The streets of Yanzhou City are wide, in the past, when Xie Rin was in charge, the sycamores were planted on both sides of the avenue, and the thick shade covered the sun in the summer, and the view was like green clouds, so it got a good name called Wutong City. Now that the city has been ravaged by years of war, there are no more than one of those sycamores, and the streets are becoming more and more empty and a little desolate.

It is the Jingguo mission of less than 100 people walking in it, as small as a drop in the ocean. Both sides of the avenue were densely packed, and there were all heavily armed northerner soldiers standing, all with hateful and angry faces, and they wanted to see who the sandalwood handsome who had killed so many of their comrades and relatives and friends was.

From the front of the city gate to the Thorn Mansion where Yuan Yuan is located, seven or eight miles away, there is suddenly a sense of sadness and desolation that is easy to say goodbye to and never return.

Huan Xuan stood at the gate of the city, watching without saying a word.

There were about twenty or thirty officials and retinues at all levels in the mission, and there were no more than thirty or forty guards, while the total number of Dai Guojun troops inside and outside Yanzhou City was nearly 300,000. The northerners have always been fierce and untrustworthy, since ancient times, the traditional way of the Central Plains is that the two countries do not cut off the envoys, but the northerners will not care about these, there have been many times in the past to kill the envoy of Jingguo, especially this time, the envoy is their enemy.

Sandalwood is handsome, Xie Zhan. No matter which identity he is, it is enough for the angry northerners to kill him a thousand times. But he came anyway. He must facilitate peace talks, even at the risk of his own life.

He used to think that Xie Zhan was gentle and patient, but he was wrong, Xie Zhan was ruthless in his bones and would never look back.

It's like risking your life to save him. It's like cheating to death, leaving behind the woman he loves, and absconding from Jiangdong to plot everything now.

Huan Xuan turned his horse back and slowly walked in the direction of the barracks.

Wang Shu greeted him, with a deep worry in his eyes: "Ming Gong." ”

Not far behind him were a few henchmen and generals of the Black Cavalry, clad in strong and stubborn clothes, waiting for his orders. Huan Xuan has seen them one by one.

Xie Zhan is back, once the truth is exposed, he will immediately become the target of public criticism, and at least half of the anger and killing intent towards Sandalwood Shuai must be poured out on him. When they were planning countermeasures that day, he thought that it would be at least two or three days before Xie Zhan took care of everything in Huaisi and rushed here, how did he know that he would come so quickly, and now the black cavalry reinforcements had not yet arrived, and she had not sent them away, and he was caught off guard.

Xie Zhan never does things without purpose, why is he in such a hurry?

"Duke Ming," Wang Shu stepped forward and lowered his voice, "The matter has come to this, if you are stationed outside the city, even if Your Majesty decrees it, you will not enter the city, and wait until the black horse comes." ”

Stationed outside the city, everything has turned, although the black cavalry is only 10,000, but it can always be able to resist for a day or two, and after a day or two, the reinforcements arrive, and you can expect a turnaround. Huan Xuan lowered his eyebrows: "She's still in the city." ”

"This," Wang Shu hesitated, "Since Xie Langjun dares to enter the city, there must be a backhand, I think with Xie Langjun here, I will never let the lady have an accident." ”

"My woman, let him take care of it!" Huan Xuan sneered lightly, "Send the lady away early tomorrow morning, and the black horse will send a thousand escorts along the way, you go down and prepare." ”

"No!" Wang Shu didn't move, twisted his eyebrows and hurriedly advised, "At present, the strength of the black cavalry is already insufficient, and it must not be divided into a thousand, besides, how can a thousand people not be discovered when they march with a thousand people?" At this time, maybe His Majesty has already seen Xie Langjun, maybe the one who came to ask for the crime was halfway there, Ming Gong"

"Do as I say."

Huan preached.

