In the last book, the three internal guards hired a carriage, took Li Zeng's body with the injured man, and went to Luoyang while the sky was clear. It was only a day or two of work on the horse, and several people had arrived at the boundary of Shuozhou, but unexpectedly, the man's injury recurred, and the road was rained, so everyone had to live in Shuozhou temporarily.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, and Xiao Chufeng took care of the injured people carefully.

said that Dugu Shuo did not rest after returning to the room, but repaired a letter, knocked on the door and handed it to Xiao Chufeng. Xiao Chufeng was puzzled, hurriedly let Dugu Shuo in, and asked with a puzzled face, "What are you doing, my lord?" ”

Dugu Shuo didn't swallow it either, and said bluntly: "I saw that this man was seriously injured, and he was afraid that his life would be short, so he repaired the book overnight with a friend. He is in Wuzhou, studying under the divine doctor Fei Soul, and his medical skills are excellent, thinking that he is the only man in this world who is willing to shoot, and there is still a glimmer of life! "With that, turn around and leave.

Xiao Chufeng hurriedly turned around and thanked him: "Xiao thanked the adults for this man!" ”

When he went out, Dugu Shuo stopped his steps again, turned his head with a deep face, and stopped talking: "General Wen is already dead, Brother Xiao doesn't have to look for it, you go back and tell his family, General Wen is a hero, and when I return to Shendu, I will write to the Ming court and ask for a seal for him!" ”

Xiao Chufeng waved his hands and didn't have time to straighten his waist, so he froze in place, and only came back to his senses after a while, and muttered in his mouth: "Thank you for your kindness, Xiao still has something unclear, I want to ask the adult for advice, please allow the adult!" ”

"Brother Xiao, please speak!"

"When I was in Pingtan and two states, I heard the soldiers say that Wen Shu and Zhao Wenhui bullied the people, exploited the township, and the Khitans attacked the city without a fight, and they died innocently, at first I didn't believe it, but later I heard the people who escaped that Yingzhou City was indeed abandoned by Zhao Wenhui, and I had to believe it. Later, I heard that Wen Lan led the captured soldiers to fight hard with the Khitans and died of exhaustion, I don't know if that's true? Wen Lu is an upright person, because he offended the Zhonglang general of the Luoyang Forbidden Army, he was sent to Youyun, pitiful... ”

"Yes, he did lead the battalion state guards to fight hard with the Khitans, he is an iron-clad man, he is different from Zhao Wenhui, although he has a humble rank, but he knows the general righteousness, he is the real Zhou man, he wants us to go out of the city to report the news for the army, and the Khitan people who defend the city are all gone, if the men of the Great Zhou are like this, I dare to have an enemy who will come to attack!" Dugu Shuo said, his heart was touched, and he strode out without looking back.

When Xiao Chufeng heard this, he was slightly relieved in his heart, and bowed in the direction of Yingzhou.

Early the next morning, Xiao Chufeng said goodbye to the internal guards and went all the way to Wuzhou.

There are two flowers, one on each branch. It is said that after the separation of the internal guard Yan Qingfang and Dugushuo on that day, he galloped all the way to Luoyang, begged to see Emperor Wu in the starry night, and explained the cause and effect of Yingzhou.

When Emperor Wu heard this, the thunder was furious, and he stood up in shock and said, "What? Hundreds of thousands of armies turned out to be defeated, waste, all useless waste. Hundreds of thousands of troops were all buried in the clouds, and Li Quanzhong captured two states in a row!" As he spoke, he fainted and collapsed on the couch, and the inner attendant hurriedly helped him to lie on the couch, shouting and calling the imperial doctor.

There was a panic in the hall for a while, a group of people alternated back and forth, no one cared about Yan Qingfang, she didn't dare to get up rashly, so she had to move her body back and forth to make way for a group of panicked people.

"Oh, I said Commander Yan, what are you still kneeling here, look at your majesty's anger, don't go out in a hurry, if your majesty wakes up and sees you, you will have to faint again!" As soon as the old eunuch said this, Yan Qingfang suddenly felt that his face was burned red with fire oil, and it was hot, so he bowed on the spot and committed himself to retreating.

Yan Qingfang walked out of Shangyang Palace and didn't dare to go far, so he stood at the door and waited.

"Pass Di Renjie into the palace!" shouted out only one sentence, and continued all the way, only going outside the palace, and getting busy again.

When Di Renjie came to Shangyang Palace sweating profusely and panting, Yan Qingfang stood at the door like a wronged child. Di Renjie exchanged a few words with Yan Qingfang, and then was summoned in.

