Yan Zixi smiled awkwardly, and was thinking about how to get out, but saw the man in black tear off his mask.

"Xi'er, it's so late, where are you going?"

Seeing that familiar handsome face, Yan Zixi was stunned for a moment, and then let out a sigh of relief.

"Jingcong, it's you! You said it earlier, it almost scared me to death! Yan Zixi complained while reaching out and patting her chest, and whispered something there in her mouth, "Zixi is not afraid...... Zixi is not afraid of ......"

Xiao Jingcong looked at Yan Zixi with a straight face, "Xi'er, you are wearing a night suit, where are you going?" ”

"I ...... I ......" Yan Zixi hesitated, her expression was in a trance, she glanced at Xiao Jingcong, and hurriedly pointed at him and said, "Jingcong, aren't you also wearing a night suit?" Where are you going? ”

"Naturally, I'm here to watch you and prevent you from doing anything stupid." Xiao Jingcong smiled faintly, "Actually, if you don't say it, your husband also knows where you're going, you must want to sneak into Cloud City to see Zhang Huatian, right?" ”

Yan Zixi stuck out her little tongue when she heard this, and said stupidly: "Jingcong, nothing can escape your eyes...... Jingcong, just let me go! I want to help you, how can I just be tied up like this?! I don't want to give up even if I have the slightest chance......"

"Xi'er, I know you want to help me, but it's too dangerous for you to find that Zhang Huatian alone, how can you rest assured? Not to mention that the entire Cloud City is under martial law now, and you can't even enter the city gate......"

"Huh? Why is this ......" Yan Zixi was so anxious that she stomped her feet, suddenly thought of something, blinked her eyes and said to Xiao Jingcong: "Jingcong, then why don't you just go with me?" ”

"Me?!"

"That's right, you're so powerful, it's definitely not difficult to send me into the city, besides, that Zhang Huatian also wants to meet you, now is a good opportunity." Well, it's such a happy decision! ”

Without waiting for Xiao Jingcong to answer, Yan Zixi rushed to answer for Xiao Jingcong. Then, regardless of whether Xiao Jingcong was willing or not, he took Xiao Jingcong's arm and walked out of the camp, rode a fast horse and galloped towards Cloud City......

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When they arrived at the city of Yuncheng, Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi dismounted, Xiao Jingcong patted the horse's back and let the horse go back to the camp by himself, while he took Yan Zixi to hide in the haystack to explore the movement at the gate of Yuncheng.

Since the outbreak of fighting last night, the gates have been significantly more heavily guarded. Although it was already the middle of the night, the guards at the city gates were still increasing.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Jingcong frowned slightly, and said to Yan Zixi: "It seems that there is no way to leave this city gate, and entering from the main gate will inevitably startle the snake......"

"Jingcong, what are we going to do then?"

"Follow me."

Xiao Jingcong put on the mask again, and then pulled Yan Zixi along the city of Cloud City, slipped to the middle wall and stopped. Although there are fewer guards here, what stands in front of Xiao Jingcong is a moat, and ordinary people can't cross this moat and climb the towering city wall, but who is Xiao Jingcong?

Such an obstacle is as simple for him as it is to cross the road in the early morning.

Xiao Jingcong suddenly hugged Yan Zixi's waist, turned her head and reminded her: "Xi'er, hug me tight!" ”

"Ahh......h Do you want to ......" Before Yan Zixi's words fell, Xiao Jingcong had already risen up, crossed the moat high, and suddenly rushed towards the high part of the city wall like an arrow.

Yan Zixi closed her eyes in fright, if it weren't for the fear of alarming the defenders in the city, she would have screamed at the top of her throat.

After a while, Xiao Jingcong gently patted Yan Zixi's shoulder and said softly to Yan Zixi: "Xi'er, we are here, we can open our eyes." ”

"Ah~oh......" Yan Zixi opened her eyes in shock, at this moment she and Xiao Jingcong were standing on the top of the towering city wall, looking down at the distance of dozens of feet below, Yan Zixi suddenly felt a little panicked in her heart, "Okay...... It's so high......"

The night breeze blew Yan Zixi's hair, and the dark backs of the two of them looked so complementary in the moonlight. 666 Literature Network

If it weren't for something important, enjoying the cool air and admiring the moon on the tower of this city would be a kind of leisure and elegance.

After climbing the city tower, Xiao Jingcong took a look at the city, and then took Yan Zixi to carefully avoid the guards patrolling in the city, and quietly slipped down the city to the roof of the city lord's mansion.

Taking advantage of the gap between the handover and change of guard guards, Xiao Jingcong fell gently from the roof with Yan Zixi in his arms, and then went straight to Zhang Huatian's room.

Who knew that when Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi arrived in the courtyard, they saw that Zhang Huatian was sitting alone next to the balcony in the courtyard drinking, as if he had already known that Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi would come to him.

"City Lord Zhang, why are you here?"

Yan Zixi walked over and asked with a puzzled face.

