Funing Hall

The weather at sea is unpredictable. Although the opponent is not difficult to fight, in the case of strong wind and heavy rain, he can't even see the shadow of the opponent. This battle will inevitably drag on for a long time.

Zhao Cong had to visit the sailors in person every day, and ten days had passed since Xinyou Day for this battle.According to experienced people, the sea weather will be fine and calm for the next two days, just right for another onslaught.

Zhao Cong personally encouraged the soldiers again. On the day of Guiyou, there was no fog on the sea, and it was clearly visible a hundred feet away.The war drums sounded, and the warships lined up in unison, aggressively, and went straight to the opponent.On the leading warship, the archers held a longbow and ignited their feathered arrows. With an order, they shot at the distant ships in unison.

All the burning feather arrows were shot, and the enemy's warship was quickly ignited, officially starting the battle.

This battle was fought extremely smoothly, and most of the opponent's warships were burned.The fire seemed to burn the entire sea area red. In the light of the fire, some soldiers tried to escape by boat, but they were all recovered.Among the other half of the ships, some sank.On the remaining ships, the officers and soldiers surrendered one after another, seeing that the defeat had become very clear.

Song soldiers escorted these captives back to Dengzhou City, and the people in the city cheered.Because of the war, most of the people hid at home or in houses specially set up by the government.At this moment, everyone flocked out to the street to see this scene.

Zhao Cong finally breathed a sigh of relief, now they can't fool around with Yeluqin anymore.

The next day, Wan Yanliang and Wang Yu sent people to negotiate, hoping to get their soldiers back.

Zhao Cong sneered, still want to negotiate?If they don't peel them off this time, his surname Zhao Cong will not be Zhao!

Zhao Cong didn't see them. He came to Dengzhou to witness the surrender of Jurchen and Goryeo, to fight them personally, and to ensure that they would not harm Xiao Shiyi.Now that the matter is over, he wants to go back to the capital, and he wants to send someone to find out how Little Eleven is doing, and then make good arrangements.

At this time, Zhao Cong hurried away, which only made Wanyan Liang and Wang Yu more frightened.

The two of them even rushed to Dengzhou on their own initiative, and it was raining heavily in Dengzhou again, which was really not conducive to walking.Zhao Cong had no choice but to stay in Dengzhou for a few more days. Fortunately, Wan Yanliang and Wang Yu were also trapped at sea. He really didn't want to see these white-eyed wolves.

Seeing that the battle has been won, Zhao Cong is about to return to the capital, but Qian Yuemo is still in the room every day, not going out easily.

Zhao Cong was wary of their father and daughter at first, but gradually he didn't bother to care.Even if he changed to another place, Qian Yuemo still made soup for him every day, but Zhao Cong had started to guard against her and never drank it.

Qian Yuemo was procrastinating, but Qian Shang didn't allow her to procrastinate any longer.While Zhao Cong was discussing important matters with Dengzhou officials, Qian Shang went to see her again, urged her to act quickly, and threatened her with her mother again.

Qian Yuemo knew that his father only cared about his own ambitions, and even used the family experience to cover up his ambitions, and didn't care about her and her mother at all.The more it came to this time, the crazier he became.But he doesn't care, but she does.If it wasn't because she cared, she wouldn't have come to Dengzhou specially.

Qian Shang knew what was going on in her mind, glanced at her, and said, "Your Majesty will be returning to the capital in a few days, you can see what to do."

Qian Yuemo hesitated for a moment, and asked back: "Father, what is Xixia's plan with you?"

Qian Shang stroked his beard, and said inscrutablely: "There is no need for you to ask any more questions. As long as you help, the Qian family will be able to save themselves."

They set off for Dengzhou in the winter and December of the second year of Yongzhao. Due to the weather, they could not return to the capital until the first month of the next year.

The winter solstice and the first day of the first lunar month are both big days, but Zhao Cong is in Dengzhou and can't do big things.What's more, when the war was just over, even if Dengzhou officials wanted to please, they dared not mention it.Seeing that the day of returning to Beijing was delayed again and again, Zhao Cong took the initiative to ask Dengzhou officials to have a good time in the city, so don't be restrained.

After all, if the battle is won, the common people should be happy together.

He opened his mouth, and the officials dared to make arrangements.

