Shen Liangyu and the others came to the south courtyard, at this time dark clouds accumulated, and they didn't know whether it was a heavy rain or a tense atmosphere, and the group looked tense, breathed quickly, and hurriedly walked towards the south wall.

Niu Cunjie saw that his party was blocked in the courtyard, and there were thieves outside, so he couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly asked Shen Liangyu for instructions: "Lord, I only have more than 20 people now, and I don't know how many enemies there are, and now there are fires on all sides, I will go out over the wall to block the thieves in a while, and the lord will then kill the generals together." ”

Shen Liangyu nodded and said: "Cunjie, don't be in love, don't worry about anything else after rushing out, first find a place to hide nearby, I expect that the thieves are missing me, and they will definitely disperse." ”

"Yes!" Niu Cunjie said that he turned over and walked out of the wall, and Shen Liangyu in the wall heard the thief outside: "Don't go Shen Liangyu." ”

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, rush out together." Shen Liangyu commanded the tooth soldiers to go out over the wall, and when he climbed over the post wall, he was already fighting with the thieves outside, only to see Niu Cunjie snatch a spear and stab the left and right, and the thieves around him were empty in a blink of an eye.

"My lord, here..." Niu Cunjie got the thief's two horses, and hurriedly helped Shen Liangyu to get on the horse, and he also got on the horse, escorting Shen Liangyu to flee south.

"Shen Liangyu ran away, and the one who rode the horse was." By this time, the rain was pouring down.

Shen Liangyu and Niu Cunjie couldn't run fast in the dark, and the chasing soldiers behind them chased closer and closer with pine torches. Seeing this, Niu Cunjie hurriedly took out the torches in the blanket and lit them, and said to Shen Liangyu: "Lord, you go first, and I will lead away the pursuers." ”

Shen Liangyu saw that the situation was already very critical, and he did not shirk, and said with tears: "Cunjie, if you and I live, I will become brothers with you." ”

Niu Cunjie's eyes widened: "Lord, go quickly." Then he lit the torch and went west to beat his horse. As he walked, he shook the torch and said, "Shen Liangyu is here, and the thieves have come to die." ”

Seeing this, Shen Liangyu hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled eastward.

"Yan Yong, Yan Yong! I ordered you to welcome Shen Qing into Beijing with an edict, you saw the thief, did not send a single arrow, fled back to Beijing without a fight, the general of the defeated army, how can you be brave? A deep voice came from the apse, although he had never seen the emperor, Yan Yong was already sweating like pulp, and his body was lying on the ground like chaff, not daring to raise his head.

"The old minister asked Your Majesty for Peace, and the dog welcomed Shen Hou into the court for His Majesty, but the dog did not do anything well, which disappointed His Majesty." Seeing this uncompetitive son, Shang Shuling Yanming stood up from the brocade bench and bowed to the apse to hug his fists.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that there was no movement in the apse, Yan Ming had no choice but to say again: "Evil obstacle, don't tell Your Majesty the details of the situation that day." ”

Yan Yong saw that the old father nodded at him, his heart was a little settled, he straightened his body, and described the situation of that day to the people in the apse one by one.

At this time, a bead curtain sounded, and I saw Yue Le, the middle attendant, pick up the curtain, and the artist slowly walked out of the apse, it was the current Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, Emperor Cao Jue of Qitai, I saw Cao Jue dressed in black clothes, with a high nose and deep eyes, not angry and self-assured. After sitting down on a couch in the middle of the hall, he looked at the words that were kneeling on the ground and playing the right words.

"Yan Shangshu, the land of the capital, the first good district. There are hundreds of thieves who want to kill my heroes, and you officials are so good. Cao Jue said lightly.

Yan Ming knew that the emperor was already angry, his son-in-law, the more calm the surface of the incident, the more dangerous it was, and hurriedly bowed down: "The old minister is guilty, yesterday the dog returned home late at night, and described the situation in detail that day, the old minister knew that the situation was serious, and he had ordered Dali Temple to send someone to Longchi Station to find Shen Hou and investigate the scene, and there was news soon." ”

The emperor didn't say anything, didn't look at the two of them, walked to the door of the hall by himself, and suddenly asked, "Yan Yong, how is Shen Qing?" ”

Yan Yong was stunned for a moment, only then did he know that the emperor was asking him Shen Liangyu as a person, he secretly raised his head and glanced at the emperor, saw that the emperor did not look at him, and secretly looked at his father who was lying on the ground next to him, Yan Ming nodded imperceptibly, and then Yan Yong said:

"The minister saw that Shen Hou was heroic, kind and bold, like a brother to his subordinates, and polite to the minister. It's rare that Your Majesty has blue eyes, and it's really my great luck to have this character. ”

The emperor turned around and looked at Yan Yong, and with another "hmm", he glanced at Yue Le, and Yue Le said: "Your Majesty, you are also tired today, it is better to rest for a while, and later you will go to see the crown prince and the princes riding and shooting." ”

Seeing Cao Jue nodded, the father and son of the Yan family hurriedly bowed down: "The ministers will retire." ”

After seeing the father and son of the Yan family leave, Cao Jue turned the white jade wrench on his thumb and asked Yue Le: "Is there anything untrue?" ”

According to the information that the minister received from Yulindu and Xue Chongben, Yan Yong did not exaggerate. There were many thieves that day, and when Lord Yan escaped over the wall, he did find two post guards and notified Shen Liangyu. It's just that no trace of Shen Liangyu has been found so far. ”

"There is another thing, the body of the post guard who notified Shen Hou that day has been found, according to the investigation, the two were stabbed to death with swords by the people around them, there were signs of a fight before they died, and ····· was also found on them."

