"This matter is handed over to others, and the old man is not at ease. Your Highness is safe and sound, great, the people of the Jin Kingdom, they have been waiting for you to come back for a long time!"

The people behind the old general also burst into tears one by one, and some of them let out suppressed cries.

Wei Yuanshan originally arranged to open the city gate for himself in Jiangcheng, and he was a general defending the city, but he didn't expect that the last person to appear here was actually his wife's father, General Jin An.

The general guarding the city beside the old general explained helplessly: "Your Highness, these people and the defenders are all waiting here spontaneously, they would rather be liquidated by the new emperor after dawn than wait for you here."

These people and the defenders all looked miserable.

Wei Yuanshan then knew that it had been more than a month since the new emperor found that he was leading a large army back, and realized that he had not long been the emperor, so he began to search for the people's fat and ointment in the city, wanting to abandon the city and escape.

The new emperor not only connived at the Jiangcheng forbidden army to plunder the people's property and threaten the civil and military officials, but also befriended the head of Shanyue, the sworn enemy of the Jin State, and transported a large number of gold, silver and jewelry to Yuecheng, which bordered Shanyue, intending to use Yuecheng as his retreat.

The reason why the new emperor and Qingrong are still in the city and have not fled is that they think that Wei Yuanshan's army has come from a long journey, and even if they attack the city, they can still rely on the defenders and the danger of the city to defend for a few days, which means that they can also extort some more money from the people.

The people in the city have been looking forward to Wei Yuanshan for a long time.

"The third child is an unsuccessful scum, he dares to attack the people, and he dares to trade with Shanyue with the ancestral inheritance!"

After listening to the old general's words, Wei Yuanshan was already furious, and he angrily pulled out the long sword at his waist, and the blade of the sword pointed straight ahead.

"All the soldiers, enter the palace with the main hall! General Li, General Wu, you two led 20,000 soldiers to surround the forbidden army camp in the city!"

"Ah Yan, you lead the troops to act according to the plan!"

"General Wang, settle General Jin'an and the people in the city, whoever dares to stop him will be killed."

"All the defenders of the city, those who surrender will not be killed!"

Military orders were issued in an orderly manner, and the army quickly moved into action.

Before dawn, countless torches jumped high in the dim night, accompanied by the roar of war drums, and the soldiers roared, waking up the sleeping emperor.

Chu Yi followed Xiao Yan and went to the priest's mansion according to the content on the previous city defense map.

Along the way, she saw many Jin soldiers and forbidden troops who were fighting.

In her last life, she had seen a similar scene, but it was even more tragic than this.

"Be careful!" Chu Yi saw a soldier pick up an old man who had fallen down, and was almost attacked by the forbidden army, so he immediately picked up the short bow behind his back, pulled the bow and shot an arrow, hitting the forbidden army who wanted to sneak attack him, saving the man's life.

"Thank you, brother!"

The soldier clenched his fists in thanks, put the old man in a room, and then went out to fight.

Chu Yi also nodded to him, walked forward on the long street of the Jin Kingdom with his saddle in his hand, and whispered, "Xiao Yan, uncle should be a good emperor."

Also in the capital of a country, the original Yongguo and Barbarian allied forces burned, killed and looted in Shangjing, mutilated the people, and even burned the palace of Yanguo.

However, the army led by Wei Yuanshan did not offend the people, and took the initiative to protect the safety of the people.

Xiao Yan was looking at Chu Yi when he was looking at the others.

He knew what she had been through, so the soldiers he led along the way were focused on hurrying, and if he saw a forbidden army holding people hostage, he would take the initiative to rescue them.

Chu Yi was surprised that he was actually warm-hearted, where is this great demon king, obviously a great good person.

Xiao Yan found that he was unconsciously affected by Chu Yi, and seemed to have softened his heart a lot.

He frowned, which didn't bode well.

"Wei Yuanshan's throne should be able to sit for a long time."

Xiao Yan said nonchalantly that the reason why he said this was because he had a faint picture in his mind: in his previous life, when Wei Yuanshan told him about the "soul bell" and explained to himself the history of the high priest of the Jin Kingdom, he was wearing a dragon robe, at that time

Hou Chuyi is no longer there, which just proves that Wei Yuanshan's throne can sit for a long time.

Suddenly, two forbidden soldiers came out of a narrow alley, raised their knives and slashed, trying to sneak attack Chu Yi.

Xiao Yan's eyes were pale, and his amber eyes flashed with anger.

He held the bridle in one hand, and with the other he pulled out the long knife he carried on his horse, and swept it through the throats of both of them.

A streak of blood appeared from their necks, and before they could even make a sound, they fell to the ground with two "poofs".

It seems that he is not too soft-hearted.

"It's here!"

Xiao Yan withdrew the long knife from its scabbard and stood on his horse.

