In the dim study, the candle flame was beating, and Ma Zhiye, the Shou of Hengyang County, was holding a letter in his hand, brushing his gray beard, and groaning for a while, as if he was a little hesitant.

His clothes were half-worn, the corners of his clothes were patched, and his face was covered with weather. Ma Zhiye has been in Hengyang County for seven or eight years, and he is a rare honest and good official. This time, Zhao Jin played the Qingjun side, which made him difficult to make a decision for a while.

Today, someone secretly sent information, revealing that Zhao Jin, the king of Ji, had secretly gone to Lanzhou, intending to marry He's daughter and borrow troops from He's.

Ma Zhiye's wife Lu Shi sighed, took a robe and put it on him, she had been married to him for so many years, how could she not understand why he was hesitant in his heart? He is such a brainless person, full of loyalty and patriotism, even if he knows it in his own heart, but he still can't let go of his foolish loyalty.

"The night is cold, Madame went to rest earlier, and there are important things to deal with for her husband." Ma Zhiyuan sighed and lit the letter in his hand on the candle.

The blue flames danced, and in a few moments the entire letter was destroyed.

Ma Zhiye flicked his sleeves, strode out with a cloak and said, "Come on, prepare the horse." ”

The little servant hurriedly brought the horse and helped him to get on the horse.

Lu Shi put on his coat and listened to the movement in the outer courtyard, and said in his heart that he would not be able to overcome that hurdle after all.

Ma Zhiye hurried all the way, dismounted in front of the yamen, and walked in hurriedly with the hem of his clothes, while instructing the little guy behind him: "Go and inform Liu Zhixian and them, come to the yamen quickly." ”

The little guy got the order and hurried to deliver the letter, and Ma Zhiye went to study the map first.

Liu Zhixian and a few people came quickly, some of them still had crooked jade crowns, obviously they had just gotten up from bed, and they didn't have time to tidy up their appearance.

The night is dark...... The figures of several people were reflected on the window screen......

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"Caught somebody?" Xu Zhongqing held a folding fan in his hand and looked at Xu Lu with a solemn face.

"Caught." Xu Lu's face was very bad.

"Who is the confessor?"

"Yes...... Be...... It's Suda. Xu Lu said regretfully. He never thought it would be Suda, after all, they were friends of life and death who fought together on the battlefield. He never imagined that the traitor among them would be Suda.

"Sure enough, it's him!" Xu Zhongqing slapped the folding fan on his hand.

"You know?"

Xu Zhongqing looked at him with eyes like a fool: "That is, you are stupid, you didn't even find out when you were with him every day, if it wasn't for His Highness to find out, I'm afraid you would have died a hundred times." ”

"His Highness noticed it...... But His Royal Highness knew that there were spies, why did he go to Lanzhou? Xu Lu was puzzled.

"You don't have to worry about this, patrol your logic." Knowing who the spy was, Xu Zhongqing relaxed and was bored to tease his stupid younger brother.

"Could it be that you really went to ask for a kiss? What should Concubine Yan do? Xu Lu was stupid.

"What should Concubine Yan do? Hehe, Concubine Yan Shu is smart. Xu Lu squinted at him and said, "I'm afraid you don't care about what to do with Concubine Yan, but what to do with your Caiwei!" ”

"I've never seen you so unproductive, if you really like it, you can ask Your Highness to be the master for you, how can you look like a mother-in-law."

Xu Lu's old face was red, and he was speechless.

Xu Zhongqing shook his head when he saw it, he didn't bother to care about him anymore, and shook the folding fan in his hand and went out slowly.

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Yan Qiu's life in Jingzhou was not easy, there would be swords in the palace every night, but the palace was heavily guarded, so he did not break into Jinyuan.

Cai Wei is now laying the floor under Yan Qiu's bed every night, not daring to relax, Ah Bai lives with Yan Qiu, and will not be separated for a moment.

Yan Qiu had to read Zhao Jin's letter every day before going to bed, and then stuffed it under the pillow to fall asleep peacefully. The battle at the front also had a huge impact on Jingzhou, and now the entire Wancheng was filled with a tense atmosphere. The original endless stream of posts is now clean and gone. Those people are looking around, if King Ji is defeated, they can also clear up the relationship with King Ji, and if they succeed, they must not offend anyone.

At this time, those officials in Jingzhou were a little glad that their daughter was dismissed and returned home, and if they stayed in the palace, they would have to sit together if they were not careful.

However, naturally some people will consider that if King Ji succeeds, then it will be a pity for his daughter, and at the same time, he secretly prepares for both.

Qin Miaoyun could naturally feel the unusual atmosphere in the palace, and then she would know the general situation of the matter by asking others a little, so she was a little worried about Yan Qiu.

It was precisely because Concubine Yan Shu opened her mouth that she was able to stay in the palace and not be sold for money by her mother-in-law, so she was grateful to Yan Qiu in her heart.

