The Journey Ahead (VII) (Part II)

In the guest house, Wu Yilu was in a cold sweat, and he had just woken up from his nightmare again.

Less than ten miles away on horseback since he left yesterday with the map, he felt dizzy and sleepy and wanted to sleep. He stabbed himself in the thigh with a knife along the way, and led the people to retreat quickly along the road. On the way, he met the person who answered him and asked him to rest and stay in the dark spot twenty miles away, but he didn't dare. The Tang brothers are too terrible. The more he ran, the more terrifying he felt, and he wanted to leave the Tang family's sphere of influence as soon as possible. At last in a wood, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep on his horse, dreaming in a dream that his childhood was a terrible night when he was chased by wolves. As he woke up, he stood up straight on horseback, but there were low branches on it, and he didn't pay attention and was knocked straight down. At first, he thought it didn't matter if he just fell dizzy. He decided to spend the night in the woods, but he didn't expect that after falling asleep, all kinds of terrifying scenes in his life would continue to appear. Almost killed by the maid, chased by wolves, chased by the servants next to his father's princess, chased by the killer, every moment stopped. Even when he doesn't fall asleep and sits up, there are intermittent dream scenes, he cries out in fear and wavs his weapon. Later, it was his subordinates who reminded him that it was not the Tang family who did something to make him fall into evil.

If you think about it, you know that this is how it should be. Neither he nor the witch doctor who accompanied him could tell what the method was, but it was certain that it was inflicted. If he doesn't go back to Tang's house and continues on the road, I'm afraid that he will lose his heart in three days. There is no way to talk about the future. So he decisively decided to go back to Tangzhuang.

Wu Yilu, who had just come to his senses, was still a little stunned, and it took a while to come back to his senses, remembering that he had fainted at the gate of Tangzhuang instead of being chased by masked men on the grassland, and was licked by the rough tongue of the dog. Gradually, he regained consciousness and sensed that there were people in the house. Rolling his eyes, he saw the face of the ninth young master of the Tang family who was more bright than a woman.

Shinno had already come for a while, and had driven out all the servants of Uyiri, and had already relieved him of his forgetfulness at this time. Although Wu Yilu brought people to commit the crime, he was a Turkic general after all, and the descendant of Prince Cha Ying, the Tang family could not punish him too much, otherwise it would cause disputes between the Great Zhou and the Turks.

At this time, in Wu Yilu's eyes, the Ninth Young Master smiled like a flower, because he told him that he no longer had to suffer from forgetting his soul, and he would no longer suddenly fall asleep and be haunted by nightmares. It's just that the next sentence made him very upset, because Xinye said: "As a medical fee, we took back the map, and I also let people check it just now, and the general did not do anything on the map." Now that the general is safe, take your men on the road. Save yourself from staying in Xianyang for a long time, and your family is worried about you. ”

"Ninth Young Master, can I know what you put on me earlier?"

"It's nothing, it's just a medicine I bought from a Mongolian nobleman the last time I was in Mongolia. This kind of medicinal powder is said to be difficult to prepare, quite expensive, and costs me a lot of money. ”

"Not you? The Tang family is said to be a master of medicine. ”

"The Tang family is a doctor, not a poisoner."

"Tang Gongzi, I don't mean anything else, this defeat at the hands of your brother is because my skills are not as good as others. But I always want to lose and understand, and I don't even know what I'm going to do, so I'm not reconciled. ”

"What, if you figure it out, you can fight it out?"

"That's not what I mean, I just want to know what I really think, and I can understand if I lose."

"I've already said that a medicine I bought from Mongolia. It is not produced by the Tang family itself. Of course, Xinye wouldn't tell him that this was a by-product that Lian'er accidentally discovered while planting medicinal herbs and researching new medicines.

"Really? The Tang family is a family of medicine, so it must be effortless to make these things yourself, right? ”

"Since you know that we are a family of medicine, you should know that we are doctors, not poisoners. Helping the world and saving the people and harming the people are two different things. As for the general, it was also an accident, if you weren't in a hurry, it was a matter of the life of the third sister-in-law, and I wouldn't have done it. ”

"The ninth prince likes your third sister-in-law, right?"

"Huh, my third sister-in-law's fairy-like character is liked by everyone." After that, there was a little more coldness on his face: "It seems that the general has almost recovered." Then ask the general to leave for the Turks immediately. ”

"I want to meet the third son."

"It's inconvenient for my third brother to see guests at this time."

"Although General Ben's Chinese is not good, he also knows that it is inconvenient to meet guests and speak of women." Wu Yilu had a weird smile on his face: "Could it be that there is anything special about the third prince?" ”

"My third brother is now with my third sister-in-law. Thanks to you, my sister-in-law was frightened last night, and she was entangled in gold wire for a long time, and her blood was hindered, and the third brother was healing her. ”

"Oh, if you hurt the beauty, it's down, can you let General Ben visit and apologize."

"During the healing period, it's inconvenient, please go back."

"I can wait."

"General, please go back, you injured the third sister-in-law, and the third brother is angry, why bother?"

"Actually, in addition to making amends, General Ben has other important things to discuss with the third prince."

"What's the matter? Tell me I can relay it on my behalf. ”

"It's about the harmony between the Great Zhou and the Turks, and I hope to see the third prince as soon as possible."

"General, have you found the wrong person for such a big matter? You should go to Beijing to find important ministers in the court, my third brother is just an ordinary staff member next to the prince. ”

"Is it really just an ordinary staff?"

"Not what do you think?"

"I, Shiye Khan, praise him as the most potential among the young people of Da Zhou's generation."

"Doesn't that mean he has potential? This is not yet true. ”

"This time, I didn't intend to offend the third prince because of the map, but General Ben really wants to befriend him and be friends with him."

