From eunuch to emperor

Coming out of the West Palace, Long Chen arrived at the backyard of Qiuxing Palace.

Feng He came out from the dark, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is really romantic, before going out to fight, spend time in Ruanrou Township."

Long Chen ignored his teasing, and said: "I'm leaving tonight, you come with me!"

Feng He bowed: "Obey, let's go now!"

Feng He disappeared into the darkness.

Long Chen left the backyard, and immediately headed for the South Camp.

South Camp.

There was a bright moon in the sky, and the frosty moonlight sprinkled on the camp. The sound of fighting came, and the camp was silent.

Departure tomorrow, everyone have a good rest tonight.

Long Chen arrived at the camp on horseback, and the patrolling cavalry immediately stopped him and asked, "Who!"

Long Chen took out the token and said, "Long Cheng'en!"

The cavalry immediately bowed: "See you, General!"

Long Chen entered the camp, and arrived at the main tent of the Chinese army. Zhang Qian, Wu Jian, Dugu Jiali, Wu Chuchu, Wu Xiangyun and Bai Tingting were all there.

"General!"

Everyone stood up and prayed.

"Sit down."

Long Chen sat down.

"I've worked hard for you during this time, and I left the military training to you, and I almost didn't ask about it myself."

Zhang Qian said: "Don't say that, sir, we have other things to do, we can only help with military training."

Dugu Jiali said: "Yes, we can't help with other things."

Long Chen said: "I won't say anything if you are being polite, the army will set off tomorrow, I will take a step first tonight."

Zhang Qian and Bai Tingting said at the same time: "I'll go with you!"

Long Chen said: "Bai Tingting will go with me, Zhang Qian will stay here, and find another person to be my substitute."

Bai Tingting was overjoyed, but Zhang Qian was very disappointed.

Long Chen comforted: "Don't worry too much, everyone knows that you and I are inseparable, everyone will believe you when you are with the double."

Zhang Qian thought about it too, but it really wouldn't work for someone else.

"I have a date for the march here. You are advancing at this speed, and everything will be done according to the plan."

Long Chen gave the arrangement to Wu Jian. This picture was drawn according to the habits of the Long family army, and Wu Jian could understand it best.

Wu Jian picked it up and said, "My lord, be careful!"

Long Chen got up and bowed his hands: "Please everyone!"

Everyone stood up and returned the salute.

Long Chen took Bai Tingting out of the South Camp quietly, and instead of going back to the palace, took advantage of the moonlight and immediately rushed to the Jade Buddha Pass.

Departing from South Day Camp, Long Chen and Bai Tingting left the capital under the moonlight.

After riding a horse all night, by the time the sun rose, we had already arrived in Shanyin County.

For one night, people were tired and horses were exhausted, so Long Chen stopped and went into the county town to have a rest.

Long Chen was dressed in commoner clothes and dressed up as a traveler, while Bai Tingting dressed up as a man and pretended to be a ranger.

When I arrived outside the county seat, I saw many people carrying a statue of Buddha to the mountain in the north. From a distance, there was a temple there.

"What are they doing?"

Bai Tingting asked puzzledly.

Long Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

An old man next to him bowed his palms to the passing Buddha and said, "You foreigners, you don't even know the Buddha of Salvation."

Bai Tingting asked: "Old man, why are you carrying a Buddha statue around the street?"

The old man was dissatisfied: "What is parading? This is called carrying Buddha to eliminate disasters. It is because of the compassion of the eminent monks in the temple that they are willing to let the World Salvation Buddha come out."

Bai Tingting said disdainfully, "What's the use of a piece of wood?"

The old man was in a hurry and reprimanded him: "You foreigner, how dare you disrespect our world-savior Buddha? Can you afford it if you cause disaster?"

Long Chen dragged Bai Tingting away, not entangled with the old man.

As for religion, people who believe in it are like demons, and they cannot be persuaded.

When I entered the county town, I found that there were quite a few Buddhist believers in the city, and some monks were spreading the Dharma for alms.

The empress explicitly banned Buddhism, but there are so many people who believe in it, it can't be stopped.

The west is close to Xixia, and the power of Buddhism is more prosperous.

They found an inn, Long Chen stayed there, ordered Xiaoer to feed the horse, and the two asked for a single room to stay.

During the day, I slept in the store and had a full meal.

In the evening, Long Chen settled the bill, led the horse, and continued to head towards Jade Buddha Pass.

It takes three days for the capital to ride a normal horse from the Jade Buddha Pass, and Long Chen stays at night, and the time is even longer.

There were few stars in the night, Long Chen and Bai Tingting rode two horses forward in the cold wind, and the two mountains made the sounds of owls and apes from time to time, which sounded a little creepy.

Long Chen was in front, and Bai Tingting followed behind, looking at Long Chen's back, she felt an inexplicable sense of security in her heart.

In the morning, when the sun was rising, the roadside was frosty, and a cock crowed in the distance. Bai Tingting looked into the distance on her horse and saw a house.

"My lord, that is an inn, we can go to rest."

Bai Tingting was very happy. After traveling all night, she was exhausted. She wanted to take a rest.

Long Chen looked around, saw an ancient tree, and rode over, Long Chen looked around the ancient tree for a while.

"What are you looking at?"

Bai Tingting came over on horseback.

Long Chen pulled out the dagger at his waist, and scraped off a mark on the bark.

"No, that inn was opened by a dark guard, we have to avoid it."

This mark was left by Feng He.

"Dark guards? Didn't you kill all the dark guards?"

Long Chen said: "The secret guards in the capital and other important towns have been killed all over the place, and the secret guards here are sent by Jade Buddha Pass."

"I stay here day and night just because I don't want the hidden guards to know that I'm coming. Let's take a detour to avoid it and find a place to stay."

The two left the main road, bypassed the roadside inn by a small path, and found a hut left by a hunter on the mountain.

The two stayed in the hut, Long Chen bought beans when he set off, let the horse eat the beans, and ate some grass outside.

At night, Long Chen continued to advance by the moonlight.

Finally, Long Chen arrived at Xifeng Town outside Jade Buddha Pass.

It is 10 miles away from Jade Buddha Pass, and it is the westernmost market town for the people of Dazhou.

It is said to be a town, but it is actually bigger than the average county seat. Business travelers from Dazhou and Xixia gathered here to pass customs.

At the entrance of the town, Bai Tingting said worriedly: "My lord, this place is next to the Jade Buddha Pass. I'm afraid there are more hidden guards. We will be found if we go in."

All the inn towns along the way have the eyes of dark guards, not to mention this Xifeng Town, there must be dark guards everywhere.

Long Chen said: "Come with me!"

The two rode horses to an inn, where there was an endless stream of goods, carriages, donkey carts, business travelers, and it was as lively as a big market.

When Long Chen arrived outside the store, the waiter came out to welcome him, and warmly greeted him: "Both of you, do you want to stay at the top or stay at the store?"

Long Chen didn't talk nonsense, took out a token from his pocket, and said, "I want to see your shopkeeper."

The waiter saw the token and said solemnly: "Please follow me!"

After entering the backyard, the waiter immediately went to find the shopkeeper.

Not long after, a man about fifty in black clothes came out and asked, "Are you Lord Long?"

Long Chen replied: "Exactly!"

The shopkeeper said: "The landlord's letter has arrived, please follow me!"

The shopkeeper immediately arranged a house in the backyard for Long Chen and Bai Tingting, it was very quiet and there were no outsiders.

Long Chen went to Sifang Building before departure, just to ask Hong Qi to provide a residence in Xifeng Town to avoid the detection of the hidden guards.

This matter is not difficult, so Hong Qi agreed.