On the official road leading to the capital, the convoy of Qiancheng Villa slowly moved forward in an orderly manner. Yesterday, Yan Ziqian received a secret letter from the secret department in Beijing, and learned that Jiang Lin had been imprisoned at home, and halfway through the journey, he was even informed by the news that Huizong was personally driving and that King Ning was the supervisor of the country.

Yan Ziqian's carriage came from a tactful and lingering song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", the dark one was still wearing a silver mask, and he walked at the front of the team on a high horse, he took out a piece of white silk cloth torn into strips of cloth from his arms, and he could vaguely identify that this was the rabbit that Yue Ning gave to Yan Ziqian, he listened to the laughter between the woman and Yan Ziqian from time to time in the carriage, silently looked at the strip of cloth, and carefully stuffed back the placket. These strips of cloth were found by him when he happened to pass by the discarded debris, and the white rabbit had been playing with it for a long time since he had rushed back to the villa, and at a glance he could see that the strips of cloth were the white rabbits of Yuening. He didn't know what he was thinking, so he silently picked up the strip of cloth, returned to his residence and cleaned it, and carried it with him all day long.

In half a day, the convoy will arrive in the capital, thinking of Yue Ning's delicate appearance, dark one's eyes unconsciously softened.

Suddenly, a man rode up. Seeing flags with the word "Qian" hanging on both sides of the carriage of the convoy, he turned over and dismounted, took out a white jade token, and said loudly: "My master wants to see the owner of the village." "Darken the horse and walk to the carriage with the token.

"Owner." Yan Ziqian heard the voice of the dark one outside the carriage, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and secretly saw a woman sitting on Yan Ziqian's lap, the smock had fallen half, Yan Ziqian saw it and asked in a low voice: "Who is blocking the way?" ”

Dark one took the token, the woman twisted her waist and didn't care about her clothes, walked to the side of the car and picked up the token and handed it to Yan Ziqian, Yan Ziqian looked at the words on the jade plate, and pushed the woman to the other side of the carriage, the woman sat down obediently and straightened her clothes, "The man said that his master wants to see you." ”

Yan Ziqian only glanced at it, and then threw the jade card at the dark one, "I don't see." ”

As soon as the dark left, Guo Chuanbai rode his horse to the carriage, Guo Chuanbai walked into the carriage, and the woman saw that Guo Chuanbai was coming, so she also got off the carriage and retreated. "Who is it?"

Yan Ziqian opened the curtain, watched Dark Yi hand over the jade plate to the man, and said a few words to the man, he saw that the man had ridden away, so he put down the curtain again, and sneered: "King Ning has moved." ”

On the school field, the army was already ready to go, Huizong was standing on the high platform in silver and white armor, at this time, his face was no longer the cold face that was uncertain when he was dealing with the ministers, and his angular face was full of determination. The sword spikes of the saber fluttered in the wind, and a soldier dressed in purple and gold armor ran over, knelt down on one knee, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the army has now been assembled. ”

Huizong took a step forward, looked around, and looked at the old or young soldiers in the audience, they were wearing armor, orderly and solemn, some of the young ones even had slightly red eyes, and the school field at this moment had no previous solemn atmosphere, and it was a little sluggish.

"Sons of Yaoguo!" Words fluttered in the wind in every corner of the school grounds, "Yes! The 100,000-strong army responded neatly and briefly.

"What should I do if I kill my compatriots tonight, peep into my country's soil, and insult my country's prestige?"

"Kill!"

Huizong pulled out the sword at his waist and raised it high in the direction of Yue Guo, "Kill!" ”

The army finally marched, and Huizong rode at the front of the army, followed by two generals on the left and right. Jiang Peng rode a horse and followed his army on the left far away, and a soldier suddenly ran over, "Lord Jiang, there is your letter." Jiang Peng took the letter, looked at it a few times, suddenly widened his eyes, looked at the letter in disbelief, and then put the letter carefully into his arms with trembling hands. He looked at the front of the line, feeling that he couldn't go up or down in his breath, and finally he touched his chest and exhaled a breath of turbidity. He looked in the direction of the city gates, turned back sharply, and rode away with the army.

Yue Ning sat on the swing frame early and waited for Yan Ziqian and the others. When she got the news and learned that Yan Ziqian and others were going to come to live in the capital courtyard, the house was also busy. The maids and ladies in the house have changed their attitudes, for fear that what she says will be the same as what she says. Yue Ning is still dressed in regular clothes, but she combs a dexterous double bun, and her temples are decorated with the agate head that Yan Ziqian sent a few days ago.

