The mustache made a successful move, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were as sharp as a sword out of the sheath.

His movements seemed to be a signal, and several other gate guards around him also surrounded him, surrounding the green canopy carriage.

Several long knives attacked the middle-aged man and the blue-clothed youth, and the silver glittering long knives were cold......

Oops, hit the trick!!

The middle-aged man who squatted on the ground to check the left wheel rolled on a donkey and avoided it, and the young man in blue hurriedly got out of the carriage, but unfortunately, no matter how fast he was, he couldn't get out of the fire.

"Bang!"

The thunderous sound of fire rang out, and the blue-clothed young man had an extra blood hole in the back of his head, and the corpse fell to the ground next to the red horse.

The fire gun in the mustache's hand was still smoking, and it was obvious that he had shot the young man in blue with the fire gun.

He put away the firecracker, quickly opened the curtain, got into the carriage, and said nervously to the people in the carriage: "Zhenzhen, are you okay?" ”

There was a strong smell of blood in the carriage with one more corpse, and Duanmu Jun covered the corpse with a cloak, for fear that his sister would be frightened.

Duanmu Fei, who was wrapped in a blue lotus-colored cloak, sat in the crooked carriage with one hand on the window, and when he looked at Mu Yan, who had an extra mustache among the people, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Ah Yan." She waved her hand at Mu Yan with a smile, not at all frightened by what had just happened.

She knew that she was accompanied by the secret guards of the Mu Yan Sect, so she was not afraid at all.

In the Wangyun Teahouse, the enemy is outnumbered, they will only ask for hardship if they resist, and the corridor is narrow, even if the secret guard wants to make a move, he must take care of her and her sister's safety, but he will be tied, it is better to obediently wait for the secret guard to notify someone to come to the rescue.

When she just passed the city gate, even if she didn't see Mu Yan's face with her own eyes, she could hear his voice at once, and she was more relieved.

When the middle-aged woman opened the curtain for the first time, Duanmu Fei deliberately coughed three times, on the one hand, to tell Mu Yan that there were only three people in their carriage, and on the other hand, they also wanted to divert the attention of the middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman, and create a little opportunity for Mu Yan.

"Vera!" Mu Yan couldn't see Duanmujun and the corpse in his eyes at all, and wanted to hug Duanmufei, but he was in vain.

Duanmu Jun took the first step and hugged Duanmu Fei in his arms.

"......" Mu Yan's body froze.

If it was someone else, he would have robbed it directly, but in the face of Duanmujun, he could only show a well-behaved smile and call out curtly: "Sister." ”

Duanmu Jun added a few points to Mu Yan in his heart: Well, it took less than a stick of incense to solve this dilemma, and it was quite passing. We'll have to look again.

Duanmujun looked at Mu Yan with a straight face, but when he looked at Duanmu Fei, he was as gentle as the warm sun, "Zhenzhen, don't be afraid." ”

"Sister is here, I'm not afraid." Duanmu, who was held in Duanmu's arms, rubbed her sister's shoulder affectionately, as delicate as a little milk cat.

"......" Mu Yan looked at this scene with straight eyes, feeling both aggrieved and regretful.

He cleared his throat and could only say, "Sister, Zhenzhen, let's get off the carriage." ”

He got out of the carriage first, and very diligently opened the curtain of the carriage for the sisters, and helped Duanmu Fei when he got out of the carriage.

His index finger gently scratched Duanmu's tender palm, like a feather.

Of course, Duanmujun saw Mu Yan's actions that he thought were hidden, and his brows moved, let's just assume that he didn't see it.

After Duanmu Fei stepped on the ground down-to-earth, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Ah Yan, this group of people seems to be Yuan Nanhuai's people." ”

The bearded "city gate guard" came over at this time, and when he heard this, he raised his right eyebrows in surprise.

Duanmu Fei continued: "When I was in the teahouse before, I heard the woman who held me hostage say to the same party in Huaiyu that she wanted to exchange me for Li Xining. And her value is, of course, because she is Mu Yan's fiancée, and Duanmu Jun is just a hostage by the way.

The bearded beard was even more surprised when he heard it, but he didn't expect that the childe's fiancée who had never been to Huaizhou could still understand Huaiyu.

Duanmu Fei didn't care about the bearded beard, and said to herself: "The group of them all followed General Liang all the way north. ”

Liang Sicheng and his entourage are all elites, and they don't leak, of course, a few Nanhuai people can't find a chance to rescue Li Xining, and they follow them all the way from the south to the capital.

