step by step

"My daughter has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and her riding skills and art of war are top-notch. At this time, the battle situation in Nanyan is tense, and my daughter is willing to go to serve His Majesty." Ye Zhaoyan insisted.

Emperor Donglin was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes, "Will the battlefield be more comfortable than staying in Jindu, have you thought about it?"

Although Ye Zhaoyan is a woman, her martial arts skills are outstanding, she is good at horsemanship, art of war, and strategy of governing the country. In addition to being inferior to generals in physique, she is more talented than other generals.

The cold wind blew the lanterns hanging under the eaves, shaking and crackling, and Ye Zhaoyan's voice came clearly: "I don't want to violate Ye's ancestral precepts."

"Okay, if it's true that women don't give way to men, it's no wonder your grandfather always talks about praising you. Don't worry, I always keep what I say." Emperor Donglin nodded readily and said loudly: "Come here, declare the decree, canonize Ye The Major General of the family, General Dingyuan, is ordered to lead the troops to Nanyan! This—”

General Dingyuan, but rank five.

Ye Zhaoyan bowed his head and kowtowed to thank the imperial decree: "My daughter complies with the decree."

***
"Young master, there is no Shanzong clan in Beirong's historical records"

There are several heavy books piled up in front of Wei Yu, her face is anxious.

They had just sneaked in from the suburban house of Zhuo Wang Mansion, and they were hiding in a corner of the study room on the top floor.

Zhuo Yibai sat at the desk, carefully flipping through the scrolls, and occasionally raised his eyelids to glance at Wei Yu: "For neighboring countries."

Wei Yu frowned, and said in a low voice: "Neighboring countries? There are many neighboring countries in Beirong. If you look for it like this, when will you be able to find it?"

Zhuo Yibai closed the scrolls, stood up and took out the bottom two books: "I'll do it."

Both "Yuan Tan Shuo" and "Bei Rong Za Lun" are made of bamboo slips. The handwriting on them is scrawled and the strokes are messy.

"My lord, how can I find such a book?" Wei Yu was surprised.

Zhuo Yi glanced over the green jade pendant on the table, and there was another golden black jade pendant beside the green jade pendant.

two hours ago.

They met with Zhuo Tianxin secretly from behind the mangosteen forest in Zhuo Wang's mansion, and got this blue pendant from her hand.

"Yibai, will you go back to Zhuo Wang's Mansion?" Zhuo Tianxin stroked his cuffs and said quietly, "Why don't you give it a try again?"

It was less than a month since Zhuo Yibai left the mansion, the woman in front of her seemed to have experienced some great pain, her watery eyes were slightly swollen, and the gold-embroidered jacket on her body was looser.

Zhuo Yibai didn't look at her, "Try or not, it doesn't make much difference."

The tone was firm, with no room for maneuver.

"Are you still angry with me?" She sighed desolately, "You won't even help me fulfill my last wish."

"You don't have to do this," Zhuo Yibai said flatly, "This is His Majesty's will, and it is the result of King Zhuo's hard work. It is not my wish to leave Jindu."

Zhuo Tianxin was in a trance, and murmured: "You hate me after all, blame me for telling your secret, you won't forgive me, will you?"

"It's not your fault." Zhuo Yibai turned his head to look at her with stern eyes, "I don't want to explore what is in your heart."

On the day when he left Zhuo Wang's mansion, he never forgot the soft words when he passed by Zhuo Mingxuan.

Everything that happened so suddenly might not have been what she wanted, but this trigger was indispensable.

So much so that he thought of Zhuo Tianxin who eavesdropped at the gate of the courtyard when he had a secret conversation with Zhuo Mingxuan at the stone table.At that time, Zhuo Mingxuan's suspicion was not taken into consideration by him, but it left a deep memory in him.

Zhuo Tianxin's secret plan.
"I didn't intend to hurt you," Zhuo Tianxin said with a sad smile, "but I couldn't help it. I was obsessed with ghosts at the time, and I thought" she lowered her eyes and said softly, "I didn't mean it, Yibai."

Tears slid down the snowy cheeks, soaking the temples.

"The matter has come to this point, and it cannot be undone." Zhuo Yibai's voice was calm, but it pierced into her ears like ice scum, "If you don't want to return it to the original owner for me, I will definitely not have the chance to return to Tianlu

"I understand." Zhuo Tianxin wiped away the tears and took a deep breath, "There is one more thing."

She reached into her cuff and handed the golden black seal into his hand, "I think you should need it."

The shape of the seal is very strange, it looks like a red sun from the front, with a faint golden glow under the sun, but there is no word in the place where it should be engraved, only two thin golden lines intersect.

The gold thread is oval in shape, and there are faint words on it, which seem to have been erased, making it invisible.

Zhuo Yibai lowered his head, stared at the lines on the seal, and said nothing for a long time.

"Young Master!" Wei Yu's voice broke suddenly, "Young Master, I found it!"

Zhuo Yibai came back to his senses, "Where is it?"

"That's it." Wei Yu panted heavily, and spread the page on the bed, "But what's a little strange is that it doesn't have a deep relationship with the Beirong Kingdom."

This page was yellowed and old, and it was written on a whole page, only the last few lines were written "Golden Crow Seal", and in the remaining blank space, a totem of an ancient tree was drawn, which was lifelike.

After that, there is an ancient text, and every word hides a mystery.

These fonts are not like Chinese characters, but somewhat similar to the characters used in clan secret letters. Moreover, each character seems to be composed of some kind of picture, which is very beautiful.

Wei Yu asked suspiciously: "Could it be that the records on it are the secrets of the Beirong royal family?"

"These characters were not written by Beirong people." Zhuo Yibai stared at it for a while, and then slowly uttered a sentence.

Although Beirong's characters vary from region to region, the general style is rough and simple, and does not pay attention to the beauty of characters.

"It wasn't written by Beirong people, but it's in Beirong's unofficial history?"

"En." Zhuo Yibai nodded, folded the paper, put it in his arms, and packed up the books.

Wei Yu was about to open the door for him, when suddenly her shoulder was pressed, "There is someone."

The two held their breath and hid at the base of the wall, waiting for the person to approach.

Not long after, the door creaked open, and a man came out from the inner room, dressed gorgeously.

This is a strange man, the two looked at each other, quietly backed away, walked around to the other side of the wall and came out through the window.

When he landed on the second floor, Zhuo Yibai suddenly stopped. At the railing, a man in black was standing there quietly. His tall and strong figure was hidden by a black cloak, only half of his side was clearly defined, with cold lines. .

this person
"What are you doing?" Wei Yu asked in a low voice, her eyes fixed on him.

"Shh."

The man in black put his index finger on his thin lips, signaling him to keep quiet, and looked at Zhuo Yibai, "Master, something is missing.

Zhuoyi's face remained unchanged, "I never lost anything."

"Really? But it looks familiar to me." The man in black stretched out his right hand, with his palm spread out, and on it lay a letter the size of a palm. The cover was covered with dust, and blood was faintly visible, as if it had been torn from somewhere. It came out, "It seems to belong to the young master."

The footsteps sounded gradually, Zhuo Yibai snatched the envelope from the man in black, and leaped with Wei Yu

After getting down to earth, Wei Yu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Why do you want to grab that letter, Young Master?"

Zhuo Yibai said indifferently: "If we don't accept it, he won't let us go."

The two disappeared under the night in an instant.

The man stood by the railing, overlooking the end of the street, a strange fluctuation flashed across his eyes, and it turned into silence for a moment.