In troubled times, the daughter-in-law returns

Chapter 85
Although Mu Xue was recuperating, she didn't lie on the bed all the time, but kept inferring Zhan Tiannan's possible hiding place, and looked for the best hiding place for herself.

This day, she was staring at the map, and Xiao Ning hurried in, "Girl, something happened!"

Mu Xue was a little strange. Ever since she moved in, Xiao Ning had been by her side, and she didn't have a special sense of presence at first, until she inadvertently helped her with a word, and Xiao Ning's sense of presence gradually became prominent. Gradually became the big maid by her side.

In fact, she herself doesn't care about these things, and it doesn't matter who is serving her.

But it turned out that the people in Jinxiu pile were all like wooden people. It was because Xiao Ning changed first that they gradually became a group of "living people".

Mu Xue felt this change very clearly.

Xiao Ning is also a very stable person. Like a master, there must be a servant. He is very demeanor, and he doesn't panic when things happen. What happened today?
Xiao Ning's face was a bit ugly, "Girl, Zhan Tiannan appeared, the Young City Master took people to encircle and suppress, and after walking for two days, there was no news back..."

Mu Xue suddenly stood up, this is not Sikong Ye's style of doing things at all!
"Girl, some people in the City Lord's Mansion are ready to move. The key is that this time, Young City Lord..."

Mu Xue immediately packed up her belongings, "You should know which direction the young city lord is heading for, right?"

Xiao Ning nodded immediately, and presented a map with both hands, "The route that the young city master took is here."

Mu Xue received it in her hand, opened it and read it carefully, and sat down until she knew what was going on, and probably understood what was going on.

To the south of the main city of Yecheng, there is a big river named Nu River. It is about fifty miles away from the main city of Yecheng. The river is wide and dangerous. There is only one bridge on the river, which is facing the south gate of Yecheng.But ten carriages can be paralleled at the same time, which is extremely spacious.

This is also an important traffic road, which can be said to be one man guards the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it.

If an enemy comes from the south, as long as the Nu River Bridge is guarded, nothing will be lost.

The geographical location is so dangerous, so it is naturally guarded by heavy troops.

The garrison here was a team of confidantes of Andinghou Mansion back then, with about 5000 people.

Later, an accident occurred in the Andinghou's Mansion, and the defenders here disappeared. Later, Zhan Tiannan lost the opportunity, and the garrison was replaced by people from the City Lord's Mansion.

But the world has always been that the enemy is among the enemies and we are among the enemies. If Sikong Ye can place people among the soldiers under Zhan Tiannan, Zhan Tiannan can naturally do the same.

So there must be something wrong here that caused Zhan Tiannan to escape from here.

Otherwise, Sikong Ye would not lead people to chase them out from here, and at the same time dispatched an army of 1 people.

This is what it means to rectify the garrison on the Nu River Bridge.

If Zhan Tiannan bombed the Nujiang Bridge, it would be a great loss to Yecheng.

Because Yecheng is getting richer and richer as it goes south, the important towns in the south are the main source of tax revenue for Yecheng.

After Mu Xue packed up her belongings, she started to chase after her.

Xiao Ning was worried, "Girl, do you want your slaves to send some people to go with you?"

"No need," Mu Xue rebuffed straight away, "It's not that I don't trust you, but it's more convenient for me to act alone, and I'm used to being alone."

She refused to say any more words.

Xiao Ning sent Mu Xue out worryingly, and seeing her ride away on horseback, she returned to Jinxiudui with her head down.

After Mu Xue left Yecheng, she abandoned her horse and gave up riding, because there were not a few people who watched her ride out of the city, and now she had a string of tails behind her. If she wanted to move smoothly, she had to shake off the tails behind her first.

She circled around a few times, successfully throwing off all the pursuers, and then rushed to the Nu River Bridge.

Before he got there, he saw thick smoke billowing.

I don’t know when the Nujiang Bridge was built. It is said that it was originally a pontoon bridge. Later, with the help of the pontoon bridge, skilled craftsmen built arched piers. After several generations of perfection, it has reached its current scale.

But here has always been a battleground for military strategists, so it is often damaged.

Except that the pier is still the original, the bridge deck has been rebuilt many times.

Because there is not enough stone, a section of the bridge deck is made of wood. This is also a section that needs to be repaired every three years.

But if this place is burned down... there will be about two feet of length that cannot be passed through.

The place where the thick smoke is now, should be this section of the bridge deck.

It's no wonder that Sikong Ye will go out in person.

When she rushed over, a team of officers and soldiers were putting out the fire in an orderly manner. The fire had been completely brought under control, but that section of the road was seriously damaged and needed to be paved again.

Now the boards delivered are ready, just waiting for the sections to be treated before they can be re-laid.

It's just that in such a short half a day, many caravans have already gathered on the opposite side, all waiting to cross the river.

Mu Xue already knew that after Sikong Ye learned about Zhan Tiannan's news, he led people to chase after him. In the early hours of this morning, the bridge here was set on fire. It is possible that Sikong Ye had already sensed that something was wrong and issued a transfer order in time to change the guard. and will come in time.

At that time, the bridge deck that had been splashed with kerosene had just caught fire, and many traveling merchants fell into the water amidst the chaos.

The generals in charge of leading the team here are very experienced and deployed in an orderly manner, those who rescued people saved people, and those who put out fires put out fires.

After pouring kerosene and water to put out the fire, it didn't work, so we shoveled sand and rocks by the river to put out the fire. It took a full hour and a half before the fire was brought under control.

The people who fell into the water were also rescued. Except for the loss of some goods, no one was killed after all.

When Mu Xue arrived, the burnt part of the road was still exuding a scorching smell. Looking down from the gap, the turbid waves of the Nujiang River were rolling. It was good luck today, there was no wind, otherwise the turbid waves would be three feet high and fall How could anyone who went down the river not die?

I'm afraid that if I fall, I will be swept away by the waves.

Mu Xue looked at the distraught businessman by the river, who unfortunately had nowhere to find his goods, and couldn't help but sneered, at this moment, she still doesn't know which is more important?

She didn't argue about it either, and went straight ahead.

The general in charge here has asked the soldiers to surround the isolation zone, and the common people are not allowed to go forward.

On the other side of the river, there were also some responsible people. When the fire was raging, death squads were sent to rush through the sea of ​​flames, and some people swam over. If not, the fire on this side was under control, and the opposite side was burning. It's also useless.

Therefore, the people who were able to get close to the burnt bridge were members of the army. The general was very surprised when he saw a young woman in green clothes approaching. After seeing the woman's face, he probably guessed her identity and stepped forward. Said: "Miss, this place is dangerous, please go back."

(End of this chapter)