In the black carriage, Zhu Qingyi and Caiyun sat side by side on the carriage seat, while Zhang Yanling could only sit curled up on a small temporary stool placed in the corner.
Sun Jingwen's words were somewhat effective, and the guards at the door did not dare to offend him, so Zhu Qingyi and Zhang Yanling were able to leave Prince Qing's Mansion smoothly.
The carriage was walking slowly along the street. It was noon and there were very few pedestrians in the market. The checkpoints on the street had not been removed yet, and the martial law manhunt for the rebels in the city was still going on. Zhang Yanling was particularly worried about one thing at this moment, that
That is, whether Chen Shiyi and others are safe, or whether something unexpected has happened.
"Master Hou, where should we go first?" Zhu Qingyi asked softly.
Zhang Yanling quickly made a gesture of silence. Zhu Qingyi and Caiyun were both startled, wondering what Zhang Yanling meant.
Zhang Yanling said in a very low voice: "Don't say anything, the driver has changed."
Zhu Qingyi was stunned and reached out to lift the curtain of the small window in front of her to confirm. Zhang Yanling reached out and grabbed her little hand and waved to stop her.
"Don't alert the enemy." Zhang Yanling whispered in her ear.
Zhu Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to retract her little hand that was held by Zhang Yanling, but Zhang Yanling held her tightly, and she looked at Zhang Yanling in surprise.
Zhang Yanling stretched out his fingers and stroked Zhu Qingyi's palm.
Zhu Qingyi's palms felt numb when he was poked by his fingers. At first she thought Zhang Yanling was rude, but soon realized that Zhang Yanling was writing. Zhang Yanling wrote three times in a row before Zhu Qingyi understood what he was writing.
"There are two more cavalry following us, and we are being watched. From now on, let's not talk, but write to avoid being overheard." Zhang Yanling wrote in Zhu Qingyi's hand.
Zhu Qingyi blushed and stretched out her fingers. Zhang Yanling hurriedly spread his palms, and Zhu Qingyi wrote in his palm: "Then what should we do now?"
Zhang Yanling wrote: "It doesn't matter, just follow the plan. Let's go to that temple first. It's the same temple where you burned incense yesterday."
Zhu Qingyi wrote backhand: "Okay, but you can't move freely. What should I do?"
Zhang Yanling squeezed Zhu Qingyi's hand and made a reassuring expression.
Zhu Qingyi sighed and nodded slightly.
Caiyun was watching in confusion, her eyes wide open in a daze, Zhu Qingyi whispered a few words in her ear, Caiyun's eyes widened with a frightened expression.
"Princess, where are we going?" the driver in front asked.
At this time, the truth came out. Sure enough, it was not Uncle Niu who was driving the cart. When he got on the bus, the driver was wearing the same clothes as Uncle Niu, with a straw hat on his head. He lowered his head and said nothing. Neither Zhu Qingyi nor Caiyun noticed that it was not Uncle Niu.
Their driver, Uncle Niu, naturally noticed it as soon as he opened his mouth.
It was obvious that Sun Jingwen was playing some trick. Although he allowed them to come out, he sent someone to keep an eye on them. The coachman also dropped his bag, hoping to eavesdrop on their conversation in the car. This guy was extremely despicable.
"Oh, go to Hongguang Temple, I want to burn incense." Zhu Qingyi said.
"There is a temple nearby, why go to Hongguang Temple? It's too far," the coachman said.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You want to control where the princess goes to burn incense? Isn't it contrary to nature? Do you think that Prince Qing's Mansion is in trouble now, and you guys dare to be so presumptuous? If you don't want to go, stop the car immediately.
Let's walk there by ourselves." Caiyun yelled.
"I just want to remind you. Why are you angry? Hongguang Temple is Hongguang Temple." The coachman muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Speed up, are you the driver? Where's Uncle Niu? Why have you changed people today?" Caiyun shouted.
"Uncle Niu is sick, I came here for him. I am also a driver in the house. Don't be angry, girl, I just need to hurry up." The driver's identity was revealed, and he was obviously guilty. He whipped up his whip and urged the horse, and the carriage sped up.
speed.
