Qu clear as promised

Liang Hui's face remained motionless, and the tight grip of the reins almost tore the palms of his hands.

"I will give you a day to think about it! At noon tomorrow, if the emperor refuses to agree, then I will ignite this line of fire!" He viciously called the name of the emperor in public, "Liang Hui, you can't play me, don't play tricks with me!" .”

His evil smile is like a snake letter full of venom: "If you don't care about the lives of so many of your soldiers and people, you can try it and see if I really do what I say."

After Liang Hui watched him step into the city gate, he summoned the accompanying shadow guard with a gloomy expression, and asked something in a low voice.

The few generals and guards closest to him didn't see him, only Zhu Zhiyi arrived.

All the way back to the camp was silent, the army was surprisingly quiet.

Every time Zhu Zhiyi wanted to say something to Liang Hui, Liang Hui seemed to be in a trance, so he had to silently figure out the plan in his heart.

Before arriving at the camp, some veterans suggested that he should be sent out as a general to slow down the troops. Zhong Yan was moody and unpredictable, and everyone was afraid that the torches under their feet would explode at any time.

The Tanjun came to report again that Zhong Yan had killed several families of women and children in succession in the city for no reason, and every sound of the report was like the countdown of Yan Luo's reminder clock, and everyone fell into panic and fear.

Arriving at the camp, Liang Hui locked himself in the tent and kept no one close. The veteran was very anxious, and sternly said: "The mountains and rivers are at stake, the lives of soldiers are hanging by a thread, and the people are in dire straits. I implore you to order the queen to be dispatched immediately, so that our country will be safe. !!"

The rest of the generals came forward to remonstrate: "Yu Gong wished that the privy envoy should be loyal to Daliang as an official of the court, and that after Yu Guo became a king, he should protect the people. The family and the country are imprisoned, and the people are miserable. The queen is duty-bound. I can't afford to kneel."

"The Southwest was lost, and the ministers had no face to return to Beijing, so they had to wait for the wind and snow in Xiguan to wear away their old bones, so as to comfort the lonely souls of the people all over the world."

The words were earnest and every word was crying blood, and they almost broke into the internal account to remonstrate: "If you are on the throne, you can send the queen, and the head of the Liu family camp will present the military badge, and the twelve cavalry will only look after you when you get on the horse!! If the king does not care about the safety of the soldiers, The common people are suffering, forgive the Twelfth Army of the Liu family if it is difficult to follow their orders."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

Threats, lures, one after another, a mess.

There was still silence in the tent, more and more soldiers joined in kneeling, and there was a huge black kneeling in front of the tent.

Until late at night, the blizzard fell even more violently, and the wind and cold knife blew across the field, as if to destroy everything.

Zhu Zhiyi came, and the soldiers kneeling motionless in front of the tent saw him with complicated expressions, complaining, guilty, inquiring, expecting... different thoughts.

The enemy's generals are cruel and cruel, and they are ambiguous about their queen's intentions. Everyone knows that this is an embarrassing and humiliating clause.

Since the founding of the country in Daliang, whether it is internal strife, foreign rebellion, or tribal reconciliation, there have been many hostages who have gone and never returned.

The essence of a hostage is to abandon the child, which has been the default rule since ancient times. When necessary, the abandoned child can disregard his life or death.

All the generals understood it, and they automatically opened a way for him. Zhu Zhiyi thought to himself, if Liang Hui hangs them like this, maybe now in the eyes of everyone, he is afraid that he is the evil queen who deceived the king's heart and harmed the country. .

There was no heater in the tent, and it was cold and silent. Liang Hui looked at the giant map with his back to the curtain, and didn't move when he heard the sound.

"What? Are you coming to force me too?"

"?" Zhu Zhiyi had something in his heart, and said urgently and business-likely: "I want to set off immediately, and I will not be able to wear any weapons on my body this time, but I have hid the eucalyptus seeds on my body, and I have written down the security in advance. The map of the three mountains will leave a secret message at the place where the fire tube is buried, the emperor will attack the city immediately at dawn, the minister will hold Zhong Yan back, and the emperor will let the cocklebur wolf sniff the wood seeds to find the route and transfer the people in the city."

