No matter how entangled Zhao Shen was, Xiang Yuan wrote a letter to tell his family, teacher, and set off from the capital to Quzhou with Xiang Yuan.

The handover date is scheduled for mid-April.It's the end of February now, and Quzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, so I really need to hurry up.

Xiaodou sat next to the handlebar of the carriage, dangling his feet, chewing on the flatbread with meat in his mouth, turned his head and glanced quietly inside the carriage, but turned around again and asked the handlebar, seeing no movement.

"Brother Song, when are we going to the next station?"

The handlebar-style Song Da flicked his whip, Hanhan smiled and replied: "It's still early, have you seen the mountain in front? Turn around the top of the mountain, it is the post station."

Xiaodou straightened her body and stretched her neck to look, seeing the mountain top in front of her eyes, she couldn't help but let out a soft breath. "It's pretty close!"

"Haha, I don't understand, I don't understand. If you look at the mountains and run dead horses, if you look close, you can walk far away."

Inside the carriage, Xiang Yuan frowned slightly and looked at Zhao Shen who was sleeping.

Ever since he set foot on the road to Quzhou, Xiang Yuan clearly sensed Zhao Shen's anxiety, and this anxiety not only did not disappear with the passage of time, but became more and more serious.Now I can't sleep well at night, and I often hear him wake up from the dream. When he wakes up, his forehead is covered with sweat and his face is frighteningly pale.Asked him, he only said that he had a nightmare.

Xiang Yuan didn't believe it!

The earth shook and the mountains shook, and there were people everywhere who described themselves as being in a state of distress and howling.Zhao Shen limped, walking in the ruins with one foot deep and the other shallow, searching around anxiously.

"Xiang Congzi, where are you? Xiang Congzi?"

It was raining heavily, Zhao Shen didn't even wear a coir raincoat, and was drenched in the rain.The soles of his feet hurt, but he didn't see Xiang Yuan, so he couldn't think of resting at all.

I followed my memory to find the place where Xiang Yuan stayed for the last time, and when I got closer, I saw a large piece of broken screen wall collapsed there, surrounded by bricks covered with mud, the gate also collapsed, and the wooden pile was split from the middle, revealing a dense The sharp stubble, half on top, half buried below.

Zhao Shen's heart skipped a beat, he squatted down and started pulling with his bare hands.

"Mongzi, are you down there, Mongzi?"

Blood oozes from all ten fingers, bloody and bloody, but Zhao Shen doesn't care at all, his eyes are fixed on the ruins.Suddenly, a corner of clothing material appeared under the stake and brick.Zhao Shen's hands trembled uncontrollably, he was only stunned for a moment, and then he dug desperately like crazy.

After removing the last brick, Xiang Yuan's face, half covered with blood and with his eyes tightly closed, appeared in front of his eyes.Zhao Shen shook his hands to test his breath.

No breathing, face is cold!

Ah!

Zhao Shen yelled and woke up in a cold sweat.

"Jinyan, wake up, have you been haunted again?"

Zhao Shen looked over in a daze, and it was Xiang Yuan who was helping him to sit up beside him.

"Congzi?"

The tone was almost murmured, with a hint of disbelief.

Xiang Yuan lowered his eyelids calmly, and poured a glass of warm water with one free hand.

"Drink some warm water to moisturize your throat."

Zhao Shen let Xiang Yuan serve him and drank half a glass of warm water. The water passed down his throat, not only relieved the dryness, but also woke up his mind.Seeing that Xiang Yuan took a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, Zhao Shen took it uncomfortably.

"I will do it myself."

Xiang Yuan took it from him, pondered for a while, and planned to ask clearly this time.Unexpectedly, just as he was about to speak, Xiaodou outside heard the movement and raised his voice and asked: "Master, it's noon, do you want to stop for dinner?"

Seeing that Zhao Shen had slept all morning, Xiang Yuan knew that he must be hungry, so he agreed.Then he opened the curtain and looked outside.

"Song Da, where is this place?"

"The one in front is Niuding Mountain. After passing Niuting Mountain, we will arrive at Fenshui."

"What? Niuding Mountain? How did we get to Niuting Mountain? Didn't we go to Quzhou County in Tongping?"

Thinking of something, Zhao Shen turned pale, and hurriedly leaned out to stare at Song Dawen.

Song Da scratched his head and laughed foolishly.

"My lord, you don't know that going to Tongping from Niuting Mountain is more than ten days faster than going to Huai'an. I, Song Da, have traveled all over the country for so long, don't worry, I will definitely be right."

"I don't care if it's fast or not, but I can't walk from Niuding Mountain. Hurry back, let's go from Huai'an. Hurry up, hurry up!"

Zhao Shen opened his mouth and was about to detour back, and his expression was extremely bad.Song Da was taken aback, and stood there in a daze, looking at Xiang Yuan involuntarily.

"Jinyan, what's the matter? It's my idea to go to Niuding Mountain. It's indeed faster to go from here than to Huai'an. You also know that our days are tight and we can't afford to delay."

"We'll be there in Huai'an at the beginning of April, Congzi, we can't go to Niuding Mountain, let's go back!"

Xiang Yuan slowly frowned, and stared at Zhao Shen for a while, the panic in his eyes was evident.

Putting down the curtain, Xiang Yuan pulled Zhao Shen back into the carriage, stared at him, and asked, "It's okay to change the route, please tell me the reason."

Zhao Shen was tongue-tied, opened and closed his mouth for a while, but didn't say a word.

"Jinyan, tell me, why do you have to change the road?"

Xiang Yuan put down a soft tone, slowly coaxing.

Why do we have to change the way?

Of course it was because they couldn't go to Niuting Mountain, because there were bandits on Niuting Mountain!

