The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

Ye Zhiwen stayed in the palace for the time being, and Bai Yu asked someone to clean up a room for him and sent two maids to take care of him.But Ye Zhiwen is not used to it, he is a self-reliant rough man, and he feels that it is easier to let others serve than to do it himself, and coupled with the incompatibility between men and women, these two maids are only responsible for cleaning, delivering meals, etc. matter, and don't ask too much about the others.

It rained for two full days, and finally cleared up on the third day. Bai Yu ordered Wei Shiba to escort Ye Zhiwen back to Weiyan with a team of palace guards.

At first Wei Shiba was not very happy, he felt that such a thing was not worth leaving Bai Yu's side, or what he said before, killing chickens and cows.

"Then if I leave, who will be responsible for His Highness's safety?" Wei Shiba asked.

"I have thousands of government soldiers here, what else do you have to worry about?" Bai Yu patiently reasoned with him, "It's a long way to send Ye Zhiwen back to Weiyan, and he still has something very important to do with him. Things must not go wrong. Right now, the most trustworthy person by my side is you, if you don’t go, who else will go?”

Wei Shiba pondered for a long time, and finally compromised, "Even if you want me to go, you have to call Qiu Ye back first."

"He and..." Bai Yu stopped in the middle of speaking, and waved his hands to perfunctory him, "Okay, okay, I got it."

Only then was Wei Shiba satisfied, and happily went out to recruit people.

Bai Yu suppressed the smile on her face, leaned on the small table and let out a long breath.

The distant night is as dark as water, and occasionally crickets chirp from the darkness, and the sound of the wind does not seem to be as real as in the daytime, and the whole world is blurred and indistinct.

The cold light illuminated the ground in front of the door white, and the two dilapidated lanterns under the eaves swayed with the night wind from time to time.

Wei Shiba took the government soldiers to clean inside and spread out mats on the ground.They took the wrong path and missed their destination, and now they can only make do with this deserted house for the night.

Ye Zhiwen ran to the door alone, and used rice grains to glue the broken and faded couplets on the door one by one.The couplet has rotted into leaves that are about to fall in autumn, and it rustles when the wind blows. I don't know why he is so persistent.

Wei Shiba asked him, and he smiled and said: "I don't know where the original owner of this place has gone. We take the liberty of disturbing you, and we still have to stay here for a night. You have to be more polite and express your heart."

"You really..." Wei Shiba held back for a long time, "There is something wrong."

Ye Zhiwen smiled and didn't get angry, he just concentrated on making up his couplets.

"Hey, what exactly are you going back to Weiyan? Why did His Highness ask us to escort you?" Wei Shiba asked again.

"The king of Liang asked me for something, but I didn't bring it with me, so I left it in my hometown." Ye Zhiwen said.

Wei Shiba looked him up and down, "Do you still have something that King Liang can use?"

Ye Zhiwen gave a vague "hmm", "It's very important."

Wei Shiba didn't ask any more questions, he patted the mat on the ground, "Go to bed early, we have to go early tomorrow morning."

Ye Zhiwen nodded, pressed the last couplet tightly, went into the room, curled up on the mat, and closed his eyes.

In the dead of night, Wei Shiba and more than 20 soldiers of the palace were fast asleep, and the world was completely silent.Ye Zhiwen moved slightly, stood up and looked at Wei Shiba next to him, and then got up quietly.As soon as he stepped out the door, he tore off the human skin mask on his face.

He didn't ride the horse tied by the door, and disappeared into the night alone at a brisk pace.

When Wei Shiba and the others awoke from their dreams in the early morning of the next day, and after looking at each other for a while, there were more than 20 men's shrill screams from the quiet deserted house.

On the other hand, Bai Yu looked peaceful. He swayed in the carriage, tapped his fingers on his knees, and muttered to himself, "A bunch of bastards, they deserve to be scared to death. Hey... For the first time, how can there be such a word of worry!"

"Do you think so?" He turned to ask another person in the carriage.

Ye Zhiwen nodded seriously, as if he understood.

"Speaking of which, I have also been to Weiyan once." Bai Yu straightened up and thumped his waist, "Old people are useless, and my back hurts after sitting for a while."

Ye Zhiwen smiled, "Your Highness..."

Bai Yu looked at him.

"Hmm... less than 20 years old?" Ye Zhiwen felt blessed in an instant.

Bai Yu raised his eyebrows, "Yes, you are smarter than Wei Shiba."

Ye Zhiwen scratched his head and smiled.After a while, he asked: "Others think that Wei Shiba and I are on the same road, but they don't know that His Highness is taking me quietly. Does His Highness think that something will happen on the way?"

Bai Yu shook his head inscrutablely, "Don't say it, don't say it."

"It's too hard, Your Highness." Ye Zhiwen frowned, watching Bai Yu rubbing his waist, his eyes seemed to have some sympathy and understanding.

Bai Yu followed his gaze to see his movements, and immediately put down his hands, "My waist is fine! There is no problem at all!"

Ye Zhiwen nodded with a suppressed smile.

Bai Yu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but finally gave up.

