Sun Yunqi was taken aback by what happened just now, and he was no less frightened than Qi Tai, and his heart couldn't stop pounding until now, grabbing Zhu Ao's hand, and with his support, he slowly stood up from the ground and said, "King Xie, what happened just now really scared the concubine." If the concubines should not come out to interfere in politics, please ask the king for forgiveness. ”

Zhu Ao gently ** the head of the concubine, helped her wipe the fine beads of sweat oozing from her forehead, looked at her frightened look, couldn't help but have a smile on her face, and said: "The queen is serious, you are also for the good of the widow, what is the only crime?" ”

"But, after all, the concubine did what the concubine shouldn't do." I saw Sun Yunqi with a pair of big eyes, looking at Zhu Ao with a pitiful expression and saying.

Zhu Ao smiled brightly and said, "Queen, do you feel that you owe him a favor when you stand up to help Qi Tai?" ”

Sun Yunqi was stunned for a moment, she didn't know why Zhu Ao said this, she was an honest person, and she was sincere to Zhu Ao, so she naturally wouldn't lie to him, hesitated for a moment, but still mustered up the courage to say: "Yes." However, the concubine hopes that the king will be clear, and the reason why the concubine dissuades the king is most importantly for the future of my country. If the king kills Qi Tai, the court will definitely not give up, and will definitely raise troops to fight, if Timur in the west also fights at this time, and attacks from both sides, wouldn't it be dangerous for me to suppress the country? ”

Zhu Ao couldn't hold back any longer, hugged his beloved wife's slender waist, touched her forehead with his head, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes." The widow knows that the queen of the widow is for the good of the widow. But if you think about it, Queen, can't you think of anything that the widow can't think of? ”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean......" Sun Yunqi came back to his senses at this time, yes, how could the king not think of such a simple truth? Could it be that the king was ...... just now

"In this way, don't you owe Qi Tai a favor? Our family doesn't owe anyone anything. Zhu Ao put his hands on his shoulders and said with a relaxed and proud face.

I saw Sun Yunqi's eyes widen, staring straight at himself, there was a trace of surprise in his eyes, and there was also a kind of panic, as if he was frightened by his own scheming, and after a while, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, you were really scared to death of your concubine just now." ”

It was not only Sun Yunqi who was almost scared to death, but after Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, returned to the post house, he was still in shock, and he drank a few sips of tea in a row to barely suppress his mind, and it was not easy to walk on the ghost gate, no matter how bold the person was, he had to turn his legs and stomachs.

Seeing that he had finally come to his senses, the old servant handed him a handkerchief, let him wipe his sweat, and asked eagerly, "My lord, did you have a showdown with King Su just now?" ”

Qi Tai took the handkerchief, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, then held the handkerchief with both hands, put it in front of the table, clenched it tightly, and said, "It's King Su who has a showdown with me." Fortunately, there is Queen Sun to persuade you, your plan is really wonderful, and after you go back, the official will naturally be rewarded. ”

The old servant was very happy in his heart, not because he could get a reward, but because he helped the master resolve such a big difficulty, this sense of accomplishment is amazing, Xiang Qi Tai made a deep gesture, and said: "The lord is overrated, the old slave is only doing his best, all of this is the great blessing of the adult." ”

Qi Tai had no intention of being humble to him, waved his hand perfunctory, and a sad look appeared on his face again, and said: "The current crisis of Suguo is over, but how should the official deal with him after he goes back?" None of the things explained by the court have been done, how will you face the emperor after you go back? ”

Speaking of this, he secretly admired in his heart Su Wang's power is ever-changing, it turned out that he pretended to promise to hand over the technology of canned food and arquebus to the imperial court in order to let me relax my vigilance, so as to lead me to talk about the change of seal, now that things are so troublesome, the technology of canned food and arquebus is not to be discussed, at a young age, how can there be such a scheming?

At this time, the old servant also had no idea, and it was already very good to be able to save his life in this situation, as for how to go back and deal with the emperor, he didn't have any idea, and secretly scolded the people in the court for being ignorant nerds, how could such a request be said, isn't this obviously waxing for adults? Xiang Qi Taiyi bowed his hand and said: "According to the current situation, I can only report the situation here to the court truthfully, my lord had better focus on tonight's thrilling scene, so that the court knows that the lord has done his best, maybe he will not pursue it anymore." ”

Qi Tai stroked his beard and sighed, and said with a sad face: "It can only be like this, I am afraid that after this incident, the holy family of this official will be reduced a lot." "I prayed secretly in my heart that this incident would not delay his personal future.

