The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

"What do you mean, sir?"

The man's originally planned rhetoric was useless at all, but now sitting in front of Bai Yan, he always felt that there was no way to hide any thoughts.

Bai Yan glanced at him, "The less you know, the longer you will live. You have nothing to rely on in Nanyi, so you want to come to Daliang. What do you want?"

He has been exchanging letters with Xiao Jiuqin recently, except for a little personal content, most of them are related to the firearms camp.

He was busy with business at hand, and Bai Yan had no patience for saving such a person for a while, and this guy who claimed to be the prince of Nanyi didn't look too smart, he was even more tired.

So when he opened his mouth, he had to be as straightforward as possible, and the little prince was forced to retreat every step of the way.

"I came to Yingdu by accident." He explained feebly.

Bai Yan raised his eyebrows, and immediately called for someone, "Come here."

Two servants from the mansion came in, and Bai Yan ordered, "Send this one to Dali Temple, and say he is a spy from Nanyi."

"You!" The man is good-looking, a little beauty, his eyes widened, "I am the prince of Nanyi, you can't just send me to the prison..."

"Oh." Bai Yan glanced at him lightly, "The small land of Nanyi is only the size of a prefecture in Daliang. Besides, the tribute has been lowered and lowered over the years. In turn, Daliang has to take care of you. Why, one The little prince still thinks he is precious?"

"After all, Nanyi is just a subject of Daliang. Do you really think that Daliang knows nothing about your wishful thinking?"

The little beauty turned pale.

Bai Yan shook his head secretly, this little beauty is really a bit timid, he just frightened her a few words, and her appearance has already changed.

"I entered Yingdu intentionally." The little beauty finally let go.

Bai Yan hummed.

Looking at Bai Yan's expression, he hesitated, "Also, I have another purpose."

"But I really didn't lie to you just now. My mother is really Daliang's singer, and it's true that I'm not favored. The reason why I was injured all over and came all the way to Yingdu is partly because I escaped marriage, and partly because I wanted to save myself. Seek a way out."

"Escaping marriage?" Bai Yan frowned.

"Well, my father intends to send me to Daliang, saying that he wants to be the prince's side king."

"Why is there no news so far?" Bai Yan has been busy going around these days, but the news about Nanyi still stays on their suspected collusion with Beidi.

"This..." The little beauty hesitated again, before speaking slowly, "My father has me by his side, my confidant, he told me the news when he found out, and then I ran away."

The timing of his escape was just right, and not many people in Nanyi knew about it, so after he escaped, the Nanyi king blocked the news, lest Daliang would hear the news and cause unhappiness.

"You..." Bai Yan didn't know what to say for a while, this little beauty obviously ran away from marriage, but fortunately she ran to Daliang without dying.

But after thinking about it, the current situation between Beidi and Nanyi is difficult to say. It is not easy for him to find a place to live, and the people of Nanyi must be arresting him everywhere.In Daliang territory, those people were really not easy to do things, and they would be noticed if they didn't guard against it. The most dangerous place was also the safest place. Although he was not familiar with the place in Daliang, at least those people were like that.

"When I approached Yingdu, I was overtaken, and all the attendants around me were killed. I managed to save my life and was saved by the young master."

"Then what are you going to do now?" Bai Yan looked at him, "I am a courtier of Daliang, so I cannot save you."

"My lord!" The little beauty suddenly knelt down, "Please help me, lord."

"Rescue you at the risk of being framed for my collusion with Nanyi?" Bai Yan smiled, "Why would I do this?"

It was a mistake for Bai Yan not to send him to Dali Temple immediately, let alone save him.

"What if I know Beidi's plan?" The little beauty raised her eyes, Bai Yan looked at him, and sneered for a long time, "You really know a lot."

"I just want to survive."

The emperor was busy practicing Taoism, while Huai Chun was so busy that he didn't even touch the ground. He managed to deal with the matter at hand, and someone reported to Bai Yan for an interview.

Wei Chengdan was by his side, during this time he had been in the palace, once when the emperor saw him, he just glanced at him and didn't say anything, so he stayed with Huai Chun every day with peace of mind.

Bai Yan came in quickly, but he was accompanied by a man dressed as a servant.

Huai Chun was keen, "He is?"

Bai Yan made people look up, Huai Chun took a suspicious look, and Wei Chengdan also looked over curiously.

"The little prince of Nanyi...Jiang Yu."

Huaichun and Wei Chengdan were startled, and looked at Bai Yan, "What happened, why did he follow you?"

"To put it simply, the king of Nanyi wanted to present him as the side lord of His Highness the Second Highness." Bai Yan sat down next to him after speaking, "I rescued him unintentionally. Although I thought he was suspicious, I didn't expect it to be Xiao Nanyi. prince."

As soon as the word "side gentleman" was mentioned, Huai Chun's eyes moved, and Wei Chengdan couldn't help but raised his voice a lot, "Ridiculous!"

"The matter will not be clear for a while, but as far as it is concerned, the plan of King Nanyi has been disrupted by him. Now someone is secretly looking for him everywhere. Presumably, on the one hand, they want to arrest him, and on the other hand, they are also afraid that he will stab him. Something big is going to happen."

Bai Yan talked with the two of them for a long time, and Jiang Yu was also obedient, answering every question.

It wasn't until dusk that several people discussed a plan.

It's just that before it was finished, a person hurried in from the outside, bent down and knelt down, "Something happened in Suiyang Mountain!"

Bai Yan froze, accidentally turned over the cup with his sleeve, and smashed it to pieces on the ground.

"What's going on?" Bai Yan's face was pale, and he couldn't care about Jiang Yu beside him for a moment.

