This palace banquet was spent in a strange atmosphere, the bell struck midnight, and the three years of Cheng'an had arrived.

The New Year was accompanied by a snowfall that was heavier than before.

Yun Yao returned to the General's Mansion and saw Gu Yan who was placed in the wing, and the smell of blood wafting in the room that had not had time to dissipate.

The injuries on Gu Yan's body have been treated, and it is thought that Gu Chen arranged for the doctor to bandage them. The gauze wrapped around his body told Yun Yao how badly he was injured.

"Ah Yan told me before he fell into a coma that he should have arrived in the capital more than ten days ago, but on the way he encountered several groups of dead soldiers, who were sent by the king of Beidi, Borbing. In order to protect the letter given to him by the general, he did not dare to reveal his whereabouts, so he hid and delayed the trip. Unexpectedly, he was still found and injured. ”

Gu Chen told Yun Yao what had happened.

After being seriously injured, Ah Yan could not hurry, so he lurked in the cellar of a family in a remote village to recuperate, and finally was able to continue his journey, and after coming out, he was chased and killed again, and only today did he completely rush back and hand over the general's letter to his wife. Letter...... It was written by the general more than a month ago. ”

More than a month ago......

If this letter was written by Gu Qingming more than a month ago, then for more than a month, why didn't there be a war report from the north? On the contrary, the belated letter in Gu Yan's hand arrived in her hand first?

North, Akagi, what the hell is going on?

"Ah Yan should have suffered a very serious internal injury, and he also lost too much blood from the external injury. I will personally treat his wounds, and you can send someone to keep an eye on the outside, and if there is any news from the north, report it immediately. Yun Yao commanded lightly.

"The subordinates obeyed. Gu Chen nodded and took the order.

He looked up at the woman in front of him, she was no longer the cautious little girl in the Ning Palace in the past, after the precipitation of the past few years, she had a kind of stable demeanor on her body.

At this time, Yun Yao's expression had already returned to normal, as if the gaffe at the gate of the Hehuan Hall just now was just his illusion.

Without saying anything more, Gu Chen turned around and went out to do what Yun Yao had ordered.

On the first day of the first month of the third year of Cheng'an, Yun Yao treated Gu Yan's internal injuries in the General's Mansion, and the technique of crossing the acupoint with the golden needle was already pure, coupled with the advantages brought by the identity of the eldest princess now, all kinds of good medicinal materials in the palace were sent to the mansion, but in three days, Gu Yan's injuries stabilized.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Yun Yao had just pulled out the needle and packed everything up, when she saw Gu Chen walk in from outside:

"Madam, the eight hundred miles of Chicheng in the north has entered the city, and when the subordinates returned home, they happened to see the herald riding straight to Chaoyangmen. ”

"Sister Su Xin, help me change my clothes, I want to enter the palace. After hearing Gu Chen's news, Yun Yao immediately ordered.

Yun Yao's clothes for entering the palace were properly packed by Su Xin and Hongxiao, and now seeing that she was going to wear them, they quickly found them and waited for her to change them, and combed their hair in a simple bun again, so they accompanied Yun Yao into the palace.

Gu Chen naturally followed on the side, close to protection.

The General's Mansion was not far from the Imperial Palace, and it was not long to arrive by carriage, Yun Yao didn't care about the bumps she had just suffered, so she got out of the carriage and went directly to Changming Palace.

Everyone in the palace knew the status of the eldest princess in the hearts of the emperor and the queen, so no one dared to stop her, and when she arrived at the gate of Changming Palace, Yuanbao immediately greeted her:

"Eldest princess, the emperor has ordered, you will go in directly after you come, and you don't need to report it. ”

Yun Yao nodded, it seemed that Shen Che had already guessed that she was coming today, after all, she cared more about the news of the northern border than anyone else.

Entering Changming Palace, Yun Yao found that Lu Yingquan was also there.

When Yingquan saw her, he couldn't help but open his mouth, with an expression of wanting to say something, but he didn't say anything after all.

"Your Majesty, is there any news from the north?" Yun Yao asked, and there was a tremor in her voice that even she didn't notice.

"Look at it. Shen Che handed Yun Yao two folds, "One is the battle report of the Akagi guard, and the other is Beidi's national letter." ”

Yun Yao took the two folds from Yuanbao's hand, and opened the first one first, which was the Beidi Guoshu. Not surprisingly, in the war planned by Gu Qingming, Beidi's vitality was greatly damaged, most of the army was killed and wounded, and he was no longer able to fight with Daning, so he took the initiative to sue for peace, and was willing to offer cattle, sheep and horses in exchange for 20 years of peace between the two countries.

Yun Yao was not interested in Beidi's attitude, because in her opinion, this was just one stroke of Gu Qingming's brilliant war career, ordinary.

With trembling hands, he opened the battle report of the Akagi guard, which was written by General Deng, with tens of thousands of words, explaining the ins and outs of the matter.

The first half coincides with Gu Qingming's letter to her, explaining this plan to lure the enemy with his body; the middle part is the specific situation of General Deng and Deputy General Xu leading troops to fight with the Beidi army for two days and two nights; and the second half is ...... It was all the officers and men of the Northern Border Army and the Gu Family Army who searched for Gu Qingming's whereabouts on a large scale.

