Even if Jiang Zhiyue knew the plot, the original book didn't mention much about the preparations for the villain, and she didn't know how much preparation Ouyang Ming had made.
What Jiang Zhiyue didn't know was that not long ago, Ouyang Ming had secretly searched for General Dingxi.
It borders Qi State in the south. There is peace between the two countries, and Qi State has frequent exchanges, so that the southern border is also very prosperous.
The west side of Wu Dynasty was different from here. It was originally the place guarded by King An.
Prince An's family was recalled to the capital, and the area was taken over by the fourth prince's maternal family.
The people who took over the Western Territory had never fought in a war and could not withstand the barbarian invasion.
Nowadays, those barbarians know that King An is away and often send troops to test and provoke, and the people there are miserable.
But now the old emperor's body is getting weaker and weaker day by day, and he can't even control his own son.
The fourth prince's maternal family also concealed the invasion of the Western Region.
The group of soldiers who surrounded King An were suppressed because they obeyed the new generals.
When Ouyang Ming found General Dingxi in private, he placed all the information that his men had gathered on the head of the fourth prince for him to see.
Since she is the fourth prince's maternal family, it is not an exaggeration to blame him for what they did.
Moreover, the fourth prince cannot be said to be completely innocent for the things they did.
Ouyang Ming naturally pinned these mistakes on him, with the purpose of attracting Liang Wuxia to his camp.
In the dream, Liang Wuxia was able to stand in his camp in the end, not only because of his friendship with King An, but also because he was so disappointed with the royal family that he took the risk of choosing Ouyang Ming's path.
That day, Ouyang Ming came to General Dingxi's mansion uninvited late at night.
Liang Wuxia was working in the study. The oil lamp in the room flickered on and off, and a figure appeared.
As a military commander guarding one side, Liang Wuxia was naturally good at martial arts. He picked up the sword beside the table and fought with the attacker.
The person who came to visit late at night was Ouyang Ming.
The candlelight in the room was bright and dim, and within a moment, the two people had fought hundreds of rounds.
After a while, Ouyang Ming and Liang Wuxia retracted their weapons at the same time and stood two meters apart.
Liang Wuxia had only seen Ouyang Ming when he was a child, and he was able to recognize him during the fight because Ouyang Ming and An Wang looked so much like each other as adults.
Liang Wuxia excitedly walked two steps forward with his weapon in hand: "Nephew Ming?"
Ouyang Ming put the sword back into its scabbard and gave a junior salute.
"Uncle Liang, long time no see."
The news of Ouyang Ming's murder and unknown whereabouts was known to everyone in the Wu Dynasty, and Liang Wuxia was no exception.
Upon hearing Ouyang Ming's answer, Liang Wuxia knew that this was really him.
He casually placed the weapon on the table, and there was an echo from the collision of the iron tool with the table.
He took two steps forward and stood in front of Ouyang Ming. When he saw that he was not injured, he raised his big hand and put it on Ouyang Ming's shoulder and patted him twice hard.
"Just stay alive! Just stay alive!"
"When did you run into the boundary here? Do you know that the capital is looking for you?"
"Where have you been these past few months? Why haven't there been any news at all? I thought you were dead."
"Let's not talk about this. Your father and I can't see each other often. Since you have come to my uncle's place, you can stay here for a while. When I send a letter to the capital tomorrow, they will know that you are still alive.
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Seeing that Ouyang Ming could survive to this point, Liang Wuxia was also very surprised, and he mumbled a lot.
Ouyang Ming followed him and sat down across the table.
He said in a deep voice: "I came here a few days ago, but I have been chased a few days ago. I was injured and it was difficult to move around. That's why I didn't come to visit my uncle. Uncle, don't blame me."
Naturally, Liang Wuxia wouldn't blame him for this little thing, but he still said in surprise: "Chasing! What's going on? Who is chasing you?"
Liang Wuxia's hand grasped the handle of the knife again, as if Ouyang Ming was going to go out and fight for a reason.
Ouyang Ming did not say who was chasing him, but instead talked about things in the Western Region.
After listening to what Ouyang Ming said, Liang Wuxia's angry mood calmed down.
He looked at Ouyang Ming and said in a hesitant tone: "You mean, those people who are chasing you might be from the capital?"
Ouyang Ming said bluntly: "They are from the imperial court."
Since he wanted to win over Liang Wuxia, Ouyang Ming would not hide this.
Only by letting him see the fate of those who risked their lives for the royal family will he be able to shake his belief. Ouyang Ming, who has worked with Liang Wuxia for a lifetime in his dream, knows very well what kind of person Liang Wuxia is.
