Yan Ran and Wen Rongan's second elopement never took place.

Xiao Zun made a comeback and led the rebel army to raise the banner of rebellion in the name of the Qing monarch.

In his position, Wen Rongan, as an official of the imperial court, has an unshirkable responsibility to fight against the chaotic party.

And in the face of the two rivals, Yan Ran can't sit idly by.

The two returned to Anyang, Wen Rongan went directly to Han Xiang's mansion, and Yan Ran saw Mei Ji, and the secret report was brought back by her.

Mei Ji dressed as an ordinary woman, and she was not injured, but she looked slightly tired.

Wen Rong'an sent someone to protect her, ensuring that even if she couldn't take revenge on Xiao Zun, she would be able to escape with her whole body.

She was sitting on a chair, holding a three- or four-year-old child in her arms, like a jade snow ball.

Yan Ran was surprised: "This is?" ”

Mei Ji hurriedly got up and replied, "Madam, this is Chong'er." Chong'er, say hello to your aunt. ”

Chong'er turned around in Mei Ji's arms, arched her little hands in a similar way, and showed a mouthful of small white teeth with crooked eyebrows: "Auntie, it's okay!" ”

Yan Ran was surprised and delighted: "He's still alive!" ”

Mei Ji looked at Chong'er in her arms, reluctant to let him go, and sighed: "Yes, I didn't expect to see Chong'er again." At that time, Xiao Zun did order to kill Chong'er, but Cui Jingyi was pregnant at that time, so she secretly saved Chong'er's life for the sake of the child in her womb. ”

At the mention of Xiao Zun, Yan Ran's face became heavy.

Although Mei Ji was reluctant, she still ordered someone to take Chong'er out.

Mei Ji turned around and knelt down in front of Yan Ran.

Yan Ran was startled and hurriedly helped her: "What are you doing here?" ”

Mei Ji refused to get up, and said apologetically: "You handed Xiao Zun to me at the beginning, and I promised you to kill him." But later, Cui Jingyi told me that Chong'er was still alive, and she wanted to exchange it with Xiao Zun's order. For Chong'er, I had no choice, so I let Xiao Zun go privately. Just in case, I also designed to get rid of the old department that followed him. I thought it was foolproof, but I didn't expect him to have the ability to recruit troops. If it weren't for my own selfishness, Xiao Zun would have no chance to make a comeback. As a mother, I have no regrets, but I did not keep my promise to you, which led to wars, and I am ashamed of you and the people. ”

Yan Ran dragged Mei Ji up and sighed: "I also have selfish intentions, so I made a deal with you in order to completely bring down Minyang." I deliberately let you go, and if it's wrong, it's my fault. But now is not the time to blame yourself, the top priority is to stop Xiao Zun. Tell me first, Xiao Zun has become a loner, and how did he recruit troops and raise the anti-flag? ”

Mei Ji recalled: "After Xiao Zun left, I sent someone to follow his traces. But the spies hadn't come back yet, but it was Xiao Zun who led people into the city first, set off a riot, killed Fu Yin, and occupied the Fu Ya. Because of the riots in the city, my news could not be transmitted for a while. I was afraid that Xiao Zun would find out my whereabouts, so I could only stand still for the time being.

Later, I learned that after Xiao Zun and Cui Jingyi escaped, they first settled in a village and lived a peaceful life. But because the city has been harsh for a long time, the poor people have been exploited, and they dare not speak out. Xiao Zun secretly gathered the people who could take the lead among the people and persuaded them to overthrow the tyranny together, which formed the * Righteous Army. ”

Yan Ran was surprised: "*The righteous army is just a group of ordinary people? ”

Mei Ji nodded, a little puzzled: "I also think it's strange, they first occupied the county government, and then occupied the government office, the scale was not large at first, but how did they defeat the regular army all the way?" Because of this, Xiao Zun was regarded by the people as a person who returned to the destiny of heaven, and he believed and respected him more and more, and now his team has grown stronger and stronger. ”

Yan Ran's brows were deeply locked, Xiao Zun wanted to win people's hearts, so he was making a fool of himself, which was understandable.

But the ragtag army composed of ordinary people actually defeated the regular army one after another, but it was a real battle, and what secret is hidden in this?

Wen Rong'an came back very late, the light in the room had been extinguished, and only a dim night light remained, thinking that Yan Ran had already fallen asleep.

He was afraid of disturbing Yan Ran, so he simply took a shower with cold water outside, and then walked into the room lightly.

He closed the door very carefully, and when he turned around, he saw Yan Ran leaning on the edge of the bed with his knees crossed, looking at him with a pair of sleepy eyes that were about to close.

A lamp is like a bean, and the dim light stretches Yan Ran's shadow on the wall for a long time, but it looks a little lonely.

Wen Rong felt distressed for a while, and walked over quickly and took Yan Ran into his arms: "It's so late, why don't you sleep?" ”

Wen Rong'an's hair was stained with water, slowly lowering, and his breath was slightly cool.

Yan Ran was trembling with excitement, but she still tried her best to burrow into his arms, and said glutinously: "Wait for you!" ”

Wen Rongan's heart softened instantly, gently kissed the top of Yan Ran's hair, and said gently: "I promise, I will go home early in the future, and I won't let you wait so long." ”

Yan Ran nodded, and her little furry head arched back and forth in Wen Rong'an's arms, causing him to chuckle a few times.

Wen Rongan hugged Yan Ran and lay down, and turned off the light.

