"Brother Leng, it's time for us to go our separate ways." Ming lightly clenched his fists.

Leng Qingrong nodded and agreed: "Okay." It's just that Brother Ming has something I don't understand, where did these two pretending envoys get the emperor's edict? ”

You must know that the false proclamation of the holy decree will kill the head, although the intention is good. But the emperor's authority cannot be challenged, and falsely rumoring that the queen mother is seriously ill is already a big crime, plus this crime, isn't there no way to go back?

Ming Qingyan naturally knew what he was worried about, and smiled slightly: "How could I fake the Holy Decree?" When I was about to leave, the emperor once specially told me that this trip to Xiliang was extremely dangerous, and I could act on his behalf and exercise any rights on his behalf. Therefore, how can my pretending decree to act on an opportunistic basis be a sin of deceit? ”

After speaking, he took out two bags of silver taels from his pocket and threw them to the two envoys: "You take the silver, buy a few acres of thin fields and build a few tiled houses, and then marry a good woman and live a stable life." As for today's events, it's better to rot in your stomach, or you will die. ”

The two envoys took the silver and replied: "We are all people who have benefited from Ming Xiang, so we will naturally keep it a secret for you, please rest assured that Ming Xiang." ”

Ming nodded lightly and agreed: "Okay, I hope you can keep your promise today, go ahead." ”

The two envoys dismounted and kowtowed to him a few times, then mounted their horses and left.

Leng Qing Rongming said lightly that the two said goodbye to each other, one went back to the Xiliang royal court to report the news, and the other went to chase the envoy team of Xiliang to Beimeng.

Ming Qingyan was thinking about Ning Shangmo in his heart, so he quickly stepped up, day and night, and finally caught up when he was still more than 100 kilometers away from the border between Xiliang and Beimeng.

However, because it was daytime, he did not rush closer to the past.

Instead, they quietly followed aside, waiting for it to get dark and they camped.

Unexpectedly, suddenly a horse stood in front of him, and he couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "Who is it?" ”

The man chuckled and said, "It's me, Xiangye, don't worry." Didn't you go back to Daling? How did it end up here? ”

When he met the painting garden, Ming Qingyan was also very surprised, "Why are you here?" ”

"As soon as they got out of town, I followed. My life is in the hands of the eldest princess of Shangmo, and I can't let her have an accident, otherwise I will have to play. Huayuan sighed helplessly: "I knew it would be so troublesome to follow you, and I wouldn't have gone with you at that time." Now it's okay, I originally wanted to follow your envoy team to ask for convenience, but it turned out to be a big trouble for myself, and it is not certain whether my life can be saved. ”

Hearing him say this, Ming couldn't help but smile lightly: "Don't worry, Mo'er will be fine, and your life will not be lost." ”

"How do you know? You're not me, and of course you don't have a backache when you stand and talk. Huayuan glared at him very unhappily, and then asked, "Xiangye, why are you here?" What about them? ”

Ming Qingyan naturally wouldn't tell her, so he said perfunctorily: "You are worried that something will happen to Mo'er and follow secretly, and I am like this." ”

"You're here to protect the eldest princess of Shangmo? Could she be dangerous in the ranks of the envoys? Could it be that something is going to happen here? Hua Yuan said with a worried face: "Don't scare me, my kung fu is limited, if anything happens, I can't protect myself." ”

Ming couldn't help but sneer at him lightly, didn't say anything, but continued to ride slowly on the horse and walked forward, not far from the Xiliang envoy team in front of him.

Finally, at dusk, the Xiliang envoys stopped and set up camp on the spot.

Hua Yuan leaned into Ming's ear and asked softly, "Can I follow you?" Do you protect me? ”

Ming Qingyan looked at him as if he didn't know him and asked, "Are you sure I can protect you?" ”

Hua Yuan nodded confidently and agreed: "That's natural, others don't know, but I know, your internal strength must be good, if not, how can you kill people with a small knife." ”

Ming Qingyan didn't pay attention to him, just tied the horse to a relatively distant place, and then quietly lurked near the camp tent in Beimeng, waiting for the opportunity to go in to meet the crown prince and the crown princess, and tell them about Tuoba Yanling's request for Tuoba Hongyu to send a letter to the Beimeng Emperor.

It wasn't until the third watch that Ming Qingyan found an opportunity.

When he was about to act, the painting garden appeared in front of him again. He was very unhappy and asked him where he had just been.

Huayuan said that he had just gone to look for something to eat, and took out a few pieces of bread and a piece of chicken leg from his arms and handed them to him.

Ming Qingyan was indeed hungry, and he didn't care about anything, so he took it and ate it after a few bites.

As the saying goes, your hands are short when you take other people's things, and your hands are short when you eat other people's things. Ming Qingyan was naturally no exception, so he had to promise the two to form an alliance to protect Ning Shangmo's safety together, and take him in to meet the prince together.

Ming Qingyan understands that it won't be bad anyway, the reason why he has been following the Xiliang envoy team is to protect Ning Shangmo's safety, their purpose is the same, they are naturally allies, and there is no conflict.

