The people sent by Song Qingping to Jiulianping had returned, and they had brought back fifty marksmen, and they were standing outside the big tent and waiting.

Li Laiheng stepped out of the tent.

"I've seen the general." Many pro-soldiers saluted one after another.

"Hmm," Lai Heng glanced at everyone with serious eyes, all of them were heroic, but there was no leader among them. He hesitated, turned to Song Qingping and asked:

"Just them, okay?"

"Grandpa Guo, I originally wanted to ask Wei Shunli from the boy camp to go with me, but after thinking about it, Shunli is only seventeen years old this year, and I'm afraid I don't have enough experience......" He paused, coughed twice, and said:

"So...... we really can't get the manpower out of it right now." After that, he looked at Lai Heng with helpless eyes.

"In that case, then let's wait, Hanju has been going to Xingshan for almost a whole day, and it's time to come back."

Before the words were finished, I suddenly heard a few Xiao Xiao horses neighing from the east gate, and then a few healthy horses galloped over, and it was Kuang Han who lifted them.

Han Ju immediately got off the horse and saw Lai Heng, and after Qingping explained the purpose of the trip, he turned over and wanted to lead the team to leave.

"Wait a minute." Lai Heng called Kuang Hanju, took a few steps closer, took the reins of the horse, and told him:

"Just protect it secretly, you don't need to let Niu Xi know, I have a letter here, you go and hand it over to Hei Yougong, and he will arrange it." You must be smart and cautious here, and it depends on you whether you succeed or not. With that, he handed him a letter that had not yet been sealed.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Guo, I will care very much." After saying that, he nodded and smiled at Li Laiheng, then waved back and rushed west.

After a meal, people outside the tent shouted that the horses were neighing, and Li Laiheng knew that it was Zhang Shun's Chinese military camp that had come down the mountain.

He looked at the sky, and it was almost dark. "If you don't go up the mountain, I'm afraid grandma will blame." He thought to himself.

"Qingping, let's go." He turned around and beckoned Song Qingping to walk out of the tent. He also had to instruct Zhang Shun'er.

The soldiers waiting outside the door had already brought Laiheng's oolong horse to it.

"Go and call Zhang Shun." He instructed another soldier.

After a while, Zhang Shun came to him.

"Zhang Shun'er, have you arrived at all your pro-military camps?" Lai Heng asked.

"Returning to the country, Grandpa, leave five hundred people to guard the village, and the rest are here." Zhang Shun said.

"All five gates must be guarded, do you think there are enough people?" Lai Heng knows that this is a knowingly question, and it is definitely not enough!

At this time, Qingping came out of the tent, and his own soldiers immediately led a tall jujube red war horse. Lai Heng's question just now, Qingping naturally heard it, so she said:

"Grandpa Guo, he was ordered to do so, if you want to blame me, blame me." After speaking, he was about to kneel. Lai Heng grabbed it, and still said to Zhang Shun:

"Zhang Shun'er, in this case, you should know that the stakes here are very important, and the families of our soldiers are all on the mountain. Now, this is the last gateway, what will you do if the enemy attacks? ”

When Zhang Shun heard this, he was shocked, and after thinking about it, he immediately said:

"The last general should refuse to die!"

Lai Heng nodded, sighed deeply, shook his head again, and said:

"Zhang Shun'er, you can't be careless!" patted him on the shoulder, and without waiting for Zhang Shun to reply, he turned around and got on the back of the oolong horse and galloped towards the mountain with Song Qingping, and their own soldiers also hurriedly got on their horses and followed closely.

Not long after, Li Laiheng and his entourage had already arrived at Jiulianping. Because Qingping's waist is not very good and she is not durable to ride, she dismounts and rests for a while.

Maolu Mountain is sixteen or seventeen miles from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and a rugged mountain road winds up. Everywhere there are green pine trees, and everywhere there are lush forests. Although it is not as majestic as Mount Emei, but also the cliff is tall and steep, the mountain is majestic, the scenery of this mountain is beautiful, it is really extraordinary! At this time, the warm autumn sun sprinkled on the green, yellow, and red leaves of the trees suddenly made people feel refreshed.

Looking at such a landscape, listening to the surging pine waves, and the warm breeze gently blowing on his face, Li Laiheng felt comfortable. Suddenly, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the simple stone archway engraved with the word "Zhenyi" not far away. It was the site of the palace built by my grandmother when she was pardoned by the Nanming Dynasty a few years ago.

"It's time to go," Lai Heng thought to himself.

"What is Grandma going to discuss with me?" While thinking, he walked towards Song Qingping and asked:

"Qingping, are you leaving?"

"Yes, Grandpa Guo, let's go." Qingping replied.

So everyone got on their horses and walked again, and when they were not far from Ciqing Palace, Li Laiheng suddenly stopped and said:

"Qingping, listen, I vaguely hear the sound of the silk bamboo pipe, do you hear it?"

Song Qingping listened carefully, as if she had heard it, so she smiled and said:

"Grandpa Guo, the sound of silk and bamboo sounds, it must be a very happy event in Ciqing Palace to celebrate."

