Ji Yu put down the bamboo pole and knife, nodded and said, "Say it."

Tong Jingyuan sat down on the couch and whispered: "I have always been curious, why did the third prince come to Qingcheng, just to repay his kindness? But now that His Royal Highness is in such a difficult situation, shouldn't he stay in the capital to help His Royal Highness? Why did he come to Qingcheng? Qingcheng? Just for that little kindness four years ago? As far as I know, the third prince is not a kind-hearted person."

Ji Yu is interested in the third prince!Hearing what he said, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "Then what kind of person is he?"

Tong Jingyuan frowned, and said in a low voice: "When I was in the capital, I heard people say that he was a smiling tiger, that he was cruel. At that time, I was still thinking that although the third prince is a brother, he is also a prince. It is normal to be cruel. Not cruel Can you survive in such an intriguing environment?"

"But he always looks calm and indifferent... I feel very uncomfortable. Before he came to Dingzhou, I didn't care what kind of temperament he was. But now that he has come to Dingzhou, he is obviously Chong Ziyan. From Little Five..."

"The more I think about it, the more disturbed I am. I am afraid that he will have plans for Ziyan and Xiaowu, so I will send someone to monitor him..."

Ji Yu was taken aback: "When? How many days did you live in my house?"

Dare to spy on the prince, Brother Jing Yuan has the guts!

Tong Jingyuan nodded: "It was those few days. However, the guards around him were highly skilled in martial arts, and my people couldn't get close to them, and I didn't find anything unusual. There is only one thing, I think it's a little strange. One night, my people saw the third prince's person Entered the West Room, the main building of the main courtyard, and carried a person to the East Kua Courtyard."

Ji Yu's heart tightened: "When did this happen?"

Tong Jingyuan thought for a while: "It was two days before Qiu Wei's results came out."

Ji Yu asked eagerly: "After entering the Dongkua courtyard, did you hear or see anything?"

Tong Jingyuan frowned: "My people didn't dare to get too close, I just heard a hoarse voice begging for mercy, begging the third prince to spare her. Then the third prince said that if you want to survive, you have to... the following words are mine Nobody heard it."

He had just finished speaking when there was a noise from the stairs, it must be Miss Zhuang who came back.

Tong Jingyuan hurriedly got up and left.

Ji Yu picked up the knife and continued to cut the shaft of his arrow, his hands kept moving, but he was thinking about what Brother Jing Yuan said just now.

The person who resisted from the Westinghouse should be Mrs. Tan.

There is nothing wrong with the third prince looking to Tan Shi for questioning, and Tan Shi begging for mercy.

But what the third prince said, "If you want to survive, you have to...".

How about it?

Do you have to come from the truth?

He also remembered that An's mother had vowed to insist that the fourth brother and the fifth child were her children.

If what the third prince said is true, and the fourth brother and Xiao Wu are really his children, then there is nothing to worry about.

But what if it's not true?

And what Master Wei said last night...

Someone has been watching his house...

When setting off the next morning, Ji Yu found Tong Jingyuan while the bodyguard was setting up the car, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Jing Yuan, do the third prince and the son-in-law have any children?"

Tong Jingyuan frowned: "You mean the first son-in-law?"

"No." He shook his head and said, "It is rumored that the third prince and the first son-in-law hated each other and almost never had sex with each other."

Ji Yu secretly sighed.

It was exactly as he had guessed.

no children.

The third prince really recognized the fourth brother and the fifth for the sake of his heirs.

but……

If the third prince lied, the fourth brother and the fifth child are not the children of the third prince at all...

But why do you recognize the fourth brother and the fifth?If it's for successors, wouldn't it be enough to just adopt a child?

Just because of the relationship with An's father Lushui Yuanyang?

But the heirs of the royal family, how could it be so easy to get away with it?

But these things can't be verified for a while, so I can only wait until I see the fourth brother in the frontier and then talk about it in detail.

They said they were chasing Brother An, but they walked extremely slowly along the way.It's not because of the slow carriage, but because of Tong Jingyuan.

This man has traveled far and knows the situation of the canal.

"It's not every day that there are official ships berthing. It can be as short as three days or as long as seven days. What's more, the march will not be fast. If we chase too fast and bump into Ziyan Xiaowu, they will definitely not let us go to the border with us." It's better to stay far away."

Since he couldn't follow too closely, Tong Jingyuan would go shopping in every town he went to. Whenever he saw good things, he would always buy some goods, saying that he would sell them in the north.

Miss Zhuang scoffed at his behavior.

"It's fine if you don't like reading. I agree with opening a bookstore to print and sell books, but buying and selling them... a typical profiteer!"

But Ji Yu agreed very much.

Not only did he agree, but he did it himself.

Although he is not short of money now, the more money the better, not for himself, but for the fourth brother.

Now that the war is stalemate, the imperial treasury must be empty, and the troops on the frontier must be short of food and clothing.

Now that winter is coming, if there is no thick cotton coat and no food, it will be dead.

Along the way, Ji Yu bought mules, satin, tea, rouge and gouache,

When leaving Dingzhou, the original six-horse cart, seventeen-horse 21 people turned into a long caravan.

Not only are the goods swarming, but a bodyguard has also been hired to escort them.

It's not that they have too much money to burn, and they already have bodyguards and still need to hire new bodyguards, but that the law and order in this era is really bad.