Zhang Yanling gave Caiyun a thumbs up and praised her for her awesomeness. After revealing the driver's identity, he didn't dare to linger any longer. If he hesitated any longer, Caiyun said he was getting off, and he was even more worried that the three of them would actually get off.
That was a dereliction of duty on his part.
The carriage ran quickly through the streets and passed several checkpoints without any special questioning. It was estimated that the people sent by Sun Jingwen to keep an eye on them had already greeted them. The carriage drove until it stopped in front of the mountain gate of Hongguang Temple.
It wasn't until she got out of the car that Zhu Qingyi realized that her hand had been held by Zhang Yanling. She blushed with embarrassment. She didn't feel anything strange. Being held by Zhang Yanling felt very natural. There was even a trace of reluctance to let go.
Feel.
The three of them got out of the carriage and walked towards the steps of the mountain gate. The coachman also got out of the carriage and followed them inside.
Caiyun stopped him and said, "Why are you going in? Don't you need to watch the carriage?"
The coachman said: "Who dares to touch the carriage of our Prince Qing's Mansion? I will accompany you in. I heard that the monk in Hongguang Temple is dishonest and likes to defraud people of their scented oil money. I'd better follow the princess in and have a look."
Zhu Qingyi scolded: "In the land of Buddhism, I am here to burn incense sincerely. Why are you saying these disrespectful words? You are not allowed to come in. It is so unruly. When did I have such unruly servants in Prince Qing's palace?"
After hearing this, the coachman had no choice but to stand outside the mountain gate and not follow him in.
Zhu Qingyi and Zhang Yanling quickly entered the temple and walked through the front yard to the main hall. Zhang Yanling took Zhu Qingyi's arm and pretended to support her, and whispered in her ear: "Princess, burn more sticks of incense.
Delay for some time, I'll come as soon as I can."
Zhu Qingyi hurriedly asked: "Where are you going?"
Zhang Yanling said: "I will go to the stone tower on the back mountain to have a look. Maybe my men are still waiting for me here."
Zhu Qingyi nodded silently and entered the main hall door. When Zhang Yanling let go and was about to leave, Zhu Qingyi whispered: "Are you coming back?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and whispered: "Of course I'll come back. There are still many things for the princess to help with. What? You don't believe me?"
Zhu Qingyi said hurriedly: "It's not that I don't believe you, but...but...that's all, I won't say anything anymore. Time is running out, so go ahead."
Zhang Yanling responded, walked around the Buddha statue and went out through the back door. Behind him, wooden fish sounded, chanting and Buddhist bells rang. The monk sitting next to the Buddha statue saw someone worshiping the Buddha, and he started to stir up trouble.
Zhang Yanling held her wide skirt in her hands and strode towards the backyard of the temple. Several young monks sweeping the floor were stunned when they saw a flashy woman running past. Before they could react, the woman had already
He disappeared. He thought that maybe it was the female family members who entered the temple for meditation in the Zen room in the back mountain, but it was unknown, so he gave up.
Zhang Yanling could not control the gazes of the monks along the way. She ran all the way, climbed over the two walls in the backyard of the temple and went straight to the back mountain. The dilapidated stone pagoda was in a pine forest on the back mountain. It was surrounded by tombs and tombstones.
There is also a stone brick tower about ten feet high. This is where the dead are buried in the temple. It seems that people in the city will also be buried in the mountain behind the temple when they die. This is actually very common.
The forest of mass graves and towers is overgrown with weeds, and the silence is broken. The stone tower stands in front, with mottled bricks and stones, entangled with vines and grass, and is dilapidated. Broken rocks can be seen everywhere below, obviously falling from the top of the stone tower.
Zhang Yanling stood in front of the tower and looked around, but didn't see anyone. After walking around the stone tower, he suddenly saw a circle of stones piled on the bluestone at the base of the tower. He was overjoyed. That was the secret code he and Chen Shiyi had agreed upon.
.Obviously, Chen Shiyi and the others have been here waiting for him.
