Jielan smiled, but she was indifferent to Nanrong's provocation, and only said: "If someone wants to sit on the throne, they will naturally find a thousand reasons to attack each other, and unfortunately, I have become the one who is attacked by the other party, if I don't say that this princess is so bad, how can I rebel, but it doesn't matter, I believe that this person will automatically appear in a short time, and then I will know whether this person is clumsy or this princess is clumsy, this princess only thinks about this bloody world and the people are safe, and the people are rich, I think it will be like this in the future, isn't it?" Sister Nanrong! "Since the last time Nanrong deceived her and drove her out of the royal court, Jielan has been suspicious of this Nanrong princess, not to mention that this Nanrong princess almost killed Long Yi in order to achieve her goal, this person is vicious to the point of outrageousness, and why should she be polite to her again?

Nanrong can't fight Jielan in language, but she has been working against her like this, I am afraid that the only way to make the ministers think that she is really colluding with Heimu County in order to seize power with her father, she held back the anger in her heart, pretended to smile, and said: "Since Sister Jielan said that there are people in the royal court who collude with Heimu County, no matter whether this matter is true or not, I will assist my sister to help find out this person, and I can't let this person who intends to seek power and seize the throne persecute Xueying Jiangshan, but I don't know what my sister plans next?" ”

Jielan knew that the other party wanted to trap her, she exhaled a long breath, looking very helpless, and only said: "This person has been planning for so long, but even the courtiers in the court have not found out, it can be seen that this person is not ordinary, how can this person be found out of the Fa overnight, but I always believe that there will always be a way to make this person reveal his true form." That's the end of today's discussion, if the other ministers have nothing to do, just retire! ”

King Xiao stood up very cooperatively, and the attendant beside him announced: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

All the ministers began to bow their heads, and then withdrew from the main hall, while King Xiao, Jielan, and Shaojun and others retreated from the side of the hall, and Nanrong also followed behind them, and when a few people walked back to the corridor of the courtyard, Nanrong stopped and asked respectfully: "Since the king knows that someone has colluded with other counties to try to rebel, why don't you discuss countermeasures in court?" Wouldn't it be terrible to let it go on like this? ”

King Xiao stopped, turned to face Princess Nanrong, and said: "The princess has a heart, it is really a blessing for the people in this world, but today all the ministers are too shocked to learn this information, so the discussion of countermeasures will be mentioned tomorrow, besides, the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, discussing in the main hall will inevitably let the person hiding in the dark know our movements, the princess does not need to be anxious, I and the young monarch will discuss this matter in detail, so the princess will go back to the palace today." ”

Nanrong knew that the other party was wary of herself, and she didn't plan to follow them, so she owed a debt and said, "The minister will retire first." Nan Rong retreated, and King Xiao and Jielan watched Nan Rong leave, and then went back to the side hall to discuss things.

After arriving at the side hall, Qing Zhan didn't go in with them, and he knew that Jielan and her mother must have something to discuss after not seeing her for a long time, so he didn't follow up again.

As soon as Jielan entered, she saw her mother with her back to her, looking as if she was still angry with herself, she was very sad in her heart, so she knelt down towards her mother, thinking of her unfilial piety, Jielan's heart was as uncomfortable as a knife, her eyes were moist, and she only said: "Mother, please forgive your daughter's unfilial piety, my daughter has disappointed you, and my mother is worried about me, and my daughter will never be like this again." ”

King Xiao still didn't turn around, she was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "Although you made the ministers respect in the main hall just now, and also reversed the crime of escaping you committed before, this can only be said that you are very lucky, if you can't turn your disadvantage into an advantage, do you know that you may stay in prison today, and it is more likely that you will be executed." ”

Jielan really felt sorry for her behavior, she choked up: "My daughter knew that she was too stupid in the past, and she was gullible in everything, so she was forced out of the royal court and wanted, and it also made her mother worry about me day and night, I am really sorry for my own behavior." ”

After hearing this, King Xiao also knew her daughter's mood, she turned around and looked at her daughter, she was the same, with tears in her eyes, her heart hurt as if she had been stabbed, she only said: "Did you really tell Princess Nanrong that you went out to the royal court to find your father?" ”

Jielan was stunned for a moment, she didn't know how to answer her mother, but at this time she didn't want to deceive her anymore, she nodded and said, "I know that my mother will be angry when she finds out, and I also know that my mother must be disappointed, but I really want to find him and bring him to your mother, because I know that although your mother doesn't care about him on the surface, your heart is actually very eager to see her for the last time, isn't it?" The daughter just wants to fulfill her mother's wish and hopes that her mother will have no regrets. ”

