Jian'er did receive a reward, and Lu Ping did have her own luck.
The carriage went westwards, getting up early and going to bed late, for three days straight. When they reached the foot of a big mountain, the driver said to her, "Madam, I can only take you over this mountain and cannot go any further. We must turn back. There is a small town on the other side of the mountain. You can hire another carriage in the town. I will help you hire one and you can continue on your way."
Lu Ping nodded and said nothing more, but just looked up at the mountain in front of him, feeling a little scared. A vague sense of uneasiness came with it, and this uneasiness did not come from the mountain, but from the hidden dangers behind him that had never stopped.
The only thing she was worried about was that the Lu family would catch up. Although there was no movement in the past three days, it did not mean that there would be no movement later. It would take more than half a month to go from the capital to Ji'an County, which was too long. She sighed secretly. Half a month was enough time for many things to happen.
"Hurry up!" She lowered the curtain and told the driver, "The winding mountain road is not easy to drive on. We should put safety first. No matter how urgent it is, there is no need to rush now."
The driver responded readily and comforted her, "Don't worry, ma'am. Although the mountain road is difficult to travel on, I have been here many times and nothing will happen. This mountain is the only way to go west. Many people walk on this road, and the road has long been flattened by the carriages and horses in front. Nothing will happen." After he said that, he spurred the horse and started to drive around the mountain.
Lu Ping sat in the car, feeling more and more anxious. She opened the car window curtain and looked back. There was nothing unusual on the winding road, except for the occasional eagle flying up and chasing each other. She stared at them for a while and felt thrilling.
She stopped looking and went back to the car to close her eyes and rest, trying to calm her mind. The winding mountain road was going up, and the car was tilted slightly backwards, which was a bit bumpy. Lu Ping leaned against the back of the car, holding her big bag tightly in her hand, thinking that her future life would depend on the things she packed in the bag and the little silver.
Although she was the eldest daughter of the Lu family, she was not favored. In addition, she had a hidden illness in recent years, and her family ignored her. Although her monthly allowance was not less, it was not enough for her to reward her servants, and she could not save much. In these years, she only saved more than 300 taels, and gave part of it to Jian'er for a living. Now, she could only take more than 100 taels of silver notes and dozens of taels of silver. I hope that Ji'an County can have a place for her. I heard that the eldest young master and the eldest young lady of the Ren family are still there. Lu Ping thought that she did not go to Ji'an County because of the eldest young master of the Ren family, but she was just yearning for that place. If she met by chance, she hoped that she would not let the other party misunderstand her.
Lu Ping thought of Ren Xitao unconsciously, but she didn't know that for Xuan Tiange's marriage, Ren Xitao and Ren Xifeng were also riding in a carriage and rushing back at the risk of their lives. The Ren family's driver had already driven the carriage as fast as possible, and the two horses pulling the carriage were specially raised by the Pingnan General's Mansion for the two young masters. But even so, Ren Xifeng still felt that the speed was too slow, and kept complaining: "At this speed, by the time we get to the capital, I'm afraid Tiange will almost reach Gushu."
Ren Xitao smiled bitterly, "It's not that exaggerated. Do you think the capital is very close to ancient Shu? But if we calculate the date, Princess Wuyang should have left the capital long ago. We are still more than one step late. Let's go back to the capital to find out the situation first! If you really can't resign yourself to this, you can just chase them southward. The Xi team won't be moving very fast. If we ride fast horses, we should be able to catch up with them."
Ren Xifeng complained to her brother with a bitter face, "It's all your fault. You insisted on taking me to the mountains to hunt. If we could go with Furong, we would definitely be able to catch Tiange's wedding."
"Why are you blaming me?" Ren Xitao felt aggrieved. "Didn't you insist on going? You've been making a fuss with me for two whole days. If I didn't take you with me, would you have ripped the roof off the house?"
Ren Xifeng was speechless and bowed her head. The mountain road was bumpy, but she felt better when she thought that as long as she climbed over the mountain, there would be a flat road ahead and she would be able to reach the capital in three days at most. She asked Ren Xitao, "Brother, what do you think I should give to Tiange as a gift?" After that, she sighed, "Alas, I don't know if we can catch up with her wedding team. Otherwise, let's not go back to the capital and go directly to the south!"
Ren Xitao laughed at her: "Just now I was thinking about buying some dowry for her. If you don't go back to the capital, what can you bring? Are you going to buy something on the way? It won't be as good as the collection at home."
"That's true." Ren Xifeng began to calculate what good things there were in General Pingnan's mansion. While calculating, he said, "I don't know if my father has sent any gifts."
"How could he not send her a gift? That's the princess getting married, and our family has a good relationship with Prince Wenxuan's family. Father will not only send her a gift, but the weight of the gift will definitely not be light." Ren Xitao replied to his sister while lifting the curtain to look out at the scenery. But he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the opposite side, and the carriage was in a hurry, and it could pass by their carriage in at most thirty steps.
He didn't think much about it. This was the only way to go west from the capital, and there were many people walking on it. It was common to see one or two carriages. But when they came to a turn, the driver slowed down and reminded them, "Master, Miss, the road ahead is narrow. We are a two-horse carriage and can't run away. We have to be careful and drive slowly."
