After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

On the next day, May 23th, [-]rd year of Hongchu, an urgent battle report was sent to Prince Rui's Mansion in Jiuyou County on time as Qi Zizhen said.

According to the battle report, the left deputy general Tang Leyuan led only a thousand elite soldiers to attack for hundreds of miles, caught Fengshu County by surprise, and directly defeated the garrison at an extremely fast speed, forcing the defenders to abandon the city and flee. To the loss of hundreds of people, Fengshu County was regained.

Song Xingqiu casually threw the battle report on the table, put one hand on his chin and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that, you guys are quite capable."

When he spoke, his final voice rose slightly, but it sounded like he was acting strangely.

Qi Zizhen just glanced at the battle report casually, and took a sip of tea calmly: "The Second Highness congratulates me."

A calm look that has long been well-thought-out, looks even more unpredictable.

Song Xingqiu snorted softly with a smile, caressing the teacup with one hand: "So, where did the remaining 5000 people go?"

Qi Zizhen shrugged, and replied casually: "I haven't gone anywhere, I just settled outside the city temporarily."

As early as when he learned that the generals guarding the city of Fengshu County were cautious by nature, he and Song Yaoxu discussed to hide [-] troops.

The news that the Ling Dynasty sent [-] troops had spread to the border area early on, and the generals guarding the city in Fengshu County were bound to inquire about the arrival of the army in Jiuyou County.

Only 4000 of the original [-] troops arrived in Jiuyou County, and the newborn calf Tang Leyuan led only [-] elite troops to attack menacingly. The city guards will inevitably wonder if there are [-] troops waiting there.

The wind direction on the battlefield changes rapidly. Tang Leyuan himself is a person who dares to rush forward without fear of death. It is estimated that he led the soldiers with high morale to rush forward without saying a word.

The defenders of Fengshu County were afraid of the [-] troops that might rush out at any time, but in the end Tang Leyuan took advantage of the situation and drove them away.

The first battle of Ling Chao's unilateral raid was successful, and a lost city was taken back. This is undoubtedly exciting news.

Song Xingqiu stayed in Jiuyou County for two years, so he naturally knew more about the surrounding cities than Qi Zizhen, and after hearing Qi Zizhen's words, he wanted to understand the reason.

His expression remained unchanged, and he continued to say leisurely: "I'm curious, who gave you the courage to mobilize the army without authorization?"

Qi Zizhen unhurriedly took out the half of the Tiger Talisman he was carrying with him, held it lightly between his fingers, tilted his head and asked, "Who does the Second Highness think it will be given to you?"

Seeing the tiger talisman in his hand, Song Xingqiu raised his eyebrows, and there was a little surprise in his eyes, which was similar to the reaction of Song Yaoxu and Tang Leyuan back then.

Qi Zizhen put away the half of the Tiger Talisman again, and after taking a sip of tea, he said earnestly, "Sometimes, some people are not necessarily what the Second Highness thinks, and the Second Highness must not be preconceived."

This is not only about Song Xingqiu's attitude towards Emperor Hongchu, but also about his deliberately depraved behavior in front of Song Yaoxu.

Hearing his words, Song Xingqiu half straightened up, stretched his waist, and said indifferently: "My pretentiousness is just a stopgap measure, and elder brother will find out by himself sooner or later. My dear sister-in-law, don't worry about it." Don't underestimate the relationship between me and big brother."

After he finished speaking, he blinked his eyes, which was clearly provocative.

Qi Zizhen didn't like him, and retorted casually: "Since you are so confident, then naturally I can't get involved in the brotherhood between you, right, my dear second brother?"

Since the "meeting each other with swords drawn" yesterday, Qi Zizhen basically didn't even have much courtesy to Song Xingqiu in terms of etiquette.

He also couldn't tell the exact reason, maybe it was a natural discord, or maybe he was really envious.

Fortunately, Song Xingqiu himself is not a person who likes to follow the rules, so he didn't say anything more to him in the end, instead he asked: "Speaking of which, is Young Master Qi interested in knowing who the assassin who attacked you is?"

