"Flawless, don't cry. It'll be fine, I promise. Gently lifting Nangong Mo's face buried in his arms, Wei Junmo said firmly. Looking at the reddish eyes of the person in front of him and the unconcealable exhaustion between his eyebrows, Wei Junmo only felt that his heart was full of anger and murderous thoughts that could not be vented. Why should he worry so much? Killed Gong Yuchen and Nangong Huai early, no matter what hole cards he will have?

Nangong Mo nodded, in fact, she had been too tight in the past few days. No matter how worried she was about her daughter's safety, she couldn't show weakness in front of others. She can't make Princess Changping even more worried, let alone scare her well-behaved son, and she can't let the people below mess up. At this moment, I finally saw the person who could completely reassure me to hand over a qiē to him to bear, and I couldn't help but lose control of my feelings all of a sudden. After a while, Nangong Mo had already calmed down. Looking at Wei Junmo's worried eyes, he blinked a little embarrassedly, "Why did you come back?" ”

Wei Junmo said softly: "The affairs of Peng Cheng and E Guogong have been dealt with. ”

Naturally, it is impossible to deal with everything, as long as the world is not calm, there will be no time to deal with it. Nangong Mo understood in his heart that Wei Junmo was worried about Chenzhou's side so he hurriedly came back.

"I'm late."

Leaning on his arms, Nangong Mo shook his head slightly.

After some deliberation, Wei Junmo also agreed with Nangong Mo's decision to temporarily withdraw the soldiers and horses searching outside. This is the helplessness of parents, even these two people can be regarded as one of the most powerful people in the world, and they are helpless when facing their daughter falling into the hands of the enemy. Of course, they have a way to force the people of Nangong Huai and Shui Pavilion into a desperate situation, but... They can't be 100% sure that they're going to be safe. Even the slightest danger is beyond their means.

Wei Junmo walked out of the study with the sleeping Nangong Mo in his arms, and saw Qin Zixu and Xing Wei standing at the door of the study.

"Childe."

Wei Junmo glanced down at the sleeping woman in his arms, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's go and do things separately, and wait until Wufang wakes up." ”

Qin Zixu nodded, it was not that they hadn't seen the torment of the county lord of Star City in the past few days, but they couldn't help it even if they saw it. Others can't empathize with such a thing, and no matter how much they are consoled, it is empty. Now that Wei Gongzi is back, the county lord can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Not far from a remote village, he squatted on the ground and poked the flowers under the tree with his little hands. Noticing that someone was squatting down beside him, he just raised his eyes and lowered his head sullenly. Nangong Huai looked down at the small dumpling in front of him, and felt a little mixed in his heart. This beautiful and well-behaved child is his niece's daughter, but these days, he is also the most resistant person in this little group. I'd even rather let those Water Pavilion killers who can't see their faces clearly hug him than let him touch it. As soon as he wanted to reach out and hug her, she would immediately make a vicious appearance with teeth and claws. Naturally, it doesn't make people feel scared when a little child makes that look, but it is very cute and funny. But in Nangong Huai's eyes, it was very unpleasant.

"What are you doing?" Before Nangong Huai could speak, Shang Qiao, who was squatting by the water not far away to wash his hands, stood up and said vigilantly. At the same time, he quickly ran to the two of them and pulled him behind him.

Hiding in Shang Qiao, he stretched out his hand and looked at Nangong Huai with big eyes. There is no closeness and affection in his eyes, as if he is looking at an inconsequential subordinate. No, maybe in the eyes of the young man, the servants who cleaned up the house were more amiable than Nangong Huai in front of him.

Nangong Huai's face was slightly gloomy, and he snorted lightly: "I have good news for you, the soldiers and horses chasing us outside have withdrawn." We'll be able to leave Chenzhou soon. ”

Shang Qiao's little face was slightly gloomy, and he stared coldly at Nangong Huai without speaking.

