On March 15, just after dawn, the three thousand households stationed outside the city retreated in formation, and the barracks of Li Zhouwei were empty.

Wang Xuan, who had just rushed from the city, received the amber seal of the commander in front of everyone and ordered troops on the school field. The 1,000 guards who have been selected are ready to prepare their weapons and medicines, ready to go, and in half an hour they will go to the south of the city to replace the old men who have been defending for many days.

Since Xie Yu's death, Jinshang deliberately avoided giving orders directly to the soldiers, and let the holy decree be transmitted through the affairs. Wang Yu has been guarding the city night and night these days, with outstanding achievements, everyone is convinced, and no one has any objections, so that even if he does not attend this big occasion, he can stand up to the stage alone.

A thousand men marched through the long street in strict discipline, skirted the stream, and reached the south gate at the hour of the hour. The gates of Suiling City were closed, and passers-by were in a hurry, as if they had a premonition of the threat of war to come. A large number of people gathered at the city gate to escape, but the city guard coldly stopped them under the city walls, telling them that supplies would be distributed from house to house.

Women huddled in their homes with their children in their arms, and vendors and buyers in the vegetable market whispered and talked about thousands of ships in Nan'an.

Suddenly, a black horse came running from the end of the long street, followed by several knights, all dressed in soap boots and wearing tooth tags on their waists. The flag greeted the rising sun, and the procession swept through the north gate like a meteor, and thousands of points of dust splashed on the place where the horses' hooves stood, attracting sideways glances from passers-by.

Sheng Yunyi stationed his horse outside the city, looked back at the towering city wall, and then walked towards the wilderness first. The river drum guards followed, and after a stick of incense, they finally saw the traces of the five thousand Li Zhou guards.

There were a total of 6,000 state guards, 1,000 defended the city, and 5,000 withdrew, leaving behind all the elite soldiers who were not afraid of death. According to the meaning of today, as long as it can be delayed for seven days, even if the navy breaks through the city gate, it will not be able to take advantage of the victory. If it is said that people may not believe it half a month ago, but after several major events, Li Zhouwei's execution is comparable to that of Yu Linwei, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is pro-army.

"Your Majesty, the people who have been arranged have arrived in the south of the city, and the king commander said that he will not dishonor the holy order, please don't worry about your majesty."

The scout turned to leave, and Sheng Yunyi drove his horse to the head of the winding team and personally led the way. There were 24,000 Vietnamese men and horses in the entire Qining Province, nearly four times higher than the remaining Lizhou Wei, and the top priority was to find a mountain ridge with difficult terrain, use it as a basis to hide the military formation, and hold on to it. Due to the small number of people and the speed of the march, the march had crossed the neighboring county town in the evening, and reached its destination in about three days.

At night, the woods are cool and indifferent, and a full moon shines in the center of the sky, and the light is hazy. A huge moon streaked a dark shadow, and a large bird swooped down, flapping its wings and landing on the sand by the river, looking around cautiously, somewhat like a man.

Sheng Yunyi whistled, and the big bird paced out of the shadows under the tree, bathed in the moonlight, and looked at him with his neck high.

After a moment's standoff, the falcon-like bird of prey sprang up to him, meekly bent down, and combed its smooth feathers with its beak. Sheng Yunyi took off the bone whistle on its leg, pulled out the silk cloth rolled into a ball, and spread it out in the weak moonlight.

Ji Wei, who had finished fetching water, returned to the camp and said in surprise: "Isn't this the two-eyed bird next to General Lu, it turns out that it is still alive!" ”

When Lu Li was alive, he had a very large falcon with two pupils on his brown eyes, which was dedicated to transmitting credit. Jin Shangshao often accompanied it, and after Lu Li's death, he never saw it again, and he didn't expect to meet it again here.

Sheng Yunyi stroked the gray falcon's wings and frowned slightly: "Who was fed like this?" It seems that these years have been very nourishing. ”

Ji Wei asked, "But there is news from the old Lu family?" ”

Sheng Yunyi put away the bone whistle and said, "I have arrived at the border between Yuanping and Qining Province, and I will be able to reach Yanhui Mountain in a few days." At that time, the first emperor attached great importance to the Liang force, did not cut the grass and eradicate the roots, part of the Lu family army was incorporated into the Western Xinjiang Army, and the other part was sent to the border, and now these people in the border area have been scattered out of the border city in ten years, forming a group of thousands of people, and they also have some ability. ”

Ji Wei thought to himself that it was not you who released the water, the health centers in various places had to report the number of people every year, and either the division lied or turned a blind eye.

