The next day.

At noon, in the alley outside Wanbao Building.

A simple carriage with the Wanbao Tower brand was parked outside the gate of Washington. Eight guards rode horses and waited quietly around the carriage. Lu Zhu and Yun Li, who was accompanying the maid, moved some of the lady's personal belongings.

Entered the carriage.

Hua Qingzhi was sitting in a wheelchair and was pushed out of the screen wall by Ye Jingtang, whispering along the way:

"Dad is alone in the capital recently. You must pay attention to safety. You have no official status. You are temporarily recruited by the court to help. Daddy must know the right rules..."

Hua Junchen walked forward with his hands behind his back to say goodbye. Naturally, he understood what his daughter meant by letting him fish in troubled waters, so he said:

"As a father, I know my own weight. Besides, Hua An is gone, what else can happen to me..."

Since his trip to Night Terror Hall, Uncle Hua had been blamed for a lot of things, and he felt really ashamed. But when he arrived at the door, he didn't say much, so he just said:

"It's important to be on guard against others. Uncle Hua should be more careful in his actions in the future."

Hua Junchen nodded and asked again:

"After going back to visit relatives this time, are you still going to make it?"

Ye Jingtang knew that this was a question to him and smiled:

"I haven't finished my job for a month, so how could I not come over? Maybe I'll come over and bother Uncle Hua again within a few days of staying home."

Hua Junchen felt that after leaving Ye Jingtang, if he wanted to come to Yanjing again, at least he would have to wait until the situation between the two dynasties became clear. The situation between the two dynasties was here, and it was meaningless to talk too much about these things. He stopped talking nonsense and came to the door.

Finally, he waved his hand:

"Okay, let's go. Tell your mother when you get back and tell her not to worry about you."

Hua Qingzhi nodded lightly and then boarded the carriage with Luzhu's help.

Ye Jingtang also loaded the wheelchair onto the carriage, then got on the horse and led the motorcade towards the outskirts of the city.

Ever since they roughly figured out the situation in the Beiliang court yesterday, Ye Jingtang has planned to make a quick decision. Last night, they had asked Bing Tuo Tuo to leave first and go outside the city to collect information and prepare.

As for Qing He and Yun Li, because their identities were originally maids and cooks, they naturally followed Hua Qingzhi and left with Hua Qingzhi, sitting in the small carriage at the back, while Ning'er also secretly hid in it.

As chaos broke out in Bishui Forest and the palace, inspections inside and outside the capital were very strict. Not only were there patrols every step of the way on the streets, but even documents were issued from Fangzheng when entering and exiting the city, clearly stating their origins and destinations.

Hua Qingzhirao had a superior status and had a certificate issued by the Imperial Academy. She was still interrogated when she left the city. However, there was nothing suspicious in the convoy, and there was a big gap between the portraits of the Night Terror Hall and the wanted criminals, so she was eventually released smoothly.

OK.

After waiting for the convoy to travel ten miles and gradually move away from the towering city behind, a small town appeared beside the official road. At the tea stall at the entrance of the town, sat a tall Jianghu heroine.

Hua Qingzhi kept looking outside with the car curtain open. When she noticed the figure waiting on the roadside, she looked towards the Night Terror Hall and whispered:

"Are you going to get busy?"

Ye Jingtang walked by the car window and said with a smile:

"Yeah. You go first, and I'll catch up when I'm done."

"how long?"

"Later midnight, no later than tomorrow morning. If you don't come back tomorrow morning, you guys should hurry up and go back to Chengtian Mansion first, don't wait for me."

"..."

Hua Qingzhi was quite worried about the safety of Ye Jingtang, but she was a weak woman who really couldn't say anything about men's matters. She could only nod her head after thinking about it, and then said:

"Hua An, go back and help me get the paintings from the study. I forgot to take them just now. Hua Ning, let's go first."

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang reined in his horse and stopped on the official road, watching the convoy continue to move forward.

Qinghe Yunli and Ning'er both wanted to participate in tonight's action, but with their martial arts skills, they could not help Zhongsun Jin at all. At the moment, they just raised the curtain and faced the Night Terror Hall.

He waved his hand gently and looked at him to indicate his safety.

Ning'er also signaled to Bai Jin, apparently asking him to protect her ex-husband and prevent Bai Jin from going wrong.

Ye Jingtang couldn't respond, so he just raised his hand and waved goodbye. After the carriage had gone far, he turned his horses and came to the small town.

——

The town is just a temporary resting place where you can't enter the city at night. There are more than ten houses in two rows on the left and right, all of which are restaurants, inns and tea shops. It is actually more suitable to describe it as a small street; because the government has been strict in checking in the past two days, it is different from closing the city.

It's not big, but there are a lot of people staying here.

Ye Jingtang got off his horse at the entrance of the town. Xue Baijin, who was sitting at the tea stall, put down three copper coins and got up and walked to a small inn in the back.

After Ye Jingtang tied up the horse outside the inn, he came to his side calmly and asked:

"How is it going?"

Xue Baijin walked forward without squinting, leading Ye Jingtang towards the second floor of the inn:

"I watched all night yesterday. There was a lot of construction work in the clear water forest. They should be setting up formations, but there are not many people. They should be protecting the emperor. As soon as it gets dark, let's go over and try the depth..."

