Not to mention Ye Pei's chance encounter with the rebels of the king of the north outside the city, let alone Zhou Xun in the capital. He was dealing with the officers and soldiers who had come to the inn to search, when he suddenly heard explosions in all parts of the city.

"Oh no, sir, there have been explosions in several places in the city, and at this time the flames are blazing, and I don't know what happened. Outside the city, a large number of rebels from the king of the north also attacked the capital at the same time, and the troops who fled from the camp north of the city were blocked at the gates of the city. A soldier stumbled in and reported loudly to the Khitan officer.

"What?! Go back to the castle tower and inform General Xiao! The officer no longer negotiated with Zhou Xun and hurried out of the inn.

"Oh, that's good!" The shopkeeper and the shopkeeper panicked and walked back and forth in the yard.

Zhou Xun couldn't take care of much, tied the burden to his body, went to the backyard to lead out his horse, and escaped from the inn.

At this time, the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing was like a sea of fire, and more than a dozen fires reflected the blue sky red, and the people cried and grabbed the ground, hugging their heads and running away.

The streets were crowded with people fleeing for their lives and officers and soldiers trying to control the scene. But the officers and soldiers had nothing to do with the frightened people.

Collapsed houses, chaotic streets, residential areas where fire snakes danced, people shouted and neighed, and chaos became a pot of porridge.

At this moment, the four gates were opened at the same time, and the rebels poured into Shangjing like a flood of water. They killed people when they saw them, cut them down when they saw them, and for a time they were burned to death by fire, killed by the rebel army, trampled to death by war horses, crushed to death by crowding, and there were corpses everywhere, and Shangjing City completely became a purgatory on earth.

Because Zhou Xun was riding on a horse, he avoided the crowd of people who were crowded and trampled, and he ran out of the Spring Gate with a wave of fleeing people.

Seeing that he couldn't go back to the capital, he didn't know where to look for Ye Pei, and his heart was in chaos.

In a panic, Zhou Xun saw a wave of people fleeing from the city hurriedly fleeing to the southwest mountain, riding a man on a war horse, waving a war knife in his hand, and was trying his best to protect the people to escape.

After a dozen fierce rebels were killed, the people behind no longer chased the people, but turned their horses and ran in the direction of the city gate.

Zhou Xun took a closer look, and the person who was guarding the people was Ye Pei, so he lifted the reins and ran towards the southwest mountain.

When they reached the mountainside, the people stopped and gasped when they saw that there were no pursuers behind, pushing carts, carrying burdens, carrying backpacks, and leading children...... The people wept and wailed, and they were embarrassed.

Even so, there were still many people around Ye Pei who surrounded her and thanked her.

"Thank you heroes for saving us, if it weren't for you, we would have been swordsmen a long time ago."

"Yes, I don't know the hero's surname? If it weren't for you, the rebels would have killed us all. ”

"Hero, our homeland has been occupied by the rebels, where are we going to flee!"

……

Ye Pei was busy coping, when suddenly a deep voice beside him said, "Princess! I met you here. ”

Ye Pei was startled, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Zhou Xun, and said happily: "Brother Zhou, it's good that you're here." ”

Both of them looked at each other and smiled.

Zhou Xun said to everyone: "This is the princess of the king of Nanping, the eldest princess who married from the Great Song Kingdom. Don't panic, everyone, since the princess has saved everyone, she will help you arrange for your life. The rebels are in order to seize the city, and they will not rush to hunt down and kill innocent people at this time, everyone will go south to Nanjing City to find a way to survive, and the princess will find an arrangement for everyone in Nanjing City. ”

When the people heard this, they cheered, "Oh, long live Princess Nanping!" Long live Princess Nanping! ”

After pacifying the people, Ye Pei and Zhou Xun climbed the top of the West Mountain to lookout. At this time, Shangjing Linhuang Mansion had been occupied by the rebels, and the royal flag of the "King of the North" was planted at the head of the city.

Ye Pei asked Zhou Xundao, "Does Brother Zhou know who the king of the north is?" ”

"He is the uncle of the Lord today, and the son of the imperial concubine Xiao Huran, who seems to be called Aru Bu. In the early years of the reign of the Empress Dowager Shiro, her sister Xiao Huyin rebelled in the northwestern city of Kedun and established the Northern Kingdom.

But then Xiao Huyin was killed, and her son and cronies fled to the country of Shatuo, and there was no news for many years. Looking at this scene now, it must be that Aru is not only the prince who came back to seek revenge. ”

Alu's name appeared in Ye Pei's ears again, making her wonder and think.

At this time, the royal flag was unfurled on the head of the city of Linhuang Mansion, and a team of royal guards lined up, and a man in a black cloak appeared in the middle.

Zhou Xun pointed to the person at the head of the city and said, "Look, princess, that seems to be the king of the north!" ”

Ye Pei followed Zhou Xun's finger and looked carefully, the person was a head taller than ordinary people, similar to Di Qing's figure, as if he was only in his early thirties, but unfortunately he was too far away to see his appearance clearly.

Ye Pei asked curiously: "You said that the king of the north is the true uncle of Yelu Sect, and he looks very young. ”

Zhou Xun nodded and said, "Well, he is the son of Xiao Huyin and later Manu, who is older but not very old. ”

"I see."

Ye Pei suddenly remembered where he had heard the name Prince Alu, in front of the master's spirit, the Khitan who secretly went to pay tribute to the master.

