This small city is called Cuiyan. Although due to the terrain, there has been only such a small place for thousands of years, it is the only way to go to the border cities. In fact, the officers and soldiers defending the city are in a dilemma at this time. The situation is critical now. The county lord managed to resettle the plague-stricken villagers to the suburbs, but there is another wave of soldiers. If they are really sick, then...
The people crowded at the gate of the city were still yelling and cursing loudly. Just as Li Jun walked over, someone knocked an egg on his forehead, and the stinky soup flowed everywhere. The subordinate next to him panicked when he saw it, and while wiping him with his sleeve, he shouted angrily: "Bold! Who dares to be rude to the prince?"
This voice shouted very loudly, like beating a gong, and the scene was instantly quiet. Everyone looked at the rich young master in brocade, and their first reaction was, this liar wants to pretend to be His Royal Highness Xiao Wang, why didn't he take his belly away first
The subordinate handed over the Nine Dragons Jade Plaque, and the guard received it and looked at it carefully. He finally remembered that besides King Xiao, there was also King Pingle in the court.
When he knelt down, the people also panicked, especially those who were holding rotten eggs in their hands, their necks felt cold, and they knelt down and dared not speak.
"Get up." Li Jun was in no mood to put on a dignified air after this blow to the head, and asked a little embarrassedly, "Why don't you let the herb delivery team enter the city?"
"The people are afraid of the plague." The guard whispered, "The lowly officials are also persuading, but it is really not easy to use force."
"It's not that they want to live in the city for a long time, they just want to pass through the city and borrow a road." Li Jun said, "Well, you go in and spread the word, let the people in the city enter and lock the doors, and wait for the army to transport the herbs out. Then spray the paths they walked with lime to prevent new outbreaks."
The guard promised, and hurried into the city to pass the news, and before leaving, he gave a wink, and the troubled villagers who were stunned and motionless also reacted, and quickly slipped away against the wall, running so that there was not even a shadow left.
Li Jun sniffed her cuffs, wiped her stinky face, and sighed secretly.
Mei Zhusong only thought that he was annoyed by his embarrassment, so he comforted him: "When the prince said those words just now, his demeanor was noble and friendly, and the method he came up with was not bad. He really has the style of a royal."
The little leader in charge of escorting the herbs also clasped his fists: "Thank you King Pingle!"
Li Jun stood in the shade: "Tell me, do the people along the way have the same attitude towards Daliang's army?"
The little leader nodded: "Yes."
The plague was brought by the army, how could the people not complain. Besides, this is the Southern Region, not like the Northwest. Xiao Wang Ji Yanran's name in this land is far less prestige than that of General Lu Guangyuan back then, and even because storytellers often compare the two, it has caused a little bit of rebellion—roughly It's akin to a "you deserve it" mentality. Due to this historical reason, coupled with the plague, the relationship between the people in the Southwest and the army is not to say that it is difficult to tolerate, and it is really not harmonious.
Li Jun said: "I don't blame the people." This is his experience of being forced to read history books and national policies in the past few months. No matter what time the people always yearn for peace and comfort, they will not take the initiative to become an enemy of the court.
But it can't be blamed on the Seventh Brother. Who can say for sure about such an unlucky thing as the plague, why he even got angry.
He patted his stomach, his whole body was smelly and sticky, and he felt helpless. A moment later, the guard came running out of breath with the county magistrate, and just about to bow down, Li Jun grabbed him and said kindly, "Your Excellency, it's hard work."
The county magistrate is quite young, and he was quite scared when he heard that the prince was beaten by someone in his own territory, but he never thought about it. The moment we met, he cared so deeply, he was warm and moved, and hurriedly said: "The city has been emptied Now, the medicine can be transported. Moreover, the subordinate officials have prepared several large packages of dry food and water bags for the soldiers to take."
The problem of Cuiyan City has been solved, but further south, there are still many towns along the way. King Pingle thought about it, anyway, the army that escorted the herbal medicine was heading towards Yuli City, so why not just follow me, although it will take a bit of a hard time traveling day and night, but... who gave me the surname Li!
When he was in Dayuan City, he lived in trepidation, for fear that one day while eating, he would hear the news of his uncle's rebellion and cause himself to lose his head. While in the Northwest, even though there were constant wars, there was no one else to worry about with the seventh younger brother and the master of Yunmen. He hid in the big camp, and he was still an idle dandy prince. But now it is different, no longer the nephew of Marquis Su Ming, no longer the elder brother of King Xiao, but the completely independent King Ping Le, who has no one to rely on, and even has to be relied on by others, Prince Daliang.
