It was early in the morning of the second day when Bai Haocheng returned to the capital, and he hesitated when he tiptoed around Bai Qige's room, but finally did not go in, but went straight back to his room.

"I don't sleep in the middle of the night, is the second brother out on patrol all night?" As soon as the door was pushed open, before Bai Haocheng could close his eyes and let out a long breath, a faint sound echoed in the room.

Bai Haocheng stiffened, and when he found that the person sitting at the table was Bai Qige, his smile was extremely unnatural: "Look around, and take a break by the way, I always think about some trivial things in the past two days, and my mood is terrible." ”

Bai Qige didn't directly point out how irrefutable the embarrassing smile and red cheeks of Bai Haocheng were, and his eyes were as clear as Qiushui's eyes staring at Bai Xinxuan's brother, as if he wanted to see through his thoughts, which made Bai Haocheng extremely uncomfortable.

In the end, the generation of military gods who are not good at lying spread their hands and surrendered: "How do you know that I am out." ”

"Yu Che saw that you left the palace and did not come back until the second half of the night, so I went to the city gate and asked the guards, saying that you had already left the city early in the morning." Bai Qige stood up and reached out to dust off a wipe of dry dirt from Bai Haocheng's waist, "Second brother, tell me who you went out of the city to meet." Chen Jing is still Yi Chenxuan, or someone else. ”

In front of Bai Qige, Bai Haocheng felt that he was transparent, and it was more difficult to hide something than to ascend to the sky. Shaking his head helplessly, he used the moment when he lowered his head to wipe the dirt to cover up the fleeting panic, Bai Haocheng tried his best to pretend to be unreserved: "It's the fifth prince Yi Chenxuan." In fact, the scout camp spies had been captured by the Yao Army, and Yi Chenxuan had secretly released him and asked him to bring me a letter to meet in the swamp last night. ”

"If he tells you to go, you go. That person is cunning and insidious, full of obscene methods, second brother, aren't you afraid of falling for his tricks. Fortunately, you came back safely, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to my father. Bai Qige was a little anxious, and his tone was inevitably full of momentum, but Bai Haocheng did not laugh angrily, his eyes were full of tenderness.

"I'm sorry to worry you."

Being scolded and apologizing, Bai Haocheng's reaction made Bai Qige speechless for a while, half-open mouth didn't know what to say, and there was a trace of regret for his reckless actions, since Bai Haocheng confessed in the prison, Bai Qige has always avoided being alone with him, if she wasn't worried about his safety today and didn't want others to be uneasy, she wouldn't be waiting alone in Bai Haocheng's room. It's okay now, it's not going to stay, and I don't dare to say more if I want to advise, for fear that Bai Haocheng will think too much.

The awkward atmosphere lasted for a moment, and Bai Qige had an idea to divert the topic: "What is Yi Chenxuan looking for you." Persuasion. ”

"No, he said that Emperor Yao has the intention of withdrawing troops, but he needs us to give us a step. The matter was too broad for me to decide alone, so I came back without giving him an answer. "Yi Chenxuan is such a good talker. Bai Qige didn't believe it, raised his eyebrows with a skeptical expression, Bai Haocheng tried to hold on to it with a straight face, but he still couldn't hold it, and after a long sigh, he spoke again: "Okay, I'll confess." The meaning over there is to ask you to admit treason and surrender voluntarily, and then Emperor Yao will exempt you from the death penalty and punish you lightly, and when the turmoil has passed and no one pays attention to it, it is not impossible to restore the crown princess to ......the position of crown princess."

"The second brother agreed." As if hearing something ridiculous, Bai Qige chuckled, and her disdain was very obvious, "If what Yi Chenxuan said can be believed, then there will be no so-called lies in this world." It is unknown how much of the meaning of Emperor Yao was from beginning to end, and it is simply absurd that he jumped out at this time to 'convey the holy will'. ”

Bai Haocheng nodded vigorously and said in a deep voice: "I know that you have been wronged, how can I accept this condition." If our Bai family is really the kind of person who does not hesitate to destroy his reputation in order to survive, he will not be closed to the dead now. Don't worry, Qige, I have already told him that it is impossible to accept such conditions, there is no room for bargaining in this matter, even if the last soldier is exhausted, the second brother will stick to the end. ”

Obviously it was a touching word, but Bai Qige could only respond with a wry smile, almost inaudible and shallow sighs, and lowered his head to fiddle with the Cuihuang Sword in his hand.

"Second brother, when I went to look for you, I saw that there were people who had fled out of the city, and there were quite a few of them...... If this continues, the Bai family will be resented by the people. ”

"It's not a sneak away, I asked the soldiers defending the city to release them, but I didn't expect that so many people would want to leave." Bai Haocheng seemed to be a little disappointed and sad, "The soldiers have followed me for many years, and they are all iron-clad men, even if you are not among them, they will defend the capital and defend the land of Zhaoguo; And those people are different, they are busy all day long just to make a living, the great cause of the family and the country, the rise and fall of the dynasty is too far away for them, far less realistic than a full meal. Now that the army has been cut off from our food and water, the people will not have enough to eat and be frightened, and of course they will be dissatisfied and resentful of our actions. What they hope in their hearts is to end the war as soon as possible, no matter who wins or loses, the most important thing is to return their peaceful life. ”

"If the country is not a country, how can it be a home. Do you want to put all the responsibility for protecting our homeland on us? Sighing abruptly, Bai Qige looked at the sky, where the clouds were about to disperse, but the bright daylight had not yet arrived.

