But it's too late!
“Whoosh!”
An arrow, with a sharp sound of breaking through the wind, pierced directly into the front of the team!
If Su Yunhai hadn't been quick and agile,
This arrow is likely to pierce his head!
Shen Shuli was so frightened by this scene that cold sweat broke out all over her body. She was worried that her family might be hurt, so she immediately turned back to check the situation.
Unexpectedly.
Comes into view.
It turned out to be a densely packed group of soldiers!
These soldiers were wearing armor issued by the imperial court.
...
...
There were more than fifty cavalrymen in the front, followed by a dense group of infantrymen.
The man at the front of the team was holding a bow and arrow, and he was the one who shot the arrow just now.
He was still raising his arms, ready to continue shooting arrows!
No one expected that there would be such a large army behind them, and they didn't know what these soldiers wanted to do.
But Shen Shuli was sharp-eyed and recognized at a glance that the leader was the soldier who was kicked by the Xingzhou prefect in the court of Xingzhou Prefecture!
That is to say.
This army.
It is very likely that he was sent by the prefect of Xingzhou!
At this critical juncture.
The Xingzhou prefect sent out so many soldiers and still stopped the people from entering the city.
The purpose is self-evident!
Su Yunhai also reacted immediately and pushed Su Chen and his two families into the city.
The most important thing is the people in the exile team!
Even if the luck envoy may have recognized the identity of the criminal, as long as the other party did not point it out.
Everyone else is unaware of this!
otherwise.
Once they are stopped by the Xingzhou Army and their identities are exposed, they will be doomed!
But the gate to enter the city was only the side gate on the far right, and only one door was open.
A maximum of two people can pass side by side at a time.
But two more sharp arrows shot towards them from behind.
At this moment, everyone was frantically dodging the arrows and suddenly blocked the door.
The person in front hadn't even stood firmly when he was accidentally bumped by the person behind him and fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a group of people fell down and the scene was very chaotic.
When the Xingzhou army caught up.
Only the Su family and the Shen family managed to enter the city.
And all the members of the exile team behind were stopped outside!
Gao Fei immediately winked at his subordinates, turned around on his horse and walked to the back of the team.
The soldiers escorting the convoy immediately followed Gao Fei, blocking the team of exiled prisoners behind them and blocking the way of the Xingzhou army.
"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you rob the official salt convoy!"
Gao Fei's voice was as powerful as a rainbow, and he took the initiative!
Xingzhou Army Captain Wang Chongshan finally arrived at the city gate.
The news about the He family was presented to the prefect Wang Runze by officers and soldiers.
Based on the limited clues at hand, he followed the clues and soon found important clues!
He didn't expect it.
The escaped exile and the Su family were right under his nose.
Using fake household registration to cover up everyone's identity, they entered Xingzhou Prefecture openly!
I also stayed in Xingzhoufu Foot Inn for one night!
As for how he discovered that the criminal had used a fake identity to sneak into the city.
It’s actually quite easy to investigate.
Because the Xingzhou prefect knew the detailed identities of all the escaped prisoners.
All genders, ages and general characteristics are recorded.
He even has information about nearly a hundred people in the Su family.
The total number of Su family members and prisoners remains unchanged.
Moreover, Su Yunhai had applied for the fake household registration in a hurry and did not have time to ask someone to disguise the detailed information such as gender and age.
When the officials below checked the list of people entering the city, they quickly found this large group.
The information overlap between this fleeing group, the exiled group, and the Su family is too high!
The prefect of Xingzhou immediately determined that this group was the exile group and the Su family that suddenly disappeared!
Because of the help of the He family, who runs a cloth shop, the prisoners were able to change out of their prison uniforms and put on a new look!
After all the clues were sorted out, Wang Runze immediately sent people to investigate all the movements of this team in the city.
Finally found out.
The prisoner went along the official road towards Jeonju!
Wang Runze immediately sent part of his troops to chase the exiled prisoners.
I hope we can catch the criminal back after he enters Jeonju city.
Wang Chongshan led two thousand elite soldiers and traveled day and night.
finally.
They caught up with the criminal just as he was about to enter Jeonju Prefecture.
If the criminals were allowed to enter the state smoothly, things would be extremely unfavorable for them!