Suddenly, great pride arose in his heart, he washed his face indiscriminately, and took Mei Zhusong and his subordinates to chase after the army.
…
Yun Yifeng said: "A letter was sent from Danfeng City, saying that Senior Mei was picked up by King Pingle a month ago. Based on this calculation, it is estimated that it will take another ten and a half days to arrive."
"Akun is here, so I can feel more at ease." Ji Yanran returned the document to him, "You handled it well, thank you."
" Between you and me, do you still want to talk about this?" Yun Yifeng tested the temperature of his forehead, "It seems that the ancient prescription found by the military doctor is still useful. The prince seems to be much more energetic in the past two days."
"Go get a pen and paper." Ji Yanran sat up, "Zhou Jiong has lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and he is good at fighting in open areas. The mountains and forests in the southwest are steep, and the Dianhua City should not be played like that. It is useless to stand in a stalemate, so we must do it as soon as possible." Break the city."
Yun Yifeng brought a small case: "The prince said, I will write."
Ji Yanran said: "In the northwest of Dianhua City, there are nine peaks of Mang Mountain, and there is a Hu'er Slope inside. It is the place where villagers used to blast the mountain to get jade. The deep pit below can hold thousands of people. He ordered five thousand elite soldiers to secretly Ambush. Send another 3,000 people to cross the river on a poppy raft in the dark, pretending to... cough cough."
Yun Yifeng sat over and stroked his back, then asked: "How does the lord remember so clearly?"
"When I went to Dianhua City to buy jade for my mother, I saw it in the mountains and remembered it."
Yun Yifeng thought for a while: "Is it the time when you chose a thousand choices and finally bought a stone?"
Ji Yanran: "..."
Yun Yifeng said with a smile: "If you can break through the Dianhua City in one fell swoop, then you won't lose money buying this stone."
In the next room, the centipede is still carefully deducing the entrance of the underground palace. Although the partridge threatens Aunt Yu's life and forbids him to enter and exit the Lamu forest, who can stop the number one snitch in the rivers and lakes, and only rely on the memory of the past, he can also draw a seven-seven-eight-eighth formation in the forest . In his life, he has cracked countless mechanisms, such as underground palaces and ancient tombs. He has drilled hundreds of places, and he has never encountered such a complicated mechanism. Here, I had a great time studying it.
The only idler was Mu Chengxue.
He went to the prison.
It is said to be a prison, but it is actually a side room in the backyard of the inn. Spider is sitting at the table in a daze. Out of the corner of his eye, he catches a glimpse of white snow passing by the window. He stands up hurriedly, intending to drag the chain to meet him. But it's not Yun Yifeng, but Mu Chengxue. Her eyes suddenly returned to resentment, and she gave him a hard look, wishing she could burn the white clothes clean, why, why in this world, there is already a young master, yet others don't dare to wear white
The killer thought to himself, he really is a lunatic.
In fact, at the beginning, everyone planned to take advantage of this "lunatic", pretending that Yun Yifeng was also infected with the plague, to see if she would rush to tell the antidote and other clues. In the end, the other party only screamed in panic and struggled desperately to say that he would go to the young master's side and accompany him to the last part of the world. Chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs barking together in the yard, that is bad luck.
Yun Yifeng said: "They released the spider on purpose, so naturally they won't let her know more about it."
Having said that, Mu Chengxue still knocked on the window at this time, and said expressionlessly: "Hello."
Zhu'er looked at him viciously: "How can you wear this dress?"
Mu Chengxue said: "Miss Yun also said the same."
The spider was really fooled: "Who?"
"A new miraculous doctor." Mu Chengxue replied, "He is seeing Master Yunmen."
"Who is she, tell me clearly, where did the genius doctor come from!" The spider was stimulated, and rushed to the window like a wild beast.
"Shuixiang in the south of the Yangtze River." Mu Chengxue picked up Diao, "I also like to wear red dresses, her skin is as white as snow, and her figure is enchanting." As she spoke, she glanced at her flat chest, turned and left.
Zhu'er blushed, "Come back!"
Mu Chengxue stopped in her tracks.
"I... I can help the young master, so can I!" Zhu'er shouted in a panic, scratching at the window frame.
Mu Chengxue said casually: "Then you can come to me after you figure out a way."
