At dawn, the officers and soldiers who had conquered Qingping Mountain had returned.

Wang Xiaolai found a carriage for pulling goods in the mountain behind the bandits, and sat in the carriage with the rescued merchants and craftsmen, and Shu Jiuchai, who was seriously injured and fainted, lay in the back of the car.

The reason why he sat in such a cheap carriage was not because Wang Xiaolai wanted to show his concern for those hostages, the real reason was that Wang Xiaolai really didn't want to ride a horse anymore, and rode a horse to chase the bandits all night, Wang Xiaolai couldn't walk now, he felt that his inner thighs were grinding out bubbles, and it hurt and hurt.

The refugees who had already learned that Wang Xiaolai had returned victoriously all consciously moved away from the antlers and stood at the intersection to watch from afar.

Coming out with the refugees, there are also narcissus.

Hiding in the shadows, looking at Wang Xiaolai's interactive appearance of waving and greeting the refugees in the car, Narcissus pursed his lips: "Let's go." ”

A few members of the secret guard next to him replied yes.

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In the imperial study room of the palace in Daxing City, the empress rarely had nothing to do today, so she called the camellia of one of the leaders of the secret guard, and went to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers and play.

At about noon, the empress, who felt a little tired, was resting in the pavilion of the imperial garden, and while using pastries, a word came from the small yellow door, saying that it was a narcissus audience.

"Narcissus is back? Didn't I let her protect Wang Xiao? Could it be that the situation on the part of the refugee settlement is settled? The empress looked at the camellia beside her and asked.

Camellia shook her head, she, like the empress, didn't know much.

The empress smacked her lips, picked up the water and rinsed her mouth, and instructed Xiao Huangmen: "Forget it, pass the narcissus in." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Huangmen replied respectfully, then bent down and retreated.

In about a quarter of an hour, Little Yellow Gate led Narcissus into the Imperial Garden Pavilion, and then he retreated himself.

The empress put down the handkerchief that wiped her mouth, raised her head, looked at Narcissus with a smile, and said, "Narcissus, I've worked hard for you these past few days, how is the situation on the refugee side?" ”

As she spoke, the empress took a sip of tea.

When Narcissus heard this, he told Wang Xiaolai how he used tricks to hide from the bandits, and how he caught the thieves one by one.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the empress pinched her smooth chin and nodded: "Well, yes, although Wang Xiaolai's guy is not in shape, but in this fooling people, his attainments are still okay, and he has fooled the bandits." ”

Narcissus was silent, she already had an opinion on Wang Xiaolai, if it wasn't for the empress who ordered her to protect Wang Xiaolai secretly, what she said, Narcissus would not agree.

"Narcissus, tell me, Wang Xiaolai succeeded in suppressing the thief, and when he comes back, how can I seal him?" The Empress asks for Narcissus's opinion.

Narcissus does not speak.

The empress said to herself: "How about letting him be the captain of Fengche, and he will drive for me." ”

Narcissus immediately stopped: "Your Majesty can't." ”

The empress looked at Narcissus curiously.

Narcissus hesitated for a moment: "This person is rude, if he is allowed to accompany the king, I am afraid it will cause a lot of chaos." ”

The empress stretched out her hand and asked Narcissus: "That can't be rewarded, right, I'm not the kind of unreasonable person." ”

Narcissus hesitated for a long time: "Your Majesty, do you know that he Wang Xiaolai used the rice paper you rewarded to roll tobacco and wasted it, and he also brought wide clothes, which is obviously to despise Tianwei, not to mention not rewarding him, even if he is punished, it is also deserved." ”

The empress held her cheeks and looked at the narcissus, blushing when she saw the narcissus, lowered her head, and her voice became smaller and smaller.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" The empress asked casually.

It was this sentence, but it scared Narcissus half to death, and she hurriedly knelt down: "The minister doesn't dare." ”

The empress played with the green silk hanging from her sideburns with one hand, and said to herself: "It's okay if you don't dare, Narcissus, you are a smart person, and you have been with me for so long, there are some words, you don't need me to say, you understand." But then again, Wang Xiaolai, this kid is indeed excessive, I rewarded him with rice paper, and he dared to use it to do these things, it is indeed a violation of the rules. ”

Hearing this, Narcissus breathed a sigh of relief, followed by raising his head, and looked at the empress's gaze a little less nervous.

