Early Autumn,

With the bleak autumn wind and continuous autumn rain, it is even more chilly to feel that winter is about to begin.

Zecheng also had two months of autumn rain, and there was an uncomfortable dampness on the city walls, in the soil, and in the houses, and the soldiers and the people were also complaining bitterly, and they had not even changed their dry clothes for two months. I don't know when the sky will be beautiful and a big sun will come out?

Zecheng is located in a county town under the rule of Nanli Prefecture of Qinghe County of Dahua, there are more than 300 miles away from the south of the state, there has been no war in a hundred years, although it is remote, the people are also rich and healthy, and they are at ease.

In the words of the people of Zecheng, even if Nanli is captured, it will take many days for the enemy to capture Zecheng. Over time, these soldiers in Zecheng naturally developed some inertia.

Moreover, the autumn rain in the past few days and the cold of winter are about to enter the winter, and no one wants to pay attention to it. They were all curled up in the wall of the city tower, leaning on the corner of the city wall and napping.

"Da Da, Da Da", a sound of horses' hooves came from far to near in the distance, breaking the tranquility of this small city, only to see more than ten fast horses rushing to attack, and I don't know which soldier was woken up by the faint sound of horses' hooves, went to the lookout and looked a few times, only to find that something was not quite right.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good, it's not good. ”

"Damn, it's dead, what's wrong, call it like this", the city gate commander rubbed his misty eyes, a good dream was stirred up, thinking that if he couldn't say two hundred or fifty or eighty thousand, he would have to dial the skin of this little soldier.

"Someone is coming, more than ten riders are coming from the north, I don't know who it is, I guess it's almost there. ”

As soon as the city gate commander heard that there was a movement, he straightened his armor, carried his sword, and went up to the city corridor, and saw the sound of a pair of horses' hooves in the distance, and about ten horsemen galloped over. Seeing that there were only more than ten riders, he didn't panic.

With a heavy drink, dozens of crossbowmen woke up from their dreams, immediately got up, stretched their bows and arrows, and prepared to meet the enemy.

The more than ten riders were all dressed in strong suits, dressed in hats, stationed under the city, lined up. Extremely neat.

The city gate commander immediately shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

"We are the internal guards of the Qinghe Mansion, and I will come to Zecheng on business, so I will quickly call your county order and go out to greet you. ”

Hearing the four words of the Qinghe Gongfu, even the city gate order trembled, in this Qinghe County, the words of the Qinghe Duke are much more effective than the holy decree of the Dahua Emperor.

Seeing that the person who came was from the Qinghe Mansion, the city gate commander naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately said respectfully: "Xiaguan will go to invite my county lord, please wait." ”

Shi Huayong was sleeping beautifully with his concubine in his arms today, but he was woken up from a beautiful dream, and the four words of Qinghe Mansion completely made him energetic.

What are the people from the Qinghe Mansion doing? Could it be that the matter of greedy ink in the past few years has happened? Or is it that the concubine who has recently been robbed by force has been sued? But if these things are done, it only needs the people from Nanli Prefecture to come, and what kind of thing will be sent out by the internal guards of the Qinghe Mansion in person.

To say that this Zecheng is located in a remote area, even on weekdays, even people from Nanli Prefecture rarely come here, the last time, the people from the Gongfu came to Zecheng, it was eight years ago, and it was also a night, escorting a couple of men and women and a child of a few years old to Zecheng. He was told to take good care of him, but the man and woman were also very strange, neither the big house he arranged, nor the servants he sent, and refused to accept even a little gift. I just chose a dilapidated earthen house in Lijia Village, a small village outside the city, and lived in it for eight years.

Shi Yonghua thought about all kinds of possibilities in trepidation all the way.

The city gate slowly opened, and dozens of soldiers wearing armor and holding halberds stood in two rows to escort Shi Yonghua to the outside of the city.

I saw that a knight at the head pressed the edge of the hat extremely low, obviously coming all the way to the dust, slightly tired.

Shi Huayong respectfully took the document with both hands, this is the second time in his life that he has been an official for many years, and he can't help but tremble a little when he sees the document issued by the government himself.

Now he is specially appointed to be the commander of the internal security of the Qinghe Mansion, and Li Changfeng is on business with the Nanli Prefecture, so he is allowed to do everything cheaply, and all the officials from all walks of life need to be dispatched according to orders. The four big characters of Qinghe Gongyin in the lower right corner are eye-catching, and the officials of Daqi naturally have a set of methods to distinguish the authenticity of the documents, and the first inspection is the true documents, Shi Huayong immediately knelt down to pay homage and handed the documents back, "Xiaguan Zecheng County ordered Shi Huayong to meet the commander." The soldiers of the city and the city immediately knelt down in unison.

The first person is naturally the commander of the internal guard of the Qinghe Mansion mentioned in the document, Li Changfeng.

Li Changfeng lowered his voice and said, "Do you still remember the couple of men and women who were sent eight years ago, and now take me to meet them quickly." ”

"Okay, the lower official will take the adults here. Shi Huayong saw that the people who came came to find the pair of men and women sent eight years ago, and the stone in his heart also let go, since he didn't come to check his own greedy things, then everything would be fine, and he couldn't guess the origin of the pair of men and women over the years, because of their refusal, they couldn't talk about it, but they finally got into their hearts.

