"Master Governor, the Di family is watching you."
"I know."
Xiao Yan didn't care. He didn't like or dislike the Di family at the moment, but after meeting Di Tao and the others, he gave up the idea of going directly to Zhen'an Army and Long Tingwei with the dragon pattern pendant.
He never thought that a single token could command an army of hundreds of thousands, not to mention that his father had been dead for many years, and those people left behind by Taizu had already changed several batches. Even if they still recognized the token, they could still No one knows how much they still feel toward their former "King" and how much loyalty they have.
Xiao Yan originally wanted to find a way to sneak into the Zhen'an Army and Longting Guards after going to the northwest. He didn't want to subdue them directly. He just wanted to find out whether the Longwen Pendant was the one in his father's hand that mobilized Zhen'an. Army token.
But now that I have met the Di family, it saves a lot of effort.
"Have everyone left just now?"
"Back to the governor, he has already retreated. Except for Xu San and a few others who were a little injured, everyone else is fine."
Those who want to deceive the Di family by putting on a show cannot be completely unscathed. Most of those who dealt with Xiao Yan and the others pretended to be dead, but those who attacked the Di family were more or less injured.
Xiao Yan said: "Keep the injured ones to recuperate, while the others spread out and find a way to pull out the spies in Beiling." He paused: "Don't pull them out too cleanly."
The people of the Di family must know how difficult it was for him to protect them back to the northwest.
Tu Bai nodded: "I understand."
Xiao Yan rode in front, keeping a large distance from the carriage behind him on the pretext of exploring the road. The two of them spoke without fear of anyone behind them hearing them.
When the group of people walked until dark, they could not find a town where they could stay, so they lit a bonfire in the wild for the night and continued their journey at dawn the next day.
The Di family had attracted too many Beiling spies. Even if the people who wanted their lives were partially removed by Xiao Yan, they would be attacked one after another in the next few days.
Three days later, a wave of sneak attacks were killed.
Xiao Yan stopped thinking about moving on and called the three people from the Di family.
"This is not the way to go. I am going to the northwest this time. I only brought so many people with me. If we continue to kill like this, we cannot withstand the damage."
In the past few days, several people around him "died", and one of the Di family's guards was also lost.
Xiao Yan looked at the three people from the Di family: "The appearance of the three of you has been known for a long time. If you continue to move forward, there may be a killing move waiting for you. You must find a way to change your identity to avoid Beiling's detection."
Di Tao was also exhausted from being hunted these days: "How to change?"
"I have some pills here. After taking them, people will get some rashes on their faces. If they are rubbed with herbs, they can barely cover their faces."
Xiao Yan glanced at the three members of the Di family: "You were seriously injured and could not travel quickly, so you pretended to be a seriously ill and dying husband. I am your brother. The two of us were going to Fengcheng to do business. Unexpectedly, you were seriously infected on the way. If you are sick, I will take you all the way to seek medical treatment."
"What about my mother and sister?"
"The three of you are too conspicuous together. You have never been able to escape the spies in Beiling before. It's because the target is too big. Let the guards around you take Mrs. Di and Mrs. Di away from us separately. I will order people to protect you secretly. They will wait until they arrive in Fengcheng to meet again."
Fengcheng is already close to Luoyan Pass and is already safe when he reaches Fengcheng.
In the past few days, Xiao Yan had been desperately trying to save him when he was in danger. Di Tao had no doubts about him, and it was indeed safer to go separately. Even if one side was in danger, the other side could go back safely. He was about to speak. promise.
Di Fangyun said urgently: "I will not separate from my brother!"
Seeing that the people around the fire were all looking towards her, Di Fangyun pinched her fingertips and said, "Brother is seriously injured and needs someone to take care of you. Besides, you have been having a fever. Mother and I can't leave with everyone." Well, I’ll have to trouble Brother He later.”
Mrs. Di also reacted: "Fang Yun is right, someone needs to be around Tao'er to take care of her. I will stay and take care of Tao'er and let Fang Yun go alone."
"No, mother, you are not in good health to begin with, and you have been frightened during this period. You and Brother Li will go alone, and I will stay and take care of my brother."
Seeing Mrs. Di's hesitation, Di Fangyun said: "Brother A and Brother He are pretending to be brothers. Even if there is anything, I can pretend to be their wife, but it is their mother. How can there be a businessman who is not a businessman and brings the elders of the family with him."
"I can take care of my brother, and I won't be a drag on Brother He."
