Zhixin was liberated. The family was temporarily reunited.

The three of them looked around, and there were dozens of Hun soldiers densely surrounded by them. Even if there are hostages in their hands, the chances of a successful escape are extremely low. Moreover, Liu Mang's whole body was armored, and only his face and neck were bare. Mo didn't pay attention for a while, Liu Mang casually tilted his body, and then blocked it with his arm, as long as he protected his head and neck, the sword could not inflict a fatal blow on him. There are all first-class warriors around, all of them are eyeing the opportunity tightly, as long as the first sword of Mo is not fatal to Liu Mang, there will be no chance for her to stab the second sword at all. Then the three of them will be pierced through hundreds of holes in an instant.

Shu Yan and the two ladies both knew what this occasion meant, but no one showed timidity, but they were both righteous and awe-inspiring, very peaceful and calm.

"Since we were born on the same day, the same month, the same year, we also ask to die on the same day, the same month, and the same year."

"Live and die together!"

"Live and die together!"

When Liu Mang heard the words that they lived and died together, he obviously planned for the worst. That means you won't be able to live. I can't help but secretly complain.

"Shu Yan, as long as you let me go, I promise you to withdraw your troops immediately, and you will never violate the Ruyin realm."

Shu Yan said "phew" and said: "The person who rebelled, I have been deceived by you once just now, will I be fooled by you again?" ”

"Just now, Ah Zhuang, a slave, made his own decisions and made changes without authorization, I didn't plan to go back on my word."

Shu Yan knew that even if it was really not from Liu Mang's original intention just now, the promise he made at the moment was not credible. Even if he can do it himself, he will not invade the Ruyin border again, and there are other Xiongnu branches, but Ruyin still can't be left alone. He reached out and pulled out the saber behind Liu Mang. At this moment, there are two weapons on Liu Mang's neck, which increases his certainty.

"Take off his helmet."

Zhixin took off Liu Mang's helmet as she said.

"Get up and follow us into town."

Liu Mang knew that Shu Yan's intention was to kidnap him to the city, how could he be obedient? has his own people outside the city to control, and he can still maneuver; If he really wants to enter the city, Shu Yan will completely grasp the initiative, and everything will be at his mercy.

"Get up, hurry!" Mo also commanded.

Liu Mang made a movement to get up, and as soon as he moved, he showed a very difficult and painful expression, grinning "ouch".

"Rub it off, hurry up!"

"It's true that this king is unwilling to get up, it's really that Shu Yan fell too hard just now, and his waist has been broken, how can he get up? What's more, the two arrow wounds that were shot the day before yesterday are not healed! ”

Mo Jiang glared: "Hugh has to pretend, if you are disobedient, I will kill you." ”

"If you want to kill, you will kill, I really can't move."

"You?" Although Mo had a sword in his hand, how could he dare to kill him easily?

Kill and kill, go and can't go, the three of them really can't do anything about him for a while.

Ruoxin was anxious when she saw Shu Yan and the three of them trapped. But for the sake of the safety of the people in the city, they can't rush out of the city to rescue.

And at this moment, shouts of killing suddenly broke out around Ruyin City. It turned out that the Hun soldiers in the four cities had agreed in advance, and Liu Mang used Zhixin to coerce Shu Yan to surrender in the northern city, and the other three cities also came to the city to help. If Liu Mang can successfully lure Shu Yan down, it will naturally be good; If it fails, the four sides will attack the city together. The three cities knew that Shu Yan had been lured out of the city, and they were even more relieved, so they each supervised the army to attack the city.

The Huns attacked the city with all their might, and Shu Yan was very worried. In the past, he and Peng Hui were in charge, and they were not afraid, but now there are only a few civilian officials such as Ruoxin in Beicheng who lead the military and civilian resistance, can they hold it?

"Order to stop the siege, or I'll kill you first?" Shu Yan threatened.

"It was the first city to attack in the southeast. Those two soldiers and horses were the reinforcements I requested, not my descendants, and I couldn't order them. Liu Mang knew that Shu Yan didn't dare to kill himself easily, so he didn't eat it and denied it in every possible way.

