Chapter 93
Chapter 93
Three days later, Pei Jun was studying the military situation sand table at the Taicheng Military Office, and the commander of the personal guards brought two pieces of news.
One is that if Luo Zhe failed to attack Taicheng by force, he was surrounded and suppressed by General Jiang and Ji Shuxian. The Yu army chased him seventy miles outside the city, and finally intercepted and killed him by the Luohe River.
The second is that the person who was sent out to search for the portrait had an echo.
It was an old bustard who came to receive the reward and said that two years ago at a slave trade fair, he had seen a girl very similar to the one in the portrait. It's not bad compared to everyone's ladies.
The former owner was in urgent need of money, so he reluctantly parted with her and put her up for auction. However, this girl was very expensive. Although the old bustard also fell in love with her, but lacked financial resources, she was unable to take the auction.This kind of regret, the bustard has been thinking about it for two years and has not forgotten it.
The man who finally won the auction was dressed in satin and had a big spend. Even the boss of the trade fair respected him, so he was not from a wealthy family like Sidi.It is said that the man was looking for qin girls and singers who are good at playing Yuyin, and afterward, someone saw their carriage heading towards the capital.
The old bustard secretly glanced at the superior, rubbed his hands together: "My lord, this little one knows so much. Look..."
Pei Jun frowned after hearing this, and pointed his fingertips: "Reward."
The person next to him took a bag of gold and threw it to the old bustard. When the smiling old bustard left the military office, Pei Jun murmured: "...to the capital."
It just so happened that Ji Shuxian came back from a victorious battle, although he suffered some minor injuries and his face was covered with blood, but he was smiling and was returning to his command with the head of the enemy general, so he heard about it.
He thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, those who are dressed in satin and have such financial resources are most likely to be the favored royal family members. Old King Sidi has more than a dozen sons, most of whom are flirtatious I'm afraid he can't even tell the name and appearance of the evil debt, and the rest, who still like arty people, are no more than those few people. When the palace was forced to change before, almost all of them died. But..."
Pei Jun asked, "But what?"
Ji Shuxian said: "I heard that the third son loves the scenery of Dayu the most, and he specially repaired a Yufeng garden with curved water and flowing cups to raise a group of voiceless singers. This is his proud work. Often show off among brothers."
"The third child." Pei Jun fiddled with the smoker on the table, and snorted, "Tovluchong."
Now that Tuvoluchong has entered the royal court, if the group of singers had not been dismissed, they might have been brought into the imperial court as well.
Pei Jun burned a lot of incense, but still felt that the smell in the room was weird. He looked up and saw a pair of blood-red dead eyes staring at him. He was stunned for a moment, and couldn't say a word: "What are you doing with your head, asking for credit from Gu?"
Today, firstly, we have defeated Ru Luo Zhe's tribe, and secondly, we have found the trace of the beauty. This is double happiness.
Now the Yu army Chen Bing is by the Luohe River, and it is just around the corner to break through the king's capital.
Ji Shuxian threw his head out, observed the regent for a while, and said with a sad face: "Your horse is injured..."
He had already set his sights on the few BMWs confiscated from the Sidi people, but those BMWs were worth thousands of dollars, so he never had a good chance to speak.Ji Shuxian sighed: "Riding a wounded horse, I don't know if I can outrun those Sidi savages when I go to the imperial court to grab a beauty for His Highness..."
"..." Pei Jun glanced at him, but the corners of his mouth showed that he was in a good mood, "It's worthless. There are a few Sidi pure-blood horses in the stable, pick them yourself."
Ji Shuxian couldn't help but smile with blood on his face.
"Since that's the case, choosing the day is worse than hitting the sun." Pei Jun inserted a red flag into the imperial court on the sand table, picked up his sword, and said, "Let's go and grab people with Gu!"
Ji Shuxian knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and nodded: "Yes!"
In mid-November, the weather is down to the bone.
Xie Yan was sitting by the window making a lantern, with a cup of steaming tea in hand.
He fixed his eyes on the bamboo stick in his hand, and his mind was full of Pei Jun's affairs, wondering if the man was dressed warmly in Xidi, and whether he was recovering from his injuries.Pei Jun suffers from headaches, which often occur in winter. The wind in Xidi is so strong, and the armor is cold. Does he know how to wrap a layer of flannelette inside the helmet to keep out the cold, so as not to arouse the root cause of the disease.
I heard that the front line is fighting again, and the Luohe River has been attacked, so it is even more difficult for letters to be sent back.
