Ling'er hurriedly urged the horse under her crotch, tears fell down without stopping, the original delicate face had already lost its due demeanor, her cheeks were covered with tears, she really wanted to turn her head to look at Xiao Yuan behind her, her weak and boneless little hand held the reins tightly, the horse whip, without a trace of blood, and firmly drove the horse out of Xiao Yuan's sight.

Xiao Yuan looked at Ling'er, who was gradually moving away, and wanted to catch up and ask for an explanation, but he didn't have the courage to take a step. Ling'er has grown up, she is no longer the carefree child, she should take on her own life, and forcibly intervening will be counterproductive!

Si Xingyu, who was beside him, looked at Ling'er's disappearing figure, shook his head suspiciously, and handed Xiao Yuan an envelope in his hand.

Xiao Yuan walked out of his trance, took the envelope handed over by Si Xingyu, and asked suspiciously, "What is this?"

Si Xingyu pointed to the words "My brother personally opened" on the envelope, and said to Xiao Yuan, "This is a reply from the boss of the Lin family from Jiangnan. ”

Xiao Yuan's eyes flickered, he retracted the envelope into his cuffs, nodded at Si Xingyu, and the two walked back to the lobby together.

The two sat down on the Taishi chair in the lobby, and the maid brought two cups of tea.

When the maid put down the tea set, Xiao Yuan said to the maid who was still busy in the house, "You guys go down first!"

The maids bowed slightly, and one of the maids who walked at the back gently closed the door of the lobby.

When the maids closed the door, Xiao Yuan took out the letter handed over to him by Si Xingyu from his cuffs, gently opened the envelope, took out the folded letter paper inside, spread it out, and saw that it was written;

My brother Si Xingyu, farewell to Jingshi, don't come unharmed. The eldest brother entrusted him, and he will not dare to bear it.

After making an agreement with my brother and his disciples, the three of us brothers did not dare to delay, and went down to Jiangnan overnight, went to the general alliance, and gathered with the brothers to explain their intentions, and the brothers in the alliance responded one after another.

Now we have summoned the brothers in the alliance to join us in the ranks, seek a way forward for the people of our dynasty, blood for the alliance, respect the elder brother as the leader of the Taiping League, and now there are thousands of disciples in the alliance, and there are forty-eight people in each hall and the person in charge, all of whom are above the realm of the Yuanji period.

When the forty-eight of us came to the East Palace of Beijing to meet with our brother, the thief Bai Yutang found out that the envoys of the two countries who came to Beijing changed their itinerary and went to Xiangyang City to make peace. There must be something strange among them, we disguised ourselves as the convoy of the Octagon Chamber of Commerce to transport goods, followed their convoy, and came to Beijing. If there is any change, you can wait for the opportunity to make a move.

Brother Si Xingyu, don't read it, when we arrive in Beijing, you and my brother will drink and talk happily again, and conspire with the world.

Virtuous brother Lin bowed down.

After Xiao Yuan read the letter sent by Lin Yi's faction, he let out a long sigh, folded the letter again, put it back in the envelope, and put it on the table casually.

Si Xingyu put down the teacup and asked Xiao Yuan solemnly, "What do you think about this matter?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't know what the master is referring to? Is it that the envoys of the two countries will meet Xiangyang, or that everyone in the alliance is unwilling to come to the East Palace to get together!"

Si Xingyu smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.

Xiao Yuan immediately spoke, "It's okay, the people of the rivers and lakes have their own style of acting. As a person of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no matter what, he will also focus on my dynasty, and he will definitely not mess around. Let them forcibly bind you and me, and the great grandmaster in the palace will also keep them awake at night, but it will backfire, so let them go!"

Si Xingyu picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip gently, and said, "I hope there won't be any major changes." ”

The two people sitting on the top did not speak again, each thinking about what was in their hearts.

Just as the two of them were pondering, there was a gentle knock outside the door, and then Xiao Linzi's refreshing voice came from outside the door, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you inside?" A sergeant outside the door came and said that he was sent by the eldest prince and had something important to return. ”

Xiao Yuan's face was happy, it should be that all the soldiers and horses have already arrived in Beijing! Then, he straightened his clothes and said to the door, "Come in!"