In a hurry, an internal attendant hurriedly ran out and called Yan Qingfang in.

I don't know when, Emperor Wu had already woken up, panting, and was supported by the internal officials to sit on the couch.

When Yan Qingfang saw it, he hurriedly bowed his head and said in his mouth: "Your Majesty take care of the Holy Body!" Emperor Wu looked at it and said slowly: "Aiqing is flat!" He pointed at Di Renjie and said, "Tell him about Yingzhou!" ”

Yan Qingfang listened, his heart eased slightly, and he was busy thanking him, either because he was flustered, or he had never seen Emperor Wu so angry, and he almost couldn't stand up when he got up.

The upright Emperor Wu coughed again and again, and scolded Cao Renshi and others for being incompetent, Di Renjie listened to it, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty must take care of the dragon's body, and you must not add grief and indignation. ”

Emperor Wu listened, eased up a little, and nodded in agreement. When the two of them were ordered to retreat, Di Renjie and Yan Qingfang immediately rushed to Zhongshu Province.

That night, Di Renjie and Feng Pavilion Neishi, Shilang and other people discussed all night, Yan Qingfang also told everyone about the situation of the Khitan Eight Divisions, and now in the political hall and the cabinet bachelors together with the military department to make a deduction, Di Renjie wrote an excerpt overnight, and the next morning, it was presented in Shangyang Palace.

Not long after, the internal official summoned Di Renjie to see him. In Shangyang Palace, Emperor Wu cleaned up, Di Renjie knelt down and sat aside.

"I have taken a closer look at the excerpts discussed by the cabinet, and the deployment of troops in the military department is also attentive, but which general to send forward, I have a difficulty in my heart, and I want to hear Di Qing's meaning again!" Emperor Wu stood in front of the couch and said thoughtfully with his hands behind his back.

When Di Renjie heard this, he hurriedly said: "It is the duty of a courtier to share worries for the king, but who to send, I am afraid that I will listen to the meaning of the military department again..."

After that, Di Renjie stared at Emperor Wu intently, he couldn't figure out her thoughts for a while, he thought about it for a while, and his face was also full of melancholy, Emperor Wu looked at it, snorted and smiled, and said, "Just say it, I just want to hear your thoughts!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is a candidate for the minister, but I don't know ·····"

"Tell me about it!"

"Summer Palace Shangshu Wang Xiaojie!" Di Renjie stopped when he said his name, and the Martial Emperor walked a few steps with his back on his back, turned around and raised his hand to signal Di Renjie to continue.

Di Renjie was a little relieved in his heart, and then said: "Wang Xiaojie is quite talented as a general, and he is old and serious, thinking that in the first battle of Tubo in the Western Regions, he recovered Qiuzi, Shule, Khotan, Xiaye and other places in one fell swoop, and it was only here that he was able to establish the Anxi Protectorate, and besides, he has similar combat experience, which is worthy of this important task!" ”

When Emperor Wu heard this, he nodded again and again, and said thoughtfully: "Well, yes, he has been on the battlefield for a long time and is a rare veteran, but the Khitan Eight Divisions are not with the tribes of the Western Regions, so one more person must be sent to help him, Di Qing will take a look and who to send?" Emperor Wu said, looking at Di Renjie with a smile, Di Renjie hurriedly waved his hands, and said with a serious face: "I can't think of the right one in my heart for a while, oh yes, according to Commander Yan, Li Quanzhong seems to have contacted the Xi people, the Bohai people and the Turks, etc., Zhongshu Province can discuss that another person can be sent to assist King Liang to pacify Jingluo Youyun!" ”

After that, Di Renjie looked up at Emperor Wu slightly, Emperor Wu still had his hands behind his back, knocked lightly, suddenly turned around and clapped his hands and said: "It is enough to appease Youwu Sansi, I think I can send another person to be the general manager of Qingbian Dao, one to overseer the army, and one to appease, I don't know what Di Qing wants?" ”

Di Renjie listened, frowned, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty decides, Your Majesty decides!" ”

"Di Qing doesn't need to panic, I think you were falsely accused and imprisoned by Lai Junchen back then, but you were also calm and calm, not panicked, you can save the day with a cotton coat, I just listen to Di Qing's thoughts, why are you so panicked today!"

