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The rebellious Forbidden Army was imprisoned, awaiting further treatment.

The [-] Ding'an garrison under Li Qi's command also took off their armor and handed over their weapons after Li Qi gave the "non-resistance" order, and was guarded by a [-] army in the camp.Although it was said that they were only obedient to the order to surround the palace, and did not intend to rebel, but after all, the deal was done, and there was still some punishment.

However, the lord Li Qiuhuang issued an edict to forgive the sins of these 1 people, so their lives are safe. As for whether they will be dispersed and joined various armies in the future, or another person will be found to lead the army, it depends on the court. The result of the deliberation.

"So, where did the [-] troops come from? How did they come to the city overnight?" Qin Ke asked.

Gao Yishui sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "They claim to have received an edict, and they must rush back to Ding'an City within three days to defend the capital. But... which three days are these three days?" ...I'm afraid it's very subtle."

Qin Ke didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

Gao Yishui looked at him helplessly, and wanted to hear what Abu said, this guy has been in the Imperial Academy for a while, but why is he still so ignorant about military and political matters?

And Jing Yu explained gently: "Although the southern cavalry marched very fast, no matter how fast it was, it was impossible to cross hundreds of miles to the city of Ding'an in a few hours. He sent someone out of the city to send a letter for help, not to mention that Li Qi had already sent troops to control the gate of the entire Ding'an City. Within a few hours, even the person who sent the letter might not be able to reach Jiuyuan City. Wan Dajun?"

Qin Ke tentatively said: "So... the [-] army has already set off?"

"It can only be explained in this way." Jing Yu said: "Perhaps...Yang Taizhen knew from the beginning that something would happen last night, so he called the Southern Army in the name of Li Qiuhuang three days ago to prepare for the accident. Unexpected."

Gao Yishui exclaimed: "It's true that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind, I'm afraid Li Qi would never have imagined that when he surrounded the palace wall with his front feet, someone even surrounded the entire Ding'an City with his back feet. Under the circumstances, he has only two choices, one is to lead the army to fight to the death, and finally die in Ding'an City; preservation."

"Yang Taizhen is not a simple person." Jing Yu paused, lit the silk script on the candlestick, and put it into the brazier again, "A woman, even if she has Li Qiuhuang's every kind of connivance, she can still be in love with her." The fact that Tang Guo has a firm foothold in the court, and even stepped in to issue orders for Li Qiuhuang, proves that she has the ability to govern the country."

Gao Yishui nodded and said, "Cai Yong still underestimated her."

Jing Yu shook his head and said, "It may not be because I underestimated her, but...Cai Yong couldn't pass the word 'loyalty' after all, even if there were no Li Qi's 1 people, so what? Three thousand dead men, half of them The Imperial Army has already attacked outside the main hall... There may not be no chance! As long as Yang Taizhen and Wang Yun can be killed, the Yang Party will naturally collapse, and even if the southern cavalry arrives, they will be powerless to save the situation... However..."

Chapter 3 and One

After hearing Jing Yu's words, Gao Yishui smiled and said, "I can understand Cai Yong's obsession. Or, if one day the situation forces you to betray that Prime Minister Zhuge, then you are To betray, or not to betray?"

Jing Yu was caught by his question for a while, and he who was always clear in his words didn't know how to reply for a while. If he followed his will, even if his body was broken, he would not be able to betray Zhuge Wanling, but if he said so, wouldn't he be with him again? What you said about Cai Yong before is completely opposite?

However, he is an open-minded person after all. After thinking about it, he smiled and said: "Well, it seems that I am still too narrow-minded. After all, this kind of thing is very embarrassing for anyone."

But Qin Ke was worried about another thing.

It was also at this moment that he realized that the chaos last night was related to Cai Yong, and if Cai Yong was the actual initiator of this mutiny, then...

"How's Cai Yong?" Qin Ke interrupted the conversation of the two and asked urgently.