Shu Yan really couldn't do anything about him. If you have the heart to really kill him, but in that case, the Hun soldiers will have no scruples at all, and if their family of three is killed on the spot, Ruyin City will definitely not be protected.

was anxious, and suddenly saw a large group of people galloping in the distance, waving flags and dust.

"Liu Mang is coming to help again?" Shu Yan said in surprise.

Mo glared at Liu Mang, and sneered sarcastically: "I didn't expect that you Hun iron cavalry would win like this, if you can't win, the number of people will be together." We have already multiplied our troops, and we are still asking for reinforcements, which is shameless! ”

Compared with Shu Yan and the others, Liu Mang seemed to be even more surprised and even a little frightened by the arrival of this team. "I haven't asked for reinforcements again, so I ...... "Since it wasn't the people I invited, it was likely to be the soldiers and horses on the side of the Great Jin." Because although the Great Jin Dynasty is dead, there are always some sporadic resistance forces that are unwilling to surrender. Thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't help but secretly complain.

Although Liu Mang did not ask for reinforcements again, Shu Yan was not optimistic enough to think that this team was here to help him. Either to help me, or to help him. That should be for sure.

This group of uninvited guests, who were uneasy on both sides, gathered dust and rushed to this side. When he got closer, Shu Yan looked at the flag first, which surprised him even more, it turned out that the two big characters "Yuwen" were written on the first big flag.

Yuwen? Who is Yuwen? It should be a Xianbei surname. But what did the Xianbei people do in Ruyin? Shu Yan knew that since the Xiongnu Liu Yuan raised troops, the Great Jin court felt that it was powerless and difficult to quell the rebellion, so he requisitioned the Xianbei people to fight against the Xiongnu. Could it be that he really came to rescue Ruyin? If it seemed credible before, but now that the Jin court has surrendered, Xianbei would not be stupid enough to offend a strong enemy, but end up with a futile result, right?

When the Huns saw this Xianbei soldier approaching, they shouted in unison and did not let them approach.

When the two armies meet, they must keep a safe distance when they do not know whether they are friends or foes. This is common sense, and it is not surprising. The Xianbei soldiers were the first person, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, and sitting down was also a shiny golden war horse, majestic and majestic. This person first made a gesture, the team did not move forward, and then immediately rushed at the Hun soldiers and said, "May I ask if this is under the command of Brother Liu Mang?" ”

What is the origin of this person? How dare you directly mention the name of my king? However, although it was not very polite, at this time, the dignified Hun royal family was lying on the ground in embarrassment, and was pointed at the throat with a sword, and he didn't care about it. "It's under the command of the king of my family. Who are you? ”

"I'm his old friend Yu Wenxi. I want to see him. ”

"There's no need to pass through. You can see it, but you're the only one who comes. ”

"That's nature."

Yuwen dismounted, and after the Huns dodged a gap, he came to the encirclement alone. He originally thought that Liu Mang was sitting firmly under the support of all the relatives and soldiers to command the siege immediately, but he never expected that it would be this scene, and when he saw it, he was taken aback - he had to use the general gift, he didn't seem to be able to call the shots.

"Brother Liu, what are you doing?"

Liu Mang and Yuwen Xi were originally in Luoyang as envoys to the court, and the two were originally very good, but when they saw Yuwen Xi today, Liu Mang showed anger and panic: "What are you doing here?" ”

For Yuwen Xi, except for Zhixin who has only met once and shouldn't know him well, Shu Yan and Mo are very familiar with him, and know that he and Liu Mang had a similar smell when they were envoys in Luoyang, thinking that he was here to save Liu Mang. Mo immediately took the sword and pointed at it: "Don't come here!" ”

From Shu Yan's envoy to Dawan, to Zhixin and Mo being implicated in the family and imprisoned, to the four of them getting married on the same day, to silently changing the day plan to make trouble in Shifu and then returning to Qiangdi, to the imperial court to give the left and right wives, and finally the four of them left Luoyang together and returned to Ruyin. The twists and turns of Shu Yan, Zhixin, Mo, and Biyu caused a sensation in the entire Luoyang City. At that time, it was quite peaceful, and all the envoys of the Siyi Fanguo were still serving in Luoyang, and Liu Mang, Yuwen and others also knew these things.

