Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Hero Falls into the Pine Forest

Er Zhuyan looked at the ingot torch, and her little face was flushed with anger. However, I have to admit that he is actually right, for doctors, when they face patients, they first consider the symptoms and not others. If you think about it, maybe it's really her narrow-mindedness.

Seeing that Er Zhuyan was silent, Yuan Baoju looked at her, slowly walked to her side and said, "I know you are worried about your brother, believe me, I will definitely help you find him"

"I promised Ajuan that Ah Zhao must be found, then he must be a talker" After speaking, Er Zhuyan looked at the Yuan Bao Torch and said with a serious ear: "The person who participated in the coup d'Γ©tat in Heyin and killed your brother was none other than Ah Zhao." Do you really not mind about this? ”

Er Zhuyan looked at him, to be honest, when he learned the truth, this ending was a fatal blow to him, and she didn't know what kind of mentality Yuan Bao Ju had always had to face her. Maybe she should believe that Yuan Bao Ju said that he has been relieved, but if he is really relieved, why do he keep staring at her,

Yuan Bao Ju looked at Er Zhuyan's hot gaze, for a while he actually had a feeling of wanting to escape, if he was facing someone else, maybe he could still tell a lie to deceive the past, but the object was Er Zhuyan, he really didn't know how to tell Er Zhuyan that all this was a premeditation from the beginning.

"It's all in the past, and it's still going to be done," Yuan Baoju glanced at Er Zhuyan with a dodgy look, and planned to flee.

Seeing this, Erzhu Yan quickly grabbed him: "I know that our Erzhu clan owes a lot to your Yuan family, if I can pay off the debt that my father owes to your brother." As long as you say it, I will definitely help you do it" Er Zhuyan looked at the Yuan Bao Torch with a firm face, and the Yuan Bao Torch also looked at her quietly.

"Aren't you curious, why I'm chasing you all the way" Yuan Baoju was stunned, to be honest, it is impossible for Zhu Yan not to see his thoughts.

"But because of the words of the crazy Dao chief, in fact, you don't have to worry about anything, what destiny returns, I Zhu Yan never believe this. Besides, these are troubled times, and the emperor will not know who tomorrow is, so why should we take it seriously because of an illusory prophecy. If that's the case, Er Zhuyan is used to being free, and the three-foot red wall is too deep, where will my soul be trapped. ”

Yuan Baoju looked at Er Zhuyan and felt that this woman was extraordinarily free. In the previous dynasty, Liu Ling loved freedom so much and refused to be trapped by power, and it is rare to see it today.

"Don't you suspect that I deliberately approached because I knew your identity," Yuan Bao Ju asked in a slow voice as he looked at her quietly.

Er Zhuyan shook her head with a smile and said, "When you and I first met, you were a beggar, and I was a ranger. Since we met, my name has been Mu Qing, and you must have only recently known my true identity, didn't you? ”

"Indeed" Yuan Baoju has to admire Er Zhuyan's vision and knowledge, and sure enough, in front of Er Zhuyan, if she doesn't really pretend to be stupid, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deceive anything for a long time.

"There is one thing, please help me" Er Zhuyan looked at the Yuan Bao Torch with a firm face, and it could be seen from her eyes that the importance of this matter was important.

"What's the matter?" replied the ingot torch

"Please also help me hide my identity" After speaking, Er Zhuyan looked at the Yuan Bao Torch, the Yuan Bao Torch was not difficult for others, and after seeing him nod and agree, Er Zhu Yan continued: "Although I am Er Zhu's daughter, this identity is not suitable for my development in the military camp. You also know that since ancient times, women have not been allowed to serve in the army. Mu Qing's incident was indeed made up by me, but now Ah Zhao's life is hanging by a thread, and I have to use this identity to rescue him. After rescuing Ah Zhao, I will definitely give you an explanation of the matter in Heyin."