"But Narcissus, you are also the commander of the dark guard, and you have been in the palace for two years, speaking of rules, you know more than Wang Xiaolai."

The empress's words made Narcissus not understand what it meant.

I saw the empress pat her on the stone table and make a noise, which startled the narcissus.

"What did I tell you in the first place?" The empress shrunk her eyes and asked coldly.

Narcissus was stunned for a moment.

"I want you to protect Wang Xiaolai, and you came back without permission before you got the will, Narcissus, it may be that I have been too lenient to you, which has made you more and more emboldened."

Narcissus bowed, sweating: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins." ”

The empress waved her hand: "Okay, get up." ”

Narcissus didn't dare to move.

The empress lowered her tone: "I don't want to say the same thing a second time. ”

The words fell into his ears, and Narcissus hurriedly got up.

"Before Wang Xiaolai comes back, you go and continue to complete your mission, remember, protect him, do you understand." Empress Dao.

Narcissus hesitated: "But Your Majesty, the bandits have been eliminated, and there is no danger for Wang Xiaolai to come there." ”

The empress stopped with her hand picking up the teacup and glanced up at Narcissus.

Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, Narcissus hurriedly knelt down again.

The empress put down the teacup, stood up, went to Narcissus, helped Narcissus up, took Narcissus's hand, looked at her, and said, "Narcissus, do you remember what I said to you when I handed over the three hundred and fourteen Secret Guards to you?" ”

Narcissus bowed his head in horror, and his tone was full of uneasiness: "Wei, Weichen remembers." ”

The empress snorted: "Let's hear it." ”

Narcissus swallowed his saliva: "Your Majesty said, from the establishment of the secret guard to its disappearance, it is destined to be the shadow of Your Majesty, no matter what Your Majesty commands, it must be carried out to the letter." ”

The empress nodded with satisfaction, stretched out her finger and pointed to the shadow at her feet, and asked, "Then I ask you, does the shadow have its own thoughts?" ”

Narcissus shook her head with an extremely ugly face.

The empress's gaze became cold, and a smile piled up on her face, such a contrast fell into Narcissus's eyes, making Narcissus feel very uncomfortable.

"Go, help me pass on a will, just say that the aftermath of the refugee resettlement will be handed over to him Wang Xiaolai, if there is any need, just mention it to me, when the refugees are settled, when will they come back, you know?" The empress's voice softened.

Narcissus nodded stiffly, turned around and walked out of the Imperial Garden like a zombie.

Although the weather after autumn is not hotter than the scorching summer, the name of the autumn tiger is not called in vain.

When the sun was scorching, Narcissus was sweating on her head, and she looked up at the sun, but she felt a chill from the bottom of her heart.

In the imperial garden, there are only two people left, the empress and Camellia.

The empress glanced at the camellia, hesitated for a long time, and asked, "Camellia, am I too strict with narcissus?" ”

Camellia, who is accustomed to silence, cherishes words like gold as always: "No." ”

The empress sighed and shook her head to herself.

Narcissus, you are good at everything, but this temperament is too upright, let you do things under Wang Xiaolai, so that you can learn from his eight-sided exquisiteness, and don't let me down.

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Refugee settlement, from the extermination of the bandits to the present, it has been two days, Wang Xiaolai from the bandit village to get all the silver to the refugees, to soothe the refugees' panicked emotions, originally he wanted to keep a little to fill his own pockets, but as soon as he settled the account, he found that the silver he promised to the five hundred refugees had not been cashed, and he had to cut the meat in pain and give away all the benefits in hand.

"My lord, what are we going to do with those bandits?" Shen Xiping slipped into the tent and asked Wang Xiaolai.

Wang Xiaolai panicked: "Kill, a bunch of scum who are harming society, what's the use of keeping it." ”

Shen Xiping scratched his head: "Are they all killed?" ”

Wang Xiaolai was distressed that he couldn't get the money, and when he saw Shen Xiping chattering like this, he didn't look up angrily at that time: "What's the matter, you are still reluctant, Cheng, after their heads are cut off, I will let the brothers send them to your tent and let you watch them every day." ”

Shen Xiping hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't don't, I didn't mean that, my lord." ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Isn't there a female thief among those thieves, I'm asking the lord if that person was also killed?"

Wang Xiaolai patted his head: "Why did I forget this, don't be in a hurry to kill this first, let me judge it clearly first, what about her?" ”