Tread thousands of dust

Zishi, Yancheng Royal Post House.

Mo Fengyi sat and knocked on the table boredly, when his subordinates suddenly came to report: "Leader, someone is lurking outside the posthouse."

Mo Feng said with a strange smile: "How many people are there? Is there a leader?"

"About 50 people, wandering around closed shops, but there seems to be no leader." The man replied cautiously.

Mo Fengyi was a little disappointed, but turned around and said: "Let's go, if we drag it on, we might not be able to arrive before dawn."

"Yes, the boxes have been loaded on the carriage, and the accompanying people are ready."

"Yes, let's go." Mo Fengyi got up lazily.

The man hesitated for a moment, and then asked again: "Dare to ask the lord, shall we follow the official path? Now that we are young, I am afraid that the guards..."

Mo Fengyi said indifferently: "Just take the official route, I'll see who will stop me."

"Yes."

Mo Fengyi bit his lower lip and was not very stable along the way. He always felt whether his prediction was wrong or he was careless. Seeing that the journey was halfway through, no one came yet.

Soon his prediction became true. Just after they left the gate of Yancheng and entered the woods outside the imperial city, Mo Fengyi could feel someone following them.

"Leader!" The guards behind him suddenly stopped in front of him, and Mo Fengyi realized that he had been preempted by someone when he was in a trance, and those people came for the bride price.

But it was only for a moment, Mo Fengyi was too lazy to even get up, he just sat in front of the carriage, watching his subordinates beat him.

Through the moonlight, Mo Fengyi could see that one of them was exceptionally good at fighting, even equal to the masters he brought, Mo Fengyi finally got out of the carriage.

The two sides played against each other, but could not tell the winner.

Mo Fengyi stretched out his hand to block the knives that came at him a few times. He didn't intend to confront these people head-on, after all, these were not ordinary people.

"Tell me, where did you get the news?" Mo Fengyi's voice was particularly prominent when the swords collided, and he heard it twice instantly.

The leader with good martial arts even gave Mo Feng a courtesy and said: "Your Highness, we are only following orders, please forgive me."

"Be considerate as ordered." Mo Feng frowned, "Whose order? Otherwise, I don't even know who I should be considerate."

"This..." The man was stunned for a moment, "I don't want to tell you, but His Highness just needs to understand that we don't intend to embarrass His Highness, we just want those things."

Mo Fengyi asked again: "I don't intend to embarrass... Hey... I'm going to send these to the imperial city tonight, so you stop me, isn't it embarrassing? General Li"

The person on the opposite side suddenly called the roll call, and immediately panicked: "What is General Li, I am..."

"Okay, Li Shu." Mo Fengyi said directly, "Take off the mask."

The man was immediately grateful that it was so dark that he couldn't see his face clearly, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hide his embarrassment and fear.

"How do you... know who I am"

"What do you mean, all the moves are from the military, and the distribution is very regular, and you are so nervous, did I guess wrong?" Mo Feng asked with a smile, "Where is your superior?"

Li Shu said angrily: "General Xun would not do such a sneaky thing, don't accuse him!"

Mo Fengyi shook his head and said contemptuously: "Okay, I'm too lazy to talk to you, now I give you two choices, either disappear with your people and I'll pretend I didn't see you, or let's fight and whoever wins will take all of these The bride price is taken away... However, I advise you not to fight."

Li Shu clenched his long knife tightly: "Scholars can be killed! Don't be humiliated!"

Mo Fengyi had no choice but to tell his subordinates: "Don't beat too hard, you will survive."

"Yes."

After speaking, he lazily returned to the carriage.

Mo Fengyi was still wondering when they would finish the fight, but suddenly felt the carriage shake. He just turned around when he was approached by a menacing aura. A dagger was thrown across his neck, and the people behind him said coldly. road:

"do not move."

Mo Fengyi trembled all over, and the person behind him approached him gently. Mo Fengyi felt that his back seemed to be leaning against the person's chest, and he could even feel the rise and fall of the person's chest.

Mo Feng smiled and said, "Xun Can, you came at the right time."

Xun Can took him out of the carriage and said to those fighting, "Stop!"

The subordinates didn't seem to expect that Mo Fengyi would be coerced one day, and they were all shocked: "Leader!"

The other side also settled down, and Li Shu smiled proudly: "I just said it's time to fight."

Mo Fengyi didn't know why, he could only feel the ups and downs and breathing behind him, and the dagger on his neck didn't seem to be close to him at all.

