As the twilight darkened, the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping seemed to have turned into a beast lurking in the shadows in the afterglow of the setting sun.

It was already late June, and the weather was very hot, but Zhu Di still picked up a hot towel and put it on his face, and let out a long sigh.

It's so tiring.

In the past, I only felt that I didn't take off my armor for several days when I was fighting, and I was most tired when I rode a horse so bumpy that my body was about to fall apart, but now I realize that pretending to be crazy and stupid is more tiring than fighting.

Remembering the scene where he drooled at the big girl on the street just now, scaring the big girl to the point of losing her face, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Di's mouth.

"I have been in Beiping for so many years, although I don't have a very good reputation, but in the past two months, the people of Beiping are afraid that they will laugh at Yanwangfu behind their backs."

He took off the hot towel and said with a smile: "When I left the palace at dawn, the dignified vassal king grabbed food along the street with beggars, and when I saw the wild dogs on the side of the road, they would go up and kick them, bully the half-grown children, and break into the shop and roll around... I have lost all the face of the imperial examination. ”

Princess Yan on the side was a little distressed and held his hand: "The prince can't help it... If there is a way, who wants to do this? ”

Zhu Di slowly restrained his smile: "Well said, there is indeed no way to let the people of the entire Beiping see my ugly appearance." ”

He raised his chin at the document on the table: "The fourth, the subordinate officials sent to Beijing by the royal palace have been executed by the imperial court." ”

Princess Yan's expression was also a little haggard: "Although the imperial court said that it had released Gao Chi and the three of them, it had been more than a month, and no news had come over..."

"They are with Gu Huai, he does things, I can rest assured," Zhu Di covered the hot towel again, "The court must have seen that it couldn't stop them, so it issued a document to calm my heart... But how did they know that I was cornered before I figured out something I couldn't figure out before? ”

"How's the preparation?"

This sentence was addressed to the black-clothed monk in the corner, and a moment later the answer rang out:

"The eight hundred warriors in the palace have been trained, and the guards in the left guard outside the city have also issued an order, as long as the prince gives an order, he can raise troops to capture Beiping."

Zhu Di nodded: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." ”

He looked out the door and sighed a little: "Next, let's see when Dongfeng will come back... Don't let me play the crazy thing for a few more months. ”

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Outside the city of Beiping, a donkey cart creaks along the official road.

The young man on the wheel, dressed in coarse cloth and with a carpenter's toolbox at hand, looked like a young carpenter's apprentice, and on the donkey cart behind him, the little head of the petite woman with her scarf wrapped in a scarf and facing the sky dozed little by little.

Looking at the Beiping City Gate that was getting closer and closer, the young carpenter seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, he glanced at the groggy woman, but he still couldn't bear to wake her up.

Just look at it, it looks like a small couple visiting relatives and friends, the man should be learning carpenter work and want to make a living, but he has not yet come out of school, life is a little tight, he can only drive a donkey cart in the countryside to beg for a living, the woman is diligent and virtuous, accompanied by the husband to go south and north, but also at night to textile subsidies for the family, this will be tired to fall asleep on the road, life must be very difficult, but it seems to be very beautiful, at a glance can see the days when you can relax in the future.

Most people in this era are so mediocre but live peacefully and happily, the common people never have much luxury, life can go on, can have a happy family, can watch the children grow up slowly, it is enough.

But the irony is that the way the world is going has never been in their hands.

Taking off the hat on his head, the night completely fell, Gu Huai, who was pretending to be a young carpenter, waved his whip, and finally let go of the heart he was carrying all the way north.

In fact, there were not many accidents outside Jinling City, and the imperial court reacted quickly, but the arrangements made by Jinyiwei in advance were enough to ensure that they ran out before Ying Tianfu completed the siege, not to mention that Xu Zengshou, who had caught them in the south of Jinling by mistake, also let them go, which was regarded as smoothing out the last obstacle.

The next trip was lackluster, going south, crossing the river, following the previously arranged route to the north, all the way through the city without entering, even if he rested in the villages and towns, he only showed up with Gu Huai, who was too conspicuous, and almost never showed up in front of people, even if the garrisons in the city along the way received the news, but no one found their traces.

What's more, there are people who appear from time to time who seem to be ordinary people but are actually spies in brocade...

The power of Jinyiwei is indeed terrifying, not only the well-trained secret spies in the north and south of Jinling Yamen, but the most terrifying thing is the spies who have been lurking in the people before and have inherited the Jinyi military status for generations.

In such a situation, it is really impossible to have an accident.

The only thing that can be regarded as deviating from the plan is probably that Xu Miaojin suddenly fell ill when he entered the north, which greatly slowed down the trip, and in desperation, Gu Huai could only let the three brothers Zhu Gaochi ride fast horses first, and he took Xu Miaojin to hide his identity and slowly went north.

The only thing you need to worry about is whether you will meet the gangsters - after all, such a lonely little couple is really the favorite object of those gangsters, and there will be nothing wrong with the corpses in the wilderness.

In this way, I can only rush during the day, and the time to Beiping is much later than expected.

There was a long queue outside Beiping City to enter the city, and I didn't know if the city gate would suddenly close at a certain moment, Gu Huai stopped the donkey cart that he had collected from a widow for five taels, and gently pushed Xu Miaojin: "It's time to Beiping." ”

There was only a very low nasal voice with a soft "um", Tsundere Lori still didn't wake up, Gu Huai reached out and touched her forehead, it was a little hot.

It should be wind chill... But it's been so many days, and I've taken the medicine, why haven't I seen any better?

The most important thing at the moment is to enter the city, it is already night, and the palace is not easy to go, so I can only go to see it tomorrow.

The three brothers don't know where they went... It stands to reason that they should arrive before themselves.

It's already June, how long is the time? Now this kind of ordinary and ordinary days are about to be gone forever.

The city in front of you in the north will also become the starting point for igniting the war on the territory of the Central Plains.

Thirty-two years of peace will be broken by his own hands.

Gu Huai picked up the horsewhip again, but there was no confusion in his eyes.

Even if he is not there, this matter will develop like this, and all he has to do is to make this matter end better.

In other words, I may be able to work hard to make this era less detours.

After all, it's these people who suffer, aren't they?