Chu Xi's horse didn't know how far it had run, until it reached a crowded place in the market, and those assassins didn't dare to pounce directly on her and catch her, but they kept following behind, just waiting for an opportunity.

She fell from her horse, looked at the surprised glances of the people in the market, and stood up calmly, barely stopping. Fortunately, it was just dawn, and the market was full of people, and the assassins did not dare to act rashly.

"Why are you alone?"

Just as Chu Xi was preparing to leave, he heard a voice behind him, and turned his head to look, but it was Zhu Feng, the old department who Zhao Xunyan had arranged to come to the town to prepare the house first.

Zhu Feng had several scars on his face and neck, so Chu Xi was sure that it was him at a glance: "He's dead." ”

"Dead?" The green tendons between Zhu Feng's forehead burst out, as if he was enduring great pain, he stared at Chu Xi fiercely: "Did you kill him?" ”

Chu Xi didn't speak, and looked not far away, Zhu Feng turned around, and also saw the assassin who was sneakily following behind.

He pondered for a long time, his face was dark, but he didn't question Chu Xi again, and only whispered, "Follow me." With that, he turned around and left.

Chu Xi took the horse, looked at the blood stains on his body, his face was pale, and he walked forward with him.

After a while, the two of them arrived at the room prepared by Zhu Feng, this room was not big, but the front and back were transparent, and they could go out on both sides.

After Zhu Feng closed the door of the house, five or six more people came out of the courtyard, and they all looked at Chu Xi with hatred: "She killed the prince!" Someone couldn't help but say loudly.

Chu Xi didn't speak, she knew that Zhu Feng would not kill her.

Zhu Feng glanced at everyone: "You guys retreat first." ”

"But ......"

"But what!" Zhu Feng said angrily: "She said that the prince is dead, but we haven't seen the corpse yet, what are you anxious about!" Although he said this, he already knew that Zhao Xunyan was certain to die, that is, looking at the group of killers who followed Chu Xi, he knew that they would not let Zhao Xunyan go easily, and if Zhao Xunyan was not cornered and there was no one around him, he would definitely not let Chu Xian risk coming alone, he must have no one around him......

Zhu Feng didn't dare to think about it anymore, and turned his head to look at Chu Xi: "I'll take you to live first." ”

Chu Ji told them where Zhao Xunyan was, and then went back, but she looked at the blood on her clothes and knew that Zhao Xunyan would definitely not live.

Lin Qingyu, who was thousands of miles away, also felt the heartache, the moment the Gu worm left Zhao Xunyan's body, he barely eased his breath, but at such a time, the first thing he thought about was whether something had happened to Chu Xi.

Zhao Ke on the side hurriedly looked for a doctor, and looked at him lying on the bed, his face was slightly solemn: "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Qingyu raised his hand to caress his heart, but now he felt that his heart seemed to have another feeling.

"When will the prince leave?" Lin Qingyu refers to the matter of letting Zhao Ke return to the capital.

Zhao Ke said: "Two days later, he suddenly sent some grain and grass over. Fanbang has already started to attack us, and southern Xinjiang is also about to move, so I want to see the situation first. ”

Lin Qingyu bowed slightly, sat up, and Lin Fu came in from outside and brought news of the capital.

"The emperor went on a personal expedition early this morning to deal with those rebellious vassal kings."

After Lin Fu finished speaking, Zhao Ke asked; "Then who is staying in the capital?"

"The Fourth Prince."

"The fourth ......" Zhao Ke shook his head slightly: "Although the fourth child is honest, he is timid and cowardly, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do it." ”

"And ......" Lin Fu pulled out a letter from his sleeve: "The army that Fanbang had previously faced with the old general Yang has been wiped out, but the old general was ambushed on the way back, I am afraid that there are more soldiers in Fanbang who have infiltrated the territory of our court." ”

"What?" Zhao Ke raised his head in surprise, and Lin Fu bowed slightly to confirm what Fang had just said.

Zhao Ke hurriedly turned his head to look at Lin Qingyu: "Could it be that Fanbang is fighting now, it's just a trick, their purpose is to smash Huanglong?" ”

Lin Qingyu shook his head slightly: "His battle with Southern Xinjiang is real, and now turning the gun on us should not be a trick." ”

"Then where did he get so many soldiers and horses? Fanbang is not big, you know, against our 100,000 army, if he still wants to disperse his forces, it will be self-defeating, he can't have thought of it. Zhao Ke said busily.

"Now it's not just Fanbang who wants to oppose us, but also Southern Xinjiang and various vassal kings, they can cooperate with anyone they want." Lin Qingyu said, his face was slightly solemn, and he looked at Lin Fu: "Can you find out who else is left in the capital?" ”

"It's all soft-footed shrimp, and it's useless." Lin Fu said.

Zhao Ke stood up: "It seems that this king wants to go back immediately." ”

Lin Fu looked at him and said, "If the prince goes back now, have you ever thought about what if the emperor comes up with a name of rebellion and condemns you?" ”

Zhao Ke exhaled deeply: "Even so, this king can't watch the soldiers come to the city and let the people fall into misery. ”

When Lin Qingyu heard this, his thin lips lifted slightly, and he looked at him with a smile: "Lord Wang, when you leave, you have to do another thing." ”

"What's the matter?"

"You immediately send the news to the emperor and let him make a decision, at that time, whether he agrees or not, you will be famous, and you will not take the troops back to the city without authorization." Lin Qingyu said slowly.

