It has been three days since Chitianfeng occupied Yin'an City, and Jiang Linfan, the national teacher of the Southern Wu Kingdom, has carefully checked all the materials in Yin'an City, and found that there are signs of being poisoned, but it seems that the materials should have been moved a lot, and the rest are not like a city should have been, and all the military equipment has not been found in the city.

Jiang Linfan truthfully reported everything to Chitian Peak.

Originally, Chi Tianfeng already felt that it was too simple to capture Silver Saddle City, but after listening to Jiang Linfan's report at this time, he felt that things were too strange, and began to wonder if this was a trap set by the enemy. What made him even more uneasy was that three days had passed, and Ran Feihu had not only not returned, but had not even let anyone bring back the news.

"National Teacher, I will now leave everything in the city to you to arrange!" Chi Tianfeng said.

Jiang Linfan could guess the emperor's concern, but he didn't know what he meant by this move, so he asked, "Your Majesty plans to leave?"

Chi Tianfeng said: "I always feel that this matter is too unusual, Ran Feihu has been away for several days, normally speaking, according to the previous agreement, even if he is delayed by other things, he should send someone to bring the news back to me, but there has been no news, I am worried that he has an accident, I need to go to that canyon." ”

Jiang Linfan said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, we all know General Ran's ability, not to mention, if General Ran really has an accident, then the people of Silver Saddle City will definitely come back here, but in fact no, so I think it should be that the two sides have fallen into a stalemate, General Ran can't annihilate the enemy army, and the enemy army can't get benefits under General Ran!"

When Chi Tianfeng heard this, he said: "Then I have to go even more, if it is really a stalemate between the two sides, then I can help General Ran to completely disintegrate the forces of Yin'an City, so that I can go to the worries!"

Jiang Linfan said: "Your Majesty, I think the most important thing at present is to defend Yin'an City, I think Emperor Ning should have received the news of the loss of Yin'an City now, and I believe that it won't be long before he will send troops to take it." I've looked at the defense of Silver Saddle City, but it's not strong, we should first find a way to strengthen the defense of Silver Saddle City. ”

Chi Tianfeng said, "Just leave it to you at this time." He was still worried about Ran Feihu's safety.

"By the way, National Teacher, what is the name of the canyon that Ran Feihu said?" Chi Tianfeng asked.

Jiang Linfan said: "I heard General Ran say that it is called the Trapped Tiger Valley!"

"Trapped Tiger Valley?" Chi Tianfeng frowned, his uneasy mood becoming more and more intense.

"Ah!" Jiang Linfan exclaimed, thought of it with Chi Tianfeng, and muttered, "Is this the will of heaven?"

Chi Tianfeng said: "In this way, I will lead 50,000 troops to the Trapped Tiger Valley, and while you are strengthening the city, you will order someone to bring a letter to Kuang Junshi to see what instructions he has!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Jiang Linfan agreed, and immediately arranged it.

Seeing that everything had been arranged, Chi Tianfeng led an army of 50,000 to set off to trap Tiger Valley.

Along the way, it was very usual, and there was no trace of the fight between the two armies, Chi Tianfeng was worried, so he could only pray silently in his heart, Ran Feihu must not have any accidents.

The relationship between Chi Tianfeng and Ran Feihu is not understandable to others, there were nine princes in Nanwu at that time, and Chi Tianfeng was only the most inconspicuous one of them, no one thought that he had the strength to compete for the throne of Nanwu back then, except for Ran Feihu.

Ran Feihu was just a deputy commander of the guard at that time, but he had already shown extraordinary military ability, so he also became the object of the princes' efforts, and he never thought that Ran Feihu would sneer at the invitation of the three princes who were most capable of competing for the throne, and he was not at all pretending to be the prince who was supported by many ministers, but he was very good to Chitian Peak, which was idle by the emperor at that time.

