No matter how turbulent the undercurrent on the surface of the water is, the dismantling of the Guangde Army's system and the establishment of the embassy, the recapture of the command of the Guangde Army to the new Privy Council, and the advance of the Third Route Army to Jinling City are all proceeding in an orderly manner.

No matter how powerful the characters Xu Hou, Niu Gengru, Wen Duqiao and others were, no matter how powerful they were, no matter that they had a group of extremely not weak generals such as Yang Jian, Wen Bo, Zhao Mingting, Xu Anlan, etc., or whether there were 40,000 or 50,000 elites led by Xu Mingzhen on the north bank of the river to help, but the general trend has gone, the general trend has gone.

Zhao Mingting looked at the Chishan Lake in the north of the city, only the edge of the lake was covered with thin ice, and there was a white mist in the center of the lake, which steamed up and spread around.

Although the weather is already extremely cold at this time, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River in winter is much wetter than that in the Central Plains after all.

At this moment, Zhao Mingting, who was wearing a cold battle armor, sat on the back of a jujube red horse, full of melancholy and powerlessness in his heart.

In the first battle of Chizhou, in the end, just because the situation had gone, Wen Bo had to lead the remnants to withdraw and abandon Chizhou City, but it has to be said that under such bad conditions, he still fought well.

However, the situation has passed, which makes people feel the most helpless.

Even if they still have seventy or eighty thousand elites in their hands now, they can only be suffocated to death in Jinling City at this time, and it is difficult to have a chance to bloom in the end.

To be honest, if it was King Xin who captured Jinling in the end, Zhao Mingting would still be convinced, but who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the three princes, who were originally the most hopeless on the throne, would suddenly gain an overwhelming advantage?

Mentioning this, Zhao Mingting was also extremely aggrieved in his heart, but after analyzing and analyzing, it was really the opportunity for Han Qian to appear in Jinling, and the timing of the reorganization of the remnants of Taowu's army to destroy Liyang City and retreat to Maoshan was too critical.

At the beginning of the Jinling Incident, Anning Palace grasped the situation in Jinling City as quickly as possible, including Xuanzhou Gu Zhilong, the attitude of the Jiangdong family gate lords was deferential, like Shang Wensheng, the representative of the Jiangdong family in Beijing, did not hesitate too much to support the crown prince to ascend the throne, Zhao Mingting also believed that they would soon be able to control the counties of Jiangnan Dongdao, and then they would be able to send troops to conquer Chuzhou and Yueyang.

The battle of Jingshan Nunnery was a very critical turning point, not only were they defeated, but the gate valve of the Jiangdong family, who had already revealed that they wanted to serve, suddenly shrank back in their attitude, and turned to recruit troops and wait and see the situation.

After that, Han Qian appeared in Jinling, reorganized the remnants of Taowu's troops, burned Liyang City, and withdrew to Maoshan Mountain.

At that time, even if Zhao Mingting knew that Han Qian was a mortal enemy with them and there was no room for him to turn around, he also expected Han Qian to create more trouble for the Chuzhou army.

Zhao Mingting believed that Empress Xu, Niu Gengru, Wen Duqiao and others should think like this, and even ordered him to lead his troops in Jiangcheng many times and not act rashly.

Of course, deep down in their hearts, they were also faintly worried that this was a bitter ploy jointly made by Han Qian and Chuzhou.

Otherwise, they would have paid a little attention to this matter in the early stage, and even as long as they had three or five thousand more soldiers and horses to the west flank of Maoshan, or directly divided their troops to force Maoshan to contain the Chishan army, the situation would never have evolved to this point.

They did not move, and the Chuzhou army obviously focused on them at that time, and did not draw a truly powerful elite force to resolutely deal a fatal blow to the Chishan Army from the eastern flank, so that it took two or three months to find that the Chishan Army had become a momentum.

The Chishan Army was entrenched between Fuyu Mountain and Jieling Mountain, and the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain, as the main channel for Jinling to communicate with the forces of Jiangdong and Jiangxi Shijia, was in an extremely critical strategic position, so that Gu Zhilong turned against each other after the defeat of Langxi, and a series of subsequent chain reactions occurred irrepressibly and continuously like dominoes.

