In the city of Chengdu, a house that seems to have been dilapidated:

The wooden door was empty, and the yard was littered with garbage piled up haphazardly, emitting a foul smell, a dilapidated look that no one had lived in for a long time.

Bypassing the house in front, a small courtyard in the back is a different scene.

A folk woman dressed in ordinary clothes stood in front of the window, as if waiting for someone.

At the back of the courtyard wall, a low door was locked, and a cold wind came in through the cracks, making a whimpering sound, which made people feel a sense of horror.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the small door.

The woman's expression suddenly became nervous, and she walked over quietly, leaned into the gap and looked out, and then quickly opened the big lock.

A figure flashed in.

The person who came was Chen Ji, and the woman was Lin Yuniang.

"Liu Yong killed Deng Yi this time, and he still refuses to give up, I guess he is looking for me everywhere now." Chen Ji wiped the cold sweat on his face and said, "I still need to take some precautions these days." ”

Lin Yuniang's face was cold.

"Hasn't Empress Dowager Wu been protecting you all the time? Why, even the Queen Mother has times when she is helpless? ”

"If it weren't for me to be able to take charge of the forbidden army, why would I have to succumb to this old woman?" Chen Ji snorted.

Lin Yuniang's face sank.

"You are ungrateful, if it were me, I would have cut off your head and fed it to the dogs."

Chen Ji didn't speak, probably wanting to go into the house to rest.

At this moment, a figure suddenly flashed in the courtyard in front of him, and then the head of a woman wearing a silk scarf poked her head out of the corner.

Chen Ji and Lin Yuniang were shocked.

The woman giggled.

"Lord Chen, don't come unharmed, the slave is polite." The woman said and flashed out.

"Miss Ling'er?"

Ling'er took off the light veil on her face and glanced at Lin Yuniang, who was stunned on the side.

"Lord Chen has not come to the Queen Mother for many days, the Queen Mother has made people look for you everywhere, but I don't want you to raise such a beautiful woman here, if the slave goes back to inform the Queen Mother, you need to beware of the Queen Mother asking you to become a real eunuch." After Ling'er finished speaking, she couldn't help laughing.

Chen Ji listened vigilantly for a while, and did not hear any other voices, and then he was relieved.

"Your Majesty killed Deng Yi, how could he let me go? I'm afraid the Queen Mother can't do anything this time. ”

Ling'er didn't think so.

"Since the Queen Mother has sent people to look for you, there must be a way for you to escape this catastrophe, this city is full of people and horses of Lord Chen Yi and General Zhang Shao, and it is not a way for you to hide and hide like this."

Chen Ji sighed.

Ling'er leaned over and lowered her voice: "The Queen Mother has a word, if you sincerely repent and promise not to do anything that endangers Your Majesty in the future, the Queen Mother can ignore your past suspicions and ensure that you continue to stay in the palace." ”

Chen Ji thought for a moment.

"I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will also be powerless at that time."

"Why are you so useless?" Ling'er was anxious, pointed at Chen Ji and said, "The slave understands, you are no longer attached to the Queen Mother because of this woman, or okay, the slave and maid will go back to the Queen Mother now, and ask Your Majesty to send someone here to arrest you." ”

Ling'er said, and turned around to leave.

Chen Ji became scared.

He knew that his face was too familiar to the forbidden army guarding the city gate, and it was almost impossible to get out of the city, so hiding here was definitely not a long-term solution, and sooner or later he would be found by Liu Yong and sent to the steel knife. In this sense, Ling'er's words are correct.

"Miss Ling'er, don't lie to me." Chen Ji caught up with Ling'er and said.

Ling'er snorted disdainfully. His eyes shot at Lin Yuniang.

Lin Yuniang caught a hint of murder from Ling'er's gaze.

"Chen, Lord Chen, don't take the concubine." Lin Yuniang took a few steps back.

Ling'er looked at Chen Ji again.

"Lord Chen decides for himself, the slave maid will not talk much." Ling'er said, walking to the front yard by herself.

Chen Ji's eyes rolled.

At the gate, a carriage stopped here, and behind the cart, several forbidden warriors also jumped off their horses.

A man who looked like a eunuch jumped out of the car and pointed to the courtyard.

"Your Majesty has a will, and you need to catch it alive."

"Yes." Several of the warriors drew their weapons and kicked over the dilapidated door.

A woman's miserable screams came from the backyard.

Several people followed the sound and ran to the backyard, only to see a woman dressed in ordinary women's clothes lying in a pool of blood, the short knife in her chest was still trembling, and the person was still struggling before dying, but she was speechless.

Following the direction of the woman's finger, several people came to the small door.

Outside the small gate was a deep alley that led to the street not far away, and the samurai saw only two figures flashing, and soon disappeared into the traffic of the street.

Several people looked at each other, turned around, and saw that the woman had breathed her last, so they walked out.

The eunuch-looking man slapped his thigh.

"This guy escaped again. You stay here and dispose of the corpse while I go back and report to Your Majesty. ”

The carriage departed.

It didn't take long for him to truthfully report the news to Liu Yong.

Liu Yong slammed the table in front of him, looking very annoyed.

Li Yin and Chen Ji fled one after another, so that Liu Yong suddenly had a very bad premonition, although the two of them were not big people, but the harm could not be ignored.

As soon as the eunuch was dismissed, another eunuch on duty walked in.

"Lord Chen Yi and General Zhang Shao will wait outside the palace."

"Please." Liu Yong said.

Liu Yong thought that the two of them had come here to report to him about the training situation in the past few days, and although the men and horses recruited by Zhang Shao had experienced a big battle, they must still be very immature and far less well-trained than the forbidden army of the imperial court. Liu Yong knew that if he wanted to completely drive Cao Wei's army out of the territory of Shu Han, it would not be possible to build this team into an iron army.

"The ministers are here to discuss with Your Majesty on important matters." Chen Yi said, "According to the spies' report, the remnants of Sima Yan's troops have retreated to a place not far from Liucheng, and they must be waiting for Cao Wei's reinforcements. Weichen thought that Sima Yan would retreat to Liucheng in the near future and repair there. ”

Liu Yong's eyebrows raised.

"Liucheng is a small land, and there are many old departments in Shuzhong, Sima Yan's soldiers are weak, how dare he enter lightly?"

"That's what Weichen means." Chen Yi said, "The defender of Liucheng is Liao Zhong, the son of Liao Hua, the original famous general in my Shu, although this person is not as brave as his father, but he has a lot of strategies, forced to surrender under the pressure of Deng Ai, if His Majesty sends someone to write, his people will close the city gate to prevent Sima Yan from entering the city, if His Majesty takes the opportunity to attack it, then Sima Yan will die." The other counties in Shuzhong will follow Liao Zhong's example, won't Your Majesty recover all the lost territory in one fell swoop? ”

Chen You's words made Liu Yong feel quite open.

"Lord Chen's words are very good, if Your Majesty can ask Liao Zhong to refuse Sima Yan outside the city, after Weichen is willing to lead elite soldiers to attack Sima Yan, this time, he will definitely capture Sima Yan's house." Zhang Shao said.

Liu Yong clenched his fists.

"I will write a book by myself and send it to Liucheng as soon as possible, and the two adults must closely monitor Sima Yan's movements, so that he must not have a chance to breathe."

"Wechen obeys." Chen Yi and Zhang Shao said at the same time.