After a pause, Duanmu Fei continued: "I just listened to their tone, and I speculate that Li Xining's status in Yuan Nanhuai is extremely high, almost second only to King Huai. There are a group of people in Nanhuai who are not satisfied with Dasheng's rule, so they want to restore Nanhuai through Li Xining. Also, there should be more than three of them going north in this line. ”

At this time, Qiu Hu took another step forward, hugged his fists at Mu Yan and said, "Childe, one escaped." ”

Mu Yan raised his right eyebrow, there are so many of them that it stands to reason that they can't take the middle-aged man.

Qiu Hu glanced at Duanmu Fei in a complicated manner, and explained: "There are also a few Nanhuai people dressed as passers-by who are mixed around, and we took down three, but we still let them rescue that person. "Childe's fiancée is really not simple, and she deserves to be the granddaughter of Shousuke.

Mu Yan narrowed his eyes and ordered, "Let people carefully inspect suspicious outsiders around the capital!" ”

"Yes, Childe."

Qiu Hu respectfully clenched his fists and took the order, knowing in his heart that this matter might not be so easy, and the gang of Nanhuai people just now acted separately, fled separately, and the targets were scattered. Moreover, there are many outsiders in the Gyeonggi area, and it is just that people are still in the capital, as long as the capital is surrounded by an iron bucket, people can naturally be found, but once this person escapes from the capital, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and if you want to find someone, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Duanmujun's mind had long been far away, and then she didn't pay attention to what Duanmu Fei and Qiu Beard were talking about, and her eyes were looking in the direction of South Street through the city gate.

In the distance, a large red figure rode on a sturdy white horse, and the two men were at least fifty or sixty feet apart, and each other's faces were blurred in the sunlight.

But Duanmu Jun knew who the other party was.

She looked at him and smiled sweetly, as if she had honey in her heart.

He didn't come, but stayed for a moment, then turned and rode away.

Many people near the city gate didn't even notice that Cen Yin was coming, and left in a hurry.

After Mu Yan sent his subordinates, he said to Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun diligently: "Zhen Zhen, sister, I'll send you back first." ”

Duanmu Jun retracted his gaze when he heard this, and added another point to Mu Yan in his heart, feeling that he was acting quite reliably, so he nodded and agreed: "Zhen Zhen, let's go back, I'll let the kitchen make you a bowl of calming tea." ”

Duanmujun looked Duanmufei up and down, and his face was still a little worried.

Although the abduction of them today is a false alarm, it will not be good if my sister is scared out of illness.

"Sister, I'm fine." Duanmu is colorful.

However, both Duanmujun and Mu Yan ignored this, and Duanmufei obediently got into a black paint flat-topped carriage at the strong request of the two, and said in a dying struggle: "Really, I'm fine." ”

Mu Yan escorted the carriage of the sisters and walked away.

And for the bearded beard and others who were left behind, the next thing can be busy.

Jingli and Jingwai entered martial law because of the infiltration of the original Nanhuai spies, and the yacha, Jinyiwei, and people from the forbidden army in Jingzhao Mansion were patrolling and searching everywhere, and even the people felt the tense atmosphere, and they were more or less worried.

At this moment, the most frightened people are naturally the group of Nanhuai people who are on the run.

The middle-aged man was rescued by a young man in gray, and they were scattered with their accomplices in the flight, and they could only try to escape for the time being, and then discuss other things later.

It's just that the middle-aged man was injured in his right thigh, although the gray-clothed young man tore the strip of cloth to bandage him, but the blood had not stopped, and the blood was oozing through the strip of cloth, leaving some traces of blood on the ground from time to time.

The two of them hid themselves through a small forest.

However, the middle-aged man knew that he would not be able to escape in his state.

"Brother, you...... Go on your own. The middle-aged man said weakly in Huaiyu, he limped forward with the support of the gray-clothed young man, his face was as white as paper because of excessive blood loss, and he was talking to the other party in Huaiyu.

The gray-clothed young man put the middle-aged man's right arm on his shoulder with a firm expression, continued to support the other party and walked forward, gritted his teeth and said: "No, we have already lost five people in this operation, big brother, you can't fall again." ”

The gray-clothed young man's left arm was also slashed by a knife, and a cut was made in his sleeve, leaving a two-inch-long knife wound on his skin, and the bleeding had stopped.

He was only slightly injured, and if he was alone, it would not be difficult to escape, but it would be difficult to say if there was one more burden.

"Brother Ha, you hold on a little longer, I remember that there is an eighty thousand town in front, and I will go to the town for you to hire a doctor." The gray-clothed young man said again, a fierce light flashing in his eyes. Naturally, with their identity, they can't ask for a doctor openly, and they can only blame the doctor for being unlucky.

