The vast sea, on a huge merchant ship, Tianbian was looking out with a telescope.
A small soldier hurried up from a small boat: "General, the Commander of Great Yin has indeed been replaced. Your subordinate heard that he is a prince."
Great Wai country values strength, and does not care much about royalty: "Where is Gu Sang, is he still in Yangzhou?"
"No, he set off this morning, I heard he is going to the capital."
"That's great, go, contact Suzuki-kun and Takahashi-kun, and make a big splash while they are celebrating the New Year."
The small soldier calculated and was a little confused: "General, there are still twenty days until the New Year."
"Twenty days is enough for the guy named Gu to reach the capital, and when the distant water can't save the nearby fire, wouldn't that be even better?" The people of Great Wai country are not afraid of death, but being chased around for more than two years has left them with quite a psychological shadow.
Especially since Tianbian had personally watched Tuobian Shuren being hanged and paraded on the city wall. The one who led the army to capture the city back then was this guy named Gu Yanchen, he was simply the nightmare of all Great Wai country warriors.
Several leaders of the pirates soon gathered. Takahashi's base camp had been wiped out once, and that time he lost more than half of his men, otherwise, why would these two things in front of him be equal to him?
Hearing that Gu Yanchen was now stripped of his official position, he even put aside the siege: "Gu Sang killed so many brothers, wouldn't it be a pity to just let him go to the capital to enjoy himself? Now that he has no army around him, why don't we send someone to..."
A throat-slitting gesture.
It's a pity that his ally, Tianbian-kun, was not very cooperative: "It's good that he is leaving Jiangnan, why should Takahashi-kun make extra trouble?"
Suzuki also said: "Yes, Takahashi-kun, there is a saying among the Great Yin people that if you don't kill the snake, you will be harmed by it. If we force him to come back and fight us, it will not be worth the loss."
Takahashi was angry: "After being chased and beaten by him for two years, you can swallow it, but I can't."
"Then what does Takahashi-kun want?"
"Strike while the iron is hot, now that he has no soldiers, isn't a lone commander easy for us to slaughter? I want to send fifty experts to go ashore and assassinate the guy named Gu."
The two hesitated.
Takahashi persuaded again: "Gu Sang's return to the capital is likely to be rewarded, not punished. As long as he is alive, he may return to Yangzhou. Do you still want to live a life of hiding and fleeing? Sending fifty people is just a matter of killing him, and then we can rest easy."
This temptation was too great, and Suzuki could not resist: "One hundred and fifty people, I'm afraid it's not easy to go ashore."
"As long as you are willing to provide people, I will solve this problem."
"Okay, for a secure future."
"I also agree." Tianbian smashed his wine cup: "For Great Wai."
On the sea, there were more than just these few pirate families who wanted Gu Yanchen's life. That night, countless pirates took boats and headed north. Then they used all sorts of methods to sneak ashore, setting up a net everywhere, just waiting for Gu Yanchen to run into it.
Gu Yanchen was completely unaware that he had been targeted, but he did not take the main road, but chose a more rugged path. In some places, he even had to dismount and lead the horses to pass carefully.
Lu Nianfu knew that he was guarding against pirates. Although she was tossed around miserably, she did not complain at all.
Comfort and life, naturally, life is more important. When they reached the capital, they would enjoy double the pleasure to make up for it.
Therefore, countless disguised pirates chased and guarded for seven or eight days without encountering anyone.
The closer they got to the capital, the colder the weather became. The goose-feather-like snow fulfilled Qingya's dream of watching the snow, but it also really froze her to death. Qingmiao and Mian'er did not have inner energy to protect them. Even though there was a charcoal brazier in the carriage, the two of them still huddled together and shivered. Lu Nianfu relieved them of their service and only asked them to pay attention to keeping warm and to reach the capital safely.
After nineteen days of arduous journey, the convoy finally reached the capital.
Lu Nianfu looked at the tall and majestic city gate, and couldn't help but look back at the row of carriages following behind. There was more than half of her fortune, and loyal servants, and the seventh prince, who was favored by the emperor, and Situ Jue's most desired ally, had become her husband.
She suddenly felt full of confidence. What was there to fear from Situ Jue.
She was no longer the singing girl rescued from the mire by him, nor the orphaned girl who had to rely on his status to do business.
She was Lu Nianfu, the Seventh Prince's Consort.
With so many changes, she did not believe that she would end up in the same miserable state as in her previous life.