When Duan Shao saw the word "Moying", a glimmer of hope rose between his eyebrows, he poked out his fingers and dipped his fingers in the cup, and wrote "How is it now" on the table, while saying, "Make some effort?" What do you mean? What strength do you want to do for the people of Chu? ”

Shen Tuluo said: "Your Highness, our soldiers and horses in Puyang are already dead chess, no matter who can win in the end between Chu and Han, Puyang's soldiers and horses will not be their opponents, and in the end they will just die for the country." ”

"They are the soldiers of Daqi, and they should have fought to the last soldier." Duan Shao said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the Grand Governor thinks they should disarm and surrender?" ”

Shen Tuluo had already written the words "Void and Snake Waiting for the Opportunity" on the table with his fingers, but he sighed in his mouth: "This is naturally also a choice, but if you want to keep the bloodline of the Great Qi Imperial Family, you must pay some price." The people of Chu need us to persuade the soldiers and horses on the side of Linghu Xiang, if we ignore them and don't cooperate with them, we are afraid of ......! ”

"Afraid of what?" Although Duan Shao's mouth was cold, he looked at the water characters on the table, and then looked at Shen Tuluo, and nodded in understanding.

Shen Tuluo said: "I'm afraid that the people of the Chu people will have evil thoughts, which is not good for His Highness." If His Highness really let Ling Huxiang disband the soldiers and horses and do something for them, the people of Chu would not be indifferent. The minister will find Qi Ning tomorrow and explain the conditions to him, he is the favorite minister of the emperor of Chu, and reaching an agreement with him is like reaching an agreement with Chu, Your Highness, the matter has come to this point, we don't need to fight hard with them, we can think about what conditions should be put forward to them. ”

Duan Shao sighed and said, "I don't have any clue, Metropolitan Governor, in your opinion, what should we do?" ”

When Shen Tuluo and Duan Shao were discussing, under the darkness of the night, several fast horses were stopped in front of the yamen of Huize City County, and immediately several people were all wearing black cloaks, wearing hats, and the movements of dismounting were neat and crisp, and the soldiers guarding in front of the county yamen had already stopped in front of the main gate, and someone had already asked in a deep voice: "Who is coming?" ”

One of the hat-bearers stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "I have been ordered to pass on the decree to meet the Lord Protector immediately!" ”

When the guard heard that it was the emperor's order, he bowed slightly and asked cautiously, "Yes.... The people in the palace? ”

Behind the hat man, a short and fat man in black raised his hand and picked the hat upward, revealing a chubby face, the eyes on the big round face were very small, and his voice was gentle: "I'm tired and tired, just say that Qu Xiaocang is ordered to see you!" ”

The guards didn't dare to delay, and quickly went to report, and it didn't take long for them to see Xuanyuan Po walking out quickly, Qu Xiaocang and several of his subordinates saw Xuanyuan Po, and immediately greeted him and said, "Meet Senior Brother!" ”

Xuanyuan Po was also very happy when he saw Qu Xiaocang and the others, bowed his head slightly, swept the person on the side, and said in surprise: "Little junior brother? That person was Yan Lingxian, the captain of the broken military academy, and arched his hand: "Senior brother! ”

The people from the Shenhou Mansion suddenly came to Huize County, which really surprised Xuanyuan Po, and he didn't say much, raised his hand and said: "The little grandfather is waiting, the second junior brother, the little junior brother, you follow me to see the little prince, and the others are waiting for the time being." "Brought everyone into the county office, and the other people stayed in the courtyard to wait, only taking Qu Xiaocang and Yan Lingxian to see Qi Ning.

Qi Ning was originally discussing with Xuanyuan Po, but he suddenly had to report to Qu Xiaocang to ask to see him, and he was indeed surprised, and when a few people arrived in the hall, Qi Ning had already gotten up and said with a smile: "Second Senior Brother, why are you here?" ”

Qu Xiaocang and Yan Lingxian stepped forward to pay their respects, looked around, and saw that there were no other miscellaneous people, Qu Xiaocang said softly: "Guogong, we are in accordance with the will of the Holy Lord, we have come to recall Guogong and return to Beijing as soon as possible!" ”

"Returning to Beijing for deliberations?" Qi Ning asked, "But is it because of the Qi people?" ”

Qu Xiaocang shook his head and said: "What is the specific matter, the subordinates are not very clear, but they ......!" After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his voice and said, "When my subordinates saw the saint, they found that the saint's complexion was very bad, and it seemed to be ..... Sick! ”

Qi Ning's color changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Sick? Worried, he immediately asked: "But because there have been too many political affairs recently, the emperor has not rested well, so he .....!" ”

"The subordinates don't dare to speak up." Qu Xiaocang said: "The emperor has a bad complexion, he looks weak and weak, and he ..... He didn't have much strength to speak, and when he summoned his subordinates, he didn't say much, but only asked his subordinates to bring people to recall Guogong, saying that there were confidential and important matters to discuss, and asked Guogong to rush back as soon as possible. ”

Xuanyuan Po frowned and said: "Second junior brother, you are also a little familiar with the technique of ambiguity, can't you see the reason why the emperor is slightly ill?" ”

"Senior brother, I can only see that the emperor may be sick, but it is really difficult to see what kind of illness it is." Qu Xiaocang sighed: "The emperor urgently summoned the prince back to Beijing, which is likely to have something to do with the dragon's body. ”

Qi Ning groaned slightly, and then said: "The emperor sent Chi Fengdian to lead the troops, do you know?" ”

"The subordinates know that Chi Fengdian led the troops out of Beijing." Qu Xiaocang said: "The day after Chi Fengdian left Beijing, the Holy Lord summoned me and sent us here, and repeatedly told me to ensure that the national security is in danger and there must be no mistakes, so my subordinates brought several elites from the Shenhou Mansion to come." He said to Xuanyuan again: "Senior brother, you also want to go back to Beijing together this time." ”

"Is it the emperor's will?"

