Zuo Tianyu was anxious, and was about to say something to ease Er Ding didn't want Zuo Yuanhao to ignore Ye Lian, and continued: "Brother Huang doesn't know, the fact that a total of 10,000 elite soldiers of the two vanguard armies were besieged and killed that day has an inside story, just because the princess of the younger brother, that is, the second daughter of Prime Minister Ye Cheng, sneaked into the study of the younger brother and stole the information to send to the Shaluo people. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that husband and wife are one, and if the wife of the younger brother makes a mistake, the younger brother naturally has to bear it with all his might, even if the Northern Expedition is great, it cannot withstand the crime of treason. ”

"What?"

As soon as he said this, Ye Lian fell directly on the carpet in fright, and Zuo Tianyu and Ye Chengxiang stood up in shock.

On that day, the 10,000 elite soldiers lost their lives, and the entire Jinghai people grieved together, and 10,000 people's families lost their sons.

I don't want to be because Ye Lian stole the information and sent it to the Shaluo people, no wonder the two armies were besieged and killed as soon as they came out of the border fortress, and there was no room for breakthrough.

The emperor was also furious, slapped the imperial case, and asked loudly: "Is this really true?" ”

Without waiting for Zuo Yuanhao to respond, Ye Lian had already climbed forward and hugged his arm and cried and begged: "Lord Wang, I am your Lian'er, how can you wronged the concubine for no reason, the concubine is from Jinghai, and she will definitely not help Sha Luo." If you are dissatisfied with the concubine's body, the concubine's body must be changed, and you beg the prince to spare the concubine's life......"

She cried a handful of snot and tears, not to mention how pitiful she was, but unfortunately Zuo Yuanhao would not be soft-hearted at all, and threw her out two steps away with a wave of his arm.

Prime Minister Ye Cheng looked at the Chen family, who was also pale, sighed in his heart, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, although the old minister has no way to teach his daughter, he still knows that he is loyal and patriotic, and he asks the emperor to be clear." ”

What he said was clearly suspecting that Zuo Yuanhao's words were false, but Zuo Yuanhao directly unwrapped the package on his back and poured out a human head with fresh blood stains.

I don't know if Zuo Yuanhao did it on purpose, or if it was a coincidence, the face of the head was right in front of Ye Lian, Ye Lian saw that the head of the person was staring round, as if there was still a lot of unwillingness and hatred hidden in her pupils, she couldn't bear it anymore and screamed loudly.

"Ahh Immediately remembering the poison in her body, she became frightened again, and subconsciously shouted to Chen, "Mother, what should I do?" He's dead! I haven't detoxified yet, I don't want to die! ”

Needless to say, everyone present was not a fool, how could they not guess that she really knew this person.

Zuo Yuanhao sneered: "This is the deputy leader of the secret guard of King Shaluo, who is specially stationed in Jinghai to collect military information, buy and sell medicinal materials and grains and transport them back to the country for reserves, and accumulate them for three years, just to attack Jinghai in one fell swoop." I was besieged and killed before, and it was also the work of this man. Dare to ask the princess, how do you know him? ”

Ye Lian was shivered by the coldness in Zuo Yuanhao's eyes, and she was stunned for a long time and still couldn't hold on, crying and begging: "Lord, I also have no choice, this person fed me poison at the beginning, if I don't steal information to him, I will die of poison." I was reluctant to give him some inconsequential news in the prince's study, I didn't know that it would cause the army to be defeated! Really, Lord Wang, you have to believe me! ”

After that, she rolled over and hugged Ye Chengxiang's thigh again, "Dad, I won't be annoyed no matter how much you hurt that cheap hoof, you must save me, you must save me!" ”

Chen also knelt down at this time, and pleaded together: "Master, Lian'er is your flesh and blood, you can't see death without saving it!" ”

Prime Minister Ye Cheng was dumbfounded when he heard it a long time ago, he was loyal and diligent all his life, where did he think that he would raise a traitorous daughter.

Zuo Yuanhao didn't want to see the old prime minister take responsibility for his vicious wife and daughter, so he opened his mouth and said: "Ye Chengxiang is afraid that he doesn't know something, the Hu family in the gravel city caught a fire a year ago, and the entire courtyard burned to the ground, which was all done by the Chen family and Ye Lian. ”

"What, what about Lan'er's mother and son? How are they? Prime Minister Ye Cheng was so anxious that he directly grabbed Zuo Yuanhao's sleeve and asked sharply.

