The injured horse fell to the ground, its hoofs were broken, its white bones punctured its flesh and blood stained the dry land red, its belly heaved slightly, and it neighed in pain.

Empress Zhou was leaning on the horse, holding one hand on the ground. As the footsteps got closer and closer, her shoulders were shaking more and more. Even though she hadn't seen her appearance yet, she was already feeling pity for her.

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She suddenly pulled out the hairpin on her head and put it against her snow-white neck, turned her head and shouted sweetly: "If the captain comes any closer, I will have no choice but to commit suicide."

When he saw Zhou Hou's face, the pupils in Xu Xian's eyes couldn't help but shrink. For a moment, he didn't know what words to use to describe the other party's beautiful face. All the words seemed to be a little thin, and he only felt that her eyebrows and Zhou Hou's face were so beautiful.

The heroine looks so much like her.

At this moment, he even somewhat understood Zhao Guangyi. As long as that little loli grew up and was as beautiful as his sister, any man would inevitably want to have it as his own.

Although he only looked at Zhou Hou for a moment, he could feel the despair in her heart. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but just said: "Xu Lang is looking for a carriage and horses to take her back to Yangzhou to see if there are any prisoners in the palace."

Someone came to serve her."

Xu Xian turned around to leave, but Zhou Hou said: "Lieutenant, stay!"

Xu Xian said without looking back: "What else does your Highness have to do?"

Empress Zhou stood up staggeringly while holding on to the horse's back. Her feet were a little inconvenient and seemed to be sprained. As soon as she stood up straight, she slowly knelt down and begged: "I... I beg the captain to let me go back. Once I enter Yangzhou

City, even if my chastity is gone.

If it’s not that I don’t believe in the virtue of the Taiwei, I really can’t stop the world from talking about it. No one will believe that my virginity is still intact when I fall into the hands of the enemy, especially my husband. I only have one death to prove my innocence.”

Xu Xian turned around and asked with a smile: "Why?"

I saw Empress Zhou lightly parting her red lips and replying: "Because I am so beautiful."

She said it very calmly, without any hint of boasting or arrogance, as if she was stating an ordinary fact.

What she said was true, no matter which man fell into the hands of a stunning beauty like her, she would never let her go.

Xu Xian smiled and said, "Your Highness doesn't have to worry about this. When I capture your husband together, he will no longer have any suspicion when you and your wife get together."

As he spoke, he jumped on his horse and led his men in pursuit south.

Looking at Xu Xian walking away, Zhou Hou's eyebrows twisted into a ball. At this moment, she didn't know if she should pray for Li Yu to escape.

Xu Lang walked in front of her and looked at her rudely, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, she is really a stunning beauty, but it's a pity that she is a little older."

Xu Xian chased the horse all the way, but unfortunately he was delayed for a while because of Zhou Hou. When he chased him to the river, he saw Li Yu fleeing into the river on several small boats, leaving only more than a thousand cavalry. These cavalry were simply lost.

He immediately surrendered as soon as he laid down his weapons.

There was a figure in a yellow robe on the boat still standing on the boat looking this way. Xu Xian couldn't help but lamented: "It's still a step too late! Say to me, 'Thank you, Lord, for giving me this beauty'!"

All the soldiers quickly raised their voices, "Thank you so much, Lord, for giving me this beauty!"

After shouting several times, I saw the figure in yellow robe jumping up and down, and suddenly fell down, probably because he fainted from anger.

Xu Xian was satisfied and escorted the prisoners back to Yangzhou City. When he arrived at the military office, he immediately ordered all the ministries to block the river bank and search for the Tang army prisoners. It was only in the evening that he sorted out the results of the battle. A total of more than 3,000 enemies were wiped out, and more than 50,000 Tang soldiers were captured. There are still many deserters who have not been caught, and even the coach Li Jingda has become a prisoner."

Han Wei said happily: "This time, I guarantee that Tang will never dare to invade Huainan again!"

"A certain person has long said that peace is achieved through fighting!"