Because Quanzhou is the emperor's territory!
Quanzhou was an important salt-producing city and a capital city that the emperor attached great importance to.
It is definitely not a place where the military forces from other states can set foot and interfere at will.
In particular, the total number of troops in the state is 50,000.
If the Capital Transport Commissioner misunderstood, he could just execute the execution first and report later, directly leading his troops to destroy Xingzhou and then report to the court!
But Wang Zhongshan never expected it.
They finally caught up with the fleeing exiles and were about to stop them.
As luck would have it, he ran into the Fortune Teller who was blocking his way!
He was extremely anxious.
"Greetings, Lord Gao. Please understand that we have no intention of coveting the official salt. This is all a misunderstanding. I can explain it!" Wang Chongshan dismounted anxiously and immediately walked up to Gao Fei to salute.
Gao Fei was not moved at all and did not let him get up.
Wang Chongshan was furious.
The prisoners knew the information about the mine. If they leaked the information, it would be a disaster for everyone on their ship!
Now is a critical moment for King Luo.
They absolutely cannot hold King Luo back at this time!
"Sir Gao, we are here on the orders of the Emperor to track down an important fugitive. The situation is urgent. I apologize for any offense..."
"But we have important duties to attend to. I wonder if you can be flexible and let us go?"
"These people are wanted criminals by the imperial court. If you don't believe me, I can go over and confront them face to face!"
Wang Chongshan quickly explained the reason, and in order to prevent the prisoners from entering the city, he spoke very loudly.
I hope the soldiers guarding the city can stop those people directly after hearing this.
In just a few short sentences.
Many people have already taken the opportunity to enter the city.
Gao Fei didn't expect that these people were really here to hunt down the exiled prisoners.
But these people are the ones he wants, otherwise he would not have given them the chance to enter the city.
How could we let these people go and arrest people?
"What do you have to prove that these people are fugitives? If you have evidence, show it. Otherwise, I will think that you are looking for an excuse to covet our salt mines!"
"Don't think I don't know. That guy named Wang has been secretly planting spies in Bendu's territory!"
"Otherwise, if I really want to do something, you'd better consider whether you can bear the consequences!"
Gao Fei spoke in a cold tone, not giving the other party any chance.
He also forcibly blurred the information about the arrest of wanted criminals, making his subordinates think that these people were just making up an excuse for the salt mine.
Everyone has always known that many princes wanted to get involved in the salt mines.
Especially the prefect of Xingzhou.
He would come to Quanzhou almost every month and bribe some officials with large sums of money to do things for his master.
There was more than one prince who wanted a piece of the pie.
But the entire state is run tightly by Gao Fei.
Flies outside can't fly in at all.
Wang Zhongshan didn't expect the other party to misinterpret his meaning in this way.
But the prefect of Xingzhou has always wanted to seize this salt mine, so he has dealings with this side.
Unexpectedly, it became a stumbling block in his pursuit of the wanted criminal!
"Your Excellency has misunderstood! We are here to capture criminals! I think your Excellency should have heard that a group of exiled prisoners have escaped!"
"According to our detailed investigation, these people in front are the criminals in disguise! If you don't believe me, just have someone stop them and check them, and you will know that what I said is true!"
"Oh, by the way, I remember that Mr. Gao used to have a close relationship with the Xie family. I don't believe that Mr. Gao didn't recognize the Xie family!"
"The Xie family has committed the great crime of treason and rebellion! Now they have killed fifty of their detainees and are now absconding! Sir Gao will not favor them, will he?"
"You have to think carefully about whether you want to be held accountable by His Majesty and lose your job again because of the Xie family who ruined your future!"
Wang Chongshan explained anxiously, and his words were no longer appropriate.
Seeing that all the prisoners were about to enter the city, he became really anxious, and his tone unconsciously became a few degrees higher, as if he was questioning and contradicting his superior.
Gao Fei's face became even gloomier.
"How dare you slander my reputation in front of me! Come, arrest him!"
Several people in the team immediately came out to arrest Wang Chongshan.
Wang Zhongshan didn't notice at all that his tone was a bit inappropriate. He was just surprised that the other party was really going to attack him!
