In the siege of Lezhou, Xuan Qi led a team of less than 1,000 people and captured the city of Lezhou, which was garrisoned by more than 2,000 people in Daxin, without a single soldier, which soon became a beautiful talk on the Kyushu mainland.

Xuan Qi sent soldiers to pacify the people in the city and hurried to the city gate, and put together the corpse of General Pei Yuan, who had been untied by his own hands when he entered the city, and then a white cloth slowly covered General Pei's face without a trace of blood.

The night was quiet, the moonlight was a little dim, as if the killing just now had not happened, only the whistling wind could be heard passing in people's ears, and everyone present looked solemn, expressing endless reverence and sorrow for General Pei Yuan.

After that, Xuan Qi sent people to escort General Pei Yuan's body back to Beiyue Wangcheng overnight.

Watching the escorted team go out of the city and gradually move away, Xuan Qi sighed, clenched his fists, and raised his head in a daze at the dark yellow moon in the sky.

Ji Qianning on the side looked at him quietly, unable to bear it, and slowly stepped forward and gently held his cold fist.

Xuan Qi suddenly looked down at her, and in those eyes, Ji Qianning saw pain, compassion and helplessness...... She knew that no amount of words would pale at this time, and she could only give him a gentle look, a firm look that would be with him at all times.

Xuan Qi's heart warmed, and he stretched out his hand and held her tightly.

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The army was renovated in the city of Lezhou, and in the early morning ten days later, when the first rays of sunlight sprinkled on the earth, Su Wei, who was standing on the city tower, saw a mighty team heading towards the city, and when the flying black battle flag was getting closer and closer, he suddenly became happy, and hurriedly ran down the city tower, opened the city gate, and was ready to greet him.

The galloping war horse stopped, a man stepped off the horse, Su Wei quickly ran to his side, and looked excited: "Brother, you are finally here." ”

The man smiled and patted Su Wei on the shoulder a few times: "You kid is stronger." After saying that, he hugged him.

"Brother, it's been hard all the way."

The man let go of him with a smile: "Quickly take my brother to see His Highness." ”

"The master has been waiting for a long time, and my brother comes with me."

This man is Su Yi, he is the eldest son of the Su family in the north of Biancheng City, young and heroic, while Su Wei is only a concubine, even so, it does not affect the deep friendship between the two brothers.

When Su Wei took Su Yi to meet Xuan Qi, Xuan Qi was looking at a topographical map of Meizhou City and its surroundings, and when he saw Su Yi returning with his army, he immediately ordered Su Wei to summon several other generals to discuss the plan to attack Meizhou. A few days ago, Lezhou was captured, and I think that Meizhou will definitely strengthen its defense when I hear the news, and this battle cannot be taken lightly, and it is necessary to make detailed and thoughtful arrangements.

Two days later, Xuan Qi planned to leave Ji Qianning and Xuan Yi in Lezhou, and personally led the Xuanjia army to Meizhou, six days later, the good news spread to Lezhou City, and the city celebrated together, at this time, Ji Qianning's heart was finally put back in the stomach.

Despite this, this battle was still tragic, thousands of Xuanjia Army brothers died tragically, and even Xuan Qi was left with two knife wounds on his body.

On this day, the weather was gloomy, and it rained after a while, and the rain washed away all the turbidity, which made people look forward to it in their hearts.

Ji Qianning thought to herself, now that she has met Xuan Qi, she no longer needs the useless men's clothes in the package. So, a few days ago, she found a clothing shop in the city and made two neat women's clothes in the style of Hufu.

At this time, she was dressed in black, the collar and cuffs were decorated with red, a red belt was tied around a slender waist, and she wore half an auspicious cloud jade pendant around her waist.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and she stood on the city tower with an oil-paper umbrella in her right hand, with a solemn expression, always looking into the distance.

