Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

At the appointed time, Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye went to the teahouse together.

As soon as they entered, they were stopped by a servant and led into a private room.

This young man deliberately wore Gu Qingzhi's clothes that day so that Feng Zhanye and Gu Qingzhi would trust him.

When the servant opened the door of the private room, he saw Gao Ye sitting inside the room in a cloud satin brocade robe, with his hair tied up with a jade crown, and holding a heater in his hand.

The attire he wore today truly showed the standard that a legitimate son of a marquis's family should have. He looked noble and elegant, without any trace of the embarrassed look he had when he was hiding from place to place that day.

From this, we can see the strength of the Gao family of Yongning Hou in gold and silver.

Seeing the two people coming, Gao Ye's eyes lit up. He smiled and welcomed them into the house and personally poured a cup of tea for Feng Zhanye.

"I thought I would not be able to see you today. This spring tea is of excellent quality. Come and try it."

"You dare to sit here so brazenly, aren't you afraid that Zuo Chengran will cause trouble for you?"

Feng Zhanye glanced at him, picked up the tea and took a sip. It was indeed mellow and refreshing.

Gao Ye laughed and said, "Oh, it's a small matter, easy to solve."

He spoke so calmly that it seemed like he really didn't take the prank on Zuo Chengran seriously.

Seeing that it was almost time, Gao Ye didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point and asked: "Since you are here, are you willing to help me?"

Gao Ye looked at Feng Zhanye hopefully, hoping that he could give him the answer he wanted.

Feng Zhanye didn't rush to answer him, but instead said, "We went to Yunsheng Temple yesterday and entered the back mountain."

Gao Ye saw that he looked unhappy, and asked seriously, "Have you seen my aunt? Is she okay?"

"The current condition of Concubine De is... very bad." Feng Zhanye hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth.

"What do you mean? What did the Black Snake Head do to my aunt?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Gao Ye immediately realized something and nervously grabbed Feng Zhanye's shoulders and asked.

Feng Zhanye told him everything he had seen yesterday. After listening, Gao Ye clenched his fists tightly.

"You bunch of bastards, I was wondering why my aunt hadn't written us a single letter in the past three years. Although she used to live in poverty, she would always exchange letters with my father every month. Suddenly, there was no news and this was the reason."

"The most urgent task is to rescue Concubine De as soon as possible. She has been hungry for five days. If we delay any further, she will be in great danger." Gu Qingzhi reminded at the right time.

Gao Ye nodded: "It must be as soon as possible, but how can we get into the back mountain?"

Gu Qingzhi thought for a moment and said, "There is a small path near the back mountain. It is easy to go down but difficult to go up, but it is not impossible to go up. Yesterday we found out the patrol pattern of the imperial guards in the back mountain. As long as we avoid the imperial guards, the Taoist priests in the temple are relatively easy to deal with."

Although Gao Ye had also witnessed the skills of Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye, he knew more clearly how strict the guards at Yunsheng Temple were. They could even find out about a place like this. He couldn't help but look at the guard in front of him with admiration again.

"You already have a solution?"

In response to Gao Ye's expectant question, Gu Qingzhi looked at Feng Zhanye and then expressed the idea they had discussed.

"Tonight you will sneak into the back mountain with us. I will steal some things to lure away the imperial guards and the Taoist priests on guard. You can take the opportunity to go in and rescue Concubine De."

I thought Gao Ye would agree immediately, but I saw him look at Gu Qingzhi hesitantly and shook his head.

"No, this is too risky. How can you lead so many imperial guards away by yourself? If you are caught, you will lose your life."

This method is indeed very risky. Although Gu Qingzhi hasn't done such a big thing for a long time, she is still confident about it.

She is Lan Zhou after all. If her assassination moves had been smaller in her previous life, she would not have been known as the number one assassin throughout Kyoto.

"If you want to save your aunt, this is the fastest way now. If you delay any further, I'm afraid that even if you think of a foolproof plan, it will be powerless to save the situation."

"Okay, I'll start preparing right away and try to rescue my aunt." Gao Ye accepted her suggestion and was about to raise his hand to ask the servant to leave, but was interrupted by Feng Zhanye.

"Wait, after all, Concubine De was sent to Yunsheng Temple as a punishment. If she leaves rashly, it will easily leave a handle. Your Gao family is in a precarious situation now, and we must not cause any more trouble. Why don't you prepare a few days' worth of food first and let us take it up, and then make plans later."

Gao Ye hesitated for a while, thought about it and realized that it was indeed true, so he nodded in agreement and went home to prepare.

Soon night fell.

The crows in the forest cried a few times, and then fled in all directions in fear as a carriage passed by.

The carriage stopped in front of a valley. Gao Ye, Feng Zhanye and Gu Qingzhi, all dressed in black, got off the carriage.

"Wait for us here." Gao Ye instructed the servant and the coachman, then set off towards the depths of the mountain with the master and servant.

In order to avoid being discovered, this section of the mountain road had to be led by Gu Qingzhi, who lit a fire in front. The three of them walked stumblingly and finally arrived at the foot of the back mountain.

Sure enough, a rugged path appeared before our eyes.

The traces of human footprints are obvious, probably a path that the Taoist priests from Yunsheng Temple took when they sneaked down the mountain.

Gao Ye, carrying a bulging bag on his back, followed closely behind Feng Zhanye and Gu Qingzhi, not daring to fall behind even a step.

"This damn place is really hard to get through. You two are really amazing. You were able to find this."

Be it a compliment or a heartfelt praise, Gao Ye followed behind and talked, easing the dull atmosphere a bit.

"Why did the Left Prime Minister insist on impeaching your father?"

Feng Zhanye didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so he asked instead.

Gao Ye looked at him and laughed at himself: "Because... our family is in Jiangnan, and we have an entire salt mine."

Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye were both stunned after hearing his answer.

Wow, I fell in love with a rich guy?

"Oh, and one more thing is that before the Yongning Marquis Gao family was demoted, it was also a prominent family in Kyoto with deep roots, although it has been almost wiped out in recent years."

Gao Ye spoke calmly, as if he did not take it seriously at all, but Gu Qingzhi understood after hearing it why Feng Zhanye had sought support from Concubine De in his previous life.

No wonder Gao Ye could wait for them for a few days without fear. If it were someone else, they would have been as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

“Our family’s salt mine in Jiangnan produces a large amount of salt, and that’s why His Majesty is willing to bring my father back to Kyoto.

It was just that several miners died when the salt mine was being reclaimed. They secretly went down to the mine to steal salt to avoid my father, and were accidentally buried by the unsecured foundation pit. That’s why my father was involved in a murder lawsuit.”

This matter is really unfair, but the person really died at the hands of Marquis Yongning. It is indeed a mess that cannot be explained.

After hearing his words, Feng Zhanye had almost guessed their methods based on his understanding of Zuo Xiang and his son.

"Have the families of the miners who died recently come to you to make trouble, claiming that their deaths were caused by the salt mine, and demanded compensation from you?"

Gao Ye was shocked: "How did you know?"

Sure enough, it was another case of killing someone with a borrowed knife.

As they were talking, they had already reached the halfway point of the mountain. The road that Gu Qingzhi mentioned, which was easy to go down but difficult to go up, was right in front of them.

It was a huge rock hanging vertically downwards, so smooth that there was almost no place to hold on.

Gao Ye scratched his head as he looked at the rock wall illuminated by the fire.

"How...how do we climb up here?"