Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 65
He Zhen replied indifferently: "Because you are my daughter, He Zhen, and because you have the blood of the princess of the Xian family, your birth is doomed to your fate. Now Taixing is sandwiched between the Xian family and Feng Junyang, facing enemies on both sides, We must choose a combination to sustain it.”

Hearing his mention of his mother, Chen Nian's heart moved. She was originally full of anger, but forced tears out of her eyes, and said to He Zhen in a trembling voice: "If you really miss my mother even a little bit, you shouldn't ask me to go to see her." Follow her old ways, follow in her footsteps."

These words touched He Zhen's heartstrings, and he didn't realize that there was sadness in his eyes. He lowered his eyes and fell silent for a moment, and said softly: "You will not follow your mother's old way, you have a father. As long as the He family does not fall down, the seal Jun Yang will value you for a day."

Before Chen Nian was alone, she was not afraid of life and death at all, but now Ye Xiaoqi's life is still there, so she had to hold back her temper to deal with He Zhen.Seeing He Zhen's expression, Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked him in a low voice, "My mother's name is A Yuan?"

"Yes, A Yuan." He Zhen looked at Chen Nian with a bitter smile, and said, "Chen Nian, it's not that Dad doesn't want to support you, but that he doesn't know where you are. After your mother died, Mu Zhan Yue took you My mother's body was incinerated, and all the ashes were scattered into the Wanjiang River, leaving nothing for me. I rushed back from Shengdu, led people to chase half of Jiangbei, and finally blocked him outside Jingyang Pass. Seeing that he had nowhere to escape, I set fire to the thatched hut where I was living, and threw a child out of the window at the last moment. I really believed that the child was you. How could I have thought that someone else died inside, and he had already taken you to escape, in the breeze Zhai has been incognito for more than ten years."

This was the first time that He Zhen explained to Chennian what happened back then. Chennian was keenly aware of the change in his attitude, and after being hardened rationally, he began to try to soften her with warmth.She bowed her head in silence for a while, turned her mind around a few times, and finally decided to look for He Zhenruo, and asked him softly, "How did my mother die back then?"

He Zhen seemed to have expected her to ask about this, and replied after hearing the words: "Back then your uncle died suddenly in his prime, and Ze'er was too young, so I had to take on the responsibility of being the Patriarch of the He family. There is a rebellion, and the crisis is at stake. In order to seek an ally, the family decided to marry Yunxi."

It's clearly a long time ago, but it still hurts my chest when I mention it now.He Zhen closed his eyes unconsciously, and it took him a while to continue: "The lives of the whole family depend on me, and I cannot abandon the family for personal reasons. I begged your mother to endure for me for a few years, but she didn't want to." After a dispute, I went to Shengdu in a fit of anger, and when I came back, your mother was no longer there..."

There was silence in the room for a long time.

After a while, He Zhen smiled self-deprecatingly, and said wearily: "In the year of Chen, everyone wants to be open-minded and wanton and happy. Back then, I also only wanted to take your mother to travel around the world, regardless of world affairs. .But people like us have too much involuntary control."

Chen Nian secretly said that there is such an "involuntary person", all the ruthless men in this world have an involuntary one, and they justifiably ask the woman to make up for it, if the woman refuses, it is unreasonable, and there is no reason to die.She was full of disdain in her heart, but her face showed a confused look, she just sat there with her head bowed and said nothing.

He Zhen glanced at her, as if she was thinking of Feng Junyang, sighed unconsciously, and said, "Go back first. Ye Xiaoqi's place, you can't go to see him first, you have to stay with him for a few days." Don't worry, I won't do anything to him."

Chen Nian stood up and looked at He Zhen silently for a moment, but turned around and left the room without saying a word.As soon as he arrived at the courtyard, he happened to meet He Ze rushing over. Chen Nian saw that he was still wearing a military robe, obviously he had just returned from the army, so he hurriedly stopped him and asked, "How is Ye Xiaoqi now?"

He Ze looked at Chen Nian and asked, "Are you asking about Ye Qingzhou?"

The name Ye Qingzhou is still the name given to Ye Xiaoqi by the master in the village, but no one has ever called it, not to mention that no one in the village knows it, even Chen Nian has almost forgotten his name.When she heard it on the first day of junior high school, she was stunned for a moment before she nodded and said, "Yes."

He Ze had He Zhen's instructions beforehand not to kill Ye Xiaoqi, but now hearing Chen Nian's question, he said with a smile, "It's nothing, I just got beaten up, passed out, and my arms and legs are still intact."

Although Chen Nian knew that Ye Xiaoqi would inevitably suffer some torture, but he still couldn't help being startled and angry when he heard this.She wanted to stab He Zefu with a few words, but then she thought it was useless to argue with her, so she forcibly endured it, and instead bowed her knees and gave He Zefu a blessing, and whispered to him: "Brother Twelve, Ye Xiaoqi He grew up with me, loves him as a brother, and suffers this for me, please don't make things difficult for him."