Zuo Yuanhao refused to say any more, he was so anxious that he slapped the Chen family in the face directly, and then kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is going to drive the Chen family and Ye Lian out of the Ye family today, and since then the family tree has been removed, and there is absolutely no disloyal and unrighteous person in the Ye family!" ”

The emperor has always been good to Prime Minister Ye Cheng, an old minister, and seeing him like this, his anger eased slightly, and he nodded: "Prime Minister Ye Cheng's words are reasonable, such a disloyal and unrighteous person, the entire Jinghai can't tolerate it." ”

Zuo Yuanhao added a sentence in a timely manner, "Some of my subordinate soldiers have seen Lan'er's mother and son, and they are still alive in the world." ”

Chen and Ye Lian were already desperate when they heard that they were expelled from the house, but now they saw Zuo Yuanhao with joy in his eyes and said the news that Ye Lan's mother and son were not dead, how could they still bear it, the mother and daughter were completely crazy!

Chen beat his chest and scolded, "Why? Why is that little still alive? Obviously I have taught her to be stupid and rude, and my daughter has also become a princess, how can this be, how can this be?! ”

Ye Lian also cursed sharply, "I don't want to die, let her die, die!" Why didn't such a big fire burn them, the damned Sharo people actually lied to me, I curse you all to die well! ”

The emperor was bored of hearing this, glanced at the silent and well-behaved prince, and directly called Hong Tao in, "Pull them down and reward them with a glass of wine." ”

The wine in the palace is not easy to receive, this sentence is to cut off the life of Chen's mother and daughter, and it also gives Prime Minister Ye a face, after all, it is really a blessing to leave a whole corpse for such a big crime as treason.

Prime Minister Ye Cheng kowtowed in a very complicated mood to thank him, and finally got up and stepped aside a little abruptly.

Zuo Yuanhao refused to get up, kowtowed again, and insisted on pleading: "The younger brother understands that the imperial brother has a heart to protect, but the younger brother left Lan'er's mother and son for the sake of the invasion of the two countries, so that they almost returned to the underworld. In addition, in this war, the younger brother was injured too much, and he was no longer able to fight for Jinghai, so he asked the imperial brother to be gracious and allowed the younger brother to fake his death because of his serious injuries, and from then on he returned to the countryside and supported him until he was old. ”

The emperor looked at this younger brother, who had been raised since childhood, and did not reply for a long time.

Prime Minister Ye Cheng and Zuo Tianyu also lowered their heads, and the hearts in their chests were raised high, I don't know if the emperor will read the love for many years, take the risk of returning to the mountain and the dragon entering the sea to allow this matter, or make a high-sounding excuse to imprison the tiger in the room and trap the dragon in the pool......

Finally, the emperor let out a long sigh and replied lightly: "Since you insist on leaving behind your glory and wealth, I can't force you to do what you want, but you must remember that you are a royal person after all, and don't forget that there is also a brother living in the palace." ”

Zuo Yuanhao immediately smiled and thanked him sincerely, "Brother Xie is complete, and after the imperial brother Bai Arowana will go out of the palace to play, the small courtyard of the younger brother will definitely welcome him." ”

The emperor saw that the joy on his face was not like a disguise, and he was much more relieved, and said instead: "Even if Ye Lian is treasonous, your contribution to opening up the territory of Jinghai cannot be offset. In this way, the bounty is 10,000 taels, and the golden dragon waist card is also held, and even if the bloodline of the Zuo family is hidden, no one can be bullied. ”

"Brother Xie Huang."

Zuo Tianyu on the side saw the two brothers shaking hands and talking and laughing, and his heart was mixed, and finally turned into a soft sigh......

On May 28, the Northern Expedition returned to the court in victory, and the J pieces outside the city of Zangkun were cheering, men, women, and children, whether rich or peasants, were dressed up to treat each other, and the emperor took the prince and the Manchu Dynasty to welcome them out of the city for 20 miles.

No, before the army got close, everyone found that the whole army was white.

Soon the news came out that Prince Jinghai Chaopin, Prince Zhongyong, who had outstanding military achievements, died of his injuries fifty miles outside the capital at the age of 24.

The grand celebration banquet directly became a place of memorial, the emperor wept with dragon eyes, wept bitterly, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty knelt on the ground and kowtowed to greet the heroic spirit, and the people also cried and fell together, and the whole country mourned.

A few days later, news came out that Princess Zhongyong was in love with the prince and couldn't bear to be lonely under Jiuquan, so she volunteered to be buried, and the princess's mother also died of a serious illness in distress. Everyone couldn't help but sigh again.

In fact, no one knew that a few days before the army arrived outside the Tibetan Kun City, a stranger came to the pagoda village.

The people of Pagoda Village have also stretched their necks these days, and as long as men, women, and children have free time, they have to look at the shops at the intersection, looking forward to when the descendants of the expedition will come home with their bags.

Ye Lan was extremely worried, and guarded the two children all night, for fear that their fever would worsen, but fortunately, the two children walked around on weekdays, and they were not pampered, and their resistance was very strong, but the fever subsided in one night, and they slept spread their hands and feet at this time, which was very cute.

Ye Lan kissed them on the face lovingly, and was about to try the heat on her body again, when Cuihua suddenly broke into the yard and shouted endlessly.

