Chapter Seventy-Three: Steps

The north wind at the mouth of the valley of Centipede Ridge is fierce, and the snow is blowing heavily.

A carriage drawn by eight war horses stopped at the mouth of the valley. A hundred steps behind the car, more than a dozen horsemen rode horses, and a war horse carried a captive with a covered head and face, it was Wu Keke.

Yun Feiyang came to the front of the valley with the guards, waved his hand back, made the guards stop, sneered, and marched forward alone.

In the middle of the valley mouth, there is a small mound of raised earth.

Yun Feiyang reined in his horse in front of the small mound.

A man came out of the carriage in front of him, dressed in fine clothes and good-looking, but he only had a pair of small eyes and an eagle hooked nose. This person is the king of Xining, but in terms of age, he is slightly older than Yun Feiyang.

Yun Feiyang saw the king of Xining getting off the carriage, so he also dismounted.

The two looked at each other for a long time, sneered at each other, and at the same time came up towards the small dirt bag in the center of the valley mouth.

The two of them stood in front of the small earthen bag, and before Yun Feiyang could speak, the King of Xining sneered: "Don't think I'm here to ask for peace and surrender to you!"

Yun Feiyang was speechless for a long time when he heard this, but suddenly laughed and said, "Are you here to declare war on me!"

The air seemed to tense all at once. The two of them were silent for a long time, only the snowflakes in the sky were blown by the north wind, and the beards fell all over the two of them.

The guards of the two armies a hundred paces away saw that the two were tense, and they were all ready to attack.

A mile away from the two of them, each of them ambushed archers, and if one of them raised his hand, a major battle was inevitable.

Yun Feiyang said coldly: "My back is facing the wind and snow, and the back is cold, but I am not afraid!"

King Xining said: "I am facing the wind and snow, and it is not warm in front, but it is okay!"

The two were silent for a long time, and then suddenly burst out laughing.

Yun Feiyang said: "Farewell here, you and I are still brothers, but there are many rights and wrongs in this imperial city, I advise you not to come again." In the future, I will work hard in the affairs of the imperial city. When you go back to your Xining Palace, it will be the same as Sheng's song and swallow dance, so why bother to wade into this troubled water. ”

The king of Xining laughed and said: "Under the imperial power, how can we talk about brothers! Since I have waded in this troubled water, what about it! Today, if you and I are fighting with each other, we are only afraid that the fisherman will profit, otherwise, if we fight to the death today, we don't know who will kill the deer." The cold wind behind you is still very tight, especially the dragon chair in the palace, I am afraid that it will be cold, and I am not a cold-tolerant person, so I can't sit for long. If you sit reluctantly, you are afraid of a short life. ”

Yun Feiyang looked around and sighed: "It's cold in the high places, and there is only a small dirt slope here, and it is already a strong wind. But don't worry, I just love the biting cold. Since you are afraid of the cold, go back to your palace in Xining. But I can promise you, if your words and deeds from now on conform to the etiquette system, and do not set foot in the imperial city for half a step, I can guarantee that your Xining Palace, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, will be in full bloom, singing and dancing, and will no longer be blown by this cold wind. ”

King Xining laughed, turned around and glanced at Wu Keke, who was tied up on the war horse, and sneered: "You can't even protect your own woman, and what big words are you talking to me." Now that I've said that, I'm going to get straight to the point. In today's battle, let's withdraw our troops, if you want a truce, show sincerity and give me a step down. ”

Yun Feiyang knew that if he really fell out with the King of Xining again at this time, it would not be decided who would kill the deer. At that time, the king of Nan'an will sit alone, and it will be difficult for him to seize the throne if he doesn't want to. And the remnants of King Dongping have not yet been cleaned up, and many affairs in the palace need to be dealt with urgently, and they can't afford to delay for a moment.

