The vermilion lantern illuminated the bluestone road in front of us, and the galloping horses kept patrolling in front and behind the convoy. The horses' hooves stepped on the bluestone and made a sweet impact sound, which mixed with the crisp sound of the aristolochia bells, piercing the lonely night.

The night went deep into the water, and the sky was cold, and the pale stars shone through the thick evening clouds.

Riders holding torches and carrying flaming red flags painted with the shape of a dragon on their backs paraded in front and behind the convoy.

In the carriage, a pair of slender hands were pressed against the small gilt stove with the animal's feet, using the heat to warm her palms.

"lady."

A maid with bunted hair was holding freshly cooked tea. She had bright eyes and white teeth, and she had shallow dimples when she smiled.

"It's getting late at night, so you'd better not use tea."

The lady looked to be no more than thirty years old. She wore an agarwood hairpin on her head and held an ancient book in her hand. She smiled slightly and looked at the intimate maid with her narrow eyes.

It's a long night, how can we get through the night without some tea?

"How many days have we left Jiankang?"

"It's been four or five days since we left the capital and headed east."

"The capital is the capital, and Jiankang is Jiankang." She smiled and shook her head: "The capital of my Daliang is Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and Jiankang is the city. It doesn't matter if those people outside get it wrong. If you get it wrong, you will Let others laugh."

The eldest maid is quite sharp-tongued.

"They are only making fun of the Wang family. They are not making fun of our Xie family."

"These words can only be said in this car." The lady said seriously: "I'll just listen to it. Don't talk nonsense when you go out. Wang Xie is one."

She listened intently.

"The sound of horse hooves is chaotic, Xu'er, go outside and ask what's going on."

The eldest girl nodded, took out a plain white fox fur from the car door, draped it on the mountain, and walked out cautiously.

There are six horses in front of this carriage, with wide spokes. There are brocade couches and bookshelves in the carriage. The furnishings are extremely luxurious. There is a small red clay stove with hot water boiling in it.

She has always liked simplicity and elegance, but her husband's family has such a good family tradition, but she cannot escape this level of wealth.

Not long after.

"Madam, there is some filth in front of us. The people in the team are cleaning it up."

The big girl named Xu'er squeezed in from outside, bringing a chill to the shop floor.

"What filth? Are they the bodies of frozen refugees?"

"Um."

"You don't have to tell me these whitewashing words."

The lady sighed.

When I left Beijing, I heard someone mention that something happened in Cizhou. But I didn't expect it to be so tragic.

They came along the official road, which was full of devastation, and refugees fleeing famine could be seen everywhere. If this was just the end of it, the weather was getting colder day by day.

Winter has come earlier and more violently than usual. Apart from refugees, frozen corpses can be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road.

My wife has lived in Jiankang since she was a child. The so-called suffering in the world has only been read in books. What she has seen and heard recently is particularly shocking.

The wheels squeaked, but slowly stopped.

"It's really troublesome. Why did it stop again?"

The big girl muttered something dissatisfied, picked up the fox fur and went out again.

"Forget it, wait."

The lady spoke.

"Maybe something happened again and I had to stop."

They encountered a corpse a few days ago.

Perhaps due to the accumulation of resentment, for some reason, the entire village turned into living corpses, invulnerable and bloodthirsty, looking for refugees everywhere to feed on blood.

Perhaps because he was not smart enough after turning into a living corpse, he actually ambushed their convoy, and was wiped out by the cavalry, killing them all, but half a day was wasted because of this.

"It's like this every day. I don't know when I can get to Cizhou Mansion."

"Do you really want to go to Cizhou?"

"I heard that it is one of the most prosperous ports in Daliang. I don't know how many good things from the East China Sea are on the market, including pearls as big as a bowl, corals as tall as a person, and monks from the East China Sea..."

The lady smiled upon hearing this.

When she was young, she also went to the East China Sea several times with her elders and saw the scenery there.

I felt very shocked at the time, but when I thought about it again as an adult, I still felt a little awkward.

"Madam, there are two extremely troublesome people in front of us, and we are dealing with them."

A knight rode back and whispered outside.

"Are you a practitioner?"

"I don't know the number of routes."

The lady said inside: "Thank you."

Healthy horses and bamboo hats.

Suche rode a dark and strong horse, holding the reins and watching Lu Bai communicate with the team in front.

Since leaving Guobei County half a month ago, Su Che has not slept a single night.

In addition to the endless hungry ghosts and evil spirits, there are countless refugees waiting for rescue.

"Stop."

Lu Bai's face was even worse than Su Che's. He was riding on a yellow steed, with a sword hanging on the left saddle and a bow hidden on the right saddle. He also wore a worn bamboo hat on his head.

"Who are you? You dare to stop our carriage."

The knight at the front, wearing armor, reined in his horse and shouted to Lu Bai.

"Don't stand in the way, beware the sword has no eyes."

"Tiqi is doing something."

Lu Bai held up a black iron waistband in his hand: "Still not stopping?"

"Tiqi?"

The knight at the front glanced at Lu Bai and spat hard on the ground.

"The one we fight the most in the capital is the Tiqi."

"Then you can try and fight in Cizhou."

Lu Bai snorted coldly. "If you want to take action, hurry up. I don't have time to spend time with you."

"What's going on?"

A knight wearing black armor came on horseback. Judging from his attire, he should be the leader of the group of riders.

"These two people claimed to be Tiqi from Cizhou. They said that there was a problem in our team and they wanted to stop us for inspection. They probably lacked money to buy alcohol."

The rider shouted at the top of his lungs: "There is no difference between Beijing and outside Beijing. Money is in your eyes, but there is only wine in your stomach..."

"Didn't ask for advice?"

The leading knight reined in his horse and saluted Lu Bai with clasped fists.

"Daliang's regulations, when Tiqi is on an errand, he only reveals his identity but does not give his name." Lu Bai shook the badge in his hand. "You know the rules better than I do."

I met a real person today.

The leading knight glanced at Su Che behind Lu Bai, and also pointed at the Soaring Dragon Flag behind him.

"There is only one family that can use the Soaring Dragon Red Banner. Do you know, brother?"

Although the laws of Daliang are not strict, and things that exceed the regulations often occur, the dragon pattern is still strictly controlled, especially the flag, which cannot be used by anyone other than the royal family.

There is only one family in Daliang that can use a dragon-shaped flag, and that is the Langya Wang family.

"You are in danger."

"There are noble people in our team, please show your respect."

Lu Bai looked at the leading knight and shook his head slowly.

"The imperial decrees are not written down as waste paper."

Suche clamped his horse's belly and rushed into the team.

"There's an assassin!"

"Mrs. Protector!"

The guards of the Langya Wang family were in chaos.

Su Che held the reins with his left hand, the sword hilt with his right hand, and the sword at his waist was unsheathed.
To be continued...