Gongshang Confidante

Before Zhou Chiyu could speak, Ning Xiaobao was pulled off the horse, "Little ancestor, you are still injured, don't do anything wrong!" Ning Yuanwu cried out distressedly,

"Father, you are going to the battlefield! The Ning family is going to the battlefield!", Ning Xiaobao gripped the long knife tightly, with a determined face, Ning Yuanwei stared at Ning Yuanwu,

"Little bastard!" Ning Yuanwu gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice,

"Modong, Monan, Moxi, take your second uncle and Xiaobao back to recuperate!" Ning Yuanwei, the head of the family, spoke, and with a wave of his hand, two big men behind him supported Ning Yuanwu, and a big man carried Ning Yuanwu. Ning Xiaobao, "Little bastard, I'm your second uncle! Against you!" Ning Yuanwu roared,

Ning Xiaobao was held by the neck, and kicked towards Ning Moxi with his hands and feet, picking out the vital parts, and shouted, "Third brother! I will never talk to you again!",

Ning Modong and Ning Monan exchanged glances, resolutely that it was right for them to take away Uncle Ning first, otherwise Xiaobao would hate himself to death, "Xiaobao, you see that the third brother was obviously forced, you should heal your wounds obediently, I'll take you there after the third brother recovers, okay?" Ning Moxi discussed with a bitter face,

Ning Yuanwu and Ning Xiaobao kept struggling and shouted, "Let go of me! Let go! I want to kill the enemy!".

The flames of war lasted for several months, and the smoke of gunpowder covered Yanshan Pass, dyeing the sky of the snow-capped mountains crouching like a dragon red.

"Fight again tomorrow, Modong, you lead a team and attack from the west. I think Gu He's formation is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. If you can break it, then it's good. If you can't break it, withdraw immediately." Zhou Chiyu took off his helmet and handed it to him. Huayu said,

Ning Modong turned his head and glanced at Ning Yuanwei, seeing him nodding, he responded, "I obey, Your Highness",

"General, Princess Yu!", the soldiers who came and went saw Ning Yuanwei and Zhou Chiyu clapping their hands and saluting, "General!", "His Royal Highness!", "Princess Yu!", "In just a few months, Your Royal Highness is in my black tiger. In the army, the prestige is not low, haha", Ning Yuanwei said with a smile, Zhou Chiyu bowed his head, smiled and said nothing.

"As you can see today, Princess Zhaoning's arrow brushed Yiqianxie's shoulder, and it really pierced Yang with a hundred steps! It's amazing!" The young general said excitedly, "You are a bit late, if Yi Muhe hadn't replaced the old man The thief blocked it, and the arrow had already passed through the heart," said another young general,

"This Yi Muhe, I heard that he is a frail scholar, a wimp, and he didn't think about it. The charge on the battlefield seems desperate, and his archery skills are superb. He shot and wounded several of our commanders. He is also familiar with the art of war, and he uses soldiers like a god. We have suffered a lot," the young general said bitterly,

"Don't push up other people's ambitions. In terms of bravery, ghost killing is the number one. Every time he is the one who turns the tide, he kills the bones and the army is demoralized!",

"That's true! If I had three points of his ability, I would have been the little commander!", the young general held the helmet under his arm, holding a knife, and was boasting, when he suddenly saw Princess Zhaoning and his party coming, his face was flushed, Dare to raise his head, hurriedly bowed and left.

Zhou Chiyu turned his head to look at Ning Yuanwei, "Does the general know who this ghost killer is?", "I don't know, this person's whereabouts are mysterious", Ning Yuanwei shook his head and said, Su Muxue was also very curious, after all, the ghost killer once saved her life, but all Ask, but no one knows.

"The Black Tiger Army has strict military discipline and strict military discipline. Can this person be allowed to walk freely in the army?" Zhou Chiyu said lightly. After Ning Yuanwei finished speaking, he made excuses and walked away without saying a word.

Zhou Chiyu frowned, and said, "This ghost killer is really a weird person", "Mu Xue~~", a drawn-out voice came out excitedly, and I saw Ning Xiaobao in black robe, holding a With a cup of soup, Dian Dian'er walked over, opened his mouth and smiled, "I made pork bone soup for you, drink it quickly, it's good for your muscles and bones",

"Xiaobao, have all the injuries on your body healed?" Su Muxue asked, "It's been a long time ago. My mother is still brewing medicine. I slipped out after suffering so much." Ning Xiaobao smiled and handed the soup to Su Muxue ,

"Chi Yu, you've been tired these two days, why don't you drink some soup", Su Muxue turned around and handed the soup out, "No need!", "No!" The two said at the same time, Su Muxue said helplessly, "Let's go back to the house first."

Ning Xiaobao took Su Muxue's sword like a dog, and walked behind her.

"Brother, how is the war going?" Ning Yuanwu asked urgently. He was suffocated during the period of recuperation. Ning Yuanwei sighed,

"After a ten-year truce, the black tiger army inside Yanshan Pass recuperated, while Gu He outside the pass was like a hungry wolf and never stopped hunting."

Ning Yuanwu slammed down the desk heavily, and said, "The black tiger soldiers back then were either old, or married wives and had children, but today's gang of cubs are no match for Guhe hungry wolves!",

Ning Yuanwei patted Ning Yuanwu on the shoulder, "Gu He has been plotting for a long time, and the Black Tiger Army rushed to fight, it is indeed a bit difficult to deal with, but the weapons and equipment, fire and mines made by Qingsheng back then are enough to drive Gu He away, but I am worried, The longer the war drags on, the greater the bloodshed and casualties. What's more, Gu He is still wooing other tribes, and if it drags on, there will be branches and branches, and Yanshan Pass will be hard to support alone."

