"You and Qizhe should take good care of themselves in the capital. The weather is getting cold. Remember to put on more clothes and don't slack off. I have sewed two padded jackets for you using freshly picked cotton from the fields." Song held Yu Jiao's hand and gave her earnest instructions, while Yu Mengshan silently moved things into the carriage.
"You and dad must be well at home. If anything happens, send someone to send us a message." Yu Jiao said gently, and took Fei Ge'er into the carriage.
Zhang came hurriedly from the yard, holding a food box in her hand. It contained some snacks that she had prepared in the kitchen earlier. She stuffed them into the carriage and said to Yu Jiao, "I made some food. Eat it if you are hungry on the way."
"Thank you, aunt." Yu Jiao waved goodbye to them.
Wei San whipped the horse-drawn carriage and left Qingyu Village.
The village behind them was getting farther and farther away and smaller, so Yu Jiao lowered the car curtain.
Zhixun County and Changkui are neighboring counties, not far from each other, only two or three hours' journey. After leaving the city, you will take the official road, which is flat and the carriage will be faster than in the village.
Perhaps because he had found a sense of belonging, Meng Fei became much more lively than before. He lifted the car curtain and leaned on the window to look out along the way. Whenever he saw a bird, a tree, or a pedestrian, he would talk to Yu Jiao for a while.
Yu Jiao did not go through with it. When she heard him sharing, she took her eyes off the medical book, looked outside with Meng Fei, and responded with a few words.
"Sister, look at the many people in the woods. Why are they dressed so strangely?" Meng Fei turned his head and said to Yu Jiao, "They are also covering their faces with cloth. Are they going to do something bad?"
Yu Jiao looked towards the woods outside when she heard the sound, her expression changed slightly. Suddenly she heard the horse neighing in front of her, and then the carriage stopped in a hurry.
The masked men in the woods swarmed over, and Meng Fei screamed in fear and pulled down the car curtain.
Yu Jiao held him in her arms and whispered, "Hide well, nothing will happen."
At this moment, Bai Lu lifted the car curtain, pushed Jian Jia in, and said concisely: "Miss, someone is robbing us."
Bai Lu was guarding outside the carriage with a knife in hand, and started fighting with a bandit who rushed forward. The Jinyiwei arranged by Lu Jin and the secret guards assigned to Yu Jiao by Liu Ziqi had already fought with the robbers.
Yu Jiao lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and observed the situation outside. Jian Jia stared for a while and suddenly said, "Miss, these people are not ordinary bandits. I think they are from the military, especially the leader."
Yu Jiao also saw that the secret guards her elder brother gave her were highly skilled in martial arts. If they were just ordinary thieves and bandits, they would have been defeated long ago. However, these masked men were well-trained and made a feint to the east but attacked in the west. There were a huge number of them. At a rough glance, there were actually over a hundred of them. Some of them were holding back the guards, while others were trying to get close to the carriage.
If she came from the capital for wealth, she would have brought three full carts of things. But now the carriage is empty, with nothing in it, which means she has other intentions.
Although the guards accompanying her were highly skilled in martial arts, they were no match for the enemy's large-scale human wave tactics.
Yu Jiao frowned and held the needle bag tightly with her fingers.
Seeing that three or four people had rushed to the carriage, Bai Lu was entangled in the fight and had no time to spare. Jian Jia pulled out a dagger and said to Yu Jiao, "Miss, there are too many people. I will cut the reins and you can ride the horse and take the young master away first."
This was the only way under the current circumstances. Yu Jiao felt that these people were coming for her, so she nodded.
Jianjia wielded a dagger to cut the rope of the carriage, and was about to protect Yu Jiao and Meng Fei from getting on the horses, when a man suddenly rushed over. She wielded the dagger and slashed at him, protecting Yu Jiao behind her.
Yu Jiao lifted Meng Fei up and helped him sit on the horse. She turned over and was about to get on, but an arrow shot from somewhere and pierced the horse's leg. The horse neighed in pain, raised its hooves and ran away, throwing Yu Jiao off. Yu Jiao only had time to shout to Meng Fei: "Hold the reins tightly, don't fall off."
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