326, return to Beijing
326, return to Beijing
Early the next morning, Lu Mingfei and Guard Ma returned to the inn. After meeting up with the other brothers, they had breakfast at the inn, counted the goods, and then set off together.
This small town connects the two places and is a must-pass place for passing caravans. Therefore, the business here is prosperous and there are many caravans coming and going.
At this time in the morning, there were many caravans and civilians leaving and entering the city. Their group followed the group in front of them and lined up to leave the city.
When they arrived at the city gate, Guard Ma immediately noticed something was wrong and said to their master in a low voice, "Sir, there seem to be more guards at the city gate today than when we entered the city yesterday."
"What are you afraid of? Don't be nervous. They won't recognize us." Lu Mingfei wasn't worried about being discovered. Even if he was caught by Prince Qi, the most he would do was take him back to Nanjun, not kill him.
As long as he survives, he has plenty of opportunities to escape, and he can run twice on foot.
“I’m not…”
"If you reveal your true identity, when I see your young master again, I will tell him that you took me to a brothel."
“!!!”
Guard Ma's face suddenly changed, and he glared at their master, "It was obviously you who wanted to go, how come I was the one taking you there?" If their prince knew that he took Lord Lu to visit a brothel, lashing him with a hundred whips would be the least of his punishment. He was afraid that their prince would skin him alive!
The other brothers around looked at Ma Ge with sympathy. Who told you to take their parents to a brothel? You must be tired of living!
I wonder if their master will reward them if they tell him about this?
...However, they should just pretend they don’t know about the betrayal of their own brothers.
"I don't care, you're the one who took me there!" Seeing that Guard Ma was successfully angered by him and even forgot about his nervousness, with only an angry face left, Lu Mingfei knew that his trick was effective.
Just as the two of them were arguing, Prince Qi and his men arrived at the city gate on horseback.
Hearing the word "brothel", Qi Jun looked at the person who was speaking and recognized that the two people were the two brothers he met in the inn last night.
He didn't care, just glanced at it and looked away.
Only Guard Ma felt Prince Qi's gaze on them, and he felt a little nervous.
"Brother, don't be angry. I heard from other brothers that there are a lot of delicious food in Kyoto City. If you can treat me to a good meal in Kyoto City, I won't tell my brother that you took me to the brothel." Lu Mingfei looked at Prince Qi and saw Prince Qi roll down from the horse. He guessed that he hadn't noticed he was here yet.
"..." Guard Ma, at this time, you still have the mind to act, I have to admire you!
At this time, their team had arrived. The manager of their caravan negotiated with the general guarding the city and took them out of the city.
Lu Mingfei was walking in the team, leading his horse. He also heard the people around Prince Qi asking the generals guarding the city whether they had found any suspicious people leaving the city.
"No, no, there are only some merchant caravans and ordinary people entering and leaving the city gate. We didn't find the person the prince is looking for." The general guarding the city replied.
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei's mouth curled up and said, "Bye, I'm leaving soon. I won't come to your place next time if I don't have anything to do!"
After questioning the generals guarding the city, the guards returned to report to their prince: "Prince, we still haven't found any trace of Lord Lu. What should we do now?"
"Continue to strengthen the inspections in and out of the city gates. He will definitely pass through here if he wants to go back to Kyoto Prefecture." Qi Jun had a strange feeling in his heart at this time, but he himself could not tell why he felt this strange feeling.
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, the guards had no choice but to instruct the generals guarding the city to strengthen the inspection of people entering and leaving the city gate, and if they found anything wrong, they must detain the person.
Qi Jun watched the teams leaving and entering the city, wondering where Lu Mingfei had gone. [Could it be that he had already left Nanjun and returned to Yantu?]
[Lu Mingfei, you really can run! If I had known you could run so fast, I would have kept you back in Yunzhou City no matter what!]
Thinking of this, Qi Jun was filled with regret. He had underestimated Lu Mingfei's ability and overestimated the strength of their Zhennan Army. It seemed that he would have to go back and discuss with his father how to strengthen the defense of the entire Nanjun.
Otherwise, if there is a Lu Mingfei running away today, there will be a Zhang Mingfei, Li Mingfei, and Wang Mingfei running away tomorrow!
"Let's go, let's go out of the city and take a look." Seeing that he couldn't protect Lu Mingfei here, Qi Jun jumped on his horse and said to the guards who were traveling with him.
"Yes!" The leading guard responded and waved his hand. The other brothers all mounted their horses and followed their prince on horseback.
Lu Mingfei watched as Prince Qi led his men on horseback riding ahead of them. It seemed that Prince Qi was not as smart as Zhao Lang said. How could they have passed by him without even noticing him?