Even if it is an official road, if you go to a remote section, you will encounter robbery from time to time.

Unfortunately, the bandits found the wrong person.

This caravan not only has excellent bodyguards, but also masters sent by Mr. Wei, and there are also excellent archers like Ji Yu.

Not only did the bandits fail to take advantage of it, but they also lost troops and generals, causing heavy casualties.

Although Miss Zhuang is a girl, she is also extremely brave.

Along the way, they pestered Ji Yu to teach her how to shoot arrows, and pestered Mrs. Zeng's husband to teach her how to practice kung fu. She was not afraid of bandits, so she just used them to practice.

Ji Yu felt very uncomfortable at first, but because of the optimistic girl Zhuang, he didn't feel so sad when he missed An Si along the way.

When they finally arrived at the pier of the canal, they found out that the Huaishan army had left on the official ship they had taken three days ago.Today, there happened to be an official ship heading north.

Ji Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

With only a gap of three days, he will soon be able to see his fourth brother.

But when I went to buy a boat ticket, I realized that the official boat ticket is really in short supply now, and it is difficult to buy it without official documents.

Tong Jingyuan was about to try to squeeze money to do this, when a man named Lao Hei sent by Weizhi County got the ticket in a few clicks.

Get their long caravan on board.

Tong Jingyuan was naturally happy to be able to board the boat, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Sure enough, it's better to be an official!"

But looking at the water level in the canal that had dropped significantly, Ji Yu was very anxious.

The water is shallow, so the boat can't go fast.They are afraid that they will be far behind the fourth brother.

Tong Jingyuan comforted him and said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Maybe we will be a few days behind in this section of the canal. But we won't be too behind. After getting off the official ship, there is still a long stretch of land to go. Ziyan Xiaowu Although it is a quick march, I guess the speed will not be fast. Of course, the officers ride horses, but the soldiers still walk? We can't follow too closely. We are not soldiers, so we can't enter the barracks. We can only wait in the nearby towns, a little slower It doesn't matter the day."

Ji Yu naturally knew this truth.

In marching and fighting, except for the cavalry, it is not bad for other troops to travel forty miles a day.After all, it is the slowest part of the line that determines the speed of travel.

Since he couldn't be in a hurry, Ji Yu could only sit down and make arrows with peace of mind.

But the further north we went, the colder the weather was, and the bad news came one after another.

When the peace talks broke down, Dayan raised his troops to the south, broke through Liangzhou, and went straight to Danzhou.

If Danzhou is also broken, the capital south of the Yellow River will be in danger.

Now Tong Jingyuan was also in a hurry, circling in circles in the cabin: "Ziyan Xiaowu should have arrived in Danzhou, right? Maybe he has already signed up. Yan Guo has [-] cavalry, how much can I have?"

Ji Yu shook his head and said, "It's useless. No matter how many infantry, in front of heavy cavalry, they can only be crushed like ants meeting elephants. Unless I, Dakang, have comparable cavalry or heavy weapons."

The basin of cold water he poured made Tong Jingyuan tremble, and he said in panic, "Then Xiaowu..."

Ji Yu sighed lightly: "I don't know either. If you are defending the city, as long as you have enough food and grass, you can last for a while."

Miss Zhuang was worried about Colonel Jiang, and asked anxiously, "Brother Yu, can you make heavy weapons?"

Ji Yu looked up at her and smiled: "You think highly of me."

Unexpectedly, Tong Jingyuan, the girl from Zhuang, said at the same time: "As long as your little ideas come one after another, we will naturally believe you."

Tong Jingyuan said again: "Sister-in-law, as long as you can make it, I will pay as much money as you want."

As long as he can save Xiao Wu, as long as he can help Xiao Wu, he is willing to spend any amount of money.

Ji Yu nodded solemnly: "I will work hard."

If he told them, there was a cannon on this ship, with countless gunpowder and ammunition, the firepower could at least overwhelm a battalion.

Once the fire explodes, the entire ship can be blown up to ashes and annihilated. I don't know if they will be scared to jump out of the ship and escape?

This official ship is not a direct ship, and it must berth every time it passes a pier.

The parking time is not short.

Many boat passengers disembarked for a stroll and bought some souvenirs.

Ji Yu also got off the boat, and took Miss Zhuang to the pharmacy and then to the blacksmith's shop. If there were saltpeter, sulfur and iron nails, he would definitely buy them all.

Of these things, the more the better when fighting.

Miss Zhuang didn't ask Ji Yu what to buy out of curiosity.

Don't ask, she probably knows what Brother Yu is doing.

She supports Brother Yu in whatever he does.

Tong Jingyuan was not idle either. He sold the goods brought from the south and bought some medicinal materials, cotton cloth and winter clothes.

By the time the official ship arrived in the capital, a month had passed.

After crossing the Yellow River, Ji Yu and his party continued to march towards Danzhou.

Along the way, from time to time, I met people and soldiers fleeing south.

The people are alright, those deserters fled when they met the army of the Yan State, but when they met their caravan, they went so far as to rob them.

These people didn't take Ji Yu and the others seriously at all, but how could they know that they were Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, not easy to mess with?

The small group of deserters was no match for Ji Yu and the others.

But there are not only deserters, but also bandits.

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