339 Zhao Ya: Why do I seem to see Jiu Si?
Dang!
Gongs sounded to clear the way!
The convoy set off, and in front was the Imperial Guard sent by the court, led by Tuomu, the fifth of the Eight Guards of the Qincha.In the middle road is the etiquette team sent by the Prince of Ruyang's Palace, escorting the carriage. Among them are Master Wuxiang, the two elders Gui and He, A Da, A Er, and A San. These people were sent by the Prince of Ruyang to support the princess. Among them, A Da, A Er, and A San are the princess' regular guards and according to the plan, they are to stay in the capital with the princess.
After the princess gets married and moves into the Eastern Palace, the emperor will give them the title of guards. From then on, they will become a small flag officer of the Imperial Guard and will be able to do well in the capital.
Moreover, if the princess wants to accomplish something, she can ask Ada and the other two to do it.
As for the two elders, Gui and He, including Master Wuxiang, they were only doing temporary security work. After escorting the princess safely to the capital, they would return and continue their unfinished work.
I can't stay in the capital with the princess for long.
In addition, this etiquette team is also responsible for escorting fifty carts of dowry for the princess. These silver and money will be kept in the princess's house in the capital, and will be managed by A Da and the other two on weekdays. When the wedding comes, they will accompany the princess into the palace.
After all, in a place like the imperial palace, if you don't have some money, even the eunuchs and palace maids can make things difficult for the princess. It is not a place for good men and women to stay.
In addition to these, there is the guard army at the back, led by General Wang Baobao, who has 10,000 direct White Deer Army soldiers under his command. At this time, Wang Baobao's face was as gloomy as he escorted his sister to Beijing to marry the old emperor.
Wang Baobao refused. He felt it was shameful to sell his sister in exchange for wealth.
But the journey was not peaceful, and Wang Baobao did not want his sister to be in danger, so he could only reluctantly serve as the escort officer.
The deputy general Huobi Ma saw that Wang Baobao was worried, so he rode over and asked, "Commander-in-chief, are you okay?"
Wang Baobao heard this and said, "It's okay. Notify the army and follow up. Send scouts to investigate. Make sure the girl has a smooth journey and there won't be any problems."
"yes!"
After hearing this, Huobi Ma personally commanded the scouts to go forward to gather intelligence.
The entire army set out immediately and headed straight for Dadu.
At this time, Zhao Ya was sitting in the car. The two maids who came with the dowry, Qingzhu and Molan, were looking at the princess. The princess was sitting there with a blank expression on her face, but tears were falling from her two big eyes.
It dripped onto the back of my hand, but I seemed not to notice it.
The two girls looked at Zhao Ya, who was crying with her head down, and didn't know how to persuade her for a moment.
The princess of their own family had never been like this before. The two maids looked at each other, Qingzhu winked at Molan, and Molan looked at Zhao Ya and said, "Princess, please don't cry and hurt yourself."
Zhao Ya ignored her, Qing Zhu said: "Yes, Princess, if you cry yourself to death, the prince will be sad too."
After hearing this, Zhao Ya looked up at Qing Zhu and said, "He, he won't be sad. In his eyes, I may just be a tool to maintain his status as King Ruyang."
"Princess, this won't happen."
Molan persuaded, and Qingzhu also said: "Princess, the prince loves you the most, how could he be like this, there must be a misunderstanding."
Zhao Ya wiped her tears and said nothing. She just tilted her head and looked towards the car window. The curtain there blocked out everything, just like cutting off the wings of a bird yearning for freedom.
At this moment, Zhao Ya was like a canary that had lost its wings. She should have been an eagle, but now her wings were broken and she was put in a cage to be played with by others. And the one who broke her wings was her most beloved father.
This feeling made Zhao Ya almost unable to breathe.
The convoy moved forward slowly and soon drove out of the Ruyang Palace until it completely disappeared in front of the palace.
"My Lord, the wind is strong, it's time to go back!"
Prince Ruyang stood at the door and watched the convoy disappear completely. At this time, the butler came up to remind Prince Ruyang. Prince Ruyang was silent. After a moment of hesitation, Prince Ruyang said, "Let's go back."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the mansion. For some reason, when he turned around, his originally strong body became a little hunched, as if he had suddenly aged by dozens of years.
Looking at the prince's receding back, the old butler sighed.
