Tang Yan sat on the main seat, staring at the two guards who were feasting and coughing twice on purpose.
The guard buried his head in eating the thin slices of tender rabbit meat, without even raising his head.
Tang Yan's face darkened, he got up and walked in the direction of the guard.
One of the guards glanced at Tang Yan, then hurriedly ate faster.
The smell of the rabbit meat hotpot came over one after another, and the two guards ate so deliciously, Tang Yan felt even more greedy. Seeing that there was not much left of the rabbit meat hotpot on the porcelain plate on the table, Tang Yan said hastily: "How does the food from Mr. Xiang taste?"
The two guards nodded in a hurry, and they couldn't care less about talking, so they had to give two thumbs up.
Tang Yan didn't expect these two guys to be so unscrupulous, and they couldn't understand his thoughts at all.
"How delicious is it?"
One of the guards wrapped his mouth full of rabbit meat, and said vaguely: "My lord, you follow His Royal Highness Jin Wang every day, eating delicious food and drinking spicy food, you don't want to grab food from us now, right? You gave the meat hot pot to the two of us!"
Tang Yan was so blocked that he couldn't speak, his face turned from black to red, he snorted coldly, and cursed angrily: "I only know how to eat, what a bunch of idiots, eat quickly, I didn't smell that the whole tent was full of rabbit meat Does it taste like hot pot!"
Not to mention Tang Yan, in less than half an hour, a large bowl of hot rabbit meat hot pot had already entered the stomachs of the two guards, not even a drop of the soup inside.
Tang Yan was so angry that he wanted to kick everyone out of the tent.
Wen Qing sent back the rabbit meat hot pot, and told Chu Lian about the reactions of Mo Chenggui and Tang Yan.
Chu Lian just smiled lightly, and went into the tent to rest.
The next day, the convoy set off again early in the morning.
At this time, they had traveled more than half of the distance from Liangzhou.
Just after noon that day, when the convoy had finished resting and was preparing to leave, Tang Yan received news from the northern border, saying that the northern frontier army had an accident and was engaged in a bitter battle outside Liangzhou city.
Before Chu Lian could react, Mo Chenggui was already in a panic and restless.
Although their journey to the northern border was considered very fast, and they took a small road rather than an official road.
But after all, there are women's family members in the convoy, as well as those cotton-padded quilts and other supplies for display, so how can it be possible to march at such a speed.
Mo Chenggui went to Chu Lian and Tang Yan that afternoon, and said bluntly that he was going to set off early with the Jing'anbo family and head to the north first.
Mo Chenggui was originally an old man in Jing'an Bo's house, and he was quite prejudiced against Chu Lian along the way. Tang Yan, an official of the King of Jin, he didn't even notice. Just inform Chu Lian and Tang Yan.
By the afternoon, Mo Chenggui had already left with the generals of Jing'anbo Mansion, and also took away the secret guards of Jing'anbo Mansion arranged by Mrs. He to protect Chu Lian's safety.
As a result, the team suddenly lost half of the people.
Another day later, the northbound team finally passed a small town and stayed in the town for one night. When they set off on the second day, they were told that Tang Yan had a high fever.
Chu Lian was speechless. She didn't expect the bad weather along the way. Her daughter's family didn't suffer from serious illnesses. On the contrary, Tang Yan, a grown man, couldn't bear the increasingly cold weather and fell ill.
Illness comes like a mountain.
Although Tang Yan wasn't the kind of family boy, he definitely wouldn't have a weak body, but such a young man didn't survive the cold winter and fell ill in bed.
Tang Yan's high fever persisted, and his condition was serious. He couldn't ride a horse or a carriage at all. The team had to delay in the small town for a day, but Tang Yan's condition did not improve until the next day.
Chu Lian also became anxious and worried. It would be fine if there was a delay of a day or two. Everyone worked harder and could reach the northern border in time, but Tang Yan's condition did not improve much on the third day.
Before Chu Lian could say anything, Tang Yan helplessly let Chu Lian take the first step.
More than half of the people sent by Prince Jin's Mansion stayed to take care of Tang Yan. Chu Lian and his party went to the northern border first. There were fewer people and more supplies, so they left most of the supplies and supplies with Tang Yan's people.
On the afternoon of the third day after resting in the small town, Chu Lian set off with his people.
At this time, it was only three days away from Liangzhou.
Chu Lian was extra careful along the way, and finally arrived at the northern border in one day.
At this time, the sky was dark, and steward Qin ordered the convoy to stop, and found a dry grass field by the roadside to camp and sleep.
She thought that she would be able to reach Liangzhou City safely if she was so careful, but she slept until midnight, and Wen Lan, who was the most vigilant, found someone sneak attacking!
Chu Lian was suddenly awakened by Wen Qinghuang.
Knowing that something was wrong outside, Chu Lian quickly got dressed and put a sharp dagger hidden under the pillow into his sleeve.
With the wind blowing on her body and wishing to scrape off a layer of flesh, Wenqing rushed into the tent in only a single suit and took a sword. In the darkness, Wenqing's worried expression could not be seen clearly, only her anxious Voice, "Third Grandma, someone attacked us, there are too many people, we are not opponents. You should go first!"
After finishing speaking, he yelled at the somewhat stiff asked Lan, "Qin Lan, what are you still doing in a daze! Hurry up and take the third grandma to run first. There is a horse tied to the third elm tree next to the tent, take the third grandma to ride away!"
Wen Lan was stunned by Wen Qing's roar, and immediately pulled Chu Lian's wrist and got out of the tent.
As soon as she got out of the tent, Chu Lian heard the sound of beating and killing mixed with a language she couldn't understand. Under the reflection of the fire, these sudden attackers could tell that they were wearing fur and had many long braids.
Chu Lian narrowed his eyes.
These people are barbarians!
They held machetes in their hands. Although they looked fierce and their shots were fierce, they didn't have much skill in fighting, and most of them relied on their brute strength that was much greater than that of the people of the Great Wu Dynasty.
One of the guards didn't dodge, and Chu Lian saw with his own eyes that one of his arms had been cut off, his legs softened in pain, and he knelt on the ground and howled in pain.
The sounds of fighting and screaming were everywhere in her ears. Although Chu Lian couldn't bear it, she was no match for these strong barbarians just because she knew only a few moves. Although she really wanted to stay and help them resist the foreign enemies who attacked, But she is also aware of her own strength. When it comes to arranging troops, she is completely clueless.
Staying here can only add to their burden.
So Chu Lian didn't say a word, just buried her head and followed Wen Lan, took her arm, and ran after her.
Breathing more and more quickly, their steps became more and more heavy, and finally they found the place where Wen Qing said to tie the horse.
Wen Lan was untying the reins when he suddenly heard two people talking not far away.
Chu Lian looked vigilantly in the direction of the voice.
The voices of the three men running towards them were strange, and their footsteps were even more strange.