Early the next morning, we set off from the inn.

Because the Emperor Taishang also knew the relationship between the tracking and attacks encountered on the road, this time the two brothers Wenhu and Wenbao were more cautious, although the team was still a large team, but I could clearly see that they said that the team had been divided into some parts, and they had their own responsible positions, and their brothers had been following me and Pei Ji's carriage, not leaving an inch.

Su Su leaned on my shoulder, looked out through the window, and whispered, "Miss, shouldn't we encounter robbers again?"

I didn't speak.

I can't say "yes", and I know in my heart that this matter is difficult to tell.

However, in the next few days, the road was very smooth, and we walked smoothly, and after crossing the Hebei border, we entered Shanxi.

Shanxi is mountainous and less river, the mountain road is also quite steep, the speed of the carriage is much slower than before, after the Yangquan road is slightly smoother, seeing that it is about to reach Jinzhong, I and the Emperor Pei Ji are also about to prepare to part ways.

He went to Jinyang, while I continued westward.

We stayed in Shouyang for one night, and the next morning, Wen Hu and Wen Leopard took care of a qiē early, and then went out to distribute their own people, and they each led a team, Wen Leopard protected Pei Ji to meet the Marquis of Jin Gongsun Shu, and Wen Hu escorted me to Xichuan.

Pei Ji and I sat in the lobby for breakfast.

Early in the morning, the morning glow filled the sky, and the fiery red light made the sky seem to be on fire, and the already hot weather became even hotter under such a scene. My appetite is not very good, after eating a bowl of porridge, I put down the chopsticks, but Pei Ji ate a lot, ate slowly, chewed slowly, and after drinking a bowl of porridge, he peeled an egg by himself, soaked it in the porridge bowl and ate it slowly.

He didn't move, and I naturally didn't move, so I sat next to him and waited for him quietly, and after a while, I heard the sound of horses outside, as well as the footsteps of personnel scheduling, Wen Hu and they had obviously done everything.

At this time, Pei Ji said slowly: "We'll go our separate ways in a while." ”

"Yes. ”

"Are you familiar with this part of the road?"

"When I went to Beijing, I walked through it once. ”

"How long ago was that?"

“…… More than ten years ago. ”

"More than ten years ago?" he raised his eyebrows slightly, looked out again, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time." ”

I smiled faintly.

After a while, I asked him again: "The Emperor Taishang went to see the Marquis of Jin, did he have someone to deliver the news in advance?"

"Nope. ”

"No, isn't the Emperor worried about them—"

He smiled faintly: "If the news is passed on in advance, they will think too much, but they will have to worry about someone disagreeing." ”

“……”

"It's like this, and Lone has nothing to fear. ”

“……”

I looked at him with some astonishment, I didn't expect this person, so old, and my impression has always been that of a middle-aged man who is weak and weak, and even a little sick, actually has such courage, especially with his identity as a universal honor, and dares to take risks, which is really impressive.

I thought about it, but I still said: "Then, the Emperor, please be careful." ”

He laughed, "It's natural. ”

After he had breakfast, and after a little tidying up, it was time for us to hit the road.

After leaving this station, a short distance further on, there was a fork in the road, and he and I went on each side. I got out of the carriage and walked to the side of his carriage to say goodbye to him, Pei Ji lifted the curtain and looked at me, then looked at the road I was going to take, and said, "Yourself, be careful all the way." ”

"Thank you. ”

"Hmm. ”

He nodded, and was about to lower the curtain, but I couldn't help but take another step forward: "The Emperor-"

"Huh?"

He lifted the curtain again to look at me, I hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "If the Emperor Taishang finishes dealing with the affairs of the Marquis of Jin, where will he go next?"

“……”

He seemed surprised that I would ask this question, and he didn't answer for a while, just looked at me, and I said softly: "Is it to go back to the capital, or—"

“……”

He was silent for a moment, then looked at me and smiled: "This, it depends on the will of God." ”

"Providence?"

I'm a little strange, isn't it up to his own preferences to see where he wants to go? Besides, with his current status, even the emperor can't control him, so doesn't he go wherever he wants?

As if he had seen through my thoughts, Pei Ji smiled faintly and said: "The next thing is really unclear, once a person is involved in the torrent, no matter how strong he is, he can't help himself." ”

"Torrent?" I looked at him, "What do you mean by torrent?"

"War. ”

“……！”

My heart jumped and I subconsciously took a step forward: "You mean, there is going to be a war?"

He smiled, but there was not the slightest smile in those eyes: "Not in a month." ”

"Where will the fight start?"

