"Why is the mother so confused! Poisoned wine to kill An Qingxu, can you not drink with him? Even if you succeed, how can you escape with your whole body? You're going to die! The person who was holding Shen Pearl's wrist tightly said in a deep voice.

"You! - "Shen Pearl turned his head and looked at the masked man in front of him in surprise. From his voice, she could already make out who he was.

The masked man in Xuanyi let go gently, bowed slightly, glanced at the left and right quickly, and spoke very quickly: "Niangniang didn't admit that I was wrong, I am Feng Yi." An Qingxu is afraid that he will come back immediately, and I am evenly matched with his martial arts, so I can't get close to him. It's not appropriate to talk about everything in detail now, but Niangniang must not listen to the words of others and act rashly, since I can enter Yecheng, I will definitely do everything possible to protect Niangniang. After a pause, he frowned and said in a low voice: "They are back, Niangniang must remember my words-" As soon as the words fell, the people had already swept up the courtyard wall like birds, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Sure enough, An Qingxu came back after a while, with a slight look of annoyance on his face, thinking that the second concubine Liu Lu made him very unhappy.

Shen Pearl was worried in her heart, thinking about Fang Cai's words and Chen Zhou's sudden appearance in the afternoon, and she was puzzled in some places. Listening to Feng Shengyi's tone, he should have just entered Yecheng with his outstanding light skills, he and Chen Zhou were both ordered to work with Li Yu, why did he obviously have a different attitude towards letting him kill An Qingxu? Besides, Feng Shengyi is not an ordinary official now, and he has been away from Chang'an for a long time, how can he explain it to the imperial court?

This night, An Qingxu really only talked about the past with Shen Pearl, and nothing else.

For a long time after that, Shen Pearl never saw Chen Zhou and Feng Shengyi again. Chen Zhou is a very smart and cautious person, and he must not dare to use the method of pretending to be a beggar a second time, and maybe Chen Zhou and Feng Shengyi have already had a dispute over this matter, and if he misses once, he will not use it twice, and Chen Zhou will probably have given up this method of killing An Qingxu. Feng Shengyi was afraid of An Qingxu's martial arts, and he did not dare to venture into An Qingxu's "palace" at will.

By mid-February, there was another panic in Yecheng after the lack of grain and grass. Shen Pearl occasionally listened to the palace maids talking, saying that Guo Ziyi got the idea out of nowhere, so she built fortifications and dug trenches outside Yecheng, and released the water of the Zhanghe River into Yecheng, so that the city was flooded and the water was not drained everywhere. There is no problem with the drainage of Yecheng, only because An Qingxu occupied Yecheng after the construction of a large number of buildings, and the subordinate officials did not have access to water conservancy, the original drainage function was half abandoned and half abandoned, and the drainage in ordinary years was not much of a problem, but Guo Ziyi applied this irrigation method, so that the water level rose day by day, Yecheng is like a bucket, if it is not long, it will be self-defeating. The person who can bring out Yecheng's ills and inform Guo Ziyi is probably none other than Feng Shengyi.

In this case, An Qingxu is even more decadent. The officials under his rule were afraid of An Qingxu's sword, and secondly, they knew that after Suzong recovered the two capitals, he still punished those who defected to the enemy very severely, and as a traitor, they would die if they surrendered in Kaesong. The left and right are dead, it is better to hold on to the death in order for Shi Siming to come to the aid of Houbo. Therefore, several generals and officials under the command of An Qingxu were still loyal to their duties and tried their best to protect Yecheng.

At the end of February, the tide of time took a turn for the worse. Shi Siming personally led his troops to camp fifty miles away from Yecheng to reinforce An Qingxu. When he learned the news, Shen Pearl was in the same hall with An Qingxu, and when he saw An Qingxu, he just raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, and the other generals and officials in the hall were mostly overjoyed, and they couldn't help but cheer.

On the fourth and third watches of the first month of March, Shen Pearl had just fallen asleep when she suddenly felt that someone was pushing her. When I opened my eyes, I saw that Feng Shengyi was standing on the edge of the couch.

Feng Shengyi was still full of Xuanyi, and said: "Niangniang, hurry up and prepare, I will take you out of the city tonight." ”

Shen Pearl was puzzled: "Why are you in such a hurry?" Can't Yecheng be captured? ”

Feng Sheng's face was worried: "The situation is urgent, and in the next two days, my Datang will have a decisive battle with Shi Siming." ”

"Shi Siming only has more than 100,000 horses, and I have more than 300,000 Datang! Are you saying that Datang can't win? Shen Pearl exclaimed.

