In the blink of an eye, many months have passed, and as winter begins, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it is the coldest time of the year.

For Nianyun, she was even a little afraid of winter. Almost all the major events in her life occurred in winter, including the death of her sister, the death of Emperor Dezong and Emperor Xian, and the self-judgment of King Shu.

She was even a little afraid of winter, and the heavy snow seemed to cover up all the past.

The flower pots under the eaves are full of depression, and in this season, Nianyun always feels extremely lonely.

But this time, it seems to be good news.

At lunchtime, Nian Yun had already heard that in the past few months, the army of the Tang Dynasty had been like a bamboo, not only forcing Wang Chengzong to retreat, but also defeating Wu Yuanji in Caizhou, and achieved a great victory.

The most important thing is that Xue Qixi completed the task, and he quickly relieved himself of the Huainan Supervision Army, and now he is hurrying up and has rushed back to Chang'an City.

It's been some time since Qixi left Beijing.

Nianyun was happy in his heart, and ordered the Shangfu Bureau to prepare a lot of clothes for the four seasons, and ordered to take some of the best clothes for him to make underwear, and at the same time ordered people to quickly clean the house where Qixi originally lived in Penglai Palace, replace it with a new bedding, and add a brazier.

I thought that when he arrived in Chang'an City today, he would first report to the Shence Army, and then clean up before entering the palace, but he didn't expect that just after the end of the day, he heard a little eunuch running in happily outside: "Qi Yu Niangniang, Xue Gonggong is here!" ”

Nian Yun couldn't come back to his senses for a while, and was stunned for a long time, then he saw the tall and thin figure striding in from outside, and bowed down: "Slave Xue Qixi knocked on the noble concubine Niangniang, Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”

He was still wearing heavy iron armor, and his thick cowhide boots creaked on the floor, looking like a dusty man.

Nian Yun took two steps forward and looked him up and down. Life on the outside seemed to have cut some traces of wind and frost on his body, making the edges and corners of his jaw more distinct, and the peaks of his eyebrows sharper, looking more and more like a soldier rather than a eunuch in the deep palace.

He lowered his head, but because his height advantage was too obvious, he could still set his eyes on Nian Yun. He came in too much hurry, and seemed to have a lot to say, but standing in Penglai Palace, he suddenly hesitated again, his lips moved, and he only said, "Niangniang is okay?" ”

Nian Yun nodded with a smile, "Okay, what can be bad!" Qixi, you don't have to rush to see the main palace, you should go and rest for a while. ”

Qixi lowered his head and said seriously: "Penglai Hall is Qixi's home, Qixi comes back, naturally go home first." ”

With his status and status, in fact, he also has a house in Chang'an City, Nianyun knows. But he said that Penglai Hall was his home, and when Nianyun heard it, he couldn't help but feel a little more cordial.

Luluo was also happy to see him, and said with a smile: "Qixi father-in-law is back, and the mother was still talking about it yesterday." A few of us, I can't wait to go out when we go far away, so that we can taste the taste of being remembered! ”

7-Up just laughs. Seeing that it was very cold outside, Nian Yun hurriedly ordered him to take off the heavy armor first, take a dark cloak over, and ordered a brazier to be added, and gave hot tea.

Nian Yun learned about the situation in Huaixi from Qixi, it turned out that Wu Yuanji was very cunning, stationed troops in Caizhou, and the army attacked for several months and still held each other, which consumed great manpower and material resources.

Later, the weather was bitterly cold and snowed heavily, and the sergeant's supplies began to slowly become insufficient. Wu Yuanji's rebel army had sufficient food and grass, but the imperial army could not afford to spend it for a long time. originally wanted to withdraw to the imperial court, but in the end, they also consumed a lot of Wu Yuanji's strength, and they were still a little unwilling in the end.

At this time, Li Su, the leader of the vanguard army responsible for attacking Caizhou, came up with an idea.

As early as the previous few months, Li Su Dan whenever he caught a prisoner, he must personally interrogate and ask in great detail, so the terrain in the rebel army is dangerous and easy, the distance of the road, and the reality of the armament have basically been clarified, and the original elite forces are stationed in all directions, and most of the soldiers in Caizhou City are actually old and weak, so there is nothing to fear.

Li Su ordered the people to select 9,000 young and strong infantry in the army, divided into three teams, 3,000 people as the vanguard, 3,000 people as the main force, and 3,000 people were responsible for pressing the formation.

On this day, it snowed heavily, and Li Su ordered the 9,000 men and horses to brave the snow and march forward to a weakly defended village, which was approaching dusk.

Li Su ordered his soldiers to kill the rebel soldiers guarding them, occupy the village, take a rest, take a short rest, eat some dry food, and wait until it was dark, leaving hundreds of people to garrison, and the rest continued to march overnight.

Caizhou City is dozens of miles away to the east, but it is separated from Caizhou by a small mountain, and according to the normal march, it should be detoured to the northeast.

Li Su had already inquired about the route in advance, so he ordered his men and horses not to go from the main road, but to walk from the mountains in the snow, although it was difficult, but it was also unexpected by the rebels, and they were caught off guard.

After marching for dozens of miles overnight, it was not until the fourth watch that he arrived at the city of Caizhou. In order to cover up the sound of the march, Li Su even ordered people to secretly attack the shantytowns raising chickens and ducks outside Caizhou.

