Sure enough, as Helian Yi expected, Du Shaowei's map of the land made Xiao Yunyan like a treasure, and for several days he ran to Du's mansion early in the morning, and discussed the best marching route with Du Shaowei and Xu Qianmin, until he returned in the evening. Helian Yi also listened almost all the time among several people, and she saw that Xiao Yunyan seemed to be completely sure of the 200,000 military power, and now the plan after the military power was obtained.

On this day, a few people were chatting, and suddenly the porter hurried over, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has sent an envoy to give an order." Please go and receive the order. ”

Xiao Yunyan had no choice but to go back to his house. It was Lu Xu, the right-hand man under Ren Jiuli, the commander of the Northern Ya Army, who came to give the order, and when he saw Xiao Yunyan returning, he issued an order: "Your Majesty's dictation: Xiao Yunyan, the ninth son of the emperor, will return to Beijing immediately." ”

Xiao Yunyan pretended to be completely unexpected and embarrassed, "This king suddenly returned to Beijing, I will explain the affairs of this family first, and then I will go with you." ”

"Please forgive Your Highness, Your Majesty will tell you that when you see Your Highness, you must let Your Highness enter Beijing as soon as possible, and there will be no delay for a moment." Lu Xu looked at Luo Hong Luo Hu beside Xiao Yunyan again, "Also, with us escorting His Highness, the two General Luo don't have to follow." ”

Since Lu Xu had already said this, Xiao Yunyan had no choice but to get into the carriage.

The group set off immediately, and when the carriage arrived at the city gate, they only heard Luo Hu shouting: "Your Highness, Your Highness......"

Lu Xu stopped, and Luo Hu galloped up, "Your Highness, Miss Lu said that Your Highness wants to return to Beijing, just let Your Highness bring the new winter clothes and shoes that Miss Lu made for Lord Lu, and by the way, there is a letter." ”

Luo Hu handed over the object, Xiao Yunyan was stretching out his hand to pick it up, Lu Xu took it, threw it to his entourage, and explained: "This-we will temporarily keep it for His Highness, and when we get to His Majesty, we will return it to His Highness."

Xiao Yunyan had no choice but to respond, "Okay." With that, the group set off again.

……

Xiao Yunyan and Lu Xu hurried for a few days without stopping, and finally entered Beijing, bypassed several palaces, and entered the Qianchong Palace. In the hall, in addition to Emperor Liang Xiao Zongyan, there was also his maternal grandfather Yang Zhengwu and a scribe, the scribe looked like Xiao Su, and looked quite a bit of the demeanor of a famous scholar in the bamboo forest, he naturally recognized that this person was Lu Zhongjian.

Xiao Yunyan looked at his father, in just a few months, Da Liang had suffered a series of accidents, and he was much older than the last time he saw him. He kowtowed to Emperor Liang with emotion: "Erchen has seen his father, may his father be safe." ”

Emperor Liang replied lightly: "Get up." ”

Xiao Yunyan saluted Yang Noon again: "Yunyan has seen my grandfather. ”

The scribe said to Xiao Yunyan: "Lu Zhongjian has seen His Royal Highness King Ji. ”

Xiao Yunyan looked at him and pretended to be ignorant, "It turns out that Your Excellency is Lord Lu, and I ...... here."

"But what did the little girl ask you to say?" Lu Zhongjian's eyes flashed with a scorching light.

Xiao Yunyan looked at Lu Xu when he heard this: "The letter is in the hands of General Lu." In addition, Miss Lu misses her father very much, and the winter clothes and shoes she sewed by herself are also brought by me. ”

After hearing this, Lu Xu hurriedly handed over the letter and objects to Lu Zhongjian.

At this time, the yin owl in Emperor Liang's eyebrows gradually dispersed, and he looked at Xiao Yunyan with a little kindness, and said, "The daughter of Lord Lu, what, how can you get acquainted with her?" ”

Lu Zhongjian was the first to speak: "This matter is because of the minister, and when the minister enters the beam, ......"

Emperor Liang coldly interrupted Lu Zhongjian's words: "Let Yun Yan say it himself." ”

"Yes." Xiao Yunyan had to explain: "Before Lord Lu entered the beam, he hid Miss Lu in one place, who knew that Miss Lu's whereabouts were leaked and she was in danger. My grandfather asked me to send someone to rescue Miss Lu, and then I placed her in Liangcheng. Oh, Erchen was injured this time, and it was also because Miss Lu took care of him. ”

Lu Zhongjian opened the letter, didn't read it himself, but handed it to Emperor Liang, "Your Majesty, there must be something in the little girl's letter." ”

Emperor Liang took the letter and looked at it, and saw that there was no difference between the words of the three parties, and the dark clouds on his face dissipated again, but he had always been suspicious by nature, and couldn't help but ask: "Then how many girls are there around you?" ”

Xiao Yunyan replied without thinking: "Two." ”

"Huh?" Emperor Liang's face changed again.

Xiao Yunyan hurriedly said: "One is Miss Lu, and the other is the maidservant who serves her. In addition, there are a few rough girls in the house, and I can't name them. ”

"Oh." Emperor Liang listened, and turned yin into darkness again.

