The road is long, and there will be an end to it.

After arriving in Guangling, Wang Jun and the Wang family escort escorted Wang Chulong to the west, crossing the Wangmei Ancient Road to Xunyang.

Wang Chulong will live in the Wang family for a while, and if the situation does not change much, she will marry Lu Shen as Wang Shao's daughter.

The Xunyang Wang family was only a partial house of the Wang family in the north, and they parted ways with the Wang family more than ten years ago, and lived in the small city of Xunyang, which has never been concerned by others.

As early as when Wang An decided to marry the Lu family, Wang Shao had already received his secret letter and began to prepare for Wang Chulong's identity. Although it is not seamless now, unless someone can bypass the layers of Lu Shen and the Warp Weaving Division, and dig up the Xunyang Wang family to the bottom to know the secret.

Along the way, the two often chatted, or talked about the wind and clouds in the north, or the spring in the south of the Yangtze River, both family and country affairs, as well as leisure and fun.

Wang Chulong has miscellaneous studies, and there is no pedantic atmosphere of literati, although Lu Shen is quite lacking in knowledge, the chat between the two has never been cold.

I only sigh that time is in a hurry, and we will be separated in a blink of an eye.

Lu Shen bid farewell to Wang Chulong, and then continued south, all the way to Linyuandu, the southernmost part of Guangling Mansion and on the bank of the Hengjiang River.

The vast Hengjiang River has become extremely warm and gentle here, and there are boats floating on the river from time to time, and the flag of the Beijing army on the south bank can be faintly seen standing on the north bank.

Hundreds of carts and 2,000 cavalry began to cross the river, and even though Zhan Hui, the prefect of Guangling, had been informed early in the morning to arrange boats and pontoons, the crossing was still very slow, and it was not completed until early in the afternoon.

Lu Shen said goodbye to Lu Tong, Pei Di, Zhan Hui and others one after another, and then boarded the last big ship with his own soldiers.

Lu Tong stood on the shore and watched the big ship sail to the south shore, and suddenly sighed softly.

In the carriage back to the city, Lu Tong leaned against the wall of the carriage and said slowly: "Shen'er is going here, I feel uneasy." ”

There was also a man in his thirties in the carriage, this person's name was Nan Yi, who was the most powerful henchman by Lu Tong's side, he frowned slightly and said: "Master, although the young master's trip is not peaceful, as long as the border army is still there, the threat of the Jing Dynasty still exists, and the center will not dare to treat the young master too badly." ”

Lu Tong shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about his safety, this kid is even above me in terms of agility, I'm just worried about the north." ”

"Northside?"

"To be exact, it is Li Jingda, the governor of Dingzhou."

Nan Yi thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but say: "This person is ambitious and talented, and it is indeed a hidden danger." But please rest assured, the young master will definitely not ignore this person's problem, presumably before he went south, he had discussed it with Governor Xiao Dadu. ”

"You don't understand."

Lu Tong's eyes drooped slightly, and he said slowly: "The plan has not changed quickly, if he is trapped in the capital, he will naturally be beyond the reach of the frontier military." Qing Yugong didn't exert his strength before, which doesn't mean that his knife has been blunted. In short, I hope Li Jingda can be smarter and don't make irreparable mistakes. ”

Nan Yi nodded and said in a low voice, "Do you want to inform Governor Xiao?" ”

"Well, you can go for yourself."

Lu Tong felt helpless in his heart, in fact, he had already said these words to Xiao Wangzhi before, but the imperial court has its own rules and regulations, and Xiao Wangzhi could not always rely on Dingzhou to interfere with Li Jingda's decision, so sooner or later he would be targeted by the imperial history.

In the end, it is up to Li Jingda to grasp the overall situation.

Obviously, Lu Shen returned to Beijing this time just to dispel the doubts in the heart of the Son of Heaven, which didn't seem to be a difficult thing, but the old man always had a looming worry in his heart.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally made a decision.

