Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

After Chen Lang finished eating, he brushed off the crumbs on his trouser legs, stood up and walked towards the carriage where Yelu Zongwang was imprisoned.

A guard in black followed closely behind him.

Chen Lang paused and asked, "Brother, what's your name?"

The guard said expressionlessly, "In reply to your question, my surname is Qu, and my given name is Huai'en. Under the orders of Lord Li, I have brought thirty Black Ice Guards with me to protect your safety throughout this journey."

"Black Ice Guard?" Chen Lang raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, "What a domineering name."

Chen Lang nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's my job." Qu Huai'en replied.

Chen Lang continued to walk to the front of the carriage and pushed open the door. The two people in the carriage looked over immediately.

He Jinling crouched down and came to the car door and said, "Mr. Chen, why are you here?"

Chen Lang said: "Let me take a look."

He Jinling jumped out of the car, closed the door, and said, "Sir, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

"Master Li told you to avoid contact with Yelu Zongwang as much as possible before you set out."

Chen Lang smiled and said, "He's just an old man in his late sixties. How could he be dangerous? At most, he can just talk and brainwash me."

"Besides, we have to travel together for a long time, we can't just keep avoiding each other."

He Jinling pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, Master, we'll wait outside. If there's anything unusual, just shout loudly."

Chen Lang nodded and got into the carriage.

"Your Highness Prince Liang, if you have any requests, just tell me. If it is possible, I will definitely do it for you." Chen Lang sat down cross-legged and took the initiative to greet him.

Yelu Zongwang said, "I want to bask in the sun."

Chen Lang lifted a corner of the curtain, and a ray of sunlight came in and shone on Yelu Zongwang's calf.

Yelu Zongwang asked, "Is that all?"

Chen Lang said, "There's nothing good about the sun. It's all ultraviolet rays. Excessive sun exposure will damage your skin."

Yelu Zongwang didn't understand what ultraviolet rays meant, but he understood Chen Lang's voiceover and said sarcastically, "Didn't you say you would do everything for me?"

Chen Lang said: "It's done, isn't this sunshine?"

"One meter of sunshine, how romantic."

Yelu Zongwang was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I didn't expect that Li Shirong, such a conservative person, would leave behind a descendant who is so sharp-tongued."

Chen Lang smiled shyly and said, "Your Highness Prince Liang, please don't praise me. I will be proud."

Yelu Zongwang's smile froze on his face in an instant.

After a moment's silence, Yelu Zongwang said, "I spent more than twenty years in the Imperial Prison. After I got out, I only saw the night sky once."

"I've almost forgotten what the sky looks like during the day. Please let me go out and take a look."

Chen Lang took out a bottle of Hongyanzui, poured a glass, and handed it to Yelu Zongwang, saying, "Your Highness Prince Liang, it's very dangerous outside."

"It's the same thing, sitting in a carriage, drinking wine, and looking at the sky through the window."

Yelu Zongwang took the wine glass, put it to his nose and sniffed it, saying, "The wine is good."

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Drinking this kind of wine is much more pleasant than looking at the sky."

"And when you return to Shangjing, you can look at the sky however you want. No one will stop you. But now, forget it."

Yelu Zongwang drank the wine in one gulp and said with a half-smile, "Are you afraid someone will assassinate me?"

Chen Lang nodded seriously.

Yelu Zongwang played with his empty wine glass and said, "But I'm returning to the capital in a top-secret escort. Not many people know about it. Who would come to assassinate me?"

Chen Lang said, "There's no such thing as a wall that's impenetrable. Perhaps by now, the news of His Royal Highness Prince Liang returning to the capital has already reached Empress Dowager Xiao's ears."

"If you die, my mission will fail, and my whole family will suffer."

"So I will definitely protect your life until I can safely send you to Shangjing and hand you over to your former friends."

Yelu Zongwang said, "But have you ever considered that if I were to regain power someday, I would cause untold harm to your country."

Chen Lang smiled calmly, his face revealing a strong sense of confidence, and said, "That's not necessarily true."

"If you really send your troops south someday, I'll let you experience what it means to be overwhelmed by equipment spanning a thousand years."

Yelu Zongwang was stunned for a moment: "What are you talking about?"

Chen Lang clenched his fist, then suddenly opened it, with a "bang" sound coming from his mouth.

Yelu Zongwang didn't understand and snorted, "It's just a trick."

After he finished speaking, Yelu Zongwang suddenly felt weak. He suddenly looked at the wine glass in his hand and said, "You drugged me?"

Chen Lang sighed, "I hadn't planned to do that originally, but His Royal Highness Prince Liang wanted to get out of the car to bask in the sun, which made me nervous, so I gave him some knockout drugs."

"Don't worry, this medicine doesn't conflict with the medicine in your system. It will only make you sleepy, not poison you."

"Your Highness Prince Liang, sleep well. When you open your eyes, we will enter the grassland."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yelu Zongwang's head tilted and he fainted.

Chen Lang leaned over and felt his pulse, which was very smooth.

"Products from the Imperial Prison Department are indeed all top-quality products." Chen Lang sighed and turned to get off the carriage.

He Jinling glanced into the car and said, "Sir, aren't you being a little too cautious by doing this?"

"He has been poisoned by Lord Li and must take the antidote every day to relieve the pain."

"If he doesn't want to die on the way, he must obey us."

Chen Lang shook his head and said, "Those who play politics not only have strong hearts, but also extremely terrifying willpower."

"If all he wanted was freedom, he would have cooperated with us. But what he truly desires is the supreme power of the Liao Empire, so if given the chance, he will definitely find a way to escape."

"As for the poison Lord Li put in him, as long as it's not fatal, after escaping, he will definitely be able to rely on his willpower to get through it and then find an antidote."

He Jinling's mouth twitched, feeling that Chen Lang's words were a bit exaggerated.

The ones responsible for the escort were the Black Ice Guards. How could an old man like Yelu Zongwang escape from the Black Ice Guards?

But what Chen Lang said was not an exaggeration at all. There were many precedents of political ambitious people like Yelu Zongwang in history books.

As for the Black Ice Guards, Chen Lang did not doubt their abilities, but in order to protect his entire family, Chen Lang had to nip it in the bud even at the slightest risk.

"Young Master, I still don't understand why he wants to escape. Shangjing is the political center of the Liao Kingdom. If Yelu Zongwang wants to regain imperial power, Shangjing should be the best choice." He Jinling asked after pondering for a moment.

Chen Lang said calmly, "Although the Liao Dynasty's princes and grandchildren are engaged in serious internal strife, the dynasty ultimately stems from Empress Dowager Xiao's lineage. The entire Shangjing is still firmly controlled by this lineage. Yelu Zongwang's former political allies have been marginalized. Initiating political reform directly in Shangjing is extremely difficult, if not impossible."

"If Yelu Zongwang wants to turn the tables, he has to go to the grasslands and find the khans of the other seven tribes. Only with their support can he achieve an extreme comeback and return to the throne."