Chongxi [rebirth]

Out of the valley, continue all the way north.

Because Cui Xi let go, there were no pursuers behind him, and he no longer had to rush around day and night.The team slowed down a little, and waited for Wu Geng to lead people to catch up.

Going all the way, engraved hidden marks along the way, and in the morning of the next day, Wu Geng finally led people to catch up, and they finally arrived in Jizhou City.

The two groups met outside the city, and Ji Lian jumped down immediately. When he saw Ye Yunting, his eyes were filled with tears. If there were not too many people watching around, he would have hugged his young master and cried.

These days are really scary!

I'm so worried, I can't even eat!

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Ye Yunting rubbed his head amusedly: "You have worked hard these few days."

In order to make the stand-in act more realistic, Ji Lian could only stay on Zhuangzi together, until the "Assassin" appeared, he took advantage of the chaos and hid secretly, and then went out of the city with Wu Geng and others.

In addition to him, Yiqiu, the old concubine's personal maid, was also brought here together. Ye Yunting let the female relatives ride in the carriage, while he got on the horse himself. The group pretended to be merchants visiting relatives, and entered the city at a leisurely pace.The rest of the escorting guards were divided into several groups and followed behind in disguise.

The city of Jizhou was very depressed, and the sporadic pedestrians on the streets were in a hurry. Only the restaurants and inns on both sides of the road were still open for the passing merchants to eat and live.On the contrary, there are teams of heavily armored soldiers patrolling the streets with guns.

Ye Yunting took a second look, and after entering the inn, he asked Xiao Er as if chatting casually: "This Jizhou city seems to be very different from before. When I came two years ago, it was much more lively than it is now."

Hearing the words, the little girl stretched her neck to look out, and said in a low voice, "Young master, the news is not very well-informed. Our Yunrong chief governor, didn't he just go to Shangjing a while ago? I heard that even the emperor was almost captured alive." Now the governor is Yunrong..." He pointed his thumb up to the sky, showing a smile that everyone understands: "This Jizhou city is naturally different from before. Many men have joined the army. Naturally, it’s not as lively as it used to be.”

Ye Yunting turned pale with shock, covered his lips with his sleeve, and asked in a breathy voice: "Isn't this a rebellion?"

"Hey, we don't care about those who are rebellious or not." Xiaoer put a sweat towel on his shoulders, led them to the guest room, and then finished the rest of the sentence: "Anyway, the governor said that he will join the army for everything. Yes, the family will give ten taels of silver."

He even gestured with his hand: "A full ten taels of silver."

Thinking flashed across Ye Yunting's eyes, no wonder the city was deserted, probably because all the young and strong of the right age had gone to serve in the army, ten taels of silver for a family was not too much for a wealthy family, but it was quite a lot for a poor family.Especially this year's snow disaster, ten taels of silver is enough for the affected people to survive the winter.

It's just that the battle of Zaohe is less than a month away, and it's freezing cold at this time, and all the state capitals in the Northland are disturbed by snowstorms, so it's not a suitable time for a big war.But the Yin family spent a lot of money at this time and carried out large-scale conscription, there must be something tricky in it.

He was puzzled in his heart, but surprised on the face: "Hey! So many! The imperial court will not give so much money for conscription."

"Isn't it?" Xiaoer said cheerfully: "Under the governance of the governor, our Jizhou is not much worse than Shangjing."

Ye Yunting praised a few words in agreement, seeing that he couldn't find any useful information, he took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and stuffed it to Xiaoer.

The waiter collected the money, smiled more sincerely, sent him into the guest room, and left with a smile on his face.

Ye Yunting entered the room, closed the doors and windows, and then restrained his smile. Su Rong said to the commander of the secret guards: "The Yin family must have something strange about spending huge sums of money on conscription at this time. You order someone to investigate secretly to see what they are doing. What."

He didn't think that the Yin family had such a kind heart that they gave away large sums of money for nothing.

After the incident in the valley, the leader of the dark guards secretly worshiped him.Listening to his orders at this time, although he felt that it was a bit of a mess to visit the Yin family halfway, he didn't say anything against it, and immediately accepted the order to arrange it.

***

Cui Xi returned to Shangjing from the valley, but met the team returning from Luzhou on the way.

The commander who led the team saw that there seemed to be a defect in his team, and asked in surprise: "Cui Changshi, what happened?"

Cui Xi's face was gloomy: "King Yong'an is cunning, and he actually took the road from Jizhou. I hurried to catch up, and I was about to take him down, but unexpectedly, an ambush was set up in the valley. Fortunately, I found out not too late. Evacuate in time. This is the only way to retreat fully and report the message.”

"It's a good time to meet you at this time, and it will save me time when I go back to Beijing to transfer troops." A ruthless look flashed in his eyes: "Follow me to Jizhou immediately!"

The commander was slightly surprised when he heard the words: "They actually left Jizhou?!"