On the second day of the first lunar month, Zhao Cong asked the magistrate of Dengzhou to come forward and arranged a banquet for local officials.The sky was fine, and Zhao Cong also planned to finish the banquet and return to Tokyo the next day.As the empress, Qian Yuemo also wanted to attend. Before she went out, she took a deep breath, and Piaoshu squeezed her hand tightly.

She looked back at Piaoshu and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Yes..." Piaoshu replied softly.

Qian Yuemo nodded, took another breath, and then got up and walked out of the room.

When Zhao Cong saw Qian Yuemo, he was slightly taken aback.

He has known Qian Yuemo for many years, Qian Yuemo has always dressed neatly and elegantly, even if he wears a head mask, it is either made of jade or pearls.It's just that today, for some reason, Qian Yuemo wore a whole set of hibiscus head masks inlaid with gold and red treasures, which was extraordinarily luxurious. Qian Yuemo had never dressed up like this before, but she looked extraordinarily beautiful.

He also has the love of beauty.

Zhao Cong's eyes couldn't help showing admiration, other officials didn't dare to look at it, so only Zhao Cong admired it.

Qian Yuemo smiled at him embarrassingly, walked to his side, first accepted the gift from everyone, and then said to Zhao Cong: "Your Majesty, this New Year's day, I think it will be difficult for me to go to the state. Your Majesty entertains officials because I am happy. I can't Disappointing, then, just like that..."

Zhao Cong smiled: "It's okay, it looks very good. I still think you don't like gold jewelry, and I will give you a few more sets later."

Qian Yuemo smiled shyly, bowed her head and stopped talking.

Zhao Cong was careful, but still noticed that Qian Yuemo's hands hidden in his sleeves seemed to be shaking a little.He subconsciously glanced at the money merchant sitting under his seat, and the money merchant was talking to Dengzhou Zhizhou with a smile as usual.

old fox.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

Zhao Cong originally planned to have a sip of tea, but after thinking about it, he didn't reach out to touch the teacup.Although his tea was brewed and poured by Rantao himself, it's better to be careful.

The banquet was lively as usual, anyway, there was never a shortage of people to adjust the atmosphere.According to the past practice, Zhao Cong should get up and leave the table after half of the meal, so that others can relax.It's just that today, before halfway through, Zhao Cong had already left the table.

Xie Wenrui came suddenly.

When Fu Lu ran in to report to him, he couldn't believe it.Even Zhao Cong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, before getting up.Zhao Cong left the room full of people behind and hurried to the back.

Xie Wenrui unloaded the weapon on his body and wandered anxiously in place. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned around and knelt down on the ground, calling out guiltily and anxiously, "Your Majesty."

When Zhao Cong saw him, he confirmed that it was indeed Xie Wenrui.

Since Xie Wenrui had betrayed him, why did he come back?

Could it be that something happened to Little Eleven? !

Naturally, Zhao Cong thought of Xiao Shiyi again first, and even forgot to blame Xie Wenrui.

He didn't blame him, but Xie Wenrui was really guilty.But this is not the time to admit his mistakes and ask for punishment. After Xie Wenrui kowtowed, he immediately raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have committed a serious crime! I am willing to be executed, but before I am executed, I have to report something important!"

Xie Wenrui's tone was extraordinarily serious, and Zhao Cong gradually calmed down: "Say it."

"Emperor Yeluyan of the Liao Dynasty pretended to be sick in order to make you relax your vigilance. Before I fled to Shangjing, because the city gate was blocked, I was walking on the border between Liao and Xia. I happened to see Xixia soldiers and horses crossing the border and rushing to Shangjing. I thought , They want to cooperate to attack my Da Song!"

Hearing the word "pretend to be sick", Zhao Cong was stunned again, and he couldn't help asking: "I received a letter from Yeluqin, saying that he was poisoned."

Xie Wenrui smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, that is indeed the case. I and Yeluqin both believed it, and it was Yeluqin and the five princesses of the Liao Kingdom who did it together. But the fact is that he was not sick at all, and Yeluqin was imprisoned by him again. Thanks to Yeluqin's family Only by informing them can they escape, and even so, they have to stumble and stumble, and they have not rushed to Dengzhou until now."

Malingering?

Little Eleven lied to him again?

Zhao Cong couldn't believe it.

Xie Wenrui seemed to know that he didn't want to believe it, and said again: "Your Majesty, Liao and Xia have already met, and I'm afraid it will only be a few days!"

