Ye Pei put down the corpse of the Empress Dowager Xiao Bodhisattva, carried the will she handed over, took another look at the palace that made her desperate, flew up the wall of Chongde Palace, and ran out of the old palace in Shangjing.

Back at the inn, Zhou Xun asked, "Princess, what do you gain?" ”

Ye Pei hugged the jug in the room and drank for a while before shaking his head and saying, "No." Then he drank wildly.

Zhou Xun looked at Ye Pei drinking water suspiciously, and asked, "Why is the princess drinking like this?" ”

"I've been poisoned by the 'Demon Slash'."

"What?!" Zhou Xun was shocked when he heard this.

"Do you know this 'Demon Slash'?"

Zhou Xun said: "I know, it is the poison used by Rong Jia's dead soldiers, it is said that no one can survive under this poison, and they are all killed on the spot." Princess, are you sure it's this poison? ”

Ye Pei smiled slightly, "Zhou Xun don't worry, I can't die." It's really a coincidence, a few days ago, Jiang Yunji gave me a lot of hemp boiling to become the nemesis of this poison, and I took a lot of antidotes, so I can survive. ”

Zhou Xun let out a long breath and said, "The princess is really a person of destiny, how can others escape this catastrophe?" ”

Ye Pei sneered, and said in his heart, how can he calculate his fate? Now that he is lonely and helpless, he is really not as good as Brother Xiao Bodhisattva who is dead.

But she couldn't say this, so she could only say to Zhou Xun: "The poison in my body may not be cleared, you and I should go back to Zhongjing as soon as possible." Empress Dowager Qi Tian said that Xiao Shinan had never been to Beijing at all. ”

"The princess has seen the Empress Dowager Qi Tian? What did she say? Zhou Xun asked.

Ye Pei shook his head helplessly, "I saw it, but unfortunately I didn't have time to listen to what she said, and there was a dead soldier sent by the Empress Dowager Fatian to murder her......"

Ye Pei told what happened in the Chongde Palace.

Zhou Xun also sweated for Ye Pei when he heard this, "It's really scared to death, the princess must not be so risky in the future, not every time she can be so lucky." ”

Ye Pei didn't say anything, only said: "It's almost dawn, let's rest for a while, and leave to go back as soon as the city gate opens in the morning." ”

"What the princess said is that if it is late, there will be changes, and we will leave as soon as we open the city gate at dawn." Zhou Xun knew that Ye Pei had exhausted his strength, and promised to exit the house.

As soon as Zhou Xun left, Ye Pei fell asleep and died.

The next day, when it was dawning, Ye Pei hadn't woken up yet, Zhou Xun had already packed up his things and settled the bill, ready to set off as soon as Ye Pei woke up.

But before he left the inn, he saw a group of officers and soldiers rushing into the inn with swords in their hands, yelling at the store.

The shopkeeper and the shopkeeper were so frightened that they promised to open the door door from house to door.

When Zhou Xun was asked, the head of the store said: "Forgive me, the guest officer, the palace has entered the anti-thieves and killed the Empress Dowager Qi Tian and more than 100 of her guards." The lord ordered the general Xiao Xiaoquan to search from house to house, and arrested all suspicious people in case of suspicion. ”

Zhou Xun's heart was cold, "It's not good, I'm afraid the princess and I won't be able to leave." ”

Zhou Xun wanted to think of countermeasures, but the officer who took the lead had already followed the head of the store into the house, and when he saw that Zhou Xun was dressed as a Han, he was even more arrogant, and said loudly: "Who are you?" What to do in Chukyo? ”

Zhou Xun calmed down for a moment, took out his name card, handed it over respectfully, and said in Khitan dialect: "Here is the bookkeeper of 'Zhenyuan Silk Line', and this time he came to Beijing from Zhongjing to send a batch of silk over." ”

The officer listened to Zhou Xun's Khitan dialect very well, and saw that his name sticker showed that he was a Khitan Han with a famous nationality, so he was a little respectful and said, "Who else is traveling with you?" ”

"There's another fellow."

