Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen Solitude and Negligence

After Wuji left, Wei Fengniang sat in the pavilion and did not return to the room. She sat in the gazebo, thinking about everything with Wuji, she felt that fate would really play tricks on her. It was supposed to be the wedding ceremony, the day when they started to spend time together, but suddenly the mystery of Wuji's father's murder appeared, which made them not even complete the worship. Then there was a quick glance at Mount Jiuhua, she almost didn't even recognize Wuji's face. Then there was a short gathering in the underground secret room of Tangjiabao, with a feeling of parting from life and death.

Then there was just now, and we met in such a hurry, we couldn't even say a few words with some emotion. What kind of fate is this! Wei Fengniang was speechless, she silently looked up at the sky, the white clouds in the sky did not move, but she did not answer the question of injustice in her heart. Thinking about it, she suddenly had a fantasy in her heart. She wondered, would Wuji suddenly think of getting together more with her and look back at her? She felt a little ridiculous about this idea, how could Wuji be such a person?He is a passionate and vengeful person, and he has never affected his attitude towards Dafengtang because of his children's affection.

Even though she thought it was ridiculous, she kept thinking about it, and she was still looking forward to it. So she has been sitting in the gazebo, listening to the sound outside the door, paying attention to any movement. The time of looking forward to it is very slow, but when it is slow, time will always slip through the fingers. Although the sun moves little by little, it will also move westward, sink westward, and finally disappear. The sky changed from azure blue with rosy clouds to the west, then gray blue, then black blue, and then black.Then the stars began to twinkle, shining with eternal light.

Just when Tang Hua arrived at Baiyuzhai again, Wei Fengniang suddenly heard footsteps outside the door. She didn't move, she just listened attentively, thinking in her heart, is it Wuji?Is Wuji really coming back? She waited, and the result of waiting was the sound of "bang" falling outside the door. She was startled, and hurried to the door, and after opening the door, she was startled again. She saw Bai Yuqi fell to the ground, tightly holding a stack of thick paper in his right hand. She bent down and probed for Bai Yuqi's breath with her fingers, but there was no movement at all, which meant that this person was dead.

Why did he come here with serious injuries?What is he doing here?Want to ask for help?While Wei Fengniang was thinking, she forcefully opened his hand and took the stack of thick paper. She opened the paper and took a look, and she was stunned on the spot. How could it be the same as the diary she had read?She thought about it, and suddenly understood what was going on. At the same time, she understood everything. From the time when Tang Hua approached her, to when Tang Hua took her away from Tangjiabao and came back here, and found the diary in the secret room, she immediately recalled the whole process.She immediately discovered that it was full of holes, but she didn't notice it at all.

How could Tang Hua be so obsessed with her?Obsessed enough to betray Tang Jiabao and take her away?She is so stupid, maybe this is a common problem of girls?How intoxicating it is to always think that someone is obsessed with oneself, even though the person doesn't like it himself. This is her first oversight. Tang Hua took her to escape from Tangjiabao. Although Tang Hua was familiar with the route, could it be so easy?When using explosives, why didn't the sound attract Tang's people to chase after him? And that cave, how could it be discovered so coincidentally? This is her second oversight.

Back here, Tang Hua unexpectedly discovered the secret compartment of the secret room, and also found the white jade carving dragon, why is he so powerful?Wuji was so familiar with this place that even he didn't notice it, how could it be Tang Hua's turn to find out? This is her third oversight. After discovering the diary, Tang Hua actually inquired about Wuji's return all at once, and even said that it was inconvenient to stay any longer.With the degree of obsession he said to himself, he is not afraid of going through fire and water, how could inconvenience be a reason? This is her fourth oversight.

What an irreparable oversight! Humans are like this, when they have to see the truth, they realize that there were so many loopholes in front of them, but they couldn't see them at all. Wei Fengniang's first reaction was to immediately go to Wuji. She took a glance at the corpse, and felt pity in her heart. He came here desperately to tell her the truth, how could she not bury him? Thinking of this, she suddenly thought that if someone killed him, it must be to silence him. If the person who killed him came after the blood and found that the body was gone, he would think that she buried it, which means that she already knew the truth up.