Zhao Cong looked down at him for a moment, then said softly: "Xie Wenrui, are you worthy of my trust?"

Xie Wenrui was at a loss for words, and then knelt down on the ground, unable to utter a word.

That's what trust is.

Once it is overthrown, it can be repaired and built again.It has been overthrown twice, and it can be used again if it makes do.

But three times, four times, or even many times.

Zhao Cong also didn't know, if Xiao Shiyi lied to him again this time, how could he deal with the precarious trust between the two of them.

When Xie Wenrui knelt on the ground and remained silent, Shao Yi, who was chasing him all the way, finally arrived.

Shao Yi felt guilty for not catching up with Xie Wenrui, but he also had news. As soon as he came in, he said: "Your Majesty! I have noticed a lot of things going wrong in order to hunt down Lord Xie these days. When I entered the city today, I saw something suspicious outside the city. They are tall and strong, but they all wear ordinary clothes and hide in the crowd. I also saw a person who looks very much like that Yeluqin. I have left people to investigate."

Zhao Cong nodded, and told Shao Yi to tie up Xie Wenrui and take him down first, and then ordered Shao Yi to find out the origin of that group of people.He himself was sitting on the side of the couch, dazed again.

After going around for so many years, he still hasn't made any progress.

Could it be that he was really deceived again?

Zhao Cong was not in a daze for a long time, Qian Yuemo came to see him with a food box in his hand.

Zhao Cong slowly came back to his senses, pointed to the seat beside him, and motioned for her to sit.Fu Lu and the others were originally in the house, but the queen came and brought food with her, as if she had something to say, and they believed in Qian Yuemo enough, so they withdrew one after another.Zhao Cong was really a little nervous because Xiao Shiyi might have cheated him again, and he didn't care about the actions of Qian Yuemo and others for a while.

Qian Yuemo opened the food box, took out the porcelain cup inside, and said softly, "Your Majesty didn't eat much at the table just now, let's have some soup, it's hot."

Only then did Zhao Cong come back to his senses, he glanced at Qian Yuemo, and said, "Leave it alone for now."

"Yes." Qian Yuemo didn't care, her face was still peaceful, she picked up the teacup on the table and poured tea for His Majesty, and as she moved, some fine powder spilled from her sleeves.Because Zhao Cong was still distracted, he didn't notice it at all.Qian Yuemo handed the teacup to Zhao Cong, the tea was prepared by Rantao himself.Zhao Cong took it, subconsciously took a sip, and then put down the teacup.

Qian Yuemo sat on the side quietly and counted. When she counted to more than 20, Zhao Cong suddenly looked at her: "What did you put in the tea?"

Qian Yuemo's hands trembled slightly, and she didn't dare to answer.

Zhao Cong smiled: "Even you betrayed me." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Cong slowly fell down on the couch.

It wasn't until Zhao Cong didn't move anymore that Qian Yuemo slipped to his knees on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry. It's said that loyalty and filial piety are difficult, but I think everything is right." Qian Yuemo kowtowed three times, After wiping away her tears, she got up and strode out, and when she got to the back, she even started running.

After Qian Yuemo ran away, Zhao Cong opened his eyes.

Qian Yuemo is familiar with medical books, and knows which foods are compatible with each other.Zhao Cong was already awake when he swallowed the tea, but it was too late, he thought he would faint.Unexpectedly, he didn't faint.He couldn't help but think about the medicine left by Xiao Shiyi that he had been taking these days. It was extremely clean and fragrant. Is it related?

But Zhao Cong didn't care about these anymore, he didn't bother to think about what Qian Yuemo was going to do.

Just when he thought he was going to faint, but didn't faint, he thought of the medicine that Xiao Shiyi had left behind.He still didn't believe that Xiao Shiyi lied to him again this time, if he guessed correctly, those people outside the city might be Xiao Shishi.

Zhao Cong has been strict with himself in his two lifetimes, lived by the rules, and even looked forward and backward, never letting himself be in any situation that was difficult to control.

At this moment, he wanted to go out of his way.

Big deal, die again.

Qian Yuemo took advantage of the fact that everyone was eating the banquet in front, and quickly walked to the money merchant's bedroom, and sprinkled the powder from his sleeves on the basin, teapot, bed and other places that could be touched.The powder is so fine that it disappears immediately when it enters water, even if it falls into the bed, it cannot be easily seen under the light at night.