Er Zhuyan looked at him, and a trace of trance suddenly flashed in Yuan Baoju's eyes, and after the trance, there was an extremely determined look. Although Er Zhuyan didn't know what Yuan Bao Torch was thinking at the moment, there was a hatred between them for killing their brothers, which was extremely clear. It's just that it's too early to talk about hatred, and the only way to solve it is to solve the present.

"When we rescue your brother, the grievances between us will be settled at a later date," said Yuan Bao Ju and got up and slowly looked in the direction of Er Zhuyan.

"Good! Whether it's life or death depends on disposal," Er Zhuyan replied. After the Yuan Bao Torch left, Er Zhuyan faintly noticed that there seemed to be someone following in the woods. As soon as the words of "Who, come out" were finished, a commotion was heard in the forest, and a moment later, a middle-aged man walked out of the forest, wearing a brown robe, dressed like a warrior.

I originally thought that I would just investigate from a distance and then return to the camp, but I didn't expect to be discovered so quickly. In this case, he changed the hilt of the sword from his left hand to his right hand, and then walked over to Er Zhuyan with a smile, Er Zhuyan waved his folding fan and looked coldly at the man, but he didn't expect that the person who came was Dou Tai from Gao Huan's camp.

"Brother Dou, it's you" Seeing this, Er Zhuyan hurriedly put away the folding fan in her hand. In the early years, when Er Zhurong was alive, she and Dou Tai still had some affection, although now Gao Huan is rebellious, but there is no need to have no contact with some old generals, in terms of treating people with leniency, Er Zhuyan has done much better than Er Zhuzhao, so that many generals still recognize Er Zhuyan.

"Mu Qing, why are you here" After Dou Tai saw that the person patrolling the back mountain was Zhuge Mu Qing, he hurriedly let down his guard. He walked a few steps towards Er Zhuyan and said: "The general sent me over to inspect the realm, presumably there will be a war here in the near future, but I didn't expect this army to be led by you" After speaking, he said with a worried face: "Mu Qing, you take this army in your hand and go!" I probably looked at it, these wounded and dead soldiers of yours can't fight against the 100,000 soldiers of the Great General."

After Dou Tai finished speaking, Er Zhuyan nodded expressionlessly, she knew that it would be difficult to win with the two or three thousand men and horses in her hands no matter what. Now that the general trend of the Erzhu clan has gone, the pattern of Ah Zhao's defeat in the world will be reshuffled. Although Guanzhong is guarded by Erzhu Zhongyuan, it is difficult for Erzhu Zhongyuan to fight against Gao Huan's 100,000 people. As for Erzhu Shilong and Erzhu Dulu, they seem to have strong soldiers, but in fact, they are not familiar with the art of war, if they want to defeat them, they can abandon the city and surrender without attacking or scaring them.

For this, Er Zhuyan saw it clearly, how could Gao Huan not know that it was really difficult for the Erzhu family to be heroic again, and within March, Gao Huan would be able to conquer Erzhu in one fell swoop. At that time, the world will return to the way it was when Emperor Zhuang was in power.

"Brother Dou, can you tell me about Ah Zhao's whereabouts, I know that this is difficult for some strong people, Ah Zhao has been missing for almost a month, I'm really worried about him..."

Faced with Er Zhuyan's repeated inquiries about Er Zhuzhao's whereabouts, Dou Tai knew that if Er Zhuyan found Er Zhuzhao and Er Zhuzhao rose again, then their bitter battle in the past few months would be in vain. Seeing this, Dou Tai shook his head helplessly, "Mu Qing, you also know that I really can't now."

"I know, but Brother Dou, I really don't have a choice, I know that you definitely know where Ah Zhao is. I beg you, just take it as it was in the past, tell me! Although I don't know why you took refuge in Gao Huan, I know that in your heart, I still remember the love we once fought side by side. Otherwise, you wouldn't have told me about this today, Brother Dou, I'm begging you" Saying that, Er Zhuyan sent Dou Tai to kneel, seeing that Dou Tai had been standing in place and making a decision, Er Zhuyan saw this and knelt straight in front of Dou Tai.