Mrs. Di hesitated, and Di Fangyun continued: "The people in Beiling want to take us to blackmail my father. Their targets are my brother and me. If my mother changes her identity alone, she will not arouse suspicion."
"Brother Li and the others are protecting you from being assassinated. If you could have arrived in Fengcheng earlier, you could have informed your father and asked him to send someone to rescue me and my brother."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xiao Yan and said in a low voice: "I'm traveling with Brother A and the others. If anyone really asks, just say she is Brother He's wife..."
boom.
A wooden stick fell into the fire, causing a shower of sparks. Xiao Yan raised his eyes and said, "I have a wife."
Di Fangyun blushed: "Just pretending..."
"My wife is too narrow-minded to allow anyone to covet me." Xiao Yan said coldly, "Fake things won't do either."
Di Fangyun's initially timid mood suddenly felt as if cold water had been poured on her. She looked at Xiao Yan's handsome profile and quickly lowered her eyes to hide the disappointment in her eyes, but her face looked relaxed.
"That's right. Brother He is very kind to his sister-in-law. Then I will pretend to be Brother He's wife. It's just a bit strange to call Brother He husband."
Di Tao didn't think much about it, he also thought that it would be awkward to pretend to be husband and wife with his sister, but everything else was a trivial matter before life and death, so he patted Di Fangyun and said: "It's nothing, it's just pretending, just deceive those people in Beiling. "
"Mother, you and Li Yong and the others go first. Fang Yun and I will go with Brother He."
Although Mrs. Di was worried when she heard this, she also knew that it was too dangerous for the three of them to walk together again, and her son was injured and could not walk fast. If she could go back earlier, she could ask her husband to send someone to pick up her son and daughter earlier, so she only After hesitating for a moment, he agreed.
Xiao Yan said to Tu Bai: "Without further delay, you and three people will escort Mrs. Di away first. It doesn't matter if we take a detour. Remember to protect Mrs. Di carefully."
Tu Bai understood: "Don't worry, Sir, I understand."
The three members of the Di family whispered goodbye, and Mrs. Di was led away first. After dawn, the Di family brothers and sisters, who had put on their clothes and changed their clothes, were led by Xiao Yan, who also covered up their appearance, and continued moving forward.
Perhaps the disguise and separation really worked, as the continuous interceptions and killings became less frequent, and they were not encountered again for two days in a row.
After finding a town to stay in, Xiao Yan led the Di family brothers and sisters into the city without any danger, and then found a doctor to look at Di Tao's injuries. The Di family brothers and sisters finally felt like they were alive.
The doctor received a lot of money and didn't ask any questions that he shouldn't have. After he prescribed the prescription and boiled the medicine and left, a secret guard quickly walked in and walked up to Xiao Yan, whispering to him.
When the Di Tao brothers and sisters saw Xiao Yan, who had been cold-faced just now, his face softened visibly.
"Brother He, what's the happy event?"
Xiao Yan raised his lips: "There is a letter from my wife."
When I saw him taking the letter from the servant next to him, his phoenix eyes were stained with a small smile, and his originally calm face melted like an iceberg, overflowing with tenderness.
Di Fangyun bit her lip, it was just a letter, was she so happy?
Di Tao, who was walking with her these days, knew that Xiao Yan was deeply affectionate. He smiled and said, "It turns out to be Mrs. Sister-in-law. No wonder Brother He is so happy."
Xiao Yan liked the phrase "Mrs. Sister-in-law" very much, and was rarely gentle to Di Tao: "You are recovering from your injuries. You will rest for half a day today and leave tomorrow."
Seeing Xiao Yan walking out with the letter, his back was filled with happiness.
Ditao sighed: "Brother He and his wife have such a good relationship...ah!"
His shoulder hurt, but the wound was touched. Di Tao groaned in pain: "Sister, please be gentler."
Di Fangyun: "Brother, please stop talking about other people's affairs."
Di Tao: "?"
What did he say?
…
Xiao Yan didn't know what the Di family brothers and sisters were doing behind him. After he walked out of the room and returned to the side room, he took out the letter. Before he could read the contents on the letter, he saw that the small stick sandwiched in the paper had already been Jasmine that is dried but still smells fragrant.
Lowering his head and sniffing, the faint fragrance was tinged with the fragrance of ink, like a frank but shy little girl.
Jasmine.
Mo Li?
Even though the little girl didn't say anything, Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle.