"Don't worry about it, adults, rest early, your body is important." The servant comforted Qi Tai a few more times, and then took his leave at Qi Tai's signal.

Qi Tai lay alone on the bed in the post house, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, thinking hard about where the future way out was, until the second half of the night, when he would fall asleep.

Who knows, God didn't let him live in peace, and just as he was falling asleep, a noise woke him up.

Qi Tai thought that Zhu Ao had changed his mind and wanted to kill him, so he was so frightened that a spirit sat up, listened carefully to the sound outside the door, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although the sound outside the door was noisy, but it was chaotic, it was absolutely impossible to be a well-trained Su army, that is, these people should not be sent by Zhu Ao.

Sure enough, as Qi Tai expected, at this moment, the old servant pushed open the door with a "bang", ran to Qi Tai's bed in a panic, knelt down and said, "It's not good, it's not good, my lord." ”

Qi Tai's heart was still calm, and he stood up with his shoes on unhurriedly, and said, "What's wrong?" Why be so alarmed? ”

The old servant heard that the commotion outside was much louder, and without waiting to explain to Qi Tai, he pulled Qi Tai's sleeve without saying anything, and said in a panic: "Let's go, my lord." I heard that there was a mutiny in the city of Ili, and the foreign soldiers collected by King Su were dissatisfied with the treatment and were robbing everywhere, and the city was in chaos. When they heard that you were an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, they thought that you must have brought a lot of treasures, and said that they would come and rob the inn. ”

Qi Tai was shocked when he heard this, although these people were not sent by Zhu Ao, but they were more terrible than those sent by Zhu Ao, these foreign soldiers did not listen to the education, and they must be dissatisfied when they were conquered by Zhu Ao, and now they are in turmoil, regardless of whether he is an envoy of the court or not, they will kill him when they see him, and immediately panicked, and hastily put on a few clothes under the servant's service, and then led by the servant, and ran out of the door.

There were already more than a dozen loyal Ming guards waiting for him outside the door of his room, and when he saw Qi Tai coming out, the leading hundred households immediately made a gesture to him and said, "My lord, hurry up and go, it's too late." Let's keep the adults and kill them. ”

Qi Tai is not Iron Man, everyone will be afraid at the moment when his life is related, most of the people who are not afraid are blown out, beads of sweat have oozed from his forehead, and he nodded hurriedly with a look of panic, and said, "Okay, good." Let's go. ”

The guards escorted Qi Tai to the gate of the post house, and when he walked halfway, he suddenly heard a loud noise outside the door, and the leading hundred households subconsciously waved his hand vertically, stopped everyone's footsteps, and said to Qi Tai with a nervous face: "My lord, I'm afraid the front door can't get through, go to the back." I didn't expect them to come so quickly. ”

Qi Tai also had some six gods and no masters at this time, and his legs were slightly weak, and the old servant also told him just now, these alien soldiers were thinking of robbing him, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and after the robbery, it was only natural to ask for his life by the way, and immediately nodded anxiously, and said busily: "Okay, good." Go to the back. ”

Everyone hugged Qi Tai and walked to the base of the wall in the backyard, and the hundred households said to the two soldiers under him: "You two, go over and see the situation first." If there is no one, learn two cuckoo calls. ”

"Order!" The two men saluted in unison, and then climbed over the wall very neatly, fell behind, looked around, and found no suspicious people, so they made two cuckoo calls at the wall.

When Baihu heard these two bird calls, he immediately said to Qi Tai: "My lord, I will carry you up." Someone answered on the other side of the wall. ”

Qi Tai's face was very nervous, he nodded heavily, and then climbed up on the shoulders of the two soldiers, and when he reached the wall, he was helped by the two soldiers who had just turned over, and then slowly fell to the ground.

The group escaped in this way, and the guards surrounded Qi Tai and wandered the streets cautiously, not knowing where to go, at this time, Qi Tai calmed down and ordered in a calm voice: "Go to the palace." ”

"The palace?" Everyone was dumbfounded, looking at Qi Tai with a confused expression, he just tore his face with King Su yesterday, is it really okay to go over and beg someone now?

Qi Tai is also a seasoned old fritter, he can see their thoughts at a glance, and he shouted with a calm face: "Is face important or life important?" Now there is a mutiny in the city, and I don't know how big it is? If we encounter a large-scale rebellion, it will not be enough for them to stuff their teeth. Where is the safest place in this Ili city now? Of course, it is the palace of King Su, presumably King Su will not care about the life or death of me, the minister of the Imperial Mission, if I die in Ili, he will not be able to tell, he does not need to be the head of this injustice. ”

As soon as everyone heard that it made sense, and when their lives were at stake, they didn't care about any face, and immediately hugged Qi Tai and walked in the direction of the palace.

