The rainy season is coming. Compared with the arid climate of the northwest in recent years, the precipitation this year has increased significantly, and the abundant rain irrigates the dry land, indicating that if there are no accidents, this year must be a good year.

At this time, the Qin army and the Tang army were still holding each other again, and neither had the ability to quickly knock out the other side, so the war of attrition became the only way that both sides could fight, and the one who held out to the end would become the ultimate victor.

Princess Qin disappeared, and the news spread quickly throughout the entire Tang Army's various military camps like wings, although the upper echelons quickly issued an order to block the news, but because the news was too terrifying, not only the lower-level soldiers, but also some petty officer leaders were secretly talking about the matter.

Since His Majesty's accession to the throne this year, although the Tang army has the atmosphere of the founding of the country, but the battlefield of Western Qin is a series of defeats, not only Jingzhou was besieged, Liu Shirang was captured, Fufeng was lost, and even the main force of the Tang army returned to Guanzhong and the main force of Western Qin was defeated and lost, the main force suffered heavy losses, and the morale of the army was also slumped because of this, almost on the verge of collapse, fortunately, at this time, the king of Qin rushed back to the army, and the arrival of the king of Qin quickly stabilized the military heart of the whole army, and then defended according to the danger, and strengthened the camp, During this period, despite the repeated challenges of the Western Qin Xue Ju, Li Shimin held on to the danger and held out, so he held on to the other side, and the morale of the army was recovering, if nothing else, he would soon be able to get rid of the shadow of the fiasco of the first battle of the shallow water plain, so that he could go out of the village again to fight with the Qin army. Showdown.

However, at this critical juncture, the King of Qin suffered from dysentery and could not afford to fall ill, which caused panic in the army, and there was even a rumor in the military camp that the Mandate of Heaven was not in Tang. Rumors that the King of Qin would soon die of illness. Although the military and high-ranking officials are strict in spreading rumors, and those who violate the order will not be punished, the people's hearts are fluctuating, and even a severe ban cannot stop the spread of rumors. Fortunately, not long ago, Her Royal Highness the Princess also came to the barracks.

As young as King Qin, Her Royal Highness the Princess is just in her early twenties. Her appearance is not very beautiful, and at first glance, she looks like a person with a gentle temperament, but such a person, when she learned that King Qin was seriously ill and rumors spread in the army, she immediately took over the original military affairs of King Qin, ordered to restrain the words and deeds of the officers and soldiers in the army, and suppressed the unstable voices in the army. The order was forbidden, and the strong side of himself was brought into full play, and the vigorous and resolute appearance made many generals in the army have the illusion that the woman who gave them orders was not the princess of Qin, but the king of Qin himself.

Perhaps, is it worthy of Princess Qin? Sure enough, it is a woman who is enough to match His Royal Highness King Qin. During that period of time, when Princess Qin was overwhelming the whole army, not only one general had such thoughts. However, this princess of Qin. But all of a sudden, it disappeared without a trace, when the news could no longer be hidden. Once again, the morale of the whole army was terribly shaken.

Fortunately, unlike the sudden illness of King Qin, the princess had already made relevant arrangements before leaving, so although there were many rumors in the army, it would not face the collapse of the whole army as before, and all departments in the army did their best. It was enough to deal with any accidents after the disappearance of Princess Qin, so that the Tang army could still hold on to the danger and hold on to the Qin army.

The eldest grandson Wuji has almost gone crazy these days and mobilized the army to search everywhere for the whereabouts of the princess, because it rains frequently in the rainy season, and many clues have been washed away by the rain. However, they still found many clues in a ruin not far from the Houjun barracks: there are traces of people cleaning up in the ruins, there are definitely martial arts masters who have fought fiercely here, as well as buried bloodstains and fragments of Qin army's clothing, etc., Changsun Wuji's search is not secret, and these rangers frequently enter and leave the barracks, so these clues spread like this, and became a topic that the entire Tang army was secretly talking about.

"What? There was once a great battle of peerless masters in that ruins? "Have you ever seen it, I heard from the brothers who have explored it in the past, the entire center of the ruins has almost been cleaned up, and there are people who don't know who pierced the walls of three or four ruins with one move, and then inserted it into the bluestone pavement, and it was three feet ......into the earth!" "Liar! No matter how high the martial arts skills of ordinary martial arts masters are, there are a few people who can do that, and a generation of grandmaster Ning Daoqi can do it, but who can invite him to the old man! "Shhh, be quiet, of course it's impossible for Ningsan, but in this world, it's not just Ningsanren who is a big master, as long as you are willing to pay, you may always get a big master who can shoot!" "Who would have nothing to spend so much money to ask a great grandmaster to kill someone, could it be that person's martial arts are also very high, and he is heavily guarded...... Heavily guarded! In the Army!! King Qin and Her Royal Highness Princess Qin!! "Conversations like this are whispered in the army almost every day.

