Xuan Tianming specially nurtured a group of goshawks, Wang Chuan and Huang Quan could not be more familiar with them. Those goshawks had a common characteristic, which was that they all had a tuft of red feathers on their necks. That was dyed using a special dye, the dye was specially formulated by Imperial Palace Yu, and no one could copy it.
Therefore, when a goshawk landed on Wang Chuan's shoulder while he was driving the carriage, Wang Chuan could immediately recognise that it was one of their own sending a message. She quickly stopped the carriage by the side, then turned around and entered the carriage, taking down a note tied to the goshawk's leg and handing it to Feng Yu Heng: "I do not know who is sending the message, but looking at the direction the goshawk is flying in, it seems to be from Fu Zhou."
"Fu Zhou?" Feng Yu Heng had a bad premonition, and immediately opened that note, the familiar handwriting rushing to her face — — Damn girl, I discovered you long ago, stop following me secretly. Quickly, go around Bin City, we will meet at Jian City.
"Fuck." She facepalmed, "We were discovered."
Wang Chuan and Huang Quan also saw the contents of that note, and could not help but laugh. Huang Quan said: "Young Miss, This Servant said long ago that no matter how careful we are, we will not be able to escape His Highness' eyes. See, we were discovered long ago."
Wang Chuan also said: "Imperial Palace Yu's spies are everywhere, who knows when we will be targeted along the way, the news will naturally spread. It is not surprising that His Highness knows. But … "She glanced at that note, then said:" Why did he say for us to meet at Jian City? Zong Sui's first city should be Bin City. "
At that time, they did not know that Bin City had already been taken by Xuan Tianhua, and only thought that there was an 80% chance that Xuan Tianming wanted to win by surprise, so he went around Bin City! Anyway, no matter what, since he already knew she was coming, and even sent an invitation to her, how could she not go? Feng Yu Heng spread out her hands, saying: "Since we have already been exposed, then there is no need to be careful, let's walk on the main road openly! We should hurry to Jian City. "
Feng Yu Heng rushed towards Jian City on a horse, and at this time, Xuan Tianming had already recovered from his injuries, leading a few hidden guards secretly deployed with Bai Ze, quietly circling around Bin City, heading towards Jian City.
Because of the fall of Bin City, a large number of citizens of Bin City left their homes, heading towards the other prefectures of Zong Sui to start a new life. And Jian City was the city, naturally, it had to accept the most refugees of all. Some of these refugees chose to stay in Jian City, some were just passersby, after Jian City rested for a while, they continued to head towards the heart of Zong Sui. They thought that Jian City was too close to Bin City, Dashun's army would definitely continue to advance, then the next place to face war might be Jian City, so it was not safe to stay here. Since they were going to move, it was better to settle everything in one step, moving towards a place closer to the capital would be safer and more reliable.
Faced with a large number of people moving around, Jian City's defenses became even stricter, not only did everyone who entered the city need to be interrogated, they also needed to check their identity documents. An identity document was a document that had been stamped and recorded by the Zong Sui government, there was the holder's information and handprint on it, it was the only identity document of Zong Sui people, people without this document were not allowed to enter Jian City, this was to prevent the enemy from using this chance to sneak in.
This was something that the city's prefect, Zuo Da, had specially instructed him to do. The loss of Bin City had caused fear to well up in his heart. Summing up the reason for Bin City's loss, it was definitely because someone had snuck into Bin City and worked with the people outside. Only then could a large city be easily taken over by Da Shun.
Zuo Da had been scolding that stupid Lu Yu these few days, constantly reminding himself not to let down his guard, he definitely could not make Lu Yu's mistake, otherwise, once the city's defenses fell, regardless of whether he was captured or if he was lucky enough to escape, it would be hard to avoid death.
But hearing that the old man, Duan Mu An Guo, who was highly regarded by the Emperor, was rushing over to Jian City, Zuo Da was very happy. Because Duan Mu An Guo had come, whether or not Jian City could be defended, the burden on his shoulders would be much smaller. With Duanmu Anguo around, he naturally had to obey the other party, if the city was defended, he would not be greedy to attack, once the city was lost, he could do all he could to protect his own life, after the imperial court investigated, he could push all the responsibility to Duanmu Anguo, even if the Emperor wanted to punish him, he would not be able to do so.
Zuo Da's idea was good, he personally went to the four main city gates three times a day, morning, afternoon and night to inspect, he also sent many more people on the streets, all unfamiliar people would be arrested and interrogated, eliminating the possibility of Dashun's spies infiltrating one by one.
