Poof.

Zheng Guanyin fell to his knees in the snow.

A dignified princess, and she is also the sister-in-law of the royal family, no one can believe that she actually knelt down and kowtowed to her brother-in-law.

What's even more strange is that Gu Tianya did not avoid it, but his face was solemn, and he accepted Zheng Guanyin's kowtow.

One is the sister-in-law.

One is a brother-in-law.

One prostrates.

One person bears.

Bang, a bang.

Bang, another bang.

Bang, one more bang......

From beginning to end, the two were silent, and those who kowtowed were willing, and those who took it deserved it.

It wasn't until Zheng Guanyin was about to kowtow to the tenth head that Gu Tianya suddenly stopped him, and said in a difficult tone: "Sister-in-law, it's enough." ”

Zheng Guanyin's body stiffened, her pretty face turned pale, and her eyes were red: "Do you only allow me to kowtow nine times?" ”

Gu Tianya nodded, sighed and said, "Junior brother can only receive nine bows from you, and I will never bear it for the tenth kowtow." If my sister-in-law doesn't want to agree, I can give you back the nine rings just now......"

This is headless and brainless, but Zheng Guanyin's face was miserable, she subconsciously raised her head, with a deep sense of loss in her eyes, and said bitterly: "Are you only willing to keep nine people?" You can save more people. ”

Gu Tianya felt sour in his heart when he saw her like this, but he was ruthless and said stubbornly: "Five sons, four daughters, only nine, not one more." ”

He said and looked at Zheng Guanyin, and said with a solemn face: "Being able to keep nine children is already my greatest ability, if I continue to win Longwangshu, it is very likely that I will not be able to save any of them." ”

"No!"

Zheng Guanyin was obviously unwilling to give up, and said hurriedly: "If you can keep it, you will definitely be able to keep it!" As long as the Women's Army can drive straight into the palace after three years, it can definitely protect the entire Prince's Mansion with its troops! ”

Gu Tianya sighed, shook his head bitterly, and said, "Sister-in-law, you are a smart person, you should know that the women's army must not get close to Chang'an." ”

With just this sentence, Zheng Guanyin's face suddenly turned pale.

She sat down on the ground with a glazed gaze.

The snow on the ground was cold, but the fear in her heart was even colder.

There was a deep disappointment in her eyes, and suddenly tears rolled down her eyes, as if muttering to herself: "Yes, the women's army must not act rashly." If you act rashly, everything will be stopped. ”

Gu Tianya sighed again and said: "Once the women's army is close to Chang'an, it will inevitably cause a startle, how vigilant the family is, they will immediately withdraw their hands, and the Li royal family has been planning for a long time, and they are looking forward to this battle to determine the Ding family, the Li family can't afford to lose at all, and the family must be ......."

Zheng Guanyin still sat on the ground, and continued to murmur with a blank face, "Yes, I can't afford to lose, your eldest brother has endured for more than seven years for this plan, he gambled on his reputation, he took his own future, he was not a prince at that time, he was not terminally ill at that time, but he had decided to sacrifice himself to let the Li family get rid of the countless debts of the family." If I beg you now to let you and Zhaoning dispatch the Women's Army, it will ruin his plans and make him feel that life is worse than death. ”

It's a dead knot that no one can untie.

If the Women's Army is dispatched after three years, it can indeed keep the Prince's Mansion in the fight, but if the Women's Army wants to respond in time, it must be driven to the vicinity of Chang'an in advance.

In this era, once the army is launched, it is difficult to hide the sight of those who have a heart, the family will definitely be able to find out, and the Tiance Mansion will also be vigilant, and then the two sides will hesitate, and the Li family's strategy is likely to come to naught.

Therefore, the Women's Army must not get close to Chang'an.

Only in this way can the two sides have no worries, fight at that time, and achieve Li Jiancheng's plan for seven years.

Many people have to make sacrifices for the sake of this plan.

Gu Tianya suddenly said again: "There is one more thing, sister-in-law must know, we must keep top secrets, and we must not leak a trace of rumors, such as my side, even Zhaoning will hide it, otherwise with her temperament, she will definitely send out an army desperately, in that case, it is still a bad ......"

He paused as he spoke, looked at Zheng Guanyin, and said, "And sister-in-law, you have to ensure that you keep your mouth shut, even when facing my eldest brother, you can't leak the slightest." ”

Zheng Guanyin was obviously stunned, and subconsciously said: "Why do you even want to hide your eldest brother?" ”

Gu Tianya said bitterly: "If you don't hide it from him, is he willing to retreat from the battle with his temperament?" He had already decided to sacrifice himself, so he let go of everything, if he learned that he could live, and his guards died for him, with the kindness of the eldest brother, he would probably do some bad things, for example, he would disperse the guards, and this would cause the family to be vigilant. ”

Zheng Guanyin blurted out and said, "Those guards are the soldiers of the family, and the Li family's strategy is to wipe out the military strength of the family. ”

Gu Tianya glanced at her and said with a wry smile: "The guard rate I am talking about is not the guard rate of the family's patchwork forces!" ”

Zheng Guanyin suddenly came to his senses and said, "I understand, the two thousand loyal guards in the Prince's Mansion you said. ”

Gu Tianya nodded slowly, and said with emotion: "That's two thousand people, it is likely that they will all die in battle, those soldiers have followed the eldest brother for many years, each of them can be said to be brothers of the same robe, if the eldest brother knows that he can live, how can he bear to watch his comrades die......

