Old Shen House.

Ye Lingwu stood absent-mindedly under the porch, his hands and feet cold.

Thinking of those dream-like words last night, and thinking of the story that Sun Kunqian told him in the carriage, will Shen Zhan go to the banquet tonight?

After thinking about it, he finally walked towards the backyard stable.

The night was dark, and a drizzle suddenly fell from the sky.

As soon as Ye Lingwu came out of the courtyard, he saw Shen Ci coming towards the night, as if he had come to talk to her.

Compared with Ye Lingwu, Shen Ci was even more elegant: "It's so late, where are you going?" ”

Ye Lingwu's heart was chaotic and he didn't know where to start, so he said helplessly: "I'm going to the Zhizhou Mansion." ”

Shen Ci frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you going to do in the Zhizhou Mansion, looking for Sun Kunqian?" "What are you doing with that dead old man.

Ye Lingwu was anxious, he didn't bother to explain to him again, and went to the backyard past Shen Ci.

The stable only lit a candle, and when Ye Lingwu took out the horse that Sun Kunqian gave him that day in the dark, he saw that Shen Ci also led out a horse.

"What are you doing with me?" Ye Lingwu was surprised.

Shen Ci said angrily: "What else can I do, you have to go to Sun Kunqian, I can't keep a firm eye on you yet." ”

Ye Lingwu: "......"

The old Shen Mansion is far away from the Zhizhou Mansion, one in the south and the other in the north, there are no pedestrians on the streets under the boundless night, Shen Ci and Ye Lingwu rode horses all the way to the Zhizhou Mansion unimpeded.

On the way, Ye Lingwu then talked about why he went to the Zhizhou Mansion, and learned that the eldest brother might be in trouble.

When I arrived, the gate of the governor's mansion was closed.

Inside the high walls, the sound of fighting and shouting was particularly strange in the night, and the people around seemed to be aware of it, but they did not dare to come forward to ask, so they had to hide far away, or stand behind the door and look.

Shen Ci looked at the gate of the Zhizhou Mansion and frowned.

Ye Lingwu then arrived, pulled the reins tightly, and finally sobered up a little after hearing a miserable scream from inside the high wall, turned his head to look at the city not far away, looked back at Shen and said, "Light the Beacon Smoke Tower!" ”

The beacon smoke tower is not a tower, but is built on the castle tower, symbolizing the symbol of the beginning of the war.

In the same way, the smoke cannot be lit casually, and once it is lit, it will cause a riot in the city.

Shen Ci was stunned for a moment, but did not hesitate, raised his horsewhip and drove towards the city gate, Ye Lingwu followed closely, and when he arrived at the city gate, there were six or seven soldiers on duty standing below.

"Stop!!"

"It's curfew now, you dare to break through the city gates!"

The two soldiers stopped Shen Ci and Ye Lingwu, who were riding horses.

Shen Ci tightened the reins, stopped his horse and said sharply: "I am the second son of the Ningbei Hou Mansion, there is turmoil in the Zhizhou Mansion, let your leader go to the Beacon Smoke Tower." ”

The two soldiers looked at each other.

One of them said: "The Beacon Smoke Tower can't be lit casually!" ”

Shen Ci saw that they looked resolute, and he didn't talk nonsense, so he directly turned over and dismounted and walked towards the stone steps of the upper city tower, and Ye Lingwu also dismounted.

Seeing that the two dared to trespass, the two soldiers directly drew their swords and said, "Again, the Beacon Smoke Tower can't be lit casually!" ”

Ye Lingwu said anxiously: "Two big brothers, something really happened to the Zhizhou Mansion, and the consequences of this beacon smoke tower are unimaginable!" ”

"I said, this beacon tower ......"

Before the soldier finished speaking, he was kicked out directly by Shen Ci, Ye Lingwu was stupid in place, and he heard Shen Ci say lightly, "If you talk to them more, my eldest brother's life is gone, you are waiting here."

After that, the young man in red ran through the night and ran up the city tower, I don't know who shouted "someone broke through the city gate", and all the soldiers on duty under the city tower chased after the red on the city tower.

There was a constant commotion from the high city tower, and Ye Lingwu waited anxiously in place, and he didn't see the fire of the Beacon Tower ignited for a long time.

Are those soldiers carrying knives, Shen Ci is unarmed, if they are caught, or if they are cut down, they will be in danger of dying, Ye Lingwu regretted it, she should not have let Shen Ci go up to the city tower alone.

"Shen Jingyan!"

Ye Lingwu shouted at the city tower, his eyes filled with mist.

For a moment, she seemed to return to the night when she was abandoned in Qingquan Temple, the wind was strong, she sat outside the temple gate crying, and the feeling of helplessness made her panic in the dark.