So that they wanted to do anything again, only to suddenly realize that the general trend had gone.

Moreover, the general trend is to go so thoroughly, so that they have seventy or eighty thousand elites in hand, but they have to seriously consider the possibility of abandoning Jinling and retreating to the riverbank.

It's just that Zhao Mingting couldn't help but think melancholy, but at this time, is there really a chance to withdraw from Huaixi?

Shouzhou, Chaozhou, Chuzhou three prefectures of seventeen counties, it seems that the territory is not small, but in addition to the rise of Emperor Tianyou in the early years of Huainan West Road, decades of conquest, after the founding of the Great Chu, it was repeatedly invaded by the Liang army, not to mention the large area of barren land over the years, and the population has been reduced to less than 800,000.

In Zhao Mingting's view, the most urgent thing for them to do at present is to strictly control the movements of the civil and military generals in the city, and rely on the Jinling Fortified City to defeat the edge of Yueyang's soldiers and horses, and perhaps they can look forward to the emergence of a turnaround.

Otherwise, after the three princes control Jinling, they will completely control Jiangnan East Province, Jiangnan West Province and nearly 30 prefectures in southern Zhejiang, with nearly 12 million people, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great.

However, Zhao Mingting didn't count these things, he thought to himself, the final compromise plan may be that the Queen Mother, Your Majesty and Prince Yang Fen cross the river to Chuzhou first, leaving an elite army and horses to defend Jinling City, right?

It's just that the Queen Mother, Her Majesty, Prince Yangfen and others have all crossed the river to Chuzhou, and the remaining generals will have how much ambition and will not surrender to the death?

Zhao Mingting sighed weakly, tightened the reins, and was about to drive his horses to the front of the queue, when several fast horses galloped towards this side from the east shore of Chishan Lake, and were stopped by his guards on the periphery.

Zhao Mingting didn't know that the eastern shore of Chishan Lake, which was already controlled by the Huzhou soldiers, had any important news in his hands.

Zhao Mingting reined in his horse and stopped still, and his guard led a knight over, although he was dressed as a business traveler, but when he got closer, Zhao Mingting still saw clearly at first glance that it was Liu Jie, who was a spy leader who was lurking in Yangzhou when he was in charge.

Liu Jie and others were originally deployed for the Shouzhou Army to control Yangzhou, but before the Jinling Incident, the Chuzhou Army had already infiltrated and controlled Yangzhou on a large scale, so that the deployment of the staff division had no room to play.

On the one hand, Zhao Mingting secretly hated that the people and horses deployed by the Ministry of Justice over the years had not played any role, and on the other hand, he wondered what news there was in Yangzhou, so he asked Liu Jie to cross the river to meet him in person at the risk of his identity being exposed.

"A few days ago, Yueyang's envoy Wang Lin secretly arrived in Yangzhou, and when he saw Ruan Yan and Wang Wenqian discussing the matter of annexation, Yueyang seemed to be interested in recalling the marriage contract between Han Qian and Wang Wenqian's queen Jun, and Wang Wenqian's queen Jun was imprisoned in Fanchang at this time!" Liu Jie half-knelt in front of Zhao Mingting's horse, everyone was extremely embarrassed in the face of the current situation, but the matter of Yueyang and Chuzhou's secret discussion was too critical, so that he did not hesitate to risk his identity being exposed, and personally crossed the river to state the details of the matter.

Considering the difficulty of attacking Jinling City and the intricacies of the situation between the two Huai after the capture of Jinling City, before Yue Yang finally attacked Jinling, he promised to temporarily stabilize the Chuzhou army with favorable conditions, and even instigated the Chuzhou army to contain the Shouzhou army, which was not unexpected by Zhao Mingting, but recalling the marriage contract between Han Qian and Wang Wenqian's daughter, what the hell is this?

All kinds of indications show that it was Wang Wenqian who secretly instigated Han Daoxun to contact the Inner Government Bureau Cheng Zhong Yuli to expose the secret of Shen He's poisoning and death, which is also the origin of the Jinling Incident - and then Wang Wenqian personally went to contact Li Pu's concubine Wang Chan'er, and finally prompted the two of them to preemptively issue a document to discuss the rebellion, which angered the Empress Dowager Che split Han Daoxun.

