I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 199 Escape

"Little girl, you are teasing me." Taoist Master Hengxi chuckled, "Okay, to be honest, after we finished our retreat, we were going to go to the south and north of the desert to practice, and now we are just reversing the order."

Shen Xiaoye also smiled and said, "This can also be regarded as a kind of natural law."

"Of course." After joking, Taoist Hengxi said seriously: "By the way, are you here to support Lu Guan?

He went to the Hetao direction, which is not peaceful at the moment. Even in Yanghe City, there is some unrest."

"The city looks fine at the moment." Shen Changsui said as he observed the courtyard. After confirming that all the sentries were his own people, he asked Bian Xian beside him, "What do you think?"

Bian Xian said: "It's just loose on the outside but tight on the inside. After the merchants here have delivered the grain and cloth, they are absolutely not allowed to go north again.

The border grain transported to Xinghe has been replaced by auxiliary troops.

But we are not within this limited range. Mr. Shen, do you want me to send a message to Mr. Lu?"

Shen Xiaoye raised his eyebrows when he heard this. It seemed that Brother Bian was unwilling to stay in the city.

Taoist Master Hengxi exposed him and said, "Lu Guan kept you here not only to take care of Mr. Wang and his injured soldiers, but also because you were injured and needed to rest for a while."

"Master, my physical condition will recover after two days of rest." Bian Xian patted his chest.

However, Fellow Daoist Hengxi only raised his hand and patted his right shoulder. He hissed, "Master, don't poke me in the sore spot like this."

Shen Xiaoye: "Brother Bian, what's this?"

"Alas, I was ambushed by a wolf pack while fighting it, and was accidentally scratched." Bian Xian felt a little embarrassed. He never expected that he would be kicked by the frightened horse of the person he rescued while rescuing him.

Shen Changsui saw that his right arm was basically motionless, and asked, "Did you hurt the bones? Don't be careless."

"There was no bone injury, but he was not wearing armor that day, and the bone was exposed where he was scratched. Lu Guan was afraid that his wound would swell, so he asked him to stay in the city." Taoist Hengxi let go of his hand.

Shen Xiaoye advised: "Brother Bian, recovering from your injury won't prevent you from joining the army in the north.

There is no need to mobilize all of you to rescue a few captives."

"Who kidnapped the people?" Shen Changsui asked.

Bian Xian looked around and saw that there were not only Sun Mi's men in the mansion, but also people hired by Master Wang and the servants of the five missing children.

He made a gesture, and Shen Changsui and others followed him into the hall.

After everyone sat down, he said, "Master Shen, the young masters of several families have one or two skilled personal soldiers around them, so hunting outside the city shouldn't cause any trouble.

But for some reason, they ran to a place fifty or sixty miles away from the city."

"There is a thief in the house." Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but say.

Taoist Priest Hengxi said: "There are more than just internal thieves. The group of people who caught them were very good at riding, and the guards were almost all wiped out.

When the people who escaped and sought help arrived with Datong's border troops, there were traces of deliberate destruction everywhere.

They split into several groups to chase after him, but none of the teams caught up with him.

Later, when Master Wang arrived and organized several families to search together, he discovered that the soldiers who had been sent out earlier were not working hard.

Shen Xiaoye: "Why? The fathers of several children are all military officials above the third rank. Aren't they afraid of offending people?"

“Haha, if you’ve offended someone before, it’s understandable that others would just give you a perfunctory response.

Otherwise, why did they look everywhere but get no news? As soon as Lu Guan arrived, he found the clues from the information he collected from everywhere.

Therefore, it was judged that it was done by a group of mountain bandits who had not been eliminated for a long time, but this group of people had good horses, so it would be better to call them horse bandits." Taoist Master Hengxi said it in one word.

Bian Xian looked outside the door and saw no one approaching. He whispered, "Before, Deputy General Gan Liang Chai and the deputy general here were not on good terms, but this time, it was Young Master Chai who initiated the plan for several young masters to leave the city.

Now there is news of another rebellion in Liang Province, and no one knows what the outcome will be for Deputy General Chai.

Moreover, the group of bandits we found are not simple either. According to investigation, they often smuggle goods to the northern barbarians and have a good hiding place.

Unfortunately, by the time we found them on the mountain, they had already fled."

Shen Xiaoye understood that regardless of whether the Liangzhou rebellion was quelled or not, Deputy General Chai was derelict in his duty. His children also instigated other families' children to go hunting and be kidnapped, and since they could not be found, the anger of the other families would mostly be focused on the Chai family.

She rubbed her temple with one finger. This kind of infighting was really a headache.

Then he thought: "So, will these children be taken to the Northern Tartars by the bandits?

No, that's not right. First of all, why did they take away several children? If there is an insider, it means they know the identities of these children."

"That's unknown." Bian Xian couldn't come up with an answer. "We'll definitely know everything if we catch them. This time, the Border Army sent a hundred elite troops to help. I hope Mr. Lu and his party will be safe."

“If we’re heading in the right direction, we’ll eventually find the people. As long as the children haven’t been killed, there’s a good chance we can save them.

We have other things to do now." Shen Changsui had a guess in his mind, could it be that the Wu family's little daughter left Yanghe and went to Datong to find the bandits that Lu Guan was tracking?

Coincidentally, Shen Xiaoye was also thinking about this possibility, because it was too unusual for the bandits to kidnap the children of officials or the children of military generals who were capable of killing them.

Could it be that they only wanted to capture Deputy General Chai's child, and eventually took the other children away while hunting for rabbits?

……

In the vast Gobi Desert, a group of people in different uniforms rode slowly on horseback.

The two people in the middle whispered, "Boss, we agreed to meet up in this desert to hand over the people. Will the Wu family change their mind?"

"Wait one more day. If no one from the Wu family comes, we will leave." The big boss said. He didn't know yet that the Wu family's rebels were having an extremely difficult time fighting and they couldn't take care of this side for the time being.

The man asked again: "Where are we going? If we catch the official's child, how can we still stay here?

You can't just go to Mobei and make a living with a bunch of idiots, right?"

He pulled the cloth around his face, and it turned out to be Houzi who had appeared in Jiuli Village.

This guy was originally exiled to the border army. On the way, he encountered a fight between two gangs of bandits, and he inexplicably became a trophy of the victorious side.

Because he offered a life-saving prescription when the boss was ill, he was gradually taken in as a confidant.

"If we are really at our wits' end, there is nothing we can do." The eldest boss pondered for a moment and said, "Watch out to these little brats, they may be our life-saving talismans.

As for the person who pretended to be Feng Jiuye and traded with us, kill him."

"Hey." Houzi responded and left. Unexpectedly, just as he turned his horse's head, a fast horse came galloping behind him. It was the rear sentry. "Report, big boss."

"Come closer and tell me." The head of the family was calm, but when the sentry whispered a few words in his ear, his face turned serious. "Houzi, come back."

Hou Zi quickly retreated: "Master, what do you want me to do?"