Madam, she always wants to run away

Chapter 39 The Long Road
When two women, one man and a small group of guards set off from the south gate, the three of them had their own concerns.

Li Ying was extremely anxious in her heart. She couldn't remember exactly when and how the plague that spread to more than a dozen cities in her previous life broke out.At a time like this, she really hated herself for being in the harem all day long in her previous life.

Cao Wenxian looked depressed.Even if she was beaten to death, she would never have thought that Xiao Ling would let Duke Hua come to propose marriage. What on earth was he thinking, just because she said that he had been in love with him?But that was before he kidnapped her, terrorized her, and almost killed her!What's more, what's his purpose in marrying him back?Maybe it was for the pleasure of seeing her panicked and frightened every day.

Fortunately, Hua Guogong came so suddenly, not only Cao Wenxian, but even her parents were very surprised, and declined on the grounds that they could not afford to climb high.But what crazy things would she do after she was rejected by Xiao Ling? No matter how difficult Nanhecheng was, how could it be scary to face Xiao Ling?
The most confused of the three was Duan Yanlin who was on the horse.You have to know that half a month ago, he was just sitting in the imperial hospital on duty, and he just hoped that there would be no empress in the harem tonight to make trouble for the little imperial doctor, and the result?Princess Zhongqin dragged him to the Xuanping Hou Mansion without any explanation, and he stayed there for half a month.What's more, today the princess couldn't help but want to take him to Nanhe City.

He wanted to refuse, but the concubine seemed to have expected it a long time ago. Before he could say his refusal, he took out the queen mother's oral order. Now he has to go if he doesn't want to.

All the way out of the capital, Li Ying found that the scene here was quite different from when she escaped marriage a few months ago.The large grassland where she and Xiao Lian opened up their hearts and minds to each other has now been taken up as a temporary shelter by the refugees who fled but could not enter the city. No next meal.

Looking at the horse-drawn carriages passing by on the official road, crowds of disaster victims looked forward to it. How much they hoped that the official from the capital would tell them that they could enter the city, even if they distributed some food.But the carriage didn't stop, leaving them with only a cloud of dust.

Li Ying put down the curtain of the carriage and sighed deeply.She also wanted to stop and help the victims, but she couldn't. There were still people who needed her help waiting for her.

The group of people got farther and farther away from the capital, and the official road became less and less visible. From morning to night, they had already driven for almost four hours, and finally arrived at the place where Li Ying had taken a rest before losing sight of the road at all. the inn.

However, in just a few months, things have changed.This dilapidated inn is now completely deserted, everything inside has been looted, and the owner has disappeared. It is hard to imagine what kind of catastrophe this place has experienced.

Li Ying and Cao Wenxian had to spend the night in the carriage, but fortunately they were petite and didn't feel crowded, but Duan Yanlin was wronged to sleep on the floor of the dilapidated inn with the guards.

"Physician Duan, I'm really sorry to trouble you..." Li Ying said to Duan Yanlin who was unloading luggage outside the carriage.

"What's the matter, I used to sleep in the wild when I was a child."

"Really?" Cao Wenxian's eyes widened in surprise, and she poked her head out of the curtain and asked.

Duan Yanlin found this scene quite interesting, with a smile in his eyes, he said politely: "When I was a child, I used to gather herbs all over the mountains and fields with my father. Sometimes I couldn't go home when I went too far, so I went to find a safe place with my father. Hit the floor."

"Sounds so interesting!" Cao Wenxian had never experienced such a life, and felt very novel for a while.

Duan Yanlin smiled wryly: "But there are often many mosquitoes and sometimes snake ants. It's not as interesting as Miss San thinks."

Cao Wenxian curled her lips: "So that's the case."

"It's getting late, the two ladies go to bed early, and I will take turns keeping watch with the guards."

Li Ying nodded in greeting: "I'm going to be an imperial physician."

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was still bright, the group of people packed up and set off again. After traveling day and night, they finally arrived at Xinyang County, which is located between the capital city and Nanhe, three days later.

It seems that Xinyang County has not been affected too much, and it looks peaceful and peaceful.The few people settled down in an inn, had a sumptuous lunch, fed the horses and ate fodder, took a nap on the beds steadily, and then continued on their way with great energy.

