Chapter 141 Princess Distress
"I went south alone, but fortunately, the head of Tiannazhai was always rich and took in so that I would not be displaced."
After listening to his narrative, Ling Xiang nodded faintly, "In your opinion, can you persuade him to abandon the darkness and turn to the openness and return to the right, and lead his minions to join the general Yu Wan?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Billy's head shook like a rattle, "Although Chang Dafu did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, he was very addicted to beauty. There were countless good women who were destroyed in his hands! I have fought with him several times for this.
However, after all, the empress is under someone else's roof, and the people in the village are all his confidants, so I have to endure it. What's more, the princess is so beautiful that she is so beautiful that she is so beautiful that she will never let you go easily!”
Speaking of this, Ling Xiang had no choice but to sigh helplessly, "Since you have gone south, why don't you go to Hanjing to join my father?"
Chen Billy looked out the window with a look of pain on his face. After a long time, he sighed, "More than a thousand brothers have lived, I really don't have the shame to meet the emperor. Moreover, the government is unstable now, and the emperor is constrained by Guo Shixun and Zuo Liangyu everywhere. If no one recommends it, even if Weichen goes to the capital, he will not be reused. He may even be arrested by the Jinyiwei as a traitor and is arrested in prison..."
Chen Billy's concerns are not unreasonable. Now that the power of the court is in the hands of Huo Zuo and others, he is bound to be excluded and troubled by these two factions for such an outsider who has great military achievements but no background.
Her Royal Highness, the princess who has read history, could see clearly about the chaotic court. Ling Xiang lowered her head and pondered for a moment, "General Chen, what can you do to save us?"
Chen Billy poured a glass of water for Ling Xiang and said with a embarrassed look on his face, "Although Wei Chen has been here for more than a year, there are only dozens of confidant subordinates. There are more than 800 people in the village, so it is definitely not possible to break through.
I just heard from the scouts in front that a Ming army was moving south quickly from Jiangxia. Now it is only thirty miles away from Tianna Mountain. Why don’t we ask this army for rescue!”
In the direction of Jiangxia? A ray of light flashed through Ling Xiang's beautiful eyes, "Is it Yu Wan, the leader of the army?"
"We only know that the vanguard general's surname is Qin, so it is unknown whether it is General Yu's troops. But the Ming army of this size north of Tianna Mountain should be the Yu family army!"
"The surname is Qin... and then he is probably Qin Boqiong, the general of Yu Wan!" Speaking of this, Ling Xiang was so excited that he showed the dimples on the corner of his mouth, "General Chen, then please use my hairpin as a token and write a letter to Yu Wan for help!"
"I accept the order!"
Although Chen Billy did not return to the Ming army as soon as possible, this does not mean that he is willing to be a bandit. As long as he can save the princess and make great contributions, why worry about not being reused by Emperor Chongzhen again!
In order not to alert the enemy, Chen Billy did not loosen Ling Xiang, put a cloth strip on her mouth and turned around and left.
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Speaking of which, the Yu family army set up camp and drove quickly at Xingye. As soon as they arrived at the foot of Ziyun Mountain, the front army suddenly stopped.
Zhao Xunchang was running wildly when he couldn't dodge and almost hit the knife in front of him. He was so angry that he directly cursed, "What's going on with the front army? Why did he stop suddenly?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the messenger under Qin Boqiong ran over panting, "General Zhao, someone in front of him intercepted the army and said he wanted to hand over this letter to Hou Yu!"
"Where is that person?"
"Go back to the general, he left the letter and ran away!"
The envelope was made of kraft paper and was wrapped tightly. From the outside, it was impossible to see what was inside.
Zhao Xunchang took the secret letter and rode the horse and drove through the team, and handed it directly to Yu Wan.
After learning the whole story, Yu Wan was a little confused. Who in this wilderness had such great ability? Not only did he know his marching route, he also dared to intercept the 30,000 troops.
Yu Wan wiped the sweat from the white horse's back, and his eyes rolled around for a few times before slowly opening the envelope. Soon, what caught his eye was an emerald green emerald hairpin.
‘This jewelry… seems familiar!’
Yu Wan stared at the hairpin for a long time, and then took out the secret letter from the cowhide envelope. There were not many words in the letter, only four short poems, he said lightly:
"The public domain is cloudy and cloudy in the moon, and the Lord welcomes guests and friends to connect with each other.
If you are destined to come and meet the beautiful woman quickly, it is difficult to cross the boundaries and the mountains."
After he finished reading it, Li Laiheng couldn't help but look at Zhao Xunchang, "What does this poem mean? It's like a mess!"
Yu Wan also shook her head lightly, but after reading it again, his face suddenly turned dark, "No, something happened to Ling Xiang!"
Seeing Zhao Li Er's puzzled eyes, Yu Wan handed the letter to them and said, "Look, the first word of each poem is connected: The princess is in trouble, and combined with the last sentence, the general meaning of this poem should be that the princess is in trouble and the sky is in trouble!"
After listening to this wave of analysis, Zhao Xunchang shook his head and said, "Tianna Mountain is close to Jiangxia and far away from the capital. How could the princess's daughter go to that kind of place? Will anyone deliberately set up a trap to harm us?"
Zhao Xunchang's worries are reasonable. After all, a hairpin and a hidden poem cannot explain anything. It is indeed a fantasy for Princess Daming to appear in this wilderness, but Yu Wan shook her head firmly.
"What you said is reasonable, but what if it is true? I know Ling Xiang's character very well. Since we suddenly disappeared, she is very likely to run away from Beijing to find me!"
The head coach said this, and Zhao Xunchang had no choice but to nod, "Then let's march quickly, and you'll know it when you go to Tianna Mountain!"
Yu Wan waved his hand and said, "The war in Hanjing cannot be delayed for a moment. Let's do this. Li Laiheng and I will lead two thousand troops to Tianna Mountain. You can continue to move forward. I will turn with my brothers after I finish my business."
"Abide by the order!"
Chapter completed!