When Qi Ning returned to Jinyi Houfu, it was already early in the morning.

He went out of Beijing this time, and Gu Qinghan's ears and temples for a few days, and went to the Great Guangming Temple, before and after a few days, when he entered the mansion, he felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, the people in the mansion saw Qi Ning, they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look more, Qi Ning was suspicious, and saw that the old housekeeper Han Shou not far away was explaining something to his subordinates, and greeted him, Han Shou came over and said, "Lord, you can come back." ”

Qi Ning listened to his tone, as if there was something urgent, and before he could ask, Han Shou had already said: "Lord Wang, the emperor has sent someone twice, and it seems that there is an urgent matter to summon the prince." ”

Qi Ning was stunned for a moment, Han Shou got closer, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Madame has been in a bad mood for the past two days, Lord Wang..... Be careful! ”

"Feeling bad?" Qi Ning's spirit tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The palace sent someone to come the day before yesterday, and sent a girl over by the way." Han Shou said in a low voice: "That girl said that she was recuperating in the palace, and now her injuries have recovered a lot, so she came to find the prince, she said..... She said that she would follow the prince in the future, and also said that she was Zhuo Xian'er's ......! ”

Qi Ning's head suddenly grew big, knowing why Ximen Zhanying was in a bad mood, and said with a wry smile: "Where is Miss Zhuo now?" ”

"Although Madame is not happy, she is not embarrassed by her." Han Shou said: "I have already arranged to go to another hospital, and I also invited Miss Tang to take care of her injuries." ”

Qi Ning was really worried that Ximen Zhan Ying would be angry and turn Zhuo Xian'er away, and when he heard that he had settled down, he was slightly relieved, thinking that things had come to this point, and it was difficult to change, and he always went back to coax Ximen Zhan Ying.

Han Shou wanted to say something, and Qi Ning heard a voice from the side: "Yo, the prince has returned home, there is no one to see these days, where did the prince go to do an important errand?" The voice was delicate, Qi Ning followed the sound, and saw that the graceful Chi Danmei had already twisted her waist and walked over here.

Qi Ning was even more relieved when he saw Chi Danmei, and said with a smile: "When are you coming back?" ”

"Look at what you say." Chidan smiled with a pretty face, extremely charming, before anyone arrived, the fragrant wind came to his face, and Jiao Didi said: "I have already married you in the church, naturally I am a member of the Qi family, and the eldest lady has already arranged a place for me to live, I naturally want to come back whenever I want." While speaking, he had already arrived at Qi Ning's side, and circled around Qi Ning, his face seemed to be smiling, but he sniffed, sighed faintly, and said: "The prince must have been very busy these days, I'm afraid I haven't been able to rest well day and night, but I have to take care of my body." ”

It sounded like a word of concern, but when it entered Qi Ning's ears, Qi Ning's heart felt weak for a while.

He has been staying with Gu Qinghan for the past few days, the two of them have been lingering day and night, it can really be called day and night, Chi Danmei said this, as if he knew something, which made Qi Ning a little embarrassed, but he still smiled: "I am a person who practices martial arts, my health is good, even if I don't rest for a few days, I am still extremely brave, you are also a person who practices martial arts, you should know how good I am." ”

He also said what he said, how shrewd Chi Danmei was, how could he not understand, he glanced at him, twisted his waist and went to the main door, Qi Ning hurriedly said: "Where are you going?" ”

"I've been in the capital for a long time, and I haven't had a good look." Chi Danmei said: "I heard that there are many snacks in the capital, I just happened to be free these days, just walking around, eating and drinking, by the way, I heard that there are a lot of high-quality rouge gouache in the capital, I also went to take a look." Staying in the house all day, I was stuffy and suffocated. Yan Ran smiled, her eyes like water: "Do you want to go together?" ”

Qi Ning knew that with Chi Danmei's temperament, it was really impossible to stay at home honestly, but the palace summoned him, and he really couldn't travel to the city with Chi Danmei at this time, and said: "I'm going to enter the palace soon, let's do it another day." ”

Chi Danmei seemed to know the answer, and without saying much, she was about to leave, Qi Ning stopped and asked, "Do you have silver taels on you?" Knowing that Chi Danmei might not bring silver with her, she took her money bag and threw it over, Chi Danmei took the bag, smiled charmingly, and left.

