Chapter 120: News

Wancheng was relieved from the high level of alert, and almost all the soldiers defending the city collapsed, panting, looking at Ding Yan's eyes full of awe. Some people began to peek out of the shadow of evasion of the comparison of combat power, and tried to analyze the strength and probability of victory and defeat of both sides of the enemy.

As soon as he arrived on the battlefield, Ding Yan's admirers would always soar.

Ding Yan didn't care about this, he came to Ran Lingling's side, but he felt his heart when he looked at his admiring gaze

Heavily, he has become a symbol of victory.

After so many cries of victory, the reverence of the people could not bring him joy and satisfaction.

The battles he pursued, the victories he longed for, were originally pure experiences, but now they were shackled.

And people also lose themselves in reverence.

This is not the result he wants, behind this admiring gaze is a fragile heart, unable to withstand setbacks and losses.

"Daoist Ran took me to see General Yun, right?"

Ran Yuling was slightly surprised, who else did Ding Yan want to see in Wancheng and still need guidance? After thinking about it for many days, there were some things that he could take the opportunity to talk about, so he said, "Are you in a hurry to inquire about General Qi's whereabouts?"

"Exactly, does the Taoist know a thing or two?"

"Although I have some understanding, it is more appropriate to let General Yun explain the original situation. ”

He also motioned to the Spirit Witch Saintess, "Then the Holy Maiden will guard the city gate, and go back to the path." “

The Spirit Witch Saint readily agreed.

The two walked side by side and talked, and from the east gate to the north gate, they had to pass through a long street called Wending.

The city defense army was counting the wounded, removing the guards, changing guards, cleaning up the battlefield and other affairs, and the people in the city heard that the emperor had retreated, and they also opened the doors and windows one after another, and watched carefully.

"The emperor attacked the city, and the people of Wancheng did not take the opportunity to make trouble, but it was rare. ”

Ran Yiling smiled and said, "This matter is mainly due to General Yun." ”

Ding Yan also smiled knowingly, this Wancheng was originally guarded by Yun Lu, but in exchange for his cousin Yun Yu, he could naturally settle many things that the righteous army was not fair.

Ran Ling said, "General Yun, although they have brought some good news, it does not mean that the king has already returned, we have confirmed this when we broke into the Demon Cave, and then Xiaodao studied the details carefully, and he has a grasp of the king's location, little brother, no matter what, it is not appropriate for the army to spread unfounded rumors." “

Ding Yan was confused when he said this, "Daoist Ran, what do you mean? What Yan drove back, what rumors?"

"Brother Ding really doesn't know?"

"What do I know? Dao Chief, I always thought you were a happy person! Why did you keep talking for a long time?"

Ran Lingling sighed, "There are rumors that the king has been murdered and returned to heaven, and the reign is just a puppet. I don't know who these words were, and I don't know what their purpose was. “

Ding Yan thought to himself, the one who dares to guess like this is a talent, and he is very close to the truth.

Ran Yiling said, "Although these words can arouse the righteous indignation of the army and the people for a while, those courtiers are no longer anxious to urge to rescue the king, so that the pressure on us can be reduced, and we can concentrate on the war in front of us, but the real king is still alive after all, and the lie will be exposed sooner or later. Before the situation is serious, little brother, you have to try to suppress this rumor. “

You and us, Daoist Ran still knows very well, he is an outsider, and it is easy to leave quickly, if something happens, the first person to bear the brunt is Qi Xu.

"When did this rumor come out?"

"If the people's words are not traced back to a specific time, but in the army, it was passed down in the past two or three days. “

Ding Yan had an extreme headache about this kind of trivial matter, but although he hated it, there was no one to take over at the moment, so he had to reluctantly say, "Okay, when I figure it out, let's see what the hell is hidden in this matter?"

"The royal family is secretive, everyone has their own thoughts, inside and outside, you have to be careful. “

"Dao Chief, you are still like a human being. “

"Do you think that cultivators don't eat the fireworks of the world, but cultivators need to understand the world in order to be superior to others. “

Walking and walking, he saw that he was almost at the north city gate, but Ran Lingling stopped and pointed ahead, "Look at the two generals Yun Xiao and Yun Shu are in front, and the trail will send you here." “

"What's the matter? Dao Chief, do you also have a holiday with General Yun?"

Ran Yuling smiled slightly, "Outsiders in the small way, seek to be relaxed in everything, and don't want to be too involved." “

Ding Yan said suddenly, "Ha, you're still cunning!"

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Yun Wei and Yun Shu heard the news of Emperor Lu's retreat, they had just come down from the city tower at the north gate, and they hadn't yet walked on the stone road of Wending Street, so they couldn't resist Ding Yan's speed, Yun Shu's sharp eyes saw him first, and before he could raise his hand to greet him, Ding Yan was already in front of him, he didn't care about saluting Yun Yu first, and he dragged him and asked, "General Xiaoyun, where is Qi Xu, where is the young general?"

Yun Xiao grimaced and coughed a few times deliberately.

