Chapter 192: Surprise Encounter
The man jumped off the carriage first, and the woman helped Jiang Li get off the carriage. Jiang Li was limp and had no strength at all. She would fall down even if she walked without someone to support her.

The three of them entered the tavern, and everyone in the tavern couldn't help but look at Jiang Li. The woman gently adjusted Jiang Li's veil, and Jiang Li started coughing. When she coughed, the veil was blown up a little, revealing a scary face full of red spots. Immediately, everyone in the tavern stepped aside, fearing that Jiang Li would infect them.

The woman smiled sheepishly and said, "My sister is sick. I'm really sorry."

"If you are sick, please sit inside and don't infect us." The guest at the next table said bluntly.

Jiang Li was kept in the innermost part by the two of them.

This tavern was the closest tavern within a radius of ten miles. There were many guests inside, and many people were chatting with each other. Their conversations reached Jiang Li's ears.

"Hey, have you heard? King Cheng is rebelling!"

"I heard that this King Cheng is no good. He even had an affair with Concubine Li in the palace. Isn't that too bold?"

"Speaking of which, why did Concubine Li have an affair with King Cheng? Isn't Concubine Li very favored in the palace? I heard that the Ji family has become very successful."

"Hahaha, this time he really ascended to heaven. Brother, don't you know that the Ji family has been confiscated? This Lipin is also greedy, she is restless with the favor of His Majesty and wants to provoke King Cheng. Now, she has harmed herself and her family as well."

"What do you think? Will King Cheng rebel and attack us? Is there going to be a war?"

"Forget it. There's no movement right now. Besides, if there's a real war, it's none of our business. It's better not to get involved."

The man and woman around him looked normal, and the woman even fed Jiang Li, not moved by this. Jiang Li knew that it seemed that the two of them had known about these things for a long time. Jiang Li couldn't hide her surprise. Emperor Hong Xiao actually took action so quickly? This was really unexpected. King Cheng was caught off guard by Emperor Hong Xiao's sudden attack, and he must be furious now.

But what these people guessed wrong was that this war must be fought. Although Jiang Li also knew that Emperor Hong Xiao was not a simple king. But fighting a war is not only about the wisdom of the emperor, but also about the strength of the soldiers. King Cheng has been gathering strength for so many years, and I am afraid he is not bad. If this war really breaks out, no one knows who will suffer.

As she was thinking this, she heard someone talking outside the tavern. One person said, "There are too many people in this tavern. I don't want to be squeezed in with them."

The other person said, "I didn't ask you to eat here. Feed the horses and leave."

The moment Jiang Li heard the two voices, she was stunned at first, and then immediately became excited. She heard it right, these two people were clearly the voices of Zhao Ke and Wen Ji!
They are here!
Jiang Li suddenly felt a surge of hope. As long as Zhao Ke and Wen Ji were here, did that mean Ji Heng was here too? If so, she would have a chance to escape from these people. Otherwise, if she continued to move south until she was delivered to King Cheng, she would have no chance to escape.

I'm here! Jiang Li shouted silently in her heart, but her mouth could not make any sound. She wanted to blow the whistle, but her whistle was in the house. Even if she had it with her, she didn't have the strength to pick it up and blow it, and it would be taken away by the woman next to her at the first time.

Zhao Ke's voice rang out: "I'm full, let's go."

The light in Jiang Li's eyes went out.

There was the sound of horse hooves outside, and Zhao Ke's voice gradually faded away. Jiang Li couldn't move, so she couldn't go out to see if Ji Heng was here. But let alone leaving, even if she could shout out, she wouldn't have to sit here and do nothing.

The woman still patiently fed Jiang Li. Anyone who saw them would not doubt that they were sisters. Only sisters would treat a terrible patient so unscornfully. They naturally did not know that Jiang Li's illness was fake, which was why the woman was so close to her.

Jiang Li swallowed the food obediently. She could feel that the food in the inn during the day was not drugged. The drug could make a person weak for twelve hours after taking it once, so the woman only drugged the food at night. Since it was fed little by little, Jiang Li had no way to refuse. If she spit it out, the woman would find a way to put it in the tea and force it down her throat.

They had been very cautious, and Jiang Li had no choice but to behave obediently. If she showed too much resistance, it would irritate the two of them. You know, she couldn't even hold a pair of chopsticks now, and if she really faced this couple, she would be helpless.

She wanted to listen carefully to where Zhao Ke and Wen Ji were going, but it was too noisy outside. Instead of hearing Zhao Ke and Wen Ji's footsteps, she could hear the voices of the people at the next table talking.

