The mountain is high, and the moon is small. In the middle of the night, when everyone had fallen asleep, Fan Ning quietly got up, opened the door of the wing room, and checked the movement outside the door.

The guards outside the post station were strict, and the post station was much looser, but that Zhang Shun was like a staring King Kong, and he had been guarding in front of Li Hongfang's door, without the slightest intention of being sleepy, completely blocking the possibility of going to the main gate.

Fan Ning puffed his waist angrily, thinking that since he entered the East Palace, he had never seen this person rest. When Li Hong slept, he stayed outside the dormitory; When Li Hong was in the office, he kept the study; When Li Hong played polo, he even had to break the horse's butt to see what was wrong.

"Isn't he sleepy?" Fan Ning muttered in a low voice, he had long heard from the master that it was hard to be an errand in the palace, but he didn't expect it to be so day and night. Zhang Liang's plan didn't work, but there was a ladder over the wall, Fan Ning quietly walked to the window, opened the window lattice, and saw that the patrol guards were all facing the outside, and did not pay attention to the outer wall of the post station, so he flew out of the window, stepped on the protruding bricks of the earthen wall, and came to the window of Xue Ne's room in the blink of an eye.

Once this nerd uses his brain too much during the day, he will sleep very deeply at night, like a dead pig, and he can't wake up with boiling water. Fan Ning used a hairpin to open the window lattice, and neatly turned in, and sure enough, he saw Xue Ne lying on the couch with his eyes closed, sleeping deeply.

Fan Ning lightly flipped through Xue Ne's baggage and the case on the table, and searched through the moonlight, but still did not find the secret book. Unexpectedly, this kid hid it deeply, Fan Ning sneered silently, pointed at Xue Ne, scolded him with his mouth, and then stepped forward, squatted beside the couch, and thought about where he would hide the book.

When he was a child, this kid read books day and night, Li Chunfeng was afraid that he would see bad eyes, so he ordered people to go to bed before setting, so he hid the book in the quilt and got up in the middle of the night to read. Will he ...... now? Hiding books under the covers too? Fan Ning thought so, his cheeks immediately burned, and he hesitated.

A little starlight seeped into the window, the thin and sharp silhouette of the young man softened a lot, full of indescribable handsomeness, Fan Ning suppressed her heartbeat with all her might, turned her head to think, and decided to touch the pillow first, she catstepped forward, put her slender fingers under the jade pillow, and slowly explored it in a small way.

Xue Ne's head is not big, but it still has weight, is this why he is smart? Fan Ning's left hand couldn't reach the right side, so he had no choice but to touch his pillow from both sides at the same time.

Originally, it was just for the night thief, but suddenly it was ambiguous, Fan Ning lay on Xue Ne's body, while touching and looking for the secret book, while thinking that the so-called "ear and sideburns grinding" could not withstand this time, just when she was hesitating whether to go one more inch, Xue Ne suddenly turned over, wrapped Fan Ning's whole person on the couch, and hugged her waist in every way, but the person did not wake up, still asleep, calm and peaceful like a child.

Fan Ning's heart suddenly jumped out of her throat, and after a while, she came to her senses, and when she was sure that Xue Ne was not awake, she slowly put her little hand into the quilt, and groped around, wanting to see if this kid had hidden the secret book in the quilt.

Although Xue Ne is thin, her body is very warm, Fan Ning feels that her breathing is getting heavier and heavier, and the whole person is getting more and more nervous, she closes her eyes and heart, thinking about quickly finding the secret book and leaving early, who knows that Xue Ne suddenly turned to one side, her handsome face was attached to Fan Ning's little face, and her soft lips were comparable to her cherry lips.

As if there was a thunderbolt exploding above his head, Fan Ning was overpowered, and he couldn't care about any secret books anymore, he got up and ran out of the window as if he was escaping, and he didn't step on it in a panic, and almost fell down

The window lattice opened and closed, bringing a fresh breeze, and the young man on the couch opened his eyes lightly, pursed his lips and smiled, shy and happy. Childhood sweethearts have grown up so big together, Fan Ning knows him, he naturally understands Fan Ning, and knows that this girl will never give up, so he has been waiting for her to come.

But that kiss ...... As on the carriage, it was really just an accident. I don't know when he can really hug her and say everything in his heart for more than ten years. Xue Ne took out the secret book that had been hidden under his waist, and flipped through it casually in the moonlight. He understands that at the moment of solving the puzzle, he really entered the puzzle of Yonghui's five years, and at this time he was playing with the people behind the scenes who had been hiding in the dark. But he has no way out, and now he can only face the difficulties and have no regrets.