Nangong Huai raised his eyebrows and said a little proudly: "Do you think that we are trapped in Chenzhou and will be found sooner or later?" Stupid, naïve! The old man is just playing with Nangong Mo these days, as long as this little girl is in the hands of the old man, no matter what kind of conditions the old man proposes, she can only do it. Shang Qiao sneered: "You'd better pray that you have the ability to use the untimely death as a shield for the rest of your life!" ”

Nangong Huai disagreed, "Do you think that after leaving Chenzhou, Nangong Huai can still find the old man?" ”

The world is so big that it can't go anywhere, Nangong Mo wants to find him is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

Shang Qiao looked at him for a moment, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What price did you sell your granddaughter?" ”

Nangong Huai's face changed, and he stared at Shang Qiao with an unkind expression. Shang Qiao didn't care, raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't it?" If it weren't for the conditions that Gong Yuchen promised you, would you be willing to go to Chenzhou to kidnap the dead in person? ”

After a while, I heard Nangong Huai snort softly: "This has nothing to do with you." ”

Shang Qiao shrugged, "It's true that it has nothing to do with me, I'm just curious if that Gong Yuchen will fulfill the promise he made to you." I seem to have heard that everyone who has worked with him has been deceived by him. ”

"You don't have to worry about it." Nangong Huai looked at Shang Qiao coldly and said, "It's better to worry about yourself." If I were you, you would have flown away. The old man doesn't have the same knowledge as you, but I don't know if he will think you're an eyesore when he gets into the hands of the palace master. ”

Shang Qiao had a cold little face and said calmly: "This is also sent back to Your Excellency, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

"It's time for us to go." The man in black walked over, glanced at the two people who were tense, and walked over to pick up the young man. Xiao Xiao twisted his body unhappily, and in the end, he couldn't earn the adult, so he had to look at Shang Qiao with a blank eye. Shang Qiao squeezed his little hand helplessly, "Don't be afraid, Brother Ah Qiao is with you." ”

Only then did he stop, but he still turned his head away from the man in black. The man in black didn't care, and asked Nangong Huai sideways, "The chasing soldiers have withdrawn, how are we going?" ”

Nangong Huai said lightly: "The people who were assigned to distract the other party's ideas before are still acting as scheduled and cannot be suspended." Although the pursuers on the surface have withdrawn, there will only be more and not less in the secret. Along the way, it's best not to let this little girl leave your hands, if there is any change... Hmph, as for the route, let's go directly to Jinling. ”

"To Jinling?"

"King Yan should have been crossing the river at this time. But Pengcheng and Yundu are both Youzhou Army and Chenzhou Army, and it will not be beneficial for us to go. It's better to wait first, if the palace lord moves quickly, maybe they can arrive in Jinling earlier than us. ”

The man in black pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Just listen to the Duke of Chu." ”

On the Jinluan Hall of the Jinling Imperial City, Xiao Qianye sat on the dragon chair with a pale face, looking at the group of courtiers below who were also panicked with a gloomy expression, speechless for a long time. After a long time, Xiao Qianye opened his mouth and asked: "Yan counterattacked Yundu, and now he is rushing across the Li River to Jinling, what do you think should be done?" Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to speak. Xiao Qianye was furious and sneered: "What? There are endless things to say on weekdays, but now that there is really something, you have nothing to say? ”

A trembling old minister stood up and said, "Your Majesty, now the court is weak... The old minister, the old minister thought that he should make peace with King Yan. ”

It's peace again!

Xiao Qianye's face was distorted for a moment, and his gaze at the old minister was almost murderous. Among the emperors, Xiao Qianye's personality can be regarded as mild. Especially for those old ministers, they have always been courteous. This time, he did not hide the murderous aura and anger in his eyes, which made the people below even more frightened.

"Your Majesty is angry." Seeing this, Han Min and Zhou Xiang hurriedly came out to persuade. At this time, if Xiao Qianye really kills someone, I am afraid that the government and the opposition will only be more chaotic.

Xiao Qianye closed his eyes and endured the anger in his heart. He looked at the two of them and said, "What do the two gentlemen think?" ”

Han Min and Zhou Xiang glanced at each other, secretly complaining in their hearts. Lijiang is far from Jinling, and if you are fast, you can arrive in more than a day, and once the king of Yan crosses the river, they really have no way. In recent years, the imperial court has been excessively depleted, and the number of the thirteen guards of Jinling who are responsible for defending Jinling is insufficient, and the combat power cannot be compared with the Youzhou Guards who fought the battlefield. The most important thing is that the Youzhou Army is powerful and powerful along the way, but there is no one available in the DPRK and China.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xiang is also sad. A few years ago, His Majesty ascended the throne, and several of their old ministers assisted His Majesty with the intention of making the world peaceful and making His Majesty a generation of Ming monarchs. But now it has only been a few years, and the Yan army has already arrived in the city, and the vassal kings in various places, except for those who have been cut down, are either attached to the king of Yan or watching the fire from the other side, and it is a fool's dream to want them to send troops to stop the king of Yan.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to go to the battlefield with his old body. Even if he dies on the battlefield, he can be regarded as repaying the kindness of His Majesty and the former prince. Zhou Xiang said with tears in his eyes.