Qi Zizhen raised his eyes and glanced at him: "It must be the confidant that the Second Highness sent out to welcome us back then."

When he first entered the city, he felt that the face and eyes of the trusted guard were somewhat familiar, so he paid a little attention.

Meeting the assassin last night inevitably made him feel flustered. He didn't remember where he saw those eyes before, but he recalled it later when Song Yaoxu confronted the assassin, and guessed that the assassin must have been sent by Song Xingqiu.

Song Xingqiu was not surprised when he heard his answer, he smiled softly, and picked up the porcelain cup on the table again to play with: "It's more than that. According to my understanding, Young Master Qi should have already recognized the relationship with the current national teacher. "

Hearing this, Qi Zizhen suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, and met the knowing smile in his eyes.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, waiting for Song Xingqiu to continue talking.

Song Xingqiu is not a person who likes to show off. He put the porcelain cup back on the table with a "bang" sound: "Young Master Qi, haven't you noticed that my confidant is the eldest son of your Wei family who went out to practice."

Hearing what he said, Qi Zizhen finally realized why that confidant's face was somewhat familiar - he and his father Wei Qing'an were indeed very similar, especially his eyes.

While in the capital, Qi Zizhen met Wei Qingan's second son, that is, his second cousin, and roughly understood that their brothers often corresponded with each other, and the second cousin had already recognized him as a relative. Informed his brother.

Presumably Song Xingqiu learned about these things from his big cousin.

Qi Zizhen didn't know about Song Xingqiu, and even less about Song Xingqiu's involvement with the Wei family, so he didn't make any comments on it.He shook the teacup in his hand: "Let my cousin assassinate my cousin, the Second Highness is really not an ordinary person."

Song Xingqiu didn't seem to understand the irony in his words, he curled his lips and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I can't compare to the emperor's wife who can persuade my elder brother to change his mind."

After a few short conversations, the atmosphere that was originally slightly relaxed changed a bit.

The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally turned their heads to do their own things, and reached a temporary reconciliation tacitly.

After that, Song Xingqiu, who had finished talking, didn't linger for too long, put the porcelain cup back to its original position, picked up the battle report, casually told someone, got up and left.

Qi Zizhen stood up politely and led him all the way to the door, stood at the door and watched Song Xingqiu leave the yard, and immediately ran to knock on Song Yaoxu's door as if he was a different person.

As soon as Song Yaoxu opened the door, he saw Qi Zizhen standing outside the door. Although he didn't have much expression on his face, his eyes seemed to be shining, and he could tell that he was in a good mood.

He smiled softly and asked, "But what happened to you?"

Qi Zizhen nodded, and after looking left and right, he chose to pull Song Yaoxu's hand into the room with him and close the door, and then he couldn't wait to say: "Le Yuan has captured Fengshu County!"

Song Yaoxu froze for a moment, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes.

This time the division into two groups was the first tactical attempt of the three of them. They only hoped not to cause too much loss, let alone lose a friend from now on.

They didn't care too much about the final result, as long as they could seize even a little bit of an opportunity and advantage.

They never expected that Tang Leyuan could directly take back Fengshu County!

How calm he was in front of Song Xingqiu before, how happy Qi Zizhen is in front of Song Yaoxu now.

For Ling Chao, this could somewhat save his face, and for the three of them, it was the most beautiful result of the first tactic.

No matter which way you think about it, it is extremely inspiring.

Qi Zizhen's eyes were full of clear joy, and he couldn't help but said as if asking for a reward: "I knew Le Yuan must be a talent!"

Seeing his appearance, Song Yaoxu smiled even more gently, raised his hand to pat his head, and said in agreement, "Well, our Zizhen has a great eye for seeing people."

Although it sounds like coaxing a child, Qi Zizhen, who is now thinking clearly, is quite useful for it, and he is enthusiastically pulling him to continue discussing the next plan.

Tang Leyuan's victory this time was somewhat due to luck. They could be happy for a while, but they must not be complacent and complacent because of this, thinking that they are talented.

The real test for them is yet to come.

