Captain Zhang was stationed here with a thousand soldiers under his command, and under the order of Lord Lin, he was to thoroughly investigate any suspicious groups coming and going.
At this critical juncture, the team that marched into Huangzhou in a mighty manner was undoubtedly among the "suspicious" ones.
Captain Zhang immediately led a small team of his men to block the other party's way and ordered in a solemn voice: "Who are you? Pull over and get out of the car for inspection."
In the carriage, Song Changke and Lady Daning looked at each other, both with a look of surprise and suspicion in their eyes.
Could it be that this small-time military leader was so bold as to stop their team and order them to get off the car and be questioned?
"Get off!" Soldiers in front came forward and pulled the coachman roughly.
Princess Daning's face suddenly showed annoyance.
Not to mention such a cold and remote place, even in Beijing, no one dared to stop her convoy and order her to get off the vehicle!
They had been questioned many times along the way, but everyone treated them with courtesy and respect.
This is the first time I have encountered such rude and unreasonable people!
The quieter the people in the car were, the more Captain Zhang suspected that something was wrong, and he immediately ordered his soldiers to arrest everyone in the car.
Soldiers rushed forward and tangled with the convoy's guards.
Seeing the noise outside getting louder and louder, Princess Daning ignored Song Changke's dissuasion, lifted the car curtain, and shouted angrily, "How dare you!"
"Which garrison are you from? How dare you be so rude to this princess?"
"Why don't you bring your superiors out to pay respects to this princess and apologize?"
"Princess?" Captain Zhang rode forward, frowning and asking, "May I ask which princess you are?"
"The daughter of Prince Duan, whose title is Daning, is none other than this princess!" Daning could no longer suppress the rage in her heart.
Even in the imperial city, except for Emperor Xiaoming and a few princes, who would not be polite when seeing me?
It has been so many years since anyone has let me suffer this kind of humiliation!
"Princess Denning?"
Zhang Qianhu's eyes flashed with a strange color, and his brows knitted tighter, "But the wife of the Three Prefectures Governor Song Changke, the mother of the Qinghe County Lady..."
Hearing the other party repeating his identity, Princess Daning subconsciously wanted to scold him, but when she heard the whole sentence, she was stunned.
The next moment, even more violent rage rose from his heart.
Song Changke, who had been sitting in the car, trying to dissuade Princess Daning from getting into conflict with the other party, couldn't help but frown at this moment.
Their daughter Qinghe had already passed away, but the other party still brought it up.
This military leader is really going too far!
"Which guard post do you belong to and who is your superior?" Song Changke asked sternly with a dark face.
Captain Zhang had no intention of answering at all.
Looking at the gloomy faces of Song Changke and Princess Daning, as well as the guards who were blocking the soldiers from searching the car, he sneered and ordered, "Arrest them all!"
"You dare?" Song Changke took out his official seal, "I am the governor of Qing, Xing and Huang states in the north, appointed by His Majesty himself. Here are my official seal and transfer order. Who dares to step forward?"
"Are you planning to rebel?"
Looking at the official seal held high and the bright yellow imperial edict, the soldiers were deterred.
Captain Zhang was also a little hesitant, but at this moment, a sharp arrow shot from the direction where Captain Zhang's soldiers were stationed.
The guards around Princess Daning immediately became alert, "Oh no, this group of people might want to kill the princess and Mr. Song!"
"Take the princess and Lord Song away from here first, and the rest of you stay behind to cover us!"
Among dozens of guards, four of the most agile ones were immediately selected. One of them took over the position of coachman, and the other three got on their horses and followed beside. Taking advantage of the interval between the guards fighting with the soldiers, they escorted the carriage carrying Princess Daning and Song Changke away.
Not long after, several "whoosh" sounds were heard, and the arrow tips coated with powder accurately pierced the shoulders of the four guards.
As they fell, several men emerged from the woods, jumped on horseback, and took over their carriages and horses.
"What happened?" Princess Daning was horrified. It was the first time she felt so close to danger.
Song Changke had long lost his previous anger, and was left with only a look of panic. He didn't even dare to open the curtain to look outside.
Finally, Princess Daning mustered up the courage to lift the curtain of the carriage. However, as soon as she stuck her head out, she felt a pain in her neck and then fainted.
Immediately afterwards, without waiting for others to take action, Song Changke rolled his eyes in fear and fell beside Princess Daning.
“…”
The guard of Tianshu Pavilion who was about to take action added speechlessly, turned around and drove the carriage into the woods.
Qi Xu, who had been watching everything from the branch, flew down in front of the car.
The Tianshu Pavilion staff who had taken over the driver's position folded their hands and reported, "Master, everything is done."
"good."
Qi Xu nodded slightly and ordered calmly, "It's time to let the capital know about the disappearance of Princess Daning and Lord Song."
He wanted to see who was condoning the Huangzhou bureaucrats to collude with the Northern Barbarians, and who this traitor in the capital was!
…
The carriage moved smoothly along the country road.
Wei Yunlan closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the space, "watching" the silk, kapok and silk threads in the space gradually being shrouded by mist, and then all disappearing into the space.
It was the black cloud that "sent" them to the small courtyard in Lishui County that was used as a warehouse.
Counting the days, Tang Chuan and Tang Hai's escort team will arrive in Lishui soon, and they will be able to bring the goods to Lihe Village in two days at most.
This is the safest and most labor-saving method without revealing any flaws.
After her power expands, or her ability to protect herself becomes stronger, she won't have to be so cautious anymore and can use this space more freely.
The carriage was bumped by stones, and just as Wei Yunlan was about to open his eyes, he suddenly noticed that there was another object covered in fog in the center of the space.
When I looked closely, I saw that they were actually two sacks.
Black Cloud will not send useless things in for no reason.
But judging from the appearance of the sack, it probably contains mostly dry food, bacon and the like.
Wei Yunlan acquiesced to the two sacks entering his own space. The fog dissipated and the outlines of the sacks became solid.
There were other people in the carriage, so it was not convenient to take out the sack. Wei Yunlan tried to open the bag with his consciousness, and unexpectedly found that his consciousness seemed to become more flexible in space.
It only took one try to successfully open the bag.
What was exposed inside was not food as she initially thought, but pieces of copper slightly larger than a fingernail, with incomprehensible words engraved on them.
After being stunned for a moment, Wei Yunlan opened his eyes in surprise.
She remembered what it was.
This is the currency of the Northern Barbarians!
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