"Cold?"

The princess stretched out her hand and helped Liu Ruqing collect the collar.

"It's not cold." Liu Ruqing smiled,

"How does it feel to be home?" The princess asked.

"Sister wants to hear the truth?"

"Nature."

"This is my sister's home, but it's no longer my sister's home."

Even if, this is Fan City, even if Fan Mansion is here.

Even if Liu Ruqing was the daughter-in-law of the Fan family;

But now,

She has long been a woman of Pingxihou.

She doesn't have much affection for the Fan family, and of course, she can't talk about hating it, but if you insist on saying that you can be too excited about returning to the old place, then you don't have to.

"Well, actually, I'm the same."

The princess turned around and looked at the vast expanse outside the city wall, and the Chu land in winter was also gloomy.

"I used to think that the water spilled by the married daughter sounded ridiculous, but when I came back this time, I found that there seemed to be some truth to it."

Gou Moli stood on the side and didn't say a word.

The two women of the Lord are talking here, and he is waiting by them;

Want to join? It's a long life.

"Sister, let's just come over like this this time, is it appropriate?" Liu Ruqing asked with some concern.

Xiong Liqing smiled on her face, stretched out her hand, and gently pinched Liu Ruqing's face, Liu Ruqing was ashamed to refuse, but she didn't really refuse.

Obviously, this kind of intimate behavior on weekdays will only be more out of line.

"Hold back until now?"

"Well, when I heard that I could go out, I was also happy."

"yes, so do I." Xiong Liqing stretched, "What's more, it's better to go back to Chu State." ”

Here, it's Fan City.

Originally, the place where the Fan family was rooted, now, the city wall has been built and reinforced, and it has become a military town in this area.

After King Jingnan destroyed the capital of Ying, Yan Chu concluded a peace treaty;

What has attracted the attention of the world is that Zhennanguan has changed hands, and at the same time, Shanggu County has been included in the Yanren's sphere of influence;

But in fact,

In the later stage of that war, the defenders of Zhennan Pass had to withdraw if they were either withdrawn or withdrawn, and it was impossible for Nian Yao to continue to lead hundreds of thousands of Chu troops on the front line of Zhennan Pass under the premise of being completely cut off from logistics and cutting off the way to retreat.

And Shanggu County, which is a barren land, has often experienced wars since the Situ Lei period, and the assignment of Yan Chu and Yori is, in essence, to use Shanggu County as an area where the two forces are tugging and seeking, and everyone tacitly vacates a buffer land, that is, the battlefield in the future.

Therefore, this article of the peace treaty is nothing more than a decent conclusion for both sides.

What really has practical additional benefits is in the other, that is, from the boundary of Mengshan Mountain, a piece of land was demarcated and returned to the Yan State, that is, the Fan family's sphere of influence.

Backed by Mengshan, although the waterway and mountain road are difficult to walk, at least they can walk, and the Fan family still voted for Yan Guo and backstabbed Chu State early, so it is natural to score a place in the peace covenant after the war.

When the emperor was there, he canonized Fan Zhengwen and gave the Fan family the position of hereditary prefect.

Similar to the way the Qianguo governed the Tusi in the southwest, giving those obedient Tusi hereditary county commanders or prefects the position in exchange for their support for the imperial court in the general direction.

The Fan family's financial resources have nothing to say, and when the Marquis of Pingxi was digging the ancestral graves of those Chu nobles in Chu, the Fan family also helped digest and transfer a lot, although they didn't dare to be greedy for the spoils of the Xihou plainly, but it was impossible to pump less.

Therefore, the Fan family repaired the city and recruited troops, and the minions of the Qu clan in the past are now the real masters of this area.

again

Fan Zhengwen sent his eldest son and his wife Min to Yanjing early, and sent his younger sister-in-law Liu Ruqing to Pingxi Hou Mansion.

People's ass,

I couldn't have sat up right a long time ago,

can be called a model of two devils.

"Don't worry, since Mr. North agreed, it's fine, when the husband is not there, Mr. Bei's words are counted."

"Hmm."

The blind man asked them if they wanted to go back to Chu to see, they agreed, and then they came.

accompanied by Gou Moli.

