Yan Nanxiao is indeed calm and rational, and he is very good at weighing the pros and cons and judging the situation, but he is also the same as Ji Yongan, he has the person who must be protected at all costs.

Since Ji Heng sent Mu Qingyun and He Shuning into the capital together, then he should be mentally prepared that Ji Yongan and Yan Nanxiao will save people at all costs.

Thinking so, Yan Nanxiao and Ji Yongan left the Chinese army's tent together.

After they left, He Shuning and Mu Qingyun, who were left behind, soon met the little sesame official who came to help the little emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty deliver the letter.

Ji Heng gave him a letter written by himself and asked him to hand it over to the little emperor of the Great Zhou.

Then he called Mu Qingyun and He Shuning to the little official who had calmed down, "These are my two guards, in order to show sincerity, I will ask them to escort you back to the city." ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites knew that he had no room to refuse, so he carried the handwritten letter from Ji Heng handed over by Ji Heng's personal guard, accompanied by Mu Qingyun and He Shuning, and turned over with difficulty and returned to the city.

Ji Yongan and Yan Nanxiao did not come out to see them off, and Mu Qingyun and He Shuning did not look left and right, they rode the two military horses that Ji Heng had people prepare, one left and one right to accompany the Ministry of Rites official.

At first glance, others thought they were escorting prisoners.

The official of the Ministry of Rites became more and more frightened, he was the proud protégé of the little emperor's grandfather, and he had received the favor of his teacher because of his family relationship, so even if he was afraid of death this time, he finally took the initiative to ask Ying to help the little emperor's grandfather to send a letter to Da Chu.

Fortunately, Ji Heng, the king of Chu, was not as brutal as the legend said, and he was even a little gentle and elegant.

While breathing a sigh of relief, the official of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but feel a little expectation and confidence in this peace talks.

Accompanied by Mu Qingyun and He Shuning, he quickly returned to the west gate where he had walked out of the city before.

Inside the city gate, the grandfather of the little emperor, who had already seen his students, hurriedly asked people to open the door and let him in.

The moment he entered the city, the official of the Ministry of Rites breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that soon he couldn't help but get nervous again.

Because, Ji Heng's two "guards" actually swaggered into the capital with him.

Hearing the little emperor's grandfather ask him who Mu Qingyun and He Shuning were and why they followed him into the capital, the official of the Ministry of Rites turned around suddenly.

Because the movement was so big, he almost fell off the horse.

"You, you..." grabbed the reins of the horse in shock, and the official of the Ministry of Rites stammered to Mu Qingyun and He Shuning: "Didn't you send me back to the city?" Why did you come into town with me? ”

As soon as Mu Qingyun raised her hand, a vermilion token from Ji Heng, the king of Chu, was handed to the little emperor's grandfather.

"Lord Sacrificial Wine, please take the lead in the middle, and let the two of us meet Emperor Zhou as soon as possible."

The little emperor's grandfather's face changed slightly.

Although the official of the Ministry of Rites called him "teacher", he never said that he was the former priest of the country.

In this case, the two "guards" sent by Da Chu were able to recognize him at a glance, obviously they had obtained his personal information from other channels.

In other words, Da Chu has actually been paying attention to these high-ranking officials and magnates of Da Zhou.

He pinched the Chu Wangfu token, which seemed to be very hot, "This is not the place to talk, please go to the old man's mansion first, and the old man will talk to the two in detail." ”

Mu Qingyun arched his hand at him, "Then there is Lord Labor." ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites was completely dumbfounded, and he thought that he asked the little emperor's grandfather in a low voice, "Teacher, you, you really want to take them to meet His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

The old sacrificial wine was speechless - this stupid student of his, didn't he see that the two guards of the king of Chu had already heard what he said?

He waved his hand at the Ministry of Rites official, "Don't worry about this, you're sorry for delivering the letter." ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites smiled innocently, took out Ji Heng's handwritten letter from his arms and handed it to the old priest wine, "Then the student will go home first, my mother is afraid that she is already in a hurry." ”

The old sacrificial wine bowed slightly, and the official of the Ministry of Rites immediately went home.

"Come with me, two of you." The old sacrificial wine stretched out his hand to invite, and He Shuning and Mu Qingyun followed with horses.

The old sacrificial wine is very old, and the original equestrian can only be regarded as an average level, so this time he came to the west gate of the capital in a sedan chair.

He Shuning and Mu Qingyun beat their horses and followed behind the old sacrificial wine sedan chair, originally planning to take the two of them back to their homes first, the old sacrificial wine road was halfway through but suddenly changed his mind, he instructed the sedan chair man, "Send me directly into the palace." ”

Mu Qingyun raised her eyebrows slightly, and followed with He Shuning without saying a word.

To be honest, going directly to the palace was more in line with her than going to the house of this wine lord first.

Without saying anything all the way, the three of them, surrounded by a group of subordinates, passed through the small half of the capital together, and rushed outside the palace gate before the sun set.

These soldiers guarding the palace gate now are not the elite soldiers and strong generals before yesterday.

Empress Dowager Zhang and others fled at night, and those soldiers and generals in Beijing who could still see it, they took away at least ninety percent, and the remaining ten percent had all fled or hidden, and made up their minds not to serve the crumbling Great Zhou court.

The little emperor had no choice but to let his henchman eunuch go out of the palace and ask an old general in Beijing who had been disarmed and returned to the field for him.

The old general once made a fist and foot master for the little emperor, he was from a humble background, average martial arts, and an honest man, and he was a military general who was specially "selected" by the Empress Dowager Zhang to teach the little emperor.

As she wished, the little emperor only learned a few tricks under the guidance of the old general, and he failed to take this opportunity to win over the courtiers and cultivate his own power.

But what she didn't know was that the old general who seemed to have been keeping a distance from the little emperor actually loved and sympathized with the little emperor very much in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that he was really powerless, he would definitely not sit idly by and ignore the situation of the little emperor.

It is precisely because of the deep master-apprentice friendship with this old general that the little emperor will immediately think of asking for help from this old general who has been disarmed and returned to the field after Empress Dowager Zhang and her party left Beijing.

And the old general was just as he expected, after listening to his henchman eunuch tell him what happened, the old general immediately sent those veterans in his palace to the palace to help the little emperor guard the palace gate.

Even despite his advanced age, he simply put it on again, took a long knife and went to the palace to personally protect his noble but pitiful little apprentice.

As the grandfather of the little emperor, the face of the old sacrificial wine is the best pass token, and the person sent by the old general to guard the palace gate saw that the person was the grandfather of the little emperor, and he opened the palace gate almost immediately.

He Shuning and Mu Qingyun did not get off the horse, and during the extraordinary period, the old sacrificial wine did not have the leisure to pay attention to these, so the three of them still sat in a sedan chair or rode a horse, and were accompanied by the cronies of the old sacrificial wine to meet the little emperor.