The aftermath echoed in the night, and Shen Ci's reply was heard for a long time.

Ye Lingwu panicked, lifted the hem of his skirt and was about to run towards the stone steps of the city tower.

There were more than 100 stone steps, and after Ye Lingwu climbed up, her heart almost jumped out of her throat, but she didn't have time to catch her breath, and began to run towards the Beacon Tower.

"Shen Jingyan!"

The echo drifted through the darkness, and in response to her was the sudden blaze of the beacon tower on the top of the tower.

The firelight instantly illuminates a corner of the castle tower!

The Black Flag Guard, who had been waiting outside the city gate for a long time, saw the tongue of fire engulfing the darkness on the city wall of the Guilty Moon, and the silence that had been like a black pool was broken, and the beacon smoke was like a big stone smashed into the pool water, causing waves.

Like a fiery serpent circling, accompanied by the same rumbling sound of horses' hooves, it quickly streaked across the empty and cold plain.

The city tower seemed to be shaking, Ye Lingwu raised his eyes and looked out of the city, only to see a group of soldiers in black armor rushing in the darkness, the horse's hooves were like tigers roaring and wolves running, and they came to the city wall in just a moment.

Hundreds of black flag guards stopped their horses under the city walls, and a black gold-rimmed battle flag with the word "Shen" was hoisted high.

"We are the Marquis of Ningbei under the Black Flag Guard, and we also ask the soldiers of the city tower to open the city gate!" A loud shout tore through the darkness and was deafening.

The banner of the Marquis of Ningbei, the black flag guard, and the soldiers chasing on the city wall have never seen such a battle, and when they saw the generals under the city, they immediately rushed to the city tower with everyone.

Ye Lingwu was stunned, and before she could react, a hand on her side had already pulled her towards the city wall, and Ye Lingwu looked up at the tall back of the young man in red.

The wind on the castle tower was very strong, and the green silk hanging on her chest was blown up, and her heart was pounding.

The city gate slowly opened, and the black flag guard downstairs in the outer city immediately drank horses and galloped, and the "Shen" word flag was blown up by the wind again, invisibly commanding the black flag guard.

Shen Ci pulled Ye Lingwu down the city tower, and hundreds of black flag guards were ready to stop at the city gate, as if waiting for a report from the front.

Qin Xiao sat on horseback, looking at the men and women walking towards them, with a pair of eagle eyes that could accurately capture movement even in the dark night when he couldn't see his fingers, Qin Xiao recognized the young man on the left as Shen Ci at a glance.

He had contact with Shen Ci a few times and remembered it very well.

At that time, the young Shen Ci always liked to practice swords behind Shen Zhan's buttocks, but Shen Ci, who was six or seven years old, obviously couldn't even hold the heavy sword steadily, and his round cheeks were red and refused to let go.

He thought that Shen Ci would lead the troops to fight like Shen Zhan in the future, but what he didn't expect was that Shen Ci would become a well-known gentleman in the capital when he grew up.

Qin Xiao came back to his senses, dismounted and hugged his fists and said, "Second Prince Shen!" ”

Shen Ci's expression was solemn, and he hugged his fists and said: "Captain Qin, there is an accident in the Zhizhou Mansion, please bring troops with me." ”

Qin Xiao's face changed suddenly, even if there were many doubts, he was suppressed, he didn't dare to underestimate the young man with a faint sense of wind and thunder in front of him, and replied again, "Yes!" Then he walked towards the horse.

Shen Ci looked back at the girl behind him, and said in a deep voice: "You go back first, I'll take Captain Qin to the Zhizhou Mansion." ”

"I'm with you, I won't make trouble."

Ye Lingwu grabbed Shen Ci's sleeve.

She knew that she couldn't do anything, and it was useless, but at the moment, she didn't want Shen Ci to leave her again, and she didn't want to experience the feeling of suffocation just now.

Shen Ci knew that he couldn't do more idle talk at the moment, so he turned around and got on the horse without hesitation, and said, "Then you follow me." ”

The sound of horses' hooves breaks the quiet long night of the moon.

When Shen Ci led the Black Flag Guard to the Zhizhou Mansion, tongues of fire floated inside the high wall, mixed with screams and the sound of swords colliding.

Qin Xiao, who was at the forefront, held a trident of more than 80 catties in his hand, and when he saw that the door of the Zhizhou Mansion was closed, he raised the trident and attacked the lacquered gold mansion door, and the mansion door broke a big hole when he landed!!

The Black Flag Guard didn't stop for a moment, and rode through the gate of the mansion and rushed in directly, moving quickly, methodically, and cleanly.

(End of chapter)