[Sixty-two] Changqi Villa
"Slander?" Mu Yun said in confusion: "How to slander? It was clearly because they sent assassins to attack... how could they slander us?"
"If all the members of the Lingyi team died in the suburbs of Beijing, you and I will escape without a trace... At this time, Deng Ling made a big fuss in the teahouse and restaurant, neighborhood alleys, and turned his finger to his brother who had left the capital half a month ago... What do you think the ministers in the court would think? What would the Emperor of Wei think?" Jiang Chengjia spoke up and said seriously to Mu Yun while looking for the road.
Mu Yun frowned, still not understanding: "Emperor Wei and his ministers... what can they think? You and I escaped from the assassin and saved their lives... What does this have to do with Ayi who is far away in Hongnong?"
Seeing that she still didn't understand, Jiang Chengjia stopped and pulled her to hide behind a stout sky tree. While quietly investigating whether there were any traces around, he answered: "If Deng's family spread among the neighbors that his brother left Beijing to plan for evil things and revealed a little bit of Hongnong's riots, do you think... Emperor Wei, who did not know the truth and did not know what happened to Hongnong, would he still think that the assassination in the suburbs of Beijing had nothing to do with us when he heard these rumors in the market?
The incident of the reign of the Grand Queen Mother's tablet to the ancestors... It was a sudden incident, completely different from previous years. If the Emperor of Wei had not always attached great importance to this ritual, he would have found something strange. He guessed that it was his elder brother who had tampered with the divination matters of the Taimiao and the list of officials. At that time... he combined this matter with the rumors among the people, and he would definitely doubt the intentions of his elder brother and even the entire Jiangfu and Dongfu Department."
Mu Yun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "You mean... Deng Guozhong will spread everywhere and deliberately describe the assassination in the suburbs of Beijing as... It was a scene we played with A Yi, the purpose of which was to allow you and I to escape from the capital smoothly so that A Yi can do something? He wants to rebel against the general army... so that A Yi and Junhou can't continue to operate in Hongnong, and force them to come back?"
Seeing that she finally reacted, Jiang Chengjia nodded silently and said, "Yes. If Deng Guozhong can't catch you and me, there are two ways to go. One is to block the inside and outside of Luoyang, block all the news outlets to Hongnong, and convey to his brother and the lord that you and I have been captured and detained in the Deng Mansion. The other is the method you just said."
"Every of these... is extremely dangerous. If we are not careful... it will be a deep abyss." Mu Yun pinched his fists and said a little annoyed: "This Deng Ling's heart is so vicious, and what he thinks is fatal."
She calmed down and asked Jiang Chengjia again: "Since you already know that this is a trap, why do you still have to go to the front?"
Jiang Chengjia glanced at her, dived down, walked around from behind the tree, and grabbed her arm and continued to move forward: "This Lingyi team must be saved, but as for whether we can fall into Deng Guozhong's trap... it is unknown."
Mu Yun blinked, followed her, leaned over and walked carefully, and asked, "What do you mean? Have you thought of a way to break the deadlock?"
Jiang Chengjia turned around and smiled sweetly at her, and said eccentricly: "You guess?"
Mu Yun said anxiously: "It's now, are you still in the mood to joke with me?"
Jiang Chengjia pinched her arm and said helplessly: "Don't worry, no matter you and me, you or your brother, you will be safe and sound. You don't have to be so careful."
Seeing that she was reciprocating the topic and refused to say anything, Mu Yun could only sigh and said, "Forget it. Let's talk about it when you want to."
The two girls walked through the deep forest and soon arrived at Pingcun on the south side of the suburbs of Beijing.
Jiang Chengjia took Mu Yun around the back of the village, quietly entered the village from the forks leading to the outside world, avoiding the villagers who occasionally passed by, and step by step into it. Mu Yun followed in fear, raised his highest vigilance, and looked around, fearing that pursuers would suddenly pop out. After a while, the two of them walked around the entire village.
"Looking at it, there seems to be nothing unusual here. A Luo... It seems that the pursuers are not here..." Mu Yun stretched his neck and looked around, inquiring and said.
Jiang Chengjia didn't think so: "No matter how desolate this village is, it's impossible to be like this now. We just entered the village and only saw two villagers along the way... Do you think this is normal?"
Mu Yun thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's indeed abnormal. No matter how remote or the crowd is, no matter how sparsely populated it... it's coming to the evening... The villagers should get up and work in the fields. But when I see that large fertile land, there is no villager here. Why is this?"
Jiang Chengjia looked around the surrounding environment again, pondered her eyebrows and said to Mu Yun: "Now... I don't know the reason yet, and I need to observe for a while before I know it. Ayi, the sky is getting darker and time is tight. We should follow what we discussed before and act in separate ways. You guard Pingcun, and I go to Changqitianzhuang in the northeast to investigate the situation. Half an hour later, we met in the woods when we came."
Mu Yun nodded and said, "It depends on you."
