The figure standing behind Jiang Zhu'er looks very short, but in fact it is not a child, but a dwarf!

Because he looks like a child, it is wartime, so ordinary people don't pay much attention to it, and because of this, Jiang Zhu'er sent him to find out the news.

Qingnu reported the news to Jiang Zhu'er, Jiang Zhu'er frowned, and suddenly heard footsteps outside, she 'shh

It was Uncle Xu who came, Jiang Zhu'er stood there and didn't move, waiting for this mother-killing enemy to come close.

"Zhu'er, you can live here with peace of mind, and when things come to fruition in the future, you will not only be a small county lord, but also a princess, and you deserve it."

Jiang Zhu'er lowered her eyes, her heart moved, she glanced at Old Uncle Xu timidly, and lowered her head quickly,

"Grandfather, in the future, can I still return to the capital?"

"Back to the capital? What to do back in the capital? Except for the Xu family, there are no relatives there......" Old Uncle Xu's cloudy eyes flickered slightly, and he laughed.

Jiang Zhu'er's eyes showed a hint of gloom, "Yes, there are no relatives, if General Zhenbei is caught at that time, can you hand it over to me to deal with?" ”

Old Uncle Xu looked at Jiang Zhu'er with interest, "I'll leave it to you?" Have you forgotten how your mother died? My grandfather will definitely make their death very painful. Those are not for little girls to do. ”

Jiang Zhu'er sneered, "How did my mother die?" Didn't you kill it? ”

"Me? You say I hurt your mother? Old Uncle Xu sank his face, his tone was gloomy, and he suddenly rushed up, pinched Jiang Zhu'er's chin, and gravity fell on his hand, and suddenly Jiang Zhu'er's small and delicate jaw had a red mark.

Although Old Uncle Xu's hand was very strong, Jiang Zhu'er still struggled to nod her head, her breath was weak,

"What I saw with my own eyes, can it still be fake? You don't want to shirk responsibility, I'm not a little girl anymore. ”

The breath of Old Uncle Xu's whole body immediately turned cold, and his thin hand was like a claw, hooking Jiang Zhu'er's jaw, making her almost out of breath.

An entourage behind Old Uncle Xu, seeing this, whispered,

"Old lady, Miss Zhu'er is the county lord of Nanyan after all, if she is really injured, it will be difficult for Murong Hui to explain there."

Old Uncle Xu sneered, "County lord? ”

It's just that Murong Hui sealed it himself, and Nanyan Kingdom is still in Murong Han's hands now, and Murong Hui is just like him, but he is just a chaotic minister and thief.

However, they are still different, Murong will want to rebel, and he is just helping the little prince get back what he deserves.

They are different in nature.

It's just that Jiang Zhu'er seemed to be dying, which angered Uncle Xu, "You are just a pathetic person, you killed your own daughter with your own hands, but you put the blame on others."

Although my father and sister sent my mother to the temple, they just wanted my mother to reflect on it, and you were the one who was the killer! ”

"It's ridiculous, my mother still thinks that you will save her, saying that you will definitely save her, she is so stupid, I don't know if I will regret trusting you when I go to the underworld."

Jiang Zhu'er finally finished these words in one breath.

Old Uncle Xu pinched her throat and pinched it desperately, Jiang Zhu'er's face was already a little red, it seemed that she couldn't breathe, she closed her eyes, no longer struggled, let the hand on her neck be forced, her eyes were wide open, looking at Old Uncle Xu.

Finally, Old Uncle Xu let go of his hand, and Jiang Zhu'er immediately stroked her throat and coughed loudly.

Seeing Jiang Zhu'er's tears coming out, Old Uncle Xu raised his hands behind his back, squinted his eyes and said,

"I didn't expect you to be not from the Jiang family, but you were infected with the shit-like hardness of the Jiang family......"

Jiang Zhu'er coughed a few more times before she eased up, she took a deep breath and said,

"It's better to be as hard as shit than shit."

She softened her tone and said,

"My mother's death, after all, is not as good as others, and she can't really step my sister and them into the mud, but instead put herself in it.

