This time, the horses rested enough, so everyone did not delay on the road any longer, but directly whipped their horses, preparing to rush to Pingzhou County before dark today, and after a temporary rest in Pingzhou County, they continued to hurry.

Pingzhou Prefecture is not far from Kyoto, and the area is slightly larger than the average county seat, because as an important transit point, there are many people who come and go every day, and people from the south to the north like to trade here, so you can often see some strange things here.

However, the clever businessman still knew that this good thing still had to be sent to Kyoto, and the people there knew less about the goods and paid more.

Lu Chengyan and his party hurried slowly, and only after it was dark did they enter the gate of Pingzhou County.

At this time, it was winter again, and the doors of every household were almost closed, Lu Chengyan and Yao Yan walked in this county with a little hope, and finally their efforts paid off, and they found an inn that could still be received.

The shopkeeper was a little impatient, but when he saw that there were so many people in this group and they were doing business, his eyes lit up at the moment, and he hurriedly invited them in. At this time, there are still few people, so many people can live in half of the inn room, which is a profitable business for the shopkeeper, and it is even more warm and thoughtful at the moment.

After everyone simply asked for hot water to wash, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Midnight.

There was a faint light in the No. 1 room of Tianzi, and Lu Chengyanrong, who was supposed to rest, was sitting at the table at this time, took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then unfolded the map.

After a while, Yao Yan and Feiying also quietly came over.

The whole inn was quiet now, and no one noticed what they were doing, or even if they did, they wouldn't have cared.

As soon as Yao Yan entered, he complained in a low voice: "This inn is too picky, and this charcoal fire is only given so many pieces." ”

Rong smiled after hearing this, called them over, and said, "Tomorrow morning, the shopkeeper will ask for a few more pieces, and our own silver carbon will be saved." ”

Yao Yan immediately responded, and the God of Wealth of their convoy opened his mouth, so he was not afraid of anything.

Here, Lu Chengyan had already drawn the route of their trip according to the map, and after comparing it gently, he said in surprise: "It's true." ”

Lu Chengyan took the map and compared it again, and after confirming that there was no omission, he carefully put the map away, he always turned over this map along the way, in case it was destroyed, Governor Yin would definitely have to fight with him.

"It's almost in this position, according to our itinerary, counting the places to stop and rest, it will take about seven or eight days to reach Tangjia Village. When the time comes, we will rest in Tangjia Village for two more days, and then enter this Phoenix Mountain, and we should be almost ready to prepare by then. Lu Chengyan said.

Yao Yan and Feiying both had a sense of urgency on their faces, knowing that they were approaching in a dangerous direction, but there was no way to retreat, because it was a necessary path.

"Since they are in the mountains, then they must be lying in ambush on the back of the mountain, first throwing boulders down to disrupt our convoy, causing people to fall into panic, and then slaughtering them in a big way." Rong lightly pointed to the picture drawn by Lu Chengyan and said, "So is there a way for us to resist the boulder?" Or is it...... Counterattack directly with artillery? ”

"Artillery is certainly powerful from the top down, but from the bottom up, it can hurt our own people if we are not careful." Lu Chengyan said.

"And they must have already chosen a place to ambush, so it's completely impossible for us to take the opportunity to disrupt their operations first, and we don't know if this is a group of well-trained killers or a gang of bandits who can only fight and kill." Flying Eagle's face was a little ugly, no one was sure whether those people were going to do it themselves, or buy murder, the people they met were different, and the way of confrontation should naturally be different, but their eyes were black now, if they hadn't accidentally found the person who was stalking, they would have been more passive.

"The bandits won't, the bandits who have something to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion have long been wiped out by General Yuan, and I prefer to be the Prime Minister's own private soldiers." Rong said softly and seriously.

The prime minister's person is very deep in the city, and now that he is completely on the side of the three princes on the surface, then the private soldiers must be indispensable, and it is estimated that they are all well-trained and ruthless, so they don't have to be merciful, just do it directly.

"In that case, let's plan it like this......" Lu Chengyan took the picture he had drawn, and explained something to Yao Yan and Feiying with a serious face.

The dim light reflected on the slightly tense faces of the four people, clearly outlining everyone's expressions and determination to fight to the end.

Following.

After a simple wash in the morning, everyone gathered in the lobby downstairs for breakfast.

Because they rushed all the way from the official road to Pingzhou County, they never rested at all, so today Lu Chengyan specially asked them to rest for a day, stay for another night, and leave tomorrow morning. Since they stayed for one more night, it was time for free activities during the day, and after everyone had eaten breakfast, they disappeared without a trace.

And Lu Chengyan, who had been busy for most of the night, and Yao Yan Feiying chose to rest in the room, ready to replenish their spirits.

At noon, all those who made up for sleep and went out gathered together again.

After Zhao Nanyu got Rong Qing's approval, he immediately waved his chubby hand and began to order, which was as lively as a party.

"Hey, young lady, what do you guess Chu Yu and I saw when they went out today?" Zhao Nanyu said mysteriously.

Rong thought lightly, and subconsciously asked, "Have you seen the prime minister?" ”

Zhao Nanyu had a strange expression of how could I see the prime minister, and said: "No, what I see is not the prime minister, but the third prince." Fortunately, he followed Mrs. Song into the palace, and then saw the three princes in wedding clothes, or he didn't know him even if he came face to face, because he couldn't see the three princes at this level, that is, since he entered the talent center, he has seen many people.

Rong gently looked at Lu Chengyan subconsciously and said in a low voice: "What are the third princes doing in Pingzhou County?" ”

Lu Chengyan looked at Zhao Nanyu and asked, "When did you meet?" Where did you see that? What about people now? ”

Zhao Nanyu immediately replied to the question: "In the morning, I saw it at the gate of the gambling house, and then I didn't pay attention to it, but when we came back, we saw many people riding horses through the street, and it seemed that they were returning to Beijing." ”

After Lu Chengyan was silent for a long time, he made a decision in his heart.

After lunch, Lu Chengyan wrote a letter that seemed to be complaining, and then sent it to the local post station, asking them to send it to Yin's mansion as soon as possible, and also paid twenty taels of silver for it. But as soon as he left, someone saw the contents of his letter, and after sneering, he stuffed the envelope back and left it alone.