He shook his head, his face full of helplessness.
Prince Ruyang returned to his study absentmindedly, looking at the pile of documents waiting for him to process, but he had no time to think about it.
He then ordered the butler to bring a jar of wine.
The butler said nothing when he heard this, and immediately brought a jar of the best imperial wine to Prince Ruyang. When Prince Ruyang saw the wine, he immediately started drinking it like crazy.
Gulp gulp…
Prince Ruyang took the wine jar and took a sip. Seeing this, the butler immediately said, "Prince, please slow down. I have someone prepare some snacks to go with the wine."
King Ruyang said, "No, that's enough, you can go out now."
The butler immediately agreed and prepared to leave, but at this moment another group of officials delivering documents came over. Seeing this, the butler said, "The prince is unhappy, so I will not review it today. You can go back first."
The official said, "Well, that's fine. It's not urgent anyway."
At this moment, Prince Ruyang raised his head and asked, "Where is the report from?"
Upon hearing this, the official immediately said, "Your Highness, the report from Anqing Prefecture in Anhui Province says that a small group of bandits are causing chaos. I hope Your Highness can send a White Deer Army of 1,000 men to quell the rebellion."
Prince Ruyang was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Whose report did you say it was from?"
The official said, "Anhui Road, Anqing Prefecture."
Anqing?
Prince Ruyang turned his gaze and said, "Let Haku lead 10,000 White Deer Army soldiers to go with me to Anqing Prefecture."
Hmm?
After hearing this, the official who delivered the message was stunned. He looked at King Ruyang and said, "Your Highness, that is just a small group of rebels. There are no more than 3,000 people, and the leader is only at the level of Wolf Smoke Realm. Your Highness, you don't need to go in person, right?"
The officials were dumbfounded. A mere Langyan Realm could be easily dealt with by sending a thousand men. Why bother the Ruyang King of the Rongshen Realm?
If this little bandit knew that the Ruyang King personally dispatched to deal with him, he would probably ask the heavens, did I break the law of heaven?
Prince Ruyang led 10,000 elite White Deer Army soldiers to deal with a small group of bandits whose leader was Langyanjing and consisted of only 3,000 people.
I have to say, this word is quite niche.
It's just that this bandit leader is unlucky, because he caused trouble in Anqing.
Where is Anqing? That's Anhui Road, and it's very close to Lu'an. Where is Lu'an? That's a designated resting place for the princess when she gets married.
According to the court rules, when a princess gets married, a city must be found within a certain distance as her resting place, and the city must be prepared in advance for the reception. Lu'an is one of the reception locations.
Anqing Prefecture is very close to Lu'an. Prince Ruyang was originally upset about not being able to see his daughter off, but if he went to see her off, he was afraid of seeing his daughter's resentful eyes.
It is pitiful for parents in the world. On one side is the monarch, and on the other side is their own daughter. How can they choose?
Chagan Temur was loyal to the emperor and patriotic all his life, and the emperor was also very kind to him. How could he betray the court and his ancestors?
On the other hand, there was his favorite daughter, on whom he poured all the love of a father.
Now there is a conflict between the two, how can you let him choose?
So he has to hide his feelings, and now this group of thieves have appeared in Anqing, which is simply a gift from God, allowing him to send his daughter off for another reason.
Prince Ruyang said to his housekeeper, "Tell Haku to call up the troops at the beginning of the 5th hour and to send them out at the beginning of the 6th hour. Send them to Anqing Prefecture."
At this point he looked at the officer who was reporting military intelligence and asked, "What mountain?"
After hearing this, the official said, "Snake Head Mountain."
"Yes, send troops to Snake Head Mountain to suppress the giant bandits!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the field was stunned, and then they all looked at King Ruyang. A giant bandit, right? When did a petty thief in the Wolf Smoke Realm become a giant bandit in the eyes of King Ruyang?
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Lu'an Prefecture is located at the northern foot of Dabie Mountains and the western wing of the Yangtze River Delta. It has developed transportation and is a must-pass place for traveling merchants.
However, today the city of Lu'an Prefecture is under martial law, and all merchants have been notified that they are not allowed to enter the city today. Early in the morning, the prefect of Lu'an Prefecture, along with all the civil and military officials in the city, came to the city gate to wait for the princess's carriage to arrive.
