The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 446 Li Yuanjing's Situation
The road from Shangzhou to Dengzhou is flat. If it wasn’t for the severe cold in winter, the river was already frozen, but it would be possible to travel by water. From the Qinling Mountains to the vicinity of Hanzhou, there happened to be a river that went southward and merged into the Han River. At that time, going down the river was much faster than walking on land. However, once the river freezes, all the boats in the river land on the shore, and they can only bump on the land.

Jingzhou City, the current Jingzhou City should be called Jiangling Mansion since the Ding Ding of the Tang Dynasty, but people of the older generation are still used to calling it Jingzhou, saying that it is Jingzhou City, but Jingzhou City has a huge area under its jurisdiction. Jurisdiction over the six counties of Jiangling, Dangyang, Changlin, Shishou, Songzi, and Gong'an. This also shows how comfortable Li Yuanjing's life would be if he hadn't committed suicide by himself.

It's a pity that people's hearts are not enough to swallow an elephant.

Li Yuanjing's mansion.

After receiving the urgent letter from Chang'an City, the meritorious soldiers who stayed in the mansion and did not go to Chang'an with Li Yuanjing have already started preparations in Jingzhou City. According to their prince's itinerary, they will probably arrive in Jingzhou tomorrow. City, but what is imminent right now is the food and salaries of the sergeants in the camp on the outskirts of Jingzhou City.

The recorder of King Jing’s Mansion joined the army and was already worried about the army’s rations. This time, his prince hurried back to Jingzhou from Chang’an. The prince is going to be serious, but right now he can't even pay the army's salary, I don't know how my prince should deal with it, don't make it to the end, it's people like me who are unlucky.

At this moment, Li Yuanjing has already brought people to the vicinity of Jingzhou City, and he will be able to enter Jingzhou City in about a day and a half. On the way, Li Yuanjing also vaguely felt that someone was obstructing his itinerary secretly. Is there something going on in Chang'an?

On the carriage, Li Yuanjing unscrewed the cowhide wine pouch he was carrying with him, and poured a mouthful of spirits into his mouth. Today's Li Yuanjing is not as energetic as he was in Chang'an City back then, with slightly messy hair and embarrassing stubble. On the contrary, he was more like a down-and-out scholar. It can be seen that Li Yuanjing had suffered a lot along the way.

Li Yuanjing sighed in his heart, no matter what, he had already taken this step, and now he was about to arrive in Jingzhou. When he arrived in Jingzhou, the sea was wide and the sky was high enough for birds to fly, so what did he have to be afraid of.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanjing smiled, no matter how much he tried to comfort himself, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense. The turbulence of the past few days seemed to have wiped away the enthusiasm he had originally had in Chang'an City. , but there is no turning back.

Originally, Li Yuanjing was able to arrive in Jingzhou one day earlier. When Xuan Shijing was in Chang'an City, he asked Qiandui Feige to send a letter to his subordinates to delay Li Yuanjing's itinerary. It only took a day.

Gao Yuan was also amazed by Li Yuanjing's decisiveness. It was originally planned to trap Li Yuanjing in Xiazhou for more than three days, but Li Yuanjing still stayed for another day and then decisively chose to leave.

Li Yuanjing's convoy was ahead, and starting from Xiazhou, Gao Yuan led people disguised as merchants, and followed Li Yuanjing's team openly, which surprised the chief steward of King Jing's mansion.

If I let my lord see something, wouldn't I have to explain my life here?
At night, both Li Yuanjing's team and Gao Yuan's team chose a nearby small temple called Qiushan Temple as a place to rest. Gao Yuan was not worried that Li Yuanjing would suspect anything. Just this little deserted temple.

Two groups of people occupy the east and west sides of the temple, Li Yuanjing is in the east, and Gao Yuan is in the west. On the surface, they are not related to each other, but secretly, the two groups of people are looking at each other.

Gao Yuan came out disguised as a merchant, so the supplies he brought were naturally richer. Unlike Li Yuanjing's dry food and jerky, Gao Yuan's stove was still boiling hot soup, emitting bursts of fragrance, which made Li Yuanjing's side The guard swallowed again and again.

Seeing this, the chief steward of Prince Jing's Mansion got up and walked to Gao Yuan, wanting to ask for some food for Li Yuanjing, and also wanted to take this opportunity to have a secret talk with Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan was stirring the firewood in the fire with his hands, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, showing a smile, and said to the butler in a low voice: "You came here so blatantly, isn't it afraid that your prince will suspect you?"

The housekeeper frowned, and then responded in a low voice: "It's okay, I came here to ask you for something for King Jing."

"It's a good plan." Gao Yuan smiled, and then his voice returned to normal, and he said to the housekeeper: "This brother is here, but what advice do you have?"

The housekeeper also pretended to cup his hands and said: "Brother, when you are away from home, the food my young master brought is a little crude. I wonder if I can ask for some from my brother. I can see that my brother is a merchant. If my brother is willing to give up his love, I can give you another one." Brother is satisfied with the price."

"No, it's just a little food. What this brother said is the same. When you are away from home, take care of each other. There are many friends and multiple paths." Gao Yuan said politely: "It's just that this soup needs to be stewed for a while. If you don't like it, let's wait here for a while." Gao Yuan also gave the housekeeper an excuse to stay.

The main hall of this Qiushan Temple is not too small. The two groups of people sit separately, and the distance between them is not close. Even if Gao Yuan and the housekeeper spoke in normal voices, Li Yuanjing only listened to the general idea. Hearing that my housekeeper was going there to find merchants to find some delicious food for me, I didn't think much about it, but my heart was slightly acidic, I was a high-ranking prince, I didn't expect to be so depressed today.

Li Yuanjing sighed alone, but he didn't know that the housekeeper he trusted had already started to betray him twice.

"Why did you follow up so blatantly." The housekeeper lowered his voice and said to Gao Yuan.

"I changed my name secretly from Xiazhou. Don't worry, even if your prince sees it, he will think that I am just an ordinary merchant. Why are you nervous? The more nervous you are, the easier it is to show signs , so it is not me who should be careful, but you, even if I am discovered by your prince, at most it will be a fight, but you are different." While speaking, Gao Yuan always had a smile on his mouth.

"What do you mean?" The butler's face became serious.

"It's not interesting. I'm just analyzing the current situation with you. Don't be nervous. The more nervous you are, the more abnormal you look on the surface."

(End of this chapter)