"In fact, since I was a child, I have never seen him interested in anyone, when I was in Chang'an in the past, my brother always had many girls around him in Chang'an who liked him, but I can see that he is rare and serious about you."

Zhaoyue looked at Li Hanning tonight and couldn't help but say what was in her heart.

Xiao Ce is not ordinary to her, which is something she can see as a younger sister.

Li Hanning said quietly: "Maybe it's just because of a whim, Xiao Ergongzi has never seen a person like me before, so he will be interested for a while, and when the time passes, he won't think like this anymore." ”

Zhaoyue immediately shook her head and denied: "No, you can obviously feel that he is serious, even if you go to Huai'an after leaving Luoyang, he has always remembered you in his heart, you should have also received a jade pendant from him, which was given to her future daughter-in-law by her mother, but he gave it to you so easily, isn't that enough to prove anything." ”

Only then did Li Hanning know that the jade pendant she put in the mansion was so important to Xiao Ce.

"But it's a pity that Luoyang is still at war with Huai'an right now, if only there was no war."

Li Hanning likes to fight, but sometimes it is inevitable, a short war is to strive for a longer peace, Huai'an thinks so, and so does Luoyang.

But there will be a new turnaround tomorrow.

Li Hanning glanced up at the moonlight tonight, and the night was already deep unconsciously: "The princess should rest early today, and the princess can return to your brother's side tomorrow, as for the marriage mentioned by the princess before, Xiao Ce will also deal with you again in front of the king of Luoyang." ”

This is also the reason why Xiao Zhaoyue ran out this time, but Xiao Ce was not in Luoyang at that time, if she opened her mouth, Xiao Ce would definitely respect her thoughts.

Zhao Yue shook her head, changed her previous thoughts and attitudes, and refused:

"I don't need him to deal with me, the second brother's situation in Luoyang is difficult enough, I won't embarrass him again, it's enough for me to be willful, there must always be a limit to people's willfulness, and when I return to Luoyang this time, I will promise my father to prepare for my marriage, but it is just to marry far away from the north, and there is still a chance to return to my hometown in the future, which is enough for me."

All these things that have been experienced along the way, Zhaoyue has also figured it out, her identity always has to be married, who is not to marry is not to marry is better than to marry a noble family with a prominent background, not to mention that she left Luoyang this time before she knew that the world is big, if she does not have the identity of this princess, she and other people may die in the war so inexplicably, it is better to be a noble princess, it is much easier than a homeless homeless homeless.

Li Hanning was a little surprised, I don't know why the little girl in front of her has grown up so much, since she doesn't know whether to congratulate her on growing up, she still feels a little worthless and sad for her.

Zhaoyue looked at Li Hanning in front of him and said seriously and sincerely:

"It's you, Sister Hanning, you should not have a good time in the barracks, if you have the opportunity, consider my brother, he is a very good person, if you really can't be together, then you should take good care of yourself, although I envy you, you can do what you want to do, follow the people you want to follow, but it is naturally very dangerous to stay in the barracks, you should be careful in the future, take care."

Of course, she knew that Xiao Ce was a very good person.

It's just that there's a lot of things between them.

"Princess, rest early."

Li Hanning still left Zhaoyue here, she came here tonight, originally to comfort the person in front of her, but she didn't expect the person who was relieved to become herself.

*

The next day, the Purple Mountain Pavilion outside Fengyang City was rare to see so many people gathered here at the same time in the past few days.

Xiao Ce led dozens of guards, all of whom were cavalrymen on horseback wearing armor and carrying bows and arrows on their backs, vigilantly protecting the safety of their second son.

Li Hanning also brought quite a few people with him, and he also took Mo Zhao with him at this moment.

Zhao Yue rode on horseback alone and glanced back at Li Hanning, what she wanted to say last night had already been said to the person in front of her, so she was ready to go.

Just when the horse didn't take a few steps, Li Hanning heard a cold arrow shot at Zhaoyue from the tree on the side, seeing that Zhaoyue didn't pay attention to his back at all, but fortunately, Li Hanning heard the direction of the cold arrow, and immediately flew on the horse and blocked the cold arrow for Zhaoyue with the sword in his hand.

The person behind Xiao Ce suddenly shouted for some reason:

"The people of their Huai'an City actually put cold arrows on the princess!"