When she finished these, she left immediately.

After a while, the drunk Qian Shang was helped in by several attendants, and the servant did indeed drink tea for Qian Shang, and Qian Shang fell asleep on the bed.

Qian Yuemo was in her own house, and handed the letter to Piao Shu: "Someone will meet you at the pier, and then you will take your father all the way east. Remember, you must tie up your father. After you leave, just, never come back! "

Piao Shu cried and nodded, and asked again: "Second Lady, are you not going with us? Let's go together."

Qian Yuemo squeezed out a smile: "I have to keep it, I'm the queen."

Piaoshu knew that what she said was not what she thought at all, but she couldn't help it, everything was already arranged, and there was no delay at all.The place where the banquet was held in front also suddenly became quiet. When the night was dark and the wind was high, the money merchant's house suddenly caught fire.Taking advantage of the fire, Piaoshu and Qian Yuemo's baby brother Chen Bai smuggled the money merchant out.

Qian Yuemo confirmed that they had probably escaped, and took a deep breath.

Today's banquet was co-organized by Piao Shu, the food was drugged, as long as the people who ate the food, almost all of them were still fainted in the front hall.At this time, it was late at night, and there was no sound in the house except for the "cracking" sound after the fire.

But someone has to be found, and the fire has to be extinguished.

Qian Yuemo got up, sat in front of the mirror, and carefully put on makeup for herself.It was a makeup she had never done before, and she even put flowers on her forehead.This is Zhao Zongning's favorite makeup look, Zhao Zongning is a completely different person from her, regardless of temperament or preferences.There are many things in Zhao Zongning that women admire, and Zhao Zongning lives recklessly and frankly.

It's just that everyone has their own fate.

Just like she became a queen after all, and just like she has such a father, she also has her own destiny.

Naturally, she is also afraid of death. After death, who will take you to heart?

And she hasn't seen enough of Zhao Zongning yet.

She is dead, how long can Zhao Zongning remember her?

But if she ran away with her father, what would happen to the Qian family?What should mother do?What about brothers and sisters at home?

Qian Yuemo never felt how noble she was.

She just wanted to keep the name of her ancestors, so as not to insult the old man's integrity.

Qian Yue silently sipped her lips, and the makeup was finally completed.

She got up and looked at the fire outside, it was getting bigger and bigger.

It will be discovered soon, and soon someone will come to put out this inexplicable fire.

His Majesty just passed out, and he will wake up after sleeping overnight, which will not hinder his body, let alone prevent His Majesty from returning to Beijing tomorrow.

All this is very good, isn't it?

Qian Yuemo pulled out a silk ribbon, threw it on the roof, and tied it tightly.

She looked at herself in the glasses again, smiled at her, and then stepped on the round stool.

With a flicker of candlelight in the room, she kicked the round stool down, rolled several times on the ground, and finally stopped slowly.

Zhao Cong was riding on the horse and noticed the sudden light behind him.He turned around and saw that the house he lived in was on fire.He hesitated for a moment, then tightened his cloak, flicked his whip, and walked out of the city.

Zhao Zongning waited left and right in Beijing, the more he waited, the more anxious he became, he was anxious for his brother, and even more anxious for Qian Yue.

Although there are battle reports every few days, Dengzhou is still going well. As long as God favors him, he can defeat the opponent immediately.

But she was not at ease in her heart.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come, Zhao Cong has no sign of coming back, Zhao Zhongqi also cries with her every day, she originally wanted to continue to bear it.Unexpectedly, one day, the jade hairpin on her head fell to the ground and broke.

She was even more flustered, after all, she asked Prince Hui Zhao Kelu to take care of Beijing affairs.She took the guards of the princess mansion and some forbidden soldiers, and hurried to Dengzhou.

They were also in a hurry all the way, and it was night when they arrived outside Dengzhou City.Che Xia was about to persuade her to rest for a while, Zhao Zongning was indeed tired from the journey, and just as he was about to nod in response, he suddenly saw a patch of sky in Dengzhou City turn fiery red.

This is obviously a leak!Where did the fire start?

Zhao Zongning thought of the broken jade hairpin, which was given by Qian Yuemo.With a sudden shock in her heart, she immediately rode her horse and rushed to the city desperately. Her scarlet cloak was filled with wind, flying in mid-air, and even made a sound of hunting.Che Xia was taken aback, said "drive", and hurriedly led someone to follow her.

