Chapter 188: Jiang Li's death

Wei Qikang got into Jiang Li's carriage with a carrier pigeon in her arms, she was sitting cross-legged, slowly opening her eyes, and there was still a trace of water vapor on her eyelashes. Is it practicing? But his face did not improve, he was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and his red lips were even more vivid against his snow-white face. Hand her the carrier pigeon in her arms and observe her expression carefully.

Jiang Li's face was overjoyed when he saw the carrier pigeon, and Wei Zhikang was slightly stunned. This pigeon can really fly! Ni Xiaoye was a little surprised, after all, she was a person who couldn't find the north as soon as she arrived in the wilderness, she just wanted to try, the army was moving, and it was really amazing that this little pigeon could still find the right position. Originally, she prepared two channels for sending messages, one was through the post station, and the other was through the carrier pigeon, she didn't know about the carrier pigeon, and felt that the small animals could not communicate and the distance was far away, and she did not report much hope.

I don't understand the principle of finding the landing point of the carrier pigeon, and ask if the remnant is reliable, and his old man is not sure that he just said that there are also people who get lost halfway. So Jiang Li asked Zhang Qi to prepare five carrier pigeons, which were only the first to fly over, the first batch of pigeons were used for testing, and the content carried in the letter ring was nothing more than the family should not worry about it, so even if it was held by Wei Qikang, she was not worried.

Seeing her expression, Wei Chukang was just surprised and curious, and he also had some doubts in his heart, standing on the edge of the table to lay paper and ink, he took a brush and dipped it in ink and handed it to her, with a serious expression: "I will take a look at how many words you write." ”

"Huh?" Ni Xiaoye stopped teasing the little pigeon's hand and looked up at him a little puzzled.

Wei Shikang grabbed her hand and stuffed the pen into her hand: "Tatar Ye enters Beijing, King Suqin." These seven words, write! The tone is unmistakable. These seven words...... Why let her write? What clues did Wei Chukang find? Write it, and the ugly words will eventually meet your in-laws. Ni Xiaoye shook the pen and trembled as he walked on the paper.

Seeing her holding the pen, Wei Zhikang kept shaking the pen and frowned. Ni Xiaoye: What is the traditional Chinese character of "Tartar", forget it, just paint it, I write in cursive!

"It's written!" Ni Xiaoye put the pen away, and there was some ink on his palm. Wei Chukang lowered his head and looked at the words on the paper, he really didn't see it...... The word "Tartar" is also written incorrectly...... Pick up the pen: "This is not how you hold it, and the force you use is not right." ”

"Okay, okay, okay, you write well, you write more. I'm just ugly in handwriting, I don't know many words, and I don't like to practice this, I can become a calligrapher and sell words on a cold day in the summer! You asked me to write and I wrote, as long as I could understand it, what else do you want...... "Bike!" Ni Xiaoye glared at him, a little impatient.

Wei Chukang put down the pen and touched his nose: "I don't think your words are not good-looking......

"Let's go, I'm done writing, Bai Yiyi and the second princess look good, you go and let them write slowly." Ni Xiaoye drove people, since the pigeon could find the way, she pondered and hurriedly sent a message to the remnant, asking her about the mark in the elbow socket. Wei Chu didn't leave, but took the futon and sat down: "Aren't you curious why I asked you to write these seven words?" ”

Curious, but is this something I can just ask? Dig less holes for me! "If you have something to say, don't say that the door is over there!" Ni Xiaoye stretched out his hand. Wei was unmoved, took care of the teapot by himself, and found a teacup on the table, moved it over and poured water and took a sip.

Looking at her eyes, her gaze was like a torch, and she didn't miss a trace of the look on Jiang Li's face: "Before the Tatar Army marched east and arrived in the capital, Yongyuguan captured a carrier pigeon, and there was a note in the letter ring with these seven words written on it. That pigeon is the same as you, and even the ring is exactly the same. ”

"What?" Ni Xiaoye's heart tightened, but his face was puzzled and dazed. Isn't this Jiang Li's message? She knew that Tatar Ye was going to the capital and sent a letter to the northwest for help! This is contrary to the task assigned to her by the "adult", which is her own meaning! Jiang Li, this spy, is it the other way around?

Ni Xiaoye's expression was in full view, and he found that she didn't seem to know at all, could he be wrong again? Just a coincidence? But this is also too coincidental, according to Jiang Li's itinerary to the northwest when he got married and the route of Tatar to the south, the flight speed and distance of the carrier pigeon, the pigeon should have set off from Hexi Mansion, and Jiang Li was in Hexi Mansion at that time!

