In the entire Dingxi Palace, except for the old housekeeper, none of the rest of the palace soldiers resisted, and they even led the way for Xie Zhiyun.

When Xie Zhiyun and the others entered the backyard of the palace, they found that the people in the palace were all locked in the back wing, except for the old housekeeper and the palace soldiers, there were no extra people in the mansion.

Sima Ao, the king of Dingxi, and Shen Wenchun, the princess of Dingxi, were long away from the mansion.

Xie Zhiyun's face was slightly gloomy, but she didn't get angry, she glanced at Feng Fang, and said: "The prince and the princess are missing, I'm very worried that something will happen to them, Daqi's spies are everywhere, and it is necessary to investigate well." ”

She said: "Invite the old housekeeper and the head of the palace soldiers back, and let them carefully recall when the prince and princess disappeared." ”

Xie Zhiyun finished speaking, and then said directly: "In the future, the affairs of the Dingxi Royal Mansion will be temporarily taken over by the Suguo Mansion, Deputy Lieutenant Wen, you guard the Dingxi Palace, if the prince comes back in the future and finds that there can be any damage in the mansion, you are the only one who asks." ”

Xie Zhiyun quickly finished instructing, and then looked at Wei Ying: "Auntie, there is still something at home, I'll go back first, you can see what clues there are in the house, so that you can find your cousin quickly." ”

Since Shen Wenchun wanted to recognize Wei's so much, then Xie Zhiyun let her admit it.

Wei Ying glanced at her, saw the solemnity in each other's eyes, and nodded solemnly: "I know, that's my daughter, I will definitely be interested." ”

Coming out of the Dingxi Palace, Xie Zhiyun's face sank, she took a deep breath, readjusted her expression, and even had a smile on her face.

Wei Yao followed behind her, and the two of them galloped all the way to the Suguo Mansion.

"Sister-in-law, is this wrong?"

Xie Zhiyun said: "It's too wrong, let's discuss it when we go back." ”

When he returned to the Suguo Mansion, Yezhou Mansion Cheng and the two chief bookkeepers were already waiting in the vestibule study, along with the old general Zhou Chenglin left by Wei Cang, Li Jiye and others in charge of the camp in the western suburbs, Cui Ji and Ji Xiuxiu were also there.

Xie Zhiyun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that Cui Ji had already invited someone, she walked in quickly with Wei Yao, and said, "King Dingxi and Princess Dingxi are missing, and all the servants in their house are locked up in the back room, and the old housekeeper will be in charge of this month. ”

"I have already asked people to send the government soldiers and the old housekeeper to the camp, and Vice General Liu is good at interrogating to see if he can ask for clues."

When Cui Ji heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

Wang Fucheng pondered for a moment when he heard this, and he asked, "What does the pigeon that the soldiers found before mean?" ”

Xie Zhiyun sat down and took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "I think that the pigeon is simply sending a message to the Sima family, telling them that the prince and the princess are not in the house, so that they can rest assured." ”

Wang Fucheng was stunned for a moment: "What do you want them to do with peace of mind?" ”

Speaking of this, the faces of everyone present changed.

Xie Zhiyun put down the teacup, and she said in a deep voice: "Let them rest assured, even if the North Vietnamese army attacks Yezhou, the prince and princess will not become hostages, and the wise and martial emperor His Majesty will not bear the bad reputation of not caring for his relatives." ”

The words landed, and there was silence in the study, except for heavy and light gasps.

After a while, General Zhou said in a deep voice: "After the Fengling incident, the North Vietnamese Army has allocated 50,000 troops to rush to Fengling, and there are still more than 100,000 troops left that have not moved. ”

"Sima Ling just ate the conscience of the general and General Yu, and knew that they would not let the Great Qi attack North Vietnam, so he didn't send troops at all."

"If they want to make a move against Yezhou, we will face more than 100,000 troops."

As soon as he said this, the people present fell silent again.

Each of them had a heavy heart, and there was only one attempt for North Vietnam to take advantage of Wei Cang and Wei Ji's leading troops to attack Yezhou.

Xie Zhiyun saw that everyone's faces were solemn, thought about it, and said: "This is just our speculation, if Sima Ling is really so stupid, even if they dare to attack Yezhou, it is impossible for him to win." ”

"If that's the case, then Sima Ling doesn't deserve to be the emperor anymore," Xie Zhiyun's voice was firm, "but even if it's a guess, we have to be prepared." ”

"Old general, you use the general's seal letter to issue an order to the other six states, informing them to prepare food and firewood in advance, if something happens, Huzhou Mu, Taixing Mu, General Zhang and Dongfang General will preside over the border customs to transport grain and materials."

In any case, the border must be secured first.

General Zhou said, "Yes." ”

Xie Zhiyun thought for a while and continued: "Vice General Li, Wang Fucheng, please go to the outside of the city tomorrow, let the people outside the city store food and firewood, and prepare for the winter, just say that there may be heavy snow in the near future, let them pay attention to keeping warm and snow disasters." ”

The two also got up and said, "Yes." ”

Then Xie Zhiyun said: "Tomorrow, I will go with my aunt and second brother to take a look at the city defense and see if there are any omissions." ”

"Mother, third brother-in-law, the matter of winter clothes will be handed over to you."

After this series of arrangements, Xie Zhiyun took a breath and looked at everyone solemnly.

"Sima Ling's heart is as big as a needle, he has no family in his heart, no country, no people, only his own authority, we can't be sure that he won't do such a stupid and foolish thing," Xie Zhiyun said, "So, let's prepare in advance in case we need it." ”

"I'll put my words first, and once that happens, we'll be on our own."

"I can't cause trouble to my father and little grandfather, and I can't let the soldiers at the border worry about their relatives and worry about the safety of their families."

"We're going to defend ourselves."

Everyone got up, and they all said in unison: "We'll resist ourselves!" ”

In the evening, Wei Ying returned.

Her face was a little solemn, and as soon as she came back, she asked everyone to go to Ronghua Hall, and said, "I have checked, and there are indeed pigeons in their house, but there are only a few left." ”

"I asked the pigeon keeper, and the maid said that the princess likes to eat pigeon soup, so there are dozens of pigeons in the house, and he doesn't know why the old housekeeper wants to release pigeons."

Xie Zhiyun said: "The few pigeons found by the city guards did not have letterheads, they should just report safety, but we are not sure." ”

"Auntie, let's put this matter aside, what clues do they have at home?"

Wei Ying shook his head, his face a little tired.

"There was nothing, not a single paper leaf left, not much clothes and gold and silver jewelry were taken away, I guess they were disguised and borrowed someone else's identity to sneak out of the city."

Ji Xiuxiu said: "Yes, if you leave Yezhou in two or three months, you will have to step up the inventory, and the luggage you bring will also be checked, for the sake of insurance, you must not bring it." ”

Xie Zhiyun stood up and walked to the window to look at the bright moonlight outside.

She sighed: "Hopefully, it's just that we're worrying about it." ”