Zhang Dingguo traveled day and night, and it only took him six days to reach Pengze County.
This was a journey of one to two thousand miles. On average, they traveled two to three hundred miles a day. Ordinary people could not withstand it.
This was because there were too many people in the group of more than 200 people. The courier stations along the way could not provide so many replacement horses, so they had to stop and rest a few times along the way. Otherwise, even if humans could endure it, horses could not.
Furthermore, for safety reasons, Zhang Dingguo had brought along a large amount of weapons and equipment, which slowed down the speed of the march.
However, those urgent reports in ancient times, although they said that it was 600 or 800 miles, in fact, it could only reach the level of 500 miles. Moreover, this was under the condition that the road conditions were good. If the road was rugged and damaged, the speed would not be very fast.
During these six days, Zhang Dingguo was not only hurrying on his way, but he was also thinking about the fake diplomatic mission.
Not only was he reviewing all the details of the plot, but he was also thinking about the changes brought about by his arrival.
Thinking about it carefully, Wu Zetian really did not seem to like Li Tang's Grandmasters.
According to tradition, Princess Yi Yang represented the imperial court in the marriage alliance. Shouldn't she be conferred the title of princess? For example, Wu Yuanmin, who was sent to the marriage alliance in the future, was originally the daughter of Nanping Junwang. She was only a princess and was only named a princess because of the marriage alliance.
However, Wu Zetian did not make Li Qingxia a princess. This was only because Jili Khan was not particular. Otherwise, this would have been seen as a provocation to the Turks and would have led to war. After all, the people from other countries were all princesses, but he was now a princess. Was he looking down on the Turks?
From these details, it could be seen that the reason why Wu Zetian had not abolished the Crown Prince Li Xian in the future was probably because of political compromises!
Other than that, Zhang Dingguo was most concerned about how Huan Bin had let go of the If You Group. After all, it was impossible for the five thousand elite soldiers under his command to be all the Snake Spirit's people. At most, he could plant one or two hundred Snake Spirit's people among them. It was impossible for him to not leave any evidence behind.
However, after Wu Zetian's punishment of Huan Bin, it was not easy to investigate anymore.
Moreover, with the Snake Spirit's methods, if they really investigated, they would probably only catch some abandoned children, and there was a high chance that they had already committed suicide.
However, this was not important. What Zhang Dingguo cared about was whether this could be considered as the world's self-correcting ability to correct some of the events that were about to deviate from the plot.
As Zhang Dingguo rushed to Pengze County, he also thought about how to explain the case to Di Renjie later.
As Zhang Dingguo's journey was a little slow, Di Renjie did not go out to handle the case when he arrived. Instead, he received the edict directly at the county office.
Business was business. The first thing they needed to do was to let Zhang Dingguo announce the imperial edict.
Actually, Zhang Dingguo did not want Di Renjie to kneel in front of him to receive the edict. After all, one should not do to others what one would not want others to do to oneself. Zhang Dingguo, who had always been resistant to kneeling, naturally wanted to see others kneel to him, let alone Fatty Di, an old man worthy of his respect.
However, he was representing the emperor to announce the decree, so the necessary rules could not be left out.
If not, once people with ill intentions found out, they would be impeached and accused of not respecting the ruler.
"Dingguo, I didn't expect you to really become the martial arts champion. It seems that I didn't misjudge you that day!”
"Elder, you flatter me. I was just lucky, just lucky.”
"Hey, Dingguo, why can't you change your bad habit of underestimating yourself? However, what exactly happened in the court this time? Why are you in such a hurry to summon me back and even make you bring so many soldiers here?”
Since the imperial edict did not make the matter of the group very clear, Fatty Di went straight to the point after a few polite words.
As soon as Zhang Dingguo heard this, he told Fatty Di everything he knew about the group.
After Fatty Di heard the whole story, he was also furious. He sternly reprimanded those villains who disregarded the safety of the people of the two countries for their own selfish desires. If Zhang Dingguo had not dissuaded them in time, they would probably have set off to return to Fairy's Capital on the same day.
Zhang Dingguo and his men were too tired after days of traveling.
Therefore, he ordered everyone to eat early and go to bed after eating.
After a night's rest, it would not be too late for them to set off the next morning.
Although the case was urgent, it didn't really matter if it took a few days to investigate such a big case. Moreover, safety came first. If they were in a hurry, the combat effectiveness of the troops would be severely reduced, and the losses would outweigh the gains.
Zhang Dingguo should have gone home and returned home in glory.
However, due to time constraints, he did not return. He only sent Da Niu home to take a look and imitate the Great Yu of ancient times. He also told Da Niu to stay at home for two more days. He was alone anyway, so he could catch up with the rest of the team.
Just like that, after a night of rest, the Thousand Bull Guards under Zhang Dingguo's command were full of energy.
Moreover, Fatty Di was too old to ride a horse on the way back. Otherwise, he would be lucky if he did not die on the way back, let alone go back to investigate the case. Therefore, he could only take a carriage.
This way, they wouldn't rush back to Fairy's Capital as quickly as they had come. The Thousand Bull Guards would be able to relax a little and preserve their fighting strength.
Nothing happened along the way. After seven days of hard work, Zhang Dingguo, Fatty Di, and the rest finally reached Tiger Cage Pass. (In the TV series, it was Jiangzhang County, but that was Chang 'an. After Wu Zetian became emperor, she spent most of her time working in Luoyang, so I changed it.)）
Not only did this mean that they were about to reach Fairy's Capital, but it also meant that Li Yuanfang was about to make her appearance…
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