?! Or do you want to imitate Princess Mi Zhen’s natal grandfather and emulate that Sheng Shixiong who served the country and the people at all costs?!”
Seeing that Meng Jiaqian was stunned, and the hand holding the corner of his clothes gradually let go, Gao Qieyi took a deep breath and whispered, "Now the time is urgent, please stop making trouble. Just follow my arrangements!"