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Malan Pass is located on the southern edge of Yanshan, which is the northward direction of the Chinese Dynasty to resist the heavy danger of the northern nomads, and is an important place to defend the pass, and there are heavy troops stationed on the pass.

At this time, the night patrol soldiers on Malan Pass were staring at the dense torches in the distance with great fright, and the roar of horses' hooves that could not be concealed in the thunderstorm made the soldiers on the pass can't help but raise their hearts.

When the army reached the pass, it did not make any hostile moves, but stood silently in line and stood motionless under the pouring rain. The torches stretched for more than ten miles, and in the faint light of the fire, the young and resolute faces of the soldiers were like pieces of pig iron, cold and hard, but strong.

"What's going on? Why didn't Ben receive the official letter about the recent transfer of troops and horses? Which part of this is this? General Chen, the chief general of the pass, was called up from the bed, and stood on the pass in anger, staring at the army of tens of thousands of horses under the pass in horror and fear.

"All on alert! Prepare the oil for fire, beat the wood, and the archers forward! Prevent the enemy from tackling the problem! Looking at the well-trained army under the pass, General Chen, who was guarding the pass, gave an order without hesitation.

The soldiers were suddenly in a hurry.

Under the pouring thunderstorm, a person suddenly slowly walked out of the army under the pass, he rode on a horse, slowly like a leisurely walk, walked alone to the suspension bridge under the pass, raised his head and shouted: "This general is Chai Mengshan, the main general of the border of Youzhou, who was ordered by the military department to lead the troops to the south to carry out military affairs, please close the switch of General Chen and let him go!" ”

"General Chai, this general has never received an official document from the Ministry of War to transfer troops, may I ask who you are ordering to lead the army south?" General Chen's voice was obviously a little lacking.

Chai Mengshan smiled coldly and shouted: "The general won't say much to you, here is the official document issued by the Ministry of War to the general, you can take it and check it carefully." ”

As he spoke, Chai Mengshan took out a package of oiled paper wrapped things from his arms, held it high in his hand, and shook it towards the close.

It didn't take long for a hanging basket to be put down.

Chai Mengshan smiled, his smile was full of disdain, and as soon as he stretched out his left hand, the general handed over a strong bow. Chai Mengshan hung the oil paper on the arrow, and then opened his bow to set up the arrow, and the arrow shot out, and before it could blink, it made a muffled sound of "bang" and firmly nailed it to the pillar of the arrow tower in Malanguan.

The guards were all shocked, looked at each other a few times, and opened their mouths one after another.

I took off the oil-paper bag on the arrow and opened it to see that it was an official document issued by the Ministry of War, and General Chen carefully checked the seal and handwriting on it, and found that this official document was actually genuine.

"General Chen, after the check, can you switch it off and let it go? Ben will have military affairs, if you delay Ben General's time, you can't afford this crime! Chai Mengshan shouted loudly under the pass.

Solemnly folded the official document and put it in his arms, General Chen looked at the dense soldiers under the gate, and finally gritted his teeth and ordered: "Switch!" ”

The heavy and heavy closing door slowly opened in a squeak, Chai Mengshan looked at the closing door, smiled coldly, rode on the war horse, pointed with his right hand, and shouted: "Brothers, enter the customs!" To the south! ”

In the roar of the promise, the soldiers marched neatly and hurriedly, and swept into the pass.

Looking at the Youzhou border army going out of the pass, General Chen of Malan Pass stood between the arrow stacks at the pass, his face was shocked.

"The official document of the Ministry of War on the transfer of troops arrived in the hands of Chai Mengshan without this pass, this matter is too strange." General Chen muttered to himself.

"No! The general must report this matter to the military department in the capital, tens of thousands of horses are going south, what are they going to do? Looking up at the night sky with thunderstorms, General Chen was in trouble again. The weather was so bad that the pigeons in the army could not be released at all.

"Someone! Prepare your horses and send messengers to the capital! ”

More than an hour later, a fast horse quickly left Malan Pass, chose a different official road from the Youzhou border army, galloped south, who knew that the fast horse just stepped on the official road, a glowing cold arrow shot out from the mountain forest next to the road, right in the knight's forehead, the knight did not snort, raised his head and fell to the ground.

