King Xiang used the word commitment, thinking that he was sincere enough, but Mei Rui seemed to be unmoved, her eyes were raised, and she looked at King Xiang with a smile, and the sneering words slipped out from between her teeth: "The prince is tired of Zhao Niangniang, so he sent the idea to the slave?" ”

"What are you talking about?" Zhao is considered to be the handle of King Xiang, entangled for so many years, he can't tell whether he loves or hates, his smile sank, his arm reached over the table and choked her throat, and when he squinted, the candlelight flickered in his eyes. Merry heard him grinding his teeth, yin

Sen is unpredictable, "Toast and don't eat and drink, do you think it's still when Lu Zhi is in Chang'an?" You alone dare to refuse this king? ”

Last time she hurt his account, King Xiang didn't have time to settle with her, and now it is even more inflammatory, the white face is in his palm, which aroused the tyranny hidden in King Xiang's bones, raised his foot and kicked over the pestle, clamped Mei Rui's neck and lifted her up, and laughed in his throat: "What kind of thing is Lu Zhen, if this king wants him to die, it is not an easy thing, he thinks he is very good to Xiao Yu, but what about Xiao Yu?" It's not that he listened to the words of this king and sent him to Longyou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, who knows what will happen, and when the news of his death comes back, this king will also ask for merit for him in front of Xiao Yu, and he will be crowned Marquis of Anyuan! ”

Mei Rui tiptoed, choked by King Xiang and couldn't breathe, her bloodless face was enlivened by the redness, as if the fairy characters in the mural had come to life, she was talking about something intermittently, and she had to listen carefully to piece it together-

"I am willing to live and die with the Protectors."

King Xiang was completely enraged by this sentence, the green tendons on his forehead and the back of his hand burst out, and he sneered: "What a loyal and righteous courage, since you want to accompany Lu Zhi to death like this, then this king will fulfill you, you go down to the underworld first, sit on the Nai He Bridge, and wait for Lu Shu to meet you in Huangquan!" ”

The anger rushed straight to the brain, King Xiang was really murderous, and he was about to pinch her throat and neck with both hands, Mei Rui couldn't kick it away, his hands only grabbed the hem of his clothes, and his ears began to buzz, seeing that the suffocating white light was about to disappear over his head, suddenly Sui Yuan's voice came, which seemed to be far and near: "Lord Wang." ”

King Xiang let go of his hand in an instant, Mei Rui also fell to the ground, curled up with his chest, King Xiang turned his head and looked at the door, "You haven't left yet?" ”

Sui Yuan stood there with a very calm expression on his face, and he made a gesture to King Xiang: "I went to see Zhao Niangniang for the prince, Niangniang, she didn't seem to sleep well, and she kept clamoring to see you, so I took this trip for Niangniang, and asked the prince to forgive me." ”

It sounds reasonable, and it is related to the Zhao family, King Xiang looked at Sui Yuan for a long time with a gloomy expression, as if he wanted to see the love under his calm face, Sui Yuan treated it indifferently, and turned a blind eye to the violent behavior of the other party King Xiang, and after a while, King Xiang said: "I know, this king will go to see her." ”

This cold palace is like the courtyard of King Xiang's palace, Mei Rui regained some consciousness slightly, only felt ridiculous, listening to King Xiang's footsteps getting farther and farther away, and another footstep approached, a pair of warm hands picked her up, gently put it back on the couch, and was about to let go, she suddenly held down his hand and called in a low voice: "Cousin." ”

"Huh?"

Sui Yuan's voice was very soft, Mei Rui raised her eyes without much strength, only to see the figure in the candlelight, she muttered, "Thank you." ”

She really wanted Xie Sui Yuan, if he hadn't appeared in time to stop King Xiang, I was afraid that she would have been a ghost now, but Sui Yuan didn't seem to appreciate it, and said after a while: "You shouldn't anger King Xiang." ”

Mei Rui also knew that at such a juncture, the advantages of angering King Xiang really outweighed the disadvantages, but she really couldn't bear this breath, before encountering these things, she never knew that there were shameless people like King Xiang and the Zhao family in this world, and at the same time, this insight made her almost disgusting. She closed her eyes, pain floating on her brow, "What now?" ”

The plum in the cold winter wax moon has always been frosty, and the bone-chilling has never been suffered, where can you see the bright colors in the white frost, Sui Yuan looked at her increasingly thin face, a little unbearable, but after all, he was ruthless, and said: "Take one step at a time." ”

"The Protector will be fine, will you?" She suddenly opened her eyes and asked eagerly, "What King Xiang just said, and his previous conspiracy with the Zhao clan, Longyou is so far away, and he ...... protect the army."

