Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

There were the sounds of horse hooves on the official road, and before passers-by could see clearly, the galloping shadows flashed by, as fast as the wind.

"You can't trust me?"

Chunyu Bei, who was on horseback, turned his face slightly.

Liang Qian was dressed in men's clothes, holding the reins tightly in her hands, and glanced at him quickly. She had no intention of joking with him at all.

Zhou Zhaoyuan returned home with his family, but they were attacked by bandits on the way.

If she hadn't been worried and sent someone to keep an eye on it, she wouldn't have found out in time.

Liang Qian gritted her teeth, feeling more and more hateful. She never expected that no matter how careful she was, she would still be unable to guard against it.

If Zhou Zhaoyuan is still like this, then Wang Tingyue is probably in danger as well...

Liang Qian turned around and asked: "Is there any news from Pingtang?"

Chun Yubei shook his head: "No."

Three days ago, news came from Pingtang that Wang Tingyue's mansion accidentally caught fire at night. The fire burned all night and was not put out until dawn, but the entire mansion had already turned into ashes.

Someone dug out a charred body from under a half-broken beam. After careful identification, it was confirmed that it was Wang Tingyue's wife Liang Jiao. Strangely, after searching for several times, Wang Tingyue's body was still not found. No one knew whether he survived or was burned in the fire.

The horse was running very fast. The cold wind blowing in their faces was wet and cold, and had already blown them through. Liang Qian held the reins tightly and concentrated on riding the horse.

Based on her understanding of Wang Tingyue, at such a critical moment, he would never abandon Liang Jiao and leave alone...

She ordered people to investigate, and the reply she received was that the fire was caused by a spark left between the blisters, and it was indeed an accident.

Accident?

Liang Huan didn't believe it.

Hulu Qiguang had just proposed to recall Wang Tingyue two days ago, and an accident happened within just a few days?

Unfortunately, Pingtang is too far away from Jinye, so I can’t go there to check it out in person.

I thought that keeping him away from the capital would help him avoid fighting and frame-ups...

Now I just hope that Lord Zhou and his party can escape this disaster.

Chun Yubei cast his eyes towards the increasingly silent person and said in a deep voice: "Since we have done our best, we will just leave it to fate."

Liang Qian didn't say anything, her eyes fixed on the road ahead, quickening her pace.

They hurried as fast as they could and when they reached the place where the attack happened, they found people waiting there. Before they got close, they saw several bodies lying on the road.

Chunyu Bei jumped off the horse first, and Liang Qian followed behind him without revealing her identity as the Queen Mother.

The person who was waiting came forward, bowed his head and saluted.

"grown ups."

"Have you found the whereabouts of Mr. Zhou?"

The man replied, "Except for the two surviving servants, no one else was found alive. As for Lord Zhou and his men, they are still looking for them."

Chun Yubei frowned and nodded.

The man then led them south, to a dense forest that strayed from the official road. The snowy field, which should have been deserted, was covered with messy footprints and bloodstains. The broken carriage was tilted to one side, and the horses pulling the carriage had long disappeared. There were corpses lying all around, lifeless.

Just now on the way, the man had briefly described what happened last night.

They were ordered to escort Lord Zhou back home, so in order to avoid exposing their whereabouts, they could only follow from a distance. Who would have thought that the original team of people in Jinye City was divided into two groups, and then split into another group after walking a distance.

They couldn't tell which group was used to confuse others, so they had to split up and continue following.

As a result, the forces secretly escorting them were gradually forced to disperse, which led to the fact that when Zhou Zhaoyuan and his party were assassinated, they were outnumbered and failed to protect the group in the face of the assassins who suddenly appeared...

Liang Qian frowned as she approached the corpses and checked them one by one. There were servants, maids, and concubines. Without exception, they were all hacked to death.

It was obvious that these assassins wanted to kill everyone and leave no one alive.

Liang Qian squatted down, looked at the cold corpse, and said nothing.

Chun Yubei took two steps closer and stopped beside Liang Qian. He glanced at her and said soothingly, "No one expected that Lord Zhou would have several plans to leave Beijing..."

Liang Qian was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes and looked at the man standing by. She said in a cold voice, "When you guys are not sure, how did the assassin know that this person is the real Zhou Zhaoyuan?"

Hearing this, Chun Yubei's eyes shone, and the man immediately bowed his head and knelt on the ground: "I will immediately order someone to interrogate the two servants."

"No need for that," Liang Qian stood up and said, "Now the most important thing is to search and rescue people with all our strength."

The man took a look at the plain-looking woman dressed as a man in front of him. Although he felt strange about her identity, he saw that Chunyu Zuowei did not stop him, so he did as she said.

"Yes."

Just as they were about to go on, they saw birds flying towards them among the brown trees.

To be exact, it was a flying slave.

Chun Yubei raised his left arm, and under Liang Qian's slightly surprised gaze, Fei Nu landed on his arm.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but there seemed to be a flash of unnaturalness in Chun Yubei's eyes when he looked at her.

Soon, he turned his head and took a small paper roll from Fei Nu's leg.

He glanced at it quickly, put away the paper, looked up and said to her, "Let's go."

Liang Qian looked at him in surprise, but then nodded slightly: "Okay."

Chunyu Bei did not bring anyone else with him. Only he and Liang Qian went north on horseback.

After walking about a few miles, a small village appeared in front of us.

The village is not big, with only a few households, and each household is some distance away from each other.

As they reached the entrance of the village, people dressed as farmers came trotting forward.

Chun Yubei said a few words to the farmer, and the farmer led them to a house.

Liang Qian followed Chunyu Bei, leading the horse, and had a strange feeling in her heart.

The house was connected to a large yard with a thatched shed and bundles of firewood piled underneath. There seemed to be a cellar next to the wooden piles.

While listening to Chunyu Bei talking to the farmers, Liang Qian secretly looked at the layout of the courtyard.

Hearing the noise in the yard, someone opened the window and looked over here. When he saw who was coming, he hurried out of the house and helped them tie up the horses. The farmer then took them back to the main house.

As the door opened, Liang Qian followed Chunyu Bei across the threshold. It was an ordinary farm house.

The main house is simple, but spacious and tidy.

The farmer led them into a house on the right and then left.

Liang Qian looked at the farmer's back and felt puzzled. When she turned around and saw the person on the bed clearly, she was really surprised.

The person lying there was exactly Zhou Zhaoyuan whom they had been looking for.

His arms and legs were bandaged, probably because of external injuries.

Liang Qian stopped and looked up at Chun Yubei.

Chun Yubei was thinking about how to explain when he was interrupted by a surprised voice.

"Chun...Chun Yu Zuowei?"

The person lying on the bed struggled to sit up. He was no longer young, but seemed to have aged several years overnight.

"Yes, you saved me?"

Chun Yubei looked at Liang Qian, with a rare look of embarrassment on his face. Liang Qian lowered his head and walked to the wall, standing respectfully, looking like a little follower.

Seeing that Liang Qian had no intention of speaking, Chun Yubei had no choice but to step forward and help Zhou Zhaoyuan sit down.

"It's because the Queen Mother is worried that someone might harm you, so she ordered me to send someone to escort you secretly. No one can be so unprepared."

"… Queen Mother?"

Zhou Zhaoyuan was surprised and guilty, then he lowered his eyes and sighed.

Chun Yubei let go of his hand, stepped back and stood beside the bed, and said in a calm tone: "The reason why you split up your troops and left the capital is because you don't believe that the Queen Mother really wants to let you go?"

Zhou Zhaoyuan raised his head suddenly: "No, this is not my intention. Chunyu Zuowei should know that I don't want to leave Jinye!"