Bai Haocheng stood behind Bai Qige and quietly looked at her back, was stunned for a moment, and said abruptly: "Qige, go fly a kite." ”

"What." Bai Qige wasn't sure if he had heard Bai Haocheng's words clearly, and turned back blankly.

"No, nothing, it's just that I suddenly remembered the agreement with Yu Che." Shaking his head with a smile, Bai Haocheng patted Bai Qige on the shoulder, "I haven't slept all night." Seeing that your face is bad, go back to the room and rest, and I'll go see Yuche's girl. ”

Bai Qige was indeed a little sleepy, chaotic and walked back to the room to sleep, helplessly closed his eyes and his mind was full of Yi Chenxuan and Yi Chenjing's staggered faces, and he didn't know whether he was asleep or confused, in short, he was even more tired when he woke up.

Looking at the hourglass, it was almost two o'clock, usually it was the time for the changing of the guard of the soldiers on duty, and the palace should be very lively, but at this time, the outside of the courtyard was quiet and quiet, and it was even more deserted than usual, and the atmosphere was obviously wrong. Bai Qige turned over and sat up, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and hurriedly walked outside the courtyard, only to see that the soldiers stationed outside were gone, and only a few palace maids and eunuchs were left behind, and their faces were pale and pale.

"What's going on. Where have the people gone? Bai Qige grabbed the little eunuch who was passing by and asked quickly.

The little eunuch was already flustered, and was taken aback by being pulled like this, and when he saw that it was Bai Qige, he let out a sigh, and his expression seemed to be about to cry: "Third Miss, don't be scary, the minion's courage is about to break," Seeing that Bai Qige looked confused and didn't know what was going on, the little eunuch hurriedly pushed her aside so as not to block the way of others, and his trembling voice was still crying: "There is a fight outside the city, the third lady should also find a place to hide, the people outside are clamoring to see General Bai, and they are almost blocked at the palace gate,"

Bai Qige's face stiffened, and his body shook.

The morning was calm, but the war would start in the afternoon. It was the four old generals or Yi Chenjing who commanded the Yao Army. If it's Yi Chenjing, doesn't it mean ...... Sheji Jiangshan is still her, Yi Chenjing has already made a decision. The mind was like a mess, the more I tried to sort it out, the more chaotic it became, Bai Qige knocked the corner of his forehead to drive away the messy thoughts, took the Cuihuang Sword and ran towards the palace gate, completely ignoring the little eunuch shouting desperately behind him.

When the war broke out, the people panicked, and there were many internal and external troubles and oppression, she was worried that Bai Haocheng was too tired to carry alone, even if she couldn't help anything, at least she could stand at the head of the city, and live and die with him and the last land of Zhaoguo.

The remote army launched a sudden attack at noon, and dozens of famous soldiers of the Zhao Kingdom who were in charge of reconnaissance ten miles outside the city tried their best to send a signal to the city, and by the time the horses carried people back to the city, the corpses were already bloody and fleshy, and they could not recognize who was who. Bai Haocheng immediately ordered a defense, while blocking and evacuating the people who wanted to leave the capital, while gathering all the soldiers in the city to fight, and when evening came, the Yao army had attacked the gate and garrisoned the city.

"The formation is tightly arranged, and the attack is orderly, which is not at all comparable to the previous offensive." Seeing Bai Qige appear in the city, Bai Haocheng was not surprised, but Yu Che, who was trying to put away his scared expression beside him, made Bai Qige a little surprised. However, Bai Haocheng didn't have time to think about this, the two sword eyebrows frowned, and his eyes fell on the dense array of Yao soldiers under the city: "A few people took advantage of the chaos to go out of the city, and now their lives are uncertain, and some people not only did not flinch when they saw the hand, but were more anxious to get out, I really can't stop them." ”

"Let them be, didn't the second brother also say, live or die, go or stay, that is their freedom." Bai Qige tried his best to comfort Bai Haocheng, and did not mention what he saw and heard on the way.

The soldiers guarding the city wall did not know that some of the people in Liang Shi City were messing around like crazy, if Bai Qige hadn't rushed out on a horse just now, they were afraid that they would be eaten alive by the angry people surrounding the palace, those people no longer supported the Bai family, they turned their hope into horror and resentment, and regarded the Bai family as the culprit who caused the war and caused the people to suffer a lot.

Bai Haocheng, who has been charging for Zhao for half his life, will definitely be very sad if he hears this news.

So Bai Qige didn't say a word, just stood beside him, bravely accepting the destruction of fate, looking at the city, looking at the black and oppressive remote army and the blood-stained earth, it was this unintentional glance that made her heart suddenly tighten.

"Chenjing,"

Hearing Bai Qige's voice and whisper, Bai Haocheng's heart was shocked, remembering that it was too late to cover her eyes, and while scolding himself for being careless, he quickly pushed Bai Qige to Yu Che's side, and he stood in front, isolating Bai Qige's sight from looking at the city.

He didn't want her to see it.

In the vanguard of the remote army, the figure of silver light was like a silent blade, silent and stabbing people's hearts.