The two rested for a moment and ate some dry food to satisfy their stomachs. Qin Zhen listened attentively, as if he heard the sound of horses' hooves, stood up and looked, and sure enough, he saw Nie Jin riding a horse.

The horse was approaching, Nie Jin shouted and jumped down from the horse, and walked to Zhou Qingqing quickly: "Miss, are you okay?" ”

Zhou Qingqing shook his head and looked at him with mixed eyes. The scars on his face were still there, and the wounds on his body must have been worse.

Nie Jin's wood-like face rarely brought up a smile: "Miss, I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Then he turned to Qin Zhen again, "Lord Wang, after entering Shangluo City, Feng Xiao disappeared without a trace." ”

Qin Zhen nodded: "Feng Xiao has been lurking in Western Qin for ten years, and since he has a well-planned plan, he must have already thought of an escape plan after his identity is exposed." It's impossible for us to catch it so lightly. ”

Zhou Qingqing asked curiously: "Ah Jin, since Feng Xiao did not show his true face when you were plotted, how did you recognize it?" ”

Nie Jin said: "His appearance can change, but his body shape cannot, and I saw the flute on his waist." Actually, I wasn't sure at first, and I found the prince after quietly returning to Xijing. The prince asked me not to show up for the time being, I wanted to find an opportunity to test, and I happened to find that Feng Xiao rescued you, until the previous forest, and when I saw him make a move, the prince and I were sure that it was him. ”

Zhou Qingqing was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look at Qin Zhen: "If Ah Jin doesn't come back, will the prince really give me a cup of poisonous wine to death?" ”

Qin Zhen frowned and chuckled: "Believe it or not, I never wanted to let you die. It is the emperor who gave you death, and the souls of 50,000 soldiers are in front of you, and it is impossible for me to disobey his orders. But if Nie Jin doesn't come back, if Feng Xiao doesn't save you, I will also rescue you. The cup of poisoned wine that Feng Xiao replaced was not a piercing □□, it would only make you fake your death, no different from the wine he gave you. He paused before continuing, "But if Nie Jin doesn't come back to tell me the truth, I plan to rescue you and send you back to Nanzhou." ”

This person has always been open-minded, of course Zhou Qingqing believed his words, and it was not easy to rescue her and send her back to Southern Zhou in his position. But it was inevitable that he was awkward in his heart, glanced at him, and said with a stalk around his neck, "Then you can't let me Nanzhou now?" ”

Qin Zhen squinted at her: "Of course not!" Since you have nothing to do with this matter, I am definitely going to help you clear your name. ”

Nie Jin looked at her: "Miss, now that Northern Zhao and Southern Zhou are allied, the situation is unclear, I think it's better to stay in Western Qin." ”

A few days later, the group of three arrived in the south.

The southern war camp is garrisoned by the fourth princess Qin Luo, and now the northern ** Zhou is ready to go, and Qin Zhen ordered General Yu to send 20,000 troops from Beijing to defend the defensive line.

Although the Western Qin Dynasty had a total of hundreds of thousands of troops, the 50,000 elite troops before were defeated and sunk into the sand, which also greatly damaged the vitality of the Western Qin, and the alliance strategy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was unknown, so they had to defend first, and then consider the expedition.

Zhou Qingqing felt that he was also ill-fated, and he thought that marrying into Western Qin and being a princess with fine clothes and food would be okay even if he was not favored. But before the year came, I almost lost my little life a few times. finally got out of death row, but she still had to disguise herself as a man to hide her identity and survive in the war camp.

Qin Luo has a round bun, a flying headband, a navy blue pants, an embroidered belt tied around her waist, and her red tassel gun in her hand, which is always heroic.

When she ran over to greet a few people, she said to Qin Zhen with a big grin: "Third brother, you are finally here." After that, he said to the two people next to him, "Nie Guard, three ......."

Before the sister-in-law could call out, she was interrupted by Qin Zhen waving her hand: "We have been on the road for a few days, so we have to rest for a while." We'll talk about the rest later. ”

Qin Luo glanced at Zhou Qingqing, who was dressed in men's clothes, and understood. She didn't know much about what had happened recently, and she thought it was Nie Jin who betrayed Xiqin, so she was indignant, and the day before yesterday, she received a flying pigeon from the third brother, only to know that it was Feng Xiao's doing.

She lowered her voice: "You go to the main tent to rest first, the 60,000 troops in the south are ready, and they will obey the dispatch of the third brother at any time." ”

Qin Zhen nodded.

