NFBE Chapter 124 Failed again
Chapter 124 Failed again
April.
The closer you get to the disaster area, the hotter the weather becomes.
It should be spring when flowers bloom and everything comes back to life, but the roadsides are desolate with only dead branches and rotten leaves.
The wind blowing in my face brought a feeling of dryness and heat.
A convoy was traveling on the dry and cracked road, raising a cloud of dust.
The leading man was as majestic as a breeze and bright moon, sitting astride a tall horse.
Following closely behind him was an unusually tall two-horse carriage.
A woman was sitting at the front of the carriage, her legs hanging naturally and her plain skirt fluttering in the wind.
The upper half of her body was lazily leaning on the huge white wolf behind her, her black hair spread out casually like a waterfall. The sunlight shone through the sunshade on the top of the carriage, and the fine and fragmented light and shadow were reflected on the woman's soft and flawless face, like a sacred painting.
The woman in green, who was also sitting at the front of the carriage, holding a whip in her hand, pouted her lips and looked depressed. She said in a crisp voice: "Miss, why did you let Guo Laoer go? He is not trustworthy."
While Su Xin was driving, she turned her head to look at the girl next to her who looked very comfortable, with a look of disapproval on her face.
"I let him go because he is untrustworthy. Isn't that right?" The woman spoke after a long while, her voice clear and pleasant.
Su Xin pouted and became even angrier, her pretty face puffed up. She was angry but dared not say anything. The girl's casual answer was obviously meant to tease her.
Humph.
"Miss, that's not what I meant."
"Well, I know you have other intentions." Li Jiaojiao continued perfunctorily.
Su Xin: ...I can’t go on. The girl has become a bad person.
She was poisoned and fell into a coma for a while. When she woke up, the assassin had turned into the girl's subordinate.
Fortunately, the condition is under control with medicine and is under close watch, so no trouble can be caused.
But she hasn't gotten used to it yet.
The girl let someone go again...
They changed their routes several times and encountered multiple assassination attempts before they finally managed to have two days of peace.
Once this Guo Lao Er is let go, if the news leaks out, there will be another bloody storm.
Su Xin was very worried. Although their manpower had not been lost, there were still casualties per capita.
If there are two more waves of enemies, we'll probably be finished.
Li Jiaojiao noticed the angry atmosphere next to her and just chuckled. Then she tilted her head, opened her eyelids, and secretly glanced at the back of the man in the moon-colored robe in front of her.
Tut tut...
Broad shoulders, narrow waist, come straight.
"Thank you, Master. Can we go to Yuncheng first tomorrow to have a look?" After praising him, Li Jiaojiao closed her eyes again, leaned her head on the wolf cub's belly and spoke lazily.
This place is not far from Yuncheng.
However, no matter how fast the large group of people marched, they could not go much faster and it would take another two days to arrive.
If you are alone on a light horse, one day is enough.
Xie Xiao had a blank expression and said nothing.
In fact, it is very helpless.
He must be possessed, to obey her in everything.
There was no effort to stop Guo Ziheng from being let go.
If there was someone nearby at this moment, they would be able to see that Xie Xiao's eyes were slightly narrowed, and his pupil color was getting darker and darker.
Veins bulged on the back of his hand holding the reins.
It seems like some important decision has been made.
"If you don't answer, it's considered as your agreement. If you don't go, I'll go by myself.
You two shut up, if you want to follow me, hide and don't let me see you."
Li Jiaojiao changed the subject and interrupted the people in blue and purple before they could start talking.
Xie Xiao closed his eyes: ...I agree.
What can I do?
If you don't follow her, she will choose someone to sneak away. It's good enough that she told you.
The man in blue and purple opened his mouth and finally closed it: ...I'll change clothes soon, and fly again.
Li Jiaojiao raised her hand and touched the wolf's head next to her. If Xie Xiao didn't want to go, that would be fine. Half a day would be enough for her alone.
She has actually been in a pretty good mood these past two days.
Because she discovered that she was gifted, Qinggong was actually quite easy to learn, and it was similar to her special abilities.
So she quickly mastered the key points and can now fly solo short distances.
Also, she received a letter from Lu Liang.
The last sentence of the letter reads: Guo, you are trustworthy. Wait for me.
So she let Guo Ziheng return to Beijing.
Let him, the eternal second-in-command, take part in the palace examination.
As for the little plots between Xie Xiao, Qingyi, Ziyi and Guo Ziheng.
She later figured out a little bit of the taste.
But said nothing.
Time will tell...
……
It is night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.
Two shadows, one black and one white, were speeding along the winding path.
Li Jiaojiao lay on the wolf cub's back, grabbing the sideburns on both sides of the wolf's neck with both hands.
His dark pupils stared at the city that was gradually growing larger in the distance.
The bulging little bundle behind her squirmed twice in the wind, and a dark, furry head emerged.
Ahri's equally dark pupils flashed for a moment.
Only the fluffy and soft little cutie is left, stretching his head, closing his eyes, feeling the speed and passion.
The little wolf walked straight, turned, and jumped, and was very excited...
I sped along the way but didn't dare to speed up too much.
Afraid of being beaten.
The one on its back is its master and the other is its boss, so it can only give in.
After it changed, the boss also changed, and it shut down before it could challenge it.
Can't beat it, can't beat it at all.
Xie Xiao also leaned forward and pressed against the horse's back. Only this one-in-a-million BMW could always stay half a step behind Li Jiaojiao.
He was sure that the wolf was more than twice as big as when it first left the capital.
……
The night is about to pass.
Just before dawn.
Cloud City.
The Yuncheng County Magistrate came to the city wall alone and looked around.
He looked at the main road opposite the city gate many times and for a long time.
To this day there is still no convoy in the distance.
There was no disaster relief food or money sent from surrounding cities.
No one came to provide disaster relief.
Cloud City.
No one is willing to come anymore.
If we delay any further, even if people come, will it be of any use?
He didn't know that the memorial he sent out secretly was not delivered to Emperor Qing's desk.
He didn't know that the imperial envoy's coming to provide disaster relief was just a trap, whose purpose was to ensure that the people who came to provide disaster relief would never return.
This is a city that is about to be forgotten.
The county magistrate had cloudy eyes as he stood on the city wall for a long time. The wind and sand blinded his eyes. He lowered his head and raised his hand, missing the white shadow that flashed by.
……
Beijing.
Just before dawn.
The study of the Right Prime Minister’s Mansion.
Zhou Hongping washed his hands with the help of his servants.
The chief servant hurriedly handed over a white handkerchief and waved his hand to let the servant go.
"Miss, have you gone out of town again?"
"My lord, she's gone again. The young lady goes there before dawn every day to cook porridge herself, so that the refugees outside the city can have a drink of hot porridge." The long-time attendant bowed and answered, quickly taking the handkerchief used by his master.
"Yeah." Zhou Hongping hummed, turned his back to the door and said no more.
The attendant tactfully bowed and left, closing the door.
In a wealthy family with secret guards everywhere, a servant like him who runs errands and does odd jobs is not worth mentioning.
Inside the room, the moment the study door closed.
A person suddenly appeared from behind the screen and knelt in front of Zhou Hongping.
"Failed again?" Zhou Hongping glanced at the person who came and his voice was cold.
"It is my incompetence that makes me suffer. Please punish me, master." The man lowered his body even lower.
"Send more people and make sure they never return. If they leak the secrets over there, you know the consequences..."
"Yes……"