After a while, Xuan Yi came to her with an umbrella: "Sister-in-law, are you thinking about Brother Wang?" ”

"Hmm." For this title, Ji Qianning seemed to have accepted it a long time ago, "Eleven, you are still young, why do you want to come to the battlefield to experience." ”

Xuan Yi's eyes became firm, and he was generous: "I want to be as strong as Brother Wang, besides, it is a man's responsibility to protect the family and defend the country." ”

Ji Qianning looked at him, her eyes were full of appreciation: "Eleven, what do you want to do most after the war?" ”

Xuan Yi suddenly laughed: "I want to eat the pastries of Baoding Zhai, the candied fruits in the Chengnan Market, the 'Yijiangnan' in Qingfeng Building in the west of the city, and again, drink 'Xunxian' once, but I am nearly sixteen years old, but Brother Wang does not allow me to drink." ”

Ji Qianning suddenly smiled at him and said, "Regardless of him, I'll drink with you when I go back." ”

"It's a deal." Xuan Yi grinned, he suddenly thought of something, reached out and touched the sachet in his arms, and a trace of happiness flashed on his face inadvertently, "Shake hands with the person you want to see." The rain grew louder and louder, obscuring his last words.

It was almost noon, the rain gradually decreased, and a group of more than ten people appeared outside Ji Qianning's residence, she heard the sound, vigilantly pushed open the door, and saw the dark night and the man who treated her as a thief in the study of King Ling's mansion that day.

At the right time, Xuan Yi also appeared outside the door.

"Your Highness, girl, the master ordered me to wait to pick up the two of you and go to Meizhou." Dark Night said, handing Xuan Yi a sealed letter.

Xuan Yi opened it to check, and it was Brother Wang's handwriting printed on the brocade silk, and he asked the two of them to go to Meizhou quickly with the dark night.

Without further ado, the two packed up, took their hats, went out and stepped on their horses, ignoring the drizzle that still did not stop, and immediately drove out of the city with the dark night and the others.

Lezhou to Meizhou need to ride a horse forward for more than a day, everyone rushed for a long time, the sky gradually darkened, the road at night was dangerous, several people found a more hidden place, planning to go on the road overnight, the next morning again.

At the beginning of the drizzle, the ground was wet, and the raindrops on the surrounding grass and trees had not yet dispersed, and it took a lot of effort for the dark night and others to find the branches that were not much wet by the rain to build two fires, and moved a few ashlars to put next to the fire, and when the water traces on the surface were dry, they let Ji Qianning and Xuan Yi sit on it to rest, and after a while, they brought a few hares to clean up and put them on the fire to roast.

The aroma was overflowing with the wind, and at this time, Ji Qianning felt a trace of hunger in her stomach, she saw the dark night rolling the hare extremely seriously, while the man next to her was flustered, and then asked suspiciously: "Dark night, what is the name of the son next to you?" ”

Before the dark night could react, he only heard a voice: "Huh? The man was flattered by this sound, so he became even more flustered and stammered and replied, "Belong, the subordinate's name is Bai Day." ”

Ji Qianning suddenly frowned: "Who came up with this name?" ”

"Return, return girl, it was given by the master when he accepted me." Daylight's face turned red.

Ji Qianning suddenly shook her head speechlessly, and looked at Xuan Yi with a smile: "Eleven, your brother Wang really knows how to name it." ”

Day, night? Xuan Yi reacted and laughed along.

At this time, Bai Tian suddenly stood up and saluted Ji Qianning, his face full of embarrassment.

"What is this?" Daylight's behavior startled everyone.

"Girl, I didn't know the identity of the girl that day, and I bumped into the girl, please don't see the girl like a villain." As he spoke, his head lowered and lowered.

Ji Qianning reacted from the shock at this time, it turned out that it was for the events of that day, and she finally understood why Bai Day's gaze was always dodging herself: "That's it?" I don't remember for a long time, don't take it to heart, sit down. After saying that, he looked at him with a smile, so that he might feel that he was kind.

Sitting down during the day, hearing Ji Qianning's comfort, his heart relaxed a lot, and he squeezed out a smile stiffly.

The drenched clothes were almost dry, but even so, after a gust of wind, Ji Qianning still tightened the cloak on her body, and the night in early April was still very cold.