However, for a while, he suddenly asked with a solemn face: "Yun Yan, there have been some rumors recently, saying that you are in touch with Helian Yi, the princess of the former dynasty of the Ning Kingdom. Recently, all these cities you got were obtained because of her, and you also released Zhao Hai for her, do you have an explanation for this? ”

Xiao Yunyan hurriedly said: "Erchen was wronged, I don't know who spread the rumors, Erchen doesn't know this princess." ”

"I really don't know?" Emperor Liang still looked at him in disbelief.

"I don't know." Xiao Yunyan answered categorically.

Lu Zhongjian said: "Your Majesty, the minister does not know that His Majesty is bothered about the affairs of the city, if he had known earlier, the minister would have brought the correspondence between the minister and Lord Yuan and General Du, and this matter would definitely be able to return His Highness's innocence." ”

"Oh?" Emperor Liang had a look of willingness to hear it on his face.

Lu Zhongjian knew that Emperor Liang had dispelled half of his doubts, and said: "The guards and taishou of these two cities all have personal relations with their ministers, and they have also contacted their ministers before they descended to the city. Otherwise, please ask General Lu to make another trip and go to my house to pick up those letters. ”

Lu Xu looked at Emperor Liang, and when he saw Emperor Liang signaling permission, he went out.

"What about Zhao Hai? Why did you let him go? ”

"Father, Zhao Hai was deliberately put by his sons. Helian Dingbang has not many generals available, and the only one who can be of great use is Zhao Shu. It's easy to kill one Zhao Hai, but it's even more difficult to get rid of one Zhao Shu. Helian Dingbang has always been suspicious by nature, and I deliberately let Zhao Hai leave this time, just to estranged the Zhao brothers from Helian Dingbang. ”

"Well, good! Good! Yun Yan, since you went to the army to train, you are much more stable than before. But you will inevitably affect the reputation of the girl's family, so it is better to send her to Beijing as soon as possible, and avoid the pain of Lord Lu's thoughts. ”

Xiao Yunyan was silent and hesitated for a while, before finally nodding in response: "Yes, Erchen—when I go back, I will send someone to send her back to Lord Lu." ”

Seeing Xiao Yunyan's reluctance, Emperor Liang couldn't help but quip: "Why, so reluctant?" ”

Yang Zhengwu laughed "hehe" and said to Emperor Liang: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if he and Lord Lu form a family of children in the future, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”

Yang Zhengwu's words Emperor Liang didn't hear it, but said: "I don't know how Ling Yan's female workers are?" ”

Lu Zhongjian immediately understood and said, "Your Majesty, please allow the minister to change his clothes." ”

"Let's change it here."

Lu Zhongjian had no choice but to change his winter clothes and shoes in front of Emperor Liang, and Emperor Liang saw that Lu Zhongjian was dressed just right, and finally dispelled all his doubts. Only then did he begin to inquire about Xiao Yunyan's injury for a long time.

Lu Xu used the fastest speed to get those letters, and Emperor Liang read them one by one, and then smiled. Suddenly, he asked, "I suddenly remembered that you should have twenty-four by now, right?" ”

"Yes, Erchen is four out of twenty this year."

"At this age, I should have had an heir. By the way, you have recently received three cities and four towns in a row, have you ever thought about what reward you want? ”

"The sons don't dare, it's all within the sons and daughters."

"Well, look at it, once this military camp is trained, it is completely different from before." Emperor Liang looked at Yang Zhengwu with a smile on his face.

Yang Zhengwu responded: "It is said that the military camp can best train a person's temperament, but I didn't expect that he would change his reckless character in a short period of time." However, Yun Yan has always had filial piety, but he has always refused to show it. ”

Emperor Liang nodded, and then looked at Xiao Yunyan: "The last few excerpts all said that they were in my heart, and I will be ready to play." Also, if you hand over an army of 200,000 to you, can you have the confidence to attack Yong'an City in a short time? ”

"Yes." Xiao Yunyan replied categorically, thought about it and said: "The son promised his father that he would take the entire Daning within five years. ”

"Five years?" Emperor Liang stood up excitedly for a while, and was a little puzzled: "Do you really have such confidence?" ”

"Erchen has confidence."

"Okay, Yun Yan, where are you going to station these soldiers and horses?"

Xiao Yunyan thought for a while and said, "Back to my father, the sixth brother is now in the Kangyuan area, and I want to go to Linqi as much as possible." ”

"Linqi?" Emperor Liang thought for a moment, and then poured cold water, "You want to station the army in Linqi, but I am afraid that it will attract too much speculation from the surrounding countries, which seems inappropriate." ”

"Father, rest assured, the father's worries have been thought of by the sons, and the sons have been thinking about how to dispel the thoughts of the surrounding countries in the past two days. This matter will be taken care of. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Liang nodded with great satisfaction: "Well, if you dispel the doubts of the surrounding countries, it is most appropriate to be stationed in Linqi, so that you two brothers can form a corner in the south and the north." Okay, the journey is tiring, you have been outside for so long, and you have been so seriously injured, first recuperate in the house for ten days and half a month before going back. We'll talk about the rest another day. ”

"Thank you, father, son-in-law retire."

Xiao Yunyan said and retreated, before he left the Qianchong Palace, he heard Emperor Liang say to Lu Zhongjian: "Lu Qing, tomorrow I will send Ling Yan's eight characters to Si Tianjian to calculate whether she and Yun Yan's eight characters are suitable." Emperor Liang's voice continued to swirl throughout the hall, already a little old.