Zhao Shen remembered very clearly that in his previous life, around this time, there was a very tragic interception near Niu Ding Mountain.The commander of the Xishan Guard Office in Quzhou Prefecture sent his family members back home from other places and passed by Niuding Mountain. As a result, they were robbed by bandits on the way, five carriages, more than a hundred people were all killed, and blood flowed all over the ground.Because of its bad nature, the imperial court was furious and ordered to suppress the bandits.It's a pity that although the bandit bowed his head, the family members who died could not come back to life.

It was because of the horror of the incident that it quickly spread among the people. When Zhao Shen heard about it, the bandits had already been strangled to death.But the tragedies told by the storyteller vividly still left an indelible impression on him.

But how should I tell Xiang Congzi about this?It is said that he lived one more time. In his previous life and Xiang Congzi, he killed Xiang Congzi by mistake first, and then he himself died in exile?Or did he secretly knock Xiang Congzi a brick when he was reborn?

Be good, you can't say anything!

Speaking of such a weird and bizarre thing, it must be regarded as insane!

Zhao Shen unconsciously licked his slightly dry lips, and opened his mouth dryly.

"I, I had nightmares before, and I vaguely remember that I dreamed of some bad things. Now I heard you talk about Niuding Mountain, so I remembered it."

Licking his lips again, Zhao Shen clasped the corner of his robe tightly with his nervous hands. "It seems to be in Niuding Mountain, there are bandits! Killed people, many people!"

The most difficult thing to say, Zhao Shen's words became much more fluent. "Xiaozi, we really can't go from Niuding Mountain, we must go back the other way! That bandit is extremely fierce, bloodthirsty and brutal, if we meet him, we will die!"

"You, remember what day this happened in your dream?"

"It's just these days, it's only about two or three days."

Zhao Shen answered quickly.

Xiang Yuan frowned secretly.So sure, it doesn't seem like a dream.

Reminiscent of the cloth that was a big seller before, Xiang Yuan had a vague and surprising guess in his heart.

"Who was robbed and killed?"

"It's the family members of the Tongping Mansion Guards. All the people in the number of a hundred or so were killed, even the baby in the swaddle!"

"Tongping Mansion Guard?"

Xiang Yuan rubbed his chin with one hand.The Quzhou County where he works is under the rule of Tongping Mansion, and the Tongping Mansion Garrison is the military force of the three prefectures around Tongping, so it cannot be ignored.

Just as he was lost in thought, Xiaodou's crisp reply came from outside.

"Exactly, our master is going to Tongping Mansion. Brother, are you going to Tongping Mansion too?"

A thick laughter sounded from outside.

"Yes, yes, my master is just ahead when he returns home. Seeing that you are only traveling in a carriage, he is worried about unexpected encounters on the road, so he specially asked the younger one to come and ask. If you are going the same way, why not go with my master."

Xiang Yuan raised the curtain and saw a man riding a big horse outside talking to Xiaodou.

Seeing Xiang Yuan coming out, Xiaodou was about to report the situation, Xiang Yuan raised his hand to stop him, and asked the man, "Xiang Yuan, how dare you ask your master's name?"

The man was treated so courteously by Xiang Yuan, he was so startled that he almost couldn't sit on his horse.Lowering his head, he replied respectfully: "The master's family is the family of Commander He of the Xishan Guard of Tongping Mansion."

The family members of Xishan Guard in Tongping Mansion? !

When Zhao Shen heard this name, he couldn't sit still.He poked his head out of the carriage and asked anxiously, "Are you from the Xishan Guard of Tongping County?"

The man saw that Zhao Shen's expression was very bad, and he interrupted him again, he felt a little displeased, but his tone was quite calm.

"Exactly."

Zhao Shen grabbed Xiang Yuan's hand, and the two looked forward together.I saw that the official road had just turned a corner, and five carriages were driving slowly not far ahead, accompanied by dozens of servants. There were more than a dozen strong men with swords at the front and at the back, and they were from the army.

It seems that I haven't seen this team before, probably because they are too many and they walk slowly, but Xiang Yuan and the others travel lightly, even if they set off later, they gradually catch up.

The man scratched his head and continued: "The master's family is returning home this time. Seeing that the young master and his party are small, they are afraid of accidents on the way, so they specially sent the young man to come and say hello. If they are on the same road, they can go with the master's family all the way."

Xiang Yuan smiled wryly in his heart.

Accidentally met the family members of the Xishan Guard in Tongping Mansion. Even with Zhao Shen's warning, the tragedy of Niudingshan might not be avoided.

But there is one thing that is very strange, the family members are obviously guarded by soldiers, and there are quite a few of them, how could it be possible to meet bandits but have no power to fight back, and be slaughtered to death?

With doubts in his heart, Xiang Yuan made up his mind to find out the bottom of the mountain before reaching Niu Ding Mountain.

After thanking him politely, and tactfully expressing that he would like to thank him face to face if it was convenient, Xiang Yuan watched the man ride back to the front line on horseback.

"Congzi?"

Facing Zhao Shen's worried eyes, Xiang Yuan shook his head slightly.

There were nearly a hundred lives in the meandering way in front of him. He knew that something tragic had happened, but he didn't take any action. He couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

However, what can be done to ensure that the bandits can be suppressed and lives can be saved?

Xiang Yuan tensed his face, frowning and thinking.

Xiang Yuan didn't want to squander this life that was so hard to come by.Also, Zhao Shen who is also frowning beside him, this is the wife he has married in his life, and he is not rare enough, how can he let go?

Therefore, you have to plan carefully, if it really doesn't work, then you can only gamble!

If such a miraculous thing as time travel can make him catch up, his luck should not be too bad.

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