So when Mo appeared in front of Yuwen Xian in front of him in the image of a woman's clothes, because he was mentally prepared in advance, he still recognized it at a glance, and said with a smile: "Zhen Yu Ling-ah no, it should be Mrs. Jiang, don't come unharmed?" ”

Turned his head and saw Zhixin again, although he had only peeped for a while, but the memory was deep and unforgettable, and he hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Mrs. Han is also present, please forgive me for being young and frivolous, and I have offended, forgive my sins." ”

In the end, he bowed his hand to Shu Yan and said: "Brother Shu was excluded from the court and resolutely left Luo with his second wife, which is really regrettable, but it has benefited the people of Ruyin. I heard that Ruyin was under the governance of Brother Shu, advocating etiquette and teaching, all industries were prosperous, the road was not left behind, and the people were not hungry, and I really admired it. ”

Originally, Shu Yan was very hostile to Yuwen's attack, but seeing that the other party was so polite and polite, he couldn't speak ill of him, so he returned the salute and said: "Yuwen envoy don't come unharmed!" Brother Su knows that Brother Yuwen is the son of Xianbei Shan Yu of Yuwen Department, but today he came to my Ruyin, what are you doing? ”

Yuwen attacked Shu Yan and returned the courtesy, so he said: "Yongjiazhong, my Xianbei tribes were ordered by the Great Jin Dynasty to help the imperial court crusade against the Xiongnu who started the incident, but the Great Jin Dynasty court became more and more detached, but the Xiongnu flourished day by day, so that the situation was defeated and retreated. The day before yesterday, I heard that the Chang'an court had surrendered to the Xiongnu, and the Great Jin Dynasty had been extinct, and the conquest of the Xiongnu by all parties had no meaning. Although there are still some warlords, they are also leaderless and independent. Sent by my father Shan Yu, I originally helped Yuzhou to fight against the Xiongnu in the southern Henan area, but in the face of the reality that the Jin family had surrendered, I had to lead the headquarters back to Mobei. On the way back, I heard that Brother Liu Mang and Brother Shu had been in a stalemate in Ruyin for many days, and they couldn't extricate themselves. Remembering that I and the two of you were both officials in the same dynasty, and one of you was a Jin and the other was a Huns, and I happened to be a Xianbei person, so I rushed over to be a peacemaker, who knew that you were both in such a predicament. ”

At the climax of the Eight Kings Rebellion, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, and Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, requisitioned the Xianbei and Xiongnu as foreign aid respectively in order to completely defeat each other. Since then, these two originally restless aliens have been activated. But to be honest, only the Xiongnu were openly rebelling at that time, and Xianbei not only blatantly confronted the imperial court, but even helped the imperial court crusade against the Xiongnu.

Of course, Shu Yan knew about this, and thanked him: "Brother Yuwen works for the Great Jin Dynasty and is loyal, when Nai is like this, no one will be able to return to ......."

Zhixin remembered that Yuwen Xi secretly peeked at her indecent affairs in Hualin Garden, but it was still difficult to dispel her disgust for him, and reminded Shu Yan: "This person is cunning and has a good relationship with Liu Mang, so don't trust him." ”

Of course, Shu Yan had his own plans, and whispered to Zhixin: "Since he wants to reconcile, let's listen to him." If he deliberately favors Liu Mang, we won't agree. At the moment, we are already in the worst situation, how bad can it be? ”

Liu Mang and Yu Wenxi were both born in the aristocratic families of the headquarters, so they must look at the problem from the perspective of the interests of the entire clan, and the little personal friendship in the past naturally seems very slim. Although Yuwen Raid has not directly confronted Liu Mang, he has always fought against the Huns, and Liu Mang is naturally dissatisfied. Although lying on the ground and being pointed at the throat with a sword, he was still dishonest and snorted: "Do you think that he Xianbei is really serving the Great Jin?" It's just that they want to fish in troubled waters, take advantage of the chaos, and make profits from it. In the past, the Jin and Xiongnu were dominant, and Xianbei did not dare to pretend, but now, Murong, Tuoba, and Yuwen Xianbei are becoming more and more abundant, and they will not be willing to do their duty, and the ambition of the wolf son in the future may become a big disaster! ”