Zhang Yanling no longer hesitated, peeled off the vines at the entrance of the tower and crawled into the stone tower. He suddenly heard movement in front of and behind him. Zhang Yanling stretched out his hand to pull out the firearm, but heard someone shouting deeply behind him. A shadow under the sun shrouded him at the same time.
The entrance to the stone tower.
"Girl, what are you doing?"
"Brother Chen. Hahaha." Zhang Yanling turned around and shouted in surprise.
"Girl, you..." Chen Shiyi was stunned, looking at the beautiful woman in front of him.
"What a piece of shit, girl. It's me, your Marquis." Zhang Yanling cursed.
"Ouch!" Chen Shiyi was astonished as if he had stuffed several big duck eggs into his mouth.
I don't know when several figures appeared around. They were all brothers who went to the city together. Everyone looked at Zhang Yanling in a daze with their mouths wide open.
"Why are you dressed like this, Lord Marquis? What happened?" Chen Shiyi asked in shock.
Zhang Yanling waved her hand and said: "Don't say anymore, it's a long story. Are you okay? Why are you missing a few brothers?"
Chen Shi whistled one by one, and several human heads poked out from the top of the stone tower, including Ma Zhanbao.
"Master Marquis, all the brothers are here. After I returned to the inn that day, the rebels had already searched Zuojin. We climbed over the wall from the inn, hid in the alley, and hid. It was really dangerous. We hid at night
We arrived here at the checkpoint. The Marquis was not here, so we were anxious to death, but we couldn't leave. So we took our brothers and waited here. We planned to go to Anhua Prince's Mansion at all costs if we didn't see the Marquis again tonight.
Let’s take a walk.”
Chen Shiyi said it simply, but Zhang Yanling knew that this must be thrilling. If nothing else, it was extremely dangerous to get here from the vicinity of the inn. Fortunately, these brothers were carefully selected.
, otherwise I’m afraid it will be difficult to do.
Everyone was safe and sound, so Zhang Yanling was naturally overjoyed. She then briefly introduced her experience of escaping from trouble yesterday, as well as persuading Princess Zhu Qingyi of Prince Qing's Mansion to help. Chen Shiyi and others were also surprised when they heard this.
"Master Hou, so the news about our coming to Ningxia City was caused by Yang Yu's thugs? This bitch deliberately revealed the news to the rebels in order to kill Lord Hou? This bitch is so bold that he deserves to die.
"Chen Shiyi said angrily.
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "Yang Yu is just a minion. It's Liu Jin who wants me dead. Now I understand why Liu Jin so actively recommended me to counter the rebellion. Originally, I thought he was worried about the failure of the counter-insurgency.
, which will put him in an embarrassing situation, so
By dragging me into trouble, he can have both sides. Now it seems that he has been holding back bad water for a long time. Letting Yang Yu follow him is just to wait for an opportunity to harm me. My plan just gave him a chance. Even if we don't come to Ningxia
City, I'm afraid they have other plans."
Chen Shiyi cursed angrily: "The dog thief Liu Jin must report this matter to the court when he returns to Beijing. We cannot let him off lightly."
Zhang Yanling shook his head and said: "What's the use of reporting to the court? There is no basis for it. But since he wants to put me to death, I will not let him go. We will talk about this later. Right now, it is more important to do business. I will do it while you are here." Don’t worry. I’ll ask Princess Qing’s Mansion to take me to see Qiu Yue later, but there are a few tails watching behind me. I have to deal with them. Otherwise, I won’t be able to see Qiu Yue.”
Chen Shi listened one by one and asked hurriedly: "Where are those three guys?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Just outside the temple gate."
Chen Shiyi shouted: "Brothers, go out and kill these guys."
Zhang Yanling said hurriedly: "Don't be reckless. I will lead them to the temple. Brother Chen took a few brothers to the main hall. After a while, they closed the door and beat the dogs, and then slaughtered them directly. However, the monks in the temple were an eyesore and were a bit troublesome. It was neat. some."
Chen Shiyi said in a deep voice: "If the monk sees it, just silence him."
Zhang Yanling originally wanted to say that the monk was innocent, but then he thought about it, why should he care so much at this time? If necessary, it would be okay to kill all the monks in the temple. He nodded in agreement.