"There are Gu He in the north, and the Western Man is rampant. The Zhou Dynasty is under attack from both sides. I am afraid that the emperor will not be able to send troops to support it," Ning Yuanwu said. , Ning Yuanwei said, "The situation is critical, I only ask the emperor to

The dragon's body is healthy."

Coincidentally, shortly after the discussion between Ning Yuanwei and Ning Yuanwu, an urgent edict was sent to Yanshan Pass, ordering Zhaoning Princess Zhou Chiyu to return to the palace without delay.

There are only a few numbers in the imperial edict, but if someone thinks about it, he will know that the emperor's dragon is probably in trouble.

The red walls and glazed tiles, the bluestone slabs engraved with ancient beasts, when Zhou Chiyu returned to the palace, his state of mind was very different from when he left the palace.

After informing the palace that Princess Zhaoning was still alive, Zhou Chiyu wrote a letter to Emperor Jing Hong, expressing his willingness to stay at Yanshan Pass and fight back with the Black Tiger Army, and the emperor agreed.

Since ancient times in the Zhou Dynasty, only the princes could lead the army and fight the enemy on the battlefield. The seventh prince Zhou Yue led the army to fight in the Western Shu, and Zhou Chiyu was allowed by the emperor to lead the army to kill the enemy in Mobei. first one.

Chengde Palace

After returning to the palace, I felt lifeless everywhere, feeling oppressed and out of breath. Zhou Chiyu knelt down and said, "Zhao Ning returns to the palace, and greets my father",

After Li Chengqian entered the palace to announce, Zhou Chiyu was announced to enter the palace.

There was a strong smell of medicine in the hall. Emperor Jing Hong was wearing a dragon robe, lying on his side on the couch, his back was thin and frail, his arms under the sleeves of the wide robe were bloodless, and his withered hands were holding a medicine bowl, and he drank it with his head up.

"Cough cough", Emperor Jing Hong coughed twice and panted heavily, Li Chengqian supported him and leaned against him, "Yuer, you're back", Emperor Jing Hong said, raising his eyes, his eyes were bloodshot, and the bags under his eyes were falling out.

Zhou Chiyu was slightly startled, hurried forward two steps, knelt down and said, "Father, the baby is back." Emperor Jing Hong raised his hand and touched the top of her head,

"Finally I am willing to come back to see me",

"Father..." Zhou Chiyu raised his head, his eyes filled with tears, and said, "The child is not filial. He didn't come back earlier to pay his respects to the father and serve his knees." ", Emperor Jing Hong said with a smile, "My prince and princess are all dragons and phoenixes among men."

The two talked for a while, and Emperor Jing Hong was a little tired, so he asked Zhou Chiyu to go back to the palace to rest.As soon as Zhou Chiyu came out of the palace, he saw Empress Su leading the second prince Zhou Ren over, "Empress Empress", Zhou Chiyu saluted, "Princess is back", Empress Su raised her eyebrows, and her eyes showed fierce energy , in a calm tone,

Compared to Empress Su's indifference, Zhou Renke was much warmer and shouted, "Emperor sister", "Emperor brother", Zhou Chiyu smiled at him, and was about to leave when Zhou Ren said, " The seventh brother is also back, at the gate of the city, after a while, he will enter the palace to pay his respects to the emperor."

With a flash in Zhou Chiyu's eyes, he bowed his head in salute, presumed to go back to the palace to rest, and left.

"Ren'er, you are the oldest among the princes, so you must act properly. These people are all obstacles in the way for you to be the prince." Empress Su watched Li Chengjin report back in the hall, and said in a low voice,

"The empress mother is unavoidable. The mother and concubine of the seventh brother made a mistake. He punished the Western Shu defenders himself. The other princes are all young, and the emperor's sister is a princess. How can there be a stone in the way?" Zhou Ren said,

Empress Su looked at Zhou Ren. He was the oldest one, with immature eyes and a bookish look. He was different from Zhou Yue's decisiveness and ruthlessness, and Zhou Chiyu's scheme beyond his age. Without her own support, how could this child be? The opponents of those two.

"Your father thinks highly of Chi Yu. In the past, she was allowed to accompany Chi Yu in reviewing the memorials. Now, she is allowed to lead the army to fight. With such connivance, the queen mother has to be careful. The crown prince must be yours." Empress Su stroked Zhou Ren's head , said firmly.

Zhou Chiyu left the Chengde Hall and headed for the Feather Hall in a chariot, but at the gate of the hall, he met a man in military uniform with armor like black ink, showing his hands with rough thick calluses and molted scars, which was shocking.

"This is not like the pampered seventh prince." Zhou Chiyu stepped down from the chariot and said calmly. The man turned around with a sharp outline, cold and heartless eyes, and a slight mocking smile from the corner of his mouth, "Zhaoning, long time no see."

"It's rare to return to Beijing from Xishu. Why don't you go to pay respects to the emperor and go to the Yu Palace?" Zhou Chiyu looked at Zhou Yue, his childishness was washed away by the battlefield, and his whole body was like a sharp sword exuding sharp momentum.

Zhou Yue squinted at her, pursed his lips, and stared at Zhou Chiyu with hostile eyes, Zhou Chiyu was not afraid, she saw Fengzhou where blood was flowing into rivers, and Mobei where corpses were everywhere, she took two steps slowly, walked When Zhou Yue approached, he stood still.

Zhou Yue's face was reflected in his clear eyes, Zhou Yue's face was strange, he took a step back, his eyes were dark, and he said, "One day, I want you to kneel at my feet and beg for mercy."

Zhou Chiyu looked indifferent, passed by Zhou Yue, and walked away.

The faint fragrance of Zhou Chiyu's body remained in the air, making Zhou Yue's eyes gloomy and bloodshot. He stood in place, his chest heaving, and he clenched his scarred hand.