"There is news from the side of Western Qin, Xue Rengao disappeared these days, and he came to the side of the Tang army controlling zhì through the border, meeting with a big man of the evil sect and conspiring against our army, and the illness of His Royal Highness the King of Qin also has a great relationship with that big man of the evil sect!" Du Ruhui, who had a stern face, was sitting in his seat, announcing to the major senior generals in the Tang army the latest information from the enemy-occupied area: "According to Xue Rengao's personal soldiers, the King of Qin is not sick, but has been poisoned by a chronic poison, and when this poison attacks, it will produce symptoms similar to dysentery, thus misleading doctors to misdiagnose and accelerate the process of poisoning!" Du Ruhui said, but his eyes glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji on the side without leaving a trace: "I think this matter, General Changsun should be more clear!" ”

When the generals in the camp heard this, they all looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Wuji was angry when he heard this, and secretly resented Du Ruhui for not discussing it with him in advance, looking at the suspicious eyes of everyone, the eldest grandson Wuji also understood that although these people did not doubt their loyalty to the King of Qin, even a strategist like Du Ruhui was very dissatisfied with the truth he concealed, so he contacted the generals and forced himself to tell the truth, and they were eager to know the truth.

"That's true!" The eldest grandson Wuji admitted Du Ruhui's speculation, and as soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the tent, "King Qin is actually poisoned!" "Despicable Qin Dog!" "Villain. If you have the ability to decide the victory on the battlefield, what kind of ability is it to play yin! "Seeking skin with the evil way and the tiger, Xue Rengao is looking for death!" ...... "Give me peace!" General Pang Yu shouted and suppressed all his voices, and then said to Du Ruhui: "Mr. must have something else that has not been said, please continue!" Du Ruhui nodded, and then asked the eldest grandson Wuji a second question: "The poisoning of King Qin." Princess Qin also knows! Without waiting for an answer, he said again: "Perhaps, it was she who saw that King Qin was not sick but poisoned, am I right?" ”

"That's right!" The eldest grandson Wuji replied, but his voice seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth: "Mr. Du really did his best to die, and he even dared to investigate the matter of King Qin's mastermind, I admire it!" Seeing that he was angry, Du Ruhui retorted calmly: "Brother Fuji misunderstood, and he didn't investigate anything about King Qin and the princess. It's just that in the news from Xue Ju's side, there happens to be news from Princess Qin! "What?" At this time, not only the eldest grandson Wuji, but even all the soldiers present stood up and looked at Du Ruhui with a surprised expression.

"How could Her Royal Highness the Princess appear in Xiqin?" One of the generals said silently. Du Ruhui opened his mouth to deny: "No, the princess is not in Xiqin, it's just that I got the news that the princess went there on the day she disappeared in Xiqin, that's right, it's the ruins where we found a lot of clues." It was also the place where Xue Rengao met with the master of the evil way, and below are the original words of that Xue Rengao's own soldier. I'm reading it out here, so you might as well hear what happened at that time! ”

"The negotiation between the young marshal and the queen of Yin has always been at a disadvantage, that woman is too strong, according to the price they offered, Xiqin will suffer a big loss, but that woman has nothing to fear. Because in the face of the Tang Army this time, the Western Qin, which was barren in terms of property and sparsely populated, was indeed at a disadvantage, and had to go to the end, except for the most important ones, which required the personal consent of the old marshal to take effect. The young marshal had agreed to almost all of their terms.

After the negotiation was over, the queen of yin said that she would give us an extra gift, and soon after, Li Shimin's wife came here, of course, she came to be able to get the antidote from the queen of yin, but the queen of yin had to persuade Li Shimin to surrender to our army, so that she would be kind enough to spare Li Shimin's life, the two of them talked about it, and then they fought hard. Even because she has been working hard, many times she has suppressed the yin, and we young marshals and soldiers at that time were scared stupid, until the woman fought desperately to the end, we didn't understand, how could such a powerful woman be Li Shimin's wife, the eldest lady of the official family called Changsun Wurong?