But Gao Fei only brought with him at most 500 soldiers, while this time he brought with him more than 2,000 soldiers.
If the two sides fight, he will most likely win!
If we can take this opportunity to capture Gao Fei, then the entire state will be in our master's pocket...
If this is true, then he has definitely done a great deed in front of his master!
The more Wang Zhongshan thought about it, the hotter he felt!
He immediately drew his sword and ordered his subordinates, "Everyone, follow me and capture these accomplices who are trying to shelter the wanted criminals!"
Gao Fei didn't expect that these people would dare to use force on his territory. It was extremely stupid.
He was sitting on a tall horse, and remained indifferent to the situation. He looked at Wang Zhongshan as if he was an idiot.
His men immediately lined up to fight without any orders.
On the city wall behind.
When the soldiers on guard saw that the Transport Commissioner was being besieged, they immediately blew the horn to summon friendly forces.
Almost at the moment the horn sounded.
Wang Chongshan immediately regained his sanity!
But it's too late!
People from both sides have already fought.
There is no turning back at all.
The Su family and the exile team have successfully entered the city.
They are still frightened at this moment.
I didn’t expect that the Xingzhou prefect had already sent people to investigate here!
If they had traveled a little slower.
Maybe he's been caught!
Everyone was surprised to hear the horn blowing from the city wall.
There was a fight outside?!
No one expected it.
This Du Yunyunshi not only did not reveal their identities.
He showed them some mercy and took good care of them, not only killing those who humiliated them without hesitation...
They were also allowed into the city to help them intercept the pursuers behind them.
Judging from the current situation, we have to go to war with the Xingzhou Army!
The Jeonju Army provided support quickly.
The exiles quickly moved aside to make way for the army.
They didn't know whether they should seize the opportunity to leave, or stay where they were and wait for the transport envoy who came to their aid. Should they at least say thank you to him?
Everyone's eyes were on the captain Su Yunhai.
Su Yunhai is also under a lot of pressure at the moment.
He had no idea what this luck envoy was thinking, so he didn't know how to make a decision.
Just at this moment.
The 'ordinary' Xie Chengyuan walked over.
He whispered a few words into Su Yunhai's ear.
Upon hearing this, Su Yunhai looked at Xie Chengyuan with a strange expression and nodded to him.
"Let's find an inn to rest first. We need to get some supplies before we can continue our journey."
Upon hearing this, everyone did not hesitate and immediately followed Su Yunhai to find a good and cheap place to stay in the city.
The prisoners had less and less money on them, so they wisely chose the cheapest bunk bed.
After Xue Bufan asked the prisoners of each family for money, he went out with Su Yunhai and his three brothers, as well as several brothers from the Shen family, to buy the necessary supplies.
Chen Shuli had originally planned with Mu Wanjun that after they settled down in the city, they would find an opportunity to go to the salt lake.
But she didn't expect the incident at the city gate.
She didn't dare leave the team without permission until she was sure that the team was completely safe.
Avoid unexpected situations where timely support is not available.
Shen Shuli was very curious and wanted to know what the grudge was between the Xie family and this Du Yunyun Envoy, but she was too embarrassed to ask Xie Chengyuan directly.
What if it involves other people's grudges that are difficult to talk about? How presumptuous it would be!
But Xie Chengyuan seemed to be able to guess what Shen Shuli was thinking.
After settling the Xie family, he took the initiative to look for Chen Shuli despite the guards' faces, and also called Mu Wanjun over.
"Why are you two here?"
Shen Shuli opened the door and didn't expect it to be the two of them, so she immediately opened the door and invited them into the room.
Mu Wanjun happily stepped forward and took Shen Shuli's arm: "I was pulled here by him."
Xie Chengyuan explained: "I am worried that Gao Fei has a conspiracy, so I want to discuss countermeasures with you."
“Oh, could it be that he has a personal grudge against the Xie family?” Shen Shuli asked after pouring tea for the two of them.
The fact that Xie Chengyuan took the initiative to come and discuss this matter shows that he is willing to explain the relationship between the two parties. Otherwise, how could he come up with a solution?
Mu Wanjun also blinked her round eyes curiously and looked at Xie Chengyuan, waiting for his explanation.
