Chapter 146 Eve
It was almost dawn.
Two men in black walked into a house before the first rays of morning light.
A man in brocade robe was standing in front of the window. He didn't turn back when he heard the footsteps.
"Why are you back so late?"
The man in black knelt on one knee and said, "His Saker Falcon is too sharp and has been following him all the way. I followed your instructions and hid in the backyard of the Xuanping Marquis's mansion. I only came back after confirming that it was safe."
The man in brocade robe said, "Well done. The important thing is, did you succeed?"
"I am incompetent." The man in black said nervously, "I failed, failed to hurt him at all."
"Didn't you say that the ten of you are experts? You couldn't even hurt him a bit."
"There are many experts inside and outside his courtyard. He has four secret guards alone. Moreover, there is a woman by his side who is extremely skilled in martial arts."
"Female?" The man in brocade robe turned around, "Are you sure?"
The man in black said, "Yes, I saw it clearly. Although I didn't fight her directly, her skills were extremely high. No one who fought with her could escape."
The man in brocade robes tapped the window frame with his fingertips. After a while, he said, "That's a pity. I wanted him to stay out of it and not get involved in the Spring Search incident. It seems he doesn't appreciate it."
The man in black said cautiously: "I am a stupid subordinate. Why should I save him? Wouldn't it be better to catch him all at once?"
The man in brocade robe chuckled, "Leaving Xie Tingzhou is indeed a big disaster, but if something happens to him now, the internal troubles have not been solved yet, and we have to deal with the external troubles of Beilin. Besides, if he goes to Baishan Hunting Ground, then my stupid brother will have a backer. Li Jifeng, that waste, is nothing to be afraid of."
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Baishan Hunting Ground is located to the west of Shengjing, only a day's journey away from Shengjing.
Emperor Tongxu was old and felt that he did not have much time left. He also knew that this might be his last spring search, so he attended the ceremony despite his sick body.
A troop of people set out from Shengjing, and a large number of imperial guards and half of the imperial medical staff were dispatched to accompany the emperor.
All the young masters from noble families who were accompanying them rode horses, except Xie Tingzhou, who rode in a carriage and fell far behind the other young masters from noble families.
Li Jifeng was a carefree and happy person. This time he didn't even ride the horse, but insisted on squeezing into Xie Tingzhou's carriage.
With the emperor's carriage in front, Xie Tingzhou couldn't use his carriage which was as big as a house, so the carriage was smaller.
There was a low couch and a small table in the car, and with two grown men inside, it seemed quite crowded.
Xie Tingzhou leaned on the couch and said lazily: "Would you rather
I would rather stay here with them than go out and have fun with them."
Li Jifeng condescended to hide in a corner, not having the bearing of a prince at all, looking really shabby.
"I'm not stupid. Spring search is boring. Every year, people fight to the death for a chance to win, like vicious dogs pouncing on their prey."
Xie Tingzhou said calmly: "What they are fighting for is not the prize."
A spring search was actually a competition among the princes, and everyone wanted to come out on top in front of Emperor Tongxu and all the civil and military officials.
"I know." Li Jifeng said nonchalantly, "They fight and kill for fame and fortune. I won't get close to them. What if I get hurt by mistake?"
Xie Tingzhou said: "It's still early, what are you afraid of? No matter how stupid they are, they won't fight on the road. It's better to escape safely if something happens in the hunting ground."
Li Jifeng still refused to go out. "It's better to be safe than sorry. I have to follow you. Nowhere is as safe as here with you."
Xie Tingzhou looked at Li Jifeng for a long while, and Li Jifeng shrank back into the corner again.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"how?"
Li Jifeng: "It seems like she is interested in me."
Li Jifeng changed the subject, "By the way, I heard that you secretly got engaged to a woman. Is that a lie?"
“No lie.”
"What about Yu then?" Li Jifeng lifted the curtain and looked around, "Huh? Where's Shi Yu? Why didn't you bring him with you? He's good at kung fu and can stay by my side to protect me."
"How do you know she's good at kung fu?"
"Hehe." Li Jifeng said, "Which of your guards has bad kung fu?"
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A large number of people left the Beilin Palace, and the palace became much quieter.
Chen Yu saw Xie Tingzhou off in the morning, went back to Lumingxuan, changed her clothes, and packed her bag.
She didn't know why Xie Tingzhou deliberately kept her in Shengjing, but her intuition told her that this year's spring search would not be simple.
Besides, she had been preparing for this spring search for a long time.
Just as he was about to go out, the doorman came to report that the young marquis of Xuanping Marquis's Mansion came to see him, saying that he had something very important to tell him. Because Xie Tingzhou had instructed not to let him into the mansion, he was still waiting outside the east gate.
Pei Chunli sat high on his horse in riding clothes. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Yu coming out, and quickly turned over and dismounted.
"Luckily you didn't go!"
"What's the emergency?" Chen Yu approached, "Why are you wearing this?"
Pei Chunli hesitated, but Chen Yu still
This was the first time I saw such a solemn expression on his face.
Chen Yu thought for a moment, "Why didn't you go to Chunsou?"
After asking this question, Pei Chunli's expression became more solemn, "Well, I don't want to go, so I stayed here specially to play with you."
"You're lying." Chen Yu said, "You saw my expression just now, and you clearly didn't know that I was in the mansion. Did you think I went to the Baishan Hunting Ground?"
Pei Chunli was so anxious that he kept scratching his head.
Chen Yu stared at him for a moment, then pulled him into the backyard of the palace, "Go ahead."
Pei Chunli was so frightened that his legs went limp. Before he could stand still, Chen Yu asked, "What's going on?"
Pei Chun paced around anxiously, as if he didn't know where to start.
After walking around for a while, he stopped and said, "I think something is going to happen at the Baishan Hunting Ground."
Chen Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, "Reason?"
Pei Chunli said nervously, "Every year, the young masters of noble families will definitely go with me during the Spring Search. I have never missed it since I was twelve years old. But this morning, my father went against his usual practice and asked me to study at home instead of going to the Spring Search."
Chen Yu stared into Pei Chunli's eyes, and Pei Chunli's gaze slightly dodged.
"You didn't tell the truth." Shen Yu said.
Pei Chunli didn't expect that two of his lies would be exposed in a row. He stamped his feet anxiously and said, "I knew I couldn't lie. My father told me that something bad would happen, so he didn't let me go. Now it's okay, right?"
"I just remembered what would happen if you went with Xie Tingzhou? So I came to inform you. Fortunately, you didn't go." Pei Chunli spoke like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
Shen Yu's heart sank.
Marquis Xuanping was a member of the Prince's party. He left his only son in Shengjing, which showed that he was sure that this journey would be dangerous.
"You go back first." Chen Yu said, "Since your father told you not to go, then don't go."
"What about you?" Pei Chunli asked.
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Of course I will stay in the mansion."
Pei Chunli looked at her quietly, "No, are you going to look for Xie Tingzhou? You can't go! Or, or I will go with you."
"What are you going to do?"
"I want to save my father. If anything happens to him, I..." Pei Chunli was about to cry as he spoke.
Chen Yu said: "It's best if you don't cause trouble for him."
Pei Chunli stopped her, "You can go and save Xie Tingzhou, he is my father, if I am afraid of death, I am unworthy of being a son."
Chen Yu was silent and stared at Pei Chunli, "You can go, but you have to do what I say."
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