Seeing this, He Ze showed surprise, and said strangely, "Chen Nian, are you begging me?"

Chen Nian nodded and said, "Yes."

She admitted so frankly, which really surprised He Ze too much, and he didn't know what to say.He looked at her for a moment, grinned, and said in a low voice: "Chen Nian, Chen Nian, you are only willing to call me Brother Twelve when you beg me."

"He who understands current affairs is a hero! Don't worry, I will call you Twelfth Brother more often in the future." Chen Nian smiled lightly, bowed slightly to He Ze, and followed the maid back to the residence.

A few days later, Chen Nian moved into the small courtyard in the deepest part of the inner courtyard.He Zhen originally intended to move the silly girl out and find another place to raise her well, but Chen Nian said: "Farewell, let's stay here, one is to be with my daughter, and the other is to remind her, so that she can be called." Daughter, be alert, don't become like her."

Hearing this, He Zhen looked at Chen Nian quietly for a while, and then replied lightly, "Okay."

Chen Nian asked him again: "Do you need to visit Mrs. Feng?"

He Zhen said, "No need."

Chen Nian tilted his head, looked at him naively, and said: "Is it really not necessary? Daddy can't make his daughter lose his manners just because he loves his daughter."

He Zhen's face darkened, and he said coldly, "No need."

Chen Nian pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Then daddy should send more people to protect the daughter, after all the county magistrate is not as good as now. If the daughter is plotted to kill her, even if daddy can find another beautiful and sensible If your daughter comes, that Feng Junyang may not want it."

He Zhen looked up at Chen Nian and said, "Chen Nian, you still have resentment in your heart."

"Yes." Chen Nian nodded, curved his lips and said with a smile, "and there are quite a few."

"That can't be shown on the surface, even if you complain in your heart, you can't." He Zhen said.

Chen Nian immediately changed his tone, and said coquettishly: "Daddy, don't scold others anymore, no matter what happens, you have to take your time, right?"

He Zhen looked at Chen Nian for a moment, then smiled faintly, and replied, "Okay."

At the family banquet of the He family on New Year's Eve, Chen Nian sat in the seat of He Zhen's eldest daughter.It seemed that the He family had all been explained before, so they were not surprised by this, even Mrs. Feng was calm and calm, as if that seat was originally sitting in Chen Nian, and had nothing to do with Yun Sheng.

Chen Nian drooped his eyelashes slightly, eating the delicacies on the dinner table in a leisurely manner.She grew up in the mountains since she was a child, and she has always had a simple meal. Even during the days when she was with Feng Junyang, she never paid attention to food.She had never eaten such a sumptuous meal.She ate carefully and attentively, and when she tasted something that was particularly smooth to eat, she would turn around and ask the maid next to her the name of that dish in a low voice.

He Ze couldn't bear it any longer, after the banquet, while everyone was going to watch the fireworks in the courtyard, he approached Chen Nian without any trace, and asked in a low voice, "Is that dish really that delicious?"

"It's delicious!" Chen Nian nodded, then turned to He Ze and smiled, "Brother Twelve, I'm going to find you, so please do me a favor and bring some wine and vegetables from the kitchen to Ye Xiaoqi. Okay? If it’s Chinese New Year’s Eve, you should tell him to have a good meal.”

Her eyes were shining, she looked at He Ze, and counted the names of the dishes she wrote down with her fingers. She was as cute as a girl raised in a deep boudoir, she shivered at He Ze, and stared at him like a monster. Chen Nian said, "Stop pretending, I'm freaking out!"

Chen Nian smiled, stretched out his hand to grab He Ze's sleeve, and begged while shaking, "Brother Twelve is good, answer me soon!"

Although everyone was nominally watching the fireworks, they all glanced at them from the corner of their eyes.He Ze didn't know whether to laugh or cry, hurriedly shook Chen Nian's hand, and reluctantly agreed: "Okay, okay, okay, I'll go, little aunt, let go!"

Only then did Chen Nian let go, glanced at He Ze with a smile, then turned around, looked up at the colorful fireworks in the sky.But He Ze didn't leave just yet, he only took two steps back to the side, hiding himself in the shadow of the corridor eaves, secretly looking at Chen Nian.

Her facial contour is slightly more three-dimensional than that of ordinary Xia women, especially when viewed from the side.The line is almost perfect, it seems that no matter where it is changed, it will not be as good as it is now.For some reason, He Ze suddenly felt that the woman in front of him was a little strange, she was no longer that Xie Chennian outside Yiping City.

After the Lantern Festival, He Zhen finally agreed to allow Chen Nian to see Ye Xiaoqi.He Ze personally came to the small courtyard to pick up Chen Nian, and said, "Go, I'll take you to see Ye Qingzhou."

