Bingtang was close to Qin Yining, and he heard Qin Yining's words clearly.

When I heard that it was a war, cold sweat flowed down.

Although she is now a maidservant and has been a little Taoist aunt for a while, in fact, she is a real lady, and she has not suffered much since she was a child, which is naturally different from Qin Yining, who has only been a young lady for less than a year.

Originally, she had only heard of the horror of war, but she had never seen it with her own eyes, and her impression was not intuitive, even the last time she accompanied Qin Yining to Xihuacheng for peace talks, she had only seen the vast number of soldiers and generals lined up like a sea.

Now so many men, women, and children in front of them were running wildly, so embarrassed and frightened, that before anyone could even kill them, they trampled on each other, screaming and crying endlessly, and this was only a short time before them.

Where did they come from? On such a long journey, I am afraid that such a desperate scene has been happening continuously!

For the first time, Rock Candy experienced the fear of disaster up close.

"Girl, what should we do, if the little prince is, if he brings someone over, will he hurt you, his soldiers may not recognize you!" Rock Candy's voice was dry, his brain was not enough, and it took a while to smoothly organize a speech.

Qin Yining's face was pale, holding the hand of rock candy in one hand, and grasping the placket of his clothes with the other, until the material on the placket was kneaded like a dried plum vegetable, and then he slowly let go.

After taking a few deep breaths repeatedly, Qin Yining patted Bingtang's shoulder comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, you won't call so soon, Xiao Zhixi and they have already withdrawn from Liangcheng when they left this time, although the emperor ceded the land and paid compensation, and several big cities on the border have already paid compensation to Da Zhou, which is considered the land of Da Zhou, but there are so many people in the Tiger Ben Army, it is not so easy to hit our Kyoto in the blink of an eye." ”

"But so many homeless people were obviously frightened and fled to the capital for their lives." Rock Sugar wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

Qin Yining said: "Let's go back first, find the shopkeeper Zhong, and I'll also hear the news from my father." After all, the news they got was more accurate than what we guessed here. ”

Bingtang nodded, and then his big round eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and his voice was slightly choked: "But, girl, I still feel cold in my heart." ”

"Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. Although Bingtang is the same age as Qin Yining, she looks small, like an eleven or twelve-year-old child, Qin Yining can't help but take her over, pat her on the back, and say, "If you are really sure that something will happen, I will let you go." When the time comes, you will leave Kyoto and go in the direction of Nankai along the line. ”

Rock Candy sniffed, "What about the girl?" ”

Qin Yining just smiled bitterly and did not answer.

If there is really something, the master of the Qin family will count as one, and no one will be able to escape. With her father's identity and fame, how could the Great Zhou Emperor let it go?

"Get up, let's go back first. Let's talk about it when we find out. Maybe I'm thinking too much. Qin Yining stood up with a smile and pulled the rock candy up.

Bingtang wiped a handful of tears embarrassedly, compared to Qin Yining's calmness, she was really a little embarrassed.

And Jiyun on the side kept looking at Qin Yining and Bingtang with soft eyes, seeing that the two of them calmed down so quickly, he couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart, and stepped forward to carefully help Qin Yining remove the grass clippings on his body and the small branches scraped on the clothes.

The three of them got on their horses, took the path to bypass the group of homeless people, and hurried back to the capital along the official road, entered the outer city gate, and immediately galloped straight to the house of the shopkeeper of Zhongda.

The shopkeeper Zhong was reconciling the accounts with an abacus, and when he heard that Qin Yining was coming, he was surprised to welcome him out.

When they arrived at the door, they found that the faces of their masters and servants were extremely ugly.

"Boss, what's going on? Come in and have a cup of tea. Shopkeeper Zhong hurriedly poured Qin Yining a cup of tea and put his hands into her hands.

Qin Yining poured a large bowl of warm tea, and then eased up slightly, and carefully told the shopkeeper Zhong about the matter, and finally said: "I think that group of people will come to the city gate soon, and the big shopkeeper should also pay attention to help find out their origin and situation, and pay attention to what else is going on." I will go back to my house soon, and my father will be disbanded at this time, and I will consult with him. ”

When the shopkeeper Zhong heard this, he was also in a cold sweat, wiped his face with a slightly trembling hand, nodded and said, "Yes, I know, I will go to inquire immediately, and if there is any news, I will send it to the house immediately." ”

"Okay, if you can't find me temporarily, you can tell the people in my house that rock candy, Jiyun, pine orchid, and autumn dew are all credible."

"Yes." Shopkeeper Zhong nodded again and again.

Qin Yining immediately stood up again and pulled rock candy and Jiyun out of the door.

