After exchanging lives, I can't get rid of the binding cp

Chapter 15

Zhou Yang stood up and looked at Lou Xiyue with steady eyes: "After Miss left, my subordinates have ordered someone to report to the officials, and Zhao Zhi County of Ling County has sent troops here, and they are now gathering at the foot of the mountain.

"Miss, if you don't want to be discovered, please return to the inn quickly. After dawn, all I know is that Miss slept in the room all night and never went out."

Miss Ban's family is a lady of every family and an unmarried bride, she shouldn't show her face in public, and she has never studied martial arts.Therefore, the fact that Lou Xiyue secretly left the inn with a weapon and came to the cottage to rescue Qingshuang must not be known to others.

Lou Xiyue nodded: "Then I will leave them to you." She turned her head and said to Qingshuang: "We will meet at the inn. I will explain your questions one by one then."

Even though Qingshuang was full of doubts, but out of trust in her young lady, she still nodded faithfully and agreed: "I know, girl, be careful on the way."

"Ah."

Lou Xiyue walked briskly towards the dark forest, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

And Zhou Yang took Qingshuang and the little girl down the mountain.They didn't deliberately avoid the main road, and went directly to join the government's troops.

When they were about to reach the foot of the mountain, the county magistrate of Ling County had already led the crowd to come.

People from the government came in mighty numbers, first a dozen government officials led the way, followed by nearly a hundred officers and soldiers, and the lit torches illuminated the mountain road.

Zhao Zhixian is a rather obese middle-aged man, his head is sweating because he ran too fast.Standing behind several yamen servants, when he looked up and saw Zhou Yang, his eyes lit up immediately: "You are Zhou Yang, the guard of the Ban family, I guess I found you!"

Zhou Yang cupped his hands and said, "I've met Mr. Zhao. Your lord provided timely support. Right now, Xifeng Village is in chaos. You only need to surround them with your lord, and you can easily take them down."

Zhao Zhixian looked up, and sure enough, he saw the faint light of fire coming from the mountain.He breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered his officers and soldiers to disperse and besiege Xifeng Village from all directions.

He smiled, then looked behind Zhou Yang, and said, "It seems that you have rescued the person, that's good—but this is the Ban family girl or the maid Qingshuang, why is she still wearing the bride's clothes?"

Zhou Yang explained: "In order to protect the safety of Miss Qingshuang, she changed into a wedding dress and tricked the bandits, and then she was taken captive to Xifeng Village."

At this time, the government servants around Zhaozhi County stepped aside one after another, and a man who looked like a guard stepped forward.

The visitor said: "So, Miss Ban is not in Xifeng Village anymore?"

Zhou Yang frowned: "This is..."

Zhao Zhixian slapped his forehead, and said: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot—" He pointed to the leading guard, and said, "This is Xuan Yi, the powerful guard next to King Xuan Ping. It was robbed by bandits, so I specially sent people over to support it."

Hearing this, Zhou Yang and the other three were surprised.

Zhou Yang nodded slightly: "I see, I'm sorry."

"Oh, you're being polite. We're considered a family, so there's no need to be formal." Xuan Yi waved his hands and said with a smile: "Since Miss Ban is fine, I'll take the bandit first, and then go back to the inn to welcome the princess back to the capital. Come on, You escort Zhou Huwei and Miss Qingshuang back first."

Zhou Yang didn't refuse, so he bid farewell to everyone and returned to the inn.

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It was still dark when Lou Xiyue returned to the inn.There were guards outside the guest room, so she had no choice but to return to the room through the gap in the guest room upstairs.

After she changed out of her night clothes and hid her weapons, she heard a faint movement outside the inn.After a while, a dark red light rose from the distant sky, and at the same time, the door was knocked.

"Girl, are you asleep?" Qingshuang asked cautiously outside the door.

Lou Xiyue got up and opened the door.She took a careful look at Qingshuang to confirm that the other party was not injured, and then she gave up a way: "Come in."

At this time, Qingshuang had changed back into her own clothes.She put the bride's wedding dress back, poured a cup of tea, and knelt down in front of Lou Xiyue.

"This servant is here to thank the girl for saving her life. If the girl hadn't come to save her in time, I'm afraid Qingshuang would have already been killed by bandits. Qingshuang will never forget the girl's kindness, and she will definitely repay the girl as a cow and a horse." !"

She held the cup in both hands, her head drooping slightly, with a humble and humble appearance.

Lou Xiyue asked her to get up: "You were kidnapped by bandits because of me, and I should have saved you. In terms of kindness, it should be that I owe you a favor." She is from the rivers and lakes, never Talk about these empty rituals: "I don't need you to repay the favor, let alone you to be an ox or a horse, and I don't need to do this big gift in the future."

