Qinghe whispered: "Now that the general is returning to the capital, why don't your majesty go visit the general and ask the general personally?"
Tong Su's eyes lit up, and then slowly dimmed. He shook his head and said: "The man named Yun will definitely not let me go. He wants to lock me in the palace and prevent me from interacting with any ministers. How can I still return the favor?" Do you agree with me to visit that general?"
Qinghe said: "The general will be back in a few days. I heard that this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet will be a celebration banquet for General Xi. Why don't you find an opportunity at the banquet to meet General Xi in private?"
Tong Su bit her lip, and couldn't help but feel a little moved, but hesitated: "But if the general has bad intentions, or if he is a first-rate Yun Zong, he is thinking of killing me..."
"No! How could the general think of taking you—"
Qing He blurted out. Seeing Tong Su's confused eyes, he swallowed back the next few words and said casually:
"General Xi is still your senior brother when you were young. The Xi family has always been loyal to the emperor and will definitely be loyal to you. Now that General Xi has returned with an army of 300,000 to protect His Majesty, even nine thousand years old is filled with fear and worry. This is your good opportunity. ah!"
Tong Su didn't notice anything, so she thought carefully and nodded slowly.
"What you said makes sense... Well, the Mid-Autumn Festival feast is only a few days away, and when he comes back in a few days, I will definitely go to the city gate to greet him in person. Then I can see what he looks like. I heard that those who brought him The generals of the army are all big and thick, with their protruding belly and full face, they are both fierce and ugly in appearance!"
Qinghe said anxiously: "General Xi is only twenty-four years old now. At that time, he was the first of the four most beautiful men in the capital. He has a gentle and honest temperament, a soft and strong appearance, a beautiful voice and appearance, and great military achievements. People at the time praised him as a 'little champion'. ! How can it be possible to look... ugly and fierce? "
Tong Su waved her hands disapprovingly: "You also said it, it's all rumors. He has been to the border for many years. He may have been tanned to a black charcoal. What else is a handsome man? Okay, you go out and help me first. Guard the door, I will read here for a while."
Qinghe resigned and went to the outer hall.
Tong Su was indulging in reading in the inner hall. The other palace ladies had already been driven out, and there was no one around. Qing He looked around, then quietly walked to the window and whistled softly.
An inconspicuous gray sparrow landed silently in front of the window.
Qinghe wrote a note, stuck it in the sparrow's feathers with wax, fed the sparrow a few grains, and the sparrow spread its wings and flew out of the palace.
The sparrow flew slowly and did not fly high. It stopped for a long time before leaving the palace and landed in an inconspicuous small courtyard. After a while, a vigorous homing pigeon flew up from the courtyard again, spread its wings and left the capital.
People at that time used pigeons or falcons to deliver messages, but these things would be too conspicuous in the palace and would be discovered by Yunzong. Therefore, the messenger Qinghe received as the messenger was a sparrow that no one would suspect.
Use sparrows to avoid Yun Zong's sight, send the secret message out of the palace, and then switch to pigeons to deliver the letter. If the letter is to be delivered to the northwest, the pigeons will stop at an inconspicuous county, and then switch to hawks to continue delivering the letter. .
Fortunately, the recipient of the letter has now left the northwest and is on his way back to the capital, so there is no need to change the falcon.
That night, the Northwest Army returning to Beijing temporarily stationed its camp. In the general's tent in the middle, a pigeon flew in.
The deputy general was talking about business with Xi. He glanced sideways at the pigeon and laughed: "General, why did you receive a letter again? Just tell the truth. Do you have a sweetheart in the capital? Otherwise, you will receive letters every three days!"