Zhao Ke suddenly understood what he meant: "If Zhao Xuanyi doesn't agree and traps the people in fire and water, even if he is afraid, he is not willing to bear it." If you agree, you will be considered famous. Well, this king will leave immediately, and this place will be handed over to you and this king's General Liu. Zhao Ke looked at General Liu, the deputy general who had been following him, and as soon as he left, he handed over the tiger talisman to him, commanded by Lin Qingyu, and he became the vanguard.

"Okay." Lin Qingyu responded neatly, and watched him leave in a hurry, so he was a little relieved, and then looked at General Liu and said, "Go and write a war book." ”

"So fast?"

"The sooner the better." The sooner he explored the reality of Fanbang and southern Xinjiang, the better Zhao Ke would prepare as soon as possible.

General Liu was not suspicious, and immediately received the order.

Lin Qingyu glanced at Lin Fu and said, "Inform your father immediately and be ready at any time." ”

"You mean there's going to be a war soon?" Lin Fu asked.

Lin Qingyu shook his head slightly, but let out a long sigh: "Be prepared for a hard battle." ”

Once the flames of war are ignited in the Central Plains, it cannot be stopped in a day or two.

The strife in the world does not know how long it will take to settle down.

In the weather at the beginning of November, the scene outside became bleak and lonely, Lin Qingyu got up and walked out of the tent, looking at the leaves that had begun to wither, his face was pale, just thinking, if his wife was also here, how good it would be to enjoy the autumn colors with him.

Lin Fu stood beside him, his tone was still cold: "Do you want to help Prince Yu all the time?" ”

"Wait until you find your sister, and then wait for him to sit on the throne." Zhao Xuanyi is too suspicious, if he doesn't fall from the pinnacle of power, the people of the world will not be blessed, and he and his concubine will not have a truly peaceful life. He wanted to give her a peaceful and prosperous life, give her a quiet and long-lasting life, and didn't want her to suffer a lot in the first half of her life, and as she had to tense up all day long, she would pass the days.

Lin Fu looked at him with sadness in his eyes all day long, just like when his master died for him, he always locked himself in his small space, and felt a little distressed: "We have sent additional manpower, and according to the news that Yan Yi came back, they have entered the territory of Mongolia. ”

Lin Qing was foolish, he had already asked Zhao Ke to send a letter to the Mongolian king, believing that there would be news of her soon.

"Zheng Yun is helping the old general?" Lin Qingyu asked, Lin Fu bowed, and then heard him say again: "Yang Ci has already written several times, you go and pick him up." ”

Lin Fu frowned slightly: "His arm ......"

"It's just an arm, can't you be a general?" Lin Qingyu said lightly.

Lin Fu realized his narrowness and nodded: "I will let him come over safely." ”

"Hmm." Lin Qingyu nodded and didn't say anything more.

The border of Fanbang is rough, there are not many plants and trees, there is a lot of yellow sand, the smoke and dust are rolled, the yellow sand is rolling, but there is a bit of a vast taste, but the king of Fanbang didn't have time to appreciate it more, so he was caught off guard by Lin Qingyu and retreated hundreds of miles.

At this time, the king of Fanbang was already furious: "Didn't they write a war book!" ”

"Yes, but they fought after the war book, and they didn't follow the ......time on the war book at all," the generals at the bottom complained again and again, they were already eager to take off their armor and not sleep all day long, but they still couldn't grasp when and where the army in the Central Plains would attack.

"The people of the Central Plains are cunning, not at all!" The king of Fanbang was so angry that he didn't even have the heart to look at the beauty, and waved his hand: "You don't have to wait for the war book anymore, just call me directly!" ”

"Then aren't we as cunning as those Central Plains people?"

"It's all this time, what are you talking about!" The king of Fanbang was so angry that his face turned pale, but before he finished speaking, another battle report came from outside, saying that there was a one-armed little general, with a team of no more than 100 people, who had burned down several of their granaries.

The fighting on the border became more and more intense, and Zhao Xuanyi also fell into a difficult situation, he not only underestimated the strength of the vassal kings, but also underestimated their determination. Not only did they encircle the local rebel mob, but they even mingled with the people of Fanbang and southern Xinjiang, besieging him in a small city.

He was still wearing armor at this time, standing on the city tower and looking at the tens of thousands of soldiers under the city, his face was cold.

A lieutenant general hurriedly came: "Your Majesty, this place is almost unstoppable, let's withdraw quickly!" ”

Zhao Xuanyi looked at the people below and asked in a cold voice: "How many cities have we lost in the past half a month?" ”

"Three...... Three. The lieutenant shuddered and took a half step back.

Zhao Xuanyi closed his eyes in pain, listening to the shouts of the soldiers below, his fists clenched tightly.

"Your Majesty, let's withdraw, let's go back to the capital now, and it's not too late to move the rescue troops." The deputy continued.

Zhao Xuanyi opened his eyes, and what he saw was not the great rivers and mountains he expected, but the devastation, the war broke out, and the people were displaced.

"Did Prince Yu reply to the letter from half a month ago?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.

"Not yet, at that time you said that you would not send it. But there is news from the capital that Prince Yu has returned to the capital with his troops privately, so this time you go back, you must behead ...... first."

Before he finished his words, Zhao Xuanyi raised the knife and cut his neck directly.

The adjutant general's eyes widened, and he couldn't understand why Zhao Xuanyi would suddenly kill him.

