After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 24
Although Su Yingxue joined, Qu Chu did not forget her duty, always riding a horse to guard Ning Youbei's carriage.

An hour later, Qu Chu and his party joined the waiting team near Mantuo Villa.

Seeing Ning Youbei's carriage, Dongfang Ying came up to meet him.

"Lord".

Su Yingxue who just got off the carriage curled her lips when she heard this affectionate "Prince", what a rotten peach blossom!

She purposely walked to Ning Youbei's carriage, and said coquettishly, "Youbei, who is this man?"

Qu Chu was startled by Su Yingxue's delicate "You Bei" and had goosebumps all over his body.Before, Ying Xue didn't talk to King Chu at all, but now she called "You Bei".

Ning Youbei almost didn't choke on Su Yingxue's "Youbei", but he didn't dare to offend this one.

Not only because she is a very important person to Qu Chu, but also because of her vengeful character, and her endless and unpredictable methods of poisoning.

If she offends her, she will give herself some medicine that is not fatal but uncomfortable, and there is no point in reasoning.

Before Ning Youbei had time to speak, Dongfangying was on alert: "Who are you?"

Dongfang Ying is also a beautiful woman, but compared to Su Yingxue, she is still quite inferior. The only thing she has an advantage over Su Yingxue is her age, but Su Yingxue still wears the hairstyle of a girl who has not left the court.

"I'm a relative of Youbei, who are you?"

Su Yingxue's tone was deliberately contemptuous.

What Su Yingxue said was correct.Her ancestor is Ning Youbei's aunt, isn't she a relative?
Dongfang Ying didn't know Su Yingxue.

She knew that Ning Youbei and the others went to Mantuo Villa, but she never connected this beautiful and friendly woman in front of her with the vicious owner of Mantuo Villa.

However, Dongfang Ying didn't dare to be rude when she heard that Su Yingxue said that she was Ning Youbei's relative.

"I am Dongfang Ying, the daughter of the Pavilion Master of Lingxiao Pavilion."

When introducing himself, Dongfang Ying became more confident.After all, Ling Xiao Pavilion is still respected in the Jianghu.

Su Yingxue curled her lips in her heart, the other party was just a little girl who could show her teeth and claws, she was vulnerable.She has already made trouble for her, so there is no need to pay attention to her anymore.

She turned to Qu Chu and said, "Qu Qu, should we take a rest before leaving or start now?"

Qu Chu turned his head and asked Ning Youbei: "King Chu, what do you mean?"

Ning Youbei was a little flattered.

During this journey, Qu Chu never asked his opinion. She set off when she wanted to, and rested when she wanted to stop.Now asking my opinion is it because there are two more women next to me?
If it was really because of this, then it wouldn't be a bad idea to have two more women around to make a noise.

"Ah Chu, you are in charge of the march!"

Qu Chu then ordered He Dabao: "Notify, and leave in half a quarter of an hour."

Dongfang Ying, who was left alone...

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On this day, I arrived at Guanshan Pass.

The reason why it is called Guanshan Pass is because it is like a drum-shaped valley, with high mountains on both sides, rugged and steep, the entrance and exit are very narrow, only two or three people can pass side by side, and the middle part is like a circle. The big drum can accommodate many people.

If you want to go west, you must either pass this road, or turn to other towns, which will add five or six days to the journey.

And the rest of the journey is equally dangerous.

Five years ago, when Qu Chu pretended to go to various tribes in the west to conduct secret investigations, he also passed through the pass.But at that time, only He Dabao and a few people were brought along, and they urged the horse to quickly cross this place.

It is different now, the entire team has more than 1000 people in total, if they all enter the valley and encounter an ambush, unless the enemy is wiped out, if they want to go out of the valley, they will suffer heavy losses.

Qu Chu and Su Yingxue told her to take care of Ning Youbei, and she was going to take He Dabao into the valley to check.

Su Yingxue said to Qu Chu:
"Take Lumei with you. Her sense of smell is different from ordinary people, and she can smell things that ordinary people can't smell."

Qu Chu looked at Lumei.

Lumei has a round face, big eyes, and long eyelashes. She is a very cute seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.She saw Qu Chu looking at her with a harmless smile.

"Row".

Qu Chu didn't object.

People should not be judged by their appearance, since Ying Xue said it, there must be nothing wrong.

Three people entered the valley.

After running for a while, Qu Chu didn't hear anything unusual, but Lumei stopped.

"General, there is a smell of sulfur, burning coals, and a faint salty smell. I don't know what it is coming from."

Qu Chu stopped and sniffed carefully, but he didn't smell anything.She looked at He Dabao, who shook his head.Said he didn't smell anything either.

Qu Chu looked at Lumei, "Can you smell which direction these smells come from?"

Lumei sniffed it carefully again, then pointed to the mountains on both sides, "General, it should be the smell coming from above."

Qu Chu looked at the mountains on both sides.

From her vantage point, she could see nothing but jagged and steep mountains.

However, sulfur and charcoal are the raw materials for making black powder. If Lvmei's sense of smell is correct, it is very likely that someone prepared black powder on the high mountain and threw it down to blow them up when they entered the valley.

He Dabao also understood what Qu Chu was worried about.

"General, if you want to use black powder, wouldn't it be better to bury it underground?"

"That's true, but they are worried that I will see that the ground has been dug up, so they will detonate the black powder first."

"Then what should I do?"

Qu Chu didn't answer He Dabao's question right away.

With her martial arts, it is impossible to climb a high mountain, let alone others.Unless you first detour from the mountain to the high mountain, all the people and black powder hidden on the high mountain will be eliminated.

But that would take a lot of time, so it's better to take a detour.

Or, there is another way...

"Let's go out first!"

After leaving the valley, Qu Chu found out that he had talked to Ning Youbei.

"Do you want to take a detour?"

Ning Youbei thought for a while, "Achu, do you have other ideas?"

"There is a way." Qu Chu looked at Ning Youbei, "It's just that there are risks."

"You talk about it first."

"I thought, if we go at full speed, it will take about a cup of tea to pass through the valley. The black powder they prepare on the mountain is always limited. They originally wanted to wait for us to enter the valley together before bombing us. If we separate If they entered, they would not know who to bomb.

But in this case, the black powder will always be thrown down, and someone will always be injured. "

Ning Youbei thought for a while and made a decision:

"Then let's enter separately. Since they are determined to assassinate me, there will be another time if there is no this time. We still have a long journey to the tribes in the west, and we cannot avoid it."

(End of this chapter)