Chen Nian followed He Ze through the small half of Taixing City in a carriage, and finally met Ye Xiaoqi in the north of the city.The courtyard was not small, Ye Xiaoqi was walking slowly in the courtyard by himself under the guard of several sergeants.He was much thinner than when Chen Nian saw him last time, it seemed that only a tall skeleton was left, and his legs seemed to have a slight limp, which made it quite inconvenient for him to walk.

With just one glance, Chen Nian couldn't help but shed tears.She didn't come forward immediately, she stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at Ye Xiaoqi silently for a while, then wiped away the tears from her face, and called him, "Xiaoqi."

Ye Xiaoqi froze when he heard the voice, followed the sound abruptly, stared at Chen Nian for a while, then hesitantly called out: "Chen Nian?"

Chennian smiled and nodded, but tears flowed down again, and he said with a smile: "Well, it's me, Xie Chennian."

Ye Xiaoqi looked at Chen Nian who was approaching, and then looked at He Ze who was following him suspiciously, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Chen Nian stepped forward, supported Ye Xiaoqi and walked slowly into the house: "It's a long story, let's find a warmer place first, and I'll tell you from the beginning." He Ze from behind said, "Brother Twelve, I want to talk to Xiao Qi, can you avoid it?"

He Ze raised his eyebrows unconsciously when he heard the words, but Chen Nian bent his mouth, pointed at the soldiers in the courtyard, and said to He Ze: "Look at those people, with me and Ye Xiaoqi now, we might escape Come on? Brother Twelfth, let me be flexible, go find a place to rest by yourself, and leave some time for me to have a few words with Xiao Qi, okay?"

Although she was nice and nice, but there was a bit of sarcasm in her expression, as if she had changed back to the old Xie Chennian.For some reason, He Ze smiled suddenly, and responded with a good temper: "Okay."

After saying that, he really turned around and left, together with a few guards in the courtyard were also repelled by him, but before leaving, he told Chen Nian: "After all, there is a difference between men and women, so don't close the door."

Seeing him like this, Chen Nian showed some surprise in his eyes, raised his eyes to look at He Ze, flattened the corners of his mouth, and thanked He Ze solemnly: "Thank you, Brother Twelve."

He Ze just smiled, and went to find a warm house to wait for Chen Nian.Chen Nian helped Ye Xiaoqi into the house, looked at the layout inside, turned his head to discuss with Ye Xiaoqi: "Instead of causing suspicion in the house, it's better to ask someone to move the charcoal basin to the porch, let's be frank and honest." How about sitting there?"

Ye Xiaoqi had listened to her words since she was a child, and nodded when she heard the words: "Okay."

Chen Nian called people over loudly, and ordered them to move the charcoal basin in the house to the porch, and sit down with Ye Xiaoqi facing the charcoal fire.Ye Xiaoqi was full of doubts about why she appeared in Taixing, how could she call He Ze "Twelve Brothers", finally waited for the servants to retreat, and hurriedly asked: "Chen Nian, what is going on?"

Chen Nian confessed to Ye Xiaoqi his life experience, how he came to Taixing, and how he was coerced by He Zhen now that his martial arts had been abolished.Ye Xiaoqi's eyes widened when she heard that, she stared blankly at Chen Nian, and waited until she finished speaking, she seemed a little unable to accept this reality, so she asked Chen Nian, "Is this really true?"

Chen Nian nodded with a wry smile, and said, "It's true, good fortune tricks people."

Ye Xiaoqi was so astonished, he felt his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't speak for a while.But after all, he is not the little bandit leader who only knew to follow Chen Nian a few years ago. He has experienced a lot in the army these years, and his mind and mind have matured a lot.He was silent for a moment, looked up at Chen Nian, and asked, "Did He Zhen use me to blackmail you into marrying that Feng Junyang?"

Chen Nian nodded and said, "Yes."

As expected by He Zhen, Ye Xiaoqi really had a look of remorse and self-blame on his face, and said in a hateful voice: "It's because I acted recklessly that I made you be controlled by others."

Chen Nian's eyes were calm, he watched Ye Xiaoqi for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Xiaoqi, it's not easy for me to see you, you have to listen carefully to what I'm going to say, and remember it firmly."

Hearing what she said, Ye Xiaoqi subconsciously straightened his back and said, "You tell me, I will remember."

Chen Nian said in a deep voice: "It's not that you were tired and I was coerced by He Zhen, but that you were implicated by me, fell into He Zhen's trap, and became his bargaining chip. The reason why you were able to find out the truth so quickly is that Getting the chance to assassinate He Zhen is nothing more than He Zhen's plan. With you, he will use you to force me; without you, he will think of other ways. Don't blame yourself, or you will make He Zhen worse Zhen is fooled. The He family is so cunning, despicable and shameless. They are rotten from the root."