Zhao Xuanyi turned his head to look at the soldiers standing under his city tower, and shouted: "We are only leaving temporarily, but we will never lose!" ”

"Never lose! Never lose! The people below seemed to have suddenly lifted their morale.

Zhao Xuanyi raised his hand and raised the bloody knife in his hand, looking at the flags fluttering with the cold wind on the city tower, his heart ached like ten thousand arrows piercing his heart, but he couldn't regret it now, and he didn't have time to regret it, but listening to the roars of the group of people outside, he had to slowly drop the sword in his hand, and let the cold wind rage, but he still took people out of the city overnight.

He Zhao Xuanyi lost another city.

At this time, Chu Xi also heard the news in the Central Plains in Mongolia, but Lin Qingyu still didn't seem to show up, but the one-armed little general who defeated Fanbang one after another, she seemed to guess who it was.

She was sitting in a tavern, those people sent by Zhao Xuanyi had been solved by Zhu Feng's people, and she was also looked at by Zhu Feng's people, and she was not allowed to contact with the Mongolian people at all, she didn't know what Zhu Feng's purpose was, but she knew that she had to leave here.

The shopkeeper brought mare's milk wine and mutton, Chu Xi was nearly four months pregnant, and she couldn't eat these things, so those people specially told the shopkeeper to stew some tonic from the Central Plains.

"Madame is from the Central Plains?" When the shopkeeper was serving, he took the initiative to ask in a non-standard Central Plains dialect.

Chu Xi didn't have time to answer, and the person sent by Zhu Feng said impatiently: "It's none of your business, don't ask more." ”

When the shopkeeper saw this, he hurried away again. Chu Xi glanced at him, lowered his eyes and ate with peace of mind.

After half a month of recuperation, her body has improved a lot, but these people look at her very strictly, and they don't allow her to take half a step away at all.

Zhu Feng came back after eating, he sent Zhao Xunyan's bones back to the Central Plains for burial, and when he came, he gave her something wrapped in a cloth towel: "Master held on to this tightly before he died, I think it was for you." Zhu Feng said coldly.

Chu Xi glanced at it and continued to eat his own food, and the person who yelled at the shopkeeper immediately slapped the table and stared at Chu Xi viciously: "I warn you, don't be too self-righteous!" The prince died for a woman like you, why don't you even have a little gratitude! ”

Chu Xi's hand holding the soup spoon paused slightly, and after drinking it slowly, he turned his head, picked up the cloth towel on the table, opened it, and saw a small silver bracelet inside, and the word 'worry-free' was engraved on the inside of the bracelet.

Chu Xi looked at it and put the bracelet on one side.

The man was about to get angry again, but Zhu Feng held him down, glanced at Chu Xi coldly, and pushed the bracelet in front of her: "You owe the prince a life, he is dead, you keep this bracelet." He didn't have the slightest tone of discussion, it was directly an order, in their opinion, Zhao Xunyan died for Chu Xi, Chu Xi should be buried, only Zhu Feng was a little calmer, he knew that Zhao Xunyan didn't want her to die, so he wouldn't kill her.

Seeing that Chu Xi never wanted to pick up this bracelet, Zhu Feng said: "We won't keep watching you, but we won't let you leave until the war is over and you will keep the spirit for our master for three years." ”

Chu Xi frowned slightly: "I won't guard his spirit." "He is dead, grievances are gone, and she doesn't want to have anything to do with Zhao Xunyan anymore, maybe the two of them are fateful, whoever falls in love with anyone is a disaster, so whether they are in the past life, this life, or the next life, they should not have any more intersections, in this way, maybe in the next life, Zhao Xunyan can have a peaceful life.

She pushed the bracelet back and looked at Zhu Feng calmly: "He has nothing to do with me, so it's good for him." With that, he straightened up and left.

The man was about to be ruthless again, but Zhu Feng stopped him, looked at the back of Chu Xi leaving, and then looked back at the bracelet, not knowing what to think.

Back in the small courtyard, Chu Xi went back to the room directly, she looked at the destruction of the secluded mark she had made when she left, and knew that they came back after she left, and they were trying to prevent her from escaping, but she couldn't wait.

Because she closed the door tightly, Zhu Feng only asked a few words at her door, and then left, and when it was dark, Chu Xi looked at the fire candles jumping in the room, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly.

The **** where she lives is guarded every night, and even if she wants to open the window to let in the air, she can see someone staring, so the only way she can escape is to let them all relax their vigilance.

Zhu Feng was thinking about Chu Xi's words today, but before he could figure it out, he saw a thick smoke drifting in.

It hadn't rained in Mongolia for a long time, and the weather was dry, so the curtain was lit, and a fire quickly ignited, accompanied by a strong wind, and in an instant, the fire had swallowed Chu Xi's room.

The four or five people in the courtyard began to scramble to come in and find someone, but when they hurried into the small room to take a look, they found that it was empty.

After looking left and right, he looked at the opened window again, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Zhu Feng: "Did you run away?" ”

Zhu Feng had heard Zhao Xunyan say before that Chu Xi was extremely cunning: "Three people will chase after it, and the remaining two will search with me again......" After that, he began to look through the boxes and cabinets in the room, but wherever he could hide people, he would not let go of any of them, but the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and Chu Xi should not plan to burn himself to death.

"I'm afraid I'll run away, or hide in the yard." Someone proposed, after all, the fire here is getting bigger and bigger, and they don't care about Chu Xi's life and death at all, if Zhu Feng didn't have to listen to Zhao Xunyan's protection of Chu Xi, they would be willing to guard Zhao Xunyan's grave.

