Raising Wolves

Considering his own physical condition, Lu Qing did not force himself, and took some people to take a boat from the ferry, and the rest were led by the commander of this elite army, and the troops were divided into two groups.

After landing, Lu Qing did not stop, and joined the rest of the people on the road. After counting the number of people, they rushed to the southwest day and night.

Along the way, contrary to the urgent action, Lu Qing had a split-like calm.

He clearly knows what he should do and what he is doing. He takes the medicine prescribed by Xu Shu on time every day, goes to bed and rests when the time comes, and keeps enough sleep. He doesn't seem to be affected in the slightest—this body is weak, and he must not fall down .

If Ning Juan was injured when the mudslide rolled down and was staying in an unknown corner at the moment, then Ning Jing's arrival might bring great danger to Ning Juan.

If the worst happens, he must also help Ning Juan solve this messy situation.

Go with him again.

When Lu Qing rushed to the southwest, King Jing Ningjing, who was closer, set foot on the border of Central Shu first.

As early as Emperor Chong'an, he sent his private soldiers to far away islands for training, and they never approached them on weekdays. The people under him disguised themselves as ordinary businessmen and went to the island to deliver rice, grain and military equipment.

I have been holding back, waiting for today.

The close relatives beside him reported the situation: "My lord, the 'eyes' in Beijing received a secret report, and should have passed the news to Mobei."

Ning Jing casually caressed the jade finger on her thumb: "What's the current situation in Beijing?"

"The news came that everything in the court is running normally, and there is no chaos," said the close relative, "that male empress still has some skills."

After Ning Juan left the capital, some turmoil in the capital came. Who is the so-called "male queen"? If it spreads to Mobei, the morale of the army must be in turmoil, Shi Xice is not Shi Rongfeng, he wants to turn the tide, he is a little too young."

The next of kin scratched his head, really puzzled, thinking of the magnanimity of the lord in the past, couldn't help but ask: "My lord, if the Tatar Oirat coalition forces really break through the Mobei defense line and slaughter the capital, what is the lord's plan... "

The Tartars took all the benefits?

Ning Jing didn't think it was rebellious, and answered with a pleasant face: "What are you panicking about? Now that His Majesty is missing, this king came to the southwest to help out and kill the rebellious minister Ning Cheng. Coincidentally, Mobei fell, and this king led the army to the north to expel the foreigners and enter the capital. Wouldn't it be a great achievement for thousands of years to support the crisis and turn the world around?"

Everything is in order, and no one will be dissatisfied.

The next of kin was stunned for a long while, and then exclaimed: "My lord is a good plan!"

But I couldn't help muttering in my heart, the Tartars and Wala were barbaric and cruel, and the brave cavalry even the guards in Mobei had to deal with it carefully. How can you be so confident that you can expel them?

Naturally, Ning Jing could see that Xiao Jiujiu, who dared not speak out, was close to his heart, so he didn't care. He looked at the Daqi army camp that was getting closer, and ordered: "After arriving, send someone to search for the little emperor's body. Whereabouts, death will see the corpse."

Although the eyeliner in the camp reported the news that Emperor Yan was in the middle of the team and the possibility of surviving was unlikely, but he was still afraid of the little emperor, and he couldn't feel at ease unless he saw the corpse with his own eyes.

What if the little emperor was injured alone?

He came from the fief and tore off the low-key mask he had disguised all these years. His ambition was obvious, and Ning Juan would never let him go.

The close relatives responded in a low voice: "My lord, what if the living emperor is found?"

Ning Jing made a gesture with a smile on her face, and said in a serious tone, "Then, give him a ride."

Daqi's army was stationed at the intersection of central Shu and central Guizhou, and led troops from the capital to the southwest. No matter how fast the speed was, it took Lu Qing more than ten days.

Before people arrive, letters arrive first.

When approaching the garrison, someone from the army came to meet him.

It's an old acquaintance, Xiao Jin.

The season is approaching autumn, and there is a cold rain that penetrates the bones in the southwest.

Seeing the approaching team, Xiao Jin, who was leading the people waiting by the side of the road, hurried forward, got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Your Majesty has seen Mr. Lu."

Xiao Jin knew that Lu Qingze was weak, and when he learned that he personally led the elite soldiers to help him, he was terrified. Even though he was quite familiar with Lu Qingze, the moment he heard the news, he still had a thought: You are so strong, you are not here. Add to the chaos?