Lai Heng was suspicious in his heart, and walked dozens of steps to the gate of the Guogong Mansion. Suddenly, I heard the sound of firecrackers in Ciqing Palace, mixed with the cheers of the guards and palace maids.

Lai Heng hurriedly dismounted and walked to Ciqing Palace with Qingping.

Today is indeed different from the past, I saw four brand-new red lanterns hanging high outside the gate of Ciqing Palace, many flower baskets on both sides, and the guards and palace ladies had also changed into festive costumes, and their faces were full of smiles. Seeing Laiheng coming, more than a dozen palace maids suddenly walked out of the mansion with red gauze palace lamps in their hands, and they all came to Hengfu next to the mansion gate, and then heard a voice "Grandpa Guo has arrived!" The sound of silk and bamboo wind music suddenly sounded.

At this time, another person walked out of the door, with a light body and affectionate eyebrows, looking at Lai Hengfu Yifu, and said:

"Brother Heng, please come to the Song Army!" It turned out to be Chen Min'er.

At this time, Lai Henghu was even more suspicious, "Why is it so pompous?" But it was inconvenient to ask more, so he just followed Chen Min'er inside.

The house is not very wide, and there are no pavilions and pavilions, so you can reach it after turning two corridors. There were many guests in the hall, and when they came to Heng, they took a look, and Mrs. "Zhenyi" was chatting happily with an old man with white hair.

"Ah, it's the 'old fairy' grandfather." Lai Heng walked a few steps.

When everyone saw Lai Heng coming, they hurriedly got up. Mrs. Gao said:

"Come on, come here."

At this time, Mrs. Gao looked at it, not at all like an old woman over sixty years old, but more like a young woman with charm, Lai Heng knew that it should be Rong Qingdan who played an effect. Then look at the smiling mother, Mrs. Huang, sitting next to her.

"Oh my!" Lai Heng is unbelievable, almost unrecognizable, is he so young? Lai Heng was very relieved, immediately laughed, walked to his grandmother's mother's side, squatted down, held their hands, and said a little excitedly:

"Grandma, Mother, you almost make me unrecognizable!"

"Alas, it's all the credit of the matchmaker,...... She ,...... "Mrs. Gao wanted to speak and stopped.

"Come, come to Heng, come and see your 'old fairy' grandfather." Mrs. Gao rubbed the corners of her eyes and said.

Li Laiheng hurriedly stood up, came to the white-haired old man, looked at the old man and said:

'Is that really you?' Old fairy 'Grandpa'?"

"It's me, it's me, Xiao Laiheng, you still remember me!" The old man looked at the tall Li Laiheng and said with a smile.

I saw Li Laiheng holding the old man's hand with one hand, and immediately kowtowed on the ground three times in a row. He also said, "I've seen the 'old fairy' grandfather, and I've seen the 'old fairy' grandfather." ”

"Good, good, good! Xiao Laiheng, hurry up, there is still something waiting for you!" The old man laughed and pulled Lai Heng from the ground and pulled him to his side. I only heard Mrs. Gao smile, looked around at the crowd, and ordered:

"Sit down, everybody." Then he said to Laiheng:

"Let's talk while we eat."

At this time, there were a lot of people in the hall, and a table of feasts was also arranged in the side hall, and Chen Min'er led them to the side hall. Gongfu Long, Li Yong's family, Hui Jian, the leader of the Feng camp, Wei Shunli from the boy camp also arrived, and several girls who were raised by You Feng were very good with Chen Min'er.

Mrs. Gao's table is in order of 'Old Immortal', Mrs. Huang, Laiheng's mother, Zhang Xiaobao's mother, 'Princess Zhong' Huiying, 'Linguo Gong' Li Laiheng, military advisor Song Qingping and 'Ciqing Palace' chief manager Chen Qiaoer.

Lai Heng always felt that something was wrong.

Chen Qiaoer, yes, it's Chen Qiaoer! Lai Hengwei was surprised, isn't she the head of the 'Ciqing Palace'? How do you sit here?

He looked at her with his eyes, Chen Qiao'er had been standing behind Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Huang, Li Laiheng hadn't paid much attention since he entered the door, and now this glance surprised Laiheng!

I saw that she was wearing a five-phoenix bun with emerald inlaid beads on her head, a sunrise five-phoenix hanging bead hairpin on her hair bun, a pure gold ring around her neck, a narrow coat of red brocade with gold peony, and a multicolored engraved silk silver fox gown...... Yan Ruo peach blossom, very charming and moving, and a pair of eyes with infinite brilliance, made Li Laiheng's heart sway......

"Come to Heng, come to Heng!" Seeing Li Laiheng in such a situation, Mrs. Gao hurriedly shouted for fear that he would lose his temper in front of everyone. Everyone laughed in their hearts.

"Is it so urgent?"

"Uh-oh!" Lai Heng seemed to wake up from a dream and hurriedly agreed.

I only heard Mrs. Gao clear her throat and say:

"Everyone is not an outsider, so I'll make it clear," looked at Chen Qiao'er, and saw that Chen Qiao'er at this time had long since lost the ability of the past, and some were just shy and reserved, silent, her cheeks were red, and her head hung lower. But faintly, a discerning person could perceive the joy on her brow.

