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"Brother, second brother, you really have to believe me."

In order to reconcile the two, Gao Wenting spent a lot of money and took out his daughter Hong, whom he had treasured for many years.

After a few drinks, Gao Wenyan was already slightly tipsy, but he still remembered this important thing.

So she repeated it again: "You must believe the hexagram that the Taoist priest gave me."

Gao Wenting was slightly surprised: "Do you really believe this?"

"Yes. Xin, our family must be safe and sound."

"I sent many people to look for him, but they couldn't find the Taoist priest. He escaped so quickly. He must be a habitual criminal. Don't worry."

She waved her hands and said "no" repeatedly.

She was the one who made up the nonsense about the Taoist priest, so of course it would be impossible for Gao Wenxi to find him. But the "catastrophe" mentioned through that hexagram was something she had personally experienced.

"Brother, you must believe me."

After saying that, she tilted her head and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, General Gao came back from court with a depressed expression. When he asked, he found out that it was because of Chu Xu.

It turned out that Chu Xu had official business and needed to go to Jeju. Jeju and Puling Temple happened to be on the same road, so Prince Gong proposed to go together to save manpower.

Unexpectedly, Chu Xu didn't say a word for a long time, which was obviously because he didn't want to petition.

Later, the emperor still didn't want the two families to be too tense, so he persuaded Chu Xu and made the decision for him.

"That Chu Shisan is so ignorant! Hearing that he was escorted by the Gao family, he actually wanted to refuse!" General Gao said angrily.

Compared with his colleagues, what surprised Gao Wenyan even more was that Chu Xu went to court even though his body was in such a bad state? Are you leaving for Jeju the next day?

It usually takes five days to get from the capital to Puling Temple. Gao Wenyan originally wanted to set off at Mao hour, but considering Chu Xu's injury, he finally decided to slow down his journey and set off at Si hour instead. He would arrive at the post station in Shengjiu Town before sunset.

Two escort teams were sent to meet them respectively, while Gao Wenyan himself led a small team of people to wait at Andingmen.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was the farthest away, so Chu Xu arrived later.

Prince Gong was a man without any airs. He was standing next to Gao Wenyan and asked her about her schedule.

"Are you settling in Shengjiu Town? With the girl's temperament, I thought I would arrive in Xiping today."

Gao Wenyan was speechless for a moment, because she did have this plan at the beginning.

The first half of the road is relatively smooth. If you start at Mao hour and take a few breaks in the middle, you can reach Xiping at Xu hour, leaving more time for the dangerous road behind.

But Gao Wenyan was afraid that rushing like this might cause Chu Xu's injury to worsen, and the journey would be delayed even more, which was really not worth it.

Zhixing handled it extremely well, and the assassination of Chu Xu was not leaked at all, so she could not tell Prince Gong about it.

She smiled and said: "Impatient people sometimes seek stability."

What Prince Gong wanted to say was not "impatient", but he couldn't find a suitable word to describe it, so he had to laugh along with it.

The Xiangfu's carriage slowly stopped. Chu Xu lifted the curtain and briefly exchanged greetings with Prince Gong, but did not even look at Gao Wenyan.

It wasn't until Gao Wenyan came to greet him that he glanced over briefly, nodded slightly as a reply, and then closed the curtain.

This was the first time Gao Wenyan met Chu Xu in public. Although he expected that he would be more indifferent than in private, he still couldn't help but be stunned for a long time.

This kind of Chu Xu was how she remembered him.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that year, it was also the second year that Chu Xu became prime minister. He was well dressed, sitting upright, smiling and listening to the congratulations to him below.

I don't know if she is too sharp, or if others are too blind, but there is clearly no real smile in those calm eyes.

During the first two years when Chu Xu became prime minister, some people always thought that he was approachable and rushed to get closer. It was not until Chu Xu cast his slightly cold eyes towards them that they were shocked to realize that they were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

Gradually, everyone became aware of his temperament, and the sentence began to spread: "I would rather die holding a branch than offend Chu Shisan."

Prince Gong saw her expression change slightly and came to the rescue: "Prime Minister has always been like this, girl, don't worry about it."

"Of course not."

Gao Wenyan attached great importance to this trip. Not only did she bring her sword, but she also hung her usual red tassel gun on the victory hook in case of emergency.

She formulated a detailed defense plan and a strategy to deal with an attack, so thorough that even Gao Wenxi praised her after seeing it. She patrolled the team from front to back, and when she passed Chu Xu's carriage, she felt that the sandalwood scent was getting thicker.

The suppressed cough inside made her frown. Chu Xu had never mentioned his condition, and Gao Wenyan had no way of estimating it. She only occasionally glanced inside the car and felt that his face was much worse than before.

She thought that after passing this road, she would find a place with water to rest for a while.

Chu Xu can die, but he must not die on her way.

After such a delay, when we arrived at Shengjiu Town, it was half an hour later than expected.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly and it was a good start.

Shengjiu Town is the last station to the west of the capital. Prince Gong, who is used to traveling, is naturally familiar with this place, and he can even go there to keep appointments with friends.

Gao Wenyan ordered two guards to follow him and stayed at the inn to eat.

The official inn has this advantage. At least the food is delicious and the service is attentive. However, this inn in Shengjiu Town is quite interesting. It is not an ordinary house, but more like an inn.

The steward said with an apologetic smile: "It coincides with renovations, so we have to book this inn so that adults can rest."

Gao Wenyan didn't care, she wasn't that particular.

It was a bumpy ride, but when Chu Xu got out of the car, his face didn't have the sick look that Gao Wenyan could see on the road.

He looked the same as usual, but with a bit more tiredness due to the journey. If Gao Wenyan hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he might have been deceived.

Chu Xu went straight upstairs without squinting. The steward understood the situation and sent someone to deliver the food to his room.

Gao Wenyan sat down in the lobby carelessly. When she saw someone coming at the door, she raised her hand high and asked him to come over.

Lin Yishan is Gao Wenxi's deputy general. He has always been with Gao Wenxi since he entered the military camp. In the same year that Gao Wenxi was awarded the title of General of Cavalry, he was also promoted to General of Cavalry.

In previous years, when she went to the military camp to find her father and brother, if Gao Wenxi was not available, she would ask Lin Yishan to look after her, so the two became familiar with each other.

Hearing that Lin Yishan had also returned to Beijing, Gao Wenyan specifically asked Gao Wenxi for help yesterday. In case of an accident, she still hoped to have someone she could trust by her side.

In addition, Gao Wenyan had other things to ask Lin Yishan for.

"I rashly asked my eldest brother to ask you to come over. Will it delay your reunion with your family?"

Lin Yishan looked at her sideways and said lazily: "It did delay my blind date."

"Blind date?"

She was a little surprised. Lin Yishan was not a serious person on weekdays, and it was difficult for her to connect him with Cheng Jia.

"Well, Li Fengchang's daughter."

Gao Wenyan recalled his previous life and didn't hear that Lin Yishan was married or anything like that.

So she comforted: "It's okay, you guys probably don't see eye to eye."

"Oh? You know it again?"

"Ah."

Gao Wenyan picked up a piece of meat and said vaguely: "You guessed it, so you can't blame me."

Lin Yishan smiled helplessly, but as always there was nothing he could do to her.