"So you have to hide it from him!" Zheng Guanyin is worthy of being the daughter of a family, and she made a decision almost instantly.

At this time, she was still sitting on the ground, suddenly got up from the ground, and then solemnly knelt down again.

But this kneeling was not aimed at Gu Tianya.

I saw that the crown princess was facing southwest, and it was the direction of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.

She kowtowed heavily, made a guilty voice in her mouth, and said loudly: "The sky is above, the ghosts and gods know, now the Tang Dynasty Li Zheng's family, the crown princess Guanyin, kneel down and kowtow here, pay homage to the two thousand guards, just because of the great cause, you will die in battle, but Zheng Guanyin has selfish intentions, for the sake of her husband to choose secrecy, my move, is to watch the soldiers die, my move, can really be regarded as a poisonous woman, snake and scorpion, now I swear here, the rest of my life should atone for the sins, burn a green lamp, recite the scroll of the Taoist, worship for a long time, and atone for the sins of 2,000 people." ”

Between the oaths, he bowed his head and bowed, and suddenly tears rolled down his eyes, as if he finally couldn't bear to blame himself, and cried: "Brothers, I'm sorry, brothers, don't blame me!" I'm just a woman, I just want my husband to live. I know, it's sinful, I know, it's not supposed to be ......."

She is Li Jiancheng's wife, she has been the crown princess for many years, those loyal guards, she can call out almost everyone's name, Li Jiancheng loves the people and soldiers like a son, and she, the princess, treats the tribe equally kindly, but now she wants to hide the secret, watching the two thousand guards die, the self-blame and torment in her heart are not understandable and experienced by others.

With her husband on one side and two thousand guards on the other, she chose her husband and gave up two thousand lives......

But she wasn't to blame, because she was just a woman.

Gu Tianya slowly stretched out his hand, gently pulled her up from the ground, and said in a low voice: "Some sacrifices are inevitable, it is not because we are ruthless, just because the world is a great sea of suffering, everyone is struggling to swim across, and there are many things that are involuntarily involved." ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "If the sister-in-law feels uneasy, you can do one thing quietly after you go back, you find out the small situation of the family of the two thousand guards, and then write them all in a booklet, and wait until the big thing is over in three years, we can make up for the dead family, but we can't make up for it now, otherwise it will also startle the snake." ”

Zheng Guanyin wiped a handful of tears, nodded solemnly and said, "I will do this with my heart." ”

As if swearing, he clenched his hands into fists and said, "There won't be any one missing." ”

Gu Tianya nodded, suddenly looked up into the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Chang'an is two thousand miles away from here. ”

Zheng Guanyin was so smart that he immediately said: "This time I came to Hebei, according to your eldest brother's wishes, I need to live for half a month, and then let my sister-in-law go back when spring begins." ”

Gu Tianya pondered for a moment, then nodded again and said, "This is a move to cover people's eyes, so as not to be seen abnormally." After finishing speaking, he suddenly said: "When will King Qi's Concubine Yang return?" ”

Zheng Guanyin sighed and said, "According to your eldest brother's intentions, it is to let her stay in Hebei all the time, but I rejected your eldest brother's soft heart, and I will definitely take the Yang family with me when I return." ”

Saying that, he looked at Gu Tianya, and said with guilt on his face: "If she stays in Hebei, it will also be an omission, the family has been inherited for thousands of years, and there are many people who have far-sighted vision, once someone notices this, they will definitely think of retreat, so although your eldest brother wants to leave his younger brother behind, my ruthlessness as a sister-in-law has cut off the retreat." ”

Gu Tianya took a deep breath and said softly: "I saw that the younger brother and daughter-in-law of the Yang family came this time, and there were only two children with her. Sister-in-law, I want to ask, it is said that King Qi is lascivious and arrogant, I don't know how many concubines he has? ”

Zheng Guanyin was stunned at first, then surprise burst into his eyes, and he said in a trembling voice: "Two, only two." Although he had five sons, only two of them were considered concubines. Look at... Brother-in-law Gu, do you want to make a move? ”

Gu Tianya slowly raised his head to look at the sky, as if he was calculating the danger.

After a long time, he spoke firmly, and said: "You and the eldest brother's concubine, a total of two sons and two daughters, in addition to the concubine, there are only three sons and three daughters, your eldest son died in an early age, so even if you count the concubine, there are only nine children, I have only endured the nine kowtows of the sister-in-law, and I will definitely take care of the nine children of the prince's mansion!" ”

He paused here when he said this, and then said: "But the eldest brother asked the Yang family to come to Hebei with two children, obviously wanting to leave two bloodlines for his younger brother, and I, as a brother-in-law, don't want to disappoint the eldest brother......"

He suddenly looked at him, his eyes shot with an indomitable determination, and he gritted his teeth and said: "After three years, I can only bring five hundred horsemen at most, but even if these five hundred horses are a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, I will protect the eleven bloodlines of the Li family." ”