Yuan Cheng stepped out of the threshold.

Xiao Rong was in the courtyard, and his arms were tightly clamped by two alien soldiers, lest he rush into his highness.

Xiao Rong saw Yuan Cheng come out, and hurriedly used his strength to break free from the two soldiers, and knelt on the ground with a "plop": "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I sincerely surrender to you, and I have no second heart for you!" You see, I changed my outfit today to show my loyalty to you! ”

At this moment, Xiao Rong had already taken off the crown hairpin that Jiangnan scholars were accustomed to wearing, and his long hair was braided into a small braid unique to the Hu people, and he was also wearing a turquoise-inlaid forehead on his forehead.

He wore a colored robe with narrow sleeves and a narrow waist, and the jade around his waist had long been abandoned by him, and the cowhide belt was full of all kinds of daggers, keys, copper rings, scimitars, etc., and the objects were also engraved with the totems of the grassland, which was already the dress of the orthodox northern cavalry.

That night, he transferred the generals guarding the city gates, opened the city gates himself, and lowered the hanging suspension bridge.

He held his torch aloft, stood on the tower, and greeted the northern army warmly.

He not only presented a map of Xihai City, but also led the way with his own courtesy, leading the soldiers to plunder the storehouses of rice and grain in the city, and to the richest merchants' homes to loot his money and concubines.

He used his actions to explain what it means to completely dedicate a city.

And yet—

The expected reward did not come to him.

In these days in the Taishou Mansion, he did not wait for the will of the marquis to worship the prime minister, nor did he wait for the reward of the maidservant of the gold, silver and jewelry house.

Day after day, he was ridiculed and teased by the other generals in the Northern Army, who called him a traitor and sent him to do the hardest and most tiring work, and his status in the Northern Army was almost lower than that of the soldiers in charge of food!

But he is obviously a hero, and he is obviously the most amazing hero in this battle!

He really couldn't stand this kind of gap, so he racked his brains these days to see Yuan Cheng, but the other party always avoided him.

He really couldn't help it.

In his life, there is no way back.

Jiangnan, Jiankang, that's a place he can't go back to.

So he deliberately dressed up as a northerner, wanting to show his loyalty to Yuan, so as to get an official position from him.

He kneeled to Yuan Cheng and reverently bowed his head and kissed the top of his boots: "Xiao Rong has nothing to do, only loyalty." I am willing to be loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, lift my boots and lead the horse, and smear my liver and brains! ”

Yuan Cheng was condescending.

He stared at the young man who was lying on the ground, and his thin lips showed a hint of sarcasm.

He said in a joking voice: "It is said that the Xiao family is full of loyalty, but you have opened Gu's eyes." Xiao Rong, your grandfather is buried under the Chisha Platform outside the city, if he sees you like this, I don't know how to feel? ”

Xiao Rong hung his head, trying his best to suppress his hideous and distorted expression.

He didn't want that either.

But he has no way back, for the sake of the future, what else can he do?

Xiao Rong complimented: "It is Xiao Rong's blessing to be able to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. My grandfather was stupid and loyal, didn't know how to be flexible, didn't know that the country's morale was about to run out, and tried in vain to be a car in front of the torrent of history, so he would embark on an irreparable dead end. When the people of the world will be peaceful in the future, my grandfather will naturally know Xiao Rong's painstaking loneliness. ”

Yuan Cheng laughed.

After laughing, he said briskly: "There is something here that I want you to do." If it is done, the marquis will pay homage to the prime minister, and your benefits will naturally be indispensable. ”

Xiao Rong hurriedly raised his head, his eyes shining: "Your Highness, just explain!" ”

Yuan Cheng briefly described the theft of Pei Daozhu's boudoir: "For Lone, for the entire northern country, Pei Daozhu is a very special existence. Gu dared to conclude that Pei Daozhu was in the city now, and there should be a master with good light skills by his side. Lone wants you to dig three feet into the ground, and you have to bring her to Lone. ”

Xiao Rong hurriedly said yes and went to work ecstatically.

After he left, the attendant asked softly, "This person betrayed his homeland, which shows that he is disloyal and unfilial." This kind of person, should His Highness really want to reuse it? ”

Yuan Cheng sneered: "I heard that when he was in Jiankang, he was excluded from the center of power by Xiao Heng. The people that Xiao Heng can't look down on, and Lone naturally can't look down on them. Reuse...... He also deserves it? If you don't kill him, it's just that you still have some value. ”

He waved his hand, and the attendant immediately retreated.

Yuan Cheng returned to the boudoir and sat in front of Bae Daozhu's makeup table.

He picked up a delicate mahogany comb and put it under the tip of his nose to sniff it.

In the trance, there seems to be a residual fragrance of glycerin.

He glanced at the mirror.

The brass mirror is slightly blurred, and the face of the beauty is faintly visible.

Or angry or laughing, extremely delicate.

"Bae Do-joo ......"

Yuan Cheng chewed on the name, and the chilling accusation of the national teacher came to his mind-

"She must be killed! In front of the family and country, there is no love for children! This seat has glimpsed history from the three-life mirror, if you don't kill her, the country will not be a country! ”

The national teacher is already a gray-haired age.

Over the years, he has devoted himself to cultivating the Tao and comprehending the Heavenly Law, and he has rarely lost his temper like this.

Bae Daozhu......

Is it really a disaster for the Northland?

But she ......

It's just a beautiful woman with a good look.

Two days later.

Xie Lin came back from the street to find information, and his face was much more solemn than before he went out.

He said: "As my sister expected, there were many more soldiers on the street, searching around with my sister's portrait, looking like they were digging three feet into the ground to find my sister." Sister Pei, it's me who is not good, I am the one who hurt you...... What should we do next? ”

Pei Daozhu sat in the ruined temple.

In front of him is a chessboard that is laid out.

The chessboard was also picked up a few days ago, and it is slightly worn.

She plays with herself intently, the chessboard is black and white, and the situation is intricate.

She said: "The first lesson of becoming a general should be to learn to think. Xie Xiaoshizi, if you ask others what to do in everything, how can you become a general who is in charge alone? ”

Xie Lin sat down in frustration: "I see that the situation in the city is getting more and more serious, and it is only a matter of time before we are found...... Sister Pei, how can you be so calm? ”

Pei Daozhu glanced at him.

Although he has been training at the border for two years, Xiao Langjun is still young.

She had stabilized her mood, but he couldn't.

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Good night duck