Xiao Qianye sighed with some disappointment in his heart, he also knew that at this time, Zhou Xiang and Han Min were afraid that there was nothing they could do. As for letting Zhou Xiang go to the battlefield... That's the joke. Zhou Xiang is a scholar, he is too old, he can't say that he is going to the battlefield, and he is afraid that he will be out of breath if he walks in a hurry.

Sighing, Xiao Qianye waved his hand a little weakly and said, "That's it, let's retreat." I want to be quiet. ”

"The ministers are leaving." All the ministers breathed a sigh of relief and retired in unison.

After sending off the ministers, Xiao Qianye got up and walked towards the harem aimlessly. When he came back to his senses, he found himself standing outside the Queen Mother's Palace. Thinking of those bad things in the court, Xiao Qianye shook his head and turned around to leave. These messy things, don't bother the queen mother.

"I've seen Your Majesty." But a palace maid came out of the queen mother's palace, and she was slightly blessed, "The queen mother invites Her Majesty to enter the palace to meet." ”

Xiao Qianye sighed and said, "Let's go." ”

Entering the palace, the Queen Mother was sitting in the main hall holding a child who was only four or five years old and whispering something. The child looked a little emaciated, sitting in the arms of the Queen Mother with a shy smile on his face, it was the eldest prince of the Empress Yuan's family.

"The son has seen the queen mother." Xiao Qianye said.

When the eldest prince saw Xiao Qianye, he was stunned for a moment, and soon got down from the arms of the queen mother, and saluted respectfully, "The son has seen his father." "Although he is only a four or five-year-old child, the etiquette of the eldest prince is already quite in place. Apparently the queen bothered to teach. Looking at the son in front of him, Xiao Qianye's expression eased slightly, and he nodded and said, "Let's be flat." ”

The eldest prince stood up and looked at Xiao Qianye without speaking. Xiao Qianye said: "My father has something to tell your imperial grandmother, you should go back to your mother first." ”

The eldest prince's eyes darkened slightly when he heard this, but he still said obediently: "Yes, father." The retainers retired. The emperor's grandmother and grandson retired. ”

The Queen Mother smiled kindly, "Good boy, go ahead." After instructing the palace maid around him to personally send the eldest prince to the queen's palace, he turned back to Xiao Qianye and said, "I just heard that the emperor has been standing at the gate of the palace for a long time, but what is the matter?" Xiao Qianye smiled bitterly, "Erchen was thinking about things for a while, and he disturbed his mother." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head, looked at him calmly and said, "But what happened?" ”

Xiao Qianye was stunned, closed his eyes for a while before saying, "The son is incompetent, ask the queen mother for forgiveness." King Yan's soldiers and horses... I'm about to cross the Li River, but I'm afraid it's... In a few days, the army will crush Jinling. ”

The Queen Mother was silent for a long time, sighed and said, "That's it, life should be like this." When that time comes, it's a big deal that the queen mother will accompany you. ”

"The son is not good." Xiao Qianye said.

The Queen Mother shook her head, "You are too young, and the Queen Mother and your father were also negligent in teaching you, how can you beat your Uncle Yanwang?" It's the queen mother who is sorry for you. ”

Xiao Qianye shook his head again and again, unable to speak. The atmosphere in the hall was heavy and sad for a while, which made people feel kinky.

The Queen Mother looked at her son's depressed appearance, and sighed secretly in her heart. I got a cup of tea and put it in front of him, and said: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, why do you have to be such a child?" ”

Xiao Qianye shook slightly, and reached out to hold the teacup. A faint warmth seemed to be thrown from the fingertips into the whole body, and the originally chaotic mind gradually settled down. Bowing his head and taking a sip of tea, Xiao Qianye nodded and said, "The queen mother is right, it's the son's mistake." As long as King Yan does not kill the palace in one day, Erchen will be the emperor of this Great Xia for one day. Even if... Even if he really takes this country, he will always be a rebel and thief! ”

The Queen Mother didn't speak, she didn't know much about the affairs of the court, and she had never interfered in court politics in recent years. In today's situation, no one can turn the tide. The only thing she can do is stay by her son's side.

"Empress Dowager Qi, the guards of the imperial study have come to report that the Duke of Eguo is back." Outside the door, the inner supervisor hurriedly announced.

