The two men in front of them did not stop at all.

Liu Wuniang had no choice but to speed up her pace to catch up, stop in front and say again: "His Royal Highness King Li, I have a secret ......"

Ye Han stood still and looked at her: "This king usually kills the unworthy generals quickly. If you don't want to die, don't hang out in front of this king, and ask Chu Weiyang if he can give you a way to live. ”

"He, what can he give me a way to live?" Liu Wuniang stood timidly, pitiful.

Ye Han thought about it seriously and said, "There are always wounded in the army, and I can give you one for the errand of washing and cooking." ”

Liu Wuniang's eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at Ruan Qingzhi again for some reason.

Ruan Qingzhi was inexplicably stunned by her, and hesitated: "Don't look at me, I don't care about the affairs of the army...... Why don't you come and make me a maid? ”

Liu Wuniang was so angry that her eyebrows were raised, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You think that I am only worthy of being a maid for you, right?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi nodded seriously: "The general of the defeated army is still the one who does not obey the control, and the way out is either to perform lowly service in the army, or there is only one way out." I am willing to ask you to be my maid, that is a great favor to you. ”

Liu Wuniang sneered, and looked at Ye Han again: "I know a secret of King Jin, which may be related to the ownership of the throne of the prince. Now I can tell you the secret, but you have to promise me one condition! ”

Ye Han looked helpless and shook his head. Ruan Qingzhi also shook his head, and then let out another long sigh.

Liu Wuniang glared at her angrily: "What do you mean by sighing?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi was helpless and smiled: "I sigh that you are killing yourself." The reason why His Royal Highness tolerates you until this moment is because he admires your loyalty to King Jin. Now that you don't even have that loyalty, I can't think of any reason why you should continue to run amok with disrespect. ”

Liu Wuniang was not afraid, and smiled mockingly at her, and then still looked at Ye Han: "Please consider it carefully, Your Highness." The king of Jin relied on that secret, and he was bound to win the position of the prince. You don't have to think that you can sit back and relax with the Northwest Army in hand, maybe the next time you return to Shangjing, the dragon chair will have been replaced. ”

Ye Han smiled and spoke, "What conditions do you want to exchange with this king?" ”

Liu Wuniang's eyes fluttered to him, and then glanced at Ruan Qingzhi from the corner of her eye, and a smile bloomed on her face: "I want Your Highness, accept me as a concubine." ”

"Ahem......" Ruan Qingzhi choked on a breath of cold wind, hugged Ye Han's arm and coughed violently.

Liu Wuniang's smile deepened, and her tone was much softer than before: "Didn't the county lord say that Bi'er can only be a maid?" When Bi'er serves His Royal Highness, she can naturally stay by the county lord's side and serve, I don't know what the county will do? ”

"Belle." Ruan Qingzhi coughed, gritted his teeth and sneered: "This name is really annoying as always." ”

Liu Wuniang was not angry, with a sweet smile on her face, very delicate and lovely. She looked up at Ye Han with a sincere gaze: "Has Your Highness agreed?" ”

Ye Han squinted his eyes and looked at her: "If you do this today, I will relay it to the fifth brother as it is." ”

Liu Wuniang's eyebrows frowned slightly, and then returned to normal: "Bi'er believes that His Highness will not do anything more." Of course, even if you want to do this, Bi'er has already followed the new owner, so she doesn't care if the old owner is happy or not. ”

"In this way, it is not even the last point of shame." Ye Han commented.

Liu Wuniang's face suddenly turned red. She gritted her teeth fiercely, suppressed the surging hatred, and said word by word: "In front of the man she loves, a woman wants to let go of her shame and self-esteem. Your Highness, Bi'er is sincerely obedient. ”

Ruan Qingzhi's face was already very ugly.

Ye Han hurriedly grabbed her hand and gently scratched it twice in her palm, which was regarded as a gesture of goodwill.

