At dawn, Chen Daolin and others met with his three disciples in a small town to the east.

What surprised Chen Daolin was that he had not seen those church people. Sasha said that those church people had already taken a step forward. Chen Daolin thought about it for a while and then roughly understood the key.

After something like this last night, the church was greatly disgraced. The ship of the high-level figures in the Temple of Light was robbed by some ordinary middle-level officers, without giving any face at all.

Moreover, Chen Daolin has already said what he should have said about going to sea, and there is nothing to explain.

With a dull face, these church people really don’t want to waste their time here, so they should go to the southeast coast early to prepare for the fleet going to sea.

However, these church people were still very good at doing it, and they left behind two church managers and arranged another boat for Chen Daolin.

Anyway, the church's industries are spread all over the world. Although its power has gradually declined over the years, it is undoubtedly a top-notch industry. I am afraid that even top-notch businesses like the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce will not have any money.

The church members rented a medium-sized ship at another small pier east of the town, responsible for carrying Chen Daolin and others to continue walking east along the Lancang River.

Chen Daolin naturally would not refuse the church's favor.

The group had a brief rest in the town. After eating and drinking, they went back to the dock and boarded the boat, then went down the river and continued eastward.

Chen Daolin once asked Fiona why he came to the imperial capital. But the woman was very tight-mouthed and refused to say it clearly, saying that she was here to handle some family affairs. Although Chen Daolin was a little curious, this was a business of the Tulip family after all. It had nothing to do with him. Since others refused to say it, he would not ask.

However, when he was on the boat, Chen Daolin stood on the railing, looking at the scenery on the surrounding river, but he was stunned by the fact that Fiona came over from behind.

Fiona looked at the side of the house and there were no one around. Chen Daolin's disciples and subordinates were not around. The woman looked a little strange. She lowered her voice and asked, "Master Daling, please be sure to save my subordinates."

Chen Daolin turned around and looked at the woman. Fiona looked a little anxious, and her eyes showed a bit of pleading: "I know... Last time you passed by Loulan City, I was a little rude to you. I was a little nervous to you. I was also a little nervous to force you. You must be very annoyed to me, right?"

Chen Daolin frowned and shook his head: "No."

"There must be." Fiona smiled bitterly: "Master Darling, I apologize to you solemnly, is it okay? If you are still angry, I will apologize to you in public when you return to the northwest. Even if you ask me to kneel down in public... But these men are loyal guards in the family, and I must not watch them being captured by Gu Le."

Chen Daolin said lightly: "You Duke is full of words. With her status in the empire, as long as she says a word, the possibility of Hilo being released is more than 80%. Why should I ask me?"

Fiona was a little anxious: "But that's too late! We'll go all the way. When I return to the northwest, I don't know how many months it will take. If the Duke sends someone to negotiate, I'm afraid that these people will not be able to be saved by next year! I offended Gu Le this time, he... As the Minister of the Interior, he has many methods in the Interior Department. Especially for prisoners, I don't know how many torture means there are. I'm worried..."

"Gu Le is not that stingy." Chen Daolin shook his head: "If you three fell into his hands yesterday, he might have dealt with you well. But he would not be embarrassed by those ordinary guards."

"You...you just refuse to help, right?" Fiona's body trembled.

Chen Daolin frowned and looked at the woman with a strange tone: "Miss Fiona, this is not a trivial matter, and the relationship between Hilo and I is even more tense. If I meet your request, I don't know how much it will take. Do you think I need to agree to you? I don't owe you anything to Tulips."

After a pause, Chen Daolin smiled faintly: "Even if... I offended you before."

When he said this, Fiona's face turned red.

Chen Daolin pretended not to see it and continued, "But this time I can save you, and the previous things are still equal."

Fiona's face turned red and suddenly blurted out: "Yes...but you are going to marry our Duke, you are always half a member of the Tulip family, so you can't bear to sit idly?!"

Chen Daolin was stunned, his face changed, he felt anger in his heart, and he shouted: "Nonsense! When did I say I want to marry your duke!"

After a pause, he suddenly remembered the ridiculous things between him and Du Weiwei that day. He couldn't help but blush and shook his head and said, "You... don't talk nonsense! There is no such thing!"

As he said that, Chen Dao turned around and left, as if he was running away, quickly ran into his cabin.

A few young men were standing there, watching from a distance what was happening in the bow of the ship.

"Senior Brother Dixon, what are you saying to that woman? You have the best ears and what do you hear?"

Sasha asked with a strange look on her face.

Dixon's eyes rolled and looked at the young people around him. McQueen and Lucius also looked curious.

Dixon smiled bitterly and said, "This... the wind is too strong, and I didn't listen too carefully. I heard the woman say something, 'to get married', but the teacher refuted her 'nons'... Well, it seems like that's it."

The other three young men suddenly showed gossipy expressions on their faces.

Sasha even exclaimed: "Old, teacher...he...wow! The teacher is so amazing! Fiona was famous in the imperial capital. I don't know how many noble officials and nobles were unable to do anything about her, but they didn't expect that they were captured by our teacher?"

"Yes, she took the initiative to propose to the teacher? But the teacher refused..." McQueen also touched her chin.

Dixon's eyes rolled around and he laughed in a low voice: "You don't understand... You have only been following the teacher for a few days! Don't look like the teacher is silent. In fact, picking up girls is very good! If you don't say anything else, you will know when you go back to the northwest this time. There are two teachers' wives in your family!"

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There were no more twists and turns along the way.