There were hundreds of people in their party, and they rushed towards the city so quickly, the sound of horseshoes was very loud.

Zhao Zongning didn't care about it, but when he was approaching the city gate, there was a sound of horseshoes from the side, obviously someone was coming.Because there is still a little distance, only some black shadows are faintly visible.

"Who is it?!" Zhao Zongning grabbed the rein and asked loudly.

Instead, the black shadow disappeared quickly. The more it was like this, the more it made Zhao Zongning feel weird. She simply said: "If you don't come out again, don't blame me for beating you out!"

After waiting for a while, still no one came out, Zhao Zongning saw that the flames in the city were getting brighter, and his heart became more anxious, so he immediately said: "Shoot the arrow!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded, took off their bows and arrows in unison, and aimed them at the darkness around them.

Zhao Zongning sneered: "Not yet?!"

After a while, someone came out on horseback.

It's Yelu Yanli.

Zhao Zongning was surprised: "It's you?!" She immediately looked behind him. Although she couldn't see clearly, there were still hundreds of people. Zhao Zongning's face turned cold, "You are not poisoned?!" Before he could speak, Zhao Zongning had She was so angry that her heart and lungs hurt, she rode forward and approached Yelv Yanli, and asked angrily, "Are you not poisoned?! You lied to my brother again? You liar! How many times have you tried to kill my brother! Cheng—"

Yelu Yanli immediately interrupted her: "He knew about the poisoning?"

Zhao Zongning laughed back angrily: "It's quite like—"

Yelu Yanli also approached her, and asked darkly, "He knew I was poisoned? Who told him?!" Behind him, Yeluqin flinched.He didn't dare to mention the poisoning to their majesty at that time, as long as he mentioned it, their majesty was thinking about him joining forces with the fifth princess, and they were afraid that they would kill him.

Zhao Zongning didn't believe it, and got even angrier: "You're pretending again!"

"Say."

Zhao Zongning was so angry that he threw the whip in his hand to the ground, and said in a hateful voice: "Who are you scaring! Brother heard that you were poisoned, in order to save you, in order to prevent Wan Yanliang and Wang Yuzhen from cooperating with Yeluqin, he rushed to Dengzhou! Lived outside, you left in September, and walked cleanly! Do you know that your brother is not in good health yet? You are all angry! In the end, you still lied to him! Did you set the fire in the city? Oh...you stop...drive!" Zhao Zongning threw the reins, and went forward to catch up with Yelu Yanli who suddenly galloped away, "Zhao Shiqi! Stop!"

But she didn't catch up.

Seeing that he had gone in, the hundreds of people brought by Yelu Yanli followed him into the city.Although they were wearing ordinary clothes, who could not understand who they were after hearing the words just now?Some of the people brought by Zhao Zongning rushed to protect Zhao Zongning, while others stayed behind to stop them.

There was a mess at the city gate.

The fire in the city was burning hotter and hotter, Zhao Zongning was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, not only because he was chasing Zhao Shiqi who had run away long ago, but also because of his elder brother and Qian Yuemo.

Yelu Yanli came to Dengzhou to save Zhao Cong.

Even though Zhao Cong came to Dengzhou to kill him.

Although he doesn't want to believe it.

It wasn't until he heard Zhao Zongning's words that he realized that this "unwillingness to believe" could really exist.He couldn't think of any words that could express the emotion in his heart, he only knew that Zhao Cong traveled all the way to Dengzhou for him.Regardless of the danger, regardless of the bad weather, regardless of the body, for him, came to Dengzhou.

He has lied to and hurt Zhao Cong so many times, for this reason, Zhao Cong would still believe that he was really poisoned, and would still come to save him.

He didn't want to say anything.

No, he still has a lot to say.

He wanted to tell Zhao Cong everything, he wanted Zhao Cong to understand all this, to understand what he was worried about, what he was afraid of, what he was ashamed of.

He galloped all the way, running towards the direction of the fire.Although he didn't know exactly where Zhao Cong lived, there was no doubt that the place where the fire caught fire.The fire was probably started by the father and daughter of the Qian family, he wanted to kill the father and daughter with his own hands, and he wanted Zhao Cong to be intact.

His horse was going faster and faster, but he still felt that it was too slow.