"Young master, what are you doing" Seeing this, Dou Tai hurriedly reached out to help Er Zhu Yan, Er Zhu Yan knelt straight on the ground, no matter how Dou Tai tried to help her, she still knelt in place and did not move.

"Since you still call me a young master, please tell me to take Brother Dou" As she spoke, Er Zhuyan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Dou Tai.

Seeing this, Dou Tai hurriedly knelt down for Er Zhuyan, grabbed Er Zhuyan's arm and didn't dare to let Er Zhuyan give him such a big gift. Dou Tai said: "Young master, don't do it! General Zhuguo has the grace of knowing me, and he is even more instructive. Dou Taiwan can't be so gracious to you, young master! ”

Saying that, Dou Tai hurriedly helped Er Zhuyan up. Although Er Zhuyan has always appeared as Er Zhu Rong's righteous son in the military camp, from the eyes of Yuan Tianmu and Er Zhu Shilong, they can see that Er Zhu Yan is absolutely average. Moreover, what the Erzhu family attaches so much importance to is the treatment of a guest, and Er Zhurong once promised Er Zhuyan as a young master, thinking that he must be taught as a successor, at that time, everyone was still speculating whether Er Zhuyan was the illegitimate son of the general of the Zhuguo, but at that time, Erzhurong's military orders were strict, and no one was gossiping about this matter, so it had to stop. For this, how can you not know about it among Er Zhurong's customers.

Facing Er Zhuyan's bitter pleading, Dou Tai could only tell the truth: "Young master, you get up first, I'll tell you"

Saying that, Dou Tai told Er Zhu Yan about the process of the battle between Gao Huan and Er Zhu Zhao, and it turned out that everything was really as the spies said before, but it was because of mutual suspicion within the Erzhu family that they lost their absolute power.

"Hahaha"

"Hahaha" Er Zhuyan laughed madly several times, and Dou Tai, who was standing on the side, helped her with a worried face.

"Young master, are you alright?" Dou Tai was about to reach out to catch her, but was pushed away by Er Zhuyan.

"It turns out that my Erzhu clan actually died of mutual suspicion" After speaking, Erzhu Yan smiled with both heartache and self-blame, and her eyes, which were originally smiling, gradually overflowed with rows of tears.

"Young master, you" Dou Tai's hanging hand didn't know what to do for a while.

"I'm fine, you go on," Er Zhuyan wiped her eyes and continued to look at him. Dou Tai knew that Zhuge Muqing had always been a serious person, and if he didn't achieve his goal, he would never admit defeat easily. If it weren't for Er Zhurong's death, it wouldn't take long for Zhuge Muqing to show Er Zhurong's ambitions. However, Zhu Zhao is narrow-minded and has no tolerance for others, which led to the exhaustion of the guests, and only then did he end up like today, Dou Tai looked at her and said slowly:

"Young master, do you know what is the biggest drawback of this battle? It's clan feud. I know that Young Master, you have been easing the contradictions between Zhao Gongzi and other clan relatives, but there are some contradictions that really cannot be alleviated through the surface. Saying that, Dou Tai shook his head helplessly, he knew that Er Zhuyan was in a low mood at this time, and the more so, the more he should show him the powerful relationship and advise him not to confront Gao Huan.

"I want to know, since when have you decided to betray Ah Zhao" Er Zhuyan looked at Dou Tai quietly, her eyes were very cold and resolute. For a while, it seemed that all the freezing points had fallen at this moment, and she knew that it was difficult to win people's hearts and minds in the tyranny, and she didn't know that there were such a pair of people who were looking forward to his death, let alone when these people's premeditated plans began.

"I" Dou Tai lowered his head in shame, Er Zhurong's kindness to him still remembered, and he also made a lot of determination when he fought against Er Zhuzhao, and when Er Zhuyan asked him like this, Dou Tai felt a little embarrassed for a while.

