Sir, I can do it!

"Third Young Master." Zhan Yi stood up and saluted Wei Zhao, his eyes fell on the Mu Han Sword in his hand. "My lord, he..."

Halfway through the conversation, Zhan Yi changed the subject and said, "My lord ordered his subordinates to lurk in Nanliang, and now the matter in Nanliang has been settled. I was ordered by my lord to come to help the third son, and I have another piece of confidential news to tell the third son." son."

Holding the Mu Han Sword, Wei Zhao hummed lightly: "Please tell me."

Zhan Yi said: "Gu Ying found my mother, um, it's Zhan Qiniang. She used to be Emperor Wu's secret agent, and she held a lot of secrets, including some things about Duke Qi. She told me that Duke Qi secretly trained a An army is located in a place called Anding Village in Shuobei."

"Anding Village?" Wei Zhao said, "I originally thought that Qi Guogong made his fortune in Qizhou, and [-]% of that secret army would hide in Qizhou area. I sent people to Qizhou to investigate, but there was nothing. But Shuobei It’s so big, it might be difficult to find an Anding village.”

He turned around and said: "Zhan Qiniang is indeed Emperor Wu's secret weapon. Even my grandmother doesn't know the details of such a confidential matter, but she was able to find out the place of the Tibetan army."

Zhan Yi looked a little unnatural.

Wei Zhao said: "You don't have to hide anything, she can tell you these things means that she is surrendering to us. Emperor Wu has been dead for so many years, and Li Huai has imprisoned her for so many years. She has no one to be loyal to. Naturally, I will find a better way out for myself.”

Seeing that Zhan Yi didn't seem to want to mention Zhan Qiniang, he said, "Okay, now that I know some clues, I'll send someone to investigate right away. You once led the army in Nanliang, I'm short of manpower, how about How does it work in our army?"

Zhan Yi's eyes were slightly red: "I am willing to go through fire and water for the third son."

Wei Zhao patted him on the shoulder: "It's been a hard journey, you should have a good rest." He turned around and walked to the door, stopped, stroking the black jade-like hilt of Mu Han Sword with his fingers, and said, "He fell into the Baizhang Cliff. , so far no one is alive or dead. But I firmly believe that he is still alive."

Zhan Yi's nose was sour, and tears fell silently.

"My lord is a character who is more ruthless than Hades, no matter whether it is in the sky or on earth, no one dares to accept him."

Wei Zhao pretended not to hear his sobbing tone, bent his lower lip, and said with a light smile, "Indeed."

In July, Concubine Cui gave birth to a son as she wished.There is an undercurrent in the court.

The eldest prince Li Kui did not satisfy the emperor several times in a row, and even scolded Li Qi in front of all the courtiers for being dull and unfit for the important task.Li Huai even rejected several originally planned policies one by one, and promoted a son of the Cui family to take over.It was rumored between the ruling and opposition parties that the emperor intended to make Concubine Cui's son the crown prince.

Don't mention how aggrieved Li Qi was.

Feng Yudao: "The Cui family has quietly controlled half of the court. Prime Minister Lu seems to support us, but in fact he has an ambiguous relationship with the Cui family. In Shuobei, there is Cui Feng holding a heavy army. The emperor used the Cui family at the beginning because he wanted to It's ridiculous to treat the Cui family as a knife, but never think that the person who wields the knife will be controlled by the knife."

Li Qi said: "The affairs of the court can still be dealt with. There are many nobles who are on our side. But the attitude of the father is really shocking. I went to see him recently and found that he seemed to be unable to control his temper. The eyes are red, and the whole person is manic and violent. But when I see Concubine Cui, I will be more stable."

Feng Yu frowned: "Do you suspect that the emperor has been poisoned?"

"It's possible. Otherwise, I really can't think of why the father became like this." He said: "I don't need to say more, I must know the father. He takes power very seriously and will never tolerate it." The Cui family threatens his imperial power."

Feng Yu nodded: "I can't get involved in the affairs of the harem, I have to ask my sister to worry about it. No matter what, the emperor must be stabilized first. At least before Ah Zhao returns to Beijing, the emperor must not be allowed to establish a crown prince."

"When will the third son return?"

Feng Yu shook his head: "I don't know yet, but I think it will be soon. Seeing the Cui family's frequent movements in the court hall, the situation in Shuobei must not be too good. Otherwise, the Cui family would not be in a hurry to push a baby who is still in the swaddling position."

Only then did Li Kui feel relieved, when he suddenly thought of something, he suddenly felt a little uneasy: "Uncle, the old Shangshu from the Ministry of Punishments is about to retire, and now Zuo Shilang is taking over the administrative affairs of the Ministry of Punishment, and Zuo Shilang is getting closer to the Cui family. I am worried about them It will attack the old lady in the dungeon."

Li Qi's worries were soon fulfilled.

First, all the expenses sent in the prison were cleared one by one, and then even three meals a day were deducted a lot.

The old lady is getting old, and she can't stand the toss. Now she can't even eat well, and she is very emaciated very quickly.

Mother Xu felt distressed, but there was nothing she could do.

That's not all.In order to let the people in Shengjing know about Wei's treason, the people from the Ministry of Punishment put Mrs. Wei and Wei Xi into cages, and took them out of the prison to parade in the streets.

On the day of the parade, it was raining lightly, and Wei Xi's legs couldn't stand the dampness. He had recurrent seizures in the sky prison, and now being paraded through the street, he was out of breath, and the pain was even more unbearable.

The eyes of Cao Ying and Meng Sanhen who were hiding in the dark were red.

"Master Cao, our people are all arranged, why not rob the prisoner van now."

Cao Ying was steady after all.The Wei family has a profound background, and Qingxiaowei is even more unpredictable. A mere sky prison can't stop them.And the reason why letting the old lady be imprisoned in the prison became Li Huai's handle, not because the Wei family had no choice.