A simple and magnificent mansion appeared in front of it, with a black plaque reading "Priest's Mansion" in three dark gold characters.

"Jingle ......"

As soon as Chu Yi arrived at the door, he suddenly heard a distant and crisp bell.

She looked around, "Xiao Yan, did you hear anything? The sound of bells."

Xiao Yan's brows furrowed, he didn't hear anything, but he felt his heart be hot.

"That soul bell should be in the priest's house."

The Xuanhei gate was opened from the inside, and a group of heavily armed family members rushed out, one by one holding swords, lined up in front of Chu Yi.

The head of the family had a gloomy face, and shouted angrily, "Who is here, who dares to trespass into the high priest's palace!"

Obviously, they didn't know that Wei Yuanshan's army had entered the city, and even the new emperor was going to be finished.

"Where's Qingrong?"

Xiao Yance immediately stepped forward and asked expressionlessly.

The morning sun revealed a glimmer of dazzling white light, he rode on a fiery red warhorse, his back to the sun, half of his face was in the shadows, the other half was dyed golden by the sun, his amber phoenix eyes were cold and indifferent, handsome not like mortals.

"You, you're the son of Jiaping? No, it's not. I've seen Jiaping Gongzi, you're not him, who are you?"

This Ding also had some insight, he recognized the pale golden eyes that only the royal family had, and almost thought that Xiao Yan was Wei Jiaping, the eldest son of Wei Yuanshan, but he rejected this speculation.

"No matter who you are, you are not allowed to trespass into the priest's palace without the Holy Decree and the permission of Lord Qing and Tong Gongzi!"

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes: "Boy?"

The family suddenly became ruthless, and rushed forward with a knife: "I'll fight with you!"

Xiao Yan easily dodged his sword, and the long sword at his waist was not even unsheathed, but only smashed his hand bones with the hilt, and the shadow of Xia crossed over him.

"This man is the leader of these families, don't let him die, only the others...... If you don't surrender, you won't be killed!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers behind him answered in unison.

Wei Yuanshan did not hide Xiao Yan's identity from the army, so everyone in the army knew that Xiao Yan was the son of the princess.

They may not know what happened to Wei Rudai back then, but as long as they know that Xiao Yan is their own person and the nephew of His Royal Highness, it is enough.

"Protect the Priest's Palace!"

The nearly 100 family members shouted, as if they were crazy and took the initiative to attack.

"The high priest is the emperor Taizu himself, and any person of the Jin Kingdom must submit to the priest's mansion, how dare you trespass! Not even His Highness, not even the Emperor—"

Xiao Yan stabbed his sword into the heart of the speaker, then drew the blade, and the blood splattered onto Xia Ying's body, merging with its fiery red mane.

"It's a pity that I'm not a citizen of the Jin Kingdom." He said lightly, the tip of the sword hanging upside down.

The Jin people respected the high priest, but he was not a Jin person.

Xiao Yan suddenly thought of something, looked back at Chu Yi, and for a moment, he was a little hesitant to hide his blood-dripping sword.

This scene seems to be a little too bloody.

Chu Yi didn't care, with an expression of "you continue to kill".

After all, in the previous life, the Great Demon King had killed more people in front of her, and just now along the way, they themselves shot and killed several forbidden soldiers who tried to attack them.

But for a moment, the two of them have been

He broke into the priest's house.

Those family members were indeed Qingrong's henchmen, and each of them would rather die than surrender, and even a few even committed suicide inexplicably, and were soon suppressed by the army.

"Send the order down, immediately go to Princess Hanyan and Qingrong."

Xiao Yan wiped the long sword clean and withdrew the scabbard.

Qingrong has not appeared yet, and it is likely that he is not in his own mansion.

But Chu Yi said that he heard the sound of the bell, and his heart was also extremely hot, which meant that the "soul bell" was still there.

Xiao Yan looked at a courtyard covered with bamboo forests in the northwest corner, and said, "According to what my uncle said, that courtyard is Qingrong's study, and it is also the secret room he suspects."

Soon, a soldier came out of the courtyard and shook his head at him: "Qi Yu Gongzi, there is no one inside, and there is no place to hide people."

After the search of the priest's mansion, the group said helplessly: "Childe, all the wings and back houses, as well as the other courtyard where Princess Hanyan usually lives, have been identified, and there is no trace of the princess and Qingrong."

Chu Yi asked, "Is there no one else in the priest's mansion except for the family members?" Don't have a maid? Scholar?"

The visitor said, "There are two female corpses in the firewood room in the backyard, which are said to be the wedding maids of Princess Hanyan...... I've been dead for at least three days."

Chu Yi's face was ugly.

It seems that Qingrong knew that the new emperor couldn't hold Jiangcheng, so he wiped out the palace maid before escaping.

