Song Hong, the governor of the kingdom, Lu Shuang, the governor of the kingdom, and the governor of the governor's house, Shi Song Fang, etc., asked to see the Zuo family several times, but the Zuo family did not see them.

On this day, the Zuo family took Linghule from the Lingjun Terrace of the dormitory to the Four Seasons Palace in Zhongcheng to meet his subordinates.

This can make Zuo's attitude change and come out to meet the "subordinates" who are none other than Xin Er, of course, who "went to the capital to offer prisoners".

It was autumn and August, and Zuo and Linghu Le came to the third palace in the Four Seasons Palace, the autumn palace called the "Criminal and Political White Palace".

As the name suggests, the brick floors, wall paints and various utensils in this palace are mostly white.

The decoration is exquisite, the treasure jade is dazzling, the eyes are white, the curtain is fluttering, standing in the middle, as if in the fairy palace.

Like the other three palaces of the Four Seasons Palace, the Autumn Palace also has three halls. Now in August, it is time to go to the middle hall in the third temple to listen to the government. When Zuo and Ling Hule arrived, Xin Er and Koji Qiu had been waiting under the Danqi in the hall for a long time.

The eunuch holding the dust sang loudly: "The queen and the prince have arrived, and the ministers saluted." ”

Xin Er and Koji Qiu bowed down and said, "General Chen Yingyang (Fuyi Protector) Xin Er (Koji Qiu), meet the queen and His Royal Highness the prince." ”

"Please get up."

It was Zuo who spoke, and I hadn't heard her voice for a long time, and it was still as sweet as spring water.

But maybe it's psychological, Xin Er seems to hear a little difference from her voice, it seems to be a little melancholy, and it seems to be a little happy. A courtier could not look directly into the face of the Lord without permission. Therefore, although Xin Er wanted to look up at her and explore her expression at this time, she finally held back this thought.

Xin Er and Koji Ball got up, held the wat, and bowed to stand still.

Xin Er asked respectfully, "The queen and His Royal Highness, are you okay?" ”

Zuo replied, "Okay." ”

Ling Hule's child's voice sounded, and he said crisply: "Ah Gua, why haven't you given me a gift these days?" ”

When he was in Jiankang County, every three or five days, Xin Er would send someone to send something to Ling Hule.

In recent days, because he was busy with the military in the West Sea, he didn't have the time to give gifts to Linghule anymore.

Xin Er said respectfully: "The Rouran people have gone south to invade the West Sea, and these days, the minister is taking care of military affairs in the West Sea. West Haiti is biased, there are no interesting things, so I have not been able to contribute to the world. However, the minister went to the capital this time and brought some gifts to the prince. ”

Linghu Le didn't know about Linghu Feng's coma, and his mood was not affected by this, so he asked happily, "What gift?" ”

"The ministers and Fuyi guards the koji ball, and a few days ago attacked Rouran, and won a lot of money, counting hundreds of thousands of sheep and horses, and capturing more than 10,000 people. Among them, he selected 100 horses of five colors, 1,000 men and women, and 5 Hu Tong, and presented them to the Lord and His Royal Highness. ”

Ling Hule was not very interested in good horses, men and women, and asked curiously, "What Hu Tong?" ”

"They are all the young sons of the chieftains of the Rouran tribes who were broken by the ministers and koji balls, and they specially brought the royal capital to His Royal Highness the Prince of the World as a servant."

"Where are the people?"

"Wait outside the palace."

"Call them in, and I'll see!"

Zuo Shi stopped him and said softly: "General Xin has brought Hu Tong to you, you can watch it at any time, don't be in a hurry." Glancing at the koji ball who bowed her head and bent over, she hesitated and said, "General Xin and the Koji Protector not only have meritorious service in defending the West Sea this time, but also broke the border of Rouran, capturing more than ten chieftains of Rouran, and their achievements are outstanding. The king will soon have a reward. ”

Xin Er pretended to be confused and asked, "The minister dares to ask the queen, I don't know why I haven't seen the king today?" ”

"The king was drunk last night, and he hasn't woken up yet."

This answer is nondescript, could it be that when he was drunk and did not wake up, he asked the queen and the prince to come out to meet his subordinates? It doesn't make sense. But what Zuo wanted to express, Xin Er already understood. She was saying that Linghu Feng had not yet woken up.

Feeling Kojiqiu's gaze on him, Xin Er didn't look at him, bowed down again, and said: "Since the king is drunk and hasn't woken up, the ministers and Koji Qiu dare to ask for retirement." Please rest assured that the five Hu Tong were carefully selected by the ministers, and they will not surprise His Royal Highness. ”

The palace was silent for a while, and it should have understood the meaning of Xin Er's words "His Royal Highness the Prince of the Prince", Zuo's voice showed a little relief, and said: "General Xin, you have a heart." Thank you on behalf of the son. ”

Zuo is the queen, and it is inconvenient to communicate with the ministers, not to mention that she had sent the letter to Xin Er at the risk last time, but only to say that Xin Er was here, and there was no way to reply to her at all. Therefore, they could only take the brief opportunity of this meeting in the palace, and the two said a few words vaguely.

"The minister is the friend of the prince, and everything should be based on His Royal Highness."

"Agua, why do you keep your head down. You raise your face and let me look at you, I haven't seen you in months, I miss you a lot. ”

Ling Hule gave an order, and Xin Er raised his head when he heard the voice.

Ling Hule wore a crown, dressed in the court clothes of the prince, like a little adult, and sat on the couch.

Next to him was Zuo.

Zuo was wearing a gorgeous robe, and he was meeting Xin Er's gaze.

"The minister also misses His Royal Highness."

