In the north, near the important town of Hancheng, in a deep mountain similar to Qi County.

As soon as a battle ended, the soldiers were able to clean up the battlefield, heal the wounded, and collect bandits.

Ruan Qingzhi sat on a boulder with his legs dangling and watched the excitement, feeling quite bored: "It's only been more than 20 days and I've played three games, and every time it's the same routine, it's really boring!" ”

"If it weren't for the same routine, it would be broken," Ye Han walked over and smiled, "Are you expecting us to lose?" ”

"Forget it then!" Ruan Qingzhi immediately shook his head.

Ye Han took a new hand stove and replaced the one that was cold in her hand, and sat with her to watch the soldiers go back and forth.

Ruan Qingzhi simply leaned on his shoulder and asked lazily, "How many more fights do you have to fight before you can go home?" ”

Ye Han counted her fingers and showed her: "Qi County, Dou County, Hancheng, we have fought three times, and a total of more than 20,000 people have been recruited. According to the number of 30,000 people that Liu Wuniang said, there will be two more fights at most, and we can go home. ”

"Two more!" Ruan Qingzhi complained, "I haven't felt too cold in the past few days, and after two more fights, maybe the willows will sprout!" ”

Ye Han looked up at the bare branches and said with a smile: "Not so fast, the snow melted late this year." However, we can walk slowly, and it is best to return to Beijing in March and April, when the city will inevitably be full of flowers. ”

"The city is full of blood, right?" Ruan Qingzhi sighed, "The 'blood' of 'blood flowing like a river'. ”

Ye Han laughed when he heard this: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, where does the blood flow like a river?" Do you want to rush back to see the people of Rui Wangfu? ”

Ruan Qingzhi shook his head and said, "Forget it", and sighed again: "I think that Ling Shuang seems to be humble but is actually very ruthless, now that he is the crown prince, he may not be able to kill in Shangjing." Not to mention anything else, An Guogong's family, I don't know how miserable it will be when it falls into his hands. ”

"In that case, we're going to get back soon." The smile on Ye Han's face also faded.

During this time, news of going to Beijing kept coming, and many of them completely exceeded his expectations.

He originally thought that Ling Shuang was cautious and restrained, and even if he became the prince, he would not be too sharp; Unexpectedly, before the first lunar month, Jingzhong had already raided the Anguo Mansion, and the fourth prince Ling Xiao, who had been tried for several months, was also convicted, and several important ministers in the court were also implicated.

If you do the math in this way, I am afraid that there are already four or five hundred heads swaying around their necks, which is not very stable.

And this number continues to increase, and no one knows how many or who will be added tomorrow.

If Ling Shuang is allowed to go on like this, Shangjing will really become his own world.

During this period of time, Ye Han analyzed what Ling Shuang had done, and he also felt a little frightened.

For so many years, he has not shown the mountains and waters, and he has held the secrets of so many people in the palace and the court in his hands, but he quietly let King Rui jump up and down and claim to be the prince.

When King Rui fell and King Li left Beijing, he suddenly burst out like a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows, accurately grabbed the position of the crown prince in his hands, and then vigorously turned over old cases, checked old accounts, and wantonly excluded dissidents.

The transformation was so rapid, as if he had always been like that.

In front of such an opponent, Ye Han did not dare to take it lightly. For the incorporation of the Zhenwu Army, he used twelve points of caution; The news from Beijing and the DPRK came every day, and he analyzed the arrangements with Chu Weiyang and Ruan Qingzhi every day, and he did not dare to slack off for a day.

But after all, when something big happens, people can't fly back like pigeons.

Ruan Qingzhi also thought of this, suddenly sat up, and asked, "In the past, when you were on the northwest border, did you personally go into battle every time you fought?" Is there no time to sit in the tent and strategize? ”

"Absolutely." Ye Han smiled, "Most of the time the soldiers are fighting, what I often do is to lead the soldiers to train and patrol the border, unless I accidentally collide with the enemy, there are not many times when I go into battle in person." ”

When Ruan Qingzhi heard this, he immediately came to his senses: "So, this time the bandits are the same!" The soldiers have already done these things, and the remaining one or two are still for them to fight by themselves, can't we go back to Beijing? Don't always feel that you have to take the lead in going to the battlefield, now Beijing is also a battlefield! ”

"I know that," Ye Han grabbed her, "but it's not that simple. ”

Ruan Qingzhi frowned and leaned back on his shoulder.