Er Zhuyan looked at him straight and asked again: "Now that the matter is over, is it necessary to continue to lie to me?" ”

"Alas," Dou Tai said with a long sigh, since he had already decided, there was no need to look ahead. Dou Tai is resolute, how can Zhu Yan not know this. "Since the young master asks like this, I will tell you what I know truthfully" As he spoke, Dou Tai looked down the mountain...

"The cause of the matter has to start with Emperor Zhuang being ambushed" said, Dou Tai slowly told Er Zhuyan about the conspiracy she didn't know, Dou Tai said slowly: "I know that the young master has been tracking Sun Teng, and the young master knows that the cause of the story started with him, at that time, the general of the Zhuguo had just died, and the hussar general ordered to remove Emperor Zhuang to avenge the Lord of the Zhuguo, and the young master can know how many people opposed the hussar general's behavior"

Saying that, Dou Tai glanced at Er Zhuyan, in fact, these originally had little to do with Er Zhuyan, if it weren't for Er Zhuzhao's insistence on killing Emperor Zhuang, it wouldn't be like today. When Er Zhuyan heard Dou Tai say this, she naturally understood.

"I also advised Ah Zhao at that time not to be so reckless. The Son of Heaven respects the ceremony, has its own destiny, and the three outlines and five permanent names are called Zunsheji, but in fact, they respect the hearts of the people. But I don't understand, He Liuhun and Ah Zhao were still brothers and sisters at that time, why did he rebel against Ah Zhao in a blink of an eye"

Dou Tai hurriedly sighed and said: "Since ancient times, it is the people's hearts that are difficult to break, do you think that He Liuhun is only now dissatisfied with the hussar general, but in fact, he has been resentful for a long time, and the young master has naturally not paid attention to the world" Dou Tai looked at Er Zhuyan, slowly walked around him for a moment and continued: "Since the hussar general attacked Luoyang, at that time He Liuhun buried hidden dangers in his heart, and then Er Zhuzhao ordered the killing of Emperor Zhuang, that is, since then the generals have chilled, you say that even the king dares to kill a person at will, How can you be kind to your subordinates?"

"He Liuhun is doing everything today, how can it be done in one day if he is meticulously planned, presumably the death of Changguang Wang Yuanye was also planned by you in advance" Er Zhuyan looked at him very calmly, if this is really the case, she is the only one who has been deceived in the valley. No wonder Erzhu Shilong tried his best to want Gao Huan's life, but he didn't expect it to be because of this. Speaking of which, it was her thought that caused the Erzhu clan to have such an end today.

"Yes! If you want to blame Er Zhu Shilong for being too greedy, Er Zhu Zhao is too narrow-minded, the young master can know why General Zhao is reluctant to enter Guanlong, that is because Er Zhu Zhao and Er Zhu Zhongyuan, Er Zhu Dulu began to suspect each other because of the matter of Heyin, you think they are just political discord, in fact, they have not been in harmony for a long time since that period, there was a pillar of pressure before, once the pillar country is no longer there, their resentment will continue to emerge. ”

Dou Tai said slowly, and Er Zhuyan covered her chest every time she heard this, it was simply overwhelming. Previously, when Er Zhurong was alive, he repeatedly emphasized that clan harmony was the foundation, but no one listened to this.

"When my father was alive, he often said that the Erzhu clan could not have internal strife, and once it was turned around by outsiders, it would be self-defeating" Saying that, Erzhuyan didn't pay attention to the tears on her face, she must have been blown clean by the breeze, and she couldn't see any traces anymore.

"The general of the Zhu State is wise, but he is an immortal, and Erzhu has no leader. Erzhu is in the lineage, the oldest are Erzhu Dulu and Erzhu Shilong, the younger generation of Erzhu Zhao is the most prominent, after the Zhu Guoxian is gone, we are like a piece of scattered sand, if we meet the Ming Lord, we are naturally willing to put down the fight, and ignore the court from now on, but..."Dou Tai said here, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"It's just that the civil strife continues, and the common people are uneasy" Er Zhuyan looked at him, the thoughts of these generals, how could she not understand this, make a name for themselves in troubled times, and keep peace in prosperous times. If it is under the Ming Lord, it will definitely be able to leave its name in history in the future, and it will last forever, which is the dream of any military general.

