The handsome man, known as the breeze, raised his hand and said, "No." ”

Jiang Xiao really couldn't bear the cold, and hurriedly gave a few more words, and left the main hall with the support of Qian Shan.

Qian Shan stared at Jiang Xiao's pale face and couldn't help but feel extremely distressed, "Girl, you really shouldn't have waited with us in Qingxiang last night, the weather has been getting colder and colder these days, and it is only winter, you have already used the hand stove and charcoal fire, Luoyang is cold, what should you do in the future?" ”

Jiang Xiao rubbed his hands, shivered from the cold, let out a breath of heat and said with a smile, "You know that I am sick and weak, just make more warm hot food and eat it with me." After all, I still have you by my side, and with you, I won't be frozen. ”

Qian Shan couldn't help but feel helpless when she saw her hippie smile, but Jiang Xiao hadn't shown such a smile for a long time, and she couldn't bear to bother anymore.

Jiang Xiao is happy today, all because last night's events were done beautifully, and the success of the trip to Qingxiang means that she is one step closer to her plan. Naturally, her heart was full of joy.

Since the Yegong Pavilion belonged to the Huai Wang's lineage, the momentum of Emperor Wei gradually deflected from the upper hand to the downward, and the Yegong Pavilion was menacing, although the Water Pavilion had precautions, but there were also shortcomings. Most of the people in the western part of the Great Wei Dynasty are Ning Zheng's people, which seems to be the situation of China and North Korea invading the frontier today. Although Emperor Wei sent his confidant Zhenyuan General Chengge Cliff to expedition to the frontier, Ning Zheng would not let go of such an opportunity, coupled with the favorable time and place in Western Xinjiang, it was an excellent opportunity to get rid of Chengge Cliff, but it was difficult for Water Pavilion to gain a foothold in Western Xinjiang, and Jiang Mengluo wanted to keep Chengge Cliff, so he had to seize Cao's military talisman.

Longxi with Cao's military power stationed, Cao is the founder of the Great Wei Dynasty, in the past was Taizu as the king of Pingding, led the edict of Taizu to set up a military camp, alone in charge of Longxi military power, led the Cao army to guard the border of Longxi, the Chinese and North Korean troops, the current Pingding King Cao Yong, the word Jinxu, expressed willingness to escort the Chengge Cliff to jointly resist and defend the frontier.

However, less than a year after the battle between China and the Great Wei began, Cao Yong suddenly withdrew the troops and troops allocated to Chenggeya and broke the alliance with Chenggeya.

Although the two armies parted ways, although they were not hostile, Cao Yong turned a blind eye to Ning Zheng's various behaviors of secretly uniting with the forces of Western Xinjiang to persecute Chenggeya, and successively informing the people of the Chinese and Korean dynasties about the internal operations of the Chengshi army, so that they frequently fell into danger.

Without the protection of the Cao army, it was difficult to move an inch of the Chengge Cliff, and the enemy was on the back.

A year ago, the Water Pavilion was attributed to Emperor Wei. Jiang Mengluo quietly sent people into the western frontier to secretly help Chengge Cliff, and sent Xue Qing into the Chengjia army to help Chengge Cliff get rid of internal spies, so as to find a little way to survive from the danger.

Jiang Mengluo knew that Cao Yong's sudden withdrawal of troops at that time was all due to Ning Nan's worries.

Cao Yong's sister is named Cao Xiu, is the mother of Ningnan worry, Cao Xiu was young and liked to save people, and loved to travel, Cao Yong was worried about his sister, so he gave Cao Xiu a talisman so that his sister could immediately use this talisman to mobilize people and horses in various military camps to rescue him once he was in danger.

The ancestors of the Cao family had fought with Taizu to pacify the world, and treated people very leniently, so when the Great Wei Dynasty opened the country to rectify the army and establish military power, there were many Cao family troops left in the military camps in various places. Later, the ancestors of the Cao family took the initiative to resign from the post of Da Sima in order to protect the military power of the Taizu regime, returned to Yongzhou, and defended Longxi, which is known as the "land of four stops" for the Great Wei.