While saluting, he took a sneak peek, fearing that Mr. Lu would fall down for half a month as soon as he arrived in the southwest.

However, Lu Qing was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat. Apart from his slightly pale face, he did not show tiredness or sickness.

He was riding on a horse, with a thin waist and a straight waist. He clenched his fist to his lips, coughed twice, and looked over his eyes lightly: "Jin Tongzhi, have you found your majesty?"

Xiao Jin recovered from the surprise, and shook his head with an ugly expression: "Commander Zheng ordered to block the news, only saying that His Majesty was injured and needed to rest. Before you sent the letter, Commander Zheng personally led the team to search, so far It's been more than ten days...no news yet."

Lu Qing clenched his fists, remained silent for a moment, and did not continue to ask: "What is the current situation in the camp?"

These days, Xiao Jin felt anxious, as if his heart had fallen into flowing water, fluctuating up and down, unable to reach the bottom.

He thought that Lu Qing would continue to question His Majesty, but he was stunned when he heard the sound, and then he replied: "After Commander Zheng left, the battalion will be temporarily managed by two generals appointed by His Majesty. After hearing the news, His Majesty has not shown up for a long time, rumors have begun to spread in the camp, there is a commotion among the soldiers below, and the rebels hiding in the middle of Sichuan have discovered this, and they have frequently attacked at night these days."

"Hmm." Lu Qing turned to ask, "Where's Prince Jing?"

When King Jing was mentioned, Xiao Jin's face became even more ugly, and he said in a low voice: "Five days ago, King Jing led his troops to the camp. Wan Dajun is stationed ten miles away."

No matter how you say it, Prince Jing is also His Majesty's uncle and a member of the royal family.

Now that His Majesty is missing, even if everyone knows about Prince Jing's wolfish ambitions, they have no choice but to be overwhelmed by him.

So the two guards had to swallow their anger and try to maintain a balanced relationship, not daring to break it at will.

As expected, Lu Qing nodded: "Take me there."

Xiao Jin responded, mounted his horse again, led the way, bypassed the roadblocks, and arrived at the camp.

The temporary camp was quite simple, and the patrolling soldiers almost stood in three steps. The lights in the main tent were on. Hearing the movement outside, Ning Jing and the two generals came out together.

Seeing Lu Qingze, the two generals breathed a sigh of relief, but Ning Jing's face darkened.

Didn't the little emperor's empress stay in the capital? Why did she come here?

Why didn't he send a message from his eyeliner in the capital?

Could it be that Fang Xinlu has...

Before Ning Jing could think too much, Lu Qing got off his horse lightly, landed firmly, and took out a secret order: "The generals will listen to the order and pass on your Majesty's secret decree."

The two soldiers knelt down without thinking.

All around suddenly knelt down.

No matter how frightened and doubtful Ning Jing was, she had no choice but to kneel down and listen to Lu Qing deliver the order.

The secret letter in Lu Qingze's hand had a very simple meaning.

As long as Ning Juan is temporarily unable to command military affairs, all power will be handed over to the empress.

After hearing the decree, the rest of the people naturally accepted the decree without hesitation, but Ning Jing didn't accept this, and slowly got up, with a smile on his face: "I heard that when His Majesty left Beijing, he ordered His Highness to be in charge of the central government. Now Your Highness is not staying in the capital, why did you come to the southwest? This king is really curious, when did His Majesty leave this secret decree to His Highness?"

Lu Qing naturally understood the implication.

Ning Jing was suspecting that he forged this secret letter.

Lu Qingze's posture was still calm, and he turned the secret decree to let Ning Jing see the jade seal on it clearly: "Everything is stable in Beijing, and Mobei is victorious. I was entrusted by Your Majesty to come to the southwest. Why not?" ? On the contrary, His Royal Highness Prince Jing, who came here from the fief, is so loyal."

The jade seal on the secret decree is clear and unmistakable.

Ning Jing's eyes became darker, and she wanted to speak again, but Lu Qing slowly found out another thing: "If even His Majesty's will, His Highness Prince Jing doesn't believe it, see this, will you believe it?"

Seeing the things in Lu Qingze's hands clearly, the others hissed and even choked on Ning Jing's words, feeling somewhat absurd and shocking in disbelief.

Tiger Talisman!