This is the top priority of Lu'an Prefecture this year. Princess Xiangning is not only the daughter of Prince Ruyang, but more importantly, she is valued by the emperor. Once she enters the palace, she will be named empress, the queen mother of a country. What a noble existence she is.
If I serve the princess well, not to mention the court, even if Prince Ruyang promotes me a little, I will benefit greatly.
For this reason, after learning that Lu'an Prefecture was chosen as the princess's resting place, the prefect of Lu'an directly found the richest man in Lu'an Prefecture, borrowed Chengyuan where he lived, and carried out the most luxurious renovation, turning it into the princess's temporary residence.
That was not all. He notified the owners of the three major restaurants in Lu'an Prefecture and asked them to transfer all their chefs to Chengyuan and prepare the best meals, hoping that the princess would say yes.
That is equivalent to being praised by the future Queen. Just imagine how great an honor that is!
After hearing the connection here, they immediately attracted the help of the three major restaurant owners in the city. After all, if they were really praised by the future Queen, then they would make a lot of money.
So they transferred all the cooks to Chengyuan. In addition, the prefect of Lu'an sent all the yamen runners in the city to the streets, and asked them to suppress the rioters and not allow anyone to disturb the order and leave a bad impression on the princess.
You have to know that with the princess's future status, in the palace, if the emperor asks: Queen, what do you think of Lu'an Prefecture?
The princess only had to say: "Not good."
Then the prefect of Lu'an Prefecture would have worked in vain for the past three years. Not to mention promotion, he might even be demoted.
But the princess said: "Liu'an is a good place."
Then, in the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel, he, as the prefect, will also have an advantage. Although he may not be able to rise to the top immediately, it will be possible for him to move up.
Therefore, welcoming the princess this time is both a challenge and an opportunity.
Therefore, the prefect of Lu'an would rather wait a day than let the princess find any fault with him.
"Brother, the prefect of Liu'an has been waiting for an hour, right? Is there nothing he can do?"
At this time, in a restaurant facing the street, Chen Jie and Xiaohu were drinking bland wine upstairs.
This is a private room, which Chen Jie rented at a high price.
Chen Jie came to Lu'an last night and met Chen Xiaohu and Wu Daojun. Chen Jie arranged the work immediately and Chen Xiaohu followed him into the city to find an opportunity to rescue the princess.
Wu Daojun led 10,000 Suzaku Guards to lurk in the nearby Dabie Mountains, ready to provide support at any time.
At this time, Chen Jie and Xiaohu were sitting in the restaurant. Xiaohu was a little restless, but Chen Jie was very steady. The scouts had already found out that the princess would enter the city today, and Chen Jie had decided to go and rescue the princess tonight.
As for why we chose to rescue the princess in the city, the reason is very simple.
The defense of the entire army in the city should be the most relaxed. If it were outside the city, Chen Jie would face too many enemies, and there would be tens of thousands of White Deer Army soldiers who could form a military formation.
Yuan Sanjia did not dare to fight with Prince Ruyang who was in the military formation, and Chen Jiusi did not dare to fight with the commander of the Bailu Army who had formed a military formation.
Moreover, Chen Jie had already informed him of the lineup of the Prince of Ruyang's Palace.
This time, the entire escort army has three and a half people in the Furnace Realm.
One is the imperial court's special envoy, Tuomu, the fifth of the eight leaders of the Cuman clan, whose strength is at the middle level of the furnace.
The second one is the Western Region Ascetic, who ranks sixth on the Earth List, Master Wuxiang, whose strength is at the upper level of the Furnace.
Then the third one is Wang Baobao. Chen Jie got the news that Wang Baobao got the top precious medicine Zhenyuan Pill from the Daqian court, which can enter the furnace realm after taking it.
Chen Jie conservatively estimated that Wang Baobao's strength was between the lower and middle levels of the Furnace, but don't forget that Wang Baobao was a military strategist. If combined with the 10,000 elite White Deer Army under his command, Chen Jie felt that his strength was at least at the upper level of the Furnace and should not be underestimated.
Finally, there is another half, that is the princess's two masters, the two elders Gui and He.
With the combined strength of Turtle and Crane, their strength can reach the furnace level, and they can be considered half a furnace.
Such a luxurious lineup, but Chen Jie is the only one in the middle furnace realm, while Xiaohu and Wu Daojun are both in the dragon realm.
