Chapter 333 "Ninth Sister, hold me tight!"
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Li Shiyue naturally heard the commotion behind him. The sounds of horses and people were mixed together, making him feel as if he was surrounded and there was no way to escape!
"October! They are...?"
Li Shiyue is not someone who gives up easily!
"Ninth Sister, hold me tight!"
Yan Jiuniang paused for a moment, then immediately hugged Li Shiyue's neck tightly, pressing her entire body against Li Shiyue's back.
Li Shiyue ran quickly and without stopping in the direction she had planned.
She believed that as long as she ran fast enough, the soldiers who were trying to capture her wouldn't be able to catch up!
Li Shiyue's confidence stemmed from the fact that, even with Yan Jiuniang on her back, ordinary people couldn't catch up to her when she was fully powered up!
Secondly, the direction she ran in was the route that she, Yan Xuefei, and Li Mingfeng had carefully selected beforehand.
This road is right next to the backyard of the official post station. At the beginning of the road, it is quite wide and wide enough for horses to run.
But just a quarter of an hour further in, there's a hillside covered with low shrubs and stunted trees.
It's safe to say that horses can't run here!
The place where Yan Xuefei and the others were waiting was a relatively flat slope after crossing the hillside.
The horses had been led and tied up in advance from another direction, and the route had been chosen by them after walking back and forth through the mountains and forests!
Li Shiyue was confident that as long as she could reach that hillside, she was confident that she could lead Yan Jiuniang over the hillside to find Yan Xuefei and Li Mingfeng. Then, they could help Yan Jiuniang escape the fate of being married off to Andong by the Prince of Zhenbei!
In the pitch-black night, even the clear, cold moon was obscured by dark clouds.
Yan Jiuniang closed her eyes, only feeling the whistling wind in her ears.
Suddenly, Yan Jiuniang felt a chill on the tip of her nose. She opened her eyes abruptly and looked up at the sky. Although she couldn't see clearly, she still saw snowflakes falling from the sky in the dim light.
It's snowing!
Li Shiyue naturally felt the coolness of the snowflakes kissing her face, but at this moment she finally carried Yan Jiuniang to the foot of this hillside covered with dense forest.
After putting Yan Jiuniang down, Li Shiyue gasped for breath, then listened intently to the sounds behind her. "Jiuniang, they must be trapped by this terrain!"
Quick, I'll take you up the mountain!
Your mother and uncle are waiting for us behind the mountain!
Yan Jiuniang didn't say anything, but nodded emphatically and reached out her hand to Li Shiyue.
When Li Shiyue pulled Yan Jiuniang up to the halfway point of the hillside, Qiu Yingxian led a group of soldiers to the bottom of the hillside.
Qiu Yingxian was a junior general who escorted Yan Jiuniang and her sixth sister to marry into the Turkic tribe. He was under the command of General Wang.
General Wang had already anticipated that someone would come looking for Yan Jiuniang on the way when he took on the job of escorting her to the wedding.
General Wang could easily have guessed that something unexpected would happen next, given that the large potholes encountered on the official road from the prefectural city to Sanshan County had caused the caravan considerable time to restart.
Li Shiyue and his group are clever, but General Wang's side is no fool either!
Therefore, General Wang had already arranged for Qiu Yingxian's group to hide in the shadows, separate from the rest of the wedding procession, and not appear in the open.
Qiu Yingxian and the others were unaware that Li Shiyue had sent a message to Yan Jiuniang at the official post station outside the prefectural city.
However, the large potholes on the official road were too obvious, so Qiu Yingxian and his men went to the official post station in Sanshan County ahead of time and hid in the shadows.
Although they did not explicitly capture Li Shiyue, Yan Xuefei, and Li Mingfeng, they did manage to secretly deploy their forces.
Qiu Yingxian knew that as long as he kept a close eye on Yan Jiuniang, he could capture everyone!
Qiu Yingxian and his men chased after them on foot, just as Li Shiyue had guessed. They had originally gone to chase after the people on horseback, but they were indeed stopped by the low bushes.
In order to keep the trail going, Qiu Yingxian abandoned his horse and called a group of men to follow him in pursuit of Li Shiyue and Yan Jiuniang.
Qiu Yingxian originally thought he would be able to catch up with Li Shiyue and Yan Jiuniang quickly, after all, he was a soldier, and his skills and physical abilities were definitely much better than those of ordinary people.
According to Qiu Yingxian's estimation, the only ones who would come to rescue her would be Yan Jiuniang's maternal relatives, namely Yan Xuefei and Li Mingfeng.
How could Qiu Yingxian possibly take two Taoist priests seriously?
Besides, Yan Jiuniang is a delicate noblewoman from the royal family who can't lift a finger and is definitely a burden.
But how could Qiu Yingxian have known that Li Shiyue, this cheat code, would exist?
Li Shiyue unleashed her full inner strength and carried Yan Jiuniang away like a gust of wind.
Qiu Yingxian chased after the two women like a dog, but still couldn't catch up.
Meanwhile, the night in the city was dotted with lights, and even when it started snowing, the restaurants and eateries on the streets were still brightly lit.
Li Qingyun was still traveling around dressed as a merchant. Right now, he was sitting in Old Qu's tavern, drinking alone with a pot of wine and two small dishes, looking at the street scene outside the window.
After drinking the entire pot of wine and settling the bill, Li Qingyun shook his head and shouted to Master Qu, "Manager, this is truly excellent wine!"
This is fine wine! Much better than the wine in the taverns back in my hometown of Rencheng!
"What excellent wine! Excellent wine!"
Muttering incomprehensible words, Li Qingyun stumbled away from the Qu family tavern, walking back to the inn like any other drunken man, stopping every two steps and falling every three.
At the entrance of the inn, he almost fell flat on his face, and in the end, it was the innkeeper's son who helped Li Qingyun back to his room.
After the innkeeper's son left, Li Qingyun sprang out of bed in a flash.
At this moment, there was not a trace of drunkenness on his face. Apart from the strong smell of alcohol, Li Qingyun was perfectly sober!
He took out a black face cloth from his bundle and laid out all the medicinal powders he had concocted, each with different effects.
After Li Qingyun had everything prepared, he sat at the table in the darkness and waited until after midnight. Then he wrapped a veil around his face, jumped out of the inn, and headed for the Prince's mansion.
Yes, Li Qingyun is going to the Prince's Mansion to rescue his uncle Yan's family of five!
As for how Li Qingyun managed to save five people all by himself, he naturally had helpers.
The north wind howled, and in the dead of night, the snow fell even heavier.
In the dead-end alley behind the row of side rooms of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, Li Qingyun and Ma San met up!
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