Those princes were naturally angry at Ran Feihu's lack of face, but Ran Feihu was close to Chitianfeng, who was considered a wasted person at that time, so he didn't think it could pose any threat, and the situation at that time was very delicate, and no one wanted to set up one more enemy.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that Ran Feihu continued to instill the idea of seizing the throne in Chitian Peak, and he continued to make suggestions, relying on the unique personal charm he had established in those years, he secretly attracted many forces for Chitian Peak, so that after more than a year later, when Chi Tianfeng showed his willingness to compete for the throne, everyone found that the faction of Chitian Peak was already the strongest towering tree in Nanwu at that time, and the other contenders for the throne no longer had the strength to fight with Chitian Peak.

After Chi Tianfeng seized the throne, the original eight princes, the crown prince was born and died, and the three princes fled to neighboring countries, and how to deal with the remaining six princes, Ran Feihu's advice to him was directly eliminated, but Chi Tianfeng thought that everyone was a brother, and he couldn't do it, and in the end he just exiled them and put them under house arrest.

Due to the different views between the two on this matter, they were still very unhappy, so that for a while, Chi Tianfeng suspected that the reason why Ran Feihu assisted him was just because he was the most unsuccessful one in the imperial family, and Ran Feihu himself must have selfish intentions, if he didn't plan to replace him after he ascended the throne, he wanted to be the emperor and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the world.

I don't know why, Ran Feihu knew his thoughts,

Chi Tianfeng was very scared at that time, because at that time, the military power in the Southern Ukraine Kingdom was basically in the hands of Ran Feihu, as long as Ran Feihu had a trace of dissent, it would be a simple matter to replace him. It's just that to Chi Tianfeng's surprise, Ran Feihu didn't have any radical behavior, but just handed over the military power to Chi Tianfeng's hands, but he resigned from the official position of the protector of the country, and left the South Wu Kingdom alone, and disappeared until a few years later, the name of Ran Feihu's battlefield killing god resounded throughout the Jiuzhou Continent, and Chi Tianfeng knew that he had gone to Shihu Country.

Chi Tianfeng has always felt a little ashamed of Ran Feihu, but these things have always been buried in his heart, and he has never mentioned them to others, even if he met Ran Feihu again later, the two were reconciled as before, Chi Tianfeng did not mention the old things again, but he had already told himself in the bottom of his heart that Ran Feihu was his brother in life and death, and if Ran Feihu had any difficulties in the future, even if he wanted Chi Tianfeng to lose his life, he had to protect him thoroughly.

Chi Tianfeng thought about those past events, vividly remembered, and before he knew it, he had come to the entrance of the Sleepy Tiger Valley.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Chi Tianfeng sighed secretly: Sure enough, it is worthy of the name of the Sleepy Tiger Valley, the entrance is just a small road that only allows one rider to enter, if the tiger enters, as long as there is a person guarding the entrance, it will be difficult for the tiger to come out.

Chitian Peak couldn't wait to ride into the canyon alone, and as far as he could see, everything around him was intact, and there were no traces of the fight.

Chitian Peak returned to the entrance, observed the traces on the ground, and found that there were signs of military horses moving, but they were heading south.

"Could it be that something has changed, the Flying Tiger failed to lead the young man into the canyon, they went over there. Chitian Peak faced south, muttering to himself.

"Your Majesty!" suddenly one of the soldiers let out an exclamation.

Chi Tianfeng shouted, "What's wrong?"

The soldier pointed to the top of the canyon and said, "Your Majesty, look at the top!"

Chi Tianfeng looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw several people lying on it, wearing the clothes of the soldiers of the Southern Uzbekistan Kingdom. Chi Tianfeng hurriedly flew up, and as far as his eyes could see, there were many soldiers of the Southern Wu Kingdom lying on it, which were the group of armor-breaking cavalry that Ran Feihu took away that day. However, looking at the number, there were only a few hundred people, and what Ran Feihu took away that day were five thousand armor-piercing knights.

Chitian Peak was still lucky, the two sides fought regularly on the canyon, and the armor-breaking knights only lost a few hundred people, indicating that the situation was still relatively optimistic, if the five thousand armor-breaking soldiers were killed here, then Ran Feihu's situation would be worrying. At this time, Chi Tianfeng was flustered, and he didn't pay attention to it, if it was a fight, then why was there only the corpse of the armor-breaking soldier here, but he couldn't see the soldiers of Ning Guo.