Ye Jingtang listened carefully along the way, and soon followed Xue Baijin to a room upstairs.

The room is just an ordinary guest room, but there are a lot of things inside. The table is covered with black cloth, on which are neatly placed snowflake darts, flying needles, fire traps and other equipment used to sneak in, as well as two sets of clothes, and there are irons beside it.

mace and a spear.

Last night, Niaoniao went out with Xue Baijin. At this time, he was still watching in Bishui Forest and did not come back.

After Ye Jingtang closed the door, he came to the table, picked up the nine-foot spear, looked at it, and nodded slightly:

"This gun is pretty good. Where did you get it?"

"I bought it on the black market. It's seven hundred taels of silver. I'll put it in your account. Remember to pay me back when you get back."

"It's natural..."

Xue Baijin came to the table and started to prepare. She took the robe over and checked it. Then she was about to take off her belt. When she found Ye Jingtang standing next to her, she looked at Ye Jingtang again.

Ye Jingtang was checking whether the weapon was handy, and when he saw Bing Tuo Tuo looking at him, he realized, put down the spear, and turned around and went out:

"I will take the lead later, don't jump out yet, see if there is a chance for a sneak attack..."

After Xue Baijin waited for the door to close, she untied her belt, took off her snow-white dress, and revealed her flawless breast-wrapped thin pants. She responded:

"When I was traveling around the world, you were still playing in the mud in Honghe Town. Do you need to teach me these things?"

Ye Jingtang stood at the door, not daring to use Mingshen Diagram, Listening to Wind Palm or the like to observe, he just smiled and said:

"I never played in the mud when I was a child. When I was five or six years old, I was the invincible player in Honghe Town."

"snort……"

Xue Baijin realized something was wrong while chatting with a man while changing clothes, so she stopped talking because she was changing from women's clothes to men's clothes. She also took off her thin pants and bra wrap, then put on black pants and a top quality bra wrap.

Wrap your chest flat.

In the past, when Ning'er was around, Ning'er was the one who helped me. She could walk alone, but she was able to tie her up, but her movements were more laborious.

Ye Jingtang stood outside. Even though he didn't want to listen, he finally heard the sound of the fabric being stretched tightly. He secretly clicked his tongue in his heart, feeling that Bing Tuo Tuo's attack was really cruel. He couldn't breathe anymore.

But Bingtuotuo didn't say anything, so naturally he couldn't talk about it. After putting on his clothes, "Come in." was heard in the room, and then he turned around and opened the door.

Xue Baijin, who had already changed into a man's brocade robe, had his hair tied up in a men's style with a hairband, and was inserting darts and other objects into his belt and wrist guards.

Ye Jingtang came to the front and saw that Bing Tuo Tuo hadn't finished cleaning up, so he couldn't take it off directly, so he picked up the white mask on the table and looked at it:

"If you wear this, your vision will not be affected?"

As he said this, he wanted to try it on his face.

But Xue Baijin kept the mask on his face all day long and let the man wear it. Wouldn't it be an indirect kiss? Seeing this, he quickly snatched the mask away, turned around and went out:

"Hurry up and change your clothes. We have to get to Bishui Forest before dark."

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang shrugged angrily and said nothing. After the door closed, he changed his clothes...

——

The sky was shrouded in thick dark clouds, and as night fell, the countryside outside the city soon became invisible.

In Ma'anshan, which is more than ten miles away from Yanjing, countless Yanjing imperial guards camped at the foot of the mountain. From time to time, messengers came from the south or the capital and ran to a government office at the foot of the mountain.

The government office was originally the lieutenant's command post, but as the emperor suddenly came to inspect, the military attachés who were originally on duty had retreated outside, and were replaced by the palace attendants of Emperor Liang.

Outside the meeting hall of the barracks, several eunuchs headed by the twelve servants served as personal guards and were stationed inside and outside the hall; several courtiers who were temporarily summoned from the capital stood outside the door in court uniforms, quietly waiting for Emperor Liang's arrival.

arrange.

In the hall, the broad and fat Prince of Beiliang stood obediently in front of the north-south map in the center, looking at his nose and heart, and even breathing very calmly. If he were not standing in the center of the hall, it would be difficult to notice such a situation.

Personally, he doesn't even look as conspicuous as the eunuch at the back.

Li Liang, the Emperor of Liang, who was over fifty years old, was much more relaxed. He was holding the edge of the long case with both hands, scanning the map on the case, and was listening to the urgent news from the border crossing:

"The Southern Dynasty assembled 30,000 elite infantrymen and stationed them in the south of Tianmen Gorge in the name of drill. They also prepared thousands of fire boats and countless bamboo rafts..."

The hall was empty and quiet. Apart from the reports from the officials, there were only a few faint sounds of breathing.

After Emperor Liang quietly listened to the report, he did not directly convey the order to the garrison at Tianmen Gorge. Instead, he looked at the fat prince standing next to him:

"Do you think the Empress of the Southern Dynasties is bluffing, or does she really want to fight?"
To be continued...