Although the twelfth princess heard the movement of the attempted coup d'état in the Liufu Mansion, because the movement came and went faster, even if she planned to do something with such a change, she was also powerless. The place where she was placed was heavily guarded, and even if the father and son of the Xu family planned to use the assassination of the Northern Yan assassin as a pretext, the most important thing was to blackmail the Son of Heaven, so they didn't have time to attack her at all.

So, no one came to tell her what was going on outside, and she didn't have time to think about it. She thought about all the experiences when she met Emperor Wu that day, and even recalled the scenes when she was separated from the three princes over and over again, broke and analyzed the attitude of the only remaining brother, and finally gradually fell into an indescribable panic.

If the third prince just accused her of staying in Wu Land, but he had ulterior motives, then what should she do? The most important thing is that her mother, Concubine Hui, her maternal family, is all still there!

After several days of confusion, the twelve princesses, who had trouble sleeping, quickly lost weight. She had long forgotten the man she had been madly infatuated with, and that little emotional matter was nothing compared to life and death, honor and disgrace for the survival of the family and country, she had already thoroughly recognized this, but it was too late. It was as if it had been forgotten, and no one had ever come, which made her extremely uneasy.

Therefore, when there was a sudden knock at the door on this day, the Twelfth Princess was stunned for a moment, and then realized that breakfast had just been delivered, and someone else must have come to see her. She got up, but thinking that her impatient attitude was easy for people to take advantage of loopholes, she hurriedly sat down slowly. But at this time, it was too late to tidy up her appearance, so she could only ask in a voice as calm as possible.

"Who's out the door?"

"It's me." Zhen Rong's voice, which was more calm than the twelfth princess, sounded, "I'm leaving, come and see the princess before leaving." ”

Although it was only a matter of more than a year that I met Zhen Rong, the real time to get along was only a few months when I returned to Beiyan from Jinling, but during the time when I fled from Shangjing and then wandered around, the twelve princesses had already truly realized that this former disciple of Qingcheng, the young man whose father was determined to be Xiao Jingxian's son, was definitely a truly honest gentleman.

So, hearing that he was leaving, she couldn't help but rush to the door in three steps and two steps, and opened the door with both hands. Seeing that Zhen Rong was still standing outside the door in the posture of knocking on the door, she couldn't help but have red eyes, and then turned her back to wipe away the tears that came out of her eyes, and then said in a somewhat vague voice: "King Jin, please come in." ”

"The title of King Jin was originally inherited as a last resort, and it was not what I wanted. From now on, I'm just Zhen Rong, that's all. Zhen Rong smiled generously, and when he entered the room, he bluntly told the truth.

"I have asked the emperor to take my people back to Beiyan. They are Yan people, it is difficult for Wu Di to accept them, and they have more family and friends, so it is impossible to leave a mess of the country alone. So before I took them away, I came to say goodbye to the princess. Of course, there's probably going to be a play......"

"You ......" The twelve princesses suddenly became short of breath. Of course, she knew that the so-called emperor was Emperor Wu, not her dead father. She didn't care what kind of image she was at this time, she turned to face Zhen Rong, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Nan Wu Ken let you go back?" Will you let you go back to assist the third brother? ”

"It's not to assist Prince Yan." Zhen Rong's face became much darker, and his eyes were a little dark. He looked at the twelve princesses whose faces were gradually pale, knowing that she might have guessed some result, and said in a low voice at the moment, "After he brought Emperor Yan's coffin back to Nanjing City, all the guards who accompanied Emperor Yan before ...... They all committed suicide and apologized. ”

Hearing this news, which was as determined by Emperor Wu before, the Twelfth Princess couldn't help but staggered back a few steps, and finally asked in a trembling voice: "Third brother, he ...... What did he claim to the outside world? ”

"He said that these people were warriors who guarded Emperor Yan, but it was a pity that they died like this, and ordered a thick burial to care for their families, and gathered the remnants of the army as the crown prince, determined to defend the country, and did not give an inch." Seeing the Twelfth Princess sit down on the chair, he knew that the current scene must be different from what the two of them said when they parted, and he couldn't help but sigh for a moment when he thought of what he hadn't said yet.

He hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke: "Although the guards are all dead, the words of Emperor Yan passing the throne to you before he died still spread. Outcome...... Prince Yan claimed that it was fake news released from Bazhou, and accused you of staying in Wu Land and refusing to come back for the sake of Yue Qianqiu, a Wu person, and asked Concubine Hui and the clansmen to ......"