"Could it be... dead?" Gao Yishui laughed, but this smile made Qin Ke's heart skip a beat, and he began to worry about Cai Yan.

However, Gao Yishui's next words made him furious: "Of course not... Although I don't know why, it seems that Li Qiuhuang didn't want to kill Cai Yong. He was charged with raising dead soldiers, plotting treason, etc. It was placed on Li Qi. Now, Li Qi has become the number one sinner in the Tang Dynasty. What is waiting for him is probably the severe punishment of the Yi tribe, but the interesting point is that Li Qi is a loner at all, and the Yi tribe There is no one to kill, and he can only be killed. Li Qiuhuang probably saw this clearly and chose to do so."

Qin Ke breathed a sigh of relief, raised his leg and kicked Gao Yishui, glaring and saying, "You're being tricky again, and you're going to scare me."

"Why, are you in a hurry to feel sorry for your charming little man?" Gao Yishui smiled wickedly: "How about watching the stars all night? Did you kiss her little mouth?"

Qin Ke's face turned red, he didn't expect Gao Yishui to find out what happened last night, and he yelled: "What are you talking about!"

Seemingly a little puzzled and flustered, he kicked Gao Yishui again: "We didn't do anything! We just looked at the stars!"

Gao Yishui didn't cry out for pain, he smiled, stood up and patted the dust on his clothes, and said, "Don't be too happy, everything is still unknown now. Li Qiuhuang wants to spare his life, it doesn't mean that Yang The Taizhen Party will really let the Cai family go. Although Cai Yong has saved his life for the time being, and the whole family has not been implicated, but now he has been promoted to the Grand Tutor. It has fallen to Wang Yun, the original right servant, and now the Yang Party can be said to be the dominant family in the court. If they insist on killing Cai Yong, I am afraid that Cai Yong's old bones will inevitably be with Li Qi Go to the execution ground."

Qin Ke lowered his head and calmed down. He probably understood that Cai Yong's future was still uncertain, and sighed, "If that's the case...Cai Yan..."

At this moment, he suddenly stopped talking.

Because he found outside the door of the cellar, Cai Yan was looking at him with a smile.

She no longer wore women's clothes, but a coarse cloth robe, her hair was tied up, just like the first time she saw it in Jiuxianju.

It's just that in comparison, the former Cai Yan is very obviously a noble son. His clothes and accessories are enough to prove that he is either rich or noble.

And the clothes she is wearing now are just given to her by Jing Yu, the fabric is inferior, and the workmanship is also very rough, if she wears this clothes, if she wanders around the gate of Jiuxianju, she will be chased away by the waiter, right?

Standing behind Jing Yu is Jing Wu and Zhuge Wanling. It’s not that he can’t afford to buy Cai Yan a more decent dress, but now he’s just playing the role of the owner of a millet shop. To be as mediocre and poor as the owner of the millet shop is the quality that a spy like him should have.

Naturally, the current Cai Yan looks like a young man who came to Ding'an City from the countryside to make a living, except that his skin is fairer and he looks a little too handsome.

"Thank you sir." Cai Yan said to Jing Yu.

Jing Yu nodded and said, "Miss Cai, do you really want to return to Cai's mansion at this time?"

Cai Yan gave a light "um" and said, "Thank you for taking care of me, but the family has undergone major changes, so I have to go back and have a look. Don't worry, Mr. Jing Yu, Cai Yan will not say anything about the relationship between Mr. Jing and Wu."

Gao Yishui sat on a chair and drank tea: "If you go back now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to think of it later."

"It's okay." Cai Yan grinned, showing her white teeth, and said, "If there is any life or death crisis, I have to stand with my father and elder brother."

At this time, she suddenly turned her head, looked at Qin Ke, and smiled sweetly: "Ah Ke."

Qin Ke, who had been silent all this time and didn't know how to persuade her, looked at her and said in a daze, "Mmm..."

