After getting in the car, Xue Zhiyi found that Sui Yunlang was also in the car.
He looked at Xue Zhiyi and Huo Wuyou as if he was watching a play, and nudged Huo Wuyou with his knee: "What's wrong with you? Can a few words from others make you so anxious?"
Glancing at him, Huo Wuyou said, "You, get out of the car."
Sui Yunlang was stunned and slapped his thigh. "You are so heartless, Huo Wuyou, you want to kick me out? There are only a few cars in total. Where can I go?"
Huo Wuyou glared at him mercilessly: "It's up to you."
Sui Yunlang laughed angrily: "Okay, okay, I'll leave. Is that not okay?"
On this side, Sui Yunlang was kicked out of the car. After driving around in circles, he found that only Jiang Xu's car was relatively empty, so he had no choice but to go over there with a thick face.
The caravan left the city and traveled for most of the day. After a short rest at an inn, they were ready to continue on their journey.
But suddenly, a woman came out from nowhere and jumped into one of the cars in a panic.
Faced with this woman who was running around with her hair a little messy, Jiang Xu and Sui Yunlang looked at each other in bewilderment.
The woman had no time to pay attention to them. She just lay by the window with her eyes exposed, staring outside vigilantly.
At this moment, a group of people came to the post station. They were dressed as guards and seemed to be anxiously looking for someone.
Seeing this, the woman quickly lowered her head, hiding herself in the car.
Seeing this, Sui Yunlang asked the woman with a smile: "Are they here to look for you?"
Hearing the sound, the woman turned around in horror. It was Shen Qingtang. She almost turned pale: "Who are you!"
Sui Yunlang found it funny and asked her, "You got on our car, don't you know who we are?"
Jiang Xu, however, remained serious, and replied expressionlessly, "I am Jiang Xu, the Left Vice Minister of the Dali Temple."
"Sir!" Shen Qingtang was also very flexible: "You must not tell them that I am here!"
As they were talking, the group of people also walked to the side of their car. The guard asked respectfully, "Excuse me, have you ever seen a girl in green clothes, about sixteen or seventeen years old, passing by here?"
Only a board separated him from the guard. Shen Qingtang had a look of despair on his face. He could only clasp his hands together and look at Jiang Xu with pleading eyes.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Xu said, "I've never seen it before."
Perhaps not wanting to be kicked out of the car for the second time, Sui Yunlang agreed after hearing his answer: "Then I haven't seen it either."
The two of them sent the guards away, and Shen Qingtang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But Jiang Xu's expression didn't relax at all. He asked Shen Qingtang seriously, "Did this young lady encounter any injustice? If you trust me, please tell me and I will definitely seek justice for you."
Shen Qingtang waved her hands and was about to explain when Sui Yunlang said, "The fabric she was wearing was expensive, and her figure was strong and slender. She didn't look injured, nor did she look hungry at all. Those people were probably her family guards."
After that, he asked Shen Qingtang: "Right?"
Shen Qingtang smiled awkwardly, then nodded and said, "Actually, I'm here to look for Xue Zhiyi. Do you know her?"
…
In the car, looking at Shen Qingtang who looked guilty, Xue Zhiyi said: "So, you want to go to Jiangzhou secretly without telling your family?"
Holding his hastily packed luggage, Shen Qingtang nodded. "While I was hiding from the guards at home, I happened to see you in the car at the Dali Temple. I thought I'd go to Jiangzhou with you so I could take care of you on the way. In my haste, I got on the wrong car."
Stroking her hair, Xue Zhiyi sighed: "You are too naughty."
But Shen Qingtang complained with a gloomy face, "I'm just worried about my father and the others. I haven't received any news from Jiangzhou in a while, and the relief grain has been looted. I can't let my mind go unless I go and see it with my own eyes."
…
In another car.
Because the car had just been given to Xue Zhiyi and Shen Qingtang, and it was raining outside, Huo Wuyou had no choice but to sit in Jiang Xu's car with a shameless face.
I had thought that I could have Xue Zhiyi accompany me along the way and that the relationship would surely make great progress, but who would have thought that Shen Qingtang would show up halfway and make him and Jiang Xu stare at each other like black-eyed chickens.
Jiang Xu was also unhappy. He had passed the imperial examination and entered the court based on his own ability. He could not stand Huo Wuyou, a playboy with a bad reputation and an extremely frivolous attitude.
Only Sui Yunlang looked gloating as if he had avenged his great hatred.
…
Half a month later, the carriage arrived in Jiangzhou.
However, the disaster in Jiangzhou was more severe than they had imagined. After only a few miles, the carriages were unable to move forward. According to local residents, it was impossible to reach Jiangzhou Prefecture with carriages and horses, let alone transport grain. Otherwise, the disaster relief grain would not have been looted in such a critical situation.
If you want to get into the city, you have to walk over the mountains and take the mountain roads that are barely passable.
They had originally brought some food with them, thinking that it might be enough for emergencies. But now, it seems that they can only let the dozens of yamen officials accompanying them carry some food along the mountain path, and most of the food they brought cannot be brought in.
The mountain road was difficult to travel on. Although Xue Zhiyi had experienced many hardships in his previous life, he had never suffered such hardships, so he had no choice but to go on.
Shen Qingtang was the daughter of a general. Although she had never practiced martial arts, she was not at all spoiled. She tried to carry Xue Zhiyi away before Huo Wuyou several times, but gave up only after Xue Zhiyi politely refused.
They were finally about to get down the mountain and would reach Jiangzhou Prefecture in a few miles. By this time, everyone was already covered in rain and mud and looked extremely disheveled.
But suddenly, Xue Zhiyi felt Huo Wuyou, who had been supporting her, pause. She whispered, "What's wrong?"
Huo Wuyou frowned and glanced towards the bushes not far away: "There's someone."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden movement in the bushes, and then more than a dozen people rushed out, all armed with swords.
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