In the last letter, Pei Jun apologized for cheating him.
Xie Yan was so angry that he almost ate the envelope.
When the tea was completely cool, Xie Yan's nose and fingers were no longer warm, and his movements became stiff. He had to put down the cold dagger, and couldn't help but sneezed a little: "Ah Yan, warm a pot for me. bar."
As soon as the words fell, and as soon as he took a breath of hot air into his palms, a fox fur was put on his shoulders.
When he turned around, it was Ning Xi, and Liang Yan didn't know where he was playing with Li Nu and the others again.
Ning Xi glanced at the bamboo sticks, paper covers and some painted patterns on his table, closed the window, put the hand stove in his hand, and then heated up a pot of sake on the small stove: "Master, what are you doing?" I’m making lanterns again, look, the treetops can’t even hang under the vines.”
Xie Yan followed his fingers to see that the vines had already hibernated, and there were many lanterns, large and small, hanging under the bare shelves.The tree in the courtyard was not spared either, and a servant was moving a ladder and climbing to a high place to hang the newly made lamp he made yesterday.
Ning Xi said: "It's getting dark, if you hurt your eyes, His Highness will punish us when you come back."
Xie Yan withdrew his gaze, continued to cut bamboo sticks after warming up for a while: "It's just a lantern, it doesn't take a lot of eyesight. It's all kung fu work, and it's too late to do it when the snow really falls... These lanterns, wait for the snow to fall. When it’s snowing white, it’s all lighted up, it’s pretty.”
It's not even the twelfth lunar month yet, how could it snow so quickly in Yu Jing.But Ning Xi didn't say anything, and silently poured a glass of warm wine: "Master Hou, you are always afraid of the cold, you should wear more, so you don't catch the cold."
After the windows were closed, the temperature of the stove in the house gradually rose, and the faint aroma of wine also evaporated.
Only then did Xie Yan put down the dagger, and snuggled himself into a tuft of tiger skin blankets, which Pei Jun sent back from Xidi a while ago, hiding inside was like lying in a man's arms, soft and thick.He drank a few glasses of wine to warm up his body, buried his face in the fur, and felt sleepy after a while: "Ning Xi... why don't you think it's still snowing..."
"Soon." Ning Xi responded softly, and covered him with another layer, "Soon."
Ning Xi knew that the Prince Regent had promised him that he would come back when the snow fell.So after winter, he waited for the snow by the window every day.
But snow is not so easy to fall, just like Wangdu is not so easy to attack.
Xie Yan gradually closed his eyes, and said in a daze, "Call me after a stick of incense, this lantern must be finished today..."
"Okay." Ning Xi bowed to stir up the charcoal fire in the furnace, and said yes, but closed the door when he went out, and dispersed to the servants who were busy hanging lanterns in the courtyard, "Shh, everyone whispered." Come on, don't make any noise. Whoever wakes up Xie Hou to sleep, carefully peel off his skin!"
All the servants immediately closed their mouths, and tiptoely packed up their things and went out. As soon as they reached the Moon Gate, a man broke in suddenly.
"Urgent report! Urgent report!" A loud and clear shout spread throughout half of the palace.
Ning Xi covered his ears, but before he could speak, Xie Yan in the room had already opened his eyes when he heard the movement, and he quickly opened the window: "Speak quickly!"
The visitor was wearing a thin armor, with Xin Yu on his shoulders. He knelt on the ground with a happy face, and presented a military report with both hands: "It's good news for the Western Expedition Army!"
When Xie Yan heard it, he didn't have time to put on the fox fur. He quickly came out and took the letter from the messenger, unfolded it and read it quickly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling up: "Okay, great! He has captured the capital."
Since Chen Bing Luohehe, Dayu's army is equivalent to soldiers coming to the king's capital.It was only because the city was strong and defended to the utmost extent that it has not been able to break through.But the city was short of food and clothing, and there was another blizzard in Sidi, so the wealthy and nobles couldn't help but abandon the city and flee.
Pei Jun divided his troops into two groups, one led by him personally, and the other led by General Jiang, and stormed in from the west and north gates of the capital.
The king's capital has become a collapsed state, and there are scattered and fleeing people everywhere.When he entered the imperial court, King Tuvolu of Sidi had gangrene in his legs and feet and was unable to move fast. After the palace guard carried him out for a while, he was afraid of being implicated by the discovery of the Yu army, so he abandoned him on the green brick floor.
When Yu Jun found out, Tufu Luchong was already covered in thick snow and was almost frozen to death, while his personal guards had already disappeared.