This lineup can easily crush ordinary petty thieves, but facing such a powerful escort team, Chen Jie said that if a war really broke out on the plains, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg.
So Chen decided to enter the city. Once in the city, the army would no longer be able to play its role. After entering the city, local officials would welcome and see off the troops, probably to hold some social events in order to disperse the main force.
Then your chances of success will be greater.
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Xiao Hu took a big gulp of wine, stood up anxiously and said, "Why aren't you coming yet? Why aren't you coming yet?"
Chen Jie looked at the anxious Xiaohu and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to sit down?"
"Brother Jiu Si, how can you still sit down? Third sister-in-law is still in the hands of the court!"
Xiaohu was anxiously turning around. Seeing Xiaohu like this, Chen Jie said, "I'm not anxious, why are you anxious?"
Xiaohu said, "Brother Jiusi, how can you not be anxious? You are making me so anxious."
Chen Jie said: "Be patient, eat, eat."
As he spoke, his eyes looked at the street outside, and there was anxiety in the depths of his eyes, but the difference between Chen Jie and Xiaohu was that he could hold it back.
Although he was very anxious at this time, he did not show it at all.
He just watched everything outside quietly, and the wine glass in his hand was rubbed back and forth, proving that he was also very anxious.
At this time, outside the city gate, Lu'an prefect Feng Bisheng was also waiting anxiously. They had agreed to arrive at the beginning of the Si hour, but it looked like it was almost noon, so why hadn't he arrived yet?
The sun in September was very scorching, and Feng Bisheng was sweating profusely, and the officials following him were also sweating profusely.
As everyone was waiting, they suddenly saw a scout from the government office running back, kneeling on the ground and saying, "Here comes the prefect, here comes the prefect!"
Feng Bisheng immediately asked, "Where? Where?"
The scout pointed to the back and said, "It's right behind."
After hearing this, Feng Bisheng immediately turned around and saw a long team appearing in front of him. Seeing the team in front of him, Feng Bisheng immediately waved and said, "Hurry, follow me!"
Having said that, Feng Bisheng led a group of people and quickly went to meet the escort team.
Soon they arrived, and Feng Bisheng knelt on the ground and said, "I, Feng Bisheng, the governor of Lu'an, and all the officials in the city come to welcome the princess!"
After hearing this, a group of people immediately bowed and said, "Welcome, Princess."
The sound was so loud that it startled Zhao Ya, who had been crying all night and felt a little sleepy. She rubbed her red and swollen eyes and asked, "Where are you?"
After hearing this, the accompanying maid, Qingzhu, immediately replied: "The princess has arrived at Lu'an Prefecture."
"Liu'an?"
Zhao Ya thought for a moment and said, "Have we arrived here yet?"
This place should be the same distance from Longxing Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture, Huangzhou Prefecture.
When mentioning Huangzhou Prefecture, Zhao Ya fell silent. She thought of that man again. Since they parted, she has been getting further and further away from that man, and it may be a distance that will last a lifetime.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ya felt secretly sad.
She wasn't like this before. Back then she was an eagle, free, confident and full of charm.
But now she is more like a hawk with broken feathers, hiding in a cage and feeling sorry for herself.
"Princess, the prefect of Lu'an wants to see you, will you?"
When Zhao Ya was feeling sorry for herself, she suddenly heard a voice from outside. Zhao Ya looked up and Qingzhu opened the curtains. It was Tuomu from the Eight Guards of the Cumans who was outside.
Tuo Mu was still polite at this time and clasped his fists to ask Zhao Ya for instructions.
Zhao Ya said: "No."
Upon hearing this, Tuo Mu immediately clasped his fists and said, "Yes, I understand."
After saying this, Tuomu rode his horse towards the direction of the Lu'an prefect.
At this time, Ah San, who was driving, suddenly said, "Princess."
Zhao Ya heard this and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ah San said, "Today we will stay in Lu'an Prefecture for one night, but tomorrow we will leave Lu'an, and the day after tomorrow we will leave Anhui and leave the jurisdiction of the prince."
Zhao Ya looked at Ah San and asked, "What do you want to say?"
Ah San said: "Princess, are you willing to marry into the palace like this? Or let's escape!"
After hearing these words, the two maids in the carriage turned pale with fear.