Liu Wuniang just stared at Ye Han, her eyes burning: "Your Highness, have you agreed?" ”

Ye Han grabbed Ruan Qingzhi's hand, and noticed that her fingertips were a little cold, so he immediately pulled her up and lifted her feet and left: "Go back and say." ”

Liu Wuniang was overjoyed, hurriedly followed, and stretched out her hand to support Ye Han's arm: "Your Highness, I'll pick up ......"

"Don't!" Ye Han shook his hand violently, and the cold and hard spikes on the bracer almost poked Liu Wuniang's face.

Liu Wuniang hurriedly retreated, and stood in place for a long time before gritting her teeth to keep up, barely maintaining a distance of one step.

Back at the residence, Ye Han hurriedly poured hot water to warm Ruan Qingzhi's hands, brought a blanket for her to cover her legs, and then brought the brazier to her feet and put it away, serving her very considerately.

Liu Wuniang stood beside her, frowning: "How can Your Highness do such a thing!" ”

"I can't help it!" Ruan Qingzhi raised his head and looked at her, with a helpless expression: "I said that Your Highness should have married a few concubines earlier to serve me, make a bed, be made by a fire, cook, and lead a horse to fall...... But His Highness has always refused, so he has to do it himself! ”

"You!" Liu Wuniang's eyes widened, "You want His Highness's concubine to serve you?" Isn't it true that you serve His Highness with your concubines? ”

"What?" Ruan Qingzhi's eyes widened, "I am the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the county lord!" How can I possibly serve others? Besides, didn't you just say that you would serve me well after becoming Your Highness's concubine? Why didn't Your Highness agree yet, and you swallowed that sentence? Are you ready to kick your nose and bully me? ”

Liu Wuniang was so angry that she smoked.

Ye Han took a frozen fruit and put it by the stove to warm it, and sat down next to Ruan Qingzhi: "Don't quarrel with people, your voice is not good yet." ”

Ruan Qingzhi pursed his lips.

Liu Wuniang was a little uncomfortable standing opposite, so she had to bow slightly and speak again: "Your Highness, I ......"

Ye Han raised his hand to interrupt her words, and said in a deep voice: "The truth about the plague seventeen years ago is not only known to the fifth brother. Why do you think that having mastered such a well-known 'secret' can force this king to endure disgusting and listen to you? ”

Liu Wuniang was taken aback: "You, you...... Did you know? ”

"I know," Ruan Qingzhi took over, "doesn't it mean that the plague seventeen years ago was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor!" You said that the king of Jin is bound to win the position of the prince, is it possible to achieve the so-called 'secret' that this person knows? ”

Liu Wuniang stood in a daze for a long time, and suddenly became anxious: "How can everyone know about this matter!" It's a big secret! Once exposed, the entire Ling Dynasty will be overthrown by the angry people! Your Majesty can't let this secret leak out, you can't know! ”

"But the truth is that we already knew," Ruan Qingzhi continued to hit her, "I thought you could tell me something new, it turned out to be this!" Miss Liu, this bit of broken news is not worth His Highness taking the position of a concubine in exchange! ”

Liu Wuniang shook her head again and again and muttered, "Impossible, impossible." ”

She suddenly raised her head again and hissed, "You're lying to me, aren't you?" You can't know, and if you do, you can't be so indifferent! Lord Qingyang, you are from the Prime Minister's Mansion, do you know that if that incident spreads......"

Ruan Qingzhi continued her words and said, "Our Ruan family will face the disaster of annihilation. Because my father came up with the idea back then, it can be said that my father was also one of the initiators. ”

Liu Wuniang opened her mouth.

Ruan Qingzhi rubbed his hands and continued: "It's not that we're cheating you now, it's that you're cheating us." But it doesn't matter, everything we know can tell you: that incident was my father's idea, and the emperor adopted it, and then handed over this important task to the Tai Hospital. Later, when the epidemic got out of control and the people's hearts were unstable, His Majesty was furious and dealt with some of the people in the Tai Hospital, but the most sinful people survived because they each found a way to save their lives. ”

She spoke word by word very slowly, like folk fireside gossip, and she was not in a hurry at all.