In any case, even if Han Qian has a blood feud with Anning Palace, he should also be Wang Wenqian

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He was the author of his father's death.

Everyone in Yueyang obviously understood this, how could they still mention the marriage contract between Han Qian and Wang Wenqian's daughter as a prerequisite for annexing Chuzhou?

Zhao Mingting summoned the chief sentinel and asked, "What is the current trend of the enemies of the Dantu and the enemies of Maoshan?" ”

"According to the report of Tanmayu, although the Huzhou soldiers and the Youguang German army have been dispatched from Dantu and the northern slope of Maoshan Mountain, their movements are not very fast, and they obviously want to wait for our army to withdraw, and then calmly occupy Jiangcheng, Qiuhushan and other places." The Sentry General said.

"Okay, Ge Keng, you are responsible for continuing to supervise the soldiers and horses, I have urgent matters to go to the palace to inform the Queen Mother first." Zhao Mingting instructed his lieutenant Cheng Gekeng, and then galloped towards Donghua Gate with more than 100 guards.

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Huaidong Salt and Iron Division is governed in Yangzhou, every year there are millions of stone of sea salt are transported to Jianghuai Zhuzhou through Yangzhou, the salt officials are fat and luxurious, and Yangzhou is located in the land of fish and rice, the land is flat and fertile, and the people are prosperous, and the prosperity of this famous city through the ages is jointly achieved.

This is a large city second only to Jinling in terms of scale, in the early years it was the seat of the Guangling Jiedu Embassy, and it was incorporated into Huainan with the Xu family, and it did not suffer too much from the war, and the prosperity of the previous dynasty also continued.

Before the Jinling Incident, there were more than 100,000 households in the city, but in the past two months, Yangzhou has become more and more deformed and prosperous as King Xin has taken a large number of slaves and maids captive, and at the same time forced thousands of children of the family to move to the north shore with soldiers and horses.

The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings after the garden flower on the other side.

Although the war is still blazing, and the Jianghuai sword soldiers are thriving, there are not a few children of the gate lords who are drunk and dreaming of death in Yangzhou City, as if they are indulging in the last gorgeous glory and wealth before the war is not involved.

Wang Lin walked into the Yanchun Pavilion and saw that the building was overcrowded, and many of the rooms came from the light singing voice of the Huai Nu and the sound of silk and bamboo, and she was also secretly amazed.

Wang Lin walked into a side room, guarded the door of the room, ordered a banquet alone, and called a middle-aged pianist to help.

After the pianist came over, he put a lacquer-stained xylophone on the small table, and played it vertically, at this time, a secret door opened in the wing, but he saw Yin Peng coming in from the next wing.

Wang Lin stayed until he saluted, and Yin Peng saluted first and said: "Lord Wang has not hesitated to be in danger and serve the tiger with his body in the past few years, which is really hard, and he is worshiped by Yin Peng." ”

Although Wang Lin is a secret envoy, even if Wang Wenqian comes forward to contact the Chuzhou side, when both sides are accompanied by Hu and the left and right, they can only follow the instructions of the three princes and Shen Yang and others before the envoy, and talk about the matter step by step, and cannot involve other matters.

To talk about secret matters, Wang Lin could only take a few more twists and turns, and it took two days to create an opportunity to be alone with Yin Peng in Yanchun Pavilion.

Of course, this is also to ensure that Wang Lin's identity will not be exposed due to unexpected factors.

After Yin Peng sat down, he couldn't wait to ask:

"What is the current situation between the Third Prince and Han Qian?"

"The greater Han Qian's merits, the more suspicious he became, and Han Qian took Li Pu's military power without telling him, and even sent Feng Yi to Yueyang to force Yang Yuanpu to recognize his actions while winning the military power, which is an intolerable taboo in the eyes of any superior; In addition, Guangde is too close to Jinling. Han Qian himself should have realized this a long time ago, and released rumors early on that he would hand over the military power after the war and return to Xuzhou to defend filial piety, but his traces of retreating as advance were too heavy and not trustworthy at all, perhaps this finally prompted Yang Yuanpu to wait for the capture of Jinling, so he actually relieved Han Qian of his military power. Not to mention Li Pu and his own uncle, Han Qian's recruitment of slaves and maids into the army in Jinling, as well as the many new policies he and his father did in Xuzhou, were also suspicious of the Yueyang family, so no one helped him speak for him in the matter of removing Han Qian's military power. Even Zheng Hui, Gao Chengyuan, Guo Liang and other people who have a good friendship with him have a lot of criticism in such matters, and Shen Yang, Xue Ruogu and others have long known that they are domineering......"

