Li Ran watched the Shu army spread from all directions.

This battle started in the second half of the night. By the afternoon, Li Ran stood at the head of Jinxian County and could already see the imperial defense line retreating step by step under the charge of the Shu soldiers.

Zhou E pushed Li Ran down the city wall. An Xiaorui had gathered everyone, wearing a variegated cloth dress that was not different from Li Ran, got on the horse, mixed with the few escapees, and left the city gate.

The people of Jinxian County who escaped from the city gate all rushed to Xiangyang. Li Ran was surrounded by nearly a hundred people. Although her clothes were ordinary, nearly a hundred good horses gathered together, but they were very conspicuous.

"Let's go separate from them." Li Ran looked back and forth, and said to Zhou E who was next to her.

"Yes." Zhou E glanced at An Xiaorui, nodded and responded, signaled everyone, pulled her horse and rushed into the farmland she had just cultivated, and rushed towards the woods not far away.

As soon as they rushed into the woods, on one side of Jinxian, a team of light cavalry scattered into a fan shape, crossed Jinxian, rushed forward, and the crowds who were fleeing towards Xiangyang suddenly became chaotic, turned around, and rushed back to Jinxian in horror.

"You have to leave quickly!" Zhou E's expression became stern.

"Go to that side." An Xiaorui pointed to the back side.

"No, go back!" Zhou E listened with concentration for a while, signaling to the other side of Jinxian.

"Okay." An Xiaorui answered very quickly, and said good words, and had already taken off the long narrow knife, held it in his hand and weighed it.

"There are too many people, they are divided into two directions. You can take them there."

Zhou E looked at Yu Po, pointed at Zijia and others, and signaled them to walk in the direction An Xiaorui pointed just now.

"Okay." Yu Po responded simply, and rushed out first with the girls and women who were just good at riding skills.

Zhou E watched them rush out of the shooting place, took off her guns, rushed to An Xiaorui, rushed out of the forest for a while, and rushed forward in the opposite direction of Yu Po and the others.

Li Ran lay down on the horse and followed Wang Cuima immediately.

Just after passing Jinxian County, more than a dozen cavalry came to chase after the defeated imperial army.

Zhou E gestured at An Xiaorui, watched the defeated army run by not far away, and rushed out against more than a dozen light cavalry.

Li Ran was surrounded by Wang Cui and others, holding her breath to look at Zhou E and An Xiaorui who rushed very quickly.

Zhou E's moves were simple, and Li Ran could only see her spear stabbing out and then stabbing out. An Xiaorui's long sword slashed left and left, and cold light overflowed.

The sword light and flesh intertwined. Under the red sunset, the spears stabbed out, the cold light of the sword, the spewed blood, the flying limbs, and the corpse that fell off the horse made Li Ran feel that everything in front of him should be framed with a screen, or, after a moment, there would be a shout, and then the corpses all over the ground got up, laughing, slapping dust, drinking drinks, and celebrating the successful completion of the scene.

"Go away!" Wang Cui whipped Li Ran with a whip.

Li Ran almost leaned over and approached the horse's back, shook the reins, and rode the horse forward.

Zhou E rushed forward, An Xiaorui followed closely, with more than a dozen elite soldiers following on both sides, and teams of elite cavalry dodged forward, killing the enemy who could not avoid them.

Li Ran leaned over and approached the horse's back, staring at Wang Cui in front of him, and had no time to take care of him.

When it was dark, everyone rushed into a depression. It was dark and quiet in front, with the sound of horse hooves on the side and the sound of swords and guns hitting each other.

"Warning." Zhou Ele stopped his horse and ordered An Xiaorui to jump off his horse. He strode to the high place next to him, hid beside a big tree, and looked around.

Zhou E finished the pancake in three bites, waited for the horse to eat the same thing, and took everyone to the horse forward.

The group went straight west in the night and rushed all night. When it was almost dawn, they found a secret forest facing the cliff. Everyone got off their horses. Zhou E and An Xiaorui were busy arranging people to take care of the horses and going out to check.

Li Ran gathered up piles of dried thatch and leaves and curled up to sleep.

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The city of Li in the morning.

More than a dozen cavalrymen with fresh blood stains on their armor rushed into the temporary commander's mansion in the north of the city, carrying four or five large carts.

Qi Yi stood under the camphor tree with dense branches and leaves, watching the girls and women coming down one by one from the cart.

Several large trucks were empty, and they turned around and were pulled out. Zijia and others were crowded together, carefully looking around.