…
In Danfeng City, not long after Jiang Chenchen saw off King Pingle and Senior Mei, another person from Fengyumen came to his home, saying they were looking for a middle-aged man with a birthmark on his hand. More than 20 years ago, Jiang Xiaojiu was not born yet, but Jiang Nandou had some impressions, and immediately said: "It should be Xu Lu."
Qingyue asked: "Who is that?"
"A friend of the third brother, an escort, and the relationship between the two is very good." Jiang Nandou said, "After the third brother died of illness, Xu Lu and his wife often came to visit the third brother and sister, and even bought a house in the east of the city, so that they can travel easily , but I haven't seen him again in recent years, I guess I went back to my hometown in Rong County."
Although Rong County is a bit far away from Danfeng City, if we can find this Escort Master Xu, we will be closer to the truth of the year. Qingyue and Ling Xing'er couldn't care less about rest, they rode their horses and whipped their whips again, and left the city like the wind.
…
And Li Jun is finally approaching Yuli City.
He walked hard all the way, facing the scorching sun and poisonous snakes, insects and ants, dizzy, and bitten all over his body, but he did not fall behind. And every time he arrived at a city, the identity of the Prince of Liang would also give the local people a sense of security. There were even rumors that the emperor was dissatisfied with Ji Yanran's misbehavior in the southwest, so he specially ordered King Pingle to guard him.
Li Jun was about to shed tears when she heard that, no one can control such absurd gossip.
After Mei Zhusong inspected Huang Wuding, he said: "The commander is in good health, don't worry."
Huang Wuding put down his sleeves and sighed: "It's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that the current situation..."
"I understand, there must be no accidents with the commander." Mei Zhusong waved his hand, "I also saw some patients along the way. The epidemic is really dangerous and strange, and I have never seen it before."
"Mr. Mei belongs to the prince, so I will not hide it." Huang Wuding said, "This time the plague is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster, and it is caused by ghosts. In order to prevent the people from panic and rumors, the prince has never disclosed it to the public." Propaganda, only a few people know."
"That's no wonder." Mei Zhusong frowned, "But be careful with your heart."
Huang Wuding clasped his fists: "My lord has been ill for a long time, and the military doctors in Yuli City may not be able to do anything. This time, I will rely on Mr. Mei."
…
The horse team gallops through the mountains.
Li Jun held the rein with one hand, thinking that he would see his seventh brother in another four or five days, and he felt a sense of concern and eagerness that he had never felt before. He wanted to order everyone to speed up, but when they heard Suddenly there was a sound, Mr. Mei, be careful!
A fire arrow shot rapidly from the mountain!
Liang Jun, who was in charge of the guard, swung his knife and cut him off. The horse neighed in shock, but he saw several black shadows approaching him, holding a silver-white long knife, and his every move was deadly!
It was the first time in Li Jun's life that she experienced such a big scene. Her legs were weak and she was about to fall off her horse. She instinctively shouted for help, but in the end she yelled for herself to be stabbed in the face. Her hair was shaved and her clothes were messed up. It was also broken, and my heart became more and more frightened and panicked. As soon as he kicked the horse's belly, he wanted to flee far away, but the horse didn't cooperate. Instead, he turned around and rushed towards the melee. Li Jun screamed more and more hysterically, and even the gang of killers had to look back. The ghost shouted, taking advantage of this time, a few soldiers of Liang Liang guarded the plum bamboo pine from left to right, jumped into the abyss at the bottom of the stream, and disappeared without a trace.
Li Jun fell off the horse and wanted to roll down, but failed, and was hit on the head with a stick, and was put into a sack in a daze.
I'm dying.
he thinks.
die for the country.
…
The underground palace is deep.
Jiang Lingfei put away the jade in his hand, got up and knocked on the door: "Come in."
The guard in charge of guarding him did not dare to slack off, and said respectfully, "What's the matter, young master?"
"What's going on outside?"
"have no idea."
"What about in the underground palace?"
"… do not know either."
Jiang Lingfei threw him a golden leaf: "I am not a criminal, and I may still be the owner of this place in the future."
"Yes." The guard bowed his head, "There is indeed nothing new in the underground palace. I only heard that a prince was arrested, but it was not Xiao Wang, but another one, called... King Pingle, who was imprisoned in the east corner."
Jiang Lingfei was taken aback when he heard that: "Li Jun?"
The guard said in succession: "Yes, that's the name. Ghosts and wolves howling. I heard that they found two deaths on the road."