In this way, the Tang family will definitely respond immediately.Use another method to deal with Wuji and Uncle Shangguan. How could she let the people in Tangjiabao know that she already knew the truth? So she immediately took the stack of thick papers, went back to the house, and went back to the room to light the lamp, and sat by the window on purpose, pretending to be ignorant of what happened outside. She believed that the person following the blood trail would come soon, and she guessed right, but she didn't know that person was Tang Hua, let alone when Tang Hua would come.Because she couldn't see the outside movement in the room, and although Tang Hua had gone up to the eaves to check, but his lightness did not make any sound.

So Wei Fengniang just kept waiting, and the more she waited, the more anxious she became. Has this person been here?She really wanted to go out and have a look, but she was afraid of meeting this person.However, she was impatient and wanted to go and try to inform Wuji of the news, lest Wuji fall into Tangjiabao's scheme. Under the anxious waiting, time always passed very slowly. Finally, when it was the second watch, Wei Fengniang decided not to wait any longer, because according to her calculation, the person who should come must have come long ago. This person It is impossible to be more patient than her.

So she hurried out of the room, walked to the door, and pushed the door open. She breathed a sigh of relief, because the body was gone, which proved her inference was correct, the person who killed Bai Yuqi had come to drag the body away, so that she would not see it. She was kind of grateful to this man, because it saved her the time of burying the body. Money can make ghosts turn millstones, let alone a carriage for driving at night? Although Wei Fengniang seldom walked around the rivers and lakes, she knew the direction of Shangguan Fort. The driver was a legitimate businessman, he took the extra money, of course he did his best, he drove the carriage so fast that it made Wei Fengniang feel dizzy, but in order to catch up with Wuji, what is dizziness? She kept praying in her heart, hoping that Wuji would not be traveling at night too, and hoped that Wuji would also rest a little to adjust her physical strength, so that she would have a chance to reach Shangguan Fort before Wuji. After the third watch drum sounded, Tang Hua was still drinking the mulled wine. Every time he drank a cup, the hazy appearance of an unknown person floated in his mind. It was impossible for this hazy appearance to become clear, because what he remembered was , Who exactly took away Bai Yuqi's original document? When he drank the twenty-seventh cup, he suddenly thought, could it be that Wei Fengniang took it away and was playing tricks? He stood up suddenly, why did he keep ruling out this possibility?He hit himself hard on the head, hurried out of the room, and rushed to Zhao's mansion. When he came to the door of Zhao Mansion, he didn't knock on the door, and flew up to the eaves, and then fell to the courtyard. He saw that Wei Fengniang's room was the same as when he came earlier, and the lights were on. He quietly approached the window, wet his fingers, poked a hole in the window paper, and looked inside. Wei Fengniang is not there. He walked over, opened the door and entered, rushed to the bed, the quilt was very tidy, indicating that Wei Fengniang was not asleep at all, he went to the wooden cabinet, opened it, and found that there were no clothes inside. What does this mean?This of course means that Wei Fengniang has left! fool!fool!He kept scolding himself, he scolded in his heart, but he didn't stop. He walked out of Zhao's mansion, and immediately went to ask if there was a woman who hired a car to leave at night. He quickly asked the answer, so he immediately grabbed a fast horse and hurried away. Shangguan Fort. When Tang Ao and Shangguan Lianlian arrived, they received a warm welcome as usual. After arriving at Shangguan Fort, Tang Ao intentionally talked to Shangguan Ren every day about the next step of attacking Dafengtang, but every time he deliberately talked very late. Talking about it late, he deliberately let Shangguan Lian know that Shangguan Lian saw his father working so hard, of course he couldn't wait to show his filial piety. In a filial way, is there anything better than a bowl of ginseng chicken soup? of course not. So every time she personally served a bowl of hot chicken soup to her father at the first shift. How could Shangguan Ren doubt his filial piety towards his daughter? So he drank upside down every time. Tang Ao's happiest thing was to see that there was not even a drop of soup left in the bowl. He knew that his plan was getting closer to success. This time, the poison he injected was chronic. If he didn't use his