In the Tuhe Palace, Yelu Zong was really preparing to return to the palace.

Outside the Tuhe Palace, Ye Pei led five hundred personal soldiers to be stationed alone, and also packed up his belongings and prepared to leave.

Zhou Xun walked into Ye Pei's big tent and asked, "Princess, should we follow the lord into Zhongjing City, or go back to Nanjing Xijin Mansion directly?" ”

Ye Pei said: "I want to go back to Zhongjing with the lord, this trip to Zhongjing, I wanted to fight for Xiao Jingrong for the hereditary title of King of Nanping, but this matter has not been completed, so I will enter Beijing first." ”

Zhou Xun suddenly changed the topic and said: "The princess still doesn't know something, that day he captured King Langya, and when he was in chaos, Xiao Xiao, the king of Chu, fled first. ”

"What? He actually ran away? Ye Pei looked at Zhou Xun's hesitant eyes, a little puzzled, and asked, "Brother Zhou, just say what you want." ”

"After the death of King Nanping, the tiger talisman who was in charge of the camp in Nancheng has also been exiled. Empress Dowager Xiao Yunjin did not immediately go to Nanjing City to take back military power, because she was afraid that the turbulent situation in Nanjing would cause greater trouble.

They are determined that you don't have a tiger talisman and can't fully get the military power, so they dare to adopt the soft policy of 'you must first settle the inside'. The result was a failure, which led to the return of the queen mother to power and the king of Chu to hand over power.

But I dare to guarantee that the tiger talisman of the military power of Nanjing City must have fallen into the hands of the Empress Dowager Xiao Yunjin at the beginning, and maybe it was handed over to Xiao Xiaoxian later. ”

Ye Pei immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, "Do you want to say that Xiao Xiao escaped first, and he might go to the Nancheng camp to harvest the military power?" ”

"Exactly! Therefore, I advised the princess to go back to Nanjing City first. If there is a princess guarding the camp in Nancheng, even if Xiao Xiao shows the tiger talisman first, he may not be able to easily obtain military power. If you are not there, Xin Gu, Pei Shengbin and others have no reason to refuse Xiao Xiaoxian's takeover. ”

At the mention of this section, Ye Pei was a little hesitant.

Zhou Xun analyzed: "Besides, now that the general trend has been decided, there will be no more danger to the Lord." Returning to the capital is just a reward for meritorious deeds, and when we go back to Nanjing to grasp the power, it is not too late to come back to receive the decree and thank you. ”

Although Zhou Xun was reasonable, Ye Pei still had doubts in his heart.

Although the rebels of the king of the north were defeated by their own battle array, how could they be so vulnerable and flee? The grass of Qijin Mountain is deep and dense, and the rebels are afraid that they are hiding their eyes and ears.

Now Xiao Xiaoxian, King Langya, and even Yelu's rivals who can lead the troops are dead, although the palace tent soldiers on the lord are still there, there is no general who can recruit and command the army, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with the rebels.

A fleeting thought appeared in Ye Pei's mind: the rebels will never stop there!

Why have they not moved? This is too different from the vigorous and resolute style of the king of the north before.

Unless they wait for another opportunity, that is, the time when Xiao Yunjin and Yelu Nu have failed.

Although the little emperor won, everyone understands the truth of injuring the enemy by one thousand and losing eight hundred, could it be that the king of the north wants to fight again at this time?

Thinking of this festival, Ye Pei couldn't go back to Nanjing City with peace of mind.

Ye Pei talked about the worries in his heart, but Zhou Xun had an attitude of not caring.

"Since the founding of the Liao State, it has always been a power politics to establish the world by force, and there have been dozens of coups and frequent changes of the throne. But this is a good opportunity for the development of the Great Song Dynasty.

Liao was in turmoil and had no time to care about other countries, so the Song Dynasty could recuperate, develop the economy and people's livelihood, and continue to grow stronger, and finally it was possible to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and even annex Liao in one fell swoop. ”

Why did Zhou Xun say such a remark and have such thoughts?

Ye Pei didn't seem to know the person in front of him.

Since Ye Pei married into Liao, he no longer regarded himself as a Song person, even if Xiao Yunjin conspired to abolish the emperor and King Langya tried to rebel, Ye Pei did not ignore him as an outsider.

The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the people. There are frequent regime changes, and it is the people who suffer.

Ye Pei also never thought of letting the Great Song Dynasty fight the Liao State, annex the land of the Liao State, and become the ruler of the Liao State.

Zhou Xun in front of him suddenly became unfamiliar, and he said such words, which made Ye Pei feel incredible.

"Brother Zhou, are you hiding something from me?"