After leaving the city, he sat on the shaft of the carriage, drove the carriage leisurely, and followed the brothers in front.
At this time, the few guards he brought with him all changed their appearances, either disguising themselves as coachmen or as guards walking in front and behind him to protect him.
In fact, this caravan was actually their own caravan, but only the leading manager knew his identity, and the others did not.
Their caravan followed the caravan in front. Several caravans traveled together and there were quite a few people on board.
When there are a lot of people, each person becomes a small ant in the team, and will not be so conspicuous and will not be discovered to be abnormal.
The only thing Lu Mingfei was thankful for was that the Prince of Zhennan and the imperial court had not yet started fighting, and there were no checkpoints set up from Nanjun to the territory of Dayan.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to leave Nanjun and return to the territory of Dayan.
If he were the prince of Qi, he would have led an army here to guard the place, making it impossible for the enemy to escape.
However, after returning, should he suggest to the emperor to send an army to guard here? Otherwise, if the Zhennan Army came here, the court would not know about it.
The border here is like this, and I'm afraid it's also the case in the areas adjacent to other vassal kings.
It is not known whether the emperor and the officials of the court had not yet realized that these princes had declared themselves kings, or whether they were so careless as to think that these princes would not use military force against the court, but the court did not even send troops to garrison these border areas.
However, now that the princes have gone out and become independent, taking away troops from all over the place, the imperial court may not have that many soldiers available!
As for this matter, it depends on the opinions of the bigwigs in the court. He is just a small official of the sixth rank and cannot be in charge of such a big matter.
***
Half a month later——
Lu Mingfei and his brothers rode back to the entrance of Shihua Village. He called out to the elder who was looking out from upstairs, "Uncle, open the door for me."
"Okay, I'll call someone to open the door!"
Seeing that the most promising child in their village had returned, the man upstairs responded, called on the people downstairs to open the door, and hurried downstairs.
As soon as the door opened, Lu Mingfei rode over on horseback, nodded to the villagers guarding the village, and then led his men into the village on horseback.
“Whoa—”
When he returned to the door of his house, he pulled the horse's neck and turned over to get off the horse.
The rest of the guards at the back also reined in their horses and dismounted.
Liu Sanniang, who was in the house, heard the noise outside and hurried out. Seeing her eldest son coming back, she smiled with surprise and called out, "Ming Fei?"
"It's me, mother." Lu Mingfei pushed the door open and entered the yard, catching his mother who was running towards him.
"Did your trip go smoothly?" Liu Sanniang held her son's hand and looked left and right, fearing that the child would get hurt or suffer outside.
Looking at the child who had lost a lot of weight, her eyes were full of heartache, "You've lost weight."
"Mom, you must have seen it wrong. I've gained a lot of weight. If you don't believe me, touch my face and see if it's rounder." Lu Mingfei pulled his mother's hand to touch his own face.
Liu Sanniang knew whether her child was fat or thin. However, after hearing the child's words, she reached out and touched the child's face, took the child's hand and went back home, calling the others behind her: "Come into the house and rest for a while, I'll go make you some food."
"Madam, please go and rest. Let us take over." The horse guard threw the reins in his hand to the other brothers and followed up and said.
"It's okay, it's okay. I rest at home every day. You go and have a rest and drink some water. I'll go to the kitchen to cook you a bowl of noodles." In Liu Sanniang's eyes, these guards who followed her son were all people who protected her son.
Her child was able to return safely this time thanks to the protection of these guards.
Now that everyone has come to their home with her child, in her eyes, no matter what their identity is, everyone is a guest, and these guests are the ones who protect her child, which makes it even more special. She must treat them well.
After returning to his home and entering the house, Lu Mingfei picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a glass of water. He handed the teapot directly to Guard Ma and said, "Take it out and pour everyone a glass of water."
"Mom, please make us something to eat." After running all the way, they were tired and hungry.
Every time he brought people back, his mother would treat them so warmly. How could Lu Mingfei not know what his mother was thinking? This reminded him of his past life, when he brought his classmates to visit his home, and his mother also treated his classmates very warmly.
When the two figures slowly overlapped, he seemed to see the same person appear in front of him.
Hearing this, Liu Sanniang left happily, "Okay, okay, I'll go right away."
Guard Ma was still holding the teapot in his hand. Seeing their lady leave happily, he glanced at their master.
Lu Mingfei sat down on the recliner and waved to his buddies who were looking at him, "Let's take a break and feed the horses outside."
"Okay." Guard Ma took the teapot and two teacups before going out.
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