Chi Tianfeng jumped down from the cliff and shouted, "Go south!"

Following the traces on the ground, Chitianfeng threw the army and walked out of the south for more than ten miles, only traces of soldiers and horses walking along the way, and no signs of fighting were found.

Chitian Peak became more and more suspicious, allowing the soldiers and horses to slow down and march slowly.

"Is it the emperor of the Southern Uzbekistan?" suddenly came a loud shout.

Chi Tianfeng was shocked, and looked in the direction where the voice came from, only to see a person standing on several trees five zhang away.

"Who are you?" Chi Tianfeng already knew from the armor they were wearing that these people were the generals of the Ning Kingdom, but he still asked.

One of them said: "You don't have to know who we are, you just need to know that Ran Feihu is in our hands now!"

Chitian Peak's body shook violently, so he ordered his soldiers to shoot those people down.

"Don't move!" said the man in front of him, "If you want Ran Feihu to live, just listen to us obediently." ”

Sure enough, Chi Tianfeng immediately ordered his soldiers to take back the crossbow in their hands, but said in his mouth: "How do I know if what you said is true?"

The man threw a curl of hair from it and said, "Yes or no, you can see it at a glance!"

Chi Tianfeng looked at the curly hair on the ground, black and red, which was Ran Feihu's unique hair color, and said in a panic: "How is General Ran?"

The man said: "Don't worry, Ran Feihu is alive and well, but I won't know about it in the future." ”

Chi Tianfeng shouted, "What do you want?"

The man said: "Our Highness said that he has long known about your relationship with Ran Feihu, and also knows that Your Majesty is a person who values love and righteousness, and if you want Ran Feihu to live, then you must listen to the arrangements of our Highness!"

"What about your Highness?" Chi Tianfeng asked, but he felt strange in his heart, when did Ning Guo have an additional Highness, could it be that the young man who killed the white was hidden so deeply. Yang Ye really has exhausted the organs, and he doesn't even let people know that he has such a son.

The man said, "His Highness has already pressed Ran Feihu back to Kyoto. ”

Chi Tianfeng had no choice but to say, "What does Your Highness need me to do?"

"What His Highness wants you to do is actually very simple, as long as you stay in Silver Saddle City, you can't go anywhere, whether it is the coalition army attacking Risong City, or the war later, the Southern Ukrainians are not allowed to participate in it!"

Chi Tianfeng was silent, and after weighing it again, he nodded and said, "Yes, but you have to ensure the safety of General Ran!" He was originally not very interested in attacking Ning Guo, but Yuan Liyu invited him, and he reluctantly agreed in order not to offend Gou Chen Guo.

"Don't worry, although we don't have much contact with His Highness, until His Highness is a person who does what he says, as long as His Majesty does what we say, Ran Feihu will definitely be fine. ”

Chi Tianfeng only complied, but he was full of curiosity about His Royal Highness of the Ning Kingdom, what kind of person was it, he actually knew about the affairs between himself and Ran Feihu, and he used this matter to threaten himself, you must know that there are no more than three people who know about this matter even in the South Wu Kingdom, where did he really know about it. Could it be that one of those three betrayed himself?

Chi Tianfeng couldn't figure out which one it was after thinking about it for a long time, because one of the three was his own queen, one was his own teacher, and the last one was still in the prison.

......

In the wilderness, a carriage galloped.

The coachman was a young man with a wine gourd in his hand and let the carriage run on its own.

"Good wine, good wine, life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon!"

The young man drank wine, shook his head and recited poetry.

"Hey, General Ran, do you want to take a sip. ”

The young man asked suddenly into the carriage.

"Humph!"

There was a cold snort from the carriage, full of anger.

"General Ran, you have already become a prisoner anyway, this is a fact that anger can't be changed, why don't you have a drink today and get drunk tomorrow!" the young man said.

In the carriage was the battlefield killing god Ran Feihu, who had long been accustomed to the nagging of young people in the past few days.