"General Xun, just now your subordinates can tell you that you will not do such sneaky things." Mo Fengyi sneered.

Xun Can replied indifferently: "I didn't steal it, it was an open and aboveboard robbery."

Li Shu excitedly said: "General! Didn't you say you can't come?"

Xun Can replied, "If I don't come, can you get things done?"

There seemed to be anger in the words, so Mo Fengyi felt that his aura seemed a little unstable.

"Then how about this, General Xun, I admit defeat, you let me and my men go, and then what are the things on the carriage to you?" Mo Fengyi even smiled.

Xun Can said coldly, "Go and check the carriage."

Li Shu responded: "Yes!"

Sure enough, there were only empty boxes inside.

Xun Can sneered and said, "His Royal Highness, where are the things?"

"What is it?" Mo Feng pretended to be stupid and said, "I just took my subordinates for a stroll in the woods, but I have nothing to give to General Xun."

Xun Can's dagger got closer to his neck in an instant, Xun Can said helplessly: "It seems that I was careless, but Your Royal Highness, I am very curious why you appear here tonight, shouldn't you be here in Zhuijinzhai?" ?"

Mo Fengyi was a little angry. He really didn't like hearing this name, and even less liked him mentioning Jinzhai, but he said calmly, "Where I am, it seems to have nothing to do with you, General Xun."

Xun Can put down the dagger and said, "In that case, I won't waste time with Your Highness, Li Shu, let's go."

Suddenly, his back became empty, and Mo Fengyi was a little confused.

Li Shu was puzzled and said, "Just leave like this."

"Otherwise." Xun Can's voice was hollow, "Even His Royal Highness wants to stop us. It seems that we are destined to fail."

Mo Fengyi's expression flickered for a moment, and he frowned.

Xun Can left without looking back.

The subordinate stepped forward and said: "Leader, those people have already entered the imperial city."

Mo Fengyi nodded: "Okay, let's go back."

Li Shu hurriedly followed Xun Can and asked, "General, this is about His Royal Highness, what should we do?"

Xun Can asked: "Aren't you in ambush at the post house? Why can't you find out who took the betrothal gift?"

Xun Can's tone was very calm, not a stern question, but Li Shu's whole body became tense for no reason.

"We...we only found out that he brought a group of people, uh...no one else left the post house..." Li Shu's head almost fell to the ground.

Xun Can said calmly, "That means the betrothal gift has already been shipped out before you go to the posthouse."

Li Shu cautiously said: "Is it possible...the betrothal gift is still in the post house, they haven't moved yet?"

"Impossible, if you don't enter the imperial city tonight, it will be too late." Xun Can denied.

"Then...it means that they have already transported into the imperial city...we failed?" Li Shu asked cautiously, he had never seen Xun Can fail.

Xun Can said with a faint smile, "Have you ever seen me fail?"

Li Shu was stunned: "The general means..."

"Even if you enter the imperial city, as long as you don't enter the palace, I can stop you. Let's go." Xun Can regained his indifferent face.

Li Shu could only keep up with him in a hurry, and asked again: "General... His Royal Highness just now knew my name, he..."

"Do you find it strange?" Xun Can asked lazily.

"Yes, yes, I'm just a lieutenant general, how could he know?"

Xun Can took a deep breath and said, "Don't say it's you, I'm afraid he can name all the members of the Yingteng Army who come here tonight."

"What?" Li Shu exclaimed, "How is that possible? Why does His Royal Highness know this?"

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles." Xun Can smiled lightly again.

Li Shu looked dazed and shocked, which was too perverted and terrifying.

As soon as Mo Fengyi returned to the mansion, someone came to report: "Leader, our goods were stopped by the guards just after entering the imperial city!"

Mo Feng was so angry that he almost threw the cup out, and said through gritted teeth: "It's already Yin time, are you not sleepy?"

The subordinates trembled and said: "Leader, those people are not from the Jianghu, and now they are stopped, I am afraid that the leader is inconvenient to come forward."

"It's inconvenient to show up, but I have to. Doesn't anyone know that it's me, Mo Fengyi?" Mo Fengyi said coldly, "Let's go and meet them."

"Yes."

As the night was getting dark, Mo Fengyi came out of Linfeng Wanxuan leisurely, and then stopped at the door next door.

"Go and knock on the door." Mo Fengyi folded his arms, staring at the lantern at the door, the more he looked more and more unpleasant.

