32: Interception

Zhao Liang knew early on that this errand would never be so easy to do, but he was afraid that all parties in Jiangbei had already received a secret order to embarrass him, the governor of the Qin mission, but he never imagined that Zhao Heng would send someone to intercept and kill him on the way. It's ridiculous to say, before leaving, Zheng Yong told him like that, he also thought that they were too worried and worried.

This is the sixth day they left Yecheng, because of the emperor's order, they did not dare to slack off along the way, but they had already traveled two-thirds of the way in six days, and then they could reach the Jiangbei territory in less than three days.

But right now, Zhao Liang and Zhao Yan's carriage was surrounded by less than two hundred guards one after the other, Wei Ming was also standing outside his car with a long sword in his hand, and after a fight, the accompanying guards had broken more than 100 people.

The periphery has been quiet, presumably the other party is only for temptation this time, and does not want to kill him here in one fell swoop. Zhao Liang didn't care about the prince at the moment, and coldly said with Wei Ming outside the car and ordered: "You immediately hurry back to the capital, two days, you only have two days, I don't have the time to write any documents, as soon as you enter Yecheng, go straight to the pavilion, tell Zheng Yong about today's scene, and ask him to play on his behalf, he knows what to do." ”

"Your Highness!" Wei Ming was a little anxious for a while, he had been by Zhao Liang's side for eleven years, what kind of attack did he encounter this time, how could he not know? At this time, how could he leave Zhao Liang and go back to the capital, "The slave wants to accompany you." ”

"Don't mess around," Zhao Liang didn't reprimand him because he knew that he was loyal, "Only you can deliver this matter, I can't rest assured if I change anyone, besides, I don't have a handwritten letter, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid that Zheng Yong may not believe it lightly, Wei Ming-" He dragged out his voice, lifted the curtain on the side of the carriage, and looked around once, confirming that the crisis had passed temporarily, and stepped out of the carriage with the curtain, "I said, you only have two days." This time it's a temptation, and the next time it's going to kill me. ”

Wei Ming was about to kneel down in a hurry, but Zhao Liang had already jumped out of the carriage to support him, Wei Ming gritted his teeth and thought about it once, nodded violently, turned around and knelt down, kowtowed to Zhao Liang, and said firmly: "The slave must rush back to the capital within two days, His Royal Highness Wanwang must take care!" ”

After that, Zhao Liang helped him up, he said goodbye again, turned over and rode away.

When he opened the curtain, he saw Zhao Yan's face pale, and his brows were deeply locked in the carriage, but he did not move. This nephew of his, who is not much younger than him, but the gold he has raised since he was a child is not as expensive as he and Zhao Heng were back then.

"It's okay now, I've already sent Wei Ming back to Beijing," he had already gotten into the carriage while he was talking, and after sitting down, he poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhao Yan, "Zheng Yonghui will ask for an order to let His Majesty send Rong Jiang here." ”

"How could it be" Thinking of the attack just now, Zhao Yan still seemed to have palpitations, took the teacup, but his hand was still a little trembling, "Before leaving, the crown princess told me that Jiangbei is full of mountain bandits, and the people are very wild, I don't think so." Now before entering the territory of Jiangbei, we have encountered the attack of mountain bandits, they, they dare to attack us on the official road in broad daylight! ”

Zhao Yan sneered and moved his mouth, but after all, he didn't tell Zhao Yan the truth. He stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yan on the shoulder: "You are the prince, and it is too embarrassing to be frightened by the little people." ”

Zhao Yan was powerless to refute, he was raised in Yecheng since he was a child, and when he was not registered as the crown prince, he was also a descendant of the middle palace, and his status was noble, and there was no shortage of flattering villains around him, even if there were people like Zheng Yong who would mention his face, but where did he encounter such a terrible thing? For a while, he couldn't wipe his face, lowered his head, and refused to speak again.

Zhao Liang originally wanted to take this opportunity to persuade Zhao Yan, so that he could know that this world is not all wind and snow, and he will be able to grow a snack in the future and learn some skills to settle down. But he didn't want Zhao Yan to just bow his head and stop talking, so he was also a little disappointed, but he just said a few words of relief and got out of the car.

Looking in the direction of the capital, Zhao Liang's heart still couldn't be calmed down after all.

Zhao Heng, Zhao Heng, now that you are firmly seated in the country, you still can't wait. Yes to him, yes to the Rong family. Swords and guns have no eyes, once an attack is launched, who can guarantee that the prince will be unharmed, but even so, he must send someone to intercept and kill him on the way-Zhao Liang's heart was a mixture of anger, disappointment and sadness.

Besides, Wei Ming worked hard all the way, and he didn't even drink a sip of water along the way, and finally stepped into the gate of Zheng's mansion on the third day of the incident.

He originally went straight to the cabinet as soon as he entered Beijing, but he didn't have Zhao Liang's handwritten book on him, nor did he have any tokens.

In desperation, he had to turn to Zheng Mansion, but fortunately, the boy on duty at the door recognized him, so he returned to the chief manager to welcome him into the house, and the governor of Zheng Mansion knew that he went to Jiangbei with the King of England, and now he saw him rushing back to the capital with a tired face, and was so anxious to see Zheng Yong, so he did not dare to let him wait for Zheng Yong to step down in the house, and hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to the cabinet to tell Zheng Yong to know.

Zheng Yong couldn't sit still as soon as he got the letter, what did Wei Ming's return to Beijing mean? Zhao Liang's explanation before leaving, all Qian Zhi's speculations that day, could it be that Chengdu fulfilled them one by one. Along the way, he urged the sedan chair man to step faster, and he was very uneasy, and when he rushed back to the mansion to see Wei Ming, he was shocked by his dusty appearance.

Zhao Liang is elegant, has always paid attention to grooming, so even his subordinates are not badly trained, Wei Ming has followed him for more than ten years, although he is a eunuch, but there is always a good appearance in front of people, he was surprised, opened his mouth and did not speak.

As soon as Wei Ming saw him come in, he knelt down heavily, dragged his knees for two steps, threw himself at his feet, and almost cried and shouted to him: "Zheng Ge, save Your Highness." ”

Zheng Yong hurriedly ordered him to help him get up left and right, and then hurriedly asked him what happened, and when Wei Ming told him in detail about the attack that day, he was already pale: "Official way? Are you saying you've been attacked on official roads? ”

Zheng Yong has been an official all his life, and he immediately made a difference. No matter how bold ordinary mountain bandits are, they will never dare to attack a carriage guarded by officers and soldiers on the official road, and if there are officers and soldiers who protect each other all the way, they will not be rich or expensive, and the mountain bandits will never provoke such people. Moreover, according to what Wei Ming just said, the other party only had more than 100 people, and he was able to kill hundreds of guards in a short period of time, and then retreated with his whole body, he shuddered when he thought of this.

Wei Ming wanted to say something, Zheng Yong had already stood up and ordered someone to lead Wei Ming to rest first, and then comforted him: "I will enter the palace to face the saint now, you can be relieved!" ”