Chapter 241 Entering the City
Su Yue checked Ma's breath, which was a little disordered but not fatal.
"Should we get rid of her or put her away?" Su Yue asked.
"Put it away first." Murong Li said in a deep voice.
Su Yue nodded, took Ma Ma into the space and isolated her.
"What do you think?"
Su Yue felt that the Murong royal family's method of reducing the power of the aristocratic families in order to ensure the long-term prosperity of the royal family was not advisable. It would only backfire and accelerate the dynasty's decline into the abyss.
Not all people are stupid. If everyone is dead and you still don’t know who committed the murder, then you are not worthy of being a powerful family in the capital.
Once the powerful and wealthy families can no longer bear it, they will rebel.
In fact, most changes of dynasties originated from this. Excessive suppression and excessive resistance led to conflicts.
Murong Li gazed deeply towards the capital, seemingly muttering to himself but also responding to Su Yue: "This kind of deeply ingrained practice cannot be changed overnight. We have a long and difficult road ahead."
"Come on, let's go back. It's too early to talk about this now."
After Murong Li finished speaking, he turned around with a determined look in his eyes and took Su Yue's hand and returned to the camp. The two of them went to see Old Madam Yun first. Seeing General Yun here, they just greeted him and left.
Murong Li did not reveal Ma Ma's identity to General Yun. This matter could not be revealed and the consequences were difficult to predict.
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse tonight, which is not suitable for an attack. Murong Li made arrangements and lay down in the carriage early.
This carriage was built by Jiang Bo at Su Yue's request. It is an extended version, so one can sleep freely in the carriage at night.
It was very hot during the day, but there was a cool breeze at night, but Murong Li tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
"What's wrong?"
When Su Yue came back and saw that he was still awake, she asked him. She had just added some spiritual spring water to the bucket for feeding the horses to ensure that all the horses would not die of heat, fatigue or thirst while traveling in this hot weather.
"Nothing, maybe it's because it's hot, I'm too upset to sleep."
Murong Fu said lazily, and with his long arms he hugged Su Yue in his arms. He smelled the fragrance on her body and felt a little better.
Su Yue sat up from his arms, took out a glass of spiritual spring water and said, "Drink some to cool down the summer heat."
Murong Li also sat up. After drinking the spring water, the irritability in his heart was suppressed. Thinking that he had to travel tomorrow, he didn't say anything and fell asleep holding Su Yue.
Su Yue knew that he was worried about what happened during the day. If some killers came, it would be easy to deal with them. They could just kill them without any psychological burden.
Today he encountered the secret guards from the palace, who were hiding by Feng's side. How could he remain calm?
This matter is nothing as long as you don't think too much about it, but if you think too much about it, it will be a big deal.
No wonder Murong Li had never been so irritable before.
Su Yue didn't say anything and fell asleep in his arms.
The two of them slept until dawn and then woke up.
Someone was already making a fire and cooking. The two of them went into the space to wash up before coming out. It was more convenient to solve problems in the space.
It was almost June and the weather felt a bit hot and humid in the morning. Murong left to make some arrangements and asked the team to slow down their pace. After all, the emperor had not set a time limit for reaching the capital.
The team set off only after having breakfast.
At this time, in a county town ahead of them, a man sneaked into the county town like a ghost, came to an inn, knocked on the door of the inn, and the door was quickly opened, and the man slipped in.
"So, when will they get here?"
As soon as he entered, a man dressed as a shopkeeper asked the person who had just come in. The person was dressed in gray, like an ordinary citizen, but his eyes were sharp, and the hair hanging down casually on both sides covered his slightly protruding temples. He was obviously a martial arts master.
He said to the middle-aged man, "We'll probably be able to enter the city at night. Your Excellency can make the arrangements."
"Okay, got it. You keep an eye on them and report back at any time." The middle-aged shopkeeper stroked his beard and said with a fierce look in his eyes.
He had previously sent a group of people to rob and kill, but they were all wiped out and he was severely scolded by his master.
He was so angry that he wanted to die. His master didn't even think about the fact that Murong Li had the emperor's 1,000 personal guards around him. If they went with only a few people, wouldn't that be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?
But the master has ordered that they must bring Murong Li's head to see him, otherwise they cannot go back.
The master is always like this, no matter whether his subordinates live or die, he must complete the task, otherwise no one will come back and he will end his life.
How could there be such a cruel and ruthless person? He has so many brothers under him, he can't just watch them all die. They are brothers who have been through life and death together, but this time is different. If he fails to complete the mission, his family will be implicated. He has to take a gamble and be cautious.
However, in the wilderness, with the protection of a thousand personal guards, they couldn't even get close to the edge. But once they entered the county town and settled down in the inn, they would have a way and a chance.
They had already booked the Good Luck Inn and were waiting for Murong Li and his party to check in.
This inn is the best and largest in the county. I believe that Murong Li and his friends would not stay in any other inn. This inn must be their first choice.
So tonight is a good opportunity, we must capture him.
Although there are a thousand personal soldiers over there, he also has about a hundred death warriors on his side, all of whom are carefully selected from a hundred miles away and can fight ten enemies at once. I believe they have a certain chance of success this time.
As soon as the subordinate left, the middle-aged shopkeeper immediately went to make arrangements.
However, unknown to him, a group of people were preparing in the same way.
In the open air, the people who were going to surround and kill Murong Li were not strong enough in martial arts and did not have enough manpower, so it was impossible for them to rob and kill Murong Li.
The thousand guards surrounded Murong Li like an iron barrel, and no one dared to get close.
So they also thought of this method, carrying out robbery and murder in the county town.
There were many people and a lot of noise in the county town, and they didn't believe that Murong Li's defense was as strong as an iron barrel in the wild, and there would always be times when the defense was not available.
Moreover, fire attacks are easiest to use in county towns.
If you use fire attack in the wild, and there are spacious places to escape, they will have no way to stop you.
As they expected, in the evening, Murong Li and his party finally arrived at the city gate, but the gate was closed at this time. General Li, who was accompanying them, immediately took out his badge, and the soldiers guarding the city immediately let them pass.
After entering the city, some people went to inquire about the inn first.
In a short while, someone came back to report that there were four or five inns in the county town where they could stay in batches.
"Your Highness, in my opinion, it would be safer for all of our people to stay in one inn."
Now when Murong Li was preparing to assign personnel, General Li stepped forward again and bowed.
(End of this chapter)
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