"Where there is no way out, the flames of war will be ignited from their place. ”

“……”

Yunzhong Lin, Runan Yuan...... These two families participated in the rebellion war in the imperial city, and they have already borne the crime of rebellion, so they naturally have no way out!

I hurriedly said, "Then you-"

He said calmly: "Stabilize Gongsun Shu's side, the situation will be at least half better." If even he wants to open up, the capital will be completely under someone else's goal. ”

My heartbeat was a little chaotic for a while, and I didn't know what to say, but Pei Ji said very easily and indifferently: "You don't have to be afraid, it's man-made, it can be said that this time, Lone and you are both burdened with a thousand catties, and the situation in the world is in control, you know what to do." ”

After saying that, he said no more and lowered the curtain.

The coachman in front of me gave me an order, saluted, and set off with his whip.

I stood on one side of the road and watched their convoy slowly move towards the other side, and the little smoke and dust raised quickly engulfed the back of the team, at this time, Wen Hu rode up to my side and said, "Miss Yan, we should also be on the road." ”

I nodded, turned and got into my carriage.

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There is a folk proverb that says that the morning glow does not go out, and the sunset travels thousands of miles, which I have heard since I was a child, but it was not until the afternoon when it suddenly began to rain heavily that I remembered this sentence.

The muddy road made the carriage in a difficult situation, and after another wheel got stuck in the mud puddle and it took a lot of time to pull it out, Wen Hu finally walked to my window and said loudly: "Miss Yan, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, I'm afraid we have to find a place to hide from the rain." ”

I asked, "Is there a post station ahead?"

"There is one, that is, the place is very old, I am afraid that it is very dilapidated, and the passers-by basically do not go there, so we did not plan to settle there. ”

"What are you afraid of, go ahead. ”

"Good. ”

He turned around and commanded everyone, and in a short time the convoy arrived at a post station.

Sure enough, as he said, this post station is very old, half of the courtyard in front of the gate has collapsed, and no one has cleaned up the grain grass in the corner, but fortunately there are still people to answer when we go in. Wen Hu showed the sign, the post officer inside was already idle and moldy, and no one had been here for a long time, so at this time, someone immediately cleaned up the house for us, and led the horse to the back to feed the forage.

Wen Hu stood under the eaves, watched the rain fall densely, and sighed: "I delayed my trip for another half a day." ”

This can't be done, Su Su and I just walked in from the door, and we were all drenched a lot, and the post officer hurriedly brought us hot tea, and the group waited like this.

The rain was pouring down for most of the day.

At 10 p.m., I finally heard that the rain had lightened and the sky had slowly cleared.

However, at this time, I am afraid that it will be dark in a while.

Su Su asked me, "Miss, do we still have to keep going?"

Wen Hu turned his head and said to me: "Miss Yan, I'm afraid it's not easy to hurry at this time, if you go out like this, it will be dark in a while, but the next post station is still far away, if we can't catch up, we can only rest in the wilderness." ”

The post officer also persuaded: "Yes, a few people, we don't have a store here in front of the village, so we might as well rest here for the night." Anyway, there are few people here, so no one will bother you. ”

I was right, and I agreed to stay.

However, although the post officer said this, it was later in the day, when the rain had stopped, and the sky was completely dark, and there was a sound of horses' hooves outside.

Listening to the movement, there were quite a few people.

I was going to take Su Su upstairs to my room to rest, but as soon as I heard this sound, I stopped on the stairs, and even the post officer was a little strange, and looked back at us: "We are here, but no one has come for a long time." ”

Everyone subconsciously held their breath, and the sound of horses' hooves stopped outside the courtyard, and after a while, a carriage wriggled to the door and stopped.

Then, I heard someone getting out of the car and someone getting off the horse.

Bang bang, there was a bang on the door.

The officer looked back at us, took a lamp himself, walked over and asked, "Who?"

We originally thought that the people outside would answer our identity, but after a pause, we heard a strange accent outside, and said with a smile: "Miss Yan can stop here?"

When I heard this voice, I was stunned.

That's—

Wen Hu and Su Su were also stunned for a moment, and together with the post officer, they all looked back at me, and I had already hurriedly walked down the stairs, and hurriedly waved my hand: "Open the door quickly!"

When the officer heard this, he hurriedly opened the door, and a gust of wind poured in, and the lights in several places in the post house were blown and swayed, and under the light of the not very bright light, a face with a deep outline and a smile appeared at the door, and his dark golden hair was shining brightly in the light.

As soon as he saw me, his eyes immediately smiled: "Miss." ”

I was also shocked: "Why are you here?"