"Don't forget what you said."

What have you said?What words?

Qin Ke has said in his life that he doesn't know how many words, even in his sleep, there may be ravings. If he recalls all of them, his brain will be squeezed by the torrent.

But he understood what Cai Yan meant.

On the riverside of the lantern festival, the two made a promise after setting off the lanterns. Although Qin Ke's words were just a consolation, in Cai Yan's view, this was an invitation that deserved her serious treatment.

"If there is a chance, we can go out for a walk together."

Qin Ke felt a little sad when he thought of how seriously she hooked up with him, so Cai Yan planned to go back and continue to be a bird in the cage?And according to Gao Yishui, the future of Cai Yong's family is uncertain, if she goes back like this, wouldn't it be like moths to the flame?

But he couldn't stop it, after all, it was Cai Yan's home, her hometown, where she had climbed the eaves countless times, had the starry sky she had seen countless times, and most importantly, had his father and elder brother.

If my master encounters such a thing, I will definitely stand firmly in front of him, and if I die, then I will die together.

Anyway, my own life was originally picked up by Master from the wilderness.

"I'll accompany you back." Qin Ke didn't answer Cai Yan's words, but said hoarsely: "It's not peaceful outside, and there is a guide on the way."

Cai Yan showed some smiles in his big and bright eyes, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay."

When they were going out, the two accidentally met Abu who hurried in from the door. When he saw Qin Ke, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said happily, "Ake! You're back?"

Qin Ke didn't see Abu yesterday, and thought something happened to him, so he was a little worried, but now seeing Abu's appearance, he felt relieved, and said with a smile, "Why, is it possible that you don't want me to come back?"

"Where is it?" Abu laughed, "I couldn't close my eyes all night, and I was going back to Mipu that night, but yesterday a [-]-strong army entered the city, and the entire Ding'an City imposed a curfew. Even if I want to go out, I can't." It doesn't fit anymore."

"Thirty thousand? Isn't it seventy thousand?"

"It's [-], but it's impossible for the camp of Ding'an City to accommodate so many cavalry, so after the overall situation is settled, there are [-] troops stationed outside the city." Abu also got the news from the Qunfang Mission. , the Qunfang Mission has returned to the embassy, ​​and the peace of the past has been restored. Sister Lin has also been released, but the broken gate and those dead people cannot come back.

"Things changed too quickly last night." Abu said: "I have been worried that you will be trapped in the palace and cannot get out. Although the rebels have surrendered, the palace is still in chaos after all... Did you use that passage? Did it come out?"

"No." Qin Ke replied, but it would be very troublesome to explain this. If he told Abu now that he was taken out of the palace by a man in black after being fainted by an old man, Abu would probably be surprised and chatter for a long time .

He glanced at Cai Yan and said, "I'll talk about this matter later. I'll take Cai Yan home first. Just wait for me at the rice shop. Mr. Jing Yu said that he plans to transfer, and we have to prepare to go to Funiu Mountain." It's..."

Chapter 3: An Army Like a Bandit

"Go home?" Abu stared at Cai Yan with some consternation in his eyes.

To be honest, when he met Cai Yan for the first time, he had an inexplicable feeling towards Cai Yan. After all, Tang State and Jingwu had been at war for many years. It seems that the enemy should be born.

And Mipu is a stronghold of Jing Wu's spies in Ding'an City. When Cai Yan discovered this secret, he even thought about killing her immediately to prevent the secret from leaking out.

But this was just a sudden thought, which was soon suppressed by his rationality.He is not the kind of person who is easy to kill. Tang Guotai Academy has always implemented the "benevolence-based" education. Unless it is absolutely necessary, he will not show the butcher knife and the heart to kill.

Cai Yan seems to be just a bird yearning for freedom. One day she escaped from the cage and gave everything in the outside world a curious and interesting look. She was born in the Tang Dynasty. What is wrong with her?

