Outside Wansheng City, Yang Huan was waiting with great anticipation for Master Wang's triumphant return.
Since Emperor Yu Xian left, Yang Huan has been thinking about a question: if the Gu tribe invaded Wansheng City, how would she end her life?
She definitely couldn't fall into the hands of the Gu tribe. The torture and humiliation would be beyond her imagination.
She thought about running away, but she couldn't break the promise she made to her royal brother.
She will defend Wansheng City until every soldier is defeated, which is what she promised to the emperor's brother.
She waited day and night for news from the front line.
She was afraid of hearing the news of her royal brother's death, but she was also looking forward to a miracle happening.
But for some unknown reason, Yang Huan never received any battle reports from the night of the decisive battle between Yan Huan and the enemy.
She kept sending messengers to the front line to inquire about information, but most of the people she sent never returned.
The few messengers who returned found out some rumors that Yan Huan seemed to have defeated the enemy in Cong'an County, and it was said that reinforcements from Daxuan had joined the battle.
But none of the messengers had seen the army, let alone Yan Huan, and the news they received may not be reliable.
Yang Huan believes in miracles. She believes that Xu Zhiqiong has been trying to persuade Emperor Daxuan. She firmly believes that Daxuan will not let Dayu be occupied by the Gu tribe. She firmly believes that under the leadership of the emperor's brother, the brave Dayu Erlang will be able to defeat him.
Gu clan.
But most people in the capital didn't believe it.
Some rumors first spread among the royal family, and then spread to the common people.
They said that Emperor Yu Xian had escaped. In Qianlang County, someone saw the emperor going out to sea in a boat.
Yang Huan never believed these rumors, but those who believed them were fatal.
Her uncle Su Guang, her brother Ke Jun, her nephew Lu Kang and a group of ministers who are restless day and night are trying to contact the Gu tribe. As long as they can save their lives, they can do anything.
Yang Huan has a thousand forbidden troops in her hands. This is the only remaining force in Wansheng City, and it is also the only capital in Yang Huan's hands. This little capital can only make her live in fear.
Now she can put her mind at ease.
Half an hour ago, she received news that a group of troops, carrying the flag of Master Yu Xian, was heading towards the capital.
This time, the news was solid. Although it came suddenly, it was seen by the messenger with his own eyes.
He saw familiar battle flags, familiar troops and familiar generals.
He saw Dafeng Chang Yanhuan, although Yanhuan fell into a deep sleep.
He saw the prince Mo Chi.
Mo Chi is back?
This proves that Daxuan really sent troops!
Yang Huan has always hated Mo Chi, and she has never looked forward to seeing Mo Chi as much as she did today.
She summoned the royal family members, civil and military ministers, and all the imperial troops outside the city, waiting for the triumphant return of her royal brother.
Emperor Yu Xian's uncle, King Suguang of Dongjian, said: "Yang Huan, did you really see the emperor come back?"
Princess Yanghuan explained: "The emperor's chariot battle should be in the central army, and the leader is Mo Chi."
Su Guang frowned and said, "Mo Chi should stay in Xuanguo as a hostage."
Yang Huan said: "Xuan Guo is willing to let him back, which proves that the reinforcements are indeed coming."
Yu Xianhuang's younger brother, Nanxiao Wang Kejun, shook his head and said: "This doesn't make sense. Even if Daxuan really sends troops, why does it have to release the hostages?"
Nan Xinjun, son of Nanxiao King Kejun and nephew of Yanghuan, Lukang said: "Aunt, this matter is nothing to play with. I'm afraid that Mo Chi will defect to the Gu tribe and bring an army to trick us into leaving the city!"
Yang Huan said angrily: "That's nonsense! Even if you doubt Mo Chi, can't you even believe Chang Yanhuan, the great minister, and the soldiers in the army?"
Dongjian Wang Suguang coughed and sighed: "I heard that Cong'an County suffered a disastrous defeat in the first battle, and Yan Huan and others were captured by the Gu tribe."
Yang Huan shouted: "I also received news that Yan Huan won the battle in Cong'an County!"
"Can Yan Huan win the battle?" Ke Jun sneered, "I don't believe this."
Lukang shouted: "What Mo Chi brought must be the Gu tribe's men and horses!"
Su Guang sighed: "It's hard to tell whether Mo Chi is the one or not. Xu Zhiqiong is missing. How can Xuan Guo put Mo Chi back?"
A group of ministers discussed one after another:
"This is the Gu clan's conspiracy!"
"He wanted to trick us outside the city and kill us all."
"Princess Yanghuan, do you want to kill us?"
The quarrel became louder and louder. Princess Yanghuan was covered in sweat. She turned around and scolded the messenger: "But you can't look more carefully. Why don't you wait until you see the emperor and come to repay me?"