Jiang Lingfei said, "I'll go and have a look."
The guard was in a dilemma: "Madam is alive—"
Before he finished speaking, he was knocked out by Jiang Lingfei's palm, and fell limply to the ground.
In the broken prison in Dongjiao, Li Jun was feeling extremely sad, thinking why he was so unlucky. He sat with a handful of dry grass, looked at the rotten rice in the bowl, and choked up.
Jiang Lingfei ordered: "Open."
The cell boss didn't know that he came out privately, he thought that the young master had been released from confinement and was coming to interrogate the prisoner himself, so he hurriedly followed his advice. When Li Jun heard the ringing of the chain outside the house, she almost fainted from the fright again, and raised her eyes cautiously. Fortunately, the person who came in was an acquaintance.
Before Jiang Lingfei could speak in the future, he was hugged by the flying fat bear, with snot and tears, and cried for a long time.
Li Jun sobbed and complained: "Brother Jiang, why did you come here?"
Jiang Lingfei now bears the identity of a "traitor", and is no longer the chic and casual young master of the rivers and lakes in the Northwest. He was a little embarrassed, but he didn't think that the other party was not unfamiliar at all, so he just sighed: "I send you get out."
"Okay, okay." Li Jun agreed in a hurry, and then asked, "What about you?"
Jiang Lingfei: "..."
"You also go back with me." Li Jun glanced outside the door, seeing that no one was eavesdropping, she whispered, "The old concubine is very worried about you."
Jiang Lingfei lowered his eyes: "Is the godmother okay?"
"It's not good. Ever since I found out about you, I have been so anxious that I couldn't eat and sleep. I aged several years overnight, and I asked the emperor to come to the southwest in person." Li Jun said, "But you also know that the emperor and brother Between the seventh younger brothers... and she is too old to bear the torment."
Seeing that Jiang Lingfei was silent after speaking, he continued: "There is one more thing, I must tell you that Miss Xie was not rescued by Zhou Jiuxiao back then, but by my father."
Jiang Lingfei opened the prison door: "The late emperor once cut his wrist to take blood to cure my mother's butterfly hysteria, I know."
"It's not just butterfly hysteria." Li Jun hurriedly said, "After Zhou Jiuxiao was taken to Wangcheng this time, he never came out of Dali Temple and spit out a lot of things in Wei Lie's hands. When the Xie family fell, your mother Suffering from a strange disease, no one dared to save her, so my father took the initiative to find Zhou Jiuxiao and ordered him to help secretly."
Including cutting the wrists to take blood, meticulous medical treatment, and sending Miss Xie out of the city to stay away from right and wrong places, everything was arranged by the late emperor. Zhou Jiuxiao was just a simple executor. Wang Jiuxiao and Li Jiuxiao could do the same. . However, Zhou Jiuxiao did not tell Xie Hanyan that it was the late emperor who helped him in secret, and only took the credit for himself.
Li Jun said: "The wild horse tribe at that time was just an ordinary tribe, and it was far away from the royal city, so as soon as Zhou Jiuxiao proposed it, the emperor thought it was a good place, so he readily agreed, and prepared a carriage and more than ten guards One person, one nanny, and five thousand taels of bank notes for your mother's future needs."
Jiang Lingfei asked: "The reason, why did the late emperor do this?"
"Probably because of General Lu." Li Jun said cautiously, "After all, your mother is the person he cherishes the most in this world."
Then he persuaded: "In the case of the Xie family back then, Zhou Jiuxiao actually participated in it, but he was not discovered. He must have hated my father and brother very much. He has been with your mother for so many years, and I don't know how much he has provoked you." Unnecessary ghosts and ghosts, you must be sober!"
"Let's go." Jiang Lingfei turned around, "I'll take you out first."
"You still want to stay in this ghost place?" Seeing that the other party was not moved by him at all, Li Jun was also a little impatient. Jiang Lingfei was not afraid, so he said forcefully, "At least give me the medicine to cure the plague!"
Jiang Lingfei stopped in his tracks: "What plague?"
"Don't you know?" Li Jun was puzzled, "Your mother teamed up with ghost stabs and used giant elephants to attack the city and spread the plague. Tens of thousands of people were sick, and the entire Southwest was in chaos."
Jiang Lingfei grabbed his collar: "What about the prince?"
"I'm sick too." Li Jun murmured in her heart and said with a heavy face, "I'm probably dying."