Feng Shengyi nodded: "I have been going back and forth inside and outside Yecheng, and I have been observing the military horses of the Tang Dynasty. Shi Siming can't be underestimated, but I'm a Tang soldier...... Acting independently, Yu Chao Siyi commands his strength, and he can not be defeated. He hurriedly said: "If the Tang Dynasty is defeated and Shi Siming enters Yecheng, then An Qingxu himself will be difficult to protect, the situation will be chaotic, and you will be extremely dangerous." Tonight I will carry my mother over the city gate. ”

Shen Pearl was depressed, sighed secretly, and had already stood up, and sat down on the couch again. He said softly: "Feng Yi, to be honest, you came to Yecheng without anyone's permission, right?" ”

Feng Shengyi was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and then replied: "Niang Niang Mingjian, I received a letter from Yan Ming, saying that Niang Niang was trapped in Yecheng, but His Royal Highness was ......" paused, bypassing the topic: "Yan Ming knows that only my martial arts can surpass the walls of Yecheng, so I made my own opinion-" In fact, Yan Ming stood behind Li Yu in Chou Sigang that day, and also recognized Shen Pearl, he secretly paid attention to it, eavesdropping on the conversation between Li Yu and Zhang Hanruo, and after thinking that Li Yu would not save Shen Pearl, he sent someone to ask for a letter to Feng Shengyi overnight. Feng Shengyi happened to be not in Chang'an at that time, and he only returned ten days ago. He knew that Chen Zhou had infiltrated Yecheng, and after entering the city, he first met with Chen Zhou, and learned that Chen Zhou wanted Shen Zhuzhu to kill An Qingxu.

Feng Shengyi has always called himself a "subordinate" when he speaks, but this time he has always called himself "I" when he came to Yecheng, although it is a different title, Shen Pearl has already secretly guessed that Feng Shengyi is not here by order.

Shen Pearl looked at the person in front of him, who was also a pillar of the country with sword eyebrows and star eyes, so although He Lingyi kept saying that he wanted to compete with him for life and death, in fact, he had already secretly promised that although Su Ci had no chance with him, he could never forget his feelings. Carrying her out of the city, he was relaxed, if it was really easy, why not rescue her early, how could he make a decision at this time?

Shen Zhu's mind flowed, and he thought of an idea in his mind, and asked: "The idea of releasing water to irrigate the city must have been brought to the old general Guo Ziyi by you." ”

Feng Shengyi said "yes" in his mouth, and said: "It turns out that the old general Guo Ziyi already knew that Chen Zhou had been ordered by His Royal Highness to infiltrate Yecheng half a year ago to do internal response. Your Highness...... With good intentions, if Chen Zhou should succeed, he will be able to offset the merit and return to his official position. After speaking, he held his breath and listened to the movement in all directions, and urged Shen Pearl to clean up a little and escape with him again. At that time, the "palace" in Yecheng was not strictly guarded, and it was not difficult to get out of the palace.

Feng Shengyi's words were vague when he mentioned Li Yu, Shen Pearl looked at his expression, and had guessed what Li Yu wanted to do, Feng Shengyi was now afraid that she would be sad and couldn't bear to mention it.

How could she be sad.

He should be like this, she has become a stranger to him, he is in the community, he will no longer favor her and involve in danger.

He should be like this, this is the way of the emperor. She asks for benevolence, what is the shock?

However, when she heard the word "Your Highness", her heart was still beating like a thousand dense drums, and the past was slightly bouted, but only by abandoning thinking could she not be sad.

She frowned slightly, and suddenly got an idea, "Don't be busy! I have lived in this Yecheng Palace for a long time, and I have learned some inside information about Shi Siming, which will definitely be beneficial to the decisive battle between my Tang Dynasty and Shi Siming! ”

Feng Shengyi was overjoyed when he heard this. Shen Pearl said again: "You wait for a while, let me record what I know, and you can send it to General Guo Ziyi quickly." After speaking, the shilling ordered Feng Shengyi to escape in the dark in the room, and then lit the candle, and sure enough, the palace maid immediately knocked on the door to visit, Shen Pearl only said that he couldn't get up to sleep and read, and the palace maid knew that Shen Pearl couldn't be offended, so she quit and retreated.

