My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

Chapter 177 Changting

The Ten-Li Long Pavilion does not mean that the pavilion is ten miles long.

Shili Changting is a place name.

There is a pavilion.

It is called Changting.

The pavilion is at a three-way intersection.

Sitting in the pavilion, there are three ancient roads outside.

One road goes west and leads to Xiling City.

One path goes eastward and leads to Rouchuan City, the capital of Hexi Province.

The other road goes north and leads to the capital Chang'an.

Behind the long pavilion, there is a large post station near the foothills of Mount Izumo.

It is called Changting Posthouse.

On August 19, the sixth year of Wenzhi, Bai Shaoqiu and his party, who had been traveling from Xiling City for three days, arrived at Changting Posthouse in the evening.

When Bai Shaoqiu got off the carriage and stood in the square outside the post station, Dongfang Xun came from the pavilion.

He wore silver armor and a scarlet cloak.

He also carries a very long knife!

He was not wearing a helmet, and his black hair and scarlet cloak fluttered in the wind as he strode forward.

Looks... quite domineering!

Such tyranny naturally attracted Zhao Poshan's attention.

Zhao Poshan frowned and shouted, "Line up...!"

At that moment, one hundred imperial guards shouted almost simultaneously: "Formation...!"

phalanx!

The ten people in the first row all drew their daggers and raised their shields!

All the people behind them took down their bows and put arrows on at that moment!

Dongfang Xun stood thirty steps away from the team.

Bai Shaoqiu stood on the left side of the team, side by side with Zhao Poshan.

Zhao Poshan raised his knife and shouted at Dongfang Xun, "Who are you? Take off your armor!"

Hundreds of people shouted in unison: "Take off your armor...!"

The sound was so spectacular that it immediately attracted everyone who was staying at Changting Inn.

Those people walked out of the post station and saw the tense scene.

They were startled and quickly shrank back.

Such excitement is unbearable to watch!

If you are not careful, you may lose your life.

Dongfang Xun's face remained serious.

He looked at the team in front of him, frowning slightly.

These soldiers are great!

Good is relative.

It cannot be compared with the shadow guards he leads.

He just stood in the sunset,

No sword was drawn.

He didn't even take off his armor.

He looked at the man dressed in white...his son-in-law!

Bai Shaoqiu also looked at him.

After thinking for a while, he patted Zhao Poshan's shoulder and said, "My man."

Zhao Poshan was startled. The man opposite him was wearing armor, a sword on his back and a cloak.

This place is right on the edge of Xiling's territory. Young Master Bai said that they were his men... That general must be a subordinate of the King of Zhenxi.

He pondered for three breaths, then shouted at the hundred guards again: "Disperse...!"

One hundred guards then shouted, "Disperse...!"

They put away their swords, shields and bows, and the one hundred guards dispersed in a moment.

Dongfang Xun walked towards Bai Shaoqiu again.

"I told you not to come."

"My foster father's order."

"Where are the others?"

"They will show up when it's time."

Well, if we don’t agree, there’s no need to talk too much.

Bai Shaoqiu ignored Dongfang Xun again.

Dongfang Xun had no interest in talking to this son-in-law—

What can I say?

Dongfang Xun was a man of few words. He was a military general and all he talked about was training, marching and fighting.

This son-in-law is a scholar who talks about love, romance, poetry and essays.

The wind and the horse are irrelevant.

Interests and hobbies are not in line at all.

Bai Shaoqiu turned around and looked at the remnant of Mount Izumo behind the post station. Although it was called a remnant, the mountain was still very high.

The setting sun is at the top of this mountain. The sunlight cannot reach the mountainside. The light on the mountainside is dim, and the towering trees can be seen.

He looked north again.

Suddenly he asked Dongfang Xun, "Do you have a map of the way to Kyoto?"

Dongfang Xun was startled: "Yes!"

"Show me."

Dongfang Xun hesitated for three breaths and said, "I don't have it with me."

Bai Shaoqiu turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes filled with dissatisfaction.

"I'll keep it in my head."

"...Draw a rough outline for me to see."