Zhu Feng looked at it and confirmed that he had rummaged through everything he could find, and then said, "Go out first." "Anyway, before the beams collapsed, I went out with people again.

Zhu Feng took the two of them, and saw that the house was about to burn down, and no one came out, so he was sure that Chu Xi had run away: "Go and chase it!" With that, he led the horse and ran out.

After the three of them left, a small figure appeared in the courtyard, and after he was drenched, he didn't care about the eyes of everyone who rushed to put out the fire, and rushed directly into the fire, opened a hidden iron cover under the bed, and watched Chu Xi come out of it, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

This small basement, which can only accommodate one person to hide, was dug out by him quietly coming over every night to dig it up with Chu Xi every night in the past half a month, and he couldn't take Chu Xi away, so he could only quietly transport the soil away, and finally dug a place under their noses that could make Chu Xi stay for a while, and then dared to set this fire.

After they rushed out of the fire, Chu Xi directly pulled Mu Ming over: "Get on the horse." After that, he looked at his small head again and said, "Do you know how to ride a horse?" ”

Mu Ming gritted his teeth slightly, the scar on his face that was cut by thorns had not disappeared, and he only nodded: "I can try." ”

When Chu Ji saw this, he knew that he didn't know how to ride a horse. She turned over and stretched out her hand to Mu Ming: "Quick!" "They chase it a short distance and find out if they are fooled, so they don't have much time to stay.

Mu Ming hesitated slightly, looked at Chu Xi, his eyes were a little red: "Will I still hurt my brother?" ”

Chu Xi was slightly stunned, looking at the horror and timidity in his eyes, and a slight smile appeared on his lips: "I don't blame you for what happened last time, get on the horse!" ”

Mu Ming was still a little timid, if it wasn't for himself last time, Chu Xi's child would not have been beaten by Zhao Xunyan.

When he was still hesitating, Chu Xi had already neatly reined in the horse and came out: "Quick!" Chu Xi seemed to have heard the sound of horses' hooves hurrying towards this side.

Mu Ming looked at Chu Xi, gritted his teeth slightly, and still shook his head: "I can't hurt my brother anymore." "I've killed my mother, and I can't kill my brother anymore.

He chewed tears in his eyes, his feet were not healed from being bitten by a snake when he went to the bottom of the valley to find his mother's body, and he still had some pain when he walked, but he didn't say a word, turned his head and disappeared with light effort.

Chu Xi's face was slightly gloomy, but now she couldn't allow her to hesitate much, thinking about the method that Lin Qingyu had taught her before, and as soon as she whipped the horse, the horse quickly ran up.

When Zhu Feng turned back, he only saw a fast horse leaving quickly, and he hesitated in his heart, but he still went back to the courtyard to check first, and when he knew that Chu Xi had just escaped, he guessed that the person he had just seen was her.

"Or let's just kill her and let her give her a funeral!"

"Shut up!" Zhu Feng scolded sharply, and then looked at the direction Chu Xi left, she should have planned to return the same way: "Let's wait for her at the inn on the border, she will definitely go back!" With that, he left in a hurry with the people.

Chu Xi kept running forward quickly, not daring to stop at all, until the sky was bright, she borrowed a set of men's clothes from the nomad she met halfway, and then hurriedly got on the horse and left, she wanted to go back to see Lin Qingyu earlier, she couldn't wait for a moment.

When Yan Yi traced the news again, there was only a pile of smoke and dust left.

"It's too late again!" Yan's face was so black that he could drip water, and in the past few months of tracking, he had also lost a lot of weight, but this time they didn't have to make much effort to know where Chu Xi had gone, and they also knew where Zhao Xunyan's old subordinates had gone.

Yan San followed, looked at the scene where the fire had been burned, and said, "Shall we rest for a while or rush over now?" ”

Yan Yi looked at the people following him, although everyone cheered up, but they hadn't closed their eyes for three days and three nights.

"According to the news I just found, those people should not continue to chase Madame, since they are going to wait at the inn, you should also go to the inn and wait, I will follow Madame's route to find her, in case of accidents." After that, he turned his head and got on the horse, and without waiting for Yan San to speak, he drove the horse and left.

Yan San had no choice but to ask someone to send the news back, which made people hurry to the inn on the border.

The area around the inn was indeed the easiest place to get through the tricks, but Chu Xi also knew that those people would definitely wait for her somewhere, so she had to find another way.

Mongolia's steppes stretch as far as the eye can see, except for the occasional nomadic family with cattle and sheep, there is no one else to be seen, and there are few people on the official roads.

Zhu Feng waited outside the inn for three days, but there was still no trace of Chu Xi, and others were already impatient, but he hadn't yet.

It happened that there were people outside the city who drove cattle and sheep to exchange for food, and it was very lively.

"Let's see if there's her." Zhu Feng said.

Others disdain: "How can a delicate person like her be mixed in this stinky sheep." ”

Zhu Feng's face was slightly dark, and he walked out in person, and when he walked through the lobby, he only felt that there were two cold eyes on him, and when he turned his head to look, there was nothing, just some people sitting in the corner who were drinking with their heads down, which looked a little strange.

"What's wrong?" Someone else came over and asked.

Zhu Feng frowned slightly, but he still shook his head and walked out, but when he reached the sheep seller, the figure with his head hanging down behind her disappeared.

