In the first month of this year, there were two funerals in succession for the nobles of the imperial capital, which greatly reduced the festive atmosphere.

Wei Shengyi lost his wife in middle age, but in the end he was just a courtier, and he could do it according to the rules. However, the death of the Empress Dowager Ji plunged the entire imperial capital into an undercurrent.

After returning from the condolences of King Ji's Mansion, Mrs. Su entered the upper room, waved back left and right, and only left Mama Tao to serve - the 'door' was closed, and Mrs. Su hated the case so much, gritted her teeth and said: "Deng slut!" An dares to deceive me like this! ”

Mama Tao comforted: "Madame, please take a breath of anger, His Royal Highness King Ji was born with pure filial piety, and now he is also being kept in the dark." If His Highness knew the inside story, how could he be used by the Deng family? ”

Mrs. Su sneered and said, "What do you know? King Ji has always been obedient to the Queen Mother, and the two beautiful women sent by the people below at the beginning coaxed King Ji to leave Xiu'er in the cold, and even listened to the words of the two 'waiting' concubines who were not on the stage to suspect that Xiu'er was not virtuous! But the Queen Mother only gave a serious admonition and asked King Ji to give away the two 'servant' concubines! Although I was 'excited' by the Queen Mother in this matter, but later Xiu'er was still provincial, and I also specially warned her - the influence of the Queen Mother on her husband...... Huge! ”

"Do you think that now the queen mother is 'sick and died', and she died so coincidentally and suddenly, except that she was moved by the Deng family, and planned to use her own death to fight for her son to stay in Beijing and replace the prince, what else could it be?!" Mrs. Su bit her lip and said, "Since the Queen Mother has made such a decision, even if she was worried that King Ji would not allow it and did not tell King Ji before her death, would she not leave a letter or a message to let King Ji not disappoint her wishes?" ”

"There are many heirs of the Holy Lord, the mother of the crown prince is the queen, and there is a very popular sister-in-law, Her Royal Highness Princess Qingxin." Mrs. Su sneered and said, "What about King Ji? I went to the fiefdom with my mother at the age of sixteen, and I didn't even have the opportunity to come back once a year! With Deng's depiction of "flowers" and "chaos" in the sky, the mother and son are ...... How stupid! ”

Mama Tao didn't know what Shen Zangfeng had told Shen Xuan before, and said that Mrs. Su was simply worried that her 'daughter' son-in-law would rashly get involved in the whirlpool of seizing the prince, and when the time came, she would drag down the second lady Shen Zangxiu Not to mention, maybe even the Shen family would not be able to get out of it, so she proposed: "Or Mrs. Find an opportunity to talk to the second young lady, and let the second young lady make a statement to His Royal Highness King Ji?" ”

"Who doesn't want that position? Even if Queen Ji told King Ji, I'm afraid King Ji might not be able to listen to it. At the same moment, in the study in the front yard, Shen Xuan squinted, soothed his beard, and listened to the discussion of his staff.

The person who said this was only in his twenties, handsome and tall, with a cynical 'color' in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and he was the staff member Nian Jiao Xue personally recruited by Shen Zangfeng. He casually took the tea lid and skimmed the tea foam, and said, "What's more, if the husband acts, how can the 'woman' in the backyard be allowed to gossip?" Especially such a big thing! Therefore, I think that even if I inform Queen Ji about this matter, it will be useless, and it may be easy to leak the news, so it is better not to say it! ”

"Lemu's words are wrong." An elderly staff member shook his head against his opinion, "Isn't Concubine Deng a 'woman'?" But this matter started because of the concubine! How can Mr. Lemu despise the power of a 'woman'? In the following, it is recommended to ask Queen Ji to persuade King Ji to get out of it, and if King Ji is obsessed, then make a plan! ”

The two disagreed, but Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou, who were listening, were silent, and the other staff members discussed, some supported Nian Jiao, and some supported the senior staff. At this time, one of the people who supported the elderly staff came out and said: "Queen Ji is the beloved 'daughter' of the lord, and King Ji is also the son-in-law of the lord, King Ji has always respected the lord very much, even though Concubine Deng Guifei was 'confused' and 'confused' for a while, but ......"

