The cross-dressed woman opposite was from the grassland, something that Tang Ning had determined when he chatted with her in the teahouse that day.

There is a lot of friction between Chen and Chu and the grassland, but there are also businessmen from the two countries who travel between the two countries for the sake of profit, regardless of their lives, especially on the border close to the grassland, it is not uncommon to see them.

In comparison, she is not like a businessman, more like a ranger, last time for the proprietress who sold tofu flowers to help, this time it was also for a woman who was selling art, although her values of grabbing without it were a little wrong, but it is undeniable that she is chivalrous.

The screams outside the door were endless, and it didn't take long for Dong Cunyi to walk in slowly, followed by a housekeeper.

"The dog has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he has offended Lord Tang, and I have already punished him severely." He squeezed out a smile on his face, asked the butler to hand over the tray in his hand, and said, "This is a little heart, it should be regarded as making amends to Lord Tang, and please Lord Tang must accept it." ”

The red cloth covering the tray rolled up a corner, and Downing saw a stack of silver tickets underneath.

Tang Ning is not short of money, he has not used the silver tickets that Xiaoyi prepared for him, and he accepted these silver tickets, in case the backhand of the surnamed Dong makes a report, wouldn't he be asking for trouble?

What's more, it's not worth it for a few hundred or thousands of taels of silver.

He didn't look at the tray, looked at Dong Cunyi, and asked, "Does this official look like a person who accepts bribes?" ”

Dong Cunyi hurriedly said: "My lord misunderstood, this is just to make amends, and ...... to make amends."

"I won't take this money." Tang Ning waved his hand and said: "Although Lord Dong is far away in Fengzhou, and the imperial court can't take care of it, he usually has to restrain his own children. ”

Dong Cunyi arched his hand and said: "Lord Tang taught ...... lessons"

If it weren't for the fear of having a conflict with Dong Mingjun on the street, attracting the guards patrolling the city, and exposing Zhao Man, Tang Ning wouldn't have bothered to come to the Shifu to talk to him about this.

Walking out of the Thorn Mansion, Tang Ning looked at the woman and asked, "If you can meet again in this kind of place, it can be regarded as fate, I don't know the girl's name?" ”

"I'm done...... Wan Yan. The woman put away the whip, looked at him, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Downing." After exchanging their names, a woman named Wan Yan said, "I ran away and am going back now." ”

Tang Ning nodded and said, "We're going back too, so we'll say goodbye and see you again." ”

After the woman left, Zhao Man raised her head and asked, "Do you still want to see her again?" ”

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Kind words, say goodbye, maybe you won't see you again for the rest of your life." ”

"I thought you liked prairie girls like her." Zhao Man looked at the direction where the woman disappeared just now, and said, "If you are out of the house, I want to help Sister Xiaoru and Sister Xiaoyi keep an eye on you......"

"Okay, okay, let's go back, they're going to be suspicious later......"

walked around the street again, and when he went back, although Lu Teng looked at him twice, he obviously didn't have any suspicions.

When Tang Ning returned to his room, he instructed the guards outside the door, "Go and get me a map of Fengzhou." ”

Assassin's House.

In a certain room, Dong Mingjun was lying on the bed, a woman was distressed and drugged his buttocks, listening to his screaming voice, looking back at Dong Cunyi, and complaining: "Master, you are so ruthless, this is our own son!" ”

Dong Cunyi said with a calm face: "If he wasn't my own son, do you think I would leave his two legs today?" ”

The woman said: "Didn't you say that that person was just a petty official from the fifth grade, and you were a thorn in the fourth grade, even he was afraid?" ”

"It's easy to say, can Jingshi and Fengzhou be the same in places where birds don't?" Dong Cunyi said: "If he is willing, I would like to exchange this fourth-grade assassin for his fifth-grade petty official!" ”

The woman looked shocked and asked, "Is he really so terrible?" ”

"He has only been an official for a long time, and he has climbed to the position of the Ministry of Rites, and his achievements in the future will definitely not be low." Dong Cunyi sighed and said: "I don't have any extravagant hopes in my life, I will stay in Fengzhou for another ten years, and then I will resign and return to my hometown, I don't want to retire in the prison in the future......."