Xiao Wang sighed, tears suddenly flowed down, she looked quite helpless, and only said, "Okay, then have you found it?" Are you willing? ”

Jielan closed her eyes, she didn't know how to speak, she just said, "I... I'm really useless, I actually believed Nanrong's words, thinking that she had really found her father, and later after knowing the scheme, I realized that everything was just my own fantasy, and then I came to Jin Zhaocheng and knew about Heimu County's rebellion, so I kept running around about it. ”

"That is, there is no result, do you know what you are doing, why you are pursuing things that you don't have,

Don't think about yourself, don't think about these people you have, and even more don't think about the people of the world, my grudge with your father has been broken more than ten years ago, even if my mother is still worried about him in my heart, it's just a state of mind for me, why do you want to exchange the blood Ying country for your mother's meager thoughts, do you know, you do this, how much you disappoint the people of the world, you have to remember, you are no longer a girl who excludes demons in the mountains, you are a princess, and you are the one who will inherit the throne in the future, Your words and deeds will affect the life and death, the rise and fall of honor and disgrace in this bloody country, have you ever thought about all this in your heart. ”

Hearing her mother's reproach, Jielan felt even more guilty, and she said apologetically: "I know, I already know that I was wrong, and I will never do such a ridiculous thing in the future, please forgive my mother." ”

King Xiao let out a long sigh, she helped her daughter up, wiped away her tears, and said: "Since you know the lesson of this time, then you must be clear from now on, don't do reckless things for personal emotions, as a person in power, the most important thing is to learn to control your emotions, no matter what happens, no matter how painful and longing you are, you have to control it, even if that person is only a stone's throw away from you, even if that person is reluctant to do so, but the king is the king, the minister is the minister, Tsunsune, do you have to figure it out? If you can't do it, you'll have to follow the same path as your mother, you know? ”

Jielan knew that her mother was also reminding herself not to have any emotional involvement with Shaojun, but how could she let go of this love, not to mention that being a king must give up what she should cherish? She was unwilling, even less willing to obey the so-called laws and regulations, she let go of her mother's hand and said resolutely: "I know that my mother will feel that as a king, you must give up your seven emotions and six desires, and you must accept the constraints and arrangements of the ancient laws of this royal city, and you must not go beyond the thunder pool, otherwise you will kill yourself, but in the eyes of her daughter, a country is not like this, if you want the people to be happy, it is not the same as giving up our own happiness, what is the use of abiding by those laws and regulations, it is just suppressing people's desires, Instead, let the constant tragedy happen, the people in power don't have to be like what Mother said, if that, whether it's Mother, or I, or in the future, such tragedies will happen again and again, I really don't want to see anyone suffer like Mother because of some empty decree. ”

When Xiao Wang heard his daughter's words, she was dumb in shock, she didn't know what to say, it took a long time for her to wake up from the shock, she grabbed her daughter's hand, she couldn't believe that her daughter would say such a rebellious thing, she thought that her daughter had grown up, but now it seemed to make her more anxious, she only said: "Do you know that from the time you started to have such thoughts, you have taken a step closer to death." ”

Jielan's eyes are still firm, she really doesn't want more people to suffer because of the decree, Xuan Ming is, Jin Xuan is, Qing Zhan is, Chengfeng is, Qingmeng is too, all these cherished people around her are suffering because of the so-called decree, she sometimes thinks about why ordinary people can have ordinary happiness, but their people in power can't go according to their own will, she doesn't want to go on like this, she only said: "I hope my mother believes in me, and believes in the Blood Ying Kingdom created by me, I hope that the future Blood Ying Country will no longer be a country that controls people's desires, but a country of freedom, and I hope that the Blood Ying Country is such a world, not the current one, so hierarchical, so clearly written, Mother, haven't you noticed? It is these so-called regulations that make people's desires stronger and stronger, and in the end they become pain, rebellion, and rebellion, and others have gone all the way from Chiyan City to the present, whether it is civil strife or rebellion, it is just that they are not satisfied with the constraints of the law, so they are like this, I really don't want this kind of war to continue forever. ”

Hearing what Jielan said, King Xiao didn't know whether she was right or wrong, she looked at her daughter in a daze, she seemed to see despair from her, but she seemed to see hope that she had never seen, she was confused, confused, she didn't know whether what she insisted on was right or wrong, she sighed, and only said: "I don't know if your idea is right or wrong, but if you think so, then you can let go and do what you think, in fact, my mother also wants to know what my daughter's future will be, If this country is really in your hands, I would also like to know what kind of country is the Blood Ying Nation that you have created? Mother, I'm really looking forward to the arrival of that time, I think at that time, my soul will also be free! ”

