Xiao Ying'er let Xiaoxi and other maids go out for her, and sat down on the bed with a jump. Xiaoxi laid out Xiao Ying'er's clothes neatly, and Xiao Ying'er said with excitement on her face: "Tomorrow, the people of the Liu family will compete with the sergeants under the eldest brother, and it will be very lively! You can see how the swordsmanship of the 'Wind and Snow Ji' is, I think it must be the subordinates of the eldest brother who are more powerful! If Liu Binyuan's kid loses, I will laugh at him." Xiaoxi, let's go see it together tomorrow, shall we?"

Xiaoxi looked a little absent-minded, nodded slightly, stepped forward and tucked the corner of the quilt for Xiao Ying'er, and said, "Miss, it's time to rest." ”

Xiao Ying'er nodded obediently and stopped talking. Xiaoxi blew out the lights and candles, walked to the door, glanced back at Xiao Ying'er, and then walked out.

Xiaoxi paced lightly outside the door, her expression complicated. She lingered outside the door for an hour or two, looked at the sky, then gritted her teeth, pushed open the door and walked in, and took out a strip of cloth folded into a triangle from her bosom. She lightly unfolded the strip of cloth and poured the powder into the incense burner in Xiao Ying'er's room.

Xiaoxi's hands trembled slightly, but she still insisted on pouring all the powder into the furnace. Then she put the strip of cloth back into her arms, looked back at Xiao Ying'er, but her eyes were covered with moisture, she stomped her feet, turned around and went out.

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Outside the door, he suddenly remembered someone's soft call, Xiao Yizhan immediately opened his sleepy eyes, put on his coat and walked to the door, and asked softly through the door, "Who is it?"

Then there was a somewhat urn-like voice: "Shizi, Master Lu has something important to report." Xiao Yizhan recognized that this was the voice of one of his personal guards, and he was on duty tonight.

Xiao Yizhan said "um", and after tidying up his clothes a little, he pushed the door and walked out. Lu Jian is an imperial historian in Benhai City, and also a close confidant of Xiao Yizhan in the court, when he first took charge of the government, Lu Jian helped Xiao Yizhan a lot, and was also entrusted by Xiao Yizhan to report the movements in the city at all times, so Xiao Yizhan was not annoyed by Lu Jian's night visit, but he was a little worried, what was the important thing that Lu Jian wanted to report.

As soon as he saw Xiao Yizhan, Lu Jian hurriedly saluted: "Shizi." ”

Xiao Yizhan nodded and asked, "What's wrong, come over at such a big night?"

"Back to my lord, I received a wire report tonight, and I ······ Something not so good. Lu Jian showed an anxious look on his face, Xiao Yizhan felt bad in his heart, and kept urging him to speak quickly.

"It's news from Cloud City, and the prince has sent a letter asking for help, and it seems that the situation is very critical. ”

Xiao Yizhan chuckled in his heart, and was a little panicked: "How could something happen to Yunzhong City?" He immediately remembered that the Liu family's army was already on the way back to the north, Ye Hengqiu led the whole army of Muzhou to Fenggul Pass, and Suo Pingzhang did not want to get involved in this mess, bypassed Zhongzhou, and returned to Shajiang City through Pingyu Pass.

Now only Xiao Mu and more than 10,000 troops are stationed in Yunzhong City, Yunzhou is adjacent to Qingzhou, Xiao Mu intends to annex Yunzhou to expand the territory, so he is not in a hurry to return to Benhai City, but stays in Yunzhou to preside over the overall situation.

"What is the matter, is there anything wrong with my father?" Xiao Yizhan asked Lu Jian as he walked out quickly.

"My subordinates don't know. It is not clear who the opponent is, but there seems to be an abnormal movement in Dongliu City in the north. ”

Xiao Yizhan calmed down, and after a quick weigh-in in his heart, he decided to ask Li Xianru's opinion first. Li Xianru, who got the news, also got up in a hurry, and when she saw Xiao Yizhan, her hair was still a little messy.

"How's it going?" she asked, straight to the point.

