The iron cavalry of the Beiliang people surrounded the whole area, and King Yan Cheng and the iron cavalry behind him lined up, holding sharp blades, just waiting for an order, and they were about to attack the city.

The people in the city are all hidden in their homes, especially those royal relatives and nobles, and the wealthy people, who only desperately hide gold and silver treasures, for fear that the Beiliang people will plunder them.

The summer night lasts forever, until the sky is left with a glimmer of sunset.

At this moment, I saw the palace door slowly open, but I saw the young emperor holding the jade seal in his hand, and slowly walked out surrounded by ministers with grief on his face.

Beiliang's iron rider's face did not change color, and there was no sound, only the neighing of horses.

"Lord Wang, this is the jade seal of the country, please don't embarrass the people in the city." The trembling little emperor lifted the jade seal above his head.

King Yan Cheng slowly dismounted, he was eight feet tall and burly, and compared with the young emperor, he looked more and more abrupt.

When King Beiliang entered Beijing, the little emperor had not yet remembered the matter, and today he looked at King Yan Cheng's eagle-eyed wolf, and suddenly looked at Lord Xiangguo with a panicked face.

King Yan Cheng didn't go to pick up the jade seal, but just looked around at the ministers, "I don't know where His Royal Highness the county lord of my family is?" ”

The ministers in the court originally wanted to test King Yan Cheng with the jade seal, but they didn't accept him. Only then did he breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

"His Royal Highness the County Lord has been waiting in the city." But seeing that Lord Xiangguo hurriedly ordered, "Quick, go and invite His Royal Highness the county lord over." ”

I didn't think I could do a cup of tea, but I saw a woman walking slowly at the city gate, wearing a long green dress, she wore a hat, and with every step, the jewels on her body rustled, like silver bells.

She slowly approached. And King Yan Cheng had already opened his arms and hugged her tightly in his arms.

"Uncle."

"You have been wronged all these years, it is all your uncle's fault, even under Jiuquan, and you are ashamed of your father and brother." King Yan Cheng had tenderness and guilt in his eyes.

Lian Zhi'er suddenly shed tears, "Life and death are fate, this is the sin I deserve." ”

And at this moment, I saw that the soldiers behind King Yan Cheng all dismounted and knelt on the ground, putting their hands on their chests, "See the county lord." ”

In the eyes of everyone, Lian Zhi'er's father is the most heroic king of Beiliang, but Lian Zhi'er is the daughter of the king of Beiliang, and the people of Beiliang naturally respect her very much.

This shout was almost earth-shattering, and even the birds in the woods were startled.

The ministers all knew that King Beiliang and King Yan Cheng had a deep brotherhood, and today they saw that King Yan Cheng treated Lian Zhi'er like his own daughter, so he was convinced of this, and he was only glad that he did not kill Lian Zhi'er. Otherwise, it will cause great disaster.

Lord Xiangguo hurriedly said, "The Queen Mother has set up a banquet in the palace, waiting for the prince to enter." ”

King Yan Cheng only glanced at Ah Zeng behind him, but when he saw Ah Zeng's few orders, three thousand elite soldiers climbed the city wall, and those original guards all retreated.

Everyone didn't dare to question it, and they didn't even dare to say a word of dissatisfaction, after all, even the emperor and the queen mother were reduced to being slaughtered.

"Haha, the old man has been in the dust all the way, thank you for the Queen Mother's hospitality." King Yan Cheng stroked his beard, and then gently patted Lian Zhi'er's shoulder, "You go with your uncle." ”

Lian Zhi'er didn't like these in the first place, but she felt that the banquet in the palace was extremely boring, especially those tall palace walls, as if they could shoot her to death in the palace.

"I don't want to go."

"You are the county lord of our Beiliang, how can you not go." King Yan Cheng looked at those ministers, "Today you are entering the palace for your younger brother, but you represent our King of Beiliang today." ”

Lian Zhi'er knew that she couldn't refuse, so she had to agree.

When people were unprepared, Ah Zeng whispered to Lian Zhi'er, "What a good opportunity now, the people of the Manchu Dynasty, who have an enmity with you, don't let you deal with it." ”

The banquet is set in the imperial garden, but I see all kinds of lanterns like silver flowers and snow waves, and there are all kinds of delicacies on the table, and the dishes of the whole world and the north are placed.

The emperor had already been frightened, how could he be willing to come, but he saw that there were two tables on the main seat, and the queen mother was slowly seated by the inner attendant, and obviously the other table was only waiting for King Yan Cheng.