"I can't ...... my subordinates"

"General Huan," there was a noise at the city gate, and Helan Zuyi galloped over, "Your Majesty has sent you into the city to welcome Sandalwood." ”

Huan Xuan turned around, hundreds of guards followed behind him, and Helan Zuyi smiled fiercely: "General, let's go." ”

Huan Xuan turned his horse back. He is also ready to enter the city, with him, Yuan Lu will not do anything to her, if he stays outside the city and refuses to go back, then the first unlucky one must be her.

Besides, only if he enters the city, only if he is at his disposal under the nose of Yuan Yuan, she will have a chance to go out of the city early tomorrow morning.

Wang Shu followed closely behind: "Duke Ming, there are still 100,000 urgent military affairs waiting to be decided, why don't you take a leave of absence first, and then apologize to Your Majesty later?" ”

Huan Xuan stopped and glanced at him: "I'll talk about it when I come back." ”

Wang Shu still wanted to persuade again, he added a whip and walked away quickly, and Gu Ran chased after him: "Join the army, what should I do?" ”

"You take the rear barracks into the city, if there is any accident, immediately send a signal, Yu Zhao, your people are guarding in front of the city gate......" Wang Shu quickly ordered one by one, and sighed long, "The rest of the people go back to the camp and wait, I will go into the city." ”

He jumped on the horse and hurriedly left, Gu Ran quickly returned to the camp to arrange, and in the camp tent in the distance, Lu Biao looked at it for a long time and retracted into the door.

In the city of Yanzhou, the Assassin's Mansion.

Yuan Yuan sat high in the main hall and watched the officials of the Jingguo Mission walk into the gate, everyone else had already dismounted and dismounted, only the four-wheeled cart covered by green gauze in the middle was carried into the gate and pushed forward along the bluestone road until the atrium.

"What, is Sandalwood going to sit in the car and meet me?" Yuan Yuan chuckled, "What did you do indiscriminately, didn't you have a face?" ”

At the bottom of the stairs, Yuan Rong laughed loudly and shouted provocatively: "Sandalwood is handsome, you have the ability to make ghosts, but you don't have the ability to see people?" ”

The people in the car did not respond, the wheels creaked, and slowly stopped in front of the second door, inside the door was the main hall, the green yarn trembled slightly, and the people in the car seemed to look around through the curtain.

Behind him, the waiter rushed to tie up the green veil, and everyone's eyes immediately turned to the half-hidden car door, and the varnished sandalwood door moved slightly and opened.

An emaciated man walked out. Bamboo green robe, brocade mink fur, black leather boots. On his head is a crown of lacquered sarongs, and his eyes are half-hanging, covering the cold wind of hunting.

It also covers half of his face, and he can't see his face clearly, but only half of his face is enough to show his unparalleled demeanor, like snow on the top of the mountain, wind in the forest, and a little weak and sick face when he moves, which makes him more and more dusty, making people dare not force his eyes, and naturally gives birth to a sense of intimacy.

"Sandalwood is handsome." Yuan Zhen leaned over the couch slightly, his narrow eyes staring at him tightly, "Remove the veil and let me see who you really are." ”

The person who came did not speak, crossed the threshold, slowly walked to the bottom of the steps, and bowed: "I have seen Daijun." ”

The sound of thumping footsteps sounded, and Yuan Lu walked down in person and pulled off his veil to cover his face.

The early morning sun shone on his slightly pale face without obstruction, and everyone was taken aback: "Xie Zhan?!" ”

"Heh," Yuan Lu smiled coldly, "Sure enough, it's you." ”

Knock, the footsteps outside the door stopped abruptly, the sun shadow slanted, holding out Huan Xuan's tall body, he came, at this time, he dared to respond

Summoned into the city. Yuan Zhen raised his eyes and hooked his thin lips: "General, don't come over to meet your old friend." ”

Countless eyes were fixed on him, Huan Xuan's face was expressionless, step by step, from outside the door to the front of the hall. Now, he and Xie Zhan met each other, so close and so clear, they could see the ice flowers on Xie Zhan's eyelashes dyed because of the cold. He lowered his eyebrows and did not look at him, a few months ago, he would never have imagined that he would meet him again, at this time, in this place, in such an capacity.