Previously, Yue Fan intended to go to Gyeonggi to find the Lu Clan's Talisman, but it was in vain. In order to prevent the resurgence of the ashes, the first emperor had already destroyed the military talismans, and he went to Qingtai Mountain just to set up a suspicious array. An army that only recognizes generals and not soldiers is very terrible, but he is relieved, because no one but him can make the old troops obey.

As we all know, Jin Shang is Lu Li's only grandson, and Lu Jiajun is loyal to blood.

Sheng Yunyi remembered that he had sworn in front of the first emperor to rehabilitate Zhao Xue for Wei Yu, and compared with this great Confucian who was full of peach and plums, he was more willing to admit Lu Li. Sometimes the blood relationship is not as good as the acquired feelings, Wei Yu, as Concubine Hui's biological father, has not done anything for her, and is even a stranger. If Lu Jiajun, who survived the disaster one day, knew that he had nothing to do with Lu Li, would they regret it?

After all, Lu Li raised him for three years, paid for his life, and finally died at the hands of his father.

Some things can only be a secret from start to finish.

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At the beginning of the rain, Su Huihui nested in the car all night, and woke up to find that they had arrived.

The mountains rise into the sky, the green stretches stretch to the horizon, and the sound of waterfalls echoes through the mountainside. This year, there is a lot of rain, the water potential is also large, and there are also waterfalls and springs on Yuxiao Mountain, which is always warm and mild.

After walking for several days in the dark, the horses pulling the cart were also very tired, and after a short rest at the foot of the mountain, they began to climb the mountain. The mountain road was rugged and difficult, and he had to walk on his feet, so Su Huihui picked up a branch as a cane and climbed for most of the day.

The sun dispelled the dense fog, and the scenery in the mountains and forests was completely renewed. The team found a hidden platform along the water source and set up camp, and a circle of snake-repellent powder was sprinkled outside the camp, and three or four people could sleep in a tent, and the military doctors gave up the good position to Su Huihui and Ruixiang. The tents are small and scattered around, and if it weren't for the campfires and stoves, they wouldn't be noticeable from afar.

After settling down, it was dark, Yu Shouzhong asked the hundred households who led the team, and learned that there was no need to move in the next few days, and he would only make arrangements after the large army came. Su Huihui was rare to be idle, and when he heard that the soldiers were bathing in the river after eating, he suddenly felt uncomfortable anywhere.

She immediately decided to take advantage of the fact that she could still see the road clearly, and ran upstream with a change of clothes, asking Imperial Doctor Yu to take care of the camp temporarily. Coming out of the tent and walking straight to the upper reaches of the half-pillar incense, the valley was full of trees, she remembered the scenery on the side of the road attentively, and after a while she saw a clear mountain stream.

Ruixiang stood guard on the shore and watched the door with twelve points. She took off her dirty black skirt and tried the water on her toes, it was very cold, but she had to go down and clean her body.

The moon pierced through the clouds, and she leaned against the big rock, watching the moonlight stain the water waves like ice crystals, and she always felt that something was missing. When I was almost done, I remembered that today was March 17, her own birthday.

At this time last year, she was on the grassland, also in the barracks, but she was just a doctor who obeyed her teacher's orders to save Rong Jianchi. She hadn't been on her birthday since her master's death, and she used to receive the same jade from Qinghe County every year, but she wasn't very interested. Qin Yu is not good at expressing emotions, so she thinks that he has no emotions, and he is too young and ignorant.

Su Huihui dragged his heavy body out of the water, his hair was wrung out and wrapped in a piece of cloth, and he changed into a dress tremblingly. It's all gray and autumnal, and she solemnly thinks that she must make up for a birthday, and she can't let herself live worse than now.

Ruixiang quickly finished washing, and the two sat on the grass by the stream for a while, ready to go back to camp.

The shadows of the leaves were mottled on the sand, and Su Huihui heard the crickets in the grass chirping lowly, shook his head, and took a step forward.

"Girl!"

With a clang, it's a weapon.

This sound woke Su Hui warm, pulled Ruixiang back, and there were two more black shadows out of thin air in the open space in front of him, and the thin blade reflected the moonlight, which was extremely bright.