Of course, Gou Moli knew that this time he didn't simply come over to take a look, but in fact, it was because Qu Peiluo was dying.

Qu Peiluo was originally captured, but was later released back by Marquis Zheng, funded by the Fan family, and let him re-operate with a group of Qu's prisoners of war;

Under the overall situation that Yan and Chu have tacitly agreed not to break out in a large-scale conflict on the official face,

Qu Peiluo is executing a proxy war.

What surprised the Hou Mansion was that after Qu Peiluo received funding from the Fan family, he started from setting up a cottage, recruited the old department, and then expanded outward little by little, and really achieved some weather.

The regular army of Chu State failed to encircle and suppress it several times, but it made it bigger and bigger.

However, this is also because the Chu State did not mobilize troops on a large scale, and it was afraid of causing a misunderstanding in the Yan State and the Pingxi Hou Mansion.

in a word

Young Master Qu,

The man who was once the enemy of the Marquis of Pingxi,

After experiencing the love change, the family change, and the military change,

matured, transformed;

According to what Fan Zhengwen said, Qu Peiluo now has 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, although he is still a rabble, but he can make such a noise, which is really powerful.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances;

Qu Peiluo suffered an assassination and was injured by a hidden arrow, and was directly seriously injured;

He asked someone to send a letter to Fan's mansion, hoping that Fan's mansion would transfer it to Pingxihou's mansion.

In the letter, he sprinkled most of it, and he was unrequited love for the princess;

The blind man read the letter,

He didn't know if the Lord would be happy to see this letter.

But at least,

When he read the letter, he was also refreshed.

At the end of the letter, he wanted to give an account of these people, and chose a reliable subordinate to take him over, but he wanted to be recognized by the Pingxi Hou Mansion and, by the princess.

Because in the name of the princess of Da Chu, these Chu people can have a kind of dignity that they are not being Yanren's dogs but doing things for the royal family, which is also called a fig leaf.

Perhaps, when Qu Peiluo wrote this letter, he didn't expect it.

princess

It's really coming.

"Mr. Gou." The princess looked at Gou Moli, "When are we leaving?" ”

The meeting place was in a stockade eighty miles south of Fan.

Gou Moli replied respectfully:

"Madam, since we waited for Qu Peiluo's people over there to arrive, we received the news and set off again."

"Okay."

afternoon

The princess rode out of Fan City in a carriage.

On the periphery, there were hundreds of Fan family guards following.

Liu Ruqing didn't follow, she wanted to follow, but the princess didn't let her.

Halfway through the journey,

The princess ordered someone to call for Gou Moli, who followed.

Gou Moli didn't dare to enter the carriage, but sat next to the coachman, leaning sideways, through the curtain, talking to the inside.

"It's not that I don't trust Mr. Gou, nor do I distrust Mr. Bei, it's just that he really went like this?"

If it weren't for the princess's ability and pattern to know the blind north,

She would really think that people were eliminating herself for her good friend Siniang.

But no matter how you think about it, it's not possible, don't say that Mr. North is not such a stupid and short-sighted person, even in the back house, he has always been a little sister in front of Siniang.

"Madame, don't worry, it's all arranged."

In the middle of the night,

Arrived at the periphery of the destination.

The team stopped, and Gou Moli sent someone to the front village to inform.

It didn't take long for

The gate opened, and a group of knights with torches came out.

When they got to the carriage, they all stopped.

A man dismounted and came to the wagon.

"Your Highness the Princess?"

Qu Peiluo's voice.

The princess ordered the curtain to be lifted,

Under the light of the torches, that face was already full of vicissitudes of life.

The former young master of the Qu family, and now the traitorous thief of the Chu State, has long since lost the refinement of the past.

Qu Peiluo saw the princess, he smiled, smiled and knelt down:

"Qu Peiluo, see Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The princess didn't speak, but looked at Gou Moli, who was standing on the side of the carriage.

Gou Moli didn't speak.

The scene suddenly cooled down.

The princess had to say:

"You've worked hard."

"It's not hard." Qu Peiluo smiled and shook his head.

"Your injuries?" The princess asked.

When Qu Peiluo heard this, he was a little surprised, and said:

"It's fake."

The princess was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Gou Moli again.

