Because there were so many people and cars on the road, the carriage was not moving fast, but it was still stable. Yan Liqiang sat next to the coachman, squinting his eyes slightly, looking at the scenery of Huizhou city and the various people on the street with a look of pretended seven parts curiosity and three parts scrutiny, to see if there were any dangerous people.
The coachman knew the rules very well. He just drove the carriage along the way without saying a word or asking any other questions, so Yan Liqiang was left alone.
The carriage did not enter Huizhou City. Instead, after leaving the dock, it made a small circle on the official road outside Huizhou City. When the sun set, it arrived at the gate of a rather quiet manor east of Huizhou City.
The manor was built in a blooming peach forest, far away from the official road. The surrounding scenery was beautiful and sparsely populated. The nearest village was a mile away from the peach forest. It was a quiet place.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Yan Liqiang saw a man who was about fifty or sixty years old, wearing a green robe, with a beautiful long beard, and looked very handsome. He was standing at the door, looking at the coachman's carriage with burning eyes.
Yan Liqiang jumped off the carriage first, came to the back compartment, opened the door, and let Sun Bingchen, Liang Yiji and Ye Tiancheng get off.
Seeing Sun Bingchen get out of the car, the man immediately walked over.
When Sun Bingchen saw the middle-aged man, a smile appeared on his face.
"Master Fu!"
"Lord Sun!"
The two men greeted each other with fists clasped, and then the man whom Sun Bingchen called Master Fu looked at Ye Tiancheng's face, with a gleam in his eyes, "Is this the one Master Sun brought from Ganzhou?"
"Not bad!" Sun Bingchen nodded.
"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Sun. Please come in!"
"Please!" Two people took the lead and walked into the gate.
Yan Liqiang glanced at Liang Yiji, and Liang Yiji gave Yan Liqiang a reassuring look. Yan Liqiang followed Liang Yiji and walked in.
Opposite the main entrance of the manor was a screen wall, behind which was a pool, and next to the pool were two corridors. A group of people passed through the corridors and entered the manor. Immediately, several servants in black came over and obeyed their orders.
Yan Liqiang took a look at the black-clothed servants and found that they had a condensed aura, steady lower body, and serious and cold faces. They did not look like servants at all, but rather like martial artists wearing servants' clothes.
"Master Sun, I have prepared a secret room in the manor. We can temporarily lock this person in the room. He will definitely not be able to escape..."
Sun Bingchen turned around, looked at Liang Yiji and nodded. Then Liang Yiji handed Ye Tiancheng over to the black-clad servants and let them take him away.
Yan Liqiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
…
Later on, the man surnamed Fu wanted to entertain Sun Bingchen alone. The two seemed to want to talk about something, so Sun Bingchen did not keep Liang Yiji and Yan Liqiang by his side, but asked the two to go eat and rest.
As Sun Bingchen's followers, the manor also prepared dinner for Liang Yiji and Yan Liqiang, but the place where they ate was naturally not with Sun Bingchen, but in a room in another courtyard.
The servants in Zhuangyan served Yan Liqiang and Liang Yiji a table of seven dishes and a soup, then left.
After the servant left, Liang Yiji still used the silver needle he carried with him to check if there was anything wrong with the food. When he saw that the silver needle had not changed color, he nodded to Yan Liqiang, and the two of them started to eat dinner.
During the meal, seeing that there was no one around, Yan Liqiang quietly asked Liang Yiji, "Brother Liang, who is this Lord Fu?"
"This Master Fu is the Prince's groom!"
"Prince's Groom?" Even though he had been in this world for a while, Yan Liqiang was completely confused about this official position.
Liang Yijie looked around and lowered his voice, "The current emperor was the crown prince before he ascended the throne. This Master Fu was the one who taught you horse riding. Do you understand?"
"Ah, this Prince Xima is your Majesty's former riding teacher!"
"almost!"
"Then why is he here now?"
"Master Fu's hometown is in Huizhou City. Two years ago, Master Fu returned home to attend the funeral, and the three-year mourning period has not yet been completed, so he is still in Huizhou City!"
Yan Liqiang understood, he nodded, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief...
Since Lord Fu also works for the emperor and Sun Bingchen trusts him, he has nothing to worry about.
…
After Yan Liqiang and Liang Yiji finished their meal, it was already completely dark, so naturally the servants in the manor took the two of them to rest.
Yan Liqiang and Liang Yiji had been traveling in disguise these days, and their nerves were tense. They hardly had a good night's sleep. Now it was time to rest. Yan Liqiang and Liang Yiji didn't say much, and they each returned to their own rooms. Their rooms were next to each other, in the same yard.
Yan Liqiang did not rest after returning to the room. After checking the room, he found that there was nothing wrong with the room. So he closed the doors and windows of the room completely, turned off the lights in the room, lit the incense he brought with him, and began to practice.
A fragrant incense stick had just been lit and Yan Liqiang had just finished practicing the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing when he heard noises coming from the yard outside. It was Sun Bingchen who had returned. Sun Bingchen lived in the same yard with them.
As Sun Bingchen's subordinate, when Yan Liqiang found Sun Bingchen coming back, he stopped immediately, opened the door and walked out.
An old man who looked like a butler in the manor, holding a lantern, sent Sun Bingchen to the yard here.
"grown ups… "
Sun Bingchen smiled at Yan Liqiang and Liang Yiji who were walking out of the room, and waved to them, "Yiji, Liqiang, you've worked hard these past two days. I don't have anything to do here. I'll call you if there's anything. Go back to your room and have a good rest!"
Seeing Sun Bingchen return to his room, Yan Liqiang and Liang Yiji looked at each other and returned to their own rooms.
Yan Liqiang continued to practice the Yijing Xisuijing several times, then washed up and went to bed. After spending another ordinary day in the Tiandao Divine Realm, he finally fell on the bed and went to sleep...
In the middle of the night, Yan Liqiang, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.
For some reason, he felt an inexplicable palpitation while sleeping, and then he woke up all of a sudden.
Yan Liqiang turned over and sat up from the bed, listening attentively. It was quiet outside the window of the room, the moonlight was like water, and the shadows of several peach blossom branches in the yard were reflected on the window in the moonlight. Only the chirping of crickets could be heard one after another, and everything seemed to be the same as usual.
Could it be that my nerves are too tense, Yan Liqiang muttered to himself.
At this moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from outside...
(End of this chapter)