She deserved to be left to such an end.

However, my grandfather, although she is dead, I still want to go back to the capital, and even want to go to my sister and find my sister for revenge......"

Her words can be said to be a big reversal, and Old Uncle Xu, who saw it, squinted his eyes and nodded, "Okay, it seems that you have a long experience." ”

"I'm glad you think so."

Jiang Zhu'er took the opportunity to say, "On that day, I was kidnapped by my father when my sister sent me to reunite with Ju'er. ”

"Now I heard that the marshal who went on this expedition is a brother-in-law, I wonder if I can go back?

I'm there, and it's more useful than doing nothing here. ”

Old Uncle Xu said, "You are Murong Hui's heart, and now you have to be here, and my grandfather doesn't want you to take risks." ”

Jiang Zhu'er lowered her eyes and spurned twice in her heart, the meat of her heart, hehe, if it was really the meat of her heart, would she stay in the wolf's den?

Why don't you want her to go into danger, her own daughter will kill if she says she will kill, not to mention that she is still a granddaughter with an unbearable identity, not to mention that she also testified against him in the lobby of Shuntianfu at the beginning.

He just wanted to grab her and threaten Murong Hui.

Both of them have evil intentions, and they both think that she is a handle that can be pinched, but in fact, she is just a chess piece that can be discarded at any time.

Don't talk about her, it's just that in the capital, the grandmother who has followed her grandfather all her life, and her grandfather has been the same for her all her life, but didn't he abandon her in the capital and didn't pick her up?

is now imprisoned by the emperor, as well as other daughters of the Xu family.

Women, in the eyes of these men, are dispensable.

It is said that women are like clothes, but they are not even as good as a torn garment.

She settled her mind and said,

"Grandfather, what I said just now is too heavy, my mother's death, in fact, anyone can complain, and no one can complain."

"It's just that my grandfather doesn't want to return to the court as soon as possible? Besides, I want to know my brother's whereabouts one day sooner.

In either case, I will go to the Emperor Taishang's side, which will be more useful to you. ”

She looked up at Old Uncle Xu and said in a firm tone.

Old Uncle Xu stared at her for a long time, and he couldn't see any flaws in her eyes.

After so many years, this granddaughter has finally grown up.

It seems that people still have to have twists and turns.

"I hope you're really useful, don't give me a second eye, do you think I don't know what your real purpose is?"

Old Uncle Xu pinched her chin again.

Jiang Zhu'er didn't move, just blinked, her black and white eyes looked over, her eyes bewitched Old Uncle Xu and let her go,

"If you're really a smart person, you'd better not play tricks, don't think that if you escape, I can't help you. It's still easy to get you dead. ”

Jiang Zhu'er nodded heavily.

"Today you are resting, and tomorrow I will arrange for someone to take you out of the city." Old Uncle Xu dropped a sentence and left, taking the white handkerchief from the hands of the attendants on the side as he walked, and wiped the hands that had just pinched Jiang Zhu'er, finger by finger.

Jiang Zhu'er stood in place, stunned, until Qingnu behind her came out again and helped her to walk into the house.

"Girl, why don't you let me do it, that's a madman." Qingnu stomped his feet angrily.

Jiang Zhu'er tugged at the corners of her mouth slightly, "His great cause has not been accomplished, and he doesn't dare to kill me, and he still expects Murong to move in to rescue the soldiers." ”

"Can the prince really bring in soldiers and horses?" Qingnu asked.

Jiang Zhu'er shook her head, she didn't know if Murong Hui could pull Murong Han off the horse, she hoped that Murong Han would be useful to his appearance, and not be defeated by Murong Hui in three or two clicks.

Otherwise, if the imperial court counter-rebels fight with this side, it is not certain who will win and who will lose.

She secretly prayed in her heart, hoping that tomorrow the old thief would really let her go to her brother-in-law.

……

From Anjiakou past, but after two days of rapid travel, they arrived outside Fengling City, the rebel army camped by the water, Lin Yi sent scouts to Fengling City to inquire about the news, and after repairing, he approached Fengling.

