Li Tong had already opened the bead curtain and walked out. Hearing this, he was even more panicked and felt like a bolt from the blue.
"Why did Sister Chang leave so suddenly?"
She stepped forward and held Chang Suining's hand, and asked quickly: "But you don't like the food? The servants are not serving you well? Is my sister too noisy? Or is the bad weather in Xuanzhou recently making you upset?"
"No, everything is fine." Chang Suining explained to her: "I lost contact with my father. I need to go to Shouzhou to confirm whether my father is safe."
"General Chang?" Li Tong's expression changed, and he subconsciously looked back behind the bead curtain.
The eldest princess had also stood up from the beauty's couch. When she heard this, her feet stopped. When she walked out, there was only a serious look on her face: "Lost contact?"
Chang Suining nodded and briefly explained the situation to her.
The eldest princess's heart beat several times, as if the inexplicable uneasiness in her heart these days had been confirmed.
She had also sent someone to Shouzhou to inquire about the news, and the reply should arrive in the next two days. However, she did not expect to learn from Chang Suining that something strange had happened to Chang Kuo first.
"Don't be afraid, don't make chaos." The eldest princess did not forget to appease Chang Sui Ning first, and said: "I will send more people to Shouzhou to investigate the matter. The situation is still unclear, so you should stay in Xuanzhou and wait for news.
"
"Thank you Your Highness, but it is precisely because of the unknown situation that I have to go." Chang Sui Ning said: "To be honest with Your Highness, I left Beijing this time to go to Shouzhou to find my father, and I have already made all preparations.
, so please rest assured, Your Highness.”
The girl's words were calm and steady, her eyes revealed her determination, but the eldest princess Xuan'an still hesitated: "But now the Xu family's rebels are making trouble everywhere, there are bandits everywhere, and the entire Huainan Road is not peaceful, so...
I can still live in peace in Xuanzhou. Your daughter's family is going to Shouzhou, let alone me. Even your father must not be able to rest assured..."
"The rebels' rebellion is nothing more than forcibly recruiting soldiers and money. As for ordinary bandits, the people I bring should be enough to deal with them." Chang Sui Ning said: "I will act carefully, Your Highness does not need to worry."
She still has some experience in walking to protect herself in war-torn areas.
Of course, the word "danger" cannot be avoided, but in comparison, Chang Kuo's safety is more important. At such a critical moment, it affects the whole body. It is natural to leave the matter in the hands of others and let her sit in the house and wait for news.
It's impossible.
Besides, no matter how long it takes, she will always go.
In the midst of military chaos, a stable place should be used to protect the old and the weak. Those who are strong and have swords in their hands should do whatever they can, so that the chaos can be subsided.
When the eldest princess heard this, she couldn't persuade her any more. She realized that the little girl was just saying goodbye to her, rather than asking her for her opinion and asking her to help make decisions.
This girl is very determined and decisive.
She already understood this from the seven or eight days of getting along with him.
The eldest princess sighed.
"This junior has come. In addition to saying goodbye to His Highness, I have one more thing to ask for." The girl finally said: "My brother has not recovered yet, so it is not appropriate to go with him, or he may have the audacity to harass His Highness for a while."
After these days, in Chang Suining's view, there is almost no doubt about the previous guess.
That's why she dared to say this boldly and confidently.
"What are you talking about? It should be like this." The eldest princess said: "Since you have made up your mind, I can't force you. You can rest assured that Mr. Chang Lang will stay in Xuanzhou. It doesn't matter how long it takes..."
As she spoke, she made another "request". She wanted someone to pick a group of capable confidants to secretly follow Chang Sui Ning and escort her to Shouzhou.
"If you kid can't even agree to this, then as an elder, I really can't let you go." Finally, the eldest princess said, both soft and hard.
Chang Suining, who had no intention of refusing, smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
The eldest princess nodded with satisfaction and immediately gave the order.
He also explained many things that Chang Suining needed to pay attention to. Finally, his voice was low and his eyes darkened: "If anything happens... don't act rashly and endanger yourself. Come back to Xuanzhou and tell me
I."
If he really did something bad at his age, she would avenge him even for the sake of her child.
In the current chaotic situation, Princess Xuan'an has already prepared for the worst in her heart.
At this time, Chang Sui'an finally caught up.
Chang Suining gave him a few words in front of the eldest princess, so that he could rest in peace and recover from his injuries.
Is Ning Ning going to leave him here alone?
Chang Sui'an felt uneasy, but he didn't dare to say those unrealistic words when he looked into his sister's eyes. It was now very difficult for him to walk around the yard every day, let alone go to Shouzhou.
If he keeps up, no matter how powerful his sister is, he will drag her down to the point where she can no longer stand up.
