With more delicious chicken legs to chew on, Song Wan was no longer so interested in those sweet rice cakes.
After Song Qi and the others cleaned up the bodies, everyone had almost rested. In order to prevent accidents, they decided to drive away from this place overnight.
Song Wan had no objection to this.
After five days of hurried journey, they finally slowed down and moved forward slowly. They saw two simple modified grain carts with canopies and a grain transport cart piled high with grain.
This cart contains food for Song Zhaoping's family along the way.
In addition, the food on the other grain carts was also fully replenished. Song Wan looked at the food carts and was immediately satisfied.
If only every new member could be as wealthy as her second uncle's family, she wouldn't mind expanding the team.
When he thought of this, Song Wan silently felt disgusted with Gu Wen and Gu Wu, who had nothing. Gu Wen was still somewhat useful, as he had good medical skills. There were too many wounded in the team, and Song Yi could not take care of them alone. The two of them were just right, and it was not like they were eating for free.
The one named Gu Wu was not so good. He worked clumsily and ate a lot. Don't think she didn't see it. At noon, he ate three steamed buns with vegetables and one steamed bun with meat.
Gu Wu was riding a horse when he was suddenly startled. He looked back hesitantly and took a quick glance, but there was nothing unusual.
But he always felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at him in an unfriendly manner.
Because there was one more family, the formation of the grain convoy naturally had to be readjusted, and Gu Wu became the person leading the way in front.
Song Wan still drove the cart with the highest pile of grain, but this time a space was reserved in front of the cart so that people could sit and lean on it without having to squeeze.
Gu Yanji still stayed with her. In fact, Song Wan was worried because she found that Gu Yanji seemed to have some kind of ADHD.
At this moment, Song Wan was the only one on the grain transport truck. Gu Yan secretly ran away while she went to the back to get some snacks.
When she came back, she found out that he had gotten on the grain cart driven by Song Yi, and naturally, Song Zhaoyuan and Gu Xun were still sitting in the back.
Then after a while, she actually saw Gu Lingfeng throw the grain cart to his wife Yan, and he also got on Song Yi's grain cart.
Song Wan frowned immediately when she witnessed this scene. These grown men seemed to be whispering something.
However, she was not the kind of person who liked to eavesdrop on other people's secrets. As long as Gu Yanji could stay quietly on the grain cart, Song Wan had no objection as to which cart she was on.
After Song Wan's treatment and various good medicines, Song Zhaoyuan, who was the most seriously injured, is now able to stand up and sit on his own. Gu Xun's skin injuries healed quickly. Although he had a broken arm, he was still in high spirits. After all, he was a veteran who had fought on the battlefield for decades.
Needless to say, Gu Lingfeng, although his illness cannot be cured, he is now not much different from an ordinary person.
Now the four of them were sitting on a grain cart, and the one who looked the weakest was actually Gu Yanji.
And Song Wan was present in all these changes.
For a moment, Gu Yan was filled with emotion, but this was a good thing, as the tragic scene in his dream would never happen again.
Everything is moving in the right direction, isn't it?
Gu Lingfeng stopped talking, looked away, and looked at his second brother with some feeling. The two brothers were nearly ten years apart in age. When they were young, their father was guarding the unstable southwest border at that time. Their mother was always with him and had no time to take care of the two children, so she raised the two brothers for a short time at their maternal grandparents' home in Jiangnan.
If we were to ask who in this world understands Gu Yanji best, then if Gu Lingfeng is second, no one would dare to claim to be first.
"Second brother, are you worried about something?" Gu Lingfeng could see that he was absent-minded at a glance.
"Brother, you're worrying too much. I was just thinking about Prince Xiang." Gu Yan quickly regained his usual calmness and said with concentration and calmness.
"Prince Xiang is on the throne, Prince Yi's mother's family is weak, and his uncle is only a fourth-rank general. The one who can't restrain himself is Prince Yu." In Song Zhaoyuan's mind, the two princes of the late emperor are birds of a feather, and they are really not comparable to the late emperor's bravery and strategy.
Now in the court, in addition to a group of royalists, there are two major forces headed by Duke Ping'en and Marquis Linyuan, who are the maternal ancestors of King Xiang and King Yu respectively.
It can be said that apart from having an additional throne, King Xiang had no other obvious advantages.
The chief official of the royalist party was the prime minister who had served in two dynasties, Wei Xuezhi. Gu Yanji remembered that Song Wan's second sister-in-law was from the Wei family.
