The north always gets cold earlier than the south.
It is now late autumn, and the further north you go, the colder the weather becomes.
Early in the morning, Su Li and his group entered Qingquan County. Because it had rained heavily last night, the official road was a little muddy.
However, although this official road is a mountain road and a bit muddy, it is wide and flat, and does not slow down the speed of the carriage at all.
"You mean, Prince Ning privately manufactured weapons?"
In the carriage, Su Li was a little surprised when she held the carrier pigeon message sent to her by Ji Tinglan.
In the original novel, there is no scene where Prince Ning privately manufactures weapons?
Or, Prince Ning did this, but hasn't used it yet?
"My people only found out that he was secretly manufacturing weapons. We have no idea where they were made or who was in charge..."
Prince Ning is obviously more cautious than before, and his people must also be more cautious and patient.
Su Li seemed to be thinking about something.
The nature of privately manufacturing weapons is different from privately mining gold.
The emperor could regard Prince Ning's private gold mining as his intention to make money, but if he privately manufactured weapons, this would be linked to rebellion. At that time, she didn't believe that the emperor would still tolerate him.
"Prince, Madam."
At this time, Zhi Chang was outside reporting: "There was a landslide on a mountain, blocking the road ahead..."
Landslide?
Su Li was stunned, looked at Ji Tinglan, and then got off the carriage.
The official road here is a mountain road with mountains on both sides. A few dozen meters away from them, fresh sand and rocks piled up into a small hill, blocking the road ahead.
Su Li looked up at the mountain. There was obviously a very fresh gap in the right side of the mountain. It was obvious that the sand and soil on the road had slid down from there.
This is a very typical landslide in the past and present, but we don’t know whether it is a normal landslide or a landslide caused by human factors.
Zhi Chang said, "Sir, there are too many rocks and sand blocking the road. I'm afraid we won't be able to get through here anytime soon. Should we take a detour?"
Ji Tinglan shook his head: "Besides this official road, the only other way leading to the front is the mountain road behind the post station."
"The mountain path is not only rugged and narrow, but it's also on a steep cliff. It just rained now. It's too risky to take such a route."
Moreover, it is not known whether the so-called landslide was man-made. If it was man-made and aimed at them, there might be an ambush on another mountain road. If an ambush was set in such a dangerous place, they would be very passive. With Ali by his side, he had to be cautious.
"Send someone to notify the Qingquan County Magistrate and ask him to send people to clear the road."
As a county magistrate, he has the responsibility to manage the affairs under his jurisdiction.
"yes."
Zhichang responded and immediately called a secret guard to rush to the county government office on horseback.
"Let our people go and help..."
"yes."
Zhitang responded and took a group of people to clean up.
They had no tools to transport the soil, so they carried the big stones first and waited for the Qingquan County Magistrate's men to bring tools before they could shovel the soil away.
At this time, many carriages came one after another from behind, all of which were going to pass through this road. Seeing this situation, they couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Strange, these mountains have never had landslides."
"Yes, and it only rained heavily last night. In the past, it rained for several days and nights without any problem."
"That's hard to say. Isn't that how accidents happen?"
"Yeah, is it possible that it's going to cause a landslide? I have to tell you, hehe!"
"Hey hey hey! Stop talking so much and go back to get help. I'm in a hurry to go to the city to do some business."
"Me too, let's go..."
"Isn't someone cleaning up? There are so many people here."
"Don't you see how much sand there is? It's piled up like a small mountain. How can these people handle it?"
"That's right. Let's go, let's go and help..."
In this way, some people went back to ask for help, and many others went to help directly without any tools, just like moving stones and branches in Xi'an.
"Ali, there's too much sand and gravel. I don't think we can make it through today. Should we go back to the post station first?"
Su Li nodded: "Let's go."
Then he said to Su Zheng and the others, "Dad, Mom, Ah Shen, let's go back to the post station first and wait until the road is cleared."
"Okay!"
Su Shen answered readily and quickly jumped into his carriage.
Su's father and mother also nodded and returned to their carriage.
Su Li also turned around and prepared to get on the carriage.
At this moment, a soft and pleasant voice sounded from behind him: "Sir, please stay!"
Su Li turned around and saw a woman in a white dress with a face as beautiful as a lotus walking towards her.
I don’t know how the woman’s skirt was cut, but with every step she took, it seemed as if countless lotus flowers were spinning under her feet.
Su Li couldn't help but marvel at this. Others use the phrase "lotus blossoms at every step" to describe their figure and temperament, but this woman actually materialized it?
Of course, since the heroine just called him "Sir", it was definitely not directed at her.
The woman walked up to Ji Tinglan, who was standing beside Su Li, and bowed slightly. She looked at him pitifully with her innocent eyes and spoke softly, "Sir, I am Lian Ji, the daughter of the magistrate of Qingquan County. When our carriage was passing the road ahead, it was unfortunately damaged by rocks sliding down the mountain. I am so proud of you, could you please lend me your carriage to take me to the post station ahead?"
Seeing Ji Tinglan's cold and indifferent attitude, as if he didn't intend to pay attention to her, she hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my lord. When we get to the post station, Lian Ji will contact my father's people to pick us up. I dare not trouble you again..."
Ji Tinglan looked at Su Li, his eyes clearly asking what she meant.
It's simple. Along the way, the carriage was arranged by Su Li. Whether you want to help or not depends on her arrangements.
Lian Ji saw Ji Tinglan looking at Su Li, and his attitude clearly showed that he cared about her very much, or in other words, it was all up to her to make the decision.
Then he bowed to Su Li with great tact and said, "Please help Lian Ji, Madam. Lian Ji will be very grateful..."
Su Li didn't think it was a big deal. Such a beautiful woman, whose carriage broke down in this desolate mountain, and who was only accompanied by a servant dressed as a coachman and a maid, was indeed in danger. She helped if she could.
As for the other party's eyes looking at Ji Tinglan, to be honest, Ji Tinglan looks like a disaster to the country and the people. It doesn't matter if any opposite sex sees him, is amazed, looks at him a few more times, or feels covetous.
Su Li does not have any abnormal possessiveness towards Ji Tinglan. As long as the other party does not make any actual seductive moves or targets her, she will not be hostile towards him.
"Okay, we have to go back to the post station anyway, so taking a few people with us is not a problem."
Lian Ji was surprised for a moment, then bowed again: "Lian Ji thanks Madam, thanks sir."
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