In Shangjing, Xu Yang finally escaped the pursuit along the way, and returned to Shangshu Mansion with scars all over his body.

It's just that before he had time to catch his breath, a holy decree was issued to the mansion.

Late at night, when the lively Shangjing City has been quiet on the streets, the sound of gongs occasionally sounding the sound of beating people and beating the watch. Occasionally, it is accompanied by the call of a stray cat with nowhere to go on the street.

At this time, on the steps outside the door of Shangshu Mansion, a figure in tattered clothes and a stench on his body fell on the steps.

After a long period of recuperation, the figure on the steps finally began to move, struggling to support his crumbling body, and then walked to the door and knocked on the door.

"Ah~ Master!"

In the house, Ling woke up frightened by his nightmare.

Thinking of the nightmare she had just now, Ling Shi was shocked and stroked her fast-beating heart with her hand, only to see her whispering: "Why did you have such a dream, you actually dreamed that your master was killed... Dead .."

Then I thought of Xu Yang, who had left Shangjing for more than half a month, combined with the dream just now, a bad premonition spread in our Ling family's heart, could it be that the master had really encountered something?

The more Ling thought about it, the more terrifying it became, and he wanted to lie down and continue to rest, but his body lying on the bed couldn't sleep, so he tossed and turned on the bed.

Suddenly, she heard a faint knock on the door outside, and Ling called the maid sleeping in the outer room and said, "Yu'er? ”

Yu'er, who was sleeping soundly, heard Ling's voice, got up from the couch in a panic, entered the back room, and said, "Madam? ”

Seeing Yu'er coming in, the faint knock on the door was still ringing in her ears, Ling Shi asked, "Did you hear any sound?" ”

When Yu'er heard Ling's words, she was puzzled, and then listened attentively and said, "The maid seems to have heard a knock on the door!" After listening intently, Yu'er replied uncertainly.

Seeing that Yu'er also said that she heard a knock on the door, Ling had a slight doubt in her heart, not understanding who would be knocking on the door of the mansion at such a late hour; Or did she and Yu'er hear it wrong? Then Ling quickly denied his idea.

If she said that she heard a knock on the door, then maybe she heard it wrong, but even Yu'er said the same, then it is very likely that someone is really knocking on the door.

Then Ling Shi said to Yu'er: "Yu'er, why don't you go to the housekeeper and let him go and see what's going on outside?" ”

When Yu'er heard Ling's words, she should make a sound, and then went out.

After a while, Yu'er suddenly returned to the house in a panic and replied to the Ling family, "Madam, it's not good, it's not good!" ”

Just as he was waiting for what was happening outside, but seeing Yu'er so flustered, Ling touched his eyebrows slightly and said, "What happened, seeing you so flustered." ”

When Yu'er heard Ling's reprimand, she was only a teacher, and then slowly explained to Ling: "Madam, master... He's back. ”

Ling Shi was stunned for a moment after hearing Yu'er's words, and then said: "It's a good thing that the master is back, you girl, what are you saying that is unlucky?" The coquettishness in his tone and the tight clenching of his hands hanging by his side all proved the excitement in Ling's heart at this time.

However, Yu'er's next words were like a basin of cold water, coldly and ruthlessly extinguishing the excitement in Ling's heart.

I only heard Yu'er say after Ling's words fell: "Madam, the master is now injured and is unconscious. ”

Ling, who was happy for Xu Yang's return, suddenly heard Yu'er's words, and couldn't help but exclaim, "What did you say?" What's wrong with him, sir? ”

Ling glanced at Yu'er, and then without waiting for Yu'er's answer, he got up from the bed, didn't care about getting barefoot on the ground, pushed Yu'er away, and walked towards the door.

At this time, the housekeeper had already ordered the little servant to carry Xu Yang into the mansion and was rushing to the Ling family's side. As soon as he reached the outside of the house, the housekeeper saw Ling walking out of the house in a panic.

When he saw that he was being carried by the family in the house, his clothes were already in tatters, his body was full of bloodstains, and some of the wounds that were exposed outside the clothes were gurgling outward at this time, Ling suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and he was about to faint.

Yu'er, who came out with her, saw the Ling family's condition and exclaimed, "Madam! Hurriedly ran to Ling's side and held her crumbling body.

Ling was supported by Yu'er, leaned on Yu'er's body, and then looked at Xu Yang who was carried by the family with a sad face. Ling suppressed the sadness in his heart now, and said to the family: "What are you still doing here, hurry up and carry the master into the room, and immediately invite the doctor in the house to come over to see the master's injury." ”

When the housekeeper heard Ling's words, he motioned to the family to carry Xu Yang into the room, and then said to Ling: "Madam, Doctor Nie's servant has already asked people to invite him, and I believe he will come over in a moment." ”

Hearing the housekeeper say this, Ling nodded slightly and said, "There is a housekeeper Lao." ”

The housekeeper was sincerely frightened by Ling's polite words, and then heard Ling's say, "Let someone go and fetch some hot water to clean the master's body." , and then instructed the kitchen to let them cook some porridge for the old man now, and when the old man woke up, he could also lower his stomach. ”

The butler nodded in response, and after Ling finished instructing the butler, he turned around and walked into the house with Yu'er's support.