Ji Yun looked at Qin Yining's slender back with a complicated face, and couldn't help asking, "Girl, do you still trust me?" ”

Qin Yining paused, looked back, and said strangely: "What kind of stupid thing are you talking about." ”

"I gave it to the girl from the little prince, and I often reported the girl's recent situation to the little prince. I thought that if there was a real war, the girl would not trust me. ”

Qin Yining's face was a little complicated, and he looked at Jiyun fixedly for a while before he said, "One yard is one yard, I can tell the difference." Besides, since the first day I met Xiao Zhixi, he was the Prince of Zhongshun of the Great Zhou, and he had already led the Tiger Ben army to level the mountains and rivers of Dayan. I didn't know who he was the first day, and he didn't become what he is all at once. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Yining sighed faintly: "In the end, it is just a different country and a different position." Emperor Zhou's ambition will not be willing to be in a corner, and it is not surprising that his pace of conquest will be aimed at Dayan, not only Dayan, but even Tatar in the north. Even if the national strength of the Great Zhou may not be enough now, this does not affect his growing desire to conquer. ”

Jiyun looked at Qin Yining, and admired it from the bottom of his heart.

It's strange that the prince will take her so seriously, as a general pet and protect her like the tip of her heart, she is quick-minded, calm in trouble, and unlike an ordinary boudoir woman, a few things are confused in her mind, she sees things rationally, and she can deal with things calmly.

At this time, Jiyun already regarded Qin Yining as his second master, and there was no longer the slightest resistance in his heart.

The three of them got on the horse and headed to the Anping Marquis Mansion along the way.

The city was still so prosperous, passers-by did not know that a war was coming, and the market was still full of stalls and traders. There are still children in tattered clothes chasing and playing on the side of the road, and there are also women who push open the dilapidated wooden door and peek out to ask their children to eat......

Looking at everything in front of him, Qin Yining's heart tightened for a while.

She doesn't know what the future will become, I'm afraid that the Great Yan Dynasty will only have such a pure land as Kyoto, is it that even the last pure land of Great Yan, they are about to lose?

The three of them returned to the Hou Mansion and walked to the south gate of the outer courtyard as usual, and first sent the horses into the stables. Then he walked out of the alleyway through the corner gate and entered the outer courtyard.

Qin Yining casually asked the boy on an errand in the outer courtyard: "Is Master Hou back?" ”

"Fourth Miss Hui, Master Hou is in the study of the outer courtyard."

Qin Yining nodded and hurried to the study.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the study, he saw Qin Huaiyuan coming out head-on.

"Father. Are you going out? Qin Yining saluted.

Qin Huaiyuan smiled and said: "Don't go out, I'm going to see the old lady this time, your grandmother has punished several people today, and I'm still angry at this time." I saw that the group house in the west was still in chaos for a while, saying that someone was going to hang himself and throw himself into the river, and I was afraid that your grandmother would not handle it well, so I wanted to go and take a look. ”

The group houses on the west side are all the servants of the Qin family, and some of the servants who dragged the family with the mouth lived in the houses that were divided into that area. Only when you are on duty do you come into the house.

Qin Yining thought that the outside was about to be chaotic, and the family was still entangled in these trivial things, and his face was a little ugly.

"Father, the old lady's affairs are not in a hurry, and my daughter has something important to say to you."

Qin Yining's face was very solemn, and he looked at Qin Huai from afar.

"What's wrong? But what's going on out there? ”

Qin Huaiyuan's first thought was that the queen was going to get some moths to harm his daughter!

Since the queen asked Qin Yining's flesh and blood to stay in Yan Yan, but instead harmed Concubine Shu and Xiang Concubine, the emperor not only did not punish the queen, but also became more and more fond of the queen, Qin Huaiyuan was a little more defensive about the emperor and the queen.

In addition, in recent days, he has become more and more popular, and Cao Guozhang, whose protégé has been demoted and has no official position, has formed a strong contrast. It is estimated that the feud between the two families will not be resolved for a lifetime, and the queen and Cao Guozhang have joined forces, and they don't know what tricks they will come up with.

Qin Yining shook his head and said with a serious face: "Father, I'm afraid the war has started." ”

When Qin Huaiyuan heard this, Su Rili's always calm face also had a moment of solemnity.

Qin Yining once again detailed what he had just seen.

Qin Huaiyuan paced a few steps with his hands in his hands, his face became more and more serious, and he said for a long time: "I'm afraid that things are just as you guessed, there is really going to be a war." It's just that the people of the little prince may not really come to Kyoto, and I'm afraid that some reasons can be found in those homeless people. ”

Qin Yining didn't seem surprised when he saw Qin Huaiyuan, and couldn't help but hesitate and asked, "Father, aren't you surprised by today's events?" ”

Qin Huaiyuan smiled bitterly: "I'm not surprised, in fact, at the beginning of the peace talks, I was already worried that there would be today." Da Zhou used the peace talks to deceive our emperor into compensating for the gold and silver, and used the silver we offered to feed their army and then fight us.

"These words, it sounds like the Great Zhou people are too cunning and cunning, and they don't keep their promises, but the soldiers are treacherous, and the soldiers are not tired of cheating, if I am a courtier of the Zhou Dynasty and take the cowardice of the emperor of the Yan Dynasty, I will do the same. It's just that we are in the Yan Dynasty and have to obey the emperor's orders. Now, the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty have left the land of our Great Yan with the last batch of gold and silver compensated, and it is not an accident that the war has resumed again. ”