"Oh no, she's gone!" Zhu Feng reacted instantly, shouted, and began to chase forward with people as soon as he stepped forward.

The man who stood in a corner watched them leave, and then he came out of the shadows, wrapped up the big coat she had exchanged for his horse, and walked briskly forward.

But before she could get out of the town, someone stopped her.

"Yo, look, there's a delicate little lady in men's clothes." The obscene voice kept laughing, and when Chu Xi looked up, he saw a big man with a big knife and a beard.

Chu Xi held the dagger tightly in her hand and looked at them lightly: "You robbed money? ”

"I can't see that the little lady is quite good, but ...... Hehe......" He greedily stared at Chu Xi's face that had been cultivated for half a month, and swallowed his saliva: "I'm the person, I like to take both wealth and ...... the most" After that, the people around him surrounded Chu Xi, and on the street not far away, merchants came and went, but they didn't seem to see the situation here, Chu Xi knew that they were afraid that they were used to seeing such things, and these people were also the head snakes here.

"I can give you everything of value on me, but can I leave now?" Chu Xi was a little anxious, this town is not big, Zhu Feng will find her soon, and it will be a failure at that time.

The man only thought that Chu Ji was scared, and laughed louder and louder: "I like to see the little lady screaming in fear, come, call one for the master......"

Before he finished his word 'listen', and before his hand touched Chu Xi's face, he saw a cold light flash, and then a long sword flew directly and pierced his chest.

Those people were stunned, and hurriedly looked around in horror, but saw a cyan figure flying quickly and stopped in front of Chu Xi: "Hurry up!" ”

Chu Xi listened to Yan Yi's familiar voice, and her palms tightened slightly: "See you at the city gate." "With that, let's leave quickly. With Yan Yi's kung fu, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with these little gangsters.

But Chu Xi was delayed for too long, Zhu Feng's people had already looked for him and collided with Chu Xi on the street.

"Catch her!"

Chu Xi turned his head and went back in the direction of Yan Yi, but they had already flown over, and Chu Xi had to pull the silver needles in the purple jade bracelet, but the silver needles were all used up on the day Zhao Xunyan died.

Seeing that they were about to surround her and grab her, Yan San had already heard the movement and rushed over.

"Madame Protection!"

Yan San shouted, and more than a dozen people quickly surrounded Zhu Feng's people.

Yan Sanhu was in front of Chu Xi: "Madam, go quickly!" ”

"There are still people at the gates." Chu Xi said firmly, Zhu Feng must be waiting for her there.

Yan San gritted his teeth slightly, looked at the people who were entangled, withdrew his sword, and took Chu Xi to another door.

Chu Xi glanced back at Yan Yi, who had already arrived, didn't think much about it, and quickly walked away.

Zhu Feng didn't stop Chu Xi in the end, but there were originally six people, but two were lost, and only four remained.

"I'll go back to guard the tomb of my grandfather, if you want to catch it, catch it yourself." is still the same person before, he is already very dissatisfied and wants to continue to catch Chu Xi.

Zhu Feng glanced at him: "You'd better not think about killing her." ”

The man glanced at Zhu Feng lightly, turned around with his sword in his arms, and only said, "Don't worry, I won't kill her." "It's strange, if he didn't kill Chu Xi, how could he be worthy of his dead brother, how could he be worthy of the prince who died for her!

Zhu Feng looked at his back and left, remembering the current situation in the Central Plains, his face was slightly gloomy: "Keep chasing, you must not let Chu Xi and Lin Qingyu converge!" ”

"Yes!"

Chu Xi was sitting in the galloping carriage at this time, the carriage was bumpy, but the child in her belly didn't seem to make any trouble at all, and it was very quiet.

However, the news that Chu Xi had been found and was already on the way back to the Central Plains was intercepted by Zhao Xuanyi's people halfway before it could be transmitted to Lin Qingyu.

His army was stationed in the city, which was the most important fortress, and if the city was lost, then the vassal kings would have nothing to hinder.

"Your Majesty, there is news of peace from Fanbang."

"Summation?" Zhao Xuanyi sneered: "I don't know who they are, but I heard that it is the Yang family that is on the battlefield now?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Xuanyi got up, looked at the saber on the side, his dark face showed a bit of murderous intent, and he only said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, immediately order, summon Yang Ci to lead an army of 50,000 to come over and deal with the vassal king for me." In addition, if Yang Ci can make war exploits this time, I can not blame the past and still give him the glory of the Yang family. ”

"But the emperor, if you withdraw the 50,000 army......"

"Didn't you say that Fanbang was already suing for peace? Besides, Lin Qingyu must be there, with him, even if the remaining 50,000 troops lose 30,000, there will still be 20,000, which is more than enough for him. Zhao Xuanyi said coldly.

"Yes." The people below didn't dare to say more, so they hurriedly turned around and left.

Zhao Xuanyi watched him leave, and then called someone in: "Send three thousand troops over, be sure to arrest Chu Xi for me!" ”

The general who followed him on the side looked at him in surprise: "Your Majesty, three thousand troops, is it too much of a fuss." Moreover, if Lin Qingyu is really secretly helping Prince Yu, this time our people will pass, Prince Yu will definitely do it. ”

Zhao Xuanyi glanced at him: "Prince Yu brought troops back to Beijing without permission, it is already a major crime of rebellion, if he dares to interfere this time, you will directly bring someone back to punish him for the crime of rebellion!" ”

The general was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't say half a word when he opened his mouth, so he had to answer the order.

