Thousand-character silk

From the start, the advance of the Jing army this time is very different from the previous ones. Compared with the previous stalemate, the consumption was much faster. Even though both sides suffered heavy casualties, they still captured more than a dozen cities in the eastern border of Rongguo.Although it wasn't a large territory, it also showed that Jing Jun's understanding of Rong Guo had advanced a step further. If Rong Xuan didn't make any moves, he might not be able to defend Rong Du for long.

There are two countries fighting on their own land, but there is no news at Yong'an City, the capital of the king, and they have always turned a blind eye to the war between Rong and Jing.

Yan Qing said that we should strike first, take back the lost city first, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, we can't just wait for Jingguo to attack Rongguo before counterattacking.Immediately, civil servants objected, saying that the ancestors of Rongguo had taught us not to bully people without our territory, and suggested that we only need to take back the territory.

"If you can negotiate, then you can avoid a war, why not do it?"

Yan Qing said bluntly: "What kind of wolf and tiger is he, Jing Guohou? If he can accept the negotiation, why would he raid Weiguo? If Mr. Liang thinks the negotiation is feasible, why don't Mr. Liang take a trip to Eastern Xinjiang? "

The civil servant shut up immediately.

"General Yan, I respect you as a general. You have made great achievements in battle. I dare not say anything to argue with you. However, the war is exhausting. In the past six months of fighting with Jingguo, Rongguo's treasury has become increasingly empty, and Rongjun's soldiers have become more and more exhausted. There are fewer and fewer. It is good to strike first, but does the general really have the confidence to repel Jingguo in one fell swoop?"

Yan Qing smiled contemptuously, and went out to play to Rong Xuan: "His Royal Highness, the general thought that Yan Xi, the son of a dog, could take on this important task."

Yan Xi is the second son of the Yan family, and he is currently leading the Rong army on the eastern front.

Rong Xuan knew what Yan Qing meant.Jing Guo's ability to swallow more than a dozen cities in Rong Guo had something to do with Jing Jun's sneak attack at night. Yan Qing pleaded for the life of his second son Yan Xi this time, and also hoped that he would have a chance to redeem his crimes.

"Your Highness! Your Royal Highness!"

In the early morning, Liuqian ran in in a panic, knelt down on the hall with a plop, and there was a muffled sound when his knees landed on the ground, as if he was about to smash the floor.The ministers who were arguing stopped because of Liuqian's sudden intrusion, and looked at the palace man one after another. The fierce quarrel turned into small whispers.

Rong Xuan was sitting on top of the main hall, waved his sleeves, making Liu Qian speak.

"Liuqian, why are you so panicked?" Rong Xuan asked, frowning.

Liuqian seemed to have weak legs, and it took a lot of effort to stand up, and then he knelt back unconsciously, his face was as pale as rice paper, and his expression was panicked and terrifying.Seeing Liuqian's appearance, the ministers couldn't help discussing in the court.Rong Xuan's hands hidden in his sleeves were also tightened, but his expression remained calm, trying to maintain his external calm and stability.

"Your Highness... Your Highness..." Liuqian trembled, and glanced slightly in the direction of Old General Yan.

Rong Xuan's condensed face moved slightly, and he tried his best to control the tremor in his voice.

"Say."

Liuqian adjusted his breathing, panting heavily, and seemed unable to open his mouth. After swallowing with a wrinkled face, he said in a trembling voice:

"Yan... Second General Yan, gone..."

"what?!"

"Xi'er—!"

"General—!"

Rong Xuan stood up suddenly, his eyes went dark for a moment, he swayed and put his hands on the dragon table to stabilize his body.Old General Yan, who was standing by His Highness, mournfully called out the name of his second son, almost fainted, and was firmly supported by the soldiers around him.

With pale lips, Rong Xuan shouted to the servant beside him:

"Quick! Doctor Xuan!"

Several people sent Old General Yan out, Rong Xuan turned his gaze back to Liu Qian, and the spirit in Liu Qian's eyes was lost.

He gritted his teeth and asked, "Which general from Jing Kingdom?"

The court, which was disturbed by the fall of General Yan, suddenly quieted down, and all eyes were once again focused on Liu Qian.

"Yes..." Liuqian's face turned paler, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.