Xie Chengyuan took a sip of hot tea and then explained slowly.
"Gao Fei's father was once my grandfather's right-hand man. He died trying to save my grandfather, and he became an orphan."
"My grandfather only had my father as his child, so he adopted him as his adopted son and made them each other's playmates. He has been training them both with great care."
"My father and Gao Fei have always had a good relationship. Later, they joined the army together for training. They worked together and cooperated with each other, and achieved many military exploits."
"More than a decade ago, there was an invasion by the northern barbarians. The battle was very fierce and Hanshan Pass was almost breached. It was my father and Gao Fei who led a cavalry unit to take a risky move and turned the tide of the battle, allowing our army to win a great victory."
"That battle was also the most legendary battle since the founding of the Great Yong Dynasty. My father and Gao Fei achieved unprecedented merit."
"My father took over my grandfather's position and became the new general, and Gao Fei also became the general of cavalry."
"Perhaps at that time, my Xie family became a thorn in the emperor's side, and he wanted to get rid of us as soon as possible."
"That battle was so dazzling that my father's men became a little arrogant and began to act recklessly in the city, bullying women and oppressing the people at will."
"Even Gao Fei was in cahoots with his subordinates, committing acts of robbery, oppression of the people, and rape of women."
"When my father heard the news, he immediately turned against Gao Fei and personally beat Gao Fei with a hundred military sticks in front of the entire army in the name of his brother, making Gao Fei lose face."
"At the same time, military law was also used to punish all the soldiers who bullied the people. This incident caused a big stir at the time. There was even a rumor in the capital that my father had abandoned the donkey after it had served its purpose, and it almost ruined my father's future and reputation."
"Gao Fei and my father had a grudge because of this. After being beaten with the 100 military sticks, he broke up with my father on the spot."
"Later, for unknown reasons, Gao Fei's military power was taken back by His Majesty, but he retained his title of General of the Cavalry and was transferred to Quanzhou to serve as the Transport Commissioner."
After Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun heard the whole process, their scalps went numb!
Gao Fei's story line was never mentioned in the novel, and the two were completely unaware of it.
After listening to the whole process, the two felt that the hatred between Gao Fei and the Xie family was too great!
If Gao Fei was just a small soldier at that time, it would not be a big deal.
But the bad thing is that Gao Fei is already a cavalry general with great power and influence!
His status is almost equal to that of a general!
In the ancient times of our modern world, the legendary Huo Qubing once served as the General of Cavalry.
The general is the first rank, and the general of cavalry is the second rank.
What's more, Gao Fei and General Xie grew up together and are as close as brothers.
General Xie personally beat the General of Cavalry with a stick in front of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. I guess no one could bear it.
Furthermore.
No one should be stupid enough to give up the military power of a hundred thousand troops and the real power of the General of Cavalry to take up the post of Salt Transport Envoy, which is only of the third rank, right?
This shows.
Gao Fei hated General Xie because of this incident and secretly defected to the emperor.
The grudge between Gao Fei and the Xie family has accumulated over the years.
The Xie family was suspected by the emperor and was sentenced to confiscation of property and exile, and also became an important wanted criminal who fled for fear of punishment.
Just now, Gao Fei happened to meet an escaped exile prisoner, although he did not expose the exile prisoner's identity on the spot.
But based on the grudge between him and the Xie family, no matter how you think about it, there must be a trap waiting for them to fall into!
They have to be on guard!
"So what do you think?" Shen Shuli asked.
It's not appropriate for outsiders like them to interfere in matters like this.
Otherwise, Su and Chen's families might be implicated.
The Su family already had many enemies.
She didn't want to have another enemy like Gao Fei.
Although she couldn't control this kind of thing.
In order to ensure the safety of Su Chen and his family, she would naturally help Xie Chengyuan.
Xie Chengyuan was silent for a moment, then he spoke: "I want to talk to Gao Fei in private. When the time comes, you should leave the city as soon as possible. I would like to ask you to take good care of the people of the Xie family."
There were some things he didn't say.
Back then, Gao Fei and General Xie Jiuzhong fell in love with Xie Chengyuan's mother Ji Mengqi at the same time.
The two proposed fair competition and fought for themselves.
