Fortunately, as soon as the first winter snow fell, the palace attendant announced loudly: "Special envoy Eyun, please see your lord—"

"Childe Cloud? Hurry, Hurry! Eyu Fang strode towards the palace gate, to greet Eyun in person. Accompanied by the call of the inner servant, E Yufang entered the hall with a smile, as if he had welcomed back an immortal hero, and as if he had received great news.

But Huaiqing, who was accompanying Jun at the same time, moved in his heart, and always felt that Eyun's footsteps were rapid and heavy, and the words of Shi Li's greetings did not seem to be as calm as in the past, and he was inexplicably uneasy, and he couldn't help frowning.

At this moment, Hou Yufang had already taken E Yun's hand to the hall, and while personally helping him to take a seat, he loudly ordered the waiter to serve tea, and he was a little busy with joy.

When Eyun had just drunk a cup of tea, Ehou Yufang couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?" Did the state of Chu agree to send troops together? E Yun said with a smile: "Don't worry, you have a lot of clues about this matter, and you need to talk about it one by one." E Yufang smiled: "There are a lot of good things, so let's say it quickly, the first case?" Eyun arched his hand and said: "In the first case, the king of Chu wants to summon the prince to Danyang to marry, and marry there. The prince must live in Danyang for three years before he can bring the princess back to Hubei. ”

"Is this holding the prince hostage?" Huaiqing instinctively responded. E Yufang glared at him, and the latter immediately shrank his neck, since the collapse of the orchid madder, Huaiqing has been half a cut short in front of and behind the people, and he didn't dare to say much.

E Yufang waved his hand: "This matter is easy to say!" Marriage is supposed to be a problem, and the fate of Taibu is an auspicious day, which will send the son to Danyang. It seems that the country of Hubei has really reached the point of exhaustion, and there is a sadness in my heart for a while.

Seeing that E Yufang was staring at him with burning eyes, anxiously waiting for the second and third conditions of the Chu State, E Yun could only cheer up and continue: "The second sect, the Chu State wants the Tonglu Mountain, and it will be delivered immediately, they want to ...... Send troops to station. As soon as the words settled, E Yufang's face sank: "Xiong Qu is the overlord of one party, is it really so ugly?" Eyun arched his hand and said: "Jun Mingjian." This time the dispatch of troops is not trivial, knocking on Hangu is a direct declaration of war on the Zhou royal family. If there is no real benefit, how can the state of Chu risk sending troops? E Yufang slowly walked around the hall, although he didn't say a word, his face became more and more gloomy.

It's not that he didn't expect that the Chu State would take Tonglu Mountain as a condition for coordinated troops, but he always had hope, as long as he agreed verbally, even if it was a contract, as long as he was defeated, everything would be resolved later, and maybe there would be a turnaround.

Now it seems that the patina mountain ...... I have been planning for half my life, and I don't hesitate to take the patina mountain that my sister and children have taken, but I can't keep it!

At the end, he finally sighed, waved his sleeves violently and said: "That's it, no Tonglu Mountain, Xiongqu and his son will never send a single soldier, promise them!" Brother Yun, you go and arrange for the Chu State to send troops to Tonglu Mountain to hand over. He paused, and then suddenly came to his senses: "Didn't you say that there is a third condition?" Eyun said indifferently: "This third sect, the king of Chu said, the number of qi in the Zhou room is still strong, and it is difficult to extinguish it. This time the troops were only sent to save our Hubei country from the danger of overthrowing the country, and they did not expect to annex Zhou Tianxia. If you succeed by luck, you will have to close the middle of the Chu, and you will have to become a week; If Hangu is defeated, then the gains of the Hubei State in Luoyi will be divided into half. ”

"This ......" Huaiqing couldn't sit still: "Xiong Qu, this is a lion's big mouth!" Dare to love them, Chu State is sure to make a profit and not lose money? ”

"Shut up!" E Yufang shouted, pointed at Huaiqing's nose and scolded: "If it weren't for your greed, let the orchid madder spread in the country, how could there be the humiliation of Xiongqu today?" You have caused trouble, but you have to cut off the flesh of the widow to make up for it, and you still have the face to cry here? Receiving this reprimand, Huaiqing suddenly turned red, and he really had no confidence to refute, so he could only hold back and not speak.

E Yufang waved his hand weakly, and said to E Yun: "Brother Yun will work hard again, and he will go to Danyang with the prince, Xiong Qu said that these three conditions, no one has any objections, and they all agree." ”

"No! Then the minister sent someone to pass the book first. Retire! Eyun turned away, and his back looked sad.

"Oh no, no!" As soon as Eyun left, a panicked palace maid turned out behind the big screen, and without saying a word, she fell to the ground and cried and asked: "Qiqi Jun, as soon as Madame heard that she was going to send the prince to Chu, she immediately found a white silk and put it on the beam, saying that as soon as the prince leaves Echeng, she will hang herself!" E Yufang didn't move, as if he hadn't heard at all.

The palace maid said loudly again, he just

"Hmm", very impatient: "This woman is here again, crying, making trouble, and hanging herself, and she has no overall situation." He turned his face to Huaiqing and said, "Please settle this matter?" ”

"No! Then he went. As soon as Huai Qing turned around, before he reached the bottom of the corridor, he heard E Yufang shouting: "Come on, go to the border city to recall the eldest son Kun!" Huaiqing was stunned for a moment, and then he lifted his feet and continued to walk towards Mrs. Yi's bedroom.

