We'll have you impersonate the Crown Prince and create a prosperous era for the Great Qian Dyna

Three months later.

Zhou Tiancheng jumped down from the carriage, and Steward Liu shook his head helplessly.

"Your Highness has lasted longer than before, so the medicine is working."

Zhou Tiancheng liked hearing this and patted Steward Liu on the shoulder with a smile.

"It's all thanks to you, Lao Liu! I could jump off the carriage this time without my legs going weak. Lao Liu, you've done a great job!"

"If we rescue the Emperor Emeritus this time, the credit will be yours!"

puff!

Upon hearing this, Lin Tong vomited all over the ground next to the stove.

He finally understood: ever since leaving Kyoto, the Crown Prince had become increasingly unrestrained.

Of course, this is not to say that it is bad. The current crown prince is good in every way except for being a little unreliable.

Take troop training as an example. This group of soldiers was trained and killed a lot of mountain bandits. Not only did they not lose money, but they also made a lot of money. The soldiers also saw blood, achieving multiple benefits in one fell swoop.

If it weren't for the Crown Prince, who could have come up with such a terrible idea?

As for giving the credit to Steward Liu, it was clearly just another joke by the Crown Prince.

Lin Tong shook his head and walked towards Zhou Tiancheng.

"Your Highness, we will arrive at the Dayue Pass this evening. That is the border between Daqian and Beixia."

Zhou Tiancheng sighed.

"There's still half a day left?"

"Why is traveling so difficult?"

After complaining, he glanced furtively at the delegation on Kazan's side.

"Did Kazan and the others notice? The food we've got is our secret weapon!"

Lin Tong smiled dismissively.

"Your Highness, please rest assured, you've asked this three hundred times already."

"They laugh at us for making fried noodles and rice all day long. They have no idea what we're doing. How would they know?"

"I've had someone test these past few days, and these dry rations are more filling and energizing than regular dry rations. They really work. This time, we're confident we can take the Northern Xia imperial court."

Zhou Tiancheng nodded slightly, looking at the hills to the north, feeling somewhat uneasy.

We're almost there! Whether the plan will succeed depends on this wave.

It's important to understand that they never intended to rescue people and then run away.

How could hundreds of thousands of Northern Xia people, all on horseback, possibly escape?

From the very beginning, Zhou Tiancheng had a plan: since it was difficult to escape, he would go to the Northern Xia imperial court and capture their emperor as well.

What's this called?

This is called reciprocity!

If you arrest my retired emperor, I'll arrest your emperor in return. Not only will I not have to pay compensation, but you'll have to pay me back.

This is Zhou Tiancheng's plan!

At this moment, he absolutely could not allow any mistake to occur in any part of the process.

"How about the bandits? Are there any problems?"

Lin Tong nodded slightly.

"We've already made contact. We've changed our plans and communicated everything with them. They'll help us intercept the Northern Xia border troops. This information just arrived last night, so there won't be any problems."

Zhou Tiancheng was still worried.

"Any other news from last night? What about the factions within the Northern Xia Imperial Court? Haven't they changed their minds?"

Lin Tong glanced warily at Kazan's group, and seeing that they seemed normal, he leaned close to Zhou Tiancheng's ear and whispered something.

"They said they wanted us to kill their emperor, and preferably kick the Kaka tribe before we left."

The Kaka tribe is the largest tribe in Northern Xia today, and the emperor of Northern Xia is also the chieftain of the Kaka tribe.

These faction members, for the sake of the throne, have abandoned all shame and directly agreed to cooperate with Zhou Tiancheng, a man from the Great Qian Dynasty.

Everything is planned!

But Zhou Tiancheng was still worried.

"Isn't this going too smoothly? Could there be another trap here?"

Before he could finish speaking, Xinhua had already swaggered over.

"Your Highness, go back to your carriage and stay there. You're always worrying about things that aren't your business."

"You're afraid of this and that, what's there to be afraid of?"

"The Duke alone is enough to make Northern Xia wary, and now with Instructor Lin here, I'll see how many lives that Northern Xia emperor has!"

Lin Tong was not Zhou Tiancheng's man after all, so he still showed some respect to Zhou Tiancheng.

But Xinhua is different.

Respect?

He has no respect for anything.

Whose prince rides his carriage on the road every day?

Once they arrived in the city, they were even paid to visit brothels, supposedly to boost local consumption.

Xinhua cannot respect a prince like this.

But honestly, it was pretty cool.

At least Xinhua's belief was strengthened: he must protect the Crown Prince's safety!

Zhou Tiancheng glared at Xinhua with annoyance.

"I am the Crown Prince, show me some respect!"

"Alright, alright, His Highness is amazing, His Highness is invincible! Okay, hurry up and bring the food up. We'll go into the city after we eat, don't waste any time!"

Xinhua nodded perfunctorily and pushed Zhou Tiancheng to the stove.

Steward Liu had already delivered a meal to the carriage; Guli still needed to eat.

Zhou Tiancheng sat by the fire, shoveling rice into his mouth and pointing at things.

"This beef is a bit tough, I want it tender. Xinhua, your cooking skills aren't very good."

Xinhua rolled his eyes at the side.

"I'm a soldier, not a cook. If I weren't afraid you'd get poisoned, I wouldn't even cook for you!"

Zhou Tiancheng sighed.

"I remember when you first met me, you were completely different. How did you change so much in such a short time?"

Xinhua laughed and plopped down next to him.

"Is this my fault? If you hadn't insisted on drinking with me on the way here, and hadn't tried to outdo me by saying who could pee the farthest, and even suggested that whoever could pee the farthest would be the boss, I wouldn't have fallen for your trick!"

"Manager Liu has been giving you tonics every day. If I hadn't asked him, I would still be completely in the dark!"

"If you hadn't taken those tonics, would you be able to pee farther than me? And you have the nerve to ask me to call you 'big brother,' when I'm six years older than you!"

"Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get!"

Xinhua glared at Zhou Tiancheng as he spoke.

Zhou Tiancheng lowered his head and ate his rice with a guilty conscience.

Before we had even finished eating, Xinhua took away our bowls and chopsticks.

"I have to wash your dishes and chopsticks too? When have I ever suffered such humiliation in Xinhua?"

Xinhua left, grumbling and cursing.

It wasn't that he disrespected the Crown Prince; it was just that the Crown Prince had indeed acted inhumanely.

Especially after leaving Kyoto, he seemed like a completely different person.

Fortunately, all of this is almost over.

We're almost at the Great Yue Pass.

The carriage soon set off again, and the city gate of Da Yue Pass was just a stone's throw away.

When we arrived at the city gate, the sun was setting.

Zhou Tiancheng lifted the curtains and looked at the magnificent city in front of him, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"The previous dynasty was called Dai Viet, hence the name Dai Viet Pass."

"According to the rules, it should be renamed Daqian Pass."

Guli lay on his back, peeking out with her head, curiously looking at the imposing pass in front of her.

"I've heard my father say that beyond the Great Yue Pass lies the Great Qian Dynasty, but we Northern Rong people have never been able to defeat it. So this is the Great Yue Pass!"