Hello Chang’an

Cui Jing unconsciously tightened the reins in his hands because of her approach, and said "hmm" without looking away. He was waiting for her to ask questions, but there were already no less than a hundred speculations and imaginations in his mind.

She was so mysterious and cautious, afraid that others would hear half of her words. What did she want to ask him?

Do you think there's something wrong with him, or...are you aware that he has a "transgressive heart"?

How should he answer such a question?

"... Could the story of your assassination be fake?" Chang Suining asked him in a low voice.

In order not to go to Luoyang and compete with her for credit, why did he fake an assassination?

If so, this is deceiving the emperor.

It was such an important matter, so she figured out the situation and had an idea in mind so that she could help him cover it up in the future.

"..." Cui Jing was silent for a moment to reflect on herself.

What on earth was he imagining?

This is His Highness.

Cui Jing calmed down the one-sided chaos in her heart and answered her truthfully: "It's not all false."

Chang Sui Ning looks at him, isn’t that true?

Just listen to his explanation: "The assassination is true, but I have made response arrangements in advance."

The assassination was real, but the accident was fake, so it was a matter of taking advantage of the situation.

After Chang Suining understood, he asked again: "According to this, you had already expected that someone would assassinate you on the way?"

"Yes." Cui Jing said, "Do you still remember that I went to Bingzhou with a secret order?"

Chang Suining nodded.

Last year on the Double Ninth Festival, someone secretly framed Dai Cong, the governor of Bingzhou, for colluding with Xu Zhengye. The empress ordered Cui Jing to secretly rush to Bingzhou to deal with the matter urgently.

Cui Jing went to Bingzhou and faked the death of Dai Cong, which led to the Hedong Jiedushi envoy Xiao Chuan who was "asking for an explanation" for his "friend" Dai Cong. At that time, Xiao Chuan led his troops to surround Bingzhou City. The outside world did not know the truth. She also served for Bingzhou. , briefly worried about Cui Jing.

As a result, Cui Jing solved it very well.

After Xiao Chuan was captured, he confessed that he was an accomplice of Xu Zhengye. After that, he was taken to the capital for trial.

Cui Jing said at this time: "Xiao Chuan claimed at that time that he was ordered by Xu Zhengye and was taken to the capital and tortured for a long time. He still did not change his story until his death. After the matter spread, Xu Zhengye never denied it."

Therefore, the matter can only be concluded at this point.

Chang Suining: "Are you doubtful about Xiao Chuan's confession?"

Cui Jing nodded and said bluntly: "I suspect there is someone else behind this matter."

Chang Suining subconsciously said: "If I had known better, I would have spared Xu Zhengye a breath and asked about this matter again."

After he finished speaking, he felt it was superfluous and said on his own: "But he probably won't tell the truth. If this matter really has nothing to do with him, and since he didn't deny it at the beginning, he must have wanted to make the water muddy, and now he will die. , let alone tell the truth, wishing that the court would leave this hidden danger to the saint."

"That's right." Cui Jing agreed: "What he said before his death must not be trusted. It is useless to ask more questions."

To the question of whether Xiao Chuan was ordered by him, it doesn't mean much if you just answer yes or no. The most important thing is, if it's not him, who is it?

And if there really is such a person, judging from this person's airtight behavior, Xu Zhengye obviously cannot answer this most critical question.

Chang Sui Ning said: "So, you deliberately used this trip to Luoyang to use yourself as bait to confirm this guess?"

Since he had dealt with them in advance, he would be able to avoid those people based on his travel experience.

But he didn't avoid it.

"Yes." Cui Jing said: "Although the previous merger with the state was planned for the purpose of annexing the state, it was also aimed at me. If someone really wants to kill me, they will not let go of this opportunity this time."

It turned out that he was right.

It also confirmed another thing -

Chang Sui Ning also understood: "This person has placed an extremely useful eye liner beside the emperor."

Otherwise, it would be impossible to know about Cui Jing's secret trip to Luoyang.

Cui Jing nodded and said: "I secretly took away a living person, but I haven't confessed yet."

"Keep it." Chang Suining said to him: "During this battle, a traitor also appeared in the army. We may be able to interrogate him together later."

The captain who stabbed Vice General Jin and let Xu Zhengye go.

There was thought in Chang Suining's eyes, and a picture flashed in his mind of an old memory of a free and handsome figure who always loved to smile and hit her on the head with his fingers, and who taught her how to practice swordsmanship and self-preservation when she was young.

Could it be him?

These plots, one after another, to prevent chaos in the world...are they really all done by him?

Cui Jing obviously had suspicions, but now was not the time to elaborate on the matter. They were about to return to the bank of Bianshui River, so the two of them stopped the topic in tacit agreement.