After agreeing on this, Chang Sui Ning said goodbye to the eldest princess and went back to change clothes and prepare to leave.
Li Tong followed and warned Chang Suining repeatedly on the way.
At first, she was enthusiastic towards Chang Sui Ning, and she was indeed in love with Wu Jiwu and curious. But after spending eight or nine days together, she has truly fallen in love with this sister.
She has not had many playmates of the same age around her in recent years, and she has always looked down on the noble girls in Xuanzhou City. Finally, she found a younger sister who she likes. She is racking her brains to think about how to grow up.
After a long time, people will eventually leave.
He really had just made her fall in love, but he wanted to abandon her and go to that dangerous place, and he had to make her miss him in every possible way.
When Li Tong was reluctant to leave, Chang Suining came out of the inner room. He had changed his dress into a robe, tied up his hair, and dressed like a teenager. His walk and demeanor also had the air of a teenager.
Li Tong was stunned for a while, then subconsciously stretched his head to look into the inner room.
Isn't this really hiding her sister Chang?
In fact, if you look closely, you can see that there is obviously not much concealment on his face. Why does he look so much like a real young gentleman?
The "young man" walked out of the outer hall, and Chang Ren came up to him and saluted: "Girl, everything is ready...but there is one more thing. Do you need to bring the people in the secret room with you as well?"
Chang Suining shook his head: "I'm in a hurry for this trip, so I won't bring any trouble."
Ah Che, who was standing with everyone, hesitated after hearing this and walked to Chang Sui'an consciously.
"?" Chang Sui'an looked at him.
Xiao Duan Xiaowu in the crowd did not move. Like the guards, he stood upright with his head held high and his expression serious.
Ache: "..."
If only he was as confident as them.
Chang Suining looked over and said, "Ache is coming with me. Xiaoduan Xiaowu is too young, so I will stay."
Ah Che's eyes suddenly lit up and he strode forward.
Xiao Duan and Xiao Wu walked towards Chang Sui An angrily.
"When brother is free, teach them how to practice martial arts and calligraphy. Don't let them slack off." Chang Suining arranged work for all three of them in one sentence.
She has always loved talents, but talents rarely fall from the sky, so they need to be deceived, robbed, and carefully cultivated.
Chang Sui'an nodded and agreed, saying again and again: "Ning Ning, you must be careful."
Chang Suining said "Okay" and looked around but didn't see A Dian. Just when he was about to ask, he saw a tall figure running over with a baggage and an orange cat in his arms.
A Dian rubbed his cheek and took a few deep breaths before reluctantly putting the cat into Chang Sui'an's arms: "Xiao Sui'an, I'll leave the orange to you to take care of."
With that said, he quickly came to Chang Suining and said, "Little A Li, let's go!"
Chang Suining looked at him: "You want to go too? This trip may be very dangerous."
"I'm not afraid of danger!" A Dian's wide eyes were full of pure desire: "I just want to be with you!"
Looking at those eyes, Chang Suining seemed to hear the familiar but distant phrase "A Dian just wants to be with His Highness" in his ears. In his eyes, there are only two places in the world - the place where His Highness is.
, and other places.
Chang Sui Ning smiled: "Okay, let's go together then."
A Dian was overjoyed and hurriedly followed her.
Chang Sui'an insisted on sending her sister out of the eldest princess's mansion.
The group set out from the back door, and the people arranged by the eldest princess were also waiting there. Seeing Chang Sui Ning, they handed over the customs clearance documents prepared by the eldest princess and the route map of Huainan Road.
Chang Suining unfolded the road map and looked at it twice, then rolled it up, put it under his cloak, and jumped on the horse: "Come with me."
"Yes!" A Dian straightened his chest, looked extremely serious, and responded loudly.
Chang Suining turned back to look at him, their eyes met, she seemed to smile, and then she whipped her horse.
A Dian himself was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and then hurriedly rode to follow.
After the men and horses left, the dust and smoke they brought up floated and settled, and the sword boy pushed Chang Sui'an back to the eldest princess's mansion.
At this moment, Chang Sui'an was worried about her father and sister, but also felt lonely and wandering.
Sensing his emotions, Li Tong comforted him: "Don't worry too much. General Chang and Mrs. Chang have their own destiny and will be fine."
After saying that, he patted Chang Sui'an's head twice to show comfort.
Chang Sui An's whole body tensed up in an instant, and he looked up at her in disbelief.
His sister has just left, is she going to do anything to him?
Seeing his expression, Li Tong asked in a very good tone: "What's wrong?"
Chang Sui'an's lips trembled, and she made a stiff expression that seemed to be touched. She was so anxious that she asked cautiously: "I...can I call you sister like Ning Ning?"