"Say!" Rong Xuan slapped the dragon table with his palm.

"It's Jingguo's Chariot General... Yan..." Liu Qian bit his lip, and the moment he opened his mouth, tears still couldn't help but burst up, "Yan Du!"

Qian Hong's figure sitting on the dragon chair suddenly fell down, Wu Ya rushed over from the side, he waved his hand to tell Wu Ya not to approach.

Rong Xuan stared incredulously at the people crawling under the hall, his shoulders drooped, and his strength was disappearing from his fingertips bit by bit.

Holding on to the last bit of spirit, he retreated all the officials, and immediately only Rong Xuan, Wu Ya and Liu Qian were left in the huge Chun'an Hall.

Rong Xuan stood up slowly, and poured into the frosty white body, the faint fragrance that had not been seen for a long time.

"Who is the general on the Eastern Front?"

Wu Ya supported Rong Xuan and said softly, "Bei Helian and Princess Min."

Rong Xuan nodded and closed his eyes extremely tired.

"Tell Yan Qing, Yan Jing, and Lin Louzhi to see you in the inner hall of Chun'an."

The author has something to say:

☆, Dongjiang

The author has something to say: Because of the network problem on Mori Tang’s own side, the background has been unable to open since noon, so he had no choice but to wait until the early morning to update the article. In order to make up for the fault of not updating the article in time, another update was added. Zhang (^^) please continue to support Mori Tang~

Judging from the situation of the Internet at Mori Tang, it is really not a good habit to write the same day’s post on the same day. I will write it as soon as possible in the future and then save the manuscript and send it to the post. I’m really sorry this Sunday (·_·||| )

The palace has been hazy for days, and the already gloomy winter is now even more oppressive.There are charcoal fires everywhere in the palace, the palace people are in a hurry, and the cold weather makes everyone avoid the outdoor weather.

In the few months since Rong Xuan temporarily took over the government, the deliberate and provocative voices of opposition have become less and less.The revelation of his talents in governing the country made everyone almost forget that Prince Rong who was "recovering" in another palace.

General Yan, who learned that his second son died in battle, had been resting in the Imperial Hospital for less than half an hour. After hearing Rong Xuan's summons, he immediately got up and walked towards Chun'an Hall regardless of everyone's objections.

The youngest son treasoned the country, the second son died in battle, General Yan, who should have been defeated, had an unexpected spirit, and the eldest son Yan Jing followed behind, even walking a few steps faster to keep up with his father's footsteps.

"Father, you are not in good health yet. His Royal Highness said that you don't need to worry, you can rest up for two days and come back again." Yan Jing worried about his father's health and followed behind.

"Jing'er, don't you know why His Royal Highness summoned us this time?"

Of course Yan Jing knew that there were some things that the court couldn't say in detail, and they couldn't let everyone know before summoning the courtiers.Although the second brother died in battle, it is true that there is grief, but the Yan family, who was born as a general, will not mourn for a long time.The battlefield is ruthless, and there is a saying that it is easy to hide a hidden arrow, but it is difficult to defend against it. Before going to the battlefield, life and death have already been ignored.

The inner hall of Chun'an Hall is still magnificent with gold nuggets and pearls. Rong Xuan did not change his court clothes, his flowing long hair was tied into a gold and black crown, and the black smock outside the Qianhong clothes had sun, moon and stars tattooed on it. , Luan embroidery with python pattern, wide sleeves reaching the ground, showing the majesty of the royal family between the feet.Because of this luxurious court dress, Rong Xuan's gentle face also seemed to have a little more sharpness.

"The ministers and others will see His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old."

"rise."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Why is General Yan so impatient, he won't come back after adjusting his breath for a few days?" Rong Xuan asked with concern.

Yan Qing stood up and clasped his fists in a salute: "It's about my son's life, so naturally I don't want to procrastinate for half a minute. Please worry about your highness, the old minister deserves death."

"General Yan is serious."

Yan Qing raised his head and said, "Your Highness, I hope His Highness will tell you who the enemy general who killed my son is."

Although he didn't plan to hide anything from General Yan, but facing the eyes of the old general who tried his best to conceal the pain of losing his son, it was really difficult to speak, and the hall of Chun'an fell silent for a while.

Lin Louzhi had obviously guessed who it was, and when he closed the folding fan, there was some panic in his eyes.

