The night was getting darker, and thinking of the changes during the banquet, Yuan Rui was overwhelmed with emotion and could not sleep. I got up and went outside the house, but I looked up and saw the bright moon in the sky, the stars were shining, and the Milky Way was like a ribbon full of precious stones, giving people infinite reverie. And under the seduction of the moonlight, the gnats competed with each other, with the rustle of the breeze through the grass, the Huaiwu at this moment should have been a peaceful and comfortable landscape painting, but because of the deceitful contest, Yuan Rui's heart left a touch of gray that was difficult to erase.

Just as he was sighing, a figure suddenly flashed behind him, and Yuan Rui suddenly looked back: "Who is it?" ”

"Brother Rui......" What caught my eye was the face of Sun Qian, who was also stunned.

"It turned out to be Xiaoqian, why, you can't sleep?" Yuan Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and a trace of warmth welled up in his heart, maybe at this time, only Sun Qian could bring him this feeling.

Sun Qian also had mixed feelings: "Yes! I can't imagine that the second brother and the second uncle will come to this point, everyone is a family, what can't be said well, you have to use a knife and a gun? When I was a child, the scene where the second uncle took me to climb the mountain after the dock seemed to be yesterday, but in a blink of an eye, the second uncle had become a prisoner under the stairs......"

Yuan Rui didn't make a sound, quietly listening to Sun Qian reminisce about the past and feel her feelings. Before Sun Qian could say anything more, her left hand was suddenly grabbed by Yuan Rui, which startled her and instinctively tried to retract her palm, but after a while, she gave up struggling, let Yuan Rui hold it, lowered her head and looked at her toes, and two pieces of red glow flew to her cheeks.

"Let's go! You lead the way! Let's go meet your second uncle! Hearing Yuan Rui's words, Sun Qian was suddenly shocked and responded embarrassedly: "Okay...... Good ......" Between the mustaches, Sun Qian's heart had already experienced several ups and downs, but Yuan Rui was completely unaware of it.

The prison in Huaiwu was built underground, with only one square entrance above the ground, and a row of steps leading to the cell. When Yuan Rui and the others rushed to the entrance, they were stopped by two guards: "The dock master has an order, Sun Baohu is plotting rebellion, the crime is unforgivable, and no one is allowed to visit!" ”

Sun Qian grabbed one of them by the collar: "Can't even me?" ”

The guard looked helpless: "Miss, just let the little ones go, it's hard for us to explain your tricks like this!" ”

Maybe it was the movement here that was too big, which alarmed Bai Sang, who was in prison for some reason, and hurriedly came out to relieve the siege, and said to the guard: "The dock master said that Yuan Gongzi is a distinguished guest, since Yuan Gongzi wants to visit the prisoners, then let them visit!" ”

The guards were relieved and gave way to the entrance. Yuan Rui bowed slightly to Bai Sang to show his gratitude, and led Sun Qian down the stairs.

"Second uncle, why are you so impulsive! If you have any ideas, can't you communicate openly and honestly with your second brother? Looking at the haggard Sun Baohu in the cage, Sun Qian couldn't help but feel sad.

Sun Baohu slowly turned his head: "My stupid girl! Sun Rong is a person who can talk well to his second uncle! When the Japanese prince also saw it, the second uncle just said something that disagreed with him, and he was dismissed from the post of deacon. How can such an arbitrary person listen to different opinions? ”

Recalling the scene at that time, Yuan Rui deeply agreed: "That's true. ”

"Haha......" Just when the three of them fell into a short silence, Sun Baohu actually laughed, and the laughter became louder and louder, but Yuan Rui and the two clearly heard the sadness and bitterness, "It's not a pity for me to die, but where will Huaiwu go!" Sandwiched between the rebels and the imperial court, how can Huaiwu survive! I really don't understand, where did Sun Rong get the confidence to insist on wading through this troubled water! ”

"Perhaps, as he said, Huaiwu is now unavoidable, and he must choose one side to rely on!" Yuan Rui could only give this explanation, and suddenly a white light flashed in front of him while speaking, and Yuan Rui noticed that Sun Baohu was still holding a short sword in his hand, and couldn't help but be stunned, "...... this sword?" ”

"This sword?" Sun Baohu held the short sword and shook it back and forth in front of him, "Just now, Commander Bai gave it to me on the order of Sun Rong Xiao'er!" ”

Yuan Rui's faces changed greatly, and he was given a sword in prison, didn't he want him to commit suicide! Sun Qian hurriedly persuaded: "Second uncle, don't act rashly, I'll go and ask the second brother to take back his life, everyone is a family of the Sun family connected by blood, the second brother must be angry for a while, and it will be okay when he is angry!" ”

Sun Baohu shook his head: "Don't waste your efforts, he deliberately let Bai Sang approach me and cause me to make trouble, this is a moment of annoyance, it is obviously well-intentioned!" ”

Sun Baohu said and slowly retreated to the corner, Sun Qian realized that something was wrong, shook the iron fence and howled excitedly: "Second uncle! Calm down! However, Sun Baohu seemed to be deaf, turned a deaf ear to Sun Qian's call, and pushed the sword into his heart little by little.

When Yuan Rui dragged the paralyzed Sun Qian out of the dungeon, he happened to meet Sun Xiu, who rushed to hear the news. Seeing Yuan Rui and the others, Sun Xiu asked eagerly: "Yuan Gongzi, I heard that the dock master gave me a sword, ...... my father?" Halfway through the words, I found Sun Qian's appearance, and a chill came to my heart and stopped.

