Late at night, the corner door of Xie's mansion creaked open, and a mother-in-law flashed in, and found Xie Dongli overnight with Shen Yongjie's secret letter, and presented the letter, saying: "Lord Xie, this is a little bit of our wife's heart, saying that it is a return gift to your lordship." ”

Xie Dongli took it indifferently and nodded, "There is Mrs. Lao Shen." ”

After the mother-in-law left, Xie Dongli opened the letter and glanced at it, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.

I really didn't expect that the Situ family was really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger......

When he had read it, he took it to the candle that was lit on a half-man's high brass candlestick in the corner of the room, and burned it.

The black ashes soaked in candle tears, and soon nothing could be seen.

He blew out the candle by the way, and did not feel sleepy, walked to the window, pushed it open, and looked at the sky in the distance.

The night was dark, and the starry sky overhead was like an upside-down cauldron over everyone's heads.

If you look closely at the night sky, you can see a faint light behind the heavy clouds.

What's there?

Maybe there's nothing, maybe there's everything.

Xie Dongli pondered for a long time, closed the window, returned to the bedside, and lay down with his clothes.

He had to think carefully about what to do in the future.

……

The State Guest House of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom is located in the northwest corner of the capital, not far from Langya Mountain.

This is a place where envoys from the Eastern Yuan Kingdom sent to Northern Qi, Southern Zheng, and some more distant countries lived.

There are resident VIPs in the State Guest House, such as Zheng Hao, the second prince of the "National Langjun", the proton of the Southern Zheng State, and temporary VIPs such as the four princes of the Northern Qi Dynasty and Xia Fan, the governor of the Northern Qi Jinyi Guard.

Since three or four days ago, the Xia Governor of the Northern Qi Jinyi Guard suddenly fell seriously ill. The guest house was lively.

All kinds of people rushed inside day and night, looking for where the Linfeng Pavilion where the Northern Qi people lived.

Boom!

A bang!

The door of the South Zheng Pavilion where Zheng Hao lived was knocked open again.

He sat behind the desk with a scroll in his hand, and he didn't lift his head. Stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the north, and said: "The Northern Qi Xia Governor lives in the north wind and rain building, go out from me and turn left and turn right again, and I will see two holly trees in front of the courtyard gate." Okay, don't thank you, close the door for me by the way. Thank you. ”

The one who broke in was one of Xia Fan's enemies.

Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, looked around suspiciously, and saw that this was indeed not the furnishings of Northern Qi. Seeing Zheng Hao's handsome and extraordinary appearance, and his gestures were beautiful, he had evil thoughts in his heart.

Grinning. He drew his sword and went into the house.

Zheng Hao sighed, put down the scroll and raised his head, looking at the thick man with a full beard. Said: "I used to come with both skills and brainpower. The body is the same as the same color, how can it be such a brainless crooked melon and cracked jujube now? ”

After saying the word "jujube", Zheng Hao had already shook his hand, and a brush in his hand shot like an arrow, piercing the wrist of the man holding the waist knife!

Ah——!h

The man howled, and one hand fell to the ground, and even the waist knife fell to the ground with a clatter.

It turned out that what he had been playing with was not a brush at all, but a lancet disguised as a brush!

"So stupid. Even I can't beat it, and I still want to beat the idea of Lord Xia Du. Hum! - It's really mud that can't hold up the wall. Zheng Hao got up and walked over, scolded and kicked at the man, kicking the man from the door all the way to the patio in the courtyard, before slamming the door shut.

Seeing this, the man's accomplices quietly carried the man away, and the rest of the people went to find Xia Fan's trouble according to what Zheng Hao said.

Among these revenge-seekers, there are also people who are disguised and have other purposes.

Scold!

As soon as a few enemies who were running in front set up their crossbow arrows, a figure sprang out of the darkness and slashed them to the ground with a few swings.

Xia Fan peeked into the movement outside the house, which was a little strange. - At this time, there are still people who are kind enough to help him?!

He quietly hid behind the door, spying on the movement outside.

