After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

The Xuzhou Battalion will set off for the northwest in three days.

And Wei Yang, as the coach, will go to the camp early the next morning to gather troops.Liu Linxi and Cheng Taifu nominally went with him, but in reality Liu Linxi took Chu Yunfeng and Shifang directly to the inn outside the city just after dawn.The caravan arranged for him by Wei Yang and the guards who mixed into the caravan were already waiting there in advance.

Liu Linxi wrote two letters overnight last night, one was for Wei Yang to bring to Northwest Army coach Lu Zhibang, and the other was for Cheng Taifu to bring to Li Yan after returning to Beijing.So far, that's all he can do, and the rest depends on whether Ju Guo and his party can go well.

"General Liu's move is very ruthless. Taifu Cheng will set off for Beijing in three days, and with the delay on the road, it will take at least six or seven days to arrive in the capital." Chu Yunfeng said: "If your majesty guesses your whereabouts by then, send People have been chasing you day and night, and by the time you reach Ju, you will have done all the things you should do."

Chu Yunfeng paused, and then added: "Of course, if something unexpected happens, it probably won't be until then."

Liu Linxi glanced at him, and said, "Can't you say something auspicious when you go out on the first day?"

"You can talk to them about the auspicious words, they have prepared a set, just waiting for you." Chu Yunfeng pointed to the leader of the caravan and said to Liu Linxi.The head of the family was named Zhu, and everyone in the caravan called him Old Zhu.Lao Zhu looks like he is in his 40s, and looks very simple, which makes people feel very down-to-earth at first glance, and it is easy to generate a sense of trust.

"Boss Liu, we have burned incense and kowtowed just now, we can go now." Old Zhu said.

It was the first time Liu Linxi heard that merchants had to burn incense and kowtow before leaving, but luckily they had finished their business, so Liu Linxi was not asked to join in the fun, otherwise it would have been a bit of a delay.

"Boss Zhu, how long do you estimate it will take us to travel from Xuzhou to the capital of Ju State?" Liu Linxi asked.

"Don't worry about it. We run many times a year, and we count them all." Old Zhu said, "We choose good horses. The carriages have also been refitted, and they run faster than ordinary carriages. It can be done in half a month." When you arrive at Ju, you can reach the capital of Ju in two days."

Liu Linxi nodded, thinking about seventeen days, which is about the same as his calculation.

"Can you catch up?" Chu Yunfeng asked.

"Almost." Liu Linxi said: "The Xuzhou Battalion will start in three days, and the army will not move too fast. It will probably take half a month to reach the northwest. After arriving, Lu Shuai will not even give them time to rest. It will take a few more days."

After Liu Linxi and the others arrived in Ju State, if the matter was settled, it would be not far to go to the northwest, so there should be plenty of time in calculation.

So everything was arranged, and everyone set off.

There were twelve carriages in the caravan, ten of them were carrying goods, and only two were carrying people.Liu Linxi, Shifang and Chu Yunfeng were alone in a carriage, which was relatively spacious, so it was convenient for them to sleep and rest for a while on the road.

Shifang didn't wake up in the morning, and he was a little sleepy after tossing around for a while, but after sitting in the carriage and looking at the scenery outside, he gradually became much more energetic.

"Daddy, will mother be worried if we don't go back to the capital?" Shi Fang asked.

Liu Linxi patted Shi Fang's head, and said, "Mother will be worried."

Shifang asked again: "Then he is worried about us, will he be secretly sad?"

Liu Linxi said: "Mother is already an adult, and she's a man, so let's be sad if you're sad. We've already left anyway, so we don't care about that much anymore."

What Liu Linxi said was very "unconscionable", Shi Fang pursed his lips, and imitated Li Yan's appearance when he was sad in his mind, and immediately felt a little sympathetic.But he could only sympathize with Li Yan, after all, as Liu Linxi said, they all left, and there was no other way.

A few days later, Cheng Taifu returned to the capital.

However, Liu Linxi, who went out of Beijing with him, did not come back, and even Chu Yunfeng and Shifang were missing.