"Your Highness, don't worry about it." Seeing that Rong Xuan hadn't spoken for a long time, Yan Qing straightened his back and asked, "Is that man Yan Du, the rebellious son of the guilty minister?"

"Father?!"

Yan Jing was not as sharp-minded as Lin Louzhi, seeing his father guessing so, he hurriedly tried to stop him, but when he looked up and saw Rong Xuan's frowning and acquiescing expression, his face instantly turned ashen.

Rong Xuan offered the table, and Liuqian bowed his body and bowed to apologize.

Yan Qing straightened his clothes majesticly: "What happened in Dongjiang, please don't be shy, and tell the old minister the truth."

-

Rong Min led the troops to practice every morning in the army, and the experience on the battlefield sharpened her eyes even more sharply.She is quick-witted when encountering situations. Compared with the usual marching style of the Yan family's soldiers, Rong Min's carefulness has helped a lot. She has come up with unique tricks, used old tricks and used new ones, and rescued Rong's troops from danger many times. .Among the soldiers of the three armies, no one disobeyed because she was a woman, and no one reluctantly obeyed because of her status as the princess.

One day after practicing early in the morning, someone suddenly came to report that someone had been peeping in the woods to the north for a long time.

"Is it Jing Jun?" Rong Min asked.

"I don't know, but it seems that there is only one person who has been peeping in the woods for a long time." The person who reported it said so.

"Is that a spy? What does that person look like? Is he wearing Jing Jun's clothes?"

The messenger thought for a while and said with certainty: "He is not wearing Jing Jun's clothes. He is quite tall. He looks a little frail and thin, and he is wearing a blue shirt..."

Rong Min, who was wiping the blade of the sword, suddenly came back to his senses, sheathed the sword, and grabbed the man by the collar.

"You...see clearly?"

"Mo... Mo will see clearly..." I don't know why Rong Min was so nervous and excited all of a sudden, the soldiers who sent the report were a little panicked.

Rong Min got up and put the sword on his waist, opened the curtain of the tent and walked towards the woods.

"General! General Rong! Where are you going?"

"I'm going to meet the man in the woods."

"Are you going alone?"

"Yes."

"General, no!" The man stopped in front of Rong Min, "What should I do if there is an ambush, take more people, general!"

Rong Min patted the man's shoulder.

"He came alone. He didn't wear armor. There must be no ambush. Don't worry, he is not Jing Jun, but an old friend."

The soldier was a little worried: "It's too dangerous for you to go alone, so I will ask some other people to follow you."

"No need." Rong Min said coldly, "Also, don't tell General Yan about this."

Seeing that Rong Min had made up his mind to go, the soldiers didn't know what to say, they could only watch Rong Min walking into the woods alone in a daze.

In the handsome tent, Yan Xi and Bei Helian were studying the terrain when there was a commotion outside the curtain, and then someone rushed into the handsome tent and knelt down in front of them.

"General Yan, General Bei!"

Yan Xi didn't get angry, and waved back the two guards who came to take the soldier out of the camp.

"Why are you so flustered so early in the morning?"

"General Yan, General Rong is in danger!" Yan Xi was slightly taken aback, and looked at Bei Helian.

Bei He Lian said, "What's going on?"

The soldier told the two generals about seeing a man in the woods this morning, and both Yan Xi and Bei He were stunned.Yan Xi walked up to the soldier and said, "When did General Rong leave?"

"Half... half an hour ago..."

"Bastard!!" Bei Helian slapped the soldier on the face, "Why didn't you report it in time? How dare you delay this kind of thing for so long?!"

The soldier felt aggrieved, but held back his tears: "General Rong didn't want me to tell the two generals, and only said that she would come back as soon as she went, but seeing that General Rong hadn't come back after almost half an hour, he rushed to report."

Bei He was about to scold even when he opened his mouth, but Yan Xi stretched out his hand to stop him.

Yan Xi said to Bei He Lian: "He Lian, gather troops and horses. The forest is in the north. Leave half of them to guard the barracks. Deputy General Bai Qi will lead the troops and let them pay attention to the activities in the south. The rest of the troops will be led by you and will enter later. Lin came to support."

"The general obeys orders!" Bei Helian said.