He tried to put up a line of defense called ethics to protect himself.
Now that Ning Ning is gone, he has to learn to protect himself.
Li Tong was stunned for a while, then showed a look of surprise: "Of course you can!"
She raised her hand with great joy and rubbed Chang Sui'an's head twice more: "Shout first and listen?"
Changsui An forced a smile and said: "Ah... sister."
Li Tong showed his face: "Eh!"
Chang Sui An feels inexplicably more at peace.
The sword boy didn't look sideways and pushed Lang Jun forward, whose hair was being tousled.
It seems that Lang Jun is more willing to sell his soul than to sell his body... It's really hard to judge.
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Chang Suining and his party left Xuanzhou City and headed north.
Horse hooves picked up the dust, stepped across the shallow stream, broke through the mountain fog in the morning, and chased the sunset at dusk. The girl wearing a crow-green cloak rode the horse and led the way. They arrived in Luzhou the next day.
It was getting late, and even Chang Sui Ning did not dare to be arrogant enough to drive at night on what is now Huainan Road, so the group rested in Luzhou for the night and inquired about Shouzhou. When the sky dawned, they set off to Shouzhou again.
And go.
On the road from Luzhou to Shouzhou, it can be seen with the naked eye that it is not as stable as that near Xuanzhou. You can see homeless people everywhere, and occasionally people and horses from unknown directions pass by quickly.
Chang Suining asked Chang Ren to wait and take out the remaining dry food and distribute it to a group of refugees, mostly old, weak, women and children. After asking, he found out that they came from Yangzhou and had been in exile for several months. The old woman who led them
As the man spoke, he shed tears.
It turns out that Xu's rebels not only forcibly recruited young men, but also ordered the common people to hand over money and food to replenish their army treasury.
However, the imperial soldiers and horses made several attacks, many fertile fields were destroyed during the battles, the city gates were frequently closed, the people at the bottom were cut off from their livelihoods, and they could not bear the constant recruitment by the rebels, but in fact it gradually became an open robbery, in order to survive.
If you go down, you can only drag your family and everyone to escape.
After hearing that Xuanzhou had not been affected, many of them planned to go to Xuanzhou. However, because the Runzhou area was also occupied by the Xu rebels and the war continued, they could only take a detour through Luzhou.
This section of the road is not that easy to walk. There are rioters, bandits, and officials from various places who are blocking the eviction. There are also many refugees who are in similar situations but may not be friendly.
Chang Suining glanced at the children who were devouring food next to the old woman. He didn't ask any more questions, and just gave them some broken silver coins. The old woman looked around warily, hid them quickly, and then looked in front of Tong.
The "young man" kowtowed and thanked him.
Chang Suining helped her up with one hand.
This is all she can do at this time.
The group continued on their way and successfully entered Shouzhou City before the sky turned dark and the city gate was about to close.
Thirty miles outside Shouzhou City is where the army camped.
Chang Suining and others rested in an inn, and that night someone who had been left by Lao Kang came over.
"Meet the girl!"
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"We still haven't seen the general. Today we tried to go to the camp to inquire about the general's recovery from his injury, but we couldn't even get through the gate of the military camp!"
The last time we were able to get in, it was probably because they brought money and food with them, and the soldiers were willing to talk to them a few more words. This time they simply stopped them, and even made it clear that if they dared to approach the military camp again without permission and interfere with military affairs, they would be punished.
Don't blame them for losing their sight.
Chang Suining: "It seems that this military camp is obviously inaccessible."
She had been stopped once before, so she would not have thought of this possibility.
Lao Kang and the others gathered together to discuss countermeasures, while Chang Sui Ning looked at the door of the guest room: "No hurry, let's fill our stomachs first and wait for A Zhi to come back."
When entering the city, there was a group of three people in front of her, driving two empty carriages into the city. They were wearing the same uniforms of the rebel army.
So she asked Ah Zhi to follow them quietly and pay attention to their whereabouts.
Ah Zhi quickly turned back and brought the news back.
"Back to my lady, after the three soldiers settled in an inn, they changed into their regular clothes and went to drink wine together."
Hearing the word "drinking flower wine", Chang Sui Ning felt a twinge of disgust in his eyes. This disgust was mainly towards Li Yi.
It seems that Li Yi is not good at running the army.
During the war, there were sophisticated agents everywhere, and soldiers dared to drink wine secretly when they were in the city on errands. Such carelessness would give opportunities to people with ulterior motives—such as her.
"What are your plans, girl?" Chang Ren asked from the side.
Chang Suining looked at Xi'er: "Just follow the rules."
Seeing Xi'er respond, he turned around to look for something. Several veterans and guards were a little confused. What are the old rules for girls?