Qi Hongtian returned to Yueyang City with 400,000 soldiers and horses, and the people of the whole city lined up to beat drums to welcome the return of the general.

The Empress Dowager and the prince and the ministers of the court came to the gate of the city to greet this general who did not have too many achievements but had the strongest moon dragon soldiers and horses.

The sound of horses' hooves seemed to vibrate the mountains and rivers, and the tiles on the house were crumbling and falling.

"Put the bridge!"

With an order, a stone bridge hundreds of meters wide was slowly lowered and placed between the moat and the city gate tower, and Qi Hongtian rode a high horse across the bridge and entered the palace gate with a serious face.

Liu Xiaoran said with a smile: "Welcome the triumphant return of the general." ”

Qi Hongtian sat on horseback and laughed: "Lord Wang, don't come to harm!"

Liu Xiaoran just smiled.

Qi Hongtian saw that the prince was in such a arrogant state, and he didn't make any calculations at all, which clearly showed that Qi Hongtian didn't take Liu Xiaoran in his eyes, or even anyone in the palace.

National teacher, Qing Ziyuan laughed and said: "The general doesn't know if the people of the Northern Wilderness have captured it this time. ”

Qi Hongtian laughed and shouted: "You old thing, aren't you dead? Why? Do you want me to stay in that cold place for the rest of my life, and let my 400,000 brothers drink snow water and sleep on the ice with me, you people who are in the palace with clothes and food, sit back and enjoy the things they have achieved, don't do any, and still point fingers!"

Qing Ziyuan was stunned and smiled: "The old man just said it casually, it's not interesting!"

Qi Hongtian caught a glimpse of him and rode away, although he was a great talisman master of Zhitian, and his cultivation realm was higher than Qi Hongtian, but Qi Hongtian's soldiers and horses Qing Ziyuan alone could not stop him.

No one dared to mess around at this time, so he could only let Qi Hongtian swagger into the palace.

Yan Lianyun frowned, Liu Xiaoran glanced at her and smiled lightly, thinking to see what you should do, she flicked her sleeves and went home.

When she was young, Yan Lianyun returned to the palace, and sat down angrily, thinking that she had come back before she sat on the throne Qi Hongtian, even if she came back, she was still so arrogant, and she didn't take anyone in her eyes.

She poured herself a glass of water and said to the national teacher standing aside, "National teacher, please take a seat." ”

Qing Ziyuan nodded and sat down and said: "The Empress Dowager now we can only recall Chen Feng to lie outside the city, this Qi Hongtian is too arrogant, one day he will kill us, it is clear that he wants to sit on the throne." ”

Yan Lianyun said coldly: "What can Chen Feng do with all the soldiers and horses, and besides, he has no combat ability, does it work to have a name?"

"Queen Mother, now it can only be like this, it's a big deal to pull out the military salary and let Chen Feng recruit troops and buy horses, and go all the way north to recruit troops and horses like Qi Hongtian went south. ”

Yan Lianyun nodded, there is such a way at present, there is no other way, the treasury has been empty recently, so Yan Lianyun will pay Chen Feng out of his own pocket and let him recruit troops.

Qing Ziyuan glanced at her and pondered: "Queen Mother, if Chen Feng withdraws this time?"

Yan Lianyun hurriedly stopped: "National teacher, don't panic, I'm going to be okay with Nanyan." ”

Qing Ziyuan nodded reassuringly.

Immediately, Yan Lianyun ordered his subordinates to pull out the money for Chen Feng, and by the way, asked Qing Ziyuan to write a letter to Chen Feng.

Having said that, as soon as Qi Hongtian returned to the palace, his butt was still hot, so he ran to Xiao Yuanshan's mansion, Xiao Yuanshan was practicing his sword in the mansion at this moment, and when he saw Qi Hongtian coming, he hurriedly put away his long sword.

Qi Hongtian laughed and said, "Brother Xiao is so interested, this sword is perfect!"

Xiao Yuanshan wiped his sweat and asked Qi Hongtian to sit down, ordered the little servant to pour water, and said with a smile: "Welcome the return of the general." ”

Qi Hongtian stared at him and said, "Yes, but everyone in the palace went to greet me, so I didn't see you." ”

Xiao Yuanshan smiled lightly and said, "Look, I was drunk last night, you won't blame me!"

"I haven't seen you for many years, you still don't care about the importance of the same, let's talk about it, what do you think of the court in the future?"

"General have a drink?"

"No, the old man asked you what was going on?"

"I have only 100,000 guards, what can I think, don't I let them guard the city gate all day long?"

Qi Hongtian smiled in disbelief, looked up at the tens of thousands of guards on the tall city wall, turned his eyes to Xiao Yuanshan and said: "I'm just a rough person, I speak straight, the Queen Mother, the prince, and me, if you were asked to choose, who would you choose?"

Sure enough, Xiao Yuanshan guessed correctly, he came to the mansion to pull himself to join him, but Xiao Yuanshan was more prescient than anyone else, he seemed to feel that there was one person operating all this, not Yan Lianyun, not the prince, nor Qi Hongtian, the person who operated it was Qing Ziyuan.

However, in this kind of troubled water, the deeper the person is hidden in the bottom of the water, the more difficult it is to find out.

Xiao Yuanshan laughed and said: "I'm also a rough person, to put it bluntly, you have the strongest strength at the most, but General Ji Chen on the prince's side should not be underestimated who followed General Shen Hao to fight, will his combat ability be worse than yours? There is also a Chen Feng on Yan Lianyun's side, although it is not worth mentioning, but Qing Ziyuan is his master, you think about it, a Heaven Knowing Realm cultivator wants to know the situation, it has already been calculated, why does he want to follow behind a girl's ass? It means that he uses Yan Lianyun as a gunman, I don't know what he wants to do. ”

Qi Hongtian is not stupid, he has been wondering why this Qing Ziyuan wants to follow behind a girl, at first he thought that Yan Lianyun had a little bit of a look and liked this old thing, so he followed to feast his eyes, but now it seems that this idea is extremely naïve.

As long as anyone who is smart can see that Yan Lianyun holds power, but has no military power, and the good times of taking refuge in her will not last long, the prince has no political power and is at least stronger than Yan Lianyun in terms of military power, in the end, the queen mother is not powerless to speak, those civil officials will only play on paper and make some poems and essays on the country, and there is no use for fart.

This Qing Ziyuan doesn't say that he thinks of this, but a person who knows the heavenly realm should be able to calculate some future situations, and then speculate.

Qi Hongtian had an epiphany when he thought of this: "Could it be that Qing Ziyuan is doing something?"

"It's hard to say!"

Qi Hongtian hurriedly said: "Which side are you on?"

Xiao Yuanshan smiled and shook his head and said: "To tell you the truth, I don't rely on waiting and watching the changes, who is the final winner and who takes refuge?

Qi Hongtian immediately got up, pulled out his long sword and put it on Xiao Yuanshan's neck, Xiao Yuanshan did not waver at all, and looked at Qi Hongtian blankly, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

After a while, Qi Hongtian put away his long sword and laughed: "You guy, old fox, okay! I want to tell you that the final winner is me, and you will take refuge in me, and in addition, your guards will be withdrawn, and I will guard the city wall, this is okay, right?"

Xiao Yuanshan smiled and said, "Yes!"

"Remember what you said, don't be swayed by the prince and the queen mother!"

Xiao Yuanshan looked at the back of Qi Hongtian leaving, and said, "You can't control me, who else can control me?"