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Chapter 23: Rescue Alan in Jiangxia Town
Long Keduo took it with a smile and said stutteringly: "Master Shi, what are you doing?"

"Use it to pay off your debts!"

"This is what you deserve. You have worked hard during this period and have endured a lot of infamy. You have been running around for the people in the disaster area and sharing the emperor's worries. I believe that even if the emperor knew about it, he would not say anything." Li Yan looked kind.

Longkodo was immediately moved beyond words. What the Tenth Prince did was once again beyond his expectations. He held the banknote and said tremblingly, "Tenth Master, this, Xiao Duozi is unworthy of it!"

"Xiao Duozi, I know you have done nothing wrong, and the Emperor will know your contributions! You bear the infamy for me, and I bear the infamy for the Emperor. In the final analysis, we are both serving the Emperor with our loyalty! We have to bear this infamy, and we can't let them blame the Emperor, so you have to suffer a little more, and let the officials and gentry of Yangzhou see it. This time, if you come back to Beijing with me, I will let you go once we leave Yangzhou City."

After Li Yan finished speaking, he patted Longkodo's hand and said heavily, "I'm sorry for wronging you, Xiao Duozi!"

Longkodo's heart was filled with blood, and he said excitedly: "Master Shi, who am I? I am just an incompetent person who is hated by everyone. Everyone in Beijing hates me. Those people look at me like a stray dog. How can I be worthy of your and the emperor's expectations!"

"No, Xiao Duozi, you have talent, and you are loyal to the emperor and are not afraid of bearing a bad name and becoming infamous. This is something many self-righteous officials cannot do. You are much better than them!" Li Yan said righteously.

Longkodo was so excited that he trembled all over and knelt on the ground: "I am grateful that the Tenth Prince has not abandoned me. From now on, I will follow you and serve you at your side, even if it means going through fire and water, or dying!"

Li Yan secretly revealed a smug smile on his face. Longkodo is not well-known now, but he has Tong Guowei and the entire Tonggiya clan behind him. Empress Xiaokangzhang of Tonggiya clan is the biological mother of Kangxi, known as the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, and her title is Empress Dowager Cihe.

In terms of seniority, Longkodo in front of him should be considered his cheap uncle!

After arranging the affairs in Yangzhou, Li Yan and Longkodo, accompanied by Turichen, traveled day and night to the capital!

On this day, it was already dark and they had missed their place to stay. They kept on walking under the moonlight and had not seen any town for several hours. After a day's journey, they all felt a little tired and saw a sparse light in the village in the distance.

Li Yan said to Tulichen, "Old Tu, let's stop here today. Let's find a place to stay in the farm ahead, eat something hot, have a good sleep, and continue on our journey tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, Master Shi, I'll do whatever you say! It's all my fault that I have nowhere to stay!"

Tulichen was terrified as he had to arrange his own food and lodging along the way. Unexpectedly, he got lost, forcing the Tenth Master to travel in the dark.

Li Yan stroked his tired forehead, stretched his arms, pounded his aching waist, and said with a smile: "It's good to stay at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to go out for a while. It's okay, just look at the stars at night!"

"Thank you, Master Shi, for your forgiveness!"

After a few days, the relationship between Li Yan and Tulichen improved day by day, and Tulichen also changed his previous impression of the Tenth Prince. He felt that the Tenth Prince was not as coarse and bad-tempered as the princes in the capital said. Instead, he felt that the Tenth Prince was able to endure hardships and work, unlike the ordinary princesses who could not stand the slightest hardship.

This time, the return to Beijing was much faster than expected. I thought that I could not travel far in a day. How could these royal nobles bear the hardship of traveling on the road? However, the Tenth Prince was very kind to his servants and never complained about the people around him because of the hardships on the road. Along the way, he ate and lived with everyone else, without complaining at all.

This made Turichen secretly admire him. Royal blood is different after all!
The relationship between Tulichen and Li Yan became closer and closer, not entirely because of the Tenth Master's status as a prince, but because Tulichen could feel the Tenth Master's recognition of him. Not only himself, but also other guards around him were treated equally by the Tenth Master. Instead, he was able to understand the difficulties of these guards and servants, which made Tulichen agree with it from the bottom of his heart.

Several people came to the place where there was light, and found that it was not as quiet as they had imagined, where everyone was sleeping, but instead it was full of noise and bustle.

When they got closer, they saw a group of people holding weapons such as knives and guns, surrounding a yard. A young man was tied to a tree in the yard, with scars all over his body from being whipped. Next to him stood a trembling old man, begging bitterly: "Master Hu, my son is young and ignorant, and he offended you. Please forgive him for your sake!"

"Your thin face, you have a fart thin face."

"If you want me to spare him, you have to let your daughter Alan sleep with me, hahahaha." A burly man with a ferocious face and a strong body laughed wildly.

After saying that, he pounced on a thin girl nearby, and while laughing, he chased her like catching a rabbit, scaring the girl into panic, and she screamed with tears streaming down her face.

