At this time, people were under the eaves and had to bow their heads. Zhu Qilan took the lead, and the master and servant saluted Li Xin. However, the remaining royal dignity made Zhu Qilan bite her lips and refused to address Li Xin.
Of course Li Xin saw Zhu Qilan's expression in her eyes. She couldn't help but let out a soft "hum", but this was not the place to get angry, so she showed off her ladylike style and ordered: "Help them clean up."
Come and follow us home." After saying that, he no longer looked at the master and servant, turned around and walked outside.
As Li Xin walked away, she cursed: "A yellow-haired girl who doesn't understand the rules doesn't know how high the sky is. She only looks like this. The husband is getting better and better! Hmph!"
When Li Xin arrived, of course no one of the guards or wives arranged by Zhang Biao dared to stop her. Now that they heard Li Xin's instructions, the ladies immediately took action and quickly cleaned up Zhu Qilan and Xiu'er's delicates.
Okay. Then the master and servant were sent to their own carriage, and then followed Li Xin's carriage towards the outside of the city.
Li Xin led a small group of personal guards to guard the carriage. As for the guards arranged by Zhang Biao, in addition to sending one person to rush to report to Zhang Biao, the rest also followed from a distance, guarding the convoy.
Safety.
As we were approaching the gate of the city, a caravan of more than a hundred people came towards us. It couldn't exactly be said to be a caravan, but it should be said to be a royal purchasing group sent by King Chong of Runing City to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase interesting items.
Although the princes in the late Ming Dynasty were the most noble people besides the emperor, their lives were actually quite pitiful.
Since King Ning rebelled during the Zhengde period, emperors of all dynasties have strictly prohibited the vassal prince and his family members from leaving their fiefdoms, and even required the local government where the vassal prince resided to strictly monitor them. In other words, the entire family of the vassal prince in the Ming Dynasty was actually
He was imprisoned in his own fiefdom in disguise.
Of course, those vassal kings can dominate and dominate within their own closed cities. Even if they do things such as bullying men and women, killing people and buying goods, the court will usually turn a blind eye. But they are absolutely not allowed to leave the four-sided city wall.
You can imagine how depressing the prince's life must be! No matter how much you play, you will always get tired of playing in a city, so what should you do? King Chong chose to go to Jiangnan to buy some interesting items and women to satisfy his greed.
.Anyway, the palace also has a lot of money, which is the origin of this palace purchasing group.
With the rapid rise of the Runing Army in Runing Mansion, Prince Chong's Mansion and the Runing Army were in a state of incompatibility. This is the reason why the Prince's Mansion cannot make friends with local officials, especially local military attaches. But more importantly
The reason is that Wu Shigong has never lived in the city, and he has never attended the banquets of officials in the city and the banquets at the Fengyue venue. Therefore, there is no way for everyone in Prince Chong's palace to get to know Wu Shigong.
Of course, the Runing Army and Prince Chong's Mansion are not without friction. The implementation of the "Famine Prohibition Order" and the strength of Sihai Commercial Bank and Bank in Runing Mansion will always affect some of the industries of Prince Chong's Mansion. However, due to the restraint of both parties, at least they did not
Put the contradiction on the surface.
So when the two convoys met, both sides gave way and passed on the right side respectively. However, seeing that the convoy from the Wu Mansion did not give way at all. Manager Zeng, who was leading the team from the Chong Prince Mansion, couldn't help but whisper "hum"
: "How arrogant!"
But the rest of the people in the two convoys were obviously used to this situation. The two sides walked towards each other as if the other party did not exist. But at this moment, a man named Ye Chao who was taken in by Prince Chong's Mansion hurriedly
They squeezed to the side of Manager Zeng. Fu Er said to Manager Zeng: "The carriage behind is our lady's."
That Ye Chao was the slave of Zhu Qilan who jumped out of the car at that time. But after he escaped, he realized that his prospects were not good. If Zhu Qilan was lost, Ye Chao would only face the word "death"
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Compared with death, the crime of leaving Fengyang City without permission is trivial, so Ye Chao wants to get his lady back. At this point, you can see how serious Zhu Qilan and Ye Chao are.
I have no social experience.
In fact, when Fengyang City is facing a situation of being broken, if a clan like Zhu Qilan, who has not been convicted of much crime, escapes from the city, that kind of behavior is not considered a crime, and will not be investigated by the court at all. So Zhu Qilan saw
From now on, if Wu Shigong simply confesses his identity, he may not cause any big trouble.
After Ye Chao's careful inquiry, it was no secret that his young lady was kidnapped by the Runing Army. Besides, at that time, Wu Shigong took Zhu Qilan's master and servant away from the camp where the people were detained in full view of the public. And
After hearing the news, Ye Chao knew that his young lady had fallen into the hands of a military attaché of the Runing Army.
But then Ye Chao was desperate. Why? Because Runing Mansion strictly implemented the "No Movement Order", Ye Chao, who had no road guide, could not enter the territory of Runing Mansion. Ye Chao was also lucky, he happened to meet
Joined Guanshi Zeng's Chongwang Mansion purchasing team.