Xiao Linzi slowly pushed open the door of the lobby and led a sergeant wearing armor and a saber at his waist to Xiao Yuan.

The sergeant walked up to Xiao Yuan, knelt down on one knee, and said to Xiao Yuan with a fist, "See His Royal Highness the Prince, my subordinates have come to ask the Prince to go to the city wall to meet the troops from all over the country on the order of the eldest prince. ”

Xiao Yuan picked up the kneeling sergeant and asked, "Have the soldiers and horses at the border between the two countries also arrived?"

The sergeant bowed his head, clasped his fists with both hands and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, I arrived half an hour ago, and now we are all five miles away from Beijing, waiting to enter Beijing." ”

Xiao Yuan laughed. He patted the sergeant on the shoulder, "Okay! lead the way!"

Xiao Yuan was about to walk out of the door, and when he saw Si Xingyu who was still sitting on the Taishi chair, he thought about it, bowed down and clasped his fists and said, "Master, would you like to go to the city tower with the kid to meet all the soldiers and horses?"

Si Xingyu's originally squinted eyes widened suddenly, and he nodded solemnly. He stood up from the Taishi chair and walked in front of Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan smiled secretly, and followed the footsteps of the sergeant and Si Xingyu and walked out.

At the south gate of the Great Zhou Jingshi, when Xiao Yuan and the three of them walked to the city tower, they saw the eldest prince and several ministers of the military aircraft department and the internal affairs department, talking about something!

When the eldest prince and several ministers saw Xiao Yuan coming, they all bowed down and clasped their fists and saluted, "I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Xiao Yuan nodded slightly, and came to the center of the crowd with Si Xingyu.

Under the sunset, the Great Zhou Jingshi rose up with a thick fog, and dimly you could see the neatly lined army in the distance, endless, long black like a pine forest.

The eldest prince nodded to the trumpeter standing beside him, and the trumpeter immediately understood. Raise the horn in your hand, put it in your mouth, breathe up, and blow the horn. The horn made a high-pitched and sharp sound, and the wind that followed the air flowed far, far away.

The soldiers defending the city standing under the city tower heard the sound of the horn, and more than a dozen people hurriedly shouted in unison, "The army enters Beijing and opens the city gate!"

The soldier in charge of raising and lowering the city gate drew his waist knife from his waist and slashed at the rope that supported the lifting.

The nine-meter-high, four-meter-wide wooden bridge in front of the city gate fell downwards without ropes, and with a loud "bang", the wooden bridge fell steadily on both sides of the moat. The defenders quickly opened the gates and stood in front of them in two groups.

The distant army rushed to the city gate in an orderly manner according to the chronological order of arrival, thousands of horses galloping, wolf smoke billowing. In a blink of an eye, he arrived outside the city gate, and without the slightest intention of stopping, he accelerated towards the city gate. The commander in chief shouted loudly;

Wang Zhen, deputy commander of the state soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

Xu Sheng, the deputy commander of Xuzhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to come to practice the art of war!

Li Jianghe, deputy commander of Taizhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war by order!

Wang Yuan, the deputy commander of the Bozhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war by order!

Zhang Qian, deputy commander of Jizhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to come to practice the art of war!

Zhao Qi, deputy commander of Yangzhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

Wu Dao, deputy commander of Jinju soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

Qian Buyi, the deputy commander of the Liangzhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to come to practice the art of war!

Yu Wenzhi, the deputy commander of the Qingzhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

Lu Shen, the deputy commander of the Youzhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war by order!

Sun Yong, deputy commander of Yongzhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

Zheng He, deputy commander of Qingzhou soldiers and horses, led 10,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

Jianmen Pass General Liang Siyuan led 50,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

Xiong'an Guan General Ma Jiangyong led 50,000 elite soldiers to practice the art of war!

The army marched into the capital in turn, and went straight to the camp prepared by the Praetorian Guards in the palace.

The people of Beijing watched from both sides of the road, shouting loudly, "The Great Zhou Dynasty is mighty!" Long live the Great Zhou Dynasty!" The crowd was indignant, and the shouts shook the sky, and they shed tears of emotion when they saw these soldiers who had suffered from wind and frost, protected them with youth and blood, and guarded them to live and work in peace and contentment.

At this moment, the army and the people are united, and all those who dare to invade will surely perish!