Yanzhou City, the Assassin's Mansion, the place where he regarded himself as a writer when he was a child, he regarded him as a brother of flesh and blood, and now,

Brush, Yuan Yuan drew his sword, with a cold light, and put it in Xie Zhan's neck: "Xie Zhan, are you guilty?" ”

Before he could react, his hand had already pressed the knife on his waist, and Huan Xuan paused, letting his hand still stop there and cover the handle of the knife, and he didn't move.

Xie Zhan raised his eyes, still with a calm and warm look: "What is Xie Zhan's crime?" ”

"Fraud and deceive the king, collude with the Nanban," the blade pressed down, pressing a shallow mark, "I should have killed you a long time ago." ”

"Xie Zhan has always been a citizen of Jingguo, and he has never returned to the king, the people of Jingguo are planning for the country, what is the crime?" Xie Zhan said lightly.

"Really?" Yuan Lu snorted coldly, "Then I will kill you, a citizen of Jingguo, today!" ”

The blade suddenly dragged on, bringing out a bloody mark in the slender neck, Huan Xuan heard his heavy heartbeat, his finger bones clenched and clenched, clenched into a hard blue-white, the big knife was pulled out a few points, and the sleeve of the mink qiu on the opposite side moved slightly, and Xie Zhan looked over.

His dark brown eyes looked at him with a soft glow, as they had done countless times before.

What is extremely familiar, the tacit understanding that has been carved into his bones unconsciously flashed in his heart, Huan Xuan put the knife back to the sheath, and saw Xie Zhan's calm face. The blood on his neck flowed very quickly, Yuan Zhen was imposing, and he was angry, and he didn't start lightly, Xie Zhan didn't show the slightest sign of pain on his face, and he still had a low and warm voice: "If I am acting as a jun, I will think twice before I start." ”

"What are you thinking?" Yuan Lu chuckled, "Kill you, Jingguo will have no more brains, and destroying the Nanban will be like slaughtering pigs and dogs." ”

Before the words fell, a high and long emergency shouted outside the door: "Report!" ”

The sentry rode in a hurry and ran to the front, kneeling down: "Your Majesty, the Jingguo army is besieging Yejing!" ”

Everyone present was taken aback, Huan Xuan lowered his eyes, and looked at Xie Zhan's clear eyes, and he said lightly: "When Yanzhou was besieged, our army took Langya, crossed Jishui, the Yellow River, and Yejing. ”

He glanced at the blood flowing down the blade: "If Daijun kills me today, the news will reach Yejing tonight at the latest, and the city will be attacked immediately." ”

The hall was silent for a while, and Huan Xuan stood silently, thinking clearly about the cause and effect. Everyone thought that attacking Langya was to attack Yanzhou as an auxiliary wing, but in fact, it was just a trick for Sandalwood Shuai, in order to be in Langya, after the Jishui and the Yellow River froze, they could cross the river without a boat, sneak between the mountains and rivers, and approach Yejing.

During this time, everyone's eyes were on Yanzhou and Huaisi, and no one had ever discovered this strange army, so they suddenly attacked today and threatened the Yuan Yuan to negotiate peace. The opportunity was fleeting, no wonder Xie Zhan came in such a hurry, catching him off guard.

The long sword is in his hand, and the person under the sword is just a scribe, almost ready to die, but this sword can't be used. Yuan Lu stared at Xie Zhan coldly for a long time: "Sandalwood is handsome, good at scheming." ”

It's not just about water

, the Yellow River is frozen, Zhangshui must have frozen, Yejing's natural barrier is less than half, and half of the elite soldiers who originally defended Jinggi were taken away by him, it is the weakest time everywhere, although Fan Liang has the courage of Lian Po, but he does not dare to gamble on this game easily.

