Chapter 40 Leaving the village and setting off
The two sides agreed on three days later in the morning. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Liu Yunfeng's residence. The crowd gathered again.
After two days of rest and recuperation, Tie Zhu and Zhang Ming no longer looked unusual. Liu Yunfeng's face looked more and more pale, mixed with a sickly red.
After everyone was seated, Zhu Jian asked, "Brother Liu, Second Brother Tie, Fourth Brother Zhang, how are you recovering from your injuries? After a while, it is estimated that the people over there will come to urge us to go on the road." ”
Tiezhu replied first: "I have to be healed by my predecessors, and I have thick skin and thick meat, so I'm fine." ”
Zhang Ming also said: "Third Brother Zhu, my predecessor's medical skills are unparalleled, and the poisonous wounds on my body have been gone. There were only small wounds on the legs. Now, it's completely fine. Arrow wounds are out of the way. ”
After Tie Zhu and Zhang Ming finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Liu Yunfeng, and the expressions on their faces were quite worried. After all, Liu Yunfeng's face now looked worse than the day before yesterday when everyone discussed countermeasures together.
Liu Yunfeng saw everyone's faces, his eyes swept in the direction of the outside of the courtyard, smiled, and said, "The poison that leads the machine is still in the body. I can't do it anymore. However, the action should be fine. ”
The crowd was silent. In Sun Dinghong's eyes, there was a faint smile.
In the past two days, after Sun Dinghong and Sun Si applied medicine to Liu Yunfeng several times, Liu Yunfeng's injuries were actually far less serious than they seemed.
In fact, in the past two days, Liu Yunfeng's speed of refining and refining the poison of the machine has far exceeded Sun Dinghong's expectations. Now, Liu Yunfeng's sickly face is not a manifestation of the aggravation of the injury, but the result of some of the poison that has been refined.
It's just that, according to the strategy agreed upon by Sun Dinghong and Sun Si with Liu Yunfeng, Tie Zhu and Dugu Han after detoxifying Liu Yunfeng for the first time, this matter is only known to these five people. The rest of the people were kept in the dark.
Although the main purpose of this strategy is to confuse the opponent, the best way for a real lie to work is to make your own people believe the lie.
In the past two days, Liu Yunfeng's progress in refining the poison of the machine has not even been clear to Tie Zhu and Dugu Han, to what extent it has progressed.
Therefore, after hearing Zhu Jian's question, Liu Yunfeng deliberately replied like this, temporarily hiding everyone. However, Liu Yunfeng's words are also true.
At the same time, before Liu Yunfeng's glimpse, Sun Dinghong had already sensed that there was a master outside the courtyard quietly approaching. Liu Yunfeng's answer was half for his own people. There is also more than half of it, but it is said to the masters outside the courtyard.
Sure enough, before Liu Yunfeng's words fell, Li Yan's voice sounded outside the courtyard: "Two princes, can you come out to see you?"
Zhu Jian glanced at Liu Yunfeng, and when he saw Liu Yunfeng nodded, he stood up and walked to the courtyard.
Zhu Jian opened the courtyard gate, only to see that Li Yan had changed into an official uniform, with his hands behind his back, standing outside the courtyard gate.
Seeing Zhu Jian come out, Li Yan arched his hand and beckoned, "Da Shizi." ”
Zhu Jian replied with a smile: "Deputy Envoy Li is very well-informed. Early in the morning, I knew that I had come here to look for my two brothers. ”
Li Yan didn't answer this conversation, but said with a straight face: "Great prince, I am waiting for the emperor's life." Today has come to the appointed day of departure. Shouldn't we be on our way?"
Zhu Jian nodded and said, "Not bad." Please ask Deputy Envoy Li to go back and make preparations. Half an hour later, we met outside the Hall of Justice and set off together. ”
Seeing that Zhu Jian readily agreed, Li Yan didn't say anything more, gave Zhu Jian a fist salute, and turned around to make arrangements.
Zhu Jian turned around and returned to the house, and after answering Li Yan and saying a few words to everyone, Sun Dinghong said: "In this case, Yunfeng, everyone, I will prepare and set off in half an hour." What should be faced is what must be faced after all. ”
On the other side, as soon as Li Yan returned to his residence, Cai Zhuo, Wu Jidong and others, who were already waiting in the house, hurriedly asked, "Big brother, how is it?"
