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Chapter 147 Inquire
Pei Yuan looked at Guo Ruo, who had fainted and turned pale, and said softly, "Your elder sister is fine. The blood on her hand was because she stabbed the bandit with a dagger, and there was some blood left on her hand."
Guo Xin's heart finally settled down. She pursed her lips, grabbed the reins, and slowly followed Pei Yuan's horse. There were still traces of tears on her face, which made people feel soft-hearted.
Zhao He rode beside Guo Xin and said, "Your elder sister is safe and sound, and Pei Yuan arrived just in time. You don't have to blame yourself. This incident was not our fault, but the bandits. Perhaps the situation on the border is far more complicated than we imagined."
He had been traveling around for many years and had encountered many bandits, but the group of people today did not look like ordinary bandits at all. The weapons in their hands, the horses they rode, and the drugs used to knock out the guards did not look like those of bandits at all.
It seems more like the tactics of the Northern Di across the border. A guess secretly sprouted in my mind, but it would take time to verify it.
Guo Xin did not speak, his eyes fixed on Guo Ruo in front of him, until he returned to the carriage. He Liu and the others had already woken up, and they were busy setting up tents. According to the current situation, they would probably have to rest here for a while and could not continue their journey.
When He Liu turned around, he saw Pei Yuan holding Guo Ruo in his arms, and Guo Ruo's hands were covered in blood. He Liu's face changed, he stepped forward to ask a few questions, and quickly found someone to deal with it.
Pei Yuan carefully placed Guo Ruo in the tent. As soon as he put her on the couch, Guo Ruo opened her eyes. Seeing Pei Yuan's tense face, she asked in a trembling voice, "Are you okay?"
Guo Xin had been following Pei Yuan. When she heard Guo Ruo's voice, she immediately replied, "Sister, everything is fine."
Guo Ruo nodded weakly. After she was abducted by the bandit, the dagger hidden in her hand had been looking for a suitable opportunity. This godsend opportunity allowed her to stab the bandit's arm.
Although the bandit withdrew his hand in pain, she ran back, but how could someone with two legs run faster than someone with four legs?
The bandit tied his arms with a cloth strip and caught up with Guo Ruo in just a few steps. He jumped off his horse and wanted to drag Guo Ruo away behind the horse. At the critical moment, Pei Yuan arrived.
Seeing that Guo Ruo was very weak, Guo Xin was about to go out and tell the maid to prepare some calming medicine. But before she went out, she saw Pei Yuan still standing stupidly beside her eldest sister's couch. She was about to call him out, but then she changed her mind and asked a few maids to watch over him so as not to disturb Pei Yuan and her eldest sister from reminiscing about the past.
Zhao He had nothing else to do at the moment. He had already handed over the matter of investigating the bandits to Wen Yan, so he was guarding outside the tent. When he saw Guo Xin coming out, he immediately followed him, but he did not say anything. He just followed Guo Xin silently.
Guo Xin, who was originally immersed in the emotion of being robbed and killed, looked at Zhao He who was obviously several heads taller than him, and felt a little annoyed, so he said: "Sixth Master, why do you keep following me? If you have anything to ask, just ask. There is no need to condescend to me like this. How can a royal prince follow my daughter for so long?"
Perhaps because he was upset, the words he said were somewhat harsh.
Zhao He seemed to have not heard the dissatisfaction in the words at all. He just smiled and said, "I thought you might not be in a good mood at the moment, so I had to follow you and ask you when you were in a good mood."
"Sixth Master, you can ask if you want."
"I'm very curious about how you, a farmer's daughter, can master such swordsmanship and horsemanship."
Zhao He asked the question that had been weighing on his mind. Even if a farmer's daughter had the strength to farm, that was only the strength of a well-fed farmer. Guo Xin had only been well-fed for a few years, yet her strength and skills were so solid. It was very strange.
It is understandable that riding skills were acquired after becoming wealthy and seeking advice from experts, but swordsmanship and the skills underlying it cannot be acquired overnight.
Guo Xin heard the doubt in Zhao He's words, which was actually a question, so he snorted and said, "Why? Sixth Master, do you think I'm the daughter of a farmer pretended by the bandit, or do you think my dead father was a bandit?"
Zhao He put away his smile and said, "Of course I am, but I am a little confused about this. I wonder if the granddaughter of the General of the Cavalry can answer it for me?"
His words pointed out Guo Xin's identity, not only explaining that he had no doubts about Guo Xin's identity, but also telling her who she was and who he was.
"If I say that I am gifted and have achieved my current level of skills after only a few days of study, can you believe me?"
Zhao He didn't say anything, but just stared quietly, with disbelief in his eyes.
"If I tell the truth, you will definitely not believe it. It is better for you to believe what I said just now." Guo Xin said lightly.
"You tell me, and I will tell the difference."
"After my parents died, one day I dreamt that they came with gods and said they wanted me to learn something to help our family get better, including cooking, martial arts, etc."
Zhao He listened to these obviously absurd words. Compared with the two, the former was more credible. If he was not from a royal family and did not understand that the so-called gods and monsters were just a powerful tool for the royal family to strengthen its power, he might have actually believed this statement.
Guo Xin turned around and glanced at Zhao He, feeling only amused.
The two of them went to the tent where Guo Zhi and Guo Xi were resting. They saw them holding pens in their hands and muttering something, as if they were arguing about something.
"What are you doing?" Guo Xin asked.
"Second sister, we were discussing why this bandit attacked us. The weapons and horses they were holding did not look like those of ordinary bandits, so we started to speculate on who the bandits were."
Guo Xin had been immersed in his own emotions before, worried about losing his relatives again, and had not thought about this aspect, so he praised: "You said it very well, I wonder what you think it is?"
Guo Zhi said: "I think the bandits came towards us with such a purpose. The refugees who passed by before did not seem to have heard them mention being robbed. After all, the bandits must not only want to rob money but also want to expand their team. If they did not encounter them, it means that they were just coming towards us. Could they be enemies?"
Guo Xi said: "What I think is that these bandits may just want to rob us. After all, they can't afford to expand their troops in troubled times, so they have set their sights on us. However, they are definitely not simple bandits. They may be related to some wealthy businessman or high-ranking official. After all, the things they wear are indeed not something that ordinary bandits can have."
Zhao He listened to what they said and nodded secretly in his heart, but he still tended to believe that it was an invasion by foreign enemies.