The Concubine of Crossing

The carriage was rumbling forward, and the sound was heard far away in the empty street, but strangely, no one came out to check, and the whole world was so quiet that it seemed that there would be no other sound except for the sound of the wheels turning.

Li Xiao waited for a long time, thinking that people outside should not suddenly come in to check, so he easily broke the rope on his body, got up, helped Luo Laibao up, and untied the rope for him.

Luo Laibao sat up and rubbed his arms, and Li Xiao stretched out his hand to give him a gentle squeeze.It has been a few years, and now he has long been used to the strength in his body, and he can control the strength well when doing things like pinching his shoulders.

Sensing his movement, the others opened their eyes and looked at them quietly.

The carriage was too dark, and Li Xiao said he didn't see anything.

The squeezed people who were almost inhuman: "..."

It wasn't until he felt that the carriage had left the city and made sure that no one came to check it out that he went over lightly and helped them to pull off the ropes on his body.

With so many people, even though everyone was moving lightly, it was inevitable that they would make noise.Fortunately, the wheels of the car outside kept ringing, and the sound inside was directly covered up.

After all the people in the car were untied, Li Xiao looked at the car through the little light from the window. Qian Yaoliang and the captain of the guard were not in the car.

Fortunately, he didn't find Hua Niang and Xiang Niang either, presumably with them both around, nothing major would happen.

Luo Laibao leaned close to his ear and whispered, "What shall we do now?"

Li Xiao thought for a while, "Wait, wait until Shilipo."

These people were obviously very confident in their drugs, and they didn't even think about stopping to check their conditions along the way.

It’s just that the people on the carriage are a bit miserable. Although they don’t need to be piled up like goods like in the beginning, there is only so much space on the carriage, and there are so many people sitting on it, no matter how careful they are, they will still be crowded. up.

Especially now that there is a shortage of water resources, there is no drinking water, and it is impossible to take a bath every day. Everyone has a strong smell. If they are crowded together like this, the taste will not be good.

Fortunately, the weather has started to cool down now, and the smell does not evaporate so fast, otherwise the smell in the carriage would be even more unpleasant.

Finally, when everyone was getting a little impatient, there was a loud bang outside, and the carriage finally stopped.

Li Xiao was shocked, and was about to knock him out the moment he opened the curtain. However, after waiting for a while, there was no movement from the curtain, and he heard the driver walking to another carriage footsteps.

Thinking of the two girls in the other car, Li Xiao's face darkened suddenly.

He opened the curtain, only to see two men lying limply on the ground, and Hua Niang was angrily stomping on their faces with the soles of her shoes. After a while, their faces were already covered with shoe prints and bruises.

Li Xiao: "..."

Seeing Li Xiao, Hua Niang immediately withdrew her feet, showing a cute expression, "My lord~"

Li Xiao looked at the two men covered with shoe prints on the ground, twitched the corners of his mouth, stopped paying attention to the man under his feet, and asked, "How is Mr. Qian?"

Hua Niang quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay, we'll be watching, sir, don't worry!"

Li Xiao took a look at her, and said in his heart that it is because of you that he is not at ease.If there was only Xiangniang, he would definitely be very relieved.

Probably feeling Li Xiao's thoughts, Hua Niang's brilliant expression faltered instantly, and silently scolded Zhaocai and others in her heart, saying that if it weren't for them, her young master wouldn't have such a big opinion on him .

Zhaocai, who just got off the same car with Li Xiao, immediately received Huaniang's vicious gaze. He was a little puzzled, but since the restaurant incident, he has been used to being trained by Huaniang, and he can only shrink back when he is stared at. He didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that Hua Niang would run over and punish him again.

At this time, Qian Yaoliang heard the movement, was supported by Xiang Niang and also walked out, looking at the two people on the ground with cold eyes.

Li Xiao and Luo Laibao leaned over, "My lord, are you alright?"

Qian Yaoliang nodded, and finally softened his eyes when looking at them, "It's really thanks to you this time." If Xiangniang hadn't relieved them of the drug, they might have been thrown to the ground by these people today. Went down the cliff.

"My lord, what should we do now?" The captain of the guard stood beside Qian Yaoliang with a cold face.

For the sake of safety, his people take turns to eat. That's it, he was also sprayed with drugs. The most hateful thing is that he hasn't been able to eat after being sprayed with drugs. Now his stomach is gurgling. , wishing someone could beat him up right in front of him.

The smile on Qian Yaoliang's face also quickly disappeared, "I just want to know if that magistrate of Yu County knows about this matter."

It's very simple to know if magistrate Yu knows, just look at Shacheng's next reaction.

The idea of ​​asking money for food is also easy to understand. After all, County Magistrate Yu shot him, and Yu County Magistrate's people shot him on their own initiative, which are two completely different concepts.

The people under County Magistrate Yu shot at them. They could definitely ask County Magistrate Yu to take them down. You must know that shooting against the imperial envoy is a blatant provocation to the emperor. No one from the Nine Clans dared to say no.