internal energy, he wouldn't notice any signs of it. He wouldn't notice it when he was exercising, working and resting. He collapsed, unable to exert his usual three-point strength. Tang Ao believed that with Zhao Wuji's martial arts, it would be no problem to fight Shangguan Ren with more than a hundred moves. For Shangguan Ren, one hundred strokes consumed a lot of energy. And this will give Zhao Wuji a chance. Originally, Shangguan Ren could kill Zhao Wuji after a hundred moves, but he was unable to do so and was killed by Zhao Wuji instead. When Zhao Wuji killed Shangguanyan, Tang Ao said it, and told Zhao Wuji that Shangguanren's real intention was to realize the plan of the white jade tiger and the plan of the white jade carving dragon, which was created by himself. In this way, Zhao Wuji's spirit will collapse. Thinking of this, Tang Ao couldn't help laughing. Zhao Wuji is broken, what talent is there in Dafengtang?The rivers and lakes belong to him. He was so proud that he drank alone. He who didn't like to drink usually drank so much that he didn't know when he would fall into bed. Wuji knew when he went to bed, because he had been running wildly for a day and a night, without a drop of water, and he never closed his eyes once. But after running around for a long time, he was too tired. He knew that if he didn't have enough physical strength, he couldn't beat Shangguan Ren. So he must have enough rest and sleep, not to mention, it's better to take revenge later than not at all, right? That's why he found an inn and fell asleep. Wei Fengniang didn't think so, she only wanted to go on her way, not to mention, she could sleep in the car, she didn't know how it would be tormenting her body if she didn't sleep. She hired two drivers, who slept in turns and ran non-stop. The shaking of the car made the exhausted Wei Fengniang sleep soundly. Because she was preoccupied, she would dream when she fell asleep. When she woke up, she couldn't quite remember what happened in the dream. She only remembered that she dreamed that Wuji was killed by Shangguan Ren and his body was covered with bruises. Submerged her body too. Startled, she woke up. When she woke up, she was shocked again. Why isn't the car running?This is why she was surprised. She got up quickly, stretched out her hand to push aside the curtain, and looked outside, but the two drivers were not there, only two horses were gnawing on the grass with their heads down. She got out of the car and looked around. The car was parked under the shade of a tree beside a yellow mud road. At this time, it was probably not long after dawn, and the surrounding fields were silent. Where did the two coachmen go?She didn't ask their names, so she didn't know how to call them if she wanted to. She had no choice but to sit on the outer edge of the carriage and watch the horse grazing the grass. Looking around, she suddenly felt that someone was staring at her. She thought it was the coachman who came back, so she raised her head naturally. Her heart almost jumped out. The person staring at her was not the coachman, but Tang Hua. Tang Hua, who was full of smiles, walked towards her while smiling. For a moment, she didn't know whether to smile or not, her expression was very awkward, but in the end she managed to force a smile. Tang Hua approached her and said, "Did you sleep well?" Wei Fengniang didn't know how to answer for a while, she just looked at Tang Hua in a daze. "I came here on a special trip to find you." Tang Hua said, "I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I walked around here." Wei Fengniang looked around again, and asked, "Where are the coachmen and the others?" "I sent them away, don't worry, I won't kill innocent people indiscriminately." "What do you want from me?" Wei Fengniang finally calmed down a little at this moment. "It's nothing, I just miss you." "Miss me? Can you go on the road with me?" "Okay, of course, it's my pleasure." After speaking, he got into the carriage, sat on the driver's seat, pulled the reins, but turned the carriage around. "No no no!" Wei Fengniang said, "I want to go forward." "You are wrong." Tang Hua turned her head and said, "I can only walk back with you." "why?" "Because I don't want you to see Zhao Wuji." "You're getting more and more jealous." Wei Fengniang said intentionally. "Your acting talent is getting higher and higher." Tang Hua said. "I'm acting? What kind of play?" Tang Hua smiled evilly, put down the reins, stopped the carriage, and said, "You lied to me last night, and now you still want to lie to me?" Wei Fengniang knew that he already knew that she knew the truth, so she said, "You were the one who tricked me first." Tang Hua shrugged helplessly, and said, "I'm just following orders." "What now? Stopping me is also an order?" "Of course not, that's what I