The winter night in the north is not as good as in the south, in the land south of the Yangtze River, the damp and cold air gradually enters the bone marrow, unconsciously controlling people's nerves, and in the north of the Yangtze River, in the Beichen Emperor's capital, the wind is like thorns, and the snow is overwhelmed.

In the middle of the night, Chi Jian's ears moved, and he was keenly aware that someone had infiltrated his residence.

In an instant, the pane "popped", and saw a black shadow flashing on the beam, he immediately jumped up from the bed, and dodged sideways behind the pillar of the middle room, but the opponent's body was far away from it, and immediately blocked his retreat, and in an instant, the cold scabbard was already across his neck.

Chi Jian said: "Did His Highness send you?" ”

Qing Ruyun said: "You still dare to call Your Highness?" On the shore of the East China Sea that day, you stabbed him mercilessly with the treasure knife he gave you, did you forget it? ”

Chi Jian said: "I will never dare to forget." ”

Qing Ruyun said: "Okay, then you can apologize now, and I will imprison you." ”

Chi Jian said: "Before the self-determination, I'm afraid there are still some things that I need to do for His Highness." ”

Hearing this, Qing Ruyun withdrew the sword, gave a perfunctory "um", walked to the table and poured himself a glass of water, drank it all, frowned slightly, and said: "You are clever, but you are a highness, aren't you afraid that King Wei will send someone to listen near your residence?" ”

Chi Jian said: "There was one, but now there is none." ”

Qing Ruyun said: "Big man, you are quite good at holding up." ”

She walked under the window, by the thin moonlight, felt in her sleeve for a long time, and finally touched a small letterhead, returned to the small table to spread it out, lit the oil lamp and shook it on the paper, about half a cup of tea, and a few lines of small words appeared on the paper.

It was Xiahou Wuyu's handwriting, and Chi Jian knew it at first sight.

"Hey, don't look at it." Qing Ruyun crossed in front of him with a sword, not letting Chi Jian get close to take a closer look, coughed lightly again, and said, "I ask a question, you answer." ”

Chi Jian said: "Okay." ”

"Do you believe me? Not afraid that I will lie to you? ”

"Your Highness has no one around you, I can only trust you."

Qing Ruyun smiled, held up the note in front of her eyes, squinted her eyes and read through it first, and asked, "My father...... Well, your previous emperor, Shang An? ”

Chi replied simply: "Ann." ”

Qing Ruyun suddenly felt helpless, so she had to continue to ask, "How safe is it?" Can you elaborate on that? Don't save words, move your mouth and don't cost you half a cent of paper and ink. General Chi, if you want to do this, I can't make a difference. ”

Chi Jian made a gesture towards the air and replied: "Emperor, imprisoned in Longfu Palace, one should serve as usual, but he is not allowed to see courtiers, princes and princesses, and is not allowed to ask about state affairs." ”

Qing Ruyun asked again: "Why was he imprisoned?" ”

Chi Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know the details yet." On the night of His Royal Highness's departure to sea, an urgent letter of coup d'état came from the imperial capital, and before I could deliver the news to Yaoxian Island, the soldiers and horses of King Wei arrived. At that time, King Wei threatened the lives of all the soldiers of the army, and ordered me to stab His Highness in front of all the soldiers, and promised that after this sword, he would not hurt His Highness's life. If I were alone, he would kill him if he wanted to, but ......"

Qing Ruyun waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, your Highness said that it's okay if people are fine, and it's far from the time to ask for guilt." ”

Chi Jian let out a faint "um", under the thin moonlight and flickering lights, his expression was cold, and he couldn't see the waves in his heart.

Qing Ruyun looked at him for a long time, and couldn't see any emotion, so she continued to ask, "Is Xiao Xue'an?" ”

After reading this sentence, she repeated to herself: "Xiaoxue? Light snow? Light snow! Is this a girl? ”

Immediately said in his heart: His Royal Highness the Prince, it seems that a decent gentleman is not close to women, during the day I just changed the medicine yarn for him, he was flustered, his face was as big as a ripe watermelon, and he didn't know and thought I had done something terrible to him...... Who would have thought that in his heart, he would be Mu Qing's sister for a while, and Xiaoxue girl for a while......

