Huai'an City.

Tension pervades the city.

The four gates were closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, which was a situation that had never been encountered by the people of the city before.

Many shops in the city are closed.

At this time, people have no intention of operating at all, especially the wine shops and tea houses, all of which are closed.

The rebels are approaching the city, if the city is broken, let alone money, even their lives may not be saved, who still has the heart to do business.

However, there are exceptions.

The door was always open.

All the soldiers defending the city were dispatched to patrol the city day and night.

Yin of Huai'an City Mansion personally took his cronies and went to the city every day to inspect the city, for fear that the rebels outside would attack the city.

Ruohuaixi's carriage stopped outside the gate of Yicaotang.

"Is your son-in-law available?" Ruo Wai Xi asked.

The Yicaotang guy said, "It's here, if the son is inside, please." ”

Ruo Huaixi went directly to the backyard after entering the door.

Inside the room, Ye Liyan was sitting behind the table and looking down at something.

There was a lot of stuff on the table, a mess.

Ruo Huaixi couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Ye Liwu has always had a strange temperament, although he can't be called clean, but he has special requirements for the things used around him.

Tea sets and the like must be white porcelain, even with patterns.

The mess on the table like the one now, if it were replaced before, it would not have happened at all.

Ruo Huaixi sat across from him and carefully examined the night.

"Are you alright?"

Ye Liyan raised his head, his face expressionless, and his deep eyes were bloodshot.

Ruo Huaixi exclaimed, "You can't be sitting here all these days waiting for news, right?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao has no news, so he has been waiting here.

Ye Liyan didn't speak, but the corners of his lips moved a few times, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

"You...... You madman. Ruo Huaixi frowned, "Your subordinates have always been cautious, but now there is chaos outside, even if there is news, it can't come into the city, like you, you can only break your body, and when Qiaoqiao comes back, she will be distressed." ”

Ye Liyan lowered his eyes.

He didn't need to think that if he was like this, he would already be angry when he saw him like this.

The brittle voice accuses him, deliberately turns over at night and refuses to face him, and the warm little hands often gently knead his wrists, for fear that he will be left with the root of the disease because of the previous broken tendons......

Ruo Huaixi lifted the teapot on the table and looked at it, the tea inside was already cold, and he didn't know when it was left.

"Someone!" He shouted out the door, "Change the hot tea!" ”

Listening to the wind and rain, he cautiously showed up, and almost immediately brought in new tea, as well as two snacks and a small plate of honey-pickled kumquat mint.

Ruo Huaixi immediately understood when he saw what the two children had sent.

I'm afraid that what they sent before was rejected by Yeli, so they didn't dare to send it again.

Ruo Huaixi personally lifted the teapot and poured two cups of tea, "First drink saliva to moisten your throat." ”

After Ye Liyan picked up the tea cup, his eyes fell on the plate containing kumquat mint leaves, and the expression between his eyebrows became even more gloomy.

Ruo Huaixi pretended not to see, bowed his head and drank his cup of tea, "How many rebels are there outside the city now?" ”

Ye Liyan took a sip of tea, and his voice was hoarse, "Almost three thousand." ”

"So much?" Ruo Huaixi raised his head in surprise, "The government said that there were only 1,500 people. ”

Ye Liyan sneered, "If you misreport the number of rebels, the number of reinforcements sent by the imperial court will not be enough, and some people want to deliberately delay this rebellion." ”

Ruo Huaixi lowered his voice: "It seems that Nalan Ming's will will be obtained. ”

Ye Liyan put down the tea cup in his hand, "He hasn't moved yet, which proves that he didn't catch Qiaoqiao." ”

Ruo Huaixi breathed a sigh of relief, "You think so too?" I've been worried about it for so many days......"

In fact, Night Departure has long been thought through.

Nalan Ming's original intention was to catch Ai Qiaoqiao and use her to blackmail him and let him save the third prince.

But something went wrong, and Qiao Qiao must have escaped, so Nalan Mingyi didn't take any action all the time, just kept putting pressure on him.

"Ye Er's shopkeeper has a good hand, she will definitely find Qiaoqiao back." Ruo Huaixi comforted, "By the way, how is the Lan family in the past few days, have you told her the truth?" ”

Ye Liyan said lightly: "I have sent someone to settle her, saying that Qiaoqiao rescued her, but she was trapped outside the city with Ye Bing and couldn't get in." ”

"She believed?"

