It was already nightfall when the stars were three or two o'clock, and the night owl cried a few lonely times, the wind swelled the tent and the oil lamp swayed.

Yuan Xi leaned on his lap and fell asleep peacefully, Rong Zhan tightened the cloak, the heat began to steam in the past few days, and a cloak was enough to resist the night wind. He hid her cheeks in the shadow of his palms, hiding the chilly night wind.

Rong Zhan held one hand in her hair, and picked up the pen with the other hand to send a letter to the capital.

Suddenly, the shadow of the lamp shook violently.

Outside the tent, a dark shadow swayed. If you look closely, they are two round holes the size of walnuts, and there are a pair of tiger-eye-like eyes! Rong Zhan's body shook and rubbed his eyes, but those eyes were gone. Only two black holes were left in pitch black, which stood out against the white tent.

He didn't make a sound, just put a pillow under Won-hee's head. He took his sword from the rack and went out of the tent to inspect it. There were only a few bonfires in the dark night, and the soldiers who patrolled back and forth at night were still in good spirits.

"Who came just now?" Rong Zhan hurriedly asked the two soldiers who were guarding at the door.

Both of them were at a loss, this quiet night was like a promise, even the birds had returned to their nests, how could anyone break in the camp?

Rong Zhan took a few more steps outside, but there was still no one.

This doesn't make sense, there was obviously a tall figure just now, and it seemed that he should still be a man in the prime of life.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a loud tearing and pulling sound, which shook everyone's heartstrings, and the sound came from inside the tent.

Rong Zhan rushed in first: "Stop!"

A large hole more than a man high had been torn open in the back of the tent, and it was through that hole that the man covered in blood had entered. He also had an ordinary soldier's saber in his hand, and Yuan Xi's exclamation caused Rong Zhan to shudder.

"Don't touch her, something is coming at me!" Rong Zhan already had a sword in his hand as he spoke.

"Coming at you, would you be willing to apologize for your sin with death?" The man's face was black, full of smoke and traces of war.

It was Shangguan Linrui! Although he had his back to him, Rong Zhan remembered his voice.

"Isn't it just a life?" Rong Zhan thrust the blade of the sword into the ground with his backhand, and spread his hands: "You just take it." It's just that you have to fulfill your promise, and you can't touch a single hair of her. ”

"Rong Zhan don't!" Yuan Xi shrank behind the bed, but she was not allowed to run, Shangguan Linrui's blade was sent to her jaw in an instant, cold and cold, and there was a smell of pig iron and blood.

"Don't touch her!" Rong Zhan snorted: "She is not a royal person, and if you want to take revenge, you shouldn't hurt her life." I am the eldest son of the current emperor, if you want to kill me, kill me!"

Shangguan Linrui Yang smiled: "It's really a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, don't be busy, I'll give her a result first, and then I'll send you on the road, and I can't run away." During the day, you bullied more and less, and now my knife can seal my throat in half a step, how can you have the qualifications to talk about conditions?!"

The little attendant quietly went around behind Shangguan Linrui, wanting to pounce on him, but Shangguan Linrui noticed it in time, and the little attendant fell and gnawed on. At the right time, Rong Zhan grabbed the saber and picked the blade of Yuan Xi's jaw apart, and tore up with Shangguan Linrui.

Rong Zhan can't even beat Rong Run, let alone Shangguan Linrui, the head of the gate, and in less than ten rounds, he is already at a disadvantage.

Li Yue brought a crossbowman to rescue him, but Shangguan Linrui was not stupid, as long as Rong Zhan was a little farther away from him, he would come to Rong Zhan's side, forcing Rong Zhan to be overwhelmed. Fighting mice is afraid of hurting the jade bottle, as long as Rong Zhan is still fighting him, Li Yue can't release arrows.

Although the workmanship of that knife was not exquisite, in the hands of Shangguan Linrui, it became a dragon into the sea, making it easy to maneuver. He pressed with a knife, Rong Zhan couldn't parry, so he could only retreat step by step, and hit the sword frame for a while, and there was no way to retreat.

Shangguan Linrui slashed at him, and Yuan Xi hurriedly threw over a piece of lapis that he had brought for sixteen years.

Shangguan Linrui didn't pay attention to it, and he caught a glimpse of a boxy thing smashed over, and thought it was a hidden weapon, so he picked it with a knife and split the whole card into several pieces. Rong Zhan took advantage of the situation and flashed, Li Yue drew his knife and rushed forward, and several generals also drew their swords to help. As the saying goes, a good tiger can't fight a pack of wolves, Shangguan Linrui stood for fifty or sixty rounds and finally couldn't resist it, and was caught by Li Yue and others again.

"The surname Xiao, don't you Xiao family have a real man? You can only make tricks with Lao Tzu!" Shangguan Linrui scolded and scolded, and Li Yue didn't care about 3721, he came on the spot to pull a five-flower tie, and tied it into a zongzi.

Rong Zhan didn't bother to look at him, just pounced to look at Yuan Xi's throat. Shangguan Linrui seemed to be holding on to his strength, and he didn't really want to cut Yuanxi's throat, but fortunately, there were no scars, so Rong Zhan was relieved.

The little squire got up and dusted off the dirt. He was very discerning, and he was busy picking up the smashed nothing-to-do card. He searched the fragments and held them in front of Rong Zhan with both hands. Rong Zhan hadn't touched it yet, so he was startled first.

Lapis gold!?Or Imperial Blue?!