The candle flame flickered suddenly, her eyes were red, I don't know if it was because of Fang Cai's suffocation or because of worry, Sui Yuan sighed, and still patiently preached to her: "The war in Longyou has not been calmed down, and King Xiang is not so faint as that, if he killed Hu before the war."

Army, the Turkic iron cavalry is really going straight to Chang'an, at that time, can he still sit on the throne? ”

After hearing these words, Mei Rui's heart settled, and she took it back before the tears fell, her expression faded again, and she looked straight at Sui Yuan, and saw Sui Yuan in her heart for a while, and raised her eyebrows and teased: "What's the matter, cousin, don't you look at a certain handsome and dashing and graceful, and your heart is secretly moving, and you want to make a promise with your body?" ”

Who knew that Mei Rui asked: "I was thinking about something a few days ago, I was detained here for so long, Huaizhu can't find me, I will definitely make trouble to my majesty, and my majesty will definitely send someone to look for me, but there is not even a little wind in the palace, did my cousin say something to Huaizhu?" ”

Sui Yuan secretly felt that as long as the matter was not related to Lu Zhen, she would still be the same as the ice and snow smart, and he hummed: "Indeed, as you expected, Miss Huaizhu was going to go to the palace to make trouble, and let His Majesty come and look for you, but was stopped by someone." Looking for you must be found from within the imperial city, then King Xiang will inevitably lock you up elsewhere, and it will not be so easy to enter and exit other places, and your safety will not be known, it is better to be in this cold palace, convenient to visit. ”

After telling Mei Rui about the rest of the matter, Mei Rui pursed her lips, and after listening to the little emperor's reaction, she was slightly disappointed, "Your Majesty just let King Xiang find it?" ”

Sui Yuan bowed her head, and she kneaded and wrinkled the tangled branch lotus on her cuffs, and then said leisurely: "The emperor's heart is unpredictable. ”

"Not necessarily," Sui Yuan said, "I didn't fully trust King Xiang when I looked at him, but I just sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and I wanted to wait for King Xiang and Lu Zhi to fight and lose both, and finally take back the power to be released, but I didn't expect that King Xiang's power was hidden so deeply, it was really rampant, and His Majesty might be repenting in Zichen Hall day and night." ”

"This is what His Majesty should do," Mei Rui looked at the bean-sized candle flame in a daze, she didn't know what it was like in her heart, it was all unspeakable, she lowered her eyes and asked Sui Yuan, "How is the situation on the right side of Longyou?" ”

Sui Yuan said, "Great victory, the escort army is naturally extraordinary, and looking at it like this, it won't take too long to calm down the war." ”

Mei Rui nodded, "Then I'll rest assured, I'm detained here, I can't do anything, and the situation on Longyou's side will be ......."

She felt that it was not very good to speak, after all, Sui Yuan was not close to her, and he and Lu Zhi were not a lifelong friendship, so she entrusted the matter to him, she hesitated for a moment, and then Sui Yuan saw it, and he smiled: "Are you suspicious of me?" ”

Sui Yuan tugged at his cuffs and sighed: "I help like this, but I still can't believe in me?" Is it true that there is no one in this world except the protectors, and there is no one to believe in it? ”

"And Huaizhu."

Mei Rui said this, and Sui Yuan laughed out loud: "Also, you and Huaizhu are more in love than Jin Jian, and the guards and her fall into the water, which one do you save first?" ”

His sudden gag made Mei Rui stunned by surprise, and then she came to her senses and said slowly: "I don't know how to water, and no one will save me." ”

Sui Yuan was surprised, "Just watching them like this, seeing death or not saving them?" Where is the infatuation of living and dying with the protectors? It's really fragile, and in a certain opinion, my cousin is afraid that she doesn't like the protector as much as she thinks. ”

Mei Rui looked at the door and saw the figure of the guards walking back and forth, Sui Yuan lowered his voice and said: "King Xiang is probably suspicious, and he can only act at the opportunity in the future." Before parting, he added, "Actually, you don't have to worry too much about the protectors, even if there is no me, the protectors themselves can be safe, don't think too much about King Xiang, make a big momentum, you may not be able to laugh to the end, there is a good saying, the arrogant army will be defeated." ”

After saying that, she left, Mei Rui lay back on the couch again, groped out the copper coin pendant from her arms, ironed it in the palm of her hand repeatedly, and when she shrank into the futon, she only heard the wind outside even more noisy.

