The city gates are opened, but halfway through, there is a Cheng Cheng to bite the gold, on one side is Guo Mao, who is biting tightly, and on the other hand, Zhai Rang, who will defect at any time, Cui Yi has prepared a secret weapon regardless of the obstruction, ready to rush out and kill Guo Mao at any time to break out of the city.

At this moment, a person from the base of the city wall came from afar, shouting: "Lord Guo! There was a carriage in front of Dinghua Gate that went out of the city late at night and was stopped by the little ones! ”

Guo Mao's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Who is in the car?" ”

The soldier replied, "A man and a woman, the man seems to be a martial artist, and the woman has fine skin and tender meat, and the two of them refuse to get out of the car, nor do they explain their origins, and the man looks like he is ready to do it, please come and have a look!" ”

The puzzled light in Guo Mao's eyes flashed, and he looked back at the carriage driven by Zhai Rang. General Dai said angrily: "The car that Lord Guo wants to stop has been stopped, do you still want to detain the old man's daughter and son-in-law?" Or, Lord Guo has to see the true face of the old man's daughter today before he will give up? ”

As he spoke, he was about to go to the car door, and Guo Mao hurriedly apologized when he saw this: "I have offended a lot in the next place, please bear with General Dai." As he spoke, he hurried towards the direction of Dinghua Gate.

At this time, the two people in the car breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhiying whispered: "Dad." ”

General Dai waved his hand: "Don't leave yet!" Zhai Rang hurriedly raised his whip and drove the carriage out of the city.

"Zhai Ziguo is a wall grass, we almost killed him again," Zhiying leaned into Cui Yi's ear and whispered, "Who can't do the work of driving the car, why did you call him." ”

Cui Yi also whispered in his ear: "It was he who insisted on coming, saying that he wanted to atone for his sins, and you and I were already ashamed of him about Mrs. Cheng's affairs, even if it was settled in the future, I could no longer associate with this person." ”

Zhiying nodded, although Zhai Rang wrote a good article, but the literati had no backbone at all, it was really not credible, and continuing to deal with him would not only harm himself, but also harm him, or it would be better to clear the two and never communicate again.

Due to the unexpected obstruction, the carriage ran until Gongxian County, Zhai Rang Bailizan's hometown before stopping, Cui Yi was strong, and he didn't care about the cold, so he only took a bath at Bailizan's parents' house, Bailizan's wife Xu Shi prepared a clean dress for her, and prepared steamed buns, bacon pickles and other things for them to eat on the road, and sent them on the road before dawn.

Before leaving, Zhiying said to Zhai Rang, who was speechless and stopped: "Brother Zhai, thanks to you this time, I and the prince were able to escape, this kindness we will remember for the rest of our lives, farewell tonight, I don't know when I will see you again, I cherish it, as long as I have the opportunity in the future, I will do everything to save Sister Cheng back, so that your family can be reunited." ”

Zhai Rang was full of shame, waved his hand, lowered his head and whispered, "Let's go." ”

Zhiying knew that his heart was still wavering, so he didn't say anything more, and hurriedly left with Cui Yi in the carriage.

The next day, Zhai Rang returned to Chengfu, the capital had already changed, Emperor Qisheng grounded the Queen Mother in the Yanshou Palace on the charge of murdering the queen's sisters, and replaced the people up and down the Yanshou Palace, and ordered the Queen Mother to reflect on it behind closed doors, how could the people of the Rong family rely on him, gather a large group of people to kneel in front of Wansheng Palace to ask for their lives, but Cui Jie did not show up all day on the grounds of physical discomfort, and let them kneel in the cold wind for a day.

Cheng Hu sat in the lobby waiting for him, Zhai Rang didn't dare to raise his head, and he didn't dare to enter the door, so he called him in a low voice: "Father-in-law." ”

"You're back." Cheng Hu's face was gray, as if he had aged many years overnight.

Zhai Rang lowered his head: "Hey, Lord Wang, are they...... has escaped smoothly, and the son-in-law ......" seemed to have a thousand words, but he swallowed them all back, and he couldn't say a word.

Cheng Hu's voice was like pulling a broken bellows, accompanied by an intermittent cough: "It's good to go, let's go...... Zicheng. ”

"The son-in-law is here."

"You also go to collect things, take Shu Jin, let's go."

Zhai Rang was suddenly startled and raised his head: "Father-in-law? ”

Cheng Hu's cloudy eyes were full of bitterness: "The carriage that diverted Guo Ziyan's attention last night was sent by me, once the emperor found out that Mrs. Changsun had escaped, he would immediately torture the pair of men and women pretending to be the prince and his wife, I have already told them that they don't have to carry it hard to be punished, just recruit it." ”

Zhai Rang's face turned pale in an instant, and he stammered, "Father-in-law! This- you——! ”

The wrinkles on Cheng Hu's face shook a few times, as if he wanted to laugh, but unfortunately he couldn't do it: "You don't have to worry, Guo Ziyan didn't really see who was sitting in the carriage, even if he suspected you, there was no evidence, you-take Shu Jin, go back, go back to Gong County, go to your father's mother's side, leave the capital, you will no longer be a threat, and the emperor will not be difficult for you." ”

The guilt in Zhai Rang's heart instantly hit the top like a huge wave, completely drowning him, his knees weakened, and he knelt down in front of the door of the hall with a puff: "Father-in-law! ”

Cheng Hu finally snorted twice, his head drooped, and a stream of black blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Father-in-law——!"

On March 15 of the second year of Qisheng, Cheng Hu committed suicide by taking poison at home, and his son-in-law Zhai Rang and his young daughter Zhai Shujin left the capital gloomily and returned to Gong County.

