There was a faint sound of muffled thunder in the distance, Wu Du returned to the room and saw Duan Ling lying on the bed with his eyes open and glanced at him.
"You haven't slept yet?" Wu Du said.
Duan Ling shook his head, and was about to get up to make way for Wu Du.
"Sleep in." Wu Du said, "The floor is dirty. I saw Xiao Er mopping the floor earlier. I don't know how many years the bucket of water has been used. The old well is cleaner than it."
Duan Ling laughed. The two walked together on the road, and then squeezed into the only room in the station, the bed was big enough.
"Maybe the capital will be moved when I go back." Wu Du casually said, "For a great contribution, Mu Kuangda said he couldn't afford a more spacious house."
Duan Ling was still thinking about the afternoon conversation and asked, "Is Xie You in Jiangzhou?"
Wu Du said "um", Duan Ling thought in a trance, still thinking about what Wu Du said in the afternoon, he still wanted to know more, but Wu Du is a Jianghu person, he is not familiar with Mu Kuangda and other political players set. Since ancient times, monarchical power and prime ministerial power, local and central, have all been a tug-of-war competition of checks and balances against each other.
He gradually discovered that Da Chen had experienced many wars and chaos, and finally passed the most critical time, undercurrents surging under the surface of recuperation, if he was not careful, he would completely overturn and sink. Huaiyin is in the northwest of Jiangzhou. It is the important place in Jiangbei of Dachen after the fall of Shangzi. The local tyrants and powers are at their peak, and there is a hidden meaning to resist the royal power. Princess Duanping's marriage was a means to win over Yao Fu, Marquis of Huaiyin.
At this time, moving the capital is equivalent to directly confronting the Marquis of Huaiyin, and it also shows the determination of the Li family to use the Central Plains as a stronghold to regain the north again. It seems that Mu Kuangda is behind all this, but in fact it is Li Yanqiu who makes the final decision. I just don't know if the fake prince has the courage and courage.
"What kind of person is the prince?" Duan Ling asked suddenly.
Wu Du turned over and ignored him, Duan Ling shook Wu Du, but could not get an answer, so he had to give up, thinking with his eyes open, if it was only himself and his fourth uncle, would he be afraid? He always has to move the capital, but when he thinks of this, he is vaguely excited, the excitement of the imminent danger...
"Why do you look like you haven't woken up all day?"
The next day, when Wu Du was on the road, he saw that Duan Ling was drowsy again. He immediately lost his temper. As soon as he went out, he was so sleepy that he lost his way. It was raining lightly on the road that day, and it was almost autumn, and it was gradually cooling down along the Xichuan to the north.
It was a rainy and rainy evening when they arrived at the Minjiang River. Wu Du said to Duan Ling, "Now you are the young master, and I am the attendant."
"Okay." Duan Ling nodded and fastened his robe. Wu Du took the trouble to teach him how to speak when he saw someone, and what to say, not to show his guilt. Duan Ling couldn't help nodding, with a humble look on his face, but he was thinking about other things.
Wu Du gradually began to realize that Duan Ling was indeed not an ordinary person, or in other words, not an ordinary person he thought. This kid thinks a lot and talks less. He has to think carefully about everything before opening his mouth. He seems absent-minded, but his insight is extremely thorough, and he will notice some details that even Wu Du is easy to ignore.
It has been raining for days, and the mountain road is slippery. After leaving the Sichuan, many places in front of the road collapsed, and the driver had to take a detour. That night, the driver got lost and called Wu Du "ah". Wu Du had to come out and jump on the top of the carriage, look around, and observe the terrain.
"What should I do?" Duan Ling was about to come out, but Wu Du motioned for him to sit in the car.
"You just learn... how to be a young master." Wu said to himself, unfolding the map, but the surroundings were dark and there was no reference. The surrounding wind was wrapped in cold rain, intertwining and flying.
"The people at the inn said that this is the road." Duan Ling said, "It has been confirmed."
"I suspect that we took the wrong way at the last intersection." Wu Du really had a headache. A deaf and dumb driver, he couldn't hear even if he scolded him, so he could only signal by hand gestures. It's okay to take Xichuan Road. Confused about the direction.
"Either go back." Duan Ling said.
"There are too many fork in the road." Wu Du replied, "I don't know if I will go to some wild country ridge later, so I will stay here for the night."
The driver drove the car to the side of the road and built a shed behind the car. Duan Ling sat in the car and Wu Du said, "I'll go check the surrounding situation."
"I'll go too." Duan Ling took a self-defense dagger that Mu Kuangda gave him and came down.
Wu Du looked at him, a little surprised.
"Why are you so bold at this time?" Wu Du looked puzzled.
Duan Ling: "..."
As soon as Duan Ling left Xichuan, there was no danger to his life, and he became more courageous. After all, except for Lang Junxia, no one would kill him for no reason. Kungfu was put on hold for a year.
"I... just want to go for a walk." Duan Ling replied.
"Wait here." Wu Du said.
Wu Du turned around and left, thinking about it and worrying about it, turned around and fed Duan Ling a pill and said, "Swallow it."
"What is it?" Duan Ling was tortured to death, but Wu Du had an impatient look on his face, Duan Ling had to swallow it, his belly felt cool, and then he exuded warmth. Wu Du handed him another golden bead.
Duan Ling: "!!!"
Duan Ling remembered that this golden bead was a centipede!
He didn't dare to take it, let alone look at Wu Du, who said, "Take it!"