Before Li Yan could get angry, Taifu Cheng gave him the letter written by Liu Linxi.Li Yan opened the letter in front of Taifu Cheng, and the expression on his face suddenly changed. The previous worry, anger and anxiety turned into uncontrollable sadness.

The letter contained only two lines:

[Lying in the night, listening to the wind and rain, the iron horse and ice river fall into a dream. 】

Holding the letter, Li Yan didn't come to his senses for a while.The anger and annoyance aroused by Liu Linxi's leaving without saying goodbye were instantly shattered by those two lines.

"It's the old minister who disappointed His Majesty, please punish him," Cheng Taifu said.

"Sir, you have worked hard all the way, go back and rest earlier." Li Yan waved his hands wearily, and sent the Taifu back to Cheng's residence.

What else can he say?You can't vent the annoyance brought about by Liu Linxi's departure to the old Mr. Cheng, can you?After all, this old man had just dragged his sixtieth body and traveled between Xuzhou camp and the capital for more than ten days.Probably Liu Linxi also expected that Li Yan would not embarrass Cheng Taifu, so he asked Cheng Taifu for help.

After seeing off Taifu Cheng, Li Yan put away the letter and went directly to Yongshou Palace.

When Li Yan learned that Liu Linxi hadn't come back, his first reaction was that Liu Linxi had gone to the northwest.

But when he thought about it, he suddenly remembered Liu Linxi's performance that night:

Now that I think about it carefully, every word and every action Liu Linxi said that night was full of problems. It's a pity that Li Yan was too tired at that time, and he was thinking about the war, so he didn't have the heart to think about it.Liu Linxi knew him so well that he almost overwhelmed Li Yan, and even guessed Li Yan's reaction to every word he said in advance.So that night Liu Linxi took every step of the way, and bit by bit dismantled Li Yan's defenses, and in the end Li Yan, who was deceived, had to compromise.

If Liu Linxi made the decision that night, then he had to ask the Queen Mother about it.

After all, everything happened after Liu Linxi left Yongshou Palace...

After seeing Li Yan, the queen mother sighed heavily.

When Li Yan saw her expression, he knew he had guessed right.

"Mother, what exactly did you tell him that day?" Li Yan asked.

The Queen Mother asked Li Yan: "Has Xi'er gone?"

Li Yan said: "You already knew he would leave, didn't you?"

The Queen Mother nodded, and said sadly, "I can't stop him, and you can't stop him either."

"Where did he go?" Li Yan asked.

"Ju country." The queen mother said.

Li Yan was taken aback when he heard the words, he thought that it really wasn't Northwest.

He promised Li Yan that he would not go to the northwest, but he did not break his promise...

The Empress Dowager then told Li Yan what she had said to Liu Linxi that day.

Li Yan was very annoyed when he heard the words, and regretted that he hadn't noticed the strangeness earlier.

"Even if you know, can you stop him?" the queen mother said.

Li Yan said, "If I knew he was going to take risks, I would never let him go."

The queen mother said: "Did he go to Xuzhou camp? Are you completely at ease?"

Li Yan was startled when he heard the words, and instantly understood that even though he knew that it was safest for Liu Linxi to stay in the palace at this time, when Liu Linxi made a request with both soft and hard tactics, Li Yan still couldn't completely ignore the other party's request.

Because Liu Linxi is a real person, he has what he wants to do and has his own ideas.Even if Li Yan is the emperor, even if he is his husband, it is impossible to completely imprison him by his side.

Moreover, Liu Linxi is a man with too many tricks, and his temper is also jumpy. Whenever he wants to do something, as long as he is determined to do it, even if Li Yan has all kinds of tricks, it is impossible to completely stop him.

"It's too risky to go here. Even if the Seventh Prince is ashamed of his father, after so many years, can he still care about the old relationship?" Li Yan said: "Why can't he discuss it with me? If he really wants to find an alliance with the Kingdom of Ju, At worst, I will send someone to talk to them, why should he take this risk?"

The Empress Dowager said: "Because there is only one chance to succeed or fail in this matter, Xi'er thinks clearly, so naturally she will choose the path that is most likely to succeed."