Gou Moli stepped forward at this time and said to Qu Peiluo:

"Man, have you arrived?"

"Here we are." Qu Peiluo replied.

"Have you chosen?" Gou Moli asked again.

"Do I have any other paths?" Qu Peiluo asked again.

Gou Moli's height is actually taller than Xue San, in the eyes of normal people, he is still short, but fortunately, Qu Peiluo is kneeling at this time, so he can look at Qu Peiluo's face and his eyes very clearly.

The Savage King stretched out his hand and gently stroked Qu Peiluo's face.

Qu Peiluo was still smiling.

"Actually, you look like me." Gou Moli said.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"So ......"

"So, you should be proud."

Being acknowledged by the Savage King, you are starting to look a lot like him, which is indeed a compliment.

"Let's go into the stockade." Gou Moli said, "Let them rest assured." ”

"There will be risks." Qu Peiluo raised his head again and looked at the princess.

Gou Moli sighed, Qu Peiluo's eyes were very similar to when he was staring at embroidered shoes.

Shaoqing,

Gou Moli looked at the princess sitting in the carriage,

Asked:

"Madam, do you want to enter the village?"

"Is the harvest big?"

The princess asked.

Xiong Lijing didn't ask if there was any danger,

Because she felt that it was out of style to ask about the size of the danger at this time.

yes

As the woman of the Hou Ye, she experienced the tone in the Hou Mansion early.

"Madam, fishing, the better the bait, the bigger the fish you catch."

Xiong Lijing didn't ask you how stupid things you dare to compare me to bait,

Instead, he nodded excitedly,

Road:

"Then let's go into the village."

The princess's car drove into the village.

After entering the village, Qu Peiluo was immediately "injured" and "dying".

And then

The princess began to meet with some of Qu Peiluo's "generals", rewarded them with gold and silver, and promised the future.

This night, peace.

And on the second day, it was peace.

On the third day, there was a shout of killing in the stockade, and the people in the stockade were killed.

And the princess was no longer in the house where she lived before, but stood on the wall with Gou Moli early.

In the stockade, Qu Peiluo led people and killed his original subordinates, and the leader on the other side was the one who had previously accepted the princess's promise that he should be Qu Peiluo's successor.

The princess was dressed in mink, picturesque like snow;

She is not a beautiful woman in the country, but she definitely belongs to the category of intriguing.

"Listening to Qu Peiluo, His Majesty the Emperor of Yan Kingdom seems to be dying." The princess asked.

Gou Moli nodded and said, "It was also mentioned in the letterhead from the master, it should be soon." ”

"When the time comes, who will be the new Yan Emperor?" The princess asked again.

"Madam, in fact, whoever becomes the new Yan Emperor has no impact on our Hou Mansion, because whoever becomes the new Emperor has to treat our Hou Mansion more politely."

"That's right."

"In the same way, the Fan family has no way out, even if it is not for the sixth prince to ascend the throne, his Fan family can only continue to stand on the side of Dayan with an iron heart, oh no, it will be even more iron-hearted to stand on the side of our Hou Mansion."

"That's what Mr. Gou said."

The fighting below intensified, and the people of the entire stockade were divided into two groups, and the brothers from earlier began to wave their knives mercilessly.

The periphery is more interesting, because the princess and Gou Moli are standing on the wall, so you can clearly see that there are also two groups of people fighting together on the periphery.

Gou Moli explained:

"Qu Peiluo has been able to develop so well this year, on the one hand, it is the funding of the Fan family, and on the other hand, it is the indulgence of the Chu State, the Phoenix Nest Guard of the Chu State, and they have not stuffed sand under Qu Peiluo's hands."

"Do you know that?" The princess asked.

Gou Moli nodded and said, "This is actually unavoidable, although Mr. Three has also trained a group of people, but the background of our Hou Mansion still can't be compared with a country;

again

It is impossible for our people to really be sent over to help him Qu Peiluo control the foundation.

The Lord put Qu Peiluo back, it was an idle move, and since he had grown up, he would just pick a fruit. ”

"I miss my husband."

Gou Moli didn't dare to answer this.

The princess stretched out her hand, touched the wall, and said:

"Are you asking me to come over and get them all out?"

