Feeling that the carriage had stopped, Hu Ying's face darkened, he stuck his head out of the window and asked loudly: "What's going on?"
The group of people blocking the carriage were all servants of the palace, and the leader was Wang Yuan, one of the stewards of the palace.
Seeing Hu Ying, Wang Yuan immediately ran forward. When he was approaching the carriage, he was blocked by the guards beside the carriage.
Wang Yuan said to the carriage: "Master Hu, it's me! The villain Wang Yuan is the steward of the palace, we have met before."
Hu Ying took a closer look and realized that he really knew Wang Yuan. He waved to the guard beside the car and motioned for Wang Yuan to come closer and talk.
Wang Yuan trotted to the carriage, nodded and bowed and said: "My master learned that Mr. Hu and Mr. Chang came to Xinye, so he specially asked me to come over and invite the two adults to sit in the house. The master has already made preparations in the house.
Banquet."
Hu Ying said "oh" and looked at Chang Bin, who was in the same car. Later, he was still the same, expressionless. He smiled at Wang Yuan and said: "In this case, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
Wang Jing still has some influence in Nanyang under the banner of his clan, and Wang Jing has a good relationship with the prefect Zhen Fu. Now that someone is sending someone to invite him, Hu Ying can't refuse.
Hu Ying and Chang Bin went to the palace. As soon as they approached the gate of the palace, Wang Jing hurriedly came out from the palace gate and said with a smile on his face: "If you can invite Master Hu and Master Chang to come to my humble residence, Peng Jing will be a guest."
Pi Sheng Hui, hurry up, hurry up, you two adults, please come inside."
After exchanging polite greetings with Wang Jing, Hu Ying and Chang Bin entered the house. In the hall, Wang Jing had already prepared wine and food. The sumptuousness made both Hu Ying and Chang Bin secretly speechless.
After sitting down, Hu Ying looked at the food and wine on the table in front of him and said with a dry smile: "The prince is so kind, isn't it too expensive?"
Wang Jing looked up and smiled and said: "What did Mr. Hu say? It's just a banquet, so how can we spend money? It's rare for two adults to come to Xinye. If I don't fulfill my friendship as a landlord, the prefect will know about it.
Don’t you want to be blamed by adults?”
Hu Ying rubbed his hands and said, "In this case, Mr. Chang and I would be disrespectful."
"Please, please, please!" Wang Jing waved to the two of them repeatedly.
The three of them exchanged cups and started eating and drinking. After the wine had passed the third round and the dishes had passed the five flavors, Wang Jingfang got to the point. He said: "The two adults came to Xinye this time to pick up Miss Lihua to Beijing, right?"
"Exactly." Hu Ying's face turned red after drinking, and he nodded to Wang Jing. This was not a secret, and there was nothing to hide.
Wang Jing asked cautiously: "I wonder how many guards the two adults have brought?"
Before Hu Ying could speak, Chang Bin answered: "There are more than a hundred people, why would the prince ask this?"
Wang Jing frowned and said, "I'm worried that there may be an accident on the way due to lack of manpower!"
Seeing Chang Bin raising his eyebrows, Wang Jing sighed and explained: "Some time ago, Lord Zhen defeated the Green Forest Army in Xinshi and Pinglin. Although the main force of the Green Forest Army has died, the remnants of the Green Forest Army still exist and are now running around in Nanyang.
, the trouble is very serious.”
Initially, Zhen Fu reported to the court that the Xinshi and Pinglin Green Forest Army had been completely annihilated. However, both Hu Ying and Chang Bin knew very well that the core of the Green Forest Army had not been wiped out, and indeed there were still quite a few remaining forces.
Hu Ying swallowed his saliva and asked nervously: "Didn't the remnants of the Green Forest Army already run out of Nanyang?"
Wang Jing said seriously: "As far as I know, many remnants of the Green Forest Army have fled back to Nanyang."
Chang Bin sneered and said: "It's just the Green Forest Army, a ragtag group of people, I haven't taken it seriously yet."
Wang Jing said worriedly: "But it's hard for two fists to defeat four hands. A good tiger can't fight against many wolves. It's covered in iron. How many nails can it drive? Mr. Chang must not take it lightly!"
Hu Ying nodded repeatedly at Chang Bin and said solemnly: "It seems that the manpower we brought is indeed a little short."
Wang Jing then said: "You two adults don't have to worry too much. The nursing home in my house has a lot of guests. I can send fifty strong men to follow the orders of the two adults to escort Miss Lihua to the county town. Wait. When we arrive at the county town, you two adults can ask Master Zhen to send more people."
Hu Ying's eyes suddenly lit up, he put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "This is a great idea! Mr. Chang, what do you think?"
Chang Bin looked at Wang Jing, shrugged, picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, and said nothing. What he meant was that if you are willing to send people to us, then send people to us. If you don't want to send people, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
Hu Ying secretly rolled his eyes at Chang Bin, at this time, how can you pretend to be so stupid?! He smiled at Wang Jing, cupped his hands and said: "Hu is grateful for the prince's help, and I would like to thank the prince for his kindness. !”
"Oh, Mr. Hu is so polite, I'm so sorry! Come on, come on, come on, let's have another drink!"
The banquet came to an end until it got dark. Wang Jing originally wanted to invite Hu Ying and Chang Bin to stay in his house, but they politely refused. Wang Jing did not force them and sent them out of the house.
On the way to the inn, Hu Ying sighed: "The prince is really good. He has helped us a lot this time."
