24Whoever gets impatient first will lose his horse first.
Yunzhi and Pei Shun were angry with each other but didn't say anything.
Ayu had no choice but to explain: "He is a friend of ours, the young owner of Qingyi Villa."
Hearing that they were friends from the martial arts world, Lu Yunsheng didn't ask any further questions. He just said "oh" and sat on the bow of the boat without saying anything.
It was late at night and it was cold on the river.
Several people tightened their clothes and gradually leaned together to keep warm, and slowly they all fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, the breathing of several people gradually became even.
After a while, Pei Shun opened his eyes.
Turning her head, she met A Yu's charming and charming fox eyes, and she was looking at him with a smile.
He was startled and quickly turned around and closed his eyes, trying to pretend that nothing happened.
"Su Pei!" She raised her hand and grabbed the corners of his sleeves, her lowered voice seemed to be a bit coquettish, "Why are you avoiding me?"
Pei Shun opened his eyes and coughed unnaturally, "No."
Ah Yu didn't believe him, "Why do you just want to take Yunzhi away?"
Pei Shun lowered his head and smiled, "I like her."
"You..." Ayu gritted his teeth, the ends of his eyes turned slightly red, and his voice lowered, "You don't know who she belongs to?"
Pei Shun hummed, "I know."
"How dare you know that?" Ayu frowned, as if he didn't understand, "That man is so crazy that he can dig up your ancestral graves and raise them. Why do you have to provoke him? What's more..."
She glanced at the sleeping girl beside her and lowered her voice, "This young couple is in love, but you have to step in? You have nothing to do!"
Pei Shun smiled again, "Just think that I am free."
"You!" Ayu looked at him angrily, and after a while, he choked out: "I will help you collect the body!"
"Thank you." Pei Shun smiled and said calmly: "It's not certain who will live and who will die. My ancestral graves are not that easy to dig."
Ayu curled his lips and was silent for a while, then suddenly said seriously: "Su Pei, tell me the truth."
Pei Shun glanced at the sleeping Lu sisters from afar and replied seriously: "I do like her."
Ayu was stunned for a moment, said oh, closed his eyes and stopped talking.
It was quiet for a while, until her shallow breathing became evener.
Only then did he dare to turn around and look at her.
The emotions in his eyes rotated, and in the end there was nothing left but helplessness.
***
The boat drifted all night.
The next morning, when Yunzhi woke up amidst the noisy cries, he discovered that their boat had sailed into an inland river.
There were many vendors squatting on the banks on both sides, and the sounds of selling came and went, making it very lively.
Yun Zhi rubbed his eyes and saw men and women walking side by side on the street. There were also women among the merchants setting up stalls. Occasionally, a few elementary school children carrying cloth bags ran past, and they were both men and women.
The scenery of this place was completely different from what she had seen before. Instead, it looked like the modern world.
"Where is this place? Why can girls go to school?" Someone around her had already asked on her behalf.
"This is my Daling Yuzhou City."
The voice was extremely familiar, and when Yun Zhixun heard it, he immediately showed a surprised look.
"Mr. Pei? You...are you from Lingguo?"
Pei Shun was looking at the people walking lively on the shore, with no expression on his face. He just continued to explain: "We in Daling have always upheld equality between men and women. Women can not only study and do business, but also serve as officials in the court and as soldiers in the camp. In our Daling, , there is no difference between women and men.”
Yun Zhi was so surprised that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear. It was not mentioned in "Zhongzhou Illustrated Records", so she thought that in this world, it would either be as feudal and old-fashioned as the Yuan Kingdom, or like the Yan Kingdom, where women are respected in the world. Unexpectedly, , there is a third kind!
Lu Yunsheng was even more surprised, but she was not surprised because of the differences between the two countries, but was uneasy because of where they were now.
"Zhi'er." Lu Yunsheng quietly tugged at the corner of Yun Zhi's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Why did we come to Ling Country?"
The two of them came from the Duke's Palace of Dayuan'an, and now one is the Crown Princess and the other is Princess Ning. If they come to another country rashly, big trouble will happen if they are not careful!
But Yunzhi obviously didn't understand the tone of her words. She was still immersed in the shock and relief of Ling Guo's appearance, and casually answered: "Isn't Ling Guo good?"
Just as they were talking, the boat docked, and someone was already on the shore to meet them.
As soon as a few people got off the boat, the group of people came forward and bowed to Pei Shun.
"Second Young Master." The leader pointed to the carriage behind him, "The carriage is ready and can leave for Dizhou immediately."