And that whisper that only she could hear: "Shao Jin." ”

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I don't know why what happened in Chang'an City was cut off from it, Longyou didn't even receive a trace of news, Mei Rui's letters came as usual half a month, talking about some bland things, such as the plum blossoms on Penglai Island, the ice under the eaves of the Zichen Hall fell on Sixi's head today, smashing Sixi's head and breaking the bloodstream, and she ate dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve, but only ate copper money at the end.

Between the sentences, Lu Zhi didn't know why he was a little worried, Fu San'er poured tea on the side, and said with a smile: "You miss Aunt Mei Rui." ”

Lu Zhi was noncommittal, lowered his eyes and looked at her words again, and the word "as before" in the end seemed to be a little unstable at first, and the pen was vain, Lu Zhi frowned imperceptibly, and beckoned Fu San'er, "Is it good to have a qiē in Chang'an City recently?" ”

Fu San'er touched his head and said, "Longyou is too far away from Chang'an, the news that came a while ago is good, don't worry, Your Majesty is fine, Aunt Mei Rui is also fine, isn't this all sending you a letter?" How do you say that, the beacon fire has been burning for three months, and the family letter is worth 10,000 gold-"

But for some reason, he couldn't fall down when he was hanging in the air, probably until he saw her with his own eyes to be sure, he had only read the word lovesickness in the poems, and had never experienced it personally. Now he has tasted it thoroughly, and he has survived the midwinter unexpectedly, and seeing that it is the season to break the ice, he still remembers the peonies blooming on her ears and temples in the spring, no matter how amazing the national color is not as good as her.

The peony in the Great Compassion Temple should be in full bloom after a while.

When Xu Heng came in, he heard Lu Zhi read this sentence, after a few battles some time ago, he won all the way, and the spring breeze was proudly placed in front of him, and he sat down unceremoniously with a stroke of his robe, and said to Lu Zhi: "Does the prison miss Chang'an?" ”

Lu Zhi hooked his lips, "If General Xu has such leisure, it is better to think about how to break through the city wall, if our family remembers well, the army has been camped here for ten days, and if it drags on like this, I am afraid that the grain and grass will not be able to be helped." ”

Xu Heng knew what he said, but the Turkic people and horses were stubbornly guarding the hunting city, and even if he sent people out to call the battle, he was arrogant and impatient in the army, and he pressed and pressed before he could be stable, Lu Zhi had never intervened in the affairs of the army head-on along the way, but Xu Heng knew that he had taken care of many things behind his back, otherwise it would be impossible for this road to travel so smoothly. I don't know if I am unwilling to be the majority or admire the majority, Xu Heng gritted his teeth, temporarily threw away his face, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know if the prison army has a good strategy?" ”

"Is the general asking about our family?" Lu Zhi rolled up his sleeves leisurely, "Our family has already made a preface, and we will never interfere with the general, so I don't know why the general is saying this, and he wants our family to go back on his word?" ”

Xu Heng didn't care about so much, scratched his head, "I have heard the reputation of the prison army a long time ago, I didn't believe it in the past, but now I know that the name is worthy of it, and it is worthy of being the person who commands the Northern Ya, and it was Xu who was rude before." "There is a shortage of grain and grass in the army, and the supplies on the Chang'an side have not kept up, and the granary in He Hunting City is the largest piece of fat, as long as he captures He Hunting City, everything will be fine, which is also the reason why Xu Heng insisted on entangling the Turks with the Turks in He Hunting City to the end.

How could Lu Zhi not know these thoughts, he turned his jade wrench, his hands were more delicate than jade, slender and powerful, with ten percent of the beauty, only to see him squint slightly, and looked at Xu Heng with a smile, "The general really wants to listen to our family?" ”

"Nature."

"Okay."

Lu Zhi stood up from the circle chair, walked to the front of the map, and pressed his finger next to He Hunting City, the white and flawless side face looked impersonal in the somewhat dim tent, and in the spring that was about to warm up, Xu Heng inexplicably felt a chill all over his body.

Xu Heng listened to him: "If the Turks don't come out, then force them out." ”