PDLP Chapter 157: Rush to Qizhou
Chapter 157: Rush to Qizhou
His Highness suddenly asked about Qizhou.
Qin Haifeng was stunned, not knowing why His Highness was asking about a place that had nothing to do with the capital.
After a moment's thought, he said, "Your Highness, Qizhou is about five hundred miles southeast of the capital."
"More than five hundred miles?" Ning Yi looked calm.
Suddenly he fell silent, as if thinking.
A quarter of an hour later, Ning Yi spoke again: "Haifeng, pass the order down."
"All servants and guards, prepare to depart for Qizhou tomorrow."
"Ah?" Qin Haifeng was confused. "Your Highness, why are you going to Qizhou for no reason?"
"Qizhou is hundreds of miles away, and it would take several days to walk there. It would be a bit troublesome for us, with over a thousand people, to travel such a long distance."
Qin Haifeng was stunned by this order.
Even Zeng Rou, who had been silent and quietly helping Ning Yi change the tea, was surprised.
Ning Yi smiled and said, "Of course there is something important to do."
"Oh, right." Ning Yi looked at Zeng Rou, "Girl, have you been to Qizhou?"
Zeng Rou's innocent face gave a bitter smile: "Your Highness, when Rou'er and her father were fleeing, we did pass through Qizhou."
"That's good, you can come with us."
As Ning Yi's personal maid, Zeng Rou naturally had no reason to refuse.
Ning Yi didn't give them time to think and prepare: "Give the order and get ready."
"This time, we have to dress up and go."
......
That night, Yang Ziqin heard Ning Yi say that he was going to Qizhou.
Very surprised: "Husband, why are you going to Qizhou now?"
"Could something have happened over there?"
Where is Qizhou? For Yang Ziqin, who has never left the capital since childhood, he seemed to have only vaguely heard of this place name and felt that it should be very far away.
Ning Yi was lying in the quilt, hugging the woman who was now fully devoted to him.
Comforting her, she said, "It's nothing. Your husband has some things to do."
"Just stay home and watch over it. Don't tell anyone."
"Also, don't argue with A Luo."
Speaking of that A Luo, Yang Ziqin's beautiful eyes were filled with dissatisfaction: "She is a shameless barbarian woman who can only seduce you with her coquettish tricks. Sooner or later, she will drain you of your body."
Ning Yi chuckled. It seemed that Yang Ziqin was very resentful towards A Luo, the Ninth Princess.
Since getting married, A Luo has indeed been a well-behaved prince consort in the palace and has no contact with Aturu anymore.
It’s just that A Luo, the most beautiful woman on the grassland, loves singing and dancing.
Moreover, the dance she performed was quite charming, and any man who saw it would get his blood boiling.
She would also have several of her personal maids perform a group dance for Ning Yi.
Ning Yi was reluctant to leave.
As someone who came from a wealthy family and only liked well-educated and well-mannered people, Yang Ziqin naturally couldn't stand it.
Several times, he couldn't help but go over and pull Ning Yi back.
Both of them were women of noble status, so naturally they couldn't stand each other and were very ruthless in their words.
Unless Ning Yi gets angry, they will behave themselves.
Ning Yi assured on the spot: "Qin'er, don't worry. I will go there less often in the future."
"No matter what, you are my husband's true wife, aren't you?"
These words made Yang Ziqin, a lady from a wealthy family, feel much more comfortable.
She took the initiative to stretch out her fair arms and hugged Ning Yi's neck, not letting go: "Husband, then you should accompany Qin'er tonight."
Ning Yi smiled and kissed her cherry lips: "You still say she is a fairy, don't you also want to exploit your husband?"
"Oh, my husband, you are so mean."
"My husband will pamper you well."
Soon, the room was filled with cheerful sounds again.
......
The next day, after breakfast.
All the servants were ready to go, each wearing fine armor and holding distinctive weapons.
Ning Yi, wearing a cloak, took Zeng Rou, a little girl with a bundle, and got into an ordinary-looking carriage under the concerned gazes of Yang Ziqin and A Luo.
Qin Haifeng, also wearing fine armor, shouted, "Let's go."
A large group of more than a thousand people walked out of the prince's palace in a proud and arrogant manner and headed out of the city.
Qin Haifeng saw some pedestrians on the street observing them suspiciously, and said from the window, "Your Highness, there are spies."
Ning Yi said calmly: "Don't worry about them, the Intelligence Department will take care of them."
He had already given the order last night that all spies would be eliminated by the Intelligence Department.
Then he would pass the false information to the second prince who was monitoring him.
Ning Yi announced to the public that his guards would go out of the city for training.
They treated the Sixth Prince's group of little servants so seriously that they even went out of the city for training.
Many people don’t take it seriously, thinking it’s just playing house.
But Ning Yi looked through the car window at the teams of tall and straight servants outside and felt satisfied.
These little guys, who are about sixteen or seventeen years old, eat a lot of oily food every day and undergo devilish training every day.
Cultivate both civil and military talents.
His figure has already reached that of an adult.
He only needs to undergo such hard training for a year and then be deployed to participate in a few battles to become a very qualified officer.
Once his new army is completely trained and fully unveiled, it will be enough to dazzle everyone's eyes.
However, the people in the capital were all puzzled and were discussing the teams of the Sixth Prince in distinctive armor.
Everyone was wondering why the Sixth Prince's personal guards looked so strange.
The weapons were varied, some looked like farm forks, and some looked like wooden sticks.
There's not even a spear head on it, and it's so short. Do you expect this thing to kill the enemy?
There are also some bamboo sticks and forks inside. Could they be used as brooms to sweep the floor?
Could it be that the Sixth Prince is so poor that his guards can’t even afford weapons?
......
No one accompanying him knew why His Highness wanted to go to Qizhou.
I guess the only explanation is training.
The team marched very quickly. Except for a few dozen skilled veteran guards led by Qin Haifeng who rode on horses, everyone else was on foot.
However, these servants did morning exercises at the mansion every day, and they walked without any pressure at all.
Along the way, Ning Yi looked at the scenery outside and felt deeply moved.
It really looks like you are here for sightseeing.
From time to time, he would disguise himself as an ordinary scholar and take a few guards to the village to inquire about some information.
Wait until you are near Qishan, which is less than fifty miles away from Qizhou.
Ning Yi suddenly ordered everyone to stay where they were and hide in a nearby valley.
He entered Qizhou with only Zeng Rou, Qin Haifeng and a few guards.
Qizhou is more than 500 miles away from the capital, and this is the main road from Jiangdong in the south to the capital.
This was once a place where many disaster victims from Jiangdong gathered.
But now, due to the sharp drop in food prices in Jiangdong, cities everywhere are recruiting people to return home to rebuild their hometowns, and there are no longer any disaster victims.
Ning Yi dressed up as an ordinary scholar, Zeng Rou dressed up as an ordinary little servant, and Qin Haifeng, the black-faced man, became a servant to protect them.
Walking on the streets of Qizhou, Ning Yi said with a sigh, "Although Qizhou is not as prosperous as the capital, it still has its own unique charm."
Zeng Rou asked softly, "Master, now that we've arrived in Qizhou, shall we check into the restaurant first?"
Of course, but Ning Yi did not choose the best restaurant, but instead chose to stay in an ordinary inn.