After everyone was full and ready to rest, they suddenly heard the sound of rustling in the grass not far away, and looked, hundreds of people gradually approached them, reflecting the light of the torches, and vaguely saw that it was the costume of the Daxin cavalry, and these people were obviously coming towards them.

Xuan Yi and Dark Night and the others immediately got up and drew the sword in their hands, ready to defend.

Ji Qianning suddenly made a stop move, outnumbered, and could only outwit. She glanced at the people around her, fortunately, in order not to attract people's eyes, they were only wearing ordinary clothes, and suddenly her gaze swept to the jade jue on Xuan Yi's waist: "Eleven, quickly put away Peiyu." ”

Seeing Xuan Yi take Yu Jue in his arms, Ji Qianning continued to speak: "Everyone be careful, don't reveal your identity, don't act rashly, put away your sword." "It's not loud, but it's enough for everyone to hear.

At this moment, the Daxin people had already surrounded them in the middle, and the burly leading man suddenly shouted: "What person? ”

Ji Qianning glanced at the person who spoke coldly, and clenched the sword in his hand.

"Commander, don't talk nonsense with them, just get rid of them." The man next to the man who was called the commander had a grim face.

"Huh?" There was a hint of anger in the commander's tone, extremely dissatisfied with the man's self-assertion.

Seeing this, Ji Qianning had a plan, and suddenly took a few steps forward to salute everyone: "Let you adults be frightened, we are all businessmen who came from Daze to travel, and it is getting late, so we will rest here." Ji Qianning looked flattering, and Xuan Yi was frightened by her sudden change.

"Since you are a merchant of Daze, why are you all dressed in black, why do you know how to wear a sword, why do you come to Beiyue?" The commander asked a series of questions.

Ji Qianning walked to the commander's side with a smile, and the Daxin knight immediately picked up the sword to defend, and Xuan Yi and the others behind him also pulled out their swords and rushed up, and the atmosphere was extremely tense for a while.

Ji Qianning turned her eyes, turned around and signaled Xuan Yi and the others not to be impulsive, then turned around and raised her hand to open the scimitar in front of her, her smile was even stronger, she said softly to the commander: "The world is uneasy, the sword is only for self-defense, wearing black clothes, but also to hide people's eyes and ears, alas, in this world, the little woman can only do some black-hearted business, take advantage of the war between the two armies, and make some national disasters, this is also a helpless move to make a living, please let me wait for a way out, the little woman will always be grateful for the kindness of the adult." As he spoke, he took out a few gold pendants from his bosom and put them in the commander's hand, "These are just like little women inviting adults to drink." ”

"Really?" The commander snorted coldly and threw the golden pendant at her feet, "Come on, tie up all these people to the marshal, if they are merchants, they will be handed over to the general for interrogation." ”

The commander also had a calculation in his heart, if it was really a merchant, they could use them to make a fortune to replenish the army, and if not, it would not be too late to kill them.

Seeing this, Xuan Yi and the others were ready to fight to the death, Ji Qianning shook his head, they had to cancel the plan in their hearts, the form was extremely unfavorable to them at this time, it was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and a hard rush would only kill them for no reason.

Ji Qianning let them take their swords and escort them forward, and in the second half of the night, they were taken to a camp and locked in a tent, and in the early morning of the next day, they were taken outside another big tent, tossing all night, and the faces of several people were a little haggard.

"General, the man has been brought." The commander clasped his right hand to his chest and bowed his head to report respectfully to the people inside.

"Come in." A deep male voice came from the big tent.

Immediately, they were pushed into the tent by the commander and other soldiers. Ji Qianning raised her eyes and looked, only to see the man in front of her dressed in red with his back to them, his back was a little majestic, looking spotless, and for a moment, she felt a little familiar.

The man turned around slowly, and when his eyes stayed on Ji Qianning, there was some disbelief in his eyes, but when his eyes were fixed on her forehead, his eyes suddenly reddened, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

Ji Qianning saw the person coming clearly and was shocked in place.