During this time, the entire Fanchang City was equivalent to Yang Yuanpu's forbidden palace, the Su Guards controlled the entry and exit of the city gates, Wang Lin did not have the opportunity to send someone to deliver the news, he was not afraid that anyone would break into this wing room at this time, so he calmly told Yin Peng about the many situations since Han Qian went to Fanchang City to see Yang Yuanpu and the subtle attitude of the people in Yueyang towards Han Qian.

In Wang Lin's opinion, Han Qian had long been isolated and helpless in Fanchang City at this time, and it was now thanks to his great achievements, and everyone was reluctant to treat him peacefully.

"These things are already known to adults, but there are still some doubts before and after the whole thing, and adults can't think it through," Yin Peng saw that Wang Lin really didn't know more details, so he changed the topic and asked, "How is Miss in Fanchang City at this time, have you been wronged?" ”

"The young lady has not suffered any grievances, and she is only free to enter and leave Fanchang City, but she doesn't know what the adults think about the marriage contract?" Wang Lin asked with concern.

"Ruan Yan and the others see that the general trend is leaning towards Yueyang, and if they have the opportunity, they still hope to make peace with Yueyang, so that they can occupy the land of Huaidong first, and then slowly plot other ways - the adults are caught in it, even if they know that the young lady will be greatly wronged, it is really difficult to say the word 'no'." Yin Peng said with a wry smile.

Emperor Liang sent Han Yuanqi to lead Caizhou's troops eastward, and more than 100,000 troops were joined with Sima Dan in Xuzhou, threatening the south bank of the Huai River from the north.

Judging from the current situation, there is no suspense that Yueyang will capture Jinling and control the entire Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Hunan regions after the year, and Chuzhou will face the embarrassment of being attacked by the enemy on its back at that time.

To make peace with Yueyang and exchange apparent allegiance for the secession of Huaidong is a rare respite for the people of Chuzhou.

Although after the Jinling Incident, the Chuzhou army controlled Yangtai and Huaidong Salt Fields as quickly as possible, and even forced nearly 200,000 slaves and maids and the children of the clan lords in the three prefectures of Su Runchang to the north bank when the army retreated north, but Chuzhou's foundation in Yangtai and Huaidong Salt Fields was still shallow after all.

Once Yueyang captured Jinling, the three princes officially succeeded to the throne and occupied the name of righteousness, when the time came, it was not clear how many forces in the Yangtai area and Huaidong Yanchang would secretly communicate with Jinling.

If it can be officially divided and officially governed, it will have a completely different meaning for the Chuzhou Army to run the entire Huaidong region.

Obviously, the whole thing mainly depends on the attitude of King Xin towards the matter of recruitment, even if Wang Wenqian is in a high position in Chuzhou, he cannot hinder the "big thing" with the private feelings of his children.

Thinking of this, Yin Peng couldn't help but say angrily: "Yang Yuanpu is so young, his scheming is so gloomy, he is really not afraid of pressing forward step by step, Han Qian will tear his face with him?" ”

Hearing Yin Peng say this, Wang Lin also sighed, and said: "Yang Yuanpu this time in order to avoid the suspicion of persecution, but he hopes that Chuzhou will officially propose the marriage contract. ”

"He's so calculating, he wants to be a wicked person, but he still knows to get himself out first!" Yin Peng said helplessly and angrily.

"Yang Yuanpu's power and scheming are not weak, but can Chuzhou expose this matter and force Han Qian and Yang Yuanpu to turn against each other?" Wang Lin asked.

"I also asked the adults, and the adults think that this is not very likely," Yin Peng shook his head and said, "Unless Yang Yuanpu is punished at this time."

