"I am your secret guard. I can do anything for you, but I can never leave your side for a long time. You can't give me to someone else." Ban Zou looked stubborn and was very resistant to Feng Yuheng's proposal.
Feng Yuheng advised earnestly: "That's not someone else, it's my mother, the biological mother of His Highness the Ninth Prince. What's more, I'm not going to give you to someone else, I just want you to stay for protection temporarily, only temporarily, understand?"
Ban Zou still shook his head, "I'm not blind. Concubine Yun has made up her mind to stay here. This temporary stay could be as short as a few months or as long as several years. No, no, I can't do it for the time being."
"Aren't secret guards supposed to listen to their masters?" Feng Yuheng patted her forehead. She must have spoiled these people too much, so they dared to bargain with her. "Don't worry, mother can't stay in Ji'an County for too long. She is angry with Xiangrong and the fourth brother. She will go back when she calms down."
"But what if she doesn't come back?"
"Then I will send a special secret guard to replace you, how about that?" She stared at Ban Zou, "If you still don't agree, I will let His Highness the Ninth Prince come and talk to you in person."
Ban Zou shuddered, a drop of cold sweat broke out, "Forget it, forget it, I will obey your order, no need to trouble the prince." He glanced at Feng Yuheng, moved his mouth, and finally said: "You have to listen to the prince. If he doesn't let you go to the East Territory, then don't go. Stay in the capital honestly and wait for the news of his victorious return, understand? A married woman must respect her husband and listen to the man, but can't make all the decisions on her own. Besides, the prince can't always bring a wife with him to the war, otherwise he will be criticized in the future. And, you..."
"Let's go!" Feng Yuheng couldn't stand it anymore, "Why are you so long-winded?"
"I... I'm fine. I won't talk about it anymore." Ban Zou was a little lonely. He shook his head and asked again, "Master, do you have any other instructions?"
"That's all!" Feng Yuheng was not too sure. She had a lot to say. Concubine Yun refused to leave, so they couldn't stay here forever. Xuan Tianming was right. There was a war in the East Realm, and the capital was not at peace either. She would not feel safe if she didn't go back. So she decided to leave with Xuan Tianming temporarily, leaving Ban Zou in Ji'an County to take care of Concubine Yun. She should have said a few more words, but thinking about it again, Ban Zou had never made any mistakes in his work, so it would be redundant for her to say more. "Anyway, just take care of the safety of your mother."
"Then I'll take my leave." Ban Zou left only this sentence and disappeared from the spot. Feng Yuheng wanted to tell him to go and say hello to Huang Quan, but that guy walked too fast and she didn't even see his shadow clearly. And she didn't know that when Ban Zou hid in the dark, he was silently thinking in his heart: "I will take care of Yun Fei's safety, and you should also take care of your own safety." But this safety doesn't seem to require him to worry too much, because his master's ability is amazing. I'm afraid that even if the gods in the world come down to earth, they can't be one ten-thousandth of Feng Yuheng! Ban Zou smiled bitterly, silently hid in the dark guard, and stood his last shift.
The next day, Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming returned to the capital, taking only Bai Ze, Wang Chuan, and Huang Quan with them. The rest were all left in Ji'an County. Firstly, to protect and take care of Concubine Yun, and secondly, their schedule was too tight, and bringing too many people would always cause delays.
Huang Quan was in a bad mood as she walked out of the county. She whispered to Wang Chuan, "You said, Miss left Ban Zou behind to protect Concubine Yun. Could it be that she gave Ban Zou to Concubine Yun from now on? Could it be that she can't get him back?"
Wangchuan naturally knew Huangquan's little thoughts, but she always thought more than Huangquan. She said to Huangquan, "You and I, as well as the secret guards like Banzou, are all helpless people. If it weren't for the prince taking us in, we would have starved to death on the streets. I still remember the famine that year. My parents died of hunger. People were so hungry that they were eating each other. I was just a little over three years old that year and could remember things. Some families buried their dead, but I saw that in the middle of the night, there would always be people digging up those new graves and digging out the newly buried people... and eating them. Those people all had green eyes. They were not ghosts. They were just starving to the limit and lost their minds. Because I saw that, I didn't dare to let anyone bury my parents, so I stayed by their bodies all day. If I hadn't met the prince later, I'm afraid I would have starved to death sooner or later, and the bodies of our family of three would have fallen into the mouths of others and become food to fill their stomachs sooner or later."
When Wangchuan talked about the past, her body was trembling. The terrible memories of her childhood have been in her mind for so many years. The fact that she didn't talk about them didn't mean she had forgotten them. She just buried them deep in her heart, and when she occasionally recalled them, she was filled with fear.
Huang Quan's childhood was not much better, but she was too young when she was taken in by Xuan Tianming and she didn't remember anything. She only heard later that her parents died of a serious illness, and the people in the village regarded her as a disaster star and wanted to burn her to death. At the beginning, Xuan Tianming was actually not very old, still a child, but the children in the palace always matured too early and cultivated their own power too early. What's more, he had the help of the Seventh Prince above him. The two of them joined forces and sent a large number of men to search for orphans under the age of four in various parts of Dashun, and then brought them to a secret place to teach them martial arts.