Li Yan nodded and said, "The eldest prince of the Zhu family has agreed, and after half an hour, he will meet us outside the Juyi Hall." After the rendezvous, we set off for the capital. ”
Wu Jidong asked nervously, "Big brother, have you ever seen Liu Yunfeng?"
Li Yan shook his head and said, "Brother Wei just had a brief conversation with the eldest son of the Zhu family outside the courtyard, and he never entered the house. I have never seen Liu Yunfeng either. ”
Seeing the disappointed look on Wu Jidong's face, Li Yan continued: "However, when I went to ask for my brother, I deliberately slowed down. When he was outside the hospital, he vaguely heard that Liu Yunfeng said to himself that the poison of the opportunity was still in his body. This is Liu Yunfeng's answer to his own people, and it is true. ”
Wu Jidong, Cai Zhuo and the others heard this, and the expressions on their faces immediately relaxed.
Li Yan smiled and said, "In half an hour, we will see Liu Yunfeng and the others." When the time comes, you will know at first sight. ”
After saying that, as if he remembered something, Li Yan said again: "Brothers, when we meet later, if the other party makes a provocative statement, I hope you brothers will be patient." Especially the thirteenth brother, you must remember that if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. ”
Wu Jidong's face instantly became gloomy, but he also understood that it was powerful, gritted his teeth, and nodded.
Half an hour later, outside the Hall of Justice.
The two brothers Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan were in front, Liu Yunfeng, Tie Zhu, Dugu Han and Zhang Ming were in the center, and then Sun Dinghong and Dugu Haoran came to the outside of the Juyi Hall together.
When everyone came to the outside of the Juyi Hall, Li Yan, Cai Zhuo, Wu Taibao, Wei Taibao and Wu Jidong were already waiting here.
Li Yan, Cai Zhuo, Wu Taibao and Wei Taibao have all changed into the official uniforms of the White Tiger Festival Hall. Even Wu Jidong also changed into a set of official clothes brought by the Zhongguan when he passed the decree a few days ago.
Seeing the arrival of Zhu Jian and others, Li Yan first arched his hand to the two brothers Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan, and said, "Two sons. ”
Zhu Jian returned the salute, but Zhu Yan snorted and ignored it.
Li Yan's face did not change, and he said to Sun Dinghong: "Senior Sun, juniors and others, I didn't know the identity of my predecessors the day before yesterday. If you are rude, I hope that your predecessors will forgive me. Sun Dinghong snorted and didn't speak.
Li Yan said to Dugu Haoran and Dugu Feng again: "The day before yesterday, the juniors didn't know that the seniors and others were the masters of the Dugu family, so I made a rash move, and I also ask the seniors and others to forgive me." ”
Dugu Haoran and Dugu Feng all thought that Li Yan was air, and they didn't bother to go.
Cai Zhuo, who was on the side, saw it, and was not angry, and said to Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan: "Two princes, I will leave for Beijing today, and I have nothing to do with anyone, should I avoid this?"
Li Yan and others already knew that Sun Dinghong, Dugu Haoran and others would definitely move forward together.
Among the latest Qin Mu instructions received by several people, it was also clearly stated that if Li Yan and the others wanted to ignore Sun Dinghong and Dugu Haoran and their party, let alone provoke them.
Cai Zhuo said this, but when he saw Li Yan eating deflated continuously, he was angry in his heart, and he deliberately said it, disgusting and disgusting everyone.
Before Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan could answer, Dugu Feng scolded: "You thief bird, Lao Tzu wants to go with you, what are you going to do?"
Dugu Che also said coldly: "This time, my seventh brother will go to Jingshi, and I will definitely escort him, so as not to be taken advantage of by traitors again." ”
When talking about the traitor, Dugu Che accentuated his tone, and his eyes looked at Wu Jidong again.
Cai Zhuo was angry and was about to speak, when the Taibao and the Wei Taibao shouted in unison: "Who are you scolding?"
The iron pillar here couldn't hold it for a long time, his eyes stared at Wu Jidong, and he scolded loudly: "Dog thief!"
Wu Jidong's forehead jumped, and he was about to sneer at each other, remembering Li Yan's advice, he held his breath back.
Li Yan waved his hand, stopped Cai Zhuo and the others, and said to Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan: "The two princes, we are all on errands under the orders of the emperor, and we both have official positions. If you are allowed to insult like this, I am afraid it is not in accordance with the law. ”
Before Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan could answer, Liu Yunfeng said in a deep voice: "Third brother!"