"Lead the way and see."

Zhou Xun was a little hesitant, but before Zhou Xun could lead the way, the head of the store had already beckoned the officer to go next door to see, "My lord, please come here, the people he is traveling with live in this house." ”

"My lord, my lord......" Zhou Xun chased after him, but it was too late. The officer had already entered Ye Pei's house.

But the room was empty, there was no one, and Zhou Xun was also stunned.

"What about people?"

Zhou Xun suddenly realized, "Oh, I remembered, this guy I told him to deliver the goods today last night, who knew that he went early in the morning, I thought he was lazy and hadn't left yet." I'm sorry adults. ”

Zhou Xun said, took out some scattered silver taels and secretly stuffed them into the officer's hands.

The officer saw that Zhou Xun was interested, like a businessman, so he relaxed and said: "Okay, we will come back when that guy comes back, the city has been closed for a few days, and you have been staying in the inn for a long time." ”

It turned out that Zhou Xun had been in Liao for many years, and he had already given his Khitan name and entered the Khitan hometown. In his early years, he helped Lu Chang run his business, and he also knew the characteristics of Khitan officers and soldiers.

Besides, why isn't Ye Pei in the house?

It turned out that Ye Pei fell asleep with all her might, who knew that after sleeping for more than an hour, she was woken up by a burning sensation in her five internal organs.

She got up and touched the jug in the house, but it was empty, so she had to put on her coat and go to the well in the courtyard to fetch water.

When Ye Pei drank a cold water, the burning sensation in his viscera was slightly relieved.

Ye Peixin said: I don't know what the ingredients of this "Demon Slash" are, this poison is not cleared and it will be troublesome in the future, and when I return to Nanjing, I have to think of a way.

Just as he was thinking about it, Ye Pei saw a few black shadows jumping past on the roof of the inn, and disappeared in a flash like a demon.

Ye Pei didn't know what was going on, and it was definitely not a good thing to be intuitive, so he also went to the room and observed from afar.

It was almost midnight, the darkest and coldest hour before sunrise. Shangjing City is geographically northern, it is cold winter, and the day dawns late, and the city is still silent and dark at this time.

Ye Pei looked at it from afar, and another black shadow jumped out of the courtyard next door and ran away into the distance.

"Is it the Man in Black? Khitan dead warrior or where did the martial arts master come from? Ye Pei was puzzled in his heart, but he couldn't sit idly by.

She jumped onto the roof of the next house, performed a light flying technique, and chased after the dark shadow.

Those black-clothed people soon left Shangjing City and gathered in a remote courtyard not far from the city, Ye Pei leaned on the roof and peeked.

"It's all arranged?" A man in a black cloak and a black hood asked.

"It's all done!"

"Foolproof!"

More than a dozen men in black agreed.

"Okay, I've worked hard everyone, I'll go back to the camp to resume my life, and when it's noon, we should join forces inside and outside and pry open the gate of the capital."

"Good!"

"Obey the orders of the king of the north!"

"Obey the orders of Aru not only the prince!"

Everyone responded.

After that, more than a dozen men in black disguised themselves as ordinary people and walked back to Shangjing.

Don't mention others, just talk about the black cloak, and go to a brightly lit military camp on the mountain outside the city, Ye Pei followed far behind him.

What's that place to go? Is it an officer or a rebel? Ye Pei was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't dare to follow too closely.

She watched from afar as the black cloak entered the barracks, hiding herself in a tall tree to observe.

This barracks are one after another, and the army is strictly organized and patrolled.

Ye Pei had fought on the front line and knew the system of the army, she counted the number of camp tents, and secretly calculated in her heart that this army had 100,000 people, not to mention it.

She walked around the hill and observed around for a while, only to see that the handsome flag planted on the camp tent was the "Northern King Flag", but she did not see the "Khitan King Flag" common to the Great Liao official army.