"It's really not your letter!" Wei Qikang leaned forward, his tone urgent and solemn. Ni Xiaoye shook her head, she also wanted to figure out about this matter, if Jiang Li rebelled against the "organization" and sent a letter to Wei Qikang, it would not be a bad thing, why don't you leave some vague clues for him, and also exchange some information? "I don't remember," Ni Xiaoye touched his forehead, brushed aside a strand of hair and lowered his head to show Wei Qikang the scar on the corner of her forehead: "My head was broken, I don't remember anything." ”

Wei Qikang reached out and touched the corner of her forehead, and eased his tone: "Does it still hurt?" "It's good to sell badly," sometimes it hurts, especially when you're thinking about something. And there's a hair missing, it's ugly. Ni Xiaoye pretended to be pitiful.

"It's not ugly, it's just a small piece, and the rest of the hair is blocked." Wei Zhikang took a closer look and comforted.

He hesitated and said to Jiang Li: "Don't think about it if things hurt, but there is something that may be related to you." ”

"Oh? What's up? You can share the good things, but don't tell the bad things to make me sad. Ni Xiaoye said

Wei Xikang smiled: "It's not a bad thing. According to your original itinerary and the flight speed of the carrier pigeon, as well as the breed of the carrier pigeon, this distress letter is very similar to that sent by you, at that time," Wei Qikang paused, clenched his fist and covered his lips: "You came to the northwest to marry me, and it is reasonable to release the carrier pigeon to Yongyuguan to report the news." ”

"Oh." Dude, you can really make up for it, the closest garrison to Hexi Mansion is in Yongyu Pass, Jiang Li put the pigeon in the northwest mainly because of the distance and the soldiers in your hands. Moreover, people are asking for help, and you can kill them if you come over!

"This also explains why Cen Zhuo killed you, maybe his secret with Tatarno was discovered by you......"

Ni Xiaoye directly ignored his follow-up words: "If it is really me asking you for help, it is a call for help, not for you to shoot me with an arrow!" Finger on his chest: "The scar from this arrow through the chest is still there!" If I did it, I'll regret it! ”

Wei was stunned, this matter was indeed the decision he regretted the most, and it was also the most unaffordable thing in front of Jiang Li. After being silent for a long time, he said weakly: "At that time, I thought you were dead. You have your eyes closed, you have no breath, and the person who captured you is the general of the Tartar army, Huyan, who is the best at siege cities, and I can't let him go...... I didn't expect that when you were hit by an arrow, you suddenly opened your eyes, this matter is my fault, I made a mistake in judgment, and I tired you to suffer. ”

Ni Xiaoye was shocked when he heard this, wait! Jiang Li was already dead before Wei Qi's archery, could it be caused by this injury on his head? Wouldn't it be me who carried this arrow! Her thoughts were a little confused, and she couldn't remember when the soul came through, and the soul was estimated to be unstable and had no memory when she first came, and she was stunned by this arrow, so she mistakenly regarded the time when she pulled out the arrow as the first time her soul pierced and woke up. That said, Jiang Li is not Wei Ji's resistance, Ni Xiaoye licked his lips lightly, you dare to shoot me with an arrow! Grandma can spare you!

On the other hand, the one who caught Jiang Li was a general who was good at attacking cities, and this person was not deliberately left by Jiang Li for Wei to be solved? Ni Xiaoye closed his eyes and boldly speculated:

If Jiang Li has the intention of opposing the "organization" and destroying the "adults" and the Tatar army, he will besiege the capital of Dayin. She will first use her identity as a spy to get in touch with the Tatarno higher-ups at the request of the "Adult". On their own, it is difficult to persuade the other side to negotiate an agreement with the "adults", so they can only destroy, delay and find troops to stop the eastward advance of the Tarano.

At that time, the closest force to the Tatar army was Cen Zhuo's Hexi army, and the Tatar may have planned to avoid the main force of the Hexi army and drive directly to the southeast and enter Beijing, but they first entered the hinterland of the Hexi army in the south, and then detoured to the north of Hexi. It is possible that Jiang Li deliberately led troops to the hinterland of Hexi, using money as bait! Let the Tartars ask Cen Zhuo for money, after all, Cen Zhuo is rich and timid as a mouse.

Then Jiang Li should find a way to make Cen Zhuo resist, after all, it doesn't take much time to get the money, but Cen Zhuo didn't resist and bribed directly, so Tatar Ye continued to move east. Therefore, here, Jiang Li should have seen Cen Zhuo, otherwise how could Cen Zhuo, the daughter of a small five-grade soldier department, know Cen Zhuo, and send someone to kill her. Jiang Li was likely to act as a negotiator between Tatar and Cen Zhuo at that time, and in order to remove Cen Zhuo's vigilance, Jiang Li would give Cen Zhuo his handle.

In the end, taking advantage of the failure of Cen Zhuo's plan to resist the Tatars, Jiang Li sent a letter to Yongyuguan. He also persuaded the Tartars to let the general Huyan contain Wei Zhikang's army, leaving behind the general with the strongest siege ability to buy time for King Qin's army.