"Sister Lan, Sister Lan! Where are you? Come out, come out! ”

Ye Lan was afraid that she would wake up the two children, so she jumped off the kang and went out to complain: "You girl, be quiet, Tuan Tuan is sleeping." ”

Cuihua felt that she had made a mistake and grinned, and then lowered her voice and said: "Sister Lan, there is an accident in the shop, and a strange person has come, causing those fox spirits to squeeze in and not leave, you can go and take a look!" ”

Ye Lan was confused when she heard this, and wanted to ask a few more questions, but Cuihua had already pulled her sleeve and left. She had no choice, so she happened to see the neighbor's aunt who was coming towards her, and asked someone to help take care of the child, thinking that she would go to the shop to take a look and come back quickly.

It's a pity that there are still dozens of steps from the shop, and she is stunned.

The figure in green clothes and standing in front of the shop with a cold face selling baked cakes is so familiar, as if she has hoped for countless times, not even the slightest position, the same seductive demeanor, the same cold face that rejects people thousands of miles away, the same blushing and screaming big girl and little daughter-in-law, the same copper coins that fall in an uproar......

"Cuihua, is this the person you are talking about?"

"Yes, it's this man, he looks better than a woman when he smiles, but unfortunately he has a problem with his head, and he insists on going into the shop to help sell baked cakes, which is just looking for scolding!" Cuihua's face was so angry that her little face bulged, and she was very angry about the position that was robbed.

Ye Lan smiled, the summer sun reflected her like a flower blooming in an instant, there was a different kind of beauty.

"yes, this guy deserves a good scolding."

Under a willow tree not far away, Shanzi, who was carrying a basket of herbs, had an extremely gloomy face, and he looked at Ye Lan's smiling face for a long time, and finally sighed softly. He once fought for this woman, although he failed, but he did not regret it, and wished her a good life in this life......

Cuihua didn't know that the person she liked was also on the side, and she was nodding vigorously, and at the end she was worried: "What if he is annoyed and beats someone, or wait for Brother Shanzi to come back and then go in?" ”

Ye Lan smiled lightly, and walked forward, the summer breeze naughtily blew the green silk of her sideburns, just like lingering love......

A year or two later, it was the same summer season, and the easternmost part of the pagoda village did not know when a large courtyard with bricks and gray tiles was raised, and several village children carefully lay at the door to probe their brains, and soon two little dolls with pink makeup came out, each holding some snacks in their arms.

After the distribution was given to the village children, the little girl said crisply: "Brother Sanmao, Brother Da Niu, you can promise to catch the gnats for me, if you dare to lie to me, my mother will make new snacks in the future, and I will never give them to you again." ”

Several village children stuffed snacks into their mouths, and patted their chests to reassure, "Sister Yuanyuan, don't worry, we are the best at catching grasshoppers, and we will definitely catch a few of the best ones for you." ”

A village boy also asked, "Tuan Tuan Tuan Reunion, what do you want so many gnats?" ”

Before the two little babies responded, someone shouted happily not far away: "Reunion, I'm here!" ”

The little babies turned their heads to see, it turned out that at some point, a gorgeously decorated carriage had stopped under the big tree not far away, and a handsome man wearing a brocade robe and a jade pendant hanging from his waist was running over happily, holding the reunion one by one, and said with a smile, "Do you miss me?" Big brother wants to kill you! ”

The two little babies were full of smiles, and they all stretched out their little hands and responded: "Big brother can bring the cage of the grasshopper that promised us, if you don't bring it, we don't want you." ”

"Two little ones with no conscience!" Zuo Tianyu scolded with a smile, put them down and responded: "Of course you brought it, does the eldest brother have a time when he doesn't talk and doesn't count?" A whole box, woven with gold wire and bamboo, you can divide it. ”

"Ah, that's great." Yuan Yuan clapped her hands and beckoned a group of village children to come forward with her to pick.

I didn't want to take two steps slowly, but I turned around and said to Zuo Tianyu: "Big brother, remember to change the carriage next time, my mother said that your carriage is very sassy, for fear that the thieves will not rob you." ”

Zuo Tianyu had a toothache when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Does your mother have anything else to do except arrange me all day?" ”

"Of course, we and my father will make clothes, bake snacks, and count the silver!" Tuan Tuan folded his fingers seriously.

Zuo Yuanhao was even more powerless when he heard it, and coaxed: "Be good, go pick the gnature cage." ”

Tuan Tuan answered, and then walked towards the carriage.

Ye Lan held her stomach with one hand, and just walked to the gate of the courtyard, and couldn't help laughing when she heard the two cousins ask and answer.

Since three years ago, Zuo Yuanhao came over, and since then he has been incognito to accompany Ye Lan's mother and son to stay in Pagoda Village. Xu Youhui had a corrupt official who bullied and raised taxes for no reason, or many other trivial matters, Zuo Yuanhao came forward to solve it, and these xenophobic villagers in Pagoda Village accepted him very easily, and even some major matters had to be discussed with him.