Zhao Fujin and his entourage of five people rode horses and continued to the north along the path, but it didn't take long for them to pass after dawn, and the freshness of galloping horses at the real border pass passed, looking at the scenery of Hebei Road, which was very different from the capital, and the five of them remembered that they still didn't know where they were, let alone which direction Yanshan Mansion was in and which way to go.

Zhao Fujin naturally wouldn't do stupid things in the opposite direction. She asked the two guards to go along the road to inquire, and the two guards let go of their horses and ran forward.

"Aunt," although Pan Zhu was proud of having in-laws with the royal family, he couldn't always be called this title, so he had to call Zhao Fujin Aunt indiscriminately, Pan Zhu said to Zhao Fujin with a smile, "Now my aunt is going to Yanshan Mansion with the big seal to take office, and the children follow you, so I beg my aunt to give me a reward." ”

"Well, yes, I'm a dignified emperor, I can't go to Yanshan without a name," Zhao Fujin thought for a while and said: "I'll take the Yanshan Mansion to pacify it, Yanshan has just gone through the war, and it is just up to me to pacify and stabilize the border people." As for you, just be the general of the palm print! Pan Zhu hurriedly said: "Aunt Xie, no, thank you Zhao for appeasing me." ”

Another guard next to him also hurriedly asked, "What about the little one?" See what Zhao An's envoy sends? ”

Zhao Fujin glanced at the guard and said, "Ma Xiong, I remember that you played a good game with an iron spear, so it is better to make you the escort general." ”

"Thank you for appeasing the reward!" The guard named Ma Xiong also hurriedly thanked him.

After a while, two guards who asked for directions ran back and said to Zhao Fujin: "Emperor, now that you have just entered the boundary of Zhongshan Mansion, and if you go a short distance to the north, you will be happy with the land of Zhongshan Mansion." If you go all the way to the east to enter Qizhou, from Qizhou to the east is the Yongning Army, or to the north, you are to go to Baozhou, then it is not far from Xiongzhou. ”

Zhao Fujin said: "If you can't go to the east, you can't play to the east." Let's go to Anxi, ask about the road, and go to Yanshan Mansion. ”

The two guards who asked for directions just now led the way, and the five of them rode towards Anxi City. After tossing in the middle of the night and walking for another morning, if they followed the proclamation mission, they should have eaten a long time ago, Zhao Fujin and others looked for restaurants all the way down the street.

After a short journey to the north, Ma Xiong's eyes were sharp, and he pointed to the front and said, "There is also a Shenxiao Dao Palace outside this city. "Shenxiao Dao Palace was rebuilt five years ago by Zhao Ji's edict to rebuild the Tianning Wanshou Buddha Temple, and the Tianning Wanshou Buddha Temple was built by the imperial court, specifically for the royal blessing, not open to the people.

Seeing this kind of Shenxiao Dao Palace specially for the royal blessing in Zhongshan Mansion, Zhao Fujin felt a little close, and said: "Even if it is for the royal family, why not go in and have a tour?" ”

Seeing that his reminder attracted the interest of the emperor, Ma Xiong, the "escort general", immediately went over and knocked on the door, and after a while, a Taoist priest came out of it, Ma Xiong said that he wanted to enter the Taoist temple, and the Taoist priest refused to agree to anything. The two argued, Zhao Fujin was hungry and panicked, hit the horse forward, and said angrily: "I am the emperor of the court, do you want to call your family chief to come out to greet you?!" ”

Pan Zhu and two other guards also followed, and the Taoist priest saw that Zhao Fujin was dressed in extraordinary clothes and imposing, and saw that these four men were indeed in the clothes of the guards of the forbidden army, so he didn't dare to argue, and hurriedly ran in.

Soon an old Taoist priest led two Taoist boys, and with the Taoist priest who opened the door just now, Zhao Fujin did not get off the horse, but looked at this old Taoist priest from a distance, and the old Taoist priest had been mixed for a long time, and saw the crested golden hairpin on Zhao Fujin's head at a glance, and saw the dress of the four imperial guards, knowing that most of them were really emperors, he hurriedly greeted him with a salute, and asked Zhao Fujin to dismount and rest in the view. Zhao Fujin got off the horse and entered the view, with Pan Zhu and the other four following closely. The old Taoist priest took the opportunity to let a Taoist priest go to the city, and he took two Taoist children to follow.