"This person has already jumped over the dragon gate, not the stupid aunt of the Zhong family back then." He slapped Dong Mingjun's ass and said angrily: "So your evil obstacle makes me worry-free, if you continue like this, you can go back to my hometown for me!" ”

There was a sudden miserable wail in the room, which made all the people outside the door feel worried.

……

Fengzhou Station.

Since the day of arrival in Fengzhou, the convoy has been resting in Fengzhou for three days.

As soon as Tang Ning got up in the morning, Lu Teng walked in and said, "Lord Tang, the soldiers have rested and the food has been replenished, let's leave early tomorrow morning." ”

It was almost time to rest in Fengzhou, Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Is the route set?" ”

Lu Teng said: "Out of Fengzhou, all the way to the north, at least two days, at most three days, we will go to Liaozhou in Chu State, and when the time comes, there will be officials from Chu State to pick us up." ”

As long as you enter the state of Chu, the security issue is the responsibility of the local government of the state of Chu, just like the envoy of the state of Chu was assassinated in Lingzhou, and the assassination history of Lingzhou was sealed by the state from afar, the envoy of the state of Chen had an accident in the state of Chu, and it was also the face of the state of Chu that was lost, and the direct impact was the local government, so after entering the state of Chu, for their safety, the local government of the state of Chu should be more concerned than Lu Teng, if someone wants to make any small moves, it is even more difficult.

If it was Tang Ning who didn't want Chen Chu to marry smoothly, he would also choose to do it before the mission entered the Chu State, that is to say, the journey from Fengzhou to Liaozhou would be dangerous and abnormal.

Lu Teng walked to the table, drew a route with his finger on the map, and said: "After passing through this mountain forest, in two days, we will arrive in Liaozhou." ”

Tang Ning thought for a moment and asked, "Is it safe in this mountain forest?" ”

Lu Teng said: "According to the local officials in Fengzhou, this forest stretches for dozens of miles, and there are indeed some bandits in it, but they are all rogues, and the largest force is only a few dozen people. ”

Tang Ning did not doubt the strength of the Praetorian Guards, eight hundred Praetorian Guards, fully armed, under normal circumstances, against two thousand rogues, also had an advantage, but if there were really so many enemies, even if they win, it would be a miserable victory, which was a loss that Tang Ning could not accept.

Tang Ning looked at him and said, "Even so, you can't take it lightly. ”

Lu Teng said: "Lord Tang, don't worry, I have already sent someone to investigate, and if there is anything wrong, I will come back immediately to report it." ”

Tang Ning nodded and said, "Then I will notify you and leave early tomorrow morning." ”

……

Out of Fengzhou, more than ten miles to the north, there is a mountain forest, called Shili Forest.

Although it is called Shili Forest, but the mountains and forests stretch far more than ten miles, the forest is full of bandits, very few people go deep, the caravans between Chen and Chu can only dare to pass through the Shili Forest if they travel together.

Shililin's location is special, so it has become a place to hide dirt and dirt, and many bandits who are wanted in Chen and Chu have formed gangs here to form a force.

It's just that although there are many forces here, they are all very scattered, and there is a lot of friction between them.

Today, the bandit leaders, large and small, in the ten-mile forest, are honestly standing outside a hut somewhere in the forest.

At a certain moment, the door of the hut opened, and several figures walked out of it.

At the head was a middle-aged woman, and in addition, there were several strangely dressed people, and after a few words of chatter, a young woman came out, looked at them, and said, "Have you all brought them?" ”

A scar-faced man at the head raised his head and said in a trembling voice: "Heroine, they are from the imperial court, we only have two thousand, and if we go up, we will be sent to death......"

The middle-aged woman stepped forward and said, "It's not for you to be sent to death, you just need to create some chaos outside, and you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

The scar-faced man said with a difficult face: "This woman ......"

The middle-aged woman looked at him and asked, "Don't you want the antidote?" ”

Thinking of the feeling that life was worse than death, the scar-faced man's body trembled, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! ”