I became an exiled convict after we got married

Chapter 116 Action
Today is a rare good weather. Although the sun is not as strong as summer, it still has warmth on the body.

Xiao Minghuan was wearing armor and a sable cloak embroidered with a silver four-clawed dragon pattern on his body. His eyes were pale yellow, and he had never been happy since he entered Liangzhou.

Who would be happy to see such a bare landscape and suffer from the cold every day?
Do as the Romans do, in the winter, Xiao Minghuan also put on a fur hat on his head.

At this time, his face was flushed from the cold, and his fingers holding the rein were stiff.

Although the sunlight falling on his body was warm, Xiao Minghuan still felt the cold wind blowing against his face. The faster the horse, the colder he became, and his face became stiff.

He slowed down the speed of his horse and rode slowly to the front, and the infantry and cavalry behind him naturally had no objection.They are all from Kyoto, but they have never experienced the hardships of marching in the winter. The winter wind in Liangzhou is really cold.

Wan Jinlan was wrapped in a khaki robe, covering her head and face very tightly, lying on the mountainside and watching the "ant army" in the distance.

Xiao Feng refused to let her come today, but he couldn't hold her back.

Wan Jinlan just wanted to see how unlucky Xiao Minghuan would be today.

The look in his and Wan Qiuyu's eyes after the farewell outside the capital city is still unforgettable to her. If she had the chance to watch the fun, why didn't she come and see for herself?
The speed of the group was so slow that she doubted her eyes. Wan Jinlan was speechless when she saw the convoy stop at Feiyingkou for repairs.

After two sticks of incense, we set off again.

When the convoy passed her eyes, she saw clearly that about [-] forbidden soldiers were leading the way, with less than [-] cavalrymen, followed by more than [-] carts of grain and grass, including more than [-] carts pulling boxes, followed by about [-] carts. The remaining cavalry and hundreds of infantry all wore armor and carried red tasseled spears.

The situation of the convoy had already been reported back, and Wan Jinlan even drew a blueprint to be handed over to Li Mazi. Peng Lin should be well aware of the situation of the convoy.

What Peng Lin was looking for was money, and it was useless to ask for food and grass. The best way was to cut off the convoy from the horse-drawn carriages carrying food and grass and military pay.

Since he had thoroughly surveyed the Feiyingkou section and someone gave him some advice, Peng Lin was full of confidence this time.

Seeing the carriage loaded with grain and grass approaching his eyes, Peng Lin waved his hand, and the horse bandits above threw stones frantically, and accurately separated the carriage loaded with pay in the middle.

The rolling loess attracted the attention of Xiao Minghuan and all the forbidden soldiers, and the horse was kicked by Jing Xie and went on a rampage.

Wan Jinlan raised her head and saw that the convoy had been successfully cut off. The smoke and dust billowed, the convoy in front had been frightened and fled in all directions, the cavalry was busy controlling their horses, many infantrymen were smashed to death, and the team was instantly dispersed.

Xiao Minghuan didn't take care of himself, he was afraid of being thrown off by the horse.

He really did not expect that someone would have the audacity to attack the convoy sent by the imperial court to deliver military supplies.

Along the way, wherever he led his troops, he was not treated as a guest of honor, and accepted the frightening flattery of local officials.

The convoy behind also became chaotic, and the soldiers who turned around and fled back were dizzy by the scattered horses. There were screams and horses neighing in the billowing smoke.

Xiao Feng surveyed Feiyingkou several times and made a perfect plan to pass on to Peng Lin.

On the right side of the road in the middle of the convoy, there is also a passage for carriages to escape, which was covered up by Peng Lin with piles of straw and gravel.

Except for those who are very familiar with this section of the road, they can't find the exit at all when they are anxious like headless chickens and billowing smoke and dust.

Peng Lin saw that the imperial guards below were no longer in a good mood. After shouting, more than [-] horse bandits quickly came down the mountain from the mountain, cleared away all the straw and stone piles, and cleared a passage. The loess was all over the sky. Neighing horses.