Yan Xi turned to order the soldiers: "You, pass me the password, order Qingqi twenty, immediately follow me to find General Rong!"

"The last general takes orders!" The man immediately clasped his fists and saluted, then turned and left the camp.

"General, do you think it's Yandu?" Bei Helian asked.

Yan Xi frowned and said, "I don't know, but at least Princess Min thinks that person is the third brother."

Bei Helian asked hesitantly, "If it's really General Yan..."

Yan Xi put his hand on the blade of the sword: "If it's the third younger brother, I should be worrying about everything. If it's Yan Du..."

Don't say anything later, just listen and know yourself.

"The last general will leave." Bei Helian withdrew his face.

"He Lian," Yan Xi called to stop him, Bei Helian turned his head and saw Yan Xi was looking coldly, "Don't be soft-hearted."

"……Yes."

The curtain was lowered, covering the hesitation and contradiction on the coach's face.

In the north of Eastern Xinjiang, near Tianze Mountain, it is covered with snow at this time, and it is a relatively warm scene that can't be seen at all.Rong Min's snow-white face was flushed red from the cold, and it was even more inconvenient to walk in the heavy military uniform in the snow.Although marching day and night, Rong Min is a woman after all, walking in the deep and shallow snow in the forest, after two moments, she is somewhat exhausted.

The woods are very quiet, there are no insects or birds, not even the sound of the wind can be heard, Rong Min knelt on one knee and rested on the spot, the ordinary panting sound seemed extremely noisy in this woods.

"tired?"

The slender hand slowly stretched out in front of Rong Min, the pleasant voice made Rong Min stop panting, and looked up at the owner of that hand along the fingertips.

She has an apricot-blossom appearance in water-blue clothes, jet-black hair, and gentle eyes full of spring water.

He stopped breathing unconsciously, unable to feel his own heartbeat, and suddenly stood up with his arms tightly surrounding the man's slightly thin body.

The man's heartbeat was very peaceful, every time, it was as if a gentle hand was patting Rong Min's back, making her gradually relax.

"Yandu?"

Yan didn't answer.

Tears are something that I don't cry on weekdays. If I store them for a long time, I can't control when they burst out.At first there was no sound, Yan Du curled his fingers to wipe away some tears for her, Rong Min suddenly burst into tears.Yan Du was taken aback, a little at a loss.Rong Xuan didn't often cry in front of him, and no woman had ever cried in front of him before. Rong Min, who had always been as tenacious as a man, was crying so sadly now that Yan Du immediately panicked.In desperation, he had no choice but to hold Rong Min in his arms like Rong Xuan who coaxed anger when he was a child, but Rong Min cried even harder, soaking Yan Du's skirt, leaving a patch of dark blue.

"Minmin is a girl after all." Yan Du said, "You never cried before."

"Just cry this time, and I won't cry again." Rong Min grabbed two fistfuls of snow and rubbed it on his eyes, so that the eyes that were swollen from crying felt better.

"Aren't you going to get married in the future?" Yan Du smiled, "Don't cry before getting married, but you will wash your face with tears after getting married."

Rong Min glanced at him, then laughed out loud: "Then I won't marry."

"Don't talk nonsense." Yan Du lightly tapped Rong Min's head.

Rong Min rubbed her head, a tinge of red appeared on her face.

as before.

Such a gentle Yandu, how can I believe that he is a traitor and a thief.

"Rong Xuan... is back."

"I know." Yan Du had a calm expression on his face.

"He said you..." Rong Min stared at Yan Du, bit his lips slightly, "You married Princess Li Ji of Jing Kingdom." Rong Min avoided the word "treason" and asked the question in a more tactful way.

Yan Du nodded: "Yes."

"you like her?"

"I don't hate it.

"Then... how do you treat Rong Xuan?"

Yan Du looked at Rong Min's eyes that resembled Rong Xuan's, noncommittal.

"He has no limit now."

"But why do you recite..." Rong Min suddenly covered his mouth, and swallowed the "betrayal" that he almost blurted out, "Do you know that Rong Xuan gave an order that anyone in the three armies who sees you will be killed Your life?"

Yan Du smiled slightly: "I know."

Rong Min was a little surprised: "Then why do you still..."

