Chapter 696 Li Zhi returns to Beijing

The three of them cried for a long time before they cried a little. Wang Ping'an said, "Your Highness, when will you start?"

Li Zhi wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and said, "According to the schedule, he will be on the road tomorrow, but he doesn't go back to Beijing directly. He also has to go to several other states, so it doesn't matter if he wants to walk a few days late. Anyway, he will walk faster on the road, that's it!"

Wu Meiniang had tears on her face, but she didn't wipe it. She said, "Otherwise, what if you say you are sick for a few days? Once you are sick, others will not urge you to go on the road. We can stay together for a few more days."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "This idea is good. Why don't I just say that I'll get cold and need to rest for a few days. I'm not sick. Do you think it's good for wind and cold or something else? Or do you think I fell off the horse by riding a horse?"

Wang Ping'an thought for a while and said, "It's not good. If you say that your highness is sick, it will alarm the officials. Everyone will come to see you, so you can't be alone with Mei Niang. Besides, if Chang'an knows that you are sick, maybe someone will send you to see you. Then things will be a big deal!"

Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang nodded together, and Li Zhi said, "That's right. But if you want to stay for a few more days, is there any other way?"

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "Of course there is, I can do this on the first day. I said that the King of Wu was injured by an arrow, and His Highness was about to leave again, so I went to see him, which ended up wasting time..."

Li Zhi said angrily: "His arrow injury should be almost healed. Could it be that he really wants to go and see him alone?"

Wang Ping'an said excitedly, "Isn't it okay to let him come? You just need to go out to deal with it for a few words, and then let him go back. Then, don't you get this time of day?"

Li Zhi yelled and looked at Wu Meiniang, who was also very happy. Wu Meiniang clapped her hands and said, "It's better for my uncle, so this can only be an extra day!"

Wang Ping'an said again: "The next day, the merchants came to see you off, and the ministers held a banquet to entertain them, so that they could go lively in front of you. Your Highness and Mei Niang stayed together in the backyard. On the third day, the people came to send umbrellas of the people, and countless people saw you off. You said goodbye one by one, but you said goodbye to dozens of people. The sun shone you so hard that you had to take a break, and then you got it again on this day."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Yes, this trick is very good, but it's too troublesome. Is there anything simpler? No disease, you have the most solutions, and you will definitely find a better one."

Wang Ping'an whined and said, "Then let me send a team of guards to see the prince off. Mei Niang dressed up as a guard and served the prince closely. When he was sent to the next state, he would ask the guards to send her back. Isn't this better? But Mei Niang's body is getting heavier and it is not easy to travel a long distance."

Wu Meiniang said anxiously: "I'm fine, I'm fine. Isn't it enough for us to walk slowly on the road? I'm not tired every day, and I can walk for many days!"

Li Zhi also said: "This trick is good. This trick is much better than sending off in Qingzhou. I am no longer staying in Qingzhou. I just took Mei Niang away and went there. I would also make up for the regret of not letting Mei Niang go to the cave temple last time."

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Just treat it as a honeymoon trip." He nodded and said yes, and left it to him to arrange it.

As long as there is a plan, the matter will be easy to handle. Wang Ping'an immediately sent someone to send a letter to the county magistrates of each county, asking them to come and take the prince to leave tomorrow, and ordered someone to tell Li Ke that he must come and see the prince. After the matter on the scene was arranged, he ordered people to go to the front station. When Li Zhi dealt with all parties in Qingzhou tomorrow, he would send Wu Meiniang directly and meet on the road ahead, which would be safer and faster.

After the matter was explained, before dawn the next day, there were crowds of people outside the governor's mansion. Naturally, all the officials from the city arrived, and naturally the merchants were coming. Many well-informed people also came, waiting to see the prince farewell.

When it was dawn, as soon as the city gate opened, all officials from all over the country arrived. They arrived in the middle of the night and were waiting at the city gate. As soon as the door opened, they rushed to the governor's mansion.

However, Li Ke did not come, but just sent someone to send a farewell letter saying that he was inconvenient in his legs and feet and could not see him off in person. He also asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to forgive him. It would be better if he didn't come, Li Zhizheng didn't want to see him, and of course he didn't want to see Li Zhi. They both had an idea in their hearts, and that would be the best thing to never meet again in their lives!

Wang Ping'an sent Wu Meiniang out first. He sent Ouyang Li and all the Ouyang brothers to send them out to protect Wu Meiniang and wait on the way. Originally, Li Zhi's next stop should be to Yuanzhou, but Yuanzhou is closer, so he temporarily changed the route and changed it to go to Lanzhou. When he arrived in Lanzhou, he would send Wu Meiniang back.

After seeing off Wu Meiniang, Wang Ping'an accompanied Li Zhi and said goodbye to everyone in Qingzhou City. In order to express his reluctance, he actually sent him ten miles all the way. Then he said goodbye with tears. Li Zhi left Qingzhou and parted with Wang Ping'an.