Yuwen Xian first listened to Zhixin's words of disgust and vigilance against herself, although she didn't like it, but after all, it was a woman's words, and she didn't care about it, but at this moment, she heard Liu Mang, a former friend, say so badly, she felt very shameless, and snorted: "I specially came to be this reconciler for you, first, I have a relationship with you in the past, and I want to help you get out of trouble; There is another important reason, that is, at the time of the Yuanzheng Conference, I had a debt to Shi Gongzi, and I wanted to help Ruyin break the siege to make amends. But when I entered the territory of Ruyin County, I heard that Shi Gongzi had already crossed the Yangtze River, and the matter of Ruyin had nothing to do with him, so I didn't have to worry about returning favors. Since neither of you buys my account, and I am thankless, why bother? If you let the net break, what does it matter to me? Say goodbye! ”

Liu Mang saw that Yuwen was about to leave, and suddenly sneered and said, "The Yuanzheng Conference back then? You just peeped at the beauty of Princess Seventeen and Dr. Xin, and you didn't even touch the skirt, what can you be worth? If this is a debt, then it is not only a debt to Shi Biyu, but even Shu Yan should be in debt. ”

Yuwen Xi temporarily stopped: "Hmph." Back then, the two of us coveted the beauty at the Yuanzheng Conference, just because we were both young and frivolous, and we didn't succeed, and we lost our ugliness, so we didn't feel indebted to Brother Shu and Shi Gongzi at all. What I owe is is because I lost the two volumes of the Book of Music. ”

Without waiting for Liu Mang to reply, Shu Yan was shocked first: "The Book of Music? Are you referring to the two bamboo slips I dedicated to the imperial court? Have you lost it? ”

Yuwen Xi suddenly remembered that the two bamboo slips were dedicated by Shu Yan to the imperial court, and at this time, he felt a little regretful and reckless. He was still a little puzzled by Shu Yan's surprised appearance, and asked tentatively: "Those two bamboo slips have long been lost, don't you know?" ”

"The Book of Music is the only book left by the pre-Qin Dynasty, and as a rare treasure, it should be properly treasured in the secretary's pavilion, and no one is allowed to borrow it casually. Even if I am a devotee, I am no exception, and how can I know that it is lost! How was the Book of Music lost? What does it have to do with you? ”

Facing Shu Yan's aggressive questioning, Yuwen couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive. Shu Yan was originally an upright person, and that rare classic was personally dedicated to the imperial court, if he told the truth, how could he give up? Anyway, no one saw that it was hidden by me, so why should I admit it?

Yuwen hesitated, and Shu Yan recalled the situation when he presided over the Yuanzheng Conference: "Because I have a lot of affairs, I am afraid of losing the rare classics, and at the beginning of the Yuanzheng Conference, I returned the two bamboo slips to Biyu, let him keep them properly, and then stored them in the secretary's pavilion, how could they be lost?" ”

This remark reminded Yu Wenxi, who was in trouble, and he immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "This is Brother Shu's mistake." If the classic has been kept by you, it must not be lost, just because it was handed over to Shi Gongzi, it would be self-defeating. Shi Gongzi himself is a mediocre person, how can he carefully guard this thing? In addition, when there are many people, the treasures are taken away at some point. And I should have answered his request, and I exchanged clothes with him. He pretended to be me to enjoy the delicious taste of Zhen Yuling, as you should know, so I don't need to repeat it. It was precisely because the two of us exchanged clothes that I wore his clothes, which caused me to bear the greatest suspicion. But I never imagined that there was a treasure of mercy hidden in his sleeve, but I lost it. Whether it was lost in my hands or in his hands, no one knows, anyway, it was lost, so I feel that I owe something to Shi Gongzi. ”