The man in black came up from under the cloister and knocked at his door.

The way of knocking on the door was very peculiar.

The man in black curled up his five fingers, pointed to the palm of his hand, and struck on the door with only the middle knuckle of his middle finger.

Backbite...... Tick...... Tick tick ...... Click...... Click...... Tick-tick......

Long and short, plus a few staccato beeps.

Xia Fan raised his eyebrows.

This is the exclusive communication signal for their Northern Qi intermediate.

The words typed out by the man were explained in their peculiar codebook, which should have been: "Urgent! The little warbler wants to go back to his uncle's house. ”

Then without waiting for Xia Fan to open the door, the man jumped backwards, and soon left the Wind and Rain Building, disappearing into the boundless darkness.

Xia Fan was stunned.

Zhang's name is Zhang Lanying, codenamed "Yingniao", and he has been in contact with them for a long time, using a specially trained yellow warbler.

The little warbler should be her daughter, Situ Dianxiang, that is, Fan Chunyun.

The letter has already been delivered once last time.

At that time, Xia Fan felt that he couldn't protect himself, and he couldn't take care of their mother and son.

But this time, seeing that the Zhang family used their most secret contact method, Xia Fan had to think about it.

Because it's not just a call for help, it's a threat......

If he didn't think of taking Fan Chunyun away, the Zhang family would turn back.

Then his loss would be too great.

After all, for the sake of Zhang's task, he handed over to her all the Northern Qi people hidden in the Eastern Yuan Kingdom from the capital to Jinling City in the south of the Yangtze River......

Xia Fan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, his chest was still congested, and after taking a deep breath, he coughed violently.

The lung meridian wounded by the man could have healed, but it required absolute rest.

As a result, in the following days, he was still experiencing high-intensity battles every day, and the damage to the lung meridian was irreversible.

This weak lung will stay with him for the rest of his life......

Xia Fan fastened his door latch firmly, walked back to the back room, and began to lay out the steps to take Fan Chunyun out.

……

The man in black sent a letter to Xia Fan, and quickly withdrew from the wind and rain building of the State Guest House.

He carefully avoided the guards along the way. I felt my way out from under the wall.

Actually, this person thinks too much.

The guards received hints from the military department and turned a blind eye to the assassins who came out of the Wind and Rain Building. It doesn't matter at all.

However, although these guards didn't care, in the branches of the big tree not far away, there was a tall man, also wearing a dark shirt and a silver mask, staring at the whereabouts of the man in black without blinking.

The man in black came out of the guest house and looked around. Then he clinged to the eaves of the street and ran quickly into the distance.

He didn't even notice that someone was following him unhurriedly from behind.

The man in the silver mask saw him enter the Great Mercy Temple. I slipped in and took a turn, and the harvest was really not small.

……

Emperor Yuanhong's longevity festival falls on the first day of December.

Just when there were three days left before Emperor Yuanhong's Birthday Festival, the Holy Decree of the Northern Qi Emperor was finally belated.

The personal soldiers of the Great Prince of Northern Qi were divided into two groups earlier, and one group stayed in the Eastern Yuan Kingdom. Find trouble with the Four Princes and Lord Xia. A dial returned to the Northern Qi in advance and reported to the emperor of the Northern Qi.

The Northern Qi Emperor was furious.

He gave birth to eighteen sons and ten daughters, and he is alive with twelve sons and six daughters.

The eldest prince and the fourth prince are the two sons he values the most.

Among them, the eldest prince is his first son, who can fight well, and in the martial Northern Qi State, the eldest prince's position in the country is very important.

The Emperor of Northern Qi was once afraid of this eldest son, who was strong and capable of fighting well. But as soon as the eldest son died, those previous fears suddenly disappeared. Because for the middle-aged emperor in power, the best son is always just the dead son and the younger son.

Now he only remembers how young and lovely this eldest son was when he was born, and he used to be the treasure in his palm and the flesh of his heart.

How could he have lost his trace in that weak country of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom?!