Liang Wuxia fell silent, and after half a cup of tea, he spoke again: "Did nephew Ming misunderstand?"
Ouyang Ming shook his head and dropped another bombshell.
"Before the capital called us back to the capital, my father received invitations from different princes."
"I wonder if Uncle Liang knows that because the emperor's uncle is seriously ill, the officials in Beijing are urging him to establish a crown prince."
"My father and Uncle Huang have a deep love for each other. Naturally, they would not take sides when Uncle Huang is seriously ill and has not yet established a crown prince. Then we received a decree calling our family back to Beijing."
"The reason why the nephew is unwilling to return to the capital is because the father and the others were not simply recalled to the capital. Now the nephew's father, queen and mother are imprisoned in the palace, and his sister is also trapped in the palace.
King An and the current emperor had a friendship that they had grown up with, and they did not hesitate to side with him before he succeeded to the throne.
That's why Ouyang Ming could call him "Uncle Huang", and they had received divine grace. All his family members were in the Western Region without leaving hostages in the capital.
But he still did not escape the fate of being jealous of the emperor after his great achievements.
A general like Liang Wuxia with a heavy army would have to leave hostages in the capital to guard a place. The ones left in the capital by the Liang family were Liang Wuxia's eldest son and Qi Wenyong's second son.
Liang Wuxia looked at Ouyang Ming and said solemnly: "What do you mean?"
Ouyang Ming asked with a smile: "Uncle Liang should understand that now that the emperor is at the end of his power, but he has never established a prince, then the princes in the capital must want to compete for that position."
"My nephew would like to ask my uncle in advance whether he already has a candidate in mind."
Liang Wuxia tightened his lips and lowered his eyes.
He was thinking about the purpose of Ouyang Ming suddenly coming to his house tonight.
He has been missing for so long and has not been seen in front of anyone. Is it just to ask him about his side tonight?
At the same time, he really considered the adult and minor princes in the capital.
But to be disrespectful, except for the fourth prince who has a better reputation, the other adult princes are either stupid or bad, or both stupid and bad.
If such a person were allowed to become the emperor, one can imagine how painful the life of the people of the Wu Dynasty would be. He thought about it in his heart and was ready to speak.
But Ouyang Ming suddenly stood up and handed him a book, blocking what he was about to say.
Ouyang Ming stood up and handed the things in his hands to Liang Wuxia.
Liang Wuxia looked at Ouyang Ming doubtfully and asked, "What is this?"
However, he still took the first step to receive what Ouyang Ming handed over.
"Uncle Liang will take a look at some of the information my nephew has collected these days."
After Liang Wuxia took it, he started to read it. It was densely covered with words, which were about things done by several princes.
Among them, the ones related to the Fourth Prince are naturally the most numerous.
Liang Wuxia gently placed the notebook on the table and looked at Ouyang Ming with a different look than the joy he had just now.
He frowned and looked at Ouyang Ming and asked, "What does it mean that nephew Ming gave me this thing?"
A smile appeared on Ouyang Ming's lips. He stood in front of the table and saluted, "I want to provide a new path for Uncle Liang."
In the following days, Ouyang Ming and Liang Wuxia have been preparing a plan for Ouyang Ming to return to Beijing.
Until the Jiang family discovered that there was another notice in the town looking for Prince An, they were fully prepared. The news that Ouyang Ming was still alive was the result of his and Liang Wuxia's directing and acting.
They found someone to pretend to have met Ouyang Ming and went to the government to collect the reward.
The news soon spread to the capital again, and notices looking for Prince An were posted again.
Fortunately, many people in Guhuai Village now work in the Jiang family's papermaking workshop and have not gone to town.
Otherwise, they would definitely recognize that the man on the notice was the noble man who appeared behind the Jiang family when the Jiang family boys looked at each other that day.
A few days after the news spread, a large number of dead soldiers and secret guards came to the south again.
Their goal is the same, to capture Ouyang Ming alive.
Because Ouyang Ming deliberately exposed himself in order to achieve his goal of returning to Beijing.
So during these days, he faced a large number of dead soldiers and secret guards.
Two fists were unable to defeat four hands, and Ouyang Ming was accidentally seriously injured.
However, the condition of the dead soldiers who found his traces was not good either. They fell to the ground in a mess one by one, no longer alive.
Early this morning, Jiang Zhiyue first went to the papermaking workshop to look around and then went up the mountain.