After knocking on the door, the subordinate came back and said, "Master, there seems to be no one in the room."

Mo Fengyi gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible, keep knocking."

The door opened immediately, and Lian Yuan went out to salute and said, "His Royal Highness came here at night, what's your business?"

"Where's Xun Can?" Mo Fengyi asked directly.

"Our young master is not in the mansion tonight, if the prince is looking for him, please come back first." Lian Yuan replied sternly.

Mo Fengyi was too lazy to talk nonsense to her, so he directly asked someone to go up and hold her down: "Let's go."

"Hey! Your Highness! The young master is not here! Your Highness! You can't break into the general's mansion at night! Your Highness! You can't go in!"

It's a pity that Lian Yuan hasn't covered her mouth yet.

Mo Feng entered the door angrily, and Xun Can really sat leisurely in the hall.

Mo Fengyi said directly: "Where are the things?"

"Your Highness, why worry, sit down and have a cup of tea." Xun Can made a pot of tea for him, poured a cup and handed it to him.

Mo Fengyi lost half of his anger in an instant, took the teacup and drank it on his back, and the taste was the same as before.

Mo Fengyi fiercely pressed the teacup on the table and said, "The tea is finished, where are the things?"

Xun Can said with a faint smile, "You're in such a hurry, weren't you just too arrogant?"

The voice was even ridiculed, and Mo Fengyi felt his heart stagnate instantly, unable to speak.

"you......"

"Your Highness, are you considering releasing the people in my house first?" Xun Can frowned, looking sober.

The more Mo Fengyi watched, the more speechless he became, so he could only wave his hand to signal them to let them go.

"How can you give me the things, why do you have to fight against me?" Mo Fengyi said with a firm voice.

Xun Can said indifferently: "Even if I give it to you now, I'm afraid it has already been replaced, and I'm not against you. No matter who gives these gifts tonight, I will stop them."

"So, the prince really doesn't plan to marry Jiang Mang?" Mo Fengyi sneered, "Could it be that he will really marry Ziming? Do you think it's possible?"

"Who knows what will happen?" Xun Can said, "You think it is impossible, but it may not be impossible."

"Oh, is it possible that I think he has affection and intentions?" Mo Fengyi said indifferently, "The prince doesn't want to marry Jiang Mang just because he doesn't want to be restrained in the court and doesn't have to worry about the friendship of marriage. After all, the relationship between Beiyi and Nanshi It's not very good, you were still fighting with them before. Heh, and a small border country like the Southern Style... To put it bluntly, I'm afraid His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not like this marriage, let alone that it is The status of the crown princess is not as good as marrying a lady from a noble family, at least you can talk in the court."

Xun Can raised his eyes and smiled and said, "That's why I have to exchange these betrothal gifts. If even the phoenix crown and Xiapei are embroidered with ominous patterns, I'm afraid this marriage will really be impossible. After all, this is a big taboo."

"These have nothing to do with me! I just want the clothes to be sent to the palace normally." Mo Fengyi patted the table angrily, "Why bother, don't you think it's unfair to Jiang Mang?"

Xun Can asked: "Do you really hope that the crown prince will marry the princess? Does Zi Ming also hope so?"

"These have nothing to do with Ziming. If it weren't for Jiang Mang, he would definitely marry. I absolutely don't believe that he would really refuse a marriage that is all beneficial and harmless for Ziming." Mo Fengyi paused, "More What's more...it's impossible for Zi Ming and him."

"Okay, then you can look for it in my mansion if you have the ability, and I will give it to you if you find it." Xun Can still smiled.

Mo Feng was very angry: "Xun Can!"

Xun Can raised his head and said: "Don't say it, you used a good method. If I hadn't saved a hand and installed people in the imperial city, I'm afraid you would have really succeeded. Hey, who are those people who give gifts?" ah?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Mo Fengyi folded his arms with an angry face.

Xun Can suddenly felt better.

He smiled and said, "A Yuan, you all go down."

Lian Yuan nodded, went out silently and closed the door.

After sitting down, Mo Fengyi was still angry: "What do you want? You know that I want to win Shu Renlu's trust through this action, why do you have to stop me?"

"I don't know what you want to do, and you didn't tell me." Xun Can responded coldly.

Mo Fengyi was annoyed to find that these problems had returned to the original point, so he could only say: "Don't talk about these useless things."