The messenger looked aggrieved and said: "His Royal Highness asked me to come back immediately to report the victory, and I was not allowed to wait any longer."
Ke Jun snorted and said: "There is something weird here!"
Su Guang asked: "How many troops did Mo Chi bring?"
The messenger said: "The army passed by and was filled with smoke and dust. I didn't count them carefully. There should be more than ten thousand people."
"More than 10,000 people!" Su Guang shouted, "More than 10,000 people from the Gu tribe are approaching. We are in danger and must return to the city as soon as possible."
Ke Jun shouted: "Yang Huan, how come you don't know whether to live or die? Ten thousand enemy troops are coming, and you still go out of the city to meet them?"
Lukang shouted: "Everyone, please return to the city quickly, close the city gate, and discuss it again."
There was a commotion in the city, and the situation was about to get out of control.
A ball of flames suddenly rose into the sky. Shan Yan looked at everyone with a gloomy face: "What's the rush? Since Prince Mo Chi is back, the Emperor is not far away!"
Lukang shouted: "It's not your turn to speak here, so who do you think you are..."
Yang Huan suddenly ordered the forbidden troops to form a formation. Seeing this posture, everyone calmed down one after another.
After waiting for nearly an hour, dust began to rise in the distance, and everyone saw the flag of Yu Xian's army.
Under the flag, riding a tall horse is Mo Chi.
Behind Mo Chi is General An Che.
Behind An Che were many familiar generals.
Yang Huan became more and more excited, but when he saw the army approaching with smoke and dust all over the sky, Yang Huan rushed to meet him, grabbed Mo Chi's reins and asked, "Victory?"
Mo Chi nodded and said, "We won."
Yang Huan said with tears in his eyes: "The True God Suzaku bless me, Da Yu! Brother Huang is back?"
Mo Chi did not nod and replied: "The emperor is back."
Yang Huan looked surprised and shouted: "Where is Brother Huang?"
Mo Chi did not answer: "Aunt, we will discuss it after we enter the city."
"Okay!" Yang Huan agreed hastily, "I'll go see the emperor first, and you can have the sergeants stationed outside the city."
Mo Chi turned around and said to An Che: "Give me the order and the army will enter the city together."
Yang Huan was stunned.
Why let the army enter the city together?
Su Guang shouted: "Mo Chi, what are you doing? Foreign troops are not allowed to enter the city!"
According to Yu Xian's law, no army other than the imperial army is allowed to enter Wansheng City.
Mo Chi gave another instruction to An Che: "Send the order to escort the royal family and ministers into the city!"
An Che gave an order, and the army came forward, surrounded the royal family and a group of courtiers, and forced them into the city.
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Yiyuan County, Qingteng Village, in a farmhouse.
The hostess of the farmer's house was steaming pancakes. She turned around and called out, "Sir, please wait a moment. The pancakes will be ready soon."
Xiao Songting agreed in the room: "I'm not in a hurry, and I'm not too hungry."
He escaped from Changluo Village, took more than a dozen Nufu Cult officers with him, and headed west. After running wildly for several days, he finally found a place to stay.
In Yu Xianguo, there is a custom similar to Daxuan. There are no inns in mountain villages. Passers-by can stay in farmhouses. As long as they look like honest people, the hosts will usually take them in.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
Not only does he take care of the house, but he also takes care of the food. Whatever the host eats, the guests also eat. Every day, the host is given some money, more or less, and we discuss it twice.
Xiao Songting, a group of about ten people, did not look like an honest man. In order not to arouse suspicion, he stayed separately from the officers. The officers who could not find a place to live stayed in the wilderness first.
Xiao Songting was lucky. He met a good family who provided him with good food and drink every day without asking him for more money.
He rested at the farmer's house for two days. His body gradually recovered, and it was time to set off.
Usually the male host greets her with food and drinks, but the hostess has never met her before. Today, the male host is not around, so Xiao Songting sees the hostess of this house for the first time.
Seeing that her skin was rough, her body was bloated, and she was about the same age as the male host, Xiao Songting politely called her sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law! Thank you for your hard work."
The peasant woman brought the pancakes and a bowl of soup. She wiped her sweat and said, "It's hard work. We usually eat this at home, so we have more people."
Xiao Songting sighed: "In the past two days, I have been taken care of by your family, and my health has improved a lot."
The peasant woman smiled naively and said, "That's true. You were very sick when you first came here, but now you look much better."
"Yes, much better. When will your man come back?"
"I went to the market to buy some wine. I'll be back soon. He also thinks you are in good health and wants to have a drink with you in the evening."
"Brother is a good man, but I have to leave today." Xiao Songting put his hand into his arms, as if he was taking out money.
