When he was about to reach the corner of the street, a yellow figure flickered in front of his eyes, running to the other end of the long street, Zhang Shixing was about to chase after him, and suddenly the corner of his clothes was pulled by someone, he looked back, but it was Chen Tianping who changed Ruan Kang's clothes and stood behind him, the two looked similar, and at a glance, they were almost misidentified.

Chen Tianping said in a low voice: "Master Kongzhi, Ruan Kang changed my yellow robe and went to lure away the pursuers, where is the ship, let's leave quickly." ”

Zhang Shixing saw that although he had changed into Ruan Kang's clothes, it was still too eye-catching, so he peeled off the silk robe on his body, then took off his gray cloth robe, wrapped him, picked him up, and ran quickly to the boat on the dock. ”

The boatman was stunned for a moment, then untied the rope of the boat, and used the long pole to point the stone steps on the shore, and the boat immediately swayed away from the river bank and sailed towards the center of the river.

At this time, Ruan Kang, who was wearing a yellow robe, went around a few circles in the streets and alleys, and also ran towards the dock, Chen Tianping saw it, and was about to wave and shout to him, Zhang Shixing hugged him and covered his mouth, Chen Tianping struggled helplessly in his arms, seeing that the cavalry behind Ruan Kang was about to chase closer, Ruan Kang shouted towards Chen Tianping's boat, which was gradually moving away, "God bless my king!" With that, he jumped into the Taojiang River with a thud.

Li Cheng chased after him, and ordered the arrows to be released, and the cavalry around him fired arrows into the river, and after swishing dozens of arrows, there was a bright red blood in the river.

Chen Tianping was covered by Zhang Shixing's mouth, he couldn't cry, his face was red, and when the boat reached the middle stream, Zhang Shixing let go of him, Chen Tianping raised his hand to hit, Zhang Shixing reached out to hold his wrist, and said in a low voice: "Remember, you are Ruan Kang now, not Chen Tianping." ”

After that, he turned back to the boatman and said, "Brother, my brother Ruan Kang is in a hurry and has no coat, can you lend him a set to wear." ”

The boatman's eyes rolled a few times, but he didn't answer.

Zhang Shixing sneered and said, "Brother, you are a little common man, I advise you to do some stable business, don't try to fight those crooked ideas, otherwise you will earn your life and spend your life." With that, he struck out with a loud bang, and the canopy was punched into a big hole.

The boatman was startled, and his face changed greatly: "If you want clothes to wear, I'll give them to you, why do you break my canopy." ”

Zhang Shixing smiled slightly: "After this waterway, the pearl I gave you is enough for you to buy several three-masted ships, and you should throw away this small broken ship." ”

When the boatman heard this, he turned his anger into joy, and nodded again and again: "The guest officer is reasonable. I'm an honest man, and I'm not greedy for windfalls. After speaking, he entered the back cabin, took out a set of tattered clothes, and handed it to Zhang Shixing: "This is my change of clothes, do you think this little brother is suitable for wearing?" ”

Chen Tianping pinched his nose, hid back, and shook his head again and again: "I'd rather die than wear such clothes." ”

Zhang Shixing grabbed him, took off his gray robe, and put it back on. Then he changed the boatman's clothes to Chen Tianping, and said in a low voice: "If you want to live, just listen to me." ”

Chen Tianping was taken by his momentum, did not dare to resist, obediently changed the ship's clothes, sat in a corner of the cabin, and wept silently.

The events of this night were too tragic for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old prince who was accustomed to a life of fine clothes and fine food to bear.

The boatman raised the sails, a flat boat, slowly sailed upstream, there is a saying: "A farewell to the gate three changes to the fire, the end of the world to step on the red dust." Still smiling as spring warmth. There is no wave of the real ancient well, and there is a festival of autumn yun. The melancholy lonely sail was sent overnight, sending off the light moon and clouds. Don't use your eyebrows before honoring. Life is like a reverse journey, and I am also a pedestrian. ”

From Thang Long City to Lao Cai 500 miles of waterway, they walked for seven days and seven nights to arrive. The boatman bypassed the Annan checkpoint, leaned the boat on the opposite bank in a secluded harbor, and then pointed to the Chengguan not far away: "This is the Daming River Estuary Pass, I used to send some smuggled goods to the guests here, so the road is familiar." You two should pay for the boat first. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Don't worry, I have to go back, the boat money is indispensable to you." As he spoke, he pulled Chen Tianping towards the pass.

The boatman chased after him a few steps, but he didn't dare to chase any more, so he had to wait on the boat, cursing and swearing.

Zhang Shixing took Chen Tianping to the gate, and the sergeant guarding the gate saw that the two of them were suspicious, so he stepped forward to stop him and said: "Stop, what country are you from, what are you doing here, do you have a customs clearance document?" ”

Zhang Shixing took out the Xiping Marquis Mansion waist card from his waist, shook it in front of him, and said, "I am ordered to go on business, and no one is allowed to stop me." ”

When the sergeant saw this, he hurriedly retreated and let the two of them into the city.

When he entered the city, Zhang Shixing hired a carriage and showed his waist card, saying that he was going to Mu's Xunzhuang, and naturally someone would pay for the car when he got there. Mu's Xunzhuang is in the west of Hekou Pass, about 100 miles away from here, and can be reached in one day and one night.

The boss of the car hurriedly agreed, thinking that the Mu clan was guarding Yunnan and was famous, who would dare not sell his family's face.

