The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

After the emperor's health gradually improved, he immediately decreed to take the empress and several important court officials to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect the people's situation and provide relief to the victims.

After the emperor set off, Zhu Sha entered the Empress Dowager's palace through the corner gate.

Zhu Sha knelt in front of the Empress Dowager and said, "Reporting to Empress Dowager, things are stable these days, Yan Xun hasn't changed much, it's just that two of his generals - Qin Ran and Mu Fengyi and Liangzhou Inspector Fang Huai had conflicts over military supplies a while ago , and made trouble in front of Yan Xun."

The queen mother slightly raised her eyelids, "Oh? Think about it, Aijia, that Fang Huai seems to be the elder brother of Concubine De? Fang Huai's brother-in-law is by Yuchi Yuanhe's side. He is not very capable, but he is used to flattering horses."

Lan Yan at the side said: "The queen mother is right."

Zhu Sha said: "Also, that Qin Ran is Ye Luo's surrendered general. He was captured by Yan Xun from the battlefield a few years ago, and then surrendered."

Lan Yan said again: "If you are not of my race, their hearts must be different."

The Empress Dowager leaned back and thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "This matter is really interesting, Ai Jia has to think about it. What else?"

Zhu Sha said: "Before the emperor sent a secret decree to Yan Xun, asking him to bring him back, now this servant has confirmed his identity."

The queen mother immediately sat up straight, "Is he really the son of that bitch?"

Zhu Sha said: "After several twists and turns, the servant found his home, arrested and tortured his master, but the man never said a word... the servant neglected his duty, he was rescued by a group of men in black, and then entered Yanzhou There is no way for the slave to intercept people from the Xun’s military camp. However, the slave carefully checked all the things brought back from his house, and finally only found a suspicious note.”

As Zhu Sha said, she took out a small bamboo tube from her bosom, opened it and took out the small note rolled inside, unfolded it and offered it with both hands, "Please look at it, Queen Mother."

The words on it were not written with pen and ink, but written with blood by someone who bit his finger.The note was quite old, it had turned yellow badly, and the handwriting was a little blurry, but the words "the fifth hour and the third quarter of the ninth month of the Renchen year" could still be seen clearly.

Lan Yan said: "This seems to be a person's birth date?"

The Empress Dowager's face suddenly turned cold, she threw the note aside, and said coldly, "Didn't that bitch give birth on the day of the third quarter of the fifth day of the ninth lunar month in the Renchen year?"

Zhu Sha said: "Yes, this is what I thought of when I saw this note. It is clearly the same day, such a coincidence. Moreover, the emperor sent Yan Zun to pick it up, which is enough to explain the problem."

The Queen Mother's whole body was like frost, exuding a icy aura the color of snow.

The hall fell silent, Zhu Sha and Lan Yan didn't dare to vent their anger, after a while, Zhu Sha raised his head, only to find that the Queen Mother was smiling, but that smile seemed to be chasing after someone's soul.

Lan Yan hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother calms down."

Zhu Sha said: "Then what does the Empress Dowager want to do?"

The queen mother said word by word: "Stop them before they enter the capital."

Zhu Sha hesitated and said, "However, Bai Yu has strict protection around him, so the servants may not be able to kill him."

"The Ai family didn't ask you to kill Bai Yu."

Zhu Sha was puzzled, and the Queen Mother waved to her, "Come here with your ears."

At noon a few days later, the carriage stopped under a jujube tree, and Bai Yu pulled Wanwan out of the carriage, "Where did it go?"

Yan Zun took a look at the map, "There is a small town in front of it, called Song'an Town. After passing through Song'an Town, there is an official road leading directly to Beijing. Do you think we should go to the town for lunch, or just grab some dry food here? ? If you go to the town to eat, I’m afraid the city gate will be locked when you arrive in Shangjing. If you make a living here, you can enter Shangjing before dark.”

Bai Yu thought for a while, and said, "We're all here now, it doesn't matter if it's early or late, let's go to the town to eat, the journey is urgent these two days, and I don't feel well at night, let her have a rest."

"Okay." Yan Zun said, "If that's the case, don't be in a hurry, let's rest here for a while."

Bai Yu nodded, Wan Wan caught a glimpse of a flock of sheep at the foot of the hill, she pulled Bai Yu's wrist and pointed, Yan Zun then sent two people to accompany her to play.

Bai Yu sat down on the big rock under the tree, took two mouthfuls from the water bag, put her arms on her knees, bent over and started to be in a daze.

Ever since he left Kaizhen, Yan Zun found that Bai Yu's mood was not right, not to say very depressed, just full of worries and listless, he could see it even at night, and picked flowers for him every day when he had nothing to do, to make him happy.

Yan Zun sat beside him and said: "If you have any troubles, you can tell me, maybe I can help?"

Bai Yu tried his best to smile and said, "Actually, it's nothing. I'm just thinking about my master. If I'm not a commoner, even if I'm just a seventh-rank county magistrate, I won't let others manipulate me like this. I can't even protect my only relative. Let him Injured so badly."

Ruan Haoyue didn't say anything, but he could guess that Que was being tortured like this, maybe the queen mother's people took him away, and wanted to ask about his life experience.

