In Xiao Zong's mansion in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xiao Zong looked at the talismans and armor on the case, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, was not his biological father, he had always regarded himself as his own son, and he was very spoiled since he was a child, and he was no different from other sons. Just because his mother is falling out of favor day by day, he often mentions in his ear that he is not Xiao Yan's biological father, his biological father is Xiao Baojuan, the Marquis of Dongdu, he was very impatient after hearing it at first, and only felt that what his mother said was not true, as he grew up day by day, he paid more and more attention to this matter, plus the eldest princess Xiao Yuyao, relying on the favor of her father, often said bad things about herself in front of her father, and finally Xiao Zong fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty after injuring Xiao Yuyao.

Now that Yuan Ke has ordered himself to go on the expedition, he wants to break with Da Liang, if he doesn't go, he will find a reason for him, and he will let himself die without a place to be buried.

At this time, he held a secret letter in his hand, this letter made him full of bitterness, this letter was written by Xiao Hong, the sixth prince, the original intention was to let him cooperate with himself, eliminate the main force of the Great Liang under Zhongli City, and take advantage of the decline of the national strength of the Great Liang to seize the throne, the uncle also said in the letter, if he obtained the throne, because he only gave birth to a daughter under his knees, he would establish himself as the prince, and after a hundred years, the Great Liang world would be his Xiao Zong. The sixth uncle, Xiao Hong, has done things so well, he is like an arrow on the bowstring, and he is about to explode.

He has sent the news of his southern expedition to Xiao Hong through his cronies, and what he has to do at this time is to win this battle. As soon as he thought that he was going to fight face to face with Wei Rui, he suddenly had a cold war, Wei Rui he was naturally familiar with, and the faint joy and anger were invisible, when he met him when he was in the court, General Wei occasionally looked up at his eyes, like a sharp blade, which made him feel cold. Although Wei Rui's youngest son, Wei Ling, has been reading and playing with him since he was a child, when he thinks of this General Wei, he has an indescribable fear from the bottom of his heart. Now that he wants to meet such a person on the battlefield, his hands began to tremble, he knew that he would never dare to look at Wei Rui, and now his identity as a traitor, coupled with the command of the Southern Expedition, made Wei Rui even more disdainful, if the two of them met, he thought that Wei Rui's gaze would kill him.

He was about to leave for the south in the next few days, and he knew that he couldn't wait for the secret envoy to send the letter back, so he could only go to the battlefield and find a way to get in touch with Xiao Hong.

Wei Rui has been a little out of breath these days, Fan Jun has received the news of returning to the camp, but he has not been seen in the past few days, is there something wrong? That Fan Jun has been going out to perform tasks almost every day since the day he established the Yongjun, and although he has worked hard, he has never heard him complain. As soon as Wei Rui thought of this child, he had come and gone in the wind and rain in this bitter cold land in the north at a young age, and he couldn't help but feel distressed in his heart. At this time, he hoped that the Linchuan prince would come as late as possible, so that he would have time to arrange Fan Jun.

Just when he was at a loss, Xiao Hong, the sixth prince, had already arrived outside his camp gate, and he had to go out of the camp to greet this prince after hearing about it.

"The prince personally came to supervise the battle, I, Wei Huaiwen, am really fortunate in my three lives. Wei Rui greeted him with a smile.

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I, Xiao Hong, retreated into Zhongli after the defeat, how can I have any shame to come to supervise the battle, but I just borrowed General Wei's tiger power to strengthen my own courage. The smile on Xiao Hong's face was more or less embarrassed, remembering that the last time he fled from Liangcheng to Zhongli City, Cao Jingzong's army was defeated to Shaoyang, and Chang Yizhi in Zhongli City, although he saw that he was also respectful, Xiao Hong could still feel it, and the pores of Chang Yi's sweat could reveal his contempt for himself...... Now that Xiao Yan in order to welcome the Bodhidharma Patriarch in the capital to come to preach, he actually ordered himself to come to supervise the battle, and the big commander he faced this time was neither Cao Jingzong nor Chang Yizhi, but Wei Rui, whom he had always feared. Although Wei Rui is respectful to himself, his attitude has always been lukewarm, Xiao Hong knows that Wei Rui has a good relationship with Cao Jingzong, so he is afraid that Wei Rui has already known about his escape, although he does not say it on this side, he is afraid that he has already looked down on himself as a prince.

The prince smiled, came from afar, and rested for a while in the camp. Wei Rui quietly let Xiao Hong into the big tent.