Xun Can had no choice but to say: "I can only tell you that I must prevent the delivery of the bride price, because it concerns the crown prince."

Mo Fengyi narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Okay, since you want to fight against me, don't blame me for not recognizing people."

"Do you recognize me?" Xun Can raised an eyebrow.

Mo Fengyi was stunned for a moment, and then said after a while: "General Xun, if the bride price fails to be delivered to the palace today, Shu Renlu will investigate, and you will not be able to escape."

"So what, apart from you who can identify me, who else would know that I did it?" Xun Can got up, walked slowly to Mo Fengyi's side and said, "Your Highness, do you think I will leave room for what I do?"

Mo Feng couldn't help being angry, so he could only nod his head: "Okay, okay, General Xun has planned well, I'm ashamed of myself, let's go!"

Mo Fengyi had just taken two steps when Xun Can suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

Mo Fengyi paused, but held his breath and didn't turn back, Xun Can said again: "It's fine to take the bride price away as it is, but I have one condition."

Mo Fengyi turned around and asked curiously: "What conditions?"

"Anyway, even if there is no problem with these betrothal gifts, I can make this marriage fail. Since doing so will make His Royal Highness owe me a favor, why not do it?" Xun Can said with a smile, "As long as His Royal Highness agrees to me, Leave the imperial city now, and I will send these things over immediately."

Mo Fengyi's eyes widened in an instant: "You, do, dream!"

Xun Can smiled lightly and said, "Since that's the case, please go back, Your Highness. I don't think your people in the imperial city are enough to compete with my people."

Mo Fengyi: "...Then were you kidding me just now?"

"Yes." Xun Can smiled even more.

Mo Feng stepped forward and grabbed his collar and said, "Xun Can, you've grown up, haven't you?"

Looking closer to his eyes for a moment, Xun Can was a little unresponsive, but still said with a smile: "Your Highness, it was you who refused to agree, and this is my condition."

Mo Fengyi coldly let go, and continued to leave the door without looking back.

"Come on! Surround Xun Mansion!"

The subordinates were surprised and said: "Leader... this is the first-rank general's mansion!"

Mo Fengyi gritted his teeth with a sullen face and said, "Can't you hear what I said? Call everyone and search the house!"

"Yes!"

Mo Feng went out like a sudden wind.

Xun Can shook his head helplessly.

Lian Yuan entered the door worriedly and asked, "My lord, what should I do?"

"It's okay, nothing will happen to him, he's just stalling for time." Xun Can sat down and said.

Lian Yuan continued: "But this is not good for him, why would His Highness do this?"

Xun Can laughed and said, "He wants to make trouble, what can I do?"

It's a pity that Mo Feng sent people to search for two hours, but found nothing.

The subordinate reported: "Leader, if there are so many boxes hidden in the mansion, they will not be found by now."

Mo Fengyi also felt that he was confused by Xun Can's anger. How could he blatantly bring the box back? Wasn't this an excuse?

But now it was hard to get off the tiger, and Xun Can was staring at him as if watching a play.

Mo Fengyi pressed the center of his brows, and realized that it was almost dawn, and he suddenly had a headache.

"Forget it, you go back."

"Yes."

Xun Can said: "How is it, Your Highness, I let you find it, isn't it interesting?"

Mo Fengyi didn't bother to talk to him.

Hou Ke hurried in and said, "Master, someone is coming from the house!"

Mo Feng frowned: "Why are you here so early?"

Hou Ke said nervously: "I... Actually I didn't sleep, the Xun Mansion next to it is too noisy..."

Mo Fengyi waved his hand and asked, "What are you doing here? Who is in the mansion?"

"People from the imperial court! Those who came to proclaim the decree!"

Mo Fengyi asked suspiciously: "Aren't people from the imperial court here to let people sleep?"

Hou Ke said anxiously: "Go back and have a look! It seems to be an urgent matter!"

Mo Fengyi nodded, turned around and glared at Xun Can before leaving.

Chen Zhongming paced left and right in the room, and when he saw Mo Fengyi, he rushed up to meet him.

Chen Zhongming said nervously: "His Royal Highness, please follow this old servant into the palace as soon as possible."

Mo Fengyi frowned and said, "Why are you so anxious?"

"It's the Empress Dowager...I'm afraid the Empress Dowager's body..." Chen Zhongming hesitated, "The emperor ordered this old slave to call you into the palace immediately, so don't waste the time."

Mo Fengyi nodded: "Let's go."