mean." "Since it's not, let me go!" "No." "Why not?" "If you leave, the White Jade Carving Dragon plan will fail, which means that the task I performed will also fail, and I will be punished. You don't want me to be punished, do you?" "No!" Wei Fengniang said loudly, "I hope your plan fails!" After finishing speaking, he suddenly drew out his long sword and stabbed Tang Hua. How could Tang Hua take her martial arts so seriously?In his impression, she was a woman who couldn't even hold a sword, so he just moved his body casually to avoid the attack. Wei Fengniang intentionally acted as if she was stabbing the sword casually, but in fact, she was instructed by Xiao Donglou in Jiuhua Mountain on sword skills, and she is very talented in using swords, so her sword skills have reached a certain level.It's just that she believes that she can never defeat Tang Hua alone, and the only way to win him is to rely on outsmart. That's why she pretended to be a novice stabbing with a sword. This really tricked Tang Hua, but when he dodged casually, Wei Fengniang suddenly launched a fast attack, the long sword was like a blooming flower, with a left hand and a right hand, it repeatedly stabbed at Tang Hua's big chest hole. As a result of Tang Hua underestimating the enemy and not caring about it, he was forced into a panic all of a sudden. If it wasn't for his usual solid foundation in martial arts, he would have died by the sword long ago. Even so, Tang Hua was forced into danger, and her clothes were punctured in several pieces. This is the first time that Wei Fengniang has used the sword formally since she practiced with "Xiao Donglou". It was very stiff at first, but it became more and more smooth, and the long sword danced very smoothly. At the sixth move, the sharp edge of the sword drew a bloodstain on Tang Hua's left wrist. Tang Hua was hit by the sword in his left wrist, and he rolled over and fell off the carriage. As soon as he left the carriage, he immediately drew his sword, drew a sword technique, and stared at Wei Fengniang. Wei Fengniang had no actual combat experience at all, and when she saw Tang Hua fall to the ground, she didn't immediately chase after her. She just stood on the carriage and looked at Tang Hua. At the same time, her heart couldn't help jumping up and down, because it was the first time in her life that she had stabbed blood in another person with a weapon, so she froze where she was. Seeing her expression, Tang Hua seemed to guess what she was thinking, so she simply threw the sword to the ground, stepped forward and said, "Just kill me!" Wei Fengniang was stunned by his words, and she couldn't help but drop the long sword in her hand. She said apologetically, "Let me go!" "No, if you must leave, you can kill me. Anyway, I will die when I return to Tangjiabao. It is better to die by your sword." Wei Fengniang was silent, she looked at the sword in her hand, and then at Tang Hua, with complicated feelings in her heart, she didn't know what to do. Tang Hua took the opportunity to approach her and said to her, "You do it!" Wei Fengniang was still hesitating, but Tang Hua had already stretched out her hand and grabbed the sword. Wei Fengniang didn't respond in anger or shock, because she just made up her mind that her hands must not be stained with blood. Tang Hua snatched the sword, but said apologetically, "I have no choice." Wei Fengniang smiled wryly, spread her hands out, and said, "It doesn't matter, anyway, I have decided not to kill anyone." Tang Hua handed the sword to Wei Fengniang, Wei Fengniang shook her head and said, "Forget it, I don't want the sword anymore, you can take it!" Tang Hua smiled and said, "It's useless if I want two swords, you'd better keep them for self-defense!" "No, I'm learning swordsmanship for murder, not for self-defense. It's not good to keep the sword." "If you want to defend yourself, of course you have to kill the opponent!" "I know, that's why I decided not to have a sword." "Throw it away, I'm leaving!" "Go?" Tang Hua's expression changed slightly, and she said, "Where are you going?" "Go find Wuji!" Tang Hua suddenly laughed. "What are you laughing at?" Wei Fengniang asked. "I laugh at you." "What are you laughing at me for?" "It's too stupid to laugh at you." "Am I stupid? Where are you stupid?" "Aren't you stupid? You don't have a sword anymore. Shall I let you go?" "Why don't you let me go? Didn't I already beat you just now? I just didn't kill you, why can't I go?" Tang Hua laughed again. He laughed really happily. He said, "Didn't I say that? If you must leave, you will kill me." "I must go, but I won't kill you." "Then what to do?" "What should I do? You go your way, I go mine, don't you just have to?" "No, miss, I absolutely cannot let you go." "Why are you so reckless, you won't let me go even if you