"Everyone, do you think there will be a war? We are not Yanjing here, and Huangzhou is so far away from Yanjing City. If there is a war, we will be in trouble. When those soldiers come, we will be killed long ago!" "Nonsense, if there is a real war, of course we will fight towards Yanjing City. Why should we fight towards our Huangzhou? There is no..." The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the person who spoke seemed to realize what he had said, and quickly swallowed back the word "emperor" that was about to come out of his mouth.

The King of Cheng had escaped, but up to now, he had been having an affair with the emperor's concubine, and there was no cavalry conspiracy. If they were charged with spreading rumors and causing trouble, they would lose their heads.

Jiang Li was shocked when she heard these people talking. Huangzhou? They had actually arrived in Huangzhou?
These days, Jiang Li had been in the carriage all the time, and had hardly spoken to anyone except the couple. Even when staying at the inn, the waiters and guests would avoid Jiang Li. Jiang Li had no idea where she had been, but from the scenery she could see along the way when she got off the carriage to eat every day, she must have been heading south.

After such a long time, they actually came to Huangzhou?
Jiang Li suddenly remembered a rumor. It seems that Concubine Liu's hometown is Huangzhou. Could it be that King Cheng wants to start from Huangzhou and start an uprising in Huangzhou? Thinking about it this way, it is indeed possible. After all, Emperor Hong Xiao suddenly attacked King Cheng, leaving King Cheng unprepared. At present, the whole city of Yanjing is on alert, and it is impossible for King Cheng to do what he had planned at the beginning. Retreating to Huangzhou and starting from Huangzhou is indeed King Cheng's style. King Cheng is both arrogant and timid. He thinks he is much stronger than Emperor Hong Xiao, but he always feels that he is not foolproof.

She was in a state of panic, but her face showed no expression. She let the woman feed her, carefully put on her veil, and helped her get into the carriage. The man went to pay the bill.

Jiang Li was supported by the woman and walked outside.

As soon as she walked outside, she was stunned.

Outside the tavern, a black and gold sedan was parked not far away. Jiang Li's throat tightened and she opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

That is Ji Heng’s sedan chair, Ji Heng is nearby!

Jiang Li had taken that sedan to the Duke's Mansion before, and knew that only someone as delicate and picky as Ji Heng would act like that. I don't know how he got to Huangzhou, Wen Ji and Zhao Ke were not there, and there was no one in front of the sedan, so there was no way to know if there was anyone in the sedan. According to the conversation between Wen Ji and Zhao Ke just now, they had already left here. Then this was just an empty sedan, with no one in it.

But for some reason, Jiang Li had a hunch that the person in the sedan was Ji Heng, he was inside.

Jiang Li couldn't help wanting to stop. She was weak and kept leaning on the woman, letting her support her. She couldn't help biting her lips to make herself a little more awake, as if this would give her some strength. She leaned to the right, trying to escape the woman's shackles.

The woman did not expect that Jiang Li still had the strength to break free. She was shocked. Jiang Li had just broken free. She wanted to crawl to the side of the sedan chair right away, but without the woman to support her, she fell to the ground like a soft cloth bag.

Jiang Li fell to the ground, and everyone around looked over. The man who had paid the money came out and saw this scene, and walked over to ask, "What's going on?"

The woman squatted down and helped Jiang Li up, smiling, "You just stepped on a stone and didn't stand firmly, so you slipped." She pretended to be distressed and patted Jiang Li's body, so Jiang Li coughed twice, and her veil was blown up by the wind, revealing a red scar. Those passers-by who were curious about this immediately took a step back, covered their noses, and hid far away for fear of being contaminated by Jiang Li. They never looked at Jiang Li again.

The woman said, "Sister, you must watch carefully this time. Don't slip again. Be careful."

Although the words were caring, they didn't sound very kind.

Jiang Li silently called Ji Heng's name over and over again under her veil, but until she was sent to the carriage, the sedan chair did not move at all, no one got out of it, and no one spoke.

He didn't notice Jiang Li, and just passed by her. Or maybe he wasn't in the sedan at all, and everything was just Jiang Li's hopeless expectation.

After getting on the carriage, the man immediately asked the driver to start the journey. When the carriage started moving, the man asked the woman, "What happened just now? Why didn't you do it more carefully?"

The woman said angrily, "This bitch is still trying to escape. She is so stubborn. I saw that she was very well behaved these days. I didn't expect her to do this."

"Escape?" The man's facial features were very plain, but he had a bit of evil in him, which made people feel uncomfortable at first sight. He reached out and patted Jiang Li's face, saying, "Where can you escape to? Since you are here, my little beauty, you'd better be obedient and suffer less."

"Don't set your sights on her." The woman reminded, "This is the person His Highness wants."

(End of this chapter)