Lian Zhi'er followed behind King Yan Cheng, and when she raised her eyes, she saw the eldest princess with a complicated face, she no longer had the arrogance of the past, she just sat there in a daze, looking dazed.

And in the eyes of everyone, King Yan Cheng pointed to the position next to the Queen Mother, "Go!" ”

Lian Zhi'er was stunned, but she didn't know what she meant, but King Yan Cheng only nodded at her, and she sat down.

Everyone couldn't help but be a little stunned when they saw King Yan Cheng lifting Lian Zhi'er like this, and they didn't know what his idea was.

After everyone sat down, the Queen Mother, dressed in gorgeous clothes, smiled and said, "The mourning family has sent an edict to the soldiers at the border pass, asking them to let the 80,000 soldiers from Beiliang enter Beijing." ”

"They are all vulgar people who have never seen the world, and now they have a long history in Beijing." King Yan Cheng stroked his beard and smiled, his voice as loud as a bell.

"Seeing that it's already autumn, the people of Beiliang are only afraid of asking for grass, I don't know when the prince will go back?" After all, Lord Xiangguo couldn't help but say it.

There was a dead silence.

After a long time, he saw King Yan Cheng smiling, and only said slowly, "Don't hide it from the Queen Mother, we entered the palace today to thoroughly investigate the assassination of my brother in Beijing back then." ”

Everyone's faces changed. Only then did I know that this King Yan Cheng looked gentle on the surface, but it was more difficult to figure out than the former King of Beiliang.

"This ......" the Queen Mother couldn't help but turn pale.

Lian Zhi'er also squeezed the wine cup in his hand tightly, and his knuckles were white.

And at this moment, she saw Shi Ran sitting at the table through the crowd. His pale eyes also fell on her face, still gentle as water, unfazed.

Everyone had a share in the murder of King Beiliang, and if you want to say that the mastermind was decided by the Queen Mother herself.

"When my brother entered Beijing to quell the rebellion, he was also at the behest of the Queen Mother, but it seemed to be unclear at the beginning, didn't the Queen Mother remember his kindness? Pity Beiliang now, only orphans and widows are left. ”

King Yan Cheng seemed a little aggressive, obviously he would never give up on this matter easily.

"It was just a misunderstanding at the beginning, and the mourning family chased ......"

Before the Queen Mother's words were finished, she heard King Yan Cheng sneer, "The original matter has been investigated and understood by the king, and the person who planned it at the beginning, Ruan Lu, has been arrested and brought to justice, and I don't know how to deal with it, so I ask the Queen Mother to decide." ”

When the eldest princess heard this, her face had already changed, and she suddenly got up from her seat.

Ruan Lu left behind an army of 100,000 and disappeared, and everyone did not expect that he would be in the hands of the Beiliang people.

The Queen Mother was also taken aback, and she suspected in her heart that Ruan Lu's disappearance was all calculated by the Beiliang people.

"The Queen Mother." The eldest princess suddenly lost her sense of proportion, and said in public, "Ruan Lu was originally for the sake of the country, you can't cure him." ”

In an instant, there was an aura of slaughter, and everyone did not dare to gasp loudly.

"The Lord of Nature has already understood. It's up to you to decide, his life and death are all in your hands. The Queen Mother's tone was dignified, and she didn't seem to care about Ruan Lu's life and death at all.

After hearing this, the eldest princess felt like she had been struck by lightning, and then looked at Lian Zhi'er beside the Queen Mother.

"His Royal Highness the county lord is the concubine of my family Ruan Lu, and the two already have children, and I ask the prince to remember this kindness and spare his life." The eldest princess's face was full of humility.

"Presumptuous, how can my county lord of Beiliang be a concubine for others?!" King Yan Cheng sneered, "The old man already knows about this matter, Ruan Lu defiled the county lord, and even forced her to commit to being a concubine, and her crime should be punished." ”

When the eldest princess heard this, she became more and more disheartened, and couldn't help but put all her hopes on Lian Zhi'er.

"County Lord, my Ruan Lu has all kinds of mistakes, but he treats you very well, and he does not hesitate to go against my mother for you. One day husband and wife for a hundred days, and besides, you already have Akong, you will let him go. ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Lian Zhi'er, and at this time, everyone also knew that if the Beiliang people didn't kill Ruan Lu, he wouldn't survive, so he abandoned the army and fled, causing the Beiliang people to enter the capital, which was a big crime of the Jiu clan.