"Yes, originally, their target may have been Fan Zhengwen, who came to negotiate."

"Fan Zhengwen will come?"

"Fan Zhengwen is very ambitious, he will not be willing to give up, he will be willing to take risks, besides, princess, aren't you here too?"

"Yes."

"So, when they confirm that you, princess, are also here, this time, they will jump out uncontrollably, and even not only them."

While talking,

Distance

Unexpectedly, the military flag of the Chu army appeared, and the military formation of the Chu army, with neat steps, was slowly advancing to this side.

After seeing this scene, those people who were loyal to Qu Peiluo outside the village suddenly weakened, and gradually showed a tendency to collapse.

And the princess and Gou Moli on the walled wall were not panicked at all.

"I'm curious about one thing."

"Madame, excuse me."

"Qu Peiluo, is he really taking refuge in his husband?"

"Maybe before seeing his wife that night, he was cooperating with them to perform, and he wanted to rely on his own counter-scheming to finally prove that he Qu Peiluo was not a traitor to the enemy, he still cared about Da Chu, washed away some of the shame on his body, and did not ask outsiders to believe it or not, he would feel a lot more comfortable in his own heart.

He tells us that his men have been mixed with a lot of sand, and that this sand is not the result of his own pleasure and indulgence. ”

"Oh?"

"People change."

"I wouldn't be naïve enough to think that he changed because of me."

"Actually, it's possible." Gou Moli said.

The princess looked at Gou Moli;

Gou Moli bowed slightly,

Road:

"A man's mind can only be grasped, but not guessed, especially when he knows that we are guessing his mind."

"My husband is willing to let me do things because I am afraid that I will be too bored at home, but I know that my husband will not allow me to do things in this way."

"Madame, rest assured, we will not allow it, for the reputation of the Lord is above all else. However, since you have to do things, you will inevitably have to deal with some stakeholders, and you will be caught in the wind. ”

"Well, I know."

There is another sentence that Gou Moli didn't say, that is, that night, he looked at Qu Peiluo and felt that Qu Peiluo seemed to be more willing to be the person who was angry with the crown.

It's not that he loves the princess so much,

I just met twice before marriage, where could I love to die and live.

But in the history books, if he is written like this, it seems that it can make him feel better.

"Qu Peiluo, can you continue to use it in the future?"

"Madame should know who I am."

"Yes." The princess nodded.

"Even I can use it, Qu Peiluo, what is it?"

"Hmm."

After this, the Fan family's sphere of influence can be completely expanded, and it will no longer be restricted to the area of Fan City and Mengshan. Qu Peiluo's men and horses can be combined with the forces of the Fan family more effectively, so that the layout of the Chu State will be empty, and it will also completely erode the situation here.

The purpose of this is

Even if Yan Chu starts the war again, the war will not burn to Fan City in an instant, and the Fan family will also have enough time and room to turn around, waiting for the support of our Hou Mansion.

This nail is solid. ”

"Mr. Gou, you are sure that my imperial brother will not make a big move after suffering this loss?"

"The lord once said that His Majesty the Emperor of Chu is more reluctant than my surname."

"Huh."

periphery

With the appearance of a regular army of more than 3,000 people of the Chu army, the war outside the military village gradually presented a one-sided situation.

however

At this moment,

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the north.

An elite Jindong iron horseman with excellent armor slowly appeared in a neat rhythm.

Dayan Black Dragon Banner,

The exclusive double-headed eagle flag of the Pingxi Hou Mansion,

Wave in the wind.

the number of people, not much;

Everyone is restraining and acquiescing, this friction area is just a small fight.

It's just that there are three thousand Chu pawns over there,

Here, it's 3,000 iron horsemen!

Leading,

It's Liang Cheng!

The princess was a little surprised,

Asked:

"General Liang, actually came in person?"

The princess knows Liang Cheng's status in the Hou Mansion, and her husband, who can be said to have most of the military power, has been handed over to him.

Gou Moli nodded,

Road:

"Actually, Mr. North sent a letter to the lord in the capital in advance."

"Husband knows that I came to Chu State?"

"Yes."

"What did the husband say in his reply?"

The Lord's reply was:

Madame Jean,

Have fun. ”