If this pair of men and women really have a great background, it is really a missed opportunity, and they should have done their best to tie the knot, they have been in this Zecheng County for three terms, nine years, although they have also reaped some benefits, but it seems that it is difficult to move to Nanli Prefecture, and this remote county has no political achievements to do.

While Shi Huayong was thinking, the group had already ridden to the outside of the earthen house where the man and woman lived. It's just an extremely ordinary earthen house, in the dead of night, and there are only a few watchdogs on the left and right who hear the movement, barking a few times. As a warning, Shi Huayong saw Li Changfeng frowning, and knew that he was dissatisfied, and said with a little embarrassment: "It's not that the lower officials are not arranged, it's that they don't let the lower officials arrange." ”

At this time, the faint candle flame in the earthen house suddenly lit up, and the owner of the house seemed to know that someone was coming outside.

"Xiaguan Li Changfeng visited the prince. ”，

"Shizi?" Shi Huayong's head was a little cloudy, even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of how His Royal Highness the Prince of the dignified Qinghe Mansion could live here for eight years. He couldn't think about it too much, so he quickly knelt down to pay homage.

"Changfeng, Shixian Order, don't nag your neighbors. ”

The door was opened, and it was opened by a man in his thirties, dressed as a scribe, who looked gentle and elegant.

"Wait outside. Li Changfeng instructed left and right, and followed the prince Li Mo into the house.

"Shizi", Rao is an iron-blooded man like Li Changfeng, and he couldn't help but start choking.

"The son of the world has stayed in this kind of broken wall and leaky room for eight years, and he has wronged the son. Li Changfeng choked up a few times.

"Xanadu, the scenery is very good, I have been meditating here in the past few years, and I have also learned a lot of things, how can I say that I have been wronged. Li Mo comforted.

"Father is well?" Li Mo asked

Li Changfeng nodded, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa is fine, this time I came here in the name of my grandfather to pick up the son, the princess and the grandson." ”

"Oh?" Li Mo paused, and then said, "What about mother, and the second brother, have you ever been happy with Linzi?"

"The princess is also fine, and the second prince is hard to say. Li Changfeng hesitated and said: "What Changfeng said must not be heard by the son, if the second son can give birth to a boy, it will be my Li Sect's misfortune." ”

Seeing that Li Mo was slightly angry, Li Changfeng quickly knelt down and said, "Changfeng lost his words, but Changfeng is also a member of the Li clan, and what he said came from the bottom of his heart, although it was inappropriate, but it was related to the future of my Li clan." ”

Li Mo looked up to the sky and sighed and said, "Get up, I don't blame you, my mother has regarded me as a thorn in the eye over the years, and I want to get rid of it quickly, I and my second brother are also on the same page, if the second brother can get Linzi and follow their wishes, I don't want to pay attention to these disputes anymore." ”

At that time, Li Mo openly opposed his mother Dou's arrangement of people from his mother's clan to be officials in Qinghe, so there was gradually a gap between mother and son, and Dou wholeheartedly assisted and obeyed his second son Li Yuan, and later even reached the point where Dou sent someone to assassinate his own son, Li Mo had to take his wife and children to hide here in order to escape, and give up these power schemes.

"Shizi, for the sake of the Li family's future, Shizi can no longer hide here. Li Changfeng knocked his head a few times and continued: "The prince is now sitting and waiting to be killed, after the prince leaves, the princess is even more reckless and reckless, killing the Li family's loyalty, if someone harms the son and the grandson in the future, the prince has ever thought about it." ”

Even if they have the heart to quit, but the identity of the eldest son, and the identity of their son's eldest grandson, is indeed something they are afraid of after all. But if you go back this time, it will be a fierce battle, a fierce battle with those closest to you. Win or lose, it's not a good outcome. Do you really want to slaughter your mother and brother with your own hands?

"Shizi, for the safety of my Li family, my grandfather specially ordered me to come and take Shizi back, I hope Shizi will not hesitate. Li Changfeng kowtowed a few more times. Although Li Changfeng is only a side branch of the Li family, he holds an important position in the public government and is also a loyal supporter of Li Mo.

Li Mo also had mixed feelings in his heart, but since his father Qinghe Gong personally sent the internal guard commander to pick him up, he must have made a decision in his heart.

"Good. Li Mo hesitated again and again, and finally made a decision, he had to fight for the safety of his wife and children and the safety of the Li family in the future.

Li Changfeng let out a long breath and said, "Then please ask the prince to clean up, time is pressing, I'll leave overnight, I'll arrange other matters." ”

Li Changfeng slowly retreated, closed the wooden door, and then beckoned the county commander to come over, and said: "You go to find four similar carriages, leave me one, and find some three teams of people who are about the same size as me, dressed in the same costume as us, each pair of carriages, half an hour later, at the east, west, and north gates at the same time,"

"Yes, yes, the lower officials will do it. Shi Huayong immediately began to discuss the matter.

Seeing that Shi Huayong and the others were dispersed, Li Changfeng lowered his voice very low, and said to a person beside him: "Mr. Wronged, the prince has agreed to go back to the house with me, and there will be Mr. Lao all the way." ”

The man nodded slightly and said, "I will live up to my grandfather's trust." ”