Yan Zun also said: "In today's world, the power you hold in your own hands is the most reliable. If you completely place your hope on the king's law and justice, then you are really living in a dream."

Bai Yu was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Yan Shilang, you and Yan Xun are brothers. Although Yan Xun has been in the army since childhood, you are not often together, but you are also relatives who break the bones and connect the muscles. If one day you and Yan Xun He fights, what will you do?"

Yan Zun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That depends on what you are fighting for. I am not a saint either. If I want something very much, I will naturally try my best to fight for it."

"What if this thing is Yan Xun's military power? The one who loses the battle will lose everything."

Yan Zun remained silent for a long time, and said for a while: "Then I won't fight with elder brother. Because I can't lead soldiers and fight, even if I fight, I can't do better than elder brother. And I don't have much interest in this .”

Bai Yu froze slightly, Yan Zun's few words made him understand immediately.

"Are you thinking about this these days?" Yan Zun was a little disappointed, "Afraid that I will steal my elder brother's things?"

Bai Yu smiled lightly, and his expression became much more relaxed, "How is it possible, I know what kind of person you are."

Yan Zun smiled and said: "But having said that, I really don't want to give up other things except military power, such as..."

He glanced at Bai Yu, and just about to say something, his ears keenly caught the sound of the feather arrow piercing the air, before he could react, he subconsciously protected Bai Yu, and then a sharp arrow pierced his back.

Afterwards, several hidden arrows came. At this time, all the guards beside him rushed over, waved away a few times, and several people chased after the source of the hidden weapons.

Bai Yu supported Yan Zun, and shouted: "Don't chase after him! Beware of tricks to divert the tiger away from the mountain! Hurry up and get Wanwan back!"

Gao Yi quickly brought the medicine box, and Bai Yu tore off the clothes on Yan Zun's back to check. Fortunately, the arrow was near his shoulder and did not hurt his vitals.

Yan Zun endured the pain and said, "Just wrap it up casually, and set off quickly."

Gao Yi held the arrow, and pulled it out all at once, Yan Zun trembled in pain, lay on Bai Yu's lap, gritted his teeth and endured.

Bai Yu took the arrow and sniffed it, and said, "Fortunately, it's not poisonous, give him some medicine."

Gao Yi's hands and feet were very neat, he took care of the wound a few times, Bai Yu then hurriedly looked back, Wanwan had been brought back safe and sound, and was looking at this place with some fear.

Together with Gao Yi, he helped Yan Zun up, put him on the carriage, and the carriage drove quickly to Beijing.

Bai Yu opened her medicine box and took out a small black porcelain bottle, poured out a pill from it and fed it to Yan Zun, "It's for pain relief, chew it up and swallow it."

Wan Wan didn't know what she was thinking, after a while, she took out a pen and paper from another box.These days, she has learned to write a lot of characters from Bai Yu, and the carriage shook violently, so she wrote very slowly.

After finishing writing, she handed the paper to Bai Yu, on which it was written crookedly: "I saw a brother with a little red dot between his eyebrows, he hid behind a tree with a bow and arrow."

Intuition told Bai Yu that there was no such a coincidence.There is a small red dot between the eyebrows, it should be a cinnabar mole, as for the elder brother, it should be that cinnabar is wearing men's clothes, and Wanwan is too young to recognize it.

Bai Yu took a deep breath, feeling a little annoyed.

The carriage galloped all the way through Song'an Town and soon arrived at Shangjing. Before the city gate was closed, the group of people went straight to Yan's Mansion.

Arriving at the gate of Yan's mansion, Yan Zun and Bai Yu's hanging hearts finally let go. They helped Yan Zun down with all their might, and the servants had already gone in to make an announcement. As soon as they got off the carriage, a man in a fine attire came out. The girl looks somewhat similar to Yan Xun and Yan Zun.

Yan Zun said happily: "Mother, I'm back!"

With tears in her eyes, Princess Chunyi looked Yan Zun up and down several times, "What's the matter, why are you injured? Hurry up, go back to the house and rest, you go and call the doctor."

Yan Zun nodded, and pulled Bai Yu to his side, "Mother, this is my friend, let someone arrange a guest room for him and this child."

"Okay, practice water, hurry up and arrange a guest room." Princess Chunyi didn't care about greeting Bai Yu at this time, and only focused on her youngest son's injury, "What's the matter? Who dared to hurt you?"

Yan Zun shook his head and said, "Mother, let's talk about it later, I'm fine."

"You said it's okay, you..."

As soon as he entered the door of Yan's mansion, the eunuch's voice suddenly came from behind, "Mrs. Yan, Shilang Yan, stay here. This servant is here to pick up a young master Bai into the palace."

Yan Zun was taken aback, and said, "Now?"

The eunuch bowed and said: "Exactly, I don't know who is Mr. Bai, hurry up and go with the servant."

Bai Yu handed Wan Wan to Yan Zun, and said, "Then I will enter the palace."

Yan Zun said: "I should have accompanied you into the palace, but it's really inappropriate to go face to face with Sheng in this state. Then you go first, and be careful in everything in the palace."

Bai Yu nodded and followed the eunuch.

For a moment of anxiety, Yan Zun faintly felt that something was wrong, but he was not allowed to think about it, Princess Chunyi had already helped him back to the house.