Seeing this, Dou Tai slowly saluted Er Zhuyan, "Young Master Wise" To be honest, the people he admires in his life are none other than Er Zhurong of this dynasty and Chen Qingzhi of Nanliang, there are few people in the younger generation who have such knowledge, and Er Zhuyan is one of them. However, he has already joined Gao Huan's disciples, otherwise he would be willing to follow Er Zhuyan to create a brilliant future.

"To be honest, I don't blame you, it's your choice, and I respect your choice. If there is a history book to prove all this, it's just that we are waiting for the thorns to act, and the glory of the coming day will not be seen today," Er Zhuyan sighed materialistically and subjectively.

Seeing this, Dou Tai has already said a lot what he should say and what he shouldn't say, and he really shouldn't stay again at the moment, he slowly saluted Er Zhuyan and said: "If the young master wants to find the whereabouts of Zhao Gongzi, he can go to his hometown, but I'm afraid it's too late to go, and there is another thing Dou Tai doesn't know whether to talk about it or not."

As she spoke, Er Zhuyan hurriedly helped Dou Tai up and replied, "General, please speak."

"Since He Liuhun Yecheng raised troops to now, the luck of the Erzhu clan has been determined, and I hope that the young master can comply with the mandate of heaven and do not force it, Dou Tai has something to persuade him, the young master should be careful Hu Sichun, don't go to Hanling"

After speaking, Dou Tai quickly turned around and left, Er Zhuyan stood in place, "Why can't you go to Hanling" She secretly wondered what Dou Tai said in her heart, and when she reacted, Dou Tai had disappeared.

Er Zhuyan looked at Dou Tai's departing back and said slowly, "Dou Ningshi is really a true gentleman."

The sun was slanting westward, and it was already evening when Er Zhuyan returned to the barracks, and she saw people in a hurry, obviously feeling like she had left the camp. She looked at the garrison of the barracks, and the soldiers slowly saluted her before she began to prepare for the camp. "Is this leaving?" Er Zhuyan whispered silently in her heart, and when her familiar face came into view, her originally calm face showed a little waves.

"Zizhi, ingots! Why didn't you see him" Er Zhuyan slowly walked up to Yuan Song, Yuan Song looked at her, and her face showed a little annoyance.

"If the young master really has thoughts, he will not chat with the enemy for a long time, and my son-in-law is worried, he is really a good person in vain" said, Yuan Bao Torch walked quickly with a bowl of soup and medicine.

Seeing this, Er Zhuyan looked at him with a puzzled expression. Obviously, the decoction in his hand is extremely hot, otherwise he wouldn't have changed his hands in a panic "You're back" Yuan Bao Ju glanced at Er Zhuyan, and then said seriously: "Since you are back, drink the medicine" Saying that, Yuan Bao Ju reached out and dragged Er Zhu Yan towards the inside of the tent.

"Did you ask everyone to move out of camp?" Er Zhuyan looked outside, and was dragged into the tent by the ingot torch with a puzzled expression.

Yuan Bao Ju slowly put the decoction on the table, fanned it with a pu fan, and waited until the temperature of the decoction cooled down, and then served it to Er Zhuyan. Seeing the confusion on her face, Yuan Baoju slowly explained: "It's not safe here, the guards who patrolled at the right time found that Gao Huan's spies were moving nearby, and I think there will be a big move in the near future."

"I met a person just now, a general under my Abba's command, his name is Dou Tai. He told me where Ah Zhao might go, and I learned a lot of things from him, and when I found Ah Zhao this time, I thought.."

Er Zhuyan held the medicine bowl in her hand, and kept tugging at the placket of her clothes with both hands. Yuan Baoju knew what she was going to say, thinking that what he knew about Dou Tai had already told Er Zhuyan one by one, since she already knew, there was no need to hide it.