At this time, Caizhou City was calm, and the rebels never dreamed that the ** soldiers who were more than 100 miles away had sneaked into Caizhou City like ghosts, and quietly climbed the city wall overnight, took down all the rebel guards in their sleep, and replaced all the garrisons with the army of the Tang Dynasty.

Until morning, Caizhou City still seemed to be calm.

When he heard the rooster crowing on the fifth watch, Li Su sent someone to report to Wu Yuanji, saying that the officers and soldiers had entered the city.

Wu Yuanji was still sleeping at this time, thinking that the people below were joking, and laughed when he heard this: "Okay, okay, wait for dawn to kill them all!" ”

Li Su was not in a hurry, and after a while, when the rooster crowed for the second time, he sent someone to say: "Caizhou City has been captured by officers and soldiers!" ”

Wu Yuanji still didn't believe it, and said: "I think the defenders outside want to ask for a few more cotton clothes, and they are talking nonsense again." ”

At this time, he had already gotten up, and as soon as he walked into the courtyard, he heard a horn suddenly sounding outside the door. With the sound of the horn, only the earth-shattering roar could be heard, "Arrest the traitor Wu Yuanji!" Arrest the traitor Wu Yuanji! Arrest the traitor Wu Yuanji! ”

The shouts shook the sky and destroyed people's hearts.

At this time, Wu Yuanji only had a few close guards left around him, and in the face of nine thousand elite soldiers, he had no power to fight back, and he was soon arrested, and Caizhou City was destroyed.

Although the battle of the Snowy Night Surprise Attack was fought beautifully, it had been a stalemate for most of the previous half a year, and the loss of officers and soldiers was actually not small. However, in the end, this rebellion was put down, presumably after Wu Yuanji was escorted into Beijing, Wang Chengzong and Li Shidao's side would also stop.

Qixi went to Huainan, although he did not directly participate in the frontal battlefield, but provided a lot of information to the officers and soldiers, and also sent the information in the Huaixi area to the palace as soon as possible. In addition, being able to adapt to changes at the right time has also provided considerable help to the officers and men.

But in addition to this, Nian Yun also arranged another thing.

This report on the battle situation in Huaixi is not a secret, but this one is a huge secret, even around Nian Yun, I am afraid that only Fennel Pothos and Guo Li know.

Nian Yunping retreated from everyone, and then asked implicitly: "Another thing, can it be done?" ”

Qixi got up and saluted, and then said: "Hui Niangniang, it has been done, send five assassins, rob them from a secluded place in the evening, dispose of them in the third watch, shoot twenty-one knives, the dagger is in the throat, three fatal knives in the chest and abdomen, and the body is thrown into the Lingjiang." ”

These cruel words fell on his lips, but they were extremely neat, and Nian Yun's face did not show too much expression. Since she walked into this Daming Palace, she has had enough blood on her hands, and perhaps, this person is not bad.

Nian Yun maintained his usual gentleness and indifference, and helped Qixi to get up, "Qixi, since you are back, go to Zichen Hall to say hello to Your Majesty, and also tell Your Majesty about the battle situation first, and think that Your Majesty is also remembering." ”

Qixi responded, and after eating this tea in Penglai Palace, he said goodbye. He was in a hurry to return to the palace, and what he brought was the first piece of information on the Huaixi battlefield, which was probably faster than the imperial court's six-hundred-mile urgent battle report.

As soon as Xue Qixi arrived at the Zichen Palace, he heard a commotion inside. At this time, a little eunuch outside the hall saw him, and hurriedly asked him to wait outside, and then ran in, and came out again after a while, saying, "Father-in-law Xue, please come in." ”

Qixi felt a little puzzled, although he had been out of the palace for so long, his identity had always been a first-class internal supervisor of Penglai Palace, and he also belonged to the Inner Servant Province. The eunuchs of the inner province are different from the foreign ministers, and they do not need to wait outside the palace to enter the palace, and they can directly enter the main hall in case the palace masters have any requirements.

Qixi followed into the Zichen Palace, and only then did he realize that His Majesty seemed to be angry. There were broken porcelain pieces all over the ground, and the hall was silent, and all the people didn't dare to take a breath.

In a letter from the concubine to him, it was mentioned that His Majesty had been a little temperamental lately.

It is said that even if he has not yet told others the details of the battlefield, the news of Li Suxue's surprise attack on Caizhou, the destruction of the rebels, and the capture of Wu Yuanji should have been delivered to Daming Palace. In any case, this should be regarded as an exciting event, worthy of the celebration of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military crowns.

So today, Qixi really can't think of why His Majesty is angry.

After a period of dead silence, Qixi's clear and slightly deep voice slowly sounded in the main hall: "Slave Xue Qixi, knock on Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

His voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally clear in this silent hall.

Li Chun's eyes were almost bursting with fire, and he casually picked up a stack of folds on the case and threw it at Qixi's head: "Long live!" You traitors, I'm afraid you're all wishing I would be crushed to pieces! ”

The cover of the fold is a little hard, and the sharp corners are a little painful on Qixi's forehead, but fortunately it's just an excerpt. His Majesty probably couldn't grasp anything harder for a while, otherwise Qixi had no doubt that he would smash the vase, jade ruyi, or paperweight on his head.

His Majesty smashed it, and he was still angry, stomped his foot fiercely, and overturned the case in front of him: "It's all wolf ambition!" ”