Huang Quan and Wang Chuan were among the orphans found at that time. Now the orphans have grown up and are in good health. They are full of gratitude to their masters.
Wangchuan saw Huangquan Yisi recalling the past, and sighed softly, and then said: "No matter whether Ban Zou can be taken back or not, Huangquan, you must remember what the prince said when he trained us, that secret guards are not allowed to have feelings, including you and me. Our feelings can only be poured into the masters we serve, and we must use our lives to protect the masters. So... don't mention Ban Zou again!"
Huang Quan was stunned for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he smiled bitterly and said, "I've been with the young lady for so long that I almost forgot about the past. Yes! I can't have feelings. How come my originally firm heart has become unstable over the years? Wangchuan, do you think the young lady is too good to us? The young lady once said that she would make the decision for me and Ban Zou, but the master said it was the master who said it. How dare I ask for such a favor, and how can I ask for it?"
The two girls were heavy-hearted, and with Bai Furong coming to see Bai Ze off, the two of them were in tears as they parted, making the atmosphere of this trip very depressing.
Xuan Tianming couldn't stand this, so he walked far ahead. Feng Yuhengyi didn't want to be a light bulb for Bai Ze and Bai Furong, so he followed Xuan Tianming. When Bai Ze finally caught up, he heard him shout from a distance: "Master! After defeating Zong Sui's subordinates, I will marry a wife. How much reward are you going to give me?"
Xuan Tianming turned around and rolled his eyes at him: "Why should I give you a reward for marrying a wife?"
Bai Ze answered without shame: "I have followed the master for so many years. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. The master should naturally give me some rewards!"
"Your princess has already given enough as a reward!" Don't think he doesn't know that Feng Yuheng also helped Bai Ze buy a house, "Don't push your luck."
"The princess is the princess, and the master is the master! I have been with you since I was a child. Now that you are getting married, it would be unreasonable if you don't pay a little." Bai Ze was determined to ask Xuan Tianming for a reward. After all, Zi Zongzi was much easier to talk to after getting a princess. It was a long and boring journey, so it was good to have such a topic! Maybe he could get a big reward, so that he would have more confidence when he married Furong in the future.
At this time in the capital, the death of Yu Qianyin and a group of Zong Sui people did not cause the Zong Sui forces that had sneaked into the capital of Dashun to collapse completely. At least Bu Cong and his wife were still there. As a native of Dashun, Bu Cong used his understanding of the capital to hide perfectly. 》≠》≠》≠》≠,
Feng Yuheng had seen Bu Cong on the tower that day, but later her eyes were attracted by the woman beside him. The woman shocked her greatly, and she should have searched carefully, but there was no way to find her. Even if she cast a large net, she could not find anything. She had no choice but to put it aside for the time being and wait until she returned from Ji'an County.
However, they didn't know that during the days they were in Ji'an County, Bu Cong's party in the capital welcomed another prince of Zong Sui, who was the third prince, Li Guang, who was as proficient in the art of masks as Yu Qianyin.
Li Guang's arrival made the mask that was torn off from the face of the Eighth Prince Xuan Tianmo very useful. He told Bu Cong: "Don't worry, the news of the Eighth Prince's death is known to everyone. Didn't Dashun hold a public funeral? This is our best opportunity. Just wait and see! I will soon be able to make the most of this face and train a puppet emperor in Dashun. Then my Sui Dynasty will become the most powerful country on this continent."
Bu Cong knew all about Zong Sui's ambitions as described by the third prince, and he was happy to see such a result. Although he was a Dashun man, he had no feelings for Dashun, and he was extremely bitter about this land after the collapse of the Bu family. Of course, Zong Sui was not a good person either. The reason why he defected to Zong Sui was that he saw that among the four countries surrounding Dashun, only Zong Sui was qualified to fight with Dashun. He had to see the collapse of the Xuan Dynasty of Dashun in his lifetime, and the hatred of the Bu family must be repaid. As for Zong Sui, he could be abandoned after using him. The world is so big that there will always be a place for him to live. By then, the sky is high and the road is long, and he only wants to be free and easy.
The place where Bu Cong settled was a secret place of the former Bu family, hidden underground, very safe. This underground house was also built in a very grand manner, not to say that it was exactly the same as the former Bu Mansion on the ground, but it was not much different. If it were not for the lack of sunlight and only relying on oil lamps to illuminate, it would really be difficult to tell the difference.
"Madam has been out these days. The general said that we must be careful in everything we do in Dashun's capital. In my opinion, if there is nothing urgent, Madam should go out less often!" In a bedroom, a maid was advising her wife, "The general said that Dashun has sent many more people to patrol the city, and the security in the city is much stricter than a few days ago!"
"Oh." The young woman responded casually, but her brows were tightly knitted together. After a while, she murmured, "I heard that Feng Yuheng left Beijing. Do you know when he will come back?"
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