Zhou Xun flatly denied it, "No! I'm just planning for the princess. ”

"Then let me think again." Early the next morning, Zhou Xun said these words again, eagerly urging Ye Pei to return to Nanjing City, Ye Pei was a little shaken.

If Xiao Xiaoxian really took the tiger talisman to harvest the military power of the Nancheng battalion, he really had to take action immediately to stop it.

Ye Pei still trusts Zhou Xun after all, and Zhou Xun is already the only person she can trust at this moment.

Ye Pei said, "Wouldn't it be better if I went to ask for a holy decree?" This is also famous. ”

Zhou Xun said: "There are some things that cannot be delayed, and the generals will not be subject to foreign military orders, and the princess also knows that the holy decree cannot remove the tiger talisman." The top priority at the moment should be to rush back to Nanjing City before Xiao Xiaoxian to preside over the overall situation. ”

Ye Pei was moved by Zhou Xun's words and decided to pull out the camp and return to Nanjing City first.

But the next day, after Ye Pei traveled south for a day, Ji Ayue inadvertently said: "Steward Zhou received a flying pigeon handbook. Ye Pei began to be alert again.

Ye Pei waited for a day, she wanted to wait for Zhou Xun to tell him what happened, but Zhou Xun never came to Ye Pei.

Ye Pei was a little disappointed.

If there is a flying pigeon to pass the book, something big must have happened, but Zhou Xun did not come to report to himself, so this secret report is just to tell Zhou Xun? How is this possible? It's not a secret report from Nanjing City, but where could it be a secret report?

Ye Pei has lost too many people around her, and she doesn't want to lose Zhou Xun again. And Zhou Xun's abnormal performance in the past two or three days seemed to outsiders nothing, and even the far-reaching considerations made for Ye Pei made Ye Pei suspicious.

Ye Pei took the initiative to talk to Zhou Xun, "Zhou Xun, I thought you had something to tell me." ”

Zhou Xun was too calm, which made Ye Pei even more suspicious.

"What do you mean by a princess?"

Ye Pei said: "You lead the team back to Nanjing City first, and I still have to go back to Zhongjing." ”

"What?" Zhou Xun's surprise at this moment was even better. But he quickly suppressed his heart and asked, "Why did the princess suddenly change her mind?" ”

"It's just that there is a sense of foreboding, and I think that the king of the north will not be defeated so easily."

Zhou Xun pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll go back with the princess." ”

Ye Pei nodded, and there was a little relief in his heart, maybe he was wrong.

Ye Pei personally ordered fifty people and hurried back to Zhongjing City.

Just when he was still a hundred and ten miles away from the city, Ye Pei noticed something abnormal.

It is said that the political situation in Zhongjing City has been stabilized, and there will not be such a large contingent of refugees, marching in the direction of Zhongjing City. Unless......

Ye Pei hesitated in his heart, unless these people who looked like refugees were pretended to be rebels!

The more Ye Pei thought about it, the more scared he became, and urged the snow-stepping black horse under his crotch to run faster and faster.

However, Ye Pei did not guess wrong, at this time, something really happened in Zhongjing City.

When Ye Pei arrived outside Zhongjing City, it was already a scuffle.

From the banner, it can be separated that the lord's wo Du Luduo (that is, the palace tent soldiers) and the guard battalion patrolling the city are entangled with a large number of rebels.

But Ye Pei carefully distinguished, the so-called rebels were not the banner of the king of the north, and the banner they played was "Guo A's Lu Duo".

"That's not a rebel, that's it?!" Ye Pei turned his head to look at Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun was not as panicked as Ye Pei, but nodded indifferently and said, "Well, the country is a Lu Duo." ”

Ye Pei didn't have time to think about the deep meaning, he just thought: Savior first!

"Formation! Meet the enemy! Ye Pei instructed the guards he brought to rush into the city while the city gate was in chaos.

After entering the city, Ye Pei found that Zhongjing City was already in chaos, and she led people to rush directly to the palace.

As soon as he arrived at the Yuhua Gate in the inner city, Ye Pei met the Qin king Yelu Chongyuan with a team of officers and soldiers who were staying in the camp and were heading to the palace.

Ye Pei beckoned Yelu Chongyuan and said, "King Qin, what happened?" ”

Yelu Chongyuan was also puzzled. "Who knows, the rebels are like people who come out of the ground and suddenly fall from the sky! I'm also rushing to the palace to protect Yi Bujin now. ”

"It's the secret passage, it's the secret passage that has a problem!" Ye Pei suddenly understood how the rebels "fell from the sky", and he was even more frightened.

