It is normal for the people to send the bride of the king and marquis out of the city. Wei Liang didn't care at first, but gradually saw more and more people gathered, and finally they rushed to chase the carriage. The crowds on both sides were like a market. If it weren't for the fact that there were soldiers who were following with spears on both sides of the carriage, they would have squeezed over. They became anxious and looked back at Wei Shao who was slightly behind. They seemed to be a little unhappy when they saw him.

Obviously, such a scene should not be within his expectations.

Wei Liang couldn't help but complain that Miss Qiao was troublesome and looked at the carriage again. Fortunately, she had already lowered the curtain and hurriedly slapped the horse to approach. While escorting the carriage himself, she shouted to disperse and finally left the city. Then she accelerated and finally stopped beside the road several miles away from the city gate.

Wei Shao's face was still as heavy as water, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking, and he didn't dismount. When Wei Liang and others arrived in front of him and bid farewell, they gave him a few instructions and told him to be careful on the way. Then they raised their eyes and glanced at the carriage in front of them that had not been opened since the curtain was left, and drove the horse and turned back to the city.

Wei Liang stood by the roadside, watching the figure on Wei Shao's horse gradually disappear, turned around and shouted loudly to his entourage: "Let's go! Send your daughter back home as soon as possible, and we can also come back soon!"

...

This New Year's Day passed on the road. Four or five days later, I arrived at a place called Qiuji, and passed through a winding mountain path a few miles away, which was the place of the river. It was almost evening, and it was dark, and the wind was blowing like a knife, as if it was about to snow. Considering that the winding mountain path was difficult to walk, I stopped and settled in the office for the night.

Xiao Qiao was sitting in the carriage with stoves and mattresses, but even so, his toes were numb from the cold at the end of the day, not to mention that Zhong Ma and the maid were sitting in an ordinary carriage without stoves. How many people could accommodate her own carriage? During the break at noon, Chunniang asked Chunniang to call Zhong Maid and the maid to keep warm. Zhong Maid refused, saying that there was a difference between the upper and lower parts, so that the master and servant should not be confused. The maid was a little afraid of her, so she saw that she was not going to get on, so she had to grit her teeth and continue to ride the same car with her. At this moment, she finally stayed. Although the inn was dilapidated, it was much warmer than outside. After entering, they all relaxed.

Xiao Qiao paid the money and asked Yicheng to buy some pork head meat and wine to come back for Wei Liang and the soldiers who escorted him all the way to warm up. Yicheng learned that she was Wei Shao's family and dared not ask for money. Xiao Qiao naturally would not let him pay, so he asked Chunniang to hand it over. Yicheng went out to buy it himself and heated it up to the table. The soldiers were very grateful to the considerate woman, and sat down and started eating and drinking. Wei Liang stood at the door of the office, looking at the dark sky outside, with some concerns in his expression.

The severe coldness of the twelfth lunar month in the north is really not something to be covered.

Xiao Qiao gave birth to two pairs of fleshy feet, round toes, light pink fingernails, and neat little crescent moons on them. It looked very cute. When I was in Yanzhou, I had never had frostbite in winter. I only had a few days ago and started to itch. Last night, I was even more itchy and scratched my heart and liver. I rubbed and rubbed my bed. Fortunately, Chunniang was considerate and took frostbite cream before leaving the door, picked some to apply, and massaged her. After tossing for half a night, she fell asleep late at night. Early the next morning, Chunniang woke me up and said it was snowing outside. General Wei had already gotten up. Now he was waiting for her to set off in the lobby outside, and just sent someone to urge me.

Xiao Qiao was in a deep sleepiness, yawned, and held back the anger of getting up. He was pulled out of the hot quilt in pain. He half opened and half closed his eyes. He was serving Chunniang in a daze and put on his clothes. After washing it randomly, he ate a few bites of the things he brought. The maid there also packed the bedding and went out to the lobby together.

Wei Liang had been waiting for some time and was impatient. Finally, he saw her coming slowly. Although he was dissatisfied, she was a female king after all, so she did not dare to act too recklessly. She gave a random polite greeting and said in a rough voice, "It is difficult to walk on the winding mountain road. I am afraid that the snow will get heavier. I will go on the road earlier, so I can go there earlier." After that, I shouted loudly that the followers were preparing to go out.

Xiao Qiao knew that he was anxious to get himself to Yuyang as soon as possible. He walked under the eaves outside the inn and saw overnight, the world became a world covered in silver. There was snow deeper than his calves in the ditch beside the road. It was white in the distance, and a gust of wind blew over and shivered.

The carriage had already stopped at the door. Xiao Qiao was about to go up, and four or five people rushed to the opposite road. They looked like merchants on the road one morning. They ran to the gate of the Yiting to hide from the snow. While stomping on the snow on their feet, they said, "Is the general going to the river? I blocked the mountain road ahead and couldn't get through!"

Wei Liang then asked the truth. The merchant explained in a verbal way that they went out early in the morning and arrived in front of the mountain, and saw the stones on the mountain collapsed, blocking the way and being unable to pass at all.

"The pile of hills is as high as a high place!"

A businessman is more skillful than a hand.

"Oh, I'm afraid I'll be blocked here, and I don't know when it will be available."

Another companion sighed.

Wei Liang was stunned, as if he was a little disbelief, and pondered for a while, and asked Xiao Qiao to go in and wait for a while. He took two people on the back of the horse and went to see what was going on in the wind and snow.

When he came back, his brows frowned and said that the road was indeed blocked by falling rocks and he should not be able to walk away today.

When Xiao Qiao heard this, she covered her face and yawned, and turned around and went in. The maid opened the bedding and re-layed it, and then she went in to take a break.

