Ye Pei nodded, turned over and got on his horse, "Brother Zhou is thoughtful, it is safer to join the big team after leaving the Zhongjing realm." ”

Ye Pei saw Huang Jian, who had been standing behind Zhou Xun, and asked, "How is the movement of the rebels over there?" ”

Huang Jian hadn't seen Ye Pei for a long time, so he smiled embarrassedly before he came over to see Ye Pei and said, "Weichen participates in the princess." Back to the princess, I have been observing the movements of the rebels of the king of the north outside the city. After capturing Shangjing, they quickly attacked the Laoha River, probably hoping to use blitzkrieg tactics to cross the river and take the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.

It's a pity that they encountered the resistance of Xiao Xiaoxian, the king of Chu, at the Laoha River, and they have not been able to cross the river. Today, when Steward Zhou left the city, it happened that the rebels attacked again, and it seemed that they had already entered the city. They wanted to use the same means as prying open Shangjing to open the city gate of Zhongjing, but at this time, the rebel offensive was blocked by Xiao Xiaoxian's troops, and Zhongjing Dading Mansion was temporarily safe. ”

Zhou Xun also said: "Coincidentally, this incident just disturbed the city patrol's investigation of me, so that I led your horse out of the city smoothly." At this time, the four cities of Zhongjing Dading Mansion were closed, and it was estimated that it would be more difficult to get out of the city later than to ascend to the sky. ”

Ye Pei said: "Thank God, let's hurry back to Nanjing City, no matter what the situation of Dading Mansion is in the future, the defenders of the Nancheng camp are the bargaining chips for us to keep Xijin Mansion." ”

Zhou Xun, Huang Jian and others all agreed, and several people got on their horses and rode south.

But the more anxious Ye Pei and the others were, the more they encountered obstacles.

At this time, the weather was cold, and the snow closed the mountain, so Ye Pei and his party could only bypass Qijin Mountain and take a long way back to Nanjing Xijin Mansion, and they had to walk at least two more miles on the way.

Coupled with the heavy snowfall, they walked for five or six days before they could get out of the jurisdiction of Dading Mansion and join the princess's charioteer, honor guard, guards and other large teams.

In the evening of this day, at the end of the day's trip, Zhou Xun had just ordered the guards to set up camp and prepare to rest, when he saw a person walking in the snowflakes with goose feathers.

This person was wearing a long cloak, which was the kind of winter cloak commonly used by the Khitan people, and at this time he had accumulated a thick layer of snow on his body, which showed that he had walked a lot of mountain roads.

At this time, the camp of the large army was built in a wilderness and mountainous area far away from the villages and towns, and the surrounding area was deserted. Zhou Xun was thinking about it, and the man had already walked straight towards the princess's tent.

Zhou Xun ordered someone to stop him and asked, "Who are you?" Any idea what this place is? ”

The man was not frightened, but slowly took off his hood, shook the snow on his body, and said calmly: "May I ask if this is the camp of the eldest princess married to the Great Song Dynasty, Ye Pei?" ”

Zhou Xun immediately became vigilant, Ye Pei married to Liaoguo, using the name of the eldest princess Zhao Ling, and the people who knew her maiden name Ye Pei should have known each other for a long time. But in such a snowy weather, in the villages and towns of the distant Liao Kingdom, who can know Ye Pei? If you don't have friends, you're enemies!

Zhou Xun came up and looked at that person carefully, she was wearing the clothes and headdress of a Khitan woman, and it turned out to be a woman.

Seeing that the other party did not answer her question, but looked at herself with suspicion, she took out a piece of jade wall from her arms and handed it to Zhou Xun and said, "Please give this jade wall to the princess, she will definitely summon me." ”

Zhou Xun took the jade wall, and Shi Li said, "Please Mrs. later." Then, go into the felt tent to meet Ye Pei.

At this time, Lin Bihan was tidying up the bed in the tent, Ji Ayue was making charcoal on the ground, and Ye Pei was standing in the center of the tent watching them busy.

Zhou Xun said: "Princess, there is a Khitan village woman from outside the camp, saying that it is your old acquaintance. ”

Ye Pei said strangely: "How can I know any Khitan women?" Are homeless refugees coming to take refuge? If this is the case, it is okay for Brother Zhou to arrange a position for her to follow the team. ”

Zhou Xun presented the jade wall and said, "She asked me to present this for you." ”

"Is that her?!" When Ye Pei saw the jade wall, he gasped, a little stunned.

I saw that this jade wall is a piece of exquisite white jade, hollow design, and the use of beautiful color treatment to carve an autumn scene. This jade is made by Bashan, and Ye Pei gave it to the official prostitute Liu Wan'er that year.

Recognizing this jade wall, Ye Pei immediately said, "Where is this person?" Come on in! ”

"Okay." Zhou Xun promised to go out, and after a while, he led the Khitan women outside the door into the felt tent.

As soon as that person came in, Ye Pei recognized that she was Liu Wan'er, who had not seen her for many years. Looking at each other, there is a kind of sigh of time and space.

Ye Pei was only fifteen years old that year, she was still a fledgling little girl, although she was troubled by love, she had never really experienced the world.

At that time, she gave this jade to the beauty, hoping that a lover would eventually become a family, and she naively thought that as long as the firm love could be together for a long time.

At that time, Liu Wan'er was a beautiful Oiran lady, and when she first saw Ye Pei, she was wearing beautiful plum blossom makeup, and even Ye Pei fell in love with her.

