flstandardbreds Chapter 178 Accidental collision
Chapter 178 Accidental collision
It was a cold silver light!
It's the light of a knife or a sword!
I think the man had been lying in ambush for a long time and moved a little, revealing the knife or sword in his hand.
Bai Shaoqiu didn't move, he needed confirmation.
The distance was quite far and the man didn't have a telescope, so he couldn't realize that he had been seen by Bai Shaoqiu.
It's just a stalemate.
Dongfang Xun didn't know what his son-in-law was looking at with the tube in his hand.
"There will be no ambush."
"A dense forest is good for hiding, but not for movement."
Bai Shaoqiu grinned at this moment because he saw the silver light again!
This time, the faint silver light appeared for a long time.
He moved the telescope and saw a second light.
third,
fourth……
Those lights are creeping forward!
It was precisely because they were crawling towards Changting Post that their weapons would occasionally appear from the bushes.
The sun was about to set, and they chose to move at this time to make sure that the shadow guards had checked the place and would not come again.
Seeing that it was getting dark, they needed to reach the opposite side of Changting Posthouse before it was completely dark.
It is impossible to tell how many assassins there are.
But what can be concluded is that they are also a group of well-trained assassins!
Bai Shaoqiu took a deep breath, put down the telescope and handed it to He Xiaofeng, then turned to look at Dongfang Xun and said very seriously:
"Quickly recall the Shadow Guards!"
Dongfang Xun: “…”
"This is my order!"
Bai Shaoqiu's face turned cold: "If you don't carry out the order... please don't follow me anymore. I don't need you. It would be more appropriate for you to go back to the Western Wasteland and fight the barbarians."
"Because it's a no-brainer!"
After saying this, Bai Shaoqiu didn't look at Dongfang Xun again. He walked out of the door with a serious expression, went downstairs and went straight to Zhao Poshan.
He Xiaofeng glanced at Dongfang Xun, then looked out the window. He didn't know what Bai Shaoqiu had seen. As Bai Shaoqiu's doorman, he firmly fulfilled his duties.
He passed by Dongfang Xun and left a message:
"The young master is not the same young master as before!"
Dongfang Xun stood alone in the room. He came to the window and looked at the bushes outside with a frown.
He saw nothing.
After thinking about it, he turned around, went downstairs, and jumped into the sky.
Zhao Poshan and Eunuch Wei were standing in the square below the post station, watching the guards cooking under Xiao Xi's command.
These guards are all the emperor's close attendants!
They are very proud.
But in the past few days, their pride was crushed to pieces by the fourth young master of the palace!
No one can be a match for the fourth young master of the palace!
That seemingly stupid big guy, with that brute force... is really fucking despairing!
So, in addition to obeying Zhao Poshan's military orders, they also obeyed Miss Xiaoxi's every word in life.
"That's good."
Eunuch Wei looked at the guards busy at work and said with a smile, "The food is good."
“Well, the taste has improved a lot too.”
"It's much better than the food at the post station... Hey, Mr. Bai, you're here too?"
Bai Shaoqiu came over with He Xiaofeng. He bowed and smiled.
"Eunuch, have you returned to your room to rest yet?"
"Hey, I'm old. My back hurts from sitting in the car for too long. I need to stretch my muscles."
Eunuch Wei turned his head to look at Dongfang Xun who was flying over from the second floor and pointed, "General Zhao said he was your man?"
"I can't say they're mine. After all, I'm still the prince's son-in-law. The prince was probably worried that I wouldn't be able to reach Kyoto, so he sent a few of his personal soldiers, saying they were there to protect me. But in reality..."
"You won't obey my orders,"
Bai Shaoqiu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about them. After all, they didn't eat my food. They can do whatever they want."
As he said this, he looked at Zhao Poshan, the smile on his face slowly faded, and his expression became solemn again:
"General Zhao, do you believe me?"
This nonsensical sentence made Zhao Poshan stunned. "In the letter, when leaving Kyoto, Her Highness the Ninth Princess specifically instructed her to do so..."
"Your Highness didn't ask me to trust you. He just said not to walk too fast. You're not in good health and can't handle the bumps."
"But I believe you, wholeheartedly!"
"What's the matter?"
Bai Shaoqiu pondered for three breaths: "If I said there was an assassin tonight, would you believe it?"
Zhao Poshan: “…”
Eunuch Wei: "...Assassin?"
He looked around, "Where did the assassin come from?"
"Could it be that he is hiding among the merchants at the post station?"
"Be bold!"
"General Zhao, clear out all those merchants!"
Bai Shaoqiu was shocked by Eunuch Wei's violent reaction.
There were about a hundred or eighty merchants staying at Changting Inn, and these people had arrived earlier... He had originally thought it would be inconvenient to disturb them since they were staying at the inn, but after hearing what Eunuch Wei said, he became alert again -
What if there are assassins hiding among these business travelers?
It is better to kill the wrong person than to let him go!
With Eunuch Wei's identity as an angel, he can indeed ask the post station officer to drive out all those merchants and travelers!
If you have the power, you can do whatever you want!
"Eunuch Wei's words make sense. General Zhao, please call the postmaster over and let Eunuch Wei lecture him!"
Zhao Poshan was stunned.
assassin?
Why did Mr. Bai say that there were assassins hiding among the merchants?
He just thought about it and quickly carried out Bai Shaoqiu's suggestion.
He thought so too.
What if there really is an assassin, what if Master Bai is killed? No, even if Master Bai is injured, he won’t be able to explain to Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess when he returns!
He strode away, and after a moment, came hurriedly back with the post officer.
The postmaster knelt down in front of Eunuch Wei, trembling all over.
"I didn't know the angel was here... I failed in my duty, I deserve to die..."
"you shut up!"
The post officer quickly shut his mouth.
Eunuch Wei's face turned serious, and he ordered coldly:
"I'm ordering you to clear everyone out immediately!"
"I'll give you a stick of incense. I don't want to see anyone else in this post station!"
"Little man obeys!"
"Well, go!"
The post officer hurriedly got up, turned around and ran towards the post station.
moment.
The post station was in chaos.
Of course, those business travelers were unwilling to do so. If they couldn't stay here, it meant they had to either sleep outside or travel overnight.
But they can only hide their unwillingness in their hearts, and at most mutter a few words.
Because there are many soldiers outside the post station!
Although they were cooking, the armor and weapons they wore were enough to make them fearful.
One of these merchant groups came from the direction of Rouchuan City, the prefecture of Hexi Road.
It was the largest caravan among them.
There are twenty carriages!
There are thirty guards!
They live on the second floor.
At this moment, in the room next to Bai Shaoqiu, the young man who was about seventeen or eighteen years old had a frown on his face.
He looked at the old man standing in front of him and asked:
"What went wrong?"
The old man bowed and said, "I really don't know what went wrong."
The young man had a gloomy face. After a moment, he took a deep breath, stood up and looked out the window.
"Let's go."
"Tell Laojiu to set up camp outside the pavilion and wait for the wind to come...!"