"Sister, why do you ask? Have you not experienced the situation in the palace? How can you not know who is in the carriage? "
Yang Rui's question was answered by the palace maid. However, he could be sure of two things. First, there should be people in the carriage. Second, the situation in the carriage was not a secret. Most of the people in the group should know about it. Otherwise, the palace maid would not have such an attitude.
"Oh, sister. At that time, I was sent to do some other things, so I don't know who is in the carriage …"
"I see. No wonder you don't know. Other than His Majesty, all the people in the 12 carriages are the court officials and their families."
Before Yang Rui could think of how to ask again, the palace maid had already revealed the identity of the people in the carriage in advance. This also saved Yang Rui from asking again.
The identity of the people in the carriage also confirmed Yang Rui's guess. The 12 carriages in front of him were the Four Boat Carriages from Yang Rui's workshop. However, they had undergone some simple modifications. Each Four Boat Carriage could carry 16 people in it. In total, it could carry as many as 200 people.
With such a large number, it was just enough to carry the important civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty and some of their families. This confirmed the palace maid's words.
"What about Grand Marshal Cao? Is he also in the carriage? "
Yang Rui continued to ask the palace maid. In fact, this was the question he was most concerned about.
"Eh, sister? Grand Marshal Cao has not appeared for many days. Everyone in the palace knows about it. Why does sister seem to be indifferent to the things around you? You don't even know about this? "
The palace maid looked at Yang Rui strangely and continued to ask. She was still a young girl. Moreover, the use of the dry food was still obvious. Otherwise, she might have been suspicious.
"Sister, please don't laugh at me. I am slow and did not pay attention to such a big matter. Sister is smart and knows so much …"
Yang Rui had already obtained the information he wanted. Originally, Yang Rui wanted to ask about the carriage where the little Emperor Liu Xie was in. In order to avoid the palace maid's suspicion, Yang Rui ended the conversation with a few words of praise. Then, he pretended to look for the other sisters and continued forward.
Along the way, Yang Rui also confirmed what the previous palace maid had said. He asked a few palace maids from the side and gave them food to chat. He got the same answer as the first palace maid.
From this, Yang Rui was certain that this entourage was the young Emperor, Liu Xie, and a group of officials. However, Cao Cao was not in the entourage and had not been seen for several days, so he should have already left for Hangu Pass.
One thing that was certain was that Cao Cao had returned to Luoyang Imperial City after receiving the Excellent Meeting. It was unknown what method he had used to return.
At the same time, Yang Rui felt that his information network was still not perfect. He could not even be sure if Cao Cao had returned to Luoyang Imperial City.
However, this could not be helped. Luoyang Imperial City was not an ordinary city, and its environment was very complicated. It was divided into two inner palaces and was heavily guarded. It was normal for Yang Rui to not be able to find out about Cao Cao's situation.
After defeating Cao, Yang Rui's large-scale auction house activities in Luoyang Imperial City were greatly restricted. Fortunately, he had the protection of the System, so he did not get controlled or plundered by Cao Cao.
After all, the large-scale auction house was only a public infrastructure recognized by the System. No matter who obtained the rights to it, they would be protected in daily battles. At least, that was the case for now.
Now that the information was clear, Yang Rui immediately left the caravan. He passed the information to a nearby Ethereal Ninja, informing Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Yu Jin of the three vanguard cavalry divisions.
At the same time, Yang Rui also passed the information to the Ethereal Ninja and his flying pet unit. He passed the information to Dragon Soul and the actual controller of Henan County, the CU Alliance. Actually, as long as he could keep the little emperor Liu Xie and his ministers, whether it was Yang Rui's troops or the player organizations, the result would not be much different.
With Yang Rui's current considerations, the little emperor Liu Xie and his ministers had to return to Luoyang Imperial City. Yang Rui had already planned to take over Luoyang Imperial City. Thus, even if the large player organizations blocked Liu Xie and his ministers, they could not use the emperor to order his vassals around. They did not have the strength to do so.
Yang Rui did not plan to do so. If he wanted to do so, he would have used Liu Bian long ago. He was only prepared to control and monitor Luoyang Imperial City's defenses so that the Han Dynasty would remain in its current form. He did not have any thoughts of using Liu Xie to gain benefits.
Of course, when the time came, Liu Xie would live in the area under his control. If Yang Rui wanted to do something, it would be much more convenient.
Right now, the biggest problem was that Liu Xie and his group of officials had already passed quite a bit of distance from Henan County and would probably reach Hangu Pass in another four to six hours. Before that, it was hard to say whether Yang Rui's troops or the large player organizations would be able to catch up.
Thus, what Yang Rui needed to do now was to think of a way to stop the progress of the little emperor's convoy. Currently, the convoy had two to three thousand guards. If they were to act rashly and alert the enemy in the middle of the night, the situation would be very difficult to control.
Thus, Yang Rui needed to do his best to slow down the convoy's speed and avoid alerting the other party. He did not have a good idea at the moment, so he could only secretly follow the convoy. He would occasionally scout the road ahead and pay attention to the convoy from behind.
When Yang Rui chanced upon a river ahead, he immediately felt that the opportunity to stop the convoy had arrived!
At this time, the river was in a state of three feet of ice and could not stop the footsteps of people and horses. However, this river bed was deep and there were dense poplar trees on both sides. The official road here was completely dependent on a stone bridge. Yang Rui only needed to block this stone bridge.
This was not difficult for Yang Rui, especially after the small storage ring could be used. There were quite a few stones stored within it. Yang Rui simply took out a large pile and blocked the stone bridge horizontally.
The little emperor Liu Xie's convoy really did stop here. There was no good way to clear it out, so they could only let the guards come forward to clear it out. Even the palace servants and eunuchs came forward. If it weren't for the fact that the palace maids could not be of much use, they would have been sent out as well.
With this delay, the pursuing troops had already caught up. The first to arrive was Zhang Liao and his cavalry, not the CU Alliance troops. This made Yang Rui quite surprised. It also showed that Zhang Liao's ability to launch a surprise attack was great.
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