No one urged her anymore. She was sleeping with a refreshing feeling. When she woke up, her cheeks were covered with redness, she applied frostbite cream on her feet, and put on socks before going to bed. Now she was warm and comfortable. She got up and ate, and it was already afternoon.

The lobby in front of the inn is much more lively than in the morning.

In such bad weather, the few people who are still running outside, except for the hard-willed people like Xiao Qiao, who are indescribable hidden dangers, most of them are in business travelers of laymen. The lobby was all because the road was blocked and turned back here to get some warmth. The Yicheng did not drive them away, allowing the business travelers to stay in the lobby in front for the time being, but were not allowed to break into the back hall at will.

Wei Liang was just thinking about sending Xiao Qiao to Yuyang for a service soon. Unexpectedly, the road was blocked just a few days after it came out. He was anxious, fearing that if it rained again tonight, the stones would probably be frozen together. It would be even more difficult to eradicate them. By noon, when the snow gradually stopped, he immediately organized people to go to the road.

The merchants also wanted to set off earlier. Seeing that the general took the lead, they responded one after another. Wei Liang ordered people, brought the tools, and left two personal soldiers, and ordered them to take care of the wife of Junhou here, and led the people away.

...

In the back hall, the charcoal fire in the stove in the room was burning vigorously and warm.

Anyway, I couldn't leave anyway. Chunniang took out the needle basket and made needles and threads with several maids. Xiao Qiao leaned on the couch and stared blankly. Suddenly someone knocked on the door. It turned out that Yicheng sent a plate of chestnuts that had just been roasted on the fire, which was sweet. Chunniang handed some money to Yicheng and took the chestnuts. Xiao Qiao asked the maid to wrap some in a handkerchief and gave it to Zhong Ma who was in another room next to her.

After a while, the maid came back and said that Zhong Madam didn't want it. She just asked herself to pass the message on her behalf and said she had thanked the lady for her kindness.

Seeing that she didn't want it, Xiao Qiao asked the maids to share the food. The maids were very happy and sat around the stove while peeling chestnuts while whispering gossip.

Chunniang stopped doing needlework and thread. She washed her hands and sat next to Xiao Qiao to peel chestnuts for her and said, "It's really hard to get close to this mother Zhong, and she's like this, and she doesn't know what Mrs. Xu is like there? What about the mother-in-law's mother-in-law?"

She put a freshly peeled yellow chestnut meat into Xiao Qiao's mouth and sighed herself.

Seeing that she was starting to worry about her again, Xiao Qiao also peeled a chestnut and forced it into her mouth, and smiled and said, "Will anyone else want to swallow me alive? Chunniang, what are you worried about? Eat the chestnut!"

"It's on fire!"

At this moment, a hustle and bustle suddenly came from outside, and someone shouted loudly.

Chunniang was shocked and hurriedly got up and pushed the door out to check. She saw that the house in a corner of the room that was only a few rooms away from here actually caught fire. The tongues of fire and smoke were coming out of the doors and windows, as if it was burning from inside. Zhong Ma was next door, and heard the sound. The postmaster ran over in panic, and ordered people to put out the fire, while apologizing to Xiao Qiao who heard the sound, saying that it was a utility room. Someone didn't know why the fire suddenly started. Seeing that the fire was very fierce, he was afraid that it would burn here, so he could only ask Mrs. Jun to go to the front hall to avoid it for a while.

Chunniang ran back to the house and helped Xiao Qiao take out the cloak. Zhongniang took the maid back to the room to clean up some fineness, and then came out. The group of people gathered Xiao Qiao to the front hall.

Everyone in the office followed Wei Liang to the road. There was not enough staff to put out the fire. The official secretary hurriedly ran back and begged the two followers to put out the fire. Zhong Ma refused and said, "Each person does his own duties. The two of them have the important tasks, so they are to protect the female..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she said, "bang", and the door behind her was suddenly pushed open. Several people who seemed to be businessmen but had a knife in their hands rushed in. Without saying a word, they rushed towards Xiao Qiao.

"Protect the Queen!"

Zhong Ma reacted very quickly, screamed, and rushed to Xiao Qiao and blocked her behind her.

Chunniang also reacted and rushed to Xiao Qiao.

The two followers were well-trained on weekdays, and although they were small to many, they did not hesitate at all. Seeing this, they immediately drew their swords and quickly stood in front, confronting each other.

"Who? How dare you collide with the family of Yanhou in Youzhou?"

Zhong asked sternly.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves trampling on the snow came from outside the door. Almost in the blink of an eye, a white horse rushed into the gate. A man sat high, wearing a hat and a straw raincoat, with a low brim of hat. He could not see his face clearly, but judging from his figure, he should be a man. He was very skilled in riding. After driving in, he stopped for a moment, wrapped in a gust of wind and snow, and drove straight towards Xiao Qiao. The guard could not stop the fierce horse and could only dodge both sides. The white horse came close to Xiao Qiao and knocked away Zhong Mai and Chun Niang in front. With the screams from the maid, Xiao Qiao had been leaning over and picked up the horse by the man on the horse. The knight then stopped suddenly. The white horse turned around and rushed out of the gate with the two of them. At first, the people pretending to be business travelers roared and retreated in a blink of an eye.

All this happened too suddenly, from the beginning to the end, in just a few dozen seconds.

When Zhong Ma and Chun Niang were knocked away by the horse, they suffered some contusions. Regardless of the pain, they climbed up from the ground and chased the door. The white horse had already run out for half a mile and turned into a white dot in the snow, and disappeared into the vast snow field in a blink of an eye.
Chapter completed!