"grown ups!"
The guards surrounding the carriage all bowed their heads respectfully.
A middle-aged man in armor, with a team of soldiers, came up and looked at the two carriages in front of them with scrutiny.
Then he asked sullenly, "Why did you let it go without checking?"
The captain of the guard said anxiously, "There are too many people..."
The middle-aged man glared at him and said coldly to the drivers of the two carriages: "Lift up the door curtains, we need to check inside!"
The driver was Butler Zhou and his daughter Qing'er. Hearing this, hesitant for a moment, then turned around and pulled open the curtain.
The middle-aged man walked to the first carriage, looked inside, squinted his eyes and said, "Where are you going at this late hour with so many people?"
Qin Wenzheng bowed and said, "Sir, we are going to the dock and take a boat to Yangzhou to visit relatives."
The middle-aged man frowned and said, "Can you bring your household registration certificate?"
Qin Wenzheng immediately said, "Yes."
As he spoke, he took out the household registration document that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and handed it over.
The middle-aged man took it in his hand, looked through it carefully, and returned it to him. He glanced around the carriage again and asked, "Is there anyone you don't recognize sitting inside?"
Qin Wenzheng smiled and said, "These are all my family members, how could I not know them?"
The middle-aged man glanced at the carriage behind him and asked, "Are you all leaving as a family?"
Qin Wenzheng explained, "My nephew got married in Yangzhou, and I just wanted to take my family out to play for a while, so the whole family went out. Sir, you have never heard that the whole family is not allowed to go out to play together, right?"
The middle-aged man glanced at the people in the second carriage again and said coldly, "After three days, you can go out as you please, but not in the next few days. The higher-ups have said that only a few people can leave the city, and a family can only leave with a maximum of three people. It is definitely not possible for your family of more than ten to leave together. The inner city is full of nobles now. Who knows if you have committed some crime and are planning to flee with your family? Wait two more days."
Qin Wenzheng immediately took out a bag of silver from his sleeve, handed it over with a flattering look on his face, and said, "Sir, please help me. It will be too late if we wait for two more days. My nephew is getting married soon. It will be too embarrassing for me, as his uncle, not to go."
The middle-aged man glanced coldly at the thing in his hand and said, "Rules are rules. No matter whether you are late or not, I will definitely not let you out today. Go back and don't block here and affect others."
The smile on Qin Wen Zheng's face gradually disappeared.
Steward Zhou, who was driving the carriage in front, slowly tightened the reins in his hands and looked towards the city gate in front.
"What's wrong? Are you deaf? I want you to go back!"
The middle-aged man immediately grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist and shouted angrily.
But the two carriages remained parked there, motionless. Steward Zhou and his daughter Qing'er both held the reins and whips tightly in their hands.
The atmosphere suddenly became frozen.
“Bang!”
The middle-aged man immediately drew the knife from his waist and shouted angrily with a gloomy face: "Everyone, get down!"
At this time, the guards surrounding him on both sides and the soldiers following him also drew their weapons from their waists.
For a moment, the atmosphere at the city gate was solemn and murderous.
Those who were entering and leaving the city hurriedly moved away from here.
Qin Wenzheng clenched his fists and glanced at Qin Chuan beside him. Just as he was about to speak, a familiar voice suddenly came from the road beside him: "What's going on?"
Then, a young man wearing a Qilin costume and a golden sword on his waist came on horseback with more than ten Jinyiwei.
When the city gate guard saw the people coming, he immediately put away his sword and bowed, saying, "Commander-in-chief, this family wants to force their way out of the city. I suspect they may have committed some crime in the city and are eager to escape, so I am trying to stop them."
Qin Lang, riding a tall horse and accompanied by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, came closer, looked at the people in the two carriages, and frowned.
With his good eyesight, he could naturally see it from a long distance.
The people crowded in the carriage were looking at him quietly without saying a word.
The atmosphere was eerily silent.
Qin Lang suddenly turned his head, looked at the guard and said, "I know them, let them go."
The guard heard this and looked embarrassed: "Sir, the higher-ups have ordered..."
"If anything goes wrong, I will bear all the consequences!"
Qin Lang suddenly frowned.
When the guard heard this, he knew that he could not afford to offend these Jinyiwei, so he waved his hand and said, "Let them go."
The guards and soldiers surrounding the carriage immediately put away their weapons and retreated.
Qin Lang looked at the familiar faces in the carriage. He sat on the horse from beginning to end without saying a word.
"Walk!"
In the carriage, Qin Wen Zheng said something in a deep voice and pulled the door curtain.
"drive!"
Two carriages drove out of the city gate, one after the other.
Song Ruyue's sobbing could be heard faintly in the carriage.
Qin Lang rode his horse and stopped at the city gate for a while. He suddenly said to his men behind him: "Go to the south of the city first. I will come to find you later."
"Yes, sir."
The dozen or so Jinyiwei left immediately.
"drive!"
Qin Lang rode his horse and quickly left the city.
Two miles outside the city, the two carriages were parked there, seemingly waiting for him.
Qin Lang glanced at him with a complicated look, then spurred his horse to rush over.
The people in the two carriages got out and stood at the intersection looking at him.
Qin Lang reined in his horse and stopped not far away, not getting any closer.
