Chapter 132: Here to Silence [VIP]
When Yue A Shui came to the Shen family to pick up goods, he finally saw the person he had been thinking about, Tian Baozhu, in the yard.
He knew that Miss Baozhu was injured on her face and arms, but when he actually met her, his heart suddenly tightened.
"Did you hear what I said?" Tian Baozhu's left forearm was bandaged and unable to move, but her right hand was still able to obey her. She was poking Yue A Shui's arm and questioning him.
Yue Ashui's gaze shifted from her face to the letter in his hand: "Don't worry, I will definitely pass on your message."
After getting his assurance, Tian Baozhu turned around and went back to the house. If her mother found out that she had come out and didn't take good care of her injuries, she would definitely blame her.
"Baozhu." Yue Ahshui had just opened his mouth to call her when he saw Tian Baozhu turn around and glare at him. He quickly changed his tone, "Miss Tian, would you like me to bring you some seeds back from Jiangnan this time?"
Tian Baozhu waved her hand to indicate that it was not necessary. A Yao and her brother were not at home, and no one would study the seeds even if she brought them back.
Upon hearing this, Yue A Shui felt a little disappointed and carefully put the letter into his arms.
He looked at Tian Baozhu, his eyes full of concern. "Miss Tian, take good care of yourself. Once your injuries are healed, if you go to Jiangnan again, our caravan will definitely escort you safely."
Tian Baozhu didn't expect him to say such a thing. After all, everyone in the family felt that the girl shouldn't take the risk of going out again after going through such a hardship.
"Don't you think girls should stay at home and behave themselves?"
Looking at Tian Baozhu who suddenly approached and questioned him, Yue Ashui's heart began to pound and his mouth began to stutter. "I-I think people should do what they like. As long as they like it, they don't need to care about other people's opinions."
These words made Tian Baozhu re-examine Yue A Shui, and Yue A Shui blushed.
It was his brothers from the caravan who came to call him and told him that the goods had been loaded. He then said goodbye to Tian Baozhu and took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms and put it in Tian Baozhu's hand.
Tian Baozhu looked down and saw that this medicine was the one that Doctor Zeng gave her to apply on the scars on her face.
This bottle of medicine cost five taels of silver, yet he was willing to buy it for her.
Tian Baozhu wanted to chase after Yue A Shui and return her to him, but just as she reached the door, she heard her mother telling the caravan to be careful on the road.
As the bells on the mule carts rang, Yue A Shui had already loaded the Shen family's five carts of goods towards the Baihe Town Tow Building and Jiangnan.
Yue A Shui looked back and did not see Tian Baozhu in front of the Shen family's gate. A strong feeling of reluctance welled up in his heart.
He sighed, shook his head, shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind, whipped the mule, and led his brothers to run the first cargo trip after the New Year.
At this moment, not only were they on the road, but Chen Yao and his group were also on their way to the capital.
Although they were escorting prisoners to Beijing with Li Menghong and other yamen runners, Chen Yao could see that these yamen runners' ability to cook was very average.
Only Li Xin and Liu Chuang are capable of cooking. It is no exaggeration to say that the food cooked by others is a waste.
However, these things had nothing to do with the three of them. Chen Yao brought her own pots, pans, and dry food, and did not eat with the yamen runners.
When Yang Jizong cut a bamboo from the forest, stuffed rice into the bamboo tube, and then put it into the pot to steam, the yamen runners stopped to watch.
Li Xin and Liu Chuang were both good cooks and were in charge of the entire team's meals, so they had absolutely no free time. Seeing their colleagues slacking off, they immediately shouted, "Hurry up and gather some firewood! The fire under the pot is almost out! Can't you see?"
The colleague sighed and reluctantly went to the woods to collect firewood.
The yamen runners only had their meal after Chen Yao, her cousin and Yang Jizong had finished their meal.
As for Li Menghong, he and his old clerk already had experience and brought snacks and dry food for half a month, just enough to drink hot water on the road.
"Ayao, I'm going to find Lord Li. You stay with your cousin and don't walk around." Yang Jizong accompanied Chen Yao to the wilderness and came back, then helped her into the carriage.
Chen Yao nodded, her little face wrapped in a rabbit fur scarf flushed with embarrassment.
Yang Jizong walked towards Li Menghong's car on the snow, raised his hand and knocked, then called out from outside, "Master Li."
Li Menghong's old official lifted the curtain of the carriage and greeted the visitor with a forced smile. Then he got out of the carriage and Yang Jizong got in.
"Have you eaten? How about some snacks?" Li Menghong pushed the snack plate towards Yang Jizong, and took out a new teacup from the box and poured water for him.
Yang Jizong didn't bother to be polite. He took out a handkerchief from his bosom, took out two cakes, wrapped them up, and put them in his bosom. Seeing Li Menghong sitting comfortably in the car, he directly stated his purpose: "Sir, aren't you worried that someone will obstruct your journey to Beijing this time?"
Li Menghong nearly choked on his snack when he asked this question. He quickly picked up the water bag and filled the teacup with hot water. "Are you saying that Song Zhiyi will send someone to stop us from entering the capital?"
Yang Jizong took a sip of water and stared at him without answering.
"No, that's impossible. Come to the capital when the time comes."
"Those prisoners are his subordinates. They were sent out to carry out a mission, so they should return regardless of whether they complete it or not. If they don't return, won't Song Zhiyi become suspicious?"
"Then let's go another way?"
Yang Jizong used handwashing water to write a person's name on the table.