"What?!" Both mother and son were shocked, Xiao Qianye stood up suddenly, "Eguo Gong is back?" Isn't he in Chenzhou? "Duke E was besieged in Qingyun Mountain in Chenzhou, but Xiao Qianye thought that he could hold out at least for a while. Even if you can't kill the enemy, at least you can contain some of Youzhou Wei and Taining Wei, right? But... How did Eguo Gong come back?

The inner prison outside the door didn't dare to speak, and he didn't know anything inside, just to pass on the news.

Xiao Qianye brushed his sleeves a little impatiently and said, "Where is the Duke of Eguo?" ”

The inner supervisor said: "In the imperial study, the Duke of E said that he would personally ask His Majesty for guilt. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Qianye's heart sank again, "Eguo Gong, how did you come back?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, the Duke of Eguo came back alone. Otherwise, the minions don't know. ”

No longer delayed, Xiao Qianye arched his hand towards the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, the sons and daughters have retired." ”

The Queen Mother didn't care much, so she hurriedly got up and said, "The mourning family will go with you." "The Queen Mother also knows that when the Duke of E comes back at this time, I am afraid that the result will not be good.

Xiao Qianye nodded indiscriminately and walked out first.

In the imperial study, Yuan Chun looked even more haggard and decrepit than in Chenzhou a few days ago. Kneeling on the ground and bowing his head silently, Xiao Qianye was obviously stunned when he came in, and hurriedly said: "What is the Duke of Eguo doing, don't get up quickly." ”

Yuan Chun raised his head and said in a deep voice: "The old minister was defeated and captured, and hundreds of thousands of troops were lost. ”

Even if he was mentally prepared, Xiao Qianye couldn't help but change his face. But..."Defeated and captured?" You ...... that Guogong" Eguo Gongdao: "Yes, Wei Gongzi released the old minister, and the old minister should have died to thank His Majesty." But I still want to come back in person to ask His Majesty for his guilt, and ask His Majesty to give death to the old minister. ”

Xiao Qianye was speechless for a long time, and the defeat of the Duke of Eguo was even worse for the already stormy imperial army. Hundreds of thousands of troops..."What the hell... What's going on? Xiao Qianye said with some difficulty.

The Duke of Eguo told the story of the battlefield again, and Xiao Qianye couldn't help but grit his teeth when he heard it, "It's Wei Junmo again?!" Isn't Wei Junmo in Pengcheng? Why did you suddenly run back to Chenzhou? Why is it ......"

Eguo Gong sighed, his expression gloomy, "Nangong Huai got out of Yundu and captured Wei Junmo's daughter in Chenzhou. Wei Gongzi is anxious to find his beloved daughter, and he will go to the battlefield regardless of losses......"

"It's Nangong Huai again!" Xiao Qianye hated, "I knew he couldn't believe it!" If he hadn't run away without permission, how could Yundu be so easily breached! Wait a minute... You say, Wei Junmo's daughter was captured by Nangong Huai? ”

E Guogong nodded, "The news that the old minister heard is indeed true. ”

Xiao Qianye lowered his eyes and thought about it, he naturally did not instruct Nangong Huai to do such a thing, and Nangong Huai himself did not have the need to kidnap Wei Junmo's daughter. So... It's Gong Yuchen! Xiao Qianye secretly hated himself in his heart for being put on the spot by Gong Yuchen again, in order to catch a little girl, Gong Yuchen dared to instigate Nangong Huai to give up Yundu! However, if Nangong Huai really succeeds... No, Xiao Qianye secretly shook his head in his heart, even if Nangong Huai succeeded, could he expect to rely on a little girl to force back hundreds of thousands of rebels?

Seeing that Xiao Qianye was silent, E Guogong stopped talking. Just calmly waiting for their own results. As soon as Chenzhou was defeated, Yuan Chun, who belonged to a generation of famous generals, had already died. Now all that survives is a bad old man who won't live long. As for how Xiao Qianye wanted to punish himself, Yuan Chun also saw it.

Xiao Qianye glanced at Eguo Gong and said in a deep voice: "Eguo Gong will go back to the house to rest first." We'll get back to that. ”

Eguo Gong was stunned for a moment, leaned over and bowed, "The old minister retired." ”

The absence of punishment does not mean that the matter is over, it's just that Xiao Qianye hasn't thought about how to deal with it for a while. E Guogong didn't care, stood up and walked out a little staggeringly.

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