Ye Han analyzed with her:

"First, if you can think of this idea, the fifth child may not be unexpected. He will definitely be wary of me, maybe there are his people around here or even around me, and he will definitely know as soon as I return to Beijing. ”

"Second, although the first few battles were quite smooth, the fifth child has always been cunning, and there may not be no killer moves in the back, so I really can't go back to Beijing at this time."

"Third, I am standing by force. After several battles, nearly 30,000 soldiers were recruited, how could I be willing not to do such a good thing myself! ”

Ruan Qingzhi's heart suddenly froze when he heard this, and he jumped up in a hurry: "So have you ever thought that these 30,000 'bandits' may be the bait that Ling Shuang prepared for you!" Nowadays, you are like a fish in the water, you eat the bait one bite at a time, the more you eat, the happier you are, but you don't know that the next bite is about to bite the hook! ”

Ye Han nodded: "I do have such worries, so the next battle must be fought by me personally." I can't stay out of it and watch the soldiers bite the hook for me. ”

Ruan Qingzhi's heart was sour, and he sighed.

Ye Han immediately hugged her, and his tone was a little relaxed: "Don't think nonsense. Even if I'm a fish, not even any big hook can catch me. In this game, Ling Shuang may not be able to win against me! ”

"But," Ruan Qingzhi was still uneasy, "is it possible that the matter of suppressing bandits is just a pretense, and the real bureau is set up in Shangjing?" For example, while you are not there to set off some storms, and for example, after you triumph, you will be charged with a crime or something - you are not fighting a real bandit, but a real military army, which is a felony in itself! Is it possible that the emperor also knows about the real army pretending to be bandits......"

Ye Han was silent for a moment, sighed and smiled bitterly: "You finally thought of this layer." ”

Ruan Qingzhi turned his face and looked at him in amazement.

Ye Han hooked the corners of his lips mockingly: "The Zhenwu Army is not Lao Wuyang's private soldiers, but his father instructed him to recruit and raise them." Even if the fifth child concealed something, it was impossible for the father to be completely unaware of the existence of the Zhenwu Army, let alone not to know that the Zhenwu Army had fallen into the grass to kill the people. ”

Ruan Qingzhi listened to his analysis quietly, and suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

If this bureau was not set by the King of Jin but by the emperor, wouldn't Yehan be calculated more thoroughly?

Don't say that the king of a country can't do this kind of thing, he can give up hundreds of thousands of people to get rid of a Ji king, how can he not give up 30,000 soldiers to frame Ye Han?

Could it be that King Jin sat on the throne of the crown prince so smoothly because he was the person chosen by the emperor from the beginning? Many of the previous things were planned by the two of them?

This possibility is really chilling.

If that is the case, when the day and night are cold and triumphant, will the emperor "justly" get evidence to prove that he exterminated not the bandits but the Zhenwu army of Southern Qi?

That's a great sin, the kind that can't save his life for any reason.

The more Ruan Qingzhi thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he was so anxious: "This can't work, no matter what you do, you may fall into the trap, aren't we being slaughtered now?" ”

"So, I'm not done yet." Ye Han then stood up and grabbed her.

Ruan Qingzhi refused to stop, and circled around him: "If you haven't finished speaking, you should finish it quickly!" Have you even thought about your own future? ”

"Of course not," Ye Han smiled coldly, "they are the ones who should prepare for the future." ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Shangjing, and then pointed to the north: "I don't like people to bully my Northwest Army officers. The Northern Yan people can't do it, and the Southern Qi people can't do it. ”

Ruan Qingzhi savored the meaning of his words, and hesitated: "I seem to understand a little." ”

"So, rest assured." Ye Han helped her put on her hood and took her hand: "The ice and snow here have melted a lot, let's go see if there are any fish in the river!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi is a fun-loving person, she likes to catch fish, touch shrimp and pick crabs, and when she heard this, she immediately dragged Ye Han to the river.

