Lu Zifeng stepped forward. "Why don't you take a rest? You can leave these things to the servants. Don't work yourself hard."
Situ Yao poured Lu Zifeng a cup of tea and said.
"It's not tiring work, I just want to kill time when I'm bored. Besides, I'm making clothes for my own children, so how can it be tiring for me?"
Lu Zifeng no longer dwelled on this matter and pondered for a while.
"Yao'er, I need to go on a long journey. I just received news from the palace that Prince Jing was injured in Southern Xinjiang. My cousin Chen, General Xiao and I need to go to Southern Xinjiang to bring His Highness Prince Jing back."
Situ Yao was stunned when she heard this, but then she came to her senses and looked at Lu Zifeng.
"Uncle Jing, are you seriously injured?"
Lu Zifeng took a sip of tea and said softly.
"It's very serious. Southern Xinjiang is a place full of poisonous miasma, so the emperor asked me to go to Southern Xinjiang to bring His Royal Highness Prince Jing back to the capital."
Situ Yao nodded.
"Then I'll go pack your luggage now." After saying that, he turned around and started packing Lu Zifeng's luggage.
Lu Zifeng went out and gave instructions to Lu Chun and others.
"The four of you are all going with me to Southern Xinjiang this time. We're not familiar with that place, and I'm afraid we won't be able to handle it without enough people. Go down and pack your bags."
Lu Chun and his companions also knew that going to southern Xinjiang was not easy, firstly because the journey was long and secondly because the chieftains in southern Xinjiang were rebelling. Before entering southern Xinjiang, it was relatively safe, but after entering southern Xinjiang, it would be hard to say.
Lu Chun thought about it.
"Sir, why don't you send a message to Chang Lin and ask him to wait for us along the way with some people. I'm worried that we might not have enough people, and we're unfamiliar with the place in Southern Xinjiang..."
Lu Zifeng knew what Lu Chun had left unfinished and thought about it.
"Well, I will find a way to inform Chang Lin and ask him to wait for us with his men."
After sending Lu Chun and the other three away, Lu Zifeng returned to the study.
"Feng Qing, arrange for twenty people to set off for Southern Xinjiang now and wait for me at the first city we enter. Remember to have them go to Luzhou Prefecture to find Chang Lin first. Chang Lin will take them there."
"Understood, Master. I will make the arrangements right away."
"Chang Lin, Feng Qing will have twenty people looking for you in a few days. After picking them up, take them to Southern Xinjiang and wait for me at the first city you enter."
Chang Lin was sitting in the house drinking tea when he suddenly heard his master's words in his mind. He was also stunned. Then he thought of the news he had sent to the capital, and he knew that his master was preparing to go to southern Xinjiang.
"Yes, Master, I am waiting for them at Luzhou Prefecture."
In the evening, Lu Zifeng went to the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion and told his father and mother about his trip to Southern Xinjiang. Lu Mingyuan was okay, knowing his son's ability, so he was not too worried. Tan Yunniang was different. When she heard that her son was going to the poisonous and miasma-ridden Southern Xinjiang, she was very worried. But she also knew that this was a mission assigned by the emperor and she had to go. Although she was worried, she did not say anything to stop him in the end.
Lu Zifeng knew very well that his mother was worried, so he comforted her with a smile.
"Don't worry, mother. I'm not going to Southern Xinjiang to fight, but to bring His Royal Highness Prince Jing back to the capital. He will basically be safe. The Emperor sent me there only to ensure Prince Jing's safety."
Tan Yunniang felt relieved when she heard her son say that he was not going to the battlefield.
"Well, I understand. It's a long journey to Southern Xinjiang, so you must be careful and take more people with you."
Next, he went to visit his grandparents. When the old couple heard that Lu Zifeng was going to Wangnanjiang, they were worried, but they didn't say anything. After giving some earnest instructions, they let Lu Zifeng go back.
The next morning, Lu Zifeng took Chun, Xia, Qiu and Dong out of the south gate of the capital. As soon as they walked out of the gate, they saw Prince Jing Situ Chen and General Xiao Changhe. They each brought more than ten people, and with the five people from Lu Zifeng, the team suddenly expanded to nearly thirty people.
"Cousin Feng is here. Now that everyone is here, let's set off!"
Lu Zifeng and Xiao Changhe knew that Situ Chen was worried about His Royal Highness Prince Jing, so they stopped talking and nodded to indicate that they could set off.
A group of people rode their horses towards the south.
For several days, the group traveled during the day and slept at night. One day, they arrived at a city called Anzhou Prefecture. Lu Zifeng asked Lu Chun to go and inquire about the route to southern Xinjiang.
Because the group had never been to southern Xinjiang, even Xiao Changhe had only fought in northern Xinjiang and had never been to southern Xinjiang.
After Lu Chun came back.
"Sir, I just inquired. There are two routes from Anzhou Prefecture to Southern Xinjiang. One is the official road, which takes at least ten days to get to Southern Xinjiang. However, if you go over the mountain south of Anzhou Prefecture, it only takes five days. However, that road is very difficult to travel, and there are many tigers and wild beasts in the mountains."
Lu Zifeng looked at Situ Chen and Xiao Changhe to see what they meant.
Xiao Changhe knew that Prince Jing was worried about the safety of Prince Jing and was afraid that they would have to take the mountain road, so he smiled.
"Prince Jing has the final say. This general will obey Prince Jing in everything."
Situ Chen thought about it and finally made a decision.
"It's getting late, so we'll stay overnight in Anzhou Prefecture. Have the guards prepare some food and water. We'll head into the mountains early tomorrow morning. Oh, and bring plenty of wound medicine and antidotes. Not to mention the wild beasts in the mountains, I'm afraid there will be plenty of snakes, rats, insects, and ants as well."
After Situ Chen finished speaking, he walked directly towards an inn, and Lu Zifeng and others followed him.
They came to stay at the inn, Lu Zifeng looked at Lu Qiu.
"You should also prepare the things we need."
After dinner in the evening, everyone began to rest. Lu Zifeng lay on the bed, looking at the moonlight outside. Anzhou Prefecture was near southern Xinjiang, not far from it, so the weather here was very warm.
Hearing the slight noise coming from outside, Lu Zifeng sighed. This was the fourth wave of assassins coming along the way.
Lu Zifeng didn't move. He really couldn't figure out who was the one who sent someone to assassinate him and his group this time? It was said that Prince Qing, Prince Rui, and Prince Li's family had all been captured, and no one would come to assassinate Situ Chen anymore, but someone still came to assassinate Situ Chen.
Xiao Changhe also turned over and sat up, smiling bitterly.
"Alas, who on earth did Prince Jing offend? Several waves of people have come along the way!"
Listening to the noise outside, Xiao Changhe was not in a hurry to go out to check. He knew that, not to mention his own guards, even the guards of Prince Jing and Duke Dingguo's Mansion could deal with the assassins.
Situ Chen sat in the house listening to the noises outside. He didn't know who sent these people, but it was undeniable that these people were coming for him.
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