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Although he left first, bringing fifty people to be responsible for the horses and supplies along the way, once he entered the territory of Daliang, he would be able to do it after notifying the front level at all levels.

There was no need to rush, so he met up with them in Tongzhou City on the border of Daliang.

And all that Brother Nine arranged was to confuse the other party.

In fact, the moment they received the secret letter from the prince and decided to return to Sijiu City, Jiu Ge, he, Uncle Ou and others knew that the journey would not be peaceful.

The crown prince is seriously ill and has no children. If something happens to the ninth brother again, the third prince born to Concubine Chen will be supported by the vast majority of court officials.

Once the third prince ascends the throne, these people will have no way to survive.

Therefore, nothing must happen to Brother Nine!

When all of them gathered at a house closest to Tongzhou City, Ninth Brother called them together and told them his plan.

"Tomorrow we will enter Daliang. The Chen family and the Third Prince dare not do anything to us in the Northern Jin territory. However, once we enter Daliang, we will inevitably face all kinds of attacks all the way to Sijiu City. You have been away from your families for the past few years. If any of you do not want to follow me, you can leave on your own. The Chen family will not embarrass you, and this prince will not say no either."

"We swear to protect His Majesty the Ninth Prince until our death!"

"We swear to protect His Majesty the Ninth Prince until our death!"

More than three hundred guards knelt down together, and no one was willing to leave.

Gu Xingyan asked everyone to stand up and said, "The closer we get to Sijiu City, the more fiercely Chen's assassination attempts on us will become. Have you thought about it?"

"Yes."

Liang Tianyou said anxiously: "Brother Jiu, you and I have a similar body shape. You and Uncle Ou go back to Daliang in disguise. I will pretend to be you and lead them away."

Everyone thought this was an excellent idea.

Liang Tianyou, Ou Jianglin and Shu Wenbo knew even more that after the Crown Prince learned that the Ninth Prince had been found, the first letter he sent contained a map of the secret passage leading from the suburbs of Beijing to the palace.

This secret passage was dug when the ancestor of Daliang was alive. The exit of the palace is in the emperor's bedroom. In every generation, only the emperor and the crown prince hold the drawings.

The ancestor emperor also learned from the lessons of the previous dynasty. When they attacked the palace of the previous dynasty, no one in the palace escaped.

As soon as the Daliang Dynasty was established, the ancestor emperor ordered people to secretly build some secret passages, which were only known to the reigning emperor and the crown prince and passed down from generation to generation.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave the secret passage map to the Ninth Prince without hesitation, which shows how much trust the Crown Prince has in his ninth brother, whom he has never met.

As long as they can successfully reach the outskirts of Sijiu City, His Highness the Ninth Prince and his men will be able to enter the palace smoothly.

Being able to enter the palace means taking the initiative.

Gu Xingyan's eyes only swept across his face. "I, Gu Xingyan, will never ignore the lives of my brothers just to save my own life. You can sacrifice your own lives, so why would I use you as bait to lure away the pursuit? If I did so, what would be the difference between me and those people of the Chen family who take human lives lightly? How could my brother recognize a brother like me? And would my mother recognize a son like me who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

No one dared to say anything anymore, and their respect for His Majesty the Ninth Prince grew even stronger.

For soldiers, the most important thing is the brotherhood on the battlefield.

Gu Xingyan waved his hand and asked everyone to prepare, leaving Liang Tianyou, Ou Jianglin and other leaders to discuss the details.

He took out a map of Daliang and pointed to a few places, saying, "This is the only way for us to return to Daliang. If Chen wants to set up an ambush, they will set up these places."

Several people gathered in front of the map, their faces very solemn, and nodded one after another. Those places with cliffs on both sides or dense forests were the easiest places to set up ambushes.

"But no matter how bold Chen is, she can't afford to hire too many assassins. It's even more impossible for her to let General Chen's soldiers come to kill us. Therefore, she is most likely to use the best assassins and the most vicious methods for the last wave of assassinations."

Gu Xingyan pointed at a certain place in Sijiu City and said, "This is the place closest to Sijiu City and the easiest to set up an ambush. There are many dense forests here, and when it is getting dark, it is the best time to ambush and kill."

Ou Jianglin looked at Gu Xingyan in surprise. How come his master was so familiar with the terrain of Daliang? Along the way, he was also wondering where Concubine Chen might have set up an ambush. After thinking it over, he realized that it was almost exactly the same as what his master had just pointed out.

The places that Gu Xingyan pointed out were exactly the places where he was chased and hunted when he was seriously injured and brought back to Daliang by Ou Jianglin in his previous life.

He has a photographic memory and even though ten years have passed, the events are still vivid in his mind.

That time, he was seriously injured, and Uncle Ou took almost everyone who was in Beijin with him.

However, even so, when they returned to Sijiu City, there were less than ten people left.

Uncle Ou was also seriously injured. After he managed to send him to his brother, he died.

"So, we need to paralyze Chen and the others, and set a trap here."

Liang Tianyou scratched his head: "Brother Jiu, if that's the case, why don't we paralyze them early, so that the road behind will be easier to walk. It's too difficult to kill them all the way."

Ou Jianglin shook his head: "No!"

"Why?" Liang Tianyou couldn't figure it out.

Gu Xingyan glanced at Ou Jianglin with appreciation: "It's true. The people brought by Uncle Ou protected me in Daliang, but it's only been a few days and we got into trouble. If you were Chen or Gu Xingyuan, would you believe it?"

Liang Tianyou understood and smiled: "Indeed, Uncle Ou is a man of both civil and military talents, and he is resourceful. Everyone in Daliang knows this. Concubine Chen and the Third Prince probably know Uncle Ou better than Uncle Ou himself. The people you bring up should not be so weak. I just thought too simply."

Ou Jianglin patted Liang Tianyou's shoulder with relief: "It's quite good that you can figure this out immediately."

Now that it was decided, we packed up and set off the next day.

As soon as they entered Tongzhou, they encountered the first wave of assassinations.

The number of people was shocking, more than three times their number, and they almost surrounded them.

It is impossible for Concubine Chen to have so many assassins. The only explanation is that there must be members of the Chen family army among these assassins.

The army is the most important weapon of a country. It is shameful for the Chen family to use the most important weapon of a country to assassinate the prince.

Just as they were fighting fiercely, hundreds of people suddenly rushed out from the rear.

He is the personal guard of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as well as the confidant of the Queen Mother, and the secret guard of Duke Shu of Bujia.

By attacking from both sides, the assassins were finally annihilated.

On the way back from Tongzhou to Sijiu City, we encountered several waves of such assassinations. Just as Brother Jiu had expected, they set up ambushes at those points.

Half a month later, they finally arrived safely at the outskirts of Sijiu City.

Seeing Ou Jianglin riding towards him at this moment, Liang Tianyou knew that his ninth brother had successfully entered the palace through the secret passage.

But in the blink of an eye, a man and a horse had arrived at the palace gate. Ou Jianglin held the reins with one hand and let out a long "whoosh".

The horse raised its front hooves high, let out a long neigh towards the sky, and then dropped its hooves to the ground.