Yun Shu heard him ask Qi Xu with a sad face, "Well, General Xiaoding, don't worry, you have to calm down, General Pingxi, he is still in the capital." “

Ding Yan was shocked, "What's the matter? Is he trapped in Kyoto? Shouldn't you be together?"

Yun Shu scratched his hair and said, "Don't worry, listen to me slowly! Many things happened after you left that day, and the young general deliberately revealed the news of the king's secret edict to his uncle, and asked them to go to Sikong Niangniang to find clues about the secret edict, but Niangniang had no impression of this, and the inner courtyard of the palace was also dangerous. “

Ding Yan didn't want to implicate Sikong Niangniang and the little prince, and his heart was in a mess for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

The Yu clan will inevitably play zero in this catastrophe.

Yun Shu continued, "Even if she was threatened like this, Niangniang refused to give in to Ning Mingzhi's death, but asked Wang Ziyun to change his name and surname to entrust it to the minister. “

Ding Yan doubted, "Isn't it that the queen has some handle on him, otherwise she is a weak girl in the harem, how can she negotiate terms with him?"

Yun Shu glanced at Yun Wei and said, "Uncle, why don't you explain to General Xiao Ding!"

Yun Xiao coughed and said with a cold face, "I have an uncomfortable throat, it's good if you tell him." “

Yun Shu's face was embarrassed, "How to say it, the queen and the king have a deep affection, there are good stories among the people, the queen has always been virtuous and intelligent, can be called a century-old model, it is not so easy to cure the queen's crimes, but he must not stir up his brains? The front court has already made a lot of trouble, and there is a big event in the harem to give the queen to death, and it is probably difficult to say that the lotus flower blooms with people's tongues, and now that the righteous army is in full swing, does he still want to provoke a mutiny and a civil mutiny?"

"So the false king made concessions?"

Yun Shu sighed, "Things have reached a dilemma, didn't he remember that my uncle was here, let them go to persuade peace, and the two uncles were announced to the palace, and they were frightened when they heard about it, right, uncle." “

Yun Xiao frowned and glanced at him, "Don't say that you have these or not." “

"Although the uncle tried his best to resolve it, the queen was still resolute, and would rather let Wang Ziyun be demoted to a concubine and ask the uncle to take him out of the palace, but that person's attitude was very vague, I guess the queen and the prince were both hostages and threats to him, and the pros and cons were difficult to balance!"

Ding Yan's heart moved, "Could it be that Wang Ziyun also came with you?"

Yun Shu shook his head again, and looked at Yun Xiao's face by the way, who also looked like he didn't have his eyebrows out.

"The queen has negotiated some terms with him, and although we don't know what they are, my uncle has agreed to take the risk of taking the little prince away......"

"If he sends someone to hunt down and kill the mouth......"

"Who's to say it's not, we think they're dangerous inside the palace, but it's even more dangerous outside the palace......"

"It's Yun Mou's incompetence......" Yun Yu was sad

"Let's not talk about these first, let's go back to the edict, the wonderful thing is that the queen's mother's close maid official Yilan found a royal pen, saying that it was given by the king that year, and the queen cherished it very much, and wanted to leave it to the prince Yun as a thought, and later found that the pen was different, and finally turned out the secret edict. “

"Is that the secret edict that the major general said?!"

"No, my uncle was suspicious of the major general, and when he saw the secret edict, he felt that the matter was serious and urgent. “

"And what is written on it?"

"What it says is that if something happens to the king, let the prince Ling Ye succeed to the throne, order General Zhendong and Chang to stay and wait for the auxiliary government, and promote Qi Xu to Lang Zhongling. I'll show it to you later. “

Of course, the content of such a secret edict completely cleared Qi Xu's suspicion.

Ding Yan thought about it carefully and felt unbelievable, if he didn't even know the queen, when did Yu Yanguang prepare the edict, could he have expected it a long time ago?

"With such a thing in his hand, of course General Qi is in a hurry to bring it out, in the name of the Zhengwang Division!" Yun Shu sighed and said, "Uncle They were also stupid when they got such a secret edict, and they hurriedly made preparations to go out of the city, but they didn't know where to show their horses' feet, and they were blocked at the city gate." Yun Shu glanced at Ding Yan, "At that time, General Qi risked his life and lured the guards away. “

Ding Yan lost his voice and said, "You are not afraid of being caught in the net, but you are all walking together?"

Yun Shu sighed and said, "Then what else? Separate and go, you have to get so many seals to get out of the customs!"

Ding Yan's face became gloomy, "Then Qi Xu was caught by them?"

"That's not likely, if we catch General Qi, we can't have not received a little news, not to mention that we asked our uncle to go back to the city to pick him up after we left the city that day, General Pingxi is very clever, and he will always be fine. “

Yun Xiao looked embarrassed, "Yes, Young Master Qiu also went to Kyoto to pick him up, and there will be news soon." “

Ding Yan's mind is uneasy, he is responsible for what happened to Qi Xu, if he is killed because of this, what face does he have to blame others?

If time were turned back, would he still make the same choice? He was a little at a loss.