Zhang Huatian heard Yan Zixi's voice, stood up, and bowed to Yan Zixi, "Minister Zhang Huatian greets Princess Xiao!" Saying that, he looked at Xiao Jingcong who was standing behind Yan Zixi out of the corner of his eye, and immediately knelt on the ground again, and saluted: "Weichen see Xiao Wangye, Wang Ye Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”

Xiao Jingcong stepped forward, glanced at Zhang Huatian with cold eyes, and snorted coldly: "Get up, City Lord Zhang." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Zhang Huatian thanked him, and then invited Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi, "Lord, princess, please take a seat, Weichen has prepared a fine wine, and please be able to appreciate the princess." ”

Xiao Jingcong didn't say much, and after walking to the veranda with Yan Zixi and sitting down, Zhang Huatian quickly took a clean wine glass and poured wine for Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi.

After pouring the wine, Zhang Huatian held up the wine glass, and respectfully toasted to Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi, "Weichen respects the prince and princess!" With that, he drank all the wine in his glass.

When Xiao Jingcong saw it, he stopped Yan Zixi, who was about to drink, and he drank the wine in the cup himself.

"Good! Xiao Wang Ye is really massive! Wechen will fill you up again! Seeing this, Zhang Huatian picked up the wine jug and prepared to pour wine for Xiao Jingcong, but was stopped by Xiao Jingcong.

Xiao Jingcong's face was expressionless, and he asked Zhang Huatian calmly, "City Lord Zhang, visiting late at night, you should know what we are talking about, right?" ”

"What the prince and princess think can I guess as a minion?" Zhang Huatian gave Xiao Jingcong and Yan Zixi a high hat to wear, and degraded himself extremely humble.

"Hmph, Ming people don't say secret words! City Lord Zhang, this king knows that you are a smart person, and a smart person should do smart things. Last night, the king's army clashed with the combined forces of Northern Liang and Yuanxia, dare to ask the city lord Zhang, where were you at that time? Where are the defenders of Cloud City? Xiao Jingcong was not angry but threatening, and the momentum emanating from his body was threatening, and Zhang Huatian could barely stand.

Zhang Huatian hurriedly knelt on the ground and asked Xiao Jingcong to calm his anger, "The prince is angry, the prince is angry!" Weichen slept very early on weekdays, and slept very deeply when he was asleep, completely unaware that there was a war outside the city last night. If you know that the prince's army is fighting with the thieves, Weichen will do his best to help the prince even if he is out of Cloud City! ”

"Oh? You mean you're asleep and don't know anything? Xiao Jingcong tilted her head and asked sharply.

"Yes! Wechen still knew the news this morning. Knowing that Xiao Wangye was brave and invincible, he won more with less, and defeated the Northern Liang Yuanxia coalition army, and wanted to go out of the city in person to reward the three armies, but Weichen was worried that Yuncheng was empty and the enemy had an opportunity, so Weichen didn't dare to go out to meet with you, and asked for forgiveness! ”

This chapter Huatian not only explained why he didn't go out of the city to help last night, but also explained why he didn't go to see him today, which is really well understood.

Such people are often the most terrifying. Even Xiao Jingcong couldn't help but glance at this Zhang Huatian in front of him a few more times, looking at the deep gaze in his pupils, Xiao Jingcong couldn't guess at all.

"Okay, the hard work of the city lord of Zhang, this king has understood, this king will ask you again, now that Beiliang and Yuan Xia colluded to form a coalition of 100,000 troops to suppress the border, and now they are staring at Yuncheng with fierce eyes, I don't know what good plan the city lord of Zhang has?" Xiao Jingcong continued to ask silently, trying to probe Zhang Huatian's tone.

Hearing this, Zhang Huatian smiled slightly, and replied: "Lord Xiao, although this Cloud City is strong, the defenders in the city are only tens of thousands, and if you face the rush of 100,000 troops, I am afraid you will not be able to resist for long." However, if the enemy army surrounds and does not fight, the grain and grass in the city can be supplied for half a year. Half a year later, it will be a cold winter, and the Northern Liang and Yuanxia Liang armies will definitely not be able to withstand the severe cold, and they will naturally retreat at that time......"

"Joke! Do you want this king to shrink in Cloud City and hold on for half a year? Xiao Jingcong was slightly angry, and Yan Zixi hurriedly persuaded on the side, "Jingcong, don't be angry first, see what City Lord Zhang says." ”

The look on Zhang Huatian's face didn't change much, he didn't seem to care if Xiao Jingcong was angry or not, hearing Yan Zixi speak for herself, Zhang Huatian smiled at her slightly, and then continued: "Lord Xiao, Weichen definitely doesn't want you to be a turtle with a shrunken head and stick to it without fighting!" But the current situation is indeed very dangerous, the thieves are powerful, it is not suitable to fight, they can only outwit, if they can gather the defenders who defend all over the northern Xinjiang, there is no need to be afraid of any Liangxia coalition army. ”

Xiao Jingcong shook his head and disagreed with Zhang Huatian's approach, "The situation in northern Xinjiang is turbulent, and all the passes are held in critical places, if these soldiers and horses are taken out without authorization, there will definitely be opportunities for those small countries around to take advantage of them, and then won't Da Xiao become a fat piece in the eyes of all countries?" ”

"What Prince Xiao said is extremely true, in this way, Wei Chen has no good way to retreat from the enemy, please forgive Lord Xiao!" Zhang Huatian arched his hand and asked Xiao Jingcong for sin again.