The next day, the two went to Taiji Hall to meet Emperor Jing.
"You two are going to Jinyan Country?"
Qi Yuanjing had been thinking about this matter yesterday and didn't sleep the whole night.
Gu Lingze briefly recounted the countermeasures that the two of them had discussed last night.
Emperor Jing pondered for a while and said, "This is the only solution at the moment."
He asked the two whether they would bring the Black Clothes Army with them, but Gu Lingze shook his head.
"Bringing troops there would be too much of a fuss and might alert the enemy."
Zhao Chengmo proposed to take six of his guards with him, and Qi Yuanjing agreed immediately. The remaining Xuanyi Army would be temporarily handed over to Gu Xiuyi for command.
After the two returned home, Gu Lingze made a long list and asked Zhao Chengmo to help prepare it.
When Gu Feirui learned that they were leaving, he hurried over.
"Brother, we are not going to travel, what are you going to do? Besides, you are getting married next month, are you going to abandon Tianshui and get married alone?"
Gu Feirui said anxiously: "You are going to do such a dangerous thing, how can I have the mood to get married."
Gu Lingze smiled and said, "Good second brother, it's not as dangerous as you think. Don't you still believe in my ability?"
Gu Feirui couldn't argue with him and could only pace around the room anxiously.
He felt dizzy from spinning around, so he pushed the other person down on a stool.
"Second brother, I promise to come back safe and sound with Cheng Mo, isn't that enough?"
"Oh right." Gu Lingze said seriously, "Don't let mom and the others know, or they'll worry again."
"You're not just going to be gone for a day or two, how can we hide it from you?" Gu Feirui looked at him helplessly.
"Then we can keep it a secret for as long as possible."
After haggling for a while, seeing that he still refused to give in, Gu Feirui left angrily.
Gu Lingze smiled and shook his head. With his second brother's temper, Tianshui would probably have a hard time in the future.
Emperor Jing secretly summoned Helian Zhao in the afternoon, while Gu Lingze went to Mu Taoyuan in the afternoon.
"Zhao Yu, your brother Cheng Mo and I are going on a long trip. You stay at home and study. We will be back soon."
He also thought about it for a while before deciding to tell the little guy in advance.
He could find a temporary excuse to his parents, but Gu Chaoyu was going to take the provincial examination, and he couldn't not show up on the day of the tribute hall.
Rather than letting my brother worry about it on the day of the exam, it is better to tell him now.
"Brother, where are you and brother-in-law going?" There was a flash of anxiety in Gu Chaoyu's eyes, and even Mu Ziqian beside him stood up.
"The emperor of Jinyang State has contracted a strange disease, and His Majesty has ordered me to go and treat him."
When Gu Chaoyu heard that he was just going to see a doctor, he felt relieved.
"Don't worry, brother. When you come back, I will pick you up wearing my imperial robes."
Gu Lingze smiled and patted his shoulder, "My brother is really ambitious."
After saying that, he also patted Mu Ziqian on the shoulder and said, "Ziqian will have to come too."
Mu Ziqian immediately narrowed his eyes and nodded vigorously.
In the next three days, Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo had been preparing the things they would need, and put all the important things into his secret realm.
"Dad, Mom, Cheng Mo is going to Xuanyi Camp tomorrow, and I want to go and accompany him for a while."
Gu Tianhua nodded, and Xie Qingwan gently gave him a few instructions.
He also asked Zhang's mother to bring out the waist belts that she had made for them the day before.
The next morning, Gu Xiuyi, Su Wenyu and Gu Feirui sent them out of the city.
Before leaving, Gu Lingze tapped the nose of the baby in Su Wenyu's arms.
"Wait until we come back."
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They first traveled on horseback for nearly half a month, then traveled by water and took a boat for another whole month.
Gu Lingze doesn’t get seasick, but after sitting for such a long time, he felt like vomiting just by looking at the boat.
In modern times, this distance can be reached by plane in seven or eight hours at most.
When they arrived at the capital of Jinyanguo, they moved into the mansion outside Helian Zhao's palace.
Helian Zhao had already passed on the message, so Helian Yao pretended to be interested in the Emperor of Dai Viet and repeatedly summoned the beauties that were tributed from the Kingdom of Gumo.
Now, Helian Yao has been absent from court for three days because of his "addiction" to the longevity cream.
The court officials were unaware of the situation and thought that it was all due to the warmth of the Red Luan bed and that the emperor was just infatuated for the time being.
I didn't expect this situation to last for a month.
During this period, Gu Lingze had interrogated the beauties who were sent as tribute, but unfortunately he did not get much information.
He had someone catch a few mice and put the longevity ointment on them to smell.
This went on for a few days, but stopped on the tenth day.
Gu Lingze invited Helian Yao and the others to come and look at the rats in the cage that were biting each other after the longevity cream was cut off.
Everyone felt a chill run down their spine; this longevity cream was truly more potent than poison.
Finally, a month later, the Gumo Kingdom presented another batch of secret medicines.
Gu Lingze thus guessed that the place where they made the longevity cream must not be in the Western Regions.
Otherwise, the round trip would take at least half a year.
Zhao Chengmo sent Ning Lifu, the best tracker among the guards, to follow these people, and Gu Lingze also gave him a lot of invisibility talismans.
It was half a month later that they received the news that these people left Jinyanguo and split into four groups to go to several neighboring countries.
Ning Lifu followed one of the teams, but he didn't expect that they entered the palace of Dai Viet and never came out again. He had no choice but to pass the message back.
This cut off the clue. Gu Lingze examined the longevity cream that was presented to him and found that the quantity was not large.
If an addict takes it, it will probably be used up within a month.
Gu Lingze waited patiently for another month.
Sure enough, at the end of the month, Helian Yao received a post inviting him to go to Dai Viet to attend an auction of secret medicine.
Gu Lingze looked at the content and sneered.
The country of Gumo has learned his original method ten percent.
Moreover, they directly invited monarchs from various countries, which shows that they are very confident in the temptation of the secret medicine.
Fortunately, Dai Viet is not very far from the capital of Jin Yang Kingdom, but it still takes more than a month to walk there.
Gu Lingze pretended to be the accompanying imperial physician, while Zhao Chengmo and the six guards were Helian Yao's personal guards.
When the group arrived at the capital of Dai Viet, they were met by monarchs from various countries.
The Emperor of Dai Viet, Si Jinggeng, waved his hand and allowed people from various countries to live in the palace.
On the night of their arrival, Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo decided to visit Taichen Palace where Si Jinggeng lived.
The two men had invisibility talismans on their bodies and waited on the roof of the hall for a while. Then they heard rustling footsteps coming from afar.
The two of them rolled down from the side and followed him inside.
The hall was filled with clouds of smoke, which was the smoke from the burning of the longevity cream.
The two of them climbed onto the roof beam of the hall. Gu Lingze signaled Zhao Chengmo to take off his face towel and sprinkled some spiritual water on it.
At this moment, Si Jinggeng was lying on the couch, smoking, looking intoxicated.
"You all should withdraw."
After the palace servants filed out, a woman in gauze twisted her slender waist and climbed onto the soft couch.
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