However, a few days later, when Yue Xiaosi saw the emperor again, he saw that this king, who ruled half of the world, was unprecedentedly a little old and haggard.

This has never appeared in the Emperor of Northern Yan, even if silver threads appear in his hair with the passage of time, although his forehead is gradually wrinkled, even if he is no longer as able to sleep all night to discuss military strategy and state affairs as he was when he was in the prime of life...... However, time flies, even if he is younger than the emperor of Southern Wu, he is gradually getting old after all.

What's more, it was his brother-in-law who openly defected this time. He was the younger brother of the woman he loved the most. It was all these years that put down rebellion for him, set sides for him, and killed people for him...... In Beiyan for a while, the demon king Xiao Jingxian, who was feared by countless people!

"I know how many people are scolding behind my back, saying that I am conniving at him, but how many people know that Xiao Jingxian has been testing my bottom line with those outrageous actions? Ever since his sister died, he had been as sharp as a different man, an unsheathed sword, and I knew it was for his sister's sake. I don't need to borrow his knife, and I can clean up the people who don't like it, I just want to use him, who knows his sister best, to track her down and find out what happened back then! ”

Yue Xiaosi has observed the Northern Yan Emperor in the dark for so many years, and has risen rapidly recently, and has observed the emperor for a long time, so after meeting the emperor, he heard that the emperor was a little distracted and said such a thing, and even changed his claim to be approachable, he came to a conclusion without bothering to think about it.

This always domineering emperor is really angry, and he is in chaos......

For him, this is a good opportunity to quickly establish his position, as a Wu man, he should take advantage of this to conquer the city, but just as the words were about to be spoken, he became cautious and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister also heard General Chu say this matter just now, but Yue Qianqiu's kid is slippery and cunning, could this be that he deliberately spread false rumors?" ”

"Huh! Qianqiu's kid is certainly scheming, but if Xiao Jingxian will be at his mercy, is he still the Lanling Demon King of the year? The emperor casually grabbed a letter from the high table on the side and slammed it on the ground, "Look, this is Xiao Jingxian's handwritten letter!" ”

Yue Xiaosi stepped forward to pick up the letter, and said solemnly: "Handwriting can be faked." ”

Without waiting for the emperor's reply, he took out his letterhead and browsed it. When he finally finished reading it, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Xiao Jingxian has already arrived in Gu'an?" No way! You must know that Gu'an is at least two thousand miles away from Shangjing, Xiao Jingxian can't blatantly borrow the post road, and it is not easy to change horses along the way, how could he get to Gu'an so quickly? This is likely to be an excuse for Nanwu to deceive the emperor, and there is likely to be a trap on Gu'an's side! ”

"What if there are traps? That's my land of Dayan, and it's not from Southern Wu, so do I still have to cast a rat trap on my own land? The emperor sneered and said undoubtedly, "I will set off today and take 800 soldiers to Gu'an!" ”

"The emperor......" Yue Xiaosi didn't know that Emperor Beiyan was the most difficult person to persuade, especially this look of having made up his mind, that is, he couldn't listen to any advice at all. Therefore, he quickly summed it up in his heart, and immediately said angrily, "The minister will go with him!" ”

"Of course, you have to go with you!" The emperor finally showed a hint of indifferent smile, "The Autumn Hunting Division is indeed too idle, Lou Yingchang has been in the south for so many years, and there are still a lot of achievements, but what have these people done in the north?" Like a sieve, let all kinds of snakes, scorpions, silverfish run rampant, and even get involved in it! You go down to rest and recuperate now, and when you get to the road in a while, I'll listen to you and tell me what the hell is going on in Swallow City!" ”

For the Northern Yan, which had the most cavalry, it was not difficult to draw eight hundred light horsemen from the soldiers and horses of the counterinsurgency to Gu'an, and even the sudden departure of the emperor who was personally conscripted was not a big deal. If there was no emperor, there would be no war, and those generals should find a stone to kill them. However, I don't know how many people are worried that this is a trap set by the rebels in collusion with Xiao Jingxian, so Yue Xiaosi was not able to rest as the emperor ordered.

Because a group of generals came to beg him to persuade the emperor to take back his fate.

At first, Yue Xiaosi still had the energy to talk to people well, but gradually he became impatient. In the end, he simply gathered all the people who came to see him, and said angrily: "I have had a friendship with Xiao Jingxian, and I have also had a disagreement, thanks to the emperor's trust, I didn't blame me for running away, but I won't be blind because of this!" ”

"Those two rebels are under the former East Palace, who doesn't know that Xiao Jingxian never pretends to the East Palace, and he will collude with those two rebels to make a trap to deceive the emperor? It's a joke! ”

"Besides, how far is the distance between Gu'an and Xinle, how far do you calculate for yourself, and the rebels can reach it? Have the ability to set a trap there? The emperor can't persuade him to come back, do you think I haven't persuaded him? If you have the intention to waste time here, it is better to choose the soldiers of the Suihu, and by the way, check the deployment near Gu'an, pick out reliable people, and meet the emperor there! ”

After saying this, Yue Xiaosi blasted everyone out, and then paced back and forth in the room that was temporarily assigned to him for a few steps, and then ordered a henchman guard to call Zhen Rong over. However, it was a quarter of an hour before the man came, and his hair was still dripping with wet droplets, and his clothes were still dry.