Zhao Xuanyi looked at the generals sitting below who didn't dare to make a sound, and then looked at the sand table placed in front of him, with a cold face: "Don't worry, when Yang Ci and the 80,000 army arrive, it will be the time to decide the victory!" In addition to these troublesome kings here, Prince Yu and Lin Qingyu helped me deal with Fanbang and Southern Xinjiang......" Zhao Xuanyi raised his eyes and looked out coldly, the dark clouds were overwhelming, and the atmosphere was becoming more and more gloomy, as if in an instant, the wind and clouds could change, making him lose everything.

The Central Plains was completely plunged into war, and the border was not at peace.

The king of Fanbang repeatedly said that he wanted to surrender and retreat, but none of them really withdrew the troops who went deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, so Lin Qingyu was not in a hurry, and let people rush forward vigorously, and it seemed that there was a momentum that would never stop if Fanbang was annexed in one go, so frightened that Fanbang did not dare to write to southern Xinjiang again.

Because Southern Xinjiang was planning to reap the benefits of fishing and not making a move for a long time, Lin Qingyu simply did not provoke the incident in Southern Xinjiang first, and fought hard against Fanbang, so that they were defeated and retreated, and refused to stop.

When Yang Ci received the edict, he didn't pay attention to the general who came to deliver the edict, but went directly to Lin Qingyu's camp to look for him, but when he arrived in his tent, he found that he had already disappeared, leaving only a long follower.

"The master has ordered, you can do as you wish, he is going to pick up people." The chief said with his head bowed.

Yang Ci blinked and looked at him: "Dispose of it as I wish?" ”

"Yes." Chang Sui nodded again.

Yang Ci's palms tightened slightly, looked at the empty sleeves on his side, and began to pace back and forth. Lin Qingyu is not here, he is not sure if he can still win the battle, and even, if he leaves this time, Fanbang will fight back......

"No, no, Fanbang has been scared, and a lot of people have died, so I don't have the strength to fight back." Yang Ci muttered to himself, but immediately refuted his thoughts: "What if Southern Xinjiang also does it......

Chang Sui saw him at such a loss, so he said the words that were stuffed in his mouth: "The master also said, if you really don't know what to do, then half and half." ”

"Half and half?" Yang Ci frowned, but Chang Sui nodded seriously: "Leave half of it, take half of it away." ”

Yang Ci was stunned, it turned out that Lin Qingyu had even guessed how many people Zhao Xuanyi planned to let him transfer.

He suddenly calmed down, looking at the steaming tea in Lin Qingyu's tent, he saw the edict coming, so he left in a hurry.

"Okay." After saying that, he turned his head and left, looked at the people outside the tent and said coldly: "Go and prepare, I will take 20,000 soldiers and horses back." ”

"Twenty thousand?" The man's face darkened, and he said in a serious tone: "The emperor said 50,000, Yang Ci, don't think that you have won a few battles, and you dare not even take the emperor seriously." ”

If it was Yang Ci as before, he would definitely argue with him, but now he just glanced at him, turned his head and went down to order troops.

He puts the emperor in his eyes, but he has to take into account the overall situation and put the people of the world in his eyes, no one deserves to be the emperor's pawn!

The moment he put on his robe and stepped onto his horse, he seemed to understand his grandfather's stubbornness.

Looking at the dusty road ahead, Yang Ci finally showed a smile on his face for the first time after breaking his arm, raised the long knife in his hand with one hand, and shouted proudly: "Let's go!" ”

20,000 elite soldiers, mighty, and the sound of neat footsteps can be heard far away.

In a carriage at the fork in the road, Lin Fu watched Yang Ci leave alone with someone, and was a little worried: "Won't this happen?" ”

"No matter how confused Zhao Xuanyi is, he won't do anything to him now." Lin Qingyu sighed lightly and lowered the curtain: "Okay, time is running out, let's go." "Ji'er has already entered the Central Plains, and he wants to pick her up in person!

Lin Fu glanced at Lin Qingyu, and his eyes seemed to be finally dyed with a smile, so he also laughed, walked to the carriage, and drove the horse in the other direction.

Chu Xi's side, Yan Yi only knew that she was pregnant halfway, and when she slowed down the speed of the carriage and met an inn along the way, she must stay so that she could have a good rest, Chu Xi began to regret telling him about her pregnancy.

He had already stopped at the third inn, looked at the four or five big dishes that Yan Yi served, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "I can't finish eating alone, you don't need to be so ......"

"Don't worry, when you can't finish eating, we will take it out and distribute it to the beggars." Yan smiled and said, looking at Chu Xi's state, he knew that this child was Lin Qingyu's, and this child had not fallen off after so many tosses, he must be a son!

Chu Xi didn't know what he was smirking at, so she shook her head helplessly, took the dishes and chopsticks and divided what she could eat, and said, "Take these out and give them all to them." ”

Seeing that Chu Yi was holding a small bowl of vegetables and a little white porridge and soup, Yan Yi frowned: "Are you eating cat food?" When we came out before, we saw that Miss Yi'er's appetite was five times that of you......"

When Chu Xi heard him talk about Yi'er, she seemed to have a feeling that her family was by her side, and her eyes were also dyed with a smile: "Maybe it will be good in a few months." "She is a thoughtful person, if she doesn't see Lin Qingyu and safe for a day, she can't eat and sleep well for a day, and she is always worried.

Yan Yi looked at her, she was still thinner than when she was raised in the mansion, and she was a little helpless: "When Lin Gongzi sees it, he must be distressed." With that, he turned around and went out helplessly.

