Ma Ming looked at Xu Di's serious face and said, "Young Master, what should we do next?"

Xu Di thought for a moment and said, "I see. Now you should interrogate them carefully. Did they send any messages to their master on their way from Jiangnan? If they did, what were the contents of those messages? This is very important. You must find out everything."

Ma Ming agreed and led his men to interrogate the suspect.

Xu Di stood in the courtyard waiting. It was early summer, and the air was filled with many different scents: the fragrance of flowers and plants, the chirping of insects near and far, and the breeze that blew on his face and body.

Xu Di forced himself to calm down. Things were already like this, and there was no point in thinking about anything else. He should hurry up and think about how to clean up the mess. Xiao Yuan was going to be staying at his home permanently from now on, so he had to eliminate some potential crises. Although these people had been chasing Xiao Yuan all the way, he couldn't just kill them here.

Xu Di chewed on his fingers, his mind racing. After pondering for a while, he turned around, looked at the room with the lights on, gave some instructions to the men guarding the door, and then hurried home during curfew.

Xiao Yuan had already woken up, looking timidly at the people standing in front of his bed.

Eunuch Dou wiped away his tears and said, "Young master, we've arrived at our destination. You're safe now. This servant has not let down the Emperor and Empress. We have finally delivered you safely to Ganzhou."

Xu Di strode in and overheard Eunuch Dou's words. He said, "Eunuch Dou, I've caught the people who chased after us, but I don't know if there are any more people waiting outside the city to meet us."

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Dou's face turned deathly pale, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "These people are truly lawless!"

Xu Di said, "The best course of action now is to find a way to let them know that you did not send the people to Ganzhou. The people are already being interrogated. They are all from the southwest. I have an idea. Take a look and see if it is suitable. If it is, we should implement it as soon as possible."

Eunuch Dou bowed to Xu Di and said, "Please speak freely, Young Master Xu."

Xu Di said, "Hexi not only borders the Northern Di, but is also close to the Great Yan. I want you to make it look like you are fleeing to the Great Yan, leading people to run towards the Great Yan. Then I will ask General Wei to send those soldiers from the southwest back. As long as you can disappear in the area where the Great Yan and the Great Liang meet, this matter may be dropped in the future."

After thinking for a moment, Eunuch Dou said, "That's feasible, but the young master's health is a concern."

Xu Di said, "I didn't ask you to actually take him away. I've already found you substitutes. There's an inn in Ganzhou City that belongs to the Zhang family. I'll take you to the Zhang family's inn later, and then you can take your men and run towards Hexi first thing tomorrow morning."

Eunuch Dou nodded and said, "I understand. I'll leave the twelfth prince in your care."

Xu Di said, "Of course. Come here, and I'll explain your route to you."

Xu Di has already drawn up a detailed map of the Hexi region. The map is based on modern maps and is made to scale, so it is easy to understand at a glance.

Grandpa Dou looked at the map spread out on the desk in surprise. Xu Di pointed to the road from Ganzhou to Hexi and said, "Follow this road and head west. There's a manor here that belongs to our family. I've arranged for someone to wait for you here. The people from the manor will lead you to the border. To get from Hexi to the border, you have to cross a mountain forest. The mountains aren't very high, but the forest is very dense. It's quite difficult to get out without a local guide. My plan is to shake off those people's pursuit in this forest and then make you disappear at the border between the two countries."

Grandpa Bean asked in surprise, "Disappeared? How did you disappear?"

Xu Di said, "There is a boundary river here with a rapid current. Follow this boundary river south. You will reach the territory of Zhongzhou Prefecture. You will then take a boat along the boundary river to Zhongzhou. After you change your clothes, hurry back to the capital."

Grandpa Dou said, "Young Master Xu, it sounds easy to talk about this, but what if something goes wrong in the process?"

Xu Di snorted and said, "I, Xu Di, have been operating in Hexi for several years. If I can't even handle this little thing, then my men have been following me for nothing. Don't worry, I will send you the best scouts to make sure those people from the southwest are completely bewildered and can't find their way around."

Without delay, Xu Di arranged the manpower and then had a short-statured member of the special forces put on Xiao Yuan's clothes. He was then carried by a tall member of the guard team who had already been bandaged up. The group slipped along the base of the city wall to the west gate and slipped out through the gate.

After exiting the west gate of Ganzhou City, there is a fairly well-maintained road. The road from Ganzhou to Hexi is relatively flat. After walking for a while, there is a mountain forest. At this time of year, the grass and water are lush, and the shrubs on the mountain are growing vigorously, making the path up the mountain difficult to walk.

Not far from the city gate, Xu Di prepared a carriage for them. The group got into the carriage and drove it towards the mountain forest. After traveling a short distance, they found that a group of people had followed behind them.

Before entering Ganzhou City, he was afraid that someone would follow behind him. Now that he was leaving Ganzhou City, he was afraid that the people behind him would not be able to keep up. Sitting in the carriage, Eunuch Dou kept asking the people around him if they had caught up.

Seeing that someone was following, the driver of the carriage quickly whipped the horse twice. The horse neighed a few times in pain and ran forward. When the carriage reached the edge of the forest, the people on it pretended to abandon the carriage and run into the dense forest in a panic.

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