"Because I am now," Yan Du took over Rong Min's words, still smiling, "I am Jing Guo's Chariot General, Yan Du."

As soon as the words fell, a group of Jingguo soldiers suddenly appeared in the quiet forest just now, and surrounded Rong Min and Yan Du. .

"You!" Rong Min gritted his teeth, "You are so despicable!"

"Master Min was still crying bitterly in the arms of a despicable person like me, has the princess forgotten?" Yan Du tilted his head and said softly, his gentle smile just now became a little wicked in an instant.

Rong Min sneered, "What, you want to kill me?"

"How could that be?" Yan Du smiled, "My lord has something to see the Princess, and I have ordered me to take you back unscathed."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tenderness on his face froze.Yan Du withdrew his sword, and the minions around him immediately pressed down on Rong Min, no matter how much Rong Min struggled, he couldn't break free.

"Back to the camp." Yan Du walked towards Jing Jun's camp without looking back.

"Rongmin—!"

After a few steps, the footsteps of another group of people suddenly came from behind the woods.Both Rong Min and Yan looked back at the same time, and it was Yan Xi who was leading the charge on a white horse and carrying a spear.

"Second Brother?!" Yan Du was a little dumbfounded, as if he didn't expect someone to come so soon.

Yan Xi swiped his long spear and knocked down several Jing soldiers at the end of the line, pointing at Rong Min: "Let General Rong go!"

"Second brother..." Yan Du murmured.

Yan Xi's eyes narrowed, his silver armor shone slightly, and he looked at Yan Du with disdain: "I, Yan Xi, don't have such an unfaithful and unfilial brother like you."

Yan Du sneered, glanced at Rong Min, then at Yan Xi.

"Second brother, this is the first time you have stood up for the princess? You like the princess so much, why don't you let His Majesty give you a marriage?"

Rong Min looked at Yan Xi with some surprise, Yan Xi blushed, frowned and roared angrily: "Rebel, let the Princess go!"

"Why? Do you think you can beat me?"

Yan Xi snorted coldly: "There are only three or five people left by your side. If you weren't afraid of hurting the princess, do you think you can still stand in front of me now?!"

"Second brother, you underestimate me," Yan Du said, "I always like to keep a hand in everything, have you forgotten?"

"what?!"

When Yan Xi reacted, he was already surrounded by dozens of people behind him, and the situation was immediately reversed.

Yan Xi gritted his teeth with hatred, threw the spear on the ground, got off his horse, and strode up to Yan Du.

"I'll exchange her with myself. If you let her go, I'll go back to the Jingjun barracks with you."

Yan Du smiled and said: "Yes." Then he nodded, signaling for everyone to let Rong Min go.

"General Yan..."

Yan Xi frowned, and ordered his subordinates to take away Rong Min immediately.

Yan Du looked at his elder brother, leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Chongguan became a beauty when she was angry, and my third brother admired it."

"General, are you going to tie me up?"

"No need," Yan Du said with a smile, "Second brother has a special status, I'll just escort him myself."

☆, cold winter

Rong Min walked back for about a moment before meeting Bei Helian who was leading the iron cavalry aggressively.

"Princess!" Bei Helian got off his horse and ran towards her. Seeing that she was alone, he hurriedly asked, "Where's the general?"

"Yan Xi...he was taken back to the Jingjun barracks by Yan Du..."

All the soldiers suddenly lost their coach like a pot exploded, and looked at each other in a panic for a while.

"It's really... General Yan?" Bei Helian squeezed the horse in his hand, still with an unbelievable expression on his face, Rong Min nodded, his face was not looking good.

"His Royal Highness, where are you going!" Bei Helian called to stop Rong Min who was leading someone to go to Jing Jun's barracks.

"Save Yan Xi."

"General Yan is probably taken into the barracks by them. If you go now, you will be caught in the mouth of a tiger!" Bei Helian stopped him.

"But you can't just watch Yan Xi die like this!" Rong Min shouted.

Bei Helian's violent temper came up, and he yelled at Rong Min regardless of his status as a monarch and minister: "General Yan exchanged himself for His Highness's life, so His Highness doesn't know how to cherish it!"

Rong Min was choked back by a word, and immediately lost the right to speak.

"But, Yan Xi..."