When Jielan heard her mother say this, she felt that she was understood and moved, "Mother really doesn't object to me?" Don't you think I'm willful and ignorant when I say that? You won't blame me either? ”

King Xiao shook his head and said: "I just saw that my daughter has grown up and has her own thoughts, and she is no longer the child who follows others, I am really happy to see you like this, maybe the Blood Ying Country you created is much better than mine, but before that, the matter of the Blood Ying Country must be resolved, otherwise, don't talk about the country that creates freedom, you can't even keep your own power, what else to talk about?" ”

Jielan nodded, and while the two were talking, the door opened, and Qing Zhan walked in from outside, and he walked over to Jielan and asked, "I don't know if the king and the princess have finished talking, if they are finished, I think we should talk about business." ”

When Jielan saw Qing Zhan, she smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, we're about to talk about business." ”

Qing Zhan nodded, he asked Jielan to tell him everything that happened to her since she left the royal court, Qing Zhan also had a rough idea in his heart after hearing it, he also seemed very worried, and only said: "It seems that the most important thing now is to investigate the people in the inner court who want to seize power first, otherwise, we are easy to be passive, and in the end, we will become nowhere to go." ”

Jielan nodded, "Although I am very sure who it is, but it is in vain without evidence, but we must find out and deal with this person first, otherwise the other party knows that we already know that he is collaborating with the enemy and other counties, and he will definitely take action, and it is very likely that there will be an incident in the next two days, and now the military power is no longer in our hands, in case of an incident, we will only be defeated." ”

Qing Zhan also took this into account, "I only have five thousand soldiers from the Divine Beast Legion on my side, and if the other party colludes with other counties, my strength will not be able to resist, so we must also think of a perfect strategy." ”

"On the way back, I have entrusted the city lord of Jin Xuan and asked her to send troops to help, presumably the city lord of Jin Xuan will not break his promise, but if the enemy suddenly attacks, the forces of the city lord of Jin Xuan will not be able to rescue, we must first seize the forces of the royal city in order to have a chance of winning."

Qing Zhan also happened to think so, he knew: "Now the power of the royal city is in the hands of one person, that is, General Tong Ge, but this person is the henchman of King Belon, he must be inclined to him, and he will definitely not help us, from this point of view, our chances of victory are even less." ”

As soon as Jielan and King Xiao heard this, they all began to worry, not knowing what to do, and several people pondered and searched for the perfect way, but they didn't know how to do it.

After thinking about it for a while, Qing Zhan suddenly thought of something, and said happily: "I have a way to let the king and the princess discuss it together." ”

When King Xiao heard that there was a wonderful method, he became happy and hurriedly said, "Then please say it quickly." ”

"Although General Tong Ge is the confidant of King Beron, but Benjun remembers that there is a deputy general named Qiu Zhen under his command, although this person is his subordinate, but he has never been attached to him, although he is only a small leader, but he is also quite prestigious in the army, not to mention that this person is the right-hand man of General Long Ke back then, but because of General Long Ke was demoted to an official position, so it is almost forgotten now, although he only has a hundred soldiers in his hands, but his heart is quite right, and he will never conspire with King Beron to rebel, If we let him become our general, first, we can report the situation among the generals in real time, and we are not afraid that King Beron will suddenly rebel, second, he can lobby the soldiers so that they do not attach themselves to the traitors, and third, if there is a real mutiny, then he is the key to our victory. Qing Zhan's analysis was very clear, Jielan and King Xiao felt very safe after hearing it, and there was a solution to it, and their hearts, which had always been sorrowful, also relaxed.