No one noticed that they were being watched by several pairs of eyes.

At the end of the day, as soon as the carriage drove out of the city gate of Xinyang County, it was blocked by a group of refugees.

"Officer, please do me a favor, we are starving to death..."

"Officer, give us some money to buy us something to eat..."

"Get out of the way!" There were guards chasing them away loudly, but it was useless, and instead attracted more refugees.

"Officer, you can't just ignore death..."

The guard pulled out the saber at his waist to scare off the group of refugees, but it was useless. They seemed to know that the guard would not do anything, so they were not afraid at all.

"Officer, kill me with one knife, that's better than starving to death!"

Under the leadership of several leaders, more and more refugees gathered and surrounded the carriage tightly.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Li Ying was about to get out of the car to check, but was stopped by Duan Yanlin: "They seem to have come prepared, don't show your face, it's dangerous."

Then Duan Yanlin said loudly: "Folks, we went to Nanhe City to help control the water. If you keep blocking the road, I'm afraid more people will be displaced."

A few refugees at the back seemed to have listened, and were hesitating whether to give way to the carriage. The few people in front who were not real refugees took the lead and shouted: "Who knows if what you say is true! Look at you!" I don’t know how much people’s fat and people’s anointing I have collected from the common people, and it’s not your fault that we have become like this!”

Being so incited, those refugees who were about to leave instantly became excited and pushed forward desperately: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! Pay us back our hard-earned money!"

"Folks, I heard that I am just a little medical officer. I treat diseases and save people, do good deeds and accumulate virtue. I have never done anything wrong to the people. I can swear to God!"

The refugees heard the words and talked a lot, as if wondering if what he said was true.

But how could the leaders easily let go of this opportunity to rob?Someone immediately stood up and said: "Then tell me, who is sitting in the carriage, is it some official lady wearing gold and silver?!"

"The ones sitting there are the family members of the hero who is helping the people in Nanhe City to control the flood. How dare you be unreasonable?!" Duan Yanlin realized that it was useless to reason with these rascals.

"Let her come out and see, otherwise how can we believe it!"

Li Ying couldn't bear it anymore, she stood out of the carriage angrily, and said angrily: "My husband is in Nanhe City, he never sleeps and rests in order to control the water, and he almost died. If you block my way, you are blocking the entire Nanhe city." The livelihood of the people in the city!"

These refugees have never seen such a beautiful woman before, and they were stunned for a moment.

Seeing such a beautiful woman, Poppi immediately made up his mind, he said: "We just want to have enough food, what's wrong!"

"Yes! The clothes and shoes on your feet can be exchanged for several catties of rice, take them off!"

"Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!"

Under the instigation of these rascals, this group of refugees completely lost their minds. They all stretched out their hands to Li Ying who was on the carriage. How could Duan Yanlin and a dozen guards stop hundreds of refugees?In the confusion, Li Ying tripped over a hand protruding from nowhere, and let out a painful exclamation.

As soon as Li Ying fell down, those hooligans took the opportunity to take her away. Li Ying's feet were dragged, and Cao Wenxian desperately held Li Ying's hand in the carriage.

But how could Cao Wenxian's strength compare to those hooligans?Seeing that Li Ying was about to be dragged off the carriage, at the critical moment, Li Ying shouted with all his strength: "Xiao Lian, save me!!!"

The moment Li Ying called out for help, a dozen men in black suddenly descended from the sky, each of them held a sword in their hand, and involuntarily sealed the throats of several rascals with their swords.

For a moment, the crowd fell into a great silence, the long sword in the hands of the man in black was still dripping with blood, and the eyes of the leaders were still wide open, but they were not breathing.

"Killer—" After a moment of dead silence, a terrified cry erupted from the crowd, and the refugees reacted and ran away one after another.

"Princess, please forgive me for being late with the escort." The leading man in black pleaded guilty to Li Ying.

Coincidentally, just at the moment of life and death, Li Ying suddenly had a flash of inspiration, remembering that before Xiao Lian left, he had told her to leave a team of hidden guards to protect her in secret.

Maybe it was because she had been living too comfortably during this period of time, she completely forgot about this matter, and she didn't remember it until she was about to be taken away by those hooligans.