"I negotiate peace with the acting monarch, but I have mercy on the innocent people, and I am willing to make a concession with the acting monarch, if the acting monarch insists on going his own way, then Yejing Yanzhou will launch it together, and compete with the acting monarch to live and die," Xie Zhan is not in a hurry or slow, "Give up Xie Zhan's life, and exchange those princes and princesses in Yejing, as well as the old lady Fan who His Majesty regards as a father, do it.? ()? [()]『Come[]*See the latest chapter*Full chapter』()"

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For a long time, Yuan Yuan chuckled lightly and put down his sword: "I never knew that Xie Zhantan was such a character, but I underestimated you." ”

He slowly walked back to the imperial couch: "Let's make peace." ”

There was a moment of agitation in the field, and many people in the north were not convinced, and Yuan Rong shouted loudly: "Imperial nephew, just forget it?" I've got you covered! ”

Yuan Lu looked at it coldly, and suddenly smiled: "General Huan." ”

Huan Xuan raised his head, and Yuan Lu looked at him condescendingly: "A few days ago, I ordered the general to find out the identity of Sandalwood Shuai, and gave the general three days, but the general has not found out until today, so he is really incompetent." If someone comes, take the general down, and punish him with fifty rods. ”

Su Wei rushed up, Huan Xuan lowered his eyes, and met Xie Zhan's desolate gaze.

His pale lips moved slightly, as if to say sorry.

Huan Xuan didn't say a word, turned around and walked out.

Bang, bang, the sound of a heavy board sounded, Xie Zhan lowered his eyelids, and heard Yuan Zhen say quietly: "This is still a brother who has died, so ruthless." ”

Xie Zhan slowly walked to the front of the collapse and sat down, took out the national letter from his sleeve and handed it to the eunuch: "This is the condition of our country's peace negotiation, please take a look at it on behalf of the monarch." ”

In the outer courtyard of the Assassin's Mansion, Wang Shu waited in the hugging building where the clerk was sitting, listened to the report inside, and turned to leave.

"Join the army," Gu Ran chased after him, "Do you want to?" ”

"Rest easy." Wang Shu crossed his horse and ran to the other courtyard, "If Your Majesty is willing to release people, I will send Ming Gong to the other courtyard." ”

From morning to night, the peace talks did not stop for a moment, the two sides fought with each other, arguing over the terms one by one, and they did not negotiate until nightfall, Gu Ran waited in the outer courtyard for a long time, the door opened, and a small eunuch came over: "Your Majesty pities the general's serious injury and leaves him to live in the mansion." ”

Gu Ran knew in his heart that this was detaining people. If you want to get out again, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

At the second watch, Huan Xuan still didn't close his eyes.

This time the cane was extremely heavy, and it was injured on top of injury, even if he was strong, he also felt unbearable, and he couldn't lie down after applying medicine at this time, so he had to lie on the bed and close his eyes to recuperate, and heard the door curtain move, followed by Xie Zhan's voice: "Abandon the slave." ”

Huan Xuan opened his eyes, and Xie Zhan stood in front of the bed: "The emperor left me to live next door." ”

Huan Xuan glanced at him and didn't speak. Yuan Lu has always had a bit of a bad taste, so they are relatively afraid of coexisting with this intention, of course, it is mainly to facilitate the monitoring of the two of them, at this time, what else to say.

The rustling clothes sounded, and Xie Zhan squatted down: "I brought you medicine." ”

He brought it over with a porcelain box, and Huan Xuan said coldly: "No need. ”

Xie Zhan paused, and his voice was astringent: "I'm sorry." ”

"What's there to be sorry about?" Huan Xuanzhong closed his eyes again, no longer looking at the wound wrapped in a towel around his neck, "Each is his master, don't dare to work sandalwood."

() Shuai asked, please go back. ”

"Abandon the slave," after a long time, he heard Xie Zhan's bitter voice, "When I contacted Rouran, it was for the sake of the north and south, but more importantly, I wanted to transfer you back to the six towns, so the battle situation in the Central Plains has nothing to do with you, I really didn't expect it to come to this point." It's my fault, I've been a burden to you. ”

Rouran's raid and civil strife in the six towns were all his handiwork. And he was supposed to go back, but something happened to her. Huan Xuan couldn't tell what it was like for a while, and closed his eyes: "The matter has come to this, what else is there to say?" Let's go. ”

There was a long silence that answered him, and after a while, Xie Zhan spoke again astringently: "I have to come to ...... today."