Looking at Fengling in the distance, surrounded by mountains, Fengling City was actually just a cottage back then, after the founding of the country, Fengling was laid, and later, it slowly became a city.

Unlike other cities that are surrounded by mountains, Fengling is built directly on the mountain, so that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This time to Fengling, Jiang Xuan and Lin Yi walked separately, Lin Yi divided the army into several roads, and after dark, they quietly dispersed.

Jiang Xuan's journey was full of wounded and baggage, repaired in Anjiakou, and then followed the team behind him from the selected mountain trail to Fengling City.

The mountain road is not wide, and it is more difficult to walk than other roads, but it is safe, and it is difficult for the rebels to spot.

Moreover, this road has already been inspected by scouts, and a suitable place has already been selected and the road is blown up with gunpowder, so that even if there are pursuers, they will not want to chase after them.

As for the other people, Jiang Xuan didn't know where they were going or what they were going to do, only that Lin Yi set off with Jiang Chong's vanguard army.

Thinking of having his father's team, Jiang Xuan was not so uncomfortable that he couldn't set off with Lin Yi.

What's more, the wounded here, as well as the recovery of the inner city of Anjiakou, and the pacification of the people after their conversion, are also very important.

"Are these people the people who used to settle down?" Seven days have passed since Lin Yi went to Fengling, Jiang Xuan stood on the city tower and looked out, and saw scattered people entering the city. I couldn't help but ask strangely.

Following Jiang Xuan up to the city tower was a civil official who had just been sent by the imperial court this time, Qin Wenhe, who had a good relationship with Jiang Yu in the past.

He has a very good temperament, he looks different from ordinary civil officials, and he is not the kind of nerdy scholar who doesn't listen to things outside the window and only reads sage books.

He was well-informed, looked at the clothes of the people and the things he was carrying, and said, "These look like refugees." ”

"From the gravel gate to here, there was a battle all the way, and these people fled in all directions."

Jiang Xuan nodded, she had seen too many hurried people all the way.

She frowned, and Qin Wenhe said with a smile, "Niangniang, it is not a bad thing that there are many refugees like this, it means that the city ahead has not been massacred, if it is slaughtered, you can still see a few people." ”

"As long as the people are still there, the city will be restored, and what will you be afraid of when the time comes."

Jiang Xuan sighed, and along the way, he saw too many people's fear of the rebels and the Heavenly Master Sect.

What the Xu family wants is to recapture the imperial court, so naturally they won't do too much, but the Heavenly Master Sect is not necessarily.

At the beginning in Guangyang Mansion, the reason why they were suppressed was because what they did was too contrary to heaven and harmony.

However, at that time, they were not so brave, but they were just to attract the congregation, and let those congregations sacrifice their wives and children to the lords and elders of the church.

Originally, no one had found out about the Heavenly Master Sect, but the wives and daughters of some sect members refused to be ruined, so they went to the government to expose it, and finally Jiang Chong sent troops to exterminate them.

But now, they are rising again, but they are controlled by Hibiscus anointing.

No matter what, the Heavenly Master Sect, like the Xu family, is a cancer and must be eradicated.

Jiang Xuan watched the city tower for a while, and then returned to the place where he lived temporarily with Qin Wenhe.

Many parts of the city were destroyed, and there were so many refugees and so many people that it was impossible for all the houses to fit in, and many people slept under makeshift sheds outside.

When she came back, she happened to meet a child who was sick and had a severe fever, so she called Biyun, who had caught up from the capital, and took the mother and son to live in the small building where she lived to rest.

After a long time, the child took the medicine, and his crying stopped, and he should have fallen asleep.

She sighed and stood on the stone steps of the courtyard, looking up at the blue sky.

She suddenly remembered the first time she met Lin Yi, in the cave by the water, although his face was covered by a beard, the sparkle in those eyes couldn't be hidden.

It's been seven days since they've been apart!

She suddenly missed him very much, and she didn't know what the situation was on the other side of Fengling.