Dongfang Xun also looked at Bai Shaoqiu: "No need, from now on, I will be responsible for your daily life and travel. You don't need to worry about this kind of thing."

Bai Shaoqiu raised his eyebrows, and after a moment, he looked at Dongfang Xun's serious and confident face and smiled.

"It seems that you are very confident in yourself."

Dongfang Xun remained calm and composed, "Shadow Guards always act with great confidence."

Bai Shaoqiu patted Dongfang Xun on the shoulder, which made Dongfang Xun very uncomfortable.

"It's good to have confidence, but..."

Bai Shaoqiu looked towards Chuyun Mountain again and pointed at the mountain:

"If I were your enemy, I would hide my people in that dense forest."

Dongfang Xun also looked towards the mountainside, a disdainful smile on his lips: "The shadow guards have checked, and there is no trace of human beings within a ten-mile radius of that mountain."

Bai Shaoqiu nodded.

There are only sixty shadow guards, and the prince asked them to escort him to Kyoto, so these shadow guards must be very capable.

They are roughly equivalent to the special forces in the previous life, but we don’t know what their professional level is.

Dongfang Xun brought them here early, and he did not slack off but was very dedicated.

"Hmm... let me guess, the Shadow Guard should be..."

Bai Shaoqiu looked towards the north again and pointed: "Over there!"

"There are faint mountains in the distance. This road must be between them."

"I estimate that the mountains are steep and the roads are rugged, so the convoy will move very slowly. If there really is an enemy, it would be the perfect place for an ambush."

"So I won't hide people there because anyone can guess."

Dongfang Xun withdrew his gaze from the north and fell on Bai Shaoqiu's face in surprise.

After a moment, he nodded and said, "The Shadow Guard is indeed over there."

"How long will it take for the Shadow Guard to get here?"

"Half an hour."

Bai Shaoqiu looked around.

I felt a little uneasy for no reason.

A crow just happened to fly across the sky, making a mournful croaking sound.

He looked towards Izumo Mountain again.

After thinking about it, he walked towards Changting Posthouse.

He Xiaofeng followed.

Dongfang Xun paused and followed.

Dongfang Meng's silly brother-in-law was helping Xiao Xi cook. These days he seemed to have forgotten his mission of protecting his brother-in-law.

Bai Shaoqiu and the other two went up to the second floor, where his room was.

A handsome young man in gorgeous clothes was standing in the corridor on the second floor.

The young man had been watching the guards downstairs. When he saw Bai Shaoqiu coming, the two looked at each other, and he turned and went into his room.

Right next to Bai Shaoqiu.

Bai Shaoqiu looked at the closed door for three breaths, then walked into his room.

He opened the window of the room and saw a stream outside.

Across the stream is a bush, which is also the foot of Mount Izumo.

Everything is picturesque.

Only the brook gurgles.

Occasionally there are birds singing.

Dongfang Xun actually looked at Bai Shaoqiu's back seriously at this time——

At least this son-in-law is still vigilant.

His judgment of the Shadow Guard's location was not wrong.

But there is no way an assassin would hide in this place.

Because the birds do not sing and the beasts are not startled.

Also because the shadow guard went to check it out in the afternoon.

Unless the enemy comes over from the other side of the mountain.

But the other side of the mountain is a cliff.

Bai Shaoqiu stood there and watched for a while. He felt that he was a little too sensitive. There was indeed nothing unusual in the forest opposite.

He was about to turn around, but suddenly looked towards the bushes again.

The bush was so big that you couldn't see the end of it on either side.

The shrubs are also growing very well.

"Have you checked that bush?"

Dongfang Xun: “Yes.”

"How large an area did you check?"

"A distance of a hundred feet."

Bai Shaoqiu frowned slightly and held out his hand, "Telescope!"

He Xiaofeng took out a thing from his bag that Dongfang Xun had never seen before. Bai Shaoqiu took it and looked carefully at the bushes.

Moving the telescope inch by inch.

The light is very dim.

He watched like this for another cup of tea.

Suddenly it froze in a certain place.

Through the telescope, he saw a fleeting faint light in the bushes!