Jiaohua

Chapter 606 Going to Songzhou (Part [-])
Just this bark...

Shen Lie's fingers rubbed against the smooth bark. It was a neat cut. Du Xuan knew some swordsmanship, but he definitely wouldn't have such fine skills.

He flicked off all the sand and stones on the bark, it was indeed Du Xuan's handwriting, there was no mistake.

After confirming it, Shen Lie didn't hesitate any more, burned it with fire, and when he looked down at the bark being swallowed by the fire, the knife on Deputy Lin's neck appeared in his mind, maybe it was done by the same person, Du Xuan maybe He was rescued by an expert.

After the bark was burned, he got up and left, heading towards Songzhou.

I don't know who Du Xuan is with, but Dai Yu's side is at least temporarily safe.

The only worry left in Shen Lie's mind was that he had other plans to save Du Xuan.

After all, he has suffered too much in this life.

Liuguili is located in Fushang County, southwest of Songzhou. It is the most critical step in the escape route drawn up by the Ji family. Hundreds of people arranged by Guo Yu have been standing by in Liuguili.

But when the Ji family first fled from Guangzhao, they couldn't adapt to the change at all. They were afraid of the road and looked forward and backward. In addition, the heavy rain caused water to accumulate along the road, making the terrain difficult. Finally, the Ji family came to the northern part of Songzhou without knowing it.

Coincidentally, the manpower Shen Lie prepared to deal with Guo Yu was also arranged in Liuguili.

There was supposed to be a liquidation, who would have thought that the variable would be at Ji's house.

The river was windy, and Shen Lie went all the way south along the desolate riverside. Now that the limelight is getting tight, he can only avoid the official roads and the major passes where the army is stationed.

On the other side of the mountains behind him, Xia Zhaoyi was also riding a horse, but her horse stopped on the mountainside.

There are soldiers and horses everywhere in the field, Xia Zhaoyi looks at it solemnly, looking at the Kaiping post from afar.

The wind in the wilderness is howling, and after the moisture recedes, the wind brings the warmth of spring and spreads across the wilderness and the suburbs.

The field of vision is too wide, so she can clearly see how many soldiers and horses there are. Such a scale cannot be achieved overnight, nor can it be achieved by local coordination. There should be someone with absolute authority here to dispatch.

The Ji family may be able to escape from the Daping Dynasty, but after escaping, it may be a hot potato, and no one dares to take it in.

As for Shen Lie, will the Guo family throw the blame on him?
Right now, he didn't know where Shen Lie was. Xia Zhaoyi couldn't decide whether he should go to Songzhou, or go to the nearest Bajiang Lake first, or whether something happened to Shen Lie and he was taken away.

Xia Zhaoyi took a deep breath, familiarized himself with the terrain below, reined in the reins, turned around and walked down the mountain road on the other side.

If Shen Lie went to Bajianghu, Dai Yu and the others would talk to him about the situation, so Shen Lie would be safe.

If Shen Lie has been captured, then there is no hope for her, she can only prepare a thick coffin.

Right now, only Songzhou is left.

But before she went, she felt she had to do something small.

So two hours later, Xia Zhaoyi was wearing the armor of a thin soldier who was robbed by her because she was alone, and galloped towards Songzhou along the way of the officers and soldiers who were coming north along the official road.

When encountering officials from the official university who stopped her, she scolded her and said that the military situation was important, so she slapped Ma Yang and left.

At night, she slept comfortably in a small inn. On the second day, she stepped into Songzhou under the sunshine of the time, and then traveled all day before arriving at Fushang County in Liuguili.

After shedding her heavy armor, she found a farmhouse outside the village and bought a clean cloth. Her fair complexion was haggarded by her, and she began to wander around Fushang County as an old farmer.

Shen Lie was definitely not as fast as her, so Xia Zhaoyi imitated Du Xuan's appearance and left a lot of obvious marks outside the city, but when she left the county after an hour, she was going to find a place to stay in the village At that time, I accidentally discovered that the two marks she had made had been dug out.

Xia Zhaoyi frowned, and then calmly walked all the places she had marked.

She made a total of eight marks, which were widely distributed and far apart, and there were five hundred steps between the two nearest marks.

But these eight marks, which she could see from a distance, had all been dug up.

Xia Zhaoyi estimated the time, she came here from the official road unscrupulously, and Shen Lie must come here at noon tomorrow.

Only she can come here so boldly, but Shen Lie doesn't have this condition.

Because of this type of messenger, there is no need for Shen Lie's size.

So, who dug it?
Xia Zhaoyi took a deep breath, turned and went back to the county seat.

For the Daping Dynasty, Fushang County was a border town, but for the entire Central Plains, Fushang County was accessible from south to north.

The street was crowded with people, and Xia Zhaoyi walked around, pretending to buy wine, and walked towards the Fuquan Inn that she wrote on the note.

She ordered eight taels of rice wine, sat by the window and waited. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement at all.

The inn's business is not bad, but she kept occupying the seat like this, the waiter couldn't bear it anymore, and came up and said: "Guest officer, you have already made this wine for you, why are you still sitting here?"

"How much does it cost to rent this place?" Xia Zhaoyi asked in a rough voice.

"Rent, location?"

"Rent for two days," Xia Zhaoyi said, and put down two coins on the table, "Please trouble me to fetch a pen and paper."

The buddy's eyes lit up, two qian silver, that's worth half a month's wages for him.

He claimed that it was not easy to make decisions, so he hurried back to find the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper didn't understand what was going on, and out of curiosity, he still asked him to fetch a pen and paper.

But seeing this yellow-faced old village girl pick up the pen, and the few horizontal and vertical strokes of the ink are enough to show everyone's style.

The word that can be written...

The shopkeeper said word by word: "Whoever dug up my mark, come out and confront."

"This..." The shopkeeper scratched his head.

"Let's post it here," Xia Zhaoyi raised his head, "Put it here these days."

"This..." The shopkeeper was confused, "I don't know what you are going to do."

"The silver is here." Xia Zhaoyi got up and pushed forward the two coins that the clerk had not taken away, "please trouble the shopkeeper."

After speaking, she picked up the jug on the table and left the inn.

After walking around the street again, Xia Zhaoyi finally stopped by a river.

Speaking of Fushang County, she has an old friend.

When my father was alive, he had an old friend who was very good with him. He was an extremely refined person. He was nicknamed Old Fox. He was best at selling people and counting the money for him.

He is good at poetry, prose, piano and chess, growing flowers and making fragrances, and he is also good at delivering babies and watching babies...

Xia Zhaoyi suddenly wondered whether he should pay a visit.

It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day, and she didn't really want to drink the pot of wine in her hand, so she went to find him.

But where do you live?

An hour later, a warm-hearted sister-in-law took Xia Zhaoyi to a big house that raised pigs outside the city.

A stinky Mr. Liuhe walked out from the backyard, his eyes fell on Xia Zhaoyi: "Who in your family has a difficult labor?"

(End of this chapter)