In less than half a day, Yu Qizhe had searched Xianyang almost thoroughly and captured two maids who served in Cheng Ying's house. After a severe interrogation, Yu Qizhe knocked them open and found out that these two had served Yu Jiao personally. Yu Qizhe asked them many questions and also learned about Cheng Ying's whereabouts.
Standing outside the bamboo house on Bodhi Mountain, Yu Qizhe's eyes were complicated. His inexplicable intuition told him that the past of Cheng Ying and Yu Jiao might be hidden here, a past that he could never participate in.
But he still raised his hand and pushed open the door. The strange furnishings in the room were something Yu Qizhe had never seen before.
He walked in and could smell a faint fragrance in the room, mixed with the bitter aroma of medicine, which was the unique smell of Yu Jiao.
Yu Qizhe's eyes searched the furnishings in the house inch by inch. After a long time, he thought that the strange world where Jiaojiao lived was like this, completely different from Tai Yan.
He did not touch anything in the house. Obviously, everything in this bamboo house was carefully arranged by Cheng Ying. He even left this place on purpose, as if blatantly indicating that Jiaojiao and he were the same kind. They had another familiar world in common and memories of another life that no one could interfere with.
That kind of intimacy and familiarity was something Yu Qizhe could not overcome.
Yu Qizhe only stayed on the mountain for half an incense stick of time before going down.
He was no longer jealous of Cheng Ying, because he had learned from the two maids that Jiaojiao had been trying to escape and she was not willing to follow Cheng Ying to Jiaxing.
It's time for him to pick up Jiaojiao and take her home.
"Jiaxing sailing to the sea?" Gu Yun felt something was not right after hearing what Yu Qizhe said. "I'll send a pigeon to send a letter back to the capital."
Yu Qizhe looked depressed. He said in a deep voice: "I can't wait any longer. It takes three days to get to Jiaxing. If we leave immediately, we may be able to intercept Cheng Ying. Otherwise..."
Gu Yun understood what he had not finished saying, otherwise once Cheng Ying crossed the sea, there would be no trace of her.
Then Yu Jiao would never be found.
Although he didn't understand why that crazy Cheng Ying wanted to take Yu Jiao with her on the run, he couldn't let Cheng Ying bring her on the boat.
"So what are you going to do?" Gu Yun reminded, "Although the emperor trusts you and me, I cannot privately dispatch troops to Jiaxing without an imperial edict."
The Annan Marquisate was in charge of an army of 200,000 in Lingnan, and had always been feared by the emperor. Even though Liu Ziqi was very different from Zhu Kuang, as long as he sat on the throne and became the emperor, he would be suspicious of the ministers who held military power.
When the emperor and his ministers were in harmony, he took the initiative to lead his troops to Jiaxing to rescue Yu Jiao. Perhaps he would be praised by the emperor, but if the emperor became suspicious in the future, this would be used as evidence of his disloyalty.
Seeing Gu Yun's embarrassment, Yu Qizhe said, "I have decided to lead people to search in the direction of Jiaxing first, and leave marks along the way. After receiving the imperial order, the young marquis can lead people to rush to the rescue along the signs."
Gu Yun said, "Okay, but if you really catch up with Cheng Ying, don't alert the enemy. Find a way to stop them in Jiaxing and wait for me to bring the troops over." He knew that Yu Qizhe did not have many useful people under his command. Only a few secret guards who used to follow Yu Jiao accompanied him to Xianyang this time. Yu Qizhe only brought such a few people to chase Cheng Ying. If they started fighting, it would be tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg.
Seeing that Yu Qizhe was about to leave, Gu Yun said, "As soon as the pigeon from the capital arrives, I will lead my men to rush to Jiaxing as fast as possible."
Yu Qizhe cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your help."
Looking at Yu Qizhe's departing back, Gu Yun couldn't help but sigh. Although he had looked down on Yu Qizhe in the past, always feeling that this man was a deep-minded person and not an upright and open-minded person, it was undeniable that he treated Yu Jiao with a sincere heart.
He quickly wrote on the table that Cheng Ying was going to cross the sea to Jiaxing, blew a whistle to call a carrier pigeon, and sent the message out, hoping that the capital would reply as soon as possible so that he could lead his troops to Jiaxing earlier.
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