After staying in Ping City for a day and two nights, everyone prepared to set off the next morning.
Yesterday, he left the solar-powered charger, the remaining three binoculars, and a few walkie-talkies to the Protectorate of the North, as well as a drone.
On the way out of the city, Ren Baqian turned around and waved at a bearded man with a swollen face among the generals who had come out to send them off with a hearty smile on his face.
That bearded man actually wanted to use a beautiful maid to exchange for a drone. He was truly a genius. Furthermore, he even dared to ask Ren Baqian in private. Ren Baqian really admired his audacity.
Yes, not only did the bearded man think about it, he actually said it out loud. It could be seen that he was truly a "sentimental person".
There was a reason why there were so few aboriginals.
The result was predictable. No one knew when the empress had appeared. That big beard was embedded into the wall, and it was impossible to dig it out.
However, everyone's attitude toward Ren Baqian was much warmer last night.
After all, the good stuff that Ren Baqian took out really made them envious.
Once again, the number of winged cavalry warriors in the group had increased to more than 1,300. Among them, one group was intercepted by the Great Xia army, and more than half of them were killed or injured. The other two groups also suffered some casualties.
It was unknown where Hong Wu found a carriage. It wasn't considered luxurious, and it followed behind the empress unhurriedly. At night, the empress could also rest in it.
During the day, the carriage was too bumpy. It was even more uncomfortable than riding on Qishui's back.
For the next few days, they traveled during the day and found a town to rest at night. Everyone was now completely relaxed. Ren Baqian had nothing to do, so he continued to tell the empress about the Investiture of the Gods. After a few days, he finished telling her about the Journey to the West.
When he talked about creating havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the empress looked at him from the corner of her eyes and asked calmly, "Do you want to learn from that monkey?"
"Actually, Horse Protector is a good job. You don't have to work, and you still get a salary. The five insurances and one housing fund are not bad at all. Isn't it a good thing to have time to bask in the sun?" Ren Baqian forcefully ridiculed the monkey and concluded, "Monkeys are wild and hard to tame. I'm different from him. Five social insurance and one housing fund are enough. It would be best if I could just get paid and not work."
"Since you feel that the Horse Protector Wen is good, you will be in charge of Qishui from now on," the empress casually said.
"That's great." Ren Baqian was still very interested in Qi Shui. If he had the opportunity to draw a vial of its blood back to Earth, he wondered what kind of results could be obtained from it.
I wonder if there are dragons in this world.
He didn't know that there was one in the palace of the Great Xia Dynasty.
After half a month, everyone finally saw a black wall appear on the horizon. That was Lan City.
Since three days ago, the mounted scouts in Lan City had been arriving one after another. All the officials in the city had been waiting for the empress to return.
As they walked forward, they saw a large crowd of people standing outside the city gate. Almost everyone in the imperial court, except for those on duty, had come out to welcome them.
Ren Baqian jumped down from Qishui's back and climbed onto another mount.
It would be too ostentatious to ride the same horse as the empress in front of all the court officials and commoners in the city.
This time, the empress didn't stop him.
In the eyes of the empress, Hong Wu was different from the others. She wanted to make her stand clear.
"Your subjects welcome Your Majesty!" At the city gate, two to three hundred people were shouting in unison. Behind them, there were many commoners who were watching the commotion. They wanted to catch a glimpse of the empress, but they were separated by the soldiers.
The empress nodded her head slightly and said faintly, "It has been hard on all of you during my absence. Let's return to the palace. "
The commoners on both sides of the city were standing by the roadside to watch the commotion. When they saw the empress sitting on Qishui's back, they cheered incessantly.
The empress was very popular in Dayao. Furthermore, it had already been more than twenty days since the empress defeated Hua Sanliu and destroyed the Nine Pavilions. News of this had already spread to Lan City and the commoners.
The commoners didn't know the reason why the empress went to the Nine Pavilions, but they cheered for her bravery.
At this moment, the empress was slowly moving forward on Qishui's back. She was welcomed by the cheers of tens of thousands of people, making her look exceptionally dazzling.
Those commoners wanted to see the empress. Some of them even took a look at the radiant Ren Baqian who was following behind.
Everyone returned to the palace. The empress went to the throne room to discuss matters while Ren Baqian went straight back to Pingle Park. This could be considered his home in this world. Other than the beast park, this was the place he had stayed in for the longest time. After returning, he immediately felt relaxed and at ease.
He threw himself onto the bed, rolled around, and immediately fell asleep after a wave of drowsiness.
Meanwhile, in the throne room, everyone started talking about how the empress abandoned the entire imperial court to go to Great Xia. Almost everyone in the imperial court started to make things difficult for her.
The empress's face immediately turned cold, "Are you guys trying to rebel?"
"We don't dare to. It's just that Your Majesty is the ruler of a nation, yet you abandoned millions of people in Dayao and went to such a dangerous place for one person. This behavior is really inappropriate."
"If I can't even protect one person, how can I be an empress?" the empress said coldly.
"But we are really worried about Your Majesty's safety."
"What's there to worry about? Is there anyone who can stop me?" the empress sneered.
"In that case, why did Your Majesty say that if you can't come back, we will find that person and bring him back?" Shi Qing said.
The empress was momentarily speechless. How could she not know the dangers of going to Great Xia? It was only right for her to leave behind such an explanation. However, at this moment, when Shi Qing said it, she immediately lost her composure. She was silent for a while, then flew into a rage out of humiliation. Her entire body erupted with an imposing aura that blotted out the sky and covered the earth. Like a tsunami, it pressed down on everyone, forcing them to take a few steps back.
"Your Majesty!" everyone said in unison.
With a cold face, the empress gradually withdrew her imposing aura. After a moment of deliberation, she opened her mouth and said, "In the future, unless it's necessary, I won't easily put myself in danger."
However, these words were as good as not saying anything. If it was necessary, she would still do what she had to do. In any case, she gave both parties a way out.
In fact, everyone already knew that this would happen. It would be strange if the empress admitted her mistake.
However, what needed to be said still had to be said. At the very least, they had to express their attitude. Otherwise, what would they do if the empress acted more recklessly in the future? This time, everyone was almost anxious to death.
"Where's Tie Yan?" Seeing that everyone had calmed down, the empress immediately shouted for someone to come out.
"I'm here." Immediately, a man who was shorter than the rest but very sturdy stood out.
This was the head of the Public Security Bureau, Tie Yan. Back then, when Ren Baqian was ambushed, he was the one who hurriedly led people to investigate the scene.
"Have you found anything?" the empress asked coldly.
Tie Yan knew what the empress wanted to ask without saying it clearly. He immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the four people that day were kamikaze warriors. I couldn't find many traces of them. The weapons and crossbows they used and the clothes they wore were all produced in the Yun Nation. During this period of time, I didn't dare to relax for even a moment. Finally, I found out that they came from Great Xia to the Yun Nation and then from there to Lan City.
Their lodgings were arranged by a shopkeeper in Lan City from the Yun Nation with the surname Xu. I have already thrown all the members of the Xu family into prison. However, after interrogating them, they almost didn't know anything. It was arranged by the shopkeeper after receiving a sum of money from the other party. "
"In other words, you only know that they came to Great Xia and nothing else?" the empress asked coldly.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my incompetence," Tie Yan said.
"Continue to investigate. I will give you another three months. I want to know who has such guts."
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