She used the disguise technique, completely turning herself into another person, if it weren't for the strong true qi that drove out all the disguise on her face when she was desperate at the end, we would never have found out that that person was actually disguised, behind the original ordinary face, there was actually such a beautiful face!

Originally, it was beautiful enough when the veil was covered with the queen, but when the veil was knocked off by that woman, we were all stunned, it was so beautiful, even those beauties who had been recited from generation to generation in ancient times were like this! The apprentices of the Queen of Yin were also there at the time, and they were also beautiful women, but compared with the Queen of Yin who showed their true faces, they suddenly became village girls, but we didn't expect that when that person showed his true face, not to mention the disciples of the Queen of Yin, it was the Queen of Yin herself, and she also looked a little disgraced in front of that person's face.

Then the woman went to have a final duel with the queen of the yin, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, no one would have believed it, so the two beautiful women were so ruthless, and in an instant they cleared the center of the ruins to the ground, and my brothers were just because they couldn't dodge, and they were only hit by a small piece of stone and wood and their bodies were bleeding profusely, and they couldn't stop their last life.

Then the woman was defeated, and when she left, the Queen of Yin didn't stop her, and also prevented our young marshal from taking people to chase, listening to the words of the Queen of Yin, it seemed that it was because the woman was dying, but because of the use of forbidden arts, the closer she was to death, the more dangerous it was. So I don't know where that person went. We ended the negotiations with the other party and were afraid that the Tang army would find out the traces, so we immediately rushed back to Western Qin......"

"The above are all the original words of that Xue Rengao's personal guard!" Du Ruhui said: "In order to make everyone feel as real as possible, there are many offenses in my words, but I am in a hurry, and I can't take care of so much now." When King Qin's body recovers, he will definitely personally apologize to His Royal Highness King Qin. ”

"In this way, the Princess Qin we saw was not the real Princess Qin from the beginning, but was pretended to be by someone!" The general Pang Yu said in a positive voice, but his eyes looked at the eldest grandson Wuji: "But when Princess Qin arrives, whether it is Brother Wuji." Or did His Royal Highness King Qin not even show any abnormality, why is this? ”

"That's exactly what I want to know?" Du Ruhui said: "Brother Wuji, now that King Qin is critically ill and the princess has disappeared without a trace, even if you and His Royal Highness really have something to hide, you should talk to us openly and honestly now, the military spirit is floating, we want to know." What's going on? ”

Everyone's eyes are on the eldest grandson Wuji, waiting for his answer, if it is loyal, I am afraid that no one here can be more loyal to the king of Qin than the eldest grandson Wuji, because he is not only a friend of the king of Qin, but also the biological brother of the princess of Qin, but now the hearts of the people are fluctuating, and the generals urgently need to know. The truth of the matter.

"Since Mr. Du has already guessed it, then why bother me to say more!" The eldest grandson Wuji's face was expressionless. However, his voice was trembling, and there was no doubt that his heart was not as calm as it appeared on his face: "But since the fake princess can get the double trust of me and King Qin, her importance must be something that everyone can imagine, since this is the case, then from today." Intensify the search, whether it's life or death, until you find her! The eldest grandson Wuji said coldly.

In fact, even if the eldest grandson Wuji denied it, how could Du Ruhui, who had already obtained enough information, not guess the truth of the matter, however. The admission of the eldest grandson Wuji still has a very different influence, because the former is just Du Ruhui's inference, while the latter is the voice of the eldest grandson Wuji and His Royal Highness the King of Qin behind him, which is also completely different in terms of the level of influence. Therefore, only when the eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth did Du Ruhui's inference really be recognized as a fact.

"It's nature!" Du Ruhui said: "No matter who she is, just what she has done for His Royal Highness King Qin, we must also find her." However, as soon as his words fell, a cavalry commander interjected: "However, the rangers that can be used at present have reached the limit!" As soon as the general's words came out, he saw the eyes of the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui and the general Pang Yu at the same time, and among them, the gaze of the eldest grandson Wuji was the coldest, and the general shivered and immediately shut up.

Pang Yu opened his mouth and said: "There is no cavalry, just replace it with infantry, after going down, I will personally select people to carry dry food, out of the camp to explore, no matter how fast a seriously injured person is, it is impossible to get out of the search range of our rangers within a few days, let alone a woman, the rangers come and go like the wind, the search cannot be too careful, it is likely that some places have been missed." Pang Yu's analysis is very reasonable, and all the generals present have no objections.