lose?" "Win or lose is not important to this matter. What matters is life or death. If you kill me, you go. If you let me live, you can't go." "Okay!" Wei Fengniang said: "Then you give me back the sword, and I'll kill you." Tang Hua laughed again and said, "You still don't admit that you are stupid? Will I give you the sword at this time? Besides, you attacked me unprepared just now, even if you have a sword now, you can't beat me. " "Are you that kind of person?" "I'm not." "That's good." Wei Fengniang said, "I know you said that on purpose, right?" "No." Tang Hua said, "I was not such a person, but the situation forced me to." "You mean, you still won't let me go?" "I have to, sorry." Wei Fengniang puffed up her cheeks and said angrily: "I misread you!" Tang Hua apologized and said, "I'm really sorry." "You don't have to say it, I still have to go, this time it's your turn to kill me." After finishing speaking, she walked forward in a loud voice. Tang Hua didn't stop him, he just followed Wei Fengniang and walked forward together. "Why didn't you stop me?" "Because you can't catch up with Zhao Wuji by walking with your feet." "Then why are you still following me?" "First, I want to protect you, and second, I want to prevent you from hiring a car." "You..." Wei Fengniang pointed at Tang Hua's nose angrily and cursed, "You are so unreasonable!" "I've made my meaning very clear, how can it be unreasonable?" Wei Fengniang rolled his eyes at him, and said: "Forget it, I won't argue with you, anyway, I can't talk to you. But no matter what, I still want to go, and I will definitely find the coachman to drive the way. " "Well, since you insist so much, I'll give you a ride." Wei Fengniang couldn't believe what she heard, she stared at Tang Hua with wide eyes, and said, "Really?" "Of course it's true, come on, let's go back to the carriage!" After getting into the carriage, Wei Fengniang believed that Tang Hua was telling the truth. Tang Hua sat on the driver's seat, flicked the reins, and the carriage started to move. At first, Wei Fengniang was very happy because Tang Hua was willing to help her, but as the carriage kept going, she suddenly realized that the way she was going turned back. "Stop!" She immediately yelled to stop Tang Hua. Tang Hua reined in the horse, and the car stopped. "What's wrong?" "You lied to me! This is the way back." "Yeah, didn't I say I'd give you a ride?" "It's not like you don't know where I'm going, why are you like this?" "Of course I know you're going there, but, in my capacity, how can I send you there?" "Then why did you say you wanted to give me a ride?" "I'm giving you a ride, but I just want to take you back. Only when you get back to the Zhao mansion can you call a car again! Right? Missy." "No, no, I'm getting out of the car now." Seeing her walking out of the carriage, Tang Hua hurriedly drove the carriage forward again, almost throwing Wei Fengniang. "Let me get out of the car!" Wei Fengniang yelled loudly. Tang Hua drove the carriage even faster. "If you don't stop, I'm going to jump off!" Tang Hua ignored Wei Fengniang's words at all. Wei Fengniang really jumped down and rolled on the ground, Tang Hua hurriedly stopped the car and walked over to help her up. Wei Fengniang pushed Tang Hua away with her hand, and said angrily, "You are, I don't want to see you again!" "Why do you bother?" Tang Hua said, "Okay, I decided to really give you this time." "Really?" Wei Fengniang asked the same thing again. "You are so determined, how can I stop you? Come on, get in the car!" This time, Wei Fengniang did not sit in the carriage, but insisted on sitting next to Tang Hua, and said: "I want to watch you, if you make trouble again, I will jump off the train." Tang Hua really didn't mess with tricks, and drove straight towards Shangguanbao, and it was quite fast. This really made Wei Fengniang happy. It's a pity that her happy mood only lasted for more than an hour. "After more than two hours, Tang Hua stopped the carriage suddenly, and Wei Fengniang couldn't help asking him: "Why did you stop? " "Didn't you see it?" Tang Hua said. "See what? You don't have any tired expression on your face!" "Of course I'm not tired. How can I be tired after this little journey? I mean, look ahead!" Only then did Wei Fengniang look up and saw the road ahead. A fork in the road is not only a fork in the road, but a three-fork in the road. "Don't you know the way?" Wei Fengniang asked. "I know it." Tang Hua said, "Do you know it?" "I don't know." "That's right." "What's wrong with that? Just follow the path you know." "But, do you believe me?" This sentence immediately overwhelmed Wei Fengniang's question, does she believe him?Will he go the wrong way on purpose? She doesn't know, she really doesn't know. Then, what should we do?Wei Fengniang's heart suddenly