Bei Helian let out a sigh with wide-open angry eyes, and asked the soldiers who sent Rongmin back: "Yan... Du, how many people are you bringing with you?"

The man replied respectfully: "About half a hundred or so."

"Okay," Bei Helian nodded, turned his face and said to a lieutenant beside him, "Vice General Chang, leave 100 people behind, and turn around and take the rest back immediately, waiting for Bai Qi's order!"

"The last will obey!"

Rong Min looked at Bei Helian suspiciously.

"The last general will go with the princess. But the last general asks the princess, if you still can't see General Yan near the barracks, the princess must go back with the young general, and you can't break into the camp."

"it is good."

A group of people walked along the footprints in the snow for an unknown how long, and suddenly saw blood red in the snow in front of them, among which were many Jing Guo soldiers, Rong Min carefully identified them, and found that it was the group that followed Yan Du just now Jing Jun, Yan Du and Yan Xi are missing.

"How could this be?" Bei Helian asked in surprise, a little joy in his heart, "Could it be that General Yan has already escaped?"

"No...it's not..." Rong Min's voice was a little hoarse, she took the hand of one of the people in the pool of blood with trembling hands and pressed it tightly to her chest, "Yan Xi, can't you get up...it's time to go back to camp..."

Bei Helian followed Rong Min's gaze, and the slight joy just now disappeared without a trace.It was General Yan's battle robe, but it was not easy to identify because it was soaked in a pool of blood.When he looked at the man carefully, Bei Helian's heart felt cold for a moment, and the horse spear in his hand was suddenly stuck on the ground, trying to support his body not to tilt.

At the neck level, Yan Xi's head is no longer there.

"Yan Xi... I can't carry you on my back, can you get up by yourself..." Rong Min's face was pale, and he wanted to help him up, but he couldn't help him no matter what, and finally fell on Yan Xi's chest, with a dead expression on his face .

Then everything progressed quickly, and someone found a bloodstain on the ground intermittently going forward, pointing directly at Jing Jun's barracks.Rong Min left some people to look after Yan Xi's body, and led the rest of the people to walk along the blood trail until they reached Jing Jun's camp.

Yan Xi's head was hung high above the entrance of the tent, Rong Min's eyes widened in horror, and he was about to rush into the barracks uncontrollably, Bei Helian quickly covered Rong Min's mouth, and his hoarse cry became Sobbing indistinctly, Rong Min struggled desperately, Bei Helian covered her mouth with one hand, and hugged Rong Min with the other, before Jing Jun didn't notice, he hurried back to the woods.

As I walked all the way, my heart seemed to be pierced by thousands of arrows, and blood gurgled out, and I couldn't stop it.

All the soldiers accompanying Yan Du died, and Yan Xi died too. A bloodstain in the snow continued to Jing Jun's barracks. Everything pointed to a fact.Yan Xi tried to resist while being escorted, and killed all the soldiers, but he was unable to defeat Yan Du, who was slightly superior in martial arts. His own brother's head was hung in the barracks as a meritorious service to show off his might.

Rong Min stopped struggling, his eyes were still waiting in horror, without any expression, Bei Helian's face was ashen, and he didn't say a word after returning to the barracks.

It was Yan Du who held Rong Min hostage, and it was Yan Du who killed Yan Xi.One is an apprentice taught by himself, and the other is the blood of his closest relatives... How could he bear it?

Is that person really Yan Du?Is it the Yan Du who rescued the street gangster-like self from the sticks of everyone, cultivated him carefully all the way, and almost gave him Bei Helian a second life?

Bei He even still remembers the scene when he was beaten to the point of blood by those group of people, and saw Yan Du calmly walk to his side to rescue him in a trance.

"He really has nothing. Even if you kill him, you won't get anything other than a dead body."

"Leave this person to me. If he owes you anything, I will pay it back for him."

"My name is Yan Du, and you will follow me from now on, okay?"

"You don't have a name, so why not call him He Lian, the same name as the former general He Lian."

The world is vicissitudes, but people's hearts are not ancient.A person like General Lian Yan would collude with the enemy and treason the country, killing his elder brother, Bei Helian simply didn't know what else to believe in this world.

Bai Qi appeared in the tent covered in blood, and said to Bei Helian: "General Bei, General Yan really knows things like a god. Jing Jun is trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Fortunately, he listened to General Yan's arrangement and set up defenses in the south, otherwise we will all The army is gone. General, why don't you see General Yan?"