Since then, this talisman has been called Cao's talisman by later generations. Cao family has this honor, but also dare not forget the original, the clan has always remembered the ancestral legacy, for the Baoning imperial power, never from Longxi into the Central Plains.

But the family affection in the world is always inseparable, even if the king of pacification Cao Yong abides by the testament, but it is difficult to give up the brotherhood of his sister Cao Xiu, no matter what she asks, as long as Cao Yong can do it, it will definitely respond. Therefore, for Ning Nanwu's nephew, he also loves the house and Wu, and responds to requests.

Therefore, two years ago, Ning Nanwei had written to Cao Yong, but only asked him to remain neutral, and did not ask him to participate in the party struggle. Cao Yong saw his nephew's face, so he would naturally make it convenient for Ning Zheng, as long as he didn't protect the Chengge Cliff, the next thing didn't need him to do, Ning Zheng would solve it by himself.

But Ning Nan Wei may not have expected that in the winter of the twelfth year of Jiankang, Cao Xiu was attacked by bandits on the way back to Luoyang from Poyang, Yangzhou.

And this time, Jiang Mengluo asked the wind to send each other to send talismans to the person who sent them to each other was the maidservant Biyun. A sister's personal maid met Cao Xiu with a talisman and asked for it. Presumably, the predicament of Western Xinjiang can be alleviated.

Jiang Mengluo's military salaries, grain and grass that he had stolen from Qingxiang had been sent to Chengge Cliff from another land transportation road that the Water Pavilion had quietly opened up a year ago, and this time, the military hunger that the Cheng clan had been unable to solve for many days could also be alleviated.

This time, Jiang Mengluo led the people of the Water Pavilion to save a situation for Emperor Wei, Ning Zheng saw it in his eyes, how could he not be angry?

Jiang Xiao stared at the withered fallen leaves in the courtyard, gathered the velvet robe on his body, and became worried about Ning Nan.

At this time, the Rui Wang's Mansion was contrary to the silence and coldness of the past, but in front of the gate of the main mansion, which should have been deserted, there were five golden cymbal carts pulled by black brown sideburns and fiery horses, and the Luan Feng cloud pattern on the car was exquisitely carved. Dozens of servants stood in front of the carriage viciously, and the pedestrians on the road hurriedly made a detour when they saw this.

Inside the house, the main hall.

A middle-aged man wearing a Xuanshen straight court dress, lined with the middle coat of the leader of the Yuan, tied with red ribbon and white jade around his waist, with his feet tilted and ink-colored shoes, and wearing an eight-inch traveling crown, sat majestically on the group seat in front of him.

This person is the regent Huai Wang - Ning Zheng.

At this time, Ning Zheng's face was gloomy and terrifying, and there was a man in a cloud-robed robe with a dark python pattern kneeling down in the hall. The servants on both sides of the screen didn't dare to gasp when they saw this scene, they held their breath, stood up straight, lowered their heads, and didn't dare to look up.

"You, a wise king? Even the treasure pavilion in the house couldn't stand it, and let the thieves in the market steal the talisman? Ning Zhaoyuan, is it because my father has given you face too much recently, so that you don't know why and are unguarded? The people in the hall were furious.

Just because Ning Zheng didn't have time to change into the court clothes, he knew that he hurriedly came to the Rui Wangfu to ask for the guilt.

"Raise your head! Look at me! You said! If something goes wrong with Cao's place, how do you explain it to me? ”

"The father is angry, and the child has asked Ning Jiu to go to Longxi to tell his uncle." Ning Nan said in a gloomy voice, bowing, not daring to relax.