Zhang Shixing secretly stuffed the waist card to Chen Tianping, and instructed in a low voice: "When you go to Mu's Xunzhuang, show them this waist card, saying that you want to see Xipinghou, don't say anything else, they will naturally send you to Kunming to see Xipinghou." After meeting Xiping Hou, you tell the truth again, and he will naturally find a way to call the shots for you, and you can just listen to his arrangement. ”

Chen Tianping pulled Zhang Shixing and refused to let go, and said with tears in his eyes: "Master Kongzhi, won't you accompany me?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "I still have something to do, so I can't go with you." This is the Ming Dynasty, as long as you are cautious in your words and deeds, it doesn't matter, and what happens in the future depends on your creation. ”

Chen Tianping saw that the two were about to separate, and he didn't know what year and month they would be able to reunite, so he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him to thank him, Zhang Shixing hurriedly held him up and said, "You take care of yourself, you don't have to thank each other." I am doing the right thing for heaven, upholding justice, and not expecting anything in return. In the future, if you are Lord of Annam, you will do more righteousness. ”

With that, Zhang Shixing turned around and left.

When he left the pass, the sergeant did not dare to stop him, but he walked out of the city quickly, returned to the place where the ship was berthed, and gave the order to sail.

When the boatman saw him return, he hurried to sail as if he had been pardoned, and this time he was going down the river, and the boat was moving very fast, and the apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying, and the light boat had already crossed the ten thousand mountains.

Zhang Shixing spent another five days and returned to Xingsheng Temple in Thang Long City, he didn't dare to go back rashly, and first came to the forest behind the temple to check the movement.

He jumped on a big tree and looked in the direction of the temple, only to see that outside the courtyard wall, the guard was heavily guarded, five steps and a post, ten steps and a sentry, and the soldiers were the dress of the Ning Weijun of the Annam Forbidden Army.

After seeing it, he couldn't help but be surprised, could it be that his rescue of Chen Tianping had been discovered, so Na Li Cheng laid a net here, preparing to arrest him.

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong, if Li Cheng wanted to arrest him, he would never make such a big fanfare, this appearance seemed to be guarding the palace.

As soon as he thought that he had been away for more than ten days, and he didn't know what had happened in the temple, he was so anxious that he must go into the temple to check what was going on.

So he shook the trunk of the tree vigorously, startling a flock of birds in the woods, and the sergeants of Ning Wei, who were patrolling and standing guard at the back wall, saw the movement in the forest, and ran over to check the situation.

Zhang Shixing took the opportunity to fly up the wall from no one, jumped into the temple, and came to the small courtyard where he lived.

He flashed into the house, but heard a deep voice asking, "Is Senior Brother back?" ”

As soon as he heard it, he knew that it was Wang Shu, and hurriedly said, "It's me." ”

Wang Shu hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed him, made him bend down, and asked, "No one sees you, does he?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "No." ”

Wang Shu quietly pulled him into the room on the left, Zhu Yunwen and others were there, and when he saw a person lying on his bed, he couldn't help but be startled, and asked in a low voice: "Who is this person?" ”

Huang Zhan lifted the quilt, only to see a human-shaped quilt on the bed, and said with a sigh of relief: "You are back, we are tired for more than ten days, come and lie down." ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly lay down, and Zhu Yunwen smiled: "It's good to come back, how are things going?" ”

Zhang Shixing briefly described the process, and Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "I hope that Chen Tianping can get what he wants and regain the throne." With that, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed. Yes, Chen Tianping still has the Ming Dynasty to make his decisions, where is his long road to recovery?

Zhang Shixing asked Wang Shu: "Senior brother, I haven't been here for a few days, you haven't shown any flaws, right?" ”

Wang Shu chuckled: "Almost." We said to the abbot of Deqing that you have an epidemic and can't see people, he said that we are distinguished guests, we must invite Lang Zhong to come over, we said that we can see a doctor, for this senior brother also prescribed a few prescriptions, fake and let him take the decoction, otherwise it will really be exposed. ”

Zhang Shixing turned to Huang Zhan and said with gratitude in his eyes: "Thank you Senior Brother for your trouble." ”

Huang Zhan waved his hand and said: "During my tenure in the Hanlin Academy, I had a lot of dealings with those imperial doctors, so I had a rough understanding of medical science, so I prescribed some ventilation and heat dissipation prescriptions for them, otherwise I really don't know how to cover up the past." However, the third junior brother worked hard, pretending to take care of the patient, serving feces and urine, feeding vegetables and food, and losing a lot of weight. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Now that I'm back, you brothers don't have to pretend so hard." ”

Huang Zhan said: "That's not good, you have to lie down for two days, you are exposed to the wind and sun outside, and it is much darker, so you have to raise some white before you can go out to meet people." ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "Senior brother is really thoughtful. Oh, by the way, what the hell is going on in the temple, why are there so many forbidden troops outside? ”

Huang Zhan said: "After you left for five days, they came, and fortunately they came, and the abbot of Qingde didn't pay attention to you." Who is there in your temple? ”

Zhang Shixing shook his head and said, "I don't know, since there are forbidden army guards, he must be an extremely important person." ”

Zhu Yunwen stood up at this time and said to Zhang Shixing: "You talk, be quiet for the teacher." With that, he walked back to his room, silent for a while.

Zhang Shixing was slightly surprised, looking at Huang Zhan and Wang Shu, Wang Shu shook his head and said, "Master, this is the death of a rabbit and a fox, and the things hurt it. ”

Huang Zhan said word by word to Zhang Shixing: "This person from the temple is Chen Shunzong, the current emperor of Annan. ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he took Huang Zhan's hand and asked eagerly: "Senior brother, what is going on, you and I will talk about it carefully." ”