"Ahh Back to Your Majesty, the old saying 'a hundred miles do not sell wood, thousands of miles do not sell money', the duty of the courtiers is to offer good advice for His Majesty, and after the world, the appointment of virtuous people is determined by His Majesty, and the ministers can not trespass, and the minister has recommended a person today, and I am afraid that there will be a suspicion of forming a party if I continue to talk about it! ”

"Di Qing, Di Qing, it's because you think too much, not to mention the extermination of the Khitan, I ask you, if you want to establish a prince, do you want to return the country and Li Tang, or the nephew of the Wu clan!"

When Di Renjie heard this, he only knelt on the ground in shock, so nervous that he didn't dare to raise his head and said: "It is a capital crime to talk about the country in vain, please retract what you said!" ”

"What happened to Di Qing today, why is this like this, I asked Di Qing just to hear what Di Qing meant, but it doesn't matter, I forgive you for your innocence!" Emperor Wu said, leaning over to help Di Renjie up, Di Renjie bowed his hand, paused for a long time before saying: "Since Your Majesty has a question, you dare not not answer, the minister has the courage to say, please atone for your sins!" ”

"Say, forgive your innocence!"

"The minister thinks that the prince is the foundation of the country, since ancient times, the aunt and nephew are familiar with the mother and son, and they are familiar with each other, and they are familiar with each other? If Your Majesty establishes the King of Luling as the prince, then after a thousand autumns, enjoy the temple to sacrifice it, if Your Majesty establishes the nephew of the Wu family as the prince, there is no precedent for the ancient times to match the temple with the aunt! Di Renjie said, but still didn't dare to raise his head, and stood on his side.

Emperor Wu listened, looked up and thought for a long time, and said: "Let's discuss this matter in the future, now to exterminate the Khitan tribe, I think that Wu Youyi can be the general manager of Qingbian Dao, and Su Honghui can be the vanguard official·····" Di Renjie listened, thinking that Emperor Wu was going to say, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't see her speak, so he said: "The minister will order the book province to draw up the decree with the military department, and wait for His Majesty to read it and stamp the treasure seal!" ”

Emperor Wu listened and nodded in agreement.

Out of Shangyang Palace, Yan Qingfang held Di Renjie with both hands, and let Di Renjie wipe the sweat one by one.

Yan Qingfang looked at Di Renjie and said with a smile: "My lord, today can be regarded as re-finalizing the deployment of exterminating the Khitan for the imperial court!" ”

Di Renjie then touched the beads of sweat on his forehead, glanced at Yan Qingfang, shook his head and went to take care of himself, Yan Qingfang looked at it, and sobbed in his heart.

Anyway, after Dugu Shuo and the other three separated from Xiao Chufeng, they hurried back to Luoyang with Li Zeng's body, and after giving Li Zeng's matter to the two commanders on the left and right, they went to see Yan Qingfang with the commanders of the left and right divisions.

At this moment, it was Yan Qingfang who changed his normal style, only briefly mentioned a few words, sent a few internal guards to return Li Zeng's body to his home, sent some condolences, and said no more.

Wu Gengji and Guan Yuexian didn't say much, they only pretended not to distinguish between right and wrong. Although everyone in the internal guard has grievances, Li Zeng has been searched for people every day, almost impersonal, and everyone does not say a few words in person, but Dugushuo and Pei Ce and Xu Gao have a life-and-death friendship with Li Zeng, and they want to argue with Yan Qingfang several times, but in the end they all return in vain.

On this day, Pei Ce invited Shangguan Yi, Xu Gao and others to eat wine and listen to music in the Jiaofang Division.

Dugu Shuo was a few days late to return to Shendu, and was left by Yan Qingfang in the Internal Security Division for questioning, but because Yan Qingfang was delayed in front of the palace, he was still nowhere to be seen until noon, Dugu Shuo did not dare to look for it rashly, and did not dare to leave first, so he had to wait in the Internal Security Division.

After noon, Dugu Shuo suddenly remembered the incident of the fake internal guard waist card of the Youzhou Post House that day, and he thought about how to find out the truth without startling, one was to find out the people behind the inner guard of the Shendu, and the other was also to take some precautions in case of emergency.

Dugu Shuo's heart is also clear, the distribution and control of the internal guard waist card belongs to the right division of the internal guard, the commander is called Qin Shaoyang, he has no contact with this person, if he asks rashly, it will definitely cause alarm, not only can not find the person behind the scenes, but may be involved in danger, is thinking, Yan Qingfang returned in front of the emperor.

Dugu Shuo hurriedly smiled and helped him remove his armor, poured a bowl of hot tea and handed it over with both hands.

"I haven't seen you for many days, but this time I've learned to be obedient, and I know how to pour tea for the teacher!" Yan Qingfang looked at Dugu Shuo, took a sip, and said mockingly.