"As the saying goes, men should get married, women should get married, and we have been busy resisting the Qing soldiers in recent years. But I ignored Laiheng's marriage event, I felt guilty in my heart, but the war is to be fought, and life still has to be lived, isn't it? So Princess Zhong and I took the initiative to act as a matchmaker, obtained Qiao'er's consent, and let Heng Qiao'er get married two days later. After speaking, he looked at the people present.

The crowd rejoiced.

Then the 'old fairy' spoke first:

"This is a good thing, I didn't expect that I would drink Xiao Laiheng's happy wine as soon as I came, hahahaha!"

Chen Qiaoer became more and more embarrassed at this time, her heart was beating 'bang', but she was very eager in her heart, wanting Li Laiheng to agree.

Li Laiheng only realized at this time that everyone was coming for him today, no wonder Chen Min'er spoke to him at the bottom of the mountain in a strange tone. He raised his head and glanced at Chen Qiao'er again, Chu Chu was moving, but ......

"Laiheng, stand up and say something." Mrs. Huang said to Li Laiheng with a smile.

Song Qingping just looked at Lai Heng and smiled at this time, and Lai Heng looked at him with a smile, thinking that he would defend himself to his grandmother. No, the Qing army is coming!

But what a smart person Song Qingping is, he won't offend Mrs. Gao for Laiheng's family affairs, not to mention that this is a good thing! He knew that Lai Heng was asking him for help, and he could also see that Chen Qiao'er, the girl, was willing in her heart. So he simply didn't look at him, and picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it.

Finally, after a fierce ideological struggle, Li Laiheng plucked up the courage to say:

"I disagree!"

As soon as Chen Qiao'er heard this, her face suddenly turned white, and her heart sank. This was something she hadn't expected, and she propped herself up on the table, staggered to her feet, and staggered out. Everyone was stunned, only to hear the Queen Mother shouting vigorously from behind:

"Qiao'er, Qiao'er, you're back!"

In the corner of the screen, Chen Min'er secretly rejoiced, "Thank God, I still have a chance!" ”

She straightened her clothes, stood up, hid the joy in her heart, and walked over to Li Laiheng and them.

The Queen Mother saw it and said:

"Min'er, you persuade your sister to go, this matter is considered in the long run, don't think about it." Then he counted down and got up, and Chen Min'er nodded in agreement.

"There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, what reason do you have to say that you disagree? You're in your thirties, aren't you still sensible? ”

"Grandma," Li Laiheng said with some grievances:

"The enemy is expected to attack soon, and now is not the time to talk about it."

"When is that?" Mrs. Gao asked. It's been like this for more than ten or twenty years.

Li Laiheng felt that he couldn't answer, so he kept silent and buried his head in eating.

'Old Immortal', Mrs. Huang, and Princess Zhong are all persuading Mrs. Gao not to regenerate her anger with Laiheng. They all said, "Maybe he has his own ideas." ”

After eating, everyone resigned. Lai Heng also wanted to leave, so he went to say goodbye to the 'old fairy'.

"'Old Fairy' grandpa, you shouldn't be leaving when you come back this time, right?"

"Hehe, don't go, the old man wants you to find someone for me to pass on my mantle, I don't know if you have a suitable candidate, Xiao Laiheng." The 'old fairy' said with a smile.

Lai Heng knew that this old man had participated in the rebel army for decades and had extraordinary medical skills. There were a lot of apprentices, but most of them died in the army, and a few of them must have been heard from without thinking, so they agreed without thinking about it, resigned from the 'old fairy' and their mother, and came to the Supreme Lady again and said:

"Grandma, the burden on my grandson is too heavy, and I don't dare to hope for the fact of marriage, grandma, my grandson is not filial, so you will feel sorry for your grandson in vain!"

At this time, there was no one in the room, and Mrs. Gao burst into tears and choked up:

"Laiheng, you have grown up and no longer listen to your grandmother...... The Qiao'er sisters have grown up under my watch, and they have no relatives alive, which is really pitiful! Alas, if you still have your father Li Guo and your grandfather in your heart, you will listen to my persuasion and marry Qiao'er to inherit the Li family's incense, and I will die immediately and willingly! After speaking, he wanted to kneel down for Laiheng.

"Grandma!" Li Laiheng was shocked, knelt on the ground before Mrs. Gao, and supported her with both hands.

"Then make a marriage today, wait for the war to slow down a bit, and grandchildren and Qiao'er will marry again, how about it, grandma?"

Mrs. Gao looked at Lai Heng and felt a little relieved, so she helped him up and said:

"Well, that's all. Since the Tartars are coming, take care of yourself. After speaking, he dragged his slightly tired legs and walked inside.

When he said goodbye to the Queen Mother, he immediately met Song Qingping, went to the Guogong Mansion to get the "Book of Heaven", and immediately ran down the mountain. On the way, Lai Heng sighed helplessly and said to Song Qingping:

"Alas, Qingping, it's really difficult to achieve both loyalty and filial piety since ancient times!"

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