"Yes, otherwise why would King Xiang kill us all the way? Isn't it because he is afraid that we will defect to King Yu?" Gu Xun continued in a cold voice.
"But he didn't know that King Yu had the same idea as him." Gu Yan was anxiously thinking of the traitor in the army, and his mind became clearer. "The traitor in the southwest army who poisoned was King Yu's man."
"Why are you so sure, second brother?" In fact, before this, Gu Lingfeng, Gu Xun, and Song Zhaoyuan all tended to believe that it was King Xiang's men.
"Brother, most of the assassinations I encountered along the way were by assassins sent by King Xiang. On the other hand, I only encountered King Yu once."
If they were not sure that he was critically ill, how could they let him go so easily?
I guess they knew that he was poisoned and would not live for many days, so they didn't want to waste the death warriors they had trained with great difficulty.
"Luckily, I met Sister Awan." Gu Lingfeng patted his second brother's shoulder with a half-smile, "Yanji, this is a life-saving grace."
Gu Xun was a rough man with a warrior's mind, and he spoke whatever came to his mind. When he heard his eldest son wanted to mention the younger son's marriage, he quickly took over the conversation, "This is not a simple matter. When Awan is out of mourning, I will bring Yan Ji to propose marriage."
"Brother Song, what do you think?" The two families already had an engagement, and Gu Xun was not afraid that Song Zhaoyuan would refuse.
Song Zhaoyuan...
His sworn brother was good in every way except that he couldn't keep secrets. How could a group of grown men like him discuss their children's marriages?
So he calmed down and said, "There is no rush for this matter. The most important thing now is King Xiang and King Yu."
Song Zhaoyuan was indeed quite satisfied with his nephew Gu Yanji, but that did not mean he was willing to let him marry his precious daughter.
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Several people started discussing and talking in the afternoon and did not end until sunset.
After such a long time, Song Wan's pockets were empty. Now they have long been away from Yizhou. They have just left Luzhou and are only separated from Qiandi by Xinzhou.
Gu Yan hurried back to the grain cart. Song Wan was planning to go to the nearby mountains to hunt some prey.
I have been traveling a lot these days and haven't had a good meal. The prey I hunted earlier was eaten up long ago.
In the last days, not to mention meat, even rice grains are hard to find. I never thought that after coming here, after eating meat a few times, I would become addicted to it. I would be craving for it if I didn’t see it for a few days.
When going hunting, Song Wan originally planned not to bring anyone with her, but unable to bear Qi's worries, she had to bring Song Qi, the most clever-looking secret guard.
Song Qi was very excited to be chosen by the eldest lady. The eldest lady only chose him to accompany her. She must have been impressed by his talent!
In fact, Song Wan just felt that his personality could save some trouble.
As the leader of the secret guards, Song Yi has the potential to be a housewife, and a few words will not get to the point.
Song Wu is vaguely a martial arts fanatic, and Song Jiu is a taciturn person, but he is good at driving the grain cart. Song Wan believes that if she is not around, she can only feel at ease if she leaves the responsibility of protecting the grain to Song Jiu.
As for Song Er, protecting people is more suitable for him than hunting.
So the only one who could be taken away was Song Qi, but Song Qi, who didn't know the truth, ran to show off in front of his brothers.
"I'm worried about you two being the only ones here, so let Gu Wu come with us." Gu Yan said to Song Wan anxiously.
"Gu Wu? The big guy who eats four big steamed buns in one meal?" It's no wonder that Song Wan couldn't remember his name. It's true that when people are hungry, their minds tend to wander and they can't remember things.
"He's quite skilled." Gu Yan explained hurriedly.
"Oh." Song Wan reacted calmly.
This is not an attractive point.
Gu Yan was anxious to see that she didn't nod. After a moment's thought, he guessed what she was thinking, so he chuckled, "He's strong and can help carry the prey."
When Song Wan heard this, her cat-like eyes suddenly lit up.
Gu Wu is finally of some use, but it is unacceptable for him to eat so much in one meal and not have any strength.
"Okay then. For your sake, I'll take him with me reluctantly." Song Wan emphasized that she agreed only for the sake of her master.
Gu Yan was anxious but didn't expose her. She just smiled and spread her hands and said, "There's only one left today."
Song Wan grasped it tacitly. Her mental power had already broken through the seventh level, but who would complain about having too much mental power?
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