The next day, when Yi Xiaodao was still asleep, someone from the Nanhuai Wangfu came to the inn and said that the Nanhuai King's tribute had already set off.

Xianglian'er still had a headache, but she didn't dare to slack off, knocked on Yi Xiaodao's door, and endured the headache to tell Yi Xiaodao.

Yi Xiaodao yawned and said, "Okay, I know." Go wake up Fang Long, the matter of Sui Gong is solved, let's go to Yicheng to have a look. ”

Xiang Lian'er let out an "oh", stood up and asked, "Aren't you meeting with Lord Huang?" ”

"What are you doing together? What we can know, can Lord Huang not know? Wait a minute? Someone sent by the king of Nanhuai? That's where we live... Hehe" Yi Xiaodao laughed at himself, "Also, if you expect others not to know on other people's territory, it's too much to take others seriously." ”

Xiang Lian'er rubbed her head and walked out of the door before she reacted, turned around and said, "Fang Long lives in the same room with you!" ”

Yi Xiaodao was stunned, but also reacted, from last night to today, he hadn't seen Fang Long.

"Last night Fang Long said he was going to take a bath, and later..."Yi Xiaodao recalled yesterday.

"Then I told him to look for us in the east," Xianglian'er continued.

Yi Xiaodao patted his head: "Then we met the second son and forgot about Fang Long!" ”

"So what now? Fang Long didn't come back all night..."When Xiang Lian'er heard this, she couldn't care about the headache at this time, and she was a little anxious. After getting along for days, although she didn't say how much she had a good impression of Fang Long, she carefully helped her and He Yue'er lead the horse in Anhui City, and carried Yi Xiaodao to seek medical treatment in the capital.

Yi Xiaodao rubbed his cheeks twice, sobered up a little, stood up and said, "Let's go, no way, let's go to Nanhuai Palace." ”

"Aren't you going to Yicheng?" Xianglian'er asked.

Yi Xiaodao thought for a while and said: "Go, but go to Nanhuai Wangfu first, see if they can help us find someone, and if we find it, we can send it back to the capital directly, and we can't ignore him." ”

Xiang Lian'er nodded, and the two of them walked out of the inn with Yi Xiaodao, heading straight towards the Nanhuai Palace.

……

In the palace of the king of Nanhuai, the old king of Nanhuai was happy and angry, and he was restless.

I am happy that his youngest son Li Dingxing is silent and deep in his mind on weekdays, he is really afraid that his youngest son will not be able to think about it one day, and he will go with his hard-working wife. was carried back last night, drunk, and the old Nanhuai King knew that the knot in his youngest son's heart had been untied for most of the time, and he was very happy.

Angry is early in the morning, there are people to their palace said to send the second son a ride, soon, the whole palace was blocked, said that the people just don't believe it, dead or alive to enter the house, said to the second son of condolences, which makes the old Nanhuai Wang angry. But seeing the drunken appearance of the youngest son, it was useless to say anything, so he had to let his subordinates carry him to the room to rest and deal with this mess by himself.

"Dad, Yi Xiaodao is here..."Li Yaoyang came to the old Nanhuai King to report.

"Huh? What did he come to do? Haven't all the tributes already been given away? If you propose... Xing'er doesn't agree either... I'll go and see..."King Nanhuai said that he was about to go out to greet him, and he turned back after walking halfway: "Yang'er, it's better for you to go, no matter what, don't rush to agree, so that I can have room to talk to him." ”

Li Yaoyang nodded, and went back to the house to look for Yi Xiaodao.

As soon as Yi Xiaodao saw Li Yaoyang come out, he hurriedly saluted: "Eldest son, it's polite." May I ask where is the prince? ”

Li Yaoyang coughed lightly: "My father... Occasionally, if you feel the wind and cold, if you have something to do, you can talk to me below. ”

Yi Xiaodao took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, that's the case." There was also a brother who came with me yesterday, that is, the thin boy, who disappeared last night, did not return all night, and was not familiar with the place in Nanhuai, and wanted to ask the king of Nanhuai to help find someone. ”

Li Yaoyang said: "It's a shame, this is easy to do, as long as you are in Suzhou City, you will definitely be able to find it!" ”

Yi Xiaodao was a little embarrassed: "Yes... Be... Shame on you... Then please leave it to the eldest prince. Now it's time to say goodbye. ”

"Where is Master Yi?" Li Yaoyang asked out loud.

Yi Xiaodao arched his hand and said: "The emperor's order is urgent, and I intend to go to Yicheng and his party, which is the reason... The eldest prince also knows. ”

Li Yaoyang heard that Yi Xiaodao was going to Yicheng, and he was happy, which means that the court of Yicheng is willing to take over the mess, but he is a little worried, what the king of Nanhuai can't do, can Yi Xiaodao be sure...

"Master Yi, the matter of Yicheng is quite complicated... This trip may not be too smooth. Li Yaoyang had a good impression of Yi Xiaodao and reminded him.

Yi Xiaodao said: "Thank you for the reminder, do your best." My little brother's business... His name is Fang Long, and he hopes that the eldest prince can help. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Li Yaoyang nodded hurriedly.

Yi Xiaodao said goodbye to Li Yaoyang, left the Nanhuai Mansion with Xiang Lian'er, and was about to prepare to leave the city with his horse.