She slowly turned her eyes to the square and wide courtyard, and said: "Just like this courtyard, it looks bright and open, but in fact, there are many monsters hidden in the dark."

While talking, He Ze's entourage came over to pass a message: "Young Master Twelve said that it's getting late, and it's time to go back home."

Chen Nian nodded slightly to the entourage, but then turned his head and told Ye Xiaoqi: "Don't think about anything now, just take care of your health. In the future, I still need your help in many places." She said After talking, she stood up, saw Ye Xiaoqi also got up with her, and hurriedly said, "You don't need to see me off, you go into the house and rest, I will come to see you later."

Ye Xiaoqi was not polite to her, but took a deep look at Chen Nian, and replied: "Okay."

Chen Nian smiled at him again, and followed the attendant out of the courtyard.He Ze was already waiting outside in the carriage, stretched out his hand to pull Chen Nian into the carriage, and asked her with a smile, "How? What did you say to this old friend?"

Chen Nian raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and wondered: "Shouldn't Brother Twelve have heard it all? I saw that there is a special mechanism for eavesdropping in that room, why do you want to ask me?"

He Ze didn't hide it either, he just smiled and said, "Aren't you guys in the corridor, they can't hear you very clearly."

Chen Nian raised the corners of his mouth and said narrowly: "Oh, that's it. Brother Twelve said it earlier, I want to know that the eavesdropper is so hard of hearing, so I should speak louder. This matter It's Brother Twelve who didn't notify in advance, so he can't blame me."

She acted like a spoiled child to him with a smile like this, and He Ze couldn't do anything about her for a while, so he looked at her helplessly, and said in a low voice, "Even if you don't tell me, uncle will ask you when you go back. If you and I speak differently, it will only cause trouble."

When He Zhen was mentioned, the smile on Chen Nian's face disappeared immediately. After a moment of silence, he asked He Ze: "Brother Twelve, do you think he loves me more, or Yun Sheng more?"

She suddenly changed the topic to hundreds of thousands of miles away, causing He Ze to be taken aback, and asked, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Chen Nian lowered his eyes, smiled bitterly, and said: "Two daughters, one is in the Xian family, and the other is going to marry to Shengdu. Seeing that this battle is about to start, one of them will be abandoned. Although he feels guilty towards me , but it may not be able to compare with the father-daughter relationship with Yunsheng for more than ten years. At that time, I am afraid that he will worry about Yunsheng more. Just like you, although you are kind to me on the surface, but you only care about Yunsheng in your heart. Be a girl."

She has always been arrogant and proud in front of him, and she has never shown such a fragile state.He Ze couldn't help being a little soft-hearted, looked at Chen Nian, and said in a low voice: "You misunderstood Uncle, he is not a ruthless person, he has secretly sent someone to Shangjing, just to save Yunsheng back."

In fact, Chen Nian had already expected He Zhen's move, but he still acted surprised when he heard the words, raised his eyes to He Ze in astonishment, and asked, "Do you want to save Yunsheng?"

He Ze nodded, and said again: "As for me, I will also treat you like Yunsheng."

Chen Nian stared at him, then nodded with a smile, and said, "Brother Twelve must keep his word, and when Yunsheng comes back, you just don't want to be biased."

Naturally, He Ze couldn't treat her like Yun Sheng. Being stared at by her like this made him feel guilty. He subconsciously avoided Chen Nian's gaze, but said with a smile, "I can be partial."

Seeing him like this, Chen Nian just cocked the corner of his mouth and smiled.

When the two returned to the mansion, He Ze sent Chen Nian back to the inner courtyard first, and then went to find He Zhen to return to his life.He finished talking about the meeting between Chen Nian and Ye Xiaoqi in detail, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Nephew sees that Chen Nian seems to have made false promises with us, and he didn't really turn around."

"It's not bad that she's willing to make false claims. The most difficult thing in everything is just the first step. Once you take it, the situation will force you to move forward step by step." He Zhen said, handing the secret report in his hand to He Zedao, " According to the news from Shengdu, the Empress Dowager Feng has issued an order to order He's daughter to go to Beijing to marry Feng Junyang. Prepare yourself, and when the order arrives, you will send Chennian to Shengdu."

He Ze glanced down at the secret report, looked up at He Zhen, and asked, "Uncle, my nephew is a little puzzled. Since the trend of the Xian family going south is unstoppable, wouldn't it be more useful to keep Chen Nian in Taixing?"

He Zhen asked him back, "What's the use? To blackmail Tuobayao? A joke! Leaving Chen Nian behind will be of no use except to make Feng Junyang think that we are two heads." He Zhen glanced at He Zhen faintly. Ze glanced at him and said again, "I know what you are thinking. You want to save Yunsheng and marry her to Shengdu. Feng Junyang and Yunsheng also have some feelings for each other. Even if you don't love her, Will keep her safe forever."