"General Wei, what you asked me to do some time ago, I did it for you very well, that Zhang Shan went to Yongzhou as you wished, and did not drive in Yongzhou, and that Zhang Zhenyue was also transferred from Yongzhou to Dali Temple, I don't know if the general can be satisfied with the list?" Xiao Hong originally didn't want to mention this matter again, but when he saw Wei Rui's expression was a little displeased, he told the matter and woke up Wei Rui, you have asked me before, so you still have to be polite to me.

"What happened last time, it was indeed too troublesome for the prince, but the emperor ordered me to point to Yongzhou from afar, and ordered me to go on the Northern Expedition, it is impossible for these two to take care of each other, I can only order that Zhang Shan to handle the affairs of Yongzhou on my behalf, since I Wei Rui has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, then his son's affairs, I am also nosy. Wei Rui said with a reluctant smile.

"The general doesn't have to take it personally, for me it's all a gesture, it's not worth mentioning. Xiao Hong hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"Huaiwen is still very grateful to the prince!"

Xiao Hong looked at the barracks with a little embarrassment, looked around and said, "General Wei's method of governing the army is really good, I can be regarded as having opened my eyes today." General Lu, look at General Wei, the morale of the sergeants in this tent is indeed extraordinary, General Wei is indeed worthy of the name of 'God of War'. He turned his head to look at Lu Seng Zhen who came with the army, and Lu Seng Zhen was also full of smiles, and was standing on the side with Caution, and his tone was naturally a little more flattering:

"How dare I, Lu Seng Zhen, compare with General Wei, I am the general of the defeated army, and I will count on General Wei to carry me in the future. ”

"General Lu is polite, no one in the army knows that you, General Lu, wanted to lead the troops to fight back then, and he has always been invincible. "Wei Rui has always been wary of Lu Seng Zhen, although Lu Seng Zhen has no record in recent years, but the prince favors him, although he doesn't know what the reason is, but he understands in his heart that this person's kung fu is one and the second in the court, even Xiao Hong is a sinister and cunning person, he is so important to him, he is just a Pingbei general, and he will not be able to slap the horse on weekdays, so he is naturally not popular with the General Lu in front of him. Wei Rui praised Lu Seng Zhen on his lips, but he was extremely disgusted with this person in his heart.

After serving the prince to eat and drink, Wei Rui hurried back to his big tent, the pre-war preparations were not sufficient, he knew that if he was delayed for a while, he would delay the fighter.

"General Wei. Lu Seng Zhen also followed him out of the prince's big tent.

Wei Rui had no choice but to stop and turn around: "General Lu, what's the matter?"

"General Wei has passed through the battlefield since he set out on the expedition, can he know the whereabouts of one person?" Lu Seng Zhen hesitated, but still asked.

"May I ask General Lu, who do you want to inquire about?" Wei Rui was shocked, the person Lu Seng Zhen inquired about must have been arranged by the prince, why did the prince move?

"This person's surname is Fan Mingjun, and he is the son of Fan Yuncheng, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Lu Seng Zhen said softly.

"Fan, Jun?" Wei Rui hesitated, "It's the young man who went out with General He Zheng back then?" At the beginning of the main hall, he sat between me and General He, and he still had some impressions. But I don't know where this man is. ”

"Oh...... The general doesn't know anything about him?"

"Of course I don't know about this person's situation, I don't know why the general wants to inquire about this person's whereabouts?" Wei Rui understood at this time that he must not say that he could not leak his mouth, if the prince had ill intentions at this time, he was afraid that Fan Jun would face the threat of death again.

"Ah, that's right, when I was coming, a friend asked me to inquire about his whereabouts. "Lu Seng Zhen can't say anything to Wei Rui, this is what the prince asked me to come to you to inquire.

"I have never heard of this person in our army, but Fan Jun went out with General He back then, and I, Wei Huaiwen, am not mistaken?"

"Yes, General Wei, Fan Jun came to the Northern Expedition with General He. ”

"General Lu should go and ask General He, about the life and death of this person, I think General He knows best. Wei Rui said lightly.

"It's just General He...... At this time, he is already the leader of Yu Linwei, and I am a small general, I am afraid that I will not be able to speak. Lu Shengzhen said with some embarrassment.