"The mine was blown up. Now more than a dozen people have died, and more than [-] people have been injured. The life and death of Pingjin Marquis is unknown."

Bai Yan immediately walked out.

Huai Chun followed immediately, and Wei Chengdan originally wanted to follow, but when he saw the confused Jiang Yu, he called someone to keep him under surveillance, and he ordered the hidden guards to find out the news.

Only the words "life and death are unknown" were left in Bai Yan's mind. He was caught off guard for a moment, and he didn't notice the steps under his feet. He suddenly stepped on the air and fell forward.

Huai Chun hurriedly caught him, "Don't die!"

The scolding sound in his ear, Bai Yan somehow reacted, his mind was already in a mess, and now he clasped Huai Chun's arm, a little flustered, "How could Xiao Jiuqin..."

"Don't panic!" Huai Chun clasped his wrist with his backhand, and took him to a remote place, lest anyone pass by to listen to the news.

"Xiao Jiuqin is the Marquis of Pingjin, and the barbarians in Beidi can't do anything to him." Huai Chun knew how worried Bai Yan was, so he didn't dare to speak too harshly, so he could only follow his hair, "Listen to me, he won't something happened."

"Now I'll ask someone to arrange a carriage to take you to Suiyang Mountain. At the same time, I'll send a team to find out the news first. Don't panic, I'll cover the emperor's side for you."

Bai Yan nodded in bewilderment, and thanked again, "Thank you."

"Are you still being polite with me?" Huai Chun patted him on the shoulder, "You can leave the matter of the little prince of Nanyi to me, and you, go to Suiyang Mountain safely, don't think about anything, Xiao Jiuqin He missed you for five years, and the two of you will get married in the future, so it is impossible for something to happen."

He was too shocked to hear the news just now, and the mine was already dangerous, so Bai Yan got into a corner for a while, and now Huai Chun's persuasion gave him a lot of peace of mind, and he finally got a little more thoughtful about Xiao Jiuqin's accident. Be skeptical.

Huai Chun handed him a sign, and Bai Yan left in a hurry.

As soon as he left the palace, there was a carriage waiting, and he rushed to Suiyang Mountain immediately.Bai Mansion had its own Huai Chun send someone to explain, and there were even a change of clothes and dry food in the carriage.Along the way, Bai Yan urged the groom several times to go faster. The original one-day and one-night journey was shortened by three hours. When he arrived at Suiyang Mansion, there were rumors about the mine everywhere.

Originally, Xiao Jiuqin was acting in secret, and no one knew anything about the mine except the Suiyang Mansion Master.

But following an explosion that shook the sky and the earth, everyone in the radius of hundreds of miles asked about it.Within a day, most of the people heard the news.

Bai Yan didn't delay, he went directly to the head of the Suiyang Mansion, and he sent someone to send Bai Yan into the mountain.

Suiyang Mansion is different from Yongzhou Mansion. There is less water and more mountains here, and the settlements are even more scattered. On the way into the mountains, Bai Yan met many people walking inside.

Following him was the confidant of the Lord of Suiyang. He had heard about the deeds of Lord Bai, and he respected and feared Bai Yan. Three hundred were transferred, but they all went into the mountain to save people, so there are fewer people stationed down the mountain."

"Where are the rest of the garrison?" Bai Yan traveled day and night, although his face looked tired, but his eyes did not diminish intimidation, the man trembled and asked when he saw it, "I don't know, there are many bandits in Suiyang Mansion, and they have been wreaking havoc everywhere recently , Most of the troops were scattered, and there was an accident in the mine, and there was no time to mobilize for a while."

It was a bandit again, Bai Yan thought of the bandits in Yongzhou Mansion, and his anger was still in his chest.But even if there are a lot of garrisons sent out, there should still be a thousand people, and it is impossible to have only three hundred. Bai Yan finally noticed something wrong at this moment.

He opened the curtain, "How many troops are there in Suiyang Mansion?"

"This..." The man hesitated.

"Say!"

"My lord, forgive me!" The man immediately knelt down, and Bai Yan's heart sank, "What's going on?"

Following Bai Yan's questioning, the man spoke little by little.

Last year, an incident happened in the neighboring mansion. They negotiated several times with Suiyang Mansion, and finally borrowed [-] officers and soldiers from Suiyang Mansion. It was obvious that they were stationed in the neighboring mansion.

This matter is actually a win-win situation, as there are few people in Suiyang Prefecture, part of the rations required by the garrison on weekdays comes from taxes, and part of it comes from neighboring prefectures.

The bottom line is that Suiyang Prefecture has a large land area and sparse population, and the yield of soil crops is too low. Therefore, compared with other prefectures and counties, Suiyang Prefecture’s taxes are unsustainable. The two agree.

For the whole year, the matter of the two thousand garrisons was well concealed. If it hadn't been for the sudden incident of the mine, no one should have discovered it.

It's just that there is no impenetrable wall in the world, as soon as Bai Yan opened it, the man immediately panicked.

"Your Excellency, it is clear that my Palace Master is really forced to do nothing!"

Bai Yan didn't say a word, he didn't care about this matter now, the carriage was arriving at the foot of the mountain, so he rushed into the mountain immediately.

Half an hour later, Bai Yan arrived in front of the mine, and the surroundings were in chaos. There were rescuers and injured people everywhere, and there were corpses not far away.

Bai Yan felt it was absurd, he stopped one person, "Where is Marquis Pingjin?"

He was full of wind and frost, and he was also fierce. The other party was about to lose his temper, but when he saw him, he immediately retracted and shook his head, "I don't know, I'm missing!"