"There are people in the woods ahead, and there are quite a few of them!"
Qin'er looked at Lin Zi and said.
"Is there anyone in the woods?"
The squad leader subconsciously looked toward the woods, but saw nothing.
Qin'er didn't mean to explain, so she pulled the ninth princess and ran towards the mountain behind her.
As soon as the two set off, a roaring sound came from the woods.
The squad leader kneeled on the ground subconsciously.
The next second, sharp whistling sounds were heard flying overhead.
Immediately afterwards, a group of bandits rushed out of the woods with shouts.
"There are really people!"
The squad leader was shocked, got up and rushed behind a big rock.
Fortunately, Qin'er warned in time, no one among the veterans or guards was hit by the arrows, and a group of people hid behind the rocks.
"What road are you leading? How come there are bandits ambushing you?"
Qin'er stared at the squad leader fiercely: "Are you with the bandits?"
"Qin'er, don't talk nonsense. If Daniel wants to do us harm, he just doesn't save us in the first place."
Princess Ninth said: "If I guess correctly, no matter which road we take, we will encounter bandits."
"Your Highness is still smart!" The squad leader nodded repeatedly when he heard what the Ninth Princess said.
Qin'er was not in the mood to chat with the squad leader. She stretched her head and glanced down: "There are at least more than two hundred bandits, and the person who fired the arrows is still hiding in the woods. Your Highness, what should I do?"
"The bandits are numerous and we should not tangle with them."
Although Princess Ninth's face turned a little pale, she remained calm: "Retreat, go back, Daniel, you should lead the way!"
"yes!"
The squad leader agreed and led everyone back up the mountain.
Seeing that Princess Ninth was running slowly, Zhuer directly carried Princess Ninth on her back.
The bandits were in hot pursuit.
…
At the same time, Jin Feng and Qin Mulan finally arrived at Jinchuan Ferry while the rain stopped.
At this time, there was a huge cargo ship parked at the ferry, which was the salt ship where Guan Zhuzhu was located.
And Guan Zhuzhu was shouting something, but it was still a little far away and he couldn't hear clearly.
"Just now I was worried that Wuyang had arrived, but fortunately, she hasn't come yet."
Qing Mulan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there were only salt ships parked at the ferry.
When Guan Zhuzi saw Jin Feng, he rushed over and shouted from a distance: "Brother-in-law, something happened!"
"What's wrong?" Jin Feng's heart tightened slightly.
"I hired a cargo ship yesterday. The owner of the cargo ship is Wei Laosan. I went to the dock with my son this morning..."
"Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to know what the boss of the ship is calling!"
Jin Feng interrupted Guan Zhuzhu directly and looked at the female shopkeeper who arrived after him: "Tongtong, tell me!"
"Yes! When we returned from delivering mineral salt today, we saw water bandits robbing a passenger ship, and then the people on the passenger ship shot a letter onto our ship!"
The female shopkeeper took out the silk cloth from her arms and handed it to Jin Feng, and then continued: "Brother Zhuzhu knew that the people on the boat were Miss Mu Lan and the cousin of Lord Qing, so he quickly sent Brother Danniu to take the lifeboat to drive away the water.
bandit.
But we met the passenger ship too late, and when Brother Daniu drove away the water bandits, the ship had already been pierced!"
"What?"
Qing Mulan's face turned pale and she almost fell to the ground.
Jin Feng was also shocked.
God, that is Emperor Dakang's favorite ninth princess. If something happens in Jinchuan, the sky in Jinchuan will fall!
"Miss Mu Lan, sir, don't worry!"
The female shopkeeper quickly said: "Before the ship sank, Brother Daniel rescued the guests into the lifeboat. We all thought it was okay. Who knew that the water bandits came ashore in advance and saw the lifeboat, so they cut him off on the shore.
The tree knocked over the lifeboat..."
Qing Mulan's legs went weak, and if Amei hadn't quickly held her up, she would have sat on the ground.
When he came back to his senses, he grabbed the female shopkeeper's arm and asked with red eyes: "Then what?"
"Then...then we saw them drifting down and around the corner. Our big ship was too slow and we couldn't see them..."
The female shopkeeper comforted them: "But I saw that when they fell into the water, they all tied up the pig urine bubbles on the lifeboat, and Brother Daniu's water quality is very good, so nothing will happen to them."
While several people were talking, they heard a shout from the river in the distance, and many people gathered around.
"What's going on over there?" Jin Feng asked with a frown.
"Before the ship sank, Brother Daniel told the people on the ship to dismantle the ship and float down with the wood."
The female shopkeeper replied: "Since lunch, people have been floating down. I guess there is another one here, right?"
The ferry was built in a mountain col, and the river was relatively gentle. Many guards and slaves on the passenger ship drifted here and were rescued by people at the ferry.
"Have you found Daniel and the others?" Jin Feng asked.
"No." The female shopkeeper shook her head.
"Da Liu, hurry up and arrange for someone to feed the war horses. We may have to go on our way later."
Jin Feng gave an explanation and took Qing Mulan and others to the shed where the rescued people were temporarily housed.
After asking around, Jin Feng felt even heavier.
When the lifeboat left, the passenger ship had not yet sunk, so two guards saw the squad leader and the others pulling the ninth princess ashore.
Judging from the time, even if the Ninth Princess and his party were on foot, they should have arrived at the ferry by this time, but as a result, no one has been seen until now.
Arriving at the stables, Da Liu and others were feeding the horses.
These war horses were brought out from Xihewan. In the past few days, they first ran to Wulang Mountain with Jin Feng, and then ran from Wulang Mountain to the ferry. They were already very tired and were not suitable to continue their journey.
But in order to find the Ninth Princess, Jin Feng didn't care about this anymore.
"Mu Lan, I just asked someone to find out. There are two roads you can take from the shipwreck to the ferry, one is the official road and the other is the small road."
Jin Feng said: "I will leave three war horses and leave the rest to you. You can take the people on horseback and take the official road, and I will take the rest of the people to take the small road. What do you think?"
The ferry now needs to store a large amount of mineral salt and other supplies, so there are usually two platoons of escorts stationed to guard it.
Now this group of people has been mobilized by Jin Feng, and there are many more people than war horses.
"Can!"
Qing Mulan could no longer think about anything else at this time, she just wanted to find the Ninth Princess as soon as possible.
"Okay, then set off quickly. Be careful on the road. If there is any news, send someone to the ferry to inform you."
"good!"
Qing Mulan nodded, led dozens of bodyguards, mounted their horses and ran out of the ferry yard.
Jin Feng then led the remaining people onto the path.
As a result, not far after leaving the house, I saw a man dressed as a hunter emerging from the woods nearby.
"Are you from the Xihewan Bandit Suppression Team? I saw bandits, many bandits!"
The hunter danced and shouted: "They stopped a group of people. Those people were wearing the clothes of your Xihewan Bandit Suppression Team. Go rescue them quickly!"