When he went to Fengling, he came to see her.

The two were very close, in fact, the momentum of the quarrel had long passed, and she also reflected on herself.

The two were so close that he hung his head slightly, his breath intertwined.

He hugged her, touched her head, and finally just let go and said, "...... It's just a few days away, and we'll see you then. ”

The army in front of him is ready to go, and there are generals urging him.

He smiled, squeezed her hand, and left.

She looked at his back for a long time, until his back disappeared, and then came back to her senses.

In fact, Fengling arrived here, and it was only a two-day journey away, and the speed at which the news came was still very fast.

These days, the vanguard army has also attacked and harassed the city, but there has been no major breakthrough.

She sat down on the stone steps, and after a while, Bi Wan came from outside to report,

"Niangniang, there are homeless people who come to beg, are we going to drive them away?"

Jiang Xuan frowned, got up and followed Bi Wan out of the small courtyard, and you could see people talking to soldiers from a distance, even if they were wearing a cloak, they could still see a slender figure, it should be a young woman.

Looking from the side of the face, the face is black, and it should be smeared with black charcoal, pot ash and other things to hide his appearance.

The woman was followed by several children, the oldest of whom looked to be no more than ten years old, and the youngest who was not yet thigh-high and was tugging at the woman's cloak.

She walked over and heard the faint voices of the two men on the other side, the woman begging the soldiers not to drive them away.

Getting closer and closer, Jiang Xuan felt that the woman's eyebrows and eyes were very familiar, she frowned, and Bi Wan on the side asked,

"Go see what's going on?"

Jiang Xuan stood still and asked Bi Wan to bring the woman over, and the woman followed behind Bi Wan timidly, hanging her head, and several children followed behind her.

When she arrived at Jiang Xuan, Bi Wan said, "This is our wife." ”

The woman hung her head and knelt down respectfully with a few children, the kneeling posture was very elegant, and there was a demeanor that only some nobles in the capital had between her gestures.

Jiang Xuan frowned, and the sense of familiarity became stronger and stronger.

The woman knelt down, "The folk girl has seen the lady." ”

Hearing this familiar voice, Jiang Xuan's eyes widened in disbelief, "Zhu'er? ”

The woman's body on the kneeling ground trembled violently, and she did not raise her head, but lowered her head lower, not daring to move.

Jiang Xuan stretched out her hand to help Zhu'er, but at the moment when she was about to touch her, the woman on the ground stood up abruptly and ran towards the gate.

Jiang Xuan grabbed her quickly and pulled her body over.

It's really Jiang Zhu'er.

It's just that although Jiang Zhu'er was delicate in the past, her appearance was not bad, after all, the Xu family was not such an ugly person.

But the face in front of Jiang Xuan was coated with black ash, and not only that, but there were also scabbing wounds on it.

The wounds strewn across her face, making her otherwise beautiful face terrifying.

Jiang Xuan looked at her in disbelief, Jiang Zhu'er went from initial surprise, to fear, to escape, this will be caught, and she slowly calmed down.

She tilted her head and didn't look at Jiang Xuan, and the hand under her clothes was clenched into a fist.

The children who came with Jiang Zhu'er saw that she was twisted by Jiang Xuan, and they all rushed up like cannonballs, wanting to tear Jiang Xuan, but were stopped by Bi Wan.

But in the end, there are several, Bi Wan took care of this, but couldn't take care of that, Jiang Xuan was beaten several times.

"You bad woman, let go of my sister."

Several children said this in unison.

The older kid didn't tear Jiang Xuan along, but picked up a stone on the side without saying a word, and was about to throw it at Jiang Xuan.

Qin Wenhe happened to come out, and when he saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the child, "What do you want to do?" ”

There were several people at the gate, and when they saw that the children were going to beat Jiang Xuan, they stepped forward to help and grabbed those children.