Xuan Tianming arrived outside Jian City under this kind of situation, at that time, he and Bai Ze were both wearing red long robes, holding suona in their hands, putting it to their mouths and blowing with all their might. This was a wedding procession, everyone in the procession was wearing festive red long robes, at the front, there were two people who looked like manservants, throwing copper coins to the people waiting in line to enter the city, counted as adding to the joy. And when the soldiers guarding the city saw this procession, their originally tense faces showed a smile, a manager came forward, cupping his fist towards the wedding procession: "Are you here to send the bride to Zuo Da's manor? Who will come out to speak? "
A granny next to the sedan took the initiative to come forward, directly stuffing a large bag of money in her hand into the manager's hand, saying with a smile: "We are going to Zuo Da's manor! Zuo Da Gongzi wants to marry our family's Young Miss as a concubine, specially told us to make it lively, we can't quietly carry it into the manor, saying that our Young Miss will be bullied in the future. This official, do you think it would be convenient for you? We are rushing for the auspicious time, if we check one by one, the auspicious time will be missed. "
"We can't miss the auspicious time!" The manager held the bag of money in his hand with a smile, squeezing the silver ingots in his hand, he knew in his heart that the bag was not light, and immediately expressed his opinion: "How can we miss the auspicious time for Zuo Da Gongzi's wedding? The bride is sent to the Prefect's manor, we can check anyone but the Prefect's people! Please come in quickly! "
Just like this, the procession smoothly entered the city gates, slowly walking towards the Prefect's manor.
Xuan Tianming and his wife sneaked in last night, the family sending the bride lived in a county ten miles outside of Jian City. They passed by there and heard that the daughter of a rich family was going to be married to the eldest son of the Prefect of Jian City as a concubine. Because of the long distance, the wedding procession had to leave at night, thinking that it would be difficult to get in with the tight security of Jian City, it would be better to sneak in with the wedding procession. The bride was wanted by the Prefect's manor, the city guard would not be so strict as to check the Prefect's people.
Just as he expected, the journey into the city was very smooth, and then he and Bai Ze would follow the procession into the Prefect's manor.
The joyous music was still playing, the entrance of the Prefect's manor was very lively, because there were servants giving out money, cakes, and candies, so many people gathered around and kept picking up the things on the ground. Their entourage entered the gates of the Prefect's Office in such an atmosphere. As soon as they entered, they saw a chubby young man walk out from inside. He was wearing a red wedding robe and his face was full of joy. One could tell at a glance that he was the bridegroom.
When the bridal sedan landed, the groom could not wait any longer, he rushed up and pulled the woman out, then carried her in his arms and said loudly: "Those who want to receive the reward, go receive the reward, and those who want to eat and drink, go eat and drink. I am in a hurry to enter the bridal chamber, so I won't accompany you to drink!" After saying this, he even said to the housekeeper of the manor: "There is no need to take down the lanterns and auspicious characters in this courtyard, didn't you say that Lord Duanmu would be coming in a few days? Just treat it as welcoming him, saving my father the trouble of making you spend money to decorate it. If you have that spare money, why don't you use it for this young master to take in a few concubines. "
Everyone laughed loudly, some praised this young master for being young and romantic, some said softly that this young master was really a bastard, but most people still listened to his words, then sat at the table and prepared to eat.
Xuan Tianming and Bai Ze each received one tael of silver from the housekeeper, then the two of them left the manor, quickly shaking off the wedding procession that came with them to Jian City. He said to Bai Ze: "Contact our people, ask them to provide a place to stay and a permit to pass through Zong Sui. We might need to stay in Jian City for a while, did you not hear, Duanmu Anguo is coming, I am preparing to meet him. "
The spies of the Imperial Palace Yu were spread all over the world, some people might not need to serve their masters even once in their entire lives, they would live in a corner as normal citizens, without receiving any orders, they would be the most normal people, they would get married and have children, they would also get old, get sick and die. But once they received orders, they would immediately return to their ranks, serving their masters loyally.
Xuan Tianming came to Jian City personally, the spies who had not been used for a long time finally being put to use, he quickly obtained a legitimate identity as a citizen of Jian City, and he stayed in a courtyard with one of the spies who had already lived in Jian City for many years as brothers, patiently waiting for Duanmu Anguo's arrival, and also patiently waiting for Xuan Tianhua's army to attack Jian City.
Feng Yu Heng's group hurried and finally passed through Fu Zhou that night, seeing the gates of Bin City. Her horse carriage was not parked close, there was still a distance from Bin City's gates, but she stopped here to look into the distance, the large flag with the word "Hua" hung high on the city walls signaled that Dashun had already successfully taken over this city. But when she passed by Fu Zhou, she heard that Bin City's gates were tightly shut, no one was allowed to enter or leave, she also heard that the Seventh Prince injured the Ninth Prince, keeping him outside the city gates.
She did not understand, if all of this was true, then, what was the reason?
"Does Young Miss want to enter the city?" Wang Chuan asked Feng Yu Heng, "We can try calling for the city gates, maybe His Highness the Seventh Prince can let us in. If it really does not work, This Servant will think of another way, if there are places that are not tightly guarded, we can sneak in to investigate. "
"They said that His Highness the Seventh Prince injured His Ninth Highness, do you believe this?" Huang Quan opened his mouth to ask the two of them, "In any case, I do not believe it! The two Highnesses are blood related brothers, and they both grew up by Consort Yun's side, it is impossible for them to kill each other. As This Servant sees it, there must be something that we do not know, maybe His Highness the Seventh Prince has his reasons for doing this. "
Feng Yu Heng smiled bitterly, there must be a reason, how could those two people kill each other, just like her and Xuan Tianming, how could they be separated? She got up and got out of the carriage, stopping the two servants from following, only saying to them: "Go back to Fu Zhou and wait for me, this time, I will enter Bin City by myself, no one is to follow." After saying this, her figure flashed, suddenly disappearing into the night.
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