Chu Xi looked at Yan San, who was also leaving, and said, "How is Yan Er's investigation over there, have you found Mu Ming?" ”

Yan San shook his head slightly: "This kid is very good at light skills, and he is extremely patient, so he hasn't found any traces yet." ”

"As long as it doesn't fall into the hands of Zhu Feng's people." Chu Ji said, thinking of Mu Ming, remembering that she was locked in the room by Zhu Feng and them, Mu Ming was covered in injuries, and when he came to look for him in embarrassment, he knew that he had heard the news and followed all the way, and he was afraid that he would not be hungry along the way, and he was afraid that he would encounter wolves, and his legs seemed to be a little lame.

The more Chu Xi thought about it, the more heavy she felt, everything that had happened in the past few months seemed to overwhelm her.

After looking at the white porridge, he lost his appetite, and after sending them away, he simply turned around and walked to the window, intending to open the window to breathe, but before he opened the window, a head popped up, Chu Xi quickly retreated, but he still got in, and before Chu Xi made a sound, he clicked on Chu Xi's acupuncture points and took her away.

He led himself all the way out of town, and only when he reached a barren wood, did he stop, and threw her to the ground viciously.

Chu Xi only felt as if her head had hit the hard wooden stake, and the pain made her almost faint.

"You really think you're a character, who do you think you are? Dare to let the prince sacrifice a good future and sacrifice himself for your life! ”

Chu Xi looked at him who was crazy, when he followed Zhu Feng and saw him, he wanted to kill himself, but he never thought that he was still out of Zhu Feng's control and came here.

"I forgot, you can't talk." After that, he leaned over and unlocked Chu Xi's acupoint, feeling that she couldn't go anyway, so he simply wouldn't restrain her.

He took out the soft sword at his waist and hung it at his side, looked at Chu Xi with disgust, and snorted coldly: "I don't understand, why a wise and martial person like the prince is bound by a woman like you." He should be the overlord of the world, the king of everyone, you are such a glamorous person, you are innocent of death! After he finished speaking, he raised his sword and stabbed it fiercely at Chu Xi's heart.

Chu Ji protected his stomach and hurriedly flipped to the side, but the sword followed.

This man is already crazy!

Chu Xi thought like this, and when he saw him stabbing with his sword again, he hurriedly got up and ran forward.

But where could she outrun this man, but he stopped her after three or two steps.

Chu Xi looked at him vigilantly, and the dagger in her sleeve fell into her hand, but in the face of such a professional killer, she was not sure if her actions that were not even three-legged cat kung fu could save her life: "Is it because of me that Zhao Xunyan chose to give up the fight for the country...... Chu Ji quickly thought of a way while delaying time.

When the man heard this, his hand holding the sword was really stunned.

Chu Xi continued: "He was fundamentally poisoned by the King of Southern Xinjiang and was desperate, so he chose to give up the fight for the country and come to me, didn't he?" She said as she despaired, because this place was far away from the town, and no one would come, and when she was taken away, Yan Yi and the others thought that they were very well protected, and maybe they didn't find out that they were taken away until now, so it was impossible to come in time.

The man's eyes became darker and darker, but he suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Chu Xi with a sneer: "You can really speak well, but no matter what, I will definitely kill you!" With that, he stabbed the sword fiercely at Chu Xi's heart.

Chu Xi was about to dodge, but he saw the sound of rustling in the forest, and then he saw a small black shadow rushing over, but although Mu Ming was good at it, he was only six or seven years old, and he was not his opponent at all.

"Mu Ming, don't worry about me, go find Yan Yi!" Chu Xi looked at Mu Ming who was blocking in front of him and said busily.

Mu Ming bit his lip and said in a low voice: "I want to protect my brother, I promised you!" ”

The man looked at Mu Ming in front of him and sneered: "Huangkou Xiaoer, if you want to die yourself, then I will fulfill you!" ”

"Bastard!" Chu Xi was angry, and directly buckled the purple jade bracelet in his hand, the man thought that there was a needle, and hurriedly hugged his head, but the silver needle did not fly out as expected, and when he turned his head, Chu Xi had already pulled Mu Mingchao on the official road on the side.

Mu Ming looked at Chu Xi who was holding his hand and running forward, the temperature of her palms was the same as that of her mother's, it was so warm.

Before Chu Xi and Mu Ming ran to the official road, they saw the man flying over.

Chu Xi suppressed the panic in her heart and pushed Mu Ming: "Run!" "Mu Ming will never be able to beat him.

But Mu Ming looked at Chu Xi and recognized her more and more.

When the man was about to speak again, Mu Ming directly snatched the dagger in Chu Xi's hand, flew up, wrapped around the man's back like a phantom, and raised his hand to stab him in the eyes, and blood splattered.

The man wailed, grabbed Mu Ming and threw him on the ground, Mu Ming was in great pain before he snorted.

Chu Xi looked at the daggers scattered on the ground, didn't think about it, hurriedly picked them up and stabbed him in the back.

He noticed that there was someone behind him, so he raised his hand to fight back, Chu Xi narrowly dodged, picked up Mu Ming on the ground and carefully hid it, not daring to move, let the person curse and wail, she never dared to make a sound for half a minute, until the sky was about to dawn, Yan Yi led someone to find her.