The old man begged for mercy, while the young man tied to the tree kept cursing.

Seeing this, the dozen or so farmhands nearby cheered and made a noise, and their laughter could be heard from far away.

"Stop!" a loud shout came.

Seeing this, Li Yan knew that when he arrived in Jiangxia Town, he met Zhang Wuge's family. Zhang Wuge was a very important figure in the future case of bringing down the crown prince. He was also appointed as a personal guard by Kangxi, and his trust level was no less than that of Tulichen beside him.

He immediately rushed forward and kicked the big man who was chasing the girl. Caught off guard, the big man was kicked and fell heavily to the ground like a dog chewing shit!
Coach Hu got up from the ground and saw that Li Yan, a young man in his twenties, had kicked him like this. He instantly became furious and pulled out the knife in his hand, shouting, "Where did this meddling kid come from? Someone, chop this kid up for me!"

Tulichen saw this and thought, how could he not let anyone hurt the Tenth Master? He shouted loudly, jumped off his horse, and kicked the big man in the face. Coach Hu flew out again and lay on the ground in a dog-like position.

The others drew their swords and guns and were about to step forward, only to hear Tulichen and a few guards separating Li Yan from the others. They stood in the middle, stepped on Master Hu's face, and shouted at the crowd, "You are blind, can't you see the yellow jackets we are wearing? You are courting death! Attacking the imperial envoy is tantamount to treason, a crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of your clan."

"Imperial messenger?"

"Treason. Nine people will be executed."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment and took a step back in unison. Coach Hu, who was struggling to break free from Turichen's big foot, also quieted down after hearing this and stopped moving obediently.

Tulichen kicked Coach Hu and sent him flying into the crowd. Everyone helped Coach Hu up, who was knocked unconscious. They all looked at him, not knowing what to do.

When Coach Hu calmed down, he saw several guards in front of him wearing yellow coats. They were all tall and burly, holding steel knives in their hands, and glaring at him.

He knelt down in fear, kowtowed, and said, "I was blind and offended my superiors. Please spare my life, sir!"

While he was kowtowing, he yelled at the people around him: "Damn it, you are all blind. You dare to hold a weapon in your hand in front of the emperor's messenger. Drop your weapons immediately."

"Kneel down, everyone kneel down!"

When everyone saw that Master Hu had knelt down, they threw their weapons on the ground and knelt down on the ground!
Tulichen turned around and looked at Li Yan, his meaning was very clear: you are the boss, you decide what to do!

Li Yan thought for a moment and realized that this group of people must be from Jiangxia Town. The owner of the manor, Liu Ba Nu, and Ren Bo'an's younger brother, Ren Ji'an, were both in the town. If he let them go back, a group of people would probably come over in no time, and then he would not be able to deal with Brother Zhang Wu.

So he ordered Tulichen: "Count the number of people and have them guard outside for us. Tell them that we will release them when we set off tomorrow morning. If anyone dares to leave early, they will be punished for offending the emperor and their entire family will be executed!"

"嗻"

Hearing this strange order, Turichen thought that the Tenth Master was afraid that these people would have some malicious intentions after leaving and would secretly return, so he detained these people here.

This is better, safer!

Tulichen left to give instructions. Li Yan turned around, helped Alan, who was shivering in the corner, and smiled warmly, "Girl, are you okay?"

Alan was still in shock and started crying. Li Yan took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to him!

He turned around and helped the old man up, then walked to Zhang Wuge and untied the rope. Longkodo, who was standing next to him, wanted to help, so he moved his feet slightly and then retracted them. If the Tenth Master didn't tell him to, he should not move. This was a favor, and he didn't see that the guards in the palace next to him didn't move.

I want to help, but I don't want to make things worse and make Master Shi hate me.

"Old man, are you okay?"

Li Yan expressed his condolences cordially, showing great kindness and friendliness.

The old man looked at the guard nervously and said, "I'm fine, thank you for saving me, young master!"

"Don't be afraid, old man. We are the emperor's guards in the capital. You see, we are all wearing yellow jackets. We are not bad people! We were ordered to rush back to the capital from the disaster area to report our positions to the emperor. Because we were in a hurry, we missed the first night, so we would like to stay at your house for one night. The room fee will be paid. I hope you can give us a favor!"

After hearing this, the old man looked at the crowd and saw that although they were tall and strong, they were indeed wearing yellow coats. He breathed a sigh of relief and said enthusiastically: "Forgive my poor eyesight and my neglect of you! In this case, if you don't mind my poor family, you can stay here for a night! Don't mention money, there was a flood in the south, and countless people suffered. We often have people passing by here with their families begging for food. If you rush to help the disaster, it would not be my fault if I accepted money. Wouldn't it be a poke in the spine of the people of Jiangxia Town!"

"Master, please come in quickly. Fifth brother, take the other brothers and settle them down!"

Li Yan followed the old man into the house. Longkodo, Turichen and other guards followed Zhang Wu Ge to fetch water, cook and pack up the horses!
(End of this chapter)