As for the queen, long before the Yu army started to attack the city, she fled out of the city with her father and brother with her gold and silver treasures and her maidservants.
Sidi was completely defeated.
Ning Xi hurriedly took out the fox fur and wrapped him up. Hearing this, he couldn't help crying with joy, and said with tears in his eyes, "Now you can rest assured!"
Xie Yan finally heaved a sigh of relief, and couldn't hide his excitement. He had a rare look of joy on his face. He hurriedly helped the messenger up and asked, "When will the army return to court?"
The messenger bowed his back and hesitated for a moment: "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back..."
Xie Yan frowned: "What?"
The messenger hesitated and said: "After your Highness led people into the capital, he turned the imperial court upside down. It seemed that he was looking for someone, but he couldn't find it. His Highness was furious and ordered General Ji to search the whole city. return……"
Xie Yan wondered: "Who deserves this?"
The courier was only following the order to transmit the military report, so naturally he had no access to more confidential matters, he just scribbled a few rumors, he hesitated for a while, not knowing whether to say or not to say.Seeing Marquis Ping'an's complexion darken, he thought about it, knelt down and said, "It seems to be for a...beauty."
Xie Yan: "..."
Mr. Ji has been doing this matter in secret all along, but if you want to find someone, you will inevitably search around, and naturally there will be rumors.
The last time the Marquis of Ping'an rushed thousands of miles to the Ghost Crying Gorge and rescued the Regent regardless of his life or death, the whole army camp knew.Later, the Marquis of Ping'an even took care of the regent's daily life day and night. The friendship here is so important that everyone who has eyes can see it.
Marquis Ping'an was kind to others, and even the cold-faced and cold-hearted Prince Regent became much gentler when he was around.Moreover, the Marquis of Ping'an also had a lot of insight into military affairs and internal affairs. During the few days when His Highness was seriously injured and convalescing, it was Marquis Ping'an who discussed matters on behalf of His Highness.
Moreover, the few princes in the court are useless, which is the biggest reason why the regent has forbeared for many years and has not made up his mind to go west.Because once the regent goes west, the capital of Yu will be empty, and there will be incompetent ministers to supervise the country, and the government will inevitably be in chaos.
When several generals drank together in the camp, they once sighed that His Highness is now able to go to war with peace of mind, and even break through the king's capital, fulfilling his long-cherished wish, because he has no worries behind him.
Behind the regent is Marquis Ping'an, the supervisor of the country.
Dayu's government affairs are cumbersome, and Marquis Ping'an takes care of them on his behalf, and he is also in charge of the country, so he could have seized the opportunity to seize power, go to the forefront of the court, and become a powerful minister above ten thousand people.However, he did not take the credit, but was willing to hide behind the scenes.He also devotes himself to teaching His Majesty to help His Majesty to come to court as soon as possible.
The most important thing is that, as a southerner, Marquis Ping'an was able to let go of his grievances and focus on worrying, which is even more commendable.
He is Dayu's hero in every case.
Compared with the beauty who appeared out of nowhere, everyone naturally admired the Marquis of Pingan more.
The little messenger is not very old, he is fifteen or sixteen years old, and he became a messenger officer because he is good at horsemanship and galloping thousands of miles.Every time he came back to the palace to send a letter, the Marquis of Ping'an would prepare hot water and hot dishes for him. Last time, he accidentally mentioned that his sister was sick, and Marquis of Ping'an even sent a doctor to prescribe medicine for his sister.
In his heart, Marquis Ping'an kissed like a benefactor.
Thinking of those rumors, the more he felt unfair towards Xie Yan, he didn't dare to raise his head, and began to complain like beans: "I heard that when he was in Taicheng, His Highness had a glimpse of this beauty, and he remembered it, and kept keeping it a secret." Looking for it, I wanted to hide her beauty in a golden house. But who knows, King Xidi also took a fancy to this beauty and took her captive to the imperial court. After hearing this, His Highness was furious, and ordered to storm the imperial court that night. He must find the beauty..."
Xie Yan took a deep breath: "...What kind of beauty."
"It is said that it is a country and a city, good at singing and dancing, and gentle as water, with a small heart, women feel ashamed when they see it, and men are moved when they see it." The messenger raised his hand and drew a curve on the front and back of his body, angrily said, " It’s just a bulge because of your youth, what’s so good about it. I don’t know what kind of shameful means it used! Hmph, what a vicious vixen—hmm!”