Mu Ming has been carefully curled up in Chu Xi's arms, he is malnourished all the year round and is very small, but seeing Chu Xi finally get up, he finally opened his already dry lips: "Did I keep my brother?" ”

Chu Xi looked at Mu Ming, who was covered in injuries and his little face was blue in pain and he didn't say a word, choked up and laughed; "It's protected, Mu Ming is very powerful."

Mu Ming listened to her 'thank you', lowered his eyes slightly shyly, but a slight smile appeared on his face: "That's good......" He was about to finish speaking, and after making sure that Chu Xi was safe, he fell into a deep sleep.

Yan Yi rushed over, looked at Chu Xi in a mess, and seemed to be injured, and hurriedly said, "I'll hold him." ”

"Hmm." Chu Ji handed Mu Ming over to Yan Yi, looked at his pale and emaciated little face, and sighed slightly: "Let him follow me all the way, let's go to find Qingyu together." ”

Yan Yi was a little surprised, he knew Mu Ming's true identity: "Do you really want to do this?" ”

Chu Xiwan'er raised his hand and stroked his still calm stomach, and said, "He is the elder brother, so naturally he has to stay to protect the younger brother." ”

Mu Ming seemed to hear Chu Xi's words in his sleep, and his fingers trembled slightly.

He will, will protect his brother, he swears!

Chu Xi didn't go back to the inn, but got into the carriage directly and left, and met the town again along the way, Yan Yi didn't dare to stay any longer, only added supplies along the way, but the further they went, the more and more homeless people became, and when they were not far from the capital, they were already full of sorrow.

Chu Xi got out of the carriage, and Mu Ming also followed alongside, looking at the countless people lying on the side of the road waiting for death with their hands and feet broken, or the woman with a confused face holding her young son who was crying with a wah, they all felt indifferent.

"What are they crying about?" I don't understand: "Is it because it hurts?" ”

"It's because the family is broken and displaced, and I can only watch my relatives around me starve to death and die of illness like this...... Chu Xi's tone was extremely light, for fear of disturbing them.

The weather in November is getting colder and colder, and the cold wind seems to be able to drill into people's bones, making people feel less warm from the inside out.

The cold wind was blowing, and the trees beside the road had long since withered all their leaves, decayed and withered, and shivered in the cold wind under the gloomy sky.

"Mother, I'm hungry ......"

The little girl lying in her mother's arms looked up, because her little face was already thin and no bigger than a palm, so her longing eyes looked even bigger.

The woman holding her had red and swollen eyes, and it seemed that she couldn't cry for a long time, so she held the little girl tightly in her arms, and the torn cotton clothes on her body could get into the cold wind, and her lips were purple from the cold, but she didn't say a word, only comforted softly: "Wait, wait a little longer, and the court will allocate food." ”

Everyone expects this, but their emperor is still fighting, losing and retreating, and even losing the city, there will be no time to care about their life or death.

Chu Xi took off the robe on his body, stepped forward and covered the woman, Mu Ming saw it, and also took off the cloak on his body and covered the old man who was lying on the side of the road with a broken leg.

"Yan Yi, take out all our dry food."

Yan Yi frowned; "Even if it's divided, it won't be divided into many people, and there are so many people here."

The expectant eyes of everyone instantly became desperate again.

Chu Xi just turned to look at him and said, "If you can divide one by one, maybe now that they have divided it, they can go to the court to share the porridge." Although she knew that there was little hope.

Yan Yi sighed lightly, but didn't say anything more, and turned around and asked people to take out all the dry food they had hoarded and distribute it to everyone, but most of these people didn't seem to care anymore, and after eating this meal left and right, there would be no next meal, rather than waiting for one more day of hope, it was better to die in this despair and cold early, and it was better to live and suffer.

Chu Xi looked at everyone's faces as if they were dead, and he didn't know what to say in his heart, and was about to leave, when he heard Yan San, who was guarding behind, suddenly rushed, and his face was slightly anxious: "It seems that there is an army coming towards us." ”

"Is it coming for us?" Yan Yi's brows twisted fiercely, he knew that Zhao Xuanyi had never dispelled the idea of catching Chu Xi and catching Lin Qingyu, but he didn't think that he would still have time to think about this at this time.

"I don't know." Yan San wasn't sure.

When Chu Xi heard this, she let Mu Ming get into the carriage: "No matter what, let's go find Qingyu first." ”

"But ......" Yan Sanfang was embarrassed: "If we want to go to the border, we will inevitably bump into them." ”

Chu Yi frowned slightly, looked at Yan Yi, and Yan Yi didn't know what to do. Along the way, these big men may be fine, but Chu Xi has a daughter's family and is still pregnant with a child, I am afraid that he will be exhausted a long time ago, and if he runs around again, he is even more worried about whether this child can be saved.

"Why don't we go back the way we came? When the army has passed, we will leave. Yan San proposed.

Chu Xi shook her head slightly: "If you go back, you will bump into Zhu Feng, but if you go to the capital, where it is Zhao Xuanyi's territory, they are afraid that they will be targeted as soon as they enter."

Just when Chu Xi was hesitating, he suddenly saw Yan Yi's eyes slowly widen, Chu Xi was stunned, and when he turned around, the tears in his eyes seemed to have burst the embankment, and he couldn't help it.

He sat in a wheelchair, barely stood up, with a familiar smile on his lips, his eyes curved into a fox shape, and stretched out his hand to her: "Since the girl doesn't know where to go, why don't you go with me?" ”

Chu Xi was tense, but her heart seemed to bloom, and she smiled with tears: "Okay!" ”