Wen Yiheng noticed that Su Jiudong's attitude had softened, so he had to inch in and say, "You also know that I like you, so do you agree to go back to Beijing with me?" ”

Su Jiudong's face changed, he sat up, put away his attitude of laughing with Wen Yiheng, and said very resolutely: "...... I won't go back to Beijing with you, so you might as well stop thinking about it. ”

Wen Yiheng also sat up, and said in a lost tone: "... Tomorrow I have to leave for Beijing. ”

"You're going back so soon?" Su Jiudong frowned subconsciously, surprised and puzzled: "Chu Lufeng hasn't finished his inspection yet, how can the imperial court be so anxious to give you a return to Beijing tomorrow?" ”

Su Jiudong remembered that Wen Yiheng had persuaded her before that she wanted to take Su Jiudong and her family to Beijing at the end of the year, how could she suddenly change her plan and return to Beijing in a hurry.

"The guests in the capital who met me today are the three captains who passed on the message for the saint."

Wen Yiheng looked solemn and serious, and said in a deep voice: "There is an enemy country in Mobei again, and the imperial court wants to discuss whether to start a war with the enemy country Gaoche State in Mobei, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have divided the main peace faction and the main battle faction. ”

"The three captains said that General Su Fenglan took the initiative to ask Ying to go into battle to kill the enemy, but the saint refused, saying that he would summon me back to Beijing to discuss and vote, and specially asked the three captains to summon me back to Beijing with three gold plates, and then discuss the main peace or the main battle."

"So tomorrow I must leave for Beijing immediately, without delay." The urgent call of the imperial court disrupted Wen Yiheng's plan, and added an inexplicable sense of danger to the journey back to Beijing.

Hearing that a war may break out in northern Xinjiang, his biological father, whom he has never met, will take the initiative to invite Ying to fight, and Su Jiudong, who is used to living a comfortable and comfortable life in a small county town, can recall the scene when he went to the battlefield with special forces as a military doctor.

There is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the white bones are exposed in the wild.

Only those who have experienced war can truly appreciate the cruelty of war. Moreover, war costs people and money, and is prone to cause countless casualties, and if you use force at will, you may lose more than you lose.

Su Jiudong asked Wen Yiheng with a series of cannons: "As the prime minister, you have cultivated countless secret guards, do you know why the enemy country is attacking?" Are the DPRK and China inclined to the main battle or the main peace? If the main battle is the main battle, is there a need for this war to be fought? ”

Wen Yiheng shook his head: "In recent years, every time the Gaoche country enters autumn and winter, it will go south to invade the territory of our northern desert and provoke the authority of our dynasty. I think that as in previous years, the army guarding the frontier can send a small force to drive away and suppress it, and there is no need to make a big move and raise troops to fight for the time being. ”

"Since you have the experience of previous years, why do you want to mobilize the public to send three gold cards in a row to let you return to Beijing quickly?" Su Jiudong's alarm bell sounded in his head.

The gold plate is the voucher of the imperial court's communication, and the gold wooden plate of vermilion lacquer hung by the "express delivery" that sends documents at the fastest speed in the post pass. At the time of distribution, one person can only hold one gold medal, and it is like flying lightning, and those who look at it all avoid the road. Delays on the way will be severely punished.

The emperor sent three captains, each holding a total of three gold plates to urge Wen Yiheng to return to Beijing, so anxious and urgent, Su Jiudong thought that maybe the situation was not as simple as returning to the dynasty to discuss.

"This time, the Holy Lord urgently summoned me back to Beijing, and there must be something strange in it." Wen Yiheng was quite helpless: "But the holy order cannot be violated, I must leave for Beijing tomorrow." ”

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected." Su Jiudong proposed: "Anyway, there are ready-made cases in the court, you can also stay in Jiangnan Province first, and let those courtiers and the emperor negotiate and solve them on their own." ”

"I'm the prime minister, how can I be absent from such a major military event?" Wen Yiheng disagreed: "Besides, I don't have a special situation in Lin'an Mansion that urgently needs to deal with the situation or deal with the aftermath on my own, and the reason for refusing is not sufficient, so I have to accept the king's order." ”

"The three captains also told me that before they came, another captain had set off first, and went to Fujian with a gold plate to find Chu Lufeng, and ordered him to stop his inspection immediately and take the lead in returning to Beijing to discuss together."

Wen Yiheng added: "Chu Lufeng was recalled, and some people in the court said that the minister had returned to Beijing, and as the prime minister, it was not appropriate for me to stay alone in Jiangnan Province for a long time, and I should return to the court to vote for the main peace or the main battle, so the saint will send three gold plates in a row to recall me to return to Beijing." ”

Wen Yiheng has already thought about the situation and danger that he may face when returning to Beijing this time, and after weighing the pros and cons, he still has to listen to the recall to Beijing.

"In this case, are you still willing to go back to Beijing with me?"

Su Jiudong seemed to be able to feel Wen Yiheng's tone mixed with a faint pleading: "Even if you don't come to Beijing for me, it's good to go and see your biological father, maybe he will really take command in the end." ”

Wen Yiheng continued to persuade hard: "General Su is forty-seven years old, if he really has to conquer Mobei, it is unknown whether he can return to the dynasty smoothly and unharmed. ”

“…… I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I still don't want to go to Beijing. Su Jiudong still insisted that he was unwilling to enter Beijing, let alone get involved in the court officialdom.

Wen Yiheng pondered for a while, and slowly spoke, his tone full of non-refusal: "Since you don't want to do it now, then I will come back to you as soon as I go to Beijing to deal with these miscellaneous matters." ”

Su Jiudong still refused to return to Beijing with Wen Yiheng, Wen Yiheng had to make such a promise, and he was determined that Su Jiudong must be persuaded to agree to return to Beijing with him at the end of the year.

