Chapter 289: Strange Encounter on Return to Beijing

Prime Minister Qin's eyebrows jumped violently, but his heart couldn't help but follow the other party's words and think about them.

Seeing this, Qi Jier took drastic measures again, "Of course, if the Prime Minister does not want to, I will not say much, but from now on, the Prime Minister's party that he has painstakingly cultivated for decades will probably fall apart and cease to exist. Even the Prime Minister and his nine clans will not be able to be protected. What do you think?"

This is a threat, a threat that will expose you completely!
The situation now is exactly as the other party said. I don't know if their foolish and cowardly emperor has been criticized too much by the people of the world, or he has thought too much after losing the north. Since the new capital was settled and the emperor took the throne again, this emperor has been making small moves.

After weighing the pros and cons again and again, it was a choice between life and death. He was not old yet, and he had a family that relied on him for its prosperity. How could he give it up?
After weighing the pros and cons again and again, Prime Minister Qin looked at the person in front of him coldly and said with relief, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Seeing the other party soften and compromise, Qijier's eyes lit up and he was overjoyed.

"Don't worry, sir. It's not a big deal. I just need you to ask me. It's really simple. You can just..."

After hearing what the other party said, Qin Xiangguo immediately understood the other party's identity: "You are a Hu person!"

Qi Jier was not annoyed by Prime Minister Qin's contempt and smiled calmly, "Hahaha, everything is up to you, Prime Minister. After the matter is done, I will return all the letters together. To show my sincerity, these are..." Qi Jier pointed to the box, "Prime Minister, you can take them all now."

After all, it was not his own interests that were being harmed. In order to protect himself, Prime Minister Qin had already made up his mind. He whispered something to the guard, and the other party took the order and left. Not long after, two large ships floated on the lake, followed by a group of people who quickly moved away ten boxes of treasures in batches.

Before Prime Minister Qin boarded the ship and left, he looked at Qijier coldly.

"I hope you will keep your word. If not, I guarantee that you will be able to enter Xinjing but not leave."

After leaving these words, Prime Minister Qin boarded the ship and sailed away. Qijier looked at him with a sneer and then gave orders, telling his men to disappear as planned. Then someone from below came to report that there were eyes watching them from behind. Qijier laughed and cursed him as an old fox and waved his hand to continue speaking.

"Nothing, proceed as planned. The pleasure boat will be kept. I will lead a team of people to stay here. The rest of you should keep quiet and wait for the call. If the old man fails to complete the plan within three days, you will divide the letters into two batches. One batch will be delivered to the desk of Emperor Dajing, and the other batch will be sent to their most powerful Qiushan Academy. They will be made public in front of all the scholars and the people of Xinjing."

"Here."

Two days later, around noon, a horse-drawn carriage slowly appeared on the official road leading to Beijing.

In the carriage, Li Yaoguang was acting as a peacemaker between the two pets who were each occupying a corner and making a scene. Suddenly, a horse neighed outside, and the carriage stopped immediately.

Li Yaoguang subconsciously asked, "Brother, are we here so soon?"

Ji Mo's reply came from outside, "No, the road ahead is blocked."

"The road is closed?" Li Yaoguang became more and more confused. She didn't care about the two of them anymore and lifted the car curtain and got out. She saw her father and brother looking forward. She simply stood beside her father and brother and looked forward as well.

There were a lot of people in front of them, and it seemed that they were all civilian caravans heading into the city, and they were all stuck in front for some unknown reason. Seeing that the team was motionless, Ji Mo told Li Yaoguang and got off the car to go to the front to investigate.

Before he reached the front, he was stopped by soldiers armed with spears and fully equipped. After asking the merchant caravan that had been stopped earlier, he learned that a high-ranking official was traveling and the soldiers had blocked the road.

Ji Mo looked at the intersection blocked by soldiers and officers. There was no one at the back and no so-called high-ranking official was seen. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart, wondering who could have made such a big fuss.

However, looking at the current situation, he couldn't leave for a while, so Ji Mo didn't delay, retracted his gaze and went straight back.

When they arrived at their carriage, they talked to Li Yaoguang who was waiting anxiously, and then they simply drove the carriage to the shade of a tree on the side of the road, relaxed, sat upright on the shaft, ate some dry food, chatted for a while, and waited quietly.

We waited for more than two hours. As the sun began to set, the team in front slowly started to move.

Li Yaoguang, who had been waiting impatiently, saw it and quickly picked up the scattered things on the shaft of the cart and urged happily: "Brother, look, the team has moved, let's hurry up and follow them, so as to avoid any accidents later. We must get home today."

Ji Mo had no objection. He jumped off the carriage, untied the reins, took off the ration bag hanging from the horse's mouth, and jumped on the carriage. Seeing that Li Yaoguang was still standing on the shaft, he asked with concern, "Why don't you get in?"

Li Yaoguang shook his head and spread his hands helplessly, "Forget it, those two guys inside are sometimes good and sometimes bad, just ignore them, I'll stay outside with you, big brother."

Thinking of the conflicting auras of Black Whirlwind and Yellow Cucca, Ji Mo could not help but smile, "Okay." He patted the seat beside him, motioning Li Yaoguang to sit tight, and with a whip in his hand, the carriage started moving.

They returned southwards, travelling lightly, the heaviest luggage being the two who were still quarrelling in the carriage. The carriage was moving very fast, and soon it overtook many travelers who were avoiding the roadside, and even the caravans that were carrying heavy loads, and it was in the front in the blink of an eye.

After passing the intersection that was previously guarded by soldiers, and walking about four or five miles forward, we arrived at the outskirts of Beijing and could see the city wall in front of us. Suddenly, a large group of people appeared in front of us, including men, women, young and old, carrying bags.

Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo both had good eyesight, and at first they thought they were civilians leaving the city after the lockdown was lifted, but as they got closer, they realized something was wrong.

They saw it clearly. The person who came was strange. He took off his tattered clothes with patches on them as he walked, and then changed into neat clothes. He walked in a hurry with a look of fear and caution on his face. It was really weird, as if there was a ghost chasing him.

So the two of them paid more attention, which resulted in Li Yaoguang clearly hearing the voice of a boy in the crowd when the car passed by the group of old and young.

"Master, who are those nobles? Didn't they leave? Then why do we have to leave? Don't we even want the clothes in the inn? This is so strange, Master. We just came to Kyoto, and didn't the owner say that he wanted to make a name for himself and build the largest troupe in Kyoto? Why..."

The sturdy man beside him was probably too anxious to be asked, and he didn't even bother to tie the belt of his clothes. He quickly scolded, "Shut up, don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask, just listen to the boss, if you want to live, leave quickly."

Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo looked at each other and found it more and more strange, but they had no idea what was strange for a moment. They just thought that this group of people had encountered some difficulties and did not connect them with the roadblock just now. They did not know that just before, when they were waiting in front of the roadblock where the soldiers were blocking the road, a team of low-key and luxurious carriages and horses slowly drove out of the city.

When they reached the area blocked by soldiers, when Li Yaoguang and the others were unaware of the situation here, the carriage was passing a busy farmland in the suburbs. An old hand in the car lifted the curtain, and seeing the busy figures outside, the owner of the hand sighed that the farmers were working hard. Then a younger voice was heard in the car shouting to stop the car, and with this order, the car stopped there.