Early the next morning, after a hasty breakfast, the crowd continued on their way. After last night, Fan Ning looked at Xue Ne's eyes very uncomfortable, in order not to embarrass her, Xue Ne did not take the car today, but rode a horse before and distanced himself from the convoy.

After unraveling the ciphertext, Xue Ne couldn't help but look at it even more when he was on his horse. Seeing this, Yuan Gongyu, who was galloping side by side, couldn't help but admire: "I heard that Xue Mingfu is a mystery, it's really better to see it than to hear it." ”

Xue Ne put down the scroll and arched his hand: "Yuan Fujun praised it falsely, but it is just a riddle for a child to play at home, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance." ”

"Don't hide it from Xue Mingfu, this official also likes to guess riddles, can you take this secret scroll to the official to see?" Seeing Xue Ne's hesitant expression, Yuan Gongyu said again, "Just look at the riddle, not the ciphertext, okay?" This official is really itchy! ”

Xue Ne smiled helplessly, opened the secret book, and showed him the secret words in front of him. Yuan Gongyu made a sound such as "shout and drive" from his mouth, allowing his horse to get closer to Xue Ne's mount, and looked at it: "This ...... Is it anti-linguistic ciphertext? ”

Xue Ne nodded and said, "It is worthy of Yuan Fujun, and he can see through the trick at a glance." In the past, Sun Shuran, a disciple of Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian of the Three Kingdoms, wrote "Erya Yinyi", and the rhetoric began from this. Hu language aside, but all the language of our dynasty is composed of two parts: sound and rhyme. Therefore, as long as all the sounds and all the rhymes are arranged and combined, they can form thousands of Tang characters, just as yin and yang can make up everything in the world. The ciphertexts used in the military to convey confidential information also refer to the rhetoric, and on this basis, they are transformed to improve their secrecy. ”

"Yes, this official used to be the deputy protector of Anxi many years ago, and the ciphertext used at that time was quite similar to this, so this official guessed so. However, the rest of the book is not phonetic and rhyme, and it can't be spelled out at all. Yuan Gongyu was still puzzled.

"All ingenuity lies in the first two lines of the poem", Xue Ne said, stretching out his hand and pointing to the first page of the unfolding of the cipher book, "If it is an ordinary poem, the words of the upper and lower rhymes must rhyme with the same rhyme anyway, but Yuan Fujun looks at this second poem, and the rhyme is completely wrong." Later, I was inspired by the word 'fit', and then I looked closely at the top of these two poems, one containing all the sounds, and the other containing all the rhymes, and I understood the key to it. Therefore, if you want to solve the mystery, you only need to replace the characters in the lower que with the words in the same position in the upper que, and then combine their sounds and rhymes. ”

Yuan Gongyu carefully read these two poems, as if he was empowered: "Xue Mingfu is broken!" It seems that this official has to let the virtuous man! ”

Yuan Gongyu said that, he laughed heartily, patting Xue Ne's thin shoulder while laughing, this person had led soldiers to fight, his palm strength was extraordinary, Xue Ne's body was thin, and he was almost photographed off the horse, which made Yuan Gongyu very embarrassed, and hurriedly apologized: "Ah, I'm sorry, Xue Ming's mansion is fine." ”

Xue Ne coughed a few times, grabbed the reins of the horse and said with a smile: "It's the fault of the lower officials, although he was born in Jiangmen, he has never had the opportunity to lead troops to fight, and he has not been able to improve his martial arts and strengthen his physique on the battlefield. If he can be like Yuan Fujun, Wen can raise the sentence and judge the case, so that the punishment is clear; Wu can be a strong soldier, go to the Yue Clan, descend to the sun, and have no regrets in this life. ”

"Xue Mingfu must not be presumptuous, you are young and promising, and you were born in Jiangmen, as long as you have a family and country in your heart, you must be able to do your best for the Tang Dynasty and Huaxia, the grand exhibition is just a matter of timing, and you really don't have to be too modest."

