The group's favorite little Fubao has become the most arrogant kid in the whole imperial city

Chapter 141 Life or death is uncertain
"Also, send a team out to keep an eye on Beili, and report any movement to me in time." After all, the army with no direction was a major concern for Xihe.

With so many people, what should we do?

Where to go next?

"My subordinate understands."

Finally, the day arrived when Zhao Jinyuan was going to go to war, and Xihe arrived at the gate of the general's mansion early.

Zhao Jinyuan was dressed in armor, with his black hair tied up high, looking very heroic.

"Be careful. If you can't win, run away. Do you hear me?" Zhao Chengning didn't feel any burden at all. He was just helping that kid Xiao Mingxuan anyway. He didn't care whether he won or lost. Even if he lost, it would be him, Xiao Mingxuan, who would die. What did it have to do with Tian Shuo?

Zhao Jinyuan smiled, with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "Brother, don't worry too much. When have I ever made a mistake? Besides, don't we still have you? You made the decision yourself, but you don't believe in it?"

Zhao Chengning had been strategizing for many years, but now he was nagging, "Shut up! I told you to be careful, so be careful and listen!"

"Okay." Zhao Jinyuan said helplessly: "Don't worry, big brother, I will finish my work and come back soon, and then we will take my little sister back to the capital. I have a few jars of good wine hidden in my house, and I won't come back until I'm drunk!"

Hearing this, Zhao Chengning also smiled and said, "Those jars of your good wine have probably been stolen by the third brother."

Zhao Zhinan loves beautiful women and fine wine even more. This is not the first time that he has sneaked into the Second Prince's mansion next door in the middle of the night to steal wine.

Zhao Jinyuan looked embarrassed, then smiled knowingly, "If he dares to steal everything from me, I'll break his legs and see how he flirts with girls in the future."

Zhao Chengning found it funny and smiled, "Then come back earlier, and we will return to the Imperial City earlier."

"it is good."

Zhao Jinyuan agreed, and then looked at Xihe who was worried beside him, his expression softened a little, "Are you worried about your second brother?"

Xihe nodded, bit her lip and said nothing.

"Don't worry. I've fought so many battles in the past ten years, and I've never lost a single one." Zhao Jinyuan patted his sister's head and said confidently, "Don't be afraid. I'll be back soon. When I come back, I'll embroider your wedding dress."

Zhao Jinyuan worked extremely hard to learn embroidery. As the incident happened suddenly, he had only embroidered half a flower before going to the battlefield, so he had to come back to finish the rest.

"I'm not afraid." Xihe felt that she was really going backwards. It was just a small-scale capture, and it was foolproof. But she always wanted to cry, "My brother is a general, and he keeps his word."

"One word and nine cauldrons!"

Zhao Jinyuan smiled at Xihe, turned around and waved goodbye to Zhao Chengning and Zhao Xihe behind him, and walked towards the city gate.

The setting sun stretched his shadow infinitely long, falling behind Zhao Jinyuan's tall and handsome figure, like a hymn to the sunset, lasting forever.

Many years later, Xihe always felt regretful when she thought of this scene.

If she had stopped Zhao Jinyuan that day, would everything have been different?

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Two days later, Qingyuan sent a letter saying that Dingbei City had borrowed 20,000 cavalrymen and the border was temporarily safe.

Everything was moving in the established direction, but Xihe always felt uneasy.

This uneasiness reached its peak the moment Qingyuan came back.

"Master, something happened." Qing Yuan returned to the general's mansion with injuries.

Xihe immediately went over to support the man, "What happened? Who could hurt you?"

Qing Yuan is the secret guard Zhao Wanyu assigned to her. She is extremely good at tracking and can come and go without a trace. There are only a few people in the world who can hurt her.

Qing Yuan was seriously injured. With shaking hands, she handed a secret letter to Xihe, "Master, Prince Jing went back on his word and teamed up with Prince Beimo to kill the Second Prince! I got wind of this news, but Prince Jing found out. He sent people to hunt me down. It was... Butterfly who used her life to send me back, but she herself died in the Beili military camp."

Butterfly was a member of the information network cultivated by Xihe. Xihe took the blood-stained letter with trembling hands. She was familiar with Xiao Mingxuan's handwriting. This was written by him personally.

"He betrayed my second brother's whereabouts. They are going to ambush my second brother's army tonight and kill him... in one fell swoop."

In an instant, the world spun, Xihe's whole body went limp, and she almost fell down.

"Master, you must lead the troops to rescue the Second Prince immediately!"

Xihe glanced out the window. It was already dusk and it was about to get dark.

"Mingcao, take good care of Qingyuan!"

After Xihe gave the order, she ran towards Zhao Chengning's study. She seemed to have bumped into many people along the way, but she didn't care.

For a moment, it was as if time had stopped, and Xihe was the only living person left in the vast world. The whistling sound of the wind was left far behind her.

She had countless questions in her mind.

She wanted to ask Xiao Mingxuan why he did this?
She wanted to ask if he had planned all this in advance?
What did her brother do wrong?
Why not come at her?

But none of this is more important than Zhao Jinyuan's life!
Zhao Chengning was reading a book. When he saw his sister panting, he quickly put down the book and went over to her.

"Why are you running like this? Drink some water." Zhao Chengning didn't understand, so he patted Xihe's back to calm him down. When his eyes touched the blood-stained paper in his hand, he shrank slightly.

Xihe didn't care about herself. She grabbed Zhao Chengning's brother's arm, her face full of panic, "Brother! Something happened to the second brother! Save the second brother! Save him quickly!"

"what?"

After Zhao Chengning read the paper, his heart immediately sank to the bottom, his expression was so gloomy that water could drip. His body reacted before his mind did, he grabbed a piece of clothing and ran out, "Pingchuan! Count the troops!"

"Yes!"

The general's mansion, which had been quiet for a few days, became noisy again.

Fortunately, Xihe borrowed cakes from Dingbei City in advance, otherwise she would be in a difficult situation now.

Every minute and every second of waiting was so torturous that even though Zhao Chengning tried to pretend to be calm, his hands were shaking badly.

"Brother, take me with you!" Xihe ran out immediately after, with a pleading look on his face.

"No!" Zhao Chengning refused without even thinking, "Jin Yuan's life or death is uncertain, how can I let you take risks again!"

"You don't know the inside of the Beili military camp, you will only waste time." Xihe stroked the space in his abdomen and had already made the worst decision, "Take me with you, I can find it!"

As expected, Zhao Chengning hesitated.

On one side is Zhao Jinyuan's life, on the other side is Xihe's safety, which one is more important.

"I'll go."

A man in black appeared in the empty courtyard at some point. His face was haggard and I almost couldn't recognize him.

"How can I trust you? There's no guarantee that you're not another trap."

After this incident, Xihe no longer trusted anyone. In her eyes, any smiling face was a demon crawling out of hell.

If you are not careful, your life will be taken away.

The visitor smiled and said, "Except for him, no one knows the Beili military camp better than me. I am your best choice."