Xuanxia

Chapter 954 Hua Ruying

Seven days later, at the gate of Yu'nan city.

The three people from Wan Dushan no longer rode in a carriage. Instead, they dressed up and disguised themselves as ordinary civilians, walking along the bank of Hongjiang River towards the depths of Shu.

Elder Yu's skin and face are now quite scary, so she simply dressed herself up as a sixty-year-old woman and covered her face with a layer of old fake skin.

As for Hua Xiaolan and Kua Ye, they are naturally her "children".

"Sir, can you please let me go?"

At this time, Kua Ye was smiling like an ordinary village man, nodding and bowing to the guards at the city gate, saying: "My mother is sick, and I just want to go back to my hometown to take care of her and see her to the end of her life... It's not easy for us to come this far, please be kind, General, and let me go, okay?"

Southern Xinjiang is close to Shu and the dialects are similar. Kuaye could speak Shu Mandarin easily and it didn't sound at all awkward.

"no!"

The guard waved his hand impatiently: "This city is sealed, no one is allowed to enter!"

Kua Ye's eyes twitched, and then he took out a copper coin from his sleeve and stuffed it into his pocket swiftly: "Military, please, please be kind... If we don't go through Yu'nan City, we have to cross mountains and rivers to return home. My mother can't bear it..."

As he spoke, he looked back and saw Elder Yu coughing in pain at the right moment. Hua Xiaolan also stroked his back and soothed his breathing with a worried look on her face.

"what you do!"

The guard didn't recognize the money at all. Instead, he glared at me and threw the coin to the ground like a hot potato: "I'm telling you, don't make trouble! I've said that this city has been sealed off and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

As he spoke, he pushed Kua Ye back a few steps, then he paused with the spear in his hand, pointed it at Kua Ye and the other three, and shouted sternly: "If you don't leave, I'm going to take action!"

A strange color flashed in Kwaye's one eye.

Elder Yu and Hua Xiaolan behind him also had slightly strange expressions on their faces.

On the way here, they had come into contact with the rebel spies and received news - although the Yu'nan City under the rule of the Xishuo Army was very strict, it was not on the front line, so it was not strict to an exaggerated degree. Generally speaking, one could enter the city by giving a little money and saying a few nice words.

But now it seems...something must have happened.

The three of them looked at each other.

"Forget it... Little Leaf..."

Elder Yu said in a hoarse voice: "Since the military commander won't let us in, let's take a detour."

"But mother!" Hua Xiaolan said aggrievedly: "Your body..."

"Okay, Xiaohua, since mother said so, we will just listen to her." Kua Ye responded sullenly, turned his head to look at the unkind guard, and came over to support Elder Yu helplessly.

They didn't have to enter the Yu'nan city, but it was much more convenient to go up Langhuan Mountain from here. What he said before about "crossing mountains and ridges" was not a compliment, but the truth.

If they didn't take this official road and had to take a detour, they would have to climb over the mountains, which would be quite troublesome.

However, their mission is extremely heavy, so they should try their best to avoid unnecessary complications. If necessary, they may have to climb the mountain.

But just as the three people from Wan Du Mountain were preparing to turn around and leave, there was a burst of dense horse hoof sounds suddenly coming from the official road not far away, high clouds of dust were raised, and followed by a loud shout!
"Yunan City! Open the door! Here comes General Yingziqi, General Hua Ruying! He is injured! Open the door quickly!"

Hearing the shout, Hua Xiaolan turned her head suddenly!
Who?
Hua Ruying? !

These three words could easily be heard as "Hua Wuying", which undoubtedly immediately caught her attention.

Of course, she also realized at the first moment that the name the man called was not the one she was thinking about.

But two people with such similar names...

Her eyes flashed slightly, and she quickly retreated to the edge of the official road with Elder Yu and Kua Ye.

The men on horseback rushed over, wearing the uniforms and armor of the Xishuo army. They all had wounds and blood on their bodies, looking like they had just experienced a great battle. The leader was still holding a token in his hand.

"Quick! Open the door!"

A few dozen feet away from the city gate, he shouted again with a ferocious look on his face: "If anything happens to General Hua, you will all be finished!"

The guard was obviously a little nervous and at a loss, but soon, the token was thrown from a distance and fell into his hands.

He glanced at the token and immediately straightened up: "Yes!"

Then the guard turned around and shouted, "Open the door!"

The city gate opened with a loud bang.

Seeing the city gate open, the cavalry immediately split into two groups. Half of them turned their horses around and ran back, probably to report, while the other half rushed through the city gate like a gust of wind.

"Where's the best doctor in town?!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." The guard quickly responded, "Changping Street! Yu's Clinic!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the horsemen whizzed past him and disappeared into the long street on the other side of the city gate.

It seems that General Hua was really seriously injured.

Not long after, the cavalrymen who had turned back before reappeared. This time, they formed a small formation. The cavalryman in the center carried a man on his back. The man's armor was stained red with blood, and his head was buried deep in the cavalryman's shoulder, so his appearance could not be seen clearly.

They carried the injured General Hua on their backs and rushed into the city like a gust of wind.

"Close the door! Close the door!"

The guards shouted loudly, and soon the city gates were slammed shut again.

"Ugh……"

He sighed: "I don't know what happened to this general. He could be injured so badly... Eh? Where are those three people just now?"

When the smoke and dust on the official road outside the city gate cleared, the guards discovered that the mother, son and daughter who had wanted to enter the city were missing.

But he didn't care. He just scratched his head and looked at the mountains and forests on both sides of the official road: "Maybe they ran away because they were scared?"

……

In the city of southern Chongqing, horses were galloping through the streets, causing the bluestone ground to tremble slightly. The sparse pedestrians on both sides of the street glanced at them in astonishment.

In the shadows of the street corner, the figures of the three people from Wan Du Shan appeared faintly.

Obviously, they took advantage of the time when the cavalry rushed into the city gate and used the smoke and noise as cover to sneak in quietly.

The three of them looked at the horses' backs as they rode away, all of them thoughtful.

"Xiaolan."

Elder Yu asked softly, "Do you want to go and take a look?"

"Yeah." Hua Xiaolan nodded: "Their names are so similar...but Wuying never said he had any brothers, and this man is a general in the Xishuo army. I always feel that it's a bit strange..."

"Junior Sister Hua, let's not create unnecessary trouble." Kua Ye reminded in a low voice.

Hua Xiaolan smiled gently: "I know."

As she said that, she looked at Elder Yu and said, "Elder Yu, if you think it is inconvenient for us to go and take a look, then I will not go."

Elder Yu smiled lovingly and stroked her head gently.

"Kid, go if you want to."

She said, "You have carried too many burdens on your shoulders since you were a child. Now you finally have a lover, but we are apart more often than together. In recent years, you have been looking at the moon on the top of the mountain every night. You were not looking at the moon, right?"

Hua Xiaolan's pretty face turned slightly red.

"Go ahead, don't have any regrets."

Elder Yu smiled and said, "We will accompany you."

(End of this chapter)