The peasant woman rubbed her hands and said, "What's the rush? We can stay here for a while longer!"
"I can't stand it anymore, there are more important things," Xiao Songting sighed again, "You two are good people and are really good to me. Logically speaking, I shouldn't attack you."
The peasant woman was stunned: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"
Xiao Songting sighed repeatedly: "If it were your man who came today, I would just take one of your men away, but I didn't expect that it would be you who came today."
The peasant woman looked frightened and said: "Brother, I, I'm here, what, what's wrong?"
"No one should see my appearance, and no one should know my whereabouts."
The peasant woman stepped back and said: "I, I don't know your whereabouts, and I, I don't know who you are? I won't tell anyone, and I will pretend I have never seen you."
Xiao Songting pursed his lips and said: "I really want to believe you, but I can't believe anyone in my life. You are really good people, but why don't good people live long? Don't hate me. If you want to hate me, just hate God for not being blind.
"
After saying that, Xiao Songting pulled out a charm.
Do you need to use charms to deal with a peasant woman?
It might not be necessary for others, but Xiao Songting has this temperament.
No matter what identity or cultivation level the opponent has, Xiao Songting will always deal with him in the safest way.
A spell can make the opponent unable to scream, escape, or struggle.
This would allow Xiao Songting to proceed calmly without even leaving any traces.
The charm flew out and landed on the peasant woman's head.
The peasant woman suddenly dodged and cut the charm into pieces with a wave of her finger.
Xiao Songting was startled and realized that this peasant woman was no ordinary person. He was about to take the magic weapon from his backpack when he saw the peasant woman suddenly approaching and peeling off a layer of skin from his arm.
Xiao Songting covered his arms and wanted to escape, but saw someone coming in from outside the house.
The peasant woman laughed and said, "Originally, I wanted to peel off all your skin, but the master said that he still has a debt to settle with you."
This peasant woman was disguised by Chang Decai.
During the fight in Changluo Village, Xu Zhiqiong put a seal of Zhonglang on Xiao Songting. No matter where Xiao Songting went, Xu Zhiqiong could find traces of him as long as he was within a hundred miles.
Because the road was unfamiliar, Xu Zhiqiong was delayed for some time and allowed Xiao Songting to stay at the farmer's house for two days.
Fortunately, he arrived quickly and got the farmer and his wife out of their home early in the morning and temporarily settled them somewhere else, thus saving their lives.
Xu Zhiqiong walked into the room and looked at Xiao Songting with a smile: "Xiao Situ, it's only been a few days and we have met again. How good of a fate do we have?"
Xiao Songting wanted to activate the magic circle to escape, but found that the magic circle had no response.
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "I have a friend who has already cleaned up all the magic circles you set up."
Xiao Songting took out his trumpet and wanted to call someone.
Xu Zhiqiong threw a human head and it landed in front of Xiao Songting. Xiao Songting saw that it was Ju Liang.
"I have also cleaned up your helpers, and there are a few friends who want to come and see you."
Chu He walked in and threw a big bundle on the ground, which contained more than a dozen heads.
"Xiao, when our brothers fought hard to capture Liang Yuming, you killed Yi Hongdeng in the Yamen and let Liang Yuming go. Do you still remember this debt?" Chu He gritted his teeth.
Niu Yuxian walked in: "You bastard, Liang Yuming colluded with Xie Xing, killed Wu Qianhu, killed many brothers in the yamen, and almost killed the yamen leader to extinction. Do you remember this debt?"
Yang Wu also walked in and stood aside silently.
Niu Yuxian said: "Wu Daxia, this matter has nothing to do with you. This is a grudge between us and the Yamen."
Yang Wu shook his head and said: "It does matter."
Niu Yuxian was startled. The martial arts hero spoke, and his voice sounded familiar.
Xiao Songting looked at the crowd and said, "Okay! Come to avenge the Yamen in charge of the lamp? Okay! Let's wait for my injury to heal, and let's take it easy. Now that I'm injured, taking advantage of others' danger, what kind of hero can I be?"
"Taking advantage of others' danger?" Xu Zhiqiong smiled, "Are you really a human being?"
Xiao Songting smiled evilly and said: "Xu Zhiqiong, you can't kill me, just calculate for yourself, how many times have you tried? This is your destiny!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "I can also tell fortunes, and I'll help you calculate it. You are destined to die in my hands. If you run once, I will kill you once. If you run a hundred times, I will kill you a hundred times!"
Xiao Songting stood up and tried to escape, but Xu Zhiqiong kicked him down.
"God has eyes!" Xu Zhiqiong gritted his teeth and said with a smile, "Lantern holder, hold the lantern!"