Xue Ne smiled suddenly, remembering that he had a doubt in his heart, maybe he could ask Yuan Gongyu to answer it, so he asked again: "By the way, the lower officials have one more thing to ask." Yuan Fujun once served as the deputy protector of Anxi, and he may tell his subordinates, how are those Turkic remnants living in our four towns of Anxi? ”

Thinking that Xue Ne asked this question to understand some clues about the first year of history, he said truthfully: "Xue Mingfu also knows that we have been in China for more than 3,000 years, since the former Zhao Wuling King 'Hufu riding and shooting', reusing Lou Fu and Xiongnu officials, and the rich northern grasslands, it has always been a mutual integration, farming and nomadism at the same time, even our ancestors, the first emperor and today's saints, there is also Xianbei blood. I, the Tang Dynasty, established the Anxi Protectorate and commanded the four towns in the west, which naturally also made the world peaceful, the border people lived in peace, and trade was unimpeded. In the past thirteen years, the four towns of Anxi have changed their faces from the frequent wars of the past, and they are too peaceful. **Although stationed in the Western Regions, it never expropriated and mistreated the people, and the military rations were all taken out of the garrison's own fields, not occupying pastures, not expropriating pastures, and the soldiers did not commit any crimes in the autumn. Mo said that he was from the Central Plains, and the local Tiele people and Turkic remnants all thought that life was much better than before, and sincerely called me the lord of the Tang Dynasty 'Tian Khan'. Only those relatives of Jieli Khan, who have lost their power and power, are unwilling to give up, to put it bluntly, just for their own selfish desires. ”

After listening to Yuan Gongyu's words, Xue Ne sighed: "It seems that Shi Yuannian is one of these people, and he is not willing to lose his power, so he participated in the planning to subvert the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Wait, although Shi Yuannian participated in the case of the Hongwen Pavilion Annex, he committed murder, but it didn't show that he wanted to rebel? Could it be that Xue Mingfu understood his plan? Can you elaborate? Yuan Gongyu was suspicious and asked eagerly.

"The lower officials have not yet had solid evidence, but the case of the other court has been clarified, but the "Tui Bei Tu" has not been recovered, which shows that the "Tui Bei Tu" is still of great use to Shi Yuannian. A prophecy book that records the Tang Dynasty Guozuo was held in the hand of a small man who poked out a shocking case and had no disobedience, what else could he do except use it to rebel? ”

At the beginning of the Ash Day fasting period, Nestorian believers from all over Luoyang City came one after another, and lined up outside the Nestorian Catholic Church in Tongjifang.

When the church opened, one by one, they entered the hall in an orderly manner, received the "holy ashes" of the bearded priest, closed their eyes and prayed, and then, under the instructions of the priest, walked to the white wall where the portrait of the emperor and queen was hung, bowed their heads, and bowed to their hearts.

Unlike the smiling and smiling faithful, the veiled woman did not enter the main hall, but hurried away at the end of the long corridor, where there was a dark gap that could only be passed sideways, hidden behind the statue of the Virgin, extremely imperceptible, and beneath it suddenly opened up to a circular cellar that could accommodate more than a hundred people.

Just now, a grand assembly was quietly held here, and at this moment, the initiator Shi Yuannian sat in the middle of the round platform, still immersed in the joy of raising his arms and shouting.

"Bo Li", the woman stepped forward, although she was wearing a veil, she could still see that she was very beautiful, it was Anar, different from Shi Yuannian's hesitation, her face was full of sadness, and she wanted to speak and stopped, "Bo Li, those people are obedient to you, but I heard them go out, and they secretly muttered 'Tian Khan' in their mouths." Bo Li, I'm so worried, I'm afraid that the person is just trying for money, and he is respectful on his face, but in fact, he is at both ends of the first mouse, and his heart is still towards the Tang people, in case he ......"

"Enough!" Anal's words were like breaking a scoop of cold water on a hot soldering iron, which made Shi Yuannian upset, glanced at her, and said negatively, "You are afraid, I understand, I said that I would send you out of Luoyang first, but you refused, and you have been saying these frustrating words here." Can't you see it? Those people, like me, longed to return to the steppe, to the life of a free horse, and I was what they considered the new Khan. Anar, I will definitely be able to restore the glory of my ancestors, those people are for money and profit, how can I not know? The Tang people have a saying, 'People die for money, birds die for food', it is understandable, and when my military flag is raised, they will hear that the four towns of Anxi have fallen, and then see the invincible Hu soldiers under my command, they will know whose world is the future of Luoyang Chang'an! If you don't believe me, you can find those men who covet you to marry, I will be in the first year of history...... Never stand in the way. ”

"If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have stupidly followed you to Chang'an back then. Polly, I ...... With a body, it is inevitable to think cranky, it's not that I don't believe you......"

