Chapter 79 Chapter 79 The three of them rode for half an hour,...
The three men rode for half an hour and arrived at the top of a mountain. There was a flat area there. The trees on it had been cut down and paved with a layer of stone slabs. It was obvious that someone had taken care of it deliberately.
"This is the place to enjoy the scenery." Jin Shiyue was the first to ride up to the platform and pointed to the pink valley below.
Looking down from this side, there are indeed peach blossoms stretching for miles. It was the time when peach blossoms were in full bloom, and the whole mountain and valley were filled with brilliant spring flowers. It was so beautiful that even Shen Xuan felt relaxed and happy when he saw it.
"This peach forest is in full bloom." Shen Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many peach blossoms in this forest, could it be that someone planted them?"
"Really not. It's hard to walk in the mountains here. It's too slow for villagers to walk up here, so almost no one comes here." Jin Shiyue said, "I don't know when this peach forest was planted. Anyway, it's a wild peach forest now. It's nice to enjoy the scenery."
"This place is very similar to the description in Peach Blossom Spring. The scenery is really beautiful." Yang Xu said with some emotion: "Suddenly, I came across a peach blossom forest in the valley. There were no other trees in it. The grass was fresh and beautiful, and the fallen petals were colorful. It was very surprising."
Upon hearing this, Jin Shiyue said, "Speaking of Peach Blossom Spring, there is also a waterfall and stream in this peach forest, which are even more beautiful. Can I take you down to see it?"
The location of the waterfall is half an hour's ride from this platform, so it's not too close. However, Shen Xuan and Yang Xu were both very interested in the scenery at this time, so they followed Jin Shiyue.
The three of them were riding good horses, and they rode at full speed, so they didn't feel tired at all.
After walking for a while, they heard the sound of a waterfall in the distance. Jin Shiyue immediately turned around and said to the two people behind her: "From the sound, the waterfall is just ahead, not far away."
As soon as he finished speaking, the horse's hoof suddenly tripped and he fell off the horse.
Yang Xu and Shen Xuan were startled and quickly dismounted to check.
However, just after he got off the horse, several ferocious-looking men suddenly jumped out from all around the peach forest, holding a trip rope in their hands. It was they who tripped Jin Shiyue's horse just now, causing him to fall.
"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you act like this near the capital in broad daylight? Do you know that this is the territory of Prince Jinning?" Yang Xu pointed at the men angrily.
"What Prince Jinning?" The men snorted in disdain after hearing this: "Why does this land belong to him? We disaster victims can't even get enough to eat, and you are driving us out of the suburbs of Beijing? Today I will kill you rich people who are so unkind, and it will be considered as justice for the heavens!"
"Run!" Jin Shiyue shouted hurriedly. He had just fallen off the horse and one of his legs was paralyzed. He was no longer able to ride the horse.
Yang Xu didn't know any martial arts, so he had no chance of winning against these men.
He hesitated for a moment, but did not run away. Shen Xuan, however, jumped onto his horse, took out a pocket from his sleeve, took out a ten-liang silver ingot and showed it to the men, saying, "I have several hundred liang of silver here. If you have the guts, come and rob it."
As soon as those men saw the silver ingots, their eyes turned red and they immediately pounced on Shen Xuan.
Shen Xuan rode his horse into the woods, and the men followed him in a swarm, leaving only Jin Shiyue and Yang Xu.
"Brother Chen has led all the bandits away, let's leave quickly!" Yang Xu said hurriedly when he saw it.
He didn't care about anything else at this moment. He picked up Jin Shiyue and put him on the horse. He then rode on the horse and held him in his arms.
With two people on one horse, it naturally walked much slower. Jin Shiyue endured the pain in her legs and said, "Don't worry about me, hurry up and ride away, and call for help! I don't know how Chen Ge'er is doing?"
Yang Xu said, "Leaving you here alone is not a gentleman's behavior. Brother Chen was able to lead those bandits away with his own body, and you disregarded your own safety and asked us to leave to save our lives. As a man, should I be a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"
After hearing this, Jin Shiyue didn't say anything else, but lowered her head with a blushing face.
I thought that if I could go back alive this time, I would really have to thank Shen Xuan and Yang Xu for not abandoning me.
However, the suburbs of Beijing have always been peaceful, and there have never been robberies like today in the past few decades. It was precisely because of this that Princess Jinning and the others felt comfortable letting Jin Shiyue and the others go out and play on their own.
Today those bandits were so arrogant that they even wanted to kill people directly. I wonder if Shen Xuan has escaped now?
Besides, after Shen Xuan rode for a while, he saw that all the men were following him, and he had some ideas in his mind.
Others might believe those men who claimed to be disaster victims, but Shen Xuan did not believe it at all.
Last year, the locust plague was severe, and the victims in the suburbs of the city were all skin and bones. Later, Shen Xuan made a special suggestion and asked Lord Ye to control the meals for the male disaster victims, and they had no strength left.
When spring comes and flowers bloom, the male victims who are hungry every day will be the first to leave.
After all, even if I go home to dig wild vegetables and catch fish and shrimps, it is better than drinking that rice porridge every day.
The men chasing after Shen Xuan are all tall and strong. Although they deliberately dressed up as disaster victims, it can be seen that they have no worries about food and drink, and their complexions are very rosy!
Where in the world can we find such disaster victims? Shen Xuan thought in his heart.
Seeing that they only followed Shen Xuan but ignored Yang Xu and Jinning County Lord who had higher status, Shen Xuan guessed that these people might have come deliberately to target him!
He has no grudges against anyone in the capital, and the only families he has interactions with are the Ye family and the Xue family.
Although Mrs. Ye disliked him before, she had never hit him, and now she has changed her attitude.