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Han Qian's heart forced Han Qian to retreat, otherwise Han Qian would have endured it and see the destruction of the Anning Palace first! However, before the capture of Jinling, Yang Yuanpu didn't dare to use the most drastic means, right? Otherwise, things would have been easier. ”

Wang Lin thought about it, Zuo Guangde's army seemed to be scarce, but in addition to the extremely critical location of Guangde, the two or three hundred thousand old and weak women and children gathered in Guangde are also an active volcano.

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Wang Lin secretly sent an envoy to Yangzhou on behalf of Yue Yang on the fifteenth day of the month, although he did not have the opportunity to meet with Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, but met with Ruan Yan, the envoy of Zhongmen who stayed in Yangzhou with Yang Yuanyan, and Wang Wenqian, the secretary in charge.

Seven days later, that is, on the 22nd day of the lunar month, Ruan Yan and Yin Peng, the envoys of the defense envoys of Chuzhou, rushed to Fanchang with Wang Lin, and saw the third prince Yang Yuanpu, and secretly discussed the matter of supporting and jointly sending troops to fight against the crime.

In addition to wanting to seal the five states east of Hongze Lake and within the border of Great Chu, including Si, Chu, Yang, Tai, and Hai, Yang Yuanyan also wanted to place Huainan according to the five states and take advantage of the Huaidong salt field. On this basis, Yang Yuanyan was willing to serve his younger brother Yang Yuanpu as the new emperor, so as to send troops to contain the Shouzhou Army on the basis of the rebellious document jointly promulgated by the previous institute.

A large number of middle and high-ranking generals such as Li Zhihe, Li Changfeng, Gu Zhilong, Guo Liang, Zhou Shu, and Zhang Han have led their troops to enter Jinling City, and Han Qian has participated in the military and stayed in Fanchang City to assist Yang Yuanpu, Yang Zhitang, Li Pu and others in handling cumbersome military affairs, and also participated in the dust-washing banquet for Ruan Yan and Yin Peng.

Before the dust washing banquet, Ruan Yan not only initially put forward the conditions for attachment on behalf of the letter king Yang Yuanyan, but also mentioned the marriage between Wang Wenqian's queen Jun and Han Qian, to show that Wang Yang Yuanyan was sincere in supporting the new emperor.

And after Wang Jun and Han Qian got married, the king of letters, Yang Yuanyan, could even send his son Yang Ye to Fanchang to express his brotherly blood relationship with Yang Yuanpu on his behalf.

Those who were invited to participate in the reception of Ruan Yan, Yin Peng and their party in the lobby of the palace that night included Yang Zhitang, Yang Fan, Chen De, Shen Yang, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao, Li Pu, Wen Ruilin, Wang Lin, Han Daoming, Han Qian, Zhang Ping, Jiang Shu and others, all of whom were bigwigs of the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council, or close ministers around Yang Yuanpu.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the birthday banquet had just begun, Ruan Yan mentioned the marriage between Han Qian and Wang Jun, and most of the people were stunned, and couldn't help but stop the wine glass in their hands and look at Han Qian.

Ruan Yan suddenly mentioned this, and many people felt extremely surprised, but it was reasonable to think about it carefully.

Marriage has long been an important means of ensuring the maintenance of political alliances.

The attack on Jinling is imminent, and in such a short period of time, there is probably nothing more than the marriage between the daughter of Wang Wenqian, the first adviser under Yang Yuanyan, and Han Qian, to make the generals on both sides believe in the sincerity of the alliance.

Ruan Yan's mention of this seems reasonable.

And as for the surprise of so many people, it is not to mention the reason inside.

Han Daoxun's death also involved the concubine, no one will take the initiative to reveal this cover, and it has almost become a secret that everyone in the upper echelons knows in Yueyang, but the middle and lower generals don't know.

Han Qian was still holding the wine glass in his hand, and under the gaze of everyone, the wine glass in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and the wine was slightly poured out to wet his clothes, but he didn't know it.

"Master Han, what do you think of this?" After a while, Yang Yuanpu narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.