Lian Zhi'er was a little overwhelmed for a while, and she just drank a glass of wine. At this time, he was already confused.

She looked at Shi Ran, then at her uncle, who shook his head at her.

"Uncle is right, the county lord was just coerced at the beginning." Lian Zhi'er took a deep breath, "I don't have the slightest affection for Ruan Lu. ”

The eldest princess fell into her chair and fainted in despair, and everyone hurriedly carried her back to the mansion.

Lian Zhi'er poured another sip of wine, only to feel extremely bitter and spicy.

King Yan Cheng smiled again, "Now there is also a sinner among us who plotted to murder my brother. ”

After speaking, his knife-like eyes swept over everyone, and the ministers were all terrified, their faces were full of horror, and they were even so frightened that they almost passed out.

Only one person was still sitting upright.

"Someone come, give the dye to this king and take it down, and watch it immediately." Yan Chengwang's voice changed suddenly, full of coldness.

Lian Zhi'er was shocked. Subconsciously wanted to stand up, but Ah Zeng, who was standing behind her, quickly pressed her shoulder and said in a low voice, "County Lord, if you intercede at this time, he will definitely die." ”

When Lian Zhi'er heard this, he really sat back in his place.

At this time, he saw that the Beiliang people who were already covered in armor came up to arrest Shi Ran, and Shi Ran only glanced at Lian Zhi'er, and he didn't resist at all.

But even so, the whip in the hand of the Beiliang people still threw it on him.

Lian Zhi'er had seen that kind of whip, with iron wire twisted inside, and it hit a person, and it had to break a bone.

The guard just wanted to scare the courtiers at the banquet and prevent them from thinking about it, and then waved the whip again.

"Stop." Lian Zhi'er couldn't sit still anymore, and reprimanded, "This is a banquet, the Queen Mother and Uncle are still here, how can you beat people?" ”

The guard immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Highness the county lord forgive your sins." ”

Lian Zhi'er only felt that his heart was like a knife, "Stay with Master Shi and find a doctor to give him a good look at the injury." ”

Only then did everyone remember how the ridiculous lord of Beiliang County was obsessed with dyeing four years ago, thinking that he was still a thief now, and he didn't care about his husband being beheaded, but now that he was whipped, he was in a hurry.

King Yan Cheng was also thoughtful. He said to the guard, "Go down." ”

Seeing that Shi Ran was captured and taken away, the people at the banquet became more and more uneasy, and the Queen Mother was even more strong to support her weak body and drink with King Yan Cheng.

King Yan Cheng quickly drank two jars of wine, and then said to the Queen Mother, "This king begs the Queen Mother to make Liang Yan the regent and be in charge of the world's military horses." ”

As soon as this remark came out. The people in the court have already understood that this Liang word seems to be the internal response of King Yan Cheng, and the 20,000 Beiliang people were actually put into the capital by him.

The Queen Mother held back the anger on her face, and had to smile and say, "Liang Yan is really a genius in the world, it is rare for the prince to value him so much, he will return to Beijing in two days, and the mourning family will naturally seal him." ”

King Yan Cheng staggered to his feet, "I don't know how long this king will stay when he comes to Beijing this time." As long as the Queen Mother gives some military horse fees and some gold and silver, we can return to Beiliang. ”

Everyone already knew that this King Yan Cheng was clearly a lion's mouth, and he didn't know how much gold and silver he wanted before he was willing to leave.

He is not the original King of Beiliang, who dares to calculate him.

Those courtiers were all staring at each other, and no one dared to speak for a while.

King Yan Cheng had already staggered to his feet, "This king is really not strong enough to drink, so he took his leave, thank you for the mansion sent by the Queen Mother, it must be excellent." ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Lian Zhi'er and said slowly, "Let's go." ”

Lian Zhi'er followed her uncle out of the palace gate, but saw that the city gate was full of Beiliang people, and the queen mother and the emperor were just caged birds.

I just went out of the palace gate, but I saw that King Yan Cheng had no drunkenness on his face at all.

Lian Zhi'er took a deep breath, "Uncle, why did you kill Ruan Lu and Shi Ran, is it to avenge my father?" If there was no Queen Mother, would they dare to do this? ”

Yan Chengwang's eagle-like gaze fell on her face, "Zhi'er, the old man saw him when he was at the border, and the old man saw him lead the troops to recapture the city. ”

Lian Zhi'er's heart tightened, but he knew that his uncle was a man of his word, and the things he decided would not change.