Jiang Zhu'er, who was originally in a stalemate with Jiang Xuan, was afraid that someone who suddenly appeared would hurt the child, so she said, "You stop, don't hurt him." ”

The scene was chaotic, Jiang Xuan let go of Jiang Zhu'er and yelled, "Stop!" ”

At this roar, everyone stopped, and several children were grabbed by adults, some grabbed with their backhands, and some were pressed to kneel on the ground.

They all glared at Jiang Xuan angrily, hating to come up and eat her alive.

Jiang Zhu'er was free, but she slowly turned her face away, looked at the children, and said in a hoarse voice,

"These children haven't eaten for days, can you give them something to eat?"

"We'll talk about the rest."

Jiang Xuan instructed Biwan to take the children down to eat, and Jiang Zhu'er comforted a few children in the middle, and said to Biwan,

"Please ask this sister to get something soft for the children to eat, and don't give too much."

She touched the eldest child, "You take your younger siblings to eat, and come to me when you're done." ”

The children looked at her worriedly and asked, "Will that bad woman bully you?" ”

Jiang Zhu'er smiled, "She's not a bad woman, she's my sister's sister, you have to call my sister ...... too."

She thought for a moment and changed her words, "You have to call Madame ......."

After speaking, she turned to look at Jiang Xuan, gathered the worn cloak on her body, and said calmly, "Where are we going to talk?" ”

Jiang Xuan didn't speak, just turned around and led Jiang Zhu'er to the courtyard where she lived.

She was looking at Jiang Zhu'er all the way, and she had a lot of questions to ask her.

Has she been doing well with Murong over the years? How did a good one appear in Anjiakou?

This sister used to be so arrogant and unreasonable, but now goodbye, but like a polished stone, with such a surprising brilliance.

She led Jiang Zhu'er to the second floor of the small building and sat down.

"The kids haven't eaten, have you eaten?" Jiang Xuan asked.

Jiang Zhu'er didn't speak, clasped her hands and put them on her knees.

Jiang Xuan sighed, according to the degree of love she gave to those children, since the children didn't eat it, Jiang Zhu'er definitely didn't have to eat it.

This made Jiang Xuan more and more curious, what happened to Jiang Zhu'er?

However, she didn't rush to ask, but called someone over, ordered to get some food, and poured hot water.

"You drink some hot water to warm up first, and you'll come after eating."

Jiang Zhu'er held the water cup between her hands, and she didn't know if it was hot or what, her eyes became foggy, but she still pursed her lips stubbornly and kept silent.

"How have you been doing all these years?" Jiang Xuan asked.

sent someone to send her to reunite with Jiang Ju'er, but she didn't expect to be robbed on the way.

At first, she also sent someone to look for her, afraid that if she fell into the hands of bandits and bandits, but there was no news of her anywhere.

Later, Murong Han and Lin Yi designed together, and after forcing Murong Hui to show his true face, she returned to Nanyan, and she knew from Murong Han's mouth that Jiang Zhu'er was actually robbed by Murong Hui.

Moreover, Jiang Zhu'er turned out to be the child of Murong Hui and the Xu family!

This is something that everyone never expected, the prince of a vassal country, a noble lady of the capital, who would have thought that they would get together and have children!

If it didn't fall into the hands of bandits and bandits, Jiang Xuan was relieved.

I didn't expect them to meet again in such a place a few years later.

Jiang Zhu'er gritted her teeth, "I was kidnapped by Murong Hui, he is my father, originally he wanted to take Ju'er away, but when he kidnapped me, his people were exposed, and in the past few years, he has tried every means to find Ju'er......"

Jiang Zhu'er didn't explain in detail, she believed that her sister wouldn't know about these things.

She pinched the teacup and thought for a moment, "I thought that when I got to my biological father, I would always be a little better, and I did have a good life for a few days, but in the end, he was sent to my grandfather as a pawn." ”

"Then where will Murong be now?" Jiang Xuan asked.

Jiang Zhu'er took a sip of tea and said calmly, "He went back to Nanyan, he wanted to use the Xu family's army to consume the military horses of the imperial court, and then make a profit." ”

"There's no way he's going to make a profit." Jiang Xuan said.

"Sister, I was wrong in the past." Jiang Zhu'er cried and said.