The two masters in the carriage naturally had no objection, but when they turned the corner, they happened to meet the carriage that Ren Xitao had heard about. It was a very ordinary carriage, probably a rented one, and he didn't pay much attention to it. He just reminded the driver to be careful and try to give way to the other party, so as not to let the seemingly very thin carriage stumble and fall off the cliff.
The Ren family's carriage took the initiative to go outside, that is, on the edge of the cliff. The driver on the opposite side clasped his fists towards the Ren family's driver with gratitude. The two carriages crossed each other, and it was safe and sound. But they never expected that at this moment, there was a sudden movement from the direction of the capital city facing the Ren family's carriage. It was the sound of countless horse hooves, which startled the birds in the mountains to flap their wings and fly away.
Ren Xitao could tell that there were at least ten horses, and there was no sound of wheels, so it must be a single person riding alone. He felt strange, and looked back at the carriage that had just passed by, and saw a dark-faced woman in the carriage also lifted the curtain and looked back with a worried look on her face. Obviously, she also heard the huge sound of horse hooves, and seemed to be very concerned. Ren Xitao even heard her urging the driver to say, "Hurry up! Go! Go faster!"
Just this sentence made Ren Xitao's whole body tremble! Why did he know this voice so well? He rarely interacted with women, and the most familiar female voices were only two, one was his mother and the other was his sister. But then one day, he suddenly remembered the voice of another woman. Although they had only exchanged a few words, he still remembered it until now.
He subconsciously shouted to the driver, "Stop!" Then he looked at the dark-faced woman in surprise. Coincidentally, the woman heard him shouting to stop and looked at him in surprise. The two looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Lu Ping had painted her face black, painted a mole, and even tied her hair into a bun. If someone who didn't know her took a sudden look, she would be just an ordinary person. Although she was good-looking, she was not very stunning because of her dark face. But Ren Xitao was different. He had been attracted to Lu Ping since he was in the capital. Ren Xifeng took him to Ji'an County to prevent him from having any contact with the Lu family. It was summer when he lived in Ji'an County, but he found that he couldn't get Lu Ping out of his mind at all.
Because of this, Ren Xitao recognized Lu Ping at a glance, and Lu Ping naturally recognized Ren Xitao as well.
But what can they do? Behind them, the pursuers of the Lu family have arrived. They were sent by Lu Song. There were more than a dozen of them. Half of them were guards of the Lu Mansion, and the other half were simply masters hired by Lu Song. In order to catch Lu Ping, the Lu family invested a lot of money. In order to prevent Lu Ping from escaping, they specially agreed to chase him on this mountain road. One side was against the mountain wall, and the other side was a cliff. Lu Ping had nowhere to run.
Seeing so many people approaching, Lu Ping's heart tightened, knowing that she could not escape this disaster. She certainly did not believe that these people would hurt her, because the Lu family still wanted her, a healthy and alive person, to fulfill the family's glory, but she just didn't want to be a pawn of the Lu family. At this critical moment, she had to make a decisive decision as soon as possible.
But she didn't expect to meet Ren Xitao here. She looked at the man who was also looking at her, and her heart was beating. An emotion she had never experienced before suddenly came over her. She couldn't tell what the emotion was. Some bitterness, some sadness, some joy of meeting, and some sorrow of parting. The pursuers had arrived. Lu Ping reluctantly withdrew her gaze from Ren Xitao and took the initiative to get off the carriage. She heard the leader of the pursuers shouting: "Miss, although you have painted your face black, we can still recognize you. Go back! The Prime Minister is still waiting for you at the mansion. Don't let the brothers take action, otherwise it will be too offensive." ︽②︽②︽.*②阁︽②,
As soon as these words were spoken, Ren Xifeng also reacted and said in surprise: "The young lady from the prime minister's mansion? That Lu Ping?" After saying that, he also went to the window to look.
Ren Xitao was squeezed by her and simply stood up and got out of the car. Ren Xifeng was anxious, "Brother! Why are you getting off? This is none of our business. We have to rush back to the capital!"
The pursuers also noticed the carriage, but seeing the word "Ren" written on the sign outside the carriage, someone recognized it as the carriage of General Pingnan's Mansion, so they did not take the initiative to make things difficult and pretended not to see it.
But at this time, Ren Xitao had already got off the carriage and ran towards Lu Ping.
When Lu Ping saw him coming, she was startled and stepped back subconsciously. When Ren Xitao stopped, they were still five or six steps apart. Lu Ping shook her head slightly at him, tears in her eyes, and her black rouge could no longer cover her beautiful face, which reminded Ren Xitao of the surprise he felt when he first saw Lu Ping at Lu's mansion.
But Lu Ping hated her face. She looked at Ren Xitao, then at the pursuers, and suddenly smiled, a sad smile. She said, "I have been a pawn of the Lu family since I was born. The Lu family has never treated me sincerely, and now they are forcing me to do things I don't want to do and marry someone I don't want to marry. My face is a disaster, and my life is also a disaster. If this is the case, then I will return my life to the Lu family. From now on, there will be no Lu Ping in the world." After saying that, she looked at Ren Xitao again, opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
Ren Xitao saw Lv Ping's tears falling one by one. Just when he was about to go up and wipe them away for her, he saw a look of determination on the face of the woman opposite him. She suddenly jumped up, and the direction she jumped was actually the thousand-foot cliff beside her.
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