Han Qian seemed to suddenly come back to his senses at this time, put down the wine glass in a panic, and changed his sitting posture to a long kneeling posture in the lobby at the beginning of the lanterns, and said in a little panic: "What Lord Ruan said, Weichen is listening to it in his ears and thinking about it. When the first emperor was alive, he had the idea of sealing the princes to defend the territory, and His Royal Highness Xin wanted to defend the eastern territory of Huai for the Great Chu to resist the strong attack of the Liang army, which was not impossible; What's more, His Royal Highness King Xin is His Royal Highness's sibling brother, and he is also the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, and His Royal Highness shares the territory of Great Chu with him. However, Huaidong salt is the foundation of governing the country, and if it is lacking, it is tight to raise soldiers and officials, and the salt and iron envoy as one of the three divisions will also be empty, and this matter will never be allowed......"

Han Qian talked about everything, but he refused to say anything about the marriage contract.

Yang Yuanpu's face was slightly gloomy, and he didn't know if he should put a little pressure on it appropriately, or hint that others should talk about this matter first.

At this time, Qingyang sat aside and secretly tugged at his sleeve, signaling that this matter had to give Han Qian time to digest.

Don't talk about Han Qian, which of the Zhang Ping, Shen Yang and the others present was not surprised, how could they expect Han Qian to happily agree on the spot?

As a monarch, you must also pay attention to the way of combining rigidity and softness.

Even if he wanted to force Han Qian to agree to the marriage, he had to send someone else to do Han Qian's work, and then give the marriage in the name of the concubine, which would make it easier for Han Qian to accept, at least formally.

After a while, Han Qian stood up again in a panic, and said goodbye to Yang Yuanpu: "Weichen is unwell, and after drinking two cups, he feels dizzy, I am afraid that I will not be able to accompany His Highness and the adults to drink tonight, please go back to the house to rest." ”

"Master Han's health is important, let's go back to the house to rest first." Yang Yuanpu didn't know that he couldn't be in a hurry, and then he mainly looked at Shen Yang, Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao and others' thoughts on this marriage, if everyone was inclined to agree with this marriage, he would have a better position to send Zhang Ping to do Han Qian's work.

Yang Yuanpu also specially instructed Zhang Ping to send Han Qian out of the house on his behalf to show his respect for Han Qian.

As soon as Han Qian left, the slightly depressed atmosphere on the banquet hall was swept away, and Li Pule said to Han Daoming: "Han Qian and the daughter of Lord Wang can be described as a talented woman, when Han Daoxun was alive, he had a marriage contract, but the yin and yang were wrong, and the good relationship was not completed, His Royal Highness King Xin brought up this matter again, and he didn't want to see a good marriage missed, it can be said that he did a great good deed!" I'm here, and I'm going to congratulate Master Han in advance......"

Zhang Ping sent Han Qian out of the lobby and turned back, hearing Li Pu's words, he couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart, after all, Li Pu was afraid of Han Qian, probably because he thought that after Han Qian married Wang Wenqian's daughter, he couldn't even blame Han Daoxun's death on their heads, right?

Looking at Han Daoming's smiling appearance again, Zhang Ping secretly thought, could it be that Han Daoming would move Old Lady Han out and force Han Qian to approve this marriage, right?

Zhang Ping was a little depressed, but he knew in his heart that he had no say in this matter, so he could only sit down depressed and sit down to Shen Yang's head to watch everyone drink happily, there were so many people present, after the initial surprise, he also saw that only Shen Yang and Xue Ruogu looked slightly solemn.

Attached to Chuzhou, Han Qian and Wang Jun's marriage can only be regarded as an additive, even if Han Qian leaves the venue early, it can't disturb everyone's interest, the banquet is still in high spirits, and before you know it, it is already late at night.

Even if it is not a strong wine like Yan Dangchun, the banquet lasts for more than an hour, and many people are a little drunk, Yang Yuanpu sees that the time is almost over, and tonight can be regarded as the guest and host, so he wants to announce the end of the banquet and send Ruan Yan and Yin Peng to the post house to rest.

At this time, a junior colonel who was on duty in front of the palace gate took a letter, walked into the lobby, went around to Chen De's side and whispered a few words, and then saw Chen De blurt out in shock: "What, Han Qian has taken people out of the city!" ”

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