"Grandpa Guo, the people and horses are ready." Li Yong, a pro-general outside the door, said. There was also a man named Pi Xingyong next to him. This Pi Xingyong is a native of Qingjian in Shaanxi, and it is separated from the hometown of Li Laiheng, the Duke of Linguo, in a village. After years of war, there were no parents, brothers and sisters, and they fled with the hungry people to the Dashun army. A few years ago, he was accidentally discovered by Lai Heng in the boy camp, brave and courageous, and once killed more than ten Qing soldiers by himself.

"Grandpa Guo, take me with you?!" Pi Xingyong stepped forward, next to Laiheng, and whispered while handing over the horsewhip. Li Yong next to him hurriedly took over the reins of Tian Zhongshun and Li Laiheng's mounts handed over by his own soldiers.

"Okay, follow me!" Along the way, he took the heart-protecting cotton armor in the hands of his own soldiers and put it on, put on a cowhide quiver, and pinned the sword (Wang Yu) [read Zhi, four sounds, and put on the jade lock used for the sword]

Zhongshun unconsciously looked at the calm and cold face of Grandpa Guo, and after a moment, he quickly turned over and sat on his tall yellow fat war horse, only to see Lai Heng say in a calm tone to the dozens of mighty soldiers and generals standing in line: "Let's go!"

At this time, a few lightning bolts were pulling on the mountains in the distance to the west, followed by rumbling thunder. It's getting darker.

From Maolu Mountain down the mountain must pass through Jiulianping, Baiyang Village and other several big villages, during which the mountain road is rugged, it is extremely difficult to walk, the ancient trees along the way are towering to the sky, and the shade of the trees covers the sun. A mountain passage that is not too wide winds its way to the Jiulianping Village on the mountainside. There are several large gauze lanterns hanging in several places outside the village, and eight soldiers who are still wearing "Dashun" costumes are standing guard outside the gate of the village, and their waists are straight. In the hut sentry box not far away, several mighty men with swords wearing red scarves came out. When they heard the sound of horses' hooves, they quickly lit their torches, stood on the side of the road, and then saluted with their hands crossed to Lai Heng and the others:

"I've seen the General!"

Grandpa Guo's expression naturally slowed down the pace of the oolong horse, and Tongtian Zhongshun came to the front together.

"Well, everyone be on guard!"

"Yes!" The sentry agreed.

Then he looked at Grandpa Guo and his entourage, and waited to cross the corner mountain road outside Dazhai without hurrying.

"Yes, drive!" They stepped up and flicked a few lashes.

Lai Heng knew that going down the mountain this time was different from usual, and if Gao Shouyi was not done well this time, the consequences would be very serious. One after another the leaders of the old rebel army surrendered to the Qing soldiers, which will continue to weaken the anti-Qing team of the Han Nanming Dynasty, although it is not all his thirteen generals in Kuidong, but it invisibly increases his pressure, not to mention that he knows who will not surrender to the enemy? He didn't want to think about these annoying things anymore, so he looked back at Tian Zhongshun and said:

"Zhongshun," he looked up at the sky, "go to the front Baiyang Village to beat the tip, drink saliva, and then hurry, okay?"

"Okay, listen to you!" Tian Zhongshun nodded, and he didn't need to ask where he was going, just followed Lai Heng in a hurry. These more than 60 horses are all good horses outside the border, and in the blink of an eye, only the sound of horses' hooves of "get it, get it" disappears in the air without starlight and moonlight.

In Ciqing Palace, the air has been dull for several days, but today because of the arrival of the red lady, the face of Mrs. Zhenyi, who has just finished her sixtieth birthday, is full of red light and joy. She took the red lady's hand and said with infinite guilt:

"I finally saw you, how many years, how many days and nights I have been looking forward to you, and now I am finally looking forward to it. If the first emperor had knowledge, he would have felt your loyalty! Li Gongzi's brother was wronged by the first emperor, in fact, he had long felt deep regret. ”

When the red lady heard this, she immediately cried bitterly, so that Mrs. Gao also cried with her. Next to Princess Zhong and Mrs. Huang also wiped away tears. The air seemed to be condensing again. Suddenly, Zhang Xiaobao's voice came from outside the door: "Grandma, are there any guests?"