Li Chu pointed his index finger and hissed, "Let's continue on our journey as normal. He will protect us in secret when the time comes."
"Are you planning to arrest those who are obstructing us?"
Yang Jizong nodded and wiped the water stains on the table. When he lifted the curtain and went out, the old official beside Li Menghong smiled at him in a particularly hypocritical manner.
"Sir, should we take another route to enter the capital?" The old official who was guarding outside naturally heard the conversation between the two.
Li Menghong glanced at the old official beside him and said impatiently: "Why change? This is the shortest distance, no need to change."
The old official was not angry after being scolded. He just sighed and continued to be attentive to Li Menghong.
Li Menghong just wanted to be alone at the moment. "Go outside and check on those people. Tell them to finish their meal and pack up quickly before continuing on their journey."
"Yes, sir, I will go right away." The old official walked towards the yamen runners.
When the carriage was on the road again, Tian Baolai kept an eye on the surrounding mountain roads while driving outside.
By the time it was Yang Jizong's turn to replace him, it was already dark.
After the group had been on the road for five days, just when everyone had let down their guard, a group of men in black suddenly appeared on the road ahead and surrounded them.
Yang Jizong came out of the carriage carrying a bow and arrow, signaling Chen Yao not to come out, and then stood in front of the carriage with Tian Baolai: "You were sent by Song Zhiyi."
The man in black said nothing, but just swung the big knife in his hand, and a group of people immediately rushed towards the prison van.
Li Menghong looked at the group of men in black and was so frightened that he shouted to the yamen runners around him: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and move forward."
Liu Chuang grabbed Li Xin's arm and said, "Take a few men to guard the prisoner van and Lord Li. I and the rest of the brothers will go up."
Before Li Xin could nod, the men in black had already rushed over, their swords and knives clearly aimed at the prisoners in the prison van.
The leader thought that this group of men in black were here to rescue them, but when the swords came towards them, they understood.
Lord Song is here to silence us.
Yang Jizong squinted his eyes and looked around. Seeing that the other side had a large number of people, he thought that a head-on confrontation would definitely not work and he had to use wits to defeat them.
He winked at Tian Baolai, and the two stood back to back, alert to the surrounding situation. One shot an arrow, and the other slashed directly at the man in black who was rushing towards him.
Chen Yao was in the carriage, looking at the situation outside through the gap in the window. Her heart was in her throat, but she didn't dare to say a word while sitting in the carriage.
Seeing that he couldn't deal with the prisoners in the prison van, the man in black immediately ordered two people to hack at Yang Jizong and Tian Baolai.
Yang Jizong dodged to the side, took out two arrows from his backpack, aimed at the man in black and shot them.
Tian Baolai was forced to jump off the carriage and fought fiercely with another man in black. The weapons fell into the snow beside him, and the two men wrestled with their bare hands.
The man in black had no idea that the driver was so fast, so he immediately called his companions to join him.
Tian Baolai originally had the upper hand, but when he saw more and more men in black coming towards him, he immediately crawled out of the snow, picked up the machete that fell on the ground, and killed all the men in black with one stroke.
But both he and Yang Jizong were no match for the opponent and gradually they became exhausted.
After seeing the situation outside, Chen Yao was extremely anxious, but she knew that she could not cause trouble for her cousin and Zi'an at this time, so she could only stay in the carriage and pray continuously.
Even so, she was soon discovered by a man in black: "There is another woman in the back of the car."
As he said that, he swung his sword and slashed towards Chen Yao.
Chen Yao screamed in fright, picked up the heater next to her and threw it at the man in black.
The charcoal fire in the hand warmer fell, burning the man in black and causing him to scream strangely.
At this critical moment, Yang Jizong jumped onto the roof of the carriage, and a sharp arrow in his hand flew over and shot the man in black to the ground.
"Xing Fang, why don't you come out to help?" Yang Jizong jumped down from the roof of the car, while resisting the black-clad men who were rushing over, he asked Chen Yao if she was injured.
Chen Yao's voice trembled a little: "I, I'm fine."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the sound of horse hooves.
Chen Yao looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man dressed in tight clothes and with a full beard, who looked like Zhang Fei, riding out of the dense forest first on horseback.
Xing Fang held the reins in one hand and the knife in the other and rushed towards the black people. They were a group of people coming with great momentum.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the man in black blew a whistle and was about to retreat.
But how could Xing Fang let them go so easily? This was a good opportunity for him to lead his brothers to achieve great things.
With the participation of Xing Fang and others, the group of men in black were quickly captured.
The men in black were tied together and kneeling in the snow. Li Menghong felt his calves trembling as he looked at the men in black.
He had never seen such a scene before, and now he just wanted to slip away as soon as possible.
Yang Jizong, along with Xing Fang and the others, came over and symbolically bowed to Li Menghong: "Master Li, how do we deal with these men in black?"
Li Menghong just wanted to leave here quickly, so he didn't care about these men in black. He swallowed and said, "You, you guys can handle it. I feel a little unwell, so I'm going back to the car first."
Xing Fang looked at Li Menghong's back and spat, "Bah, what a coward."
Yang Jizong ignored him and walked to the prison van to check on the prisoners. Seeing that they were all fine, he turned to look at Xing Fang and said, "Thank you, Coach Xing, for your help this time."
"Alright, let's not get into all this nonsense. I'll escort these men in black. I'll have a few brothers walk in front, and you guys will ask around. The yamen runners and I will bring up the rear."
Yang Jizong was no longer polite to him, and everyone continued on their journey.
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