Xiang Lian'er couldn't help but say, "Knife, let's just throw the dragon like this... Isn't that good? ”

Yi Xiaodao sighed: "This is also a matter of no choice, the two of us want to find someone in Suzhou City is like looking for a needle in a haystack, since the Nanhuai Royal Mansion agrees to help with this, it will definitely be much faster than us to find it." Let's go to Yicheng first, maybe we'll come back, Fang Long's business... I'll leave it to them first. ”

Xiang Lian'er also understood that Yi Xiaodao's words were reasonable, and it was indeed wise to go to Yicheng at this time.

"One day... I—" Xiang Lian'er said half of her words.

Yi Xiaodao understood what she was thinking, looked ahead, and said calmly: "You are my sister, I won't let it appear that day." ”

Xiang Lian'er secretly glanced at Yi Xiaodao, this time, unprecedented, Xiang Lian'er did not refuse and be rude, and was slightly happy in her heart: "It's actually good to be this guy's sister." ”

……

"What did Yi Xiaodao say?" When the old Nanhuai King saw his eldest son coming back, he knew that he had already talked to Yi Xiaodao, so he hurriedly asked.

Li Yaoyang said: "It's not a big deal, he asked him to help find someone, the thin boy yesterday is gone, let us help find it." ”

"Oh... It's not difficult," King Nanhuai stroked his gray beard, and then asked, "Is there anything else?" Didn't say anything else? ”

"Yes, they also said that they were going to Yicheng to inquire about the matter." Li Yaoyang replied truthfully.

King Nanhuai laughed: "Hehehe, after all, it's a young man, it's a good thing to be ambitious, but... That's the thing, he's afraid he can't do it. ”

Li Yaoyang replied unprecedentedly: "He only came yesterday, and today my father is ready to send out the New Year's tribute... The child thinks... If you don't define the city, he can too. ”

King Nanhuai was slightly stunned by his eldest son's army, and then laughed and said: "Hahahaha, yes, my father is confused, this country belongs to you young people after all... That's it, what about Lord Huang? Are you up? ”

While the father and son were talking, the butler happened to lead Huang Bai to the hall.

"The prince is gracious, the prince is gracious! Xiaguan... Hehe, the prince smiled. When Huang Bai saw King Nanhuai, he was a little embarrassed and apologized.

"It's okay, it's okay, that's the real pride." King Nanhuai said with a smile.

Huang Bai was at a loss for a while, and he didn't know what to say, but the king of Nanhuai took the lead in breaking the siege: "Ah, the family of Nanhuai refuses to come out of the matter of the annual tribute." Helpless, this king is out, the full amount is eight million taels! ”

Huang Bai heard that the Sui tribute was sent out, or the full amount of eight million taels, his heart was ecstatic, although he tried his best to hide it, he still couldn't help it, and said with a smile: "The prince is loyal to the court, and the lower officials must play Your Majesty!" ”

"Ah, Lord Huang has a heart. Come, have a few drinks, rest assured, just drink, please. Early in the morning, the old Nanhuai King couldn't help but pull Huang Bai to the banquet hall and entertained him.

Yi Xiaodao and Xiang Lian'er came out of the south gate and headed for Yicheng.

At the same time, on the side of Xicheng, a team of more than 500 people also left the city, which was the team escorting Sui Gong.

"General Xu, what an errand!" A general in armor on the city wall greeted General Xu, who was escorting the tribute under the city.

"Sui Gong, you can't move, let's go, come back and invite you to drink." General Xu also knew that this trip was indeed a good errand, and Suzhou City was close to the capital, so it would only take a few days if it was fast. When it is done, whether it is the court or the prince's side, rewards are indispensable.

The Suigong team escorted by General Xu had just walked away, and the two beggars by the city wall whispered, "Do you hear clearly?" ”

"I heard clearly, it's Sui Gong!"

"Let's go, report to Elder Tang."

The two of them followed the city wall, and after turning a corner, no one knew where they went, and the soldiers guarding the city didn't care when they saw it.

……

After listening to the two beggars' reports, Elder Tang couldn't help but sneer: "Hmph, I still want to tie up with the imperial court, let's dream!" Elder Sun, Elder Wang, Elder Zhu, you lead all the disciples to rob the New Year! Dogs and cats, you have sharp legs and feet, and you have some ability, send this kid back to the gang and let him be used by me! As he spoke, he threw Fang Long, who was half dead on the ground, to the two beggars.

Elder Sun stepped forward and asked, "Elder Tang, what about you..."

Elder Tang turned his head to look at Su Cheng: "Good people do it to the end, send Buddha... Sent to the West..."

Elder Sun guessed Elder Tang's intentions, but he didn't dare to say it explicitly, after all, they were just ordinary elders, and Elder Tang was the Dharma Protector Elder in the gang.

"After you rob the New Year's tribute, just go and wait for me near Licheng." Elder Tang commanded.

Everyone didn't dare to disobey, and according to Elder Tang's orders, they took their own actions.

Soon, in a mountain col south of Sioux City, a "demon" team of more than 100 people appeared, getting out of the way, taking the path, and following Sui Gong from a distance...

On a high tower in Sioux City, a beggar in ragged clothes also appeared standing on the top spire, like a goshawk, staring coldly at the Nanhuai Palace.