Qingshuang immediately said: "It is only natural for a slave to protect the master, how can it be confused with the same thing. The girl said that, it really hurt me."

Lou Xiyue felt that she and she probably couldn't reason, so she was silent for a moment, and said: "It's up to you." She looked at Qingshuang again: "What else do you want to say?"

Qingshuang hesitated to speak: "I do have something I don't understand, I want to ask the girl..."

"You ask." Lou Xiyue sat down upright.

"Miss, why did you chase after Xifeng Village with your sword?" Qingshuang asked cautiously, "Miss, have you learned martial arts?"

Lou Xiyue knew that she would ask this question, and already had a plan in mind.So he said: "It's not very proficient, it's just a little superficial knowledge. You should remember that when I was young, my grandfather asked someone to teach me the art of riding a horse. The martial arts I learned was learned at that time." .”

"So that's how it is." Qingshuang was relieved when she suddenly realized. She smiled and said, "At that time, the girl fell from the sky like a god. I was so shocked. I almost thought that the girl had been transferred. Adding these Over the past few days, the girl seems to be quite unfamiliar with me, so..."

Qingshuang shook her head, and said: "It's nothing. The matter is over, as long as the girl is fine." After speaking, she paused, and said with lingering fear: "But if there is such a critical situation again, the girl should not risk herself. Yes. A servant girl deserves such a low life, it's not worth it for a girl.

"If the girl has some troubles because of this, how should I explain to the master and the old lady? So, I ask the girl to think about herself and don't take risks."

Lou Xiyue thought to herself, Ban Xiyu's personal maid is really very loyal, she has never seen someone so devoted to her master.

She nodded with an "oh" to show that she understood.But she doesn't mean it.

"There is still something to tell the girl." Qingshuang looked at Lou Xiyue's face and said:

"After the girl left Xifeng Village, King Xuanping's men led troops to find them. They seemed to have heard that our wedding party was robbed by mountain bandits, so they came here to help. Right now, they are arresting all the robbers in Xifeng Village , when the official business is over, I will come to pick up the girl back."

Lou Xiyue had no special reaction.

The gang from Xifengzhai came to rob the wedding party under the order of the magistrate of Pingjiang, Fu Guan knew about this, so naturally he would not let it go.In addition, the "Three Masters" said last night that they wanted to make a deal with Fu Guan, presumably the guards sent by King Xuan Ping came for this purpose.

Lou Xiyue said: "Yes, I understand. You have worked hard too, let's lie down and rest for a while before we talk about it."

But Qingshuang stood still: "I'm not tired, and I have another matter, I want the girl to decide."

Lou Xiyue thought for a while, then said: "You are talking about the little girl who was imprisoned with you in the dungeon of Xifengzhai, right? What happened to her?"

Qingshuang said: "I can't explain this in one or two sentences, so let her speak for herself." Then, she opened the door and whispered: "Come in."

Lou Xiyue turned her head to look, and the little girl walked in with small steps.

"Civil girl picking mulberries, please refer to the concubine." Caisang gritted her teeth, kowtowed to Lou Xiyue, choked up and said, "The folk girl has a grievance, I beg the empress to make the decision for the folk girl!"

Lou Xiyue felt awkward for a while: "Don't call me my concubine. If you have any grievances, just put it bluntly. If I can help, I will naturally ask Zhao Zhixian and King Xuanping to make decisions for you."

"Yes, Minnv knows." Cai Sang wiped the corners of her eyes twice with her cuffs, and said, "Girl Rong, the Minnv was originally from Li Village, Huan County, Pingjiang Prefecture. Last year, there was a sudden natural disaster in Pingjiang Prefecture. There was no rain for three consecutive months, droughts everywhere, and the people complained endlessly.

"Because of this drought, our people have no harvest! Liu Chuan, the governor of Pingjiang, withheld the relief food. Not only that, he also resold the food in his hand to various rice merchants, and the price of a stone of rice was sky-high !

"The villagers in the counties were miserable, and they were forced to sell their land to Liu Chuan in exchange for a few grains. But Liu Chuan was not satisfied with the land deeds. This year, he wanted to build the ancestral temple. , the family house, and lied to us that as long as we sign a few documents and work for him, the property can be returned to us.

"But who knows, those documents are a trap carefully set by Liu Chuan. Once signed, all the villagers in Li Village will become Liu Chuan's domestic slaves, and they will be enslaved by him for generations to come!"

Speaking of the anger, Caisang's tears flowed down like beads: "My father and the others disagreed, so they brought all the villagers to report to the governor. But before we got out of Pingjiang Mansion, the bandits in Xifengzhai I just killed them. My father and the others all..."

The tragedy of the day when his father and brother died can be vividly remembered, and every time Cai Sang thinks about it, his heart aches like a knife.

