Chapter 201 Snow Forest

Chapter 201 Snow Forest

Meng E whispered, "Hide."

Han Ruzi looked at it. The temple was very small, and there was really nowhere to hide. Only half of the door panel remained in place. He turned behind the door and stood against the wall.

He had a complete plan in his mind about how to regain the throne, but he couldn't do it like a god, let alone calculate every step properly, broken temples, soldiers, etc. were not within his expectations. Just take one step at a time.

No one in the capital knows Meng E, who wears men's clothing. Maybe she can really send the future people away.

Meng E took a few steps back, just in time to see Han Ruzi behind the door, and the person walking across from her could only see the dilapidated door panel even if she turned around.

The sound of horses' hooves passing by the door made Han Ruzi feel relieved when he suddenly remembered that there were three stage horses outside, and it was impossible for those who came to not notice.

The sound of the hooves quickly weakened. More than a dozen soldiers dismounted and stepped on the snow. Han Ruzi saw a figure flashing in through the crack of the door.

"Who are you? Where did you come from? Where are you going?" the visitor asked.

"I'm a soldier of Shenxiongguan, and I'm going to the capital to deliver a letter." Meng E replied, and even Han Ruzi couldn't tell that it was a woman.

"you alone?"

"Um."

"Why are there three horses outside?"

Du Chuanyun walked to check the terrain. All three horses stayed outside the temple. Meng E said, "Change the ride."

The visitor was silent for a while, "A person with three horses, are you sending an urgent letter?"

"Um."

"It's still a while before it gets dark. You're not in a hurry, why are you stopping here?"

After explaining this key issue, he might be able to persuade the future to leave. Han Ruzi wanted to hear what Meng E had to say, but the result was beyond his expectations, and the officer was even more startled.

Meng E thought about it for a while, but she probably couldn't think of a suitable reason. She opened the front of her robe and pulled out the knife.

"What, what do you want?" The officer stepped back immediately, his figure blocked the crack of the door, and he also pulled out his knife, and the soldiers outside the temple came to support one after another.

It turned out that Meng E's ultimate solution was to use the knife. She stood in a very clever position. At most, two or three people from outside could come in at the same time, and they could not surround her.

As a martial arts master, Meng E was fully qualified. Han Ruzi believed that she had even thought of a plan to kill more than ten soldiers, but as a cover, she really failed.

Han Ruzi couldn't hide anymore, he strode out from behind the door, stretched out his hand and said, "Slow down."

The officer was startled again. Several soldiers had already taken the opportunity to enter the temple, arranged in a fan shape, all of them holding waist knives. Meng E sighed softly and put the knives back into their sheaths. For her, the best opportunity was fleeting.

The officers and soldiers were a little relieved, but the knife did not retract. The officer looked at the new person, "Who are you?"

"Let's go together, starting from Shenxiongguan, and send letters to the capital."

"you……"

Han Ruzi didn't wait for the other party to ask, and replied directly: "What we sent was not an official document, but a private letter. I didn't expect that there would be brothers from the Southern Army guarding Baiqiao Town. Keep."

The officer lowered the knife, "Who do you send a private message to?"

Han Ruzi looked embarrassed, "This... is a private letter from Master Xiao, the censor of Zuo Cha."

"to whom?"

"Just say it will be sent to the mansion, I don't know about other things."

The officer signaled that the five soldiers in the temple also lowered their knives, but still refused to put them back in their sheaths.

"Since it's on official duty, why are you nervous? Go across the bridge, no one will stop you. The southern army is stationed in Baiqiao Town to guard against the surrounding mob. You came all the way from Shenxiongguan, and encountered a lot of things, right?"

"Hey, it's hard to say. It's all about caution and luck to get here safely, so when I walked to Baiqiao Town and saw a lot of people, I was a little scared."

"Haha, what are the officers and soldiers afraid of? Let's go, I'll give you a ride, just the two of you, there is no third one?"

"There is another one in the town. If he can come back later, we will wait here for a while, and we will not work brothers."

The officer seemed to be persuaded to put away the knife, and the soldiers inside and outside the temple also put away their weapons.

"Since this is the case, we won't have much to do. You don't have to be afraid. When you arrive here, you are already at the foot of the emperor. The Southern Army is guarding you. To keep you safe and sound, just hurry up."

Han Ruzi let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I am relieved with your words. When our companions come back, we will immediately cross the bridge and find a store to live in. We will be able to enter the capital early tomorrow and deliver the letter to Lord Xiao's mansion. already."

The two sides bowed their hands and said goodbye politely. The officer led people on the horse and continued to patrol along the official road. However, one soldier turned around and returned to Baiqiao Town.

Han Ruzi watched the soldiers go away, turned to Meng E and said, "He doesn't believe me."

"Yeah." Meng E didn't say much.

"Leave the robe and the horses, let's find Du Chuanyun."

Meng E didn't ask much. She took off her robe and put it on the incense table. Han Ruzi went outside to get two helmets and pressed the robe. When it got darker, it looked like two people sitting side by side.

"Let's go. Uh, can you find Du Chuanyun?" Han Ruzi could come up with ideas, but he was not good at tracking.

Meng E nodded, took the lead out of the temple, and walked deep into the woods. Both of them were wearing light leather armor, and the burden was not heavy.

The woodland was difficult, Han Ruzi looked at the footprints behind him and sighed, "If only I knew how to step on the snow without a trace of Du Chuanyun."