He Ze's mind was broken by He Zhen's words, and the tip of his nose was sweating. He gritted his teeth and said boldly: "I thought, this marriage was born by Yun. Yun was born in He's family and grew up in He's family." family, her marriage will be more beneficial to the family."

"But what Feng Junyang wants is Chennian." He Zhen said coldly, "You send Yunsheng there, how can he let it go?"

He Ze was silent for a moment, then admitted his mistake, "My nephew was wrong."

Only then did He Zhen's expression soften, and he said, "Chen Nian is also your sister, and the He family will rely on you two for support in the future. You should rely on each other and stop holding on to old grievances. Ze'er, You are a man, you should be more open-minded."

He Ze didn't dare to say more, he quickly lowered his head and replied, "Uncle taught you well, nephew knows he was wrong."

The first month is about to come out, and the decree of Shengdu has really arrived in Taixing, and the content is exactly the same as that stated in the secret report.He Zhen accepted the imperial decree calmly, and only then did he ask someone to come over and said, "Among you and Yun Sheng, Feng Junyang still chose you."

He Zhen sent someone to rescue Yunsheng, this matter must not be hidden from Feng Junyang's eyes and ears, this imperial decree arrived in Taixing before Yunsheng came back, obviously he wanted the He family to marry in Chen's age.Chen Nian smiled, but said: "What's so strange? If I were Feng Junyang, I would choose Xie Chennian, who has the blood of a princess, so that you won't be uncertain and buy her from the Xian family."

He Zhen smiled when he heard this, but didn't speak.

Chen Nian looked at his face, and Fang said again: "I want Ye Xiaoqi to go to Shengdu with me."

He Zhen pondered for a while, and said, "He can send you to Shengdu, but he will come back with your twelfth brother."

This answer already made Chen Nian very satisfied, she suppressed the secret joy in her heart, showed dissatisfaction on her face, and said with some displeasure: "Since you said you want him to be my arm, how can there be any reason not to keep him by my side?"

"I will let him go to you, but not now." He Zhen said lightly, "Besides, your relationship with Feng Junyang has not yet been repaired. If you have Ye Xiaoqi by your side, it means that you only have the meaning of being friends. Where is Feng Junyang?" I'm afraid I won't like it either."

Chen Nian curled his lips and looked as if he had nothing to say. After a moment of silence, he bargained with He Zhen again: "Okay, then ask Xiao Qi to send me to Shengdu, and after my wedding, I will call him again." Come back with Brother Twelve."

He Zhen nodded in response, took a few glances at Chen Nian, and said, "Chen Nian, you have good scheming methods, if you marry an ordinary family, I can rest assured. But the one you want to marry is Feng Junyang, who is wise He is very comparable to others, don't try to trick him, but treat him with sincerity."

Chen Nian was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, he couldn't help laughing, and mocked: "Father, you set an example and taught me so many scheming tricks, but you asked me not to deceive Feng Junyang, what's the matter? Shall I be a good wife and mother for him?"

He Zhen didn't care about her tone, and just said: "There are conspiracies and schemes, and the strategy you use varies from person to person. Your greatest advantage is that you are open and pure. Feng Junyang likes you, and I am afraid that is also the reason. Since In this way, you can continue to be frank with him, no matter how ulterior your thoughts are, you have to speak out to him frankly, and let him go to your thoughts."

Chen Nian seemed to understand, but unconsciously frowned slightly, looking at He Zhen without saying a word.

He Zhen smiled, but said: "Go back and think about it carefully. One day, you will understand."

On February [-]th, Chennian was escorted by He Ze and set off for Shengdu by boat.Ye Xiaoqi also accompanied him. He Zhen was afraid that Ye Xiaoqi would never return, so he ordered the ghost hand Bai Zhang to poison Ye Xiaoqi, and set a time limit. If he could not take the antidote within the time limit, Ye Xiaoqi would die. Died of poison.

Chen Nian was extremely annoyed in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest bit on his face, he only thought about finding Chaoyangzi first after arriving in Shengdu, and after he got rid of Ye Xiaoqi's poison, he didn't care about it.

After the boat passed Hengzhou, it turned into Qinghu Lake, and it took another half a month to reach the outside of Shengdu City. At this time, it was the deep spring season in the south of the Yangtze River, and Taixing was completely different from the world.

The big ship docked slowly at the pier, and before it came to a complete stop, someone boarded the ship to greet him, but it was Shunping, the manager next to Feng Junyang.He bowed to He Ze with a smile on his face, and said: "My lord was going to pick up the twelve sons in person, but he was halfway there, but because of something in the court, he was called back by the queen mother. The lord had to order the younger Come to greet me, please don't blame the twelve sons."

He Ze smiled amiably, and said, "It's okay, I'm not an outsider, how can there be so many hypocrisy."

While talking, Chen Nian was also helped out of the cabin by the maid, Shun Ping caught a glimpse of it, stepped forward to salute politely: "The prince missed you very much after the last farewell, I wonder if you are well?"