"What will the king of the north have to do with Master? Or does he know his senior brother Lu Chang? Ye Pei was even more puzzled.

While thinking about it, Zhou Xun said to Ye Pei: "Princess, now that we have missed Beijing, our line has also been broken, so now we should hurry back to Zhongjing and make plans again." ”

Ye Pei nodded and said, "Yes, looking at the posture of the rebels, Zhongjing will also be a fierce battle sooner or later." ”

The two of them said, and went to Zhongjing Dading Mansion non-stop.

In less than two days, Ye Pei and Zhou Xun had already crossed the Qijin Mountain and came to the Laoha River outside Zhongjing City.

"Laoha" is taken from the meaning of "iron" in the Khitan language, and this Laoha River stretches for a long time and has given birth to countless Khitan people for hundreds of years. The Laoha River is turbulent, the river surface is open, when it flows to the vicinity of Dadingfu, it almost surrounds Dadingfu in the shape of "several", and becomes the "moat" of the capital city of Liao.

Ye Pei climbed high and looked into the distance, the cold weather did not freeze the Laoha River, there was a slight ice around the riverbed, and the river water in the center of the river surface was even more turbulent and majestic, like a galloping of thousands of horses.

At this time, both sides of Qijin Mountain and Laoha River were stationed the royal guards of the Great Liao State-Pi Room Army, and the military camp was planted with the handsome flag of "Xiao Xiaoxian, King of Chu". It can be seen that the news of the king of the north occupying Shangjing has reached Dading Mansion, and Liaoxing Sect Yelu Zongzhen and the Empress Dowager Xiao Yunjin should have been ready to be armed.

The river is so turbulent, and the west, north, and south sides are heavily guarded, Ye Pei and Zhou Xun can only cross the river far away and then go back to the south.

But around the half circle of the leather room army camp, Ye Pei found a problem, why did the main forces of these military camps not deploy on the front line, but instead surrounded the rear? Could it be that Xiao Xiaoxian wants to fight against the water? Or do you want to protect the safety of the Lord and the Queen Mother? Or is Xiao Yunjin ready to escape?

Ye Pei was suspicious in his heart, and in a blink of an eye, he had already entered the city and returned to the post house.

Lin Bihan saw Ye Pei return safely, and stepped forward to help her get off the horse and said, "Thank God, the princess finally returned safely." When the slave heard that the rebels had captured Shangjing, I was so frightened that I didn't know what to do. ”

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Lin Bihan took the burden on Zhou Xun's body and asked, "What did you gain from going to Beijing this time?" ”

Zhou Xun shook his head helplessly.

Lin Bihan said: "It's good that people come back safely." ”

Ye Pei asked, "Who came to visit me in the past few days?" ”

"Someone came, and there was a King Langya who sent someone to give a gift."

Ye Pei looked at Zhou Xun and asked, "Who is the King of Langya in Daliao?" ”

Zhou Xun said: "Langya King Yelu Ye Nu, the youngest son of the Empress Dowager Chengtian, the uncle of Yelu Zongzhen, is a close confidant of the Empress Dowager Fatian. ”

Ye Pei said: "I guess I'm here to spy on me if I'm in the post house." ”

Zhou Xun also said: "I think it's the same. ”

"Okay, Bihan, if someone comes and still says I'm sick."

"Aren't we going back to Xijin Mansion quickly?" Lin Bihan asked.

Ye Pei sighed and said, "Alas, how can I go back before the truth is clear?" ”

"But ......"

"There's nothing, but tonight I'm going to the palace to spy on the truth. Now, you can prepare a dose of the previous antidote decoction for me, and bring it to my house quickly. ”

Lin Bihan was puzzled, and turned his head to look at Zhou Xun again.

Zhou Xun said: "The princess has another poison in the Shangjing Palace. ”

"What?!" Lin Bihan's tears flowed down all of a sudden. "Princess, shall we not check? The deceased is gone, and you still have to keep your life alive! Let's not check, let's go back to Xijin Mansion immediately, or let's go back to Da Song...... Princess! ”

"Okay, Bihan, I'm fine, don't you think I'm still standing in front of you?"

"Princess!" Lin Bihan's tears fell down.

Ye Pei saw that Lin Bihan was more worried than herself, and comforted her for a while, thinking that she would go back to the house to rest after assuring that she would be fine.

Ye Pei drank a large bowl of detoxifying decoction, felt much more comfortable, and fell asleep deeply.

When the time came, Ye Pei changed into night clothes again, sneaked out of the post house, and went to the palace in Zhongjing.

Ye Pei learned about it, and after coming once, he probably knew the layout and roads in the palace. She quickly found the Zhaoming Palace, where Liao Xingzong was located.

The defense of Zhaoming Palace was not particularly tight, and after Ye Pei saw a wave of patrol guards leaving, he leaned on the back gable wall and peeked into the palace.

At this time, Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen had not yet fallen asleep, he was wearing a light emperor's regular clothes, and was sitting in front of the desk reading.

Ye Pei saw that the attendants beside him went out to fetch things, and there was no one else in the hall for the time being, so he tiptoed into the hall.

Yelu Zongzhen suddenly saw a man in black appear in front of him, and he was so frightened that he almost screamed.

Ye Pei hurriedly took off his veil, knelt down on one knee and saluted, saying, "The minister is the princess of Nanping, see the lord." ”