It took the two of them half an hour to stumble through the grove and come to the town of 80,000 outside the forest.

The gray-clothed young man specially put a big black cloak on the middle-aged man to cover the wound on his leg, and the two staggered to an alley near the entrance of the town.

The gray-clothed young man first asked the middle-aged man to sit down on the ground, and was about to go to the doctor, but he heard a sound of horses' hooves and commotion from the direction of the town's entrance outside.

"Quick! Search them all for me! Those Nanhuai spies must not be allowed to escape! ”

"People who enter and leave must be carefully checked, and not a single mosquito can fly out!"

“……”

The gray-clothed young man looked over from the mouth of the alley with a gloomy face, and saw that a dozen or so yacha had arrived on horseback, and began to check the people entering and leaving the town, checking the road guides, and searching their belongings...

"Boss, is this bloodstain?" A Chinese-faced yacha suddenly exclaimed, pointing to somewhere on the ground.

The team leader immediately walked over, squinted his eyes, and saw that the place where the yacha was pointing was a pool of blood the size of a dragon's eye.

The country-faced Yacha squatted down, wiped the blood stains with his fingers, looked up and said, "Boss, the blood hasn't dried yet, it should have just been left." ”

The team leader's heart was hot, and his eyes were shining. If this can win this Nanhuai spy, it will be a great achievement.

"Search, search for me!"

"I heard that some of those Nanhuai spies were injured, and the injuries were not light, and they couldn't go far. A few of you stay here and keep watching, and the others will follow me, and we'll look for blood......"

The head of the team commanded at the top of his voice.

The other officials hurriedly responded, and all of them were scorching.

The gray-clothed young man's face changed greatly, and when he looked at the bloodstains on the ground, he knew that sooner or later the yamen would find this place.

"Big Brother Ha......"

The young man in gray wanted to say that they had to get out of here quickly, but halfway through his words, he stopped abruptly, only to see a man in Tsing Yi at the other end of the alley.

The young man in gray touched his waist willingly, his eyes were full of murderous anger, but before he could find the soft sword hidden in his waist, he heard the man in green clothes say lightly: "If you want to live, come with me." ”

The people in Tsing Yi didn't care whether they agreed or not, so they turned around and walked towards the end of the alley, and then turned left.

The gray-clothed young man ...... hesitated, not knowing the identity and purpose of the other party, and did not dare to follow rashly.

He couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man sitting on the ground.

Because of the excessive blood loss, the middle-aged man's face turned even paler, and his body was shaky, as if he would faint at any time.

His eyes sparkled, and he seemed to hesitate.

However, the approaching footsteps of the officials outside no longer allowed them to hesitate, no matter what the purpose of the Tsing Yi man just now, they had no choice at all.

The middle-aged man nodded at the gray-clothed youth.

The gray-clothed young man didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly helped the middle-aged man sitting on the ground up, and quickened his pace to chase in the direction where the man in Tsing Yi left.

When they turned the corner, they saw the man in Tsing Yi waiting for them five or six feet in front of them, and when they came up, the other party did not seem surprised at all, and made a gesture to them, signaling them to come with him.

Led by the people in Tsing Yi, they turned left and right in the alley until they came to an ordinary courtyard.

"Come in."

The people in Tsing Yi went in without stopping, and at this point, the young man in gray and the middle-aged man could only choose to follow.

After they entered, they never came out, and in less than a cup of tea, the head of the team came with seven or eight yacha in a majestic manner, kicked their feet, and rudely kicked open the courtyard door.

"Team leader, the blood should be coming in this direction, I can also smell the smell of blood here......" The Guozi face Yacha saw the situation in the courtyard clearly, and halfway through his words, he couldn't go on.

In the courtyard sat an old woman with gray hair, startled by their intrusion.

Hearing only a "bang", the kitchen knife in her hand fell to the ground, the ground was stained with blood, and an old hen with her neck cut was lying motionless on the ground.

The old woman was frightened, and looked at the head of the team and the few officials with sincere fear, "How many poor masters, do you have any advice?" ”

The head of the team looked at the old hen on the ground, his face was very ugly, and he glared at the national character face Yacha, as if to say, this is the smell of blood you are talking about?

The country-faced Yacha shrank his body, not daring to look directly at the head of the team, nor daring to speak again.

The leader cleared his throat and asked the old woman, "Have you seen people around today?" ”

The old woman shook her head again and again: "No." Poor master, the old women who live in the streets around here all know each other, and I haven't seen anyone alive in the past few days. ”

The head of the team looked around the courtyard for a long time, and then ordered a few officials to go to the house to check it, and found that there was no one in the house, so he left again.