Yan Ran hugged Wen Rong'an tightly, eager to embed himself in his body, as if he had a sense of security in this way.

Wen Rong'an noticed Yan Ran's strange appearance, hugged her hard, and asked softly, "Ran, what's wrong?" ”

After being silent for a long time, Yan Ran asked in a muffled voice, "Cousin, shouldn't I let Xiao Zun go?" ”

After Wen Rong'an got the news of Xiao Zun's rebellion, he focused on how to quell the rebellion, but ignored Yan Ran's mood.

He secretly blamed himself for his carelessness, and comforted Yan Ran softly: "There will be gains and losses, if you don't let Xiao Zun go, we won't bring down Minyang so smoothly, maybe it's Minyang who is causing the incident now, and Mei Ji and Chong'er's mother and son will be separated forever." ”

Wen Rong'an felt that the originally tight body in his arms softened slightly, and continued: "Moreover, Xiao Zun led the people to rise up, righteousness, and fight in the name of overthrowing tyranny and government. In order to maintain his reputation and win the hearts of the people, he will never kill innocents indiscriminately. The people he killed were all corrupt officials and corrupt officials who had fish and flesh on their hands, and they didn't know how many lives they had on their hands, and it was not a pity to die, and no ordinary people died in vain. ”

When Yan Ran heard this, a big stone that was pressed in her heart finally fell to the ground.

Wen Rong'an's voice was solemn, and he said a little sternly: "There is the most important point. ”

Yan Ran asked, "What?" ”

Wen Rongan lowered his eyes and looked at Yan Ran in the dark, but he couldn't help but soften his voice: "No matter what Xiao Zun does, it is his choice, and the wrong person is him, you shouldn't blame yourself." ”

The tip of Yan Ran's nose was slightly sour, and she murmured: "Cousin......"

Yan Ran is indeed very self-blaming, although she is bent on revenge, she is always worried that she will change some development trajectory and make things worse.

But she's not God, she's not in control, and she has moments of mistakes.

Wen Rong'an's words greatly comforted her and freed her from this negative emotion.

In this world, only my cousin will unconditionally believe in her, support her, and tolerate her!

It's nice that she doesn't need anyone else anyway.

Wen Rong'an caressed Yan Ran's head: "Sleep, after tomorrow, there may not be a good night's sleep." ”

Yan Ran said with concern: "What happened? ”

Wen Rong'an said: "The Holy Lord may send me to pacify the uprising and rebel army led by Xiao Zun. ”

Yan Ran felt very confused, and couldn't understand Emperor Sheng's intentions: "The Holy Lord doesn't trust you, but why would he give you such a heavy responsibility?" ”

Wen Rongan sneered: "Perhaps, he wants me to die on the battlefield." ”

If Wen Rong'an was defeated by Xiao Zun and killed by the other party, Emperor Sheng could be said to have effortlessly eliminated a major trouble.

If Wen Rong'an defeated Xiao Zun, Emperor Sheng could secretly send someone to stab Wen Rong'an in the back to get rid of Wen Rong'an, after all, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, so it will remove two major troubles.

No matter how this deal is calculated, Emperor Sheng will make a steady profit, and of course he will not let go of this opportunity.

Although Yan Ran was chilled by Emperor Sheng's imperial technique, she did not object to Wen Rong'an taking command to conquer Xiao Zun: "Cousin, I want to go with you." ”

Wen Rong paused, he understood Yan Ran's determination to kill the enemy, and his feelings of not wanting to part with him.

But at the same time, he also understands that the battlefield is changing rapidly, and he can't control everything, and he is worried that Yan Ran will be injured.

After a fierce ideological struggle, Wen Rongan finally agreed: "Okay, we will never die with Xiao Zun, and we just take this opportunity to make a conclusion." As for those open guns and hidden arrows, since we have already known in advance, we just need to be more vigilant. ”

Yan Ran nodded heavily, nestled in Wen Rong'an's arms with peace of mind, and slept sweetly.

The next day, the Holy Decree came as scheduled.

Emperor Sheng first gave Wen Rong'an the position of Dingguo Gong, along with the original Dingguo Mansion, some of the confiscated gold and silver furniture, and servants.

Wen Rong'an was originally the eldest son of the old Dingguo Gong, and it was natural to inherit this title.

Then, Emperor Sheng added Wen Rong'an as the generalissimo of the expedition, and ordered him 5,000 soldiers and horses to go to quell the rebel army.

Yan Ran was immediately dumbfounded, five thousand soldiers and horses?

The rebel army led by Xiao Zun alone is several times more than this number, plus the garrison of the city he subdued, that is tens of thousands of people, okay, 5,000 soldiers and horses traveling thousands of miles to send people to the head?

Even if Emperor Sheng was in a hurry to let Wen Rongan die, he didn't have to show it so obviously, right?

As soon as the inner servants left, Han Xiang and several adults rushed over when they heard the news, and Wen Rongan hurriedly invited them into the study to discuss strategies against the enemy.

Yan Ran also went to the Imperial Medical Department and asked Envoy Liu for permission to join the army in the war as a military doctor.

Originally, when she saw Yan Ran and Wen Rong'an coming back, Qingxuan, who had just been happy for a day, immediately wilted again.

She also thought that Yan Ran would not leave again when she came back, who would have thought that this time would be more dangerous, and she would go to war directly!

In the Imperial Medical Department, Yan Ran made a request to the envoy of the Liu Hospital, but was refused: "No! ”