One sentence immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of all the Luoyang soldiers, who obviously promised to release the princess, but went back on his word and let him go cold.

Zhaoyue's horse was frightened, but fortunately, Xiao Se stepped forward and reined in the horse's leash.

Li Hanning frowned a few steps away:

"It's not our people who put cold arrows! Huai'an City never does these despicable things, don't put the blame on our Huai'an City! ”

She had never given such an order, and it was even less likely that the others would harm Zhaoyue.

But fortunately, she heard the cold sword voice just now from what direction.

She looked for evidence.

Li Hanning took a few steps towards the side of the woods, and the soft whip that was originally wrapped around the horse's back immediately hit the other side of the treetops with lightning speed, and the people hiding there couldn't dodge for a while, they were whipped off by the soft whip, and rolled on the ground twice, and when they came to their senses, they were already pressed to the ground by Huai'an's soldiers.

Immediately behind Xiao Ce, a soldier whispered, "Isn't this General Zhao Yi's person?" ”

It turned out that their own people were ambushed here in advance to kill the princess!

When Xiao Ce heard this, he immediately understood in his heart what was going on, someone was deliberately trying to provoke their dispute today.

If he wasn't mistaken, the man was watching from the side right now.

Mo Li and Fang Jiu Ge were indeed nearby.

"General, shall we go over now?"

Obviously, seeing that it was the best time to pick a few minutes just now, I don't know why the two armies didn't move.

Mo Li finally couldn't hold back: "Let's go first, whether it is the Luoyang rebels or the Huai'an rebels, they will be killed on the spot!" Not a single one to stay! ”

"Yes!"

The hundreds of imperial soldiers and horses who were ambushed here behind him were demoralized.

Seeing that the court soldiers who were ambushed here were about to attack them.

Ning Yu, who had already heard the movement here, frowned and looked at Xiao Ce on the side:

"How is the second son going to deal with it?"

Xiao Ce sat firmly on horseback, as if he had a good idea of the current situation:

"They use infantry, and we naturally have infantry."

Ning Yu was stunned, they went out today with some elite cavalry, where did the infantry come from?

Xiao Ce seemed to know what was going on in his heart and had some doubts about it:

"I'm referring to the infantry of Huai'an City."

Xiao Ce stepped forward and said to Li Hanning:

"The people you brought with you might be of my use today?"

Li Hanning glanced at the hillside not far away, she already knew that there were still people hidden there, and replied to Xiao Ce in front of her:

"Naturally."

Xiao Ce replied quietly: "That's good." ”

Since Li Hanning in front of him is still willing to believe him, then he will definitely not let her down, their soldiers are enough, and the other party has not brought many soldiers in ambush here in order not to startle the snake today, for Xiao Ce, the people in their hands are always enough to retreat the enemy today.

Xiao Ce said to the Huai'an soldiers in front of him: "Huai'an soldiers listen to orders!" Ambush the Imperial Court! ”

Then he reined in the sash of his horse, and turned to his own soldiers and horses, and said:

"Luoyang soldiers listen to orders! Bow and arrow to cover Huai'an soldiers! ”

"Yes!"

Mo Li's soldiers and horses didn't expect that the two sides would cooperate at all, they were obviously still attacking each other a few days ago, and today's sudden cooperation caught the imperial court soldiers and horses off guard, Xiao Ce even bent his bow and shot arrows himself, and the nearest arrow narrowly brushed Mo Li's armor, if it weren't for Fang Jiuge's faster reaction beside him, that sword should have fallen on Mo Li's body.

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more wrong, they had gradually fallen behind, and Mo Li and Fang Jiu Ge could only retreat first.

Fang Jiu Ge protected Mo Li's body, the sword on the battlefield had no eyes, with Mo Li's martial arts, it was inevitable that they would encounter danger, they were now invincible to each other, and if they continued to fight, they would suffer a loss, Fang Jiu Ge said to the people behind him:

"Leave first, sir."

Some things are long coming, and they can't be in a hurry at this time, and some freshmen are not afraid of running out of firewood.

Mo Li knows that now is the best time, and today is the best time, it is a pity, it is a pity to let these two people return to the mountain, it is simply endless trouble, but they can join forces at this time, and it is recommended to fight again, they are the ones who suffer, although Mo Li is unwilling, but fortunately, he still judges the situation:

"Withdraw first!"

It's not too late to wait until you meet up with most of their soldiers.

