"Duan... Prince Duan?"
Even though he was far away in the north, Liu Tong knew that this was one of the only two princes in the dynasty. Moreover, he has a close relationship with the current emperor, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the position of the head of the clan affairs office.
The woman in gorgeous clothes in front of me is actually the granddaughter of Prince Duan?
After being shocked, Liu Tong felt that it was reasonable. Looking around Huangzhou, which family can raise a young lady with such beauty and grace? I'm afraid only the soil and water in the capital can grow such rich flowers.
Wei Yunlan crossed his arms, his face cold and he stopped talking.
Liu Qingxue on the side shouted, "What are you looking at? If you keep staring at my county mistress, I'll dig your dog eyes out."
As expected of a maid from the prince's mansion, her aura is different.
Thinking of this, Liu Tong shifted his gaze away from Wei Yunlan's face and lowered his eyes.
Seeing this, Feng Ping dismounted, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "It's all my fault for not doing my job well and causing you trouble. Master, please go back to your carriage and have a rest. Leave the rest to me."
After saying that, he looked at Liu Tong angrily and said, "Now that you know who my master is, why don't you get out of the way?"
Liu Tong and his deputy looked at each other. As early as when they heard the title of "Prince Duan", they both felt hesitant.
It would be fine if the person in front of me came from another royal palace.
But it happened to be Prince Duan's Mansion. Many people in the North knew that Prince Duan's son-in-law was about to become the governor of Qing, Xing and Huang states in the North.
Although he didn't know why the county lady appeared here, he absolutely dared not offend the people in Prince Duan's Mansion at this time.
Thinking of this, Liu Tong gave a wink to his deputy and waved his hand to signal him to lead his men to move aside.
At this time, Wei Yunlan, who was originally supported by Jiang Wu and Liu Qingxue and was about to return to the carriage, suddenly stopped, his eyes fell back on Liu Tong and others, and he said, "Wait a minute."
"What else does the county lady want?"
"You unruly people in Huangzhou are so despicable. You caused several of our carriages to break down and several of our guards to be killed." Wei Yunlan glanced at the desolate environment around him with disdain, and then glanced at the hundreds of soldiers behind him.
"Since Lord Liu happened to bring people with him, please let Lord Liu lead the escort for the rest of the journey. It's not far, we just need to send them to the border between Xingzhou and Qingzhou."
As he spoke, the look in Wei Yunlan's eyes was just right.
It seems like, "I use you because I respect you."
Liu Tong was speechless.
Doesn't this lady of the county know what politeness means?
It would be fine if it were any other time, but now I have to rush to do what Lord Lin asked me to do.
To deliver it to the border between Xing and Qing, that is several hundred miles away. How could they have the spare time to deliver it?
"Princess Qinghe." Liu Tong cupped his hands and explained, "We have work to do, so it's really inconvenient for us to escort you to Xingzhou..."
Before he could finish his words, Wei Yunlan's face suddenly darkened.
He said coldly: "Then get out of the way quickly and don't block the road."
After saying that, he got straight into the carriage.
Thinking of the status of Prince Duan's Mansion in the Great Yong Dynasty, Liu Tong suppressed the anger in his heart and led his men to move aside.
As they watched the motorcade of "Princess Qinghe" go away, two tall men rode their horses over to the end of the neatly lined-up team.
One of them was very puzzled and asked, "Master Liu, why do you have to give in to that little girl?"
Another person followed suit and said, "That girl looks fierce and good-looking. Our Chanyu and the eldest prince both like her. If it were me, we should have taken action and kidnapped her!"
Liu Tong was shocked by the two men's bold and outspoken words.
Letting them stay in Huangzhou and abduct some civilian women would be fine, but if they also abducted the county lady from Prince Duan's mansion, things would become a big deal!
By then, what Lord Lin and Lord Cao did in Huangzhou would no longer be concealed. The entire officialdom of Huangzhou might be affected, and those of them who worked under Lord Lin would naturally suffer even less.
Fearing that too much explanation would cause the barbarian to rebel, Liu Tong quickly diverted the topic away from the county lady, "Let's hurry to Cao's villa. Since Lord Lin asked me to go with you, something big must have happened there."
…
The carriage went around the official road and the soldiers behind were completely out of sight.
"I was really scared just now. I thought that group of people were going to kidnap us again."
Shen Yuan patted her chest in fear, and then asked curiously, "Boss, are you really the Princess Qinghe of Prince Duan's Mansion?"
"No, I'm not a county lord." Wei Yunlan said frankly.
There was indeed a Princess Qinghe in Prince Duan's Mansion, but she passed away several years ago. I borrowed this identity simply because I happened to think of Prince Duan's son-in-law, who is about to take up a high official position in the North.
"It turned out to be fake." Chen Yuan suddenly realized, and looked at Wei Yunlan with more admiration in her eyes, "The boss is really powerful. The posture the boss showed just now made me believe it, not to mention that Lord Liu!"
In the carriage, Jiang Wu and Liu Qingxue looked at each other.
They are not as naive as Shen Yuan.
The identity could be fabricated, but the moment he stood out to confront Lord Liu, the boss's aura could not be faked.
Even if they are not princesses of a royal palace, the identities of their bosses are definitely extraordinary!
At least, it will not be lower than Lord Cao and Lord Lin who harmed them the most.
Wei Yunlan could roughly guess what these girls were thinking, but at this moment he didn't want to explain it to them in detail.
He waved to Deng Ping and said solemnly, "Guard Feng, you need to quickly inform Mr. Xiao that they are ready..."
"Among those people just now, at least 30% were barbarians!"
Wei Yunlan suspected that the barbarians who had just infiltrated the army were most likely the ones who had previously masked and abducted women in the Huangzhou territory.
If they can be caught, the whereabouts of the women who were taken away can be found out through interrogation.
But she was just suspecting. If not, things would be even more troublesome. How many people did the Northern Barbarians plant in the Dayong territory?
Feng Ping also knew the seriousness of the matter. Apart from anything else, the brute force of the barbarians alone was far beyond that of the Dayong soldiers.
Take the team of more than 300 people just now for example, even if the barbarians only accounted for 30% of them. If a real fight broke out, the remaining 70% of Dayong soldiers would not be able to defeat the 30% of barbarians.
This is the disparity in innate physical strength.
The combat effectiveness of one hundred Northern Barbarian warriors is almost equivalent to the strength of five to six hundred households on the side of Dayong.
As soon as he left those people's sight, he sent people to his master.
But those people were moving quite fast, and I was afraid that the master wouldn’t have enough time to prepare and might suffer a great loss!
…
Wei Yunlan and Feng Ping's concerns are not unfounded.
At this time in the Cao family villa, Qi Xu's situation was indeed quite difficult.
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