He knew there was something in his words, Chen Nian wore a veiled hat on his head, his face was completely covered, he couldn't see any joy or anger, so he just replied indifferently: "Very good."

He Ze laughed at the side, and said, "After sitting on the boat for a long time, I'm exhausted. I need to find a bed that doesn't shake and have a good sleep." Turning around, she said to Shunping, "Shunping, go back and tell your master, tell him to do his work first, and when I have enough rest, I will find him for a drink."

As soon as he left, Shunping couldn't be left behind, so he hurriedly followed.The He family also has a house in Shengdu, Shunping has been sending He Ze and Chen Nian to the He Mansion, and then turned around, entered Feng Junyang's courtyard but did not enter the house, only stretched out his hand to call the young man from the porch, and asked in a low voice Said: "Has the prince ever asked about me?"

The boy replied, "I never asked about it."

Shunping was not surprised, and said again: "If you think about it carefully, the prince didn't mention me?"

The boy thought about it for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and said: "I called you to go in to get some tea before, and the villain went in. The prince just glanced at it and didn't say anything."

"That's right." Shunping murmured to himself, he already had a rough idea of ​​Feng Junyang's attitude towards Chen Nian, so he lightly patted the dust on his body and walked quickly into the house.

Feng Junyang was reviewing the memorials sent by various places after the case, and when he saw Shunping coming in, he just asked indifferently: "Have you received someone?"

"Got it, I didn't come back until I sent them to He's mansion." Shunping secretly took a look at Feng Junyang's expression, hesitated, and said, "Seeing that Miss Xie has lost a lot of weight, standing on the bow of the boat and being caught by the wind When I blow it, it seems like I can fly soon."

Feng Junyang's pen tip paused slightly, and after a few breaths, there was some sarcasm on his lips, and he said: "She has such a temperament, her martial arts are useless, and she falls into the hands of the He family and is controlled everywhere. It is not easy for her to live now. .”

Feng Junyang did not shy away from talking about Chen Nian, but Shunping was a little surprised, and he was even more uncertain, for fear that he had guessed wrongly what Feng Junyang was thinking.He hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively: "My lord, do you really want to let Miss Xie go? After the obeisance, they are husband and wife, and their names will be written on the Sansheng Stone."

"Even if the name is left, it won't be Xie Chennian." Feng Junyang stopped writing, raised his eyes to look at Shunping, and said, "What I owe her, I just pay her back. From now on, we will be separated from each other, and each will be happy. "

Shunping blinked and blinked, and then said: "That's fine, I always think that Miss Yunsheng has a better temper."

Feng Junyang took a memorial from the desk, looked down, and ignored Shunping.

Shun Ping stood there hesitating for a while, first sneaked up on tiptoe to take a look at the case, saw that the jade paperweight was not in Feng Junyang's hand, and then complained: "It's not a small thing, Miss Xie's temper is too strong If you don't agree with me, you will use a knife, who can stand it! Just the knife last time, but it scared the little one."

Feng Jun raised his eyebrows and lowered his eyes slightly, but he didn't lift his head, he just reprimanded softly: "Noisy, get out."

Shunping hurriedly shut his mouth, and felt bored, so he walked out of the room lightly.As soon as he arrived at the corridor, he saw Feng Junyang's other confidant, Fan Jingyun, rushing from outside, and asked him anxiously, "Where is the prince?"

Shunping hurriedly said: "It's inside the house."

Fan Jingyun didn't stop walking, and without waiting for Shunping's notification, he strode in.Feng Junyang raised his head when he heard the sound, his eyes were calm and calm, and asked him: "But the Xian family sent troops?"

"Yes." Fan Jingyun replied, he was breathing too fast because he was walking too fast, so he took a deep breath first and said, "I just got the letter from the flying pigeon outside the customs. Half a month ago, the Xian family sent 40 troops to cross Su Water, straight to the south."

"Tuobayao is handsome?" Feng Junyang asked in a deep voice.

"Exactly! Xian Clan Wang Tuobayao is the marshal of the Chinese army, the left general is Qiu Mulingyue, the right general is Murong Heng, and Bu Liuguxiao is the vanguard general of the Chinese army."

Feng Junyang looked solemn, and called Shunping to come in, and ordered him to find his confidant, Han Hua, to come over.That Han Hua lived in the mansion, and arrived in less than a moment. Hearing the situation, he couldn't help but wondered: "Who is this Qiu Muling? Why haven't I heard of it? And it was said before that there are 30 horses, how can there be more people suddenly?" One hundred thousand?"

Fan Jingyun glanced at Feng Junyang, saw him nodding his head slowly, took a step forward, and explained: "Qiu Mulingyue used to be the guard of Tuoba Xi's daughter Yashan Wang. After hiding in Zhai for 16 years, he returned to the Xian family under an alias, secretly went to Xihu to contact the remnants of Beimo who had fled to the west, and borrowed [-] troops from him."