"You want to go to Gao Huan to find out about this matter, right?" Yuan Bao Ju questioned her directly

"I" Er Zhuyan didn't speak, more self-blame.

Yuan Bao Ju looked at her with a cold face, and he couldn't see any color anymore. Seeing this, Yuan Baoju didn't want to say anything, he grabbed Er Zhuyan's finger and put down a piece of ice-crystal-like transparent sucrose in her hand, "The medicine is cold, let's drink the medicine first!" ”

Saying that, Yuan Baoju sighed helplessly and was about to leave, but Er Zhuyan suddenly said when she saw this: "I shouldn't have saved him, it's my fault that Ah Zhao can have today." It's that I shouldn't believe in jackals, and plotting with tigers will only hurt themselves, and there is no other way to save them," said Er Zhuyan, two clear water lines slowly flowed out of Er Zhuyan's face.

"That's not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself. Even if it's not Gao Huan today, there will be Li Huan in the future, Wang Huan's, it has nothing to do with you" As he spoke, Yuan Bao Ju slowly took out a note from his waist, and after thinking about it, he decided to let Er Zhuyan consider the news by himself. "This is my newly received message, it contains your brother's message, whether you want to open it or not, you decide for yourself" After speaking, he put the note next to Er Zhuyan.

Seeing this, Er Zhuyan put down the soup bowl in a panic, and she opened the note with trembling hands, which read:

Huan sent from Yecheng to crusade against Zhao, and Zhao abandoned his feet, so he fled to Xiurong. Huan pursued again, crossed the Chihong Ridge, defeated it, and Zhao's subordinates scattered and fled. On that day, Zhao fled to the poor mountains, killed the horse he was riding, hanged himself from a tree, and buried his corpse.

"Ah Zhao, he" After reading the letter, Er Zhuyan's trembling hand finally had nowhere to put it, and she didn't want to believe it at all and dragged the clothes of the ingots torch and said: "Are you lying to me, right, Ah Zhao, how could he die, he hasn't seen Ziyue's birth with his own eyes, how could he die?"

Yuan Bao Ju knew how hard it was for Er Zhuyan to be true at this moment, but it was so. He wanted to reach out to help Er Zhu Yan, but Er Zhu Yan slipped to the ground without strength. "You tell me, it's not true"

"Mu Qing, it really seems to be cruel, but this is the truth. Your uncle was also killed after the Battle of Hanling, Er Zhu Zhongyuan fled to Nanliang, and now Gao Huan is chasing him throughout the city, now it is not safe here, we must evacuate immediately, I have asked Yuwentai to inform He Bayue, let him be careful Gao Huan, let's leave for Guanzhong now! As he spoke, the ingot torch slowly patted Er Zhuyan's shoulder.

"Ah Zhao, Ah Zhao" Er Zhu Yan cried weakly as she grabbed the placket of the ingot torch. Suddenly, she thought of a person, Pu Juan, and Er Zhuzhao died, and Luoyang would be in chaos. So what will happen to Pu Juan, who is alone in Luoyang, thinking of this, Er Zhuyan slowly grabbed the placket of the ingot torch and got up, she looked at the ingot torch and said. "Ajuan, Ajuan is still in Luoyang, I want to go back, I want to go back to find her"

Saying that, Er Zhuyan drank the decoction for a while and planned to go out with a sword, but when Yuan Bao Ju saw this, he forcibly hugged her in his arms with a distressed face. "Don't go, Hu Sichun has already escorted the family members of Er Zhuzhao and his party to Gao Huan"

"What are you talking about" Er Zhuyan, who was still struggling with the strength, heard the news and no longer had any strength to faint to the ground.

Yuan Bao Ju gradually felt that Er Zhuyan fell on him without any strength, he shook Er Zhuyan's shoulder and saw that there was no response, he hurriedly shouted loudly, "Yan'er, Yan'er, what's wrong with you, wake up"