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"It's easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. This guy hasn't changed at all since he was a child!" Yan Daoxin curled his lips in disdain.

"In fact, you just said that you were afraid that neglecting the lady who was chosen for marriage would make you look disrespectful to His Majesty. I think that resonated with Lu Zhang." Zhu Yu held the reins firmly in his hand, squeezed the horse's belly with a little more force, and the horse broke into a brisk trot. "He has already followed the orders of Duke Yan and hidden away, trying to draw a clear line between himself and the Jie Princess. There's no turning back now. Regardless of whether His Majesty feels offended or not, he can't change his mind.

In that case, it makes sense that he wants to drag you along, and it’s the best solution he can come up with.

Regardless of whether you two did the same thing and whether it can be said that 'the law does not punish the masses', at least if you do the same thing, he won't be singled out. This way, it will be easier to explain to both the emperor and his grandfather. "

"It's just that he was too clever for his own good. He never dreamed that there was someone who didn't want to return to the capital so early.

Now, I can use his words as a shield!" Yan Daoxin glanced at Lu Qing with amusement, "You keep saying you want to listen to advice, but you've left your wife, who was given an arranged marriage, in the inner chambers of Xiaoyao Palace and ignored her. Now, you're about to go and see your father-in-law, Taishan!"

"I heard that my wife's family has many unmarried women," Lu Qing took the lead and walked in front. After hearing Yan Daoxin's words, he tilted his head slightly and smiled provocatively. "If you are so envious, I will ask my old Taishan, whom I have never met, to see if he is willing to give you one."

"Bah! You bastard, don't even think about disturbing my spiritual mind!" Yan Dao guiltily spat at Lu Qing, kicked his horse's belly, overtook Lu Qing and ran to the front.

This time, the five people did not stop to rest. They rode all night and arrived at Pingshan Pass shortly after dawn.

There are people coming and going at Pingshan Pass at this time, but not many people are going to Shuo Kingdom. However, there are many people who want to go to Jin Kingdom from Shuo Kingdom with their certificates of ordination.

Those who wanted to come from Shuo State to Jin State were all subject to careful verification and questioning by the customs officials.

However, there were very few people who went from Jin State to Shuo State.

Zhu Yu and Lu Qing followed Yan Daoxin and walked towards the pass officer step by step.

She held the certificate of ordination in her hand and tried to keep her breathing steady and calm so as not to appear nervous.

After knowing clearly that the certificate of ordination in his hand was forged by Yan Daoxin, Zhu Yu couldn't help but feel guilty, fearing that the customs officer would find out something.

However, after being nervous for a long time, the sweat on the palms of their hands was about to soak the certificate of ordination. When they really walked up to the two checkpoint officers, they found that the two men didn't even look at them. It seemed that they saw that they were a group of people dressed as Taoist priests, so they didn't pay any attention to them. They just glanced at the certificate of ordination in Yan Daoxin's hand and waved their hands. The two men yawned and started to argue with each other.

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief after passing Pingshan Pass so easily, but his heart felt as if it was filled with several large rocks from the Black Stone Mountain.

Recently, Shuo State has been inexplicably accused of so many things, and she has always been confused. But now she has come to understand a little bit - with such lax customs officials, there is no need to worry that those with ulterior motives will not be able to get away with it and do evil!
Seeing Zhu Yu's frown, Lu Qing guessed that she was worried because the other party had entered the territory of Shuo Kingdom so easily.

However, they had just passed Pingshan Pass and were right under the eyes of the soldiers guarding the pass, so it was not convenient for him to speak. He could only give Zhu Yu a soothing look, get back on his horse, and continue on his way.

Fu Wen was initially worried that Zhu Yu would be exhausted if they traveled all night without resting during the day, so he planned to find a place to stop and rest as soon as possible after passing the checkpoint. However, Zhu Yu was overwhelmed by the ease with which he had passed the checkpoint, and he had no desire to rest. He was afraid that any more time lost on the road would lead to complications, making things even more difficult later on.

Since she didn't want to stop to rest, Lu Qing and Yan Daoxin didn't care, so the five of them continued on their way. In the afternoon, they stopped Zhu Yu on a small path outside a village.

"Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. We have been traveling for such a long time, we can't go without food and water!" Yan Daoxin said to Zhu Yu.

Lu Qing also rode his horse side by side with Zhu Yu and reached out to grab her reins. "From here to the capital of Shuo Kingdom, even if we gallop, it will still take half a day. Even if we rush all the way without food or water, the city gate will probably be closed when we get there. We won't be able to get into the city today anyway.

Just now, you were so busy rushing along the way, did you pay attention to the places you passed by?"

Zhu Yu was stunned and shook his head, but he subconsciously pulled the reins to slow down the horse.

When she passed the checkpoint just now, the guards at the checkpoint were so perfunctory in their attitude that her alarm bells went off, and she suddenly couldn't care about anything else.

After all, she finally had a life that made her most satisfied. If her father and the Shuo Kingdom were inexplicably charged with the crime of rebellion, both she and Lu Qing, her arranged husband, would inevitably be implicated and would be doomed.

At that time, there will be no need to plan anything. After the head falls to the ground, you can lie down completely.

All she had been thinking about along the way was getting to the capital as quickly as possible, finding ways to strengthen border inspections, and then sorting out the issues with the black iron and weapons.

Only by understanding the basic situation clearly can she have a clear idea in her mind and discuss with Lu Qing what the next countermeasures should be.

Now that Lu Qing reminded her, she also realized that all secret plans, once they become a trend, must have traces to be traced in private.

Situ Jing mentioned to them that his father and brother had seized black iron weapons from the Jie bandits.

Lu Zhang also said that Emperor Jin had received a secret report that the Jie bandits who were causing chaos in Lan were also using weapons forged by the Shuo Kingdom.

What they were able to seize was definitely not all of the weapons of unknown origin, and it was very likely that it was only a small part of them.

Zhu Cheng may still be kept in the dark about these things, but it is impossible that there is no trace of them among the people.

"There's a teahouse up ahead. Let's go sit there for a while, have some tea, and rest our feet." Lu Qing saw that she had slowed down and knew that she had taken his words to heart. "Before meeting your father, we should also make our own judgment first."

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