"Team leader, my subordinates see that this person must be going in that direction."

"Nanhuai people are injured, they definitely can't go fast, they can't go far......"

“……”

Not only this small town of 80,000, but also other villages and towns in the Gyeonggi area, with the capital as the center, are also under the interrogation of officials and forbidden troops, and they are eager to dig three feet into the ground.

The atmosphere in the capital has undergone earth-shaking changes in just half a day, from the joy of welcoming Liang Sicheng to return to Beijing in the morning, to the current storm.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liang Sicheng personally went to the princess's mansion to see Mu Yan and knelt down to plead guilty.

"Childe, the last general is guilty, and he actually let people secretly follow him to the capital."

As long as Liang Sicheng thought that a few Nanhuai spies had kidnapped his son's last wife and almost made a big mistake, he felt afraid for a while, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Mu Yan, who was wearing a dark robe, was sitting by the window, the mustache had long been removed, and the windows next to him were wide open, and the pool by the window rippled with the breeze, and the rippling water reflected into the hall, which was full of light.

Mu Yan looked leisurely, raised his hand and motioned for Liang Sicheng to get up, "Get up, this matter has nothing to do with you." Sit down and talk. ”

Liang Sicheng sat down on a mahogany circle chair next to him, and his expression was still a little restrained.

"Liang Sicheng, how much do you know about Li Xining?" Mu Yan asked straight to the point.

Mu Yan summoned Liang Sicheng to the mansion to talk, not to ask about the crime, but to want to know more about Li Xining, in this Dasheng, the person who knows Li Xining best is Liang Sicheng.

Liang Sicheng sorted out his thoughts and said in an orderly manner: "Son, the Li family has a history of nearly two hundred years in Nanhuai, it is the Nanhuai clan, since the existence of the previous dynasty, most of the Li family members are good at fighting, and there have been many famous generals in the past dynasties, and Li Xining is one of the leaders, and he became famous in a war at the age of sixteen. ”

"Li Xining is brave and good at fighting, and since joining the army at the age of fifteen, he has helped Nanhuai win several small clans around him and open up territory for Nanhuai. Whether in the Nanhuai army or among the people, Li Xining is very prestigious. ”

"He is ruthless, has great achievements, and leads the troops with a white wind."

Bai Qi is a famous general in history, invincible, once had a battle pit to kill more than 400,000 troops, so that the battlefield was bleeding into a river, killing millions of enemies in his life, with a lot of white bones to build up outstanding military exploits, known as killing gods.

This sentence "white wind" has already summed up Li Xining's combat style.

Speaking of this, Liang Sicheng's fists clenched tightly, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were bulging, and the roots were distinct.

For Li Xining's ruthlessness, he has seen it with his own eyes, Li Xining has also killed several times in the south, slaughtering cities and villages, in order to reward the soldiers under his command, and the people in the south who died under Li Xining's military order do not know how many, and Li Xining could not atone for his sins.

While speaking, Luofeng served tea to Liang Sicheng.

Mu Yan's right hand turned into a fist, and he casually knocked twice on the square table, and his handsome face showed a little bit of a smile, "So, now that the Nanhuai royal family has surrendered to Dasheng, those restless people are eager to find a new leader, first, to unite people's hearts, and secondly, to be famous, so they chose Li Xining." ”

Liang Sicheng nodded, his eyes were dark, and he said, "Except for Li Xining, I'm afraid they don't have a better choice." ”

"In Nanhuai, Li Xining is known as the first god of war, and he does have the ability to lead troops, and he has been in the army for more than 20 years and has won many battles, which has expanded Nanhuai's territory by three percent. The people of Nanhuai have always been warlike, worship the strong, and are naturally convinced by them. ”

"The last general had heard before that some of the Nanhuai troops blamed Li Xining's defeat on the surrender of the former Nanhuai king."

While listening, Mu Yan held the tea cup and drank the tea slowly, his eyes flashing slightly.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and the bearded bearded man hurriedly walked in, and said ashamedly to Mu Yan by the window: "Childe, the person has not been found yet." ”

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows and ordered, "Continue to expand the scope of the search." There are many people who come to Beijing, and the more people there are, the more difficult it is to hide their whereabouts, and it is inevitable that some clues will be left. ”

"Yes, Childe." The bearded beard came in a hurry, and hurried away.

There were two more people left in the hall, Mu Yan and Liang Sicheng.

Mu Yan took another sip of hot tea, and then changed his words and said: "Liang Sicheng, in the future, you will be responsible for the military and political affairs of Yunnan and Qianzhou, and in addition, your family, if you want to take it to the south, you can bring it with you this time." ”

"......" Liang Sicheng's eyes widened slightly, and he couldn't hide his shock, and then turned his surprise into joy, his eyes were brilliant.