Wu Du threw it to Duan Ling, and Duan Ling had to take it and sighed. Anyway, when Wu Du was bitten, he had to detoxify him, but the golden pearl did not stretch into a centipede, but just curled up quietly.
"Put it in your arms and put it away." Wu Du motioned, "I'll get you some water, and I'll be right back."
When Wu Du left, Duan Ling did not dare to move the golden pearl, let alone hold it. He put it aside to observe for a long time, and suddenly thought of the medicine Wu Du gave him. The medicine should have realgar and other ingredients in it, and the golden centipede would not bite him. He was trembling and didn't understand Wu Du's meaning, but he did as he did and took Jin Zhu into his arms.
In the dark night, the coachman poked the cigarette rod, squatted under the tree and snorted cigarettes, Duan Ling broke a piece of cake, came down and gave half of it to the coachman, and made a few random gestures, which meant that it was hard work, and everyone could not understand the language, so they did what they wanted.
There was a long howl in the distance, and Duan Ling was immediately alarmed and opened the curtain of the car.
The rain stopped, the surroundings were quiet, and in the dark night, only the driver's cigarette rod was bright and dim, and a faint red light was shining. Duan Ling left the carriage and looked towards the end of the road.
The clouds gradually receded, and the accumulated water formed large and small puddles that reflected the starry sky. Duan Ling saw something flying away from the tree, and when he got closer, he suddenly saw a pair of glowing eyes staring at him, and he shouted in fright. . The cry of the silent wilderness traveled far and wide.
"What's wrong!" Wu Du was so frightened that he took a leap and appeared on the official road.
"Yes... there is a bird." Duan Ling pointed to the tree, and he saw an owl, which the folks call an owl. Wu Du's face twitched, and he turned around and went down to the pond to fetch water.
Duan Ling walked behind Wu Du, the night sky cleared up, the air was fresh, and he felt relaxed and happy.
"Someone has been here before." Duan Ling said, "Look over there, do you want to go over there?"
"When you're out, don't greet people randomly." Wu Du replied, "Not everyone is hospitable."
Wu Du wiped his upper body, he was shirtless, he casually lifted his jacket and wore only a pair of trousers, and went back side by side with Duan Ling.
"Are you hungry?" Wu Du asked.
Duan Ling had just eaten some cake and fed him the rest. Wu Du ate it with Duan Ling's hand and said, "Take you to Tongguan and eat it again..."
As soon as the voice fell, a horse neighed suddenly in the distance, as if something had happened, and Duan Ling and Wu Du were startled at the same time.
"not good!"
The carriage roared and started abruptly. The driver shouted loudly, but the shouting stopped abruptly. Duan Ling was suddenly awakened by his intuition that he had been hovering at the juncture of life and death countless times.
"Come on!" Duan Ling shouted immediately, dragging Wu Du, and the two hid in the shoulder-deep grass in the wilderness.
"Everything is in the car!" Wu Du said.
After a short thought, Wu Du instantly accepted Duan Ling's decision, the two sneaked into the grass, and the next moment, sharp arrows flew towards their hiding place, Duan Ling turned over and avoided the arrows. Escape to the pond with Wu Du.
Someone rushed into the wilderness on horseback. At that time, straw was piled up everywhere, and the two were unprepared. Duan Ling only had a dagger in his hand. As soon as he touched it, he wanted to give it to Wu Du, but Wu Du didn't even look at it. Pressing it casually, let him wait behind the straw pile, put the soaked cloth on his nose and mouth, and sprinkle a little fluorescent powder. The powder scatters like a firefly and falls on the nearby grass.
I saw people from all directions crowding around and shouting things they couldn't understand. Duan Ling immediately understood that they had met a group of party members! This place is not far from Xiliang, it must have reached the junction of Chen and Liang, there are many horse thieves in the party, this is being watched!
Immediately afterwards, the party members dressed as horse thieves all bent bows and arrows, pointed to the field, formed a semi-circular arc, and shouted loudly.
Wu Du slowly raised his hands, indicating that he had no weapons.
"Don't come out." Wu Du said, "Shut up."
After Duan Ling hid in the straw pile, he didn't worry about Wu Du's ability at all, just curious to see how he would do it.
The horse thieves got a little closer, and suddenly Wu Du bowed. The horse thief responded at the same time, and was about to inhale, but when they were shooting arrows, they all screamed, obviously because of severe heart pain, and several arrows were shot crookedly, without any strength. Someone shouted that they must have been poisoned, and the scene was chaotic, but Wu Du did a backflip on the spot, jumped onto the straw pile, and picked the longest straw.
"Don't come out!" Wu Du was afraid that Duan Ling would be messing around again, and explained again, and then it was like a gust of wind swept into the horse thief team.
The straw flipped between his fingers, and with just a slight tap, the blood on the side of the horse thief's neck was swept away. Only then did Yu Ren realize that Wu Du was not easy to mess with. The long stalks are as sharp as a knife.
Everyone was terrified, clutching their necks and running away screaming miserably.
Wu Du casually threw the straw, Duan Ling opened his mouth slightly and found a problem.
The ground was full of weapons, the horses all fled, the grass was splattered with blood everywhere, but... no one was killed.
Duan Ling: "They all escaped? But... didn't you cut their necks?"
Wu Du said, "I just cut their necks to frighten these horse thieves. Blood spurting from their necks, who would dare to hit them? Naturally, they ran away."
Duan Ling: "..."
After the two of them looked into the distance again, Wu Du suddenly remembered.
"No! It's all on the carriage!"
Wu Du came to his senses, hurriedly stumbled onto the official road, and chased in the direction the horse thief had fled.