The ambush took place in the first post station at midnight. There were only a dozen assassins. After some probing, Qin Yan and others repelled the assassins before the army stationed near the post station arrived.
Qin Yan wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Qin Wan: "No need to chase."
The commander of the Left Army thought Qin Wan wanted him to investigate, but then he heard Qin Wan say, "These are all death warriors, and they are here to explore the way. If we pursue them, I'm afraid we will only find corpses."
The commander-in-chief of the Left Army checked the fallen men in black. None of them had sustained any vital injuries, yet none of them were alive. He pulled off his masks and pried open their mouths. They had indeed committed suicide by taking poison. He frowned and said, "If they think our defenses are lax, they will definitely come again."
"That's right." Qin Wan nodded, looking at the several bodies left on the ground, and said calmly: "They are all hanging on the tree at the door. Go back and rest. We will send a few more people to patrol from now on. They won't come again."
The commander of the Left Army looked at Qin Wan and the women of the Qin family, all of whom walked over the corpses and went back to sleep without changing their expressions. He felt admiration for them. He felt that it was troublesome for them to secretly take the Crown Princess out and conceal their identities.
Afterwards, Your Majesty even asked the women of the Qin family to follow him. Isn’t this endless trouble?
Fortunately, these female relatives are very sensible. Not only do they wear men's clothes, but they also look so dashing that no one can tell the difference.
Looking back now, the Crown Princess was not a delicate woman. She faced these corpses without blinking an eye. Moreover, these assassins were repelled by the women of the Qin family. The battle was over before they could even take action.
The commander-in-chief of the Left Army was really impressed by Qin Wan. In the next few days, his opinion of Qin Wan changed even more, because the journey was very peaceful and there was really no assassination attempt!
Shenyang is a long way from the capital, and Qin Wan is leading the army, so the speed is inevitably slow.
When they arrived at the Huzhou government office, Qin Wan chose to camp outside the city to avoid causing unrest among the people.
Lord Feng came to pay his respects, but Qin Wan did not see him and only spoke to him through the tent.
Lord Feng didn't think much about it at all. After all, last year's incident was too unpleasant. He just sincerely invited the prince to come to the city and live in his villa. After the previous experience, he didn't dare let the prince live at home.
Qin Wan flipped through the official documents and calmly declined, "It's just an imperial tour. It's inconvenient to enter the city and avoid mobilizing too many troops."
Lord Feng wanted to say something, but after thinking for a moment, he remained silent. He simply said, "I have gathered some food and fodder. It is at a farm ten miles away. The Crown Prince can send someone with my warrant to take it away. I hope Your Highness will not object."
When an army marches, the most lacking thing is food and fodder.
Qin Wan only brought a few thousand people on this trip, so it was not convenient to bring a large army. Naturally, it was not convenient to carry food and supplies. If there was any movement at the border, the army could come first, but the supplies would not come so fast. She was originally worried about food and supplies, but she did not expect that Lord Feng had already made preparations.
She looked at the warrant sent in, a little doubtful: "What did Lord Feng hear?"
Lord Feng did not hide it and said directly: "My humble teacher is Lord Yu."
Qin Wan was surprised. She hadn't heard Lord Feng mention him the last time she came. She hesitated and asked, "But Lord Yu, the Crown Prince's tutor? Why haven't I heard Lord Yu mention him?"
Lord Feng said ashamedly, "Perhaps Master feels that I am not a good student and have brought shame upon Master."
Qin Wan had already seen the amount of grain and fodder collected written on Lord Feng's memorial. She asked in surprise, "Did you collect so much grain and fodder? Will it affect the lives of the people? Will the grain merchants get to know anything? The court kept this matter under wraps for fear of causing panic among the people. You..."
Lord Feng meant well, and Qin Wan didn't want to say anything harsh. Moreover, it was not appropriate to blame him before the matter was clear.
Lord Feng said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. My maternal family is a grain merchant, and I asked them to raise this grain. They just thought I was apologizing to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
What are you apologizing for?
That was of course the scandal that the daughter of the Feng family caused last year.
Qin Wan understood: "In that case, I will accept it."
Lord Feng also took his leave at the right time, without trying to establish a relationship with Lord Yu by claiming that they were both his students. Moreover, that was the Crown Prince, so even if they were both his teachers, who was he to say?
Qin Wan did not delay and immediately gave the order to the commander-in-chief of the left army, sending him to get the food and escort it directly to Shenyang.
Qin Wan did not stay long in Huzhou Prefecture. She broke camp and set off at daybreak. As soon as the prince's carriage broke camp, a man leading a horse appeared a hundred meters away, following the team all the way forward.
Qin Wan and her group not only had guards and Qin's personal soldiers, but also the commander-in-chief of the left army leading the troops forward.
Along the way, ordinary people would take a detour when they encountered it.
But there was one man who was not like that. He rode a horse and didn't even have a bag. He only had a piece of dry food. When the army moved, he moved. When the army set up camp, he lay on a tree and looked in the direction of the main tent from afar.
He thought he was hiding well, but he didn't know that Qin Wan had already discovered his whereabouts.
This person was none other than Lu Yan, Marquis of Pingyang.
There was a change at the border, and military generals in the court were dispatched. The emperor appointed the Qin family, summoned Duke Du, who had just returned home from the border, and even released the General of the Cavalry from the prison, but no one came to call Lu Yan.
Lu Yan didn't know about this at first, but one day he discovered that his military token was missing!
Lu Yan had already handed over the military order from the court to His Majesty. The order he carried was used to command the private soldiers of the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion.
These private soldiers were originally left to him by his grandfather. Lu Yan stayed at the border for another eight years. After eight years, no matter how many private soldiers the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion had, he now had three thousand of them.
One thousand of them are the elite among the elite!
The military token is missing. Who took it?
After much thought, Lu Yan suspected that Bai Wanyi had stolen it. He went to look for Bai Wanyi, but found that he and Ping'er had disappeared!
Lu Yan's scalp tingled, and he couldn't help but think too much. He then inquired in many places within the Five Military Commandery, and only then did he find some clues.
When Lu Yan learned that the prince was going to tour the border, he saw Qin Wan dressed in the prince's clothes and boarding the carriage heading to the border. He knew that Qin Wan was going to tour the border on behalf of the prince.
Yes, the current Majesty is seriously ill, the Fourth Prince is missing, and if the Crown Prince leaves the capital, if anything happens to His Majesty, I am afraid that power will fall into the hands of others.
Lu Yan was worried about Qin Wan, so he went alone and quietly fell behind the prince's army patrolling the border.
He thought he was hiding well, but he didn't know that Qin Wan knew his whereabouts not long after he left the capital.
Qin Wan ignored him until they arrived in Shenyang, then she ordered someone to invite Lu Yan into the tent.
When Lu Yan saw Zhenzhen standing in front of him, he couldn't hide the embarrassment on his face: "Miss Zhenzhen, how did you know I was here?"
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