Liang Hui suddenly turned around and stared at him, the corners of his eyes were red.

"?" Zhu Zhiyi was taken aback by his reaction.

What's going on here?

There was dead silence inside the tent, and the voices of those kneeling and crying and admonishing outside the tent became louder and harsher. Zhu Zhiyi didn't care, because he didn't plan to stay at all from the beginning. Crossing the topographic map of the city, packing up luggage, and explaining the follow-up to Sui Yin's instructions, he was so busy that he couldn't stop.

He knew that Liang Hui had also made a decision from the beginning.

On this point, they reached a consensus in a strange and tacit agreement, although no one said anything.

When Liang Hui asked the shadow guard if there was a secret passage to copy at the city gate, he was actually looking for a way out for Zhu Zhiyi, but he was silent all the way because the secret guard said that the terrain was extremely steep and it was almost impossible to sneak into Tibetans.

But when he returned to the tent, he closed the door and saw no one, making those veterans anxious just because he wanted them to owe him a huge favor.

Liang Hui wanted them to know his "embarrassment" and "sacrifice", and finally waited for Zhu Zhiyi to take the initiative to invite Ying. In this way, the Ji family army owed the queen a life-saving grace, and it was the queen who selflessly sacrificed her life to save the country.

It wasn't the emperor who was "forced to hand over" the queen, but the queen who "voluntarily asked for Ying"—even at a critical moment of life and death, Liang Hui could clearly calculate the situation and people's hearts, and did not miss a single bit of what should be used and what should be obtained .

Even when there is no way out and the cliff is at the end of the road, you still keep a clear mind and make a judgment to maximize your benefits.

He calculated for himself and also for Zhu Zhiyi, he wanted those people outside to enjoy the benefits to remember the emperor's "embarrassment", and he also wanted to earn Zhu Zhiyi the reputation of "sacrificing his life for the country".

Naturally, Zhu Zhiyi also saw his calculations clearly, performed a full set of etiquette seriously, raised his voice, and took the initiative to invite Ying: "Minister Zhu Zhiyi, please order to go to Jinguan City. The intention to go is already decided. I implore your Majesty to grant your order."

The voice was loud and resounding, and could be heard clearly inside and outside the tent, but there was a commotion outside.

But as soon as the voice in the tent got quieter, nothing could be heard outside. Liang Hui closed his eyes and asked softly, "Is Qing Gui blaming me for leaving in a hurry?"

"?" Zhu Zhiyi looked back suspiciously: "No, if the emperor really doesn't let me go, I will try to go. For this journey, I must go."

His wide-eyed eyes made Liang Hui's heart tremble. Yes, Zhu Zhiyi is such a person, but the "reality" still pierced Liang Hui.

He knew that he was vile and hateful, but he still wanted to ask: "Qinggui never thought about it, won't I let you go?"

Zhu Zhiyi showed a slightly confused expression, wondering what this person was thinking at such a critical moment, Liang Hui was never an indecisive person.

Fang Fang frowned, and Liang Hui said, "It seems not." Not for a moment, Liang Hui lowered his eyes and talked to himself. Suddenly, he raised his head, and his dark pupils locked Zhu Zhiyi tightly, as if being forced Seeing the only glimmer of hope, the desperate lone wolf said softly, "Zhu Zhiyi, tell me that you don't want to go."

Zhu Zhiyi was stunned for a moment, his face was immediately stained with anger, his cold eyes pierced people's hearts like a sword, and he said loudly: "I have never thought of this before!"

Liang Hui's complexion immediately sank, and Zhu Zhiyi looked at him firmly and seriously. After a long stalemate, he asked hesitantly, "Does the emperor...do not want my minister to go?"

Liang Hui didn't speak, Zhu Zhiyi continued to expose his thoughts: "But I want to go."

Liang Hui trembled all over, feeling ashamed and cold that could be seen through.

"The emperor can't want everything." Zhu Zhiyi shook his head lightly, criticizing him: "The emperor can't be so...cunning."

Even if he had never thought about it this way, Liang Hui could not push such a life-and-death decision on him because of selfishness. Such an assumption would be a denial and an insult to him.

Zhu Zhiyi must go, he is obliged to, he has made up his mind.