On the way back, Yuan Ye finally found an opportunity to ask Yuan Rui: "Your Highness, don't you really believe that Aunt He's nonsense?" How can she be the master of such a major matter as assassinating harem concubines? However, Yuan Rui ignored him as if he hadn't heard.

Yuan Ye mentioned this matter to Yuan Rui several times after that, but Yuan Rui never expressed his opinion, and finally had to be patient and accompany him to hurry.

It wasn't until he returned to the Changle Mansion in Luoyang that Yuan Rui finally spoke: "Yuan Ye, I've thought a lot along the way, even if my mother is really the queen mother, so what?" The deceased is gone, can I still chase him down to the ground to take revenge? ”

Yuan Ye was so anxious that he stomped his feet, gritted his teeth and said softly: "The Queen Mother is gone, isn't there still Yuan Yao?" ”

Yuan Rui shook his head: "The people are gone, let the grievances of the previous generation disappear with the wind, the imperial brother has no idea about it, and he doesn't need to bear any responsibility." And now I have internal and external troubles, and I can no longer withstand the toss. There are two peasant women in the Qu family, and they still know that the family needs to support each other, is it possible that we are not as good as two peasant women when we are a royal family and clan relatives? ”

Yuan Ye was so anxious that his hands clenched into fists and trembled: "Your Highness! That's the end of the revenge of killing the mother? ”

Yuan Rui was categorical: "I have made up my mind, and King Puyang doesn't need to say much." This king said that no matter whether there is a queen mother among the current people who assassinated this king, it has nothing to do with the royal brother! Turning back to Shangguan Qiandao, "Senior, this matter is very important, if it spreads, it will be very unfavorable to King Puyang, and I hope to keep it secret!" ”

Shangguan Qian nodded: "I naturally know the importance of this, His Royal Highness can make such a decision, it is really amazing!" I, Shangguan Qian, didn't misread His Highness! ”

Yuan Ye wanted to say more, but Shangguan Qian pulled Yuan Ye over: "His Royal Highness the King of Puyang, please!" If you insist on giving it away, it's not very good-looking. ”

As soon as Yuan Ye was sent away, Uncle Chen couldn't wait to come to Yuan Rui: "Your Highness, there are guests here, the old slave is inconvenient to say, Your Majesty has sent people to look for you several times in the past few days." The people in the house don't know where you are, so you're really a slave in a hurry......"

Yuan Rui was a little surprised, Yuan Yao had never been so anxious to find him, and he didn't know what major things had happened in the past few days when he was away. Although he was surprised in his heart, Yuan Rui still pretended to be indifferent: "I know, what can the imperial brother say about calling me?" ”

Chen Bo said in a trembling voice: "It seems to be about the remnants of the Night Wolf Alliance." ”

Yuan Rui chuckled in his heart, when did Yuan Yao become so powerful, could it be that Yuan Ye was looking for me and someone found out?

After a short stay, Yuan Rui entered the palace to see Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao still met him in the old place Bifeng Forest. As soon as they met, Yuan Yao split his head and asked: "Yuan Rui!" During the state funeral, where did you go crazy again? ”

Thinking of Uncle Chen's words, Yuan Rui didn't dare to answer rashly, after all, the two closest relatives were involved, for fear that if he accidentally said the wrong thing, it would cause an irreparable rift between the brothers. While he was thinking about how to phrase it, Yuan Yao asked again: "What am I asking you about?" ”

Yuan Rui gritted his teeth, it was better to be cunning than to be honest, and decided to tell the truth: "The younger brother learned of Aunt He's whereabouts, and the matter was urgent and could not be reported, and he asked the imperial brother to forgive him." ”

"Aunt He? Where is she? Yuan Yao's face was full of shock, and his expression did not seem to be fake.

Yuan Rui was also shocked when he saw his expression, he knew that Yuan Yao was not the kind of person who was extremely deep in the city, if he really knew about it in his heart, he couldn't pretend to have that expression just now. Could it be that he really doesn't know yet? After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Rui said with reservations: "Aunt He lives alone in Funiu Mountain, and when her brother arrived, she was already dead. ”

Yuan Yao sighed: "After serving her mother for so many years, Aunt He is embarrassed for her. Then he took Yuan Rui's hand, "The deceased is gone, and we don't have to worry too much." Three days ago, Sun Rong sent an assassin from his side, who originally belonged to the Night Wolf League like He Gu, saying that he was ordered by Hu Dun to assassinate Sun Rong. I wanted to ask you for details, but you have not been there, so I can only make a decision alone. ”

It turned out that the remnants of the Night Wolf League in Uncle Chen's mouth were not He Gu, and Yuan Rui secretly laughed at his worries in vain.

If you want to make this clear, you have to go back to a few days ago, when Yuan Ye led Yuan Rui to Funiu Mountain to find He Gu in a hurry, thousands of miles away in Hengzhou, the rebel general even Dayong was very anxious to see someone, to be precise, waiting for someone to see him. Recently, their rebel army has lost several cities in the battle with Sun Rong, and even Xia Long, one of the leaders, the former Longfei Town general, has become Sun Rong's ghost. This Sun Rong made them feel more and more frightened, and in order to put an end to this fear, he specially transferred an assassination master from Yingyang.