Li Huai used Mrs. Wei as a bargaining chip to check and balance the Wei family.Why didn't Mrs. Wei take herself as a reassurance.As long as she is still in the sky prison and in Li Huai's hands, his heart can be at ease.Otherwise, once Li Huai is cornered, if he uses the whole country's troops to deal with Wei, it will be a disaster for the world.

Cao Ying clenched her fists tightly and said through gritted teeth, "As long as the old matriarch's life is not endangered, we can't do anything."

Meng San sighed hard, turned his head away and couldn't bear to look.

In order to insult Wei Shi, the Cui family also arranged people in the dark to guide the people to throw some dirty things when the prison van passed by.But before they could throw them out, they were dragged into the alley and beaten violently.Later, I don't know where it started, but whenever the prison cart passed by, the people stood with their hands down one after another, without saying a word.

After a lot of tossing around, the Cui family didn't get any benefit, but instead made the old lady seriously ill, and the Cui family finally knew how to be afraid.They just wanted to humiliate them, but if Old Madam Wei died in their hands, it would only anger Wei Zhao and lead to even crazier revenge.

Cui Fengde, who was far away at the border, almost turned backwards when he heard the news: "This group of idiots! The old lady of the Wei family is our trump card, and even the emperor has offered her well. What do they want to do, huh? I didn't die fast enough at the border!"

Hong Kun said: "They also want to give Wei Zhao a little color, tell him that Mrs. Wei is in the hands of the Cui family, and let him settle down. It's just that this method was used wrongly, and it didn't arouse public anger. They replaced Wei Zhao. There was a wave of sympathy from everyone."

He turned to Madam Cui and said, "It seems that Madam is in charge in Beijing."

Mrs. Cui snorted coldly: "If Shuobei is more stable, Shengjing will not try to think of crooked ways."

Hong Kun laughed dryly: "Ma'am, this is annoyed old man."

Mrs. Cui said: "Supervisor Hong keeps promising to establish a perfect intelligence network in Shuobei as soon as possible. But Wei Zhao's reading library has blossomed everywhere in Shuobei. Where is Supervisor Hong's intelligence network?"

Hong Kun's eyes were dark: "If I had known today, I should have killed that kid early in Beifu Prison."

There are many villages in Shuobei area called Anding Village.There is one under the jurisdiction of Shuozhou City.

The village is not big, only a dozen or so families.

The early morning mist had not yet dissipated, and in a low fenced yard, a thin young man was vigorously brandishing a wooden sword.

After dancing, the family members got up one after another.The young man tied the wooden sword to his waist, picked up a pole and went to the river to fetch water.

"Yo, Ergou practiced sword again this morning."

The young man glared at the young man angrily, and said, "I told you I'm not Ergou, I'm Dingguo, Xu Dingguo!"

The young man touched his nose embarrassingly: "Didn't you forget it for a while?" He folded his sleeves and stepped forward and said, "Hey, let me say two, oh no, Dingguo, did the man who lives in your house ask the question? Let me see." Seeing that his aura is not like that of ordinary people, you have to be careful yourself, someone else taught you a few sword skills and kissed like something. Maybe he was sold by someone and counted the money for him. "

The young man snorted, "I'm not stupid. Besides, the patriarch also knows that he is in my house. The patriarch is an old man, and he is sure."

The young man waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I'll just say a few more words, look at you, your brother never saw you protecting him like this when he was at home."

Speaking of his brother, the boy was a little unhappy.

The young man said: "Why, your brother hasn't written yet?"

The young man nodded disconsolately, since he received a letter saying he was safe last winter, there has been no letter.

The Cui family's army was replaced in Yunzhou City, and it was rumored that the former Major General of Yunzhou City Guard was a rebel, and everyone died in Gaolan Mountain.I'm afraid his brother has been in trouble for a long time.

Later, after the Wei family army occupied Beiyan, they took back the badges of the soldiers who died in battle, counted the dead soldiers according to the roster, and sent the badges to their families in the patrol village, so that their souls could return to their hometowns and their families could pay homage.

But the Xu family did not receive Xu's waist card, so the young man always believed that his brother was not dead.

I brought water and went home, and breakfast was ready.

He went to the west wing and called the man who taught him swordsmanship.This man was picked up when he went into the mountains to cut firewood two months ago.When I picked him up, he had many wounds on his body, and it took him a lot of days to get out of the ground.

I just asked him what he didn't know, and he even forgot his own name.He often sits on the stone steps at the door in a daze, his right hand always involuntarily covers his left wrist and rubs it, as if there should be something there.

He spoke very little, and almost all days were left unheard of unless necessary.Even instructing him to practice swordsmanship, he saves as much as he can, never saying a word.

"I'm leaving."

This is the first time this man has taken the initiative to speak.

Xu Dingguo said, "Where are you going?"

The man frowned: "Look for something."

"Looking for what?"

"Looking for..." He tilted his head and said, "A copper coin."

After hearing this, Xu Dingguo ran back to the house to get a cloth bag, poured out all the copper coins in it, and pushed it in front of the man: "I have a lot of copper coins, and I will give them to you. Don't leave, okay?"

The man only took one look and then looked away: "It's not my copper coins, I want to find my copper coins."

Xu Dingguo's eyes were a little red, and he knew he couldn't keep him.

"Where are you going to find it?"

The man said: "I don't know, but I will definitely find it."

"when are we leaving?"

"immediately."

Before Xu Dingguo could react, he had already walked out of the courtyard! ! !

"Hey, do you know the way? You can't get into Shuozhou City like this!" Xu Dingguo pulled the copper money into his arms, went back to the house to get the household registration documents, and trotted over.