Entering the Taoist temple, Zhao Fujin first put incense on the statues of the gods of Sanqing, and then looked around with the old Taoist, and the old Taoist said to Zhao Fujin with a smile: "The emperor's trip will be safe and happy, and his wish will be fulfilled." ”

Zhao Fujin was tired of hearing these compliments for a long time, and asked casually: "Do you know why I came here?" ”

The old Taoist priest still smiled and said: "The poor Taoist practice is not enough, I don't know yet, but the emperor Ji came to the view, coinciding with the Qionghua Festival of the five manifest spirit officials of the Huaguang Emperor, Ma Shuai. ”

Zhao Fujin didn't believe the old Taoist priest's words, and was about to ask the old Taoist priest to get some food, when suddenly a group of soldiers rushed in from the outside, surrounded Zhao Fujin and others, and then a scribe wearing official uniforms came in from outside, looked at everyone, and said to Zhao Fujin: "You are the emperor from the capital?" ”

Zhao Fujin was taken aback, just now the old Taoist priest said that he could have a good trip, why is there someone from the government coming now, shouldn't my father have ordered the state capitals to escort him back to the capital?

Seeing that Zhao Fujin was silent, the official knew that there was no mistake, so he said: "The official surname is Su Mingguo, the word Uncle Dang, and the right to pass the sentence of Zhongshan Mansion, I heard that Emperor Ji is coming, please ask Emperor Ji to enter the mansion to rest for a while." ”

Zhao Fujin heard what Su Guo meant, and he didn't know about his sneaking out of the capital, so he put his mind at ease and said to Su Guo: "I have something important to do, and I am in a hurry to go to Yanshan Mansion, I can't stay for a long time, arrange a meal quickly, and just do it after eating." ”

Su Guo heard that Zhao Fujin asked him to prepare food, and hurriedly asked Zhao Fujin to go to the government with him. After arriving at the mansion, Zhao Fujin only said that he went to Yanshan Mansion with the proclamation mission, but he was separated halfway, and the official seal of Yanshan Mansion was still in his hands, so he was afraid of delaying the trip and delaying the imperial court's proclamation, so he didn't dare to rush to Xiongzhou again, so he had to go north directly from here.

Su Guo, as the main official of the border town, naturally heard about the capture of Yanjing. Zhao Fujin said that it was a delegation sent by the imperial court to Yanjing, and Zhao Fujin generously took out the seal of Yanshan Mansion to show him. Su Guo, as the general judge of Zhongshan Mansion, can naturally distinguish that this seal is the seal of the imperial court system, and Su Guo at this time naturally believes it completely.

Taking advantage of the preparation of the meal, Su Guo said: "When the Fanren come south, they all go straight to the north of here along the main road, and then go south from Xiongzhou. It's just that Yanshan Mansion is newly determined, and I am afraid that there will be a small group of thieves along the way, so the lower official will send a commander of the Ma Junwei Border Army stationed in Zhongshan Mansion to escort Emperor Ji to the north, I don't know what Emperor Ji wants? ”

In Zhao Fujin's opinion, Yanjing has already been subdued, and the surroundings of Yanjing are not peaceful, so she is not worried about any thieves, but she is accompanied by four guards by her side, and the scene is not big enough. I heard Su Guo say that he would lend her a horse army under his command - five hundred people! She has never received so many people since she was a child, and usually there are dozens of guards and palace maids in the palace to play with her, but now it is five hundred cavalry at once!

Su Guo looked at Zhao Fujin strangely, thinking that Zhao Fujin was too little, and said unnaturally: "The power and responsibility of the lower officials are there, and I don't dare to transfer more." This one commanded the cavalry, and only escorted the emperor in the name of patrolling the border. ”

Zhao Fujin said happily: "One conductor is enough." When I return to Beijing, I will beg my father to give you a reward. ”

Frightened, Su Guo hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The lower officials don't ask for a reward, they just want to protect the safety of the emperor and escort the emperor to Yanjing." If the emperor doesn't need it, let them come back on their own. ”