To the west, near the city of Yundu. in the military tent. Zheng Pingxin looked at the return below, a little tired between his eyebrows. Look at the finished sand table. Step after step kept coming to his mind, he must not make a mistake, and he repeatedly rehearsed the combat deployment, there should be a better way. Zheng Pingxin stood with his arms crossed, thinking about it.

The weather outside is getting hotter and hotter, and everyone who is steaming has lost their temper, Zheng Pingxin picked up the teacup on the table and poured a few cups of cold water, this Li Yunzhi is really a good soldier, he still hasn't conquered it after so many days, the war has been stalemate, recently, Jiangdu's backup has been a lot slower, and I don't know how long it will take. Zheng Pingxin was inevitably a little anxious. It's time to get out and think about what to do.

"General." Two guards followed.

"Go back. I'm just out for a walk. I'm on my own. Zheng Pingxin motioned for the guards to leave.

The guards hesitated slightly, Zheng Pingxin turned his head to look at the guards, "Your kung fu is not as good as mine." ”

"Yes, General." The guards returned to their original positions.

Zheng Pingxin is a rare walk in this town. Compared to Kyoto, this place is much more deserted. The people here are actually living very hard, the land is not fertile, the harvest is small, they often encounter drought, and from time to time they are attacked by the cold, robbing people and grabbing grain, although Daqin has an army stationed, but it may not be able to prevent these small sneak attacks every time. Zheng Pingxin looked at these people compared to Kyoto City, it was inevitable that he was a little sad, if he could capture Yundu City, then the people's lives would be much better. Besides, this cloud capital is already the land of Great Qin, and it's time to take it back.

"Help. Help me. A delicate voice suddenly came out, and a young girl ran in a panic, followed by several strong men.

"In broad daylight, he actually bullied a weak woman." Zheng Pingxin thought angrily, and immediately went to the hero to save the United States. There are a lot of paths in this town, bending around, in a blink of an eye, the woman is gone, Zheng Pingxin can only run by the voice, a faint aroma crosses the tip of Zheng Pingxin's nose, not good, drugging, Zheng Pingxin hurriedly covered his mouth, but he still sucked a lot,

"General Zheng. Offended. "A few men in black suddenly appeared around.

Zheng Pingxin held the sword hanging from his waist. "Who are you?"

"Catch him." The man in black led by an order. The men in black entered the palace together.

Zheng Pingxin pulled out his sword and kept blocking the menacing black-clothed people around him, and soon, his head became confused, his eyes couldn't be opened, and he tried to shake his head to make himself sober, but he couldn't block this rainstorm attack, a sword was blocked in front of his chest, he had no strength in his hand, and his body couldn't help but fall to one side.

In the palace, a graceful and luxurious girl sat by the window, holding a chess piece in her hand, and a man with a somewhat gloomy eyebrow sat opposite. The sunlight shines through the branches and leaves outside, scattered on the chessboard.

After a long time, the girl put down the chess pieces in her hand, "Brother Huang, you are about to lose." Be careful. ”

The man smiled slightly. "Not necessarily." A black disc blocks white's path.

The girl's face was full of smiles, and her smart eyes shone with pleasure, "Brother Huang, this is falling into a trap." "I said that I had a white seed." Brother Huang, when playing chess, you have to look at the overall situation, if you only take care of one side of the world, you may lose more. ”

The man paused, "Hahaha." It's wonderful. The man clapped his hands a few times and laughed heartily, "Yin Ruo's chess skills are really getting more and more exquisite, no wonder my father will say that I am afraid that the entire palace will not be able to find a person who can beat you." Oh no, it's the whole Great Qin. ”

"Father praised it falsely, there are people outside the mountain, I just spent more time than others in chess, plus some luck. Daqin, I really don't dare to be. Kyoto City, I don't dare to boast about Haikou like this. ”

"Your Highness." A man in green clothes hurriedly walked in and saluted the two people in front of him.

"What?" Qin Yinde's voice was neither hurried nor slow. The man in Tsing Yi glanced at the third princess, and Qin Yinde's eyes looked down slightly, "It's okay, let's talk about it." Yin Ruo is not an outsider. ”

Qin Yinruo slowly cleaned up the chess pieces on the chessboard, and his face returned to tranquility.

"Your Highness, there is a military situation in Jiangdu. It is said that General Zheng and Zheng Pingxin are missing. ”

Zheng Pingxin? Qin Yinruo's heart couldn't help but tremble, the movements in his hands froze, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. But she kept her head down, and no one noticed her abnormality.

"Missing? How many days? ”

"It's been three days since the news arrived in the palace."

Qin Yinde's expression was incomprehensibly complicated. After a moment, he said, "I see." This should be the prince's business, just send me the news at any time. Don't meddle with the rest for now. Let's go down. ”

"No." The man in Tsing Yi retired.

Qin Yinde put down the chess pieces in his hand, "Another game?" ”

"The Zheng family is the prince's person, and my brother still has to stand still?" If you make the first move.

The corners of Qin Yinde's mouth curled, "The crown prince is the prince, and we, like the Zheng family, are his courtiers." If I am not in his position, I will not seek his own politics, how dare I meddle in the affairs of the army. ”

"Since we are all courtiers, we should work together, and the imperial brother should be closer to them more."