became chaotic. Tang Hua looked at her, smiled slightly, and said, "That's why I stopped the car and let you choose a road, so that you don't go wrong when you get there, and you blame me again." "I don't blame you, as long as you are going in the direction of Shangguanbao." "It's better for you to choose." Tang Hua insisted. Wei Fengniang looked at Tang Hua firmly, and said, "So you still have ulterior motives. You knew that there was a three-way road here, didn't you?" Tang Hua nodded in agreement, and said, "I really can't take the initiative to help you, so I ask you to choose the path yourself, and everything is left to fate." Wei Fengniang looked at the three roads in front of her and thought, which one should I take?After thinking for a while, she said, "You can go as you please." Tang Hua glanced at her, pulled the reins, and drove straight through the middle road. At the intersection, Wei Fengniang suddenly yelled, "Stop!" Tang Hua reined in her horse, looked at Wei Fengniang, and said, "What's wrong?" "Don't go this way." "Then which way to go?" "Except for this, you can do whatever you want." In Wei Fengniang's thinking, Tang Hua's choice must be the wrong one, so she let Tang Hua choose by herself, so there are only two paths left.The question is, once Tang Hua took the remaining two paths, did he guess what he was thinking and intentionally take the right one, or would he go wrong again? This is where Wei Fengniang has a hard time making a choice. Tang Hua didn't care what Wei Fengniang thought, as soon as he lifted the horse's head, he walked on the road on the right. Wei Fengniang was originally designed to test Tang Hua, but unexpectedly, this plan now turns to test herself. Is Tang Hua's path the right one? Did he know he was designed to test him? Wei Fengniang was not at all sure of any answer. She turned her head and looked at Tang Hua's side face, with a calm expression on that face, as if nothing had happened, he was just concentrating on driving the carriage. This made Wei Fengniang hesitate even more, because she couldn't see what Tang Hua was thinking at all? She had to yell again: "Stop!" Tang Hua was very obedient, he immediately stopped the car and said, "What's the matter?" "Is this the right way?" Wei Fengniang asked deliberately, she hoped that Tang Hua would reveal the correct answer inadvertently. "Of course." Tang Hua said. When Wei Fengniang heard this, she felt complacent, but she didn't expect Tang Hua to add another sentence immediately: "I will follow the road you instructed, isn't it right?" What a powerful guy, Wei Fengniang thought bitterly in her heart. "Which way to go now?" Tang Hua asked. "Go to the left." Wei Fengniang made an angry decision. Tang Hua drove the carriage to the left according to her words, and deliberately asked, "Is this this one?" Wei Fengniang glared at him, but said nothing. Tang Hua smiled, and said, "You really want to go this way?" Wei Fengniang thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I won't leave." "Don't leave? Do you want to stay here?" "yes." "I have no opinion!" "I don't need your opinion." "I know, what you need is someone else's opinion, right?" Wei Fengniang didn't answer. Tang Hua said again: "Let me tell you, if you stop here, you may not be able to wait for someone. No one has walked this road for a long time. It is not easy for you to wait for someone to ask for directions!" Wei Fengniang's thoughts were revealed by him all of a sudden, she couldn't help but blushed, and said: "If you want to take care of it, it's my business to wait until someone comes. No one really comes, so I have no choice but to admit it." "Okay, then I'll wait with you!" "You don't have to accompany me, and I don't want you to accompany me." Tang Hua smiled, ignored her sarcasm, and just said: "Didn't you see that we were driving all the way, and there was no sign of anyone? Waiting is for nothing." "Perhaps someone is coming from the front?" Tang Hua laughed again. Wei Fengniang couldn't help but said, "What are you laughing at?" "Still laugh at you stupid." "why?" "Think about it, where did the people from the front come from? If they came from Shangguanbao, they must be from the Tang family. Will the Tang family tell you the right way?" "It's hard to talk, as long as you don't talk." "What does it matter if I talk or not?" "Yes, it has a lot to do with it! As soon as you open your mouth, people will know my purpose, why would you tell me?" "Then I won't talk, can I? Not only will I not talk, but I will also hide in the car so that no one who comes will see me, okay?" Of course Wei Fengniang agreed. So Tang Hua got into the carriage, raised Erlang's legs and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Of course, Wei Fengniang stayed outside the carriage, staring to see if anyone was coming.