Du Chuanyun once demonstrated the light art of treading snow without a trace in the Hou Mansion. Although he couldn't run too far, it was still quite useful sometimes.

"I'll carry you." Meng E said.

Han Ruzi immediately shook his head, "I just said casually, even Du Chuanyun will leave footprints. Look, it's right in front, anyway, it's going to get dark soon..."

"You're walking too slowly, I won't be able to track after dark." Meng E turned sideways.

Han Ruzi still shook his head. Although Meng E was dressed as a man, in his eyes, she was a real woman, "I will speed up my steps."

Meng E turned her head to look at him, and there was a trace of reproach in her quiet eyes, as if she was saying how can such a twisted person be an emperor?

"Okay." Han Ruzi couldn't stand this kind of supervising gaze, so he walked behind Meng E and put his hand on her shoulder.

Han Ruzi was about the same size as Meng E, and the weight was almost the same. Meng E put his hands on his back, carried him on his back, and ran forward with small steps, neither stepping on the snow without a trace, nor was his speed very fast, but soon after, Meng E carried him up on his back and ran forward. E showed her ability. She walked flat in the snow. Although she left footprints on the ground, she never sunk deep into it. She was not fast, but she was able to maintain it all the time, and she could always avoid the looming branches in time.

The sun gradually faded, and Du Chuanyun's footprints on the ground were intermittent, and it was even more difficult to identify at this time, but Meng E did not slow down. She seemed to have roughly guessed where Du Chuanyun was heading.

When night fell, Meng E finally stopped, and Han Ruzi whispered, "I can come down."

Meng E didn't let him down, she made a few strange bird calls from her throat, paused for a moment, and then called a few more times in another direction. After the fourth time, a response came from a distance.

"Hey, did you and Xiao Du discuss it beforehand?" Han Ruzi was very surprised. Meng E and Du Chuanyun were not familiar with each other. They walked all the way from Shenxiongguan, and it was not until the third day that Du Chuanyun recognized her as a girl. A woman, although not asking more, but talking to her less.

"Everyone knows everything on the rivers and lakes." Meng E explained it very simply, and continued to move forward with Han Ruzi on her back.

It was already dark, and her speed slowed down significantly, which was no different from walking, and occasionally stopped to make a mocking bird call, and the response was getting closer and closer.

After a distance, Meng E whispered, "Come down."

Han Ruzi came down immediately, "Thank you." He said, knowing that Meng E did this because he didn't want him to lose face in front of Du Chuanyun.

The two were one after the other, and not long after they walked out, a voice came from the front: "Dare to ask who your hero is?"

Han Ruzi was slightly startled, the voice was a little old, obviously it was not Du Chuanyun, he didn't know how to answer, Meng E suddenly retreated to him, and pulled out the scabbard.

The treetops on the moon illuminated the snow a bit brightly, and two people walked out from behind the nearby trees, forming a triangle shape with the speaker on the opposite side, surrounding them.

Finally, a familiar voice spoke, "Don't get me wrong, I'm Du Chuanyun, are you... General Zhenbei and Chen Tong?"

"It's me." Han Ruzi replied immediately.

Meng E put away the knife.

Three people ran over, and one of them was indeed Du Chuanyun. The first speaker was his grandfather, Du Motian, and there was another person, Han Ruzi, who also knew him, but it was the cook who wanted to die.

"How did you find this place?"

"How did you meet a piece?"

Du Chuanyun and Han Ruzi asked questions at the same time.

Han Ruzi replied first: "We met officers and soldiers, and after we left, we found them all the way."

Du Chuanyun said: "I was looking for a way by the river, and I saw a few strange footprints, so I followed it all the way. I didn't expect to meet my grandfather, what a coincidence."

Du Motian said solemnly: "It's not a coincidence. In order to intercept Juan Hou, a group of Jianghu people have been patrolling the riverside, and I have been observing them here for three days."

Du Motian nodded to Han Ruzi, without saying anything about the reunion, turned to Meng E, looked up and down, "Your name is Chen Tong?"

"Um."

"Where did you learn the Du door skills?"

It turned out that that kind of bird call is not a skill that is common in rivers and lakes, but unique to Du Men. Meng E was silent for a while, "I have learned it after hearing it a few times."

Du Motian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your Excellency is very talented. Old Du has been in the world for decades, but he has never heard of your name. It is really ignorant."

"The rivers and lakes are vast, and it's normal to occasionally have people you don't know."

Du Chuanyun approached Grandpa and reminded in a low voice, "Grandpa, she is..."

Du Motian raised his hand to stop his grandson from continuing. He is an old Jianghu. No matter how much doubts he has in his heart, he knows that it is enough to stop. He turned to Han Ruzi and said with a smile, "The three of us are welcoming Hou Juan, and it is great to meet here. "

Du Chuanyun was also very happy. He only thought that "Chen Tong" was a little weird, but he didn't have many doubts, "Let's go, Grandpa and Shifu find a way to avoid those pesky Jianghu people."

Du's grandfather and grandson led the way, Han Ruzi and Meng E followed closely. Don't order the rear of the palace. After seeing Marquis Juan, he didn't say a word.

Without Meng E's help, Han Ruzi had a hard time walking and could only barely keep up.

They were not far from the river, but they circled in a big circle, and it took nearly two hours to cross the river in a remote place.

Not long after crossing the river, he walked up to Han Ruzi's side and whispered, "It's good to avoid the southern army. Don't enter the capital first, Marquis Tien, Yang Feng wants to see you."