Qin Chuan came over and said, "Brother, the emperor wants to kill us, you should come with me. If you don't leave now, it will be too late."
Qin Lang was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "You guys go, I won't leave. Although I don't know what happened, I know that you must have reasons to leave, and I also have reasons not to leave. I am a Jinyiwei, and I still have a lot of cases to complete. This is my responsibility."
Qin Wenzheng said angrily: "Your responsibility is to protect this family, that is to fulfill your filial piety! Who are you being loyal to? You idiot!"
Song Ruyue also cried and said, "Lang'er, come with us, the emperor will not let you go."
Qin Lang looked at the two and said, "Dad, Mom, this world belongs to Da Yan, it belongs to your Majesty. Where can we go?"
At this point, he said with a firm look, "So, I can't leave. I will ask His Majesty what he wants. If you really made a mistake, I will make amends for you and ask His Majesty to forgive you. If His Majesty is unwilling to forgive, then let me take the blame for you. I am the eldest son of the Qin family, and this is my responsibility."
"You're a fucking ass! Stupid and stubborn!"
Qin Wen Zheng couldn't help but burst into cursing.
Qin Lang looked at Qin Chuan and said, "Second brother, take good care of father and mother."
He then looked at Luo Qingzhou who was standing beside him and said, "Qingzhou, take good care of Weimo and the others. The family is relying on you."
After saying this, he bowed deeply on horseback, then turned his horse's head and left quickly.
"Lang'er!"
Song Ruyue cried heartbreakingly.
Qin Wen Zheng continued to curse.
Qin Lang's eyes were red. He patted his horse and soon disappeared at the city gate.
In the evening, the sun sets.
The Qin family members standing in the wilderness made the scene even more desolate.
"Mother, let's go."
Miss Qin helped Song Ruyue, who was still wiping her tears, into the carriage.
Others also got on the carriage one after another.
The two carriages continued to move forward.
When they reached the location of Shili Pavilion, Luo Qingzhou got off the carriage and said to everyone, "You go first, there will be people to meet you there. I will go to the horse farm to meet a friend and go there later."
Miss Qin Er knew what he was going to do, and hurriedly said, "Daddy, Mommy, let's go first."
Qin Wen Zheng glanced at the two of them, didn't ask any more questions, and ordered the carriage to continue moving forward.
Luo Qingzhou stood outside the pavilion, watching the two carriages gradually go away, then turned around and looked at the woods next to him.
Linghu Qingzhu, dressed in green, walked out of the woods slowly, leading a horse.
Luo Qingzhou took out a mask and put it on his face as if no one was around. He then took out a black robe and put it on. In an instant, he transformed himself into a warrior with ordinary appearance but powerful aura.
Linghu Qingzhu stopped beside him and looked at him calmly. After he had finished his disguise, he asked, "You finally got out, why do you have to go back in? It's okay if you don't go. I will explain it to the ancestor in person when we get back."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her and said, "It's not because of the sect."
Linghu Qingzhu said calmly: "Why is that? Princess?"
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "There are others."
Linghu Qingzhu thought for a moment and said, "Which princess?"
Luo Qingzhou did not answer, but walked to the front of the horse and asked, "Uncle Master, do you want to sit in the front or in the back?"
Linghu Qingzhu looked at the horse's back and asked, "Is there any difference?"
She had always ridden a horse alone and had never ridden with someone else, so naturally she didn't know how it felt.
Luo Qingzhou said: "Of course there is a difference. If you sit in the front, you are sitting in my arms; if you sit in the back, I am sitting in your arms."
Linghu Qingzhu immediately said, "Then I'll sit in the back. How can I, the dignified Sword Peak Master, sit in your arms?"
Luo Qingzhou didn't say anything else. He climbed onto the horse and reached out to pull her.
Linghu Qingzhu did not touch his hand. He jumped up lightly and sat behind him.
"drive!"
Luo Qingzhou grabbed the reins and slapped the horse's butt hard.
The horse started running immediately.
Linghu Qingzhu's body swayed, and he subconsciously reached out to grab his clothes. After grabbing for a while, he stretched out his arms and hugged him from behind.
Luo Qingzhou immediately said, "Uncle Master, you can't hug her. You are the master of Jianfeng Peak, how can you hug a male disciple in broad daylight?"
Linghu Qingzhu not only did not let go, but also tightened his waist. At the same time, he pressed his body against his back and said calmly: "This peak master has already played with it, are you still afraid of being hugged? Who dares to say anything?"
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
"By the way, Uncle Master, did you get sick the last time you were practicing in the cave? You suddenly fainted, and...hiss—"
Before he could finish his words, he felt a sharp pain in his waist.
He immediately took a breath and closed his mouth.
After a while.
Linghu Qingzhu let go and said coldly, "Just wait."
Luo Qingzhou stopped joking and said, "Uncle Master, I want to ask, can I kill someone during the duel?"
Linghu Qingzhu said: "No."
Luo Qingzhou said: "Fists and feet have no eyes. What if I accidentally kill the other person?"
Linghu Qingzhu was silent for a moment, then said, "Forget it then."
Luo Qingzhou nodded, suddenly turned his head, kissed her tense cheek, and said, "Okay, Sister Qingzhu."
Linghu Qingzhu suddenly froze.