She comforted Xiao Yan in a low voice: "Wei Hanyan is a princess of a country, even if she is Wei Yuanshan's sister, she is also a relative of the new emperor, and Qingrong does not dare to touch her."

"Wei Hanyan ......"

Xiao Yan muttered in a low voice.

That woman was not only Wei Rudai's sister, but also Qingrong's wife and his aunt.

Wei Yuanshan said that when Wei Rudai left the Jin Kingdom, the old Jin Emperor wanted to send someone to arrest her back, but Wei Hanyan stood up and stopped the old Jin Emperor.

She slandered her sister Wei Rudai for being debauched by nature, liking to make friends with people in the rivers and lakes on weekdays, and she was already unclean, and said that Wei Rudai gave up her identity as a princess without authorization, and she was sorry for her ancestors and ancestors, and she was not worthy of marrying the high priest, but she had admired Qingrong for a long time and hoped to marry him.

People in the royal family who knew about this thought that Wei Hanyan was greedy for Qingrong's power and status.

Wei Yuanshan didn't expect that Wei Hanyan would not hesitate to insult and slander his own sister in order to marry Qingrong, and for this reason, he almost turned against Wei Hanyan.

Later, she got her wish and married Qingrong, showing off her power everywhere, and the old Jin Emperor may not have a place where she needs to use "detoxifying the emperor's blood", so she actually ignored Wei Rudai, who broke away from the royal family.

No matter what, Wei Hanyan is a relative of Wei Yuanshan and Xiao Yan, although she snatched the identity of the high priest's wife, but that identity happened to be what Wei Rudai escaped.

And Wei Yuanshan said that Princess Hanyan is an ordinary person with a normal physique, she married Qingrong, and she didn't have to be the "medicine" of the royal family.

"Childe, the priest's mansion has been searched, but no secret room has been found." Another person came to report.

Xiao Yan frowned, and a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes: "Jiangcheng has been blocked, the city gate is guarded by Cen Xiao and others, it is impossible for Qingrong and Wei Hanyan to leave the city, they must still be in the city, or, they are hiding in the priest's mansion."

At this time, Wei Yuanshan's subordinate generals came: "Childe, Your Highness asked the last general to tell you that he has captured the female cadre Qingrong in the secret passage behind the palace and is chasing the new emperor!"

"Great!"

"That female cadre bewitched the new king, betrayed His Highness, and brutalized the people, she deserved death!"

The soldiers of the Jin Kingdom who followed Xiao Yan next to them all showed joy, even though Qingrong's status in the Jin Kingdom was second only to the emperor, but they already knew that the new emperor's strategy to loot the people's fat and ointment for more than a month was from Qingrong's hands!

In their hearts, Qingrong is the biggest female cadre in the Jin Kingdom!

"It's just that Qingrong was seriously injured, and he fainted before he could explain where Princess Hanyan was, and His Highness said that he didn't have what Gongzi wanted." The visitor added.

Xiao Yan understood what Wei Yuanshan meant, and what he wanted was naturally "Soul Bell."

The soul bell was indeed not in Qingrong's hands, but in the priest's mansion.

"Go in and have a look." Xiao Yan walked towards the courtyard, and the group followed him.

In the cold early spring, the priest's house is planted with purple bamboo and green pine, and the ground is paved with blue pebbles.

Xiao Yan walked to the door, the door of the study had been opened when he searched just now, and he could see the bookcase chair inside, which was no different from an ordinary study.

Xiao Yan felt that the temperature in his chest was getting hotter and hotter, and one hand involuntarily fell on the hilt of the sword.

The study room is elegantly and concisely arranged, there are four treasures of the study room on the table, the main hall is hung with the words "indifferent and far-reaching", and there is also a picture of the Jin Kingdom on the wall next to it, and an ink painting of "Master's Lecture".

Chu Yi followed beside him, looked at the ink paintings on the wall, and said, "This master's lecture was made by the master...... By the way, the high priest Qingrong is already over half a hundred years old, so what about the next high priest, that is, his apprentice?"

"Qingrong only has one apprentice, surnamed Tong Mingchuan, who is only eighteen years old, but I don't know where Tong Chuan is now, and he may have run away with the new emperor."

A glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes, and he asked to himself, "Qingrong was arrested in the secret passage of the palace, which means that he wants to escape with the new emperor, so why are there so many loyal family members in the priest's mansion just now?"

Chu Yi said, "Because they still have to protect that boy!"

As she spoke, she walked over to the ink painting, drew her sword, and the tip of the sword picked up the painting.

Since it is a painting of the Master's lectures, corresponding to the rules of the high priest's inheritance of master and apprentice from generation to generation, there must be something behind this painting.

The painting was opened, and an iron window one foot square appeared in front of everyone!