Li Dalang looked back and saw two familiar figures walking quickly.

"Liu Lang, Lu... Daochang Lu? What are you doing?"

Yan Liulang was followed by Lu Ya, whom he hadn't seen for many days.

Li Dalang saw Yan Liulang's serious face, a little out of breath, and seemed to have run back without stopping all the way.

Lu Ya was more calm, or rather, he had a paralyzed face and no emotion at all. However, his hair was greasy, and the temples wearing a Taoist crown were also messed up by the river wind, and you could see a little trace of travel dust.

"Dalang, you are here just in time. Director Lu is back. You take him to see the prince and Miss Xie. The Taoist said he has something important to tell the prince secretly. It seems to be about Hukou County."

Yan Liulang hurriedly waved his hand, handed Lu Ya to Li Dalang, turned around and left.

Li Dalang subconsciously called him:

"Wait, leave it to me? What is Rokuro going to do?"

Yan Liulang had a bitter look on his face, looked around, took out a handwritten letter that Ouyang Rong had stamped in the morning from his arms, and whispered:

"I'm busy. I went to the Jiangzhou lobby in the morning to convey the Ming government's command. The city is under martial law today. You are only allowed to leave but not enter. Unless you have the seal of the Ming government, the prince, you will be killed without mercy... This is the morning when the Ming government left the city.

Strict order issued before.

"But now I have to go to Xunyang Ferry and issue a warrant. There is a large flow of boats entering and exiting there, so it must be blocked. No boats are allowed to dock again. All boats at the ferry must enter the port... It is the same as the city gate.

, today the ferry is only allowed to leave, not to enter...

"The Xunyang Ferry is under the management of the Municipal Trade Department. It is an official directly appointed by the imperial court. It has great power. I need to go there personally. I have gathered the people and are waiting outside now. I will take them to seal the crossing..."

Yan Liulang pointed at the expressionless Lu Ya below, and his words flowed like beans:

"I just met Daochang Lu on the road. I escorted him here. Your Majesty, please take Daochang Lu in. I can't stay long, so I'll leave first..."

After saying this, without waiting for Dalang's reaction, Yan Liulang ran away quickly, leaving Lu Ya behind.

Li Dalang turned to look at Lu Ya, who had a serious expression:

"Your Majesty, where are the Prince and Princess, please take Pindao there immediately."

Li Dalang nodded, stepped aside, and spread his hands to signal:

"Okay, Taoist Master, please come this way."

"Um."

Lu Ya took half a step slowly, followed Li Dalang, and rushed to the study together.

The atmosphere on the road was silent.

Lu Ya had a boring temperament, while Li Dalang was always serious and upright in front of outsiders and didn't talk much, except when he was in front of friends like Ouyang Rong and Yan Liulang, who was more lively and relaxed.

As for Lu Ya, he didn't have much contact with Li Dalang, but he knew that the Shangqing Taoist priest and Amei were quite close to Li Guo'er, including the forces from the Sanqing Taoist sect.

Also, Director Lu obviously came back with some information, but instead of telling him first, he had to wait for his father and sister to arrive...

Although, when Tanlang is away, A-mei and father are indeed the masters of the family, and sometimes A-mei's words are even more effective than father.

But it still reflected the difference between closeness and distance, but Li Dalang didn't mind at all. Instead, he was a little worried. Do these Taoist priests from the Sanqing Taoist sect want to coax Amei to practice Taoism in the future, Daqian, the royal princess of Dazhou, and go to the temple? It’s not that there are no Taoists, but there are quite a lot of them, and there are a lot of noble Taoist titles bestowed by the emperor.

Li Dalang is reluctant to leave, but in his heart he still hopes that his sister will marry a good family, give birth to a son soon, and visit her uncle's house often, instead of going to the temple, eating fast, and practicing pure cultivation after birth...

Approaching the study, Li Dalang, who had been silent all the way, took the initiative to chat:

"By the way, does Director Lu know about the water thieves incident in Hukou County?"

Lu Ya shook his head in confusion:

"What's up?"

Without waiting for Dalang to speak, he asked:

"Pindao just got off the boat at Xunyang Ferry and saw Princess Anhui's carriage entering the dock. It seemed that she was about to leave by boat. Are you going back to Beijing?