She wants to eat rabbit, spicy rabbit head and spicy rabbit meat.
Going to the town to buy them would definitely not be as fresh as the fresh ones, so Jiang Zhiyue thought of going up the mountain to catch two of them.
The mountains behind Guhuai Village were very large, and she did not go deep into them.
But even outside the mountains, it is already very dangerous.
Jiang Zhiyue walked through the woods on the mountain. When she saw wild vegetables and mushrooms, she picked them and threw them into her basket. When she saw the rabbit jumping behind the trees, Jiang Zhiyue raised her feet and chased after it.
Following the rabbit, Jiang Zhiyue directly caught a nest of rabbits. There were seven rabbits in total, which was enough for their family to eat. Unknowingly, Jiang Zhiyue walked deeper into the mountains.
Wow~
Jiang Zhiyue noticed the sound of leaves swaying behind her, quickly ran two steps forward and turned warily towards the place where the sound came from.
Where Jiang Zhiyue was standing just now, there is now a man wearing black clothes and covering his face.
The man held a dagger in his hand.
Obviously, if Jiang Zhiyue hadn't been able to hide quickly just now, his dagger would have definitely held her hostage.
The man in black was also a little surprised that Jiang Zhiyue could dodge his attack so quickly. However, he did not take a weak woman to heart.
Jiang Zhiyue smelled the smell of blood in the air, coming from that man.
The man looked seriously injured, and the veins on the hand holding the dagger were bulging from the force of supporting his body.
However, Jiang Zhiyue did not relax her vigilance. She watched him vigilantly, and using the cover of her backpack, she reached behind her back and took out a dagger from the space.
The man in black was also looking at Jiang Zhiyue, but compared to Jiang Zhiyue's eyes, he was obviously much more contemptuous.
Jiang Zhiyue didn't speak, and the man in black finally couldn't help but speak first: "Come here, avoid people and send me to the county, or I will kill you!"
Jiang Zhiyue sneered in her heart. With him looking like this, he still wanted to kill her. It was really a dream.
But she couldn't kill him directly yet, she wanted to ask why this man appeared here.
This place is very close to Guhuai Village. If you don't inquire clearly, this is a potential danger.
"Who are you?"
The man opposite was too seriously injured and his patience was gradually running out.
If he hadn't been injured so badly that he wouldn't have been able to walk to the county, he wouldn't have let this woman send her away. He still had an important mission and couldn't die here.
Just when he was about to step forward again to coerce Jiang Zhiyue into agreeing, another sound came from the forest behind Jiang Zhiyue.
I didn’t look at the almanac when I went out today, why did this happen to me?
There were people in front and behind, so Jiang Zhiyue had to turn ninety degrees so that both sides could appear in her field of vision. But as soon as she turned around, a familiar voice called her.
"Zhiyue."
That voice was very familiar to Jiang Zhiyue. It was Ouyang Ming's voice, but it was much weaker than usual.
As soon as Ouyang Ming's voice appeared, the man in black became obviously vigilant, holding a dagger in his hand in a defensive posture.
It seems we are enemies rather than friends!
Jiang Zhiyue made a quick judgment and moved in the direction where Ouyang Ming's voice came from. Seeing that Jiang Zhiyue and Ouyang Ming knew each other, the man in black turned around and ran away.
Ouyang Ming quickly shouted: "Zhiyue, we can't let him run away."
"Okay!"
With that said, Jiang Zhiyue threw the dagger in her hand at the man in black, hitting him in the chest.
The next moment, the man turned his head and glanced at Jiang Zhiyue in shock, and then fell to the ground without blinking.
Jiang Zhiyue turned to look at Ouyang Ming and said with a smile, "Is it okay?"
Ouyang Ming weakly twitched the corner of his mouth and praised: "Zhiyue is awesome."
He wanted to raise his head and pat Jiang Zhiyue's head, but as soon as he raised his hand, he found that his hands were stained with blood, so he had to lower his hand again.
He has never let Zhiyue see his hands covered with blood. Seeing him like this, will Zhiyue think he is scary?
Ouyang Ming was so uneasy that he could only avoid looking at Jiang Zhiyue and walked towards the direction where the man in black fell.
Jiang Zhiyue sighed, then reached out to support Ouyang Ming, who was swaying as he walked, and helped him walk forward.
Walking to the man in black, Ouyang Ming squatted down and groped around on him for a while, and found a book with a blue cover that was only as big as a palm.
Jiang Zhiyue only glanced at Ouyang Ming while he was flipping through it, and saw that it was filled with messy words.
