054 Intelligence
By then, dawn had broken. Zhang Yize explained that he had come north in search of the Yan Kingdom Crown Prince, never expecting to be trapped here for so many days.
This had delayed his important business. He should have gone to the Yan Kingdom first, then set out with Si Yitan.
Ming Shu told him that the Heir Apparent and the County Princess happened to be in Tan City, not far from here. They could reach it in half a day on horseback.
He even gave Zhang Yize a horse sent by the County Princess for transportation.
That might spare him some trouble as well.
Although Zhang Yize was easygoing by nature, his Daoist robe was torn, leaving him looking rather disheveled. Approaching the Heir Apparent's party so rashly might lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.
He wrote a letter under his own name, explaining the general circumstances of their chance encounter in the barren mountains, serving as a guarantor and introduction. He also sent the horse, hoping to spare them some trouble.
As for how they communicated in detail, that was a matter for the two sides themselves. They surely had key tokens to prove their respective identities. Ming Shu did not need to worry about that.
After parting ways, each went on his own road.
Ming Shu and Chong Li rode in the same carriage. "I feel like he had absolutely no need to take the initiative to tell us why he was heading north, did he?"
"It was very deliberate." Chong Li agreed with his doubts. "Dragon Tiger Mountain is the ancestral home of the Dao Sect, and the Zhang family has always followed a style of purity and inaction. This trip north probably has a purpose beyond that."
After saying this, she gave Ming Shu