"General Lü, why is the life and death of a soldier so important? Besides, this person is not in our army, if General Lü really wants to know the whereabouts of this person, it is better to ask another master. Wei Rui shook his head, "General He, the military affairs are urgent, so I will leave first." ”

"The general walks slowly. Lu Seng Zhen arched his hand, he was also extremely depressed in his heart, that Fan Jun had already died in the army, why was the prince still not at ease, and he was always inquiring about Fan Jun's whereabouts.

There is also He Zheng, who has just been promoted to the leader of Yulinwei, with an arrogant demeanor, he didn't put himself in his eyes before, and now he is even more lazy to pay attention to himself. He knows too well the truth of Mingzhe to protect his life, what the prince arranges him to do, he naturally wants to do it, as long as he doesn't want him to give away this life, he can do anything.

He turned around and returned to Xiao Hong's tent, telling him in detail about his conversation with Wei Rui. Xiao Hong's heart was a little peaceful, and when he came, he heard rumors that Fan Jun was not dead, this young man was originally the person he loved very much, but his father made him very unhappy. It seems that he is not destined to let this kid be a colt, and when he got the news that he was dead, Xiao Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Rui anxiously rushed to his big tent, and at this time he didn't know if Fan Jun had received the news he had sent over, so he quickly rushed back.

"General Wei, this is your letter. The messenger who had returned from outside the camp brought the letter to him.

Wei Rui couldn't imagine that Fan Yunzong's reply was so fast, he hurriedly opened it, and was taken aback when he read it, he never imagined that the Fan family would have such a change, Fan Yuncheng's youngest son was favored by the emperor and accompanied the emperor to become a monk in Tongtai Temple. He put the reply letter on his body, this matter can never let Fan Jun know, after knowing Fan Jun, he knows that this Fan Jun is very fond of his younger brother, if he learns that his younger brother is forced to leave home, he will not be able to control his emotions, at this time the sixth prince is in the camp, if there is any mess, I am afraid that even himself will not be able to save his life.

When he returned to the big tent, he saw Fan Jun waiting for him in the tent, and he hurriedly stepped forward: "Why did you delay coming back for so long?"

"General, there was a little accident on the way. ”

"What accident?" asked Wei Rui.

Fan Jun put his mouth close to his ear and reported softly, Wei Rui was stunned after listening, and he came to his senses for a while.

"What about the letter?" Wei Rui immediately thought of the letter Fan Jun had just mentioned, and asked in a low voice.

"I took out the letter and brought it to myself, and no one else knew of it except me. Fan Jun took out the letter and handed it to Wei Rui.

After Wei Rui quickly read the letter, he grabbed Fan Jun's shoulders tightly: "Jun'er, listen well, in this army, only our father and son know about this matter, and the person you caught must be ...... immediately" He whispered to Fan Jun, Fan Jun nodded while listening.

"Jun'er, you really have a test this is the beginning, if you handle this matter properly, it should be the first achievement. Wei Rui said word by word.

"I don't want to do merit, as long as I can save this life and go home. ”

"If you do a good job, it's your lifesaver. Wei Rui sighed, "You have to be more careful in the future, there is one more thing, you listen carefully: Xiao Hong, the sixth prince, has arrived in the camp today?"

"What?" After Fan Jun heard this, he clenched his fists, he gritted his teeth, if it weren't for Wei Rui in front of him, he would have rushed out and killed Xiao Hong.

"Jun'er, if you still remember our father-son relationship, I have a few words to say to you, don't you be impulsive, do you want to listen?" Wei Rui said solemnly.

"Father-in-law...... Not to mention that Xiao Hong escaped from the battle, in order to protect himself, he was not even allowed to enter the city with food, and almost killed General Cao Fang. Fan Jun was angry, "What is the use of keeping such a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"What did you just say? If you want to save your life and go back alive, if you are impulsive at this time and go to the prince to theorize, can you still go back to see your father and mother alive? I have been training in the army for several years, so I must not be so reckless, if you want to live, listen to me. Wei Rui hurriedly stopped him.

"Good...... Father, please speak. Fan Jun held back the anger in his heart.

"With your current situation, you can't fight him at all, do you know who is behind him? It is the emperor today, the emperor who values family affection the most, and if you have great merit, as long as the matter involves his brother and his family, he will also punish you for a great crime of disrespect. We all see how many princes and ministers have suffered this kind of loss, and you must see this clearly at this moment. ”

"Just let him kill innocents indiscriminately and be a prestige?" Fan Jun was really angry.

"If you want to fight him, then you have to have capital, do you have it now?" Wei Rui rebuked in a low voice.