The night left the death and bowed his head slightly.

The more this happens, the more pressure he has.

Hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, and Tingyu didn't even care about the rules for entering the door, so he ran in and said, "Childe, Jin Gongzi is here." ”

Ye Liyan and Ruo Huaixi stood up at the same time.

The fourth prince walked in from outside the door, his expression extremely solemn.

When I saw the night, I knew that something was wrong.

"But there's a letter from the imperial capital?"

The fourth prince smiled slightly, "You guessed right. As he spoke, he took the letter out of his sleeve.

Ruo Huaixi was stunned, "When did you receive this letter?" ”

"This morning."

"The four gates of Huai'an City are sealed, how do you communicate with the outside world?"

The Fourth Prince smiled leisurely, "Although my people are not as shrewd and capable as the Night Prince's men, they always have some special methods, and some of them are good at swimming and sneaking in through the moat outside the city. ”

Ye Liyan stared at the letter in the hands of the four princes, but a flash of light flashed in his eyes.

"I don't know where that person is, can the Fourth Highness let me see it?"

The fourth prince smiled, "What the night prince asks, he will naturally agree, but there are some things that I still need your help with, especially those of your subordinates, I want to pick some good kung fu ......"

Ye Liyan listened to the words of the four princes, and his face changed suddenly.

Even Ruo Huaixi's face turned pale in shock.

The two were silent for a moment, then looked at each other.

"Now that the four highnesses have spoken, we have no choice but to take orders." Night Departure and Ruo Huaixi bowed their hands at the same time.

The four princes laughed, stretched out their hands and helped the two of them up.

"I'll leave this matter to the two of you."

At the same time, in the mountain col of Chuanziling.

Ai Qiaoqiao carried Tong Tong on her back, followed the little wolf, turned around along the mountain pass, and finally saw the village in front of her.

"Little wolf?" Ai Qiaoqiao noticed that the little wolf stopped and did not mean to follow her into the village.

"Aren't you coming with us?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked.

The little wolf is now an adult male wolf, tall and healthy, with silver-gray back hair, and a majestic style.

It stood still, clearly with no intention of following her into the village.

Well, it seems that Brother Wu was right at the beginning, it is a wild personality after all, and this time it has been grateful for the old love if it can save itself, and it yearns for freedom and wildness, so it doesn't want to return to the village, and it doesn't want to be a loyal "dog" who cares for people's homes.

"Well, since you don't want to come along, go back." Ai Qiaoqiao put down the girl on her back and walked up to the little wolf to touch its head.

The little wolf tilted his head to avoid her petting, and snorted in his throat, as if complaining that she shouldn't pet it as a young wolf.

"There you go." Ai Qiaoqiao withdrew his hand.

The little wolf lowered his head and rubbed her legs, then turned his head and ran away without looking back.

Ai Qiaoqiao took Tong Tong's hand and went to the village.

This small village is not big, and most of the people living in the village are poor old people, and everyone does not seem to be rich.

However, the people in the village are very kind, and a mother-in-law gave Ai Qiaoqiao and them gruel to drink.

Ai Qiaoqiao told everyone about the rebels outside the village.

The people in the village were horrified.

The rebels besieged the city of Huai'an? Oh my God, what would they do if those people came to their village?

"You can hide in the mountains." Ai Qiaoqiao said, "Even if the house and the ground are destroyed, as long as the people are okay, the most important thing is to do so." ”

The crowd sighed when they heard it.

Those old people were reluctant to leave their share of the family business, and a few of them were over seventy years old, and even said that even if the rebels came, they would not leave.

At such an age, they can still live for a few days, and they want to die on their own kang even if they die.

Ai Qiaoqiao persuaded for a long time but couldn't persuade these villagers, and the children on the side drank porridge, and their spirits were a little wilted.

Ai Qiaoqiao remembered the incident when she rolled down the hillside before, she was so young, and she didn't know if she had been hurt or not.

So he asked the villagers, "Do you have any doctors here?" ”

Someone showed her the way, and she carried Tong Tong on her back to find it.

In front of a straw hut sat two people, the old man bowed his head and laboriously pounded the chopped medicinal herbs, and beside him sat a young girl dressed in white, with an old garment on her lap, sewing and mending.

Ai Qiaoqiao saw them and was stunned for a while.

They turned out to be the King of Medicine and the Little Goose.