Xiaozhong was covered in dust, sat on horseback, pulled out the dragon tail sword with red eyes, waited outside the Dasitu Mansion to open the door, and opened the door under his several threats, and rode in directly before the reception of the door.

Someone in the mansion had already reported in a hurry, and Da Situ comforted the guards here and said, "Don't be afraid, let him in." ”

Xiaozhong rode to the front hall, Ziqing followed, Xiaozhong got off the horse, regardless of the sword of the guards in the house, angrily walked into the main hall, Da Situ was already waiting, the two did not salute, Da Situ just waved his hand to signal the guards not to act rashly, seeing that the two were murderous, he said: "The two generals came to my Situ Mansion in the dust, what does this mean?" ”

"I really don't know why?! Do you have such a person in your house? Xiaozhong said angrily.

"Who is Mourning? General Jin has not forgotten that it is my duty to take people to handle cases, may I ask you——"

"Repair is nonsense, and say yes or no!"

Situ smiled and said, "Look, the people in my house heard that the general was coming, didn't they all come out to greet him, let's see if there is the person you said?" ”

Xiaozhong looked at it, and Ziqing said beside him: "Xiaozhong, we can't prove whether Yan Xu is here, Da Situ will not hand it over easily, wait for the time first!" ”

Xiaozhong withdrew his sword, turned around angrily and rode out of Situ's mansion.

Ziqing followed and shouted: "Xiaozhong, we might as well go to King Ming and see if there is a solution." ”

Xiaozhong reined in the horse and said: "I also have this intention, so the two of them went straight to the palace, and came to the front of the Han Palace in a blink of an eye, but saw that the palace gate was closed, and the soldiers guarding the city saw that the two were busy stepping forward and saluting: Two generals, there is an emergency, there may be a major event in the palace today, and the last general will be ordered to lock the palace gate, and no one will be allowed to enter or exit." ”

Xiaozhong asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The defender said: "This, the last general does not know, but I heard that it is long live and critically ill." ”

"Seriously!" Filial piety is like being poured cold water, from the bottom of the heart to the heels.

The city guard saw that Xiaozhong was a little disappointed, and said: "General, the last general just heard about it, and there may not be such a thing." ”

Xiaozhong couldn't care about this, his heart was confused, he couldn't help but feel tight in his chest and short of breath, and couldn't help coughing twice, but the arrow wound that shook his ribs shook him, so he couldn't help himself, turned the horse's head and left.

The General's Mansion was unusually peaceful.

The two of them rushed all the way back to the house, and at this moment Xiaozhong was already unkempt, and he just wanted to get drunk when he picked up the wine jar.

Ziqing was only angry on the side, and his tone was a little stern, and he said, "Filial piety!" You're too much to drink! Why bother yourself with wine? Gongsun Qi, Qin Yu, Fushan's death, we have done our best. ”

Xiaozhong, put down the wine jar, smiled bitterly, looked at the starry sky above, I didn't know that Gongsun Qi had become one of them at this time, and said: "In the past, Gongsun Qi asked for warmth, I always felt troublesome, but now I will never hear his voice." ”

He counted again: "Qin Yu...... I think when we first met, he was still in rags and hungry, but he had to fight me for a few rounds before he was willing to be my subordinate. Fushan, the horse battlefield, how free and easy to live. After saying that, he poured another sip of wine.

"On the battlefield - on the battlefield, which of them didn't sacrifice their lives to protect me, I thought that even if they couldn't be promoted to the rank of knight after returning to Beijing, they could ensure that they had no worries about food and clothing, but I never thought that the three of them were so tired by me that they were homeless and died in the world." At this point, he choked up, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes. Tilt your head and drink again.

Ziqing sighed, stepped forward to grab the wine jar, but was blocked by Xiaozhong with his palm, and said helplessly: "It's useless to blame yourself now, if Xiao Li hadn't injured Wen Jing when he returned to Beijing, there would have been no next things." These things may be providential, not beyond our control. ”

"Tomorrow-" Ziqing was trying to persuade Xiao Li to be executed tomorrow, when a servant of Ziqing's family came, stepped forward and bowed to Xiaozhong, and said to Ziqing with a sad face: "Childe, Madame ordered the villain to ask Childe to go back." ”

"Is there something going on at home?"

"This, the villain didn't dare to say, Mrs. only ordered the villain to be sure to invite the son back."

Ziqing said: "You go back first, and I'll arrive later." ”

"This ——, Mrs. said that if the son doesn't go back, the villain, the villain won't have to go back from now on."

Seeing that Xiaozhong was in such a situation and inconvenient to argue with his family, Ziqing sighed heavily angrily, and said to Xiaozhong: "Xiaozhong, I'll go back when I go." After that, he stepped forward to snatch the wine jar and said: "Tomorrow is the period of Xiao Li's execution, and the last time I was in prison, I was fortunate to have the help of King Ming, but you almost lost your life - Xiaozhong, I want to say that Gongsun Qi left you a word before his death, abandoning the pawn and protecting the car is the best policy." Then he patted Xiaozhong's shoulder with a thick palm, and Xiaozhong just listened blankly.

Ziqing said in his heart: But filial piety drinking is not necessarily a bad thing, if you drink drunk and don't wake up, you will be helpless when Xiao Li is executed tomorrow. So he explained to Lao He and left with his family.

Lao He looked at Xiaozhong from afar, frowned, and said in his heart: "What should I do?" How is it good? ”

Xiaozhong took away the hand pressed under the left ribs, and there was still blood under the ribs, but today he was wearing green clothes, and with wine, Ziqing really didn't see it, seeing Ziqing go away, Xiaozhong suddenly burst into tears, picked up the wine jar and said: "It is my life's long-cherished wish to protect you, but in the end, I can't recover anything, I still can't get the situation back, and I still can't save you......" After speaking, he drank again, put down the wine jar, the wine jar rolled to the ground, fell to pieces, the wine was not swallowed in his mouth, choked, coughed under his ribs for a long time, and spit out some wine, He fell asleep again.

Ziqing went back and saw his mother sitting on a chair in the main hall angrily, and knew that his mother must have blamed him for running around all day long, and he was angry with himself for not accompanying him in the house, so he stepped forward and bowed and said, "Mother, my son is not filial, and I made you angry." ”

Du Shi didn't know what had happened in the past few days, and it was difficult to understand why Ziqing didn't return home, seeing that Ziqing had made amends, his heart softened, his tense face relaxed, and said: "Yu'er, mother knows, you are all busy recently, what are you busy with?" You're out and about all day, and we're worried about you when you come back and don't come home, so you have to think about us! Today is my birthday and your father's birthday, it's rare for you to be in the capital, so it's good to spend this night with us! ”

Ziqing felt guilty, it is rare that his parents are on the same day's birthday, if he goes to live with Xiaozhong today, it is really inappropriate, then his father walked in and said: "Ziqing, Xiaozhong I have sent someone to see if I can help anything, rest assured, I care more about him than you, just like your mother said, it is rare that you are in the capital on our birthday this year, so stay here." ”

Ziqing also wanted to say that Xiaozhong's mood was really worrying, but what could his father do if such a big thing happened.

At that time, Jin Yuan resigned from his official position after Jin Yuan's death, recuperated in the mansion, and stayed away from officialdom in recent years, so he knew that he was more worried. Ziqing heard her father say the same, so she had to stay, otherwise how to justify herself, her father would definitely be suspicious, so she spent the night with her parents anxiously.

Xiaozhong fell asleep after drinking, Lao He and Ziqing's servants carried him into the bedroom, and he was unconscious, and the two simply treated the wound and suffered for one night.