Chapter 228 Leaving Beijing
"No, no!" Song Rouxi covered her face in fear. How could there be such a person in the world who actually threatened to destroy her face?
"Miss Song doesn't want to?" She raised her eyebrows, "Then you're not sincere."
"I'm sorry, but I really can't agree to this request." Song Rouxi took a step back, her eyes alert. "If you have any other requests, please raise them. With all due respect, you hate me, but you hate the wrong person."
The lady looked puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Song Rouxi: "This matter has developed beyond my expectations. After much thought, I can only think of one possibility... Song Lan's personality is really not like someone who is so defensive. I think someone must have informed him in advance, which led to the failure of our plan."
"Do you think I will believe you if you say that?"
Seeing that the other party did not believe her, Song Rouxi continued: "Miss, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to inquire about Song Ci. She is Song Lan's sister. If it weren't for her, Song Lan would not have noticed it. Moreover, she is cruel and ruthless, with no bottom line. Otherwise, why would Song Lan come up with the plan to send other people to your room..."
There was silence in the room for a moment, and she suddenly looked up and asked, "Are you sure you are not lying to me?"
"No! How dare I?" Song Rouxi answered with gritted teeth. She had already seen that the person in front of her was wavering. As long as the other party wavered, she would have a way to persuade him to deal with Song Ci.
Here, Song Rouxi pointed all the blame at Song Ci, who had already followed the escorts and quietly left the capital under the pretense of transporting goods.
Two cars of stuff.
It looked full, and it was all filled with potatoes, sweet potatoes and other things that Song Ci bought to conceal his identity.
In Wanxiang's words, if a crisis comes, it can also be used to satisfy hunger.
In the carriage, Song Ci closed her eyes and rested. Only when her fingers touched the purse hanging at her waist did she feel at ease. There was the most important thing she had brought this time: the antidote for Pei Ji.
She was a little anxious and felt a little uneasy, so she lifted the curtain and asked.
"At this rate, how long will it take us to reach the border?"
The leader of the escort was named Zhang, and was called Zhangtou. Zhangtou said, "At this rate, it will take four days. We will arrive in four days."
Four days always felt to her like it was too long.
"Zhang Tou, is there any way we can speed this up? Ideally, we can get there within three days."
Zhang Tau glanced at her and said, "If you are really anxious, there is a shortcut you can take. But..."
"Just what? Could there be wild beasts on the road?"
"But this shortcut is a bit dangerous. There has been fighting on the border recently, and many people are fleeing around. There are ferocious beasts during this time. But what is more dangerous than ferocious beasts is people." Zhangtou said in a deep voice.
Song Ci nodded, "Then please trouble Zhang Tou to take a shortcut. I'm really pressed for time."
Seeing that she was determined, Zhangtou did not object. They had earned a lot of money on this trip, and after returning, it would be enough for them to rest for a year. Besides, everyone in their group knew martial arts, so as long as they were not too unlucky, they should be able to arrive safely.
Thinking of this, he turned around and said, "Everyone, be alert. We need to take a shortcut."
People around: “Yes.”
Turning around and taking a shortcut, Wanxiang lowered the curtain and said with some worry, "Miss, there are more and more people fleeing around." What she didn't say was that the people around them looked at them like hungry wolves seeing meat, and that look made her scared.
"It's okay. The people we have found to escort you this time all know martial arts." Seeing that she was scared, Song Ci spoke to comfort her.
"It's okay, I'm not afraid. I'm just sorry for making you suffer. I have some cakes here. You must be hungry, would you like to have some?"
The white sugar cake was made in the morning and was cold now. Song Ci ate two pieces and asked her and Tian'er to share the rest.
The escorts had brought their own dry food with them. It was too dark to walk any further. Zhang Tou came to ask Song Ci, "Miss Song, it's too dark. It's too dangerous to travel now. Why don't we set up camp nearby and rest?"
Song Ci looked around and nodded in agreement.
Zhang Tou arranged for people to take turns to watch the night, and then found a safe place to rest. Although it was called rest, they did not dare to fall asleep completely in this situation. They were all alert, lest they woke up and lost their lives.
Seeing that they had arranged everything in order, Song Ci lowered the curtain with relief.
Tian'er sat at the door of the carriage. She was skilled in martial arts and had sharp eyes and ears. With her around, Song Ci felt more at ease. She turned her head and saw that Wanxiang had been frightened all day and was already exhausted. She fell asleep as soon as she lay down.
There were beddings prepared in the carriage, and the three of them lay on the mattresses, but Tian'er only dared to lean on them, and her hand did not dare to leave the dagger at her waist.
At first everything was calm and Song Ci finally felt relieved. In the second half of the night, she heard a muffled voice around the carriage.
"Miss, wake up."
It’s Zhang Tou!
Song Ci approached the carriage and asked, "Zhang Tou, has anything happened?"
"We are surrounded."
Zhang Tou's words made Song Ci's hair stand on end.
She was surrounded. She had a lot of questions in her mind. Who were the people surrounding her? Did they know martial arts? How many people were there? She didn't ask them because she heard Zhangtou's footsteps heading back.
She tugged at Wanxiang's sleeve. Wanxiang opened her eyes and was about to ask something when Tian'er covered her mouth.
He shook his head at her, signaling her not to speak.
Wanxiang understood instantly, sat up, and looked out through the gap in the curtain. She met a pair of eyes in the grass, and she was so scared that she immediately shrank back.
"Miss...there's someone!" Wanxiang couldn't stop trembling. After all, she was just a young girl. She was usually noisy, but she would also be afraid at critical moments.
"fine."
Wanxiang finally calmed down a little, moved forward and blocked Song Ci behind her.
Song Ci was stunned, then felt funny and touched. She was so scared, but she still wanted to protect herself.
She was also afraid, but she couldn't say it. She was afraid that Wanxiang and Tian'er would be infected by her emotions.
She felt a little more at ease when she held the cold hairpin in her fingers in the wide cuffs.
The situation outside soon became chaotic.
Song Ci pricked up her ears and vaguely heard Zhang Tou's voice. As she got closer, she could hear people screaming. The screams lasted for a long time, so long that Song Ci's back was covered in cold sweat.
Wanxiang wanted to lift the curtain to see what was going on, but Tian'er stopped her, "Don't, don't let anyone notice us."
Wanxiang nodded. Song Ci moved closer to her and could vaguely see that her hands were trembling.
Just when the three of them thought everything was quiet outside, the curtain was flung aside. Tian'er immediately stabbed out with her dagger.
"It's me."
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