And the final result is: no one alive, no corpse dead, only the sword and the Northland* thing left in one place.

General Deng's meaning was that after Gu Qingming killed those dead soldiers, he was exhausted and seriously injured, but for the sake of Daning's stability, he died with Bolbing.

Together ...... to the end.

"This was sent back from the North, and should be handed over to you for safekeeping. Shen Che said, holding a sword from the eunuch behind him, walked up to Yun Yao, and handed it to her.

Gu Qingming's saber.

This sword was taken down from the wall by herself and put next to the burden in the year he left, and the acacia knot hanging on the hilt of the sword was woven by her own hands in the past, such a special technique, and her name was embroidered with dark threads, she would never be mistaken.

Yun Yao stretched out her hand and caught the sword tremblingly, her face was expressionless, but the tears in her eyes couldn't hold back and fell down.

She cried without a sound, not even a shake of her shoulders, and just stood like that, as if she were a cold-blooded and heartless person.

But no one felt that she was calm and waveless, the unstoppable tears, and the despair in her eyes, were soul-stirring, and as long as you looked at her, you felt suffocated.

"Your Majesty, do you also believe that he is dead?" after a long time, Yun Yao asked.

"I ...... I didn't believe it, but General Deng searched for a month in a hundred miles, but they never found anyone. According to this battle report, General Na Deng found more than 60 corpses of black-clothed dead soldiers, and he killed so many masters by himself, if he failed to retreat, he would definitely be seriously injured...... I haven't been treated for so long, I'm afraid...... Everything points to disaster. ”

When Shen Che said this, he also carefully considered every word, and he didn't dare to say it too absolutely, for fear of hurting Yun Yao's heart.

Although he has never seen all of the past between Yun Yao and Gu Qingming with his own eyes, he has also witnessed some of it, which is the life and death of the unhesitating. If Gu Qingming is really dead, then Yun Yao ...... Can you still live alone?

"I don't believe it either. Yun Yao's voice was calm and a little terrifying, she raised her head, there were tears on her face, but there was a smile in her eyes, "Isn't the body still missing? As long as I don't see his body, I don't believe that he is dead." How could such a powerful person die in Bolbing's calculations? What's more, he promised me that he would come back safely. ”

"Yun Yao, I know you can't accept it for the time being, but ......" Lu Yingquan looked at this scene, couldn't bear it anymore, and comforted him with tears.

"Your Majesty, I want to go to him. Yun Yao interrupted Lu Yingquan's words and looked straight at Shen Che, "I'm going to the north to find him, even if it's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and a blue yellow spring, I must find him." Even though...... It's a corpse, and I can't let him be a corpse in the wilderness and homeless. ”

With such a categorical tone and such an unwavering conviction, Shen Che couldn't refuse, and nodded almost subconsciously.

"I sent someone with you to look for it, no matter what......"

"No need, I'll just take Achen with me. Yun Yao rejected Shen Che's kindness, "Your Majesty, if it is decided today, Qing Ming often says that you are an aspiring and ambitious emperor, he has pacified the rebellion in the four directions, and I hope that the emperor can continue to insist on his ambition to set the country and the country." ”

"I will, I won't let Qingming's blood be shed in vain. Shen Che nodded, rarely speaking well.

When Yun Yao heard this, she smiled, looked at Lu Yingquan on the side, took a few steps forward, held her hand, and said, "I'll leave tomorrow, and if I can't find him, I won't come back." This time, I don't know when I will see you again, I will say goodbye to you today, you are so cherished. ”

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it, and you must take care of yourself. Lu Yingquan wanted to cry for no reason.

She remembered when she and Yun Yao first met, the sisterhood that the two had walked hand in hand along the way, and the fact that in the treacherous and changeable court, they were able to come to this day without doubt, and remembered everything......

But Yun Yao is leaving.

She could even imagine that more than 100,000 northern border troops had been searching for more than a month, but they couldn't find Gu Qingming, just Yun Yao and Achen, when would they be found?

However, she couldn't bear to break Yun Yao's hope, Gu Qingming was the obsession in Yun Yao's heart, and it was also the only support for Yun Yao to live well now.

Yun Yao didn't say anything more, said goodbye, and took Ah Chen and them back to the General's Mansion, packed up their things overnight, and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Yun Yao met Gu Yan and asked Gu Yan to recuperate in the mansion, and she would write to him regularly, tell him where she was, and then go to her when his injuries were completely healed.

Gu Chen and Gu Yan are both henchmen cultivated by Gu Qingming, and they are the guards that the old general of the Gu family found for Gu Qingming, from beginning to end, only these two people are completely loyal to Gu Qingming.

Whether it is the Gu family army or the northern army, even if the entire Daning people, they believe in Gu Qingming, just because they regard him as an unattainable god of war, worshippers, and look up.

But Gu Chen and Gu Yan regard Gu Qingming as their master, family, and brothers, even if they are not related by blood, they are also connected by flesh and blood.

Yun Yao's movements were really fast, and early the next morning, he left the General's Mansion with the long swords of Gu Chen and Gu Qingming, and went out from the North City Gate, galloping up quickly.

The snow was flying and floating in the air, and Yun Yao's red cloak raised a beautiful arc among the galloping horses, and the slender but firm back carried Gu Qingmingsheng's hope, which was her only belief.