Outside, when Meng Xinghe and Master Du were inside reading the imperial edict, Li Chengqian, Zhang Shigui and others were already waiting outside with eager eyes. Although they were all curious about what was written in the imperial edict and why only Meng Xinghe could read it, after all, he could not. Dare to disobey the emperor's orders and lead troops to rush in and disturb.
However, they did not keep them waiting for long. Soon, they heard the door of Gaosheng Inn creak open, as if someone came out, and everyone immediately held their breath.
"Ah," Meng Xinghe followed Mr. Du and stretched.
"Dang, Dang, Dang," Li Chengqian immediately led his troops to surround Meng Xinghe. It seemed that he was still determined to capture Meng Xinghe.
At this moment, Xue Rengui and Luo Feng also jumped out, and the two groups confronted each other. If there was a fight now, although Meng Xinghe would suffer a loss, Li Chengqian would not get much advantage.
"Rebel Meng Xinghe, please tell me what is written in the Holy Emperor's imperial edict." The person who spoke was Zhang Shigui, who was obviously asking questions on Li Chengqian's behalf.
Meng Xinghe flicked his shoulder: "If you have the ability, you can ask the Holy One. Anyway, I forgot what you wrote after being so frightened by you." "What about the prince? If you have the ability, you can tie me up now. I I still don’t believe it, but for you, Li Shimin would not allow the world to be peaceful.
Meng Xinghe now has capital, and he doesn't want to think about whether the Taiping Sect and the Lingnan Sui Dynasty surrendered so easily. Li Shimin still needs him to do important things, so why would he let Li Chengqian disrupt the situation? But Meng Xinghe wanted Li Chengqian to kidnap him. By then, his position as crown prince may be somewhat affected.
"Ahem," at this time, Mr. Du, who had always been in the two camps, coughed. Mr. Du had neither a cold nor any discomfort. Everyone naturally knew what his voice meant. Li Chengqian immediately restrained his attitude. , said: "Master Du, if you have anything to say, please state it clearly."
Now that there are so many eyes and ears, Mr. Du couldn't help but convey his words to Li Chengqian through his eyes.
Although Li Chengqian was quite dissatisfied with Du Ruhui in his heart, and had also thought that when he came to the throne, he would definitely attack Du Ruhui and other senior ministers first, but he also knew that Du Ruhui was famous for not doing unnecessary things, and he felt that at the moment He must have something important to do, involving his father, so he immediately made corresponding moves and withdrew the soldiers surrounding Meng Xinghe.
"Brother Chengqian, I'll take my leave first," Meng Xinghe walked directly in front of Li Chengqian with a swagger. In order to give face to his Ningxian treasure, he stopped fussing with her brother, Meng Xinghe thought proudly in his heart.
"Prince, this, this," he saw Meng Xinghe disappear in front of his eyes. It was really in vain that he had spent so much effort to capture him. Now that he is right in front of his eyes, he didn't dare to do anything. Do you think this is irritating?
Li Chengqian still had long-term insights and did not communicate with short-sighted people like Zhang Shigui. However, after seeing Meng Xinghe leave, he asked in a low voice: "Master Du, what did the father tell you?"
Master Du whispered something in Li Chengqian's ear.
Li Chengqian was immediately surprised: "How is that possible?" After saying that, Li Chengqian saw that Du Ruhui's expression didn't look like he was joking, and he sighed inwardly: "I see, that's it. He really wanted to slap himself a few times, and at the same time he thought Why did you want to go against Meng Xinghe before? Now you have disobeyed your father's wishes and your efforts are thankless.
On the other hand, when Meng Xinghe came out of Gaosheng Inn, Xue Rengui and Luo Feng approached him. Needless to say, their expressions showed that they wanted to know about the imperial edict, and Meng Xinghe felt that he had no intention of doing so. Hiding the secret from both of you, I just ordered someone to go to Miaoyufang to find Mr. Chai and wait for him in the teahouse in front. When it was so dangerous just now, Mr. Chai was no longer around, and Meng Xinghe wanted to poke two holes in him. impulse.
When he walked into the teahouse in front, Meng Xinghe happened to see the three characters "Biluochun" in front of the teahouse. He suddenly remembered why this place seemed familiar just now. It turned out that it was the teahouse that Zhong Yusu opened in Jiangdu, but now she has returned to Chang'an. The lady of the chamberlain decided to leave this place and she didn’t know whether she would come back.
Perhaps the teahouse has changed to a boss who is not as attractive as Zhong Yusu. The business here is not very good. Meng Xinghe and others came in. The waiter who was looking at the tea was diligent in cleaning the table and moving the benches for Meng Xinghe and others. It was just to let a few people go. If the guests drink happily, they will be rewarded with more money later.
"Sir, what kind of tea do you want to drink? The shop also has pastries and other pastries, which are freshly baked and delicious," the waiter who ran the errand said enthusiastically, and his hands and feet were very agile.
He had eaten a lot at Gaosheng Inn just now, and now his stomach was still full. Meng Xinghe ordered the signature tea "Biluochun" in the pot shop and then gave the waiter some silver coins and told him not to wait and go down to work.
Before the pot of tea was half drunk, Chai Shao and the people who went out to look for him rushed in. Chai Shao looked even more panicked. He saw Meng Xinghe's figure when he entered the door. He stumbled over and asked anxiously before he could take a breath. "Third, third brother, are you okay?" He just heard that Li Chengqian led troops to surround Gaosheng Inn. Mr. Chai was worried that Meng Xinghe had suffered some loss. Now seeing his third brother looking so calm, he I was relieved, but I still had to express my greetings.