"Because of that child?" Li Yan asked.

"The poison was given by Ju State back then. It killed the first emperor and the children of Ai's family 20 years ago, and now it has killed your and Xi'er's children." The Queen Mother said: "If Ju State rejects Xi'er this time, it means This means completely cutting off the possibility of getting back together with Da Yan."

Whether it is out of guilt or out of interests, it is impossible for Ju Guo not to consider Liu Linxi's proposal.

It is indeed the safest and most likely to succeed to let him talk about it in person.

But at the same time, Liu Linxi faced the greatest risk.

Once Ju Guo is unwilling to cooperate and hand him over to Da Zhou, he will become the biggest bargaining chip to threaten Li Yan.

So Liu Linxi's trip was also a gamble, a bet on the Ju congress election banquet, not the big week.After all, whether the Great Zhou had invited the Ju State Alliance before, they all judged only based on Dong Gui's one-sided words, and there was no other basis at all.If this information is misjudged, Liu Linxi's trip will be very dangerous.

"It's because I'm incompetent. I can't keep my own child, nor can I keep Liu Linxi." Li Yan said with a sad expression.

"You did a good job, otherwise, how could Xi'er be willing to take risks for you?" the queen mother said.

Li Yan smiled wryly and said: "He is for the people of the banquet, I..."

Seeing Li Yan's distraught look, the queen mother comforted her and said, "Xi'er is very thoughtful, so you don't have to worry too much. He is here to survive, and he will cherish his body and will not act rashly. And he is carrying Shifang went together to make you feel at ease, you should understand his painstaking efforts."

Li Yan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging emotions in his chest,

Liu Linxi was so thoughtful that Li Yan didn't even have a chance to lose his temper...

The queen mother said again: "Now, the banquet is at a critical moment. Since you are the emperor of the banquet, you should think about how to live up to Xi'er's wishes. He took risks for the banquet. He is also taking risks for you."

Li Yan nodded and said: "My son knows what he wants, so the queen mother can rest assured."

The queen mother felt a little relieved when she heard the words, but she still couldn't help feeling sorry for the two children.

As soon as Liu Linxi left, Li Yan seemed to have been sucked out of most of his soul.

The whole person lost his anger, and he couldn't even see his happiness or anger. His face was cold all day long.

After coming out of Yongshou Palace that day, Li Yan locked himself in the Imperial Study Room without closing his eyes all night.

In the morning of the next day, he asked Su Heng to read out the new troop deployment plan he had drawn up overnight.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly felt like a pot was blown up, and they tried their best to remonstrate in court, begging Li Yan to take back his order.

However, Li Yan was determined, and that day, the people rushed to send the document with the jade seal out of Beijing.

Liu Linxi is capable of breaking all the boats and desperately, he can't stop him with connivance, but he is also determined not to leave the other party alone and helpless...

It took Liu Linxi and the caravan nearly half a month to cross most of the land of the banquet and reach the westernmost part of the banquet.

The city near Ju State was called Linxi City.

Liu Linxi looked up at the words on the city gate, and couldn't help laughing: "This place seems to be related to me."

Chu Yunfeng said: "Since you are destined to be here, please bless our trip smoothly."

Liu Linxi laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to say auspicious words sometimes."

Chu Yunfeng said: "We are now grasshoppers on the same rope. If you are lucky, I will be lucky."

Shi Fang just woke up, rubbed his eyes, and looked out through the curtain of the car.To his surprise, the street market in Linxi City was not lively, and there were no people coming and going, it looked very deserted.

Lao Zhu told them that because the war in the northwest not only affected the northwest, but also Linxi City was greatly affected.There was a war at the border, and the people who were close to it would naturally become nervous, and there were fewer merchants coming and going. Even most of the inns on the street were closed, and the few remaining ones were deserted.

Old Zhu sent people to ask several inns, and found that all the larger ones were basically closed, and only a few small inns were still open, but they couldn't accommodate so many people.