Chi Jian said: "His Royal Highness Xiaoxue is all right in the mansion, His Royal Highness is naïve and innocent, and he rarely asks about foreign affairs, so King Wei is not embarrassed by him." ”

Qing Ruyun said thoughtfully: "Oh, Your Highness, that is still a girl with a title. ”

Chi Jian said: "What girl? ”

Qing Ruyun came back to her senses, and was shocked in her heart: What are I talking about? Qing Ruyun, Qing Ruyun, do you still think that you have less involvement in this trip?

So he hurriedly explained: "It's nothing, I'm at night, if I don't go to bed early, I often come up with something inexplicable that I don't understand, and I......'m sick."

Chi Jian said: "Your Highness must still want to ask about the Wumeng faction and the Privy Council." ”

Qing Ruyun nodded: "That's right." ”

Chi Jian said: "As far as I know, the Wumeng faction has been fully handed over to Nian Yi since the day before yesterday, and the Lu police have not worried about the life of the Lu master, and that's all I know." As for the Privy Council, the most important thing is the transfer of the secret agent intelligence network, which is why King Wei still keeps me. ”

He pondered for a moment, and said: "There are many ministers in the court who are skeptical about the matter of King Wei's claim that the crown prince is forced to take the throne and enter the palace Qinwang, but King Wei now has the support of Wei Yi's party, firmly grasps the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, and holds the Zhenguo Seal given by the emperor himself to order the emperor's three armies, therefore, the new emperor's accession to the throne has been decided, and it cannot be moved." ”

Qing Ruyun said: "Speaking of which, that day you used a plan by the East China Sea to save the prince's life, and now you are escorting him back to the imperial capital, I think it must be that there are always some upright and unyielding ministers in the imperial capital, and in the case of inconclusive evidence, they will definitely come out to protect the prince, even if it is not good, the prince can go to the Qingzhou fiefdom alive, and will not be killed unjustly, right?" ”

Chi Jian said: "It's a pity that I can only do it here, no matter how much, I can't do anything." ”

On the same day, on the East China Sea, after Qingyi left with Xu Qianyun, Xiahou Liangye seemed to have been suddenly drained of his soul, and he didn't give an order, nor did he return to Luan, just stood in place.

Just when Lu Lin and the others were worried about themselves, for fear that he would continue to order the killing of the king of Qingzhou, he was caught off guard, and the high-spirited crow of the rooster broke out of the air, high-pitched and loud, resounding through the sky.

If you talk about what Xiahou Liangye is most afraid of in his life, the crowing of this rooster should be the first.

As soon as he heard this terrible "oh-oh", he would immediately fidget, and even panic for no apparent reason, as if he were going into a seizure.

When he was a teenager, as a proton, when he lived in the royal courtyard on the outskirts of Jianye in the capital city of Nanrong, there were one or two gentlemen among the princes and nobles of Nanrong, in order to play tricks on Xiao Liangye, he caught a rooster in his courtyard every night, and crowed all night, which made him upset and unable to sleep. Later, he became disgusted with all the animals that chirped, whether it was a rooster or a bird, and he was not allowed to appear in front of him.

Speaking of the cry, as soon as it sounded, Xiahou Liangye was immediately restless and frightened, but he felt a splitting headache and was groggy for a while, so he had to order: "Go back, go back to the imperial capital." ”

Seeing this, Wei He first stepped forward to serve Xiahou Liangye and returned to Luanjia, then turned back, and asked Chi Jian to blame: "Kill the king of Qingzhou, this is an order just given by Your Majesty, why don't you do it!" ”

Chi Jian raised his hand, signaled the soldiers behind him not to move, and then turned back and said: "Lord Wei Xiang, His Majesty Shicai clearly said 'go back, return to the imperial capital', this is clearly the meaning of ordering us to escort the king of Qingzhou back to Beijing, can't Wei Xiang even figure out this holy will?" ”

Wei He's eyes widened, and he exhaled angrily: "Okay! Are you using Your Majesty to press me? ”

Chi Jian raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that Your Majesty can't suppress you?" ”

Wei He felt speechless and hurriedly said: "No, no, General Chi, I am advising you to see the situation clearly, don't take a wrong step!" ”

He thought that he had no foundation in the army, although he was in the position of prime minister, but as we all know, the military generals and Wenchen have always had friction, so entangled, he will never be able to please him, it is better to return to the imperial capital first, and at that time, Xiahou Liangye will ask him for blame.

Thinking like this, he snorted and walked away.

Chi Jian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and turned around and said, "Charge, King Qingzhou, return to Beijing." ”