Taiyuan City is three miles away.

Wen Feng did not have the slightest joy on his face to get out of the predicament, but said angrily: "Son, how dare you ruin the official's plan?"

Plans?

Is it your plan to hide from the world, use a fake son to disrupt your vision, and secretly escort the real son back to Chang'an?

Or is it bad that you deliberately attracted some rebellious ministers and thieves who disrespected the Great Xia court to chase and kill, so that the imperial court would have an excuse to clean up the Northwest Dao's plan?

Fortunately, Pei Zheng had long expected that Wen Feng might be annoyed and angry, so he pretended to be indignant and said to Lin Xing on the side: "General Lin commented on the reason, the change of course was agreed by you and Lord Wen, and the purpose was to escort the prince of the grassland to Chang'an safely. ”

"Although the route has changed a bit big, isn't it safe now?

"If it weren't for the fact that Lord Wen had a deep friendship with his own general and was ordered to serve as the guide of the mission, he would not have had to be involved in this errand. ”

"Along the way, making suggestions, being born and dying, and worrying about it, how can it not only be fruitless, but have passed?"

Lin Xing, as a military general, is not as good as a civil official, and he is still hot-blooded, seeing that Pei Zheng is being treated unfairly, he immediately said righteously: "Is there any misunderstanding in this? Brother Pei didn't do anything beyond the norm, how did he ruin Lord Wen's plan?"

Wen Feng said senran: "Didn't you do anything beyond the rules? This official asked him to take you and me through the Northwest Road into Northern Xia Prefecture, where do you see where he took this official?"

"Taiyuan City, this is Taiyuan City, the lair of the Li family in Longyou, hasn't General Lin heard the rumors of the Three Tigers in the Northwest and the Li family?"

"In the past 100 years, the Li family has sent caravans to trade with the Hu people many times in the name of probing the enemy's situation, and has made a lot of money.

Lin Xing frowned slightly and said: "The Li family is a well-known top family in Great Xia, and the head of the family, Li Ai, is even more of a second-rank member of the court, how can he openly kill the prince of the imperial court and rebel because of the loss of some interests?"

"My lord is a little worried, but I think what Pei Zheng said makes sense, in order to clear up the relationship, the Li family will only send you and me to Chang'an safely, instead of killing the killer. ”

Wen Feng said coldly: "There are many ways to kill, and the Li family may not choose the most primitive sword soldiers with blood splashed three feet, and some chronic poisons can make people die silently." ”

"Once you and I fall into the Li family's lair, I'm afraid that General Lin is willing to endure the slightest feeling of being involuntary and controlling the hands of others in life and death?"

Pei Zheng only felt that Wen Feng's strong words were a bit funny, the blood splashed three feet Li family couldn't get out of it, could he put aside the relationship if he was poisoned and died?

"The Li family has a big business, and trading with the Hu people is certainly important to the Li family, but it is not a bone break. ”

"What's more, when the border city opens, the Li family can completely turn from dark to light, and justifiably send a caravan, relying on the close relationship with the Hu nobles in the past, they can also occupy the lion's share, why take risks and gamble the lives of the whole clan?"

Pei Zheng looked sincere and expressed his opinion, and he even felt that the interception and killing of the mission might not have much to do with the Li family.

On the contrary, it is very likely that those forces that depend on the Li family to survive will do it.

For the Li family, the loss is bearable, but for the small family and small business group, it may be a catastrophe.

Wen Feng listened to Pei Zheng's persuasion, and said indifferently: "Needless to say, this official has his own decision." In his capacity as the chief envoy of the mission, this official orders you not to enter the city, and continue to lead the way around Taiyuan City and through Jinju into Northern Xiazhou, without mistake. ”

Pei Zheng lazily replied: "There is no objection to the lord's order, but now the war horse is tired, and the wind and snow are extremely horsepower-consuming, and the war horse ridden by the lord will die of exhaustion in less than three days, and it will take at least ten days to go to Beixia Prefecture here." ”

"Dare to ask your lordship, do you plan to walk into Northern Haju, or are you going to swagger through the city in Jinju and buy horses to move forward?"

Pei Zheng has served as a scout for five years, riding a war horse in the field all the year round, and knows a lot about the bearing capacity of war horses, mountain paths, and a foot of snow are the key factors for the early retirement of war horses.

Long before deciding to come to Taiyuan City, Pei Zheng had carefully estimated that one person with three horses would basically be close to the limit of arriving in Taiyuan City.

The so-called less than three days, it is just a false word that Pei Zheng deliberately said to cover up the traces of his calculations, in fact, one more day, there will be a war horse tired to death.

In other words, Wen Feng had no choice but to enter Taiyuan City and ask the Li family for help.

The treacherous and cunning Wen Feng was keenly aware of the abnormality, and said with a gloomy face: "You calculate the official?"

Pei Zheng shook his head and categorically vetoed: "Don't dare to be humble." ”

Hearing this, Lin Xing stretched out his hand and touched the horse he was riding, and said with a stern expression: "Brother Pei is right, the horse is indeed reaching the limit, Lord Wen, now is not the time to be rash, no matter how much you look down on Brother Pei, you should also put the safety of the prince of the grassland first." ”

"Let's go into town. ”

Pei Zheng decisively untied the child behind him and handed it to Lin Xingdao: "General Lin, go and explore the way for the two of you, and the prince will be handed over to you." ”

Lin Xing took the child, and when he saw that Wen Feng still wanted to speak, he immediately rode his horse to block between him and Pei Zheng, and shook his head.

Wen Feng's face was gloomy, and he didn't say anything in the end.

Pei Zheng turned around quietly and rode his horse to the west gate of Taiyuan City.

The soldiers in charge of guarding the city wall saw someone galloping on horseback, and immediately shouted, "Who is coming?"

Pei Zheng took a breath and shouted with all his strength: "Under the orders of His Majesty, His Majesty sent the envoy of the grassland and the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Wen Feng, to bring the son of the newly attached grassland king into Chang'an as a hostage under His Majesty's order. ”

"The mission encountered robbers on the road, the guards suffered heavy losses, my family had no choice but to order me to come to ask for help, the mission has arrived outside the city of Taiyuan, please go to the Jinzhou Assassin History and the Li family as soon as possible, and send someone to pick up my family and the son of the king of the grassland into the city. ”

Pei Zheng's voice was very loud, and more than a hundred soldiers guarding the city wall, as well as the people who lined up to enter and leave the city, heard it clearly, everyone knew a strange thing, the emperor sent an envoy to the grassland to Taiyuan City.

The news spread out, completely cutting off the possibility of the Li family killing people.

is still the same sentence, everyone knows that the mission has arrived in Taiyuan City, the base camp of the Li family, if the mission disappears or dies for no reason, does it matter if the Li family escapes?

The battalion general in charge of the guard, although he didn't know the reason, heard Pei Zheng mention the Jinzhou Assassin and the Li family, and vaguely guessed that it was not a trivial matter, and hurriedly replied: "This lord waits, the last general will report immediately." ”

A quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen horsemen rushed out of Taiyuan, and under the guidance of Pei Zheng, they brought Wen Feng Lin Xing and the five-year-old child into the city.

Pei Zheng breathed a heavy sigh of relief, from this moment on, he was truly safe.