Hearing this, Lu Ze said, “Master, please spare me a moment to talk.”

Lu Ze and Qi Yuning found a private room in a nearby teahouse and invited the old Taoist priest to sit down.

When Lingling saw the old Taoist priest in front of her, she kept her eyes on the whisk in the old Taoist priest's hand, and the old Taoist priest gave the whisk to Lingling.

Lingling took it and swept the table with the whisk, giggling.

The old Taoist priest chuckled and said, "You are so cute, but you should not play around here. You should go back as soon as possible."

Qi Yuning poured a cup of tea for the old Taoist priest and said, "Master, will Lingling go back?"

The old Taoist priest said: "She is not a child of this time and space. No matter how much time passes, she will never grow taller. She should go back to her own time and space to grow up as a human being."

Qi Yuning was reluctant to let Lingling go, but he also hoped that Lingling could grow up safely and healthily. "Then Taoist priest, do you know when Lingling will go back?"

The old Taoist priest shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

Lu Ze said respectfully: "Master, the prison disaster you just mentioned is true."

The old Taoist nodded and said, "I tell fortunes once a year. Today I met a destined person, so I will give you an extra fortune. Your prison calamity cannot be avoided. Apart from prison calamity, what else do you want to tell?"

Lu Ze glanced at Qi Yuning and said, "Master, please calculate which day this year is suitable for me to get married with the princess?"

The old Taoist priest laughed and said, "Buddhists believe that there are six auspicious times. As long as it is a happy event, any time is a good time. The hexagram has been sent out, and the old Taoist priest will take his leave."

Qi Yuning asked: "Master, I have other things to settle..."

"I only calculate once a year. Once I have calculated the auspicious time for the marriage, I cannot calculate again. Please come back next year, Princess."

The old Taoist took the whisk back from Lingling's hand with a smile, "Little girl, go back early."

Lingling shook her head and said, "Lingling likes to play outside and doesn't want to go home!"

The old Taoist smiled and turned and left.

Qi Yuning saw the Taoist's light steps and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Why didn't you ask the Taoist to do other divinations just now? The historian could also do it for the auspicious time of the marriage."

Lu Ze said, "I think this Taoist priest is quite capable, and the auspicious day he calculated will definitely be better, but it is really difficult to prevent the disaster of imprisonment."

As long as Your Majesty is here, as long as Duke Lu's family does not plot treason, how could he be thrown into prison?

Qi Yuning said: "It is easy to get out of prison. After returning to Shengjing, you can lock yourself in prison for two days and then come out. It can be considered as getting out of prison."

Lu Ze chuckled, "That's right."

"I asked you to sing a song, but you dared to take it from me? Do you think I have no money? I touched your hand, and you dared to give me a cold shoulder?"

Qi Yuning heard the noise outside, and looked over to see a thin man in his forties with a goatee, holding some silver and looking lustfully at the girl singing in the teahouse.

"Sir, our little Liu'er won't sing today."

"If I ask you to sing, you will sing. There is nothing that the Qi Family Army cannot do in Beicheng!"

Qi Yuning was furious when she heard this. She walked out of the room and said, "Article 9 of the Qi Family Army's military order states that you cannot bully others or oppress the people by taking advantage of your power. Which general in the Qi Family Army are you under?"

"Who do you think you are? I'm going to be General Wen's son-in-law soon. I have the final say in this North City!"

Qi Yuning saw the lean man with a goatee in front of him and said, "The Qi family army has strict military discipline. Are you Wen Ban's subordinate?"

The goateed man saw Qi Yuning calling Wen Ban by his name, and then he realized something was wrong, "Who are you?"

"Princess!" Zhong Ming came over and saluted, "Master Lu, little princess."

Lingling smiled sweetly and said, "Second aunt...Uncle!"

Qi Yuning asked Zhong Ming, "Do you know who this person who claims to be from the Qi Family Army is?"

Zhong Ming said: "He is Wu Xiong, the deputy general beside General Wen. He was promoted just before the New Year..."

Qi Yuning looked at Wu Xiong coldly and said, "As a deputy general, you are bullying the people and violating the military law. I will report to my brother and punish you severely. Get out of here!"

Wu Xionglian left the teahouse.

Zhong Ming said, "I don't know what Uncle Wen is thinking. He actually wants to marry Sister Yalan to Deputy General Wu. Deputy General Wu is the same age as Uncle Zhu, only a few years younger than Uncle Wen. Uncle Wen actually gave up so many young heroes in the Qi family army and chose such an old man as his son-in-law."