Yun Feiyang then smiled and said, "Steps, you already have them." In this battle, you are only here for the beauty! That Wu Keke is not my woman, she was my sister who was married, and when I return to the palace, the overall situation will be certain, and there will be a decree to marry you. However, when the decree of the other day comes, you must not lose the gift of your courtiers. Otherwise, I will make you live the rest of your life in the cold winter. ”

When the king of Xining heard this, he immediately turned to leave, but laughed again: "This is very good, we all have steps." But it's not this broken shoe that I value, but your generous dowry gift. Of course, ten or eight more beauties were sent, and I received all the water waves. ”

The king of Xining got into the carriage and drove it away himself.

Wu Keke was carried into the carriage of the King of Xining, and disappeared into the snow with the army of the King of Xining.

Yun Feiyang had mixed feelings in his heart, three points of pain, three points of hatred, but more of a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and sighed: "Everything is the will of heaven!"

The guards hurried up, hugged the clouds and turned to leave.

Yun Feiyang ordered the squad to return to the court, and along the way, the corpses were all over the field, and there were countless wounded soldiers, before he came to the city gate, but he saw dozens of people dressed in farms kneeling on the road to block the way, and there was a man with a broken arm lying in the middle, who was already unconscious, it was Jia Rong.

When these people saw the class master of the King of Beijing returning to the court, they all knelt down and called the prince a thousand years old.

A Zhuang Ke woke up Jia Rong and said: "The prince of Beijing has returned victoriously, Brother Rong wake up quickly!"

Jia Rong woke up, and struggled to say: "The minister does not disgrace his mission, and follows the prince all the way......"

Yun Feiyang didn't wait for Jia Rong to finish speaking, and hurriedly entered the city early, but ordered the old Li Dao, the official of the governor's mansion behind him: "These people must also be my people, suffering from this war, you go to appease and appease this king, find a proper place, and don't leave any excuse for people to complain." Deal with it, and quickly come back to me. ”

The old man of the governor's mansion, Li Mingming, saw that the person was Jia Rong, and at this moment Yun Feiyang pretended not to know, and after hearing Yun Feiyang's words, he already understood in his heart, so he hurriedly agreed: "Don't worry, the prince will do it now, and make sure it is clean." ”

Yun Feiyang just nodded.

Lao Li, the official of the Governor's Mansion, brought dozens of sergeants to Jia Rong, and said with a smile: "Isn't this my nephew Jia Rong, why did you become like this, you don't stay in your Ningguo Mansion to enjoy the happiness, this soldier is in chaos, but you came here to do something, don't you come to be a spy of the enemy army, otherwise how can you be knifed." ”

Jia Rong listened to the words of Lao Li, the official of the governor's mansion, and was about to distinguish it, but she had already been ordered by Lao Li, and dozens of sergeants came up together, and killed Jia Rong and the others in an instant.

The governor sneered: "You wait outside the city to search carefully, if there are still people dressed as Zhuang Ke, as long as they dare to say a word about the King of Beijing, they will be killed." ”

Dozens of sergeants listened and were puzzled for a moment, but they didn't dare to ask.

After Lao Li finished instructing, Fang beat his horse again and hurriedly chased Yun Feiyang.

The army all entered the city, and the officials in the palace were already outside the palace gate to greet them.

Yun Feiyang was very proud, looked at the ministers, and ignored them, but he didn't see Li Qiao'er, so he laughed and said: "I returned victoriously, this queen mother is not unhappy and hiding." Wait for the king to see her in person. ”

Yun Feiyang didn't get off the horse, and directly hit the horse and came to the Jinluan Palace, but Ziyu had already reported: "The queen is waiting for the prince in Xining Palace, saying that there is something important!"

Yun Feiyang laughed and said, "Aren't you with Lin Hongniang, why did you go back to the palace first, and you didn't tell me." ”

Ziyu said coldly: "I am the queen's person, although I was ordered to go out of the city with Lin Hongniang to kill the enemy, but once the mission is over, I should come back as soon as possible to report to the queen." ”

Yun Feiyang looked at Ziyu and sneered: "It's another Lin Hongniang, but she has less arrogance and more murderous aura." ”