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Chu Huan saw Qi Hong, and saw that he was anxious, his face changed slightly, he had already got up, and went to meet him.

He arranged the queen in Jiazhou, and then led the army to go out. In order to ensure the safety of the queen, not only Meiniang was nearby to protect her, but Qi Hong, the chief bodyguard, also stayed in Jiazhou to protect the queen.

Seeing Qi Hong suddenly appear in Tongzhou at this time, the shock was no small matter, knowing that something serious must happen, he said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, what happened?"

However, Qi Hong fell to his knees and blamed himself: "Chu Du, they are all... all humble and incompetent, it is...!"

Chu Huan was anxious and worried about the safety of the queen. He knew that after the queen arrived in the northwest, Dingwu would definitely not be reconciled. Shen Yiwei was in trouble in the northwest, grabbed Qi Hong's shoulder, and said anxiously: "But what happened to the queen?"

"Don't worry, Governor Chu, the Queen is safe and sound, Madam is still staying with the Queen to protect her." Qi Hong said, "But Miss Lingshuang and King Qi...!"

"What?" Hearing Ling Shuang, Chu Huan was even more worried, "What's wrong with Ling Shuang?"

Qi Hongdao: "Miss Ling Shuang disappeared suddenly and disappeared. King Qi... King Qi also disappeared after that...!"

Chu Huan was startled, and said sharply, "Qi Hong, I asked you to protect them, you... how can you not know where they are going? You...!" Eyes wide open, burning with anger .

Qi Hong raised his hand and slapped himself on the face, Xu Shao said anxiously: "Chu Du, don't be impatient, there must be a reason...!" Asked Qi Hong: "Brother Qi , What happened in the end? Don't worry, just tell me, King Qi and the others were kidnapped?"

Qi Hong shook his head and said: "Miss Ling Shuang disappeared suddenly, we don't know her whereabouts, but... But King Qi should not be kidnapped. After King Qi disappeared, we searched everywhere, the soldiers guarding the city gate It was said that there was a man who rode a fine horse out of the city, and they recognized the fine horse as a war horse in the army, and the horses were all registered in the register, so they stopped him...!"

"What does that person look like?"

"When the man saw that he was not allowed to go out of the city, he became furious, saying that he was the king of Qi, and he shouted at the soldiers guarding the gate. The brothers guarding the gate sent someone to report to General Lu, but they did not dare to stop King Qi, so King Qi rode out of the city alone. , when we arrived, King Qi had disappeared.” Qi Hong said anxiously: “We sent people to search everywhere, but we never found any trace of King Qi, and Miss Ling Shuang’s whereabouts are also unknown... ... Madam suspected that King Qi's departure was related to Miss Lingshuang's disappearance, and since they couldn't find their whereabouts, Madam sent a humble official to report the details to Governor Chu."

Chu Huan looked distressed, walked slowly to the chair, sat down, thoughtful, but Xu Shao helped Qi Hong up, and asked in a low voice: "Is there no clue? Doesn't the queen know that they are going?" where?"

Qi Hong walked to Chu Huan's side and said, "But...but there are indeed some clues."

Chu Huan immediately raised his head and asked, "What?"

"Eunuch Sun... is the Eunuch Sun next to King Qi. He told us that King Qi seems to have misunderstood Miss Lingshuang." Qi Hong recalled: "Eunuch Sun said that that night, King Qi was in a bad mood. Not good, I drank a lot of wine, and also... punished Eunuch Sun to kneel in the yard, and then Miss Ling Shuang came over suddenly and said a few words, King Qi let Eunuch Sun leave... ..!"

Chu Huan frowned, but said nothing.

"After Eunuch Sun went out, he was worried about what might happen, so he stayed outside the door and did not leave." Qi Hong said: "Later, I heard that Miss Ling Shuang and King Qi seemed to be arguing. Farewell to the king...!"

"Farewell?" Chu Huan frowned deeper, and said to himself: "Ling Shuang is gentle and never quarrels with others, and besides King Qi, she has always taken good care of her, is gentle and considerate, why... Why did you suddenly quarrel?" He raised his head and asked, "Why did she say goodbye to King Qi? What does that mean, did Sun Desheng make it clear?"

Qi Hong shook his head and said: "Eunuch Sun's words were flashing, he only said that the two had had a quarrel, and Miss Ling Shuang wanted to say goodbye to King Qi, but he didn't elaborate on what the two of them said...but Judging by his appearance, he should know more."

Chu Huan said: "Ling Shuang left suddenly, there must be a major change. Although King Qi had a quarrel with Ling Shuang that night, maybe he didn't think why Ling Shuang said goodbye... When Ling Shuang really left, King Qi just In a hurry, he must have gone out of the city to find Ling Shuang." After a moment of pondering, he said: "To find out their whereabouts, we must find out why Ling Shuang left...!" Looking at Qi Hong, he asked Said: "What did the queen say? Does she know something?"

Qi Hong was about to shake his head when he suddenly thought of something and patted himself on the head, "I'm so humble and confused, I almost missed a big deal." He took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Chu Huan: "Chu Du, the queen is very anxious, but She didn't say anything, knowing that Beizhi was coming to see you, she asked Beizhi to hand over this letter to Governor Chu, and repeatedly asked that no one should see this letter unless it was handed over to you personally."

Chu Huan immediately took it, opened it, glanced at it a few times, his body shook, his face changed drastically, and he held the letter in his palm.