Liu Wuniang was already panicking. She waited for Ruan Qingzhi to stop talking, and immediately interjected urgently: "How do you know this...... Ruan Van Trung shouldn't tell you these things! ”

"I found it out in the hospital." Ruan Qingzhi kindly explained to her, "A while ago, in order to restore the prescription for the plague, His Majesty allowed me to go to the Tai Hospital to consult the classics, and then I found out a lot of secrets. ”

"Impossible!" Liu Wuniang jumped up anxiously, "Once that incident is pulled out, thousands of lives will be compensated, Du Jinlan has always been so nervous that she can't wait to sleep and put on her chew, how can you find out!" ”

Ye Han and Ruan Qingzhi looked at each other silently.

Ruan Qingzhi quickly smiled and said, "Imperial Doctor Du, his person is indeed fine. But as soon as he was negligent, he was busy framing others, and he did too many bad things, so he inevitably showed a little bit of sloppiness, so didn't he let me catch it? To tell you the truth, even the 'evidence' that he secretly hid to save his life has already fallen into my hands. ”

"It's even more unlikely!" Liu Wuniang's face was flushed, and her eyes were round and she looked like a fighting: "Du Jinlan's evidence has already reached His Royal Highness, how can you be in the secret room of the Jin Palace-"

Her voice stopped suddenly.

Ruan Qingzhi immediately continued: "What's so rare about the secret room?" It's not like I haven't been to King Jin's house, including the things Ling Shuang did in the east of the city, I don't know which one! ”

"Chengdong?" Liu Wuniang's face softened a little, revealing a mocking smile: "The east of the city is the place where he detains and interrogates those fools, there are nothing rare there, unless you have been to the Drunken Cloud Tower!" ”

"What is the place of the Drunken Cloud Tower?" Ruan Qingzhi was puzzled.

Ye Han immediately answered her doubts: "Qinglou." ”

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned: "So all the unsightly secrets and evidence collected by King Jin are hidden in the Qinglou?" Isn't this bullying, who would have thought that! ”

"Since it's a secret, naturally it can't be thought of by ordinary people!" Liu Wuniang raised her chin, a little proud.

But neither Ruan Qingzhi nor Ye Han showed frustration. The two looked at each other and nodded.

Liu Wuniang stared at the two of them for a while, and suddenly her face changed: "You, you...... You're really lying to me?! ”

Ruan Qingzhi nodded honestly: "Thank you, Miss Liu." We really didn't think of anything in the Drunken Cloud Building, but now we know. ”

Liu Wuniang took two steps back, her face turned from red to white, and her blood was completely gone.

But then she laughed again: "I knew it...... I knew it! You don't think I'm really going to be honest with you, do you? You want to get the truth from me, you dream! ”

"So you weren't going to tell the truth." Ye Han stood up, "Then there is no need to spare you, this king does not leave people who lie here." ”

As he spoke, he drew his sword.

Liu Wuniang staggered back, but she fell on the threshold and fell, so frightened that she tore her throat and screamed.

When the tip of the sword was only half an inch away from her neck, Liu Wuniang broke down and cried: "I didn't lie, I didn't lie!" Temple...... The secrets collected by King Jin were all hidden in two secret rooms in the Drunken Cloud Tower, one of which had the mechanism behind Miss Chuyun's bookshelf, and the other in His Highness's own room, and I didn't see him open it! ”

After she finished speaking, Ye Han withdrew his sword and instructed the soldiers outside the tent, "Take it out and deal with it." ”

The soldier took the order in awe.

Liu Wuniang cried and refused to leave: "Your Highness, I have already told you everything I know, you can't treat me like this......"

Ye Han ignored it, put down the curtain and turned back, still sitting down beside Ruan Qingzhi.