The carriage stopped on the side of the road, and Zhiying, who was dozing in a daze, rubbed his eyes and woke up, the door opened, and Cui Yi poked his head in and said, "Wake up, eat something and go to sleep." ”

Zhiying yawned, reached out and touched it a few times, touched the blue cloth bag given by Xu, took out the brown paper bag wrapped in steamed buns from it, and handed it to Cui Yi, Cui Yi grabbed two buns in his hand, and sat on the wheel and devoured them.

"How do you know that the iron fence of the sewer in the dining room is wider than the others?" Zhiying broke open a steamed bun, sandwiched the cured meat in it and handed it over.

Cui Yi had already swallowed two, choked and rolled his eyes, Zhiying laughed and handed him the water bladder: "Eat slowly, no one will rob you." ”

Swallowing the steamed bun noodles stuck in his throat and eyes, Cui Yi coughed a few times and replied to her: "When I was a child, I was naughty, chasing such a big squirrel, and ran to the imperial dining room, and the squirrel squeaked and got out of the crack, and I followed to drill, but my head was stuck in it." ”

Zhiying just stuffed a mouthful of pickled radish, and when she heard the words, the goddess squirted out like a scattered flower.

Cui Yi also laughed, his smile was warm and handsome: "Several guards knelt on the wall and broke the iron rod with their hands, and it was easy to rescue my head, I was punished by my father for kneeling for two hours for this matter, and my mother also knelt outside Wansheng Palace for two hours in order to intercede for me." ”

As soon as it came to Concubine Duan, Cui Yi suddenly fell silent, and Zhiying was thinking about comforting him for a few words, so he heard Cui Yi say to himself: "Huaiyou was not caught by the emperor, this is a blessing in misfortune, as long as you can find him, bring him back to Yanzhou intact, and live a lifetime, it can be regarded as living up to the wish of the concubine before her death." ”

"Huaiyouji people have their own natural appearance, they will definitely find it, don't worry, prince!" Seeing that he could cheer himself up, and no longer hung his head as he was when he was frustrated, he couldn't help but be very pleased, and secretly said that if the concubine saw your current appearance in the sky, she would definitely be able to smile and star.

After eating and drinking, the two continued on the road, Zhiying slept for most of the day, and was in good spirits, so they sat next to Cui Yi to learn to catch the car, and after a while, they were really able to catch up, so they drove Cui Yi to the carriage to sleep, and drove the car to continue to hurry.

On the way south, there were no obstacles, and Cui Yi left a mark along the way, and two days later Cao Qian followed the mark with 2,000 soldiers to join them at the junction of Gyeonggi and Jiangju.

The people of the Zhong family received them in Mao County.

"How did you convince the Zhong family?" Zhi Ying asked as he walked.

"Nothing." Cui Yi took her hand, followed by Cao Qian, and the three of them walked quickly through the corridor to meet the representative of the Zhong family.

In terms of identity, Cui Yi is the prince, the Zhong family is a courtier, and the Zhong family should have come to see him, but the current situation is not the same as usual, Cui Yi is a late-born descendant who came to ask for help from his mother's mother's family, so he became a person from the Zhong family waiting for him to meet him in the county magistrate's mansion.

Zhiying said with a smile: "The prince is eloquent, and he persuaded the Zhong family in less than a day, don't you want to show off?" ”

The corners of Cui Yi's mouth twitched: "It's nothing." Cao Qian followed behind, smiling and enduring hardship, holding the profit was really inexplicable, and when he arrived, he had to temporarily suppress his doubts.

When she arrived at the door of the hall, Zhiying saw a person in a green official robe accompanied by a man in regular clothes, knowing that it was the magistrate of Mao County who was personally accompanying the Zhong family and waiting, but what surprised her a little was that the man looked very young, and the rebellion was such a big thing, could it be that the Zhong family sent a junior to negotiate with Cui Yi?

However, when he entered the door of the hall and got closer to the person, Zhiying realized that "young" was just his illusion, and the person was at least forty years old, but his hair was black, his back was straight, his eyes were sharp and sharp, and his momentum faintly pressed Cui Yi's head, and he was ready in his heart, this person must be an elder of the Zhong family who spoke very weightily.

As soon as they entered the door, the magistrate immediately got up from his chair and saluted: "The lower officials meet the king and princess of Wu!" The two of you have worked hard all the way. ”

Cui Yi nodded and even heard it, walked straight to the middle-aged man sitting on the top, hugged his fists and bowed: "Second uncle." ”

Zhiying was shocked on the spot, the person in front of him turned out to be the second brother of the Zhong family, Jiangzhou Mu Zhong Yuanshan, the head of the Zhong family's generation!

Although she knew that the Zhong family would definitely have someone with the right to decide, she never expected that Zhong Yuanshan would come in person, this general who commanded nearly 30,000 soldiers in the three states south of the Yangtze River, guarded the coast for 20 years, cleared the people and troubled the people, and pacified the rebellion in the southwest, in the memory of Zhiying's previous life, he completely ignored Cui Yi's nephew, even Cui Yi died in Bailonggang, he didn't blink his eyelids, and continued to be a cow and a horse for Cui Jie.

From the perspective of loyalty and patriotism, Zhong Yuanshan is a generation of role models, but from the perspective of human feelings, he gives Zhiying the impression of being ruthless, for Cui Yi, his nephew, and the Zhong family, they seem to don't care at all, not to mention helping, they don't even care.

But well...... Zhiying peeked at Cui Yi's face, and felt that with his previous arrogance, most of them disdained to rely on the strength of his maternal uncle's family, so everyone was not next to anyone, and everyone was in their own way.

"You're the eldest grandson?" After holding Ying and following Cui Yi to salute, Zhong Yuanshan said slowly.