"Chu Du...!" Xu Shao and Qi Hong were surprised when they saw Chu Huan's shocked expression. Showing a rare look of shock, he didn't even know what was written in the letter.

Chu Huan didn't explain, he waved his hand, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Qi Hong, take a break, work hard again, return to Jiazhou, and tell the queen, I already know the matter, so he doesn't have to worry too much, I... .....I will find them as soon as possible. Tell Madam, protect the queen, things here are settled properly, and I will return to the northwest."

Qi Hong clasped his hands and said: "The humble job takes orders."

Chu Huan raised his hand and said, "Xu Shao, take Qi Hong to eat something first, and deal with the affairs in the city first... I'm a little tired, I'll rest for half a day, don't let anyone come and disturb me!"

Seeing Chu Huan's tired face, Xu Shao cupped his hands and said, "Chu Duty should rest well, other matters will be dealt with in the end."

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Xishan Road, Yunshan Fucheng.

Naturally, it was impossible to publicize the defeat of Tongzhou all over the world. Qiao Mingtang led the remnants of the defeated soldiers back to Yunshan Prefecture, and immediately ordered all the gates of the city to be closed, and deployed the small number of troops who remained in the city to each gate.

In this battle, Qiao Mingtang lost all his money accumulated over the years. Not only were there not many [-] soldiers left, but he also lost the most important Tongzhou.

Tongzhou used to be synonymous with poverty in Xishan Road. It was just because the most important minerals in Tongzhou were controlled by the imperial court. Being snatched away by Chu Huan, he was extremely annoyed. If he knew the situation today, he should have killed Chu Huan in the cradle in the first place.

Losing an important financial area is certainly a serious injury, but the most terrifying thing is that Chu Huan, who owns Tongzhou, a strategically important area, not only occupies Tongzhou's minerals, further expanding its financial strength, but also completely opens the passage between the northwest and the pass, and its strength increases dramatically. , now it is beside the couch, and there is a tiger with its eyes open. From now on, with the strength of Xishan, not only will it be impossible to recover the southern area of ​​Xishan, but it will be worried that the Northwest Army will go north to attack Yunshan Mansion at any time. Yunshan Mansion is far away from Tongzhou. It's only a few days' journey, and with the maneuverability of the northwest cavalry, they may appear in Yunshan at any time.

Although Qiao Mingtang is not good at leading troops to fight, he also knows that with the strength of Yunshan, Chu Huan may not easily use troops against Yunshan before he is fully prepared, but he is worried that Chu Huan will send cavalry into Yunshan from time to time. The harassment of the mountain made the entire Yunshan people panic, which would definitely lead to the separation of people.

When Mrs. Qiao arrived at Qiao Mingtang's side with a cup of freshly brewed tea, Qiao Mingtang was still in deep thought with a dignified expression. It had been two days since he returned to Yunshan, and Mrs. Qiao only saw that Qiao Mingtang's expression was solemn from beginning to end. Ugly, without showing a smile, knowing in his heart that Qiao Mingtang was in trouble, he put the teacup on the table beside him, and reached out to hold Qiao Mingtang's hand.

Qiao Mingtang came back to his senses at this moment, raised his head, looked at his beautiful wife with a concerned expression, but still couldn't smile, just sighed lightly, and asked, "Is Wei Tianqing back yet?"

Mrs. Qiao shook her head, and said softly: "If Liangzhou City really falls, the Wei Tongzhi should come back soon. Master, you have also said that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, so don't be too impatient."

"Come back?" Qiao Mingtang said with a cold expression, "I'm afraid he will never come back again."

Mrs. Qiao was startled, and said in confusion: "Master, you mean...you mean Wei Tongzhi won't come back? This...Master, Wei Tongzhi is loyal to you, he won't... ...!"

"Women, how can you understand the truth?" Qiao Mingtang said indifferently: "Chu Huan now sits in the Northwest and is a veritable king of the Northwest. He has many soldiers and generals, and the only land that lacks money and food. Now that he has Tongzhou, he is very powerful. Zeng, this person has the ambition to plot the world. Wei Tianqing had a close relationship with him back then. Don’t forget that when Chu Huan was able to enter the Imperial Guard, it was recommended by Wei Tianqing. If it wasn’t for Wei Tianqing, Chu Huan would not have made it In Yunshan Mansion, you can’t enter the imperial guards, and you won’t have the chance to meet King Qi, and you won’t be able to achieve success in the future.” With a cold smile, “With such a big tree, is it true that Wei Tianqing is not tempted?"

Mrs. Qiao frowned and said, "Master, Wei Tongzhi has been by your side all these years, he is faithful and reliable. Although he has friendship with Chu Huan, but...he is even more loyal to you. I think that Wei Tianqing I shouldn't leave you because of my friendship with Chu Huan..."

Qiao Mingtang picked up the teacup next to him, took a sip, put down the teacup and said, "Ma'am, Xixi mumbles, it's all for profit, Xixi murmurs, it's all for profit, Chu Huan is not what it used to be now, Wei Tianqing following me is just a rule, and in his opinion, following Chu Huan may be able to achieve great results." His eyes became serious, "Liangzhou has nearly [-] soldiers and horses, which are the foundation of my Western Mountain, but only In the first battle, the entire army was inexplicably wiped out, if it is said that Wei Tianqing was incompetent and was easily defeated by the Northwest Army, madam, would you believe it?"

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