"Madame is not in the house?" Qi Ning asked Han Shou at this time.

Han Shou replied: "Madame went to the Shenhou Mansion yesterday and has not returned. ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that it seemed that Ximen Zhan Ying was really angry, and was about to go to Zhuo Xian'er to take a look, when he heard a voice from behind: "Lord Wang! ”

Qi Ning turned around, only to see a person walking up from behind, dressed as a member of the Shenhou Mansion, and the man arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, he is a person from the Shenhou Mansion, and he is ordered to wait for the prince to return to the mansion." ”

"Yes...... Zhan Sakura asked you to come over? ”

"The humble position is at the order of the third senior brother." The man said: "The emperor has a will, after the prince returns to the palace, he doesn't have to enter the palace first, he goes directly to the Shenhou Mansion, and the prince Yu said that he wants to see the prince." ”

"Lord Yu?" Qi Ning was stunned.

Since the capture of the Northern Han Dynasty in Xiangyang, Beitang Yu has been under house arrest in the Shenhou Mansion, Qi Ning went to see Yu Wang Ye twice, but he also followed the emperor's will to get the Huanyu map from the mouth of Yu Wangye, but of course Beitang Yu knew that if the people of Chu got the Huanyu map, it would be unfavorable to the Northern Han Dynasty, so he naturally would not inform the Huanyu map.

Qi Ning tried in vain twice, so he broke off the idea of getting the Huanyu map from Beitang Yu, and even forgot the existence of that person, who expected that the prince of Yu wanted to see him today, he was a little surprised, frowned and asked, "Why did he want to see me?" ”

The man said: "A few days ago, Lord Lu from the Ministry of War went to see Beitang Yu, but Beitang Yu didn't say a word to Lord Lu, and Lord Lu left in disappointment. But the morning before yesterday, Prince Yu suddenly spoke, saying that he wanted to see the prince, and the prince was not in the house at that time, and the matter was reported to the emperor, and the emperor ordered us to wait for the prince to come back, and immediately invite the prince to see Beitang Yu. The lowly has been commanded to wait! ”

Qi Ning nodded, thinking that Lu Xiao of the Ministry of War suddenly went to see Beitang Yu, this matter is very strange, it is likely that there is a problem in the front-line war, Longtai ordered him to come back and go to see Beitang Yu immediately, it seems that the situation is still very urgent, and he will not delay, he ordered Han Shou to prepare clothes, and after changing them himself, he immediately went to the Shenhou Mansion, and went to Ruozhuo Xian'er's side, and it was not too late to come back after finishing the matter.

When he arrived at the Shenhou Mansion, he had someone to say, and Han Tianxiao, the captain of Wenqu, came to greet him in person, and he was not in a hurry to take Qi Ning to see Beitangyu, but asked him to sit down in the hall.

After serving tea, Qi Ning finally asked, "Third Senior Brother, I heard that Master Lu from the Ministry of War came to see Beitang Yu?" ”

Han Tianxiao said: "The prince has not been in the capital for the past few days, so I don't know anything. The front line reported that the 5,000 soldiers and horses under the command of General Yue of the Qinhuai Legion Xiao Pingzhi had fallen into the trap of the Northern Han people, and the whole army was annihilated......!" Before he finished speaking, Qi Ning was already shocked, and said in a lost voice: "The whole army is annihilated? ”

"The news hasn't gotten out yet." Han Tianxiao said solemnly: "The emperor is thundered and angry because of this. At that moment, he informed Qi Ning of the general situation he knew, and Qi Ning heard that Zhong Li arrogantly let the water of Baiyang Lake fill the Baishu River, cutting off Xiao Pingzhi's way back, and the five thousand soldiers and horses fell into a desperate situation with no way out, and his face was extremely solemn.