"So what should we do next, I think we will reveal the news of Princess Qin to the soldiers of the whole army to calm the hearts of the army." Du Ruhui said, and the eldest grandson Wuji's face immediately changed greatly: "What do you say, I will never allow this matter." "I wouldn't want to do it if I could, but no!" Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji competed against each other, without flinching at all: "It's too late, you are searching for people to make too much noise, and you are not careful in doing things, now the news of the princess's disappearance has already spread throughout the army, making people panic, if we don't quickly disclose the truth at this time, it is really difficult to predict what will happen in the future, fortunately, this truth is still within the acceptable range of the whole army, the real Princess Qin is not in Longxi, after the disclosure, the military spirit of the whole army will settle down." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was still resolutely opposed, and then, Pang Yu said: "In today's army, the morale of the army is weak, if you can't quickly settle down the general's heart, I'm afraid there will be a large number of deserters, if this is the case, then once a large number of infantry is sent to search, then it is likely that these people will never return, and they will not search for the clues we want." Such a sentence hit the key point of the eldest grandson Wuji, his face was cloudy, and finally, he finally agreed to Du Ruhui's resolution.

After explaining the task, the generals left one after another, and the eldest grandson Wuji left in the end with a gloomy face, leaving Pang Yu and Du Ruhui in the tent in the end. "It is said that Fang and Du are one, but how important is today's matter, why don't you see Fang Xuanling here?" "There are many affairs in the army, and I can't do without my hands, Brother Xuanling is sorting out his baggage at the moment, so it is inconvenient to come here, so I will be fully responsible." Du Ruhui said, Pang Yu smiled on his face, but secretly said in his heart, Fang Xuanling is good at planning but hesitates in trouble, but Du Ruhui reacts quickly and flexibly. Just now directly persecuted the eldest grandson Wuji, such a big thing is definitely a plan of the two of them together, but Fang Xuanling is timid, so he hides it. However, it was useless to explain these things, so he never mentioned them, and continued: "Then what does Mr. Fang Cai mean by stopping me with his eyes? ”

Du Ruhui Du Ruhui didn't answer and asked: "General Pang, in your eyes, what is the temperament of the eldest grandson Wuji" Seeing Pang Yu speechless for a while, Du Ruhui knew that he was unwilling to evaluate the ministers, so he sighed and said: "The eldest grandson Wuji has a gloomy personality, does things strictly and ruthlessly, it is said that since the death of his father Changsun Sheng, he has been driven out of the eldest grandson family, and has no relatives except for his sister Princess Qin. So the eldest grandson Wuji is really a ruthless person. ”

"What do you mean, sir, you might as well say it directly!" Pang Yu said, Du Ruhui's words, Pang Yu couldn't hear what they meant, but going did not prevent an uneasy feeling from surging in his heart, so he hurriedly interrupted Du Ruhui's words and asked the reason directly.

Du Ruhui straightened his clothes at this time, groaned slightly, and then made a big salute to Pang Yu: "Please also ask the general to do his best to search for the traces of the princess, this matter is very important, and I hope the general will do his best!" Pang Yuqi said: "I should do my best to deal with the fake princess, but listening to Mr. Rum, there is still something to hide!" Du Ruyan was silent for a moment when he heard this, but still nodded: "That's true!" I also thought of this from the reaction of the eldest grandson Wuji, you said, a person like the eldest grandson Wuji, apart from Princess Qin, who else's safety can make him so restless! ”

"This kind of thing, it's impossible!" Pang Yu's tone also trembled a little. "It's really strange, don't say it, if that person is really Her Royal Highness the Princess, then why bother to look good!" Du Ruhui was also pondering, "If there is no actual basis, it is always just speculation!" Until the truth comes, please also ask the general to keep it a secret. "As it should be!" Pang Yu also said, he was stunned by Du Ruhui's amazing thoughts, and he just wanted to leave quickly at this time: "But since Mr. has such a guess, he will not be lazy in the next place, and he will immediately mobilize manpower to find the whereabouts of the princess as soon as possible." Pang Yu finally walked out, not daring to return to his camp, so he went to mobilize people first and organized a search.

In the camp, Du Ruhui, who was finally able to be alone, could no longer suppress a tired look on his face, since the accident of King Qin these days, the heavy military affairs have almost pressed him out of the sick, and he has a long sullen breath in his chest, but Du Ruhui's eyes are immediately dark, he hurriedly held the seat next to him, and then slowly sat down. (To be continued......)