Shen Pearl lit the candle flame, thought about writing, and wrote a letter in a moment, sealed it with wax, handed it to Feng Shengyi, and said: "Go back quickly, this matter cannot be delayed." ”

Feng Shengyi nodded and said: "Okay, you don't need a stick of incense to come and go this time, Niangniang is ready, the clothes should be simpler, and wait patiently for the time being." ”

Shen Pearl smiled: "If Datang can win, it doesn't matter if I can escape from Yecheng or not." Seeing Feng Shengyi turn around, she hesitated slightly, couldn't bear it, and suddenly asked, "Shi'er-"

Feng Shengyi immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Rest assured, His Royal Highness is very fond of Xiao Shizi, and Xiao Shizi now has-" Comparing his hand to his own body, "There is a certain place that is tall-"

Shen Zhuzhu's eyes were filled with tears, and she nodded: "I know,—— I already knew that His Royal Highness would never treat Shi'er badly-Feng Yi, thank you." He turned around and said, "Let's go." ”

When Feng Shengyi retreated, the figure disappeared into the room, Shen Pearl wiped the tears in her eyes, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

She knew that Feng Shengyi would not come back.

Although she has been in Yecheng for a long time, even An Qingxu doesn't know Shi Siming's weaknesses, where can she know what "inside story"?

The letter she wrote to Guo Ziyi only stated three points: first, she was the princess of Guangping and the lady of Tang Zhenguo; Second, Feng Yi is loyal to the Tang family and His Royal Highness the Prince, if he insists on doing the impossible to save her from Yecheng, it will definitely cause the country to lose his left and right arms, and beg Guo Ziyi to prevent Feng Yi from entering Yecheng again; Third, Feng Yi is strong in martial arts, and if he wants to prevent him from returning to Yecheng, he can only outwit him, not be a strong enemy.

At this moment, she can only protect Feng Shengyi like this.

On the sixth day of the first month of March, ** and Shi Siming's soldiers and horses launched a decisive battle on the north bank of the Anyang River. Shi Siming and his subordinates Zhang Tongru and Li Tingwang divided the elite troops, adopted guerrilla tactics, and attacked Li Guangbi, Wang Sili, Xu Shuji, and Lu Jiong, and the four divisions fought separately, resulting in more than half of the casualties of the soldiers and horses. **Although the losses were heavy, the total number of soldiers and horses was still much stronger than Shi Siming. Guo Ziyi saw the situation and wanted to lead his troops to attack Shi Siming's soldiers and horses in the middle of the road, but who expected to set up a battle, suddenly a hurricane suddenly rose, the dust was flying, the sky and the earth were yellow, Guo Ziyi shouted: "God does not bless me Datang!" "It was ordered to retreat, ** lost his armor and retreated south, retreated to the lack of men and horses, but there were only tens of thousands left, so far** defeated.

The "good news" reached Yecheng, and the generals and officials under An Qingxu shouted long live and secretly took a breath. An Qingxu just sneered, without any excitement, and said to Shen Pearl after being drunk that day: "My end is approaching." ”

Shen Pearl said: "Why do you say that? ”

An Qingxu fiddled with the wine glass in his hand, full of drunkenness: "Of course." The officers and soldiers of Yecheng fought hard to defend it, just because the strong enemy was the Tang Dynasty, and if it was Shi Siming, they would not be able to open the city to meet them. Now that ** has been driven, Shi Siming's old puppet will drive straight into Yecheng and take over all of this. Hahaha...... Those generals and officials, don't look at them worshipping me and knocking on me today, calling me the emperor, but tomorrow, they may worship others...... This is the advantage of being a courtier - they can surrender to the enemy, and after they surrender, they will still be courtiers, receive money, and settle down in the temple. But I, I, I am the emperor, of course I can't descend, I can't descend...... Haha, I'd rather die than descend, and if I do, I can only die......"

Shen Pearl looked at An Qingxu silently. He is awake, so he is also sad. She can't persuade, can't persuade. Since childhood, I have read history books, watched Wu Yue fight for hegemony, and the Three Kingdoms slaughtered, how many strange people and strange people, thinking that they could pass through the heavens and latitudes, after all, they could not withstand the rolling waves of history, annihilated, dispersed, and left posterity to sigh. The general fought a hundred battles on the battlefield, and one day he had to face the enemy swarming, and there was no one around him.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, the sky dawned, and there was a mess in the Yecheng Palace, Shen Pearl opened the door, only to see the palace maids running around, some with backpacks, some shouting, the palace maids and guards who usually served and guarded her had long since disappeared, and the other palace maids saw her as if they hadn't seen her, and they hung their heads and went their own way. Shen Pearl felt strange, could it be that Shi Siming had already entered the city, so fast? Why didn't you hear the sound of siege and killing? grabbed a little palace maid and asked what was going on.

