A black-covered horse galloped on the stone arch bridge by the Wei River, frightening passers-by to retreat one after another.

Even civilians will have people who know the goods, and one person said: "This is a thousand-mile emergency, and the person who reported the news rushed into the imperial city before he could take off his armor, which must be an important matter in the army." ”

The other continued: "The last time a thousand miles reported an emergency was when the border bandits joined forces to rebel. ”

For a while, the people began to fall into an inexplicable panic, and some families even hid their men in cellars in case the war conscription was gone.

All kinds of sayings are dressed in a boiling manner, but there is no holy decree on the throne, which is even more tormenting.

At this time, outside a courtyard in the center of the imperial city, many officials gathered.

An elderly official with white hair and dyed hair knelt on the ground and shouted in a hissing voice: "Please think deeply, Your Majesty! Zou Zhishu was once ranked in the third rank and knew many secrets of our country, so he must not be allowed to return to the East!"

In the courtyard is the imperial study of the saint, no one dares to break into, even if the officials are strongly opposed, but the saint has not expressed his position, after all, the person who the enemy dynasty wants to use in exchange for Zou Yuan is the younger brother of the Empress of Xishu.

Both countries have sent a large number of hidden spies to the enemy country to lurk, most of the hidden will be exposed within a year or two and will be secretly executed, Zou Yuan is the hidden sent by the Eastern Dynasty, and successfully concealed his identity for ten years, becoming a three-product Zhishulang who can freely enter and exit the imperial court.

As long as this kind of secret agent is exposed, there is only a dead end, and he was not executed at the first time, but some people wanted to try to dig up some valuable information from Zou Yuan.

But a few days ago, the Eastern Dynasty proposed to exchange Liu Hao, the younger brother of the Empress of Western Shu, for Zou Yuan.

Liu Hao volunteered to go to the Eastern Dynasty to be a secret agent three years ago, but his identity was accidentally exposed, but because of his special identity in Xishu, he has been imprisoned in the prison until today.

Knowing that Liu Hao was arrested, the queen cried in the harem for two days and two nights, and the whole palace was restless.

Now that the Holy One has not refused, it is likely that he will want to agree, and the ministers can only gather outside the imperial study and kneel down to plead for the Holy Lord to make the right decision.

In the eyes of most officials, Liu Hao threw away the identity of the uncle of the country, and did not gain much during the incubation period, while if Zou Yuan returned to the east, he could cause great harm to Xishu.

At this time, the two prime ministers of the Wen Mansion and the Cheng Mansion were not in the courtyard, and many officials speculated that the two prime ministers had entered the imperial study to persuade the saint.

However, they didn't know that the two ministers were hiding in their respective mansions, and they were dizzy by the list of candidates for the head of the Heavenly Prison Division left by the Holy Lord, and they had no time to separate themselves.

Although the prime minister is the head of the hundred officials, they all know that it is the three divisions that really affect the lifeblood of Shu after all, and the Prison Heaven Division is responsible for monitoring and inspecting the movements of all officials in Tiandu City, and the responsibility is heavy and cannot be missed.

Therefore, there were only three people in the imperial study at this time, Shengshang, Yan Jin, and Ji Wei.

At this time, the situation in the imperial study was by no means what the minister outside the courtyard had thought, and the courtiers tried their best to persuade the Holy Lord to reject the exchange offer of the Eastern Dynasty.

The first thing Ji Wei said was, "Does the saint want to change or not?"

The emperor, who was draped in a dragon robe but had a very young face, spit out a word, "Change!"

Yan Jin narrowed his eyes, and then said, "Then we have to think about how to change." ”

Ji Wei arched his hand and said, "I will personally escort and bring Uncle Guo back." ”

The emperor didn't say anything, but moved his eyes to Yan Jin, signaling that he wanted to hear his opinion.

Ji Wei was not disgusted by this, because she had long known and used to it, and most of the saint's decisions would first ask the old man beside her.

Yan Jin shook his head and objected: "I can't help it, the head of Ji still has a heavy responsibility, and it is not easy to manage a division, if you go in person, I am afraid it will make this transaction more complicated." ”

Ji Wei's eyebrows raised slightly, "Is Director Yan afraid that they will leave me behind at any cost?"

She has absolute confidence in herself, so when she said this, she looked at Yan Jin with some dissatisfaction.

Yan Jin was silent for a moment and said: "The strength of Ji Sishou is naturally undoubted, even in Shu Kingdom, no one dares to get away from it, but there is an ancient temple in the Eastern Dynasty. ”

Hearing the word ancient temple, Ji Wei gritted his teeth, but he couldn't refute it.

The emperor seemed a little tired, leaned back on a chair made of mahwarwood, and sighed: "Ancient temple, ancient temple." ”

"The minister thought that it was feasible to let General Qin Huai serve as an escort general and take him back to his uncle. Yan Jin suddenly spoke.

Ji Wei's heart trembled, but her face didn't show too much emotion, but she knew that she had finally found a breakthrough in what she had been thinking about repeatedly.

But the emperor hesitated at this time, he believed that Yan Jin was in charge of the important task at the time, but he was by no means an incompetent person. Combined with Yan Lao's previous series of actions, he guessed Yan Lao's true purpose earlier than Ji Wei.

So the emperor looked at the old man with confused eyes, he knew that everything the other party wanted was for his own good, but the sacrifice to achieve a certain goal might not make him truly happy.

"I want to see my brother-in-law again. When the emperor said this, his eyes stared at Yan Jin without moving an inch.

Yan Jin understood that the Holy Lord already knew his intentions, and he wanted to sacrifice Qin Huai in the mission, so as to entrust the 200,000 military power to someone who was truly capable.

However, this kind of sacrifice is accompanied by the loss of a chance to bring Liu Hao back.

Yan Jin sighed, but didn't change his words, just added, "Then let Xiling Academy draw cultivators to join General Qin's team." ”

The emperor closed his eyes, he knew that Yan Lao seemed to give in, but in fact he didn't. I'm afraid that even if some more cultivators of Xiling Academy are sacrificed, the old man wants to take the opportunity to turn Qin Huai into a martyr.

The atmosphere was cold and silent.

"As long as I can lead my brother-in-law into the palace, then everything depends on Elder Yan!"

Both of them could hear that the saint was tired, so they took the initiative to leave.

When the two chiefs appeared outside the courtyard and saw the Manchu official, a father-in-law was already reading the final decision of the Holy Lord.

"Ordered General Qin Huai Qin to personally escort Zou Yuan to the border of the Eastern Dynasty and bring his uncle back. ”

Hearing this, the old minister who took the lead in kowtowing to persuade the emperor, and his temples were gray, had fainted, and many courtiers were dying.

Then the holy decree was not read, "Due to the bumpy road and many difficulties, General Qin can select personnel from the Xiling Courtyard to join the escort." The holy will has been revealed, and I hope that the ministers will not come to persuade again. ”

A younger official was still kneeling on the ground to receive the order, but he grabbed Yan Jin's trouser leg with one hand.

"Chief Yan, do you even agree with the Holy Lord's decision?" the official looked at Yan Jin in disbelief, eager to see a glimmer of hope for salvation in the other party's eyes.

Yan Jin sighed, left a sentence and disappeared from everyone's eyes.

"The Holy Lord's decision is my decision. ”

At this time, a cold wind blew, and the birds were silent!