Poisonous girl to marry

Chapter 114

On the second day of the trip, it snowed heavily. Fortunately, the little emperor was casual and playful, and he didn't care that the trip was slowed down by the wind and snow. He also happily called Huo Shijiu to come and chat with him in the carriage.

In the evening, when the night fell, "Yongkang Pass" was in front of the dark and tall ancient city, the city gate was wide open, and the accompanying Imperial Forest Army and a thousand cavalry stood in a mighty forest. , You can also vaguely hear the voices and laughter of people inside, other than that, there is only the sound of flags blowing in the cold wind, or the occasional kicking of horses' hoofs or the sound of horses snorting.

The angry wind lamp swayed, and the dim yellow halo also swayed, lengthening the shadow of the carriage.The cold wind swirled, blowing snow on people's faces, which was icy cold. The officials who knelt to meet him, including the British Duke and Jiang Xuewen, felt that their sleeves were completely cold.

The British official was expressionless, and Jiang Xuewen was filled with righteous indignation. As for the local officials who greeted him, how dare he complain?

After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, the door of the carriage the little emperor was riding in was finally pushed open.

Wearing a sable velvet cloak and a sable velvet warm hat, the little emperor came out slowly and stood in front of the carriage, still saying: "...you know so much, you can make me laugh .”

"The emperor's reputation is too high. I have little talent and learning, but Ying Jing'er mentioned some things the emperor likes to hear." Huo Shijiu then got out of the car, his voice was as pleasant as the content of his words.

The little emperor laughed loudly, pulled Huo Jiujiu's sleeves, looked at the officials who had already kneeled down to their shoulders covered with snow in surprise, and asked in a loud voice: "What are you kneeling for? Did I punish you to kneel? Get up." stand up."

I couldn't say a word like welcome, because their emperor didn't play cards according to common sense. The local officials looked at each other and stood up silently. After turning their eyes around the little emperor, they all looked curiously at the beautiful and expensive Huo Nineteen.

He is tall and tall, wearing a sapphire blue bamboo-leaf cloak, with a jade-like complexion, gentle and elegant, from a distance, even if you can't see his face clearly, you can tell that this person has a noble and reserved temperament, cold and sharp, and is indeed as rumored as he is. A person is as beautiful as jade, but also unattainable.

He is a treacherous official who is famous all over the world!Those local officials had never seen before were not only a little dazed.Secretly, no matter whether he is inviting favor with sex or bewitching the king, now he is a popular man who is in the limelight when he is promoted to rank, and he is one of the most popular people in front of the emperor.Even if he looked down on such a treacherous jester, he still had the desire to flatter him.

Jiang Xuewen had a sullen face, and it was not easy to criticize the emperor. The so-called "the king must die, the minister must die", let alone make the officials kneel for a while, even if they want their heads, they will also kowtow to the emperor.He had no choice but to give Huo Shijiu a hard look, and followed the emperor into the city.

The emperor came in person, and the city was decorated with lanterns and festoons, which seemed more lively than New Year's Eve. The people went out to welcome them, and cheered genuinely. The little emperor came to rest in the yamen, arranged for elite soldiers and guards to camp, and the reception banquet began.

Huo Shijiu naturally followed the little emperor. Unexpectedly, before finishing a glass of wine, a person came to his side and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, send a message urgently at eight hundred miles from the capital. Madam is gone."

Huo Shijiu opened his eyes wide, and the wine in his glass swirled, gradually wetting the sapphire ring on his hand.

"Brother Ying, what's the matter?" the little emperor asked in a low voice.

Huo Jiujiu shook his head and said, "I'm sorry for a moment." After saluting to the emperor, he led the man out of the front hall, and called the messenger's subordinate to question him carefully.

The man said: "Madam came out of the mansion, and only brought a maidservant named Tingyu with her, and left a letter saying that she was looking for Lord Hou, so she left without saying goodbye. The old lady was anxious, and ordered someone to come and report to Lord Hou. My son, I ask you to arrange someone to pick up Madam and take her home safely."

Thinking of Jiang Wu's waywardness, Huo Shijiu wished he could catch her and give her a spanking.But thinking of her flowery appearance and how pitiful she was when she begged him, he felt soft-hearted again.Such willful and reckless behavior made him unable to let go, and he couldn't bear to criticize him harshly.

Now he just wants her to be safe.

Huo Shijiu didn't talk too much, and after thinking about it for a while, he arranged for a guard named Li Chenghua, who was ordered by the emperor to protect him, to meet him along the way at a high speed, and he must find Jiang Wu.

Li Chenghua took the order and left quickly.

Huo Shijiu returned to the banquet, but he was so worried that he couldn't eat...

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When Huo Shijiu couldn't eat, two spacious cotton carriages were slowly driving on the official road of "Yongping Pass", the first checkpoint in the direction of Kyoto and Jinzhou City.

A thick cotton mattress was laid in the carriage, and Jiang Wu wore a crescent white cloak with a fox fur collar, leaning on the brocade and ink pillow leisurely, holding a volume of "Zhuangzi" that Huo Nineteen often read, and casually flipping through it with a silk lamp.

Ting Yu sat beside her, looking hesitant to speak.

"Just say what you have to say." Jiang Wu looked up at her.

Ting Yu then said: "Madam, if we come out like this, I'm afraid it will anger Lord Hou. Even the family members may not be willing to rest assured."

"It's okay. If you want to do something, you must bear the consequences. At worst, you will be scolded by your parents. As for Lord Hou, let's stay for a while longer and wait until we are far away from the capital before approaching, lest he send us back."