"What? Are you telling the truth? Shi Yuannian changed his cold appearance, propped up his sturdy body, stepped forward to ask Anal, and when he received a positive answer, his face was full of rare joy, and he picked up Anar and turned around, "I want our child to become the most noble prince in the world!" ”

At this moment of affection, a Hu general led to the door of the secret room, neither advancing nor retreating, and called in a low voice: "Boss......"

Shi Yuannian let go of Anar at this time, and returned to his cold and calm appearance, turned around and asked, "How is it?" Yanmen Pass, but it's all done? ”

"Don't worry, the Tang people have already helped us pluck the Xue family's Xiaolangjun, that kid was just beaten with a stick, and he was angry, and as soon as he instigated it, he flew into the sky like a peg next to the swamp pond! Right now, he is twisting his buttocks, carrying good wine, and going to Yanmen to comfort his father's old subordinates! ”

Shi Yuannian laughed with the Hu people, and said to Anar: "You don't have to worry, those rabble are not my descendants, and the ones who are going to enter the customs now are the old departments that are prominent in the battle of Yinshan." For this day, I succumbed to the lord, like a dog, he made cattle and horses, and did countless murderous and oversold things, this time he helped me to pick up that Xue Chuyu is also considered meritorious, and when I succeed, I may be able to spare his dog's life. What about the people who go to the southwest? Can you get in touch? ”

"I just got the news this morning, the commander of the southwest has agreed to send troops, and on the day when Luoyang Chang'an falls into chaos, they will lead the army to the north and break through the four towns of Anxi."

"Good!" Shi Yuannian slapped his hands and patted the shoulder of the Hu general, "Next, just wait for the Tang people to make trouble themselves, and then we will see the opportunity and act immediately!" The construction of the Khanate is just around the corner! ”

In the evening of the same day, Li Hong and his entourage went out of Tongguan and came to Tianchi, that is, the old place of Mianchi where Qin and Zhao Huimeng were encamped and rested. Yang Jiong led a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites to greet him, because he was an old acquaintance with Xue Ne, Yang Jiong was very excited, and after arranging for Li Hong to rest and eat, he shouted to his subordinates to buy wine, and he pulled Xue Ne to chatter.

During the Longmen industry fire case, Fan Ning had met with Yang Jiong, and at this time he didn't know if it was safe to meet again, so he dodged left and right, for fear of meeting him, so he volunteered to help Zhang Shun and others brush horses, so as to avoid greetings and entertainment.

But that's it, the two still met on the narrow road outside the thatched house, facing Yang Jiong's inquiring gaze, Fan Ning closed his eyes and pointed to the stone next to the path and said: "The toilet chip is gone, you can find a stone after you pull it." ”

After that, before Yang Jiong came back to his senses, Fan Ning disappeared like a whirlwind. Hearing these words, the second monk Yang Jiongzhang was puzzled, chuckled twice, strode back to the post room to find Xue Ne, and as soon as he sat down, he took the lead and pointed at the tip of Xue Ne's nose with chopsticks and said: "Shen Yan, it was that little lady who brought Luoyang last time?" I used to wear men's clothes very delicately, but now I have changed to women's clothes, which is simply stunning. I never thought that you were quite capable, and the main office case did not forget to be romantic, which really made Yang willing to bow down. ”

Xue Ne was just about to inquire about Princess Yang Jiong's case, thinking that old friends would meet, and it was a little inappropriate to talk about it as soon as he came up, but he didn't expect him to send it to the door himself, so he was no longer polite: "What else do you say, how did this errand fall on you?" There is a set of etiquette to welcome the prince, how could the emperor send you? Isn't it...... What's the secret? ”

"The Emperor? The emperor has been in a coma for many days and has been recuperating in the inner palace, and it is the queen of heaven who summoned you. In addition to you, the queen of heaven also specially summoned a law cao from the state, surnamed Di, who also came to investigate the case. ”

"The Queen of Heaven called me?" Xue Ne was extremely shocked, he always thought that it was the emperor who ordered him to be released from prison and ordered him to bring Fan Ning to Luoyang, but he never thought that it was the queen of heaven.

The case of Princess Anding is very unfavorable to the Queen of Heaven, and Fan Ning is the most unfavorable witness, what is the intention of the Queen of Heaven to summon such a person to Luoyang?