"They're pretty guarded." The painting garden whispered.

"Although Chu Yue brought an entourage, no one can guarantee that there are no people from him in the prince's entourage, or that he did not send someone to follow secretly." Ming replied lightly but with a cautious face.

"It's very likely, after all, with the second prince's person, it is impossible for him not to make arrangements for this special mission with unknown circumstances, so I have been tracking carefully these days to prevent being eaten by the yellow finch." The painting garden couldn't agree more with what he said.

"Okay, let's be careful." Ming nodded lightly.

The two walked in the direction where the camp guards were weaker, and then hid in the grass.

If there were only the prince's guards, they wouldn't have to worry about anything. But I'm afraid of those who hide the second prince in the shadows. Once they see their whereabouts, it is likely that the information will be fed back to the second prince, and then the consequences will be unimaginable.

After the patrol passed, Ming whispered, "Let's go." ”

Then he got up and hurried towards the camp, the garden following closely behind him. Anyway, the painting garden already knew what he had done in Beimeng, so naturally he knew that he had kung fu, so there was no need to hide it from him. After all, in such a situation, if you don't perform martial arts, it will be a dead end, and you will not be able to achieve your goal.

The two quickly avoided the sentry and came to the prince's tent, and then crouched behind the tent.

Ming Qingyan took out a knife and gently cut a hole in the tent, and then looked inside.

I saw the crown prince and the crown princess lying on a makeshift bed, sleeping, and there was no one else inside.

He quickly turned to the door of the tent, lifted the curtain and flashed in, and then the painting garden followed suit.

At the same time, the crown princess suddenly got up from the bed and whispered: "Who is it?" ”

Ming Qingyan hurriedly replied: "It's me, Prime Minister Da Ling said lightly." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and removed the black veil that covered his face.

The crown princess looked at him in surprise, and asked puzzledly: "Mingxiang, aren't you in the Xiliang Palace?" How did you come here late at night? ”

At this time, the prince also woke up, and when he saw the two people in front of him wearing nocturnal black clothes, he couldn't help but be so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

"I have important information for you." Ming said lightly with a solemn face.

The crown princess pointed to the seat next to her and nodded in response, "Please tell Mingxiang." ”

Ming lightly followed him to Fake Ning Shangmo, not only learned that she was Tuoba Yanling, but also heard that she asked Tuoba Hongyu to return to Beimeng with a secret letter. The content of the secret letter is to kill all of them who leave the mission in Xiliang.

When the prince heard this, he couldn't help but be furious: "Let me kill that stinky woman, it's so vicious." In vain we went to such great lengths to send the person who hurt her to Beimeng. ”

The crown princess sneered when she heard this: "Don't you admire her very much?" Hum! If you die, you will know what it means to be powerful. ”

After speaking, she looked at Ming again and asked softly, "So where is the eldest princess of Shangmo?" ”

"Right next to Chu Yue, the only entourage he has with him is her." Ming replied lightly.

"This kid! It even fooled our eyes. The prince was going to scold again.

The crown princess stepped on his foot vigorously and told him in a cold voice: "Shut up! ”

Then she looked at Ming Qingyan and continued to ask, "What do you think Ming Xiang should do right now?" ”

Ming Qingyan smiled slightly when he heard this: "Everything still has to be decided by the crown prince and the crown princess themselves, I am just here to deliver the letter, and I have no right to interfere with your decision." ”

The crown princess nodded and stopped talking.

She was fighting fiercely in her heart, going forward, a dead end, and going backwards was to give Chu Yue a way to live. What to do? Do you keep moving forward or going backwards?

In the end, she felt that the prince's life was at stake, and she couldn't continue to move forward and risk it. It's better to turn around and go back to the Xiliang Royal Court. Although, when he returned to the Xiliang Royal Court, his father would not necessarily offend Chu Yue, but he would definitely take more precautions against him and no longer reuse him, so that it was exactly what they wanted, and the prince would have no threat.

If she blindly moves forward, if the Beimeng people really kill them all, then her promise to protect the prince's safety cannot be fulfilled, and Xiliang will lose the prince and suffer a heavy blow.

"Aifei, how did you decide?" The prince couldn't wait any longer and asked out loud.

The crown princess glanced up at him and said loudly, "Let's turn around and go back to Xiliang." ”

The prince asked a little unwillingly, "Isn't that ......?"

"Nothing is more important than your life, understand?" The crown princess looked at him and nodded very seriously.

The prince gratefully held her hand and said softly, "Thank you, concubine, for defending me so much." ”

"Xiangye, what about the eldest princess of Shangmo?" The crown princess asked with some concern.

Ming Qingyan thought for a while and replied: "I will go back to the Xiliang Royal Court with you, but this time it is not as the prime minister of Da Ling, but I want to pretend to be a guard." ”

The crown princess nodded when she heard this, "That's fine, I'll go find you a set of guards to serve." ”

"Thank you, Crown Princess." Ming thanked him lightly.

Huayuan hurriedly said loudly: "I also need a set of clothes, we are together." ”