please come back

Shi Jinyu handed over a letter with bloody fingerprints to his subordinates, put it in an envelope and sent it to Fengcheng.

Jiang Linyuan's hand was still bleeding, and it hit the desk drop by drop and broke into several petals.Shi Jinyu sent someone to fetch some hemostatic medicine and white cloth strips, and personally treated Jiang Linyuan's wound.Jiang Linyuan didn't dodge either, he spread out his palms and let Shi Jinyu sprinkle the medicine, tied the cloth strips on his face, and his face was as fresh as ever.

At this time, a guard outside the door came in and whispered a few words into Shi Jinyu's ear, Shi Jinyu's eyebrows were knit together, and the frown became tighter.

Jiang Linyuan glanced at Shi Jinyu's face, knowing that this was the opportunity he was waiting for today, and immediately said after the guard finished speaking with Shi Jinyu: "King Shi, Jiang has a request."

"Speak." Shi Jinyu's complexion was not good-looking, and his voice was slightly impatient.

"Jiang came from a humble background, and it's the first time he entered this luxurious imperial palace. Please allow Jiang to walk around in this palace, so as to gain knowledge." Jiang Linyuan said.

After a moment of silence, Shi Jinyu said: "That's fine, but I have something important to attend to, so I can't accompany you, how about I send two of my guards to accompany you?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jiang Linyuan nodded.

Shi Jinyu then pointed to the two guards beside him to follow Jiang Linyuan, and when Jiang Linyuan was about to step out of the dormitory, he told him: "Young Master Jiang, save yourself some effort when you go shopping, I will wait for you to have dinner with me at night .”

Hearing the words, Jiang Linyuan stopped when he was about to step out of the threshold, turned around to look at Shi Jinyu, and said respectfully, "Yes."

After leaving the dormitory, Xia Heyu stepped and stood beside Jiang Linyuan, pointing to the road with a low voice, while Shi Jinyu's two guards followed silently.

Passing through the pavilions and corridors, bypassing the apse, you come to the back garden dedicated to the emperor's enjoyment. There should be green trees, safflowers, and blue streams flying fish, but because Shi Jinyu is too lazy to take care of them, it becomes like a barren grass Like a ridge, the vines growing from the cracks in the bricks and stones are almost jumping over people's feet, and the stream around the imperial garden is full of stench, and there are still a few dead fish floating on it.

Even so, Jiang Linyuan saw the old hibiscus tree in the northwest corner at a glance. The tree had a thick trunk, lush branches and leaves, and looked like it could block out the sun.

"Fortunately, Shi Jinyu doesn't like these flowers and plants." Xia Heyu whispered, "That's why no one is guarding here."

Jiang Linyuan nodded lightly, then said loudly, "There's nothing to see here, let's go back."

Hearing the words, the two guards turned sideways respectively, leaving a path in the middle for the two of them to turn around and pass through.Jiang Linyuan turned around and walked over, secretly clenched the dagger in his hand, and when passing between the two guards, while they were not paying attention, he and Xia Heyu slashed the throats of the two guards respectively.

Xia Heyu did it neatly, the guard fell on his back without saying a word, but Jiang Linyuan rowed a little sideways, and the knife edge was shallow, the guard froze, touched his neck and looked at Jiang Linyuan for a long time, and then remembered to pull knife.Thanks to Xia Heyu's quick response, he delivered the dagger before the knife was unsheathed.

"You're going to be stupid." Xia Heyu turned around and said dumbfoundedly.

Jiang Linyuan smiled embarrassedly and threw the dagger away.

"Okay, let's go quickly." Xia Heyu didn't want to say anything more, and wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible.

Under the old hibiscus tree, there were a lot of dead leaves and branches piled up together. Xia Heyu turned behind the hibiscus tree and peeled away the fallen leaves and floating soil. A round, rotten wooden cover was exposed.

Xia Heyu lifted the wooden cover, and a damp and rotten smell came out.Xia Heyu pointed to the dark entrance of the cave and said to Jiang Linyuan, "Go down first, I'll be behind you."

Jiang Linyuan nodded, and quickly crawled in with his body bent, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around.

The tunnel was very narrow, and because no one had passed through it for a long time, some protruding roots often blocked the way of the two of them. Jiang Linyuan still had a wound on his hand, so he couldn't use much force, so the two climbed a bit slowly.

"Where did you dig this hole here? Why haven't you reached the entrance for so long?" After the two of them climbed for a long time, Jiang Linyuan asked out of breath.

"It's far away." Xia Heyu said, "This hole leads all the way to the outside of the city."

"Outside the city?" Jiang Linyuan said in surprise, "You two little dolls can really dig."

"It was for fun at the time, how could I have thought that this hole could save lives." Xia Heyu sighed.

"When you go back, remember to remind me to burn some paper money for the late emperor to express my gratitude," Jiang Linyuan said.

Xia Heyu pinched Jiang Linyuan's calf, "Why don't you thank me, I dug most of the holes, and he just watched like a supervisor."

"Okay, okay, it's all thanks to you." Jiang Linyuan said perfunctorily, "But next time you dig, can you not make the hole so steep?" It turned out that the two of them had already reached the entrance of the cave after crawling all the way. Jiang Linyuan touched The cave wall, which was almost straight up and down, said rather worriedly.