Whether it was fast or slow, his horse finally stopped in front of the fire.The fire finally attracted the attention of others, and someone has come to help put out the fire.But the fire is too big, what's the use of a drop in the bucket.And the people in the house seemed to be asleep, without any sound.

Yelu Yanli jumped off his horse and rushed into the house regardless of the fire.

Walking around the screen wall is the main hall, the main hall has not been burned yet, there is no one on the high seat, he pulled everyone who was unconscious to look, but it was not Zhao Cong.He ran back again, and ran to the burning room first. The fire was burning. He didn't hesitate at all, and rushed in with his head buried.

"Zhao Shiqi!" Zhao Zongning finally rushed over and shouted at him behind him, "It's full of fire!"

Yelu Yanli didn't respond and ran in.

"Madman!" Zhao Zongning ran up to him, failed to hold him, and became even more angry, "If you die, you will die!" She stomped her feet, led people back to find her brother and Qian Yuemo, and ordered, "Quickly put out the fire! Everyone in the house is carried out. Strictly check every dish during the banquet, and strictly check the kitchen! No one is allowed to slip!"

"Yes!" Everyone scattered to do things.

Zhao Cong must be living in the main courtyard, Zhao Zongning went to the main courtyard, halfway there, another person came running behind him.When she looked back, Yelu Yanli's clothes were half burned, and he had already passed her and ran towards the main courtyard.

"You stop for me!"

How could Yeluyan care about her?

Zhao Zongning could only scold Fulu in vain, she couldn't run away from him, and after finally running to the main courtyard, Yelv Yanli was pouring cold water on Fulu, bucket after bucket, and finally woke Fulu up.

"Where's Your Majesty?!" Yelu Yanli pressed.

Fu Lu woke up in a daze, noticed the fire outside, and immediately panicked loudly: "Your Majesty? Where is Your Majesty!"

"I'm asking you!!" Yelu Yanli gritted his teeth, as if he was about to kill someone in the next moment.

Fulu's face was full of confusion and panic: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty. It was the Empress who was talking to Your Majesty inside. The Empress brought food, and brought food for the younger ones. The younger ones ate those, and then, then, -"

Zhao Zongning was taken aback when he heard this.

Qian Yuemo?

Does Qian Yuemo have a problem with eating?

How? !

Yelu Yanli asked again: "Who lives in the burning house?!"

Fu Lu hurriedly said, "It's Mr. Qian!"

Yelu Yanli stretched out his hand to pinch Fulu's neck, but he felt that it was useless, so he threw Fulu in discouragement, turned around and went out to look for it.As soon as he left, Zhao Zongning immediately came back to his senses, and asked Fu Lu, "Where is Qian Yuemo?!"

Fu Lu's face was ashen, and he pointed in the direction: "The empress lives in the yard there."

Zhao Zongning also ran back, she ran outside the courtyard where Qian Yuemo lived, the courtyard was terribly quiet, she stood outside, there was no sound.Only the approaching fire glowed faintly in the yard, and Zhao Zongning panicked again.She didn't care that her feet were a little soft, and she didn't allow anyone to follow, and ran into the yard with big strides.

She opened every door and went to look for Qian Yuemo, but she didn't see a single person.

When she took a picture of the last door, she froze at the door.Just as the wind hit from behind, the belt of the person hanging in the room swayed slightly.The flames outside the house even illuminated a flash of light inside the house.

It was the head mask she had given to Qian Yuemo. The ruby ​​on the head face was shining extremely brightly.

Zhao Zongning never remembered these things, but she remembered this incident clearly.It was the first time for my brother to accept a concubine, a gift she picked out by herself.At that time, her brother was in decline, and she also wanted to attract the power of the Qian family, so she specially sent a big gift.

She held on to the door frame, was blown by the wind again, and finally regained consciousness.She hurried in and chopped off the soft satin with her sword.

Qian Yuemo fell from mid-air, Zhao Zongning quickly caught her, and was about to shake her hands to detect Qian Yuemo's breath.

Suddenly a knife was handed over from behind.

She hastened to protect Qian Yuemo, who didn't know his life or death, and turned to look at the person who came.

Yeluyanli's complexion was dark, only Qian Yuemo was in his eyes, and he raised his knife to slash.

Zhao Zongning hugged Qian Yuemo tightly, and turned his head to look at Yelu Yanli, with unprecedented fear on his face.

