Chapter 29 Interesting
The Qingyunwei army retreated to the north, leaving only two thousand soldiers to escort them to the capital.
The team formed a long line. As a guard, Shen Yu rode a horse and followed Xie Tingzhou's carriage.
There was less than a month left until New Year's Eve, but Xie Tingzhou didn't seem to be in any hurry. The team moved very slowly, and it took them three days to reach less than a hundred miles. At this speed, it would take two months to reach Shengjing.
The carriage was moving very smoothly on the official road. There was almost no vibration inside the car, and even the sound of the wheels stepping on the snow was very light.
Xie Tingzhou was leaning on the couch playing chess with himself, holding a white piece between his fingers.
Those slender fingers were as white as jade, and their color was no less than that of chess pieces.
Just as he was about to make his move, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from outside the car, approaching from afar.
Because they were walking slowly on the road, the sound of the horse stepping on the ground was also very slow. The sound of the horse's hooves hitting the ground was louder than that of other horses, and very abrupt.
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and took the white piece into his palm.
This was not the first time Xie Tingzhou had heard this voice.
In the past few days, every half an hour, the sound of horse hooves would gradually fade away, mixed with the sound of horses galloping. However, within a cup of tea, the sound would come back, like a time signal.
Xie Tingzhou paused for a moment, but he couldn't help himself and shouted, "Xi Feng."
Xi Feng was sitting in the front room of the carriage. Hearing the voice, he lifted the curtain and came in, "Your Highness."
Xie Tingzhou looked worried, "Why has he been running back and forth these days?"
Xi Feng knew who he was asking about as soon as he heard it, and replied, "Liang Jianfang and a group of important criminals are escorting them in front. Shi Yu seems to be worried and goes to check on them from time to time."
It’s okay to check, but it’s a bit too frequent.
"Call him in." Xie Tingzhou threw the chess piece back into the basket irritably.
When Shen Yu heard Xie Tingzhou calling her, she was surprised for a while.
During the time she became Xie Tingzhou's personal guard, apart from her daily shifts, she had actually only met Xie Tingzhou a few times, and he had not summoned her on purpose.
And from her observation, she found that her shifts were less frequent than those of the other guards. She didn't know whether it was Xifeng's deliberate arrangement or Xie Tingzhou's instruction.
It seems that the sun is rising from the west today.
How could she know that Xie Tingzhou was really annoyed by her.
For example, if he wants to play chess properly, the sound will come back and forth; if he wants to take a nap and rest for a while, the sound will still come back and forth.
Chen Yu got on the carriage and heard Xie Tingzhou's voice inside the carriage, so she lifted the curtain and walked in.
The carriage is about six or seven feet long and wide, about the size of a small house. The exterior is decorated with red pillars and carved rafters, and looks magnificent. Only when you lift the curtain and go in will you find that there is a different world inside.
There was a heater in the carriage and the floor was covered with carpets, so it was extremely warm inside.
Xie Tingzhou was leaning on the couch in just a moon-white dress, looking uninhibited and romantic. When Chen Yu came in, she only took a glance at him before lowering her head and kneeling in front of the table.
"Your Highness summoned me here. What do you want me to do?"
Xie Tingzhou looked at the man in front of him and asked, "You have been running back and forth dozens of times in the past few days, right?"
Chen Yu raised her head and looked at him suspiciously.
She was always concerned about the safety of the wanted criminal, and Xie Tingzhou couldn't even blame her.
But it's really disturbing to hear the horse's hooves running around all day long.
Xie Tingzhou picked up the teacup and pondered for a moment, then said, "The prisoner is being escorted by the Qingyun Guards. You are my guard, so you don't need to worry about anything else."
Chen Yu heard that he meant to say that she was overstepping her bounds, so she lowered her head and replied, "Yes, I understand."
After saying that, he still couldn't help but remind, "Your Highness, I'm afraid that escorting Liang Jianfang and others to the capital this time will not be very smooth."
Xie Tingzhou motioned for her to continue.
Chen Yu said: "As long as Liang Jianfang is alive, there will be people in Shengjing who will not be able to sleep at night. If someone wants to silence him, they will most likely do it on the road."
Xie Tingzhou moved his fingers along the teacup, "What do you think?"
Chen Yu hesitated for a moment, and seeing a teapot on the table, she poured some tea on the table, dipped her fingers in it a few times, and sketched out a rough map.
"This is Yanliang Pass. There are several places on the way from Yanliang Pass to Beijing, including Pingdu Gorge..."
She explained as she drew, marking out several locations suitable for ambushes.
She grew up in a border area and had traveled this route from Yanliang Pass back to Beijing countless times. She knew it by heart.
Xie Tingzhou listened silently.
He hadn't rested well in the past few days, and was woken up by the sound of Shi Yu's horse hooves several times when he wanted to fall asleep during the day.
He looked at the young man in front of him with half-closed eyes, and he didn't know where his mind was wandering.
"Your Highness?" Shen Yu raised her eyes and looked over.
Xie Tingzhou came back to his senses, "I understand, you can go down."
Chen Yu frowned inadvertently, and just as she stood up, she heard Xie Tingzhou say: "
Can you play chess?"
"ah?"
"Can you play chess?" Xie Tingzhou asked again.
Chen Yu looked at the chessboard on the couch and said, "I know a little bit, but I'm not very good at it."
"It's okay." Xie Tingzhou raised his finger slightly, motioning her to sit down.
Chen Yu held the white one, and Xie Tingzhou held the black one.
Xie Tingzhou was very good at playing chess. Every time Chen Yu made a move, he followed without much thought.
The warmth in the carriage, coupled with the ticking sound of chess pieces falling, made people drowsy.
Chen Yu was concentrating fully, and every time Xie Tingzhou made a move seemingly at random, he put her in a dilemma.
It was fine at first, but then it got slower and slower. After Xie Tingzhou made her move, she held the white piece for a long time without moving, staring at the chessboard intently, trying to find a way out.
After a while, she raised her head and said, "I give up."
As soon as I said this, I realized that Xie Tingzhou had leaned against the soft pillow with his eyes closed.
He had a straight nose, handsome and cold eyebrows, and his hair was scattered on his moon-white robe, with black and white alternating as if it was stained with ink.
He looked defenseless, as if he could be killed instantly with just a hand.
Shen Yu looked at it for a while, then gently put down the chess piece in her hand.
After she left, Xie Tingzhou opened his eyes, without any sign of fatigue.
"I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep, so he didn't attack me." Xie Tingzhou said to Xi Feng who had just come in.
Xi Feng's expression was serious, "Your Highness should not put yourself in danger like this."
Xie Tingzhou glanced at him and said, "You don't think that I have lost all my martial arts skills like everyone else, do you?"
Xi Feng said, "I dare not."
"This person's identity is still in doubt. I don't know which faction sent him."
Xi Feng said: "But from my perspective, his swordsmanship seems to be inherited from Mr. Jun Song."
"But not completely. His spear skills do have some shadows of the Shi family spear. It seems like he has mixed the skills of several schools and learned too many things."
Xie Tingzhou was also puzzled. Mr. Junsong rarely came out, and since he could become his disciple, it was impossible for him to learn the spear skills of the Shi family.
Interesting, Xie Tingzhou seemed to smile.
He had been living a life of debauchery in Beilin in recent years and had not met such an interesting person for a long time.
It makes people want to peel off layer by layer of his skin to see what is hidden inside.
①Qú Shū: Ancient woolen cloth or carpet,
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