Qi Yuning asked curiously, "Wen Yalan said a few days ago that she would not marry anyone other than my brother. How could she have arranged another marriage so soon?"

Zhong Ming said: "I don't know the details, but I heard that Wu Xiong made great contributions in the battle of Beimo fourteen years ago and saved Uncle Wen... Uncle Wen thought that Wu Xiong had died, but he didn't expect that Wu Xiong was still alive. When he saw Uncle Wen this time, he promoted Wu Xiong to deputy general and betrothed his beloved daughter to him."

Qi Yuning frowned and said, "Looking at the way Wu Xiong flirted with me just now, even if I admire him, I can't just marry my daughter off."

Although Qi Yuning didn't like the stupid things Wen Yalan did for love, they were sisters when they were young, and she hoped that she could marry a good husband. Wu Xiong was indeed not a good man.

Zhong Ming sighed and said, "Who says it's not true? But Uncle Wen seems to have made up his mind. I heard that he is even rushing to get married. He will get married on the fourth day of the New Year."

Qi Yuning asked: "So hurried?"

Zhong Ming nodded and said, "Yes."

Qi Yuning said: "We will leave for Shengjing on the fifth day of the New Year, I am afraid we will not be able to attend the wedding banquet in time."

Qi Yuning returned to the palace and told Qi Yu'an about Wu Xiong.

Qi Yu'an said, "I just learned that Wen Yalan is going to marry Wu Xiong. I didn't expect Wu Xiong to be such a bad person. However, it is really not appropriate for us to interfere in Wen Yalan's marriage."

Qi Yuning also thought it made sense, "Then Wu Xiong can no longer stay in the army."

Qi Yu'an said, "Well, let's wait until they get married before dealing with Wu Xiong. This will also give the Wen family some face."

This was Lu Ze's first time in Beicheng. He still had four days before returning, so he wanted to take advantage of these days to visit Beicheng Sha Town to see the scenery of the desert.

Lingling also wanted to go to the desert to ride a camel, and insisted that Qi Yuning and Lu Ze go together. Although Qi Yuning was afraid of the cold, since Lingling wanted to go to the desert to ride a camel, she had no choice but to go with her.

Qi Yuning wrapped her entire face tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

The desert is only a day's journey away from Quanzhen. We traveled on the second and first day of the first lunar month and arrived at Shazhen early in the morning on the third day of the first lunar month.

The yellow earth is flying, and the endless yellow sand fills the sky.

The weather during the day was quite suitable. Lu Ze looked at the endless yellow sand while sitting on the camel and said, "Back then, General Qi and his men had a very hard time fighting here."

Qi Yuning said: "Here, the food is mixed with sand, and water is rare. It's still okay in winter, but in summer, the yellow sand here can burn people."

Lingling cried out on the camel, "There's so much rustling, Lingling wants to get off and play!"

Lu Ze put Lingling down, and Lingling started playing with the sand.

Lu Ze looked into the distance and asked Qi Yuning, "Is it still Dasheng territory after leaving this desert?"

Qi Yuning nodded and took out the map, "Well, out of this desert is Beichengjin Town, bordering Wan State. This area is all my Dasheng territory. Beicheng is the burial place of three generations of my Qi family, a total of 18 people.

My parents died in Sha Town. The harsh winter after nightfall was extremely harsh. Countless soldiers froze to death or were seriously injured due to the lack of food and clothing. It was very difficult for my parents to defend Sha Town.

If it weren’t for the conspiracy of the people in the Dasheng court, who colluded with the Beimo thieves, I wouldn’t be without parents at such a young age…”

Lu Ze said, "Although fourteen years have passed, there must be traces left behind. I will seek justice for the Qi family army. My people have already found out a lot of information about the past in Sha Town."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "To get information?"

Lu Ze said, "This time I came to Beicheng, in addition to finding out Ah Ping's identity, I also want to find out who colluded with Beimo back then. My subordinates have been in Sha Town for many days."

Qi Yuning said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Lu Ze said: “If I tell you earlier, I’m afraid you’ll care too much about it and be so absorbed in it that you won’t be able to live well for years.”

Qi Yuning fell into Lu Ze's arms, looked up at him and said, "Thank you."

Lu Zeqian hugged Qi Yuning and patted her back gently, "Let's go to the government office in Sha Town." (End of this chapter)