So when the pro-soldiers who ran back said that they were Xia Fan, the superintendent of the brocade guard, conspired with the four princes to kill the eldest prince, the emperor of Northern Qi almost didn't blink his eyes, so he believed it.

Because this statement is too much in line with the image of his sons fighting openly and secretly in private......

Sitting in this position, he could already see higher and farther than the people below, and his suspicion was heavier.

As soon as he heard the return of these pro-soldiers, the emperor of Northern Qi immediately issued an order: "With 10,000 forbidden troops!" Attack the Eastern Yuan Kingdom in the south, and cede the northernmost 500 miles of Xingzhou in the north as compensation for harming my emperor! Take Xia Fan's lock back to Northern Qi! The fourth son of the emperor took off his crown and changed clothes, and returned to the Northern Qi circle for three years! - Chin this! ”

For the Emperor of Northern Qi, although the main fault was Xia Fan and the four princes, the eldest prince was killed in the territory of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, so the Eastern Yuan Kingdom could not escape the blame, how could it be done without cutting some land?!

The 10,000 Northern Qi forbidden troops hurried and finally came to the capital of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom within half a month.

"Prime Minister Shen, the 10,000 forbidden troops of Northern Qi have asked to enter the city!"

The city gate official of the capital quickly reported to Prime Minister Shen Dacheng.

"Ten thousand no. Let the leader of their forbidden army bring a thousand of his own soldiers into the city. Prime Minister Shen Dacheng smiled and waved his hand, and said to Xie Dongli in a very good mood: "Dongliang, you are very accurate. Sure enough, only the Emperor of Northern Qi can cure Lord Xia! ”

Xie Dongli is now Prime Minister Shen Dacheng's quasi-grandson-in-law, Shen Dacheng trusts him more, and he has to discuss everything with him.

When Xie Dongli heard about the 10,000 forbidden army, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said, "If you catch a seriously injured Xia Fan, you don't need 10,000 forbidden troops, right?" ”

Prime Minister Shen Dacheng was also puzzled.

The two didn't doubt for long, and Emperor Yuan Hong summoned them into the palace, pointed to the holy decree of the Northern Qi Emperor and said angrily: "Look at it! His son killed each other, why should we cede the land and compensate?! ”

"Your Majesty, but the Northern Qi soldiers are strong and strong, and we are not opponents. Besides, the other party only needs five hundred miles, and the northernmost part of Xingzhou in the north is originally a no-man's land, even if it is cut, it doesn't matter, and it can still make the Northern Qi Emperor calm his anger......" Zhang Shaohong, one of the deputy ministers, immediately arched his hand and said.

Other deputy ministers and squire Lang Shangshu all seconded the proposal: "What Vice Minister Zhang said is extremely true! ”

Prime Minister Shen Dacheng and Emperor Yuan Hong both had gloomy faces, obviously unwilling, but their subordinates were weak in the first place, and the two of them were also unable to support themselves.

"Xie Aiqing, what do you think?" Emperor Yuan Hong looked at Xie Dongli, who had been silent.

Xie Dongli shook his head and categorically objected: "We can't defeat the Northern Qi at present, but the idea of using land to settle affairs and calm people is absolutely unacceptable!" ”

"Why not? There was no one living in that area! It's a wasteland! Zhang Shaohong looked at Xie Dongli very unpleasantly, this person not only robbed them of a deputy prime minister position of the Zhang family, but also squeezed his own brother Zhang Shaoqi out of prison, and he was about to be beheaded.

"Vice Minister Zhang, are you really confused or fake? Does Northern Qi really only need that uninhabited wasteland in the north? Xie Dongli looked at Zhang Shaohong sternly, his eyes showing a solemn expression.

He said word by word: "In the Northern Qi Dynasty, if you put out the fire with a salary, if the salary is not exhausted, the fire will not be extinguished." - Because what the Northern Qi wants is not one place and one person at all, but the entire Eastern Yuan Kingdom! Do you want to give it up for nothing?!

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