Second Young Master? This title...
Yun Zhi squinted and looked over.
The carriage in front of Pei Shun looked very gorgeous. Not only was it spacious and majestic, but even the wheels were carved with flowers. It was completely different from the one they rode in Yuan Kingdom before!
Good guy, is this Pei Shun actually a rich second generation? Then she has really been taken advantage of along the way!
At this time, Pei Shun had turned around and asked everyone to get in the car.
Lu Yunsheng held Yun Zhi tightly, looking worried. She whispered: "Zhi'er, our status is not suitable for you and me to go to Lingdu Dizhou."
Yun Zhiben stepped forward and stopped when she heard the words. She quickly understood what Lu Yunsheng meant.
Now that the Three Kingdoms are at war, it is very risky for the two of them, the Crown Princess and Princess Ning, to be in the enemy country. Pei Shun knows their identities and they are from the Ling Kingdom. Even if they are friends, if he has other thoughts, or If they were discovered, that would not be a good thing for them.
In the Yuan Kingdom, no matter what happened, they would at most just run away from their marriage, which would be considered a crime of deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the inferiors. But if they really went to Lingdu Dizhou this time, they would be suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason, let alone the prince. Well, even if the King of Heaven comes, I can't save her Duke Anguo's mansion.
Although Yunzhi still doesn't have enough feelings for the people and things in this world, Lu Yunzhi was born in Yuan Kingdom after all, and she came from Anguo Duke's Palace. She can't do anything to endanger her motherland and Anguo Duke's Palace no matter what. matter.
Thinking of this, Yun Zhi pulled back his feet and smiled awkwardly, "Forget it, eldest sister and I won't go. We have other things to do."
Pei Shun frowned, sent his men away, and asked, "Where do you want to go?"
Naturally, Yun Zhi couldn't tell where he wanted to go, so he looked at Lu Yunsheng and asked, "Sister, where should we go?"
Lu Yunsheng said without hesitation, "Go back to Ming'an."
A Yu was surprised: "You still dare to go back?"
Lu Yunsheng frowned strangely, "Why don't you dare? Those people went to Qingyi Villa last night, not to us. We must go back! Zhi'er, let's go!"
With that said, he pulled Yun Zhi to go back and take the boat.
"Wait a minute!" Pei Shun stretched out his hand to block their way. His eyes were heavy, attached to Lu Yunsheng's ear, and he lowered his voice and said: "Prince Princess, please stay. I just want to save your sister and don't want her to be implicated by some people." It’s just a waste of time, I hope the Crown Princess will not ruin her life.”
Lu Yunsheng stared at him, "What do you mean?"
Pei Shun whispered: "If the Crown Princess doesn't want to go to Dizhou, I won't force you. You only need to wait here for three days and you will know everything."
His tone was sincere and serious. Lu Yunsheng looked back at Yunzhi, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay, three days is all, don't think of any tricks!"
Pei Shun breathed a sigh of relief, "That's natural."
Yun Zhi didn't hear what they said, but he felt strange when Lu Yunsheng agreed to stay in Yuzhou City for a few days.
Pei Shun actually had a courtyard in this city.
After everyone settled down in his courtyard, Yun Zhi hurriedly ran to ask Lu Yunsheng what they had said to Pei Shun, and she actually agreed to stay here.
Lu Yunsheng didn't hide anything from her, and told her all what Pei Shun said.
After Yun Zhi heard this, he immediately remembered what Pei Shun had said before -
"On the last day of September 942 in Zhongzhou, King Ning of Dayuan raised his troops and rebelled, and was executed by the emperor on the spot in front of Chonghua Palace."
Today is September 27th, and in three days it will indeed be the day when Prince Ning rebels as Pei Shun said. If Prince Ning really rebels, she, as Princess Ning, will definitely be implicated. Pei Shun will bring her here Ling Guo, was he really trying to save her life?
Yun Zhi couldn't help but feel ashamed when he thought about the argument he had with him last night and the evil thoughts he had just thought about him.
But it was she who judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
As for King Ning...
Yun Zhi didn't know how she should view this matter. She had no feelings for him at all. She had never even met him. Whether Prince Ning committed murder or rebelled against him, after hearing this, she just secretly congratulated herself. Just run out as soon as possible.
However, after all, she had worshiped the heaven and the earth, and she was about to die, so she still had some unknown complexities in her heart.
***
Yuandu Luozhou.
In the Chonghua Palace in the imperial city, Emperor Huan Qingzheng was furious - the news of the murder of King Jin had just been reported back to Luozhou.