Bei Helian looked at Bai Qi firmly and said: "Bai Qi, send someone to send a letter to the son immediately, I don't care what method you use, within today, you must rush to Rongdu!"

"I obey, but what is the general doing?"

Bei Helian punched the military case, looking at the cracks on the case table with hatred.

In the inner hall of Chun'an Hall, Yan Qing silently listened to Liu Qian's speech without any change in expression.Without the sadness and resentment that Rong Xuan expected, he just sat there expressionless, without saying a word, wondering what he was thinking about?To avenge the second son?But the enemy is his young son, even if Yan Du can be denied by his relatives, but can the old general who loved his young son be ruthless enough to end Yan Du?Even in today's audience, he still tried to share some of the blame for his son and called himself a guilty minister.

After a long time, Old General Yan made a request that if other soldiers capture Yan Du, he must be spared and handed over to the Yan family, Rong Xuan nodded in agreement.

Lin Louzhi didn't say much, the folding fan he was used to playing with had been kept in his hand and never unfolded.

After Yan's father and son and General Lin retreated, Rong Xuan walked to the North Palace on foot.

It was a long way from Chun'an Hall to the North Palace, Liu Qian asked if he wanted to pass on the chariot, Rong Xuan said no, and turned to Wu Ya: "You walk with me."

Wu Ya replied respectfully: "This humble minister obeys the order."

Rong Xuan felt a stab in his heart, but he was too tired to continue arguing with Wu Ya, so let's live in peace for now, take one more step, and don't know what kind of abyss it will be.

When approaching the North Palace, the air is filled with the intoxicating scent of plum blossoms like the aroma of wine. I don’t know if it’s because there is no white snow. The red plum blossoms in this way are not as good-looking as they were when they were in Weiguo. When the plum blossoms on the branches are connected, the scene of safflower clusters can be comforting.

"Who is so bold as to dare to trespass into the North Palace and disturb the queen and empress Qingxiu?" Qingli's voice caught my ear.

Rong Xuan followed the sound and looked back, it was Xuan Yue.

"His Royal Highness!" Seeing him, Xuan Yue was taken aback for a moment, then her cheeks blushed unavoidably, and she bowed her knees to salute Rong Xuan, "Why don't you send a message?"

"On a temporary basis, I didn't think too much about it." Rong Xuan raised his hand to support him, "Besides Liu Qian is not here, I can't let a general from Wu Ya come to communicate."

Only then did Xuanyue realize that Wu Ya was standing behind Rong Xuan, her face darkened slightly, she immediately covered up her shyness just now, looking at Wu Ya, feeling a little embarrassed in her heart.

"Where is the queen mother?"

I don't know if Rong Xuan saw Xuan Yue's embarrassment or was just asking sincerely, Xuan Yue came back to her senses, and immediately led the two of them to the plum garden in the North Palace.

Queen Rong was dressed in plain clothes, light gray outer shirt, black belt and collar, Yongmei's poetry book in hand, and the celadon cup on the table was steaming.

"Yue'er, look, 'Sparse shadows slant horizontally, water is clear and shallow, dark fragrance floats at moon and dusk', whenever you read these two sentences, you feel that plum blossoms are right in front of you, and you will never tire of reading them."

Rong Xuan was dumbfounded, it seemed that Xuan Yue and the queen mother got along very well, and they were even called so intimately.While feeling ashamed, she silently thanked Xuan Yue for her filial piety and care for her mother over the past few months.

"My sons and ministers see the queen mother." Rong Xuan put his hands together, raised his eyebrows, and bowed in a salute.

"The prince is here." Queen Rong put down the book of poems and looked at Rong Xuan with a slight smile.

Rong Xuan walked over and sat beside his mother.

"Does the queen mother still like these plum blossoms sent by my son?"

"Plum blossoms, I naturally like them." Queen Rong smiled lovingly, "Your Majesty always understands my heart best."

Rong Xuan curled his lips lightly, feeling a little bitter in his heart.When did the queen mother only call herself the son, and no longer call herself Xuan'er?

"Why is your son so free to come to the North Palace today?" Queen Rong served tea and drank lightly.