Jing Yu is not a murderous maniac, so he didn't really take action to eradicate Cai Yan, a potential hidden danger. He just sent additional people to keep an eye on Cai Yan, just in case of accidents.

Qin Ke thought that Gao Yishui knew that the two of them watched the stars on the roof in the middle of the night because he accidentally discovered it when he woke up at night, but in fact, it was simply because he and Jing Yu listened to the spies' report together.

Now that Cai Yan said he wanted to go back, Jing Yu had no intention of objecting at all. Was there any plan or...

Maybe it's because Cai Yong has lost power?Or, is it pure pity for the girl whose family changed overnight?

Before going out, Jing Yu did not forget to remind: "The road is not safe, you have to be careful, there are twice as many people patrolling the streets as before, and they are everywhere arresting the fleeing rebels, and those who conscripted the Southern Army No better than those soldiers under Li Qi... In short, it's hard to describe. When I came back, I heard that the Cai Mansion was surrounded by a group of armored soldiers, in name of protection, but I think... this should be surveillance."

Qin Ke nodded and looked at Cai Yan.

And Cai Yan just smiled slightly, and said: "I'm not afraid, besides, my family has not been designated as a rebellious party, so it is impossible to kill me in the street."

Abu nodded and said, "It's fine if you think so, but be careful." He looked at Qin Ke, "Come back earlier."

Qin Ke nodded, and the two passed by, Qin Ke and Cai Yan both walked out from the door.

Abu is right, the current Ding'an City can be called turbulent.

Because some rebel soldiers and dead soldiers absconded, in order to arrest them, the army patrolling the road was one after another.

They lined up neatly, their steps were steady, the knives on their waists drank blood overnight, and people could smell a choking smell of blood from afar.

Pedestrians on the road only dare to walk carefully and slowly on both sides of the road, for fear that if they walk faster, they will be caught as a traitor with ulterior motives.

Last night, the patrol battalion also joined the rebel team, and now all of them have been imprisoned. Most of the sergeants patrolling the streets are from the Southern Conscript Army.

In the early years, this army did not exist, and it was only after the Tang State declared war on Jingwu a few years ago that the elite were drawn from the garrisons from various places to form the current "Southern Expedition Army".

After the failure of the attack on Jingwu, the Tang State learned from the painful experience. While strengthening its military equipment, it also continuously strengthened the training and supply of the Southern Conscript Army. Today, the Southern Conscript Army has [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, and more than half of them They have all been on the battlefield, and they naturally carry an incomparable killing intent, which is enough to make these ordinary people who are used to living a comfortable life tremble with fear.

And just when Qin Ke and Cai Yan walked a few hundred steps on the street, there was a merchant who looked suspicious. After a chaotic pursuit, he was pinned to the ground by several soldiers without any resistance.

"Run? Run again?" The sergeant sneered, "You don't even piss to take care of yourself. The city gates are already closed. Where can you go?"

The merchant who was pinned to the ground was full of fear, and opened his mouth wide: "I am not against the party... I am not against the party... I am wronged... I am wronged..."

The sergeant snorted and said, "Since it's wronged, why are you walking timidly? Afraid of being seen? We called you, why are you running? Are you guilty of guilt?"

"Young one... I have been timid since I was a child..." Shang Jia cried out.

Among the sergeants, the lieutenant, who had been watching coldly, laughed in a low voice: "Cowardly? In front of my brothers, a cowardly person might not be able to run away, right? Hehe, take it back! If you have any grievances, go to the prison and say, Whenever they think you are really wronged, they will naturally let you out."

"Take it back!" Another sergeant shouted, with a vicious smile on his face.

None of the other people on the street dared to call out a sentence of grievance for him, and many people even avoided him like a snake, for fear of being implicated in the slightest.

The owner of a shop next to him gritted his teeth, and began to put on the door panels in broad daylight—although a few days less business would reduce his income, but if he was inexplicably beaten into a "rebel" and sent to prison, he would not die It also has to peel off the skin. It is really not worth taking such a risk to open the door to do business.

