"You'd get lost easily, and we're in a hurry."
Xiao Lichen's words successfully hit Tao Yuwei's sore spot.
That's right, she is a little bit directionally challenged, and once she sets out on the road alone, there will be some twists and turns.
"You are the ones who are easily lost. This time, I found the place first."
If she hadn't deviated even a little bit this time, how could she have saved these children so quickly?
Xiao Lichen raised his hand and knocked on the carriage, then ignored her and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
The carriage then sped up.
Tao Yuwei glared at him speechlessly, sat down again, and decided not to ride a horse.
This way, this person wouldn't be upset with her for slowing down the journey.
They traveled quickly and expected to return to Beijing early the next morning, which would not delay Xiao Lichen from attending the morning court.
Before dark, they will enter the jurisdiction of the Gyeonggi region.
Tao Yuwei was extremely anxious at this time, and she decided to propose to Xiao Lichen to change the itinerary in a willful way.
Originally, her outward personality was unreasonable, arrogant and domineering. Now, she couldn't think of a legitimate reason to convince Xiao Lichen and others to follow her path.
She directly told Xiao Lichen that there was a secret guard camp hidden in Cuiyun Mountain outside Beijing. The villain must be very curious about how she knew this important information.
There might be a random investigation into the General's Mansion. If those people in the court who are eyeing her family get the news and do something secretly, it will be a big trouble.
Forget it, to save trouble, she would just act unscrupulously, throw a tantrum, and strongly demand a change of route.
"Prince Xiao, this princess has something important to say."
Tao Yuwei said, tilting her head.
Xiao Lichen had been sleeping with his eyes closed for most of the day. When he heard her words, he opened his sharp eyes.
He had just signaled her to speak when a fast horse came outside the carriage.
The carriage they were riding in suddenly stopped, interrupting what Tao Yuwei was about to say.
The rider came to the carriage, dismounted swiftly, and knelt in front of the carriage to report respectfully.
"Commander, according to your instructions, our reconnaissance team has found traces of private soldiers on Cuiyun Mountain outside the capital.
After the deputy commander reported this matter to His Majesty, His Majesty ordered General Tao of the Jingji camp to lead his men to surround the entire mountain.
They fought with hundreds of private soldiers hiding there. Finally, when they saw that things were going badly, most of them bit the poison in their mouths and committed suicide.
The remaining few had their jaws removed before they could die, and are now all escorted to the Heavenly Prison, being personally interrogated by Your Majesty."
"According to preliminary interrogations, those individuals were deliberately trained as secret guards. His Majesty is extremely furious, and martial law has been imposed in the capital since early this morning."
When Tao Yuwei, who was sitting in the car, heard these words, the irritability caused by the hot weather was relieved as if she had drunk ice-cold Sprite, and her face was filled with joy.
[As expected of a villain, his sources of information are so well-informed and his actions are so swift, no one in the entire Great Zhou can compare to him!]
[Haha, once the Emperor finds out who the Sixth Prince is from those people's mouths, he'll never be able to turn things around again.]
This saved her from having to use her well-known unruly image as a stubborn person to ask for a change of route.
Without her intervention, the villain and others easily took care of the matter. She had the illusion that she could finally lie down and relax.
Tao Yuwei felt her whole body was unblocked and she was indescribably happy.
Well, the villain is really nice!
After hearing her evaluation of him, Xiao Lichen's cold and pale face softened a lot.
Since she praised him, he would help her clear her name when he went to court tomorrow.
In their haste, they had missed the rest station, and if they continued walking for a while, it would be completely dark.
He asked the other party to leave, chose a suitable place nearby, and everyone stopped to spend the night.
In the capital city.
The Five Cities Military Department brought teams of people to strengthen patrols in the city. Anyone they encountered who was suspicious would be arrested and taken back for interrogation.
Night markets on the city's busy streets have been under temporary curfew for several days.
The streets were pitch black except for the night watchmen and patrolmen.
It was under such circumstances that the eighth prince Xiao Chengyan brought his men back with great effort.
After they entered the South City, they accidentally ran into a team of patrol soldiers and the two sides engaged in a fierce chase.
Before being caught, they finally ran into the Qiancheng Pawnshop on a street in the south city.
After entering the room, Xiao Chengyan and others slumped in the chairs in the room. After gasping for breath a few times, everyone's faces looked grim.
"Master, the wind is blowing in the wrong direction when we return to the capital this time," we must be careful in the future.
The others agreed with the mysterious military advisor's words and nodded.
They didn't even have time to drink tea. Led by the manager here, they passed through the secret passage and left South City, which was a very dangerous place for them.
After entering the secret passage, Xiao Chengyan sternly said to the manager of this branch shop, "This place might be exposed, evacuate as soon as possible!"
The manager nodded quickly, watched them leave, and then quickly cleaned up the store. Soon, the store was empty.
Walking in the secret passage, Xiao Chengyan felt terrible.
One of his secret businesses in the capital, Qiancheng Pawnshop, might not be able to be saved.
The losses are huge, and we will have to find ways to prepare other industries in the future.
The patrolmen who had been tracking them, after losing sight of them, began searching every house in the vicinity overnight without giving up.
Soon, this important news reached the palace.
Emperor Jianchang summoned the commander of the Imperial Guard, Uncle Gu, into the palace overnight.
"Xinyuan, during this special period, the Five Cities Military Division has discovered a suspicious individual in South City. I'll leave this matter to you to personally monitor."
Gu Xinyuan led a group of people to the south of the city with oral instructions.
Not long after he left, the deputy commander of the Xiaoyu Guard knelt on the floor of the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, Tian Linwen told me that he knew a great secret about the General's Mansion, and he also made a request to me."
Emperor Jianchang threw away the annoying pile of memorials in his hand, raised his head, and said coldly, "What are you asking for?"
At this critical juncture, he has a lot of important things to do. From the tone of his voice, it seems that Tian Linwen holds the fatal handle on Tao Zhihong.
"He is willing to tell everything he knows, including why he became involved with Princess Anle, but he insists that he must explain everything clearly in front of the entire court at tomorrow's grand meeting."
Emperor Jianchang had a deep understanding of this minor official working in the military department.
Tian Linwen's thoughts are not simple.
In order to prevent himself from dying inexplicably in the prison of the prison warden, he first used this huge secret as a means of saving his life, and then asked to go to the Golden Palace to reveal everything he knew.
Tian Linwen carefully planned this in order to survive and get many court officials to speak for him.
Well, he wanted to see what earth-shattering things the other party could say.
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