"Then you'd better talk about it later. Now come to the third brother, you can't please it. ”

Wu Yilu frowned and bowed his head, and before he answered, Xinye walked towards the door: "General, please go, Tang has other affairs to do, so I won't accompany the general." After speaking, he didn't wait for him to speak, and then drifted away. When he walked to the door, the people of Wuyilu saw him come out, and they blocked him in a row, and Xinye didn't look at them at all, and he walked out of their human wall with a wrong step, and looked at Wuyilu in the house from the people who were surprised at the same time, and saw that he was okay, and he was relieved.

In the Zhufeng Pavilion, Xinye came to Xinjie's study, and he did not tell about Wu Yilu's verbal performance, because he knew that the third brother had been secretly observing him, so he only asked: "Really let him go?" ”

Xinjie nodded silently.

"But this is a very dangerous person, and his eyes are full of unwillingness and cruelty."

"Then I can only let him go, if something happens to him, everyone outside knows that he came to the Tang family this time, and he has nothing to do with us."

"But...," Xinye's words were interrupted by Xinjie's gesture.

"Grandma promised Shiye Khan that until the last resort, the descendants of the Tang family would not take the initiative to stain their hands with the blood of the Khan's blood, unless it was out of self-defense, or they encountered a heinous crime. At present, he just came to grab the picture and didn't succeed, and he has also been taught a lesson by you. Even if it is to send spies in Da Zhou or something, this is a state affair, and it is inconvenient for us to interfere privately. ”

"I just think it's a wolf that was put back."

"That can't be helped, grandma promised Shiye Khan."

"Why did Grandma make this promise back then? Between her and Shiye Khan? ”

Xinjie shook his head helplessly, he didn't know.

"It is useless to think too much, and I have ordered people to follow him along the road and keep an eye on him. But if he really does evil in the Great Zhou, someone will clean him up when the time comes. We don't need to do it ourselves. ”

Xinye nodded, he naturally knew what the third brother meant. One of the duties of the Pingluan Pavilion is to hoe and drive away the enemy. And if it is really heinous, it is beyond the scope of grandma's promise.

Three days later, after some rest, Xinjie finally took Lian'er and Xinyue on the road, all the way to the east. During this period, Mo Lan wanted to see Xinjie several times, but was ignored by the people guarding the dungeon in Tangzhuang. It wasn't until the day after Xinjie and the others left that she knew from the guard's scolding that the third young master had set off for Jiangnan.

Going to Gangnam? Isn't it to go back to Beijing to restore your life? She wondered, could it be that Wu Yilu's news was wrong? Such an important matter, with the character of that man, you can't be mistaken. But why did he go to Gangnam? Until Xinyang asked someone to take her out of the dungeon, she was still thinking about it.

"Miss Mo Lan, my third brother specially confessed before leaving, no matter what you have done, but you are the sister of his friend Mo Gongzi, he will naturally try to help you if he can help you. Therefore, although he will not enter Beijing in the near future, he also told me to entrust someone to take care of you after I send you to Dali Temple in Beijing. But you have to tell everything you know about the Turks and make up for it, otherwise none of us can help you. And if you say it, you have no value in sending people to hunt down and kill Cha Ying and Wu Yilu. We're going to leave in two days, so you'd better think about it, and if there's anything missing, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble on the way. ”

"I've said everything I need to say." Mo Lan said coldly and arrogantly: "I just want to know when Brother Xinjie will come to save me." ”

"As long as you do what you have to do, we'll arrange it."

"I want to see him personally."

"Hehe, Miss Molan, I don't think you have the conditions and position to negotiate with us now."

"Tell you everything about Cha Ying and Wu Yilu, aren't they all doing things for Brother Xinjie? Did I do so much for him, and he wouldn't come to see me? ”

"Miss Mo, you are guilty of collaborating with the enemy, my third brother just said to try to find someone to take care of you, but your crime of collaborating with the enemy requires you to atone for your own merits, and it is you who need these credits, not my third brother. No matter how much you tell about Cha Ying and Wu Yilu, in addition to letting the people of our family take more precautions and protect themselves, it has nothing to do with the various businesses of the Tang family and the business of my third brother. ”

"I'm telling you that this is so that Brother Xinjie can win a place in the imperial court with merit, not just be an ordinary staff member with no power and no power by the prince's side. In addition to my love for him, I also have my selfishness, hoping that after he is in a high position, he can remember my kindness and overturn the case for my Mo family. If you just give my confession to those greedy officials, then I might as well not say it. ”

"Miss Mo, you must know that you are doing this to reduce your punishment for yourself."

"In addition to death, I have been punished to a military prostitute camp in my life, is there anything worse?"

Xinyang looked at this self-proclaimed smart woman, you hurt the third sister-in-law but did not repent, and now you are still trying to find ways to check the identity of the third brother, if the third brother is not looking at Mo Yu and Lord Mo is unjust death, what is waiting for you is definitely worse than the military prostitute camp. But instead of saying this, he said, "The girl is a smart person, and naturally knows how to choose." When the third brother left, he explained that the girl was a close relative, and she didn't have to go to the dungeon in the future, and I believe that the girl would not have any unexpected moves. In a few days, we will leave for Beijing. ”

Mo Lan looked at Xinyang who was strolling out, as if looking at the shadow of another person.

Three days later, Xinyang entered Beijing with a group and a map. It's just that from the beginning of leaving Tangzhuang ten miles ago, I met people to intercept and rob the map, until I entered Beijing, and encountered several robberies on the way, the fifth young master of the Tang family passed all the way, so that everyone was really impressed by the teaching and training of the young general in the Royal Forest Army.