When Tie Zhu heard Liu Yunfeng speak, he didn't speak anymore, but he snorted at Wu Jidong fiercely.
Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Li Yan said: "Two princes, since everyone has arrived, let's go." ”
Waiting for Zhu Jian to answer "Okay", Li Yan asked again: "Two princes, where are we going next?"
Zhu Yan replied: "Qingzhou." ”
Li Yan's heart jumped, and before he could speak, Cai Zhuo hurriedly asked: "The division should go south when returning to Beijing, why do we have to go north instead?"
Zhu Yan was about to speak again, Li Yan said: "Two princes, no matter what the reason is, it is better for us to rush back to Beijing as soon as possible, so as not to miss the major events of the imperial court, and we can't afford to be guilty." ”
Qingzhou's statement is not that Zhu Yan deliberately made trouble on a whim.
In the past, when everyone discussed, although it was agreed to set up a suspicious formation, they did not start from the first place after the departure. The reason why Zhu Yan said this was to give the other party a feeling that Zhu Yan was deliberately stirring up the situation.
In this way, when Zhu Jian and Zhu Yan brothers again said places other than the route back to Beijing, they could also reduce the suspicion of Li Yan and others.
Zhu Jianban lowered his face and shouted to Zhu Yan: "Second brother, Hugh is messing around!" Then, he said to Li Yan: "Deputy Envoy Li, don't listen to my second brother's nonsense." In the next place, we will naturally go to Tangzhou. ”
Li Yan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's set off." After that, he saluted Sun Dinghong and Dugu Haoran: "The two seniors, juniors and others, have prepared carriages and horses at the foot of the mountain. If the two seniors want to ride the carriage later, please do not hesitate to ask. After speaking, he looked at Sun Si again and said, "This woman, but she also wants to ride in a carriage?"
Sun Si ignored Li Yan, but looked at Liu Yunfeng and said, "Brother Liu and the others can ride horses." ”
Li Yan didn't say anything more, turned around, and walked down the mountain with Cai Zhuo and the others first.
When Li Yan and the others walked away, Zhu Jian and the others also set off and walked down the mountain. However, at this time, everyone invariably let Liu Yunfeng, Tie Zhu and Dugu Han walk at the front of the team.
A group of people walked along the road, and the guards along the road in the cottage had been significantly reduced.
After a while, everyone came to the first dangerous place outside the village from the Gathering Hall.
This place was originally the last pass of Qingyunzhai's external defense, in addition to the dangerous terrain, horses and chariots are not passable, but also specially built quite perfect fortifications.
When they arrived here, they saw that the fortifications had been demolished, and the most dangerous places had even been widened and paved.
In everyone's hearts, they understood what was going on.
Everyone sighed in their hearts, Qingyunzhai's hundreds of years of foundation, after this change, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover.
When Tie Zhu and Dugu Han saw the situation here, they were both furious. Although Liu Yunfeng's face remained unchanged, his eyes were full of anger and regret.
Everyone walked silently all the way. Along the way, almost all of the original passes have been demolished or destroyed. There are very few guards everywhere.
Occasionally, there were some guards, and when they saw Liu Yunfeng and others coming from a distance, they all avoided from a distance, and they didn't know if it was because of fear or guilt.
After walking out of the last pass at the bottom of the mountain, Liu Yunfeng stopped, turned around, and stood silently in the direction of Qingyun Village. Tie Zhu and Dugu Han also stood beside Liu Yunfeng.
After standing for a moment, Liu Yunfeng, Tie Zhu and Dugu Han looked in the direction of Qingyun Village.
Li Yan and the others were already waiting not far away. Seeing Liu Yunfeng and the others, Wu Jidong's face was slightly gloomy. Cai Zhuo and the others secretly sneered in their hearts.
After a long flick, Liu Yunfeng turned around and said, "Let's go." "Then go to the nearest horse and get on the horse first.
On this horse, Liu Yunfeng shook his body and almost slipped off the horse. When Li Yan and the others saw this, they were secretly happy in their hearts.
The rest of the people also got on their horses.
On Li Yan's side, only Wu Jidong took a carriage.
On Liu Yunfeng's side, except for Sun Dinghong, who took a carriage, the rest of the people all rode horses. Sun Zhongkai and Sun Zhongyu each rode on one horse, guarding both sides of the carriage Sun Dinghong was riding. The young man who was called a dumb by Sun Si followed Sun Si's horse on foot.