So thinking that Zhao Jin was fighting outside, Yan Qiu must have been very frightened in his heart, so Qin Miaoyun often made some clothes for Ah Bai and Yan Qiu and sent them to Jinyuan, and then teased Ah Bai with Yan Qiu, and would not return to the West Courtyard until sunset.

On this day, Yan Qiu asked people to spread a blanket on the ground, put Ah Bai on it, and took care of it himself.

Ah Bai has been three months now, and the whole person is white and tender, and he has also gained weight, except for the black eyes like Yan Qiu, the rest are very similar to Zhao Jin.

didn't sit for a while, Qin Miaoyun came. Qin Miaoyun often comes these days, and Yan Qiu can also talk to her, so he doesn't resist her approach.

Maybe it's because he has a lifetime of memory, Yan Qiu doesn't have a good friend. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Jin was fighting in Hengyang at this time, Yan Qiu's mood would definitely be very good.

Qin Miaoyun is a very gentle woman, good at listening, and gives people a very comfortable feeling, so Yan Qiu is also willing to talk to her.

When Cai Ge brought Qin Miaoyun in, Yan Qiu was watching Ah Bai kick his legs. The little face was flushed, and he looked very struggling.

"The little boy looks a little fatter, and the mother takes good care of the little boy." Qin Miaoyun smiled and sat down opposite Yan Qiu, looking at Ah Bai with her.

"It's the nurse's heart. I really don't care about it these days. Yan Qiu smiled helplessly.

Qin Miaoyun smiled and didn't answer.

"By the way, just now I asked the kitchen to prepare flour and prepare to make dumplings by myself, it should be almost done now, I'll go and see, you help me watch Ah Bai here." Yan Qiu patted his head before remembering this stubble.

"Go ahead! I'll take a good look at the little boy. Qin Miaoyun nodded and smiled softly.

In the end, he was a little worried about Ah Bai, so Yan Qiu didn't let Cai Wei follow, but asked her to stay and take care of Ah Bai.

She is now worried about Zhao Jin who is far away in Hengyang, if she doesn't find something to do, and she is afraid that she will be cranky, so she often cooks some food in the past few days to distract herself.

When he arrived at the kitchen, the flour had already been reconciled, Yan Qiu cleaned his hands and began to wrap the dumplings.

It's just that before a few dumplings were wrapped, Qin Miaoyun's cry and Ah Bai's cry came from outside, Yan Qiu's heart palpitated, threw down the half-wrapped dumplings in his hand, lifted his skirt and ran out.

As soon as he ran out of the kitchen, he could hear the sound of swords outside, Yan Qiu's footsteps were stagnant, and he rushed to the courtyard in a hurry.

At this moment, a black figure flew out from behind Yan Qiu, with his toes on the roof, and flew towards the courtyard.

The servant woman in the kitchen saw that Yan Qiu was running out desperately, so she hurriedly picked up her rolling pin and ran out.

It was only a distance of 100 meters, but Yan Qiu felt that half a century had passed.

Finally, she walked around the corridor and saw Ah Bai. At that moment, she only felt that her heart was about to break, Ah Bai's small body was covered with blood, and she was crying in Qin Miaoyun's arms, while Cai Wei held the sword in front of the two of them, fighting with the two men in black.

It was the secret guard left by Zhao Jin who flew away just now, there were two people in total, and one of them should have guarded Ah Bai just now and did not leave, otherwise she would not dare to imagine the consequences.

Because of the fact that there have been Assassins coming at night lately, the palace is heavily guarded, and there are always patrolling guards. So the sounds of fighting and crying in the brocade garden quickly attracted their attention.

Yan Qiu saw Ah Bai's heart-rending cry, and was about to rush over with tears, but was stopped by Cai Ge.

"Master, calm down, you can't go over, it's very dangerous over there, you will distract Sister Caiwei and them in the past." Cai Ge Cai Yue and the others cried and said.

The servants who followed hurriedly rushed forward.

"That's my child, I was conceived and born in October, how can you tell me to bear to look at it like this?" Yan Qiu burst into tears and scolded loudly.

Qin Miaoyun tightly protected Ah Bai under him, and moved towards Yan Qiu's side little by little, and there was a bloodstain behind him......

Seeing this, Cai Ge stomped his feet and said, "Since this is the case, then let the slave go!" After saying that, he let go of Yan Qiu and rushed to the bottom of the tree.

Qin Miaoyun's face was covered with blood, and when she saw Cai Ge rushing over, she stood up hard from the ground, hugged Ah Bai tightly, and staggered in the direction of Cai Ge.

Seeing this, the man in black wanted to go to Qin Miaoyun's side, but was stopped by Cai Wei.

Finally, Cai Ge took Ah Bai from Qin Miaoyun. She didn't dare to stop, turned around and ran towards Yan Qiu.

The black-clothed man who had been entangled with the dark guard was heartbroken, and he took the sword of the dark guard with his body, but he flew towards Cai Ge without stopping......