"But ma'am, can your body handle it?"

"Didn't you bring the doctor here?" Jiang Wu didn't feel that there was anything to worry about.

Listening to the rain wiped the sweat from his forehead, he only sweated anxiously during the journey, he lifted the dark purple cotton curtain with his bare hands, pushed the window and looked out, only to see heavy snow covered the plain with a snow-white carpet, the night was pitch black, but the snow had stopped , the faint blue moonlight projected on the snow blanket, it looks like the mountains are far away, and the trees are close, and I feel chills on my back.

She hurriedly put down the curtain of the car, settled down, and handed the warm water bag to Jiang Wu: "Madam, have a bite of mutton."

Jiang Wu shook her head, "I'll be eating later."

In fact, she couldn't read a few pages of the book, and the carriage was bumping in the snow, which was really not a comfortable thing. No wonder Huo Shijiu refused to take her out.But she was focused on Huo Shijiu's safety, so her own feelings were nothing.

Not long after, the coachman outside raised his voice and asked, "Madam, it's difficult to travel in the snow. Fortunately, we are not full. We will be able to reach Yongping Pass in the early morning of tomorrow. There is a post station there, Madam can take a good rest."

Jiang Wu said: "Thank you for your hard work, you just go on your way with peace of mind, and you will be rewarded when you turn back."

The coachman answered loudly with a smile.

After eating dinner casually in the carriage, Jiang Wu and Ting Yu fell asleep, while the coachmen took turns to rest, non-stop but not fast.

When the sky was dark in the early morning of the next day, Jiang Wu, who was sleeping soundly, opened her eyes suddenly.Looking at the sleeping Ting Yu lying next to her, his mind was on officialdom.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes, there should be a person coming quickly from the direction their carriage was driving.

Jiang Wu got up and called Ting Yu to wait for her to wash her mouth and wipe her face. When she was ready, there was a horse coming towards her from outside, and a man asked loudly, "Is it the Huo family's carriage?"

Hearing the rain and hearing the words, his nervous face turned pale.The coachman reined in the reins, but he also faltered and didn't know what to say.

Jiang Wu put down the small mahogany comb, lifted the warm curtain casually, and said, "Did Lord Hou send you to welcome me?"

The man was in his early thirties, he was tall and straight, and he was wearing the official uniform of the Imperial Guard. Who was it but Li Chenghua?

Hearing this, Li Chenghua let out a long breath, and the white mist bloomed in front of him, warmly melting the frozen frost on his thick eyebrows.Turning over from the horse, his body was so cold that he stiffened and bowed straightly: "Please refer to my wife for my humble post. Lord Hou ordered my humble official to send my wife back to the capital safely."

"Get up, get in the car and talk." Jiang Wu put down the warm curtain casually.

"Ma'am, men and women are different in respect and inferiority, I'm afraid if I let him come up..." Ting Yu didn't finish speaking, and when he touched Jiang Wu's casual glance, his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but keep silent.

Li Chenghua who was outside the carriage also hesitated, and said after a while: "Thank you Madam, I'm sorry." He jumped into the carriage, raised the warm curtain and sat cross-legged at the door.The frost on his temples and eyebrows immediately melted into water when it met the heating.

Jiang Wu ordered Ting Yu to give him the handkerchief, and poured hot tea, before she said: "Your Excellency is just in time. I only brought a servant girl, a doctor and two guards with me when I went out this time, and I am short of manpower. , you just follow the protection."

Li Chenghua almost spit out the hot tea in his mouth, put down the tea bowl anxiously and said: "Ma'am, I am here to send my wife back to the capital city by the order of Lord Hou. Madam, please be sympathetic to me, and don't go any further. Lord Hou If you really get angry, the lives of the whole family will be lost."

Jiang Wu played with the pearls adorning the braid hanging on her chest, and said with a smile: "Don't play the emotional card with me, I don't take this kind of trick. You are the imperial guard, right? If you can work in front of the emperor, your family background must be unusual. There is no question of whether the lives of the whole family will be reported or not.”

Li Chenghua stared blankly, unexpectedly Jiang Wu looked young, but she was not as easy to fool as women of the same age.

Jiang Wu said again: "And Lord Hou should also know that you are not persuading me to go back, and also told you that if I refuse to go back, you must protect me, right?"

Li Chenghua stared blankly at Jiang Wujiaoyan, said yes and no, said no and no, if he really admitted it, wouldn't he really be led away by the nose by a woman?Huo Shijiu really didn't know how to deal with him when he looked back.

While hesitating, Jiang Wu had already whispered: "You come to my place, is there still someone protecting Hou Ye?"

Li Chenghua hurriedly replied: "Mrs. Hou, besides the lowly position, there are four guards beside Lord Hou."

Jiang Wu nodded: "Since Lord Hou is willing to send you, it means that you have the highest martial arts skills among the four guards around Lord Hou. There are not many people available around Lord Hou. If you send me back to the capital, there will be no one around him." Isn't the power of protection weak? You don't want Lord Hou to be in danger, do you?"

"This……"

"So you don't need to say too much. I won't listen to you when you advise me to go back. It's more important to follow my orders and continue on my way. Return to Lord Hou as soon as possible, so that you can have a job and protect Lord Hou. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"

Li Chenghua was speechless. Mrs. Jin Ninghou was totally different from the women in the deep house he knew. He couldn't talk to her, and he couldn't force her, so he could only nod helplessly.

PS: Grandpa is critically ill and is in serious condition.It happened suddenly last night.So I didn't have time to update yesterday.I will try to make up for it today.

(End of this chapter)