Shanhe Festival 186. Take You Home (Part 1)

"Your Highness, Commander Qin requests to see you!" the guard outside the study reported respectfully.

In the study, Mo Xiuyao, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes without a trace of sleepiness, and said calmly, "Let him in."

Soon, Qin Feng rushed in with Mo Hua, his face still showing uncontrollable excitement and excitement. Mo Xiuyao has always been very kind to people around Ye Li, otherwise Han Mingxi would have no idea where he was with his current temper. Therefore, he didn't care about Qin Feng's rudeness, frowned and asked: "Why are you so flustered?" Qin Feng couldn't help being excited.

, and said loudly: "Prince, there is news about the princess!"

Mo Xiuyao was stunned, staring at the candle in front of him, seemingly unaware of what Qin Feng was talking about. Qin Feng was a little anxious, and repeated again, "Prince, there is news about the princess!"

Mo Xiuyao came back to his senses, his half-closed eyes moved slightly, and he said calmly: "Explain it clearly." Qin Feng was a little puzzled by Mo Xiuyao's calm attitude, but Mo Hua, who was standing behind him, clearly saw that the prince's fingertips were trembling as he lay on the table, so he stepped forward and told him what had happened. Su Zuidie was tortured by Qin Feng

Although he had not revealed all the facts, he had already told them a lot about Tan Jizhi, so all of Tan Jizhi's bases in the northwest were naturally included in the range of the secret guards' knowledge. However, they did not expect that the princess would fall into Tan Jizhi's hands, and that they would appear together in a town not far from Ruyang, and that they would succeed.

Sent a secret letter to them.

Mo Xiuyao took the prescription sheet. The code on it had been written in a corner by Qin Feng. There were two lines of text composed of some strange symbols. Mo Xiuyao had seen some of them in Qilin's files, but he had not studied them carefully. He turned his eyes to Qin Feng. Qin Feng finally calmed down at this time, but his eyes were still flashing with sharpness, "

The princess said everything is fine, please don't worry. "

"All right... Don't worry..." Mo Xiuyao leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. After a long while, he stood up and ordered, "Pass the order down, go and welcome the princess back immediately."

"Your Highness!" Mo Hua stepped forward and stood in front of Mo Xiuyao, looking at him disapprovingly and said, "Your Highness, the princess can be welcomed by our subordinates, and it is better for you to stay in Ruyang. Your Highness, today is... the fifteenth..." Qin Feng then remembered that today was the day of the full moon, and the prince could not move freely. He also quickly agreed, "Commander Mo said

That makes sense, Your Majesty, I will go and welcome the princess back!" Mo Hua stepped forward and said, "I am willing to go too!"

Mo Xiuyao waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "That's enough. I know what I'm doing. Pass the order down and we'll set out in a quarter of an hour. Qin Feng, you take your men and follow me."

Although he was worried about Mo Xiuyao's health, he was so happy to see Ye Li safe that Qin Feng hesitated for a moment before turning around and leaving. Outside the door, Zhuo Jing and the others who had received the news and rushed over were standing at the door. When they saw Qin Feng coming out, they hurried forward. Qin Feng nodded to the three of them and hurried off to do his work. Zhuo Jing and the other two were also stunned, with wild excitement flashing in their eyes.

Lin Han's eyes turned red with joy, but he didn't care. His face was filled with joy that he hadn't seen in a long time.

In the morning, Ye Li got up early and packed up. In fact, Ye Li didn't sleep well the whole night. After Dr. Lin was taken away by Tan Jizhi, Ye Li didn't hear his voice coming back. Although she had only known Tan Jizhi for a few days, it was enough for Ye Li to understand how cruel this man was. This made Ye Li have to be grateful for the man who saved her.

The old man was worried about his own and his child's life. After sitting in the flower hall for a while, Tan Jizhi came in with Shu Manlin. Seeing Ye Li seemed a little tired, he couldn't help but smile and said, "What's wrong? Princess Ding didn't get enough rest last night? You are leaving Ruyang soon, and you are reluctant to let her go, right?" Ye Li frowned and asked, "How is Doctor Lin?"

Tan Jizhi was a little surprised. He looked Ye Li up and down and said with a smile, "So the princess is worried about him? Don't tell me that the princess really has a so-called master-disciple relationship with my father?"