A small team appeared in the mountains and forests, and a sharpshooter in the army slowly put down the bow and arrow in his hand, turned his head sideways and smiled at a partial general beside him: "General, I shot again." ”

The general nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "General Chai is really clever, knowing that General Chen, who is guarding the pass, will definitely send a messenger to deliver a message to the capital, this is the first messenger?" ”

"The third one."

"Well, emergency military intelligence is generally only sent three messengers to deliver, they will not send people again, let's bury the messenger's body and go back to General Chai to report his life."

"Yes!"

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The capital is the government.

It was late at night, but the small courtyard was already busy.

"Ouch! My aunts and grandmothers! It's not moving, it's fleeing! What is the concept of evacuation, do you understand? Why did you even bring a basin for washing your face? Put it down, put it down! Only bring valuable things, not these chicken bits and pieces! Ren Xiaoyao stomped his feet in the bedroom of the small courtyard and shouted.

"you! Who is your aunt, am I that old? Qian Yun smiled and slapped him hard, Ren Xiaoyao picked her up from the palace as soon as it was night, and returned to the small courtyard without saying a word and began to pack up her things, until now she didn't understand what was going on, but as long as Ren Xiaoyao said, she obeyed unconditionally, so at the moment she seemed unhurried.

"Husband, there are many things in the room that we are used to, you look at this Huzhou brush, as well as this Ren Duan inkstone, and this guqin......" Yanran bit her lip and looked at these things reluctantly, looking very hesitant.

"Aren't you used to using me too? Why didn't you see you take me away in a box? Don't worry, things can't run here, you just go out for a vacation, and I'll pick you up in a few days...... Ouch! Little Green, you can't bring the rhubarb, this guy is bigger than me, it's too occupied, no, no......"

Seeing Xiao Lu reluctantly holding the head of the Chinese pastoral dog Rhubarb, the two big watery eyes showed a look of pleading, looking at Ren Xiaoyao and stopping, Ren Xiaoyao couldn't help but have a headache. Look at this mess!

Turning his head again, Ren Xiaoyao's handsome face suddenly collapsed, his nose was sore, and he almost cried: "Sister Feng, what kind of play are you playing?" What is this pile of stuff? ”

Sister Feng didn't raise her head and kept tidying up, and said neatly: "Didn't you say that you want to go out of the city to rest for a few days?" It just so happens that I plan to take a look at the detailed account books of Ruyuzhai for more than a year, calculate the turnover, expenses and inputs, see how much we have earned, and by the way, plan to open another branch after returning to Beijing in a few days......"

Ren Xiaoyao wiped his tears and begged: "Sister Feng, please, you can rest for a few days, this pile of account books is enough to fill a cart, and you can't take ...... away."

Seeing that the wives were busy, bringing some bulky and worthless things, Ren Xiaoyao couldn't help but pull his hair frantically, then slapped the table hard, and yelled: "Stop me!" ”

After the women were stunned, they suddenly stopped looking at Ren Xiaoyao inexplicably.

Ren Xiaoyao nodded with satisfaction, the tiger's body was shocked, and he shouted: "Each person is limited to a small burden, and no one is allowed to bring more!" Violators...... Spanking! Did you hear it all? ”

The women were silent.

Long.

"How dare you yell at me?" Qian Yunliu raised her eyebrows, crossed her hands on her waist, and glared at Ren Xiaoyao viciously.

The women stood behind Qian Yun and stared at him with unkind expressions.

"What's that...... I'll go see if the carriage is ready......" Young Master Ren, who was familiar with current affairs, immediately showed a well-behaved and flattering smile, then rolled his eyes, his figure flashed, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Poof" Yanran couldn't help laughing, and then the girls also laughed, and after a short laugh, the pretty faces of the girls appeared a little sad.

"Sister, is the situation in Beijing so critical? The husband is a big official of the imperial court, why did he send our family members out of the city? Yan Ran asked Qian Yun with a bitter face.

Qian Yun bit her lip, shook her head and said, "I'm like you, I don't understand anything, we are women's families, how can we meddle in the affairs of men's families fighting outside?" The husband sent us out of the city precisely to protect us, so that he would have no worries in the capital and do his own thing wholeheartedly. Let's listen to him and don't burden him. ”

The women nodded in unison, then sighed faintly and began to clean up again.

