Chapter 128: Love is for a lifetime
It happened that Yan Shiyilang came to the border town to deliver silver today. When he heard that his sister was taken to the border by the King of Li, he was furious.
"How dare you, Jun Yanqing, take my sister to such a dangerous place!"
Just as he was leading people out of the border to pick up Yan Twelve Niang, he saw Han Xing riding a horse with his sister at full speed, and saw Yan Shiyilang with a large number of guards.
Han Xing said happily: "Master Yan, please escort Miss Yan away from the border town as soon as possible, the enemy is attacking!"
Without giving Yan Shiyilang a chance to ask more questions, he bowed to Yan Shier Niang, turned around and rushed into the woods to capture the assassin.
Even though Yan Twelve Niang had a lot to say, she could only hold it in and return to Yanzhou City with her second brother, waiting for news from the prince.
Yan Shiyilang had seen the scorched earth of the old border town and wanted to rush back to the city to report the matter to his brother and Li Heng to prevent the war from involving Yanzhou City.
After Yan Shiyilang learned from Yan Twelve Niang that the enemy was not Tartars but masked assassins, he was relieved.
"That's good. The assassin is only here to kill Jun Yanqing, not to attack the city."
Yan Twelve Niang was shocked and angry: "How can it be good? The prince will be in danger!"
Yan Shiyi sneered, "He can't die! If Jun Yanqing was killed by an assassin in the border town, he would have died on the way to the border town."
He warned his sister, "Brother is very angry that you didn't come home last night. You'd better not come to Border Town again. Nothing good will happen if you get involved with Jun Yanqing."
Yan Twelve Niang taunted, "That's not what my second brother said when he was making money in the restaurant with the prince's secret recipe."
Yan Shiyilang was choked up immediately. His situation at home was that he didn't dare to answer his elder brother, and he couldn't win an argument with his younger sister. He felt very frustrated! However, Han Xing was very glad that he came back in time because he caught an assassin alive.
He wanted to interrogate them, but Gu Changxiao executed them on the spot without leaving any survivors.
Han Xing was very confused and a little aggrieved. He felt that he was influenced by Yan Shier Niang and that Lord Gu was indeed too autocratic.
He reported the matter to Jinsui, who immediately understood Gu Changxiao's intention. He was afraid that someone alive would reveal the true and false identity of the King of Li.
Prince Yu's people naturally knew the real King Li. They might have been confused at the time, not understanding why the people from the Black Feather Camp called the fake King Li in front of the real King Li, and why the real King Li was willing to be the fake King Li's bodyguard.
The plan to lure Zheng Yun into a trap and capture all the assassins sent by Prince Yu has reached a critical moment. Even Han Xing and others have to keep it a secret in order to make the performance look convincing.
Therefore, Gu Changxiao could not leave anyone alive for Han Xing and others to interrogate, in case Zheng Yun got wind of the news and he dared not show up.
When fishing, the bait is important. After the fish is hooked, the game between the hooker and the fish is also very important.
Jin Sui saw the confusion on Han Xing's face and knew that he had objections to Gu Changxiao's actions, but he would not question him because he was loyal to King Li.
Therefore, Jin Sui took the initiative to help him solve his doubts. She didn't want any grudge between Han Xing and Gu Changxiao after their identities were exchanged.
Whispering to Han Xing, "I won't tell you the details for now. You just need to know that what Lord Gu did is right. Believe me, you will know the truth in a few days."
Han Xing also reacted quickly, thinking that it was impossible for Prince Yu's people to know the prince's whereabouts so accurately, and there must be someone from Yanzhou acting as an insider.
The accomplice is either the governor Li Heng, or the Zheng family who hates the prince the most!
Li Hengcai exchanged interests with the prince because of the battle to annihilate the Tartars. The prince wrote him in the military merit list and reported it to the court. He opened greenways in the border towns, built roads and bridges, and opened up trade routes.
The imperial edict from the court has not been issued yet, so it is impossible for Li Heng to want the prince to die at this critical juncture.
Then there is only one answer left, it is the Zheng family. Zheng Yun, who keeps bandits and horse thieves, has joined forces with Prince Yu's men!
"Are the prince and Lord Gu trying to lure Zheng Yun into the trap?"
Jin Sui patted Han Xing on the shoulder and praised sincerely: "Believe me, with your intelligence, you will become a general sooner or later!"
At this time, Gu Changxiao came over with a sword in hand, looked at the two of them sternly, and said in a deep voice: "My Lord, the assassins have been killed."
Jin Sui stroked his chin and said, "Since they have started to act, it means they have already arrived in Yanzhou City. Li Heng didn't even send a letter. It seems that he wants to be a fence-sitter again!"
"Han Xing, ask Lord Cheng to take the bodies of these assassins to Governor Li and have him investigate the case."
Regardless of whether Li Heng wants to be a fence-sitter or stay out of it, Jinsui will drag him into it and make a big deal out of it.