Ning Xi was horrified when he heard that, he quickly covered the messenger's mouth with a slap, and said to Xie Yan, "Master Hou Mingjian, this must be a leak in the rumors! Your Highness doesn't like that!"
The messenger's mouth was gagged, and his hands were still in front of his chest, making a proud arc.
"Oh?" Xie Yan glanced at the arc, and pressed his brows, "You know him, so what does he like?"
Ning Xi saw that his face didn't move, only the corners of his mouth curled up, looking very menacing, so he couldn't help but shivered, and after pressing down the messenger's hand, he said a few points, such as who was tall and tall, with a face like a crown Yu, with outstanding literary talent, is speaking according to Xie Yan's appearance.
As he stammered, Ning Xi's cold sweat dripped down a drop.
Who knows what His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is doing in Sidi to send back such gossip!
After Xie Yan listened with his eyes closed, the strange arc of the corner of his mouth became wider and wider, and finally he snorted coldly, but without saying anything, he slammed the door and went back to his room.
Ning Xi and the little messenger looked at each other in blank dismay.
The messenger opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Ning Xi dragged him out by the nape of his neck: "Shut up."
Xie Yan returned to the beauty's couch, without any sleepiness, crossed his knees and made a lantern again, when there was a sudden stab, the bamboo strip was cut off.He held the dagger and stabbed it hard on the wooden table: "Oh, no wonder you like to eat grapes. Well, you can eat enough in Sidi!"
"Ah!"
Thousands of miles away, Pei Jun sneezed heavily.
His Highness is having a big banquet, half of which is the covetous general Yu, and the other half is the shrinking minister of Sidi.
All the ministers seemed to hear the giant dragon's snort, and couldn't help trembling.
When the imperial court was first occupied, the people of Yu held a celebration banquet in Xidi's political hall, and the carpet under the seats was still condensed with the blood that was splashed when they breached the imperial court.This room is cutting the leg of lamb, and there are even palace servants picking up the corpses in the other room.
This is not a banquet, this is His Highness Hades seeing a kid.
Pei Jun had already taken off his armor, and he was leaning on the dragon chair in a black and gold fur robe, with a box of jewels found from Tuvoluchong's bedroom under his feet.
The ministers of Xidi tremblingly looked at Pei Jun, who was silent above him, and saw that he was as imposing as a rainbow, his face was as hard as iron, and his pair of phoenix eyes were coldly staring at a glass of wine.
Naturally, Pei Jun didn't know that in the eyes of the subordinates, he looked like an evil ghost who wanted to give poisoned wine.But in fact, Pei Jun just looked at the fluctuating wine in the glass, and a face seemed to appear in front of his eyes, thinking: "...sneezes several times in succession, he must be missing me."
At this time, Ji Shuxian came in a hurry and whispered a few words to Pei Jun.
Pei Jun's eyes brightened slightly, and he stood up suddenly, making the group of people below tremble with fright.
He got up and took two steps, then turned back, picked out a pair of hairpins from the treasure chest, and left the hall.He walked towards a nearby heavily guarded area, and walked to the door of a room. From the outside, the lights inside were all off, and only the silvery white moonlight shrouded his head.
Pei Jun waved his hand, ordered the heavy soldiers to retreat, pushed open the door and entered.
This is a small side hall, the room is extremely quiet, but there is a faint smell of medicine, and the further you go, the stronger the smell of medicine.Walking to the thickest point, Pei Jun sat down along the edge of the table, saw that there were still fresh side dishes and drinks on the table, he touched it with the back of his hand, it was still warm.
Ji Shuxian is really reliable in his work, even the hot food and drinks are prepared, he should be rewarded.
"You..." After pouring two glasses of wine, Pei Jungang picked up one, and before he could say anything, a sleeve wrapped in silver light stabbed from behind, he turned his head away, and glanced at his neck from the corner of his eye—— It is a pair of small scissors used by female celebrities.
He flipped his hand and knocked it down, unexpectedly the other party immediately pulled out a carved silver hairpin.
Pei Jun turned sideways several times, avoiding the unruly sharp points, but after seven or eight times his strength weakened, and the hairpin repeatedly hit the table and was bent.
Later, the other party abandoned the hairpin and directly picked up a porcelain vase and threw it at him.Pei Jun frowned, and had no choice but to fight back. He pressed the numbness on the opponent's wrist lightly, and the dangerous porcelain bottle fell to the ground.
"..." There was a slight tired gasp.
"Why is the little girl so temperamental that no one can finish her sentence." Pei Jun let go of her hand, lowered his head and sniffed the wine in the glass, and smelled a bitter smell of rust, "Is there a medicine in the wine? "
"..."