Fang Jiuge originally didn't want to confront Li Hanning at this time, but now that he received the order to go back, he naturally covered Mo Li's departure while defending.

Xiao Ce and Li Hanning's casualties on their side were only a few people, so they exchanged dozens or hundreds of people from the other party, and this time of course, it was the other party's people who suffered.

Seeing that they were already planning to leave, thinking that they were not chasing after them, Xiao Ce had no intention of embarrassing them today.

Xiao Ce looked at Li Hanning and said seriously, "Anyway, thank you for today." ”

Li Hanning knew that he was grateful this time because of the matter of borrowing infantry just now, but the situation was critical just now, so he naturally wanted to cooperate.

Xiao Ce finally had a chance to have a good conversation with Li Hanning, they hadn't seen each other for a long time since the last time they said goodbye to Luoyang.

And Li Hanning's side is naturally the same.

But now that there is no common enemy, they are enemies, and this is not a place to speak, only a few hasty pleasantries.

"Yes, we want to thank you, if it weren't for Xiao Ergongzi informing the court about the ambush, we think that our side of Huai'an City might encounter greater trouble sooner or later."

What she said was also from her heart, neither she nor Li Zhao had ever taken this army of the imperial court to heart.

The soldiers on the side were busy cleaning the battlefield, and the two of them walked aside and talked in private.

Xiao Ce looked at her and said, "You're a little thinner than the last time I saw you." ”

She thought it was okay.

Li Hanning glanced at the person in front of him, and then commented: "Second Prince Xiao looks more energetic. ”

Xiao Ce couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "You look a little perfunctory and praise, sometimes it's better not to praise it." ”

Li Hanning is not suitable for greetings at all.

Li Hanning stopped and looked at him and said, "I'm serious. ”

It's just that I'm really not very good at praising people.

Xiao Ce laughed again and said, "Well, then I'll admit it." ”

Li Hanningfu thought about it again, Zhaoyue, who was taken back to rest just now, couldn't help but mention in front of Xiao Ce: "Zhaoyue, she has been doing well in Fengyang City these days, don't worry, with me, no one will bully her." ”

Xiao Ce nodded slightly, he naturally believed that although the two armies were facing each other right now, Li Hanning would not treat his sister badly.

"I know."

The rest of the people were cleaning up the battlefield, and they walked around the battlefield just now.

Li Hanning saw Xiao Ce's leading troops, it was really a training, with strict military discipline, and it was also the most famous among the many rebel armies, but the army was like an assassin's murderous sword, the sharper the sword, the easier it would be to be covered with corpses in the future.

If you want to govern a country well, you will definitely sacrifice the lives of some people, and some battles must be fought.

Compassion is not in charge of soldiers, and righteousness is not finance. However, if it were not for the use of force to suppress the rebellion and unify the chaos, I would not have been able to put an end to these chaos.

Xiao Ce, who was standing on the side, saw that she was distracted, and after a moment of silence, he asked:

"What are you thinking?"

Li Hanning suddenly remembered what Li Zhao had told him a few days ago, another general surnamed Xiao in Luoyang City, Xiao Ce's eldest brother.

Li Hanning opened his mouth to remind him: "I am thinking about what it means to be safe and safe, and to survive and be arrogant is to die, this is a matter of sophistry in the world, today we are still friends, and we will be enemies in the future." ”

They are so related, and so are brothers, Xiao Sheng will not watch him take all the attacks on himself.

Xiao Ce was stunned for a moment, and seemed to understand the meaning of her words.

However, if an enemy like them could become a friend, it would be better than Fang Jiuge's friend becoming an enemy at the beginning.

But now that the surrounding battlefield has been almost cleaned, there is no reason for them to stay here.

Li Hanning stood in place. Say goodbye to the person in front of you again, the reunion between them seems to always be less and more apart, just a short reunion, and then a few months of separation, but this time it should soon be goodbye on the battlefield.

"Take care of the second son when he goes back."

It's a shame to say it, the person in front of him is obviously an enemy, but Xiao Ce. There is always a little reluctance in my heart to open my mouth to keep it, even if I know that he has spoken, I can't keep it.

"You too, take care of yourself in the future."

Li Hanning left the Purple Mountain Pavilion with his soldiers and horses, and headed west, intending to return to Fengyang City.

Xiao Ce stood there and watched her leave.