Han Hua frowned unknowingly, and said: "Although the army of the Xian family is borrowed, it is probably the most difficult. One is that the people of Beimo are tough and good at fighting, and people like Emperor Shengwu only forced the people of Beimo back then. Moving westward, they failed to wipe out all of them. Second, they came here only for money and not for territory, and they are more fearless than the Xian family."

Feng Junyang said: "Not only these two points, I have met this left general Qiu Mulingyue before. He is brave and invincible, and he has lived in Jiangbei for a long time. He is very familiar with various places and will be extremely difficult to deal with."

Han Hua frowned even tighter, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said, "My lord, the 40 troops of the Xian family have all crossed the millet river and headed south. It can be seen that they are going to enter the pass from Jingyang. In all likelihood, the Zhang family has already taken refuge in the Xian family. It's just that I don't know how He Zhen will respond, I expect he will give up Jingyang, close the front line, and retreat to Yuzhou and other places."

Feng Junyang was silent for a moment, and said: "How should he deal with it? He should get the news in two days."

Sure enough, within two days, there was a secret report from Jiangbei that He Zhen learned that the Xian clan's army was crossing Sushui south, so he resolutely gave up attacking Jingyang and withdrew the army to Yuzhou.

He Ze had also received a letter from his family, so he sat alone for a while, got up to find Chen Nian, saw her sitting on the porch and flipping the flower rope with the maid, he couldn't help laughing and said: "I'm going to get married in a few days, but still You're not afraid of people making fun of you when you play this child's thing. In the future, ask Feng Junyang to play with you?"

The maid hurriedly stood up in fright, bowed to He Ze, bowed her head and stepped aside.

He Ze reprimanded softly: "Go down."

The maid didn't dare to say much, and retreated quietly.Only then did Chen Nian look up at He Ze, and asked him, "Brother Twelve sent my maid away, but do you have something to say?"

He Ze took out the secret letter from his sleeve, handed it to her, and said calmly, "The Xian family has invaded south."

Chen Nian glanced at the letter casually, returned it to He Ze, and said, "If the Xian family didn't invade the south, it would be strange. Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered together to hunt down rabbits?"

He Ze laughed when he heard the words, thought for a while, and asked, "This Qiu Mulingyue is your adoptive father, right?"

"Well, it should be." Chen Nian nodded indifferently, tilted his head and looked at He Ze and said, "Brother Twelve, you should take me back to Taixing, and tie me to the front of the two armies, and see if he will There will be no scruples."

"If he cared about you, he wouldn't have left you alone in Jiangbei." He Ze stopped here, looked at Chen Nian for a moment, and Fang whispered again, "Chen Nian, you are my sister."

Chen Nian rolled his eyes, but said: "Since you recognize me as a girl, then don't lock me up. People say that Shengdu is the most prosperous place in the world, why don't you take me out for a walk, okay?" ?”

He Ze shook his head lightly, and said, "I dare not, you are full of tricks, if you run away again, who will I marry Feng Junyang? I'll lock you up for a few days, and wait for you to marry Feng Junyang." Home, even if you fly into the sky, you won't be in the way of me."

Chen Nian couldn't help laughing and said: "Just now I said that I am your sister, but what I think about is your own gains and losses. Brother Twelfth, I am ashamed for you."

He Ze said: "Don't provoke me, I won't be fooled by you. I know you want to contact Chaoyangzi and your master. To tell you the truth, they are not in Shengdu now. At the beginning of the year, the two of them went to Yunxi Yes, never returned."

Chen Nian's thoughts turned very fast, and he never had to draft a nonsense story, and he smiled and said to He Ze: "Brother Twelve, I won't hide it from you, I already know that the two of them are not in Shengdu, and I also know that they are not in Shengdu." Why did you go to Yunxi? It’s not them I want to see, but Monk Huiming.”

He Ze was taken aback when he heard the words, they had only been in Shengdu for three days, and Chen Nian had never even been out of this courtyard, but he didn't know how she communicated with the outside world.He looked at Chen Nian, and couldn't help asking: "Why do you want to see Huiming?"

"For Feng Junyang." Chen Nian replied.

He Ze looked suspicious, Chen Nian didn't wait for him to ask, he explained: "Monk Huiming has a very close relationship with Feng Junyang, and because of the exiles in Jiangbei, I have some respect for Huiming. If there is anything you want to say to Feng Junyang, it is most appropriate to say it through Huiming's mouth."

He Zeqi asked, "What do you want to tell Feng Junyang?"

"Naturally, it's some depressed and confused words, so that Feng Jun can show some pity." She solemnly put her palms together in front of her body, her brows were dark and sad, her words were slightly astringent, and she lowered her eyes and said to He Ze, "Master, why is love suffering, and not loving is also suffering? People are here to suffer?"