"However, the Queen Mother Ji is dead." Nian Qixue said in a mocking tone, "If it weren't for the deep belief in Concubine Deng Guifei, why would the Queen Mother Ji let the good Queen Mother not do it, but die in the lively imperial capital on a festive day like the first lunar month?" ”

The person before was not convinced, and retorted: "King Ji must not be favored by the saints, and the concubine said that no matter how much 'flowers' and 'chaos' falls, when King Ji calms down, he will definitely hate the concubine!" When the time comes, I will remember my mother's hatred, and I can only hate the truth of the concubine's fallacies to 'confuse' and 'confuse' the queen mother. ”

Nian Qiao said: "Since ancient times, is it possible that all the supremes have been inherited by the beloved sons of the first emperor? What's more, the so-called tiger riding is difficult...... In King Ji's view, Queen Mother Ji gave up her 'sex' life to pave the way for him! If you are the son of man and your birth mother sacrifices you like this, how can you fail your birth mother's heart? At this time, will you be able to listen to the persuasion of the Yue family? ”

The man was speechless, and his companion came out again: "What does Lemu mean, don't you tell Ji Wangfu 'wife'?" So what should I do? ”

"The owner of the valve should call the illness immediately." Nian Qiao said lightly.

These words made everyone stunned, and Shen Xuan also stopped stroking his beard and said, "Dare to ask Mr. Nian what he means by this?" ”

"It is definitely impossible for Concubine Deng Guifei to convince King Ji's mother and son on her own," Nian Qixue said with a smile, "It must also be borrowed from the prestige of the valve master, the valve owner is not sick at the moment, in case His Royal Highness King Ji goes to the 'door' to ask the valve master for help...... After all, King Ji is the husband of the lord who loves his 'daughter', and if the lord agrees, it is not in line with the way of the courtiers; if he refuses, I am afraid that it will hurt the feelings of Weng and his son-in-law, and also make Queen Ji embarrassed between her husband's family and her mother's family. Therefore, it is better to pretend to be sick before King Ji ascends the 'door'! ”

Many staff members looked at each other, and there was a bit of a dejected "color" between their "colors".

The Shen Xuan brothers were not surprised by this scene, originally Nian Jiao was recruited by Shen Zangfeng, and he was quite courteous to Shen Zangfeng. This time, because of the planning of a big event, the big thing was brought up by Shen Zangfeng, and Shen Zangfeng left the imperial capital, so he deliberately left Nian Jiao Xue to his father as a helper.

At the beginning, neither Shen Xuan, Shen Zhou, nor their staff looked down on the young young man. As a result, these days, this person has frequently come up with clever tricks, so that a cadre of staff members dare not underestimate him, and even Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou have become more and more respectful of him.

In fact, in the matter discussed today, the two staff members before proposed to let Shen Zangxiu persuade King Ji, and they really didn't completely approve of doing so, mainly because they heard that Shen Xuan doted on the 'girl' and tried to do what he liked.

As a result, Nian Qiao advocated not to tell...... Everyone thought that he was not afraid of offending Shen Zangxiu, nor was he afraid that Shen Xuan would regret it for his 'daughter' in the future and be angry with him. Unexpectedly, he changed his words, not only thoughtful, but also considered Shen Zangxiu.

Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou's staff were in the limelight by him several times, and they couldn't help but be a little embarrassed in front of the benefactor. Although Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou were pleased that Shen Zangfeng had recruited a talent, it was impossible for Nian Xuanqiu to take all the positions of other staff members, after all, he was Shen Zangfeng's person. Therefore, he praised Nian Jiao, and had to comfort the rest of the people......

Of course, Shen Xuan will also write in detail in his letters to his family, and order Pegasus to pass it to Xiliang and report it to Shen Zangfeng.