When Yan Ziqian entered the mansion, he saw Yue Ning sitting on the swing with her eyes closed and her head raised, the swing swaying slowly, the sunlight hit the woman's already pretty face through the gaps in the branches, and the agate head between the hair refracted a layer of pale red light. Yan Ziqian glanced at it from afar, and couldn't help but stop his steps, Yue Ning sat on the swing, looking at Yan Ziqian, the two looked at each other from a distance, but Yue Ning lowered her eyes first, got off the swing, lowered her head, and was silently restrained.

Yan Ziqian saw Yue Ning, who was leaning over and bowing, just wanted to speak, and saw Guo Chuanbai walking in. Yan Ziqian had no choice but to stop looking at Yue Ning and walked to the backyard. This scene happened to be seen by the concubine who came to Beijing with Yan Ziqian, and the concubine saw Yan Ziqian and Guo Chuanbai walking into the backyard, walked to Yue Ning's side, and sneered: "The owner of the village just came, do you want to show your fox kung fu?" Yue Ning stood up and looked at her calmly, the concubine still wanted to be sarcastic, but she saw that Yue Ning's eyes seemed to be in her throat, she just glared at Yue Ning fiercely, turned around and walked away with Yan Ziqian.

Yue Ning looked at the backyard, and didn't know what to think, and when the darkness came, she saw her a little stunned. Dark One walked up to her and took out the osmanthus cake in his arms. The rich fragrance of osmanthus flowers brought Yue Ning back to her senses, and when she saw Dian Yi holding a snack, she looked at her with a smile, and called out in surprise: "Brother Yi!" ”

Dark one carefully picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, put it in Yuening's hand, saw Yuening eating osmanthus cake and squinted his eyes, doting smile, Guo Chuanbai walked to the two, secretly saw Guo Chuanbai, silently saluted, put the oiled paper package of osmanthus cake in Yuening's hand, and also went to the backyard, walked to the corner door of the backyard, still looked at Yuening uneasily, Yuening seemed to be frightened, his hands trembled, the osmanthus cake in the oilpaper bag was scattered all over the ground, he clenched his hand tightly, and saw Yuening blessed from a distance, and said in a tone that he didn't know how to describe:" Slaves do their duty, and they will not move their minds that should not be moved. Guo Chuanbai nodded, and Dark One hurriedly walked into the corner door.

Guo Chuanbai suddenly remembered something and stopped, "I ordered someone to make some more osmanthus cakes and send them to your room." ”

Yue Ning didn't reply, just looked at the direction of the corner gate, and then looked at the boxy sky surrounded by this high wall, and lost the interest in swinging anymore.

At night, the watchman knocked on the "bell~" and echoed in the empty street. At this time, there was a knock on the door of Yanfu.

The little maid rubbed his sleepy eyes and opened the door, and shouted in a slightly rushed tone, "Who-", but saw two men in black cloaks outside the door, the man's face was hidden under the cloak, and the voice of the man who knocked on the door in front of him had a strange hoarseness, "My master asks to see the owner of the village." As if all the voices were hidden in his throat and couldn't be spoken, there was some "purring" between each word, and the little guy looked at him strangely, "What?" I saw that the man made a very quick move, stuck the little girl's neck with one hand, and put the little guy against the gate of the Yan Mansion, "My master wants to see the owner of the Yan Zhuang!" The voice was still strange, but the little guy nodded hurriedly, and the man let go of the little guy, and the little guy crawled to the backyard. The two walked into the Yan Mansion, and the man with a strange voice looked outside the door, and when he saw that there was no one, he closed the door again and stood silently behind the master.

After a while, Dark One came to the gatehouse, saw the two people standing at the door, and hugged his fists and said: "The owner of my family has invited His Royal Highness King Ning." ”

The man took off his hood, revealing King Ning's peerless handsome face, looked at the dark smile and smiled, and then walked to the front hall with the dark one.

At this time, Yan Ziqian was already sitting in the front hall neatly dressed. When King Ning walked into the front hall, Yan Ziqian stood up and saluted, and King Ning hurriedly helped Yan Ziqian up, "Brother Yan, don't be polite, this king is coming this time, you and I only talk about brothers, don't talk about monarchs and ministers." ”

But Yan Ziqian still knelt down and bowed before slowly getting up, King Ning's eyes couldn't help but turn cold, but there was still a smile on his face, "I sent a guest to invite me before, and I want to meet with the owner......

"The grass people have just returned to Beijing, there are a lot of miscellaneous things, and there are family members who have not been properly settled, and I ask the prince to forgive me."

King Ning looked at Yan Ziqian, Yan Ziqian's words were sincere, and he couldn't help laughing, just about to speak, Yue Ning walked in with tea, and put the teacup in King Ning's hand, King Ning looked at her hands slender, fair and delicate, and her eyes were slightly dull, "The owner of the village is a merry and talented man, and today I can see that this is the case, even the maids of your mansion are gorgeous, and they do not lose to the concubine." Seeing this, Yue Ning hurriedly saluted and retreated.