Su Jiudong noticed the awkward condensation atmosphere at this time, and he was speechless for a while, and could only squeeze out a few words: "Then you are careful." ”

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In the early morning of the next day, the three lieutenants came to the outside of Wen's house early to line up to rest, just waiting for Wen Yiheng to give the order to set off.

Wen Yiheng indicated his identity as the prime minister earlier, so the team on this trip was very large, not only escorted by the accompanying guards who came to give orders, but also the local officials of Jiangnan Province who imposed martial law before leaving the city, responsible for protecting Wen Yiheng's personal safety.

Su Jiudong also got up early and sent Wen Yiheng all the way to the outside of Lin'an City.

Wen Yiheng slept unsteadily last night, and his heart ached faintly, but he didn't tell Su Jiudong, so his face was not very good now, and there was a slight blue and black under his eyes.

Su Jiudong only thought that Wen Yiheng had been diligent in the case recently, and his spirit was sluggish due to handling official business, and he deliberately took tea to compress his eyes a little.

The conversation with Wen Yiheng last night was not smooth and ended awkwardly, so Su Jiudong couldn't say much concern, only said the simple words "Have a good trip".

"Wait for me in Hangzhou, and I will try my best to come back as soon as possible." Wen Yiheng didn't care about the embarrassment, quickly grabbed the Su family's hand in the carriage, pecked it in a hurry, and then sent Su Jiudong off the car.

Wen Yiheng arranged for the guards to send Su Jiudong back to Lin'an Mansion safely, and then he was relieved to return to the carriage and ordered to set off.

Looking at the back of the carriage driving the distance, Su Jiudong temporarily put aside the "cold war" against Wen Yiheng, and looked back step by step, until he couldn't see the carriage and the escort.

At the same moment, not long after the team left Hangzhou City, one of the captains suddenly asked to stop and rest and reorganize the team.

Wen Yiheng, who was in the carriage, put down the "Taiping Guangji" in his hand and couldn't help but wonder.

The emperor obviously issued three golden plates in a row, urgently summoned him, Wen Yiheng hurried back to Beijing to discuss court affairs, but just out of the city, these lieutenants asked to stop and rest...... Wen Yiheng vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

"Xu Ming!" Wen Yiheng lifted the curtain and called his henchmen who had been specially transferred from the capital earlier, intending to get out of the car to check the situation.

After Lan Menghan's betrayal, Wen Yiheng saw that Pei Kai was still too young, not calm enough in trouble, and needed more experience, so he sent Pei Kai back to Beijing for special training, and specially transferred Ding Xuming, a former henchman who had been retired for two years, to escort him.

Ding Xuming stepped forward to report: "Childe, Miss Su went and returned and caught up with us." ”

Wen Yiheng looked in the direction Ding Xuming pointed, and really saw Su Jiudong wearing a familiar white cloth skirt, riding on horseback, followed by the accompanying guards arranged by Wen Yiheng, slowly approaching the escort team.

"Why are you back again? Have you figured it out and want to go back with me? Wen Yiheng came to Su Jiudong's side, his face was slightly excited, and he swept away the loss and embarrassment when he said goodbye to Su Jiudong before leaving the city.

"Don't think about it, I still answer the same way, I won't enter Beijing." Su Jiudong said straight to the point: "The situation in the court is chaotic, I am worried that you may be conspired by the prince when you return to the court this time, so I came to send you an antidote." ”

"I am still developing this antidote, and I don't know how effective it is, but you don't delay your efforts when you take it with you, just in case you need it."

Su Jiudong stuffed the medicine bottle into Wen Yiheng's hand, and urged him to get into the car and hurry: "Jun Ling is urgent, why are you still staying here?" Let's go. I don't want you to delay your return to Beijing and cause you to be punished by the Holy Lord. ”

"I was about to talk to you about this. It's not that I'm staying here, it's the captain who said to stop......" Wen Yiheng took the antidote with emotion, and was about to say goodbye to Su Jiudong, when there were sudden murderous sounds around him.

"Kill, !!"

"Brothers! Kill if you can! I can grab more than I can! Let's make a good profit today!! ”

There were a large number of people shouting and shouting to kill in the direction of the team returning to Beijing, and the sound of horses' hooves and running went hand in hand, and the sky suddenly boiled over.

Wen Yiheng subconsciously dragged Su Jiudong into his arms, hugged him tightly, protected the back of Su Jiudong's head with his right hand, and asked eagerly: "What's the matter?!" ”

Ding Xuming replied while escorting Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong in the direction of the carriage: "It depends on the situation, it may be that the nearby bandits have come to rob them." ”

The sound approached, and the escort drew their swords and drew their swords, with Wen Yiheng's carriage as the center point, and surrounded them, holding their breath when they heard the sound, and waited for the battle.

The result of the ordinary bandits against the well-trained escort team seemed to be predictable, so the three captains did not take the bandits who surrounded and suppressed them in their eyes.

Even if the situation seemed to be predictable, Ding Xuming still didn't dare to take it lightly, urging Wen Yiheng to quickly hide in the carriage to avoid danger, Wen Yiheng protected Su Jiudong's back, and he had to stuff Su Jiudong into the carriage first, and he followed behind Su Jiudong.

Wen Yiheng helped Su Jiudong to step on the pedal and was about to get into the car, when he caught a glimpse of something shooting towards him, and he seemed to be able to hear the sound of the wind cutting through the air with a sharp weapon in his ears.

"Let's go!" Wen Yiheng, who sensed the danger, quickly pushed Su Jiudong into the carriage, and his tall and majestic body was behind Su Jiudong and blocked the car door.