The night road was long, and the group took advantage of the moonlight to keep going, Shi Jinyan could guess what happened from the time she saw that there were only a few people left, she didn't want to arouse Sima Hongyan's discomfort, so she called Ban Lingruo to her side and asked in detail what happened after the separation.

I heard that the battle that night was so tragic that many friends were hastily buried in the wilderness, and Shi Jinyan was also endlessly embarrassed.

Shi Jinyan was careful, this time she also brought a lot of injury medicine, Sima Hongyan fed Nan Xunyan some symptomatic medicines, it may be that the effect of the medicine was attacked, Nan Xunyan fell asleep groggily on the horse's back, Sima Hongyan supported her behind her to prevent her from falling off the horse.

Seeing that Sima Hongyan was a little quiet and scary, Shi Jinyan walked up to her and teased her. Originally, Nanfeng Guying and Yan Hong both wanted to come to comfort Sima Hongyan, but now that there are outsiders, they are embarrassed to be too enthusiastic.

After a few words of gossip, Sima Hongyan asked, "Jin Yan, is it that the guards of Yanning Pass refuse to send troops to rescue?" ”

Shi Jinyan didn't hide it, and nodded helplessly.

Sima Hongyan said again: "You didn't tell them that His Royal Highness Yan Hong is also here?" Isn't it? ”

Shi Jinyan replied: "We all sneaked into Dongning without permission, how can we tell them the truth?" I can only say that our officials in Yanling were taken captive by Dongning, and now they are on their way back to Yanling, and I hope they will send troops to meet them. ”

Seeing that Sima Hongyan didn't seem to show any surprise that the guards of Yanning Pass were unwilling to send troops, Shi Jinyan immediately guessed Sima Hongyan's intentions, and she immediately asked Sima Hongyan: "Actually, you have long guessed that Yanning Pass will not send troops, right?" ”

Sima Hongyan smiled bitterly and said, "I have this hunch, but I'm not sure!" ”

Shi Jinyan suddenly had an anger in her chest, she complained to Sima Hongyan and said: "Sometimes I really don't know what to say about you, I always come from this temperament, if you don't come back today, do you want me to regret it for the rest of my life and spend my life in guilt?" ”

Sima Hongyan smiled reluctantly and said, "Aren't you here, you still bring people and horses, otherwise we may not be able to go back!" ”

Shi Jinyan snorted and didn't speak.

Although Shi Jinyan was angry with her, Sima Hongyan knew that Shi Jinyan was a sister, and she would rather face death together than live secretly, so Sima Hongyan only had gratitude in her heart.

The two were silent for a long time, and Shi Jinyan didn't really want to complain about Sima Hongyan, and after calming down, she took the initiative to ask Sima Hongyan: "What are your plans after you go back?" ”

"I want to ask for an order to send troops to recruit Dongning!" Sima Hongyan said in an extremely plain, but categorical tone.

Shi Jinyan was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at Yan Hong who was riding behind her, and asked Sima Hongyan, "Have you told His Royal Highness the Ninth about this?" What did he say? ”

Sima Hongyan said: "This has nothing to do with Yan Hong, I am not for my own personal grudges, if Yan Ling does not send troops to recruit Dongning, Dongning will soon declare war on Yan Ling, instead of being caught off guard by passive defense, it is better to take the initiative and take the initiative!" ”

Shi Jinyan said: "Instead of you going to ask the emperor to play by yourself, why don't you let the Ninth Highness go down and talk to the emperor?" His words are more likely to be adopted by the emperor! ”

Sima Hongyan said: "You also said just now, Yan Hong came to Dongning privately, and he came to save me as a friend, not as a prince." If he were to say it, wouldn't he be a sinner who started the war! What's more, the prince secretly entered the territory of another country, and made such a big move, killing hundreds of officers and soldiers in Dongning, if Dongning knew about this matter, there would be an excuse to attack us. I am both a party and a victim in this matter, I know Dongning's conspiracy best, and only me and the emperor are the most suitable. ”

Shi Jinyan thought for a while and nodded: "This is also true!" ”

Sima Hongyan asked again: "That's right! What about Shi Tingying and Wen Yao? How are they? Are those who were injured alright? ”

Shi Jinyan said: "You can rest assured, the injured person has been treated by a doctor in Yanning Pass, and there is basically no major problem." Shi Tingying and Wen Yao were sent back to the capital by me, and asked them to tell the fourth sister to try to find out who among the officials in the capital had anything to do with Dongning. There must be an insider collusion with Dongning when you were arrested by Dongning, otherwise they don't have the ability to kidnap you in broad daylight. ”

Sima Hongyan nodded and said, "Hmm! Or if you are careful, I suspect that there is Dongning's internal response in the court, you reacted faster than me, and you began to investigate! ”

Shi Jinyan said: "There is one more news! After the Five Nations Competition, the three countries of Western Vietnam, Southern Alienation, and Northern Ling have all signed an armistice agreement with Yanling, and have begun to return to their own countries. Only Dongning has not yet signed, and Dongning's envoy is still staying in the capital of Yanling. ”

This news surprised Sima Hongyan, and she immediately asked, "Why?" What are they still here for? ”

Shi Jinyan said: "Now Yan Ningguan can only receive this information, as for the reason, I have no way to figure it out." ”

Sima Hongyan pondered for a while, and said to Shi Jinyan: "When we arrive at Yanning Pass, we will rest for a day at most, and we will rush back to the capital immediately, I think this is a bit unusual." Shi Jinyan also meant this and nodded.