Is Ning Juan crazy? !

Marching by himself, he didn't bring the Tiger Talisman with him, but left it for Lu Qingze!

The power in Beijing was handed over to Lu Qingze, and the Tiger Talisman was also left to Lu Qingze.

This is two life-threatening knives, stripped off their sheaths personally, and handed them to Lu Qingze, for fear that he will not seek rebellion, right?

As long as Lu Qing has a little ambition to sit on the throne, this country should change hands and change surnames!

Ning Jing has been here for five days, and has been thinking about how to take over the rest of the army in a legitimate way, but who would have encountered such a ridiculous thing, and felt turbulent for a while, staring at the tiger talisman, not knowing what to say.

Until then, he also noticed another thing.

Lu Qing brought thousands of elite soldiers, and beside him were soldiers from the Shenji Battalion.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are armed with a new type of firecracker, and their combat power is stronger than ordinary soldiers. A few shots from the firecracker will not be able to stand the tiger!

Ning Juan even left this to Lu Qingze.

As soon as they met, they were shocked three times in a row, Ning Jing was even a little numb.

He thought numbly, you might as well give up Daqi's country to this sick man.

Lu Qing put away the Tiger Talisman and smiled slightly: "Does His Highness Prince Jing have any questions?"

Ning Jing stared at him gloomyly for a while, then pressed her cold expression, and showed a slightly distorted smile again: "Of course not——His Highness came in a hurry, do you want to visit His Majesty first?"

After Ning Juan disappeared, Zheng Yao, in order to conceal the news, said that His Majesty was injured and needed to recuperate, so he set up a tent by himself, and Jin Yiwei guarded him day and night, except for a few confidants and Xu Shu, who was a doctor in the army, no one could enter.

Ning Jing knew very well that it was an empty account.

Zheng Yao is still leading people outside, looking for the little emperor's body everywhere.

It has been more than ten days, and Ning Juan has been hiding in front of others for a long time, and it is almost impossible to hide it anymore.

Ning Jing originally planned to reveal the truth in these two days and take the opportunity to take over the power, but who would have thought that Lu Qingze would come out of nowhere.

He planned to test Lu Qingze's attitude towards Ning Juan's disappearance.

To Ning Jing's surprise, after finishing speaking, he stared at Lu Qingze's face closely, but there was no abnormal expression on that face, and his tone was very flat: "It's so late, Your Majesty should go to sleep, and now it's over, it's just a matter of time." It will disturb His Majesty, why not talk about military affairs first—what were you discussing just now?"

Ning Jing felt suspicious again.

Lu Qing rushed from the capital in a hurry, he must have heard the news of Ning Juan's disappearance.

In other words, disappearance is just a nice way of saying it. Under the current situation, Ning Juan might not even be able to find all the dead bodies.

The attitude is so calm?

Ning Jing squinted her eyes, and when she walked into the main tent, she thought about the relationship between Lu Qingze and Ning Juan.

Almost four years have passed since the emperor's master was assassinated.

Ning Jing didn't believe in those rumors about gods, gods and ghosts, and guessed that Lu Qing either wanted to leave Ning Juan's side, or set up a situation with Ning Juan to clean up the capital.

In any case, it seems that the relationship between the teacher and the student is not that simple.

It seems that Ning Juan, the emperor, should be sticking upside down, but Lu Qing is very cold - really unexpected.

Since Lu Qing has no ambitions for power and seems to have no sincerity towards Ning Juan, perhaps he was forced to stay with Ning Juan, it is not too difficult to instigate Lu Qingze against him.

Now that Lu Qing has taken over the power in the camp, and there are thousands of elites around him, Ning Jing doesn't want to go head-to-head.

What he wants is to be logical, to ascend to the throne in a legitimate way.

After entering the main tent, Lu Qing took off his coir raincoat and bamboo hat, and took the first seat.

The moment he touched the chair, the exhaustion from traveling all the way, the pain from the friction, and the drowsiness from the sleepiness flooded into his body one after another. His eyes were dizzy for a moment, and his ears were buzzing.

The bone-piercing coldness of the cold rain almost made him want to curl up like that, take a breath, and let his body rest.

Lu Qing blinked his pantothenic eyes hard, adjusted his sitting posture calmly, suppressed the innumerable tiredness, his thin body was still upright, and sat there quietly, as if he would never fall down.