"Mr. Chu and Shi Fang can stay here, Lao Zhu and I will continue to move forward." Liu Linxi said to Chu Yunfeng: "It is only two or three days' journey to the capital of Ju, and the round trip will not exceed seven days. We'll be back soon, I guess."

Shi Fang heard the words and said, "Daddy, don't go, I want to be with you."

Chu Yunfeng said: "Since you can come back safe and sound in seven days, what's the point of taking us with you?"

In fact, Liu Linxi was not completely sure. In the final analysis, this trip was too risky, so he naturally didn't want Shifang and Chu Yunfeng to take risks with him.Seeing that he was very hesitant, Lao Zhu suddenly said: "Our caravan often goes in and out of Ju Country, Boss Liu can rest assured that the people are just a city away, and the folk customs are not much different from Linxi City."

"That's right, we won't go west. We'll come back when we arrive at the capital of Ju." The man accompanying him also said, "The real danger is in the desert, and we have to go west for a few more days. Let's get there." Not that far."

Hearing what everyone said, Liu Linxi felt a little relieved.

When he arrived at the capital of Ju State, he would not take everyone with him, and he would entrust the two of them to the caravan at that time.

If the result is not optimistic, it would not be too late for the caravan to take them away.

Now that he had made up his mind, Liu Linxi didn't struggle anymore.

Seeing that it was still early, he suggested that he should continue on his way and find a place to live in the country of Ju.After all, Ju State has not fought a war, so it should be more lively than Linxi City.

Old Zhu said: "When I came back last time, the war in the northwest had subsided. I don't know if there will be any new impact after the war starts again this time. But it's still early anyway, so it doesn't matter if you hurry. Can't find a place to stay."

Lao Zhu showed the certificate of customs clearance to the soldiers guarding the city, and was soon let go.Although Ju State has not had much contact with Dayan in the past few years, the two countries have not really turned against each other.Apart from the authorities, very few people knew about what the Seventh Prince had done in the capital before. The common people only knew that the exchanges between Dayan and Ju State had decreased in recent years, and they didn't know the inside story.

Therefore, the non-governmental business and trade exchanges between the two countries have not been interrupted in recent years.

"Daddy, is this the country of Ju?" Shi Fang asked looking at the completely different scenery outside.

"Yes, we left the banquet after passing through the city gate just now." Liu Linxi said.

Shi Fang looked curious, and asked again: "Then can we go back?"

"Of course we can go back. As long as we finish our work, we will return the same way." Liu Linxi said.

Shi Fang said: "Well, we can hurry up when we go back, mother must be anxious. If we don't go back soon, he will think that Daddy doesn't want him."

Liu Linxi was taken aback when she heard the words, she didn't expect that Shifang was still thinking about this matter.

He thought about it again, although Shifang had lost his memory, he also knew to some extent that he was actually abandoned, so he sympathized with Li Yan from the beginning to the end when it came to Liu Linxi leaving without saying goodbye, for fear that Liu Linxi really didn't want him anymore.

"Daddy can't bear to have mother." Liu Linxi whispered in his ear.

Shifang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and showed a rare smile.

The difference between the customs of Ju State and Dayan is not particularly obvious, because the land of Dayan is relatively large, and there are many differences between East and West.For example, if you want to compare Linxi City and Beijing City, there are differences in food and clothing.Especially along the way, the closer they were to the Western Regions, the greater the difference.

So in comparison, after entering Ju State and when I was in Linxi City, I didn't feel much change.

Only when you compare it with the capital can you feel the difference.

The people entered the territory of Ju State, and worked for half a day. When it was almost dark, they arrived at an inn in the suburbs.The inn was outside the town, a little far away from where the common people lived, but it looked spacious and clean.

Old Zhu asked someone to go in and asked, there are no other residents in the store, and there is more than enough room for all of them, and the furnishings and environment in the store are quite similar.Everyone was tired after driving all day, so Liu Linxi and Lao Zhu decided to stay here.

Everyone drove the carriage to the backyard of the inn and parked it, and sent people to guard there, while the rest went to the lobby, ordered some food, and waited for the meal.

After a while, the waiter brought hot tea and fruit snacks.