"Is this a rebel army?" Ye Pei muttered in his heart, "But where did this army come from?" Their goal is to go to the capital, where are they going after that? ”

Ye Pei pondered in his heart, he didn't dare to break into the camp without permission, and when he saw that the sky was getting brighter, he had to leave and go to the capital.

Who knew that at this time, Shangjing was surrounded by Xiao Xiaoquan's officials and troops, and he could neither go out nor enter, so that it seemed that a major event had happened.

A lot of people gathered outside the Anton Gate waiting to enter the city, and Ye Pei asked an old man driving an ox cart: "Uncle, why is the city suddenly closed?" What the hell is going on? ”

"Young man, I also just inquired and learned that there are assassins in the palace and they want to lock down the city to find it. Alas, you say, I'm in a hurry to go home to deliver rice and firewood, I'm really anxious! ”

Not to mention that the old man complained here, Ye Pei thought to himself, fortunately, he was led out of the city by the man in black, and it would not be good if he was caught in an urn in the inn. She thought that Zhou Xun had been in Liao for many years, and she should be able to deal with it easily, and she should think about how to rush back to Zhongjing as soon as possible.

At this time, it was almost noon, and Ye Pei had not eaten until he felt hungry.

Due to the hurry of coming out, she touched herself and did not have half a penny, and began to worry. Where am I going to get food, and then where am I going to get a horse to run back to Zhongjing?

Ye Pei thought while walking in the direction of the village outside the city, less than a mile away from Shangjing, the sparse Lala was full of village store snacks.

Ye Pei didn't care so much, found a small shop nearby, sat down and began to order. She saw that she was wearing a gold ring on her hand, and thought that it was really not possible to use it to pay for food.

Ye Pei ate deliciously, and he didn't want a team of people to run out of the dust in the distance. The woman in the village shop hurriedly drove Ye Pei away and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, the rebels are coming." ”

Ye Pei asked puzzledly, "What are you talking about rebels?" ”

The woman said impatiently, "I don't want any money for food, so run for your life." As he spoke, he took the children and the old man with him, and fled to the distant mountains without even caring about the house.

As soon as Ye Pei wanted to get up, a wave of routs fled in front of her, and the frightened war horse almost knocked Ye Pei down. Ye Pei jumped on the horse's back in a flash and helped the officer and soldier control the horse.

When the horse had recovered and began to run in small steps, the officer and soldier also picked up the lost soul.

"Thank you Shaoxia for your help. You're also a Khitan citizen, right? The rebels are coming, so run for your life! ”

Ye Pei asked, "Are you General Xiao Xiaoquan's army?" ”

"Yes, General Xiao is directing the battle in the city. Behind them were the rebels of the King of the North, and the northwest region had already been occupied by them. Now they are going to attack Shangjing, and the camp north of the city is no longer safe, and we must flee back to the city to defend Shangjing. ”

"Who is the King of the North?" Ye Pei asked again.

"It's the rebel army of Aru, who is not only the prince, who established the kingdom of the north and proclaims himself the king of the north."

"Aru is not just a prince?" Ye Pei felt that he had heard this name somewhere, but he had no clue.

The officer and soldier were talking, but he didn't expect a stray arrow to suddenly fly from the side and pierce his neck, and the officer and soldier suddenly lost his breath while speaking, and even Ye Pei was startled.

The corpse was planted on the horse's back, and Ye Pei sat upright and controlled the reins and continued to move forward. She "hid in the stirrups" for a while, and "picked up mustard by the roadside" for a while, dodging the arrows that came from behind.

Ye Pei thought to himself that they were going to flee back to Shangjing to report the news, and there was no need for him to follow him to send his life. Thinking of this, Ye Pei turned his horse's head and ran towards the woods to the west.

The rebels behind would not chase a single deserter, and their large force rushed to the Andong Gate in Shangjing with a clear goal.