Have to. Didn't think of it. Scold. The scheming sandalwood is handsome, but there are also unexpected things. He could even gamble with his own life, let alone him and her. Huan Xuan interrupted rudely: "I don't want to hear it, you can go." ”

"Abandon slaves."

Huan Xuan closed his eyes and didn't look at him, Xie Zhan got up silently, walked to the door with a slight sound in the mink Qiu, and couldn't help but turn around: "She's now, okay?" ”

Huan Xuan opened his eyes suddenly.

For a while, the blood was surging, and those indignant and bitter churns rushed to their mouths, turning into a sneer: "She is my person now, it's your business!" ”

Seeing Xie Zhan's face turn pale in an instant, his fingertips holding one side of the felt curtain, his pale skin lined with a dark red blood-colored curtain, and he trembled unconsciously: "Abandon the slave, I want to see her." ”

"Get out!" Huan Xuan roared.

After a long time, the curtain moved slightly, and Xie Zhan left.

Huan Xuan closed his eyes and scolded fiercely.

The night was densely covered, and I didn't know how many people slept and how many woke up.

Before the stars had set, and the sky had just flashed a little blue and white, a team of people came to the city: "Open the door!" ”

As usual, the guard stepped forward and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Protecting the general's mansion, go out of the city on an errand." The person who came held up the token, "Hurry up and open the door, delay General Mu's big event, and I want you to go around if you can't eat!" ”

The guards did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went forward to check with lanterns, only to see seven or eight people escorting a small car, and the bags piled up on the car looked like food, and there was no trace of entrainment of people, so they hurriedly opened the city gate, and watched the group of people hurry, crossing the suspension bridge to the opposite side.

The car drove out for two or three miles, turned into the ruins burned by the war on the side of the road, and the team leader looked around to see that there was no one left, and hurriedly walked to the front of the car: "The lady can come out." ”

Several guards moved the food bags with all hands and feet, but the bottom was empty, and a woman curled up in a ball and hid inside, at this time, she had to slow down to relieve her numb hands and feet, and let out a long breath.

"It's time to go, lady." Someone in the ruins drove a small car with a sitting, the woman got out of the grain cart, the hood she wore on her head was pressed under her eyebrows, the mink around her neck was pulled to the top of her nose, only two eyes were exposed, and even her hands were wearing a handset and she couldn't see what it looked like, the leader helped her beside her, the woman got into the car and locked the door, the car was sandwiched between the horses, and walked quickly north.

After a while, a group of men and horses hurried out of the city, searching for the traces of the rutted horses' hooves on the ground, and chased them out.

The sun had just climbed into the sky at this time, and the blue and white of the sky were becoming thinner and more transparent, and after a while, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and another group of people and horses clustered

Came to the city gate in a hug, wearing the full armor of the guards, and the white feathers fluttering on the helmet: "Open the door!" ”

The guards hurriedly stepped forward to check, the leader took the token for a while, the soldier just saw a big "forbidden" word, the person had put it away, but the rest of the people all hung on their waists in and out of the palace forbidden turtle talismans, tall and burly, arrogant, at a glance it was the close guard of the Yuan, the guards did not dare to stop, quickly opened the city gate, and retreated to the side.

The sound of horses' hooves was mixed, and the group of people walked out quickly, and the guards took a chance glance and saw that although the middle person was tall, he was much slimmer than the others, this kind of figure was rare among the northerners, and he wanted to look more carefully, several people behind the man patted the horses and surrounded him to firmly block the view, and the one who was holding the tail also turned his head to glare at him, so frightened that the guards did not dare to look at it anymore, and quickly closed the door.