"Let's go!"

She didn't care why the two men were fighting, she took the maid's hand and ran to the bottom of the slope, and after a few steps she heard someone behind her muffled, followed by a shout:

"County Lord!"

Ruixiang's eyes were confused, and Su Huihui looked at the road under his feet intently, without stopping.

The man was still unwilling, and said highly: "The Queen Mother! ”

Su Hui raised his face, "You go back first." ”

Ruixiang shook her head desperately, she covered her eyes, her lips trembled weakly, and finally shouted, "Go back quickly!" ”

The maid was stunned and retreated, and disappeared into the bushes in one step at a time.

Su Huihui only felt a chill all over his body, and walked back to the original way with his legs, the two men in black were still fighting, and one of them had a hole in his shoulder.

"Stop!" She shouted with difficulty.

The wounded man was the first to collect his sword, but the other unrelentingly put his sword on the side of the other's neck, and the night breeze blew through his coat, and the extremely narrow scabbard revealed delicate silver lines, which were the river drum guard.

Su Huihui stood outside the zhang and tried to calm down: "After you finish speaking, what the river drum guard wants to do with you has nothing to do with me." ”

Liang Guolai's secret guard turned to her, and there was a pair of eyes on his masked face that seemed familiar.

"Last time, the county lord was rescued and picked up a life in the Qi Palace, and I haven't come to thank the county lord yet."

It's the thief who stole the medicine vault and hid it in the duty office during the Thousand Autumn Festival!

Su Huihui's scalp suddenly went numb, he actually came again, it must be no good.

The River Drum Guard stared at him with a frosty face, and without saying a word, her pressure increased.

"The Empress Dowager is seriously ill and dangerous, and she was ordered by Her Majesty to ask the county lord to go north and return to China, the county lord studied under Yuxiao Mountain, if you can save Your Highness is the best, if you can't return to the sky, Your Highness thinks about the county lord all day long, and you should see the last side. A certain word has been brought, please feel free to do what you want to do. ”

Su Huihui just thought about it for a moment and said, "I won't go back to Mingdu." ”

Her hair fluttered in the wind, and her light brown eyes were unwavering, "There is no such person in the world as Zhuyi County, not to mention that I can't determine whether what you say is true or false, even if I want to see my grandmother, I just miss it, she won't want me to go back." ”

The dark guard said: "A certain person only listens to the will of the saint and is not in charge of the Empress Dowager's Mingxin Palace, and the county lord can make his own choice." ”

"That'll be fine." Su Hui pinched his knuckles and said stiffly: "You have great powers, and it is really painstaking to be able to track from Fanjing to the south." ”

The River Guard's knife stabbed into his skin, red blood spreading across his clothes.

The secret guard was unmoved, and said solemnly: "The county lord is the sister of His Majesty, the only daughter of King Jingbei and Princess Xiye, the grandson of Chengzu and the Empress Dowager. If the county lord still has the slightest hint of gratitude, return to his homeland in the north, and His Majesty will treat you well. ”

Su Hui warmed up and said, "You mean that there is a white-eyed wolf in the palace?" Since it comes to repaying your kindness, I will help you send the twelve-leaf green sand fruit out of the palace to Su Huan, this is not enough? In whose hands did my parents die, I remember very clearly, there is no need to send them to the Queen Mother and Zuo quite a snack, if your majesty does not have the ability to compete with them, I will be dead when I go back. Grandmother's business......" She lowered her eyes, her voice trembling a little, "Even if I'm not filial as a junior." ”

The Dark Guard suddenly laughed, and she faintly looked at the moon on the top of the mountain in the distance, her heart beating heavily.

"Huh."

The river drum guard fell with a sword, and the grass was covered with dark red, and the dark guard could never speak.

The thick smell of blood hit the tip of her nose, and she held on to the trunk, sweating profusely.

Dizzy, the river drum guard said in a low voice behind his back: "Your Majesty treats Lord Su well, and your lord must not disappoint His Majesty." ”

Su Huihui turned his head suddenly, his nails embedded in his palms, and laughed miserably: "What else do you want me to do?" What else do I need to do? Your master treats me well, should I risk the world's disapproval for him to bear the name of disloyalty, filial piety and unkindness! ”

She stepped back again and again, her chest was extremely uncomfortable, but her eyes were so dry that she could not let out a single tear, and she staggered down the hill along the path.