A few teams were laughing and joking as they walked towards Brigade Commander Jia's house. These few team leaders were good brothers who had bathed in blood on the battlefield with Jia Xing back then and had a deep friendship with each other. For over ten years, they had been living together day and night, and their relationship had deepened day by day. Now, they were like blood brothers.
They guarded this Yellow Bamboo Ridge and because they didn't have any achievements, their official ranks didn't increase or decrease. Therefore, they didn't get promoted, but every time the Wu Clan sent someone over, they would be rewarded. Right now, the few of them had purchased land and property in Zhuxia County. They were living well and were all content.
These few people originally thought that Jia Xing was already waiting for them at the residence, but when they arrived at Jia Xing's door, they saw Jia Xing sprinting over from the fork road. His large feet were stomping on the ground, and the few of them couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Brigade Commander, are you afraid that we will eat that wild game first?"
"Haha, Old Jia, look at how your butt is on fire. Could it be that there is a beautiful bride waiting for you at home?"
Before the few of them stopped talking, Jia Xing had already rushed in front of them. He couldn't be bothered to talk to these few old brothers and smashed open the door to his house. He rushed in like a mad bull and sprinted all the way, causing the chickens to fly and the dogs to cry out. The few team leaders looked at each other in dismay. When they saw Jia Xing in such a panic, they knew that something must have happened and quickly chased after him.
Jia Xing ran into his house and went around the front building to the rear residence. There was a rather large birdcage hanging under the eaves of the rear residence, and there were a few pigeons inside. Jia Xing ran upstairs and quickly rushed into the room. When the few team leaders caught up to him, he had already rushed out of the room while holding a few bamboo tubes that were the size of a knuckle in his hand.
Jia Xing still didn't pay attention to them. He opened the birdcage and caught the pigeons one by one. He hurriedly tied the bamboo tubes on the pigeons' legs and released them. There were a total of five pigeons in the birdcage, and Jia Xing didn't keep any of them. He caught all five pigeons, tied the bamboo tubes, and released them one by one.
Everyone in the stronghold knew that Brigade Commander Jia liked to rear pigeons, but only these few team leaders knew the true use of the pigeons. In fact, the pigeons that Brigade Commander Jia raised had to be replaced every month. This was to prevent the pigeons from recognizing this place as their home after being raised for a long time.
The pigeons that Jia Xing brought all came from the same place. That place was a relay station that was connected to the capital. Every month, a pigeon would be released from there, regardless of whether there were any accidents. However, it was unprecedented for five pigeons to be released at once.
Seeing this scene, the expressions of the squad leaders changed drastically, and they hurriedly asked, "Brigade Commander, what happened?"
Jia Xing answered with difficulty, "King of Luling has escaped!"
He sent someone to find Li Guo'er, but who knew that his personal guard would return not long after, saying that the Prince of Luling was seriously ill and that Li Guo'er wanted to be filial by his bedside. Jia Xing was very displeased to hear this. It was true that the Prince of Luling was a prince, but he had always been a prisoner in his hands. For more than ten years, when had the Prince of Luling's family ever dared to say half a word of disobedience to him?
The Prince of Luling is sick, and Guo 'er has to be filial by his bedside?
Filial piety my ass!
The Prince of Luling has four sons and seven daughters. Even if he eats, drinks, and defecates all on the bed, does he need so many people to serve him? That little wench has grown bolder, she actually dares to disobey my summons. Isn't it because she thinks that the bead I reward is too small? Bah! So what if I don't reward you? You still have to obediently fawn over me, just like a courtesan raised by me!
Jia Xing angrily rushed to the Prince of Luling's residence, but was repeatedly obstructed by the children of the Lu family. Jia Xing couldn't help but become suspicious. As a result, he led his personal guard and broke into the Prince of Luling's residence. After a thorough search, he immediately felt as if he had been struck by lightning: Li Guo'er had disappeared, and even worse, the Prince of Luling had also disappeared.
At that time, Jia Xing went mad with anxiety. He pulled out his saber and threatened to kill himself, only then did he force out the truth that the Prince of Luling had escaped. Jia Xing was instantly scared out of his wits. He immediately rushed back to his own home and released the carrier pigeons. Looking at the five white pigeons flapping their wings and flying high, Jia Xing knew that he was finished this time.
If he could capture the Prince of Luling, his future would be ruined! If he could not capture the Prince of Luling, even his head would be left behind!
Jia Xing let out a long sigh and fell powerlessly to the ground.
The several squads were looking at each other in shock, their faces as pale as paper.
Captain Xia panicked and went forward to pull Jia Xing up, roaring, "Is this the time to be a damned woman? Chase after him! No matter what, we have to catch up and capture the Prince of Luling! "
… …
The light carriage sped along, leaving a trail of dust in its wake.
From time to time, a pretty face would flash out from within the carriage, curiously sizing up the scenery along the road.
It was too difficult to turn a peerless beauty like Li Guo'er from a young girl into a young man. Gu Zhuting didn't have enough materials in her backpack, nor did she have the time. Suddenly, Gu Zhuting had an idea and simply let her disguise herself as a woman. In any case, the Prince of Luling was disguised as a wealthy gentleman, so it was normal for him to have a maid serving him.
What Gu Zhuting wanted to do was to make Li Guo'er a little uglier so that she wouldn't be stunning at first sight. It wasn't easy to make someone beautiful, but it was very easy to make someone ugly. It was just that being too ugly would also attract attention, and it wouldn't suit the identity of a gentleman's maid. Thus, Gu Zhuting only made Li Guo'er's dazzling appearance a little dimmer.
The carriage was escorted by dozens of steeds in front and behind the carriage. It galloped forward like a gust of wind, leaving the passersby in awe and discussion, wondering who the noble was to have such an extravagance.