The horse team crossed the drawbridge, crossed the barracks tents outside the city, and walked along the avenue in the direction of Yejing. The sun had not yet come out, the cold was blowing the white feathers on the helmet, and a dense pine forest finally appeared on the side of the road, and the horse team was divided into two here, one team continued to move forward, and the other team drilled into the forest, until it was densely invisible on all sides, Duan Xiang jumped off the horse: "Lady, it's time to change cars." ”

The thin man helped him to come down, but when he landed on the ground, he was half a head shorter than him, and it turned out that he had moved his hands and feet under the saddle, and was much higher. The helmet was taken off, revealing a smoky daughter L face, Fu Yunwan let out a long breath, his palms were blistered, and his legs were also sore, and there was an indescribable excitement and relief at this time.

A useless person like her was able to ride a horse sandwiched between a group of men and get past the inspection of the city gates.

God knows how scared she was when she went out of the city, the saddle was so much higher that it was so difficult to sit still, she almost fell off, and she was caught in her grip again, and her leg hurt so badly now, maybe it was worn out at that time.

The car was pushed out from a hidden place, Fu Yunwan sat in, the coachman rushed out from the other side of the pine forest, there was a faint movement in the distance, Fu Yunwan couldn't hear it when he sat in the car, but Duan Xiang knew that it was a thousand black riders sneaking in the distance, thinking that it should be taken care of.

"There is a fork in the road twenty miles later, and from there we will take a detour to the six towns." Duan Xiang whispered through the window, "The general will come over in a few days to meet." ”

Fu Yunwan replied in a low voice, and her pounding heart calmed down little by little. She hurried first, waiting for him to come. They will meet again soon.

***

On the official road leading to the Six Towns, the guards were rushing around another small car, when suddenly someone shouted: "Stop! ”

Behind the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, listening to the movement at least hundreds, the guards did not look back, and ran forward quickly with the car, and suddenly rushed over more than a dozen horsemen and horses in the oblique stab, led by the guards beside Yuan Lu, with a spear and nailed to the car door: "Fu Yunwan, Your Majesty summoned you to the palace." ”

The car door opened, and the woman in the car wrapped herself tightly and lowered her head: "Okay." ”

***

When the sun was higher, Duan Xiang saw the fork in the road, going west to Yejing, and detouring to the east, but crossing the river to Liuzhen. The car was about to plug in, and a Zhai car suddenly walked out of the roadside, and the female guard stepped forward to raise the curtain, revealing the well-maintained face of the eldest princess of Anhe: "Fu Yunwan, you can't go." ”

The car, Fu Yunwan clenched his palms tightly, he didn't recognize who it was, and he couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, when he heard a sound of horses' hooves behind him, but it was the black knight who found out that something was wrong, and the outpost troops came to escort him, and the eldest princess of Anhe raised her voice: "Where is the leading general?" ”

There was a puff of smoke and dust billowing in the distance, Helan Zuyi rushed to the front with his people and horses, Duan Xiang stepped forward to protect the car with a knife, and the princess of Anhe said coldly: "Fu Yunwan, there are at most 1,000 people on your side, I have 6,000, let them die or let them live, you decide." ”

In the car, Fu Yunwan shook his hand and pushed the window open a crack and looked out secretly. The opposite side was densely packed with northerner soldiers, and the locusts generally couldn't see the end, and the sound behind them was non-stop, and the black horsemen were still coming one after another, but Duan Xiang didn't refute that sentence. That means it's the truth. The opponent is six thousand, they are thousand, how can she let these loyal subordinates give her their lives for nothing.

He made up his mind for a moment: "Duan Teamzheng, please send me back." ”

"Very good," the eldest princess of Anhe nodded, and Zhai Che came to the front in the blink of an eye. Fu Yunwan subconsciously dodged, and the eldest princess of Anhe's fragrant face stopped rubbing against the window, and her voice was extremely low, only enough for the two of her to hear, "Xie Zhan is still alive, he is Sandalwood Shuai." ”

For a long time, her mind was blank, and when Fu Yunwan reacted, Zhai Che had already walked away, and the harsh winter air squeezed in through the crack in the window, and the cold wrapped her.