"Pindao remembers that the palace seems to be very concerned about the movements of Wei's people in Jiangzhou, so do you know about the princess' trip this morning, the prince, the princess...and the prince?"

Li Dalang suddenly stopped on the spot.

Lu Ya was confused: "What happened to the prince?"

He saw the young man paused in front of him and continued walking forward, smiling and waving his hand:

"It's okay. In fact, I have heard about this before. She left this morning... She is about to arrive. My father is in the study. I will go to the outer house to call my sister. The Taoist priest will go in first."

"Um."

Li Dalang sent Lu Ya into the study, then patiently poured a cup of tea for Lu Ya and Li Xian, who looked happy to receive the guests, turned around and went out quietly.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li, Xie, and Wei arrived and closed the door.

Li Guoer calmly reported to Li Xian:

"Father, Miaozhen and Li Congshan have left with three hundred soldiers. My mother and I checked and found that there are no more of them in the house. As for the other servants and maids, Uncle Shun has found reasons to send them away. The inner house has been It's cleared, they are not allowed to come near..."

"Okay, okay, okay."

Li Xian said three times and breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone saw him pick up the tea cup and drink it all in one gulp.

Several women also exhaled, feeling as if they had broken free from the prison and were under surveillance, and the sea and sky were vast.

Xie Lingjiang thought of something and asked the paralyzed young man in Taoist robes:

"The latest news this morning is that Hukou County has been captured by water thieves. Do you know that Director Lu is coming back from there?"

Lu Ya looked surprised and already gave the answer.

"Is this happening?"

Li Guo'er observed his subtle expression, then shook his head slightly:

"Fortunately, you should have taken a step ahead and didn't run into... Those water thieves have now robbed the official ship and headed south, and may arrive at Xun at any time. From now on, the waterway leading to Hukou County is very dangerous, and it is hard to say

You will hit the knife edge of the water thieves. If you fight on the river, you will never be able to defeat them. You will become a lamb to be slaughtered."

Wei Mei suddenly asked: "Doesn't that mean that the waterway for us to escape to Longcheng County has also been blocked? Longcheng County is also in the direction of Hukou County."

"That's right."

Li Xian said with admiration:

"No wonder Tanlang didn't mention the water route to Dragon City when he gave us instructions before leaving this morning. He directly told us to get ready to drink ice."

Li Guo'er and Xie Lingjiang were both standing in front of a large map in the center of the study, with their heads lowered, looking at each other.

Li Bao'er followed the river on the map with a green finger, and stopped at the position between Xiushui Fang where Prince Xunyang's Mansion was located and Kuanglu Mountain, and she admired in a low voice:

"Thanks to him, we took precautions and prepared new roads in advance. He had just proposed expanding the ice cave and transporting ice. We still felt that it was unnecessary..."

Xie Lingjiang nodded heavily and said in a clear voice: "Elder brother never does useless things, Your Majesty, now that the constraints of the palace are lifted, let's continue on the path arranged by the elder brother and go drink ice..."

Everyone had no objections and immediately started to go out. At this moment, Wei Mei, who was walking behind, looked around and asked suddenly:

"Wait, where is Dalang?"

Everyone stopped in front of the door, their faces stunned.

"Weren't you here just now?"

"Did you get some tea?"

"I asked Uncle Shun if he saw it, maybe he went back to the yard to pack things..."

Everyone was talking about it and searched for it to no avail. They called Uncle Shun and the stewards to search.

Two quarters of an hour later, there was still no clue and he was no longer in the house.

Li Xian frowned, and Wei's eyebrows swirled anxiously:

"At this juncture, where has Dalang gone?!"

Li Guo'er frowned, pondered for a moment, then walked out in front of everyone and whispered a few words to Uncle Shun.

Uncle Shun had a surprised look on his face and went out as ordered. Not long after, the old housekeeper came back tremblingly, bringing back a stable manager behind him.

The steward knelt down with a bang and kowtowed heavily:

"The prince just hurried to the stable, grabbed a fast horse and went out. He said he wanted to go to Xunyangdu to stop someone and settle the matter. If he didn't go there, he would regret it for a long time... The prince also said

, Prince and Princess, please rest assured that Yan Canjun is also there, there is no danger for the time being..."

Everyone looked at each other.
Chapter completed!