"What? Do you want me to promise Chong'er to enter Danyang as a son-in-law and hostage? Brother, are you crazy? This is your own nephew, how can I be sent to the tiger and wolf's den in Chu State, just such a son? Mrs. Yi stared at Xiu, looking like a female beast guarding her cubs, and whoever wanted to take her child would fight with whomever she wanted.

"If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached? Sister, you should know that now Hubei is in trouble at home and abroad, and crises are lurking, and only when the Chu State sends troops can the country be saved! Huaiqing looked helpless.

Mrs. Yi waved her sleeves, and the wind blew Huaiqing's face cold: "I don't care!" Why did you let my silver carp go? What about Childe Pomfret ? Isn't he also the son of the king? Are you older than tarpon? Why didn't you let him go to Danyang? ”

"Oh, ma'am! It's not that you don't know, Childe Pomfret ...... He is the grandson of the Duke of Zhou, and at this juncture, he has to prevent their mother and son from being the inter-members of the Zhou royal family, where can they be sent to Danyang to marry Chu? This is the king's trust to our Yi clan! We can't be embarrassed! Huaiqing persuaded bitterly.

"I don't care! I just don't let Chong'er leave my side, what can you do? Great, let him give me another letter of resignation, anyway, it's not the first time! Mrs. Yi was angry.

"Girl!" Huaiqing shouted loudly, and simply sang with a black face: "I can tell you directly, the matter of Lanxiang Madder, the king has been angry with me, and now I am above the court, and I am in an embarrassing situation in the eyes of the king." And also...... When he left the palace, the king deliberately let me know that he had summoned the eldest son to return to the court! ”

"Childe Kun? He...... Didn't he be demoted to a commoner and assigned to the border city as a pawn? "Now Mrs. Yi was really shocked.

"The king's heart is like water, and there is no impermanence. What's more, he opposed the hoarding of orchid and madder across the country, and now it has been proved that he is right and we are wrong. How could the king not summon him back to the court? If you return to the country and participate in the war and make great contributions, the position of the son of this world ...... But it's hard to say. Mrs. Yi remembered that since the collapse of the orchid madder, Eyu Fang had indeed been much colder to herself and to the silver carp.

Don't...... Cold sweat broke out on her back, knowing that what Huaiqing said was true, but she felt unwilling: "Is there only one way to send Chong'er to Danyang?" Seeing that she seemed to be shaken, Huaiqing hurriedly added a handful of firewood: "Sister, you must not drill the tip of the horns, think about things to the left, and narrow the road of the silver carp." Think about it another way, going to Danyang is also a way to protect one's life for the prince! Not to mention that only when the prince enters Danyang, the state of Chu is willing to send troops to help the war, and the state of Hubei has a chance to survive; is defeated, according to the hatred of King Xiao Zhou for our E, if the Echong is in the country, how can he have a chance to live? He is in Danyang, Xiong Qu is looking at his granddaughter, and he will also protect Chong'er. You say yes, right? Mrs. Yi nodded helplessly, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and looked up at Huaiqing in astonishment: "Brother, do you mean...... This time, the Hubei Congress was wiped out? ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Huaiqing patted her on the shoulder: "It's just a plan for the worst." Alas! I only now know that behind the Yi family trading company is the prince of Rongyi, and this matter is clearly the setting up of King Xiao Zhou. I'm too late to regret it! Whether it is the king or our Yi clan, if we don't fight back, we can only sit and wait for death. Mrs. Yi suddenly became sad, and couldn't stop crying: "My hard-working tarpon! There are strong enemies outside, and there are two brothers who regard him as enemies, what should I do? ”

"That's why you want to marry Xiong Qu's granddaughter......" Huai Qing couldn't help comforting. When the Yi brothers and sisters were comforting each other, Ekun was already not far from Echeng.

Ehou Yufang still kept a hand, his recall secret order was issued half a month ago, and the reason why it was revealed to Huaiqing at this time was that they were caught off guard, and they had no chance to be unfavorable to their eldest son.

The last quarter moon of the winter night is thin and cold, the official road leading to Echeng is boundless and hazy, and the rapid sound of horses' hooves crosses the wind lanterns of the merchant travelers that go or stop one after another, and sprinkle all the way to the northwest.

After passing the mountain pass in front, Echeng was in sight. Although it was frosty and foggy, the Kun clearly saw the green mountain in the south of Echeng, and looked over the hill to see the blue city wall of Echeng.

It's back! E Kun's heart was full of emotion. Once he thought that he had died of his heart, abandoned by his own father, hated by the people, and even more the master of his lover, E Kun was dead, just like a walking corpse, numb to live.

As a pawn in the border city, his heart is calm, there is no intrigue in the court, there is no mutual suspicion between father and son, although he is hard and hard in the army, he is calm and safe.

If it weren't for that sudden secret order, maybe he would have lived like this for the rest of his life. However, the situation of orchid madder was broken, and the whole country fell into an unprecedented panic, the price of grain soared, and the salt pots were empty...... His father summoned him back at this time, and he seemed to see the sad and suddenly old father after the Jun case, and his heart trembled.