She acted too realistically, as if sitting in front of her was the eminent monk who could give advice.He Ze was stunned, and after a long while, he burst out laughing, pointing at Chen Nian and said with a smile, "You girl, why are you so good at pretending? You almost scared me too."

Chen Nian didn't smile, but looked at He Ze fixedly, and said, "Brother Twelve, I'm not pretending, that's what I really think."

When He Ze heard the words, he couldn't help but slowly put away the smirk on his face, and said softly: "Chen Nian, think about the good in everything, and life will be much easier."

Chen Nian lowered his eyes, and after a while, he whispered, "Thank you."

He Ze smiled, got up and left the yard.Waiting for people to go outside the courtyard, there was a gloomy look on the brows.He walked slowly along the bluestone path in the garden, and after a long time, he smiled lightly and said to his confidants: "I was actually coaxed by that girl to soften my heart just now."

That confidant had been instructed by Mrs. Feng before, and when he heard the words, he stepped forward lightly and persuaded: "My lord, don't be soft-hearted. Think about it, you can be coaxed to soften your heart by her. Don't you want to be soft-hearted at King Yunxi?" How can we be willing to let her go? Miss Yunsheng will come then, how can we win over her?"

He Ze remained silent, but after a while, he asked his confidant with a smile that was not a smile: "How many benefits did your aunt give you, so that you can speak for her like this?"

The confidant was so frightened that he knelt down to He Ze, and argued: "The villain is loyal to the young master and has no second thoughts."

After he finished speaking, he bent down and pressed his forehead to the ground tightly, not daring to move.He Ze glanced at him, stretched out his toes and lightly kicked his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Get up, look, I frightened you, it was just to tease you, besides, it's nothing to take some benefits from them, it's just for nothing. Don't do it in vain."

The confidant then got up from the ground, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and complained: "Master, you can't wrong people like this."

He Ze hooked the corners of his mouth, and said: "Young Master is pretending to be stupid, and I am the ancestor who pretended to be stupid. Go! Sneak into the palace and ask the empress dowager, where is Yun Sheng now, and when will he be able to come to Sheng Both. By the way, tell her that Ye Xiaoqi's life has been held in the hands of my uncle, and I dare not move. If she wants to move, I ask her to find her own way."

The confidant hurriedly responded, and He Ze stood there with his hands behind his back for a moment, then smiled sarcastically.

In the Empress Dowager's Palace, Feng Junyang informed the Empress Dowager Feng of the news of the Xian family going south. After listening to the news, the Empress Dowager Feng raised her eyes to look at her younger brother, but asked, "Are you going to Jiangbei again?"

Feng Junyang said: "It depends on the situation, maybe I will go."

The Empress Dowager Feng pondered for a moment, and said, "A Ce, my sister doesn't understand military affairs, so you decide what to do. It's just that you are not young, and now you don't even have an heir. Xi is also very much looking forward to it. Two days ago when He Ze came, he talked about his child, the older one is already six years old. In terms of age, He Ze is a few months younger than you."

Feng Junyang smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "Isn't this going to marry a wife soon?"

Empress Dowager Feng hesitated for a while, and asked, "Where is Yunsheng now?"

"Qiao Yu and the others only robbed Yunsheng from the He family on the tenth day of March, so they should have passed Qingzhou by now." Feng Junyang replied.

Empress Dowager Feng showed some relief, and said: "That's good, that child has suffered enough, and when she comes, you have to treat her well. My aunt married to Taixing for our Feng family, and suffered a lot. For half a lifetime, now I have only had one daughter from Yunsheng, we can't let her down." At this point, she couldn't help but turn red around her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Ah Ce, you don't know, Auntie's letter, I cry every time I read it. I heard from the person who delivered the letter that my aunt kowtowed to him a lot before she arrived and asked him to bring it to us, just to ask for a home for Yunsheng."

Mrs. Feng's letter arrived years ago, and Feng Junyang also saw the letter, and now that Empress Dowager Feng mentioned it, he couldn't help being silent for a moment, and said: "After staying for a while, I managed to get my aunt out of the He family. "

Empress Dowager Feng nodded, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said, "Ace, if you really can't let go of Miss Xie, you might as well keep her by your side. I know Yunsheng's temperament best, she will never be stingy."

Feng Junyang lowered his eyes, and said lightly: "Sister, I have my own arrangements for this matter."

Empress Dowager Feng saw that her younger brother was unwilling to talk about this matter, but she still said: "If Miss Xie refuses, I will persuade her." Seeing Feng Junyang's brows slightly frowned, Empress Dowager Feng hurriedly said again before he refused, "Just don't want me to persuade you, just ask me to see it. I have to see what kind of woman can make my brother suffer so much."

Although Feng Junyang was displeased, it could be seen that the elder sister was so persistent, so he could only respond: "Okay, I will bring her when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)