Mu Zhengyi and Gu Yilan had endless words when they mentioned Mu Hongsheng, and it wasn't until Mu Zhengyi finished eating that he remembered what he was going to say.

"By the way, Miss Nine," Mu Zhengyi patted his forehead: "I almost forgot." Tomorrow, you can have your guards set off with the newly purchased carriages and horses to retrieve your luggage and belongings left on the official road. ”

"It doesn't matter," Gu Yilan sighed and shook her head: "It's already luck to be able to save her life this time."

"King Yi specially sent someone to guard it," a faint smile appeared on Mu Zhengyi's lips: "This Miss Ninth has to remember, so you still have to get those things back."

Gu Yilan was only slightly stunned, and then a trace of clarity flashed in her eyes, and she nodded at Mu Zhengyi and responded, "I know." I also want to thank the eldest prince for his advice. ”

"Well," Mu Zhengyi didn't care much, nodded casually, and continued to advise: "After the luggage and items are retrieved tomorrow, Miss Nine will not have to delay in Tong County any longer, let's leave for Ningling early."

"I see." Gu Yilan nodded first and agreed, and then said: "By the way, today, the wife of Chunzhou Mansion Yin and Thorn Shi have all arrived in Tong County, and they live in the official post, have you ever seen the eldest prince?"

"No, I didn't." Mu Zhengyi shook his head: "I went to the county government of Tongxian County early in the morning and stayed in the yamen until nightfall before coming back."

"They prepared a lot of gifts for me," Gu Yilan thought for a while before saying, "They said that they were 'shocking' for me." I didn't want to accept it, but the two ladies were very sincere and polite, and insisted that my subordinates emphasize that they were just some Chunzhou specialties and no particularly valuable gifts. ”

"It's good for you to keep it," Mu Zhengyi sneered slightly: "If you don't accept it, I'm afraid they will have to think more about it." You are the granddaughter of Scholar Gu, and you almost had an accident on the ground in their Chunzhou, can they not panic. If you refuse to accept these gifts, they are afraid that they will worry that the Gu family will take care of them afterwards. At this time, there is no need to cause more incidents. ”

"Hmm!" Gu Yilan understood the meaning of Mu Zhengyi's words, and immediately nodded: "Now that King Xin and King Yi have entered the court, my grandfather is more cautious, and he really shouldn't cause more trouble at this time."

Mu Zhengyi smiled and did not speak. Gu Yilan didn't really need to explain this sentence to him, but when she said it, he listened quietly.

"That's right, and," Gu Yilan didn't wait for Mu Zhengyi to speak, and continued: "The Chunzhou Assassin sent someone here today, and they want to send officials and soldiers to escort me all the way to Ningling. I think that since the Chunzhou Assassin has taken the initiative to speak, don't bother Prince Yi to send someone to escort him, right? ”

Mu Zhengyi pondered for a moment before nodding slightly: "It's okay." We still need to delay in Tong County for a few more days, and after you send someone to retrieve the things tomorrow, you will tell the Chunzhou Thorn History, don't delay and leave this place of right and wrong. ”

"Then the eldest prince, ......" Gu Yilan hesitated, as if she was a little worried.

"When we leave, it depends on what King Yi wants." Without Gu Yi Lanming saying, Mu Zhengyi understood her thoughts: "You don't have to worry, it won't be delayed for a long time, after all, King Yi is ordered to investigate the case, and he must rush to Zhending Mansion as soon as possible." When I arrived at Zhending Mansion, I immediately returned to the capital and would not stay long. ”

"Okay," Gu Yilan nodded: "I hope the eldest prince can return to Beijing as soon as possible, the family must be thinking about you."

Mu Zhengyi naturally knew that his family was thinking about him, so he didn't want to delay in Tong County at all. Early in the morning of the second day, he personally led the army to the foothills of Tiantong Mountain, preparing to suppress the bandits.

In fact, according to Mu Zhengyi's idea, he hopes to solve the bandit den in Tiantong Mountain in the shortest possible time, which is not difficult for him, a border general who has experienced a hundred battles.

The scale of the bandit cottage in Tiantong Mountain is very large, and many of the bandits are not ordinary mountain bandits, but some Jianghu people with martial arts foundations, such a bandit cottage is very troublesome for ordinary officials and soldiers, but for Mu Zhengyi, who has been honing in the north all the year round, it is not difficult to exterminate this group of mountain bandits.

In Mu Zhengyi's opinion, the biggest difficulty in this crackdown on bandits is not that there are many bandits and they all have some martial arts foundation, but the group of lazy and timid officers and soldiers he leads.

This group of officers and soldiers in Chunzhou Mansion is different from the Mu family army like a wolf in the north, with loose military discipline and extremely low training level.

But Mu Zhengyi looked at the Chunzhou Thorn Shi who was holding a big belly and standing beside him with a sweat, and it was not surprising that the officials and soldiers of Chunzhou Mansion were like such bears.

With such a history of thorns as an example, the low-ranking officers of Chunzhou Mansion are all raised to be white and fat, and they are very oily, and they can only bring out decent troops.

Thorn Shi pulled the chain mail on his body, feeling that his stomach was strangled to death, in the face of the mountain bandits in Tiantong Mountain, he, the chief officer with the troops, was actually scared to death, if he was solely responsible for the suppression of bandits, he would not have come all the way to Tiantong Mountain, he would rather stay in Tong County with Prince Yi.

How good it is to sit in the county government of Tongxian County and command remotely!! One is safe! Second, if there is an accident in the process of suppressing bandits, it is easy to shirk responsibility.

It's a pity that King Yi sat in Tongxian County, and sent him a famous General Mu to help suppress the bandits. Therefore, even if Chunzhou Thorn Shi was afraid, he didn't dare to hide, and he was so nervous that he kept sweating while pulling the tight chain mail along the way.

"General Xiao Mu," Assassin Shi secretly glanced at Mu Zhengyi, who had a serious face, and said with a smiling face: "In the matter of suppressing bandits, the subordinate has no experience, so he can only rely on the general."

Mu Zhengyi didn't expect the fat-brained Thorn Shi to make any contribution, so he turned his head, nodded at Thorn Shi with a smile, and replied very tactfully: "Lord Thorn Shi doesn't have to be polite, this is what the last general should do."

Chunzhou Thorn Shi smiled, and shrank to the side very obediently, not daring to disturb Mu Zhengyi to observe the terrain and arrange troops.

Fortunately, although the Chunzhou official army was a little wasted, it was better than the number of people. Chunzhou Mansion Yin and Thorn Shi saw King Yi's warrant and almost pulled all the officials and troops of Chunzhou Mansion.

Mu Zhengyi looked back at the dense officers and soldiers behind him, and pursed his lips slightly, in order to exterminate these two cottages, Chunzhou Mansion actually transferred thousands of people, which made him worry a lot.

With so many people and horses, even if they rush up without any rules, it is more than enough to bulldoze two bandit cottages, where is there any need to carefully arrange troops! Directly surround the cottage strongly, and attack it strongly.

However, the responsible border general Mu Zhengyi did not take it lightly because of the large number of people, he still made serious arrangements and sent people to ambush after a detour to the cottage to prevent the bandits from escaping.