We must completely wipe out Zheng Yun and the bandits and horse thieves he raised, and make this case a big news in the entire Yan area. In this way, we can attract more people to Yan area.
That night, Cheng Yu sent someone to deliver a letter back to the border town. It was not a message from Li Heng, but from Yan Jiu.
"Zheng Yun is colluding with the imperial envoy and intends to harm the prince. Be careful."
Jin Sui showed the letter to Gu Changxiao and deliberately spoke well of Yan Shier Niang: "Look, Yan Shier Niang was frightened in the border town today, but Yan Jiu was not angry at all and even sent us a message."
"Yan Twelve Niang must have said a lot of good things about Biancheng in front of her brother."
Gu Changxiao snorted: "I think he said a lot of good things for you."
"It's for the Li King!"
Gu Changxiao looked at her and said, "Don't you understand yet?"
"Understand what?"
"Yan Shier Niang likes you, not your identity as the Li King, but you as a person. Even if our identities were swapped, her attitude towards me would not change."
Jin Sui was shocked and said, "How is it possible? Not to mention my identity, even with my body, I can't marry a wife. Miss Yan is not stupid. She knows which one the real Li King or the fake Li King should like."
Gu Changxiao couldn't help but sighed softly, and asked her seriously: "Brother Ji, have you never been emotionally moved, and never liked someone?"
Jin Sui thought about it seriously for a long time and shook his head firmly: "No! I have been worried about survival since I was a child, so I don't have the time to think about other things. Feelings can't be eaten as food, nor can they be worn as clothes."
Gu Changxiao's eyes flashed with heartache, and he continued: "So you don't understand what it feels like to like someone. Miss Yan likes you. No matter if you are the King of Li or Taoist Xiao Ji, this feeling will not change."
"I can cooperate with the Yan family, but I won't do it by marrying Yan Twelve Niang. Please don't bother to match us up or make plans to leave us alone."
"You've seen what happens when we're alone. We just get annoyed with each other and start fighting."
"Of course, if it happens again, I will just walk away."
Jin Sui laughed dryly, feeling like she had done something stupid. But she thought of something even stupider:
"Tell me, how can I make Miss Yan give up on me, reshape her normal view of love, and fall in love with a good man instead of wasting her energy on me."
Gu Changxiao glanced at her and said, "Is it abnormal to like Brother Ji?"
"Of course it's not normal! How can anyone like me?"
Gu Changxiao ignored her anxiety and said in a serious tone: "Brother Ji is very good and deserves to be liked by anyone in this world."
Jin Sui bowed his hands and said, "Thank you! Forget it, forget it. I will avoid Miss Yan in the future. After we exchange our identities, I will leave with Grandpa Jin An. She won't be able to see me, so she will naturally stop thinking about me."
Gu Changxiao sighed in his heart. It seemed that Taoist Xiao Ji didn't listen to him at all. If he could forget someone so easily after falling in love with him, there wouldn't be so many infatuated men and women in this world!
Some people are deeply in love and love lasts a lifetime.
"Let's talk business first. Li Heng didn't respond. It seems he is determined to stay out of it. But he didn't try to curry favor with the imperial envoy, which is a bit of progress."
"What should we do next?"
Gu Changxiao said in a deep voice: "Of course, I learned about the imperial envoy's visit from Li Zhoumu, and was the first to hand over a visiting card, asking the imperial envoy to come to the border town to meet him."
Jin Sui slapped his thigh and laughed, "Now that this visiting card has been delivered, I'm afraid that cowardly imperial envoy and Zheng Yun will be so scared that they can't sleep! How could they have thought that the fake Li King would be so bold!"
But then Jin Sui thought of something: "Not good! What if Zheng Yun uses the Zheng family's connections to find the Taoist priest that the King of Li is looking for? My grandfather and Jin An..."
Gu Changxiao raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, Liuyun will pick it up."
"Liu Yun?"
"Don't you know his name yet? He is the secret guard I sent earlier to protect you and capture the assassin Qing Feng."
Jin Sui was relieved: "It's that handsome young man! Liuyun, what a nice name."
Gu Changxiao glanced at her and said, "I took it."
Jin Sui was stunned, her instinctive intuition kicked in. The boss couldn't stand her praising others!
He hurriedly said, "Brother Gu is so elegant, like flowing clouds out of a valley and a bright moon in the sky. Even the names he gave to his secret guards sound so nice!"
The corners of Gu Changxiao's lips slightly raised, and Jinsui secretly raised his eyebrows. I didn't expect that you are such a person, Gu Changxiao, who actually likes to listen to other people's flattery!
You really should keep Wei Zhubo and let him flatter you every day.
Jin Sui's guess was correct. Zheng Yun actually found out through the Zheng family's network of connections that the fake King Li had previously sent people to Luocheng to look for three Taoists.
The people he sent out followed the imperial envoy and returned to the border town first when the battle with the Tartars took place, while the imperial envoy stayed in the suburbs of Yanzhou waiting for news of the war.