The rivers near the villages and towns are certainly not deserted. Ruan Qingzhi looked at the clear Lingling water with thin ice, and looked at the few smooth and flat stones scattered around the water's edge, and couldn't help but feel a little hatred in his heart.

This is obviously the place where the people of the village came to wash their clothes and vegetables in the past, and even the pebbles under the water and the sand on the shore are clean, and there are even traces of children playing with mud to build a "castle" under a bush of wild grass.

But the arrival of the "bandits" ruined the peace.

So whether it's a real bandit or a fake bandit, damn it.

Ruan Qingzhi suddenly lost the mood to catch fish. She stepped on a cobblestone, looked at Ye Han and asked, "Do you really want to take those bandits into the Northwest Army?" The indiscriminate killing of innocents they did before is really not investigated? ”

"Of course not." Ye Han picked up a piece of wooden stick, which was likely to be a washing stick, and played with it in his hand, with a cold expression: "The real soldiers of the Northwest Army, their family background, temperament, and character must be carefully selected, how can everyone be it." ”

These that were later incorporated also need to go through strict selection, and the martial arts, wisdom, and character are all excellent, so as to become the real Northwest Army.

As for those who kill innocents indiscriminately, of course, they will have to pay the price for what they have done in the past.

The Northwest Army has not done much in the past to settle accounts after the autumn, and it is not ashamed.

Seeing Ye Han's clear statement, Ruan Qingzhi felt a little more comfortable in his heart, and then hated the people behind those "bandits".

"Ling Shuang can't be spared, and your father." She gritted her teeth and said, "Since they set up this bureau, we can't be polite to them." Isn't the overseer captured today still there? Take her back to be a personal witness, and let the world see how many hurtful things our emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have done in order to compete for power and profit! ”

Ye Han agreed one by one, and said with a smile: "I have written it down, don't worry." ”

Ruan Qingzhi looked at his expression, a little worried: "Do you think I'm verbose?" ”

"Yes." Ye Han admitted without hesitation.

Ruan Qingzhi immediately pursed his lips.

The next moment, I heard Ye Han continue: "But if it weren't for the fear that you would be too tired, I would even hope that you would be a little more verbose." You don't know, no one has ever been so wholeheartedly for me and for every detail in the past 20 years, and now I feel like I've fallen into the sugar pot. ”

"Yo!" Ruan Qingzhi exclaimed exaggeratedly, "I think you stole honey, right?" Is the mouth so sweet? You've got my teeth sweetened! ”

Ye Han raised his eyebrows slightly, looking a little confused: "This is strange." I have honey in my mouth, why does it sweeten your teeth? You didn't eat my mouth......"

Before he finished his words, Ruan Qingzhi suddenly stood on tiptoe, aimed at his mouth and gnawed on it.

Ye Han froze and completely forgot to react.

After a while, Ruan Qingzhi let go of him and smacked his lips: "It's not too sweet!" ”

Ye Han gritted his teeth: "Lord Qingyang, whether it's sweet or not is not tasted with your teeth!" Why don't you try again? ”

Ruan Qingzhi licked her lips and thought seriously for a while before hesitating, "That's not very good, right?" Wouldn't it seem like I'm too frivolous—"

Before he finished his sentence, Ye Han's face suddenly changed: "Be careful! ”

Before Ruan Qingzhi could react, the person had been hugged by Ye Han, and he staggered a few steps and finally stood firm.

I just felt that he was holding him very tightly, but I didn't know what was going on at all. Ruan Qingzhi couldn't help but be confused: "What's wrong?" ”

"There are assassins." Ye Han gritted his teeth and said, "You are not afraid to dare to come to the territory of our Northwest Army to commit murder." ”

"You're hurt?!" Ruan Qingzhi noticed that his voice was wrong, and his heart immediately sank.

Ye Han slowly let go of her, and drew his sword out of its sheath: "It's okay." I'll try the Assassin's tricks. ”

Ruan Qingzhi didn't believe him.

She turned around behind Ye Han, and immediately saw the black arrow that glowed cold, stuck firmly in his back.

Ruan Qingzhi immediately became popular.