Qin Luo glanced at Nie Jin again: "Nie Guard, were you really injured by Feng Xiao?" He's better than you? ”

Nie Jin said expressionlessly: "Princess Hui, Feng Xiao's martial arts are treacherous, and her internal strength is strong, but what she practices is not ordinary internal kung fu, so I don't know what the depth of martial arts is." ”

Qin Luo sighed: "I didn't expect Feng Xiao to be a spy planted by Northern Zhao in Western Qin, ten years, a whole ten years!" The third brother treats him like a brother, but he is holding a knife and is ready to put the third brother to death at any time. It's really unpredictable, and it sends chills down people's spines. ”

All three agreed.

At this time, it was already twilight, Zhou Qingqing followed Qin Zhen into the camp tent, ate something casually, and sent two buckets of hot water to his subordinates.

Qin Zhen looked at her, when she left her hometown and married Xijing, she had never seen her depressed appearance, sighed secretly, and mixed the water for her: "Toss for a few days, take a hot bath, sleep well, don't think about anything, just leave it to me." ”

Zhou Qingqing glanced at him lightly, did not speak, only took off his clothes and sat in the bathtub.

The heat was swirling, Qin Zhen squatted behind her and helped her wipe it: "You suffered in those days in the prison!" ”

If she took off her clothes like this on weekdays and was honest with each other, Zhou Qingqing would definitely feel embarrassed, but now she is also a person who has died once, where do you care about these subtleties. What's more, after a few days, the mood is inevitably depressed, and there is no other thought.

After taking a bath, Zhou Qingqing came out of the bathtub and was wiping her hair, when Qin Luo's voice came from outside: "Third brother, I just received a wire report from the south of Southern Zhou." ”

"Come in!"

Qin Luo lifted the curtain and entered, his face that had always been flying was rare and solemn, followed by Nie Jin, who had a gloomy face. Seeing this, Qin Zhen asked, "What did you say?" ”

Qin Luo glanced at Zhou Qingqing with a puzzled expression, and said: "The reason why the Southern Zhou Dynasty formed an alliance with the Northern Zhao is that after the Northern Zhao captured the Yan Kingdom, they ceded half of it to the Southern Zhou and captured the Yan King Zhou Li and handed it over to the Southern Zhou, and the second is that the Northern Zhao just sent the prince to Jinling as a proton. ”

Qin Zhen chuckled: "No wonder! Even the prince was willing to send it to be a proton, and the Southern Zhou would not fortify it. That's it, and asked casually, "Which prince is the proton sent to Northern Zhao by Southern Zhou?" ”

After he said this, Qin Luo and Nie Jin's eyes fell on Zhou Qingqing.

Zhou Qingqing frowned, and a bad premonition rose in his heart, waiting for Qin Luo's answer.

Qin Luo bit his lip and said in a low voice, "It's not the prince." ”

"Not the prince?"

Qin Luo nodded, and his voice was lower: "It's Zhou Xun, the king of Changping County." ”

"What?" Zhou Qingqing was speechless as if he had heard a thunderbolt.

Nie Jin stepped forward: "Miss, don't worry, since it is to go to the proton, the prince will not be in danger of his life for the time being." ”

Qin Luo also said: "Nie Escort is right, sister-in-law don't worry." Since Bei Zhao dared to send the crown prince to be a proton, he would not turn his face with Nan Zhou for a while. After all, compared with the prince of Southern Zhou, the prince of Northern Zhao is more important than the king of Southern Zhou, which is more important can be imagined. ”

Zhou Qingqing finally came back to his senses and laughed helplessly: "Xun'er is a proton, I think it is the idea of Northern Zhao, and the emperor of Southern Zhou will definitely not be able to ask for it." It's just that I don't understand, why did Beizhao want a county king with no power, no power and no background to be a proton? ”

Qin Zhen chuckled: "It looks incomprehensible, in fact, it is reasonable to think about it carefully, Beizhao is deliberately asking an ordinary county king to be a proton, first, to show his sincerity to the Southern Zhou, and secondly, the king of Changping is the son of the king of Dingxi County, the Southern Zhou court has abandoned you, the princess of Heqin, if you tear up the covenant and give up the king of Changping without authorization, you will inevitably lose the hearts of the people." Beizhao seems to be passive, but he has already taken the initiative. ”

Nie Jin nodded: "The prince has a point. ”

Zhou Qingqing sighed a little irritably, wave after wave of unevenness, although his younger brother is the king of Changping County, he is only fourteen years old, has no power and power, and was sent to Beizhao to be a proton, I don't know what kind of harsh treatment he will receive.