Gu Zhuting spurred her horse to ride beside Yang Fan, her gaze lingering on Yang Fan from time to time. Her brows were slightly furrowed, seeming to be preoccupied with something. However, she was dressed as a man at the moment. Because she was spurring on a horse, there was no need to pay attention to her mannerisms and mannerisms. Thus, this slight frown resembled that of a woman, unavoidably causing people's hair to stand on end.
"Ah Lang!"
Seeing that they were about to reach Gu City, Gu Zhuting couldn't help but finally call out to him.
Yang Fan glanced at her with a smile and said, "What's wrong? You looked like you wanted to say something along the way, but then hesitated. What do you want to say? "
Gu Zhuting mustered her courage and said in a serious tone, "Ah Lang, I think … she can't be trusted!"
"Oh," Yang Fan said knowingly, but he still asked, "Who can't be trusted?"
Gu Zhuting glared at him reproachfully and said, "You know very well."
Yang Fan chuckled. He originally wanted to tease her, but he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and corrected himself, "What's the reason?"
Gu Zhuting angrily turned her head away and said, "There's no reason, it's my intuition!"
This action was very feminine, but she was now in a man's appearance. Seeing this, Yang Fan couldn't help but laugh, "Fine! Even if she can't be trusted, but … she is a princess. Very soon, the Prince of Luling will be appointed as the Crown Prince. At that time, she will be a princess. Do you think whether a princess can be trusted or not has anything to do with me? What loss can I suffer? "
"This …"
Gu Zhuting suddenly realized that her worries were completely unreasonable. She was a princess, and an outrageously beautiful one at that. Whether she could be trusted or not, what could she do to Yang Fan?
Gu Zhuting thought for a long time, but she really couldn't think of a reason that should worry Yang Fan. She couldn't help but hatefully say, "How would I know? In any case … I've already warned you. It's up to you whether you want to listen or not!"
Gu Zhuting whipped the horse and charged forward.
Yang Fan didn't expect this Miss Gu to also have a childish side. Her willful look was actually very cute, and he couldn't help but chuckle.
When the carriage arrived at Gu City, the group checked into an inn.
Li Guo 'er found an opportunity to approach Yang Fan and sweetly said, "Benefactor Yang …"
Yang Fan interrupted, "Your Highness, there's no need to keep calling me benefactor all the time."
Li Guo 'er readily said, "Commandant Yang …"
Yang Fan sternly said, "Your Highness, we must be extra careful on this trip. If someone hears you calling me that, it will raise the alarm."
"Brother Yang!"
"…"
"Hehe, now you have nothing to say, right?"
"Your Highness, you …"
"Brother Yang, we must be extra careful on this trip. If someone hears you calling me that, it will raise the alarm."
"Then I …"
"My name is Guo 'er!"
Yang Fan immediately said mockingly, "You're not called Jiu Cai 'er?"
Li Guo 'er raised her eyebrows and smiled. She was in high spirits. An unconcealable charm suddenly swept over her eyebrows. Her deliberately mediocre appearance could not hide this charm at all. She gently said, "If you like, you can call me Jiu Cai 'er. Only you are allowed to call me that, and only you can hear it! Hmm? "
Yang Fan suddenly felt a little overwhelmed. All natural beauties were demons. It was not until today that he finally understood what a real demon was.
Yang Fan shut his mouth and decided to respond with silence.
Li Guo 'er did not care and was still in high spirits, "Brother Yang, what do the cavalry and the internal guards do?"
Yang Fan said in a low voice, "You'd better talk about the topic that can reveal our identity …"
Li Guo 'er said, "This is the horse gallery. There are only you and me. Who can hear it?"
Yang Fan just quarreled with her, only to find that they had led the horses through the side corridor to the horse gallery at the back of the inn.
Yang Fan had no choice but to answer, "The cavalry and the internal guards are both armies. Let's put it this way. Among the armies in the world, the Border Military Army is not as good as the imperial army, because the imperial army is the direct line of the imperial court. Among the imperial army, the South Palace Imperial Army is not as good as the North Palace Imperial Army, because the North Palace Imperial Army is the most direct line of the imperial army. And among the North Palace Imperial Army, the cavalry and the internal guards are the most trusted by the emperor! "
"I see!"
Li Guo 'er's eyes sparkled, "That is to say, the cavalry and the internal guards are the most direct line of the imperial army, right?"
"Yes! You can say that! "
Li Guo 'er asked excitedly, "Grandmother asked you to bring father back, and also asked you to command the cavalry and the palace guards. Then you are the most trusted of the most trusted of my grandmother's most trusted, right?"
Li Guo 'er chattered like a naive girl who was ignorant of the world. Yang Fan took a deep look at her and thought, "Is this girl extroverted and lively or scheming? Is she pure and innocent or as cunning as a fox?"
Li Guo 'er gently lowered her head and said faintly, "Brother Yang, you saved my life and took my father back to the capital. My father is very grateful to you. You and I are … are … "
Her cheeks were slightly red, and she shyly rolled up her belt and said, "So no matter what, our family in Luling regards you as the closest person to us. Grandmother has forgiven my father. When he returns to the capital this time, my father will be appointed as the crown prince, but there are many bad people in the capital who want to harm my father … "
Li Guo 'er slowly raised her head and stared at Yang Fan affectionately, saying, "Brother Yang, you are so capable and so trusted by my grandmother. You must be able to provide a lot of help to my father, right? If my father can successfully ascend the throne, then … Brother Yang will be the great benefactor of my family. Maybe … you can even be the son-in-law … "
Speaking of this, her voice was as thin as a gossamer. Not only did her face turn red, but even her white ears turned red, like a peach blossom that was shyly bowing its head.
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