Ni Xiaoye even thought about the rhetoric:

This place is very close to the Suhe Iron Cavalry of Wei Qikang, and if he leads his troops to attack King Qin, it will be very disadvantageous to you, and you need to leave an army to delay his entry into Beijing. I am Wei Chukang's wife appointed by the emperor, and he will definitely stay to save me, so you can delay him by using me as a hostage.

Thinking of this, Ni Xiaoye's heart sank, Jiang Li, it may have been a suicide......

She is a hostage, a bargaining chip for negotiation and delay, and it is impossible for Huyan to kill her.

Only when she is dead, Wei Chukang can have no scruples, and the Suhe Iron Cavalry can go all the way to the east to King Qin!

A sixteen-year-old woman, burdened with the secret of her identity, gave up her flowering years, gave up the weight of the organization, and gave up the opportunity to reach the fifth level in the Yanhui Pavilion to be able to explore the secret of her identity. This flower, which should have bloomed vividly and brilliantly, broke itself alive for the sake of Da Yin Guo and for the justice in his heart, this kind of righteousness and courage, Ni Xiaoye did not.

For the first time, Ni Xiaoye felt the heaviness of this identity, and felt sorry and admired for the dead Jiang Li. The Si people have passed away, so go in peace. I have borrowed your body and taken your place, and I will complete your unfinished path, and I will not dishonor your heart and not fall into your name.

Ni Xiaoye has always lived only for herself, and this time she is burdened with the fate of two people. Since then, Ni Xiaoye has been Jiang Li.

The wind blew through the mountains, and the snow rose above and gathered into clouds on the horizon, and the clear sky turned to thick clouds, rolling in, and thundering. Standing in the wind, Eleven on patrol looked up at the sudden change in the scene, and muttered, "The sky has changed......

Helian Jue stood on the hillside with the reins in his hand, looking at the white snowfields in the distance, and the cold north wind howling through his face like a knife.

"Wolf Lord, are you really not going with us anymore?" Qi Zhe carried a heavy bow on his back and stood beside Helian Jue on horseback. "Well," said Helian jue, pointing with his mace, "you take 20,000 men and go north, take Gede, and Dash will go from the northern route to Wangtingbaatar, and be stationed in Celle, and I will join you then." Putting his arm around Qi Zhe's shoulders: "I want all the tribes along the way to belong to my Helian royal family, you may be able to do it!" ”

Qi Zhe clenched his fists: "The subordinates will live up to their mission!" Looking at the north: "The northern front is vast and popular, and the Tartar field has never been able to manage it, so we will occupy the north!" Helian Jue nodded: "Yes, cut off the northern line and press those calves to the south." He turned around and shouted, "Bai Ye! ”

Bai Ye hurriedly dismounted and ran over with a puff of smoke: "Wolf Lord, what do you command?" Are you going back to Dongliao? "He was originally a native of the Great Yin country on the border of Handa, and the Tatars had always burned and looted on the border line, and when he was seventeen years old, his whole family was brutally killed by the Tatars, and he was dragged for several miles by a horse rope, waiting to die. The passing wolf lord saved his life and thought he was interesting, although he didn't know what he was interested in, so he was left in the Helian people, and seven years passed in a flash. This is the first time he has come to such a northern place, his face is not a face, his legs are not legs, and he wants to return to Dongliao as soon as possible.

Helian Jue bent down and touched his head: "If you don't go back to Dongliao, you go and order two hundred people and follow me south." ”

"Huh? Wolf lord, where are you going? Bai Ye blurted out. Helian Jue pulled his horsewhip and grinned: "I'm going to the south to find Xiao Ye Guoshi, let's go south and take the line of Utcha to the royal court." You can meet with Da Yin and his team before they arrive at Ting Bato! ”

With the Da Yin army, will you? There are 20,000 horses and horses, so we only bring 200 people? "Wolf master, will there be too few of us?" Helian Jue patted him on the head: "It's not to fight, so many people want to do it!" You hurry up and set off in good condition. ”

Bai Ye hurriedly chose someone, "Bring a clever point!" Don't choose the five big and three coarse! Helian Jue clasped his hands together and shouted.

Today is the first day of the Spring Festival, and the three-day Dayon National Assembly Examination kicked off, and many people's life careers are starting from this. Song Ze, Shi Mingzhe, the scholar of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang He, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Bai Qing, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, and Lu Zhiyu, the second assistant of the Household Department Shangshu Dongge University, sat in the hall drinking tea and greetings, waiting for the first batch of examination papers to be sent out in the evening.

Song Ze looked at the floating tea leaves in the cup and was a little stunned, it has been four days, according to the itinerary, she should be near Baile Town, and I don't know how the injuries on her body are healing. Wei was too strict with the anti-governance army, and Yan Hui Pavilion could not be placed in the manpower, so it was difficult to get timely news. Before leaving, I didn't have time to prepare something for her, and then I quickly sent someone to send it over, and I don't know if I arrived. Whether it is Xiaoye Guoshi or Jiang Li, they are all kind to him Song Ze, and they don't know what they can do to repay this kindness.