Xiao Yizhan looked at Lu Jian, Lu Jian understood in his heart, and replied: "After receiving the news from the prince, his subordinates did not dare to make decisions on their own, so they hurriedly came to report to the prince and his wife. ”

"Go to the barracks and give orders, and allocate manpower, so that there will be no delay when the army is deployed. I personally led the troops to support my father. Xiao Yizhan quickly gave the order, but Li Xianru looked a little hesitant and asked: "Even if Dongliu City is in trouble, why would you provoke the prince in Yunzhong City? Although there are slightly fewer people in Yunzhong City than in Benhai City, the prince is surrounded by soldiers who are good at fighting, and Fang Hui has always acted carefully, and Yunzhong City is far away, if we find out, wouldn't it be dangerous to be attacked from front to back?"

Xiao Yizhan thought secretly, and felt that what his mother said was reasonable, and Lu Jian on the side urged: "Son, madam, the situation is critical, the prince is in danger, I would rather believe it!"

"Maybe it was because they thought that the soldiers in Cloud City had fought a fierce battle not long ago, and it was when they were tired, and Dongliu City wanted to take advantage of it. Xiao Yizhan felt that this idea also made sense, so he turned his face to Li Xianru and asked for his opinion.

Li Xianru couldn't say anything for a while, so she had to nod. Xiao Yizhan originally wanted to support Cloud City after personally reorganizing his troops, but Lu Jian thought that this would be a waste of time, and he should first mobilize the garrison of Benhai City to support. It is indeed faster for the garrison to be on duty and at any time to be dispatched than to transfer troops from within the barracks.

Xiao Yizhan showed a look of embarrassment and said: "It is too dangerous to transfer the city defense, if the enemy takes the opportunity to sneak attack, there will be no barrier in the entire Benhai City." ”

Lu Jian nodded and said, "The prince is really far-sighted, but his subordinates have not considered it." However, the transfer in the barracks is really complicated, the senior generals do not live in the camp, the prince is a person who lacks skills, and his subordinates are a civilian official, this is the middle of the night, and it will always take some time for the army to be mobilized. ”

Li Xianru suddenly interjected: "Why do you always have the idea of fighting the city defense army again?"

Xiao Yizhan and Lu Jian were both stunned, and Lu Jian hurriedly knelt down and said: "My subordinates just want to share their worries for the prince and his wife, and they don't dare to have two hearts." ”

"The city defense army has its own duties, and it is okay to transfer a few generals. Xiao Yizhan hurriedly said, looking at Li Xianru to see her reaction, Li Xianru was silent again, just frowned, thinking about something.

Xiao Yizhan saw that Li Xianru did not object, so he wrote a handwritten letter as a voucher at random, and asked Lu Jian to rush to the military camp to give the order, and then cast all his people out like a net, summoning generals and officials to discuss, and then he couldn't be idle, so he hurried to his residence, planning to go to the military camp in person after changing his armor. He saw that Li Xianru, who was following behind him all the way, still had a sad face, so he comforted: "Mother don't worry, I will solve my father's siege." ”

Li Xianru reluctantly showed a smile and remained silent. Xiao Yizhan had just changed into armor, but Lu Jian came back, and the anxious look on his face was even greater.

Xiao Yizhan had an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Jian immediately bowed down in front of Xiao Yizhan and said, "The minister is guilty!"

"What the hell happened?" Xiao Yizhan asked impatiently, but still reached out to hold Lu Jian up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he held Lu Jian's arm, Lu Jian suddenly pulled out a short sword from his sleeve and stabbed it straight into Xiao Yizhan's chest. Xiao Yizhan was shocked and hurriedly dodged sideways. He had also been practicing martial arts for a few days, and he reacted quickly to a blow, although he was stabbed with a short sword, but because he was wearing armor and avoided the edge, he only suffered some minor injuries.

Li Xianru exclaimed, Lu Jian took a step forward and continued to stab at Xiao Yizhan. Xiao Yizhan stretched out his hand and clasped his wrist, Lu Jian was born as a civil official after all, and with a twist, the short sword in Lu Jian's hand fell out of his hand.

Xiao Yizhan grabbed Lu Jian's backhand, secretly glad that he was wearing armor, and scolded: "Who are you?

Lu Jian sneered: "My subordinates are giving a big gift to the prince!"

"What kind of gift?" Li Xianru, who has always had a graceful temperament, also had a cold face at this moment, and asked coldly.

The prince and his wife soon knew. As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of breaking the sky came from the darkness again, Xiao Yizhan subconsciously punched Lu Jian's temple, and when he passed out, he took two steps back to protect Li Xianru.