The only one who would take action against him is the Bai family of the Xue family!
Shen Xuan thought of the scene when he found Xue Fenglin in Yunshui Village. Xue Fenglin was covered with bruises and was obviously ambushed. It can be seen that Madam Xue has done such secretive things more than once or twice!
But the person who personally picked me up to go to the capital was obviously Madam Xue. Now that I haven't married Xue Fenglin yet, why did she change her mind? Could it be because he discovered his true relationship with Xue Fenglin?
It was inconvenient to ride a horse in the peach forest. Although Shen Xuan was riding a horse, his speed was not very fast.
Those men were all strong and powerful, and they got horses from somewhere, but they gradually caught up with us.
Shen Xuan shuttled through the woods and had long lost track of where he was. Just when the horse under him was very tired and slowed down, and was about to be caught up by those men, Shen Xuan suddenly heard a slight sound coming from the front.
"Help! There's a thief trying to kill someone!" Shen Xuan shouted loudly.
This place is deep in the mountains. The men behind him laughed and said, "In this deep forest, you won't meet anyone in a day. My dear boy, I think you'd better go to die honestly!"
Shen Xuan ignored him and just tried his best to shout for help.
Just as he was about to be caught up by the thieves, an arrow suddenly shot from the sky and landed on a tree trunk several feet in front of Shen Xuan.
"There's someone!" The men immediately reined in their horses and looked around.
Without thinking, Shen Xuan immediately ran in the direction of the arrow feather.
After a while, another arrow fell in the same place. The leading man looked at the white feathers on the arrow from a distance and said, "This is an arrow from the Imperial Guards in the suburbs of Beijing. There may be troops of the Imperial Guards ahead! Let's go. We can't chase them anymore. Let's leave quickly!"
"What should we do with that guy?" a man asked.
"He is lucky. Let's go back and report first."
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Shen Xuan escaped death and ran forward for a while. He vaguely saw a soldier in armor riding a horse in front of him, so he immediately shouted loudly: "Soldier! Soldier! There are thieves behind me, go and catch them!"
The soldier rode his horse to Shen Xuan's side, and Shen Xuan realized that he was actually an acquaintance, it was Captain Pei Xia Pei whom he had not seen for a long time.
"How come you are here alone and being chased by someone?" Pei Xia asked with a frown.
"Come with me quickly, the Imperial Guards are behind us." Pei Xia took Chen Xuan and headed towards the west of the forest, towards the direction of the Imperial Guards.
It turned out that the Imperial Guards were on routine patrol outside the capital today. Pei Xia, as the captain leading the team, was the vanguard alone. He ran a little far away at first, but happened to hear Chen Xuan's cry for help in the forest.
If it weren't for this coincidence, he wouldn't have been able to shoot the arrow in time and scare away the thieves.
If they found out that he was the only one here, he and Shen Xuan might not be able to withstand the attack of those thieves.
Chen Xuan ran behind Pei Xia for a while, but his horse couldn't run any longer and fell to the ground with foam at the mouth.
Pei Xia looked back and listened for a while. Seeing that the thieves did not seem to catch up with them, he said to Shen Xuan, "Your horse is too tired from running. I'm afraid it can't make it." Leave it here to rest, you and I will ride together.
Seeing that the horse was indeed about to die, Shen Xuan dismounted and let it go. As soon as he landed, Pei Xia grabbed him by the waist and he sat on the horse in front of Pei Xia.
Shen Xuan was tall, so it was inevitable that it would be a bit crowded for him and Pei Xia to ride on the same horse. The two of them sat together, with his entire back leaning against Pei Xia's chest, looking a little awkward.
Pei Xia reached out to grab the reins, and held Shen Xuan in his arms. If others saw it, Shen Xuan's reputation would be affected.
However, this is a special case. Shen Xuan, who has lived in the modern world for more than 20 years, will not be shy about such things.
Besides, we are now in the deep mountains and forests, and there is no one else around. When they get near the Imperial Guards, after ensuring that both of them are safe, he will dismount and keep some distance from Pei Xia.
"Where did you meet those thieves? Why did you come here alone?" Pei Xia asked behind Shen Xuan's ear. His breath fell on his temples, making his ears a little itchy.
"From the forest of Jinning Prince in the south of the city." Shen Xuan touched his ear and said, "I was enjoying the scenery with Jinning County Lord and Young Master Yang. I don't know why, but the gang of thieves suddenly appeared and rushed towards me."
"You ran from the south of the city to the west?" Pei Xia was surprised and said, "It's really far. No wonder the horse was so tired that it collapsed! You are smart and you know to run towards the Ye family camp."
"It's just a coincidence. I was in the forest and couldn't tell the directions." Shen Xuan broke out in a cold sweat when he recalled what happened before.
If I hadn't been lucky and happened to run towards the northwest, and met Pei Xia who was exploring the way, I would probably have died here today!
"I wonder how the Jinning County Lord and the others who were in danger with you are doing now?" Pei Xia sighed and said, "There are always imperial guards patrolling the outskirts of the capital. No one dares to do evil in the suburbs of the capital. Nothing has happened in decades."
"If something happens to someone this time, all of us soldiers will be punished, and I'm afraid Lord Ye will also be held responsible."
When Shen Xuan heard this, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind!
No wonder those thieves disguised themselves as disaster victims. If something happened to me today, wouldn't the suspicion of the Ye family and Xue Fenglin, who were in charge of disaster relief in the suburbs of Beijing, be cleared?
You must know that the forces in Beijing are complicated and intertwined, and various factions can affect the entire body if one move is made!
Shen Xuan suddenly thought that the one who attacked him might not be the work of the Bai family alone, but there was a bigger conspiracy waiting for the Ye family and Xue Fenglin behind the scenes!
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