At this time, the imperial capital was still snowing heavily, and Xiliang was already three feet of snow.

Shen Zangfeng was wearing a big fur, holding the reins in his left hand and pressing a knife in his right hand, leading his mount to trek through the knee-deep snow. The mount carried his lance on its back, so although there was no one to ride, now the tips of the 'hair' were sweating, and when the cold wind blew it, it froze into a mass of ice slag, which added to the burden.

So every once in a while, Shen Zangfeng would loosen the reins and walk over to the mount to brush away the frost for it. It's just that although the thick hood almost blocked his entire face, only a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle were 'revealed', but he was always vigilantly scanning the left and right.

In fact, as far as the eye can see, on the vast white snow, except for the occasional withered yellow grass stalks that emerge from the snow, and the scattered small beasts that have to venture out of the snow to forage for food, they are dozens of horsemen, horsebits, hooves and cloths, walking in silence.

"How long do you have to get to East River?" Aware that his physical strength and that of his subordinates had been depleted a lot, he could hear the constant wheezing sound coming from the team at the front of the team; This place is already the boundary between the Great Wei and the Qiu Di, even if the snow is full of bows and knives, the Wei people and the Di people will often wander nearby, which is not safe. Shen Zangfeng groaned slightly, then raised his hand to stop the march of the team, and ordered everyone to divide into two teams, one team to rest on the spot, and one team to be on guard.

Shen Die, who was out of breath, ran from the middle of the team and spread a thick felt with a dull color on the snow for Shen Zangfeng to sit on the spot and rest. However, Shen Zangfeng did not sit down, but took out the map from the horse, spread it on the felt, and called the guide not far away to ask.

The guide glanced at the large and small town, tun, and county county town markings circled with a red pen on the map, and then looked away, and said respectfully: "If you return to the captain, I think it will not be far away, according to our current speed, we will definitely be able to arrive before dark!" ”

Shen Zangfeng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and while putting away the map, he said with satisfaction: "The military order is like a mountain!" Lord Du Wei ordered the official to rush to Donghe Town before tomorrow to listen to the order, but he didn't want to delay the trip due to heavy snow for several days, fortunately you are familiar with the path and know this path! Now the official is relieved! ”

The guide smiled meaningfully and said, "Why should the captain worry about such a trivial matter? There are small ones, even if Lord Captain wants you to arrive in Donghe Town right now, the small ones can also fulfill Lord Captain! ”

"......" Shen Zangfeng didn't expect that this guide from the common people would suddenly say such presumptuous words, he glanced at him in surprise, turned to Shen Die, who was his former servant and now served as a personal 'guard', and was about to speak, but heard the guide smile and raise his voice: "Mu Xiuer Shan Yu's warriors, I have brought the most cherished concubine of the Xiliang Shen clan here for you, don't you want to do it?" ”

He didn't stop laughing, but he saw a large amount of snow foam flying on the snow not far away!

A group of Qiu Diren, who wore white hats, white robes, white boots, and covered their bodies with snow, laughed and shook off the snow, showed the bows and arrows that had been prepared for a long time in their hands, and 'shot' arrows at Shen Zangfeng and his party within less than twenty steps.

This change of story came out suddenly, according to the guide's calculations, Shen Zangfeng and his party after a long time of trekking in the snow, at this moment they are close to running out of oil, even with Shen Zangfeng's identity, dozens of riders around him are the "elite" of the "elite", but now there will not be much resistance left; not to mention that with the help of the snow and the snow and sand that blows from time to time, the Di people are so close to the ambush that they don't give Shen Zangfeng and his party much chance to react...... No matter how you look at it, this ambush is nine out of ten.

Seeing Di Ren's arrows rain down, the guide who had dodged to the side early could almost see that this battle would end soon, and he followed Di Ren to the king's tent of Mushuer Shan Yu to receive the reward, and he would enjoy an inexhaustible rich future in this life!