Ning Zheng remembered Emperor Wei's fake condolences and sarcasm in the court today, and couldn't help but get annoyed again, and picked up the celadon cup placed on the desk in front of him and threw it towards Ning Nan with all his might, "Useless person!" What do you want! Ning Zheng stood up angrily, pulled the folds in front of the hem of his clothes, brushed his sleeves and left.

Ning Nan changed the direction of kneeling with Ning Zheng's footsteps, and finally said respectfully towards the door of the palace, "Congratulations to my father." ”

He fell to the ground and held his breath until there was no movement in front of the door, and then slowly straightened up. The celadon cup smashed the crown of his hair, and a piercing pain came from deep within his scalp. But there was no pain on Ning Nan's worried face.

He knelt in front of the hall for a long time, and a middle-aged man in plain clothes and a curved robe standing on the side waiting, with a kind and gentle face, saw this scene, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and couldn't help but feel sorry for Ning Nan. This person's name is Ji Xianzhi, the word Boyuan, and he is the chief steward of the palace.

Ji Xianzhi has been by Ning Nanwei's side since he was a child, has always taken care of him, accompanied him to grow up, and is the only one who knows how difficult and painful he has been along the way.

"The lord doesn't need to kneel anymore, the acting king is gone, you can get up." He bent down and stepped forward, trying to help Ning Nan up.

Ning Nan was stunned for a long time, and when he heard Ji Xianzhi calling from the side, he looked at him with a bloodless face. Ji Xianzhi's eyes were full of distress, and his hair that should have been black had turned gray. But he obviously has nothing to do with him, just because he is a close friend with his mother, he can devote his life to accompany him, and Ning Zheng is obviously his father, but he has never looked at him directly.

Ning Nan couldn't help but feel ridiculous, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, full of bitterness, "Uncle Ji, you see, this is my father, he has never cared about whether I am suffering or not, he only cares about his power and power." ”

He said it very calmly and without waves, but it made people feel sorry for him involuntarily.

Ji Xianzhi was at a loss, couldn't think of how to comfort him, and was cramped and uneasy on the side.

Ning Nanwu slowly stood up, brushed the hem of his clothes, and straightened the loose hair crown. He understands what kind of person his father is, and he also understands that there will be no father-son affection between them in this life. But he still has something to look forward to.

"How is the lord preparing for this trouble?" Ji Xianzhi couldn't comfort him, so he could only ask Ning Nan what he planned to do next.

He smiled at Ji Xianzhi and said, "There's no need to be afraid, just wait for my father to send someone to spread the word in a few days, and let me be confined in the mansion." ”

He failed to control the situation, and it is very likely that he has made a mess of the situation in Western Xinjiang, and Ning Zheng will definitely not let him interfere in this matter in the near future.

"Isn't the lord going to check on that Jiang Xiao?" Ji Xianzhi asked.

"What is there to check? Didn't Uncle Ji also see that Jiang Xiao was the person from the Water Pavilion? Ning Nan's thick black eyebrows were flattened, and he stood with his hands in his hands.

He stared at the celadon cup shattered into five petals on the ground, and sneered, "Shuige Jiang Clan, I'm afraid that I will become an upstart in the capital in a while." ”

The situation in Luoyang has changed, Ning Nan is not afraid, when he is not afraid in his life, there is a dark coldness in his eyes, he looks at the rockery in the distance, and falls silent.

At this time, the battle of Yinping was scorching, three years ago China and North Korea from Wenshan to the west by waterway to the Wei realm, from the frontier line to the east, land attack the border city of Yinping of the Great Wei, and from Hanzhong, Xingshi two armies together, all the way to attack the border city, resulting in the loss of six cities in the Great Wei, after March Yinping Pass was lost, the Chengge Cliff expedition to the west and Cao Yong joined forces to recapture Yinping, Ning Zheng sent the second hussar general Liu Ping in Hanzhong to resist the Chinese and North Korean army, a year of hard fighting to recapture the lost two cities.