Dugu Shuo couldn't hear the other meanings in Yan Qingfang's words, just listening to the word "many days", he knew that Yan Qingfang's words had the meaning of blaming him for being late in returning to God, so he knelt down on the ground and waved his hands and said: "Master is gracious, there is a hidden secret, please allow the disciples to come carefully!" ”

"Get up, what else is hidden in it, let's talk about it carefully!" After Yan Qingfang sat down on the case, he casually flipped through the folded letterhead on the case.

Dugu Shuo thanked him before turning over. He told Yan Qingfang in detail how to find Pei Ce, Xu Stomach, how to rescue the old man, how he was cheated of money by Xiao Chufeng, and how he encountered wind and snow on the road.

Yan Qingfang listened, and seemed to notice that Dugu Shuo didn't seem to have something to hide, so the color on his face gradually became cheerful, and he looked at several more secret books in the court and the transcripts of the letters exchanged between Guan Longshi and the King of Luling and Dugu Shuo, Dugu Shuo was extremely reluctant, but he couldn't resist Yan Qingfang, so he had to look at it carefully.

Suddenly, Yan Qingfang said: "That day in the Shangyang Palace, His Majesty asked Lord Di about the establishment of the prince, Lord Di said something, His Majesty seemed to shake the heart of the King of Luling as the prince, I think that if Your Majesty really has this intention, the King of Luling will enter the East Palace of the Divine Capital in the near future, and the situation of the internal guards may change, you must know in your heart!" ”

When Dugu Shuo heard this, he was first stunned, and then there were all kinds of conjectures in his heart for a while, but he deliberately pretended to be surprised and said: "Does Master mean that His Majesty wants to return to Li Tang?" ”

Yan Qingfang listened, stood up suddenly, pointed at Dugushuo's nose and scolded: "Huangkou child, don't talk nonsense, be careful that your life is not guaranteed!" ”

Dugu Shuo pretended to be frightened, so he pretended to look around, and whispered: "Your Majesty didn't mean that, why did Master suddenly say these strange things today, it was not a hidden change in the court!" ”

Yan Qingfang looked at Dugu Shuo, and pointed again: "You, I usually say that you are smart, how can you be confused at this time, think about it carefully, how important the internal guard is to His Majesty, but to the King of Luling and King Shao, it is another matter, if His Majesty wants to return to Li Tang, it is natural to choose the King of Luling as the crown prince, in the future, His Majesty will go to the immortal, and the prince will succeed to the throne, the first thing is to clear the internal guard, and return the favor and those grievances, we will naturally bear the brunt, at least lose the official, and at worst lose our lives!" ”

Dugu Shuo heard it clearly, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that Yan Qingfang is not the person behind Liu Lingwei and Li Qianzhong, it is very likely that he is the heir of King Wu of Liang, so the matter of intercepting and killing the internal guards and the secret guard of Yingzhou that day should have nothing to do with her!" ”

Just like thinking about it, Yan Qingfang saw that he was stunned, so he said: "Why are you absent-minded when talking to you for the teacher?" ”

Dugu Shuo hurriedly came back to his senses and said: "Master's words are reasonable, but the things that the Shendu Wei sent are all done according to orders, and they are also the affairs of the Great Zhou and Tang Dynasty. ”

Yan Qingfang looked at Dugu Shuo, tears slowly oozed from her eyes, and she said after a long time: "That's it, that's it, don't talk about this, maybe the prince is kind-hearted, and will be lenient to everyone and leave us a way to live, but you must know in your heart that under the whole world, you can only rely on yourself, and other people, whether it is the emperor or the crown prince, or the king of Liang, what they say can't be counted!" As he spoke, he wiped a handful of tears, looked at Dugushuo and smiled.

Dugu Shuo's heart became more and more strange, but he knew that the dark tide of the divine capital Luoyang was already surging.

At that moment, Yan Qingfang said that he was sleepy, and Dugu Shuo hurriedly retired.

When I left the palace gate, the candles were extinguished everywhere, and the curfew was already in place.

Dugu Shuo couldn't care about a lot, and went straight to the Jiaofang Division, he had been leaving Luoyang for dozens of days, and when he left, he had said to Lin Fengwan that he would return in as few days as little as three days, and as many as dozens of days.

When he arrived at the Teaching Division, Dugu Shuo didn't care about Pei Ce and the others, and went straight to Wan'er's boudoir, Lin Fengwan was sleeping peacefully, Dugu Shuo quietly watched for a long time, then moved the brazier closer to the bed, added some charcoal, and leaned on the floor of the boudoir bed and fell asleep.

