In the early morning, two figures, a man and a woman, were walking on Qingyun Road.
"Brother Lai Jian, tell me what happened recently? Why are there so many Jin Yiwei and eunuchs from Dongchang everywhere on our way to the capital?" The woman has a beautiful appearance and soft eyes, even though her face is deliberately dusty at this moment.
, her gray face cannot hide her beauty.
The other man looked honest and honest, dressed like a farmer. He looked around carefully and said timidly: "Ruyi, I think we should forget it!"
"That guy Yan Song is now extremely powerful and powerful. We can't defeat him."
"No, Brother Lai Jian, I must avenge my father. The current Minister of Dali Temple was my father's good friend. As long as I hand over my father's blood letter to him, he will definitely help us rehabilitate." Jing Ruyi's eyes
With a flash of stubbornness and strength, he hugged the package in his arms tightly and said seriously.
Bao Lai shook his head hard and said: "It's useless, Ruyi, they are all protected by officials. We have no power and power, so we can't fight them."
"Brother, if you're afraid, I'll go by myself. You don't have to follow me."
A smile appeared on Jing Ruyi's face, and she bowed deeply to Bao Laihan and said thank you: "Brother Laihan, I am very grateful for your company along the way. You are right, the capital is really too beautiful."
If it’s dangerous, no one knows what will happen.”
"I can't keep dragging you down. Come on, brother, go back!"
"I can walk the rest of the way alone."
Hearing what Jing Ruyi said, Bao Laijian was heartbroken and said quickly: "Are you kidding me? I promised your father that I would take good care of you. How could I give up halfway?"
"How can I feel at ease when you, a daughter of a family, go to the capital alone?"
"Stop talking, no matter it is a sea of swords or fire, I will go through it with you."
"But..." Jing Ruyi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Bao Lai.
Bao Laijian said quickly: "Okay, okay, let's go quickly, don't waste any time."
"Brother Lai Jian, thank you." Jing Ruyi said silently in her heart.
As the two of them were walking, they saw a checkpoint set up in the middle of the road.
The person who set up the card was wearing a Feiyu suit, with a Jin Yiwei badge tied around his waist, and holding an embroidered spring knife in his hand, looking murderous.
Dozens of imperial guards were standing there, who would dare to break through?
"Why is there a bayonet here?" Bao Laixiang was stunned and murmured.
Jing Ruyi looked at these royal guards, with a hint of disgust in his eyes, and said coldly: "Exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are like rain, and the people are already struggling to survive, and they are still setting up cards to collect money? These lackeys of officials... Humph!
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"Okay, Ruyi, please keep your voice down, otherwise it won't be good if you are heard. I'll go over and inquire first." Bao Laijian comforted Jing Ruyi and walked towards the Jin Yiwei.
Bao Lai forced a kind smile on his face, took out a few broken pieces of silver from his arms, handed them over, and asked humbly: "Sir, what happened in front of you? Why do you need to set up a card?"
Jin Yiwei looked at the scraps of silver, waved his hand impatiently, and said perfunctorily: "Let's go and join in the fun? This road is blocked, so we need to find another way. If a noble person wants to take this road these days, hurry up!"
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"Hey, hey, I understand, I understand. Thank you so much, officials." Bao Laijian nodded respectfully and bowed, and then walked towards Jing Ruyi.
Jing Ruyi felt a little displeased when she saw Bao Laijian acting like this. Although she also knew that this was the way of survival for the lower class people, she, who came from a famous family, always felt a little proud and reserved in her heart.
She believes that dignity is more important than life!
Such compromises, even if it results in an ignoble existence, are meaningless!
"Ruyi, I have found out clearly that some noble people have taken this road in the past few days. This road is blocked. Let's find another way!" Bao Laijian said in a low voice.
Ruyi nodded and expressed understanding: "Okay, let's take the small road!"
"Well, let's go!"
Bao Laijian and Jing Ruyi walked towards another path.
When one of the Jinyi Guards saw this scene, his eyes flickered, he walked into the dark, released a carrier pigeon, and conveyed the news.
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At the same time, in the woods on the other side, dozens of tall men with long knives and fierce faces came out of the darkness.
"Boys, why are you going down the mountain to rob us today? We want money and sex. We want everything!"
"His grandma, Dongchang and Jinyiwei have gone crazy recently, arresting people everywhere, so that I haven't eaten meat for several days?"
"Today I want to see who are the blind people who insist on taking the side roads instead of taking the main road?"
"Hahaha……"
The burly man at the head grinned widely, and the scars on his face were distorted, making him look even more terrifying and fierce!
"Yes, yes, the boss is right!"
"See the meat and fish, his grandma's!!"
"Steal wealth and sex to make a fortune!!"
"If you don't take the main road and you have to take the small road, then don't blame the old men for robbing the rich and giving to the poor!!"
The remaining robbers also laughed loudly, looking extremely arrogant, and raised their weapons in their hands, extremely crazy.
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A dark alley.
There are woods and thorns everywhere, and a winding path is extremely difficult to walk and overgrown with bushes.
This road, as a branch of the main road, is rarely used!
"Brother Lai Jian, I always have a bad feeling about this road!" Jing Ruyi looked at the dense woods around her, a trace of worry and uneasiness flashed in her eyes, and she said softly.
Bao Laijian looked around vigilantly, touched the dagger in his arms, and asked softly to comfort him: "Ruyi, don't be afraid, I will protect you no matter what."
"Yeah!" Jing Ruyi hummed softly, a hint of emotion flashed in her eyes.
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Not far away, several magnificent horse-drawn carriages were driving leisurely and met the blocked official road head-on.
After seeing these carriages, the originally opened official roads all let them pass, bowing their heads and saluting with an extremely humble attitude.
Jinyiwei set up a pass to welcome the nobles, they came.
At this moment, on the carriage in the center, a man in rich clothes saluted respectfully and humbly to a mysterious man in an iron-blue mask.
"Mr. Thousand-faced Man, don't salute with this face. It looks awkward to me!"
As the man spoke, he took off the mask from his face, and he looked exactly like the person in front of him.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The Man with a Thousand Faces quickly changed his appearance and became handsome.
"How's it going? Is everything going well?"
Zhu Youji looked at the appearance of the Thousand-faced Man and asked casually.
"Back to Your Highness, everything went well. I deliberately delayed it for a few days without revealing any flaws." The Thousand-Faced Man said quickly.
"Well, you did a good job!"
After attending the Yagyu Piaoxu inheritance ceremony, Zhu Youji hurriedly caught up with the team returning to the capital.
After all, Zhu Youji was not very relieved to have the Thousand-faced Man impersonating himself.
No matter how perfect the counterfeit is, there will still be flaws. Once the flaws are discovered, it will inevitably have a bad impact. You must not be careless.
"Zhizhizhi..."
A special homing pigeon flew into the carriage and landed in Zhu Youji's hand.
Zhu Youji frowned slightly, took off the note from the carrier pigeon's leg, and after reading it briefly, there was an inexplicable look on his face, and he muttered: "Everyone who is supposed to be here is here..."