Ren Xiaoyao walked out of the small courtyard, there were more than two hundred shadow subordinates standing quietly outside the courtyard, Wen Sen and the killer brother stood in front, seeing Ren Xiaoyao come out, Wen Sen stepped forward and smiled flatteringly: "My lord, the carriage is ready, stop outside the gate of the adult's mansion, and you can leave at any time." ”

Ren Xiaoyao's face was full of gloom, patted Wen Sen's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Old Wen, we have worked together for more than a year, and I trust you the most. ”

Wen Sen hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, your subordinates will definitely protect your family, there are thousands of soldiers of the Longwu Army guarding outside the shadow camp, and our well-trained subordinates are protecting you, your family's family will be foolproof, if there is the slightest mistake, your subordinates are willing to come to see you!" ”

With that, Vincent turned around and ordered his shadow men to get busy.

Ren Xiaoyao walked in front of the killer brother again, looking at the killer brother with a cold face, Ren Xiaoyao's face was heavy, and he sighed: "Brother killer, we have known each other for more than a year, and the one I trust the most is you, and now ...... Hey, where are you going? I'm talking to you, what is your attitude? ”

The killer brother's head tilted slightly, and he said coldly: "You just said this to Vincent, it's exactly the same." ”

Ren Xiaoyao was embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "Really? I just said exactly the same thing? ”

Vincent nodded vigorously beside him, and said with a look of grievance: "My lord, didn't you just say that the person you trust the most is me?" How did he become him in the blink of an eye? ”

“……”

In front of the Ren Mansion.

Master Ren had red eyes, and refused to board the carriage for a long time, and Mrs. Ren cried beside her until her eyes were red and swollen, and she dragged Ren Xiaoyao's sleeve and refused to let go.

"Zheng'er, is the situation in the city so critical? Do we have to get out of the city and take refuge? Master Ren's chest rose and fell, and his tone was quite excited.

"Dad, you should go out for a trip, I'll pick you up in a few days, don't worry, it'll be fine." Ren Xiaoyao smiled and comforted.

"Then why don't you go out of town with us?"

"The child has the emperor's order, I really can't go, don't worry, the child will be safe, there are hundreds of guards around the child, you and your mother take care of yourself, don't worry about me......"

"Husband......" A pair of slender hands hugged him tightly from behind, hugging him tightly, for fear that as soon as he let go, he would fly away out of thin air.

Ren Xiaoyao turned around, looked at several wives, and said with a smile: "Take care of your parents, I will go to the camp to pick you up and return to Beijing in a few days, you must be obedient, so that I have no worries, understand?" ”

The women were so crying that they couldn't speak, and they covered their faces and kept nodding.

"Husband, you must live well, although I don't know how dangerous it will be this time, but you must know that you are the pillar of the Ren family, our only support, if something happens to you, our sisters will never live alone!" Qian Yun looked at Ren Xiaoyao fixedly, gritted his teeth and said seriously.

All the women nodded at the same time, with a determined look on their pretty faces.

"Don't worry, I have prepared a horse with the fastest running at the back door of the house, if the timing is not right, I will not hesitate to run away without stopping for a moment......"

“……”

Three carriages carried the Ren family's family members, escorted by shadows, and drove out of the city.

Ren Xiaoyao watched the carriage gradually move away, suddenly his nose was sore, and tears fell, once they fell, he couldn't stop anymore, after a while, his face was already full of tears, and Wen Sen on the side was sad.

"Don't be sad anymore, I'll see you again in a few days, my subordinates will definitely send my adult's family back completely, my lord, it's just a few days away, don't be reluctant to ......"

Ren Xiaoyao whimpered and mourned: "Am I reluctant? What a sight! I'm lamenting that I've suffered misery, and my life is lost, woo......"

"Huh?" Vinson was shocked,...... This Lord Ren's mind is really unfathomable and unpredictable.