The little palace maid said: "Shi Siming has already arrived at the city gate, and he wants the emperor to go out of the city immediately to greet him, otherwise he will be killed after capturing Yecheng." Those generals guarding the city gate all want to sell him and let him into the city, where can Yecheng be guarded. Who knows how Shi Siming will treat us old palace people after capturing Yecheng, let's hurry up and hide from it, madam, you should run quickly, it's too late! ”

I didn't expect Shi Siming to come so quickly, it seems that he is already impatient to covet the throne of "Emperor Dayan". This is her chance to escape, escape from the palace first.

After looking left and right for a while, he saw that the right direction had the most people, so he took his skirt and ran out of it.

Who would have thought that as soon as he turned a corner, someone would block in front of him like a stone pillar: "Madam, there is an edict from the saint, ordering you to see the driver immediately!" Shen Pearl saw that it was a guard near An Qingxu.

He wouldn't let her go.

Under the guards, Shen Pearl walked into the main hall step by step.

The first rays of sunlight in the early morning slanted into the hall, reflecting the iron armor on An Qingxu's body.

Shen Pearl raised his head and looked at An Qingxu's face like cold iron, and his whole body was draped in the middle of the hall.

He stared at her from a distance. She couldn't catch the slightest bit of information in his eyes, only a deep coldness.

"You can do it." She tried her best to keep herself in check, and said lightly, "It's better to stab me to death with a sword." ”

An Qingxu didn't answer, and her eyes became weird, cold for a while, sad for a while, vicious for a while, distracted for a while, and unpredictable. The noisy shouts outside the hall disturbed one after another, and it was like a layer of heaven and earth from the hall, and here, everything was so quiet that it was suffocating.

"Boom", An Qingxu suddenly drew his sword out of the sheath, raised his hand and cut off the dragon chair behind him with a sword, and all the guards in the hall were shocked: "Your Majesty!" ”

An Qingxu had already put his sword back into the sheath, turned his head sideways, and waved at Shen Pearl: "You go!" ”

"What?!" Shen Pearl couldn't believe her ears.

An Qingxu didn't look at her, ordered the four guards in the hall, and ordered: "I will go to see Shi Siming immediately, and when the city gate is opened, you can escort her back to Wuxing from the side path." ”

At that time, there were less than 100 guards in the palace, all of whom had followed the An father and son for many years. Immediately, someone knelt down and said, "The ministers are willing to protect Your Majesty and fight a bloody road." Or, as long as Your Majesty cheers up and uses Your Majesty's peerless martial arts, Shi Siming may not be able to capture Yecheng. ”

An Qingxu pressed his sword and solemnly said: "My general trend has gone, you have followed me for a long time, and today you are all gone." There are still a lot of jewels and coins in the back room of this hall, and you can distribute them yourself. Ran said proudly: "Since I am the emperor, Shi Lao thief soldiers are coming to the city, how can I be a turtle with a shrunken head, even if there is no soldier around me, I will join his thousands of troops, so why die!" ”

The guards in the palace knelt down one after another: "The ministers are willing to go out of the city with Your Majesty!" ”

An Qingxu shrugged his eyebrows and was slightly moved, and Shen Pearl shouted: "No! A few steps forward, he said to An Qingxu: "Since you are willing to let me live, why do you want to send me to death?" Why can't you let yourself go? ”

An Qingxu looked up to the sky and laughed, smiled, his face sank, and said: "This is the honor and shame of our man, you, don't understand!" "Let's go", all the guards responded "yes" in unison, and walked to the outside of the hall together.

"Second Brother An!" Shen Pearl called him in vain behind him.

An Qingxu's footsteps faltered, as if he was about to turn around, and finally said coldly without looking back: "You hurry up and keep up." These four guards are loyal and will be able to escort you back to Wuxing safely. Wu Xing...... It's a good place, I ...... Never going back. When you go back, don't come out again. ”

After saying this, he slapped the long sword on his waist, and no longer stopped under his feet, and took the lead in stepping out of the temple gate.

(Tianjin)