Yuan Rui didn't know how to speak for a while, but shook his head slightly.

Sun Xiu froze and collapsed to the ground.

Sending Sun Qian back to her bedroom, Yuan Rui didn't feel sleepy, just sat in front of the window, watching the moon gradually sink and the east slowly turned white.

Although yesterday was the great day of the dock owner Sun Rong, it was undoubtedly a painful day for Huaiwu, no matter who won or lost in this infighting, it was tantamount to adding an incurable wound to its body that had suffered from vicissitudes. However, all this did not end, just when most of the people had not yet got up from their sleep, Sun Rong led his escort team members to pull the members who participated in Sun Baohu's operation yesterday to the river and behead them collectively.

In the days that followed, Sun Baohu's party was purged, executed, or expelled. However, Sun Xiu was spared from the pond fish because of the public dissuasion of Sun Baohu that day, which can be said to be a great luck in misfortune.

Yuan Rui really didn't want to see this kind of scene of fighting in the same room, and since Hanako's injuries were no longer serious, several people decided to leave after discussion. The situation in Huaiwu is so grim, Yuan Rui is really worried about whether Sun Qian will be implicated in the next turmoil, so he wants to take advantage of this departure to take her away as well. But whether Sun Qian is willing to go with him, Yuan Rui is not sure.

The road to Sun Qian's bedroom was not far, but Yuan Rui walked very slowly, because he hadn't figured out how to speak. After hesitating, he suddenly saw Regeneration rushing back from the outside, Yuan Rui hurriedly stopped him and asked him why he was in such a hurry, and Regeneration was out of breath and said: "Hengzhou, don't drive Tieli to assassinate Sun Youping, the chief of the assassination, raise the city to surrender to the rebels, and then lead the troops all the way to the south, and the counties along the way did not dare to resist, they surrendered one after another, and within a few days, the troops will be in Huai County!" ”

Yuan Rui was shocked, he didn't expect to face the rebels so soon, and he didn't care about what to say, so he rushed into Sun Qian's room, pulled her and went to find Sun Rong.

Seeing Sun Rong, Yuan Rui went straight to the point: "I must have seen Second Brother Sun again, I don't know how Second Brother Sun plans to deal with it?" ”

Sun Rong nodded: "That's right, Reincarnation has just come, and to be honest, the speed of the rebellion has exceeded Sun's expectations, but please rest assured that Your Highness is just like Brother Hua, Huaiwu's vitality is also extremely tenacious, and he will be able to survive this catastrophe." ”

Yuan Rui: "I heard that Tie Li has recruited rebels all the way south this time, and has 70,000 troops at this moment, although Huaiwu has 3,000 people, but excluding the old and weak, women and children, there are at most 1,000 soldiers who can fight, how to resist the 70,000 army?" ”

Sun Rong: "What is Your Highness's good plan?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Abandon the dock to protect people, the imperial court will soon send troops to quell the rebellion, and it will not be too late to kill it again." ”

Sun Rong looked at Sun Qian: "That's what you mean?" ”

Sun Qian lowered her head: "Xiaoqian grew up in Huaiwu since she was a child, and she vows to live and die with Huaiwu!" ”

Sun Rong applauded: "Well said! It's just that Xiaoqian is a woman, and staying doesn't play much role, if you really want to go with Your Highness, it's not impossible. I have to say that His Royal Highness's strategy is indeed more secure, but Sun also has a strategy, I wonder if His Highness is interested? As he spoke, he slowly approached Yuan Rui and whispered to him.

Yuan Rui pondered for a long time after listening: "You can give it a try!" ”

Sun Rong: "How many people does Your Highness need?" ”

Yuan Rui: "There are not many people in this matter, it is enough to hand over the four people from Luoyang." ”

Sun Rong: "Then Your Highness has already prepared. ”

Yuan Rui and Sun Qian said goodbye to Sun Rong and returned to the room, and on the way Sun Qian couldn't help asking, "What did the second brother say in your ear just now?" ”

Yuan Rui said seriously: "There were only three of us in the room just now, and Second Brother Sun was still whispering to me, who do you say he doesn't want to hear?" ”

Sun Qian looked unhappy but helpless: "I understand, it seems that if this trick is known by one more person, there will be more danger of leakage, so I don't ask." ”

Unexpectedly, Yuan Rui suddenly reached out and pinched her face as if he had changed: "He doesn't want you to know, doesn't mean that I have to hide it from you, I don't need to consider his feelings as a prince, right?" ”

Sun Qian was amused by him and burst out laughing, and said with a smile after listening to him relay Sun Rong's words: "This matter is indeed the most suitable for you to do it, Brother Rui, don't worry, I won't casually talk nonsense to live up to your trust." Although the second brother has done too ruthlessly in dealing with the second uncle and others, I still hope that Huaiwu can survive this catastrophe safely. ”

Then Yuan Rui found Huazidu and the other three, and before he could speak, Cui Mingyou asked first: "Has Your Highness seen Sun Rong?" When will we leave for Luoyang? ”

Yuan Rui: "The situation has changed, our destination is not Luoyang." ”

Cui Mingyou looked confused: "Where are you going?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Huaixian County!" ”