"I only found out later that the thieves in Xifengzhai had long been in collusion with Liu Chuan's thieves! All the villagers in Li Village were killed by Liu Chuan's thieves!"

Caisang cried until her eyes were red and she was out of breath.She grabbed the corner of Lou Xiyue's clothes, and there was a red mark on her head:
"Min'er's father and brother died tragically under the knife. If they can't complain to them, Min'er will die, and she will die with regret! I beg you, please be the master of Min'er and the dead villagers of Li Village! Min'er will form a grass title ring in the next life, and she will also die. I will repay the girl's kindness!"

Qingshuang was also moved: "Girl, picking mulberries is really pitiful, how about we..."

Lou Xiyue sighed, and asked Qingshuang to help Caisang up first, and then handed over a handkerchief.She said: "I understand what you mean. Fortunately, King Xuanping's troops have already arrived in Ling County. We will meet up with them after dawn and report all your grievances to King Xuanping."

She also said: "As far as I know, King Xuanping has been handling official business in Pingjiang Mansion recently. If I expected it to be correct, the person he dealt with should be Liu Chuan, the prefect. Since the grievance you reported is the same as what Liu Chuan committed. Sins are closely related, so King Xuanping will not just sit idly by, you can rest assured about this."

Hearing this, Cai mulberry beamed with joy.She wiped away her tears and thanked again and again: "Thank you girl, thank you girl!"

Lou Xiyue: "It's just a little effort, no need to worry about it. Qingshuang, you send her down to freshen up, and then prepare some refreshments. Let her follow us to Ling County to meet King Xuanping's troops later."

"Yes."

Qingshuang nodded, and then led Caisang to retreat.

As soon as the two left, the room fell silent again.Lou Xiyue didn't feel sleepy, so she opened the window and let the wind refresh her.

Although Ling County is under the jurisdiction of Pingchuan Prefecture, there is a distance between the two places.However, the troops sent by Fu Guan arrived on the night when the wedding party was robbed, which means that at the time of the incident, Fu Guan's relatives were casually in Ling County.

Fu Guan's entourage didn't make a special trip here, but their original intention was to come for the bandits in Xifeng Village.

Perhaps it was discovered during the investigation of Liu Zhifu that Xifengzhai had colluded with him, or it might be that he knew about the cooperation proposed by the third head of Xifengzhai, so Fu Guancai sent his subordinates to go to Ling County.

As soon as that group arrived in Ling County, they happened to encounter the robbery of the family sending team, so they led their troops to suppress the bandits.

Lou Xiyue secretly guessed that Fu Guan's move was very likely to have other plans.

She then thought of the power struggle between King Xuan Ping and Emperor Da Xuan, and wondered whether Liu Chuan, the magistrate of Pingjiang, had followed the emperor's order to prevent Fu Guan from going south?

Have the two forces started to rise?

"Rebel..."

I'm afraid the game between Emperor Daxuan and Fu Guan still has to be fought.

Lou Xiyue sat quietly for a while, and the sky outside the window gradually brightened.The number of people walking inside and outside the inn gradually increased, and the noise from the streets and alleys spread in all directions.

Qingshuang ordered people to prepare the breakfast, and after Lou Xiyue used it, she took a short break, and then the wedding team finished counting, and the team entered Ling County.

Zhao Zhixian got the news early, and sent a hall official to wait at the gate of the city. When he saw the Ban family's wedding team, he immediately led people to the post house for a rest.

Lou Xiyue ordered Zhou Yang to send a message to the magistrate of Zhao County, asking Xuanping Wang's relatives to meet her at the posthouse.

Qingshuang knew that she was going to report the grievance of picking mulberry to King Xuanping, so she prepared refreshments in the courtyard and waited for Fu Guan's bodyguard Xuanyi to come to meet her.

However, this waited until noon.

Although Lou Xiyue was not in a hurry, she also wanted to deal with the matter of picking mulberries as soon as possible, so she asked her servants to go ahead to inquire about the news.

Cai Sang was both nervous and worried: "Miss Ban, is there something wrong with the county magistrate? Why hasn't anyone reported it yet?"

Lou Xiyue pushed a cup of tea over and said, "Probably not. You just wait a moment, don't be impatient."

After the words fell, there was a sudden sound of heavy and orderly footsteps outside the courtyard.

Lou Xiyue raised her eyes, but saw outside the circular arch, a tall, tall and imposing man was walking with his head held high.The man is dressed in brocade clothes, wearing a jade crown on his head, and his whole body is noble.Behind him, followed by several figures dressed as guards.

And Zhao Zhixian led the way from the side: "My lord, please, the princess is here to rest in this courtyard."

　The next two chapters are about my sister Ban Xiyu

　　
　
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