"How dare he ......" Before she finished speaking, the twelve princesses grabbed the table with both hands, trembling with anger. However, the greatest fear took hold of her whole body, so much so that it took her a long time to ask if she wanted to find out about the safety of her mother, uncle, and other relatives, "...... How are they! ”

Zhen Rong shook his head and said, "It's the news that someone else just sent to me, and I don't know how it is." But I'm going to take people north, and I'll do my best to protect your mother and those people if I have the slightest chance. ”

"Thank you, thank you......" The Twelfth Princess couldn't cry, her overexerted ten fingers as if she wanted to grab a small hole in the thick tabletop, but when she raised her head, although her eyes were red and swollen, she still said word by word, "If you can really meet them, please try to send them to Wudi." Dayan is over, at least the Ji family is finished, there is no need to accompany the funeral! ”

Zhen Rong nodded slightly, he knew that he might not be able to reassure her if he stayed to comfort the Twelfth Princess, so he just said a word to take care, and then turned around and left. But when he stepped out of the threshold, the voice of the twelve princesses came from behind him.

"Ah Rong, are you helping Emperor Wu to collect those heroes of Dayan?"

"Nope." Zhen Rong gave a categorical answer without looking back, "I just hope that those innocent people in Beiyan will die a few less!" In troubled times, there will be countless heroes rising, but they will also kill countless people. With my meager strength, I can't protect many people, but whether I am scolded as a traitor or otherwise, as long as there is grain support from the south, at least a few more people can survive. ”

With that, he strode away, forcing himself not to listen to the uncontrollable cry behind him. It wasn't until he walked out of the courtyard gate that he saw Chen Wuliang who brought him here that he said in a low voice: "I want to go to see my father-in-law." ”

"Okay." Chen Wuliang bowed his head slightly and agreed to this request, but when he turned around to lead the way, he added, "The Ninth Prince should also be there at this time, if he has any conflict with your father-in-law, please give it a hand." Both of them have a first-class temper, and from the first time they met, it was like water and fire were incompatible, not to mention a headache. ”

Zhen Rong didn't know very well what the relationship between Yue Qianqiu and his father-in-law, Xiao Changxing, the king of Lanling County, was, and only vaguely guessed that Xiao Changhui might be in collusion with Nanwu, but now that he listened to Chen Wuliang's tone, it seemed that Yue Qianqiu and Xiao Changhui were very familiar - it was just the kind of familiarity that didn't have a good relationship, so he was a little confused.

But he has never been a person who gets to the bottom of things, so he readily agreed immediately. With his stepfather on one side and his friend on the other, he can't let the two of them conflict. Moreover, in his impression, although his father-in-law is often not serious, he is very reliable at critical moments, and Yue Qianqiu is a person who is very arrogant on the surface, but is actually thoughtful. And how could such two people fight?

However, Zhen Rong, who was full of doubts, soon didn't have time to think about what was going on, because he suddenly found that Chen Wuliang did not take him to a courtyard in the Left-behind Mansion, but took him to a lonely stone room in the Left-behind Mansion, and then gave a few instructions to the guards guarding outside, and then entered to open a secret door and lead him into a secret passage.

If it weren't for the fact that he had seen the emperor before, and clearly felt the tolerant and kind attitude of the other party, he would almost think that he was going to imprison himself. But even so, as he found out that this secret passage actually led to the underground, he still couldn't help but ask indignantly: "Gonggong Chen, is this how Da Wu used this kind of dungeon to treat my father-in-law?" ”

Chen Wuliang didn't need to look back to feel the deep anger of the young man behind him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly at the moment: "I also want to put your father-in-law elsewhere, but he said that he doesn't want to see too many people, plus he and Jiugongzi will make a big fuss once they see each other, and it will be troublesome if someone bumps into it and hears it." Therefore, when you go to Beiyan back, there will be rumors here that your father-in-law will go back with you. ”

"Then, whether you say that he went to seclusion, or died of grief and illness, in short, there is no such person as Xiao Changhui, the king of Lanling County, in the world."