This made Xiao Jin and the others, who were tightly gripped in their hearts, relieved.

Now that Lu Qing is here, it is impossible for Ning Jing to take over the power like before.

As long as Lu Qing doesn't fall down, Ning Jing can only deal with them patiently.

The only thing to worry about is to beware of Ning Jing and Ning Cheng cooperating internally and externally to encircle and kill Daqi's garrison.

In that sudden natural disaster, Daqi's army was dispersed, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were in the middle of the team, and there were especially many casualties.

But Lu Qing came here, and among the [-] elites he brought, there were [-] soldiers from the Shenji Battalion, equipped with powerful firecrackers. Even if Ning Jing wanted to do it, he had to think more about it.

The discussion tonight is mainly about how to deal with the frequent night raids and harassment of the rebels and the rotation of soldiers.

After tossing around for so long, and hearing the news that something unexpected happened to His Majesty, the soldiers were a little depressed.

Ning Jing took the opportunity to ask the private soldiers of Prince Jing's residence to come to the camp and be responsible for patrolling and changing the guard.

How could the other two generals agree, they had been arguing endlessly about this matter just now, and they had to worry about Ning Jing's identity, so they didn't dare to shout too loudly.

Lu Qing rubbed his temples, understood the cause and effect, and said in a calm tone: "The training of His Royal Highness Prince Jing's soldiers is different from that of the three major battalions of regular troops. position, don’t bother Your Highness.”

Reasonable.

Ning Jing had long expected the final result would be like this, so she could only keep silent.

Lu Qing said with a smile: "Since His Highness Prince Jing's worries have been discussed, His Highness Prince Jing might as well go back to rest early. It's quite cold here at night, so don't freeze His Royal Highness's body."

The two generals took strict precautions. Ning Jing hadn't detected too many military planes so far. When he saw Lu Qing, he drove them away. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to avoid suspicion. He snorted displeasedly, got up and left.

After a while, Xiao Jin went out to investigate, and came back: "Prince Jing and his people have left, and I kept the others away from the main tent. If you have any questions, Master Lu, feel free to ask." .”

Lu Qing nodded slightly, first asked about the current battle situation, and the situation on the rebel side, briefly flipped through the various records and books in the camp, and then arranged a new one with the two generals The line of patrol was put down, and the voice was gentle: "It's not early, everyone, take the time to rest and recharge your energy so that you can fight against the enemy."

No one could fault his attitude.

Because of Ning Jing's arrival, the two generals were tense for several days and panicked in their hearts. After listening to Lu Qingze's words, they felt at ease again.

Including Xiao Jin, everyone couldn't help muttering in their hearts.

They used to think that Lu Qingze was so sick and weak, and he was so distracted to take care of him when he came. They didn't expect that such a weak person was more reliable than anyone else.

The tent was empty, only Xiao Jin was left alone.

Lu Qing exhaled deeply, stood up, and his legs softened involuntarily.

Seeing that his thin body seemed to be shaking, Xiao Jin's heart tightened, for fear that he would fall down like that, and wanted to come forward to help him: "Master Lu? How is your health? Doctor Xu went to the wounded barracks during the day, He hasn't come back yet, should I have someone find him right away?"

"No need."

Except for Ning Juan, Lu Qing didn't like being touched by anyone. He waved his hands, supported the table, closed his eyes, and calmed down for a while.

The dim candlelight in the tent made his face pale and bloodless, with cold sweat dripping between his frowning brows, and a few strands of jet-black hair sticking to his cheeks, the contrast with his skin color was extremely sharp, and it was shocking to see.

Master Lu is so good-looking... No wonder His Majesty likes him so much.

This idea came to Xiao Jin's mind, and he quickly looked away, not daring to look any further.

Slowed down, Lu Qing coughed twice again, and said slowly: "Take me to His Majesty's tent."

Xiao Jin bowed his head in response and led the way.

In the past few days, while rushing on the road and blowing the wind, there is nothing in Lu Qing's body that does not hurt.

The pain between the legs was rubbed by the saddle, the pain between the bones was shaken, and the pain in the brain was like a needle.

He could only slow down his pace, so as not to be noticed by others, he walked a short distance and took a cup of tea to get there.

Ning Juan's tent was pitch black, with no lights on, and the Jinyi guards around him were closely guarded, and they were all on duty by Zheng Yao's most trustworthy people.