Ruan Qingzhi sighed twice and sighed: "His Royal Highness King Li is really ruthless, such a big beauty, you don't even look at it and 'deal with it'?" ”

"Where is the beauty?" Ye Han frowned, "Although there are few women in the army, you can't talk nonsense with your eyes open, and when you see a woman, you can say that she is beautiful, right?" ”

"Yo!" Ruan Qingzhi laughed, "Your taste is quite tricky, and ordinary beauties can't look at it?" ”

Ye Han nodded heavily: "Of course!" I'm used to seeing the peerless glory of the county lord of Qingyang, and then look at those vulgar fans, it's a strange thing to be able to get into the eyes! ”

"You're so sweet!" Ruan Qingzhi reached out and pinched his cheek, "Why is your heart so ruthless?" ”

Ye Han turned his head and broke free, took her hand, and smiled bitterly: "I have lived by killing people for many years, and I am not ruthless." ”

Seeing this, Ruan Qingzhi knew that he was in a bad mood, so he had to stop joking, hugged his arm and rubbed it.

Ye Han patted the top of her head and sighed: "Liu Wuniang is a dangerous person, and she has to be removed." But even more dangerous is the old five. He's ......"

Ruan Qingzhi patted his thigh and said hurriedly: "I think the most dangerous thing is Imperial Doctor Du!" Those days in Tai Hospital, I thought he was a good person! I thought all the bad things were done by Chu Shen! If it weren't for Liu Wuniang to say, give me a few more brains, I wouldn't have thought that it would be Imperial Doctor Du! ”

Doctor Du, Du Jinlan, the head of the hospital, is highly respected, and the doctor is elderly.

He did that thing in the first place? So the things in the library building of the Tai Hospital, including the secret compartment, the letterhead and the poison inside, were all his ghosts?

Ruan Qingzhi went back and forth and found that it did make perfect sense. Originally, she thought that the letterhead was deliberately left by Ling Shuang to reveal to her the incident seventeen years ago, but now that she thought about it, it was obvious that it was more likely that the real murderer had left it to blame Chu Shen.

She was tricked. Seventeen years ago, it was Imperial Physician Du who did that evil thing, and the bad things she encountered in the Tai Hospital were also because of Imperial Physician Du!

Ruan Qingzhi was annoyed and confused at the same time.

If Imperial Physician Du was the real culprit, then how could Chu Shen explain what he had done before and how he showed such obvious hostility towards her?

It's a mess. Is the adult world so difficult to understand?

……

After beheading Liu Wuniang, the incorporation of the Zhenwu Army was not hindered. Chu Weiyang selected a few brave generals from the team who were quite popular with his comrades as brigade commanders, and assigned two centurions who came back from the northwest to accompany the supervising army.

Just like the private soldiers who incorporated King Qing not long ago, even if someone complained, they were quickly suppressed, and they didn't even make a big splash.

After all, the secrets that King Jin held could not be made public. In the eyes of the soldiers, King Jin was just an ordinary prince with no characteristics, so it was definitely a matter of asking for it to join King Li.

It took three days for the Northwest Army to be integrated and integrated, and then Yehan reported to Jingzhong the victory of suppressing bandits, and sent a letter to the local governor, suggesting that he arrange for homeless poor people to live after this town is vacated, give grain and farm tools, and income to the stable side of household registration.

There is a beginning and an end, and there is nothing wrong with Beijing and the local government.

After arranging these, it is time to continue north to the next place where the bandits gather.

Yehan still only brought about a hundred people, and the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers were camped into the mountains to settle down, and they didn't know where to hide.

Ruan Qingzhi took a closer look and found that at most half of the more than 100 people accompanying him were real officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army, and the rest were selected from the recruited team.

There are contacts and contacts, which means that there are also old people from the Northwest Army in the newly incorporated team, which is enough to rest assured.

Ruan Qingzhi found that Ye Han was completely familiar with these things, and then he knew that the reputation of the Northwest Army was by no means earned by relying only on combat bravery.

The soldiers are not tired of deceit, and those treacherous and strange methods can be completely coped with by the night cold.

Then there's nothing to do with her!

Before, Ruan Qingzhi was afraid that Ye Han would be brave and unscrupulous, but now she feels that she should be more worried about herself - she should be careful, don't be bullied by this guy who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger!

Ruan Qingzhi, who was deeply frustrated, said goodbye to Ye Han, but the latter disagreed: "I'm afraid that the situation in Beijing is not good now, I don't worry about you going back." ”

"It's because the situation is not so good that I should go back!" Ruan Qingzhi was a little anxious, "Neither of us is here, who knows what your father and those brothers will do?" In case ......"