Yan Ziqian didn't answer, just sat on the side and looked at King Ning, who took a sip of tea, "Qiancheng Villa is really rich, and the tea and drinking utensils in this capital courtyard are not ordinary." ”

Yan Ziqian hugged his fists when he heard this: "Today, the saint governs the country in a good way, and after the pro-government, he opened a mutual market, and the grass people have come and gone to the mutual market many times, but they also make a lot of money. ”

King Ning was not in a hurry, "The imperial brother does have the merit of ruling the world." The voice paused, no longer looked at Yan Ziqian, and his eyes drifted to the door faintly, "However, it is useless." ”

Yan Ziqian still didn't answer, and King Ning smiled, "This southern expedition was supposed to go to General Jiang Lin, but because of Xiang Shilang's death, General Jiang was greedy for military salaries. In the eyes of this king, at the moment of national crisis, there are still some small benefits for him, but the royal brother wants to drive the royal expedition in person, in case there is any accident...... "King Ning looked back at Yan Ziqian again, "The royal brother has been in power for many years, but he doesn't know Maxima, the owner of Yan Zhuang, this king is willing to do this Bole." ”

Yan Ziqian immediately knelt down when he heard this, "The grass people thank the prince." The grass people are originally from Yaoguo, and their ancestors entered the customs with the emperor, so they have my Yan family today. The prince trusts the grass people, and the grass people have nothing to repay, only by fulfilling their duties and working hard to serve the prince and the emperor, can they repay the favor of the prince's recommendation. ”

King Ning's original smile was suddenly put away, with murderous intent on his face, "The owner of the village is a smart person, and the Han people have a saying that good birds choose the best birds to perch on, and I believe that the owner of the village also understands this truth." ”

"Although the grass people are a businessman, they also know how to be loyal to the two masters."

King Ning sneered and said "Okay" three times, only to see the man who came with him suddenly made a move, and the dark one who was hiding on the side also flew over and stopped in front of the man, King Ning and Yan Ziqian did not move, but they saw that the dark one or two people had already come forward.

Dark one pulled out a sword from his waist and stabbed straight at the man, but he was pierced through the sword body by a silver needle, although the silver needle was thin, but the strength was enough, the dark one was not guarded, and the sword body was also deflected by the silver needle, and when he saw this, he hurriedly took back the sword and stood in front of Yan Ziqian, and saw that the man was not moving, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he opened his mouth, and the original hoarse tone suddenly became sharp at this time, and the voice actually implied the work of the inner family, but the dark one was not afraid, he rushed forward with a kick, kicked the man and staggered, and the man turned over, The hand speed shot out a few silver needles very quickly, and opened the silver needles with a dark swing of the sword, and then he stepped forward again, lifted the sword and picked up a sword flower, the sword shadow was chaotic, and for a while he couldn't tell where the real sword came from, the man had to shoot a few silver needles at Yan Ziqian, Yan Ziqian still knelt straight, and the hand that didn't hold the sword quickly lifted, and a strong internal force sprayed out along the palm wind, and the three silver needles fell to the ground. The two of them still wanted to continue to fight again, only to hear King Ning's indifferent voice from the rear: "Okay." ”

When the man heard this, he quickly accepted it, and pointed the tip of the dark sword at the man's neck, and King Ning said: "Qiancheng Villa is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, if it is too late today, it is inconvenient for this king to bother more." After King Ning finished speaking, he stood up, and Dark One was still holding his sword, only to hear Yan Ziqian say in a loud voice: "Dark One." Only then did he put away the sword in his hand and stood back behind Yan Ziqian. Congratulations to the prince. King Ning put back his hood, snorted coldly, and left.

Yan Ziqian stood up and rubbed his legs, which had been kneeling for a long time. Guo Chuanbai walked in from the side hall. looked at the door and said, "I'm afraid you missed an opportunity for revenge." ”

Yan Ziqian looked at Guo Chuanbai solemnly, "Shibo, my ancestor taught me to be loyal to the monarch in the past, and the family feud is to be avenged, but as a descendant of the Wang family, I must also have a bottom line. ”

Guo Chuanbai looked at Yan Ziqian, and said with a smile after a while, "Yes, General Wang definitely doesn't want to see his descendants be disloyal." Indeed, he was a man worthy of respect. ”

Now that the fifteenth day has passed since the Middle Yuan, the capital in September is gradually infected with a layer of cold. Xiang Zuo's death finally tore apart the long-standing false peace in the capital. The scholars are still talking in the restaurant or in the suburbs, praising the current peaceful world of Guotai and Min'an. Everything seems to be the same as before, but the dark places of the capital are slowly beginning to roll out a big net, whether it is the court or the rivers and lakes, they are slowly and firmly encased in this net, and it is a new competition.