Chapter 389: Official Post, Hunting
Zhu Lan and the other two traveled for a whole day and finally arrived at a fork in the road at dusk.
The three of them stopped their horses. Zhu Qingyan was about to take out the map to check it when he heard Zhu Lan say:
"No need to look, the road on the left is the way back to Beijing."
Zhu Qingyan asked: "What about the right side?"
"Go down this road on the right and you'll almost reach Longyou."
"Longyou?" Zhu Qingyan frowned. That was a bit too far.
"My two aunties... I'm not saying this, but do we really have to rush like this?" Gongsun Yushu was a spoiled child. Her back and waist ached after running all the way, and her buttocks were almost split in two. She began to grumble.
He even began to doubt whether his decision to return to Beijing was wise.
After all, Yunzhou is his territory, and staying in Yunzhou City makes him feel safer no matter what.
Besides... After all, King Zhenbei has some friendship with his family, so he may not really kill him or send assassins to get rid of him, right?
If I stay safely in the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion, could the King of Zhenbei still bring people into the mansion and kill people?
The aching feeling in his body suddenly made Gongsun Yushu miss the life in Bo's Mansion very much.
"Young Master, do you want to take a gamble on the kindness of King Zhenbei?" Zhu Lan's tone was even a little sarcastic.
"Even if he really attacked you openly in Yunzhou City, what can you do?
You lost your head, and he pushed all the things you did together onto your head and reported it to the capital. Do you think His Majesty will embarrass the Zhenbei King who has a large army because of a Ning'an Earl's son who has done so many evil things?"
Although Gongsun Yushu was still hoping for the best, what Zhu Lan said was indeed reasonable.
Your life is at stake, you can’t gamble.
Zhu Qingyan said, "To be on the safe side, how about... we take a detour through Longyou?"
Zhu Lan hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
"Longyou is too far away. If we really take a detour there, it will take at least several days to travel."
"I'm worried that if we get delayed on the road, King Zhenbei will have time to send people to bypass us and wait at the checkpoints leading to the capital, waiting for us to show up and take action directly."
Zhu Lan's worries were not unfounded, so Zhu Qingyan did not insist.
Zhu Lan raised his eyes and looked at the endless official road in front of him, and said in a deep voice:
"Fortunately, the three of us are riding horses. If we rush to the capital day and night, even if the King of Zhenbei really sends people to hunt us down, it will take at least half a day for them to catch up with us."
Hearing the words "travel day and night", Gongsun Yushu's face suddenly turned into a bitter one, but since it was a matter of life and death, there was nothing else he could do.
"Let's go."
Zhu Lan whipped his horse whip and took the official road leading to the capital, followed by Zhu Qingyan and Gongsun Yushu.
After walking for about another hour, the sun had gradually set and the entire sky and earth had become dark. Only a faint light could vaguely illuminate the road ahead.
Soon, they saw the official inn where they had stayed when they came here.
When passing by, Zhu Lan just glanced at it lightly, without any intention of stopping.
Gongsun Yushu had a sad face and looked at the official post house for a long time with great longing, but he had no choice but to continue riding his horse forward.
The light was dim, and his attention was focused on the official post station. He did not notice the depression on the road ahead. As a result, the horse missed a step, and Gongsun Yushu fell out with the horse.
"ah--!"
Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan heard Gongsun Yushu's screams and turned around, and quickly dismounted to check.
Fortunately, Gongsun Yushu was thrown into the grass beside the official road and only suffered some minor injuries. However, his horse fell to the ground and gasped violently.
Zhu Lan and the other man went forward to take a closer look. Zhu Qingyan frowned and said, "What should we do? The horse's front leg must have been injured. It can't run any further."
"It's bad." Zhu Lan also frowned, and after looking around, he said, "Now we have no choice but to go to the official post station to change horses, but the horses at the post station may not be as good as the horses that Lord Ding carefully selected for us. If we change horses, it will definitely slow down our speed."
Zhu Qingyan looked at her, as if waiting for Zhu Lan to make a decision.
Zhu Lan gritted his teeth and said, "There is no other way right now, let's go!"
The two men brought the limping Gongsun Yushu to the outside of the official post station and called the jailer.
If you want to use the official post station, you must show your identity, so Zhu Qingyan took out his waist badge and was about to ask to change horses, but Zhu Lan beside him took the lead and said:
"We will stay for one night and arrange two guest rooms for us. Also, prepare a good horse for us."
Zhu Qingyan didn't understand why Zhu Lan suddenly said she wanted to live here. She looked at her in surprise but didn't ask any more questions.
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In the late night, the postman on duty was sitting on the doorstep drowsy. Half asleep and half awake, he suddenly saw a pair of boots appear silently in front of him.
Those were the black boots commonly seen in military camps for men, but they were women's sizes.
The postman was startled and his sleepiness disappeared instantly. At this moment, a female voice without any emotion came from above his head.
There is also a token of the Northern Frontier Camp.
"Stay in a hotel." Mu'er said coldly while wearing a mask.
As soon as he saw the Northern Frontier Camp, the postman dared not be negligent. He quickly got up to make arrangements and took Mu'er upstairs.
The two walked past several guest rooms, all of which had their doors closed. Mu'er pretended to ask casually, "Are all these rooms full?"
The postman nodded and helped Mu'er open the door. "Two ladies from the capital live next door. They are accompanied by a man. They are in the next room."
After the postman left, Mu'er closed the door, extinguished the candles in the room, changed into black clothes, and climbed out of the window quietly.
She first came to the window of Zhu Lan and the other person's room and listened carefully for a while. There was no movement, so they must have gone to bed.
Then she walked forward a few steps and came to the outside of Gongsun Yushu's room. She reached into the gap of the window frame with an extremely thin dagger, easily opened the bolt, and after peeking for a while, she climbed into the house.
There was a gauze curtain on the bed, and a pair of shoes was placed underneath.
Mu'er approached cautiously with a dagger in hand, then quickly opened the gauze curtain and stabbed the person in the quilt with the dagger!
The next moment her face changed suddenly, and she pulled back the quilt. There was no one inside, but a human body shape stuffed in with pillows!
Mu'er came to Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan's room, and found that their room was also empty.
Got fooled!
Her face turned cold, and she hurried downstairs, grabbed the dozing postman and asked:
"Where are the three people who checked in earlier?"
The postman looked confused, "Aren't they... sleeping in the room?"
As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced outside the post station. "Hey, the horses we prepared for them are gone. When did they leave?"
Mu'er threw him aside, rushed out of the post station, jumped on her horse, and turned her horse in the direction of the official road.
"drive!"
After Mu'er's figure disappeared on the official road, three figures leading horses slowly walked out of the woods opposite the post station.
Gongsun Yushu's eyes widened, and his voice trembled slightly, not sure whether he was afraid or angry.
"He actually...actually sent someone to kill me!"
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