Fengshu County is the closest to Jiuyou County, and the urgent battle report can be delivered in half a day. If it is on the southwestern border of Wumeng Kingdom, it will take at least another half day.

In any case, Southwest General Sun Wushun is bound to know that Fengshu County has fallen in these two days, and he will definitely take certain actions at that time.

After finally grasping the opportunity, they had to make their response before Changsun Wushun made another decision.

While Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu were still discussing, there was another knock on the door, and then someone informed that it was Prince Rui's cronies.

Hearing this, Qi Zizhen briefly talked to Song Yaoxu about his relationship with that confidant Wei Lingshen, and then went to open the door in person.

Wei Lingshen paused when he saw the person who opened the door, and was interrupted by Qi Zizhen when he was about to salute.

His face was as indifferent as ever, but his voice was a little softer: "Isn't it a bit too far-fetched for cousins ​​to salute each other?"

Wei Lingshen stopped his original intention of saluting, and smiled helplessly: "You know. Did the Second Highness just inform you?"

Qi Zizhen nodded, and then directly invited him to the room.

From the previous relationship with his second cousin, Qi Zizhen also understood Wei Lingshen's attitude towards him, and also heard that Wei Lingshen tried to secretly carry the five-year-old Wei Qingling out of the prime minister's mansion the year Wei Qingling died. , and was scolded miserably by Wei Qingan.

Because of this past incident, Qi Zizhen had a good impression of Wei Lingshen, and roughly guessed that Song Xingqiu should not be crazy enough to really touch him in front of Song Yaoxu, and the so-called "assassination" was mostly just a cover to confuse Song Yaoxu.

Now that Song Yaoxu is still there, Qi Zizhen decides to ask Wei Lingshen when he has free time.

He led Wei Lingshen all the way in, and Song Yaoxu inside had already sat down at the table.

Wei Lingshen saluted politely, put a bow and arrow in his hand in front of Song Yaoxu and said, "This is the best bow and arrow in our Jiuyou County. Second Highness asked my subordinates to give this to you."

Song Yaoxu was a little dazed when he saw the bow and arrow, looked up and stared into Wei Lingshen's eyes for a while, and then responded with a smile: "Okay, please thank my second brother for me."

Wei Lingshen didn't say anything more, and took out a letter from his pocket and said: "This is a letter from the capital, and it is sent by the national teacher to His Highness the Crown Prince and Xiaozhen. The guard and I have already met in the rivers and lakes by chance before. Get acquainted, and the next task of sending letters will be handed over to me temporarily."

In this time, Wei Lingshen didn't use the title of "subordinate" in his words, obviously he had changed to another identity.

Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu looked at each other with surprise in their eyes, they didn't expect such a coincidence.

Immediately, Qi Zizhen was the first to come back to his senses, with a slight smile in his bent eyes: "Then there will be cousin Lao."

Wei Lingshen smiled and said "nothing", and then temporarily took his leave, leaving room for them to open and read the envelope.

After he left, Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu also immediately opened the letter from Ning Qingwei, the contents were probably not much movement in the court, and I wonder if King Guan is dormant planning something.

It's just that compared to the previous letter that was always well-regulated, this time there are two more messy cat paw prints at the end of the letter. After the paw prints, Ning Qingwei's handwriting was crooked a few times, obviously because Ling Ning interrupted him in the middle of writing the letter .

Looking at the cat's paw print, the two couldn't help but smile slightly.

Bright sunlight slanted in through the half-opened windows, and the scent of orchids wafted leisurely in the bright room.

Two figures, one black and one white, sat side by side, very close to each other, with relaxed and happy expressions, enjoying this last period of leisure time together.

Just now they had decided that when the night fell tonight, they would lead their army to set off again and declare war with Wumeng Kingdom.

The author has something to say: Before Song Xingqiu

Qi Zizhen: Has Tang Leyuan captured Fengshu County?Well, not bad, as expected

In front of Song Yaoxu

Qi Zizhen: Leyuan captured Fengshu County! ! !Your Highness, praise me for choosing the right person! !

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