"She killed your brother."

"No, it's impossible..." Zhao Zongning's voice trembled.

"She killed your brother! Qian Shang belongs to Li Liangcheng! Their Qian family belongs to Li Liangcheng!"

Zhao Zongning only said "impossible".

Yelu Yanli pointed at her with a knife: "Are you going to die with her?"

Yelu Yanli searched everywhere but couldn't find Zhao Cong. The wound on his ankle was not healed, and he was even limping when he walked.Still, he searched.But even though he searched all over, he couldn't find Zhao Cong.

He didn't know, and he didn't dare to think about what he should do if something happened to Zhao Cong.

He saw Qian Yuemo in his eyes, and he just wanted to kill her to vent his anger.

Zhao Zongning stopped him, he even wanted to kill Zhao Zongning together.

Zhao Zongning looked up at him, and there was water in his eyes: "It's a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding."

The two brothers and sisters look nothing alike, but at this moment, Zhao Zongning looked at him like this, reminding him of that night a few months ago, when Zhao Cong looked at him with such watery eyes.

His hand loosened and the knife fell to the ground.

He smiled bitterly, sneered, picked up the knife, turned around and went out with a limp.

He continued to look for Zhao Cong.

Fulu, Rantao and others ate less, poured some cold water, and woke up immediately.The officials who ate a banquet in the front hall ate a lot and drank alcohol. Even if they were poured with cold water, they could not wake up.Those who came to the banquet today were only high-ranking officials in Dengzhou City. Some low-ranking officials were already asleep when they heard that the place where His Majesty lived was on fire. How about that?

They all got up and put on their clothes and rushed here immediately.

Yelu Yanli's status is wrong, he can't take care of these things, and he doesn't have the energy to take care of them.Fu Lu came forward and negotiated with the officials in various ways. In the end, it was important to put out the fire first and count the number of people.He didn't dare to tell outsiders about things that His Majesty couldn't find, otherwise something really big would happen.

Shao Yi knew about it, and had already brought people out to find His Majesty.

It was clearly late at night, but everyone woke up and performed their duties.The people brought by Zhao Zongning and Yelu Yanli's people were fighting at the city gate, and they had already been discovered.

Dengzhou here is not as prosperous as the capital city, but Dengzhou's location is very important, and it is also near the sea, so the local people often come and go with troops.Regarding the matter of war, it is more common than people in other places.The house where His Majesty lived was on fire, and many people did not sleep, and came out to see it.

Looking at it this way, I can see the fighting scene at the city gate.

"The Liao soldiers are coming! The Liao soldiers are coming!" No one knew Yeluqin's pigtails and the bald spot in the middle of his hair, so he yelled first.Shouting like this, the common people were afraid again, and even more excited.They just defeated Jurchen and Goryeo, so what are they afraid of?

Some of the brave ones took the long stick and went directly.

After the officials knew about this, they quickly sent the Xiang Army and the Huaiyang Army to the city gate to persuade the people to return.When they arrived, they saw that the other party was indeed a Liao soldier, and the leader's appearance could not deceive anyone.If you dare to commit crimes, you must let them go and never return!

Yelu Yanli ran away, and Yeluqin stayed behind and led them to fight against Princess Baoning's men.Originally, Yeluqin didn't dare to fight, and the opponent was the princess, and he didn't seem to want to fight with them, he just wanted to stop them and prevent them from entering Dengzhou City.

When the Huaiyang Army and the Xiang Army arrive, they will no longer be left alone.

"His grandma's!" Yeluqin originally had a cloth towel wrapped around his head, which did not arouse any suspicion at all.Unexpectedly, when dealing with the princess's people, the cloth towel was torn off!He cursed, and said loudly, "Retreat, withdraw, retreat!!!" He didn't dare to give orders indiscriminately, and their majesty would beat him up again later.He got on his horse and led the people to withdraw, how could Song Bing let them withdraw?Take the men and go after them. Yeluqin and others are very good at riding and shooting, and run very fast.

They were also chasing quickly, and the group of people ran farther and farther.

Since there were no people at the city gate, all the people dispersed, and the common people were persuaded by the officials to go home, and all the patrols were mobilized to prevent any more people from being left on the streets.

Then Zhao Cong rode out slowly from the shadow beside the city gate.