Yue Xiaosi stared at Zhen Rong's dress, it was incredible: "What are you doing here?" Such a look of being fished out of the water? ”

"Back to the county king, I just brushed the horse and fed the horse." Seeing Yue Xiaosi's appearance of being sluggish and then annoyed, Zhen Rong said in a low voice, "Of course, I didn't do it alone, there were other people to help." After all, the emperor himself said that I would be a slave rider, and I don't want you to turn back and make it difficult for you to do it. ”

Yue Xiaosi finally decided not to dwell on this stubborn boy. He took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "The emperor is going to Gu'an next, I don't know what Xiao Jingxian and Yue Qianqiu are playing, so you look carefully along the way, in case you find that those martial arts masters like your uncle are haunting, give me a reminder." The emperor seems to be in chaos, but it may not be an opportunity to fish. ”

Zhen Rong hesitated for a moment, and did not agree immediately, but asked rhetorically: "Doesn't the county king know Xiao Jingxian and Jiugongzi's plan at all?" ”

"I know a!" Yue Xiaosi scolded a foul word hatefully, and said from the bottom of his heart, "Don't let me touch those two guys, otherwise Lao Tzu will have to beat them up and get angry!" ”

He hooked his hand and motioned for Zhen Rong to step forward, and the others were already very close, so he said word by word: "I can only tell you one thing, that is, any line of the Southern Korean spy report has nothing to do with me, understand?" I have a personal relationship with the stinky monk who taught you martial arts, and I have a personal relationship with many related people, and I have nothing to do with the imperial court. So in the future, if you're in my place, don't expect people to notify you if they have a plan, you know? ”

Until the way to Gu'an, Zhen Rong's head was still thinking about these words. This is the first time that Xiao Changhui, the king of Lanling County, has confronted him and said that he has something to do with Nanwu, even if it is a personal relationship. However, Xiao Changhui bluntly said that it had nothing to do with the imperial court, and it had nothing to do with the spy agencies of the General Arrest Department of the Wude Division, which simply made his mind full of confusion.

Fortunately, the people in the group are equivalent to being dragged forward, and they don't need to control the mount at all, and the mount will take the initiative to follow the direction of the team, so he can have a lot more room to think.

And whenever he was staying temporarily, Xiao Changhui always took him with him, and reminded him of all kinds of characters in the Northern Yan officialdom as if he was fatal, and instructed him how to observe his words and pay attention to the emperor's mood, he didn't have any time to feel sorry for himself like before.

In the evening of this day, when the group finally checked into the temporarily vacated Taishou Mansion, seeing Xiao Changhui, who had been summoned by the emperor, came back with a gloomy face, Zhen Rong got a piece of news that shocked him.

"The soldiers and horses guarding Gu'an rebelled against Xiao Jingxian? This ......" he stared blankly at the person who told him the news, suddenly his throat was dry, and he even had a little difficulty speaking, "Xiao Jingxian made such a big fanfare, didn't he think about the guards he left behind in the Jin Palace?" He is not afraid that the emperor will be angry with them......"

"Why don't you say it, he doesn't care about you who are still in Beiyan?" Yue Xiaosi sneered, also frowning. From Xiao Jingxian's sudden extremely high-profile move, he sniffed out a sense that Xiao Jingxian and Nanwu were not completely of the same mind, but were competing.

But as soon as he thought of this, he only heard a series of calls from behind, and immediately after, a henchman guard rushed over.

"Jin ...... Xiao Jingxian sent another handwritten letter, saying that he would meet in Gu'an City at that time. If the emperor does not besiege the city and brings 1,800 people to it, then he will show up to see the emperor and explain all the words clearly...... If the emperor was in a hurry to clear out the rebels and establish power, then he would directly take his soldiers and horses to join Southern Wu. ”

Before anyone could finish speaking, Yue Xiaosi asked with a calm face: "How do you know the content of such an important letter?" ”

was glared at by the master, but the guard who was born in a rogue was not too afraid, and said bluntly: "This letter was suddenly scattered all over the city, and when we entered the city, at least a few hundred copies were thrown out in a bamboo tube, and there were always people who were inevitably curious to open it, so before the news was blocked, it had been spread everywhere in the city, otherwise how would the subordinates know?" ”

Zhen Rong only felt like a numb heart. Not to mention Xiao Jingxian's repeated teasing, the emperor has reached the limit of patience. Even if the emperor didn't have murderous intentions, when he and Xiao Changheng were not in the capital, would those powerful people who stayed behind kill people once and for all? He has only known them for a few days, but he has the love of life and death, but now he is out of reach!

He was thinking so, but Yue Xiaosi had already sent the guard back, and said lightly: "Don't worry, I will ask for the screening of those people in the Jin Palace, and it will be your team in the future." There are He Jintong and Kang Le in Shangjing, and Xu Houcong is also a smart person, and those who want to kill those guards in the Jin Palace's mansion to vent their anger are not so capable. ”