"Where are you going to take me?" Ran Feihu was in the carriage, not knowing that this was the way to the imperial capital of Ningguo.

"Take General Ran to Kyoto as a guest, I'm afraid you won't believe it, the people of Ningguo are very hospitable, if you know that General Ran is going to the imperial capital as a guest, it must be a pot pulp plugged road, and the road is cheered!"

Ran Feihu shouted: "Why bother, even if you bring me back to the capital of Ningguo, don't think about asking a word from my mouth, it's better to kill me now." ”

The young man said, "How can I be willing to kill General Ran." Not only will he not kill General Ran, but on the contrary, he admires General Ran very much!"

"Hmph!" Ran Feihu said to him, completely disbelieving him.

The young man continued: "What's more, General Ran is still of great use, if you stay in Ningguo, then Chitianfeng will not dare to mess around, so at least don't let the coalition army lose hundreds of thousands of troops, you say how important this is to Ningguo, so how can I kill General Ran!"

Ran Feihu's heart was shocked, but he said: "I am only a general friend of Chi Tianfeng, it is impossible for him to do anything for me, I advise you to die of this heart!"

The young man said, "General Ran, don't lie to me anymore, if I didn't already know about your relationship with Chitian Peak, how could I use this strategy." ”

Ran Feihu was extremely surprised, only he knew his true relationship with Chitian Peak, even Chi Tianfeng didn't know about it, where did this young man know about it?

"Why don't you speak?" said the young man, "Did I tell me the matter?"

"Humph!"

The young man said: "General Ran is a person who values love and righteousness, although I admire this very much, but it is a pity that you are too brutal and full of blood, so the general had better be prepared, after arriving in the imperial capital, the general will face a never-ending captivity." ”

Ran Feihu didn't say anything, since he was arrested, he had already prepared for the worst.

"You see, I am honest with the general, and even I have told you all this, why doesn't the general treat me with sincerity?"

When Ran Feihu heard this, he was angry, he was already a prisoner of your ranks, and his cultivation was sealed by you, and he could only listen to what you said.

"General Ran, why don't you tell me the story of your relationship with Chitian Peak?" the young man said.

Ran Feihu made up his mind, no longer bothered him, and simply closed his eyes.

"Actually, if the general doesn't say it, I also know that you and Chi Tianfeng are brothers, half-brothers!"

There was a loud bang in the carriage, and it seemed that Ran Feihu had hit something.

"You... How do you know?" said Ran Feihu in surprise.

"Ning Guo's secret court has already infiltrated many countries, and General Ran is the focus of Ning Guo's attention, with the pervasiveness of the secret court, it is not difficult to know about General Ran. In the archives of the Secret Academy, there is even a record that General Ran stole a baked cake from a street shop when he was nine years old, not to mention the mystery of General Ran's background. ”

The young man said: "General Ran's feelings for Chi Tianfeng are too unreasonable, I read what the file says, the secret court suspected that the general had a habit of dragon yang and had deformed feelings for Chi Tianfeng at the beginning, so they would defend him everywhere, but later after an in-depth investigation, it turned out that Chi Tianfeng was your half-brother." Your mother turned out to be the wife of a courtier with a small official position in Nanwu, as for her appearance, it is needless to say, otherwise she would not have been robbed into the palace by the emperor as a concubine later. This also explains why you are so good to Chitian Peak, but you are eager to kill other people in the Fei Imperial Family!"

Ran Feihu remembered the past when he was a child, which was the same as what this young man said, but his father at that time was too cowardly and shameless. said that he was robbed of his wife by the emperor, but it was better to say that his father knew that the emperor coveted his mother's beauty, and his father gave her to the emperor with his own hands. That's why Ran Feihu ran away from home, changed his name, and climbed up step by step in the market.

Originally, he was thinking about destroying the Southern Wu Kingdom, but later he learned that his mother gave birth to Chitian Peak, so he changed his attention and wanted to push Chitian Peak to the throne instead, and as for the rest of the royal family, none of them could stay. Chi Tianfeng cared about his family affection, but he couldn't do it, and he didn't want to say it to him, so he left Shihu Country later.