Yelu Chongyuan also panicked, "Yes, yes, yes, Sister Ye Pei's guess is very likely." Let's go quickly, Yi Bujin is going to be in danger. ”

Ye Pei and Yelu Chongyuan hit horses and rushed to the palace.

When I arrived at the imperial city, I saw that the palace gate was closed and I couldn't enter. The Zhongjing Imperial Palace was surrounded by the leather room legions, as if facing a great enemy.

The leather room army is the palace guard of the emperor of Liao, and it is the army with the strongest combat effectiveness in Liao, and has always been famous for its strict military discipline and allegiance to death. At this time, all of them went out to protect the emperor, indicating that something big had happened.

"I'll let them open the palace door, and I'll go in and see what's going on." Yelu Chongyuan shouted loudly.

Ye Pei stopped Yelu Chongyuan, "Fortunately, the rebels haven't hit here yet, it's too dangerous to open the palace gate rashly at this time, just hand over the post and ask first." ”

However, Ye Pei handed in the post waiting for the summons and did not reply for a long time, and Ye Pei felt more and more bad in his heart.

Half an hour later, the palace suddenly became chaotic, a fire, and then the shouts of killing scattered from the inside out.

The inside of the palace is like an anthill pouring out countless ant soldiers, fighting with the leather room army outside.

"No, Savior first!" Ye Pei called for the guards behind him, and Yelu Chongyuan also joined the battle with his own guards.

Ye Pei took advantage of his battle formation and quickly broke through the palace gate guards and entered the palace.

At this time, there were still many rebels in Ouchi who were killing innocents indiscriminately, and the unarmed chamberlains and palace maids died heavily, and the huge Zhongjing Imperial Palace became a Shura field.

Ye Pei held the fish and dragon whip in his hand, struck a whip, and commanded loudly: "The Liao Palace is in turmoil, protect the lord!" ”

The fifty masters brought by Ye Pei joined the battle after listening to the order, and the rebels, the leather room army, the guard battalion, the Su guard army, and the Wo Du Lu Duo fought in a melee.

Ye Pei shook off the battlefield of the melee, and with his light skills, he rushed into the Zhaoming Palace first.

Ye Pei had just entered the main hall, and before he could observe the battle situation around him, he saw a person in a dragon robe flying straight towards the dragon chair with a heart nail piercing.

She didn't have time to think, the fish whip in her hand was taken off, the fish's mouth was wide open, and a move of "chasing the wind and catching shadows" drew a perfect curve in the air, and bit it diagonally towards the metal nail.

With a "dang bang", the fish and dragon whip bit the piercing nail and hit the armrest of the dragon chair, and actually knocked down a dragon horn on the armrest.

At this time, it was the Great Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen sitting on the dragon chair, his face was pale with fright at the moment, and the Khitan scimitar he held in his hand was also trembling slightly.

Ye Pei chased after a "goshawk hitting the rabbit", took back the fish and dragon whip, and protected Yelu Zongzhen.

She pulled back the fish's mouth, and the heart-piercing nail fell to the ground, Ye Pei glanced at it, and instantly looked trance.

At this time, another heart-piercing nail shot towards Ye Peimian's door, and she flicked it with a fish dragon whip to flick off the golden nail.

Ye Pei looked in the direction of the hidden weapon, the owner of the heart-piercing nail was standing at the palace gate staring at her, Ye Pei suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he held on to the armrest of the dragon chair to stabilize his mind.

She couldn't believe what she saw in front of her, just like that person couldn't believe that she saw Ye Pei, the two of them were separated by dozens of people from the scene of the heated fight, but it was as if there was no one in the room and the air was stagnant.

Ye Pei heard the sound of his own breathing, heard the sound of his own heartbeat, and heard the sound of his blood surging up......

Who is that man?

Can Ye Pei be so frightened?

He is the fifth senior brother Lou Zijin who Ye Pei hasn't seen for many years, but he has always been worried!

She had dreamed countless times of her reunion with her senior brother, but she never thought that this would be the case.

But why did Lou Zijin appear in the rebels of the Liao Palace?

A thousand words converge into a silent staring at each other without words.

At this moment, Lou Zijin was dressed in a Liao aristocratic uniform, with thin braids on his head and gold rings on his ears, his originally fair and delicate skin had been tanned and rough, and some slight wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

A Khitan soldier beside Lou Zijin shouted to him: "Aru is not only the king, be careful!" As he spoke, he pushed Lou Zijin away, allowing him to dodge a scimitar that came over him.

And Lou Zijin didn't seem to have heard it, and his eyes were still looking at Ye Pei stubbornly.

What the hell is going on?

How did Lou Zijin appear here?

It all starts from the beginning......