Episode 6 plot introduction

When Chu Chao learned that his father Chu Cen was seriously ill, he could no longer stay in the capital safely.She understood that Xiao Xun and several forces in the capital were watching her every move. If she openly left the capital as the eldest princess, it would only lead to a bigger trap being set in advance.She used the excuse that she was ill and needed to rest, to keep the news in the hospital to a minimum, and asked Ah Le to cooperate in covering up the news.On the surface, the mansion was still closed and thanking guests as usual, but in fact, the Chu Dynasty had packed up all the tokens and clues that could be taken away, and was just waiting for the cover of night to leave.

Xiao Xun soon realized that Chu Chao was not in the house.While he sent people to trace her whereabouts, he stirred up the wind in the court, deliberately letting Deng Yi and Xie Yanfang restrain each other.The Chu Dynasty left Beijing to visit his father, but Xiao Xun saw it as an opportunity to regain the initiative.If she could be eliminated halfway, or forced to lose her title of eldest princess, Yunzhong County and Chu Cen's old tribe would fall into ownerless chaos again.Xiao Xun did not want to show up in person, but hid his murderous intention behind layers of orders, waiting for Chu Chao to walk into an ambush.

Xie Yanlai learned that the Chu Dynasty was leaving and immediately chased him to escort him.The two of them did not take the official road on their way to Yunzhong County, but instead took a detour through a remote path.Chu Chao had been paying attention to the abnormalities in the inns and checkpoints all the way, and Xie Yanlai did not relax his vigilance.When passing through Xunyang Town, they saw several people who claimed to be soldiers looking panicked, saying that the military situation was urgent, but they didn't have the sharpness of real military personnel.Chu Chao deliberately slowed down his pace to let the other side think he had an opportunity, while Xie Yanlai secretly observed their weapons and gestures.

Those people really showed their flaws.The documents they held could not withstand careful questioning, and they could not answer the questions about Yunzhong County's defense.The Chu Dynasty saw from the details that they were not regular personnel sent by Xiao Xun, but more like desperadoes coming out of the mountains.Xie Yanlai tried to test him, and within a few moves he forced the opponent into chaos.Ge Dashi, who took the lead, still wanted to pass by as a soldier, but was exposed by the Chu Dynasty on the spot.Only then did everyone realize that they were from Cangmu Village, and that they were not pretending to be soldiers to intercept the Chu Dynasty, but to investigate a clue related to Shuomo's military situation.

Ge Dashi refused to explain the truth at first, saying only that Cangmuzhai did not want to get involved in the court battle.Chu Chao heard that there was something hidden in his words, so he simply revealed his identity as the eldest princess.As soon as this identity came out, the attitude of the bandits changed obviously. Some were afraid, some were suspicious, and some turned their attention to Ge Da's corpse. It seemed that they had heard the name of the Chu family for a long time.At the same time, Tie Ying's people have been chasing nearby, and undercurrents are surging around Xunyang Town.The Chu Dynasty judged that continuing to stay would only expose their whereabouts, so they decided to follow Ge Dashi and others to Cangmu Village for a while, and then find out the origin of Shuomo's military information from their mouths.

On the way up the mountain, the Chu Dynasty did not completely believe Ge Dashi.She asked Xie Yanlai to walk behind her, in case the people in the village suddenly repented, and also paid attention to their reaction to the Yunzhong County soldiers.Xie Yan came to see that these bandits were not just gathering for looting. They were rough in behavior, but were particularly sensitive to some old military items.The doubts in Chu Chao's heart became more and more serious: his father had guarded the border area for many years, and if Cangmu Village was really related to the old affairs of Yunzhong County, Xiao Xun's ambush would not be the only danger.She wants to return to her father, and she also wants to find out where this line, which is being targeted by bandits and pursuers at the same time, leads to.

When darkness descended on the mountain road, Tie Ying's pursuers were already approaching.Chu Chao looked back at Xunyang Town on horseback, knowing that he could no longer hide the news of his departure from Beijing.She did not retreat to the capital, nor did she bow to Xiao Xun, but continued walking along the road that unexpectedly appeared in Cangmuzhai.Xie Yanlai was by her side, and both of them knew that what they faced next was not only a pursuit, but also a bigger trap intertwined with the old cases in Yunzhong County, the military situation in Shuomo, and the power struggle in the capital.