Zhao Ya was also stunned and frowned, "Ah San, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Ah San said, "I'm not talking nonsense. I discussed it with Ah Da and Ah Er. After we enter the city, Ah Da will hold my master back, Ah Er will hold the two elders, Gui and He, and I will hold Tuo Mu back. Then the princess will find a chance to escape."
"Oh..."
Zhao Ya was amused by his plan to take advantage of the situation. Zhao Ya asked, "What about my third brother?"
Ah San said, "The city of Liu'an is small, and the White Deer Army cannot enter the city. The young prince must be living with the army and will not be an obstacle. When the time comes, we can just use the princess's skills to run away."
Zhao Ya said: "The Imperial Guards are no joke. How can they not know what's going on if they can't see me?"
After hearing this, Mo Lan, who had been silent, said, "Princess, I can pretend to be you and take your place to conceal the investigation of the Imperial Guards."
Huh?
After hearing this, Qingzhu's eyes widened and he stared at Molan blankly. He was frightened by his companion's words. If you pretend to be a princess, do you know what kind of punishment you will suffer if you are found out? You may even lose your life.
Qingzhu was extremely scared at this time. She didn't want to get involved in the disputes here.
She was just a little maid. How could it be so difficult for her to live in peace?
Zhao Ya was also shocked by Molan's words. If she replaced herself, she would be dead if she was discovered. And it was impossible not to be discovered. She might be able to get away with it at night, but how could she not be discovered the next day?
Then Molan would only have death.
Zhao Ya looked at Molan. It seemed that she had not treated this girl well. How could she be willing to die for him?
Molan lowered her head. She could not forget that she was assigned to serve Zhao Ya at first, but the princess liked to practice martial arts, so she could only serve from afar. Later, her mother was sick and saved some money, but no one was willing to lend it to her. Just when she was desperate, the princess knew about this and gave her twenty taels of silver without saying a word.
It was these twenty taels of silver that helped her mother live three more years, and she was grateful for Zhao Ya's kindness for her whole life.
But Zhao Ya had long forgotten that it was such an insignificant good deed she did back then, but so many years later, a maid was willing to die for her!
After hearing this, Ah San said, "It would be great if someone could impersonate the princess. Then, we can calmly implement the plan. By tomorrow morning, it will be too late for them to find the princess."
Ah San was very excited, but Zhao Ya said at this time: "No, I don't agree with this plan."
"Ah, why?"
After hearing this, Asan was full of confusion and shouted out loud. Seeing that everyone around him was looking at him in surprise, Asan immediately shut up.
He lowered his voice and said, "Princess, why don't you agree?"
After hearing this, the princess said, "If I say I don't agree, then I don't agree. I can't use your lives to exchange for my freedom."
"Woman's kindness!"
Molan looked at the princess and said something harsh, then said, "Princess, we are willing to die for you, why are you still looking back? Do you really want to be a canary in that cage?"
"Can the princess really forget about Master Chen Jiu?"
Molan said solemnly. After hearing this, the princess fell silent. She hesitated for a while and said, "If I say I don't agree, then I don't agree. Don't say anything more."
"Into the city!"
Zhao Ya refused to continue communicating. Hearing this, Ah San was so anxious that he kept scratching his head, and Molan also clenched her hands tightly.
At this time, Tuomu came to the prefect Feng Bisheng and said, "The princess is not in good health and will not see you."
Feng Bisheng said: "Oh, the princess's health is the most important thing, let's go into the city."
Tuo Mu nodded: "Let's go into the city."
Following closely behind were 200 Imperial Guards, plus 500 pretending to be escort personnel from the royal palace, all of whom entered the city. Wang Baobao probably didn't know how to face Zhao Ya, so he decided to stay outside the city.
In this way, the convoy came directly into the city.
"Here it comes, here it comes, Brother Jiu Si, here it comes!"
Chen Xiaohu watched the convoy enter the city and shouted excitedly. After hearing this, Chen Jie also came to the window and stared at the red flower car in the middle.
There are endless emotions brewing in his eyes.
Zhao Ya was in a low mood in the car, but for some reason, as if by telepathy, she slowly opened the car curtain and stuck her head out to check, as if she was looking for something.
Finally, when she turned around, she saw Chen Jie standing on the rooftop of the restaurant.
Chen Jie also saw her, and their eyes met. For a moment, there were only two people left between heaven and earth!
"Ninety-four!"
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