Yuan Chen followed Yuan Moqing to the living room, only to see that Yuan Shizhong was not drinking tea calmly like last time, but walking around like an ant on a hot pot, losing his majestic demeanor. There was no servant in the living room, except for Yuan Shizhong, there was only one person standing next to him, dressed in black, wearing a black hat, and a black veil, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but he could tell from his figure that this was a woman.

"My daughter has seen her father." Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing asked An Tao together.

"You! You! Yuan Shizhong saw Yuan Moqing walk in, pointed to her nose and said, "You have made a big mistake!" ”

"Huh?" Yuan Moqing was startled and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Daddy? ”

"Alas!" Yuan Shizhong sighed and pointed at the woman in black, "You say." ”

"Yes." The woman in black responded, "The villain was originally ordered by General Yuan to secretly protect Miss on the night of the confrontation between Miss and Yuan Shangguang......

When Yuan Chen heard this, he untied the knot in his heart for a long time, it turned out that it was a woman who was outside the window that night, so it was better, otherwise he would really be innocent.

The woman continued: "When Miss got rid of Yuan Shangguang, she also got rid of Yu Yueting, the top brand of 'Xiangyang First Floor'. Her father, Yu Wancai, learned that his daughter was dead and sent a message to King Xinshun overnight. King Xinshun was furious when he heard this, and now he has sent someone to question the general, but the person who came did not mention Yu Yueting's matter, but heard the rumors and rumors from nowhere, indiscriminately, and blamed the escape of He Yilong, a subordinate of Luo Rucai, to collusion with the general. In this way, the matter will be big, and with this desire to add to the crime, the general will inevitably be accused of collaborating with the enemy......"

"That's it!" Yuan Shizhong interrupted the woman, and pointed at Yuan Moqing again, "Understand, right?" How good is that? You said you, just kill Yuan Shangguang, don't you know who Yu Yueting is? It's also to blame the old man, I forgot to ask you who else you killed besides killing Yuan Shangguang last time, and you didn't take the initiative to tell the old man. Alas! It seems that something big is going to be bad. Yuan Shangguang said, pausing incessantly.

After hearing this, Yuan Moqing and Yuan Chen were also stunned. Yuan Chen remembered Wu Ruojie's words, Yuan Shizhong was killed for betraying Li Zicheng. It seems that Yuan Shizhong will not escape this catastrophe. However, this "betrayal" is not what history says, but a real desire.

After being silent for a while, Yuan Moqing gritted his teeth and said, "What can you do if you kill a slut?" Li Zicheng slandered his father like this. Could it be that Daddy's exploits can't catch up with a dusty woman? It seems that Li Zicheng is just a womanizer! It's a big deal not to do it with him, let's start a new business! ”

"Don't talk nonsense! The old man has already hurt you enough! Yuan Shizhong hurriedly stopped.

"I'm going to say it!" Yuan Moqing grabbed Bai Dao, "Isn't what I said right?" Even if you escape this time, what can you do? Who dares to guarantee that Li Zicheng will not pick a bone in the egg in the future? Especially after becoming famous, you meritorious heroes, if you only end up with Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's 'cup of wine to release military power', it is not bad, but according to this situation, I am afraid that it will be a repeat of the mistake of Zhu Yuanzhang's 'Hu Lan's prison' of Ming Taizu. ”

Yuan Moqing argued, and everyone was dumbfounded. Yuan Chen really admired Yuan Moqing at this time, a nineteen-year-old girl could say such insightful words, she really deserved to be a heroine. On the other hand, Yuan Shizhong, although he is condescending and majestic, but something really happened, but he was like a straw bag, not like a man.

Yuan Moqing continued to ask rhetorically, "What?" Daddy, am I not right? ”

"You're right." After a long time, Yuan Shizhong said, "But the principle of the old man's life is that he would rather let others be unkind to me, and I can't be unjust to others." I think I have followed King Xinshun for many years, but now if it is really the opposite, won't I be ridiculed by others? Laugh at me Yuan Shizhong is a treacherous person? ”

"Which is more important, life or righteousness?" Yuan Moqing cried.

"Righteous anger!" Yuan Shizhong said awe-inspiringly.

Yuan Chen was startled and looked up at Yuan Shizhong. At this moment, Yuan Shizhong, due to the heated debate, his face was slightly red, his eyebrows were upside down, his eyes were calm, and his long beard was fluttering, like Guan Erye was alive. Yuan Chen felt that his thoughts just now were a little too radical, it turned out that Yuan Shizhong was a person who put righteousness in the first place, and righteousness was greater than life. This made her a little admired.

"Daddy......" Yuan Moqing didn't know how to persuade him, so he cried and slowly knelt down. Yuan Chen and the woman in black also knelt down.

