Qing Lock Courtyard, named after the sentence of the former monarch of the dead country, "Lonely Wutong Deep Courtyard Lock Qingqiu", is now used by Lin Yinping as a place of seclusion, which is also quite in line with the situation of the king of the dead country at that time.

The prince's brother was arranged here, and it was arranged by Her Royal Highness the princess herself, and the people in the palace were all carefully serving before the situation was clear, and they didn't dare to slack off at all.

Xiao Yu walked into the Qingsuo Courtyard alone, except for the head of the guards who stepped forward to salute, the rest of the guards still stood still, and the Qingsuo Courtyard did not insult this name, the courtyard was desolate, except for a little snow, there were only a few bare tree trunks left, which could really be called miserable and miserable. Xiao Yu walked directly towards the main house of the main hall, his boots creaking on the soft snow. After entering the main house, the house was surrounded by walls, a table and two chairs, and there was nothing else.

As if hearing Xiao Yu's footsteps that he did not deliberately conceal, a small curtain on the side was opened, Xiao Jin, who was dressed in a black leather robe, looked at Xiao Yu and said expressionlessly: "Big brother, come in and sit." ”

Xiao Yu entered this small inner room, which was a little better than the deserted outer hall, the windows had been sealed, so it was a little dim, there was a small couch in the corner, and there was a brazier in the room.

Xiao Jin sat on the couch, Xiao Yu pulled a chair from the side and sat opposite Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin opened his mouth and said, "It's rare for the prince to come in person, do you want to send me on the road with your own hands?"

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "No, I want you to do something for me." ”

Xiao Jin didn't rush to refuse, but asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiao Yu took out the fold that Lan Yu handed him from his sleeve, handed it to Xiao Jin, and said, "This is a letter of pleading guilt from my table to Emperor Zheng. ”

Xiao Jin took it and looked at it roughly, and sneered: "What a loyal one, but the sun and the moon." ”

For Xiao Jin's ridicule, Xiao Yu laughed at it and said calmly: "Later, I will ask Zhuge Gong to arrange a team of people to escort you to the Great Yi Mansion, and then you will return from the Great Easy Mansion to the Eastern Capital, and when you return to the Eastern Capital, you can hand over this folded letter." ”

Xiao Jin put away the fold and said without hesitation: "Okay." ”

Xiao Yu got up and said with a smile: "Then brother, I wish you a smooth journey here." ”

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A carriage slowly drove out of the east gate of the central capital, the groom was a blind and capable old man, and there was a middle-aged man sitting next to him, full of kindness, but the double knives on his waist made people look sideways. There were two people sitting in the carriage, one large and one small, the big one was wearing a second-class military attache civilian clothes, with a gorgeous scimitar at his waist, and the small one was wearing a black brocade robe. The two sat opposite each other, the older ones kept looking at each other, but the younger ones were as steady as Mount Tai, just closing their eyes and recuperating.

Xiao Jin was simply sent out of the Central Capital City by Xiao Yu, and only arranged for three people to accompany him to Dayi Mansion, namely Lin Han, the pro-army governor, and Ying Yu, the secret guard inspector, and Qu Cang, the secret guard commander.

Lin Han is not a calm character, and said without words: "You are the brother of our prince, Her Royal Highness the princess is my sister, I have to call the prince brother-in-law, so after calculation, we can't be regarded as outsiders, I am older than you, so I will call you brother." ”

Xiao Jin still closed his eyes and didn't make a sound.

Lin Han didn't care whether Xiao Jin agreed or not, and said to himself: "What do you say you want to go back to the Eastern Capital? If you are lucky, just eat a few cold eyes, if you are unlucky, you will lose your head, you said that in this northwest, the prince is the largest, if you stay, you must not be above 10,000 people under one person?"

Xiao Jin finally opened his eyes and glanced at Lin Han, but he still sneered.

Lin Han smiled: "Isn't I an example now?"

Xiao Jin sneered: "Ten years later, if you and I can still meet, we will talk about it at that time." ”

Lin Han laughed and said, "It won't take that long, I guess we won't be able to see each other again in three years." ”

For the first time, Xiao Jin faced the upstart Lin Han in front of him, who was criticized in China as a good sister.

Lin Han seemed to see Xiao Jin's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Relying on family background is a means, if you are not Xiao Lie's son, Emperor Zheng's nephew, and the prince's brother, do you think I am willing to look at you more?"