The royal spies came to report, saying that for some unknown reason, King Ning ran to Yazhou in the middle of the night, sealed his throat with a sword, and beheaded King Jin on the bed. Blood spattered all over the concubines, who were frightened on the spot. , and one who was frightened crazy.
When Emperor Huan Qing heard this, his face turned pale and he dropped two pens, an inkstone, and a vase.
"Where is Prince Ning now?"
Huan Qing stared angrily, his face as pale as frost.
"Imperial Mausoleum." The emperor's personal guard Gu Panfei spoke cautiously, "According to the report from the Gyeonggi Department, Prince Ning arrived at the outskirts of the city today and then entered the Imperial Mausoleum. He has not left yet."
Huan Qing frowned, "Why is he going to the imperial mausoleum?"
Without waiting for anyone to answer, he directly waved his hand and said, "Gu Panfei, take people to the imperial mausoleum and bring Prince Ning to see me!"
Gu Panfei took the order and went.
When they arrived at the imperial mausoleum, they saw their useless concubine standing guard outside the mausoleum.
Seeing that it was his eldest brother who was bringing people here in person, Gu Zhuliu didn't dare to stop him, so he could only follow his brother into the imperial mausoleum.
The young man in Xuanyi was kneeling quietly in front of a tomb, with a three-foot long sword beside him.
Gu Panfei glanced at the name engraved on the tombstone, and was slightly startled, with a bit of unbearability in his eyes.
"His Royal Highness Prince Ning." After shouting this sentence first, he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him could no longer hear him, so he winked at his younger brother beside him.
Gu Zhuliu sighed silently, stepped forward and gently shook the hem of the young man's clothes.
The young man turned his head. Gu Zhuliu pointed behind him and gestured: "Brother, I have been ordered to come here."
The young man looked in the direction of his finger, and when he saw it was Gu Panfei, he nodded slightly, then stood up with his sword in hand, made a gesture of invitation, and walked out.
Seeing this, Gu Panfei quickly followed him.
*
After entering the palace, the young man in black clothes stood quietly in front of the emperor.
The emperor looked at him for a long time without saying anything, but his arrogance was half gone, and he retreated, leaving only the Gu brothers in the palace.
Emperor Huan Qing kept his eyes on the young man, but his words were directed to Gu Zhuliu.
"You ask him, why did he want to kill King Jin?"
Gu Zhuliu hurriedly responded and made a few gestures in front of the young man.
The young man's eyes were indifferent and he raised his hand gently.
Gu Zhuliu read what he wanted to say word by word: "Jin, King, harm, death, brother, eldest brother..."
Before he finished reading, Gu Zhuliu couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at his brother tremblingly.
Gu Panfei frowned slightly.
The emperor was stunned for a long time before speaking: "He, he said, what did he say?"
Gu Zhuliu hesitated for a moment, then repeated: "Back to the king, His Highness said that King Jin killed His Highness Chengguang!"
The energy sinks into the Dantian, the voice is powerful, and the words are clear.
The emperor laughed, but suddenly became angry.
The newly delivered inkstone was instantly thrown to Gu Zhuliu's feet and shattered with a loud crash.
"Shut up!"
"Who allowed you to investigate this matter without permission!"
"What on earth do you want to do!"
"Are you still doubting me?"
"Huan Chengyao! Tell me, do you want to take this throne back?"
The emperor seemed to forget that he could not hear.
He was shouting angrily to himself.
Gu Zhuliu raised his hand slightly, thinking about translating these words to His Highness, but fortunately, his brother caught him in time.
The emperor was angry for a long time, but the young man in black clothes always looked at him with indifferent eyes.
Perhaps because he was tired, perhaps because he finally realized his gaffe, the emperor finally calmed down.
He stared at the young man with eyes like a bird of prey.
"According to my decree, King Ning has a perverse temperament and disregards the human relations of his brothers. He will be exiled to Wangzhou immediately. He will not return to Luozhou without the king's order!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Zhuliu knelt down.
"Your Majesty!"
"You must not do this!"
Someone spoke before him.
Gu Panfei's body was almost touching the ground.
However, before he could say the next sentence, the emperor was driven mad again.
"Why not?!"
"I am the emperor of Dayuan!"
"I need you to remind me, can I punish him?"
"Everyone get out!"
"Get out!"
**
After leaving Chonghua Palace, the young man in Xuanyi raised his hand to stop the Gu brothers who were following him.
Walking into the biting night wind alone.