Yuan Shizhong sighed and said, "Qing'er, listen to your father's words, you quickly pack up your things and escape." Although King Xinshun sent someone to ask about the crime, after all, it was a crime that he wanted to add, and he might not do anything to his father, but for you, it is estimated that it is difficult to forgive, because you killed Yu Yueting. Your mother died early, and my father is such a daughter as you, I can't watch you being executed, so I am not only sorry for you, but also sorry for your mother's spirit in the sky. You run away, wait for the wind to be less tight, and Dad will plead with King Xinshun again, and you will come back, how about it? ”

Yuan Moqing heard her father mention her mother, and she couldn't stop crying.

Yuan Shizhong also wiped his tears and said: "Alas, my father is also incompetent, so he can only let his daughter escape ......"

"Dad, it doesn't matter if my daughter can't escape or not, my daughter can't rest assured that you can't leave you!" Yuan Moqing cried.

"Don't worry about me, just like you said, after all, I am still a meritorious man, and before the great cause of King Xinshun is not accomplished, I don't expect him to do anything to me." Yuan Shizhong said.

"Father, but where is my daughter going to flee? When will my daughter see her father again? Yuan Moqing cried.

Yuan Shizhong said: "This dad has already thought about it." Dad once suggested that King Xinshun first conquer the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, but King Xinshun's heart was to the Central Plains and he disdained Jiangnan, so he would go all the way north after fighting Xiangyang and attack Shaanxi directly. In this way, it will be safer for you to flee to Jiangnan, and King Xinshun will not use troops against that in a short time. It just so happens that your uncle Guo Quanan has a big business in Changzhou, Jiangsu, and is also relatively powerful. Dad was kind to him, and if you bring him Daddy's handwritten letter, he will definitely take you in. When things slow down, Daddy will definitely go back to see you. ”

Changzhou? Chen Yuanyuan's hometown? It seems that he is getting closer and closer to her. Yuan Chen thought.

"Daddy......" Yuan Moqing cried loudly after hearing this.

"Get up, Qing'er, don't cry, I will send Duan Xuehong to follow you all the way to protect you." Yuan Shizhong said.

After hearing this, the woman in black hurriedly clasped her fists with her hands and said softly: "My subordinates receive orders!" ”

"And Chen Yuanyuan," Yuan Shizhong pointed at Yuan Chen, and Yuan Chen hurriedly responded.

"You can also follow Qing'er, and there will be a care on the way."

"Yes, Daddy." Yuan Chen responded, but a sadness surged in his heart, this time he said goodbye, it is likely that he will never see this loving old man again. Yuan Chen wanted to say it, and wanted Yuan Shizhong to escape from this catastrophe, but how could he say it? Who will believe it? What's more, history is like that, do you have the ability to rewrite it?

"Okay, you go back to your room and clean up, and go on the road at the third watch. The people of the new king of Shun have already arrived at the post house, and it is estimated that tomorrow morning there will be a message to the father, if you are late and stopped, you will not be able to leave. Yuan Shizhong helped Yuan Moqing up.

"Yes!" Yuan Moqing cried, ruthlessly, bit her lip, turned around and walked out of the living room. Yuan Chen also had red eyes, and Duan Xuehong followed.

Back in the room, Yuan Moqing and Yuan Chen changed into night clothes, and prepared regular clothes, dry food, and gold and silver, and wrapped them into several packages.

Duan Xuehong stood at the door, not talking to everyone, not helping everyone clean up, just motionless.

Yuan Chen walked up to Duan Xuehong and asked softly, "Guard Duan, don't you pack some things?" ”

"Nope." Duan Xuehong only said one word, still motionless.

"Are you hot with a hat and black gauze? Take it off. Yuan Chen felt that he had been left out and was embarrassed, so he had nothing to say.

"No!" Duan Xuehong said again.

Yuan Chen was stunned for a moment, turned around and walked back boringly, and helped Yuan Moqing pack his luggage.

After packing his luggage, Yuan Moqing took off the sword from the wall, Yuan Chen also touched the pistol pinned to his waist, walked to the weapon rack outside, and took a short knife with him.

When he returned to the house from the courtyard, Yuan Chen said to Duan Xuehong again, "Guard Duan, what weapon do you want to bring?" There are weapons on the outside. ”

The black hat and the black veil tilted towards Yuan Chen and didn't speak.

"Oops! Sister Yuanyuan, don't pay attention to her. She's a weirdo and only talks a lot to my daddy! Yuan Moqing shouted angrily while pinning the sword behind his back.

"Oh?" Yuan Chen glanced at the black veil again and walked back into the house.