"Don't worry, you can climb out, I will support you, you go and remove the wooden cover on it." Xia Heyu said.

There is still a round wooden cover at the entrance of the cave, because only one hand can use strength, and there is a lot of soil accumulation on the entrance of the cave, so Jiang Linyuan took a lot of effort to remove the cover, and the light shot out at that moment. When he entered, the soil also fell all over his body in a rustle.

Jiang Linyuan propped himself up and finally poked his head out of the hole, suddenly felt his forehead wet and chilly, and when he looked up, it was the little wolf he raised.

"Hey, why are you here?" Jiang Linyuan asked in surprise.

Naturally, the little wolf would not answer him, but stared at a blade of grass on Jiang Linyuan's head that was beating with the breeze.The little wolf probably felt that the blade of grass was too obtrusive, so he stretched out his paw and pressed Jiang Linyuan's head, but the force was a little too strong, and he pushed Jiang Linyuan back into the hole, even almost Xia Heyu's waist flashed.

So after Xia Heyu came out of the cave, he had been thinking about how to kill the beast. It would be best to skin the animal, cramp it, drink blood and knock the bone.

Although the two were disheveled, they managed to escape from the palace. They retrieved their horses from the inn outside the city. Because there was a little wolf following them, the two of them did not ride fast. They took some unobtrusive paths around. I hurried back to Fengcheng.

The letter written by Jiang Linyuan had already been mailed back to Fengcheng, and it fell into Zhang Ling's hands.Zhang Ling was a little worried holding this shocking letter, and he couldn't leave Fengcheng alone, so he sent two people to the direction of the capital to inquire about the news, and they returned within three days after leaving. It is said that Xia and Yu are already on their way back, and they will be back in Fengcheng within two days.

Only then did Zhang Ling feel relieved, and put the letter aside and ignored it.

Two days later, outside the gate of Fengcheng City, Zhang Ling yawned and Xiaosha waited there early in the morning, and waited until noon before seeing the two of them walking slowly from a distance, and the little wolf following behind was also leisurely. Leisurely, looking at that posture, it seems that the two of them have gone out to visit the mountains and rivers.

When they reached the gate of Fengcheng, the two got off their horses. Xia Heyu asked Zhang Ling, "What's the matter with Fengcheng?"

Zhang Ling shook his head with a smile and said, "It's very calm. But General, I have something to show you."

"What?" Xia Heyu asked.

Zhang Ling just smiled mysteriously, and then brought the two of them to the barracks.In the barracks, Xia Heyu saw a battle flag on the high platform at a glance.The midday sun was a bit dazzling, Xia Heyu raised his head and squinted his eyes, looking at the big, jet-black word "Xia" on it, suddenly, his chest was hot.

"A tailor in the city was hired to do it." Zhang Ling said, "Since our army is no longer under the control of the court, it should have its own name."

Xia Heyu nodded and remained silent, letting his thoughts wander with the fluttering flags.

That night, Jiang Linyuan carried a thick stack of papers, and was busy writing letters to the civil servants of the previous court. There were no too many greetings in the letter, but straight to the point. Although the language was euphemistic, the meaning was very clear. .

Xia Heyu stood aside, fanning Jiang Linyuan honestly. The wound on Jiang Linyuan's hand was not healed. Xia Heyu wanted to write the letter by himself, but Jiang Linyuan thought his handwriting was ugly, so he wanted to do it himself. Xia Heyu He couldn't resist him, and had nothing to do, so he took a paper fan and fanned Jiang Linyuan. While fanning, his mouth curled up, and his eyes were fixed on the letter written by Jiang Linyuan. He didn't think his handwriting was any better than his own. He also learned to write from the prince and Taifu.

In fact, Jiang Linyuan didn't dislike Xia Heyu's ugly characters. He only knew the temperament of these civil servants because of Yang Pei, and he also knew the reason for what people said when he saw them. He can only come by himself, explain the interests clearly, and then it depends on the wishes of these people.

After a few days, Xia Heyu received a bunch of replies, except for some civil servants who declined due to their age, almost all of them agreed.

Jiang Linyuan leaned on Xia Heyu's shoulder with a big peach in his mouth and watched him flip through these letters. He felt a little relieved. Xia Heyu glanced at him and asked, "Do you really think that these people can help us achieve success?"

Jiang Linyuan swallowed a mouthful of sweet peaches, and said: "Rites, music, Confucianism, and Confucianism are the shackles for the world. This is like an invisible net that can trap the world firmly. It's a pity that Shi Jinyu doesn't know how to use these. "

Xia Heyu shrugged his shoulders, "I'm afraid I don't understand, but I just saw the literati's popularity."

Jiang Linyuan smiled, "It will be useful." After finishing speaking, he burped slightly, looked at the remaining peach in his hand, stuffed the peach into Xia Heyu's mouth, and said, "I can't eat any more, so I'll give it to you .”

Xia Heyu reached out and took out the peach that Jiang Linyuan stuffed into his mouth, took a big bite, and felt that the peach was so sweet that it made the tip of the tongue tremble.