Nowadays, the wax moon has passed halfway, according to the practice of previous years, from the heavenly family to the royal family and nobles, civil and military officials, should be lively and ready to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

But this year, the entire capital is shrouded in pent-up fear and unease, and no one knows when the next blizzard will come.

When the father and son of the Zhu family returned home, they were speechless all the way, and when they approached Qingqiu Pavilion, Zhu Chengqian couldn't bear it, and angrily reprimanded his son in front of his subordinates: "What I said, you didn't listen, you brought back their heads at the border early, why today, there is a shortcut, if you have to take a long detour, you have to take your little life into it." ”

Fuyi is far away, only vaguely can see the figure under the corridor in the distance, the father-in-law is angry, from the demeanor can be seen, she can hear a few words sporadically, what is said, must not be passed over.

"Let's go back, don't let the eldest master see me." Fu Yi was too lazy to bother to speak, and said to the people around him, "I'll just wait behind the door." ”

The crowd understood and retreated to the door, leaving only two gatekeepers.

Soon after, the angry scolding could be understood, but it was nothing more than repetition, blaming the son for not listening to himself.

"You're doing it yourself!" Outside the Qingqiu Pavilion, Zhu Chengqian put down this sentence heavily, and left with anger, Zhu Rong sent him off, just straightened up, and grabbed his palm with a slightly cool but soft hand.

"Did you hear it all?" Zhu Rong smiled bitterly and said to Fu Yi, "I said it, I don't care about him the most. ”

Fu Yi was indifferent: "Now Xinghuatang is deserted, I think my father is a loner in his bones, he is not greedy for bustling and prosperous, probably only he knows what he cares about." Brother Rong, let's go, I'm ready. ”

Zhu Rong was puzzled and asked, "What have you prepared?" ”

Clothes to go out, knee pads to protect against the wind, close-fitting leather armor, trauma medicine, and money bags full of copper coins and broken silver, short knives and daggers, Zhu Rong himself has it, which does not need to help Zhang Luo.

She carefully put on the heart guard leather armor for her husband, and Citron and Cui Zhu held the middle coat and cotton robe on the side, layer by layer, and in the end, the citron brought a thick trench coat.

"I'll do it myself." The windbreaker was too heavy for Fu Yi to raise, so Zhu Rong put it on herself, and then half-squatted down so that Fu Yi could tie it for her.

Fuyi kept smiling, not at all like she was going to send her husband to a dangerous place, and even knew that he was going to assassinate the prince and his son, and assassinate the person she admired the most, she didn't turn her back because of the contradiction of her position.

"It's all right, even if you run in the wind and snow, you won't be able to freeze." Fu Yi was satisfied, took a step back, and said, "When you stop the horse to rest, you must use a handkerchief to dry the sweat in your neck, and you must bake the fire in time, otherwise you will catch a cold in a blink of an eye, and you should not be careless." ”

"Yes." Zhu Rong agreed.

"Be careful on the road." Fuyi's eyes were affectionate, "Brother Rong, take care." ”

Zhu Rong stepped forward and hugged his wife, it was a deep kiss, heart to heart blended together, and there was no need to say anything.

"Take care." After letting go, Zhu Rong stroked his wife's cheek, "Wait for me to come back." ”

Fu Yi smiled and agreed: "I'll wait for you." ”

Seeing her husband leave, standing under the door and watching his figure disappear from the courtyard gate, she turned around and walked back, the more she walked, the more vain her feet became, fortunately the citron and Cuizhu were on the side, otherwise she would not be able to support her body.

This parting is a farewell between life and death, or a parting of ways between family and country, Fu Yi can't guess at all, but she knows that her husband has something to hide from her.

Just as she tried her best to arrange where her family went and left a way back, Zhu Rong seemed to have a global picture in her heart.

But Fuyi never dared to ask, she was afraid that the answer she got was not what she thought in her heart, she was afraid that the short-term relationship between husband and wife would end earlier.

"Miss, are you alright?" Citron was worried, "Let's take a look, but don't move the tires." ”

Fuyi shook his head: "No need, I'm fine." ”

At this moment, news came from the front door that the third prince left home, but when he turned around, the forbidden army came, and then the family only entered and could not leave, and if he really wanted to leave the house, he had to be nodded by the emperor.

On this side, Zhu Rong rode his horse to the outside of the city, and met Min Yanshi on the way, hunting in the cold wind, he also rode on horseback, and the gentle and jade-like son on weekdays suddenly had a little more murderous atmosphere.

But as if they were just passing by, Zhu Rong had no time to say anything more and passed by him.

Min Yanshi turned the horse's head, watched Zhu Rong go away, holding the reins tightly in his hand, and after a burst of overturning in his chest, he tried to sink his heart, turned around again, and galloped away in the opposite direction.

The time of the day passed quickly, and the next afternoon, Fu Yi taught Huai Feng and Yan Ran to recite poems in Qingqiu Pavilion, and the two children who were rewarded were eager to go to their mother to show off.

Fu Yi got up slowly, looked at the clock next to him, and unconsciously clenched his fists, if everything goes well, Zhu Rong and Wang Ye and his party should meet.