Ren Xiaoyao wiped his tears and was still crying: "Tell me, tell me, I am the emperor's most beloved son-in-law, why does he want to leave me in this most dangerous capital?" I also need to pay close attention to the city defense army...... Woo, an army of more than 50,000 people, what if they rebel? The emperor is obviously sending me, an innocent and helpless little sheep, to the mouths of a group of wolves...... Woo, does this sound like words? It's too much of a bully...... Woohoo......"

"Your Excellency...... Adults are really ......" Vincent wanted to comfort and pat himself on the back, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't come up with any flowery rhetoric to praise Lord Ren, and finally stammered: "...... It's so emotional! Quack, quack......"

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The prince's mansion is solemn tonight, the guards in the palace are heavily guarded, the arrows are out of the bag, the knife is out of the sheath, and the patrol is strictly guarded everywhere in the palace.

The prince stood on the steps in front of the apse with his hands in his hands, looking up at the night sky with dark clouds and heavy rain, and his heart was as heavy and depressed as this bad weather.

"Tomorrow, my father will go out of the city to worship the sky, maybe...... Tomorrow will be a good day. The prince looked at the night sky and muttered to himself, his handsome face covered with gloom.

"Your Highness, you will go out of Beijing tomorrow with the emperor and the officials of the court, so rest early tonight." Fan Rui bowed.

The prince shook his head slowly: "Sir, life and death depend on tomorrow's battle, do you think at this moment, Lone can still sleep?" ”

Fan Rui didn't dare to answer, and bowed silently.

"Where are the border troops of Chai Mengshan?" The prince asked with a frown.

"The weather is bad, and the military report has not been able to convey." Fan Rui also frowned, "Counting the days, General Chai's headquarters should be almost outside Xuzhou City......

"I hope he won't make any mistakes, otherwise the great cause of Lonely will fall short......" The prince frowned uneasily.

"Your Highness, your private army has left the mountains and forests and is camping in the south, tomorrow as long as His Highness gives an order, they will quickly pounce on Shenlie Mountain, exterminate the forbidden army in the shortest possible time, and surround Shenlie Mountain."

The crown prince loosened his brows slightly, nodded and said, "What about Qin Chong's city defense army?" ”

"There is nothing abnormal in the city defense army, I heard that General Ren Xiaoyao will lead the city defense army to garrison the capital, but in the next opinion, the city defense army is firmly in the hands of General Qin, and Ren Xiaoyao cannot mobilize a single soldier at all......

The prince nodded, a trace of fierceness quickly flashed in his eyes, and he said gloomily: "Send someone to tightly control Qin Chong's mansion, if Qin Chong has signs of instability, immediately hold his family hostage and force him to comply!" ”

"Yes." Fan Rui was taken aback and hurriedly responded.

Everything was arranged, and the prince's heart seemed to be a little lighter, and he said with a smile: "Since you can't sleep, how about Mr. and Gu deduce tomorrow's battle on the map again?" ”

"Dare to disobey."

The prince and Fan Rui pointed to the map in the candlelight, constantly arranging, rehearsing, and fighting, until the three watches rang, and the night deepened and deepened.

"Who is hiding behind a screen?" Fan Rui suddenly shouted, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes.

The prince was startled and quickly looked up at the screen.

I saw that behind a screen embroidered with a hundred birds and a phoenix on the left side of the apse, a slender figure trembled and walked out, glanced at the prince with a white face, and then pounced, and knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

"Sisi? How long have you been standing behind a screen? The prince asked sharply.

"Your Royal Highness, Sisi has just arrived, and I see that the night has been three watches, I want to ask Your Highness to go back to the palace to rest early......" Sisi's delicate body trembled and replied in a trembling voice.

"Did you hear what I said to Mr. Fan just now?" A somewhat complicated look flashed across the prince's face.

Sisi's face became more and more pale with fright, and he hurriedly shook his head and denied: "Your Highness Mingjian, Sisi just walked behind the screen, and was heard by Mr. Fan, Sisi really didn't hear a word. ”

Fan Rui stared at Sisi who was kneeling on the ground, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at the crown prince and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, don't leak the slightest rumor about this matter, it's better to ......"

As he spoke, Fan Rui turned his palm into a knife, and everything was facing down.

The prince looked at Sisi fixedly, and his face changed in a myriad of ways, sometimes fierce, sometimes hesitant, sometimes reluctant. Of course he understood what Fan Rui meant, but ......