Looking at the snacks on the table, Shi Fang couldn't help swallowing, and there was a gurgling sound in his stomach.

But Shifang didn't reach out for the snacks, but sat there obediently and looked at Chu Yunfeng eagerly.

Chu Yunfeng picked up the tea, put it under his nose and sniffed it, then put it back on the table.

Everyone present seemed to be chatting enthusiastically, but in fact they were secretly looking at Chu Yunfeng intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing that he hadn't drunk tea, no one touched the tea.

Chu Yunfeng picked up the snack on the table, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and then put it back.Everyone didn't move when they saw this, they all watched helplessly, and fell into a strange silence while the ninja was hungry.

In such an empty space like the lobby, once no one speaks, the scene will feel a little uncomfortable.

But none of the crowd broke the silence. On the contrary, their complexions became more and more dignified, and their eyes were very meaningful when they made eye contact.

After a while, a beautiful woman came over and said to the crowd: "Hey, why don't you drink water? Why don't I fill it up for the masters myself?"

After the beautiful woman finished speaking, she was about to carry the teapot and pour tea for everyone, but Lao Zhu stopped her and said, "Our Central Plains people have a habit of having a meal before drinking tea."

"Hahaha." The beautiful woman laughed quickly when she heard the words: "Okay, I'm going to urge the guys right now, let them serve the food quickly, so as not to starve you all."

The beautiful woman had a smile on her face, and she was handsome. She inadvertently showed a charming posture when she was walking, which made the accompanying guards avert their eyes, embarrassed to look at it.Old Zhu glanced at Liu Linxi, with a bit of vigilance in his eyes, which meant that this woman seemed to have some background.

Liu Linxi smiled, and said in a low voice: "Today's meal, I'm afraid I can't eat well."

After a while, the waiter came up with the food.

The hot food was placed in front of everyone, and the aroma was constantly wafting, making the already hungry and tired people swallow their saliva immediately.Especially Shifang, staring at the table full of food with a pair of beady eyes, he was reluctant to blink.

I saw Chu Yunfeng frowned when he smelled the aroma of the food, sighed heavily, and then shook his head.

Seeing this, everyone sighed in unison, and no one stretched out their chopsticks.

Liu Linxi glanced at Chu Yunfeng, secretly thinking that it's so hanging!Fortunately, before entering the city, Chu Yunfeng told everyone that they were not as relaxed as they were in Dayan when they were outside, especially in Ju, and they had to be more careful when eating and drinking.

He reminded everyone that wherever they go, whether they eat or drink, they must first look at him and act first.If he doesn't eat or drink, it means there is something wrong with the meal.

Fortunately, everyone remembered his words. Although they were hungry, thirsty and tired, no one touched the food, and no one dared to take a sip of water.After all, there are all kinds of strange poisons in the Western Regions, and they have heard a lot about it along the way, so naturally they dare not be careless now.

After a while, the beautiful woman came to greet everyone again.Seeing that everyone hadn't touched the bowls and chopsticks, her complexion changed slightly, and she said, "But this food is not to your liking, why didn't you all touch it?"

Chu Yunfeng opened the mouth and said: "I can't get used to the taste of the Western Regions, Boss Zhu, pay the bill, let's change."

Hearing this, Lao Zhu hurriedly asked the accompanying clerk to pay the bill, when the beautiful woman's complexion sank and she burst out laughing.

When Liu Linxi saw her expression, he secretly thought, is it too dark to explain?

At the same time, I saw Chu Yunfeng frowned, put one hand on the table, and said, "It's too insidious, poisoning the food is not counted, and even secretly burned incense...:

After he finished speaking, Liu Linxi realized that there was a faint fragrance around him.The aroma had already appeared since they entered the door, but everyone didn't pay attention to it, they had been focusing on the food all the time, they didn't expect this beautiful woman to keep a hand.

It's a pity they found out too late, everyone just felt dizzy and fell to the ground one after another.

With the last ounce of strength, Liu Linxi held Shi Fang in her arms to protect her, before she lost consciousness and fell under the table.