……

To the west of Yongjia City, there is an official road that traverses the territory of the Qi Dynasty, passing through the land of Gyeonggi, the junction of Xinzhou and Jiangzhou, Hezhou, Huzhou and Luzhou, and directly reaching Chengzhou on the western border.

A section of the official road more than 60 miles away from Yongjia City has a nickname, and the locals call it Luling Road.

This place belongs to the westernmost part of the Gyeonggi region, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the terrain is relatively dangerous, and a relatively smooth road was opened up hundreds of years ago, which is the ancient Luling Road.

After the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, Taizu Li Zhongjing aimed to build an official road in the east-west direction in the south of the Yangtze River, and one of the roads was expanded on the basis of Luling Road, but the locals still habitually called it Luling Road.

Luling Road is more than 30 miles long, and there is a post house in the middle section, called Luling Station.

At dusk, a team of more than 30 people arrived at the post house, and the post man read the other party's official note and immediately invited them in respectfully.

The owner of this team is Hou Nan'an, the former governor of Chengzhou, Hou Yu.

When he set out from Qingjiang City in Chengzhou, he was accompanied by a personal guard battalion of 1,000 people, and when he left the border of Chengzhou and entered Luzhou, he sent 500 of them back.

Before entering the land of Gyeonggi, he let the remaining 500 people return the same way, and only 30 or so pro-soldiers will continue to move forward.

This time entering Beijing to take charge of the Nanya is a rare opportunity for him in this life, and he naturally refuses to make a wrong step, if this kind of thing of bringing troops into Beijing is known by the imperial history, he will definitely have to roll back to Chengzhou in disgrace.

As for leading troops across the states before, Hou Yu was not for show.

He served as the governor of Chengdu for many years, and he has been killing the seven departments of Shazhou very fiercely, and no less than 100 local soldiers died in his own hands. Now that he has left the barracks and lost the protection of the army, who knows if those murderous barbarians will sneak up on the road, he must be careful enough.

Hou Yu didn't take care of the post man's whiskers and horses, and went straight to the best upper room, with several masters with bright eyes following him, and other pro-soldiers and generals were on guard inside and outside the post house.

After about a stick of incense, Yi Cheng cautiously knocked on the door, and then came in with two handymen carrying food boxes, and said with a smile: "The villain let the kitchen get a few specialty dishes according to Hou Ye's instructions, and I hope that Hou Ye will not dislike the mountains and fields." ”

The two soldiers took the food box and took out a plate of dishes from it and put it on the table.

Hou Yu looked at the dishes on the table, turned his eyes to the handyman behind Yi Cheng, and said indifferently: "You, come here, eat two more bites of each dish." ”

Yi Cheng was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but slander this person's shelf in his heart, so he naturally didn't dare to refute it on his face, and hurriedly said to the miscellaneous servant: "Don't thank you for the reward?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Hou!"

The handyman kowtowed nervously, then got up and walked to the table, took the chopsticks handed by the eyeing soldier, and picked up the food with a slight trembling.

There was an eerie silence in the room.

Hou Yu didn't speak, and the post servants and miscellaneous servants naturally didn't dare to move.

Time passed little by little, and Yi Cheng only felt that his days were like years, and just when he couldn't help but want to please him, the handyman suddenly moved.

I saw that this person's arms were suddenly straightened, and the next moment his body was facing upward, and then he fell straight on his back.

Yi Cheng and another miscellaneous servant were shocked, and looked at it with a panicked face, only to see that the miscellaneous servant had bled from seven orifices and was dead.

"This ...... This ......"

