Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 277 Will Come to Save Us

"Master Qi." Yang Zheng rode up from behind, "I feel like something is not right. Please get off the carriage first."

Qi Renli did not dare to be careless and got off the carriage immediately.

Yang Zheng asked: "Can you ride a horse?"

"Not very skilled." Qi Renli said honestly.

Yang Zheng jumped off the horse and said, "You ride my horse and I'll ride in the carriage."

The two exchanged their means of transportation and continued on their journey.

On Meng Changqing's side, the group had already reached the border of Liangzhou. "Master, Luojiang County is right next to us. Are you really not going to see your new master?"

"I can't go in the afternoon to deliver gifts. Besides, where can I be free now? The situation with Lord Qi is unclear. I let him meddle in other people's business when he came to Liangzhou for me. If something serious happens, how can I live up to his trust?"

While Meng Changqing was speaking, she did not slow down her horse. If she had not been waiting for others, the horse under her would have already run a long way away.

Chu Mufeng could see Meng Changqing's anxiety, "Don't worry, Lord Meng. Lord Qi has Captain Yang and a group of yamen runners by his side. With Captain Yang's skills, it should be no problem for him to protect Lord Qi."

"It's not just Lord Qi." Meng Changqing was riding on a horse, and the sound of horse hooves was chaotic. He had to speak loudly so that the other party could hear him. "They are all people from Beishan County. If any of them are killed or injured, I will feel guilty."

Chu Mufeng stared at Meng Changqing's back in front of him, without moving his eyes away for a long time.

They were rushing to find someone and only took two short breaks along the way. By the time they arrived outside the state capital, it was already late at night.

At the same time, not far from Hongfu Village, Qi Renli and his group were hiding in the bushes. Yang Zheng signaled everyone to slow down their breathing, and he listened carefully to the movements around him. When he didn't hear any suspicious sounds, he bent down and walked away, then stuck his head out to look around.

Not seeing the bandits who were chasing them all the way, he deliberately made some noise to confirm it.

Indeed no one.

Yang Zheng then carefully returned to Qi Renli and said, "We should have gotten rid of him. Sir Qi, take Qi Xiang and find a place to hide. I have to go to Hongfu Village to take a look."

"No." Qi Renli held Yang Zheng back, "There must be someone ambushing in Hongfu Village, and you are still injured. If you go there rashly, how can you get out?
These people may have been instructed by the government. The prefect accepted our complaint and would not let the victim live. He must have killed her. It would be useless for you to go there now."

"We still have people in Hongfu Village." Yang Zheng said, "My brothers will not surrender, they will definitely find a way." "What way?" Qi Renli was so scared that his nose was running, "What else can they do?"

"Don't worry, and don't be afraid." Yang Zheng comforted him, "I have a feeling that Lord Meng will definitely come to rescue us."

"Right!" Qi Renli also thought, "We can go back to find Lord Meng first."

"Master Qi!" Yang Zheng's voice rose a little, "I can't leave my people in Hongfu Village. How long will it take to go from here to Beishan County and back? I can't wait until then.

So, you and Qi Xiang disguise yourself and go back to Beishan County to report the news. I will go to Hongfu Village to find other people. If possible, I want to save those old people as well."

"No no no."

Yang Zheng just took a step when he was stopped by Qi Renli again.

Qi Renli finally calmed down a bit, "Only one person is enough to go back and report the news, let Qi Xiang go, he knows martial arts and is smart, I won't go and cause trouble.

I will go to Hongfu Village with you." He tried to calm down and suppress the fear in his heart, and analyzed: "Since those people want to kill me, they will definitely guard Hongfu Village if they can't find me. They may even use those victims to threaten me to show up.

Thinking this way, it is very likely that the victim was not silenced."

Yang Zheng wanted to persuade him again, but Qi Renli waved his hand and said, "I know I might be a burden to you. You don't have to worry about me then. Even if I fall into their hands, they will find a way to delay until Lord Meng comes."

After saying that, he looked at Qi Xiang and said, "Go quickly. Whether we can be saved depends entirely on you."

Outside Dazhou City, facing the tightly closed city gate, Meng Changqing took out a pen and paper, and began to write on the ground in the light of the torch in Bafang's hand.

She only wrote a few words on the envelope, sealed it, and shouted toward the city wall: "Is the prefect of Dazhou Wen Ruxu in the city?"

If she had shouted anything else, the soldiers guarding the city might have pretended not to hear her, or even scolded her, but she directly called out the prefect's name. The person who came was definitely not an ordinary person, and knocking on the door at night must not be for an ordinary matter.

The officers and soldiers above asked, "Who are you and what do you want?"

Meng Changqing held up the freshly-written letter and replied loudly, "I received an urgent letter from the prefect's hometown on behalf of someone else."