sinking into sand

When news of Dingzhou spread to the north again, it was finally no longer a document urging Zhai Su to return to Beijing to accept the crime.

"Restart the peace talks?"

Si En and Yu Sha looked at each other in blank dismay as they looked at the intercepted news from the north.

Si En frowned: "At this time, what are we talking about. The court doesn't want to fight anymore?"

Yu Sha looked at the message with a complicated expression. At first glance, it seemed that Dingzhou had confessed to Guan Jingyue because of the Daocheng incident. It was reasonable to say that it was reasonable, but for some reason, he always felt that this matter was very strange.

Yu Sha analyzed it carefully, and said, "Is it because Zhai Su hasn't returned to Beijing for a long time, and the Zhai family believes that he has rebelled, so they did this?"

"Impossible." Lin Si said convincingly from the side, "The relatives of many people in the Armored Army are in Dingzhou. If they rebel, their family members will die. The general will not do such a thing."

"But General Zhai let the northern border troops go south, there is no way to turn this matter around." Ye Wanwan said, "If it is said that he wants to bear the responsibility for this crime alone, he should hand over the military power in his hand and let the court arrange a new one." His generals are going to Fengcheng. He neither rebels nor goes to the capital now, why on earth."

Yu Sha pondered upon hearing the words, and connected the situation in Dingzhou and even Fengcheng to make an association.After a while, he said, "Old Mr. Guo once said that Xie Shu is dying soon."

Some of them were shocked when they heard the news for the first time, only Si En was thoughtful.

"Xie Jingrong." Si En replied, "He refuses to return to Beijing now because he wants to protect Xie Jingrong's throne."

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Not far away, in Guan Jingyue's camp, Ye Qinqin compiled the recent news from various places in the northern part of Dingzhou into a booklet and handed it to Guan Jingyue.After Guan Jingyue finished reading, she threw the notebook on the table in the camp and spoke.

"Zhai Su is quite smart. His ambiguous attitude made Zhai Qian fearful and dared not take action against Prince Xie easily."

Ye Qinqin nodded and said, "Then, Fengcheng peace talks, shall we go?"

"Of course." Guan Jingyue smiled: "I haven't seen that old man Zhai Qian for a long time, it's time to catch up."

She turned to Ye Qinqin and ordered: "You take half of the troops to stay in Daocheng, and stay here with Wanwan and the others to prevent the militia from fleeing and sneaking in. For the meeting in Fengcheng, I will take Guan Lan to make friends with him."

After she finished speaking, she smiled brightly again, and said, "Speaking of which, my daughter-in-law's bloody brother-in-law will also come. I see what the old man means. In this agreement, there is another party in the peace talks, his mother's Ping Beiwei."

Ye Qinqin was used to seeing Guan Jingyue start talking nonsense again, so she pretended not to hear it, and said, "I don't know, it's just a tip from the southeast, saying that Mu Yao seems to have brought a team to Dingzhou."

Speaking of Mu Yao, Guan Jingyue was a little interested, and commented: "Talent, what a pity, blind."

Ye Qinqin was a little worried, and said, "No matter what happens in Fengcheng, Zhai Su's army is still there, so it's not safe to go there rashly."

"No problem." Guan Jingyue waved her hand, "Zhai Qian's old hair is used to giving orders, and he thought I was afraid of him when I was stationed at Liaoding Pass. Now that Guan Lan and Wanwan are confirmed to be fine, there is no need to be so cautious when marching."

After finishing speaking, she said to Ye Qinqin seriously: "Go north to issue an order to let Fengxiang and Ding Xi each lead a team to break through the Liaoding Pass. Be careful not to conflict with Fengcheng's people and don't disturb the people along the way. From the west and north , and stationed ten miles outside Fengcheng. Let Wu Xiu lead people to occupy Baishui and Jiujiang, two cities in the north of Fengcheng, as the rear."

Ye Qinqin clasped her fists in salute, and took the order to leave.

-

At the end of autumn in the seventh year of Jian'an, when the leaves had already started to fall, a group of people from Daocheng began to go north along the Yongjia Ancient Road to Fengcheng.

In the same month, the iron cavalry from the north officially moved south, occupying a large area of ​​land in the Liaoxi Corridor. The imperial court issued frequent letters to Fengcheng.