For some reason, hearing Xin Er's words, maybe because of a misunderstanding, maybe out of shyness, Zuo looked away, his cheeks were crimson, and his big watery eyes set off more vividly.

Xin Er smelled a faint fragrance, which came from Zuo's clothes.

Until he said goodbye and left the palace, the fragrance of clothes seemed to linger on the tip of his nose. The autumn wind blew, and Xin Er barely held his swaying heart. He tried to pull his thoughts out of the little softness he had touched when he first met Zuo.

Shicai was in the palace, Koji Qiu didn't say a word, and then frowned and said, "General, it seems that the king is still in a coma." ”

He also heard the meaning of Zuo's words.

The stone steps are full of fallen leaves, and the sun is sprinkled on them weakly, although it is only mid-autumn, Longdi is already a bleak season.

Xin Er raised his head to look at the distant sky, then looked back at the magnificent Four Seasons Palace, took the sword he had just retrieved, pressed the hilt of the sword, swept the leaves near him with his feet, did not answer his cavity, and strode forward.

Koji-ball hurried to follow him.

Xin Er said as he walked: "Mingzong, I have an appointment with General Cao, can you go with me?" ”

"General Cao? I can't go. ”

"How?"

"I'm going to my seventh father's house."

The seventh father, talking about Lieutenant Lu Shuang. According to the clan lineage, Koji Shuang is the second father of Koji Qiu. Nowadays, among the people of the same clan, the same generation is often ranked by age, and Koji Shuang ranks seventh in his generation, because Koji Qiu calls him the seventh father.

Xin Er and Koji Ball are the royal capital that I arrived at last night.

By then, the city gate of the royal capital had been closed, and the two of them camped in Xiyuan City and stayed overnight. Early this morning, he received the order of Ling Hule to summon the two of them. In other words, the two have not met anyone else in the royal capital until now.

Let's say, why did the koji ball come with Xin Er?

Two sake.

It is not only the strategy of Zhang Turtle, but also the meaning of Koji Shuang.

Xin Er has almost no foundation in the court, and there are not many soldiers and horses under the tent, so he uses the pretext of offering prisoners to bring all his troops to the capital, in case Linghu Feng is injured and dies, in front of Song Hong and other magnates, he can't speak, in front of the royal capital garrison, his little men and horses are not enough, so you can come to the king, and you must come to the royal capital, but you need to have a heavyweight ally to accompany you.

This ally, Zhang Gui suggested, can choose koji balls.

He said to Xin Er at the time: "The Marquis of Koji, the uncle of the king, and the uncle of the prince." If there is a change in the DPRK and China, the marquis may be able to rely on it. Now the general and the Koji Protector have broken Rouran together, and the capital has been taken prisoner, so they should also go together. ”

Koji Shuo is Linghufeng's uncle. Although the Zuo family has no relatives, Koji Shuo can be regarded as a relative of Ling Hule. Compared to the Song family, Koji Shuo is definitely closer to Ling Hule, and if something is urgent, he should indeed be able to form an alliance.

At the same time, Linghu Feng fell into a coma, and Koji Qiu also learned about it from Koji Shuang's letter.

When dealing with the Zhang family, for the sake of their own interests, Lu Shuang and Song Fang belonged to the same camp.

And when Linghu Feng has a problem, it is still for his own interests, but Lu Shuang is in a different camp from Song Fang.

The garrison of the royal capital is roughly divided into three branches, one is the division of Koji Shuang, one is the ministry of Cao Fei, and the other is controlled by the Song family,—— Song family not only has people serving as the generals of the garrison of the royal capital, such as the general of the army under the account of Koji Shuang, who is the son of the Song family, directly leading the ministry, and the Song side as the governor of the left long history, in charge of the country's military affairs, and very much trusted by Linghu Feng, there are really a lot of generals and colonels who have shown favor to him before.

The Song family has Song Hong in charge of the government, and the Song side has military power, if they want to do something, Lu Shuang asked himself, I am afraid it will not be possible to deal with it properly, therefore, in the letter to Koji Qiu, Lu Shuang asked him to rein in the troops and horses, and prepare to enter the capital.

The reason why he just asked Koji Qiu to "prepare for entering the capital" and didn't ask him to come to the royal capital immediately was because Koji Shuang didn't expect him to break with Xin Er. After all, as soon as it came, Rouran invaded the territory, Xihai County was on the front line, and the defenders could not move without permission; There is no order for the two, and there is no way for foreign troops to enter the capital.

happened to break Rouran, solved the danger of the West Sea, and annexed with "sacrifice of prisoners" as an excuse, Koji Qiu improvised and immediately accepted Xin Er's invitation, wrote to the court, and jointly requested to enter the capital to offer prisoners.

There is Zuo's inside, there is Koji Shuang outside, and the two of them get the decree of the court, so they have to go to the capital last night.

Hearing Koji Qiu say that he was going to see Koji Shuang at night, Xin Er groaned for a while, and said, "Mingzong, I heard you say that the lieutenant also sent a letter to Koji Hou." ”

"Yes."

"When you see the lieutenant, you have to ask, and the marquis of Koji can reply."

"That's nature."

Lu Shuang lived in the old city, Cao Fei was an upstart, and the house in the old city was small, so he changed to a large compound and settled in the middle city.

The two walked out of the palace and parted ways.

Koji Qiu went to the old city to meet Koji Shuang, and Xin Er went to Cao Fei's house to see Cao Fei.

Between the roadways, the streets are deserted.

Suddenly, there was a sound of vibrating nails.

Xin Er lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw a public house passing by.

The gate of the mansion is tall, and the two teams of soldiers in armor and lances coincide with the change of guard. This is the Grand Governor's Palace.

"Zuo Changshi Song Fang, should you be in the mansion at this time, right?" Xin Er thought.

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