King Xiao walked up to Qing Zhan's side, held his arm, and said: "This matter needs to be kept secret and cautious, don't let King Belon know, otherwise it may be useless after being discovered, and it may also harm the life of General Qiu Zhen, but although I find someone who can restrain King Belon, it can only be used as a last resort, if we don't need to react to mutiny, it will be even more useful, after all, the matter in Heimu County is very serious, I don't want to weaken the power of the royal city because of civil strife, and in the end make the fisherman profitable." ”

Jielan thought that her mother was already very upset about this matter, she didn't want her mother to be anxious about this matter anymore, she held her mother's hand and said gently: "Mother, you can leave this matter to me and Qing Zhan, please believe that the two of us must have a way to deal with this matter, even if it is a little indulgence to our daughter when she first gets involved in politics!" ”

Seeing her daughter so softly and earnestly, her mother felt that her daughter had indeed grown up, and felt that she should also learn to trust her, otherwise how could she rest assured that this bloody country would be in the hands of Jielan. She nodded and said, "Okay, how to find out the collaborator is up to you, if there is anything that needs the king's help, I will definitely help you, although my current rights are in vain, but I am still the king after all." ”

Hearing these words, Jielan was still a little sad, as if as long as the country was calmed down, her mother was going to leave, but there were some things that Jielan was helpless, King Xiao felt that staying here would disturb his daughter and discuss countermeasures with Qing Zhan, so he went out of the side hall and went back to his bedroom, and after Jielan waited for her mother to leave, she said to Qing Zhan: "I think you should understand why I don't want my mother to participate in this rebellion." ”

Qing Zhan nodded, he held Jielan's hand, gently stroked the back of Jielan's hand, wanted to give her a little comfort to the uneasy, and only said: "I know, you don't want your mother to experience the pain of civil strife again, and you don't want her to see the pain of war again, because you are worried that the king will think that she caused all this, so you are afraid that she will blame herself, and you, the hope of being a daughter, will take this responsibility of the mother and let you end it, right?" ”

Jielan never thought that Qing Zhan would understand her so well, she always thought that Qing Zhan just blindly wanted to have herself, and never cared about her from the heart, but now that she hears it, Jielan is really wrong, it turns out that what she thinks, he knows it so well, Jielan smiled indifferently with relief, and said: "Yes, although my mother didn't say it, I can see that my mother's heart is very guilty and painful, and I really don't want her to be sad about this matter." ”

"Now we can only hurry up, and if we delay for one more minute, our chances of winning will be one point less, and we must find a way to force them to show their original form." Although Qing Zhan has always been resourceful, this time he could not take it lightly against the treacherous and cunning King Belon and Princess Nanrong.

"Before dealing with them, I was more worried that the people of Heimu County would suddenly attack other cities and counties in advance, especially Chiyan City, that Kongjing had a grudge against Chiyan City, so he would definitely take Chiyan City first, I had already written two documents when I returned to the royal court, and the city lord of Tuo Jinxuan sent people to Chiyan City and Qing Zhou City respectively, so that they could take precautions, if Heimu County really came suddenly, if Wang Cheng failed to send troops to rescue, please ask Qing Zhou City to help Chiyan City, hoping to suspend the war. One more thing, I'm afraid you're worried about me. Jielan's brows tightened, and her beautiful face condensed together.

"Wouldn't I be more worried if you didn't say it?" The corners of Qing Zhan's mouth went up, and he was full of smiles.

Jielan sighed involuntarily when she thought of this, and felt a tingling pain in her heart, she withdrew her hand from Qing Zhan's hand, turned around, and said: "This time I went to Heimu County, and when I got to the black cave, I saw a Taoist priest called Phantom, this Taoist priest is good at summoning the technique, that is, taking people's souls to re-condense and then gather together to create new souls, and that Taoist priest is even more covetous of the souls of our seven blood demons, he wants to gather our seven blood demons, and then unite the souls of the seven of us together, Create a new human body, become his puppet, and then use it as a tool of war, and Chengfeng was also left in Heimu County because of this, the reason why I was able to escape was because Xuan Yin, the second son of Heimu County, took the risk to rescue me, so I could retreat with my whole body, otherwise, I am afraid that I will never come back, so, thinking of this Taoist priest's evil art, I am very worried, and on the way back, I decided to let the city lord of Yuning take Qing'er back to the royal city, and also let Jin Xuan pay more attention, as for Xuan Yin, I don't think his father would be so cruel as to give up his son's life, so I didn't worry too much, but who are the other two blood demons, and I haven't met yet, I don't know if you know? ”

When Qing Zhan heard Jielan say this, he felt even more sorry for her in his heart, after all, she was under so much pressure and pain, at this time, she did not consider her own safety, but considered the safety of other blood demons and even future wars, etc., how rare she was as a woman, Qing Zhan wanted to share it for her, but he couldn't, he had to say: "I didn't expect Heimu County to be so disgusting, he would actually come up with such a method, one day, I will let this Taoist priest reap the consequences, but you mentioned the other two blood demons, One of them is the Red Demon Yandi of Chiluo County, and the other one—" When he said this, he didn't even go on, as if he was afraid that Jielan would know about it and make her miserable.