Soon the guards brought in an old man, like Lian Dayong, although he was close to the sixtieth year, he walked like a dragon, his spirit was strong, and his voice was like a bell, and he knew that he was a person who practiced martial arts at a glance. It's just that the hair is half white, and the eyebrows are full of deep marks left by the years, suggesting that the person who came has also experienced vicissitudes. This person is the original Night Wolf Alliance's protector Shen Baiyue, who escaped with another Dharma Protector Lu Sheng Daoist when the imperial court bloodbathed the Night Wolf Peak twenty years ago. Lu Sheng later fled to Rouran, and he joined the rebel forces of Lian Dayong and others, just like the black and impermanent Shen Kun back then.

Shen Baiyue saluted Lian Dayong: "I've seen the general!" ”

Lian Dayong hugged his fists and said: "The crossbow of Qianjun is not for moles, for many years, Shen Gong, you have not asked about the world, and have devoted yourself to martial arts, and we have never assigned you any tasks." But today, the time has finally come for you to serve the young master, and you will get rid of one of us for us, and you will not have a way to live, regardless of success or failure! ”

Shen Baiyue was slightly stunned: "This is what the young master means?" ”

Lian Dayong: "Yes! ”

Even among the rebel generals, there are only a few people who know the existence of this "young master", such as Yu Chenglie and Lian Dayong, not to mention those martial arts warriors who Lian Dayong collected. Except for the time when Shangguan Qian was framed ten years ago because of the incident involving Murong Xi's treasure, the "young master" showed his face, and the rest of the moments were like invisible, never appearing in front of people. Even if someone has heard of such a person as the "Young Master", they will only laugh at it as a joke. And Shen Baiyue actually knew, which showed his status in the rebels.

Shen Baiyue pondered for a moment: "The young master wants to exchange Shen's life, I don't know what kind of character it is?" ”

Lian Dayong asked rhetorically: "Shen Gong and we have the same purpose, we both want the Wei State to perish, and now our biggest obstacle is who Shen Gong will not know, right?" ”

Shen Baiyue blurted out: "Sun Rong! ”

Lian Dayong nodded: "Sun Rong will not die for a day, you and I will not be able to live in peace for a day, Hu Dun and Sun Rong have a disagreement, the young master means that he wants Shen Gong to blame the Hu family while getting rid of Sun Rong, so that it will not only remove the stumbling blocks in front of us, but also cause civil strife in the Wei court, killing two birds with one stone, it depends on whether Shen Gong is willing or not." ”

Shen Baiyue laughed: "I, Shen Baiyue, should have died twenty years ago. The reason why I have worked hard to cultivate and survive so far is for revenge, and with my dying life, I can exchange it for the chaos of the Wei Kingdom, which is worth it! ”

Sangancheng is one of the four counties bordering Hengzhou in the south and Yanzhou. In a fierce battle that took place here a few days ago, Sun Rong killed the rebel general Xia Long and captured the city, and at this moment he is organizing the people of the city to repair the city wall damaged by the battle.

Sun Rong and the two generals walked side by side on the city wall, "Sun Ting, You Xu, why do you think our army can win this battle, and what mistakes does Xia Long make on top of the city defense?" ”

The one named Sun Ting smiled: "We just have to follow the general and rush forward, the general who can't make a mistake has his own high opinions." ”

Sun Rong shook his head: "Since the army has led the expedition, you are no longer just the deacons of the Northeast Hall and the Zhengdong Hall in Huaiwu, but the general of the country who leads the troops to fight. ”

Sun Ting nodded again and again, thinking for a while: "Xia Long has too few arrow towers in the city, otherwise our army will not easily approach the city wall." ”

Sun Rong nodded in approval, and said to You Xu: "You Xu, you can also talk about it." ”

You continued: "The last general thought that Xia Long's biggest mistake was the lack of preparation of defensive weapons such as rolling logs and stones, trapping pits and rejecting horses, so as to prematurely engage with our army. ”

Sun Rong listened to their respective opinions with a smile on his face, and concluded: "What you said has some truth, but in my opinion, it is not the point. As he spoke, he came to the wall and pointed to the terrain outside the city, "You see, Sanggan City is surrounded by water on three sides, but the southwest corner is a large plain, which is conducive to the attack of the army, and is the weakest point of the entire city's defense. If it were up to me to defend the city, I would choose a high ground here to build an outer city, so that I could cooperate with the defenders of the city to defend it, and I could send troops to attack the enemy army at any time, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

"The general is wise!" The two sang in unison.

Just as the three of them were pointing out the country, a man who was building a wall behind him suddenly made a difficulty, drew his sword and shot at Sun Rong. Everything came too suddenly, Sun Ting didn't have time to think about it, and pushed Sun Rong away. The long sword came out of his chest, and the fierce general Sun Ting no longer had to think about the advantages and disadvantages of the city defense, and he could no longer think about it.