Qi Yan and his party set off early the next morning, Chen Su really didn't come to send it, only sent a housekeeper to send everyone outside the city gate, everyone went out of the city, like a wild horse off the leash, a long time to fight and race, while everyone was shouting, Qi Shan asked, "I heard my grandfather mention King Ling several times yesterday, I don't know what kind of character he is?" ”

"Well, he," Qi Yan said as he had expected it, "he is the only son of the former queen." Today's emperor is not rich in heirs, there are only two princesses and four princes under his knees, this King Ling is the eldest son, he studied under his maternal ancestor - the late emperor Yan Ji, Wen Taowu is proficient in everything, and later married the only daughter of Chen Su, the disciple of Yan Ji, the husband and wife Qin Se and Ming are very affectionate, Chen Su reciprocated Li is also a great help to him. He is upright and respectful, and he is the best candidate for the crown prince, but it's a pity—"

He let out a long sigh, his eyes sad, "It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances, seventeen years ago, when the barbarians came to fight, he took the initiative to invite Ying to go to the battlefield with my Qi family's army." King Ling was brave and made many military exploits, just waiting to return to Beijing to enter the East Palace. But just when the war was about to end, King Ling was secretly poisoned by the barbarian villain and died on the spot. ”

"Dead and dead? What poison? It's so powerful. ”

"Yes," Qi Yan said again, "I have never seen that poison, I only remember that King Ling was killing the enemy bravely on the battlefield at that time, but he was accidentally shot in the arm by a feather arrow, and he pulled out the feather arrow with his backhand, we thought it was just hurting our muscles and bones, and we didn't care." Who knew that about a quarter of an hour later, he fell off the horse, and others immediately helped him up, but found that he had no pulse and no breath, and his body was cold and bloodless, as if he had been dead for a long time, and even the accompanying imperial doctor said that he had no power to return to heaven. ”

Qi Yan half-raised his head, his eyes blurred as if he had returned to the battlefield of that year, "At that time, there were no more twists and turns in the war, and my father ordered me to immediately escort King Ling's body back to Beijing, but I received the holy decree before I entered Kyoto. ”

He paused, and said in a slightly choked tone, "Back then, your aunt and grandmother had become the queen, and King Hui under her knee had also reached adulthood, and my Qi family had been in the army for generations, and their military achievements were as prominent as the sky, but because of this, they were framed by the Ji family and introduced into the party struggle. But even so, the Qi family, except for your aunt and grandmother, was in the back, and the rest were all driven to the southwest to garrison. Unexpectedly, this guard turned out to be seventeen years. ”

After he finished talking about all this, his heart was heavy, and he couldn't speak for a while, so he could only look into the distance with red eyes, and only sighed for a long time before he said, "I am afraid that I will live in Beijing for a long time in the future, and I must be cautious in everything I say and do." You were only three years old when you left Beijing, and you are not familiar with Beijing, I will slowly inform you in the future, only you remember, my Qi family and the Ji family are incompatible, and there is a common hatred! ”

"Yes," Qi Shan nodded, and his tone was also very heavy, "Grandson remember." ”

After speaking, neither of them spoke, and when the atmosphere was solemn, there was a strange humming sound not far away.

It was General Falco humming eighteen*.

Qi Shan touched his head in his grandfather's eyes that hated iron and steel, and said, "He broke his head when he was young to save me, you know." ”

Out of Qingzhou is the boundary of Kyoto, two days later, the mighty group finally arrived at the gate of Kyoto. Before he got closer, he could hear the voices of people, and when Qi Yan got closer, he saw that it was the emperor himself who led hundreds of officials to greet him at the gate of the city!

Under the city gate where all the officials were standing, when Chao Tianzi stood at the leader and was looking around anxiously, the eunuchs on his side wiped the sweat from his forehead from time to time.

He hurriedly dismounted, rushed up with Qi Shan in two or three steps, knelt on one knee, bowed his head and said, "The last general Qi Yan will meet the emperor!" Sincerely, Your Majesty! ”

Now that the emperor is close to old age, many years of warmth in the palace have made him look even older, he took a step forward slightly, and helped Qi Yan to puff out, and said slowly, "Brother Yan has worked hard all the way, no need to say more, follow me into the palace!" ”

After speaking, as if he couldn't wait for a moment, he hurriedly waved his hand and motioned for everyone to help him sit on Longluan, and then turned around and said hurriedly, "I have been waiting for you for a long time, but I am not happy all over, I will go back to the palace first, and you will come later, huh?" ”

Qi Yan immediately knelt down again, and said, "Yes, I respectfully send the emperor." ”

After His Majesty went first, Qi Yan and a few old colleagues nodded casually, then turned over and led the hundred officials to the palace.

Although Qi Yan was as vicious as Shura on the battlefield, he had no way to face the ordinary people, and he only smiled and ordered the soldiers who came in a hurry to move gently not to hurt the people.

Qi Shan rode a horse and followed behind Qi Yan, listening to the praise and cheers of the people along the way, his heart was also very excited, but when the team reached the center of the city, he heard a bunch of different discussions.

Qi Shan has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he listened carefully, and found that most of the people around him were "heroic", "strong", "brave" and other words, only a few girls in the private room of the restaurant above his head were chattering about him...... His countenance.

What is "not as good as the son of Zhang Yushi's family", "not as beautiful as Liu Shangshu's grandson", "skin as black as the bottom of a pot", "far inferior to the little cousin Qingjun and noble", the more Qi Shan listened, the more funny he felt, and he couldn't help but look up.

This look frightened the girls a lot, and the left and right movements quickly ran behind the window lattice and hid, leaving only the middle one with nowhere to hide, so he had to stare at him with a red face and a bloody face.

Qi Shan grew up in the southwest where the people were fierce since he was a child, where had he seen this side, the red-faced brocade girl stared at him with watery eyes, the butterfly golden hairpin carved vividly on the sideburns swayed left and right with her movements, as if alive, a small mole hook in the corner of the right eye pulled his gaze, and the dignified atmosphere revealed a trace of charm for no reason, but it was more of a girl's coquettishness.

Then, the maid behind her finally reacted and gently pulled her in, and then closed the window carved with the hovering picture of the flying bird.

Qi Shan was stunned and immediately came back to his senses, and after a moment he beckoned, and saw General Falco riding a horse and squeezing over with a smile on his face.

"Will ......"

"I heard that the nobles of Kyoto have always liked to compare beauty, you go and inquire, who is the first beauty in Kyoto today."

"Huh? - Oh. ”