What was unexpected was that just as the boss finished knocking on the last door, these patrolling soldiers gathered around, and one of them waved the long knife in his hand and shouted, "What are you doing closing the door in broad daylight?"

The pastry shop owner looked at these sergeants, complaining in his heart, but he didn't dare to show any expression on his face. He forced himself to be calm and said: "Master... I, I won't do business today..."

"Why don't you do business? Hey, I think you're a rogue, maybe you're a traitor too? If you're supposed to be doing business in broad daylight, don't do business, what do you want to do with the door closed? Is it because you're afraid of missing something?" The sergeant looked sternly. Get up, "I still want to hide something shameful..."

The boss's face was pale, his eyes were white, as if he had seen the dark prison and the red-burning iron through the sergeant's cruel gaze, the sizzling sound resounded on his flesh, with a hint of the smell of roasted meat...

His legs were weak, and he almost fell to the ground, but the sergeant stretched out a strong arm, lifted him abruptly, and said with a laugh: "Don't be afraid, if you are not rebellious, we are not I will arrest you, as long as you can prove your innocence, the brothers will turn around and leave, nothing else!"

"This... dare... dare... dare to ask the military master..." The boss didn't care too much at this time, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, he half-kneeled and begged: "How can Xiaomin prove his innocence? "

"That's very simple..." The sergeant moved closer to the boss, grabbed his hand suddenly, reached into his sleeve, stretched out two fingers, and scratched his wrist lightly a few times.

The boss was a little dazed at first, but soon realized that he was clearly asking him for money!

It's just that the amount required is more than double that of the previous patrol battalion, which made him feel a little pained.

But he also knows that whether he can enter the prison or not is a matter of one word. If he enters the prison, it is unknown whether he will survive or not. No matter how much money he has by then, he will not be able to enjoy it.

He nodded with a pale face, rummaged through the counter, and took out a piece of silver: "Master Jun...you put it away..."

The sergeant looked at the piece of silver, and became angry instead of happy. He stared at him and said, "What do you mean? Send the beggar?"

"Ah?" The boss didn't know what he wanted to say. He looked at the silver tael in his hand and said that it shouldn't be for beggars. He, the owner of a small snack shop, can be so extravagant when he sends beggars with silver taels. ?

The sergeant snorted, raised his chin, and said, "How many fingers did I have just now?"

"Two..."

"So it's just two taels?" The sergeant sneered and said, "What I want is..." He opened his mouth, but he didn't make any sound, but the shape of his mouth already made the boss understand.

"200 taels?" The boss lost his voice, "This... this... how do you say it? 200 taels, this little man can't give it even if he sells everything."

"Not necessarily?" The sergeant pushed aside the boss, walked into the shop, casually grabbed a piece of soft pastry, threw it into his mouth and chewed while saying: "We all know how rich Ding'an City is, your family is a decent dim sum The shop should have been in business for quite a few years, right? You can’t afford the money...you have to think about it, do you have it or not?”

"No." The boss replied gritting his teeth, but soon panicked because of the sergeant's stern look, "Master... I'm not a big business, and the annual income is only so much... The whole family still needs to eat. Or... less?"

The sergeant didn't bother to talk to him, and said, "Then you can't blame me, brothers... arrest him, take him back for interrogation, and see if he has a background against the party?"

The two sergeants had been waiting for the news outside the shop. Hearing this sentence, they were obviously displeased. They walked in and looked at the boss with eyes like a falcon staring at its prey, with greed in their sharp eyes.

Chapter 3 and Three

Although these soldiers who conquered the South had been on the battlefield and their fighting power was outstanding, they could be called the elite of the Tang Dynasty, but after staying at the border for a long time, they developed a bandit spirit. The royal capital that I wanted to come for the first time but couldn't.