Ye Li looked at him calmly and said, "Although it wasn't long, it is true that Doctor Lin taught me medical skills. What's wrong with the relationship between master and disciple?"

Tan Jizhi looked at Ye Li with a strange and mocking expression, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Come to think of it, the princess really doesn't look like a member of the royal family. Now that she can't even protect herself, how can the princess still have the mood to care about someone she just met not long ago?" Ye Li sneered coldly: "Master Tan can even give up the grace of raising me for more than 20 years without blinking an eye,

She is indeed more like a member of the royal family than I am, and is indeed a descendant of the previous dynasty. "Tan Jizhi was hurt by Ye Li's words, and his face suddenly became ugly. He said in a cold voice: "Since the princess is ready, let's set off now."

"Master Tan, please do as you please." Ye Li said calmly.

After leaving the inn, although there were only Ye Li, Tan Jizhi, Shu Manlin and three or four servants, Ye Li was very sensitive to the eyes following her. Although she had been restricted to the courtyard and could not go out for the past few days, Ye Li roughly estimated that there were at least more than ten people hiding in the innermost courtyard where she and Doctor Lin lived. Not to mention other people.

place. If the secret guards rushed in first in a hurry, it would be bad in such a small courtyard. Standing outside the inn, Ye Li looked back at the deserted old inn, but still did not see Doctor Lin. Tan Jizhi had not yet obtained the treasure he wanted, so he should not kill Doctor Lin. Ye Li could only hope so in her heart.

As expected, from time to time, the Mohist Army passed by the town, always walking in pairs, looking like they were patrolling rather than looking for someone. Tan Jizhi naturally noticed this, frowned, waved his hand, and asked Shu Manlin to help Ye Li get on the carriage parked on the side of the road. After a while, the slow carriage slowly moved out of the town.

Shu Manlin sat opposite Ye Li, staring at her with a bad look. Although Shu Manlin often came to the small courtyard to tease Ye Li before, Doctor Lin was usually present. This was the first time the two of them were alone together. Ye Li looked at the beautiful woman opposite calmly with a faint smile. Shu Manlin raised her eyes slightly, snorted with disdain, stared at Ye Li and said:

"Do you know who I am?" Ye Li lowered her eyes. "I don't want to know who you are at all." "If Miss Lin doesn't know who you are, how can I know?"

Shu Manlin glanced at her with pride and said, "Don't pretend. I know you have guessed my identity a long time ago. Princess Ding, when you were in Nanzhao, you used the identity of Xu Qingchen's fiancée to deceive me and that idiot Anxi. Do you think I won't be on guard against you?" Ye Li looked up at her and smiled, "So...what advice do you have for me, Saint?" Compared to her age,

Princess Anxi, who was good at governing the country, Ye Li really didn't see how Shu Manlin in front of her had the qualifications to call her a fool. Is it true that real fools always think others are fools?

"You know what I want to say. If you have some sense, just shut up. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!" Shu Manlin threatened in a deep voice.

Ye Li raised her eyebrows, of course she understood what she was talking about. Was she really trying to harass her elder brother behind Tan Jizhi's back? However, Shu Manlin was actually afraid of Tan Jizhi, which surprised Ye Li. After all, in everyone's eyes, even if Tan Jizhi was a descendant of the previous royal family, he was now just a servant in front of the emperor.

Money wants power, but power doesn't mean people. But Shu Manlin is the Saintess of Southern Xinjiang, whose status and power can almost compete with the Princess of the King of Southern Xinjiang, and she has the secret support of the King of Nanzhao and Mo Jingli. Even if they are in collusion, it should be Tan Jizhi who gives in to Shu Manlin. It seems that she had underestimated Tan Jizhi because of his performance in the imperial mausoleum.

Tilting his head to think for a while, Ye Li smiled and said, "The Saint should know that I am not the kind of gossiper who likes to gossip about other people's shortcomings."

Shu Manlin sneered and said, "You'd better know your appearance. Otherwise, I have plenty of ways to make you shut up."

Looking at Shu Manlin quietly, Ye Li let out a cold smile, "Saint... I feel very uncomfortable hearing what you said... Now, do you dare to kill me? No, do you dare to attack me now?" Shu Manlin's pretty face darkened. That's right, Tan Jizhi had warned her many times in the past few days that she must not touch Ye Li at all. Although she was unhappy, she

She was not the kind of woman who didn't know the big picture. The treasure of the previous dynasty was not obtained, which made the Princess Ding's bargaining chip even more important. Not only could they not harm Ye Li, they even had to protect her. As long as they could bring Ye Li safely out of the Mo family army's sphere of influence, they would have two bargaining chips that could control Mo Xiuyao at any time.