"If you have something, just say that the old thing has learned to hide it from me?" Cao Jue was impatient.

"The minister didn't dare, when Yulin searched for the corpses, he found them on them... The token of Yanfu was searched. After Yue Le finished speaking, he took out a wooden card, and the wooden card carved the word "Yan", which was the certificate for entering and leaving the Yan Mansion.

Cao Jue looked at the wooden plaque, his face cloudy: "Interesting, interesting, my minister was besieged and killed by hundreds of assassins under my nose, and I found the Yanjia talisman on the body of the post officer." In the past two years, I have only cared about recruiting Han people to cultivate and train troops, which has made some people in the court think that I am weak and can be bullied. Aren't you afraid of losing your head when you play tricks on my head? ”

"Your Majesty's eyes are like lightning, these are just some ghost tricks." Yue Le bowed and said.

Cao Qi threw the wooden card in his hand to the corner of the hall, got up from the couch and said to Yue Le: "Let Yulin investigate this matter, I don't have the time to pay attention to these villains now." ”

In the school field next to the Imperial Garden, the princes are practicing archery under the guidance of their masters.

Cao Hong has just reached the age of opening the half-stone bow, practicing the stone lock on the sidelines, and is pulling his bow to shoot a target a hundred steps away, the target has already been hit by three arrows, several young brothers are standing behind him, only to see Cao Hong pinch another arrow, the ape arm is light, and the bull's-eye a hundred meters away is hit by an arrow. The younger brothers cheered as if they had been shot.

There were two masters waiting by the prince's side, giving them pointers from time to time. Because Cao Yi is older, he has a stone bow in his hand, probably just used this bow, and the bow is not yet familiar, and several arrows are shot crookedly.

At this time, I only heard Cao Fan, the third prince standing side by side a few steps away, say: "A few years older than us, even a stone bow is not good, waste is waste." ”

Cao Yi hatefully glanced at the provocative Cao Fan next to him, his face was flushed, and the arrow feathers in his hand were pinched, but he was cautious in his words and deeds since he was a child, especially for this arrogant younger brother. He held back the anger in his chest and did not attack, but turned around and changed an arrow and continued to practice.

"Haha, the cheap breed of Han life." Cao Fan saw that Cao Yi had nothing to say, and he was even more proud. As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out an empty arrow with an arrow and shot at Cao Yi with a "whoosh".

The arrow was shot at Cao Yi's face impartially, Cao Yi only felt a flower in front of him, and his face was in severe pain, seeing Cao Fan looking at him triumphantly with a bow, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and took the bow in his hand and drew it towards Cao Fan.

Cao Fan didn't expect Cao Yi, who had always been cowardly, to dare to resist, he was defenseless, his mouth was firmly bowed, and his lips were visibly swollen.

Cao Hong didn't pay attention to the incident, but the few little princes behind him saw the scuffle over there, and they all ran over excitedly to watch, and Cao Hong found that the prince and Cao Fan were already fighting on the ground.

Cao Hong hurriedly ran over, and saw that the two of them were fierce and abnormal, you kicked my heart, I grabbed your waist and eyes, I couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly called a few guards on the sidelines to pull the two of them apart.

After the two were pulled apart, they saw that the corners of the crown prince Cao Yi's eyebrows were broken, and he was bleeding outward, and Cao Fan was also beaten like a pig's head, his eyes were blue, and his two lips were purple and swollen on his face.

"Two brothers, what made you so ruthless, what can't you say well?" Cao Hongdao.

"Who wants you to be fake?" Cao Fan said contemptuously: "You Han wastes, apart from making bad things behind your backs and talking about people, what else can you do?" Little star? Dare to sarcastically mock me? Phew! ”

Cao Hong and several princes born to Han concubines frowned when they heard this: "Third brother, you have a grudge against the prince, what are you doing with us?" Several other Han girls' princes clamored one after another.

Cao Hong was not happy in his heart, but he forbearically said: "Third brother, since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Han and the Huns have been one, the Huns have the heroes of the Huns, the Han people have the heroes of the Han people, how many Han people are important ministers in the court, and the father and emperor believe in them, is the father also wrong?" Now the world is not quiet, there is Rouran in the north, Fu Qin in the west, and Liu Song in the south. It is time to unite sincerely and resist foreign enemies. The third brother's words are just said here, if they are spread outside, I am afraid that my father will say that the third brother is not. ”

Cao Fan saw that he had provoked the anger of the public, and he was afraid that it would be blamed in the ears of his father, and he was also worried in his heart, but he did not lose the battle, so he still quibbled: "You have seen it today, Cao Yi used "Little Star" to ridicule me when I was studying, I... I can't swallow that. ”

Cao Hong said: "Third brother, you used to always be late for morning class, Mr. Cui never scolded you, reading "Poems" today, I don't think it is aimed at anyone, as for the prince's brother's interpretation, it is a routine for reading in the past, I don't think you should care about it." ”

Cao Fan saw that Cao Hong would make things clear, and he was afraid that the people around him would be mixed and lose face, so he only turned his head and "hummed" and stopped talking.

At this time, Cao Hong walked to the prince's side, bowed down and said: "Brother Prince, the third brother is also dizzy today, you are the prince of the country, and your status is noble, I hope you don't worry about the third brother for the sake of our younger brothers who are young and ignorant." ”

The prince glanced at Cao Fan hatefully, don't look away, it can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.