When there was a street corner from the palace, he suddenly heard a loud shout: "What man! Sneaky here? ”

Everyone was startled, the guards originally wanted to draw their swords to fight, but in the end Qi Tai stopped them, he recognized this group of people as the guards of King Su, and hurriedly said: "I am Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, because of the mutiny, the post house was destroyed, I came to join King Su, and I hope to accept it." ”

Qi Tai originally thought that those guards would laugh at him, but he didn't expect the guards to say very politely: "It turned out to be Lord Qi, the king heard that there was a mutiny in the city, and he was worried about your safety, so he has already sent someone to look for you." Now it's okay, my lord is really safe, please come with me. ”

After that, he turned the horse's head and walked in front of Qi Tai and the others to lead the way.

After Qi Tai came to the palace, he was very warmly received by Zhu Ao, who took Qi Tai's hand with a worried face and said, "Lord Qi, I heard that there was a mutiny in the city, but I didn't hurt you." ”

Qi Tai respectfully bowed to Zhu Ao and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, the minister has nothing to do." ”

Zhu Ao let go of Qi Tai's hand, put his hands behind his back, and sighed: "It's all to blame for the lack of a way to govern the army, this Uighur is a land that has just been recovered, and there are still many people with bad intentions who want to restore in vain to make trouble, there have been several cases this month, I didn't expect them to dare to spread wilderness in the capital this time." ”

Qi Tai was just frightened, his mind was only thinking about running away, now that he was safe, he began to think about other things, in his opinion, this mutiny happened too coincidentally, it didn't happen sooner, it didn't happen later, but it happened after he and King Su discussed the matter of changing the seal, if there was no one in it, he would kill him in disbelief, but at this point, he didn't dare to debunk it in person, so he had to get off the donkey, and said: "The land of the Western Regions has been occupied by foreign races for a long time, and the hearts of the people have not been to the Central Plains for a long time, It's not a matter of one or two days, it's not His Highness's fault. ”

Sure enough, as Qi Tai expected, after listening to Qi Tai's words, Zhu Ao's fox tail was revealed, he sighed long, and said with a melancholy face: "Hey, in fact, the widow thought about it later, and the emperor asked me to go to Suzhou to enjoy happiness for my own good." The widow also wants to live a few days of leisure, but you also saw the situation just now, the widow is here, they dare to make trouble, if the widow leaves, they will not turn against the sky? The widow has finally laid down so much land for my Ming Dynasty, if he didn't keep it, wouldn't he be ashamed of the first emperor and His Majesty's Longen? Therefore, the widow wants to wait until the situation here is stable before changing the seal, and please forgive Lord Qi for this point, and bother Lord Qi to return to the emperor. ”

Qi Tai snorted coldly in his heart, and secretly said that your excuse really can't even be deceived by a three-year-old child, but it's a pity that it's now in your territory, and your strength is strong, even if you open your eyes and talk nonsense, others can't do anything to you, and then made a solemn gesture to Zhu Ao, and said with a smile: "Your Highness really thinks about the country and society all the time, and is really a model for ministers." Please rest assured that after the minister returns, he will definitely report this matter to His Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to agree to His Highness's request. "Xindao: I can just use this incident to get away with it, and tell the court that I encountered a mutiny, so I had to agree to King Su.

This is also something that Zhu Ao has considered, if you want people to help you speak, you must think about the future of others, who is stupid to come out this year, no one will be willing to sacrifice themselves to help you, and people don't owe you, he looked up to the sky and smiled: "Hahaha, then there is Lord Laozi." Lord Qi must stay here for a few more days, and when the widow quells the mutiny, he must entertain Lord Qi well, and take Lord Qi to visit the great rivers and mountains in the northwest. ”

A sneer flashed in Qi Tai's heart, and he said secretly: Who wants to stay with you and suffer from the splint gas, but he still forced a smile on his face, and said politely: "Thank you, Your Highness." It's just that the emperor is in his body, and he doesn't dare to stay for a long time, and the minister plans to return to Beijing tomorrow. ”

"Leaving tomorrow? In such a hurry? Zhu Ao looked at Qi Tai with very surprised and reluctant eyes, but he still said in his heart: Let's go, let's go. You are a plague god, every time the court sends an envoy to come, the widow has to eat, drink and play with him, and he is not at ease at all.