As for the Taoists, some people found that there were two Taoists, one old and one young, who were taken care of by the guards of the Black Feather Camp all the way. They followed the imperial envoys closely and also came to Yanzhou.
Zheng Yun said happily: "Sir, this Taoist must be the relatives or friends of the fake Li King. Hurry, catch them. There is no need to worry that the fake Li King will not confess his guilt!"
Although until now Liu Qincha still feels that this matter is too unbelievable, the King Li who did many great things in Yan was impersonated by someone else.
To him, this was almost the same as hearing that the emperor sitting on the dragon throne was an impostor.
In the eyes of these high-ranking officials in the imperial court, the idea that someone in the opera pretended to be an imperial envoy was an exaggeration and absolutely impossible.
How could someone in this world dare to pretend to be a prince? He even came to the prince's fiefdom and did whatever he wanted, doing several earth-shattering things, and even dared to lead troops to annihilate an entire Tartar army! Imperial Envoy Liu called the spy again: "Did you really see it clearly?"
The spy said firmly, "I can see clearly that the boy is definitely not the King of Li! The King of Li is nine feet tall, and the boy is at most seven feet tall. He looks feminine and has no internal strength."
Zheng Yun interrupted anxiously: "Could it be that what Huo Tiqi said was false? He has been lurking in the border town for so long..."
Imperial Envoy Liu raised his hand to interrupt him: "This matter is of great importance. I must be cautious."
Zheng Yun cursed quietly, "He is a coward and timid person!" Just at this moment, Li Heng sent someone to tell him that the King of Li had sent more than a dozen bodies to the governor's mansion. He found out that these people were from the imperial envoy group.
Imperial Envoy Liu was shocked: "Not a single one was left alive, all were lost!"
Zheng Yun said anxiously, "This is murder to silence the witnesses! The fake Li King must be afraid that the Prince Yu's men would recognize him, so he silenced them all! Sir, this is the evidence!"
"What are you waiting for? First, capture the Taoist priest, then lead the people to the border town and capture the fake Li King overnight. Otherwise, what if he gets the letter and runs away?"
Imperial Envoy Liu still refused to give in: "What else did Li Zhoumu say?"
"He said that he had no right to interfere in the affairs between the imperial envoy and the King of Li, and would only report the truth to the court."
Zheng Yun said anxiously: "Li Heng is just a cowardly fence-sitter! He has long been bought by the fake Li King."
Liu the Imperial Envoy said, "I know you are talking about the King of Li using his military merits in killing the Tartars to bribe Li the Governor, but he is a fake King of Li, why would he risk his life to personally kill the Tartars?"
Zheng Yun hurriedly looked for an excuse: "Maybe he wanted to convince the Black Feather Camp soldiers that he was real."
Imperial Envoy Liu shook his head, feeling that this matter was not that simple.
But he still listened to Zheng Yun's advice and imprisoned the two Taoist priests, one old and one young. If it was found out later that the two had nothing to do with the fake King Li, he could release them.
It turned out that the two Taoists left the city yesterday evening and never came back.
Zheng Yun's eyes turned red with anxiety. Just one step too late! Just one step too late!
At this time, Liuyun was carrying Jinan on his back and supporting Grandpa Ling as they walked along a small path to the border town at night.
Fortunately, they were out of Yanzhou and were sure that there were no pursuers behind them. The people who were waiting for them had arrived. They sat in the warm carriage, drinking ginger tea and eating noodles.
Grandpa Ling smirked and said, "No matter where you take us, if we are treated like this all the way, we will go!"
Liuyun said speechlessly: "I am here to pick you up on the orders of the King of Li. I am not a bad person."
Jin An muttered, "You are not a bad guy. You broke into someone's room in the middle of the night and just told them to pack up and leave. You couldn't explain clearly. Who would know who you are?"
The Black Feather Battalion soldiers who were driving the carriages were more understanding of human nature and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, old man. We are really here to pick you up on the orders of the prince."
"My brother is a man of few words and not very good at talking. Please forgive me if I offend you."
Grandpa Ling didn't know if the 'King of Li' he was talking about was his granddaughter, so he asked cautiously: "What does the King of Li look like? We are just ordinary Taoist priests, we don't know such a great man!"
The man saw that the Taoist priest was so cautious. It was a long journey and it would be inappropriate to make the old man worried. Suddenly he thought of something: "Taoist priest, do you know Hao Duojin? He was supposed to come to pick you up, but something happened to him and he let me come."
Grandpa Ling was no longer suspicious and said happily, "Master Hao Jun knows him! We traveled together and I drank a lot of wine with him!"
Jin'an was also very happy. If he hadn't been concerned about the cold-faced young man next to him, he would have cheered "I can see my sister again"!
The grandfather and grandson looked at each other with tears in their eyes. It has not been easy for the three of us to come this far!
My Jinsui, grandpa finally found you!
(End of this chapter)
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