Qu Xiaocang shook his head, but said in a low voice: "The emperor is in poor health, and I always feel that there is something strange about calling the prince for this reason. The Shenhou has already gone, and the Shenhou Mansion has no leader, at this time, the senior brother must return to Beijing immediately to stabilize the Shenhou Mansion in case there are other changes in the capital. ”

Qi Ning and Xuanyuan Po's faces became solemn.

Qu Xiaocang came in person and told the emperor that he was in poor health, this news was extraordinary, although Qu Xiaocang did not dare to say anything about the emperor's body, but this person, as the second senior brother of the Shenhou Mansion, was naturally very alert, since he said that there was something strange in this, there must be something unusual.

Qi Ning thought in his heart, in the court of Chu State, there are only two forces that pose a threat to the little emperor, one is the King of Huainan and the other is the Sima family, but these two forces have now been eradicated, it stands to reason that the situation in the capital should be very stable, and there should be no mistakes.

Suddenly, my heart sank, and I secretly wondered if there was something wrong with the harem?

He has not forgotten that now the queen of the Great Chu Empire is a native of Qi, Princess Tianxiang married to the Chu State, and its purpose was to strengthen the alliance between Qi and Chu.

The little emperor sent Chi Fengdian to escort Shen Tuluo back to Beijing first, and it stands to reason that Chi Fengdian could directly send a decree to recall himself back to the capital, but Chi Fengdian did not receive such a decree, and the little emperor sent someone from the Shenhou Mansion to deliver the decree, which was naturally unusual.

Moreover, the little emperor instructed that Qi Ning must be protected, is it possible that in the eyes of the little emperor, when Qi Ning returns to Beijing, he will encounter accidents?

No matter what the reason is, the emperor urgently summoned himself back to Beijing, there must be a big event, Qi Ning groaned slightly, and finally said: "Second senior brother, there is still something to do tonight, tomorrow morning, let's leave immediately." ”

Qi Ning's last thing, of course, was to meet Shen Tuluo.

When Qi Ning saw Shen Tu Luo, Shen Tu Luo seemed to have been prepared for a long time and was waiting in the house, in addition to Shen Tu Luo, Duan Shao, the crown prince of Eastern Qi, was also present.

Duan Shao sat on the chair, as if he wanted to maintain his dignity as the prince of Qi State, when Qi Ning entered the house, the prince did not get up, but just stared at Qi Ning with a pair of resentful eyes, and only waited for Qi Ning to sit down on the chair opposite before he sneered: "I didn't expect that we would meet on such an occasion." ”

"Your Highness has always been good?" Qi Ning smiled slightly: "I know that His Highness may be a little unhappy in his heart, but now, it doesn't matter what happened before, what matters is what will happen in the future." ”

Shen Tuluo also sat down on the chair, stared at Qi Ning and said, "I just want to ask you, from now on, can every word you say to us be guaranteed to be fulfilled as promised?" ”

"If you can't do something. I'm not going to say it tonight! ”

"I hope you don't break your word." Shen Tu Luo said slowly: "You should know that my first condition is to ensure that His Highness is foolproof. ”

Qi Ning said: "My queen of Great Chu is the princess of your country, as long as Your Royal Highness and the Metropolitan Governor are honest and attached to my Great Qi, I can guarantee in the name of the Jinyi Qi family that Your Highness will not only not be harmed in any way in the Chu State, but also the emperor will definitely reward him, at least to ensure that His Royal Highness will have no worries for the rest of his life." ”

Duan Shao's lips moved slightly, and he wanted to speak again, but he didn't say anything after all.

"In addition, the Chu army has now occupied the land and city of the Qi State." Shen Tu Luo said: "Your Highness doesn't want the Chu army to do evil on the land of Qi, after all, the people on the land of Qi used to be His Highness's people, and His Highness will never sit back and watch his own people suffer in the past." ”

Qi Ning nodded and said: "Your Highness is attached to Great Chu, then the people of Qi are the people of Great Chu, and it is naturally impossible for my Great Chu to harm his own people, which His Highness and the Metropolitan Governor can rest assured." ”

Shen Tu Luo looked at Duan Shao, Duan Shao pondered for a moment, and finally sighed, Shen Tu Luo took out a letter from his arms, waved his hand and threw it to Qi Ning, Qi Ning took it, Shen Tu Luo had already said: "The letter has been written, Ling Hu Xiang saw this letter, and knew that it was written by me, and the content in it could be checked, but after receiving this letter, how Ling Hu Xiang dealt with Puyang's soldiers and horses, it is not up to me to control." ”

Qi Ning didn't look at it carefully, put the letter into his arms, and said: "The emperor has sent someone to welcome the two into Beijing, if the governor and His Royal Highness have no objections, tomorrow morning, we will set off to return to Beijing together!" ”