"Ye Li, don't be too proud! One day..." Shu Manlin gritted her teeth and whispered. The chips will lose their effectiveness one day, and she can torture the woman in front of her however she wants. Thinking of the big fuss Ye Li had in Nanzhao last year and what she did in Shattered Snow Pass, their original plan was almost completely ruined. Whenever she thought of this, Shu Manlin couldn't help but want to peel her skin off, not to mention that she was actually Xu Qingchen's cousin.

Ye Li leaned on her hand and reminded her leisurely, "Saint, you should think about the present first. Who knows what will happen in the future? Of course, if you don't mind, I don't mind occasionally chatting with Lord Tan about the things that the Saint of Southern Xinjiang and Master Qingchen had to say in Southern Xinjiang?" Shu Manlin's face turned blue with anger, and she raised her hand to slap Ye Li in the face, but Ye Li was faster than her, "Ah?!"

Outside the carriage, riding a horse, Tan Jizhi quickly stepped forward a few steps, leaned over to lift the curtain beside the carriage, and saw Shu Manlin holding her hand. He frowned unhappily and said, "Lin'er, what are you doing? I told you not to be rude to the princess." Shu Manlin put down her hand angrily, glared at Ye Li, and muttered, "I know." Tan Jizhi looked at the two of them with some concern, and warned, "We're leaving town soon, don't make a fuss." Then he put down the curtain. Ye Li smiled and raised her eyebrows at Shu Manlin, and Shu Manlin gritted her teeth, "Ye Li, you wait!"

The carriage was stopped at the exit of the town. Fortunately, the people who stopped at the intersection for inspection were not Mohist soldiers but ordinary yamen runners, which made Tan Jizhi breathe a sigh of relief.

"Who are you in the car? Get out!" the bailiff who was checking the car shouted in a deep voice.

Tan Jizhi stepped forward with a scholar's face that looked honest and sincere, and said, "Your Excellency... what, what happened?" The bailiff knocked on the car door and said, "According to the order from above, we are searching for spies entering the northwest. All outsiders will be checked and everyone inside will be allowed to come out!" Tan Jizhi said with embarrassment, "Your Excellency, please forgive me. My wife is seven months pregnant. It is really inconvenient for her. Please forgive me..." As he spoke, he slipped two silver ingots into the car without leaving any trace, acting like a cowardly scholar.

The yamen runners got the upper hand, looked at each other and said, "You don't have to get off the carriage, just lift the curtain and take a look." He said that regardless of whether Tan Jizhi agreed or not, he suddenly stepped forward and lifted the curtain. He saw two young women sitting in the carriage, one of them had a young woman's hairstyle, and she looked pregnant. The other woman in blue was beautiful and charming, and smiled at him. The yamen runner was stunned for a moment, and muttered in a low voice, "What a blessing, such a small and shabby place can actually have such a beauty..."

Tan Jizhi smiled cautiously and said, "Sir, can this young man leave now?"

The yamen runner looked inside again with some reluctance, then he lowered the curtain and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir!" Tan Jizhi said happily, and waved his hand to let the driver drive out of the town quickly.

When the carriage disappeared, the arrogant expressions on the faces of the several yamen runners outside the town gradually faded away. One of them asked, "How is it? Did you see clearly?" The yamen runner who had lifted the curtain to check frowned and said, "It was the princess. The princess said that the other side has a lot of people, and some are from southern Xinjiang. She asked us to be patient."

"Damn it! Watching the princess walk past..." the man next to him cursed in a low voice.

His companion patted his shoulder and said, "Since we have targeted him, does he still want to take the princess away from the northwest? This is definitely not the place to take action. The princess is pregnant and has difficulty moving. The woman in the carriage is not a good person either. What if she hurts the princess?"