At this moment, all she could think about was Xiao Lian.In retrospect, whenever she encountered difficulties and obstacles after her rebirth, it seemed that he was the one who descended like a magic soldier at critical moments to help her tide over the difficulties.

This time, it was him.It's just that it's not him himself, but the secret guard he left for her.

Li Ying's hair was ripped into a mess, and her two shoes were missing. At this time, she was extremely afraid but also extremely grateful.If it wasn't for Xiao Lian's careful consideration, she might have been taken away by the gangsters...

"Cousin Ying, why don't we go back to the inn in the city to rest for a while, you are frightened and need to rest."

"No need." Li Ying flatly refused. After this incident, she wanted to see Xiao Lian even more immediately.

"Let's abandon the carriage and take the path." Li Ying said looking into the distance.

"Abandon...abandon the carriage? Why?" Cao Wenxian couldn't accept it for a while.

"Xian'er, you have seen the situation today. If we go further south, we will only encounter more such things. The carriage is too eye-catching, we have to keep a low profile."

"My concubine is right, and I agree." Duan Yanlin agreed, and when he found out that he couldn't reason with the refugees, he came up with this idea.

"Xian'er, you came to Nanhe City with me on a whim. My sister doesn't want to drag you down. Now you have two choices. One is to ride a horse with me and take the path to Nanhe City, or you can go back in a carriage, and I will send a Guards escort you."

Cao Wenxian replied without hesitation: "Cousin Ying, I will go to Nanhe City with you, and I can endure hardships!"

"Okay, then we'll go now."

The carriage that had accompanied Li Ying on countless journeys was just abandoned outside the gate of Xinyang County. Li Ying looked back for the last time, and then looked forward firmly.

"drive--"

The small road is completely different from the official road. There are many thorns and thorns here, sometimes you can't even see where the road is. Li Ying's hands and feet are cut into countless small cuts.There is no inn on the small road that can provide rest. Li Ying, like everyone else, lay down and rested when tired, drank spring water when thirsty, and chewed the naan that he brought with him when hungry.

After three days, it was getting closer and closer to Nanhe City. At the same time, Li Ying's waterfall-like hair became messy and dull like dry grass, and her skin, which was originally as delicate as jade, became dry and chapped. She also often wants to sleep while riding.Duan Yanlin said that this is the consequence of her not eating vegetables for a long time.

The most difficult thing was that her inner thigh became excruciatingly painful due to long-time riding. The pain-relieving plaster given by Duan Yanlin was useless, so she could only grit her teeth and bear it.

The only thing that kept her moving forward was the thought of seeing Xiao Lian immediately.

And Li Ying's persistence undoubtedly also affected Cao Wenxian.Whenever she couldn't hold on, she would look at the thin but firm figure in front of her.

"Cousin Ying can do it, and so can I."

That's it, they did it.

When they stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the plaque with the words "Nanhe City" engraved on the city gate in the distance, Li Ying and Cao Wenxian couldn't help crying.

"Xian'er, we are finally here!"

"Cousin Ying... woo woo woo..." Cao Wenxian cried so hard that she couldn't speak.

Duan Yanlin touched the long stubble on his chin, and was filled with emotions for a moment.

"let's go!"

As Li Ying said, he got on his horse again, and was about to go down the mountain to the city gate, but just as he turned around, he saw a group of bandits with knives in hand, surrounding them.

"Hmph, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, you prefer to go to the mountains. You people are not small, even dare to trespass on my territory." Said a big man with a face that looked like a bandit leader.

"Forgive me, hero, we are just passing through this place, leave now." Duan Yanlin said politely, secretly annoyed at their luck, to run into a hooligan on the official road, and a bandit on a side road.

"Come as soon as you say, and leave as soon as you say, what kind of place am I?!"

"I don't know how the hero can let us go?"

"Leave your horse, and those two women." The bandit leader pointed at Li Ying and Cao Wenxian.

Duan Yanlin sneered: "The hero is greedy, you can give the horse, but you can't move these two girls."

"Hmph, look that I can't move."

In an instant, hundreds of bandits pulled out their sabers in a clatter, and dozens of guards immediately protected the three of them tightly.

"Brothers, give it to me!" The bandit leader shouted loudly, and the two sides fought fiercely.

Outside was the shadow of swords and swords, Li Ying hugged Cao Wenxian and shivered in place.

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