"Yes! My subordinates are also worried that the war with the Tang Dynasty will drag on too long, and the imperial court will reap the benefits. Before reporting to the Taiwei, the imperial army that originally went south to conquer Jingchu suddenly detached an army and arrived near Guangzhou. "

"Haha... Why don't you send the news of my victory over the Tang army back to Tokyo? I believe they will withdraw soon."

"You don't have to worry too much, Taiwei. My subordinates have already submitted the memorial. By the way, Li Jingda said he wanted to see the Taiwei."

"What did I see him doing? After losing this time, I am afraid he will no longer have any weight in the Tang Dynasty. He is a member of the Tang Dynasty clan. How can he surrender to me? I am too lazy to talk nonsense with him. Li Yu will send someone over tomorrow at the latest to negotiate peace. .”

Xu Lang echoed: "That's right! That's right! What's there to say between father and that rough guy Li Jingda? Father has a beauty to judge tonight!"

Han Wei asked in confusion: "What beauty?"

"We have captured the queen of the Tang Dynasty. She is a stunning beauty. My father will be blessed tonight."

"Stop talking nonsense! Just go and look at her and don't let anyone disturb her."

After sending Xu Lang away, Han Wei asked: "Did the Taiwei really arrest the Empress of the Tang Dynasty?"

Xu Xian nodded and said: "Caught, I didn't expect that Li Yu would bring his mother-in-law with him."

Han Wei hesitated for a while and then said: "I wonder what the captain plans to do with her?"

Xu Xian smiled and asked, "How do you think I should deal with this?"

"If the Taiwei intends to seize the opportunity to annex the Tang State, he can deal with the Queen of Zhou in any way. It will only damage the Taiwei's reputation a little. But if the Taiwei does not intend to annex the Tang State and just rips her off, it is better to return her as she is. !”

"Do you think it's better for me to annex the Tang Kingdom or to extort money?"

Han Wei said: "Annexing a country is no better than raising an army to rebel. The Tang State also has a territory of thousands of miles, unlike the Qingyuan Army, which only has two states. When Li Jing annexed Chu and Fujian, he not only lost the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, but also almost lost the opportunity to invade the Central Plains. It brought the Tang state to its knees, but in the end it allowed Chu and Fujian to stand on their own feet.

Huainan has more than enough to protect itself, and it is not impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Tang. However, if there is any disobedience, the imperial court will stab you in the back, so it is better to weaken Tang's strength and strengthen itself first, and then seize the opportunity to attack Tokyo."

"That's what I mean, but it would be too easy to just rip him off. I want to garrison troops in Jinling!"

Han Wei was startled and then smiled and said: "The Taiwei is a good strategist. In this way, the leader of the Tang Kingdom can only obey the Taiwei's words. The Taiwei is the Supreme Emperor of the Tang State, and the Tang State becomes a vassal of the Taiwei State. I am afraid that this kind of subjugation will happen." Policy, I am afraid that the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Kingdom will not agree to it."

Xu Xian sneered and said: "Now the elites of the Tang State have become my prisoners, and Jinling is just the fat on my lips. Either the country will be destroyed now, or the country will be destroyed later. Let the monarchs and ministers of the Tang State make their own choices."

A remote house in the rear office of Jiedushi was tightly guarded, and the house was brightly lit. Zhou Hou had just washed herself and sat in front of the bronze mirror. Xu Kejian took a wooden comb and slowly combed her waist-length hair.

"The queen's hair is of good quality, as smooth as silk."

Queen Zhou looked at the golden hairpin in her hand and said softly: "Xu Xian probably did not catch up with His Majesty. He said that if he captured Your Majesty, he would be sent to reunite with me."

Xu Kejian smiled and said: "Wouldn't that be great? His Majesty will definitely send someone to redeem you when he returns to Jinling."

But Empress Zhou smiled and said: "Even if he sends someone to redeem me, my chastity has been ruined. How can I still have the dignity to go back?"

Snap!

The comb in Xu Kejian's hand had a broken tooth, and he blushed and said angrily: "Did Xu Xian do something like a beast to His Highness?"

Queen Zhou shook her head and said: "That's not true, but it doesn't matter whether he does it or not. With my appearance, as long as I enter Yangzhou City and enter Xu Xian's mansion, even if Xu Xian doesn't do anything, he won't be able to stop others.

