"Pause!"
The girl's clear voice came from the sedan chair.
The wedding team has arrived at the Hukou Mountain Valley. In the empty valley, there seems to be only the sound of wind and snow colliding with the woods.
Xixia seems peaceful, but in the darkness there are dead warriors from both forces. They were all waiting, waiting for the new emperor to reveal a corner of his robes, and a hunt was about to begin.
The team did not stop. The accompanying matchmaker asked Nan Yi through the curtain of the sedan chair: "Madam, why do you want to stop the sedan chair? It's windy and snowy in the valley, so we should get out quickly."
"I want to relieve myself."
Nan Yi replied aggrievedly.
In her plan, the best place to escape was in the valley near Lidu Mansion. It's easy to hide in the mountains, but with so many people in the city, it's hard to avoid being discovered by someone's eyes and ears.
"Madam, please bear with me a little longer."
"But I can't bear it anymore... You can't let me be embarrassed when I worship..."
Nan Yi's voice sounded like she was about to cry, and the matchmaker was indeed hesitant.
Nan Yi sat in the sedan chair, holding the dagger in her sleeve tightly. This was the weapon that Xie Queshan left behind after he gave up on her, and it became the thing that emboldened her at the moment. She just waited for the matchmaker to agree and the sedan to stop, then rushed out without looking back.
The matchmaker didn't answer, but the sedan stopped, and the team outside was strangely quiet. Nan Yi was a little suspicious, but still prepared to reach out and lift the sedan curtain.
At this moment, a hand lifted the sedan curtain ahead of her.
The wind and snow suddenly poured into the sedan, and a snowflake fell on Nan Yi's fingertips, sending a chill into the heart.
She didn't know who it was, but when she first sensed danger, she immediately raised her fan to cover her face.
Xie Queshan glanced inside the sedan. In the cramped space, there was only a girl sitting peacefully holding a wedding fan.
They met again through a thin wedding fan, but neither of them recognized that they were so close to each other. Xie Queshan didn't notice anything strange and quickly lowered the sedan curtain.
"A wanted criminal we are chasing has sneaked in. We need to check the team."
Usha gave the order, and regardless of the wishes of the bride-to-be, Qi Bing began to search the team roughly, checking boxes of dowry and the people accompanying them. Usha glanced at everyone in the team like a hawk, but he didn't see anything strange.
This is a bad idea. When I show up, I am exposed. When I am in the light, my target is in the dark.
But they didn't wait until King Ling'an showed up, and the wedding party was about to leave the valley. Although Xie Queshan stopped him, Usha insisted on going up to search, unwilling to let go of the last chance.
He knew that there were soldiers waiting for death in the valley. As long as King Ling'an was found, the two sides would definitely fight.
But at this moment, they can only take risks and cannot miss the opportunity.
However, nothing was found. Their plan failed and King Ling'an did not show up. Qi Bing returned empty-handed and had no choice but to let the wedding team leave.
However, the unwilling Usha still ordered a few Qi soldiers to follow the team.
The sound of Qi Bing's horse hooves followed closely behind. Nan Yiduan didn't dare to get off the car at this time. She was also the one Qi Bing chased. To save her life, Nan Yi was forced to miss her best place to escape.
She could only wait for the opportunity.
Xie Queshan and Hu Sha watched the wedding team go away. They both knew that the calm was not what it should have been. It was the game of forces from all sides that offset each other, leading to the calm at this moment. The undercurrent was still surging, and this struggle was not over yet. Finish.
What's deplorable is that they still don't know what the problem is. Did King Ling'an not show up, or did King Ling'an sneak into the wedding procession under their noses?
If King Ling'an cannot be captured in Lidu Mansion and he is allowed to cross south, the capture will become long and difficult.
Xie Queshan was very calm and thought that this was not the worst situation yet. He analyzed Husha: "No matter where King Ling'an is now, he must not have left Lidu Mansion. At least we now know that the Xie family is responsible for this." The main force of the escort should keep an eye on the Xie family, and there will be a turning point."
"Then kill Xie Heng. Once he dies, the deployment will be in chaos."
Usha stared into Xie Queshan's eyes.
……
The same news was quickly sent to Xie Heng again.
Xie Heng was surprised at first, and then relaxed a little. This is already the best result. But he was also uneasy. Why didn't King Ling'an show up?
Could it be that someone informed him in advance that the trip was dangerous and not to go?
How should he respond to King Ling'an after that? Thousands of thoughts came to Xie Hengzai's mind again.
But at this moment, the wedding sedan to welcome the bride was almost at Wangxuewu, and he still had to go to the ceremony tonight.
The streets were swept away by the scene of depression, the sound of firecrackers was deafening, and the red leather was rolling along the white ground. It snowed to see each other off, and when the wedding sedan entered Xie's Wangxuewu, the snow also stopped.
The last crystal snowflake fell on the red silk under the eaves, and it melted instantly, leaving a small dark water mark.
Nan Yi got down from the wedding sedan, her eyes were mostly blocked by the wedding fan. She could only see the crowds of people moving around, but no one's face could be seen clearly. She vaguely saw a man in wedding clothes standing in the hall. He was a little thin, but tall and tall. When guests congratulated him, he returned the favor with a warm air.
Nan Yi doesn't even know his name yet.
At this moment, the hustle and bustle around her gave Nan Yi a real feeling of getting married.
Previously, all she wanted to do was escape, but she missed all the opportunities. Now it was the most impossible to escape. She simply gave up, and the panic in her heart also faded away, replaced by a sense of confusion.
She began to realize that this was marriage, the most important moment in a woman's life. After worshiping, she would be his wife. Can she really escape in the future?
But she was already standing here, standing next to this man.