"What? The other one doesn't even know you? Jielan was also a little anxious.

Qing Zhan was even more embarrassed, he was silent for a long time, thinking about whether to tell Jielan about this, after thinking for a while, he felt that Jielan should know about it now, so he no longer concealed it, and said: "Do you know that there was also a war a hundred years ago, when Chengfeng was also a demon, do you know why Qingmeng killed him?" ”

Jielan didn't know why Qing Zhan asked like this, she had heard Qingmeng mention it, so she said directly: "That's because Qingmeng was worried that Chengfeng would harm the world after he entered the demon, so he had to kill him." ”

Qing Zhan shook his head and said, "When the Blue Devil was in the devil, could Qingmeng kill him ruthlessly, not to mention that Chengfeng was the person she fell in love with, how could she be willing to give it up?" ”

"Could it be that there is some hidden secret in this?" Jielan couldn't figure out the reason for this, so she couldn't help asking.

"The reason why Qingmeng had to decide to kill Chengfeng to prevent future troubles is because once Chengfeng enters the deep demon, he will become an underworld, that is, the demon of hell, the power of this demon is not the same as the power of ordinary blood demons, it is said that it has the power to make everything dark, and people and beasts are dead, so when Qingmeng thought about the world, she had to endure the pain Jade to execute Chengfeng, but she still couldn't do it in the end, so she froze him under Xueling Mountain, but fortunately, because you saved him, let him return to his original state."

When Jielan heard these words, her heart was like being hit by a stone, and she panicked, she never thought that things would be like this, nor did she expect the gaffe to be so serious, she thought that Chengfeng was trapped in Heimu County, if the Taoist priest used evil qi to deal with him in advance, wouldn't Chengfeng become an underworld?

"What a poor wind, why does God treat him like this, he has not had much joy in his life, but he still has to suffer such an arrangement from God, isn't it too unfair to him?" Jielan's tears rippled, and she didn't know what to do, and she didn't know how to save Chengfeng.

Qing Zhan saw how Jielan was uneasy, she was so busy hugging Jielan and giving her comfort and support, he only said: "Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to rescue them, I promised you what this gentleman promised, and I will never forget it." ”

Jielan leaned on Qing Zhan's arms, tears rolled down, wetting the placket on his chest, at this moment, she didn't know what to do? Now no matter how strong she is, there are times when she is vulnerable, no matter how independent she is, she also wants to have someone to rely on, and the person who can rely on is probably only fighting now.

Qing Zhan didn't continue to talk to her about dealing with King Belon with Jielan, he only hoped that she could calm down, that she could be by her side, no longer so strong, and that he could bring her to rely on, which was what Qing Zhan was looking forward to.

At this time, it was getting late, and Qing Zhan felt that Jielan must be exhausted after running around for days, and it was not suitable for her to work again, so let her go back to the palace to rest first. And Qing Zhan was worried that the royal court was already in danger, and he was afraid that someone would be unfavorable to Jielan at night, so he sent Tan Qi to protect her, and after he waited for the middle of the night, he took Split Bo to change his outfit and went out of the palace.

After Qing Zhan left the palace gate, he walked straight towards the western suburbs of Pingdu. Split Bo didn't know what Qing Zhan was going in this direction, but he didn't ask, just kept following Qing Zhan, and looked around to see if anyone was following.

Qing Zhan walked in the direction of more and more deviant, and finally walked into a dilapidated alley, there is a grass hut in the alley, the grass house must have not been repaired for a long time, it looks a little dilapidated, Qing Zhan did not answer the door, directly entered the front door, after entering the small courtyard, Qing Zhan did not want to be too offended, only called softly: "There is a guest to visit, but the host does not come out to pick up the guest?" ”

Looking inside from the outside, there was still candlelight in the window, obviously the owner of this house had not yet fallen asleep, and the people in the house heard the shouts outside, so they opened the door with a lantern and walked out, and as soon as this person walked out, he saw that under the faint candlelight, he gradually reflected his figure, and saw that this person was in his forties, dressed in coarse cloth shorts and shorts, wearing cloth shoes on his feet, and wearing a towel on his head, although he looked like an ordinary peasant dress, but he was burly, magnificent, and seemed to be very energetic, and this person was the Qiu Zhen general mentioned by Qing Zhan, The general naturally knew that the person in front of him was Qing Zhan, and when he saw Shaojun's sudden visit, he was naturally a little flattered, and he was so busy kneeling down to greet him.