Hearing this, even if Zhen Rong realized it later, he couldn't help but have a guess: "You mean to say that my father-in-law is a Wu person?" ”

"That's right, if it's fake, he is a native of Jinling." Now, since the emperor nodded, Chen Wuliang also revealed a little bit to Zhen Rong very calmly in advance, "Just the farce in which he showed up heroically under Bazhou City before, because no one expected that it would eventually develop into such a result, and it was not appropriate to blame General Dai, so the emperor had a headache." ”

"And there are so many people who see your stepfather, and it will take at least a few years to eliminate the subsequent effects. So even if he returns to Jinling this time, I'm afraid that he will have to cultivate his self-cultivation and hide for two years first. ”

Although he had made such a guess in his heart, at this time, Chen Wuliang made this matter clear, and Zhen Rong still had a very strange mood. But he was a person with a steady personality in the end, so he didn't continue to ask more, but settled down and followed Chen Wuliang to continue walking, and when he passed another stone gate, the voice in front of him could no longer be covered.

"When you ran away from home, you went around looking for someone to make an appointment, and ran Beiyan even beat up other people's green forest mountain bandits, and people sent the honorific name of the Red Mountain King, and then bumped into a dying future horse master, so he swaggered and ran to Shangjing as a concubine, and actually gave you a fool of the king of Lanling County. You guy can't be low-key everywhere, a reclusive fart! ”

"Are you embarrassed to say me? Are you a kid who keeps to himself? In Jinling, it is a tyrant! Do you think you are really the fourth son of Jinling? Listen to your nickname, that's not the Four Sons, it's the Four Beasts at all! Is the nickname "poisonous scorpion" good? ”

"What a poisonous scorpion, it's the scorpion king!"

"Anyway, it's the boss in a nest of scorpions, even if it's the king, it's a good thing that can be trampled to death with one kick......"

"Okay, even if I'm a poisonous scorpion, I'm better than you, an unfilial prodigal! Believe it or not, you can be sprayed to death by countless spittle stars when you go home! Believe it or not, I can say that I don't recognize you as a father...... Hmm, you dare to sneak attack! ”

Hearing this extremely childish quarrel, Chen Wuliang couldn't help but sigh deeply. He glanced back at Zhen Rong, who was dumbfounded, and smiled a little helplessly and said, "You should have heard it, right?" Your father-in-law, Xiao Changhui, is the nominal adoptive father of the Ninth Son, the eldest of the elder Xiangye's family......"

It's simply ...... Unthinkable!

Zhen Rong didn't know what to say, but when he keenly caught the sound of fighting coming from inside, he didn't care if the two were father and son, so he hurriedly rushed past Chen Wuliang with an arrow step. I saw that in the wide stone room, Yue Qianqiu, who was supposed to be weak and powerless, forced his father-in-law to retreat step by step.

And he thought to himself that if he exchanged with his father-in-law, it would definitely be an ironclad loss...... Because he could smell the pungent pepper from a long distance!

"Stinky boy, how many years have you been using such a scoundrel trick!"

Yue Xiaosi is still in the end, he is deaf and clear-sighted, he just found that someone is approaching, just thinking about a little lesson Yue Qianqiu is finished, who knows that this kid will not eat at all, and he also upgraded the flour offensive of the year to pepper, he has suffered a small loss in front of him, at this time while slapping the powder on his body, while scolding, and finally couldn't help but sneeze a few times.

And Yue Qianqiu saw that it was Zhen Rong who came, so he snorted stupidly, and did not raise the bar with Yue Xiaosi again. And the younger four easily stopped sneezing, and quickly took a wad of thin paper to the side to solve the problem of cleaning the blocked nose. He pinched his nose again and stepped forward to disperse the remaining pepper in the air with his sleeve, and then quickly came to Zhen Rong.

Compared with Yue Qianqiu's bear son, he was satisfied with what Zhen Rong looked at, and at this time, he unconsciously brought out a close smile: "Ah Rong is here?" Let you see the joke! It's because of such an unfilial son, so I grit my teeth with hatred, hey, if you were my son, I wouldn't be so unlucky......"

"I also raise a daughter-in-law and daughter for you, and I am filial to your father, who is not filial?"

Rao is younger Si has always been sharp-toothed, but he was almost choked by Yue Qianqiu. He took a deep breath, and dragged Zhen Rong out without saying a word, for fear that if he took a slow step, he would be angry with that cheap adopted son. When he got out of this stone room, he looked Zhen Rong up and down for a while, and saw that although he had lost some weight, he was in good spirits, so he hurriedly asked about the current situation.

Thinking of his father-in-law's current and future situation, Zhen Rong only felt that the man in front of him was really a living legend. Maybe he doesn't have any merits that are praised by the world, but just the two identities created in Beiyan with his bare hands are enough to make most people unattainable in a lifetime. Therefore, he did not answer Yue Xiaosi's question, but just smiled bitterly.

"Father-in-law, you deceived me so hard!"