The horse farm owner suddenly asked, and everyone's vigilance increased instantly. Even Ban Zou and several other secret guards jumped in front of Feng Yuheng to protect him.
The owner of the horse farm was frightened by their posture, and took a half step back, waving his hands repeatedly: "No, no, don't misunderstand me. Someone asked me to bring a message to a girl named Feng, and also left something behind."
Huang Quan asked coldly: "How do you know my young lady's last name is Feng?"
The man looked at Xuan Tianming and said, "Two days ago, a group of people came to me to buy horses. One of them threw ten taels of silver to me and said that a group of people would come to Xiaozhou in a few days. The leader was a man and a woman. The woman was twelve or thirteen years old, and the man was wearing a mask made of gold." As he spoke, he called the servants of the horse farm, "Hurry up and bring the things that the master left behind!"
Soon, a young man came running over, holding a bundle in his hand and handed it to Feng Yuheng. The horse farm owner said again: "This is the bundle that the gentleman left behind two days ago. I didn't dare to open it, but it feels soft, it should be cloth."
Ban Zou took the bundle, Wang Chuan went forward to open it, and then he exclaimed "Ah", and when he showed it to Feng Yuheng, his voice was trembling - "Young Master's clothes."
Feng Yuheng could tell at a glance that it was Zirui's clothes. The child was wearing this one when he left. On the sleeves, there were a few bamboo leaves embroidered by her. The embroidery was quite ugly, and Zirui had laughed at her. But no matter how much she laughed at him, she still put on the clothes happily.
Xuan Tianming stretched out his hand and gently pressed Feng Yuheng's shoulder to comfort her, and then asked the horse farm owner: "Did those people stay in Xiaozhou?"
The owner of the horse farm shook his head: "I don't know about that. They only bought horses from me and left the silver and this bag. As for whether they stayed in Xiaozhou, sir, Xiaozhou is so big. If they stayed somewhere else, I wouldn't know!"
This person was telling the truth. Xuan Tianming nodded and did not ask any more questions. However, the owner of the horse farm thought about it and asked, "From your accent, you are from Beijing, right? The group of people two days ago were not from Beijing. They spoke with a stiff accent. They should be from the north." As he spoke, he took two steps forward and whispered, "I don't think they are good people. Master, you better be careful."
Feng Yuheng asked anxiously, "Have you ever seen that group of people with a child?" As he spoke, he reached into his sleeve, took out a silver ingot from the space and handed it to him, "Just tell me what I ask, tell the truth."
The owner of the horse farm thought for a moment and shook his head, "I've never seen it. There are no children, they are all men, and very strong." He reached out to take the silver and nodded to thank him.
But the guy who was delivering the bag tilted his head and said in confusion: "It seems they brought a big dog!"
"Big dog?" This question was asked by Feng Yuheng, Xuan Tianming and a group of servants in unison, which frightened the young man so much that his face turned pale and he dared not say anything more.
The owner of the horse farm kicked him and said, "What are you afraid of! Just say what I tell you to say! Those guys are not good people at first glance. These guys in front of us are the real masters!" In fact, he didn't care about the real masters or not. He just felt that Feng Yuheng gave him more silver than the previous group of people, and although they looked a little embarrassed, they were all extraordinary and wore clothes of the best material. If you serve such customers well, you can make a lot of money.
Xuan Tianming saw through his slick appearance at a glance, but this was the kind of person he wanted. As long as he had money, he could get words out of him. He had planned to go to the camp this time, and he didn't bring much silver with him. But before that, they had put a lot of gold, silver, and banknotes in Feng Yuheng's space. There were five large boxes in the storage room of that space, full of gold and silver. There were nearly 10 million taels of banknotes alone, so he could spend it as he pleased.
Therefore, Xuan Tianming stared at the horse farm owner and said, "As long as you tell the truth, you will get benefits."
The young man was also kicked awake by the horse farm owner. He took the silver ingots handed over by Feng Yuheng and smiled happily. He quickly replied: "Those people carried a large cage covered with black cloth. Occasionally, there would be collision sounds inside. I even heard a barking sound once. Those people said it was a big dog, but the barking did not sound like a dog, but more like... a person."
Feng Yuheng's legs went weak and he almost fell down. Xuan Tianming caught him and held him tightly in his arms.
They stopped asking questions, and the secret guards concentrated on choosing horses and decided to set off immediately. Wang Chuan Huang Quan followed Ban to the nearby shop to buy a lot of food. When they were on the road again, Feng Yuheng thought that she had planned to come to this Xiaozhou City many times. She also opened Baicaotang here and trained more than a dozen young nurses. In particular, there was Yunlu Academy here. She had always wanted to visit Ye Shanchang.
Unfortunately, plans could not keep up with changes. When she finally arrived in Xiaozhou, she had no chance to greet any forces and had to hurriedly head north.
The enemy was obviously leading them all the way north, but they didn't know where the end was. Unless they caught up with them halfway, if they couldn't catch up, they would most likely have to sneak into Qianzhou, and then they would be caught in a trap.
Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming were riding the same horse at this time. The horses at the stables were all very tall, and none of them were suitable for her small stature. Moreover, after two days and one night without sleep, Xuan Tianming was worried about her riding alone. She huddled in front of him and whispered, "We must find a way to stop them before entering the North Realm, otherwise... it will be too dangerous."
Xuan Tianming nodded, resting his chin against her forehead and said, "Going forward from Xiaozhou, you have to pass through three towns and five villages, and then you will reach Qingzhou. But there is no dry road from the last town to Qingzhou, and everyone has to take a boat, which takes three days and three nights. I just left a secret guard in Xiaozhou, and he will secretly contact Ye Rong and use his messenger eagle to send it to Qingzhou. We have forces in Qingzhou, and as soon as the enemy enters the area of Qingzhou, they will be intercepted immediately."
Feng Yuheng felt a little relieved.
Three days later, when arriving at the second town, Feng Yuheng received Zirui's shoes from the owner of the only inn in the town using a method similar to Xiaozhou's.
They rested for a night and continued on their journey the next morning. This time, despite being exhausted, they rushed to the last town before the end of the dry road in one breath.
Xuan Tianming pointed to the river not far away and told Feng Yuheng: "That is Pengjiang. From here we have to abandon our horses and take a boat. We can only stay on the boat all the way to Qingzhou. Let's quickly replenish our food and rest on the boat."
Wang Chuan also said, "That's right. I took a boat to Qingzhou two years ago. Although there were elegant rooms, the food was really nothing good. If you want to eat something good, you have to bring your own."
Feng Yuheng didn't feel anything. She had always stored a lot of delicious food in her space. When she was at home, she even asked the chef from Xianya Tower to make a few big pork elbows and put them in food boxes in her space. Anyway, her space had a fresh-keeping function, so she would put some delicious food in from time to time, just in case.
The people bought a lot of dry food in this town, and Ban Zou took people to a ready-made clothing shop to buy a lot of clothes. People changed into ordinary people's clothes, even Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng took off their brocade clothes and picked two slightly better clothes from the shop. The mask on Xuan Tianming's face was really eye-catching, so he simply found a hat and put it on.
Finally, everything was packed up and they came to the riverside pier and booked a boat for departure in the evening. They reserved seats from the elegant cabins to the common cabins and then to the bottom floor where only greedy people would sit, in order to make it easier to monitor the entire passenger ship.
The booked boat approached the dock on time in the evening. People in the elegant rooms were invited on board first, and the boatman led them to move in one by one according to the agreed rooms. It was called an elegant room, but in fact it was just a separate space. Apart from independence, nothing else was guaranteed, and even the bedding smelled damp.
Xuan Tianming frowned and told the boatman, "Take all these beddings away."
The boatman looked at him and obediently took away the blankets. He said to him, "Sir, you have to think carefully. It's very cold on the river at night. I see you don't have much luggage. If you catch a cold, there is no doctor on our boat."
Xuan Tianming waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, go!" The boatman turned around, closed the door of the wing and left.
Feng Yuheng immediately started to clean up the small room, but after thinking about it, he did not take out the things in the space. He just said to him, "Take out the bedding before going to bed, so that no one will see it and get suspicious."
"Yes." Xuan Tianming nodded, but said to her: "You'd better go to the space to rest for a while, I will watch over you outside."
"I'm not sleepy." How could she sleep? After sitting for a while, the noise outside gradually became quieter. It seemed that everyone had already boarded the ship.
Sure enough, the boat soon began to shake, and they heard someone outside shouting loudly - "Let's sail!" Then there were a few more big shakes. After it stabilized, they could clearly feel that the boat had started to sail on the river.
This was Feng Yuheng's first time on a boat since she came to Dashun Dynasty. She pushed the door open and walked out, all the way to the edge of the deck railing, looking up at the endless Pengjiang River, but her heart could not relax for a moment.
Huang Quan Wang Chuan lived next door to them. When he saw the two masters coming out, he hurried over. Wang Chuan took out a cloak he bought in town and put it on Feng Yu Heng, then reminded her: "The wind on the river is cold, Miss, you can go back after watching for a while."
How could Feng Yuheng sit still in that small room? Her mind was full of what the young man from Xiaozhou's horse farm said. There was a cage covered with black cloth, and sometimes there would be noises coming from inside. The group said it was a big dog.
She clenched her fists and pounded them hard on the guardrail. Damn it! You actually locked Zirui in a cage like a dog. Qianzhou people, I must settle this account with you! King Qianzhou, sooner or later, that cage will be your prison!
"Get up!" Suddenly, a man's voice was heard, followed by the sound of a whip, and then a little girl screamed "Wow".
Everyone turned around and saw a little girl lying on the deck not far away. She had shackles on her feet, her face was covered with stains, and her clothes were tattered and barely covered her body. She had obviously fallen, but a bearded man behind her was waving a whip in his hand and whipping her again and again, saying, "Hurry up and get up! If you don't get up, I'll break your legs!"
This was a scene that happened every day between slave owners and slaves, but Feng Yuheng's eyes were stern, and he stared at the girl's right wrist...
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