"Such a strong smell of medicine, could it be rat poison?" Pei Jun lit the candle lamp on the table again, and the hall gradually lit up, finally illuminating the face of this "assassin".It was a girl in her teens, all her hair was tied into a ponytail and fell on her shoulders, quite sassy.
If someone wore a dress as a child, it might be exactly like her.
"What's your name?" Pei Jun felt inexplicably better, even though he was stabbed and poisoned, "I mean your current name."
The little girl didn't speak, just stared at him warily.
"Can't talk, or don't want to talk?" Pei Jun said, "Could it be that the person who brought you here just now didn't tell you something?"
The room was full of orange fire, falling on her pale pupils, she shook her head, her eyes reflected a little frailty, a little trepidation, a little timidity... It made me feel sad and pitiful.
—Of course, it would be better if her hand didn't sneak to touch another porcelain vase.
If he really let go of his guard and felt pity for her, I'm afraid that the next moment, her head will be smashed to pieces!
Looking at the silver hairpin with a tilted head at his feet, the broken porcelain pieces on the floor, and the pot of poisoned wine on the table, Pei Jun felt really mixed feelings.He told Ji Shuxian to be polite, courteous, and polite when bringing people here, presumably Ji Shuxian would not dare to search him.
But who would have thought that this young girl would hide so many sharp weapons and poisons.
Did Ji Shuxian explain it to her?
Otherwise, how could you be so ruthless!I don't know who it looks like!
Looking at the somewhat familiar face in front of him, Pei Jun couldn't help but sighed, and his expression softened unconsciously.No matter how cunning, you still have to suffer.He took out the pair of gold hairpins inlaid with precious stones from his sleeve, and handed them over to her: "Silver hairpins are for wearing, not for killing people...this is for you."
As soon as he got up, the other party dodged back vigilantly.
Pei Jun had no choice but to sit back, but the hand that passed Nobile was still held up. Seeing her sharp eyebrows, she hugged the porcelain bottle for self-defense, and couldn't help laughing: "You don't think that you can use that bottle to protect yourself?" Kill Gu? Don’t be afraid, Gu didn’t come to bully you.”
"I don't know how much you remember, and I don't know if you remember that you have a brother..." Pei Jun called softly, "Reunion. Gu is here to pick you up for your brother Ping'an."
As soon as the words fell, the girl's eyes widened slightly, and the hand holding the porcelain bottle trembled, as if she had froze.
Apparently, she still remembers.
Pei Jun took the opportunity to take out the bottle and put it aside, then put the gold hairpin in her hand. When he opened her cold palm, he saw her fingertips covered with bloodshot eyes, and couldn't help frowning: "What's wrong with your hand..."
Just as he was about to call the military doctor, when he looked up, he saw the little girl staring at him, her eyelashes covered with wet mist, converging into drops and falling down.
"..." Pei Jun's eyes froze for a while, and he took off his black fur cloak and put it on her body. After a long time, he couldn't help sighing again, "You and your brother...really look alike."
They are all able to cry, but pretend to be stubborn on the surface.
It must have been difficult to leave home for so many years, but after careful calculation, she is only 14 years old.
"It's not that your brother didn't come to look for you on purpose, but he just knew about your existence...don't resent him, okay?"
Tuanyuan covered her face with her hands and shook her head.
Pei Jun took the silk handkerchief in his sleeve and wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes, then handed it to her: "Okay, don't cry. If your eyes are swollen from crying, your brother will know later, and he will think it was Gu who bullied you." You don't need to do anything at that time, he can smash his head with a vase."
"What's your name?" Pei Jun asked after she had cried for a while.
"Aheng... Auntie didn't have time to name me, it was my mother-in-law who raised me."
Xie Heng took the veil and rubbed her eyes, she still had a lot of questions to ask, for example, she didn't know the identity of the person in front of her, and the person who brought her only said that the master wanted to see her.When she heard that Yu Jun was coming in, she thought it was the soldiers who wanted to have fun
"My lord, what are you..."
"Aheng. You don't have to be so unfamiliar." To Xie Yan's own sister, Pei Jun naturally tried his best to please her in advance, so he smiled as cordially as possible, "The relationship between Gu and your brother is extraordinary, we are already a family."
Xie Heng was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding: "A family...?"
Pei Jun narrowed his eyes: "Based on the relationship between me and your brother, Gu is your sister-in-law."
Xie Heng: "..."
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