Ji Yunchen sent Wang Qirou back to the palace and went to the Ministry of War. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Ministry of War office, Gao Shi greeted him.
"Your Highness, I have finally found you."
"Is something wrong?"
"This is something you asked Cheng Ye and Xin Wu to investigate before. Xin Wu brought the news back. He should be in Taoyuan Village."
Ji Yunchen frowned, Taoyuan Village?
Gao Shi said: "Xin Wu said that those people were very skilled in martial arts. They went to the village to inquire. They just asked where Yu Xiufang's home was. Before they found Yu Xiufang's home, they were attacked. Those people were very skilled in martial arts. Cheng Ye stopped and fought to the death to let him go. Xin Wu escaped and was seriously injured, but Cheng Ye... I'm afraid..."
Ji Yunchen turned blue. It was his negligence. Concubine Sun must have arranged for someone to keep an eye on such an important person. He should have told Cheng Ye and the others not to act rashly.
Now that Xin Wu has alerted the other party, he must rush there as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to find Yu Xiufang.
"Gao Shi, you should go back to your house immediately to gather some people and wait for me at the west city gate."
Ji Yunchen got on his horse and went to Dali Temple.
When they arrived at Dali Temple, Zheng Guan said that the master had gone out to do errands and it might take several days before he could come back.
Ji Yunchen wondered, didn't Gu Zhouting have a date with a beautiful woman? Instead, he took Madam Jiang to investigate the case?
Suddenly, Ji Yunchen felt blessed.
"Did your adults go to Taoyuan Village?"
Zheng Guan was slightly surprised: "How does Your Highness know?"
"How many people did you bring?"
"Just...bring Han Shu with me."
Ji Yunchen said in his heart: Too bad.
Gu Zhouting and Jiang Wanning, one only brought Han Shu and the other only Xiao Pan. What should I do if I enter the village?
Ji Yunchen turned his horse's head and hurried towards the west gate.
Gu Zhou stopped here and changed people but not horses. Han Shu and Xiao Pan took turns driving. Time was tight and they had no time to waste.
At dawn, they arrived at the foot of Taoyuan Mountain.
"Sir, Taoyuan Village is in this mountain. The mountain road is narrow and the carriage cannot enter. You have to walk." Han Shu stopped the carriage.
Gu Zhou stopped and got out of the car first, looking at the mountains shrouded in morning mist, he secretly praised that this is really a good place to hide from the world.
Jiang Wanning changed into men's clothes and got out of the car: "Let's go, let's walk into the mountains."
"Wait a minute, I have to explain something. It is impossible for Concubine Sun to let her nanny live here alone. The news I got is that there was a couple who came to Taoyuan Village with Yu Xiufang. This couple She should be protecting Yu Xiufang, so we should be careful when we enter the village."
This is also the reason why Gu Zhouting didn't let his men go into the village to inquire. He just wanted to make sure that Yu Xiufang lived in this village.
Jiang Wan Ning smiled slightly: "Okay."
The four of them hiked up the mountain for almost seven or eight miles, and finally saw a village hidden in the mountains halfway up the mountain. There were twenty or thirty households in the shadows.
Entering the village, Jiang Wanning stopped a villager who had just returned from working in the fields and asked: "Uncle, where does the village live in your village?"
The middle-aged man looked at the four of them warily.
Jiang Wan Ning and the others came this time pretending to be merchants collecting tea leaves. Neither Han Shu nor Xiao Pan had any swords, only daggers that could be hidden.
"Uncle, we are in the tea business. I heard that there are some tea trees in your village that are more than 300 years old. Let's take a look."
The middle-aged man pointed to a stone house in the west: "There."
"Thank you!" Jiang Wanning bowed her hands and saluted.
The four of them walked west.
Jiang Wanning whispered: "Gu Zhoupai, this man's eyes are bright and reserved, and his palms are extremely thick, and the palms are covered with calluses, like those practicing iron sand palms."
Gu Zhouting's heart trembled: "It can't be such a coincidence, right? When I asked someone randomly, I asked about the husband of that couple?"
"I'm afraid this person is not the husband of the couple, which means someone has arranged more than one expert guard here. But one thing is certain, the person we are looking for is here."
Gu Zhouting's expression was solemn. If it was as Wan Ning suspected, they might not be able to cope with just a few of them.
"Otherwise, we'd better retreat first."
"No, if we turn around and leave, we will alert the enemy. Let's go to Li Zheng's house first."
Ji Yunchen chased him non-stop and reached the foot of the mountain at this time.
"Your Highness, we found a carriage." Gao Shi said.
Ji Yunchen became more and more anxious when he saw the carriage. This was the carriage that Gu Zhou had parked, which meant that Gu Zhou had already gone up the mountain.
"Hurry up the mountain."
Everyone dismounted and quickly headed towards the mountain.
Jiang Wanning and others arrived at Li Zheng's house. Li Zheng was an old man over sixty years old. Hearing the purpose of his visit, Li Zheng was very impatient: "There are no tea trees as you mentioned. Let's go quickly. We don't welcome outsiders."
"It's impossible. I inquired clearly. We can easily negotiate the price."
Li Zheng said rudely: "Don't you understand human language? No, no, get out of here."
As he spoke, he picked up the broom at the door and chased people away.
Xiao Pan hurriedly protected Jiang Wan Ning: "You old man, if you don't have it, you won't have it. You can't drive people away with a broom!"
Jiang Wanning noticed that villagers were wandering around one after another, all staring at this direction.
Her intuition told her that danger was approaching.
Jiang Wanning said: "Don't be angry, old man. If you don't want to sell tea, we won't force you. We'll leave now."
With that said, Jiang Wan Ning pulled Gu Zhou Ting and turned to leave.
Gu Zhouting also realized the danger. He was being rude here and was afraid he was saving their lives.
As soon as I came out of the yard, I saw a fool with tattered clothes and hair like a straw holding a wooden stick in his hand, making a chopping motion, smiling stupidly, and muttering: "Chop chop chop, the heads are rolling down, chop." Chop chop, heads rolling down..."
Jiang Wanxin said: Oops!
"Come on, we're in trouble."
However, it was still too late. The villagers who had been wandering nearby gathered around him one after another, with a cold and murderous chill in their eyes.
"Well, we are in the tea business." Jiang Wanning tried to explain.
But those people still approached step by step, taking out weapons like magic in their hands.
There are short knives, long whips, double hooks, flying claws...
Seeing this, Han Shu and Xiao Pan also took out their hidden weapons.
"My lord, County Lord, my subordinates will open their mouths later, you go first."
Han Shu and Xiao Pan guarded Gu Zhouding and Jiang Wanning in the middle, taking an offensive stance.
"There is indeed something wrong with these people." The person who spoke was the uncle I met earlier who asked about passing by.
"Come on, no one is allowed to escape." Another man said.
Following the order, more than ten people immediately attacked in groups.
Han Shu and the one with the double hook and the short knife handed over first.
Xiao Pan tilted his head, dodged the flying claws, and stepped forward.
Gu Zhouting and Jiang Wanning were back to back: "You will leave first later."
Gu Zhouting regretted that he was careless and put Wan Ning and him in a dangerous situation.
He should bring more people.
Jiang Wan Ning said: "Have you forgotten who I am? Leave me alone later and get down the mountain as soon as possible."
With the help of her master, her martial arts has returned to 6,000%. She should be able to cope with it for a while and cover Gu Zhouding's safe descent from the mountain.