But Ji Mengqi finally chose Xie Jiuzhong, and Gao Fei chose to let go and bless her.
The two brothers did not become estranged because of this incident, but their relationship became even closer.
Because they all want to protect their loved ones in their own way and don't want to destroy this friendship.
This matter concerns his mother's reputation, so Xie Chengyuan naturally cannot mention it to outsiders.
Just outside the city gate.
Xie Chengyuan noticed that Gao Fei's gaze stayed on his mother for a long time.
He was worried that Gao Fei would find an excuse to target his mother.
This was one of the reasons why he was eager to find Shen Shuli to discuss countermeasures.
"In that case, Gao Fei is very likely still holding a grudge against the Xie family. Why did you let my father stay?" Shen Shuli was puzzled.
In this case, they should leave Jeonju Prefecture immediately.
We can find other ways to get supplies.
If Gao Fei trapped them in the city, and he really wanted to plot against them, they would be unable to escape!
There are 50,000 elite soldiers guarding this city.
Isn't this like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?
Xie Chengyuan explained: "It was Gao Fei who wouldn't let us go."
Chen Shuli and Mu Wanjun were shocked and suspicious when they heard this.
The two of them looked at Xie Chengyuan, waiting for an explanation.
"In this Jeonju capital, Gao Fei is the sky."
"He's targeting someone. Without his consent, we can't leave the city at all."
After hearing this, Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun suddenly realized.
indeed.
They have been targeted by Gao Fei.
They have already fallen into Gao Fei's big net, how could he let them go easily?
Upon hearing this, the two of them sighed deeply and their expressions became solemn at the same time.
Just now, Shen Shuli and Mu Wanjun still felt like they were out of the picture.
But in the blink of an eye.
They have also become pawns on other people's chessboards!
Shen Shuli: "In terms of force, we are definitely no match for those 50,000 elite soldiers. It seems we can only outsmart them."
Mu Wanjun: "Why don't we capture the leader first? By the way, how strong is Gao Fei? He gave me a terrifying feeling just now. His aura was as if he had waded out of a mountain of corpses."
Xie Chengyuan frowned and said, "I don't know. I heard all these things from my grandmother. I haven't seen him since I can remember."
Shen Shuli suggested: "In any case, let's go to Gao Fei's house tonight to find out the truth."
Mu Wanjun agreed: "It can only be like this."
"Princess, I'll have to trouble you to help me develop a batch of medicine as soon as possible. My stock is empty and I need it before I leave tonight."
"Time is a bit tight, and I don't have any usable medicinal herbs." Mu Wanjun was worried.
She knew what type of medicine her bestie wanted, and she also knew that she had fresh herbs in her space that were more effective.
I'm just saying this for Xie Chengyuan to hear.
After all, all the medicinal herbs she had were used up on treating the prisoners, so she couldn't just conjure them out of thin air.
Shen Shuli replied, “Leave the herbs to me, just make a list for me and I’ll go buy them.”
Xie Chengyuan said: "Then I will go back and make some preparations, and I will come to see you later."
After Xie Chengyuan left.
Shen Shuli personally sent Mu Wanjun back to the guest room, and picked and prepared the medicinal herbs she needed in the space, and gave her all the pharmaceutical equipment she needed before leaving.
Two escorts were ordered to guard outside the princess's door, and no one was allowed to approach the room during this period.
In order to avoid Xie Chengyuan's suspicion, Shen Shuli had to go out to buy herbs.
Shen Shuli visited several medicine shops and bought a lot of precious medicinal herbs and medicinal seeds.
Put them all into the space when no one is paying attention.
It's still early.
After Shen Shuli changed her clothes several times, she confirmed that no one was following her.
She was surprised to find the largest mill, which was semi-automated.
Shen Shuli carefully observed the processing flow and was amazed at the wisdom of the ancients!
She had thought that all mills of that era used millstones to grind flour purely manually.
The efficiency of the semi-automated mill is also many times higher than Shen Shuli expected.
Originally, she only planned to ask the boss to help her process 20,000 kilograms of wheat, but she directly ordered 50,000 kilograms and paid ten taels of silver as a deposit.
Ask the boss to send someone to follow her to the designated location to help pull the wheat.
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