On the same day, Dingzhou officially sent a team to the north. The third son Zhai was an envoy accompanied by an army escort. The grand guard of honor attracted attention, and the emperor went in person.Day more Tanmei'7one'zero'5^eight bar5nine?zero^

In Fengcheng, the alliance is imminent.

In the wine shop in Fengcheng, Guan Jingyue listened to everyone talking about the upcoming tripartite alliance here, shook the wine glass in her hand, and said with a smile to Yu Sha: "He asked Xie Shu to come in person. An good heart, daughter-in-law, do you think so?"

Yu Sha was sitting under her and pouring tea for himself. During the time he went north, he finally got used to Guan Jingyue's style of speaking, and asked back: "If the information is good, Yu Wangling has already arrived at Jingyang Palace. Daocheng Things failed, Zhai Qian couldn't control Zhai Su, and the two sides are fighting for the throne with military power, and now it's completely deadlocked. Let Xie Shu go north at this time to find a way to break the situation."

Guan Jingyue hummed twice, then turned her gaze to look at her own son opposite her, and said, "Son, do you have anything to say?"

Guan Lan was choking on the pastry, and was reaching out to steal Yu Sha's tea to drink. When Guan Jingyue called him, he didn't know whether to say he didn't care or didn't listen at all. He looked up at his mother and said: "You're all right."

Yu Sha: "..."

Guan Jingyue: "...Hi."

Yu Sha really felt that Guan Jingyue must be very tired.She specially brought Guan Lan to Fengcheng, probably because she wanted to let him show his face at the tripartite alliance, to establish a status or something.As a result, when Guan Lan was with them in Daocheng, he would express some opinions from time to time, but now in front of Guan Jingyue, he was really as trash as he could be.

He did it [-]% on purpose, Yu Sha was very sure, and the reason for doing so was outrageous.

He thinks his mother is here, so he doesn't want to work.

The night before coming to Fengcheng, the two of them were in the house, and Guan Lan seldom spoke to him very seriously, to the effect that his mother has always been a servant, squeezing as much as she has ability, so let him take it. Don't be too smart, or you will be sent endlessly.

Is it so exaggerated?Yu Sha thought while pouring tea.

After a while, there was a sudden noise on the street, as if someone had entered the city.

Guan Jingyue looked at the street, and suddenly said: "How is Fengcheng deployed after nightfall?"

Yu Sha replied subconsciously: "The curfew system, the defenders and the Iron Armored Army are mixed, divided into [-] teams, each inspecting the assigned square city, and the inspection route changes every two days. After midnight, the number of people is reduced by half, and they only travel on the main street. .”

After finishing speaking, he looked up at Guan Jingyue, and saw that she was looking at him with a smile.

Yu Sha realized it instantly, and said, "If you want to go out tonight...I'll make arrangements first."

After all, he didn't drink any tea, so he got up and went down the teahouse.

Guan Jingyue and Guan Lan watched Yu Sha leave the busy figure together, one was very pleased, and the other was very angry.

"It's so easy to use." Guan Jingyue said with emotion, "You look a bit like me when it comes to finding a partner."

Guan Lan was very speechless to his mother: "Don't send him, there are so many people in the northern border, if Sister Qinqin is not here, you let someone else come."

Guan Jingyue was very resistant when she heard it, and retorted: "How can it be done, don't drive a wedge between me and Xiao Miao."

Guan Lan really didn't know what kind of relationship they had to separate after they had only met for half a month, so they had nothing to say for a while.After a moment of silence, they finished the cakes in front of them in twos and drank Yu Sha's tea, ignored his mother, and went downstairs to find Yu Sha.

Yu Sha was confirming some details of his evening trip with the people in the northern border, and in the middle of talking, he saw Guan Lan running down with a stinky face, standing beside Yu Sha reluctantly.

Yu Sha knew at a glance what was wrong with him, and said, "I can arrange it, you don't have to come."

Guan Lan was so angry that she didn't want to say anything, but just took the stack of messages that the man handed to Yu Sha, divided half of it and went to help Yu Sha check it.

Seeing him like this, Yu Sha wanted to laugh for some reason.

He smiled a little on the corner of his lips, raised his head slightly, and looked upstairs against the sun.Here, they can just see the private seat just now.

Guan Jingyue was looking at them with a smile.