After being cared for by the Xu Mansion and the Ling family overnight, Xu Yang, who had been bandaged by the doctor, woke up early the next morning.

Xu Yang opened his eyes, looked around, and felt a slight sigh of relief when he saw that he was now lying in his own house. Looking sideways at Ling Shi who was sitting in front of the bed and falling asleep, Xu Yang took away Ling's hand on his body and was about to get up, but he didn't want to wake up Ling Shi with such a light movement.

"Master, you're awake!" Ling Shi looked at Xu Yang who woke up on the bed excitedly, the concern for him these days, and the worry that Xu Yang returned to the mansion unconscious from being covered with injuries, Ling Shi has been holding back himself, but at the moment when Xu Yang woke up, tears were like a river bursting the embankment, and he couldn't help but start flooding!

Looking at Ling's appearance of hiding his face and crying, even though Xu Yang was over forty years old, his heart couldn't help but flash a little throbbing for Ling's current performance, and he said to Ling with apologies in his heart: "Madam, I've made you worried." ”

Hearing Xu Yang's words, Ling gradually stopped crying and said, "As long as you come back." ”

After Ling finished speaking, he paused, and gently helped Xu Yang to sit up and lean on the soft pillow behind him.

At this moment, the butler's voice sounded outside the door, and the butler said, "Madam, the father-in-law of the emperor's side is here!" ”

Hearing this, the Ling family in the room and Xu Yang glanced at each other, and they didn't understand why Xu Yang had just returned to the mansion on the front foot, and the chief eunuch beside the emperor Zhao Yun on the back foot came, and then the Ling family said to the door: "I know, invite my father-in-law into the front hall, and my lord will come later." ”

The butler heard this and said to the door, "Yes."

After some freshening up, Xu Yang came to the front hall to meet the chief eunuch beside the emperor with the support of the family. But what he didn't want to usher in was the emperor's edict: Xu Yang deceived his superiors and subordinates, and went out of Beijing to the Yuzhou military camp without the emperor's special edict to suspend the holy decree of dismissal.

Xu Yang didn't know that when he was about to leave Beijing, he had entered the palace and specially asked Emperor Zhao Yun to return to his hometown in Tan Township, and how did the emperor know about his trip to Yuzhou? According to Xu Yang, who has been by Zhao Yun's side for so many years, he knows that with Zhao Yun's suspicious nature, he may not be able to escape this time.

At this time, in the Taishi Mansion, Yang Jin listened to the report of the secret guard who went to assassinate Xu Yang, swept his robe angrily, swept the good snow peak on the table to the ground, and said, "Rice bucket, waste!" What is the use of the old man raising your group? ”

The secret guard didn't dare to say anything when he heard Yang Jin's angry words, so he had to bury his head low and let Yang Jin vent the anger in his heart.

Since the appearance of Jiuhuang to participate in the recovery of Jingzhou, Yang Jin found that no matter what he did, everything did not go well, and he hated Jiuhuang in his heart.

Jiuhuang, Jiuhuang, you don't have Yangguan Avenue to go, you want to block your husband's way, it seems that you are really tired of it.

Just when Yang Jin was unhappy that he failed to assassinate Xu Yang as a secret guard this time, he heard the housekeeper say that Xu Yang was dismissed and investigated by Zhao Yun's order, although this was not as Yang Jin intended, but it also eliminated a lot of his anger at this time.

Jiuhuang, who was thousands of miles away in the Yuzhou General's Mansion, didn't know that Xu Yang had returned to the General's Mansion this time, and he didn't know how much Xu Yang had paid for it in order to send him a bag, just because she had more important things to do now.

In the General's Mansion, after Qin Jue came to Yuzhou, Jiuhuang specially entertained him in the General's Mansion in accordance with his promise to Qin Jue. Although Yuzhou is now in the midst of war, and the meals of hospitality are just the usual food in the army, the lack of Qin Jue did not show dislike.

After that, Qin Jue officially joined the recovery of Jingzhou and the attack on Batu's army. Everyone held a meeting to discuss how to ensure that Yuzhou could be safely held under Batu's siege again and again when reinforcements did not arrive.

Jiuhuang glanced at everyone, and said his thoughts: "This is not a long-term solution to defend Yuzhou, we only have tens of thousands of troops now, and Batu still has hundreds of thousands of troops, such a gap is too big, we can't hold Yuzhou at all." ”

Mu Kun heard Jiuhuang's words, and also knew that Jiuhuang's words were not wrong, "If Batu does not have the grain and grass supplied by the army, then they will definitely pay attention to the people of the Celestial Empire, Jingzhou has been occupied by Batu, then their next plan will be to attack Yuzhou with all their might, if they let their whole army go out to attack Yuzhou, we will have no strength to fight back." ”

Mu Kun looked at everyone and said what had always worried him the most!