The luggage was packed, and the hour was almost up. The three of them walked out of the courtyard, walked through the garden, and came to the corner gate. Yuan Shizhong was already waiting there.

Yuan Moqing fell to her knees, crying and kowtowing three times.

Yuan Shizhong helped Yuan Moqing up, wiped his tears and whispered: "Try to avoid the sentry, my father suspects that someone in the army has been bribed by King Xinshun's subordinates, I am afraid that at this time I am already secretly monitoring the movements of our Yuan Mansion." ”

"Yes." Yuan Moqing responded in tears.

"Also, you should try to restrain your surname along the way, don't play with the eldest lady's temper anymore, and listen to the opinions of the two sisters in everything." Yuan Shizhong admonished again.

"My daughter obeys her father's teachings." Yuan Moqing cried.

Outside the corner gate, the servants led three tall black horses. Yuan Moqing and Duan Xuehong flew on the horse, Yuan Chen hesitated, calmed down, and also raised his legs and got on the horse.

"Take care, Daddy!" Yuan Moqing cried and clenched her fists, put on a black hat and a black veil, turned around to beat the horse, and galloped into the depths of the alley with tears.

Duan Xuehong and Yuan Chen also hugged their fists to Yuan Shizhong, Yuan Shizhong burst into tears, waved his hand, and the two of them also cried, and beat their horses and went away with Yuan Moqing.

In the distance, the gong of the husband sounded, and it was the third watch.

Since the "first floor of Xiangyang" was renovated, the streets in the city at night have been divided a lot, every household has slept peacefully, and the soldiers no longer live a smoky nightlife, but perform their own duties, seriously guarding and patrolling the city.

Three hat-wearing, black-veiled, night-clad horses rode away from the mobile sentry and marched east of the city, their hooves covered in thick cloth and barely silent in the darkness.

After a group of soldiers armed with spears walked through the street, Duan Xuehong waved his hand, and the three horses quietly came out of the alley, crossed the street, and disappeared into a small alley opposite.

Xiangyang City is an important town in Hubei, the city area is very large, and the three horses can not move forward at full speed, so they hide and hide, and it took about half an hour to come to the east gate of the city.

Duan Xuehong looked at it, turned around, and said in a low voice, "There is a checkpoint." ”

Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing also looked at it, indeed, the checkpoint at the east gate seemed to have been strictly deployed, and there were almost three times as many soldiers as usual. Yuan Chen retracted his head and said, "It seems that it is not our soldiers, it should be brought by King Xinshun's men, what should I do?" ”

"What to do? I can't stand it anymore, so I'll go out of the city, and whoever stops me will die! Yuan Moqing suddenly said angrily.

"It doesn't matter if you want to die, but please think about General Yuan." Duan Xuehong's voice was not loud, but it was very effective, and Yuan Moqing immediately retracted and deflated.

"I guess the same is true of the other gates, so we'll have to find another way." Duan Xuehong said.

Yuan Chen suddenly remembered the way he entered the city, and remembered that the man named Yuan Zhongli had said: "Most of the soldiers in the city are the new subordinates of King Xinshun, and they don't know the terrain, so there is no one to guard there." So he hurriedly said, "I know a place where I should be able to sneak out of the city." ”

"That gap in the northwest of the city?" Duan Xuehong asked.

"Oh? You know that too? Yuan Chen said.

"Where are you talking about?" Yuan Moqing asked strangely.

Duan Xuehong observed the movement of the checkpoint and did not answer Yuan Moqing's question. Yuan Chen replied: "The north city gate is more than 20 miles to the west, and there is a city wall that is only more than zhang high, and I entered the city from there, and there is no guard post there......

"Now there is." Duan Xuehong interrupted.

"What?" Yuan Chen was very surprised.

"There's a checkpoint there now. Because refugees continue to flee from Xiangyang, and the four city gates have not found these people, a large inventory was carried out not long ago and the gap was found. Duan Xuehong said.

"What then?" Yuan Moqing said sadly.

"But we can try." Duan Xuehong said again.

Yuan Chen was stunned, "Huh? Didn't you just say ......"

"It's true that there are checkpoints there, but the number of troops deployed is definitely very small compared to the various gates." Duan Xuehong said.

"Why?" Yuan Moqing asked.

"Because although there is a gap there, after all, there is a wall more than a foot high, and horses can't get through, and they will definitely think that we are riding out of the city on horseback, and will not go there, so they will not lay heavy defenses there." Duan Xuehong said.

"But after all, there are still checkpoints." Yuan Chen said.

Duan Xuehong suddenly pulled off her veil, showed her face, looked at the front with a firm look in her eyes, and said, "Since there are checkpoints everywhere, let's pick a soft one and kill it!" ”

At this time in the east, the sky was already white.

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