Jiang Chengjia turned around and was about to leave the village when he heard Mu Yun give her a message behind her: "Be careful! Remember, you can't use force easily now, and you must not be willful at will!"
Before she looked back, she nodded at Mu Yun on the back of her head, and then sneaked away from their hidden place.
Jiang Chengjia ran away from here alone and quickly headed northeast. She was quick and found Changqi Mountain Villa after a while. Just as she was about to find a remote path to enter the village, she suddenly heard the sound of armor rubbing from the soldiers and generals who were simultaneously marching from Tianzhuangmendun, and was heading towards her.
She hurriedly searched for shelter, saw the huge rock behind her and immediately hid in.
Just as the whole army was getting closer and closer, Jiang Chengjia hurriedly piled up the weeds in front of him, hiding them more carefully, revealing only a pair of eyes to inquire about the situation outside.
Immediately afterwards, she saw a uniform team of tracks and field athletics not far away. Although they were wearing casual clothes, the military boots under her feet made her recognize their identities at a glance. Especially the leader, she had a little impression.
This man was Liu Jing, a vanguard general who was once in the north and followed Deng Yueyu. Now he was promoted by Deng Qing and took over Deng Yueyu's position. He was the head general of the third battalion.
She was shocked and couldn't help but be surprised. She had heard Xue Qing say that Deng Qing had privately taken Changming's third battalion commander away from the north, and protected him all the way to ensure his safety. But she did not expect that Deng Qing was so bold... she actually hid Changming's 20,000 troops in the suburbs of Beijing.
Even though the Luoyang King's Army, the Luoyang City Defense Army, had been transferred to the northern part to guard the border and the capital area, with Jingting's careful arrangement, the Luoyang was still orderly and orderly. Since the chaos in the capital city was in chaos half a month ago, the Emperor of Wei transferred back Yue Luo and the Beiling Army who were training troops in Longzhong, and mobilized the Nanling Army under the command of the Prince of the East Palace to use for Jingting. He also recalled half of the Luoyang Guards who were guarding the Luoyang border a hundred miles away from the suburbs of Beijing, and forced the Luoyang City Commander under Liu Ping to cooperate with Jingting's operation and rebuilt the iron wall of millions of soldiers in Luoyang, which could not be violated by anyone.
If Jingting was patrolling, he found the 20,000 Changming Army hidden in Changqi Mountain Villa... Then Deng's crime of hiding the soldiers privately...
Isn’t Deng Qing afraid of implicating the Deng clan? Jiang Chengjia stared at the scene in disbelief and became increasingly incomprehensible.
After a moment, a man walked towards the army. Jiang Chengjia looked at his figure and immediately recognized the person. The man who was walking on the ridge of the field with his hands was Deng Qing, the leader of the Changming Army.
She faintly heard Liu Jing say to Deng Qing: "Lord... the layout outside the city has been completed. Now we are just waiting for the opportunity."
Deng Qing replied: "Well done."
He stood in front of the army, looked up and down around them, and then said with a stinky face, "Although my grandfather knew that you had returned to the capital with me, I don't know that you are hiding in Changqi Mountain Villa now. Before the matter is done, you must not reveal your traces in front of anyone, including the Deng clan. You must wear casual clothes and wear regular clothes like you pass through the Luoyang border, pretending to be the people entering the city. Today, when the military boots under your feet are not in line with the rules, hurry up, go back to your house and replace the boots."
Liu Jing hesitated and said, "Lord... brothers are not used to passing on farming shoes, so it is very inconvenient to walk in the fields on this mountain..."
Deng Qing stared at him sinisterly and said, "You are so willful, assuming that someone else has identified your identity... Do you want me to cover it up for you? Go and change it! Otherwise, once your identity is leaked, I will ask you!"
Liu Jing's expression froze, and he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately replied: "Subordinate to obey the order! Let's lead the team to change clothes." He kept bypassing Deng Qing and ran directly to the village house behind the mountain path.
Jiang Chengjia was hiding carefully, observing the situation outside, while flirting with his eyebrows and thinking about what Deng Qing and Liu Jing said just now.
What was the reason why Deng Qing took the risk of leaving Chang Mingjun in the capital? What big thing he was going to do? This matter still needs to be hidden from Deng Guozhong and must not be known to the Deng clan?
She thought about it but didn't think of it. As Deng Qing and Liu Jing left in two directions, she hesitated and thought about it on the spot. Finally, she walked towards the direction of Deng Qing's departure and followed quietly.
The interior of Changqi Mountain Villa is extremely vast. Deng Qing circled three times in the long path of the mountain field before reaching the destination. Jiang Chengjia, who was following him with a cat, saw him stopping, and immediately leaned over and hid in the straw pile and observed carefully.
Deng Qing stopped in front of a simple and simple house with even a little shabby appearance, deliberately tidying her hair and clothes, clearing her throat, and then stepped across the threshold to go to the inside.
Chapter completed!