"Yan Xi is dead." Rong Xuan said very bluntly, "Yan Du killed him."

Queen Rong paused slightly while drinking tea, then raised her hand and drank the tea cleanly: "What is your son going to do?"

"I have ordered the three armies not to show mercy to Yan Du. I have also promised General Yan that if Yan Du is captured, he will handle it personally."

Queen Rong nodded slightly.

"Mother thinks, is the son doing the right thing?"

Rong Xuan deliberately changed his address, Xuan Yue and Wu Ya all looked at Rong Xuan.

Queen Rong continued to flip through the poetry book, but did not answer immediately.The courtyard fell silent, Xuan Yue and Wu Ya stood, Rong Hou and Rong Xuan sat, listening to the sound of the poetry book turning page by page, until Rong Hou finished the whole book of poems.

"I'm old, so the cold weather is really unbearable." After seeing her mother, she was about to get up, Rong Xuan immediately reached out to help her up, but Rong Hou stretched out her hand to Xuan Yue, "Yue'er, help me go in."

"Mother!" Rong Xuan couldn't help shouting softly.

Rong stopped in his tracks, but did not turn around.

"My son, you are the future king of Rong country. You have your own opinion. I am very relieved." Rong Hou said slowly, "I am tired, my son, please go back."

Rong Xuan didn't know how to react, but he also knew that it would be useless to talk too much.

"My son...retire."

Rong Hou nodded slightly, the Su Yin Bu Yao on his head barely moved.

Stepping out of the North Palace, Rong Xuan tugged on the cloak on his body, his nose was slightly red from the cold.Rong Xuan suddenly chuckled and said, "I never thought that this winter would be so cold."

Wu Ya looked up at him, Rong Xuan pressed his chest and said sadly: "No matter where it is, it's cold."

It's almost three or nine days.

Yan Du, who was thinly dressed in the north wind, walked alone in the barracks. When he reached the gate of the camp, he looked up at the long hair on Yan Xi's neck that was blown away by the wind.

His throat was so bitter that he couldn't make a sound, and a feeling of oppression rushed over his face, and Yan Xi's eyes before the action were still lingering in his mind.

"General Yan."

Finally wanted to be weak for a while, let the tears fall, but was cut off by the call of the person behind.The visitor held a fox fur cloak in his hand, looked in the direction where Yan Du had just been in a daze, and there seemed to be a sneering smile on his lips.

"Why, reluctant?" The visitor handed the fox fur cloak to Yan Du, his words were full of mocking temptations.

"He is my brother after all." Yan Du said coldly.

"That's right, if you don't have any troubles in your heart, I still don't believe you," the man said, "But so what about my brother, you finally made a move."

Yan Du cupped his hands in a salute, straightened up and said, "Young master's order, Yan Du dare not disobey. If you want my elder brother's life, Yan Du will take it."

He put one hand on Yan Du's shoulder, and said in an extremely sinister tone, "Do you know what to do in the future?"

"For the young master, seize the thousand-character silk."

"I underestimated you." The visitor laughed evilly, and his laughter was as cold as the night wind.

Yan Du looked up at him, under the moonlight, his icy blue eyes shone brightly behind the iron mask.

The author has something to say:

☆, unique

After the dragon case in Chun'an Palace, Qingxiu frowned slightly, and he couldn't hold back a sigh, and the letter in his hand was pressed back into the copybook.

Liuqian just lit a new candle and was filling tea for Rong Xuan. Seeing him like this, he asked, "Your Highness, what did Princess Min say?"

Rong Xuan smiled helplessly, and handed Rong Min's letter to Liu Qian, who took it in trepidation, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, with the same helpless expression on his face as Rong Xuan's.

The messenger conveyed to her Rong Xuan's wish for Rong Min to return to the palace, and Rong Min's reply contained Rong Xuan's expected ambiguity and refusal.

Rong Xuan took back the letter and stuffed it back into the envelope: "The war in Eastern Xinjiang is urgent, and she can't get away from her duties. Could it be that Rong Min is the one who can't find any other generals in my vast Rong country?"

"Of course not," Liu Qian said, "General Yan Jing, General Lin Louzhi, General Bai Qi, and General Bei's recently promoted Deputy General are all Rong Guo's first-class generals."