In order to reach their destination as soon as possible, they rarely stopped to rest along the way.At dusk, not to mention Baiyu, even the strong Ye Zhiwen began to ache all over, so they planned to find an inn to stay overnight after entering the city.

Seeing that the outline of the city was close in front of him, Bai Yu put down the curtain of the sedan chair and sat back.He was just about to tell Ye Zhiwen to be more careful at night, but suddenly he heard a strange noise from behind, and then something seemed to bump into the back wall of the carriage with a "boom".

"There are assassins!" The guard outside shouted.

Bai Yu froze for a moment, and belatedly realized that the sound was an arrow hitting the carriage.

"Your Highness..." Ye Zhiwen suddenly panicked.

"How could this happen? It's impossible." Bai Yu whispered, "They should follow Wei Shiba."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of weapons being handed over came from outside, and the carriage was forced to stop.

Bai Yu didn't bring a large number of guards this time. He came out quietly, so he couldn't make a big splash. He didn't have Qiu Ye and Wei Shiba, two of his most powerful subordinates, by his side.The sound of fighting surrounded the carriage, and some people shouted "Whoever lays down his arms will not die."

Bai Yu patted the back of Ye Zhiwen's hand, got up suddenly and got out of the carriage, Ye Zhiwen didn't have time to hold him back.

"Everyone stop!" Ye Zhiwen heard Bai Yu shout.

The surroundings fell silent in an instant.

Bai Yu glanced around roughly, none of his guards should be dead, basically only suffered minor injuries, and none of them put down their weapons.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the group of people who attacked him.

"We won't hurt His Highness." Wen Chengyu cupped his hands, "Your Highness is frightened, we only want another person in the carriage."

"Why are you so stupid?" Bai Yu looked at him with pity, "I am the King of the Great Zhou Dynasty, attacking me is equivalent to assassination, which is to destroy the nine clans."

Wen Chengyu nodded, "It's a pity that we are all alone, and there are no nine clans to destroy."

Bai Yu said "Oh", "It's not easy to collect such a large group of dead soldiers alone. It's really hard to find Gongyangtu. By the way, does he have nine tribes?"

Wen Chengyu's complexion suddenly changed. Although he quickly covered it up, the shock at that moment still did not escape Bai Yu's eyes.

"You must not have been in Dazhou for a day or two. Where did you live during this time?" Bai Yu immediately asked, "Identity certificates from other countries will be reported to the government in Dazhou's inns."

Wen Chengyu came to his senses, did not answer, just pointed to the carriageway: "Please Your Highness, let the people inside come out."

Bai Yu smiled faintly, simply pushed the driver aside, and sat down firmly at the door of the car, "You are not qualified yet, let Yuchi Yuanhe come."

Wen Chengyu couldn't hide it anymore, he didn't even know what to say for a long time.

"I guess what you want to say is, 'how did you know', right?" As the sky was getting dark, Bai Yu bent one leg, rested his arm lazily on it, and talked and smiled easily. Zhu Yu was between the tiles, "How should I put it, it's actually very simple, that is, I know that Yan Xun will never torture Ye Zhiyan with lynching."

He stretched out his hand and pointed at Wen Chengyu, tilted his head slightly and smiled, "You guys, a group of poor people who have never loved or been loved."

Wen Chengyu took a deep breath, turned over and dismounted, "If Your Highness insists on doing this... forgive me for being rude."

Bai Yu said "Oh" again, and asked him, "You know that Qiu Ye is at Mo Yu's house, and you also know that Wei Shiba took a different path, so you think there is no one around me?"

Wen Chengyu frowned and said nothing, and approached the carriage step by step.The guards around Baiyu were waiting in full force, but he himself was calm and relaxed, leaning against the carriage wall and watching Wen Chengyu quietly.

He said: "I have a question, you might as well think about it. Ye Zhiwen is in my carriage, so who is Wei Shiba escorting?"

Wen Chengyu stopped abruptly.

Bai Yu put a finger in front of her mouth, looking like she was going to whisper something, but her voice was very clear, "Hush, let me tell you, he is escorting Ye Zhiyan."

"Impossible." Wen Chengyu didn't think about it.

Bai Yu shrugged, "If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. Ye Zhiyan's mind has recovered a long time ago. Yuchi Yuanhe's little secrets, Xiao Jiujiu, he has been watching and remembering them all day long. Otherwise, how do you think I know about you?" The masters are Yuchi Yuanhe and Gongyangtu? Let me tell you one more thing—our trick is called inviting you into the urn."

"As for Ye Zhiwen, it doesn't matter whether I hand him over to you or not. After all, what matters is the anti-poetry he keeps, not him. If I'm not wrong, Ye Zhiyan should have got it and is coming back on the way."

Bai Yu looked at Wen Chengyu with a mocking smile on his lips, "Now, what are you going to do?"

Wen Chengyu gritted his teeth tightly and stared at Bai Yu firmly.

"If you don't hurry up, it will be too late." Bai Yu said and yawned, "I'm very sleepy, you should be a bit perceptive."

"Look at them." Wen Chengyu whispered to his subordinates, then got on his horse and left quickly.