She snatched Ye Han's sword from her hand and turned around: "I'm coming!" ”

The previous arrow was clearly aimed at her, so the Assassins should have targeted her. In this case, of course, it is up to her to learn the methods of the assassins, and there is no reason to let Ye Han fight for her with injuries.

Without waiting for Ye Han to object, Ruan Qingzhi clenched the hilt of his sword and tried the feel, and flew towards the assassin's place.

The light and shadow in the forest flickered in front of her, and a second arrow screamed, still aimed at her chest.

This time, Ruan Qingzhi had already taken precautions, and quickly dodged and dodged, without stopping at all.

It would have been inconvenient to use a bow and arrow any closer, and the Assassin would either have to flee or have to show up to fight her.

Ye Han didn't worry about following behind, holding a wooden stick that was taller than him in his hand, but it was also majestic.

Entering the forest, Ruan Qingzhi stood still and looked up at a branch: "Do you come down by yourself, or will I knock you down?" ”

Before he finished speaking, a person had fallen on the tree, wearing an ordinary cloth robe, and the masked black gauze was smooth and delicate, and he looked very valuable, and his eyes were shining fiercely, staring straight at her.

Ruan Qingzhi rushed forward with a swing of his sword, not at all fancy, every sword was a killing move.

The Assassin had a knife in his hand. But Ye Han looked at it coldly from the side, and always felt that this person's most useful weapon should be a spear.

A spear that is perfect for immediate combat.

Ruan Qingzhi has little strength, but he is better than in his flexible body, and a long sword swings sassy and cold, not only does not fall into the wind, but faintly has the potential to win.

After a dozen rounds, the assassin had already received two swords on his shoulder.

Ye Han broke the arrow on his back with his backhand and joined the battle with a wooden club.

With three blows and two blows, the Assassin's feet went soft and he fell to the ground.

Ruan Qingzhi put away his sword and was dissatisfied: "I'm about to defeat him, what are you doing to make a scene!" ”

Ye Han raised his foot and stepped on the assassin, reaching out and pulling out a box from his arms: "If you fight again, he will use a hidden weapon." He's an assassin, and he's not in a fair competition, so there's no need to be fair to him. ”

Ruan Qingzhi took the box, looked at the dense holes on it, and sneered: "Poison needle? Or poison gas? Sure enough, disgusting people like to use something disgusting, which annoys people to death! ”

"Is there anything more disgusting than you?" The Assassin suddenly spoke, "Disguise yourself as someone else, use someone else's name and identity, and ruin someone else's reputation......"

"Huh?!" Ruan Qingzhi was stunned.

Is it because she's been getting stupid lately? Why couldn't she understand what others were saying all of a sudden?

Ye Han didn't understand either, but he didn't want to ask this. He stepped on the man's back with his feet, and asked sharply, "You are a member of the True Martial Army, aren't you?!" ”

"Yes!" The Assassin acknowledged, his head held high, and he looked awe-inspiring.

Ye Han stepped on it even harder: "As a soldier of the Southern Qi Dynasty, burning, killing and looting is no different from a real bandit, this king is killing you to eliminate harm for the people, where did you get the face to assassinate!" What's more, if you want to assassinate the king, you are a waste if you attack an innocent woman, what kind of hero! ”

"She's innocent?" The assassin laughed, "Your Royal Highness, you don't really know, do you?" This woman next to you, she is not the county lord of Qingyang at all! ”

Ye Han froze with Ruan Qingzhi.

Ruan Qingzhi stretched his neck to explore the path of a little mouse, and asked cautiously: "I'm not the county lord of Qingyang, so who am I?" ”

"The devil knows who you are!" The assassin seemed to be furious, "You took advantage of the disappearance of the county lord of Qingyang, and disguised yourself as her to deceive people......"

"Stop!" Ruan Qingzhi interrupted him nervously, "When did I deceive someone?" First of all, you can tell me clearly, what am I lying about? ”

The assassin struggled to move one arm forward, pointed at her and yelled, "You're still pretending!" Isn't it a lie that you are pretending to be the county lord of Qingyang to follow King Li? How could the real Qingyang County Lord be so shameless and live with a man! ”

Ruan Qingzhi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

At first, she thought that someone outside was pretending to be her, and this fool had a bad look in his eyes and mistook Li Kui for Li Kui, but now it seems that there is none.