Cui Jing led the horse slowly during this journey, and Chang Suining had recovered some strength.

From the river bank here back to the battlefield, it still takes half a day to ride a horse. Naturally, it is impossible to continue walking back slowly. The horse still needs to be ridden.

Yuan Xiang deliberately proposed that Mrs. Chang and his own Grand Governor ride on the same horse, but he did not dare to say anything and could only hope that his own Grand Governor would try his best.

However, facts have proven that it is impossible to live up to expectations, and this has never been Governor Cui's style.

Yuan Xiang watched helplessly as his Grand Governor, decisively tore off two strips of cloth from his robe and used them to bandage the wounds on Mrs. Chang's hands so that they would not be worn again while riding.

"Do you need my help?" Cui Jing asked.

"Of course not." Chang Sui Ning, who never wanted to lag behind others, took the cloth and wrapped it neatly. He even brought it to his mouth and tied it with his teeth skillfully.

Finally, she raised her hand and shook it towards Cui Jing with a proud smile: "Look."

Cui Jing couldn't help but smile and nodded: "It's tied very well."

She continued to tie her other hand seriously, and Cui Jing continued to lead her horse for the last short distance.

No one knows how cherished he was when he completed this journey.

"It's Governor Cui who's back!"

More than a thousand people waiting on the river bank finally saw Cui Jing returning.

The ones who made the noise were those wearing Xu Jun's military uniforms. They were visibly more noisy than Xuance's army. They looked like mountain beasts that had just come down from the mountain. They were all here and there, and they were very enthusiastic about everything.

They soon saw Cui Jing, Cui Jing leading the horse to be precise.

In shock, they all turned their attention to the man on the horse.

The first man with a scar on his face squeezed forward: "I think this is the famous General Ning Yuan!"

Seeing that he was full of gangsterism, which his military uniform could not conceal, Chang Sui Ning smiled and asked, "Have you ever heard of me?"

"Of course!" the man said with bright eyes, "...we'll kill Thief Xu on the seventy-third day! We'll all be counting it when we have nothing to do!"

As he said that, he looked at Captain Bai's head, which could be distinguished even though it was wrapped in cloth, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up in surprise: "General Ning Yuan is really... really, he really keeps his word!"

He felt tongue-tied, and to ease his embarrassment, he scratched his head and laughed twice.

Chang Sui Ning also smiled. She saw that the other person not only had old scars on his face, but also a new circle of dark blue on his left eye. She thought it was probably a gift from Cui Jing, which indirectly demonstrated the process of conquering with soldiers first and courtesy later. . The man was only dissatisfied with the injury on his eyes - the blow was too light and it disappeared too quickly!

This was done by the dignified Governor Cui of the Xuance Mansion. Every day when he spoke to his brothers with this eye, he felt particularly glorious, which added to his prestige.

After all, what's wrong with this? This is clearly the gear of fate that their brothers have begun to turn!

The brothers behind him also laughed.

Immediately, they announced their family names, and the scarred man said first: "...We are both from Wuhu Mountain, and my name is He Wuhu!"

He also deliberately patted his chest and emphasized: "I am Wu from Wudang Mountain, not Wu from Lao Wu. I am the boss of Wuhu Mountain!"

Wuhu Mountain was originally called Wuhu Mountain, which was also named by him, but it happened to be known as Wuhu Mountain.

After going back and forth, the brothers below arranged themselves in order, and they all became—

"My name is He Liuhu!"

"This is my brother Qihu!"

Chang Sui Ning also dismounted and hugged them with fists, smiling and saying, "Everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Soon, everyone got on their horses and left here under the setting sun.

When we returned to the battlefield, there was no sound of fighting anywhere, but the blood was still pungent in the dark night.

As soon as Chang Sui Ning approached the river bank here, he saw someone looking ahead.

As soon as she got off the horse, a slender young figure rushed toward her and hugged her tightly.

Cui Jing was startled. It was rare for him to look at someone so seriously. When he realized it was a woman, he looked away.

"...The general is finally back!" Yao Ran's voice was trembling.

Chang Sui Ning didn't let her get on the warship. He placed her on the shore before the war started. But after the war ended, she saw mountains of corpses and seas of blood when she came out. It was like she was in purgatory, but Chang Sui was nowhere to be found. Ning, as if he had lost the most important support, was frightened.

Shepherd's Purse had killed someone for the first time before, and she was quite frightened. What's more, she was a girl from an official family and had been overly restrained by Pei since she was a child. Not to mention killing pigs, she had never even watched others kill chickens.

Sensing her worry, Chang Suining helped her upright and said, "After I killed Xu Zhengye, didn't I send someone a signal? Didn't you see it?"

