When I thought of Li'er, my eyes that had been tortured by low-grade fever suddenly woke up. I nodded almost unconsciously, and my voice was stronger than the sickly one before. I gritted my teeth and said: "

I want to cross the river. I have to go there!"

Alan looked at me and said, "What do you have to do that you must cross the river to do?"

I nodded: "I want to find my daughter."

"Your daughter?"

Alan raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised: "Seeing that you were in such a hurry to leave, I thought you were some kind of enemy hiding in the palace."

Hiding from enemies?

I was startled when I heard these three words.

I have no grudge against him. No matter how he deceived me or hurt me, even if he was on the verge of death several times, it seems that I have no hatred for him in my heart. Everything will make me happy.

My blood boiling emotions have been extinguished in the cold river water.

It's just that I'm really avoiding him.

After hiding for all these years, going around in circles, I wonder if it will be the same this time.

Thinking of this, a helpless smile appeared on my lips: "Maybe."

Perhaps, it really was a prophecy. As soon as I finished my words, I heard the coachman outside yelling, and the carriage stopped immediately. Alan and I both shook, and she immediately asked: "What's going on?"

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"Sister Lan, there are sentry posts ahead for inspection."

"Oh?"

Alan frowned and hurriedly moved to the front and opened the curtain to look outside. I barely propped myself up and took a look. I vaguely saw that there were sentries set up some distance away on the official road in front of me.

, a group of soldiers were already there to interrogate the passing merchants. Even the people on some carriages were pulled off and interrogated one by one to compare pictures.

When I saw it, I frowned.

The coachman already whispered: "This has never happened before."

Alan sneered: "Are you going to catch Jiangyang's thieves with this attitude?"

After saying that, she suddenly remembered something and looked back at me with a faint smile: "Sister, don't tell me, I'm here to catch you."

I opened my mouth, but before I could speak, Ye Fei's cold voice came from above my head: "It's her."

"Ah?"

"The one in the painting is her."

My heart suddenly sank.

Ye Fei sits higher than us, so he can naturally see far. Although his good eyesight is a bit amazing, what I didn't expect was that the response from the Imperial City was so fast. Our carriage had just arrived here, and the checkpoint had already been set up.

After traveling so far, what I didn’t expect was that Pei Yuanhao still refused to believe that I was dead!

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of my mouth.

Or in his eyes, I am really just a cat with nine lives. No matter whether I jumped off the ship at Tiger Leap Gorge or the towering fire in Jixian Hall this time, he refused to relax at all. Or maybe, as long as

If he doesn't see my body for a day, he won't believe that I'm dead, and he has to take me back before he's done?

How far should he and I go before we are completely over? Can I still get rid of him completely?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but tremble.

Seeing that my face suddenly became as pale as paper, and my eyes seemed to have flames about to burst out, Alan seemed to want to tease me a little more, and said with a smile: "Hey, this is really an enemy."
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I didn't speak, I just gritted my teeth.

After a while, he allowed his breathing to become smoother and looked at her: "Then what should we do now?"

They are going to escort me south, but if this happens along the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go this way.

Alan smiled, but he didn't look worried. He just reached out and touched my forehead, and then said, "It's good, I don't have such a fever anymore."

I was stunned. I didn’t know why she suddenly became concerned about my illness at this time. Shouldn’t she think about how to overcome this hurdle?

Just when I was confused, I heard her smile: "If you were seriously ill, we wouldn't dare to torment you like this."

"Huh?"

I was stunned and saw her reach out and pat a spot on the floor of the carriage.

Before I could react, I heard a clang, and the wooden board under me was suddenly evacuated. My whole body fell down, and the soft mattress fell heavily underneath. The car board above my head immediately closed up with a clang.

, and suddenly everything fell into darkness.

I was caught off guard and almost screamed in surprise.

And through a layer of wood, Alan's voice sounded: "Sister, please don't make a sound this time."

"..."

My breathing was a little tight, especially when the surroundings were pitch black and I couldn't even see any light, which made me feel even more uneasy.

At this time, I realized that this was the plywood on the carriage. No wonder the carriage was so big and the plates were so thick. It was because of the mezzanine. When I left the city before, I had a severe fever, and they didn’t do anything.

You dare to put me here to suffer.

However, in this case, you should be able to muddle through, right?

Just as I was thinking about it, the carriage was already swaying forward. This mezzanine was not too wide and could barely accommodate one person lying in it. His breath was sprayed on the wooden board. After a while, I felt the surrounding heat and unbearable heat.

I didn't even dare to take a breath, and kept my ears open to listen to what was going on outside.

The carriage stopped again, apparently for questioning.

"Come down, come down."

As soon as he heard what the people outside said, Alan slowly moved out of the carriage, as if someone had lifted the curtain to take a look. Although I knew they couldn't see me, I still held my breath at this moment, and the person didn't notice anything.

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Suddenly, someone outside said: "There are people in the car!"

There was a sudden panic, and everyone around was surprised and gathered around.

Alan's charming laughter sounded: "Masters, don't panic, this is a child of the slave family."

"Child? How old are you to have such a big child?"

"The official is laughing, this is the eldest lady's child."

There was silence for a moment, but no one refuted anything. Looking at Alan's charming look and adding the words "big lady", I naturally imagined what it was. But I don't know if it was my imagination, but Ye Fei's breath seemed to be a little heavier.<

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At this time, people outside asked again: "Then why is he up there? Come down quickly and be interrogated!"

Ye Fei still didn't speak and didn't come down.

The people around him suddenly became angry: "Get down quickly, or our carriage will be dismantled to see if you can't get off!"

When I heard this, my breath paused.

I don't know why, but Ye Fei's heavy breathing just now gave me an ominous premonition. Sure enough, I immediately heard his cold voice: "Try to take it apart."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere immediately became tense.

This time, I didn’t hear Alan’s voice trying to smooth things over, but I was also a little panicked. What if those people really came to dismantle the carriage and found me?

Just when the surrounding soldiers were about to get angry and surround him, suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves behind him.

From a distance, I heard someone shouting hello: "Brothers, are you still busy?"

Who is this?

I immediately held my breath and listened outside. Sure enough, none of the soldiers who were interrogating moved. One of them whispered: "Aren't they from the Ministry of War? Why are they here again?"

People from the Ministry of War? Nangong Jinhong’s men?

There was a thump in my heart, but I didn’t have time to think about it. The sound of horse hoofbeats was already close to my ears, and I heard those people getting off their horses and saying with a friendly smile: "Thank you for your hard work on such a cold day."
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"Haha, easy to talk about. With such heavy snow, what are you—"

"Master Nangong sympathizes with everyone's hard work and asked us to come here to take over."

"Take over?" The people outside seemed to hesitate for a moment: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

"What's wrong? Should we still distinguish each other?"

"Of course not, it's just——"

"Haha, we all work for the imperial court. Besides, this is also what the emperor has given us. Mr. Nangong is dedicated to serving the emperor, but he has never slacked off."

As soon as these words came out, those people hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Where is it? Of course we know that Mr. Nangong is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and helps the emperor to solve his problems. If you say so, then it's a lot of hard work."

"Haha, where are you talking?"
To be continued...