When he came out, everyone in the house fainted.Although he seldom rides a horse, it's not that he doesn't know how to do it. Because of his poor health, although he doesn't often ride a horse, he did practice when he was young.He picked out a horse and wanted to go outside the city gate to see with his own eyes whether the man was Xiao Shiyi.

If it is true, he also wants to take this rare opportunity to ask everything clearly.

It's just that before he reached the city gate, the city gate suddenly became lively.

He hid in the shadows nearby, heard the officials' lectures, heard the shouts of the Song soldiers, and even heard the common people shouting "Liao soldiers are coming".After another sound of blades clashing, the talents gradually dispersed.

Everyone went after the Liao soldiers, but there was no one at the city gate.

Zhao Cong rode forward and lingered at the city gate for a while, but he still went out of the city gate.

Piaoshu and Chen Bai, Qian Yuemo's baby brother, arrived at the pier, found someone to meet them, and boarded the boat, and the boat slowly left the pier.

Piaoshu breathed a sigh of relief, stood on the boat, and watched Dengzhou City getting farther and farther away with a full face.Qian Yuemo had already betrothed her to his milk brother, which really arranged for her to escape.Otherwise, if she stays, in the end, she will die along with her.

She couldn't help crying when she thought of all the things she had been with Qian Yuemo since she was a child.She wiped her tears, turned around and was about to go in, when suddenly a knife was across her neck.She was startled, and when she looked back, it turned out to be Chen Bo!

Piao Shu asked in disbelief: "You, what are you going to do?!"

Then, what made her even more unbelievable was that the money merchant who was supposed to be unconscious came out of the boat! !

She was so frightened that she didn't dare to move, but Qian Shang didn't look at her, but looked at the distant Dengzhou City complicatedly, and said in a low voice, "I guessed it a long time ago."

Only then did Piao Shu straighten things out slowly, it turned out that Mr. Xiang also had a trick.

She looked at Qian Shang with disgust. He never cared about their second wife. For this reason, he would drag her to die when the second wife became the queen!Where is such a father!

Only then did Qian Shang look at her and laughed: "My daughter shouldn't be so dull. Which of the medical books she read I don't know?" After finishing speaking, he winked at Chen Bo , He returned to the cabin after making use of it.

With a flash in his eyes, Chen Bo pulled Piaoshu to the side of the boat.

Piaoshu said angrily: "You murderer! How kind is the second lady to you and to your mother, to send you to study, to give you a shop, to honor your mother, this is how you repay the second lady?! You Killing a thousand knives! You are sorry for the second lady! You are sorry for the second lady—”

Chen Bo's hand stopped and pushed her into the water.Piaoshu choked on a few mouthfuls of water and sank into the water.

He looked at it for a while, then returned to the cabin, and said: "Sir, she is dead."

"Throw it away after killing it thoroughly?"

"Yes."

The money merchant didn't confirm again, he didn't care.Just as he didn't believe in his daughter, he naturally left a way out for himself.

And their boat sailed back to the pier again on the uninhabited water, the money merchant walked ashore, led Chen Bai around and around, entered a narrow alley, and stopped in front of a house.

Chen Bo went up to knock on the door, and the door opened quickly.

Qian Shang walked in, someone came up to meet him, and said with a smile, "Qian Xianggong is on time."

Qian Shang laughed: "How does Your Majesty think?"

This person took another step forward, and under the faint moonlight, it turned out to be Wan Yanliang.Wanyan Liang smiled: "This king loves to do the thing of catching praying mantises."

"Very good, very good."

Wan Yanliang raised his eyebrows: "The empress is also a hero among women, just one person can stun the entire room."

"It's just a woman's benevolence."

"It's true, isn't everything under the master's control?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, then they both turned cold, Wan Yanliang said: "Then there is no need to wait any longer, let's go?"

"go!"

They go out together.

Zhao Cong rode alone on the official road outside the palace.

It was the beginning of the month, the moon was not bright, it was like a crescent moon, and there was not much light reflected on the ground.After the army crossed the border, the official road became very quiet.The sound of horseshoes was heard everywhere, and he felt bored after walking for a while, so he couldn't help but stop where he was, and the wind blew.

He tightened the cloak on his body, turned back to look at the city gate, and sighed.

Just now he could hear clearly that there was no Xiaoshi in that group.

Except when he entered the palace pretending to be a fool, Zhao Cong had never seen him in a state of embarrassment.Kneeling in the snow