Jiang Xuan leaned over and took her hand.

"It's me who thinks about this time too simply, it's me who is wrong." Jiang Zhu'er said, tears slowly falling.

"When my mother died, I should have known that I could only rely on myself, but when Murong would come to pick me up, I thought I had something to rely on, but I didn't expect that I clearly told him that he was Xu Lao Thief who killed my mother and wanted him to avenge my mother, but he not only did not take revenge, but also colluded with Xu Lao Thief.

I was wrong, sister. ”

As she spoke, she wiped her tears with her hands, her face was smeared with black ash, and she was wiped by her tears, becoming more and more like a cat, and her hideous wounds.

After a long time, Jiang Zhu'er stopped crying, "I picked up those children on the road, and their parents were all summoned by the Heavenly Master, and I don't know if they are dead or alive."

If I don't take them away, they'll die too, can you take them in? ”

"If you take them in, I'll tell you about Fengling City."

Jiang Zhu'er kept clasping her hands, and her voice was difficult.

Jiang Xuan nodded, the child is innocent, even if there is no condition, she will not care.

Jiang Zhu'er breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I escaped from Fengling City, and there are strange things in the city. ”

Jiang Xuan's face turned pale, "You tell me carefully." ”

"I was sent to Fengling City by Murong Hui as a hostage, and persuaded Xu Lao Thief to let me go to my brother-in-law and make an internal response for him."

"Old thief Xu was deceived by me, and really sent someone to send me out of the city, I really wanted to find my brother-in-law, but I didn't really do it, but the people sent by the old thief Xu followed me closely, and I secretly fled with the servant at noon.

We really escaped, but we were too naïve on the road, and we accidentally exposed the money in our hands and were looted.

They robbed me of the money, but tried to spoil me, and my servants came to protect me, and they killed me......

On the way out, I was afraid that I would be attacked by gangsters again, so I was so ruthless that I cut my face.

Before I came out, my servant had already inquired about the situation in Fengling City. ”

Jiang Xuan listened carefully to what Jiang Zhuer said, this sister has really changed.

She didn't even know what kind of emotion she was for a while.

She used to hate Jiang Zhu'er.

When I hated her the most, I hated that I couldn't eat her raw.

It's just that when her weak body stood in the lobby of Shuntian Mansion and testified against Old Uncle Xu, she deeply felt pity for her.

She is not a good person, and she doesn't come to the kind of thing that repays grievances with virtue, but she really doesn't know what to do when it comes to Jiang Zhu'er.

She has no love or hatred for Jiang Zhu'er, and she knows that it was Murong who will pick up Jiang Zhu'er, so she never asks her about it again.

But now, when Jiang Zhu'er sat in front of her with scars on her face, nervous, she felt a little unbearable.

She asked, "What is the situation in Fengling now?" ”

"In addition to the soldiers of the Xu family, there are also those sect members who should have been fed hibiscus ointment, and there are also people who are suspected of being Northern Barbarians!"

"My servants told me before they died, they just came and left, and I don't know what they wanted to do."

"Other than that, those people can leave, but Fengling City doesn't accept displaced people!"

Jiang Xuan listened to it and felt a little uneasy.

She can understand that she doesn't accept the homeless, but she is afraid that the homeless people are scouts sent by the imperial army or something.

But what's going on with those people in the North Barbarians?

Come and go!

What is this operation?

On the side of the slippery country, the imperial court has sent troops to help them drive the northern barbarians away, but the slippery country and the east are far away......

Or is it that the Beiban side is just a small group of people, and the Xu family has long been in collusion with the Beiban people, and collusion with Murong will is just a cover......

The army of the imperial court, on the one hand, has to garrison the northern frontier to prevent the invasion of the Northern Barbarians, and the Huaguo side has to divide some soldiers and horses, plus the capital has to be guarded, and the ones assigned to Lin Yi's side are a little more than the 100,000 of the Xu family's army, but if they meet the army of the Northern Barbarians......

Isn't it very dangerous for Lin Yi to be there!!