He thought he had mistaken it, and was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had indeed not lost his eyes. Since ancient times, lapis gold has been a gemstone that only the royal family can use, how could Wei Yuanxi wear such a thing?

He remained silent, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and put it in his purse. It wasn't until everyone had retreated that he asked, "Where did this come from?"

"I've been carrying it since I was a kid. Yuan Xi was a little flustered by his question: "What's wrong?"

"Who else knows about this?"

Fathers, grandmothers, clan elders, brothers and sisters, anyway, everyone in the Wei Mansion knows. Yuan Xi was a little dazed: "What's wrong?"

"Do you know what this thing is?" he suddenly became serious.

"Green ...... Lapis lazuli!"

"Don't you know that only the royal family can use lapis gold? He frowned: "Who gave you something like this, isn't this intentionally harming you?"

Yuan Xi suddenly remembered that there were still strings of lapis lazuli bracelets in the capital guard's mansion, and his heart began to panic. She got it from the merchants of Qiguo, who never followed the rules of respect and inferiority, and they naturally did not know the nobility of Qingjin. In case Wei Yuanjia remembers this, does he still have a way to live?!

Seeing that Yuan Xi's face was full of confusion, Rong Zhan felt that his attitude was too tough just now, and coaxed: "I don't blame you, I'm afraid that you will be used instead of your unintentional actions." ”

"I ......"

"I'll keep this for you, don't mention it again. Rong Zhan patted her on the shoulder.

She has been wearing this card for as long as she can remember, but she has never cared about it. Today, in order to save Rong Zhan, she threw out this nothing card. Looking at Rong Zhan, she suddenly remembered that this nothing-to-do card had been with her for so many years.

But for so many years, why has no one ever mentioned that civilians could not wear lapis gold? Why did even a big merchant like my father who traveled from south to north not know that lapis was a special object for the royal family?

There is also a place where he lives - Zichen Pavilion. Even if a few aunts have never studied and don't know the meaning of it, haven't the eldest brother and father gone to school, why haven't they mentioned a word or a half?

"Do you have a pen and paper?" Yuan Xi began to panic in her heart, she wanted to write a letter to her family, asking them to quickly replace the word Zichen. But I feel that it is too late, and if we want to talk about trespassing, it has been 16 years since we have trespassed, is it too late to change it now? Could it be that if it is changed now, no one will pursue it in the future?

This matter is too big, so big that even Rong Zhan may not be able to hold it. Won-hee suddenly felt that he was standing on the edge of a cliff, groping in the dark night like a blind man.

She had a premonition that the catastrophe of the Wei family was coming!

Rong Zhan gave pen and paper, but Yuanxi hesitated for a while, and didn't know how to write. Written down is evidence of the crime, what if the letterhead is scattered?

"What's wrong?" Rong Zhan held her hand, her hand was trembling, and there was no temperature.

"Were you frightened?" he probed her forehead, which was hot and hot. He worried: "I'll go and call you a military doctor." ”

Yuan Xi waved his hand weakly: "I'm fine, just be quiet." ”

She stood up slowly, and within a few steps of her life, she felt that it was pitch black and unconscious. Rong Zhan hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and she fell into her arms with a pale face, soft as a fragrant cloud veil.

The military doctor probed the pulse and knew that she was a girl dressed as a man, and glanced at Rong Zhan in surprise. was stunned by Rong Zhan's gaze, he swallowed his words back, and only said: "Childe is fine, but he is a little frightened, and he will faint when he is in a hurry." ”

Rong Zhan threatened in a low voice: "Give what you know to this king in your stomach, if you reveal the slightest rumor, this king will kill you." ”

Rong Zhan sighed, turned on the oil lamp, and took out the pieces and carefully pieced them together. Nothing to do card, usually speaking, there is no workmanship, it is a square brand, no carved lettering. Just a small hole was chiseled for threading the rope.

Her piece is different, it is a little decorated, and the top is engraved with a symmetrical paper pattern. Less gold and less white, it is an extremely rare piece of good material. There is nothing special, only a violet jade bead is strung on the silk silk, and the words "six three" are engraved.

Liusan is not her birthday, let alone anyone's name.

Just thinking about it, Qin Shun pulled the curtain and came in: "Your Highness, the last general is ready, and you can return to Beijing immediately." General Li Yue deliberately took a twenty-pound fine steel lock, and Shangguan Linrui couldn't run away. ”

Rong Zhan frowned slightly, the feud between Li Yue and the Shangguan family was settled. He shook his head: "No need to lock it, he won't run, he is still ready to go to the temple to assassinate." ”

"Assassination?" Qin Shun was taken aback: "Your Highness, why don't we cut off his hands and feet first!"

Rong Zhan shook his head, there was no need for this.

Shangguan Linrui was locked up, and when he saw Rong Zhan, he was still struggling to fight the trapped beasts.

Rong Zhan didn't say much, and raised three fingers, "Shangguan Linrui, listen well." I, the eldest son of the royal family of the Great Chu State, Xiao Rongzhan, the king of Duanjun, am willing to swear an oath with Shangguan Linrui and make an alliance with blood. In his lifetime, Xiao Rongzhan will definitely clear the grievances of the Donglin Shangguan clan, clean up the world, and exterminate the national thieves. ”

Rong Zhan cut the blood and handed the knife into the prisoner cart.

Shangguan Linrui was stunned for a long time, and let out a low, long hissing like a beast at dusk.