The sound of dusk drums came from far away from the middle of the mountain, indicating that the auspicious time was approaching.
The Xie family is a well-known family in Lidu Prefecture, and their influence is self-evident. There are naturally many guests and friends in the wedding hall. However, there are also Qi people who come in to fish in troubled waters. One person is pretending to be a young boy of the Xie family, and another person is pretending to be a wealthy businessman in the city. He blends in with the crowd without being conspicuous. The two exchanged glances and prepared to attack Xie Heng again as planned.
At this moment, the butler welcoming guests outside the door shouted: "Prefect Huang is here——"
Huang Yankun, the magistrate of Lidu Prefecture, was accompanied by Xie Queshan and several Qi soldiers. Many people present did not recognize Xie Queshan and whispered about who this man was. Even the magistrate of Lidu Prefecture was polite to him. He asked him to step into the courtyard first. What happened to those Qi soldiers...
But when the Xie family saw Xie Queshan, their faces were all stiff and ugly to varying degrees. They were all stunned in place for a while. No one remembered the etiquette and went to greet him.
Mrs. Xie was the first to react. She ignored Xie Queshan and asked the prefect to sit down at the table.
But Huang Yankun gave way and made a gesture of thanking the person on the mountain, with an attentive smile on his face.
The Qi soldiers put the gifts on the ground. Although they were saying congratulations, they all looked like evil spirits and were very domineering.
One of them was a bad guy, and the other started to be a good guy, Huang Yankun explained to Mrs. Xie Jia Tai.
"Madam, Mr. Queshan is the envoy sent by the Daqi Royal Court. They have come all the way to make friends with Mr. Xie, and they also brought many congratulatory gifts and congratulations. Mr. Queshan should be allowed to take the seat in order to show off. Thank you for your hospitality.”
Hearing the name "Master Queshan", something exploded in Nan Yi's head.
"Don't be found by me, otherwise, you will be doomed."
The moment his voice fell that day, Nan Yi began to run away desperately, ran to Qin's house, and ran into a trap. In the end, she missed the opportunity to escape in order to seek safety, but fate still sent her to this devil.
Nan Yi held the wedding fan tightly in her hand, hoping that the thin fan could cover her face and prevent Xie Queshan from discovering it.
And after everyone heard "Master Queshan", they understood most of it. Most people present had heard of the notorious Xie Queshan. He was the third son of the Xie family and a shameful traitor to the Yu Dynasty. After the "Shocking Spring Incident", the Xie family severed ties with him.
Even though everyone's hearts were exploding at this moment, no one dared to say anything out of place, and everything they said seemed a bit stiff and awkward.
What's more, there are still Qi soldiers here. The dynasty was riddled with holes by the Qi people. Everyone's fear of the Qi people is engraved in their bones. No one wants to conflict with the Qi people at this decent time. The hall was extremely quiet.
The silence of the scene forced the two craftsmen to temporarily stop and look for another good opportunity.
Xie Queshan, who should be embarrassed the most, acted as if no one else was around. Huang Yankun invited him to take a seat. He thanked him and sat down.
Nan Yi glanced at Xie Hengzai out of the corner of his eye. His face, which was warm just now, looked very gloomy now.
Mrs. Xie finally lost her composure, slapped the table and scolded Xie Queshan.
"Xie Queshan, don't you want your eldest brother to worship you? Do you still have any sense of inferiority in your heart?"
Xie Queshan smiled and asked Mrs. Xie politely: "Are you asking me as Mrs. Xie, or as a grandmother?"
Mrs. Xie was choked for words.
"Grandma, don't be angry. It's an honor for our Xie family that Daqi is willing to make friends with us. Let's continue with the ceremony. Don't miss the auspicious moment."
In the end, it was Xie Heng who calmly calmed down the dispute. He glanced at his younger brother, and their eyes met for a moment. There seemed to be a thousand threads, but it was difficult to catch.
The sweating master of ceremonies received the instruction to continue and couldn't wait to push the wedding to completion immediately. He couldn't wait to shout: "The auspicious time has come - worship the heaven and the earth -"
Nan Yi stiffly turned around with Xie Heng, worshiping heaven and earth. She prayed in her heart that this would end soon.
"Two bows to the high hall——"
Nan Yi bent down and stood up skillfully, the pearls on her head swaying slightly. Then the moment she raised her head, her eyes flew out of the edge of the wedding fan and glanced at the people sitting in the hall amidst the excitement of the guests. Xie Queshan.
She met those eyes that were as cold as a deep pool, and those eyes just fell on her. The moment they looked at each other, all the sounds and sounds stopped in Nan Yi's ears. The wind and snow had obviously stopped, but a bone-chilling chill swept through Nan Yi's entire chest.
She was caught by his cold gaze. The bright red blood spattered on the snow, the questions about "life" and "death"...all the fear of death he brought clearly poured into Nan Yi's mind.
"Husband and wife pay homage——"
Nan Yi stared blankly at Xie Queshan, stiff and forgetting to turn around and complete the last bow of etiquette.
The accident happened at this time, but the biggest problem was not with Nan Yi - Xie Heng beside her suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood and fell down silently.
"Husband!"
Qiao Yinzhi exclaimed and was the first to rush forward and hug her husband. Xitang suddenly fell into chaos. Nan Yi, who was originally standing next to Xie Hengzai, was pushed to the edge, and everyone gathered around the fallen Xie Hengzai.
Xie Queshan also stood up in surprise.
"There are assassins!" the prefect shouted in the chaos. The accompanying soldiers who were waiting outside Wangxuewu moved upon hearing the sound, and the clanging sound of armor getting closer and closer.
Xie Heng turned pale again and became silent. No matter how everyone called him, he didn't respond.