"Don't worry," Ye Han reassured, "If the father is really so useless, the fourth and fifth will not even get the position of prince for so many years." ”

His old man regarded his adopted son as a Gu cultivator, and now only one and a half of his nine sons have been abolished, far from the time to open the lid.

This is really not a comfort to Ruan Qingzhi. She leaned back on the saddle and said urgently, "Then I should go back all the more!" Your seven brothers have all done their best to show in front of the emperor, only you are not there, then you will suffer a lot! No, I've got to go back and fight for you!" ”

"It's really unnecessary," Ye Han said with a smile, "The county lord of Qingyang is not afraid of the wind and snow to follow thousands of miles to help this king suppress bandits, this is the most important thing to fight for this king's face." ”

"But I can't help much." Ruan Qingzhi was aggrieved and deeply frustrated.

Ye Han squeezed her hand and smiled: "You are here, you are doing the king a great favor." ”

Ruan Qingzhi didn't understand this very well and would be skeptical.

Seeing this, Ye Han had to explain to her in a low voice: "Even if we are not in the capital, the situation over there will not be completely under their control. The letter soldiers of the Northwest Army are not only used to transmit messages, but also, have you forgotten to build the incense building? ”

Building incense building, of course Ruan Qingzhi remembers. It used to be one of the most famous gold caves in Shangjing, and after the accident of King Rui, he was implicated and couldn't open it.

After they couldn't go on, those girls scattered to the major green buildings in Shangjing, and now they ......

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned: "It's been so long, are those girls still doing things for you?" I thought they had rebelled! ”

Ye Han glanced at her: "My girls are not so easy to rebel. What's more, it's only been half a year now, where has it been for a long time? ”

"Yo-" Ruan Qingzhi stretched out her voice, "your girls?" ”

The vinegar was pervasive, and the night cold laughed.

Ruan Qingzhi snorted heavily, but didn't drink the bottle of vinegar again. She thought about the intricacies of the capital, and knew in her heart that Ye Han couldn't have no arrangements at all, so she gradually let go of her heart.

It's just that she still insists that she can do more for him when she returns to Shangjing.

Ye Han's explanations still couldn't make her show her face, so she had to tell her worries truthfully: "Those people in the fifth child may have to act in advance." When you return to Beijing at this time, you will inevitably be snatched by them like fat mutton. I think it's safer for you to stay with me. ”

"Huh?" Ruan Qingzhi looked at him in astonishment, "It turns out that you also think I am like fat mutton!" Where the hell am I fat? Where's the fat?! ”

Ye Han couldn't answer, so he just laughed.

However, Ruan Qingzhi also understood at this time: the princes are about to seize the heirs, and whether the "Heavenly Destiny of the Phoenix" that she has blown out is true or not, someone will definitely rob it.

So she can't fall into someone else's hands. As long as she stays with Ye Han, Ye Han can't lose.

What's more, the night cold still has the great merit of suppressing bandits. After a few days, when they return to Shangjing, no matter whether it is morning or evening, the emperor and courtiers cannot ignore His Royal Highness King Li, who has made great achievements in war.

If that's the case, then stay with him.

Ruan Qingzhi wrapped the newly sold cloak in the town on the road, and sighed in the wind: "I'm not afraid that I will die at the hands of bandits, but I feel that it is a little harder." ”

Ye Han looked at the scar left by the frostbite on her hand after the swelling of the frostbite subsided, and did not speak.

Suppressing bandits and fighting wars is indeed drudgery. Even if this little girl is willing to endure hardships, he is reluctant to let her stay with him all the time.

Therefore, we still have to calm down the chaos quickly and go back to Beijing as soon as possible.

A team of more than 100 people galloped across the official road. Ahead is the wind and snow and unknown hardships, behind is the sound of firecrackers and thousands of lights.

The old year is excepted, and the new spring is solstice.

The New Year, which they had forgotten about because of the plague, wind and snow, has finally arrived.