After completing the affairs of Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang, Wang Ping'an returned to Qingzhou. The first thing he had to do was to visit Li Ke. Li Ke was sick and didn't come to see Li Zhi. Li Zhi couldn't blame him. He couldn't let Li Ke come with a cane again. But Li Ke said he was sick, so Wang Ping'an had to invite comfort, otherwise he would lose his humanity!

Although both Li Ke and Wang Ping'an regard this kind of human feelings as a burden, no matter how much you bear it, you have to leave the situation!

Wang Ping'an called Di Renjie and said, "I am in the officialdom and I can't help it! I am from the prince's sect. When the prince is there, the King of Wu dared not do anything to me, but once the prince leaves, he doesn't know what evil spirits will be raised by the King of Wu. When I go to Maling County, I might be embarrassed by Li Ke. Ouyang Li and the others sent the prince again, and there are fewer guards around me. Send someone to follow me. When I go to see Li Ke, don't delay, don't exceed a quarter of an hour, and let him run to the county government and say that there is an urgent matter to come out so that I can get out quickly so that there will be any accidents!"

Di Renjie sighed: "You can escape from the first day of the lunar month, but you can't escape from the fifteenth day of the lunar month. The King of Wu will stay here for a long time in the future. I wonder what vicious tricks he will use to deal with you, brother!"

Qiu Tingxuan did not leave at this time, and he was here. He heard Wang Ping'an say this, and he said, "Don't worry if you are sick. When we go to Maling, I will go in first. If the King of Wu has a good temper at this time, then you will go in. If the temper is not good, then you... you must go in, but I will be by my side, or just wait in the yard. If there is an accident, I will rush in. He can't clean up the two of us together!"

"I have to stop the soldiers and generals, and the water comes and the soil is covered. I will deal with it when I see the move!" Wang Ping'an brought two guards, Hou Ling and Niu Dali, and Qiu Tingxuan to Maling County.

Di Renjie found a clever officer and rode a fast horse. He followed closely less than a quarter of an hour away from Wang Ping'an.

Wang Ping'an had already done it. When he saw Li Ke this time, he probably wouldn't have any good results. Maybe Li Ke would hit him with a crutch. Should he be beaten with a force, or should he run away quickly? Even if he can't beat him to death, he will be beaten to death... that would be even more uncomfortable!

Wang Ping'an thought in his heart. After arriving at the county government office in Maling County, he was waiting in the doorman, and Qiu Tingxuan went in to find out the way first to see what Li Ke was doing!

After waiting for a while, he was still thinking about whether to stand up or run away, and then he saw Qiu Tingxuan running out quickly. Qiu Tingxuan entered the doorman and shouted: "No disease, you are lucky, don't be afraid of being repaired!"

Wang Ping'an stood up and said, "The King of Wu is not in the back house, has he gone out?"

"No, I'm sitting in the back garden!" Qiu Tingxuan shook his head and said, "He refused to see you, and he also said that you are not allowed to come to Maling to find him in the future without his call. Unless there is an urgent matter, he will not go to Zhoucheng to find you!"

Wang Ping'an said in surprise: "What does this mean? Could it be that he said we will never meet again in the future?"

Qiu Tingxuan nodded and said, "It seems...that's what he means, he doesn't want to see you again in the future!"

The two looked at each other. They were in Qingzhou, and they could never meet each other. What happened to Li Ke? With such a good opportunity, don’t you want to repair Wang Ping'an? Now, Li Ke is the biggest in Qingzhou. He can repair anyone he wants to repair, and he can’t even hide it!

After a while, Wang Ping'an said, "When you went in, how was the King of Wu's expression? Especially when he heard that I was coming, what abnormal behavior did he do?"

Qiu Tingxuan thought for a while and said, "It was nothing before he went in. He straightened his legs and sat in the pavilion to drink tea. After I went in, I told him that you would come to see him, his expression... How to say it? No disease, have you seen the kind of skin used to cross the river, which is made of the skin of a whole sheep, and the big skin that blows up?"

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "Of course I've seen it. It's something used to make leather rafts. What's wrong? He suddenly became angry and scolded me like a skin bag?"

Qiu Tingxuan yelled and said, "If that's the case, what's so strange? I mean he is like a sac full of breath. After hearing that you are coming, he is like a pierced by a cone. Suddenly he becomes sagged, as if he is twenty years old, and even his waist is hunched!"

Wang Ping'an was shocked and said, "Like a deflated skin? How could this be? He shouldn't have reacted to me like this!"

"He seems... he is afraid of you and doesn't want to see you!" Qiu Tingxuan thought for a while and said solemnly. This is what Li Ke gave him just now.

Wang Ping'an opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a long time! Li Ke was actually afraid of himself? This is really hard to believe!

After a while, Wang Ping'an said, "If you don't see me, you won't see me. Actually, I don't want to see him either. Brother Qiu, please pay more attention to his movements. If there is anything abnormal, tell me in time and I can find a way to deal with it!"

Qiu Tingxuan naturally agreed, reassured him and sent him out of the yamen, and the two of them said goodbye.

Wang Ping'an was wondering on the way back to Qingzhou. Li Ke was afraid of himself? Is he already so strong? Isn't it true that it is a good thing or a bad thing!
Chapter completed!