At the foot of the mountain, which was a whole day's journey from the capital, Zhu Rong finally saw the legendary large number of troops, the army was well-equipped, strong and strong, and followed their track to find the palace camp.

Zhu Rong was stopped by them, thinking that he would be searched, and he was carrying poison and a dagger stained with poisonous juice.

But seeing the eldest sister Hanzhi coming on horseback, I wish Rong to grow so big, it is the first time to see the eldest sister wearing a military uniform, the noble and beautiful sister, and she also has this heroic side.

"This is my brother." Hanzhi said to the soldiers guarding the garrison, "My father ordered me to come and pick him up. ”

Zhu Rong sighed in his heart, and after the soldiers let him go, he walked under his sister's horse, took the reins for her, and asked, "Does the prince know that I will come?" ”

Han Zhi said: "Right now, in the entire capital, only the children of the Zhu family can get close to us, and even the Xiang royal family can't get our trust, if it's not you, who else will there be?" ”

Zhu Rong stopped talking and led the horse forward for his sister.

Han Zhi said: "Your brother-in-law was supposed to pick you up, but he has already left, the prince is unwell, so he will rest for one more day before leaving, counting the days, he can just wait for you." ”

The horses stopped in front of the tent, Han Zhineatly dismounted, walked up to his brother, reached into his trench coat, searched it decently, and felt everything that should not have appeared, but she did not take out any of it.

"Go in, the prince is waiting for you." Han Zhizhi, "I'm waiting for you here." ”

Zhu Rong calmed down, and under the threat of the sharp eyes of the guards in front of the camp tent, he walked in alone.

There was only one bed in the tent, and the charcoal stove was burned for warmth, but it could be seen that there was a table here, and there was mud and sand on the carpet, as if it had fallen from the sand table commonly used in the marching formation, and the tent did not seem to have been stationed here for a day or two.

Zhu Rong couldn't figure out how so many people could complete the three-day journey in one day.

Why did you stop here all of a sudden?

Also, my sister said that Shizi is gone, where did he go?

"When you left the capital, did you find anything unusual?" Prince Katsu asked straight to the point, "How is the garrison outside the capital?" ”

Zhu Rong shook his head: "The juniors walked in a hurry, and they didn't have time to investigate carefully, but they ......"

The prince asked calmly: "But what?" ”

Zhu Rong said: "When I met my sister-in-law Min Yanshi, he left a word. ”

The prince thought for a while: "That child of the Min family, I remember, is a scholar with good looks and polite qualities. ”

Zhu Rong said: "He told me that the grain and grass that should have followed Jin Dongsheng's troops to the border were detained, and such a situation once occurred, that is, when Jin Dongsheng went to the south to exterminate the nest of the Minglian Sect, the emperor seemed to know in advance that the war would not drag on for too long, and the amount of grain and grass transported was wrong." ”

"A passing sentence is enough for you to think so much?" The prince smiled, "You guys have a very tacit understanding. ”

Zhu Rong bowed and said: "The younger generation has been with him for more than ten years. ”

The prince said: "I heard your sister say, among the children of your mansion in the capital, there are many heroic young people, and you wish the family, and there are many talents. ”

Zhu Rong is here, even before assassinating the prince, he has to figure out some things first, so he asked: "You broke your promise to the juniors." ”

Prince Sheng smiled: "Do you really believe me?" Naturally, I shouldn't have deceived you as a teenager, yes, I broke my promise, and from the beginning, I just used you to delay time and temporarily stabilize the emperor's heart. ”

Zhu Rong asked, "You never thought of giving up revenge?" ”

Prince Katsu said, "He is not worthy." ”

Zhu Rong lowered his gaze and clenched his fists: "Lord Wang, you should understand the purpose of my trip." ”

Prince Sheng said: "But I won't let you kill me, there are two ways in front of you, one is how to come and how to go back, and the other way is to follow me." ”

"Let's go?"

"Go to the border and kill the enemy."

Zhu Rong frowned: "The son of the world? ”

The prince bowed his head: "What you see today is only a small part of my troops, your brother-in-law has rushed to the border with a large group of men, and the team that has not yet arrived has also turned to the border." You don't want to think about it, three days of road, we will come here in one day, you calculate the direction, our goal is the capital, or the border? ”

Zhu Rong suddenly realized, judging from the route of the prince, if they continue like this, they will pass through the capital and go straight to the border of Zanxi.

Prince Sheng said: "After Jin Dongsheng left the capital with his troops, he went around in a circle and went back, my imperial brother didn't plan to support the border at all, he just wanted to set up an ambush in the capital, so as to kill me under the city gate." ”

Zhu Rong said: "But if you bring troops here, whether it is Jin Dongsheng or the Jingzhong Forbidden Army, they are not your opponents." ”

Prince Katsu said: "So there is a war on the border, isn't it, he knows that I can't let go of the land and the people." Yongluo and Zanxi joined forces, victory or defeat is uncertain, he sent a few more assassins to assassinate me, and when I die on the frontier, he can still give me a name that will go down in history. ”

Zhu Rong's fist gurgled.

The prince said calmly: "Rong'er, he didn't count you from beginning to end, you just accompanied us and played a game of chess." ”