Qi Yi sat down two steps back, looked at everyone carefully several times, and signaled to the servant standing next to him, "Call the one standing in front."

The servant agreed, jogged all the way, lit purple eggplant, and signaled her to come with him.

Zijiao followed the servant to Qi Yi with her heart.

Qi Yi put down the teacup, looked at Ziqiu carefully, and asked with a smile: "What's your name? How old is this year? Where to be a job?"

"My maid is called Zijia. This year, I am nineteen. I am waiting by the princess." Zijia replied in a proper manner.

Zijia's obedient cooperation surprised Qi Yi a little.

"The eldest girl Ziqian, who is beside the princess?"

"Yes." Ziqian's hand should be.

"Where are those people with you? They are also serving your princess? Which one is Qingqi?" Qi Yi stared at Ziqi's expression.

"Half was served by the princess, half was a rough man, and there were a few martial maids. The one who stood with the maid just now was Qingjiao."

The purple eggplant droops with her eyes hanging and answers questions and questions.

"Oh." Qi Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, dragged the tail sound, picked up the cup, took a sip of tea as if he was siping, and then asked, "Where is your princess?"

"I don't know, we have a lot of people, so we will be divided into three or four groups, or four or five groups after leaving the city."

"Who is with your princess?" Qi Yi looked from Zijia to Qingjia and others staring here nervously.

"General Zhou."

"Zhou E?"

"yes."

"Who else is there except Zhou E who is guarding your princess?"

"The only thing I know about is General Zhou." Ziqi lowered her eyes.

"A while ago, your prince didn't send additional guards to your princess?" Qi Yi slanted with Ziqiu.

"I don't know that General Zhou and those guards are all outside."

"How is your prince treating your princess? Isn't it very good?" Qi Yi changed the topic.

"I don't know. When the prince comes back, the maids will go outside to listen to the summons."

"Oh." Qi Yi said feeling carelessly, "I heard that your princess doesn't like to talk, and often doesn't say a word for three or five days?"

"I have never heard of it. The princess said anything she ordered."

Qi Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "It's all said, this is interesting. How many people did Zhou E bring to your princess?"

"It's similar to our group of people." Ziqi lowered her eyes. There were about twenty of them in their group.

"Who are they? What are they called?"

"I don't know."

"What do your princess like to eat? Where is the prince?"

"The princess is never picky about eating. In comparison, sheep likes to eat fish and sheep, fish like steaming, and she can do whatever you want to make mutton, but not greasy. What the prince likes to eat, the maid doesn't know. The prince's diet and daily life are taken care of by Shinan Shi and the others, and he never allows maids to get close to him."

"You used to be waiting by Mrs. Shen?"

"yes."

"How do you princess treat you? Where is the prince?"

"The princess is great to wait for us. The prince is good too."

"I heard that the Xie family is very kind from top to bottom, but you are easy-going." Qi Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at Ziqiu.

"This is the princess' order. The princess said that we are all servants who cannot help but encounter such things. If we encounter such a thing today, we will ask whatever we ask, and we will not suffer in vain for the sake of our character and even ruin our lives."

"You didn't say anything, and you didn't know anything if you asked each other, it would be almost done."

"I really don't know. The princess never let the maids know what maids shouldn't know. The princess said that this is for the good of the maids." Ziqi lowered her hands and eyes.

"I can't believe you, right?" Qi Yi looked at Qingjia and others who were carefully looking at him.

Ziqian drooped her hands and eyes, and she didn't say anything.

"Take her down." Qi Yi signaled to the servant.

The servant stepped forward, walked around the camphor tree with Ziqian, and went backwards.

Qi Yi signaled another servant and called Qingqi over.

Qi Yi called more than twenty girls and women one by one and asked, sat down and sipped half a cup of tea, stood up and entered the house.

In the room, Jian Mingrui put down the battle report and looked at Qi Yi: "How is the review?"

“It’s very interesting.”

Qi Yi sat opposite Jian Mingrui and briefly said Zijia's words.

"A dozen or so people have almost the same words. They are all slaves from the Xie family."

"The strictness and ability of the Xie family in management is one of the best among the aristocratic families." Jian Mingrui smiled.

"Well, everyone knows everything, but everyone knows nothing.

It is said that it was Miss Li's order, this Miss Li..."

Qi Yi stopped talking, and was silent for a moment before looking at Jian Mingrui. He was vaguely admired in his tone: "This kindness is in line with Renzong."
To be continued...