"Get up and stand down." After thinking for a while, the prince finally said lightly.

Sisi hurriedly stood up, trembling, and slowly retreated.

"Your Highness!" Fan Rui said hurriedly, cold sweat broke out slightly on his face.

The prince waved his hand and said, "Sisi......"

Sisi's delicate body shook again when she heard this, stopped her retreating body, and stood motionless, like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered, waiting for the prince to decide her life and death.

The prince looked at her coldly, and only after a while did he speak: "Tomorrow, Gu will accompany his father to Shenlie Mountain to worship the sky, you can go with Gu." ”

Si Si for a while, and then her face was full of joy, and Ying Ying bowed down and said, "Yes." ”

Fan Rui looked at the prince in disappointment, and his heart suddenly sank rapidly, reaching the bottomless abyss......

The emperor sacrificed to the heavens.

This news made the people of the entire capital boil.

Regardless of how the commoners or scholars commented on the current situation, they all felt heartily approved of the emperor's actions.

Since the beginning of spring this year, there have been continuous droughts and floods in various parts of the Chinese Dynasty, barren farmland, spring sowing has not been carried out smoothly, and hundreds of people have been displaced. The emperor's sacrifice to the sky undoubtedly released the greatest sense of comfort to the people, and the people suddenly found that the emperor, who had been living in the deep palace and had not left the palace for many years, was also concerned about their life and death.

Therefore, regardless of whether the act of worshipping the heavens has any effect or not, it is a joy for the people. In an ancient country where agriculture is the pillar of people's livelihood, in the hearts of the people who depend on the sky for food, worshipping the sky is a very mysterious thing, which makes them have to feel awe.

It rained overnight, the rain had stopped in the morning, the birds were singing all over the capital, and the air was mixed with the fragrance of the earth, which made people feel refreshed.

At the end of the day, the bell of the palace bell tower rang, the heavy and heavy gate of the middle palace opened, and the mighty and heroic guards of the forbidden army lined up in a neat queue and went out first. The flag covers the sun, the wind waives, and the royal majesty is displayed while walking. Then there were the warriors of honor in front of the emperor, holding the golden gourd scepter, and a large group of eunuchs and palace maids took small steps, and followed closely behind. Various flags, ritual vessels, umbrella covers, and banners appear in order.

The last thing that came out was the emperor's dragon chariot, six horses and royal chariots, golden and dazzling, and the bright yellow luan chariot was inlaid with jade with jewels, which was extremely luxurious.

The emperor traveled, Hu from the clouds, from the Xi'an Gate out, through the Lu Zheng archway, the samurai opened the road in front of the car, the water was poured on the street, and the people along the way all knelt down and worshipped. The power of the emperor, the supreme of the Ninety-Five, is ordered by the sky, as majestic as a mountain, as unpredictable as the clouds, making people unconsciously bow their heads and worship.

Luan drove out of the Lu Zheng archway, passed through Taiping Street, and finally went to the Taiping Gate in the north of the city, out of this gate, the emperor was officially out of Beijing.

At this time, the eunuch Yiluan shouted: "By the holy decree, the royal drive and live-"

As a result, this mighty team of more than 10,000 people, which stretched for more than ten miles, was mixed up by the forbidden army, eunuchs, palace maids, etc., and stopped in an instant.

The bead curtain of the dragon chariot was opened, and the emperor wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe and a winged dragon crown was supported by Gonggong Cao, and slowly moved out of the dragon chariot with a slight trembling, and the accompanying officials, nobles, as well as the forbidden army, eunuchs, palace maids, including the people who admired Tianyan, saw the emperor walking down the dragon chariot, and couldn't help but bow their heads and bow down, and sang in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

The emperor waved his hand, and Gonggong Cao beside him hurriedly shouted: "The emperor ordered all the ministers to be flat-"

Only then did the people who knelt down and stood up, bowing their heads, and tens of thousands of people were silent on Taiping Street, as if they were dead.

The emperor's eyes were slightly open, and he glanced around the crowd of respectful officials, and found that standing in an inconspicuous corner among the accompanying officials, Ren Xiaoyao also studied the officials decently, looking at the nose and nose, and standing motionless.