Seeing Xiao Jin and Lu Qingze, the patrolling Jin Yiwei stepped aside and let Lu Qingze go in alone.

Before entering the tent, Lu Qing turned his head and said: "Come and wake me up at Maoshi tomorrow morning."

Xiao Jin lowered his head and said, "Go in and rest."

When he opened the curtain and walked in, Lu Qing was still fantasizing, if all this was just a trap for Ning Juan to lure Ning Cheng to send troops.

He wanted to see Ning Juan sitting in the tent like he had set him up in the palace last time, and when he saw him, he looked over with bright eyes, impatiently looking for a kiss.

But expectations were dashed.

It was cold in the tent, without any trace of popularity.

Ning Juan was not what he expected, lying on the bed waiting for him to come over, showing him a familiar smile.

Lu Qing staggered, walked to the bed wearily, and let his heavy body fall on the bed. In the cold darkness, he couldn't restrain his anger.

"Ning Jiwei." He turned over, buried his head in the quilt, and threatened in a hoarse voice, "...you'd better not have any accidents."

Since His Majesty the Emperor speaks eloquently, how could he not do what he promised.

Lu Qing was really tired.

He closed his sore eyelids, and when he was about to fall asleep in a daze, his almost frozen mind turned around, recalling the deployment map he saw in the tent just now, and the camp that Xiao Jin handed over to him. Booklets of all provisions, ordnance, and personnel.

He was so tired before in the camp that his eyes were blurred, but he just flipped through it in a hurry without thinking carefully.

Now that I think about it, I realize it was wrong.

Of the 5000 people in the Shenji Battalion, Ning Juan allocated him 4000, and there were more than 1000 people left. In the booklet, only [-] people are still in the camp. Why are there even fewer firecrackers?

Recently, it has been raining continuously. According to the battle report below, it has been raining for half a month. Now the firecracker is not suitable for use in the rain. Who doesn’t feel sorry for such a precious thing when it gets wet in the rain?It is natural to stay in camp when you are on the march.

The more Lu Qing thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He opened his eyelids, and even a lot of fatigue was swept away. He suddenly sat up and walked to the edge of the tent again. Bring me all the dispatch records in the general."

Xiao Jin originally stayed outside obediently, wondering whether to invite Xu Shu over.

When he saw Lu Qingze's face just now, he was really worried that he would not be able to hold on, so when he met Lu Qingze's eyes, he was startled. I don't know why he suddenly swept away his fatigue and regained energy: "Yes, Please wait."

Lu Qing came with His Majesty's secret decree and Tiger Talisman. If he wanted to see these things, no one would stop him, and the things were quickly sent to the tent.

Lu Qing put on his robe, sat at the table with a lamp in his hand, and flipped through the books.

The subtle adjustments here and there are basically consistent with his guess.

Ten days ago, Zheng Yao led his troops out secretly—it wasn't really a secret, anyone who knew it knew that he went out to search for His Majesty the Emperor along the mountain.

But in fact, he brought out more than that few people, and not just that few things.

Lu Qing smiled sincerely for the first time since hearing about Ning Juan's disappearance more than ten years ago.

As he expected, Ning Juan is currently on a nearby mountain, leading the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, waiting patiently for Ning Cheng to dispatch troops.

However, Ning Jing's unexpected action, leading troops to appear here, is a trouble.

After analyzing those subtle changes, Lu Qing's mind suddenly relaxed and heaved a long sigh of relief.

He covered his eyes, leaned back in the chair, swallowed his snow-white Adam's apple, breathed shallowly, and almost fell asleep like that.

After a long while, Lu Qing sat up slowly, and glanced at the messy books on the table.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Qing didn't hand the things back to Xiao Jin, but hid them properly in the tent, blew out the oil lamp, sat in the dark for a while, and then slowly turned back to the bed and lay down again.

He had to keep his spirits up, deal with Ning Jing for a few days, cooperate with Ning Juan, and give him a suitable opportunity to strike.

After Ning Juan came back, he would settle the final score with Ning Juan.

Before falling asleep completely, Lu Qing thought coldly in his heart.

Ning Juan is not the only one who can use shackles.

The author has something to say:

Ning Juan (stopped):?shackles?

Lu Qingze: Don't be afraid.

Ning Juan (excited): The teacher locked me! ! !

Lu Qingze:?