"The loss of 5,000 soldiers and horses is naturally a great blow to the morale of our army." Han Tianxiao said: "In the final analysis, it was because we didn't know the terrain of Han that Zhong Liao set a trap. ”

Qi Ning sighed: "A warlike general, naturally knows how to take advantage of the time and place, Zhong Liao can command the main force of the Han army, and now he is in the territory of the Han Kingdom, he is naturally well versed in this." Understood, and said, "Lord Lu came to see Beitang Yu, is it for the Huanyu map?" ”

Han Tianxiao said: "Exactly." In order to avoid being involved in the battle for the throne, Beitang Yu was willing to preside over the investigation of the geography of the Han realm, and he led people to make the so-called Huanyu map, as far as we know, the Huanyu map is the most complete map of the Han realm, the mountains, rivers, and pass roads are all clear, and the geography of the Han realm will be clear with the Huanyu map in hand. Lord Lu originally wanted to persuade Bei Tangyu to provide information about the Huanyu map, but Bei Tangyu never said a word to Lord Lu from beginning to end, and when Lord Lu saw him like this, he knew that he couldn't let him speak, so he could only leave. ”

"Did he offer to see me?"

"Exactly, the morning before yesterday, the person who brought him food reported that he asked us to invite the prince over." Han Tianxiao said: "He has been under house arrest so far, and he has not taken the initiative to say anything to us, this is the first time he has asked us to invite the prince over." The prince is not in the house, so he can only give this to the saint in advance, and the saint decrees, and after the prince returns, he immediately goes to see Beitangyu. The meaning of the saint is to hope that the prince will have the opportunity to continue to persuade Beitang Yu to provide information about the Huanyu map, if he has the conditions, as long as it is not too much, the prince can agree to him. ”

Qi Ning thought for a moment before asking: "He is under house arrest in the Shenhou Mansion, so it is naturally impossible for him to have contact with outsiders, that is to say, he doesn't know anything that happens outside." ”

"He is the most important prisoner of the Shenhou Mansion, and he has sent people to guard him day and night, and his humble position can guarantee that he has cut off all contact with the outside, and he has no way to know everything that happens outside." Han Tianxiao said.

Only then did Qi Ning get up and say, "Since he wants to see me, I'll go and meet him." After looking left and right, he lowered his voice and said, "Third Senior Brother, Zhan Sakura ......!" ”

Han Tianxiao said in a low voice: "The little junior sister is not in a very good mood, but don't worry, it's not a big deal." ”

Qi Ning nodded, and Han Tianxiao personally took Qi Ning to see Beitangyu.

Although Beitangyu is under house arrest, the place where he lives is also beautiful, and the residence is surrounded by pond water, but now the pond is lush with lotus leaves, a piece of emerald green, and there are lotus flowers in the emerald green, as a prisoner, Chu State's treatment of Beitangyu is not bad.

Qi Ning came outside the house alone, but saw Beitangyu sitting on a small chair by the pond, holding a fishing rod in his hand and wearing a hat on his head.

Qi Ning walked over slowly, Beitang Yu heard the footsteps, and did not look back, as if he had guessed who was coming, Qi Ning walked a few steps away from Beitang Yu Shenhou before saying, "There are fish in this pool?" ”

"Originally, there was no fish, but if you put it in, there will be it." Beitang Yu said with a smile: "They did things properly, they knew that I was going to fish, so they bought two buckets of fish and put them in, you must know that the fish they caught by themselves tasted delicious." ”

Qi Ning also said with a smile: "The prince seems to be used to this kind of life. ”

"Xi is not used to it, and it is not up to this king to have the final say." Bei Tangyu was still holding the fishing rod steadily, staring at the fish float floating on the water, and his voice was not shocked: "By the way, how many people did you kill or injured this time?" Don't underestimate Zhong Liao, among the generals of the Han Empire, except for Beitangqing, no one is Zhong Liao's opponent! ”