After leaving the town, Tan Jizhi obviously felt a little uneasy. He ordered people to speed up and rush to Feihong Pass without stopping. According to his plan, there shouldn't be any problems. He had been lurking between Da Chu and Nanzhao for nearly ten years without attracting the attention of all the dignitaries, including the Dingwang Mansion. Moreover, he did not enter the northwest from Feihong Pass, so he should not have attracted Mo Xiuyao's attention. But the sudden appearance of patrol troops in the town made him feel that something was out of control. Just when he was puzzled, he suddenly thought of someone. He couldn't help but take a breath of cold air in his heart - he just hoped that the woman would not be so stupid as to tell everything about him. There was a trace of murderous intent in his eyes. It shouldn't be... That woman must know that if she tells him, she will die. Mo Xiuyao will definitely cut her into pieces...

"Jizhi, can you take a break? I'm tired..." Shu Manlin lifted the curtain and said with a somewhat ugly face. She had been spoiled since she was a child, so how could she bear the pain of the bumpy carriage on the road? She couldn't bear it any longer. In addition, Ye Li kept making sarcastic remarks along the way, and Shu Manlin, who had been enduring for a long time, finally couldn't help but explode. Tan Jizhi looked at her and saw that her face was indeed ugly. He remembered that Ye Li was still pregnant and couldn't bear too much bumpy ride. After hesitating for a while, he nodded and said, "Rest for half an hour."

Shu Manlin happily called out "Jizhi is so good" and jumped off the carriage, wanting to stretch her muscles. Tan Jizhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Li in the carriage and said, "Princess, do you want to get off and walk?" Ye Li's face was also a little pale, and she looked even more tired because she didn't sleep well after making love. She shook her head and said, "Since you have stopped, I will sleep for a while. Don't disturb me." Tan Jizhi didn't care. Of course, he hoped that Ye Li would have as little trouble as possible. Before he could say anything else, Shu Manlin had already pulled him to the foot of a tree on the side, "Jizhi, go over and sit for a while to rest. It's so hot. I'm so tired..." Tan Jizhi was obviously very patient with her and whispered, "In that case, you can also lean on me and sleep for a while."

"Jizhi is the best."

In the woods in the afternoon, horses are quietly eating grass. Under the shade of the trees, a couple is sitting together to rest. It is a picture of tranquility and peace.

When Tan Jizhi realized something was wrong, he suddenly raised his head and found that the silence in the woods was too strange. At some point, a man in green appeared at the foot of a tree not far away. His black hair was like clouds, and the silver dragon pattern on his green clothes flashed a luxurious light under the setting sun. The man was thin, and his handsome face was covered with a silver-white half mask, but it still couldn't hide the sickly paleness on his face. However, even if he just stood there quietly, just slightly raised his face and looked in their direction, he inadvertently revealed a naturally noble and regal demeanor that made people shudder. But at this moment, what made Tan Jizhi feel a little cold in his heart was that no one in the woods, including the guards who were on guard not far away, seemed to have seen the man at all. It was as if the overwhelming pressure he felt was just his own imagination.

"Mo Xiuyao!" Tan Jizhi said in a deep voice, but completely ignored the pressure on his body, and flew towards the carriage not far away without caring about anything.

The guards on the side seemed to have just realized that there was a strange man in the woods, and they quickly drew their weapons and rushed forward to meet him.

Under the tree, the man in green frowned slightly. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the situation. He took a step forward, passing through the guards like a flowing cloud, and his wide sleeves fluttered with a charming blood light, and then he went to the carriage in the same way. He stood farther away from Tan Jizhi, and his movements seemed to be slower than Tan Jizhi, but he was not a few minutes later than Tan Jizhi. When Tan Jizhi stretched out his hand to grab the curtain of the carriage, a flash of silver light and a cold silver light cut off his hand that was reaching out to the carriage.

Tan Jizhi gritted his teeth, "Mo Xiuyao!"

At this moment, he didn't have time to think about why Mo Xiuyao appeared here. The only thing he could think about was that he had to defeat the man in front of him. However, this was so difficult. Mo Xiuyao was known as one of the four great masters in the world. Today, after Mu Qingcang had been with him for a long time, he was the real number one master in Da Chu.

After failing to hit the target, Tan Jizhi quickly retreated and shouted, "Shoot!"

The forest was quiet, but there was no sound of an arrow piercing the air as expected. Tan Jizhi's face changed slightly, and he stared closely at the man in green before him.

But Mo Xiuyao didn't even look at him. He turned around and lifted the curtain of the carriage behind him. He looked at the woman in the carriage with a gentle and warm smile, "Ali, I'm here to take you home."