First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 276: A Hero Saves the Imperial Envoy

Cui Yushan was so anxious that his palms were sweating.

Nothing can happen to his wife.

Although he is the nephew of the Queen Mother, he is not a direct relative, but a collateral relative. The reason why he was able to reach this point is because his mother had done a little favor to the Queen Mother.

And the reason he was sent here was because of this relationship, so he could be considered a half-royal relative.

But his wife Zheng Wenxiu is different. She is the legitimate daughter of the Bo family. Now that the Bo family is highly valued by His Majesty, it is the peak of its popularity. It is truly a marriage of downward mobility for Zheng Wenxiu to marry him!

So no matter how scared Cui Yushan was, he still mustered up the courage to stick half of his head out of the carriage and said, "Hey, you evil thieves! Let my wife go!"

Only when he stuck his head out did he see the appearance of these bandits.

Although they were dressed in rags, they were all very tall, with their faces covered and their hair messy, so no one could tell what they looked like.

The accent should be that of the north, and there are about sixty people in total.

These people have surrounded their convoy. The guards he brought with him were either injured or fell to the ground in a daze. One by one, they have lost their combat effectiveness.

Two of the thieves happened to open the door of the carriage in which his wife was.

Zheng Wenxiu turned pale with fright and kept hiding behind the nanny she brought with her.

After hearing Cui Yushan's yell, the two bandits looked over.

"This pretty boy is so arrogant." One of the thieves turned to him and snorted, "Is this your wife? You're lucky, kid. Your wife is pretty!"

Seeing that the bandit was almost getting close to him, Cui Yushan was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Don't come over here! I'm an official appointed by the imperial court. Do you know what the consequences of murdering an official appointed by the imperial court are?" Even though Cui Yushan's legs were shaking with fear, he still tried his best to hold on.

The bandits all burst into laughter. "An official appointed by the imperial court? The imperial court is far away from us! We are not afraid!"

Someone laughed.

The man who was approaching Cui Yushan also laughed so hard that he fell backwards. "I say, have you become stupid because of reading so much? We are all robbers. Do you think we are afraid of the court? Brothers, I will chop off this court official first, and everything here will belong to everyone. If we kill this fat sheep today, it will be enough for us brothers to eat for a month!"

Then the man walked in front of Cui Yushan.

The foul stench emanating from his body made Cui Yushan want to vomit. Seeing that the man was about to reach out and pull him out of the car, Cui Yushan screamed in fear.

With a whoosh, a feather arrow flew through the air and sank into the ground in front of the bandit.

The thief stretched out his hand halfway and quickly took a few steps back.

Cui Yushan’s eyes suddenly widened, wondering where this jade arrow that saved him came from.

"You bold thief! How dare you rob in broad daylight!" With a shout, a large blood-red flag suddenly appeared in the dark forest.

"Run! Wei Ling's patrol team is coming!" Someone among the bandits shouted.

Those bandits scattered into the forest at once as if their butts were on fire, and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest in a few seconds!

There was a sound of horse hooves, and then several large red flags embroidered with black flying tigers appeared in front of Cui Yushan.

A man riding a black horse stood under the big flag, looking down at Cui Yushan who was hiding in the carriage.

"Who are you?" His tone was cold and his face was as frosty as frost. Although his face was extremely handsome, it carried a kind of coldness and alienation that kept people at a distance.

When Cui Yushan saw that they were wearing armor and the horses they rode were also covered in armor, he knew that they were the defenders of the border town.

He was overjoyed and quickly jumped off the carriage, straightening his clothes. "I am an imperial envoy sent by the court to Mangcheng to convey the emperor's will. Unexpectedly, I met robbers here. Thank you for saving me. What is your name? Are you from the Black Tiger Army of Mangcheng?"

"I am Wei Ling." The cold and aloof handsome general spoke slowly. He didn't even get off his horse, but just glanced at Cui Yushan. "You said you were an imperial envoy. Do you have any proof?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Cui Yushan not only did not think Wei Ling was rude, but nodded eagerly, "This is the official seal, this is the sash, and this is the imperial edict!" He returned to the carriage, stuck his butt out, took out two boxes from the carriage, and showed them to Wei Ling.

In one of the boxes was indeed a scroll of imperial edict, while in the other box were his own official seal and ribbon.

Wei Ling took a quick look and then dismounted, "Wei Ling greets the angel from Dongdu!" He clasped his fist towards Cui Yushan.

"General Wei, you don't have to be so polite!" Cui Yushan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "You came just in time! If you had come a little later, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to see me!"

"I am patrolling the border with my troops." Wei Ling said, "There are often bandits here, so we stopped by to take a look. It's a coincidence that we ran into the imperial envoy's team."

"Yes, yes, yes. That's right!" Cui Yushan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "Luckily you are here, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!"

"Since the bandits have left, and we have also happened to meet the Imperial Envoy here, then I will escort the Imperial Envoy to Mangcheng!" Wei Ling said, "Come here, take a look at the injuries of the Imperial Envoy's guards."

Then someone came out from the opposite room and after checking Cui Yushan's guards, he said that the guards fell mostly because they were drugged and had their muscles softened. There were a few who were injured, but none of them were seriously injured.

In this way, Wei Ling saved Cui Yushan. On the way when Wei Ling sent Cui Yushan back to Mangcheng, Cui Yushan thanked Wei Ling for saving his life more than once.

"Since we have received the imperial envoy, I will send a message back to Mangcheng and ask them to welcome the imperial envoy." Wei Ling released a carrier pigeon to send a message to Xie Yingfeng in front of Cui Yushan.

Xie Yingfeng received the message from Wei Ling an hour later.

He couldn't help but laugh after reading it.

How mean is Wei Ling!

He directed and acted out a trick to save people, but Cui Yushan actually believed it.

Xie Yingfeng gave orders to clean up a salt merchant's manor that had been taken back by the Black Tiger Army as a place for the imperial envoy to stay when he came to Mangcheng.

Although this house is not as magnificent as other places, it is exquisitely built in the style of Jiangnan gardens. Among the courtyards in the north, this one is quite famous.

No matter how picky Zheng Wenxiu is, she will definitely like this courtyard.

Regardless of whether this imperial envoy was sent by the court to monitor them, at least he had to save face. Wei Ling had already made a good start, and he couldn't let them down!