Chang Bin said disapprovingly: "Help? Huh, Wang Jing is just trying to please my brother-in-law."
There was nothing to say that night. The next morning, Hu Ying and Chang Bin went to the underworld to pick up Yin Lihua and go to the county town.
The distance from Xinye to the county town is not that far. If they set off in the morning, they can reach the county town in the evening.
However, when the two of them arrived in the underworld, there was an unexpected situation in the underworld, and Yin Lu was seriously ill.
Yin Lu was lying on the hospital bed, dying, and it looked like he might die at any time. Under such circumstances, his children Yin Shi, Yin Xing, Yin Lihua and others naturally stayed by the bed, not daring to leave. .
Hu Ying and Chang Bin also entered the room to visit. Seeing that Yin Lu's situation was indeed not optimistic, they both said a few words of comfort and then left.
The two of them waited outside for more than half an hour. Chang Bin frowned and said, "We can't wait any longer. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to return to the county town tonight."
Hu Ying smiled bitterly and said: "But you have also seen Mr. Lu's situation. The situation is not optimistic. Letting Miss Lihua leave now would be a bit..." Isn't it too unkind?
Chang Bin said expressionlessly: "If we fail to send her to the capital as scheduled and fail to participate in His Majesty's selection of concubines, the responsibility will be on you and me."
Hu Ying shuddered, coughed dryly, turned around and walked into the room. He walked slowly to Yinshi and whispered: "Young Master, it's late, Miss Lihua has to leave with us."
Yin Shi turned his head and stared straight at Hu Ying with his scarlet eyes from crying, and asked one word at a time: "My father's condition is getting worse. At this time, do you want to take my little sister away?"
Hu Ying grinned secretly. Indeed, even he felt that taking away Yin Lihua at this time was too much, but he had no choice. After all, the emperor's life was on his side, so what could he do?
He cleared his throat and said: "My eldest son, Miss Lihua must rush to the county town today, otherwise..."
Before he finished speaking, Yin Xing held the hilt of his sword in his hand, strode up to Hu Ying, stood still, and glared at Hu Ying with blazing eyes.
Hu Ying was so frightened that he trembled and did not dare to say anything more. He shrank his neck and quickly left the room.
When he got outside, he smiled bitterly at Chang Bin and shook his head.
Time passed by minute by second, and the hour of the hour had passed. At the hour of the hour, Yin Lihua still stayed in Yin Lu's room, refusing to leave.
Hu Ying entered the room again and urged Yin Lihua to follow them. Just like last time, Hu Ying was once again frightened out by the angry Yin Xing.
For a long time, it was already more than half past midnight, and it was almost noon. Hu Ying shook his head helplessly and sighed again. It seemed that it was impossible to rush back to the county town today.
Chang Bin, who had been keeping a cold face and said nothing, suddenly said: "We can't wait any longer!" As he spoke, he strode into the room.
Hu Ying was startled and hurriedly followed in.
Chang Bin entered the room and looked at Yin Lu, who was seriously ill on the bed, and at Yin Lihua, who was already crying in tears. He said to Yin Shi and Yin Xing: "Now Miss Lihua must go with us. I still hope that the two of us will leave."
Mr. Yin can do it for your convenience."
Yin Xing said angrily: "Are you blind? Didn't you see that my father has become so ill?"
When Chang Bin heard this, he felt angry. He suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "I am also very sad about Yin Gong's condition, but the emperor's order is the emperor's order. If Miss Lihua cannot come to Beijing on time, your majesty will blame me.
Although Mr. Hu and Mr. Hu are in danger of losing their lives, I’m afraid the Yin family won’t have any good fruits to eat either!”
Yin Xing asked in a solemn voice: "Are you threatening us with Your Majesty?"
Chang Bin said coldly: "Second Master Yin has misunderstood. I am just stating a fact."
"You...I think you just want to make trouble with my Yin family!"
Chang Bin said with a gloomy face: "No matter what Mr. Yin thinks, Miss Lihua must follow us now!"
Yin Xing raised his eyebrows and asked, "What if I say no?"
Chang Bin snorted coldly and asked: "Second Young Master Yin, do you still want to disobey the emperor's order?"
"You..." Yin Xing wanted to speak, but Yin Shi stepped forward, pulled Yin Xing's arm, then looked at Chang Bin and asked: "Master Chang, can't you be more accommodating?"
Chang Bin shook his head and said seriously: "I am also responsible for my duties. I act under orders and cannot help myself. If I have offended anything, I hope you will forgive me."
Yinshi nodded, turned around and said to Yin Lihua: "Little sister, pack your things and follow the two adults!"
"Brother..." Yin Lihua looked at Yinshi with tears in her eyes.
Yinshi smiled bitterly and said: "This time when my little sister comes to Beijing, you and I, brother and sister, don't know when we will see each other again. Little sister must take good care of herself..." At this point, Yinshi also choked up and put his head on the head.
Twisted to the side.
Chang Bin was not in the mood to watch their brothers and sisters say goodbye. He reminded him again: "Eldest Master, it's late, we really need to leave. If His Majesty is delayed in choosing his concubine, no one can bear the responsibility!"
Yinshi clenched his fists, and finally wiped the tears on his face, and said to Yin Lihua: "Little sister, go ahead. I believe they... will take good care of my little sister!" He deliberately emphasized the word 'them'.
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Yin Lihua understood what her elder brother meant, and slowly stood up from her kneeling position on the ground, walking out of Yin Lu's room almost step by step.