"Uncle knows that you have a lot of relationship with him, but if we leave the Central Plains, I'm afraid that sooner or later he will hit Beiliang." King Yan Cheng already had killing intent in his eyes, "Cut the grass and eradicate the roots, otherwise he will become a catastrophe in the future." ”

"When is Uncle going to kill him?" Lian Zhi'er said slowly, "I have a marriage contract with him, and I also have a concubine document, so I have to ask for a letter of resignation." ”

King Yan Cheng saw that Lian Zhi'er gave up interceding for Ruan Lu so quickly, and couldn't help but be very satisfied. He only said slowly, "The old man will not kill a person in the Central Plains, otherwise it will only make the people of the Central Plains enemies of us, and Ruan Lu is the royal prince and noble." Rest assured, his killer will soon come to the capital. ”

Lian Zhi'er's heart was already clear, and she murmured slowly, "Liang Yan has long been an uncle's person, right?" ”

"Yes." King Yan Cheng didn't want to hide it from her, "Liang Yan is not very ambitious, now he is cooperating with us, each taking what he needs, he can still block arrows for us, but he is an excellent chess piece, and the only thing he can't tolerate is Ruan Lu." ”

Lian Zhi'er frowned and asked, "I don't know what method my uncle used to transfer Ruan Lu from the border pass, it's really strange that his temperament can be calculated by others." ”

King Yan Cheng only listened to Liang Yan's suggestion at the beginning, so he used such a strategy. Although he put Lian Zhi'er on the charcoal fire, he really succeeded, but even he didn't expect that Ruan Lu would have such a deep affection for Lian Zhi'er that he actually ran back from the border gate for her life.

But King Yan Cheng couldn't tell Lian Zhi'er, so he only smiled, "Although he is a brave and resourceful person, after all, he is a young and vigorous person, and he didn't think about it, so he fell into the trap of the old man." ”

Lian Zhi'er saw that King Yan Cheng refused to say, so naturally he couldn't ask more.

"Uncle, please spare Shi Dye." Lian Zhi'er's eyes were full of pleading, "My uncle has treated me very well since I was a child, and now I only ask you for this one thing, please agree, I can't watch him die." ”

King Yan Cheng had already understood Lian Zhi'er's thoughts during the banquet, and just nodded slowly, "Good boy, your father is gone, and your uncle will treat you like his own daughter, but you remember that even if you saved him today, you must not take him back to Beiliang." ”

Lian Zhi'er's heart was like a knife, "Why? ”

"You can forgive him, but the Beiliang people won't, it was he who made our Beiliang people lose the greatest prince, and countless people lost their husbands and fathers." King Yan Cheng hugged Lian Zhi'er, who was full of tears, in his arms, "Good boy, uncle will find you the best husband." ”

Lian Zhi'er's voice was choked, "Let me pick him up." ”

King Yan Cheng instructed Ah Zeng beside him, "Take the county lord with you, and protect him." Ruan Lu was also there, ready to return the pen and ink, and let him write a letter of resignation. ”

After speaking, he quietly glanced at Ah Zeng, and only told him that he must not let Ruan Lu say something that should not be said in front of Lian Zhi'er.

Ah Zeng nodded slowly, and then took Lian Zhi'er to the cell where Shi Ran and Ruan Lu were held.

Lian Zhi'er didn't expect to lock them up next door to each other, and when Lian Zhi'er went, both of them looked up at her.

Originally, Ruan Lu was leaning against the cold wall and slamming the wall with his fist, his face full of hatred, as if he was going to go out and fight to the death with the people of Beiliang at any time.

When he saw Lian Zhi'er, he rushed over and grabbed Lian Zhi'er's arm through the railing, "It's really good that you don't have anything, I thought you were ......"

He also thought that she was really executed by Ling Chi, then he could only live in endless pain in this life, and he would never forgive himself in his life, nor would he be the Beiliang people who used her.

Seeing this, Ah Zeng hurriedly pulled Ruan Lu's hand away, and snorted coldly, "I actually took the initiative to move my feet with my family, believe it or not, I cut them all down." ”

Ruan Lu looked at Ah Zeng with anger on his face, and then said slowly to Lian Zhi'er, whose face was pale, "Don't be afraid, I have nothing to do, we will be together soon." ”