When Lin Feng got up late when the sky was slightly bright, Dugushuo slept on the ground holding the brazier.

Lin Fengwan saw it, his heart was inexplicably sad, he stroked Dugu Shuo's cheeks, tears flowed down, and suddenly his aunt downstairs shouted a few times everywhere, Dugu Shuo was woken up, Lin Fengwan looked at Dugu Shuo in a panic and hurriedly said, "You are here!" ”

Dugu Shuo saw the sparse tears on Lin Fengwan's face, he didn't know where she was sad, and he was distressed, so he hurriedly helped him up and sat on the edge of the bed, and said with a smile: "I promised you when I left, when I came back from Yingzhou, I would come to accompany you if I didn't go anywhere!" ”

Lin Fengwan looked at it and laughed again.

Dugu Shuo thought that she had been wronged in the Teaching Workshop Division, and immediately the nameless fire rose from her heart, turned around and picked up the knife and left, and was hugged by Lin Wan'er from behind.

Dugu Shuo stopped and asked gently, "Did someone bully you?" ”

Lin Wan'er didn't speak, nodded slightly, and Dugushuo was about to push Lin Fengwan away to find her aunt, but Wan'er said: "The person who bullied me is right in front of me, why do you need to go to my aunt!" ”

With just this sentence, Dugu Shuo suddenly felt a touch of warmth in his heart, and softly hit the bottom of his heart, and the tears in his eyes were like a flood, surging and raging like winter snow falling through the night.

Dugu Shuo turned around, hugged Lin Fengwan in his arms, and smiled: "Okay, don't cry, it's not good to cry like a cat!" Lin Fengwan sneered again, and then stretched out his hand to push Dugu Shuo away, but he just pulled his arm, Dugu Shuo suddenly screamed "oops", Lin Fengwan looked at Dugu Shuo distressedly and said: "You, you are injured, show me, the injury is not serious."

Dugu Shuo said with a smile while retreating: "Small injury, don't get in the way, don't get in the way, it'll be fine in a while!" ”

But it was Lin Fengwan who didn't give up, he had to take a look, Dugu Shuo couldn't help it, so he tore off his clothes and looked at Lin Fengwan, and the one-foot-long scar was exposed.

"There was an emergency that day, and I didn't bandage it seriously, I only applied gold sore medicine, and by this day, it doesn't hurt anymore!"

Lin Fengwan stroked the scar with his hand, covered his mouth with one hand and cried.

When Dugu Shuo saw it, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Small injury, it's not in the way, I won't let you see it, you want to see it, and you will cry when you see it·····" Dugu Shuo said, that Lin Fengwan cried even louder, attracting her aunt, who didn't know that Dugushuo was in Lin Fengwan's room, so she hurriedly broke in and scolded: "Which one was beaten by a thousand knives and actually bullied my daughter's room, didn't you eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head!" ”

Only then did he break in, saw Dugu Shuo, hurriedly changed his color, and said: "Hey, I don't know if the adults are coming, I thought it was a bully..."

My aunt shook her body and said, seeing the injury on Dugu Shuo's arm, she hurriedly said: "Ah, why is it so badly injured, I said late, Lord Dugu is injured like this, don't hurry up and call Langzhong to come and bandage it!" As he spoke, he waved his handkerchief and shouted to the little maid to call Langzhong.

Lin Fengwan was still crying with tears in her eyes, and she didn't care if her aunt was there, she murmured: "Every time you leave, you don't say it, and often come back suddenly, I am surprised and happy, but I am not worried, this time you said that you were going to go for a few days, I somehow looked forward to it day and night, and often dreamed that you were covered in blood, and I couldn't sleep all night, and finally listened to Pei Ce come back, thinking that you should also come, but after all, I couldn't see the shadow, I was flustered but I didn't dare to ask, I only suffered this day in vain, you came, you were so seriously injured, you will go next time, Needless to say, I know it, so it's not worrying! ”

Dugu Shuo listened to the anger of the night, and hurriedly said: "The master sent someone to keep me alone, and she herself did not return for a long time in front of the palace, and she was delayed for some hours, and when she saw the master, she came straight away!" ”

When my aunt saw this, she waved her handkerchief and walked away with interest.

Lin Fengwan listened, and his flustered heart gradually calmed down.

The two of them were looking at each other, and were about to say something love, when suddenly there was a commotion downstairs, and the cry of a slender girl reached the ears, and then a group of things were thrown to the ground, and then the aunt of the teacher shouted.

"It's terrible, it's terrible··········"