Sima Hongyan called Ban Lingruo and instructed her: "After returning to Yanning Pass, you ask this old general of your father to do us a favor and prepare a few carriages for us, and we must rush back to the capital as soon as possible." ”

Ban Lingruo didn't know why Sima Hongyan was in such a hurry, but seeing Sima Hongyan's solemn face, he agreed, turned his head and went to communicate with the commander.

With the horses, the speed of the people increased significantly, although they did not gallop all the way, but on the third day, they could already see the city wall of Yanning Pass. When they arrived here, it was basically safe, and no matter how bold the people of Dongning were, they didn't dare to send pursuers here to hunt down Sima Hongyan and others.

Under the fatigue of everyone, they were all refreshed when they saw the pass of Yanling. In the past two days, Nan Xunyan's condition has improved under the care of Sima Hongyan, and he can already ride a horse alone.

Seeing the gate of his country, Sima Hongyan was also in high spirits, and under her suggestion, everyone worked hard to gallop and strive to enter Yanning Pass before sunset.

Thanks to the escort of the guards of Yanning Pass, everyone entered Yanning Pass very smoothly, and Sima Hongyan was too lazy to greet the general guarding the city, and directly asked the commander who answered to arrange a place for everyone. In the past month, Sima Hongyan finally came to a serious room with a bed again, didn't care about changing his dirty clothes, washed the blood stains on his body, fell asleep on the bed for a while, and left the rest to Shi Jinyan to deal with.

This sleep was dark, I woke up twice in the middle, drank saliva and lay down again to sleep, and once I woke up to find that Xiao Hongying didn't know when she got into her house, shrunk into a kitten and slept beside her.

It wasn't until the next morning that Sima Hongyan was woken up by Shi Jinyan coming in and telling her that the carriage was ready. Before leaving, Gu Junxi and the other five Xiao Ling disciples said that they would not be on the same journey with Sima Hongyan, because they were injured by the same sect and still needed to recuperate for a few days, Gu Junxi wanted to stay and take care of his junior disciples, and when they were better, they would go back to Tianling Mountain on their own.

This time, in order to help Sima Hongyan, five Xiao Ling disciples died, and one arm was lost and became a waste. Looking at Gu Junxi's red eyes, Sima Hongyan felt very uncomfortable in her heart, and she said to Gu Junxi: "Senior Brother Gu, I don't thank you for my great kindness, I will personally go to the Heavenly Spirit Mountain to pay tribute to the heavenly soul of the deceased another day." ”

Gu Junxi volunteered to save Sima Hongyan, and she didn't need her to reciprocate anything, she only made a request to Sima Hongyan, he said: "If you have the opportunity to re-enter Dongning, can you bring back the body of the dead disciple?" Returning to the roots, I want to bring them to Tianling Mountain! ”

Sima Hongyan replied with a heavy face: "Don't worry, Senior Brother Gu, I will definitely bring everyone back, and never let these good friends and brothers stay in the wilderness of Dongning and become ownerless and lonely souls!" ”

The Sima Mansion guards who came back ahead of schedule were already injured, and insisted on returning to the capital with Sima Hongyan, looking at the seven people who came, there were still four people left at this time and all of them were injured, even Wu Zhao left his life outside the pass, and Sima Hongyan couldn't help but feel sad for a while.

When saying goodbye to Gu Junxi, Xiao Hongying hugged the senior brothers and cried again, but she still insisted on walking with Sima Hongyan. So the group hurriedly headed towards the capital in a carriage.

Along the way, Sima Hongyan basically stayed in the car and did not come out, except for eating and sleeping, she had to ensure that she would recover her physical strength and spirit after returning to Yanling Capital, and she had to do many things in a hurry.

A few days later, when everyone came to the capital, Sima Hongyan looked at the familiar city gates and streets, and was full of emotion, she almost couldn't see the prosperity of the capital again, and suddenly felt that these scenes were unusually kind.

At the same time, I thought of those partners who could never come back, and I couldn't help but feel sad in my heart.

Ban Lingruo asked at this time, "Sister, will you go home first?" ”

Sima Hongyan said: "No! I want to enter the palace to see the emperor, see you now, there is no time to delay! ”

Ban Lingruo was a little surprised, but didn't say anything, and went directly to talk to the driver.

The carriage headed straight for the inner city and stopped outside the palace gates. Sima Hongyan dismounted and ran inside, and the palace guards immediately stopped him, looking at this woman covered in blood, and scolded loudly: "Who are you? Any idea where this is? ”

Sima Hongyan didn't have a waist card to enter the palace, so he had to say: "I'm Sima Hongyan of Sima Mansion, I want to meet the emperor, what?" Don't know me anymore? ”

The guards really didn't recognize her as Sima Hongyan, and the guards looked at her carefully in surprise, in their impressions, Sima Hongyan was a fairy-like figure, and once upon a time she was so embarrassed.

At this time, Yan Hong got down from the carriage behind him and asked coldly to the guards, "Then do you know me?" ”