The carriage drove about ten miles on the official road and then turned out. The trail after that was not as difficult as Yingli thought, although it was going to be bumpy, it was acceptable, and the speed of the car did not slow down much.

"Girl, we are now on the path, and there will be no house until after tomorrow, and if you are hungry on the road, you can go to the back and get some dry food to satisfy your hunger. ”

"Oh, by the way, old man, how many days can I get to the capital if I go here?"

Outside the window, there was a large patch of yellow sand, Yingli simply closed the curtain and sat quietly in the car.

"It's about a day later than on the official road," said the old coachman, "about two and a half days to enter the Central Plains, and three days to the capital." ”

"Can it be faster?"

"It's already the fastest, and we'll stop once to let the horses rest, and the rest will be on the road," explained the old man, "and if we don't stop all night, the horses will be overwhelmed." ”

Yingli had no choice but to admit it, sighed lightly, and said secretly in her heart: You kid, don't run away from me again.

In addition to the yellow sand in the Eastern Desert, it is yellow sand, and there are occasionally a few sand dunes that let Yingli know that she is not stagnant in place.

Yingli is already bored and about to go crazy on this 'long' journey. Although the old coachman occasionally talked to her every sentence, the two of them basically couldn't talk to each other, and it usually ended within ten sentences.

Even so, in order to return to the capital earlier, Yingli could only endure it, and when she was really bored, she played with the hairpin, and later she remembered almost every line on the sake jug.

**

In the distant capital.

Chen Moling, Gong Shuangting, and Yintao had already returned to the inn, including Chen Yin and Tongqi, and all the people of the Dinghua faction in Beijing gathered in Yintao's room.

"The emperor has seen me," Chen Moling said, "I have also reported the recent patrol report to my face, but the emperor has not behaved in any unusual way. ”

"Before you came to the audience, did you have any explanation to report on the recent patrol?" asked Yintao.

"According to my brother's wishes, I asked to meet the emperor in person. ”

Yintao nodded: "If someone else is killed, I don't know what will happen to the emperor, but it is his most beloved eldest son who dies, so I let you strike while the iron is hot, and you must enter the palace to see him today, because if you only knew that you lost your son a few hours ago, how could the emperor we know know see you at this juncture with this innocuous matter?"

"It's hard to say," Leopard Hong disagreed with Yintao's speculation, "It is said that the companion is like a tiger, moody, if he is really so cold-blooded?"

"Senior Brother Yintao is right," Chen Yin actually thought about it for a long time, whether to tell the matter, but felt that the current situation, all the senior brothers and sisters had already suspected this, if he didn't explain, he was afraid that they would be surprised, "The current emperor is indeed not the one in the past-"

"Senior Brother Chen also knows about this?" Yintao and the others thought that Chen Yin happened to be in the capital, so they stopped by to see them, but they didn't expect to have such remarks.

"That's right," Chen Yin was still a little hesitant, but thought that since he had already said this, it was better to tell it all, "The current emperor is pretending to be a person named 'Winter Cicada'. ”

"Can you be sure of what you say?"

"Of course, see it with your own eyes. ”

"That's not good, it's said that the people of the 'winter cicada' are rebels. Jiang Yuehua touched her chest and said.

Jiao Jiao slapped the table and said, "Then what are we waiting for, hurry into the palace and bring this fake emperor to justice!"

"It's useless," Chen Yin shook his head, "Actually, 'Winter Cicada' has always been Xufeng Chenhui's person, and now everything in the capital is actually under its control." ”

Leopard Hong didn't seem to hear Chen Yin's words, he echoed Jiaojiao's words: "It doesn't matter what Xufeng Chenhui or Xufeng Xihui is, as long as this matter is made public, they will all suffer." ”

"No," Yintao lowered his head and thought about it again and again, "The third prince only returned to Jinghua not long ago, and most of the forces in the palace did not support him, the reason why he did this was that after he left Beijing, he could have his own people to slowly encroach on other factions, judging from the current situation, maybe the entire court is already his Xufeng Chenhui, if we poke this matter out, it will definitely affect the Dinghua faction." ”

"It's like the Xuanyue Gate. Tong Qi listened to it all the time, and said something coldly.

"So it's best for us to pretend that we don't know," Gong Shuangting said, "Whether it's the third prince or the eldest prince, this court is all from the Xufeng family, as long as it's not cruel and unkind, cholera in the world, it doesn't matter to us, but we can use this matter as a breakthrough to deal with the affairs of Xuanyuemen." ”

"You have a point, but since it is none of our business who is in the world, what do we care about the group of people in Xuanyuemen, it is better to just follow the development of the situation, after all, the third prince has a good relationship with our head, as long as we pretend not to know anything, he will not do anything to our Dinghua faction. Horn scratched his head.

"Otherwise, the life and death of Xuanyuemen is not only related to us, but even directly related to the life and death of our Dinghua faction," Yintao said decisively, "We must let it come to light and return Xuanyuemen's innocence." ”

"Restore their innocence?" Gong Shuangting's eyes widened, "Could it be that Senior Brother Yintao went to find any clues today?"

Yin Tao nodded, but did not say directly: "After I have met the entourage of the Great Prince, I can be sure that this matter is not the work of Xuanyuemen. ”