At this moment, I really wish I was as ugly as if I were without salt.”

"Your Majesty, as long as you live a good life, it's better than anything else. As long as Your Majesty believes in you, that's enough."

Zhou Hou laughed miserably, "Will Your Majesty really believe me?" Zhou Hou knew very well who her husband was, so how could he trust him with his suspicious and jealous character.

"I'm sorry that Your Majesty caused him to be humiliated. When I was captured, I should have committed suicide or disfigured my face and taken my full name!" In addition to regret, there was endless sadness in Zhou Hou's eyes. She really didn't expect that Li Yu would leave him and flee alone.

From the corner of his eye, Xu Kejian caught a glimpse of the hairpin that was already pointed at the neck in Queen Zhou's hand. He quickly grabbed her hand and begged her, "Your Highness, you must not let your mind wander. What if you have a young lady and two princes named Nv Ying?"

good."

Tears flashed in Zhou Hou's eyes and she cried: "I have no choice. Xu Xian will come and humiliate me if he can't survive tonight. How can I let him humiliate me as the mother of a country!"

"How could it be! Xu Xian...isn't that kind of person!"

"It's unmistakable. I can be sure from the way he looked at me today. I've seen too many looks like that since I was a child, as if a wolf was about to eat me. I even saw it in... the late emperor

Fortunately, I ran fast at that time. Xu Xian’s desires are stronger and more unscrupulous than theirs. Now that I have fallen into his hands, how could he let me go."

Xu Kejian patted his thin chest and said, "Don't worry, your highness, I will never let Xu Xian touch a finger of your highness while this old slave is here!"

Empress Zhou stretched out her jade finger to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes and said: "Uncle Xu has worked in my family for many years, and even went from the palace to the palace to serve me. He has long repaid my kindness for saving you in the water. Now that you are nearly seventy years old, you should be dead."

It’s a good death. You don’t have to fight so hard for me to end up in a different place... Even if you fight for it, it’s useless!”

"Hasn't she rested yet?"

A voice suddenly came from outside the yard, which made Queen Zhou startled. She clenched the hairpin in her hand tightly, "He's here!"

Outside the Moon Gate, Xu Lang said with a smile: "I thought my father wouldn't come. She is half asleep and waiting for her father to sleep with her. He hasn't come yet, and she was crying just now!"

"Haha...you can really talk nonsense. I don't believe that the mother of a country would be so mean."

"What your son said is true. If you don't believe me, ask them if they all heard it. If my father doesn't go in, he will probably cry, make trouble, and hang himself!" Xu Lang said, putting a small paper bag into Xu Xian's hand, and said softly.

Said: "Father keeps this for future use!"

Xu Xian asked softly: "What?"

"It's a good thing! Who cares, the chaste and martyr woman only needs a little... Ouch!"

"If you don't learn from the good ones, you will learn these crooked ways!"

"My son is also thinking about his father. My father has a stunning beauty to enjoy today. My son and his brothers have been fighting hard today and want to go out and have a good time!"

Xu Xian took off the money bag from his waist and threw it to Xu Lang, "Go and remember to come back early tomorrow!"

"Thank you, father!" Xu Lang waved and left with the gatekeepers.

Xu Xian walked slowly into the courtyard and saw the door of the main room was closed tightly, and Zhou Hou's graceful figure was reflected in the window.

He hesitated in the courtyard for a long time before finally going up and knocking on the door, "Your Highness, can you open the door and see me?"

I heard a male voice reply: "It's getting late, so I'd better meet you tomorrow."

Xu Xian didn't care about those kicks on the door. He only heard a click of the door bolt. Xu Xian strode in and saw that Queen Zhou had shrunk to the corner, holding a hairpin against her throat. The old eunuch

Then he pointed at Xu Xian with a fly whisk and angrily shouted: "Get out quickly, or I will be rude to you."

Xu Xian ignored the old eunuch and sat down on the low couch beside him. Seeing that there were wine and food on the low table in front of him, he poured himself a glass. As soon as he put the wine into his mouth, he heard Empress Zhou say: "Don't use that cup."
To be continued...