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Chapter 24

Everyone in Dong's residence lined up in three rows.Dong Shi and Shu Hui sat in one sedan chair, followed by a group of people; Shu Yin and Wushuang sat in a group of people in the other;A group of people set off from Yuhuan in a mighty way to the southeast of Tailing Mountain.

Since Wen Ran was imprisoned in the Dong Mansion, this was the first time she went out, and she was full of novelty about the outside world, so she often opened the curtain secretly to see it.The envoy led the team to walk beside the cypress sedan chair, but he didn't pay attention to him.Gong Peiyin was riding with Wen Ran's sedan chair, and when he saw him peeking out, with surprise and surprise on his face, he secretly thought it was funny, so he stepped forward to explain what he had seen and heard.

However, the trip to Tailing Mountain cannot be reached in a day or two. At night, the envoy found an inn and expelled the residents there before letting Shuhui and others rest.

Now Shu cypress has taken six pills of medicine, and he can walk on the ground early, but he is still a couch in front of the envoy, and he is still sent to move for daily activities.

One night, Luo An sneaked into Gongpei Yin's room when everything was quiet. At this time, Shu Hui was already waiting in the room.There is only a three-day trip to Tailing Mountain here, and the three discuss countermeasures.

Luo An said, "There should be an ambush on the way in the country of Yue. My uncle can give orders when he sees an old pine with a crooked neck when he goes up the mountain. When the time comes, he will take advantage of the chaos and leave along the path of Tailing Mountain. When he arrives at Zhihe, there will be a boatman to pick him up, and then he will take the water all the way." In a month, we will reach the border of the Yue Kingdom, and Prime Minister Zhen has already sent troops there to welcome His Highness back to the country."

Shu Hui nodded, "Taiwei Luo has bothered you this time, and I will ask my father to reward you after returning home."

A look of embarrassment flashed across Luo An's face, and Pei Yin saw it.

Luo An bowed and said, "It's the job of a humble minister to serve His Highness, so why ask for a reward?"

Pei Yin also bowed to Shu Hui, then turned to Luo An and asked, "Chairman Luo, can you tell us about how many people are in the ambush in Yue Kingdom?"

Luo An was stunned, and hurriedly cupped his hands to apologize, "I hope Your Highness will forgive me, I have never dared to speak to Your Highness about this matter."

As soon as Shu Hui heard this, he knew that things had changed, and hurriedly asked, "Taiwei Luo, please tell me."

Luo An said, "Because His Highness has been trapped in the gangster country for more than ten years, the subjects of Yue who were lurking in the gangster country before have been arrested or have fled to other countries. There are still less than 30 people left."

Shu Hui suddenly stood up and turned over the teacup on the table, he saw that he was pinching the corner of the table, his face trembling, suppressing his anger, and said, "Why didn't you mention this important matter before?"

Luo An bowed again, "Your Highness does not know something. A few months ago, Yue Kingdom sent a secret envoy to bring the news that the King of Yue is seriously ill. I hope that my minister will escort His Highness back to the country as soon as possible."

Shu Hui slammed the table and shouted, "Why have I never heard of this!"

Luo An said, "Forgive me for speaking bluntly. Your Highness has been in the Mang Kingdom for more than ten years. He married a wife and had children here, and served as an official. He has long been content with being imprisoned. If this minister reports the lack of personnel to His Highness at this moment, dare to ask His Highness? You still have the determination and courage to defect. I also heard that the king of Yue is seriously ill, and the subjects of the Yue Kingdom hope that His Highness will return to the country as soon as possible and inherit the great rule, so this humble minister put all his eggs in one basket and concealed His Highness."

Just as Shu Hui was about to get angry, Gong Peiyin cupped his hands and said, "Taiwei Luo is also thinking of His Highness and the subjects of the Yue Kingdom. The matter has come to an end, and I hope His Highness will stop blaming the Taiwei."

Luo An sneaked a sideways look at him, only to hear Pei Yin say again, "Your Majesty has a way to make a fool of yourself."

Shu Hui hurriedly said, "Sir, tell me quickly."

Pei Yin said, "The whole family of the Dong family went out to pay homage to the Immortal Temple. It is said that the crown prince of Qi country does not belong to the family of the Dong family, so he should not have accompanied him. Now it is better to have someone send him back."

Both Shu Hui and Luo An were puzzled.

He also said, "When Taiwei Luo escorts Prince Qi back, the envoy will definitely send a team of people to accompany him. At this time, Taiwei Luo only needs to ride the horse and raise the whip to bring Prince Qi to the court and go in the opposite direction, and everyone will be there." Thinking that Prince Qi defected, the team of entourage will also chase the Taiwei and others, so as to reduce the number of guardians." Pei Yin paused, "This is a bad strategy. If it is true, once Luo Taiwei is taken I'm afraid to catch..."