But if magistrate Yu took action against them, then they would really be courting death if they stayed here.

Qian Yaoliang suddenly said, "I remembered something."

Everyone turned their heads to look at him, Qian Yaoliang said in a deep voice, "At the beginning, the magistrate kept suppressing the drought and did not report it, but it was the people from Shacheng who brought it up."

Li Xiao was a little puzzled, wondering why money and food suddenly mentioned this.

Qian Yaoliang said again, "When I checked the information/information, I also found that this county magistrate Yu has served as the county magistrate here for more than ten years."

Officials from all parties will submit an assessment form every three years. If they perform well, they will be promoted. It stands to reason that if they perform poorly, they will have the opportunity to be promoted or transferred after two more terms. It's been more than ten years, which is really very rare.

Generally, there are only two possibilities in this situation. One is that Yu County Magistrate offended his superiors, and the other is that he personally does not want to be transferred.

In the past ten years, his boss must have changed several times. It is impossible for him to offend every one of them. If so, his "offending" is too deliberate.

That is to say, no matter what the situation is, in the end, magistrate Yu himself chose to stay.Thinking of the attitude of the people in Shacheng towards Yu County Magistrate, and thinking of the quiet road where the carriage passed through the city without any sound, everyone's hearts were heavy.

Li Xiao said: "My lord, let's go first while those people haven't reacted before dawn."

The money asked for food and refused to leave, "No, the food can't stay here, the people are still waiting for me to rescue the disaster!"

Li Xiao persuaded, "You go first, Brother Liu and I stay here to see the reaction of County Magistrate Yu."

The Brother Liu that Li Xiao was talking about was the captain of the guard that Emperor Tai'an had given money to ask for food.When Captain Liu heard Li Xiao's words, he also said seriously, "My lord, you leave first. If something happens, it will be easier for me and Brother Li to get out."

Qian asked for food, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.

He is not a hesitant person either, once he makes up his mind, he is very decisive, "Be careful too, remember safety first, no matter whether you find anything or not, put your own safety first." As for them, Since there is an 80.00% chance that the magistrate of Yu County is unreliable, he can only make another plan.

Both Li Xiao and Liu Huwei felt warm in their hearts, and nodded to County Magistrate Yu to show they knew.

Time is running out now, and delaying for a while will be even more dangerous. After the negotiation, everyone got into a carriage and prepared to leave first.

There are so many people crowded into two carriages, they are already crowded like goods, and it is obviously impossible to free one now.

Seeing that money is needed and food is ready to let the rest of the people walk, Li Xiao hurriedly said, "My lord, there is no place to park here. If there is something to do, riding a carriage will easily become a drag. You should go first, we are not easy to be found like this some."

He immediately hesitated for money and food, and the captain of the guard also said, "Don't worry, my lord, if it doesn't work, we'll grab two." It was only when he met the monster Li Xiao that he fought and failed repeatedly.

Money needs food, and then he nodded.

However, when he was about to leave, another accident happened. Luo Laibao stood beside Li Xiao, refusing to move no matter what.

Li Xiao was helpless, Luo Laibao's skills were not good enough, and he was afraid that he would not take care of him when he really escaped, and he would feel uncomfortable no matter what happened.

Luo Laibao pursed his lips and looked at him, but didn't speak, his eyes were stubborn.

Li Xiao had a headache, and finally remembered that his family's man was much more difficult to deal with than money and food, so he stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, and said softly, "Good boy, you have to trust your man."

Luo Laibao's eyes finally moved. He looked at him and said after a long time, "I'll wait for you. If I... can't wait for you to come back, I'll come to you."

Li Xiao's heart trembled, and he silently understood the meaning in his eyes. He felt his nose a little sour, and suddenly felt reluctant to part with him. Regardless of the people around him looking at them, he lowered his head and kissed him on the lips. "Okay, I will definitely go find you soon."

With such a lovely man waiting for him, how could he be reluctant to go back sooner?

Luo Laibao just nodded, took out a big package from his arms, and stuffed it into Li Xiao's arms.

When Li Xiao squeezed it, he pulled it out immediately, and the inside was full of dried meat, and he didn't know how he hid it. The people who tied him up didn't find such a large bag of dried meat.

Li Xiao only felt his heart warm again, his man was so caring.

Until the carriage moved away a little bit, Luo Laibao's red eyes disappeared little by little, Li Xiao was still standing there, unwilling to turn his head for a long time.

At this moment, he suddenly knew what reluctance was.If time goes back for a while, he can't tell whether he is still willing to come up with such a method.

Liu Huwei patted him on the shoulder and jokingly said, "So reluctant, go after him!"

Li Xiao looked at him and said seriously, "Then I'm going?"

With that look, it seemed that as long as Liu Huwei dared to nod, he would leave immediately.

Liu Huwei: "..." He didn't dare to say anything at once, and quickly changed the subject, "It's getting late, let's find a place to hide too. By the way, what should we do with these two people?" Kick two unconscious people on the ground.