"I saw it, I heard it..." Yao Ran wiped his tears and said, "When I see the signal, I only know that it will be done. I don't know whether you are safe, general."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Yao Ran nodded, finally finding a trace of reason, but felt that he had lost his composure. He was afraid that Chang Suining would think that he was useless, so he wanted to explain: "General, I..."

Chang Suining said she didn't need to explain: "It doesn't matter, it's all like this."

Yao Ran wasn't the only one who was concerned about her, shepherd's purse Xi'er and others also ran over. Soon, Coach Xiao and Governor Hu, who heard about her return, also put aside what they were doing and hurried to greet Chang Suining.

Not far away, Yuan Xiang subconsciously wanted to write down what happened to Mrs. Chang today, but then he thought about it and suddenly looked at the Governor beside him.

"...Grand Governor, look, my subordinates have never exaggerated!" Yuan Xiang whispered: "Ms. Chang is very prestigious in the army now!"

Looking at Chang Sui Ning, who was surrounded by everyone and almost invisible, Cui Jing slightly curled her lips: "She deserves it."

Whether it's her in the past, or putting aside the past and focusing on her now.

She was born as the moon, and in comparison, he was only a slightly brighter star, but if possible, he wanted to be the star closest to the moon.

The stars don't have to compete with the moon. At this moment, he is standing not far away, watching her accept the hearts of people who belong to her. This is the best distance he can imagine.

Not long after, someone saw "the star" beyond this "best distance".

The sight here was dim, Cui Jing deliberately did not come forward to disturb, so he led the people to retreat to the side, restrained his momentum, and just stood quietly in the dark.

Only then did shepherd's purse catch a glimpse of the young man, and by some strange coincidence, he took a torch and shined it forward, and then let out a sincere exclamation: "...Oh my God!"

She widened her eyes and said too frankly: "In all my years of living, this is the first time I have seen such a handsome man!"

He Wuhu, who was behind Cui Jing, immediately puffed up his chest and took two steps forward upon hearing this. What the eldest sister said was too early!

He was confident, but no one cared.

In the spirit of sharing happiness, shepherd's purse immediately called on the ladies who got up, including Yao Ran, to watch together.

They worked hard to fight, and now they deserve to see such stunning beauty.

Shepherd's purse did not forget to take two steps forward, holding the torch high and shining it towards Cui Jing: "Look! It's over here!"

Cui Jing, who was caught off guard and appeared in the light, was stared at by pairs of eyes: "..."

Hearing shepherd's purse making such a fuss, Yao Ran wanted to laugh at first, but when he subconsciously looked over, he was immediately stunned.

He is indeed handsome. No matter where he is in any crowd, he can be seen at a glance. He is so handsome that he is first-rate. However, if she is not mistaken, this...

"Captain Cui?!"

This surprised voice came from Xiao Min.

As both the generals of the capital, he naturally had the opportunity to meet Cui Jing.

Cui Jing raised his hand: "General Xiao."

"It's really you!" Xiao Min was extremely surprised and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I didn't know that Governor Cui was here, but I was greeted at a distance by my subordinates!"

Hu Lin and others were also very surprised when they heard Cui Jing's name, and they all hurriedly paid tribute.

Shepherd's purse was a little dumbfounded.

This is actually the rumored Governor Cui?

Unsure of the other party's temper, she asked Chang Suining uneasily: "General... I just made disrespectful remarks, won't Governor Cui be angry?"

Chang Suining smiled and looked at Cui Jing: "Don't worry, he's not angry."

Shepherd's Purse was relieved and quietly took a few more glances.

Xiao Minzheng asked Cui Jing: "... May I ask why Governor Cui is here?"

"I went to Luoyang with a secret order, but was assassinated on the way. I was lucky enough to save my life, so I changed my route and took a detour." Cui Jing said this: "Unfortunately, I encountered Xu's cavalry in front of me today. Fortunately, my subordinates found him in time. Go and get rescued by General Ning Yuan, and we can escape from danger."

Vice General Yu was the first to speak up and confirm the matter: "Thanks to General Ning Yuan's timely appearance and killing Xu Zhengye to frighten those Xu troops, otherwise we would be in danger!"

"..." Chang Sui Ning was slightly surprised. She had never expected that the performance would reach this level.

The bandits in Wuhu Mountain were still a little confused, and some couldn't help but say: "But..."

However, as soon as he uttered these two words, He Wuhu glared back, with the threat that he often talked about in the past clearly written in his eyes - if you dare to say such shameless words, I will beat the **** out of you later. I guess you've pulled it clean!

Xiao Min and others were doubtful, but they knew what was going on and didn't say much. They just said: "Fortunately, Cui Dadudu Jiren has his own destiny..."

While everyone was talking around Cui Jing, a surprised voice came from behind: "Xiao Jing?!"

Good night