Before the words were finished, Luo An patted his chest and said loudly, "Luo An wholeheartedly serves His Highness, is loyal to the Yue Kingdom, and has long put life and death aside. If this is really feasible, a mere life is worth nothing."

Hearing what he said, Pei Yin immediately admired his character in his heart, but at the moment there was no other way, Pei Yin could only sigh indifferently.

Shu Hui said, "There are about a hundred guardians. If the envoy thinks that Prince Qi has defected, he will definitely send half of his men to pursue him. This will greatly benefit the escape." Sir, this treasure bag full of clever tricks, I have nothing to be afraid of in the future."

Pei Yin hurriedly said, "Your Highness is serious."

That night, the three of them discussed some details before going back to their rooms, and had a sleepless night.

Going back for three days to the foot of Tailing Mountain, at the point where there are two arrows on the mountain road, there is a narrow path among the weeds. Seeing the track of the path, the loess is flat, and it seems that people often walk around. Can't make up my mind which way to go.Shu Hui sent someone to inquire, and a woodcutter came back from chopping firewood and came down the path with a pile of firewood on his back. Renliang hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

The woodcutter was surprised and amazed when he saw the situation of Shu Hui and the others, and he heard someone's good question, and said, "The Immortal Temple is at the top of the mountain, you can just go along this path." He looked at the crowd from a distance, He said, "It's just that the road is so narrow, it will take ten days and a half months for more than a hundred of you to climb up, not to mention that you need relatives and friends of the host's family to visit and pray for blessings, can't all these hundred people do it?" After finishing speaking, he looked up and down at Renliang some.

Renliang was dressed as a servant, and was annoyed and embarrassed by the woodcutter, so he immediately ran back to Shuhui.

Shu Hui nodded and said, "Immortal Temple is a place of pure cultivation. If we all go there, it may disturb the tranquility of the immortals. Since Mr. Zhu is not from my family, why don't you ask Mr. Luo to send him back first, and it will be hard for him to accompany him. After walking around, the immortal must know the sincerity of the family." So he asked someone to pass the words on to the envoy to know.

Earlier he said that the whole family must go out, but now he said that only relatives and friends can visit, the envoy said angrily, "I don't know what I want to play this time!" He just yelled in front of the sedan chair, "What do you think we are? If you call us, you will come and leave! If you can only visit relatives and friends, let alone Zhu Wenran, all the servants of the Dong Mansion should be sent back together. "

The cypress curtain was not lifted, and he just sat in the sedan chair and answered, "If all the descendants have dispersed, wouldn't there be no one to serve you all the way up the mountain?"

The envoy sneered, "Is the group of people accompanying me not enough for me to command, or are you saying that you are afraid that we will not be able to serve you well?"

Shu Hui said, "Don't dare, it's just that the adults are escorting us all the way, I'm afraid that I will neglect the adults. If the adults think that there is no need for servants to serve, I will send them back together." After finishing speaking, he asked Renliang to take Xiao The servant girls went to Luo An's place at the back.

Gong Pei Yin, who was riding beside Zhu Wenran's sedan chair, got off his horse at this moment, whispered a few words to Luo An, and then jumped onto the sedan chair.

Seeing Pei Yin lift the curtain and come in, Wen Ran didn't know what it meant, so she moved her body to make room for a seat, and asked Pei Yin, "Sir, what happened ahead, why did you stop here?"

Pei Yin sat aside, watched him for a while before saying, "Can your Highness listen to Pei Yin?"

Wen Ran was startled, and hurriedly asked sideways, "What did you call me just now?"

Pei Yin said, "His Royal Highness."

Wen Ran's face changed suddenly, and she moved halfway away, "First... sir, why... why did you say this?"

Pei Yin was stern, staring at Wen Ran, "This is the truth, His Highness has been locked up for a long time, so it's possible that he even forgot his identity."

Wen Ran lowered her head and sighed, "I dare not forget."

Pei Yin said, "Although I don't work under His Highness's door, I still have a kind of master-student relationship with you. I will only say this once. If Your Highness listens to it, he will keep it in his heart. If he doesn't listen to it, he will turn his head and forget it." good."

Wen Ran sat up straight and said seriously, "Please advise, sir."

Pei Yin said, "King Qi is old and only seeks the method of alchemy and longevity, and he has long ignored political affairs. If His Highness just waits in the country, I am afraid that if you wait ten years, there may not be envoys from the country of Qi to come to meet you. And Qi The country's sycophant ministers are in power, the government is in decline, once King Qi dies, and the internal affairs are in chaos, some people may take the opportunity to change their surnames."

Because the fact that Wen Ran was sent as a hostage to the gangster country was instigated by Prime Minister Bian Wusi of the Qi Kingdom, Pei Yin's words were in Wen Ran's heart, Wen Ran was stunned for a while, and couldn't think of the other party. How did he know the internal affairs of Qi State, so he hurriedly grabbed Pei Yin's sleeve and asked, "Can you teach me how to escape back to Qi State, sir?"