The former steward was a relative of Prince Chong's concubine. This time he brought the palace's purchasing group to Nanjing for purchase. However, when he returned, he heard that the peasant rebel army was raging in Fengyang, so he was so frightened that he temporarily stopped his return journey.
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After the peasant rebel army left, the royal purchasing group returned along the route of the Nanjing reinforcements. When Ye Chao learned that Manager Zeng was from the Chong Palace, he immediately paid a visit and had a private meeting with Manager Zeng.
Zhong confessed his lady's identity and asked Prince Chong's Mansion to help him get his lady back.
Manager Zeng didn't want to take over this troublesome matter at all. However, Zhu Qilan had royal blood after all, so it was not good to ignore it, so Manager Zeng took Ye Chao with him and planned to let his prince make the decision after returning to Runing Mansion.
But when Ye Chao told Manager Zeng that Zhu Qilan was in the motorcade in front of him, Manager Zeng hesitated. Should he let go? He might blame him if he goes back. But if he steps forward to snatch it, he might also blame him. The key is
One thing is that the current manager Zeng has no idea how King Chong will handle this matter.
But Manager Zeng had another thought: Although Mr. Wu was arrogant, in his own city, if anything happened, he should always be the boss of the Chongwang Palace! Besides, he also had to confirm whether what Ye Chao said was true.
Since Wu Shigong didn't capture Zhu Qilan at all, the hatred became somewhat inexplicable.
But in his heart, Zeng Guanshi also had the idea of killing Runing Jun's majesty. After all, among all the palaces in the world, only his Chongwang Palace could swallow his anger in front of a local military attache like Wu Shigong. It would be a shame to the vassal king.
.So Manager Zeng immediately gave the order, and immediately several palace guards blocked the front of Li Xin's motorcade.
Seeing several palace guards coming forward, the guards in charge of the inner house immediately moved closer to the two carriages for protection. The captain of the guard who led the team pressed his hand on the hilt of his knife and said with a sullen face: "These are my lord's relatives. I am waiting for you."
Please stay out of the way."
The personal guards in the inner chamber couldn't help but be nervous. The reputation of the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty was really bad, and they would do all kinds of lawless things. If the female family members in the carriage were disturbed, the lives of these personal guards would be at risk.
There is no way to compensate. That is to say, the people who came over were people from Prince Chong's Mansion, otherwise, those personal guards would have drawn their swords towards each other.
But those few palace guards are not aware at all. They are used to sitting in the well in Runing Mansion and watching the sky. They think that no one in the whole world dares to touch them. So they have the opportunity to suppress the arrogance of Wu Shigong, the chief tycoon in Runing Mansion.
, these palace guards seemed particularly excited.
But the excited expression of the palace guards was considered frivolous in the eyes of the inner palace guards. Moreover, it was wrong to come up. The leading palace guard casually handed over to the captain of the guards and said: "Excuse me! Our palace is lost.
You two, I want to see inside your carriage. If not, then I'm sorry in advance!"
The captain of the personal guard immediately tightened his grip on the hilt of the knife, with veins popping out in his face, showing an angry look. How dare these people tease their mistress? But thinking that the person in front of him had a background in Prince Chong's Palace, the captain of the personal guard also had some hesitation.
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But Li Xin, who was sitting in the carriage in front, also heard these words. Li Xin was originally in a bad mood today, and when she met someone who dared to harass her, she was immediately furious. Regardless of whether the person was from Prince Chong's Mansion, she immediately went to the
Someone in the carriage yelled: "Whatever he does! Whoever blocks the way? I'll break his legs!"
As soon as he heard his mistress speak, the captain of the personal guard raised the scabbard without hesitation and hit the leading palace guard horizontally on the face, beating the head of the palace guard with his mouth full.
It was blood. He was half kneeling on the ground, covering half of his bruised face, and spat out some of the knocked-out teeth in his mouth.
As soon as they saw their captain taking action, all the personal guards immediately drew their swords. The guards sent by Zhang Biao who were following from a distance also immediately stepped forward, drew their swords and joined the guard team.
Seeing the fierce momentum of the inner guards, the guards of Prince Chong's Mansion who were about to step forward and take action immediately retreated. They were able to hold up the scene by bullying some people in the city of Runing Mansion, but compared with the elite soldiers of the Runing Army, they couldn't stand it.
It's the silver gun candle end.
Manager Zeng, who was hiding behind, was angry and scared. He was shaking the flesh on his face and kept muttering to himself: "There is no way for the king! It's too arrogant!" Ye Chao was even hiding behind Manager Zeng.
Behind him, he didn't even dare to show his own head.
This movement also aroused Zhu Qilan's curiosity. She opened the curtains of the carriage a crack and secretly looked outside. But when she saw Ye Chao hiding behind the crowd, her eyes suddenly widened.
Zhu Qilan's little mind is quite smart. She immediately suppressed the urge to shout and kept making gestures in the direction of Ye Chao. Ye Chao, who had been paying attention to his lady's carriage, also quickly discovered Zhu Qilan's actions. (