Yi Cheng was so frightened that his face trembled like dirt and sifted chaff, and he knelt on his knees with a "plop" and said with a crying voice: "Master Hou, the villain really doesn't know what is going on, Master Hou spares his life!" ”

Hou Yu ignored him, just handed an inquiring glance to the pro-soldier next to him, and the pro-soldier walked to the side of the miscellaneous servant who had died violently, observed carefully for a moment, got up and said: "Hou Ye, it should be a short-inch poison, and the Huang tribe people in the seven tribes of Shazhou are good at making this kind of poison that attacks extremely quickly and is extremely poisonous. ”

Hou Yu bowed slightly, then looked at Yi Cheng, who was already frightened and speechless, and said, "Don't be afraid, Ben Hou will not be angry with you." After a while, you will tell Ben Hou's personal soldiers who have come to the post house today, and who has come into contact with the ingredients in the kitchen. ”

"Yes, yes, the villain must report it truthfully."

Yi Cheng swallowed his saliva in response.

The soldiers took out the corpses on the ground and the two who were alive.

Half an hour later, several of the soldiers returned to the house, and one of them said respectfully: "Back to the Hou Ye, it has been ascertained that only one of the people who have stayed in the post house today has entered the kitchen. He was about thirty years old, slightly over six feet tall, with thick eyebrows, wide ears, a collapsed nose, thick lips, and a strong figure. The identity he used was the captain of the Yuanzhou Xiang Military Academy, named Su Qicai, and his subordinates deduced that this name and identity were all forged information. ”

Hou Yu picked up the water bladder he carried with him and took a sip, sneering: "How many times has this been?" ”

The soldier replied: "From leaving the border of Chengzhou to tonight, it is the fifth time. ”

Hou Yu was silent for a moment, his eyebrows raised slightly: "These barbarians will definitely not give up." After entering Beijing, you go to the Warp Weaver to raise Qin Zheng and inform them of the information we have about these Assassins, and ask them to keep an eye on them in Beijing. It's best to send some good hands who are good at tracking traces to follow me, and if you find any suspicious characters, you can catch them all. ”

"Attribute obedience!"

The pro-soldier bowed down.

Hou Yu got up and walked to the window, opened the window through a gap, and looked coldly at the night outside the window.

Late night crept in.

In the barren mountains and mountains about five or six miles away from Lulingyi, a figure walked quickly in the night, and after a while, it came to the vicinity of a gentle slope on the leeward side.

There were more than a dozen people waiting, led by a woman in red.

The person who came was about thirty years old and strong, and he was the poisoner who entered Lulingyi under the guise of Su Qicai today.

He came to the woman in red, lowered his head and said, "Young master, the post house is very calm, I don't dare to get too close, but I can be sure that the poisoning was not successful." ”

The woman in red said calmly: "Hou Yu, this beast is very afraid of death, plus we have poisoned us several times before, but the first time it was not successful, it will be difficult to have an effect in the future. You have already revealed your appearance, you can't go to the capital of Qi with us, go back first. I met my Abba and told him that everything was okay here and that I would be home soon. ”

"Yes!"

Without hesitation, the visitor raised his left hand and pressed it on his right chest to salute, then turned around and disappeared into the night.

At this time, the middle-aged man standing next to the woman in red asked puzzledly: "Young master, I don't quite understand why you keep poisoning, you said that Hou Yu is extremely cunning, since he has a defense, it is useless for us to continue poisoning." In the words of the Qi people, this seems to be called scaring the grass and scaring the snake. ”

The woman in red looked around at everyone and saw that they all had the same doubts, so she explained softly: "Hou Yu is both cunning and arrogant, and he looks down on our people in his heart. I asked them to repeat the poisoning in order to make Hou Yu firmly believe that we are very stupid, not only stupid, but also have the courage to ambush him head-on. Only by constantly paralyzing him can we make him let his guard down, and then we will find an opportunity to kill him again. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and the middle-aged man nodded and said, "So that's the case, I understand, the young master is really smart." ”

The woman in red smiled indifferently, and then said undoubtedly: "Uncle Twelve, you and your brothers should rest first, and I will keep vigil tonight." ”

She turned to look in the direction of Lulingyi, her eyes cold and resolute.

(End of chapter)