Pei Yin let out a long sigh, shook his head lightly, and said, "Your Highness, Pei Yin has no talent. At this moment, he really can't think of a better way to help His Highness. Pei Yin can only remind His Highness not to forget his roots and identity. If he Your Highness can return to the country to succeed, you must remember to clean up the government and severely punish treacherous officials." He took out a jade hairpin from his sleeve and handed it to Wen Ran, "This hairpin was originally intended for a girl, but now Pei Yin is giving it to His Highness , I hope His Highness will not forget that the Qi people originally had long hair with hairpins and crowns."

After hearing this, Wen Ran was panic-stricken, looked at Gong Peiyin and then at the hairpin, and then reached out to take it. Then she took it, and suddenly felt a sore neck, and lost consciousness when her eyes darkened.

Shu Yin and Wu Shuang sat in the same sedan chair, the two of them were silent all the way, at this moment the carriage stopped for a long time, Shu Yin became even more impatient, leaned over and opened the door curtain to ask about the situation of the groom, but when the door curtain opened, he saw the groom He was pulled off his horse by the accompanying officers and soldiers.

"What is this for?" Shu Yin muttered and went out, stood up on the seat in front of the sedan chair, looked around, and saw that the people next to himself and Shu Hui's carriage had changed, and the servants of Dong's mansion and Zhu Wenran's carriage had all changed hands. Go in the opposite direction to them.Shu Yin asked the soldier with the knife beside the sedan chair, "Master Zhu, where are they going? Are they not going up the mountain?" The soldier led the horse and left as if he hadn't heard his question.The carriage moved suddenly, and Shu Yin almost lost his balance and fell from the carriage. Seeing that Zhu Wenran's carriage was going further and further away, he felt a little anxious, but there was no one around him to ask questions, so he lifted the curtain and put his hands on the car roof Half of his body got into the sedan chair and asked, "Why didn't Wen Ran and the others follow?"

Wu Shuang was well aware of his relationship with Zhu Wenran, and she would throw temper tantrums when they were newlyweds, but after a few quarrels, it was useless and angered Shu Ying, so she compromised, thinking that as long as Shu Ying treats her well Bad, let him do other things.Hearing the question now, he was not annoyed, he only lifted the curtain of the window and looked out, seeing that the people beside the sedan chair had changed, he was also very surprised, and said, "I don't know, why don't you get off the sedan chair and ask your father."

Shu Yincai got off the sedan chair and saw Gong Peiyin passing by on horseback, so he hurriedly called out, "Sir, sir..."

Pei Yin only looked sideways at him and rode away.Shu Yin felt even more strange.

He only heard someone shouting in front, "Who are you? Why didn't you go back with the servants?" Shu Yin looked over, and it was the envoy riding a horse that blocked Gong Peiyin's way.Pei Yin got off his horse, bowed his hands to the envoy, and replied, "The younger one is the teacher of Young Master Shu Yin." When the envoy heard that he was a teacher, he relaxed his vigilance, raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, He said, "Since you are the master of the Dong family, I will keep you here, but you just stay behind obediently and don't run around."

Seeing that the opening was not far ahead, Pei Yin said respectfully, "A villain should obey the words of the adults." After speaking, he retreated to the side of the sedan chair.

Shu Yin asked, "Sir, what happened?"

Pei Yin led the horse and walked alongside him, "Nothing happened, why did the young master say that?"

Shu Yin pointed to the envoys in front of them, "If nothing happened, why did you drive away all the servants in the mansion?"

Pei Yin said, "My uncle was afraid of disturbing the immortal Qingxiu, so he sent them all back."

Shu Yin snorted, "I was afraid of disturbing the immortal at this time, why didn't I think of it when I set off." Seeing that Pei Yin was silent, he said in a low voice, "Since there is nothing wrong, why are you so nervous?"

Pei Yin paused and turned to look at him.Shu Yin smiled lightly, "Mr. has always been calm in dealing with things, why is his face so solemn at this time, and he is staring at the front, is there something strange on the mountain road ahead?"

Pei Yin hurriedly looked around, pulled Shu Yin closer to him, and said solemnly, "From now on, please, young master, don't leave me for half a step."

Shu Yin was puzzled, Fang wanted to ask, but he heard a voice calling to stop in front, it turned out that he had reached the mountain crossing, the carriage could not go up, everyone had to get down and walk.

Shu Hui and Dong Shiben had prepared two bamboo chairs, but they asked the servants to carry them up the mountain, but at the moment there were only the envoys around, and no one was willing to carry the chairs.

The envoy led a group of people to explore the way ahead, Shu Hui was supported by Shu Yin and Pei Yin, Dong Shi and Wu Shuang followed behind them, and there was another group of people behind them.