It has been 17 years since he was sent to garrison the southern border, and his mother, wife and children have all stayed in the capital, nominally the southern border is remote and not more prosperous than the capital, but he himself clearly knows that his family stayed in the capital for the sake of hostage.

Thinking about it, Liang Sicheng felt a thick bitterness in his heart, which spread rapidly, and the past flashed quickly in front of him like a marquee, making him feel like a world away.

Three years ago, for the sake of the people of Changxu City, he had to surrender to the enemy, and now he decreed that the Liang family was convicted of capital crimes, and all men over the age of seven were sentenced to beheading, thanks to Mu Yan's help, the Liang family escaped death.

and his grandson Mu Jinfan was also harmed by himself, his mother committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam, and his good Taijun Wang was gone, and he was abandoned by his father......

He knew that Mu Jinfan, who had been embarrassed all these years, had a hard time.

At that time, how could they have expected that he would be able to return to the capital one day in an open and honest manner, and how could they have expected that he would be able to reunite with his family!!

And all this is thanks to Mu Yan's blessing!

Liang Sicheng's eyes were sour, and his eyes were slightly moist. Men don't flick when they have tears, but it's not time to be sad!

Liang Sicheng stood up from the circle chair and bowed solemnly to Mu Yan: "Thank you, son." His voice was slightly hoarse.

These four short words seem to sum up all his ups and downs in the past few years.

In fact, before he came to the capital, he thought that Mu Yan would give him a new appointment to stay in the capital, but he didn't expect that Mu Yan not only completely exempted him, but also believed in him, used him, and let him continue to go back to guard the southern border......

This kind of trust made Liang Sicheng's mood even more complicated, looking at Mu Yan's eyes mixed with amazement, shame and respect, his heart was stirring.

After all, he is narrow-minded, the son is magnificent, open-minded, and open-minded, which is different from the suspicious and jealous Jinshang in the palace.

He is even more ashamed of himself!

When the prince ascends the throne in the coming day, he will definitely be able to bring a new atmosphere to this great sheng and reproduce the prosperity of the first emperor and the Chongming emperor!

Thinking about it, Liang Sicheng's eyes burned and glowed, and his blood boiled.

He knelt down on one knee, solemnly clenched his fists at Feng Yan, and said sonorously: "The last general is ordered, and he is willing to serve the son of dogs and horses!" ”

Mu Yan smiled slightly, motioned for Liang Sicheng to get up again, and then said, "Do you want to stay in Beijing for a few more days?" Mu Jinfan is about to return to Beijing, but do you have to wait for him to come back before leaving? ”

Of course, Liang Sicheng knew that his grandson had received an errand to escort a batch of firearms to the north, and it was time for his grandson to come back.

Thinking about the northern border and the batch of firearms, Liang Sicheng felt a little emotional.

Originally, with Dasheng's troops, if the monarchs and ministers were single-minded, the northern army would not have lost to the barbarians such as Beiyan, and the first Jian Wang Junji would not have died on the battlefield in vain.

Now that there is less interference from today, the imperial court fully supports Jun Ran and the northern army to resist the enemy, and with the help of the magic weapon of firearms, it is equivalent to adding wings to the tiger, and it is a matter of time before Jun Ran recovers the northern border.

When the Northern Army completely expells the Northern Yan people, Dasheng should be able to live in peace for several years, and this piece of thousands of miles can slowly recuperate......

Liang Sicheng is a soldier, and he is more touched by this.

He took a few breaths, calmed down his complicated thoughts, and after thinking about it, he vetoed: "Thank you for your kindness." ”

"Now that the war in the south has just ended, everything is waiting to be rebuilt, and military affairs cannot be put down, and the last general still has to leave as soon as possible. It's best if you can see Jinfan in time, but if you can't catch up...... There will always be opportunities in the future. ”

Mu Yan smiled leisurely and raised his eyebrows, "Yes, there will always be a chance." It's not like you're not going to go to Beijing anymore, it's the turn of the generals to report and evaluate their work every three years next year. ”

Liang Sicheng was stunned, he couldn't participate in the debriefing two years ago, but he forgot about it, and now he counts it, it's true.

Next year.

Bang bang! Liang Sicheng thought of next year, and suddenly his heart beat faster, his eyes fell on Mu Yan's face, and his eyes became brighter.

Although no one has spoken directly to him, but now that Childe has recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, does it mean that Childe's will soon enter the "next step".

Next year, Dasheng may be a completely different scene!

(End of chapter)