But at this time, Liu Wan'er was wearing a coarse cloth dress, and there was no dress on her face, which was like the beauty back then. At this time, Liu Wan'er had a big belly, and she seemed to be six or seven months pregnant.

Liu Wan'er wanted to greet Ye Pei when she saw her, Ye Pei hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Miss Wan'er doesn't have to be polite, I can't imagine that I haven't seen her for many years, but now I can see the old man again in the village of Liaoguo." ”

"Princess!" Liu Wan'er is still so gentle and graceful.

"Miss Wan'er, but she's already pregnant?" Ye Pei hurriedly beckoned her to sit down.

Liu Wan'er nodded and said, "It's been seven months." ”

"So pregnant, why did Miss Wan'er come to meet in the wind and snow?"

As soon as Ye Pei asked, Liu Wan'er's eyes immediately turned rosy.

She knelt down and said, "I have come to ask the princess to save my family, Ulucha Ge, he is in great trouble!" As he spoke, he began to weep silently.

Ye Pei hurriedly went to support Liu Wan'er, "Miss Wan'er, you get up and talk first, you are pregnant with a child, you can't kneel like this." I met Brother Ulucha in Langya Wangfu that day, what happened to him? ”

Liu Wan'er was helped to sit on a chair, and it took a long time to stop crying, and said: "He was hunted down and killed by King Langya because of the matter of King Nanping, and now only the princess can save him." ”

Ye Pei looked at Liu Wan'er suspiciously, and listened to her continue: "That year, I separated from the princess, so I returned to Daliao with Brother Ulucha, and I lived in the countryside outside the city of Linhuang Mansion, but unfortunately Brother Ulucha's adoptive father Rong Lisha ordered him to return to the palace to serve, and he couldn't help himself. ”

Ye Pei's eyes were cold, "Who are you?" You tell me the truth, or I won't be able to save you! He's a dead soldier of Rong Jia, right? ”

Liu Wan'er nodded with tears in her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, we lied to the princess." ”

Liu Wan'er will bring together the things of the past and the present.

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It turns out that this Uluchage and Liu Wan'er are a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks.

They are all orphans adopted by Rong Lisha and have known each other since childhood. They were also groomed to be Rongjia dead soldiers who were loyal to the emperor alone.

Liu Wan'er's real name is Hui'an, and she has the blood of the Uighurs, Khitans and Han people, and was sent to the Great Song Kingdom to be a romantic person because of her beautiful appearance, and she specialized in inquiring about the news of the Great Song officials.

And Ulu Chago learned a stunt and became a dead soldier who regarded death as home.

That time Uluchage assassinated Zhao Zhen, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, it was an order issued by Rong Lisha.

At that time, although Xiao Yunjin had not usurped power and became the empress dowager of Fatian, the real power in the palace had already been stolen by her. She didn't want the old Nanping King to hold the real power of Nanjing for a long time, so she sent his son Xiao Shinan to the Great Song Dynasty as a proton.

The old Nanping King Xiao Xu is old and frail, if his son has an accident in the Song Kingdom, who can take over the position of the king of Nanping who stayed in Nanjing? Naturally, it smoothly fell into the hands of Xiao Yunjin and his comrades.

Therefore, Xiao Yunjin planned an assassination, if it succeeded, the emperor of the Song State was killed, and the Liao State could take the opportunity to invade the Great Song Dynasty and gain more benefits.

If he failed, he would splash dirty water on Xiao Shinan, who was in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and let the Emperor of the Song State punish him and solve a powerful competitor.

This is really a sure-fire deal, and the more Xiao Yunjin thinks about it, the more proud he becomes.

It's a pity that Uluchage's assassination failed, and Zhao Zhen didn't punish Xiao Shinan according to their thoughts, and everything seemed to pass peacefully.

Xiao Yunjin was furious and ordered Rong Lisha to give death to the dead soldiers sent to assassinate.

Uluchage and Liu Wan'er failed their mission because of their personal affairs, they didn't want to be executed so innocently, they didn't dare to stay in the Great Song Dynasty, nor could they go back to Liao, so they hid incognito on the Song-Liao border.

But after hiding and hiding, they were finally found by Rong Lisha's men and were about to be sent to the execution ground.

"Adoptive father, please don't kill me, Hui'an is pregnant, I don't want my unborn child to die with me." Uluchago knelt in front of Junrisa and cried.

Rong Lisha said: "You should apologize for your failure in the original mission, why do you still involve Hui'an?" Don't you know how much effort we put into inserting Hui'an into the officials of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

"But, adoptive father, you have raised us for twenty years, can you really bear to watch us die?"

"You are the beings of the dead, and you are grateful for the grace of the Lord by dying!"

"But, adoptive father, who do you want our allegiance to now? Are these commands really from the Lord? ”

Rong Lisha was silenced by Uluchago's words.

Yes, Emperor Shengzong is critically ill, and the crown prince Yeluzong is really young, who have they been working for all these years?

What if one day that man gave the order for them to assassinate their Lord? Will they be exempted from all their sins by dying?

"All you can do is obey orders!" Rong Li let out a cry of rage, and he seemed to be enraged.

Uluchago looked at Rong Lisha in despair, and finally shouted: "Adoptive father! ”

Rong Lisha took out the scimitar of victory and evil at his waist, and slashed it down with a "slash", and Uluchago fell in a pool of blood.