Chapter 736 Song Zhuo arrives, Pei Chuyan is back

Lin Ji knew that his prince must have been very tired along the way, so he wanted to ask the prince to rest for a while. However, seeing the prince's anxious look, he knew that he must be worried about the princess, so he didn't dare to say anything more.

The one who stayed behind in the western camp at this time was Song Qingyan's brother Song Qingqi.

He is the current Duke Dingguo.

There has been some chaos in Jinhu County recently, so Song Zhuo and Shen Xiao were sent to Jinhu County to assist Guo Ping.

Seeing Master Pei coming suddenly, Song Qingqi was still somewhat surprised. After listening to the soldiers' report, he initially thought that they were lying about military intelligence, but then he thought that the soldiers around him would never do this.

So he hurried to the outside of the tent, but he didn't expect that the people standing outside were Pei Chuyan and the guards beside him.

"Didn't Prince Pei go to Dali Kingdom? He should be escorting the Fourth Prince back to the capital. Why did he come here?"

Since Song Qingyan came to Yong'an County, she had met her brother, so naturally, Song Qingqi also knew the emperor's arrangements.

Pei Chuyan didn't bother to say more. He took the kettle from Lin Ji and drank a can of water before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"My Lord, I can't care about anything else right now. Please dispatch a thousand soldiers and follow me to the border of Yong'an County."

After hearing what Pei Chuyan said, Song Qingqi frowned. After all, he was also a general of the Western Camp. He couldn't just hand the person over to Pei Chuyan just because of Pei Chuyan's words. So he didn't say anything and just stared at Pei Chuyan.

Pei Chuyan finally sighed and explained: "To return to the Duke, this time I accompanied His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince to the Dali Kingdom, and I did solve a past event in the Dali Kingdom."

Now everyone knows that the emperor of Dali Kingdom has been replaced.

Although King Yixuan said that he would never ascend the throne in the future, the highest power in the Dali Kingdom is now in his hands, and it is still his business how to do it.

He nodded and said, "I have heard about the Li Cheng sacrifice. This time, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince did contribute to the Great Chu State."

After hearing this, Lin Ji turned to look at his own prince, but Pei Chuyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Naturally, he didn't want others to know that this matter had anything to do with him.

After all, he is just a prince. If he competes with the princes for credit, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

Besides, he has never been willing to show off too much.

If this matter happened to the Fourth Prince, then it could naturally be said that His Majesty taught his son well, or that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave him good guidance, but when it came to him, that was another matter.

After all, Your Majesty knows that I am of the bloodline of the Dali Kingdom. If Your Majesty really becomes suspicious, it will not be good for me.

"My Lord, you may not know that I met Princess Yong'an and Miss Qionghua who were on their way to Dali Kingdom."

Song Qingqi really didn't know about this. He looked at Pei Chuyan in front of him with some surprise.

At first, when Wanwan did not come with Song Qingyan, Song Qingqi was worried, but later when he learned that the two young masters were also with Wanwan, he felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, Miss Qionghua is now by her side.

Pei Chuyan didn't want to talk too much about what happened before, nor did he want to make Song Qingqi worry too much, so he simply told him that they encountered a group of bandits at the border.

"The princess and her group are staying where they are to keep an eye on that group of people. I will go to the western camp, hoping to borrow the general's soldiers to suppress the bandits."

"They are numerous and powerful, and have been entrenched there for many years. They have been committing crimes for a long time, so they must be caught in one fell swoop."

When Song Qingqi heard about this, he immediately stood up.

"Let my deputy general go with you." After thinking about it, he felt it was inappropriate. The two deputy generals were not young anymore, so he turned to look at the young guard beside him and said, "Go to Jinhu County and call Deputy General Song Zhuo back."

Pei Chuyan was slightly surprised when he heard what Song Qingqi said. He didn't expect that Song Zhuo was already a deputy general. It seemed that his experience in the army had really allowed him to demonstrate his abilities.

At the very least, it's much better than living in Beijing.

It seemed that he was worried about the condition of the Royal Concubine, so Pei Chuyan asked again: "General Song, how is the Royal Concubine's condition now?"

Song Qingqi sighed slightly after hearing this, but he comforted Pei Chuyan again: "Don't worry, my military doctors, including the imperial physicians accompanying the Royal Concubine, have checked. The Royal Concubine is now unconscious, and there are no other injuries."

“It just takes time.”

This was very similar to the poison he had been poisoned with before, so he was not really worried. Besides, his sister had only been poisoned for three to five days, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

"I think Miss Qionghua has already rushed here. As long as she arrives, she will be able to rescue the Royal Concubine very quickly."

Just like how Qiong Hua saved me before.

Pei Chuyan nodded and didn't say much, but he was not as optimistic as Song Qingqi.

For some reason, he always felt a little uneasy all the way to the western camp.

But now, we still have to put people's livelihood first. If the Royal Concubine knew that I saw such bandits but did not kill them, she would definitely blame me.

So he had to rush back, bring those people to justice, and then accompany the princess to the princess's mansion.

Knowing the whole story, Song Zhuo came quickly without saying much nonsense. He just exchanged a few words with Pei Chuyan before going out to recruit troops and generals.

In less than two hours, a thousand cavalrymen set out in a mighty force.

By the time Lu Xingwan and his group arrived at their place, it had already been the third day. Lu Xingwan even thought that some of the stunned bandits were about to wake up when a mighty noise came from the foot of the mountain.

Lu Xingwan ran outside in surprise, confirmed that it was the sound of horse hooves, then turned to look at Sister Qionghua and the others beside him: "It must be Pei Chuyan and the others who are back."

He spoke with great excitement.

They had been waiting for so many days, and finally they arrived.

Every day feels like a year.

They went up the mountain fully prepared, thinking that they might encounter a fierce battle, but they did not expect that when they arrived at the gate of the mountain village, Lu Xingwan and his men were waving at them excitedly.

Song Zhuo was worried and walked faster. Even Pei Chuyan, who was standing beside him, walked over quickly.

Instead, he saw a group of people lying on the ground and sleeping.

Lu Xingwan knew their doubts, so he smiled and explained, "My fourth and eldest senior brothers, Sister Qionghua and I worked together to drug these people. They have been in a coma for three days. If Brother Song Zhuo and you guys don't come, I'm afraid they will wake up."