The red lady raised her eyes and saw that a white-robed young general had already arrived in front of her.

"My son, come and see your aunt quickly."

"My nephew has seen my aunt!" Zhang Xiaobao kowtowed.

"Uh, what is this?" The red lady asked in surprise.

"He is the child of Huiying and Zhang Nai, nineteen years old, and now guards Xingshan Dazhai." Mrs. Gao said as she looked at Xiaobao with extremely kind eyes.

"No wonder it's so similar." Stared at Xiaobao for a while, then wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, opened the burden beside him, took out a long sword inlaid with rubies and a pair of armor inside, handed them to Zhang Xiaobao, and said, "Xiaobao, keep it for a thought, you can use these." Xiaobao hurriedly stretched out his hands and took it respectfully.

"Queen Mother, there is a book here, please give it to Laiheng, maybe it will come in handy in the future." The red lady turned around, took the heavy wooden box wrapped in yellow silk and handed it to the palace maid behind the queen mother. The maid hurriedly caught it. At this time, I only heard the red lady choke up and say to Mrs. Gao:

"The Queen Mother, I have made a wish, and I will no longer be fettered and cared about, but Hongxia is still waiting at the mouth of Xiling Gorge, hoping that the Queen Mother will be merciful and included in the command of Lai Heng, in order to serve the death, and then have to serve the first emperor in Jiuquan without hatred!" Before the sound fell, he kowtowed to Mrs. Gao three times, and then hugged his fist at everyone, and said, "Everyone, I will go!" After saying that, he turned around and drifted away.

At this time, the Queen Mother had not come back to her senses, but the red lady had long since disappeared. Thinking in my heart, my Fengying was short of female generals and commanders, so I hurriedly instructed the palace maid guards to keep the red lady. The palace maid guards searched for a long time, but they found nothing, so they had to return to Ciqing Palace. The Queen Mother and Huiying, and Mrs. Huang were embarrassed and had to give up. At that time, there was already two watches of weather, the palace maid brought out longan lotus seed soup, a few dishes and some delicious snacks, and waited for the queen mother and the ladies to finish their meal, and the two ladies went home separately.

The Queen Mother suddenly remembered Xiaobao, so she asked left and right, and the palace maid replied: "The young master of Shicai took a few personal soldiers back to Xingshan Dazhai, and he didn't have time to return to the Queen Mother."

"Where's Laiheng? Call Lai Heng over," the Queen Mother said again, because the red lady made Mrs. Degao uneasy.

"Grandpa Guo has already gone down the mountain, and he hasn't even had dinner yet," said the maid.

"Where did you go?" The Queen Mother asked.

"No," said the maid.

"Where did that go?" The Queen Mother muttered to herself.

"Qiao'er, Qiao'er will accompany me to the Guogong Mansion."

"Hey, yes, Queen Mother!" Chen Qiao'er, the head of Ciqing Palace, agreed to walk quickly to Mrs. Gao from outside the palace gate.

"Go to the Guogong Mansion!"

"Yes, obey, Queen Mother." Chen Qiao'er agreed and communicated with the other two palace maids in the room with her eyes, "Hurry up and take the lamp!"

"Alas! It's really useless! "The Queen Mother walked very slowly and spoke alone. Chen Qiao'er didn't dare to come out, took the hand of the Queen Mother, and slowly walked towards the Guogong Mansion. Ciqing Palace is not far from the Guogong Mansion, because the mountain is the palace, and it is a big village, therefore, it is said that the palace and the mansion are not lenient.

At this time, the Guogong Mansion was brilliantly lit, and there was a large stele stone with a height of four or five meters outside the gate of the mansion engraved with the "Holy Land Palace Tablet". In front of the monument and behind the monument stood two rows of at least 100 pro-soldier battalions with sword guards. From time to time, there are pond horses galloping from the bottom of the mountain outside the palace gate, and galloping away. It seems that the military situation is urgent!

This situation naturally can't escape Mrs. Gao's eyes. Although the red lady disturbed part of her mind, the years of Rong Ma Yantian have developed her habit of always being vigilant and vigilant. Is there going to be war again one by one?

……