Originally, Cui Xi wanted to chase in the direction of Jizhou, but he didn't take it seriously, thinking it was a waste of manpower.Jizhou is now a place where the rebels are entrenched, and they have to make a detour. If it were him, would they go to Jizhou?

It wasn't until he chased all the way to Luzhou, but couldn't find any trace, that he had to turn back.

"That's right." Cui Xi stopped talking to him, took the lead, and led the troops to gallop in the direction of Jizhou again.

Thousands of Shence troops galloped fast, galloping all the way, chasing along the ruts and horseshoe marks, only to find that the opponent may have entered Jizhou City at this time.

Cui Xi raised his hand ferociously to stop the Shence Army who was about to move forward: "The front is the territory of the rebel army, so it is not appropriate to pursue it."

The commander clamped the horse's belly heavily, and stopped unwillingly: "This mark is still fresh, they entered not long ago."

"It's lucky for them." Cui Xi turned his horse's head: "Forget it, it's useless to talk too much, let's go back and report to His Majesty first."

The brigade came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Shangjing.

"Has he been caught?" Li Zong's expression sank when he heard the news: "They are still taking the old concubine with them, so they must not be able to go fast. You didn't catch them?!"

The commander moved his mouth, wanting to explain, but he heard Cui Xi, who was kneeling in front of him, say, "They are going to Weizhou by way from Jizhou. When I chased after them, they had already entered Jizhou city. Jizhou is now occupied by the rebel party. The minister For fear of attracting the attention of the rebels, they did not pursue them any further."

Hearing him mention the Yin family, the anger on Li Zong's face really subsided a bit.

Gritting his teeth, he said, "It's the Yin family again!"

The commander kneeling behind looked up at Cui Xi, but did not speak again.Although Cui Changshi skipped a lot of the process, His Majesty is not angry now, and he doesn't need to explain more.

Cui Xidao: "Now the old concubine and the concubine have fled to Weizhou, and King Yong'an has nothing to restrain him. Do you want to ask Governor Shen to secretly strengthen his defenses?"

"Yes." Li Zong squinted his eyes, sat down again, and said in a gloomy tone, "Forget it, people leave as soon as they leave. If he really dares to rebel, I will make him the eternal sinner of Beizhao!"

Cui Xi raised the corners of his mouth calmly, and when he raised his head again, he looked loyal to the emperor again: "Your Majesty is wise, now that Xihuang is eyeing Xihuang, King Yong'an may not dare to make a move easily."

Li Zong also thought so.

The northern border defense line is very important to the entire Beizhao, but once the defense line is breached by Xihuang, the northern border governor's mansion must bear the brunt.So even if Li Fengqi had rebellion, he wouldn't make trouble at this time.At least this winter, before Xihuang is repelled, there is no need to worry too much about the safety of Northern Xinjiang.

His real heart disease lies in Yun Rong.

Zaohe's shame is a thorn in his heart, and now the old princess and her party are hiding in Jizhou City, it is obviously sure that he will not dare to clash with the Yin family again for the time being.This move is tantamount to adding another handful of salt to his unhealed wound.

"Show the Grand Tutor's Mansion." Li Zong thought about it, and felt that the biggest thorn in the Yin family had to be pulled out first.

"Yes." Cui Xi heard that his eyes flickered slightly, and he got up and went out to deliver the order.

***

Ye Yunting and his party stayed in Jizhou City for a day and night.On the one hand, keep enough energy for the follow-up.On the one hand, it is to inquire about the news.

It's just that there is not much news about the conscription of the Yin family, and the news detected by the secret guard is similar to what the inn boy said.

For the reward of twelve taels of silver, most of the young and strong in the city signed up to join the army, and are now practicing in the camp outside the city to prepare for the battle.No amount of news could be found.

On the contrary, the spies who were stranded in Jizhou looking for Ye Fan's trace followed the code left behind to find the inn, and provided another piece of news - none of the civilians who were conscripted into the army has returned home so far.Even Qiao Zhuangcheng's spy, who joined the army as a commoner, was gone forever and never heard from again.

It stands to reason that it is not a time of war, and soldiers should have ten days off.I always go home to have a look during the ten-day holiday.However, it has been more than half a month since these people were expropriated, but no one has ever returned home.Not even a letter was sent.

The barracks' explanation for this is that the soldiers practiced and prepared for the war with all their heart, and they would not return home until half a year later.

The spies couldn't find any more information, and they couldn't contact their companions.Can only stand still.It wasn't until he saw the code left by Ye Yunting and his party in the city that he followed the code to find the door.

After hearing the spies' report, Ye Yunting felt more and more strange.

It's just that it's not appropriate to be too high-profile in other people's territory now, so as not to attract attention.

Therefore, after discussing with the commander of the dark guards, he decided to leave Jizhou first.As for the strangeness in Jizhou City, you can come back after you get out of danger.

So after supplementing with drinking water and changing to a bigger and more spacious carriage, Ye Yunting and his party left the city in a low-key manner.