That's — even angrier.

She walked over quickly, stepped on the other shoulder of the assassin, gritted her teeth and cursed, "Are you kid sick?" The emperor's decree for marriage has been issued, how can the lord of this county live with his own man without shame? I didn't rob your man! ”

The assassin shook his head to avoid her spittle, and then looked at Ye Han: "Your Royal Highness King Li, have you ever thought that the county lord of Qingyang is the daughter of the prime minister's mansion, and she has been pampered since she was a child, and she has been supported in her actions, how can she be martial!" ”

Ye Han took a wooden stick and pestled him on his back, and said coldly: "This king's daughter-in-law is a heavenly immortal, and she can do anything." What, are you jealous? ”

Ruan Qingzhi laughed out loud beside him.

The smile was deflated, and the force under his feet became lighter. The Assassin immediately struggled to his feet.

Ruan Qingzhi bent down and reached out and pulled off the black veil on his face: "Hide it, something!" ”

Under the black veil, a rugged young man's face was revealed, dark and angular, and he looked very fierce.

Looking at each other, the assassin laughed mockingly, "You don't know me. ”

Ruan Qingzhi frowned: "Why should I know you?" Are you silver? ”

The assassin laughed as if he had heard something stupid: "You don't know me...... You don't know me, and I dare to pretend to be the county lord of Qingyang! The county lord of Qingyang and I are in love, and we agreed to get married when I go back, of course you don't know about this fake! ”

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned for a long time, and asked Ye Han cautiously: "Is it my ears that are broken, or is this person's brain broken?" Isn't it a shame that you were shot by an arrow by a madman? ”

"It's okay," Ye Han said, "he's not crazy, he's just stupid." ”

Ruan Qingzhi tilted his head, expressing puzzlement.

Ye Han smiled: "You really don't remember him?" He is Yu Zhongqian. ”

"Yu ......" Ruan Qingzhi thought for a long time, and patted his head: "It's the Yu Zhongqian who made a big fuss about my family's banquet and claimed that I had a personal affair with him!" ”

Ye Han nodded.

Ruan Qingzhi suddenly burst into smoke: "Yu Zhongqian, Yu Zhongqian!" Aren't you in the middle of a hole in your brain! Have you written to your family? I've already explained it to your mother, why do I have to explain it to you again? Tell me when I fell in love with you! Am I so blind? Look at the cold night in my house, and then look at yourself, how brave you are to believe that I am interesting to you, hey! You have so much courage, how good it is to keep it for the battle to kill the enemy! ”

"Two love is two love, what does it have to do with whether it looks good or not!" Yu Zhongqian stared at her viciously, "I naturally know if Miss Ruan has me in her heart, and I don't need you to make nonsense about this fake!" ”

"Yu Zhongqian," Ye Han poked the wooden stick in his hand again, "You know that the county lord of Qingyang is the princess of this king, right?" ”

"You forced her," Yu Zhong said hatefully, "she won't agree to it herself!" She wouldn't be willing to show up to do those things, pretending to be some phoenix or a miracle doctor for you! I believe that if she had a choice, she would rather be with me, cook and do laundry, and teach her husband and children! ”

Ye Han was so angry with him that the wooden stick in his hand slammed again, causing Yu Zhongqian to let go of his throat and scream.

At this time, the soldiers who were patrolling nearby also rushed over when they heard the movement, and when they saw that an assassin appeared, Ye Han was also injured, and they immediately became nervous.

Ruan Qingzhi squeezed Ye Han's hand: "Don't be angry." If you've ever met his mother, you'll know that the tendon in his head is family heirloom, and don't blame him. ”

Ye Leng snorted and raised his foot, and immediately a soldier next to him came to tie Yu Zhongqian up.

Yu Zhongqian frowned and looked at Ruan Qingzhi with a puzzled expression: "Have you seen my mother?" You are obviously not Miss Ruan, who are you? ”

Ruan Qingzhi didn't bother to answer this kind of question, just looked at him and asked, "Who sent you?" Who told you that King Li had a fake Qingyang County Lord by his side? Even if I'm a fake, why are you here to kill me? ”