The imperial capital did not cause trouble anymore. Obviously, whether it was Gu Le or Shilo, they were very concerned about Chen Daolin now. Even though they knew that Fiona was next to Chen Daolin, they did not send anyone to chase him.

Fiona begged Chen Daolin a few more times, but Chen Daolin just refused to agree - he is now anxious to save Lucius's father, Governor Fritz, and where can he have time to run back to the imperial capital to do these things?

Besides, Chen Daolin knew very well that those samurai from the Tulip family were imprisoned for a period of time at most. There would be no major accidents.

During the journey, when passing by a small town pier, the boat stopped to rest and replenish supplies, Fiona went into the city.

There is a chamber of commerce stronghold of Tulip Workshop here - although Shiloh has a tense relationship with Tulip Workshop, it has not really broken up completely. The Tulip Workshop's business is spread all over the world. Shiloh did not dare to make any fierce means of seizing it all.

Fiona went to the family chamber of commerce stronghold here. After revealing her identity, she spread the news and used the family's special channels to spread the news to the northwest, asking the Duke to come forward to rescue those arrested.

Chen Daolin originally thought that this woman would leave him and asked the Tulips stronghold organization to escort her secretly back to the northwest.

But unexpectedly, after a trip, the woman actually ran back to the dock and came back on the boat.

Looking at Chen Daolin's puzzled look, Fiona said lightly: "I'm not timid and afraid of death. But although there are some people in the strongholds here, if you want to escort me back to the northwest, it's probably not safe. If you are caught again in the middle of the way, they can't protect me. I... I'm not afraid of death, but I know that there are too many secrets in the family and I must not be caught. So I have to follow you."

Chen Daolin nodded and glanced at the woman: "It's nothing wrong to follow me...but... you have to pay the food."

Fiona snorted: "Master Darling, do you always like to make such jokes? You are obviously a smart person, but you always like to pretend to be crazy."

Chen Daolin touched his nose: "Huh? You can actually see this problem."

Fiona stared at Chen Daolin for a long time and suddenly whispered: "Master Daling, our duke, no matter whether it is appearance or family background, can't find a second person in the world! As a woman, I am convinced by her! Such an outstanding woman takes the initiative to marry you, but why are you not moved?"

Chen Daolin smiled embarrassedly: "I don't understand what you mean."

"Don't pretend to be stupid anymore!" Fiona bit her lip: "The Duke has always admired you very much. After you arrived in the northwest, she helped you openly and secretly, and you know it clearly! She values ​​you so much, and even marrys you... If you are so dedicated to you, are you really not moved at all?"

Chen Daolin thought about it and shook his head.

Fiona looked ugly: "What do you think is bad about her? Isn't she beautiful enough?"

Chen Daolin sighed: "Of course she was born extremely beautiful. There are almost few women I have seen in my life who can compare to her in terms of appearance."

"Is her family background not good enough?"

Chen Daolin laughed: "A dignified Duke of Tulip, even the emperor's daughter is far inferior to that of a family background. In terms of family background, as a woman, she is the best in the world!"

"Is she not smart enough?" Fiona said angrily.

"If she is not smart, then everyone in the world will be fools." Chen Daolin sighed: "I am convinced by her wisdom."

"Then...what do you look down on her?" Fiona was furious.

Chen Daolin hesitated for a while, thought for a long time, raised his eyelids and looked at Fiona: "That... she doesn't have big breasts."

Even though Fiona had thought of countless reasons in her heart, she didn't expect Chen Daolin to say such a shameless word in her mouth.

Although he knew that the other party was pretending to be crazy, as a loyal minister of the Tulip family, this kind of thinking of humiliating the minister and dying immediately made Fiona angry!

She shouted angrily: "Darling Chen! How can you humiliate my Duke like this!! She, she... isn't big enough yet!!"

Chen Daolin curled his lips and stretched out a claw to point at the woman in front of him: "You are bigger than her."

Fiona was furious, raised her hand and slapped her. Chen Daolin flashed and retreated in an instant.

Fiona's face turned red with anger, but she knew she was no match for her. She stomped her feet hard, turned around and walked back to the cabin.

Chen Daolin looked at her back and looked sad.

To be honest, after Du Weiwei left, he immediately decided to go to the imperial capital... The main reason was of course to visit the secret in the palace based on what Lu Gao left behind.

But if you say it carefully, it may not be necessary to avoid the factor of Du Weiwei's forced marriage.

If you continue to stay in the northwest, what if Du Weiwei really sends thousands of troops to the gate of his territory and forces himself to get married? Can he really fight with the Tulips family?

Chen Daolin just said these shameless words, but there was a thought in his mind: I hope that after going back, Fiona told Du Weiwei these words intact, so that Du Weiwei would consider herself a lustful and shameless villain... It would be better to just recognize herself like this, and then don't force herself to get married again!

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Hiding on the deck behind the cabin in the distance, several young people were crowding together and eavesdropping.

Dixon sighed: "Our teacher is such a model of men!"

"Senior Brother Dixon, what have you heard? Tell me quickly!"

Dixon looked strange: "I... heard the last sentence, the teacher... seemed to praise Miss Fiona for her big breasts."

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The rapid and sharp whistle came from afar.

Several horses galloped on the main road, and then approached Mulan City, the capital of Nulin Province.

The soldiers guarding the city saw clearly the people coming, and they all made way and let the cavalry rush into the city!

This line rode several horses on the long street and rushed to the gate of the Governor's Mansion in the city.

Span turned over and dismounted.

He was so tired that he almost couldn't stand steadily. He took the boat for several days, and after getting ashore, he rushed back without stopping. Two good horses were exhausted on the way.
To be continued...