Xiao Jin smiled and said, "Interesting." ”

Lin Han simply sat on Xiao Jin's side, directly grabbed his shoulders, and said: "Brother, I have a hunch that the prince will definitely reuse you, I think you also know that now there are many factions under the prince's hands, if you say it from the big one, it is the two factions of the central capital and the western capital, the central capital is headed by Xu Lin, and the western capital is headed by Huang Hanji. However, now there is a third faction, that is, the faction that is only loyal to our prince, vaguely led by Lan Yu, Zhuge Gong and I are all members of this faction. ”

Xiao Jin calmly asked, "What do you want to say?"

Lin Han's hand holding Xiao Jin's shoulder tightened again, and said with a smile: "Naturally, we are loyal to the prince and conspire with each other." “

Xiao Jin, who had finally mentioned some spirit, was beaten back to the prototype by Lin Han's words, and went to close his eyes and recuperate, and stopped talking.

In the next few days, Lin Han was still talking to himself, while Xiao Jin was like an old monk and didn't say a word.

The carriage traveled leisurely eastward, traversing most of the West Ha Won, and leisurely entered the territory of Hanoi State. The northwest border was full of gunsmoke, Xiao Yu's army was like a bamboo, and after the unexpected defeat of Xu Lin, he occupied the central capital, and at this moment he was rampage in the northwest border, obviously taking the northwest as his own bag.

The carriage drove through Hanoi Prefecture, and people could see panic everywhere, after all, Xiliang Prefecture, which had a garrison of 150,000 troops, had fallen, how could this small Hanoi Prefecture withstand Xiao Yu's tiger and wolf army. Originally, the cities of Hanoi Prefecture, which were still under martial law and preparing for war, were already in a panic, but now that the storm is coming, it is clear that the big war is imminent, and some high-ranking families have begun to migrate, and even the officials in charge of the inspectors have also begun to pack up their softness, and run to the pass early while Xiao Yu's army has not yet come. If you encounter someone who is more vicious, before leaving, simply set up a windfall in the army, this is really the scene of the troubled times when the officers and soldiers are like thieves, and there is a chaotic army once the army is over, and there is no grass left. In comparison, on the contrary, the Xiliang Prefecture and Zhongdu under the jurisdiction of Xiao Yu are quite peaceful.

It can be seen from this that the corruption of the Great Zheng officials has reached a certain extent.

Xiao Jin's carriage was mixed in the middle of these inescapable family carriages and horses, and drove leisurely towards the Great Yi Mansion.

I thought that after approaching the area of Dayi Mansion, I would have to spend some effort to deal with the officers and soldiers along the way, but soon Lin Han realized that the situation was a little unexpected, thousands of displaced people from Hanoi Prefecture and Xihe Prefecture flocked to Guannai, including many officials and wealthy families.

After all, the people don't care about the great cause of His Majesty the Emperor, what 500,000 troops went out of the fortress, pacifying the grassland but more than a month of effort, they have all heard that the 500,000 army died and fell, and the king of the grassland killed 200,000 soldiers, and even a prince was cut off by the living Yama, and the governor Xu Lin and those officials in the north were frightened and surrendered.

Lin Han lifted the curtain on the carriage, looked out the window and said: "There is an ancient saying in the Central Plains that three people become tigers, and people are terrible, these rumors frightened the courage of the common people, and the people spread the word of mouth and frightened the courage of the defenders, and finally collapsed without a fight. ”

Xiao Jin said flatly: "Isn't it the rumor that you spread?"

Lin Han laughed and said, "What are you ours, it's us!"

Xiao Jin got up and stepped out of the carriage, looking at the Da Yi Mansion that was already faintly visible.

The smile on Lin Han's face slowly retracted, waved his hand to the two secret guards who were driving, and said in a deep voice, "You guys wait here, I'll send the second son over." ”

The two secret guards who were entrusted with important tasks by Xiao Yu wanted to speak and stopped, but after seeing Lin Han's expressionless face, they still bowed their heads and agreed.

Lin Han approached Xiao Jin, and a smile bloomed on his face again.

The two followed the crowd until they walked to the foot of the city of Dayi Mansion before they stood still.

Xiao Jin's face sank like water, tightened the sleeves of his robe, took off the sweeping autumn knife on his waist and said: "Let's stay, as long as I show my identity here, the guard of the Great Yi Mansion will naturally send me to the Eastern Capital, but this is going to the Eastern Capital, the blessing and misfortune are unpredictable, this saber is the right to thank you for sending me all the way." ”

Lin Han took the saber and watched Xiao Jin walk towards the Great Yi Mansion.

Hundreds of horses rode out of the eastern capital, and only one person remained.

Lin Han muttered to himself: "The feudal town, the relatives, and the eunuchs, there are two of the three. ”