"That's what the royal sister said. My brother remembered. "Qin Yinde has another son." I don't know what news is there from the Twelve Mansions? ”

Qin Yinruo remembered the things sent by the pavilion master the day before yesterday, "The Twelve Mansions don't do court business, this time it was their pavilion master who helped privately, and the imperial brother will still fight less of their ideas in the future." ”

"Okay, listen to the royal sister."

"What they found out was that the little boy was Zheng Shengdong's adopted son. You also know that Zheng Shengdong is the younger brother of Zheng Nangong, who has been working in the army, and is an extremely important person for Zheng Jiajun. He never had a wife, but he had a child from a distant relative in the countryside. This little boy has been secretly raised, so others don't know. These days, Zheng Shengdong came home from the army, so he took him with him and came back to see. ”

"Really? It's as simple as that? ”

"Yes." If Qin Yin chooses to hide it, there is actually a later paragraph on that information, the previous statements are just made up by the Zheng family in order to deceive people, and the little boy is actually played by Zheng Wan, the third lady of the Zheng family.

"Good. Let's move on to chess. ”

Before evening, the sun shines on the clouds, and the colorful glow forms a whole sky, which is very beautiful.

Zheng Wan, as usual, brought some homemade small refreshments to the study to send them to Zheng Nangong.

"Third Miss." Zheng Changyin just walked out of the study, saw Zheng Wan, nodded and shouted.

Zheng Wan respectfully bowed, "I've seen Zheng Guard." "Zheng Wan has always been polite to Zheng Nangong's subordinates, and she never feels that she is a young lady, so she is superior to them. Eternal humility and respect in front of them. "Father is here? I had something to send to my father. ”

"Third Miss, let's go in. The adults are just looking for Miss Three. Zheng Changyin's voice was calm and calm, but those who knew him as a person must have known that this was already a good treatment.

"Thank you." Zheng Wan bowed again, and knocked on the door and entered the study.

"Father." Zheng Wan put the soup in her hand aside. The dishes and chopsticks were wiped again before being handed to Zheng Nangong. "It's too hot on this day, I'm afraid it's going to be bad, so I'll send it when it's done."

"Put it down." Zheng Nangong quietly watched Zheng Wan finish all this.

Zheng Wan realized that something must have happened, and her father was in a very bad mood. Biting her lower lip, "Then Wan'er won't bother her father." ”

"Wait." Zheng Nangong stopped Zheng Wan, who was about to leave.

Zheng Wan turned to look at Zheng Nangong sitting at the desk, Zheng Wan's long eyelashes trembled, and the whole person looked well-behaved and sensible.

Zheng Nangong looked at Zheng Wan for a long time before he said slowly, "The army came to report that your third brother is missing." ”

Zheng Wan was stunned for a moment, with disbelief in her eyes, "What? Missing? How can it be? He is a general, there is no way he is missing. There was a hint of trembling in her voice, although she didn't like the Zheng family, but for the third brother, she couldn't bear to let him have an accident. The third brother is still a relative to her. I swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva. "Father has confirmed the news?

"Yes."

"No, the third brother can't be fine." Shaking her head, such a denial seems to come true, Zheng Wan is indeed a little out of shape. "That's good. Father has to find a way. The second brother is gone, and the third brother can't be fine. ”

"Go down." Zheng Nangong was full of anger and directly ordered Zheng Wan to expel the guest.

"My daughter quit." Zheng Wanmu obeyed Zheng Nangong's order, walked out of the study in a trance, and returned to his small courtyard in a trance.

"Miss." Qiu Qi looked at Zheng Wan, whose face was wrong, and called out with some concern.

Zheng Wan shook her head, her eyes a little dark. "Qiu Qi, if something really happens to him, what should I do? I don't want to hurt him. ”

"He? Who is he? What are you talking about, Miss?"

Zheng Wan looked at the ball beggar in disbelief. "Qiu Qi, am I too confident, confidently lost myself, thinking that I have mastered the lead, but in fact I am nothing. The so-called intelligence is vulnerable. Zheng Wan slowly walked to the gazebo and sat down tiredly. There is some redness in the eye sockets. "Why did he disappear?"

Qiu Qi carefully followed and poured a cup of tea and brought it to Zheng Wan. "Miss, drink some water."

Zheng Wan took the teacup and took a few sips of water, her flustered heart calmed down a little. Calm down, Zheng Wan kept hinting at herself. It must be fine, it's just missing, not dead. Then there's room for that. Calm down.

"Miss." Qiu Qi refilled Zheng Wan with another cup of tea, and comforted her softly, "Miss, don't worry, it's better to calm down, think about it, and see if there is a way to remedy it." Maybe things aren't that bad. ”

"Autumn begging. Do you know? The third brother is missing. ”

"The third prince just said that he was missing, so he could find it back. Miss, you can't mess around. ”

Zheng Wan stared at Qiu Qi, "Get it back." Yes, get it back. Zheng Wan put down the teacup. I have to think about what I should do. ”