Looking at Mr. Chai's short and weak look, he must have just gotten up from some girl's belly. Meng Xinghe also knew that this guy only had this hobby, and he didn't want to deprive him of his fun.
"Second brother, sit down and talk. I'm embarrassed to see how tired you are," Meng Xinghe made a double entendre, making Mr. Chai's face awkward.
Mr. Chai's face turned red, he held a cup of tea and drank it down. In fact, he wanted to use the cup to cover his unnatural face.
Seeing that all the people he had brought with him had arrived, he glanced at Miss Du sitting next to him. He really didn't know what good it was for this girl to follow him. He just saw Mr. Du there and didn't go back. Could it be that she was clinging to him? I am dead, he thought in his mind and said to a table of people: "Brothers, we will leave for Lingnan tomorrow."
"Lingnan," Miss Du sitting next to her frowned: "What are you doing in the land of hundreds of tribes?"
"Escape, do you believe it or not?" Meng Xinghe replied casually, what about the Baiyue tribe? He just knew that Lingnan was in the south, and he didn't know about the land of the Baiyue tribe.
Miss Du curled her lips, and her slightly raised red lips really had a unique flavor.
"Ignorant," she knew that Meng Xinghe didn't know the land of hundreds of tribes. She first gave Meng Xinghe four big words of "praise" for him, and then continued: "Lingnan is located at the southernmost point of the Tang Dynasty, passing through Jiannan Road In the middle of Shu, you can go all the way south via Lingnan Road and climb mountains and forests to reach it. I forgot to remind you that it is a land of hundreds of tribes. If you look at each mountain and fortress with a map, the two are only a few inches apart, but they are hundreds of thousands of miles apart. It is far away and extremely dangerous. On the way, you will often see deep forests thick with bamboos, rapid waterways that knock rocks up and down, many vipers and ferocious beasts in the forest, and the miasma in the mountains and forests will corrode people. You dare to go,"
It was not Miss Du who was trying to scare Meng Xinghe. She had only heard about how dangerous the Lingnan area was and had never actually been there. However, she knew that people from the Central Plains were not allowed to go to that place, otherwise some clan members of the Sui Dynasty fled there. There has been no crusade against Lingnan so far, not because the troops are limited, but because Lingnan has a dangerous terrain, is located in a barbaric area, and has arrogant people, so it is not an easy place to conquer.
He never expected that Lingnan would be such a place. However, after listening to Miss Du's introduction, Meng Xinghe also roughly knew where Lingnan was. Going south from the current Bashu to Guilin was indeed a relatively dangerous road.
"I just listened to Miss Du's introduction. Anyone who doesn't want to go to Lingnan with me should go back to Taihu Lake first." Meng Xinghe couldn't back out. He had to go to Lingnan even if it was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
No one said anything. Although this trip to Lingnan could be said to be extremely dangerous, they had never been to that place before. They were all young and curious, so of course they followed Meng Xinghe fearlessly.
After getting everyone's approval, Meng Xinghe turned around and looked at Miss Du: "You are a daughter, so don't go to those barbarian lands. I'm afraid that if I take you with me, we will be even more unsafe."
Meng Xinghe told the truth. He had only heard that there were only those who robbed women, not men. A beautiful woman like Miss Du would cause some trouble in the barbarian land of Lingnan. He felt that it was better to let this girl stay. Jiangdu is better.
"Humph," Miss Du snorted coldly, and said to herself, don't look down on women. Women can go wherever men can go. She glared at Meng Xinghe fiercely and said, "Without me, you would never have found the way to Lingnan." ,"
"Yeah, damn, I almost forgot that this little girl is an encyclopedia. It might be useful to have it with you," Meng Xinghe thought about it in his mind, and said in an unquestionable tone: "You are not afraid of hardship, vipers, and beasts, and you are not afraid of knowing. The woman from southern Xinjiang who used poison," he asked three questions in succession. In fact, he already knew Miss Du's answer in his heart. The reason why he asked this was just to prevent others from seeing the flaw. He just wanted to take Miss Du with him, but he had no choice but to Needless to say, Mr. Meng’s strategy was very poor.
Sure enough, Miss Du straightened her big breasts up and said: "What a joke, I'm not afraid of the Turks' swords, but also of those vipers and beasts. You underestimated me, Du Xuan, hum." With the last voice, she lacked confidence, Miss Du She is not afraid of big swords, but as a daughter, she is still a little afraid of those bugs, snakes, poisons, poisons, etc. She said this just to be bold in front of Meng Xinghe. She still didn't believe it when she met those things. The man in front of me will let it go.
"Very good, very good." Mr. Meng took a sip of tea and said, "I just like Miss Du's character, she is straightforward and magnanimous." At the same time, Meng Xinghe was secretly happy in his heart. As expected, this girl was really excited and took her all the way to the mountains and rivers. There is no need to find someone to translate the terrain, customs and culture, just hand it over to Du Encyclopedia. Hehe, thinking of this, Meng Xinghe’s voice got a little louder and said: "Everyone will go back to Gaosheng Inn early to rest today, and get up early tomorrow morning to go to Lingnan."
After saying that, Meng Xinghe looked out the window to the south, Lingnan, and Xiruo's natal family. She didn't know what would happen during this trip.