After all the carriages pulling the salary were transferred, the horse bandits blocked the passage with stones in an attempt to delay the time.

Wan Jinlan looked at the chaotic images below, looked at the miserable conditions of the imperial guards, and said, "We are no different from these horse bandits now, will we be punished by heaven in the future?"

These forbidden soldiers have families and small children, and some of them may never go back.

Xiao Feng held her hand, "If there is any punishment from heaven, I will be the first to punish you."

Wan Jinlan felt that her heart was extremely cold, maybe she was not a good person in her bones.

The imperial guards who were still able to move worked together to break through the boulders blocking them, opened a passage for people to pass through, cleared the passage for Peng Lin and the others to escape, and chased Peng Lin and his horse bandits with their legs with their long guns They run.

Peng Lin left more than a dozen people to block the way. Halfway through the road, he unloaded six out of ten of the boxes containing the payment to a spare location. After wiping off the traces, he drove the carriage to Mangshan Mountain.

When they arrived at Mang Mountain, Peng Lin and the others threw all the boxes into the gate of the cottage.

"Peng Lin, what good things did you bring back?" The horse bandit guarding the gate looked curiously at the brothers who came back from outside carrying boxes into the cottage in disgrace.

Peng Lin, who was throwing the box, had a sinister smile in his eyes, "I listened to my brother-in-law and robbed the salary sent by the court."

"Why don't you hurry up and help, send the carriage in, and we have to clean up."

Peng Lin and a group of horse bandits who participated in the operation simply went to the stables to untie the horse ropes, and rode away under the suspicious and puzzled eyes of the horse bandits in the cottage.

When Master Wu came out in shock when he heard the report from his subordinates, and when he saw boxes of silver ingots that had been opened and shone with silver light, his expression was extremely ugly.

The eyes of the horse bandit who didn't know why under his command brightened, "Boss, is it really okay to rob the court's military salary?"

Master Wu slapped him and shouted, "Idiot, of course there is a problem!"

Master Wu's family is extremely irritable, if the court finds Mangshan, the iron mines in Mangshan will not be able to hold.

"Hurry up and send a letter to the eldest son, telling him that I was framed by the people under his command. A traitor appeared in the village and robbed the salary sent by the court. Ask him what to do?"

"Hurry up and go to the government office to find the county magistrate, and ask him to use the county soldiers to find a way to stop the imperial court."

The county magistrate has no reason not to answer someone who is also the eldest son.

Xiao Minghuan sat down on the loess slope to bandage the wound on his head, and a group of forbidden soldiers rode back from a distance.

Xiao Minghuan stood up immediately, "How about it, did you find the whereabouts of the robbed salary?"

"Your Highness, we tracked all the way, and the car seal disappeared outside a mountain stronghold. The county soldiers said that the mountain was called Mang Mountain, and there was a nest of horse bandits inside, who had been entrenched here for many years, and they were extremely brave."

Xiao Minghuan said angrily: "It's really unreasonable! A group of horse bandits dare to rob the court's salary, and Liangzhou is still the seat of the government, which is like an uncivilized land."

"Go to Qingyuan County to find the county magistrate, and according to the order of this hall, send county soldiers to cooperate with the forbidden army to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits, get back the salary, and tell the county magistrate that if the salary is not recovered, his head will definitely be lost."

The imperial army rushed to the county on horseback, Commander Wang said: "Your Highness, the most urgent thing is to get back the salary. I don't know how many twists and turns will happen during the time when the county soldiers come. Why don't we go to Mang Mountain first."

Xiao Ming's face was as black as paper, "Commander Wang, if you can't get your salary back, the palace will at most be reprimanded by your father when you return to the capital, and whether you can keep your head is a question."

Commander Wang clasped his fists solemnly, "I will definitely do my best."

Seeing the Forbidden Army team below revived and cleared the road after counting people, Wan Jinlan also breathed a sigh of relief above.

The horse bandits and the forbidden army did not confront each other head-on at all. Peng Lin only wanted to grab the salary. The convoy was divided into three sections. .

If she could die less, she would feel less guilty in her heart.

(End of this chapter)