Zuo Jinwei led an army of 20,000 tigers and beasts, and with the family members of the courtiers of Dayan who had been rescued, he set off back to Beijing in a mighty way. He was very excited along the way, and he kept staring at the "Pang Xiao". The carriage, for fear that the cunning guy would run away halfway.
However, "Pang Xiao" has been peaceful all the way. Xu is seriously ill. He basically doesn't get out of the car very much. There is only a young captain to follow. Eight-year-old girl.
Zuo Jinwei once called the little girl to come and ask questions. Who would have known that the little girl was actually a mute, who would only look at people timidly, with the silliness of a simple person in the mountains. Let Zuo Jinwei have no interest in interrogating such a child at all.
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At the same time in the capital, Zhou Emperor Li Qitian saw the second secret report from Zuo Jinwei, and his anger could hardly be suppressed.
He threw the report on the table and picked up the white porcelain tea bowl on his left, but his hands trembling with anger rattled the lid of the bowl, and the tea soup was almost poured out.
Li Qitian angrily threw the tea bowl on the ground again, "Who made the tea! It's so hot, how can I eat it!"
"Your Highness, forgive your sins!" The maid on the side immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
In fact, everyone knows that the bowl of tea can't be hot.
When they serve the sage, they naturally have to take care of all these trivial matters. The tea soup should be six or seven minutes hot, just right for the entrance.
This is the case with the sage, but he has encountered unpleasant things and is angry.
The great eunuch Li Guanwen immediately came forward and saluted: "Sacred Lord, calm down, it's the servant who neglected to observe." He turned around and glared at the palace maid: "Don't get out of here yet to receive the punishment!"
The palace maid was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground.
For her, this is like a bolt from the blue, a disaster! But where can the maid dare to have other ideas? If she said too much, she would even lose her life from being punished if she did something wrong.
"Forget it, it's not a big deal." Li Qitian calmed down and sighed, "You all step back, Li Guanwen stays."
"Yes, thank you Sheng Shanglong!" The palace maid let out a sigh of relief, kowtowed three times in a row in gratitude, and then she respectfully retreated.
The servants and palace maids serving in the imperial study are all Li Qitian's cronies. In his private space, he must use people he can trust, otherwise, even in his own territory, he will not be able to relax completely. Doing so today is also a means of buying people's hearts.
Li Qitian was used to giving a sweet date with a slap in the face like this, Li Guanwen had already figured out the sage's temperament, and it was no surprise.
When the crowds filed down and only Li Qitian and Li Guanwen were left in the imperial study, Li Qitian said, "Do you know the contents of the report?"
Li Guanwen brought another bowl of tea for Li Qitian with a smile, and said with a smile, "Look at what the sage asked, the servants only know how to serve by the sage all day long, how can they know what's going on outside? If the sage wants the servants to know, The slaves will naturally know."
Li Qitian threw the report to Li Guanwen and said, "You old slicker, take a look."
Li Guanwen hurriedly held up the report with both hands, read it carefully, and then said in shock, "This Prince Zhongshun... is he trying to rebel!"
"Hmph, these two are unwilling to give me peace of mind! They all regard me as a soft persimmon that is easy to handle. The military talisman of the Hu Ben army has been handed over to me, and he dares to act like this!"
Li Guanwen hurriedly hunched over, not daring to say a word.
It was not until he was sure that the anger of the sage had subsided, and then he said: "It seems that Prince Zhongshun is really sincere to the young lady of the Qin family. Something happened to the team that surrendered this time, and Prince Zhongshun was so anxious that he didn't even care about the emperor's life. Now, just go to save people with people and horses in a hurry, it seems that since ancient times, it is true that heroes have been saddened by Meirenguan."
Hearing a eunuch analyze in front of him what "heroes are saddened by beauty", Li Qitian couldn't help laughing, "You eunuch know a lot."
Li Guanwen smiled shyly, and then said, "Your Majesty, the Hu Ben army is now stationed outside the city, which is really too dangerous. You have to prepare early."
Li Qitian pondered for a moment, and on a face that was always full of peace, a friendly smile appeared, "Where is Ji Lan now?"
"Go back to the saint, Ding Beihou is still kneeling outside to reflect. He has been kneeling for a day and a night."
Li Qitian sighed and said: "Although he acted recklessly and caused a big embarrassment to me, Ji Lan is also sincere to me, and knows that he has to rush back to the capital to apologize to me, so let him stop kneeling. Come in and meet me."
"Yes. The servant will go here."
Li Guanwen saluted and stepped back, went outside the imperial study, and helped Ji Zeyu, who was kneeling upright, and ordered the little maid to massage Ji Zeyu's legs, and then put ointment on the bruised knees, and then said respectfully: " Lord Hou, the sage invites you to come in and talk."
Ji Zeyu breathed a sigh of relief secretly, said "Thank you" to Li Guanwen with a cold face, and then entered the imperial study.
Li Guanwen originally wanted to go in to serve, but the sage did not allow anyone to serve, so what the sage and Ji Zeyu were talking about, they would not know.
At this time, Pang Xiao, who had just returned to Prince Zhongshun's mansion secretly, had already learned that Ji Zeyu had also returned to the capital to ask for his guilt.
Pang Xiao frowned and said nothing for a long time.
Hu Zi said: "My lord, you are really taking too much risk this time. Even for the sake of the four girls, you can't... Even though you have come back now. But that doesn't mean that the sage doesn't know anything about it. Since the sage knows everything , it must be taking the opportunity to give you a big one, what will you do then?"
How could Pang Xiao not understand these truths
It's just that when he strongly wants to do something, it doesn't matter what the consequences are. At least now he can be sure that Qin Yining is still alive, not the corpse he has seen in his nightmares these days.
Pang Xiaotian was not afraid, what he was most afraid of was Qin Yining being wronged and hurt, but this time, he didn't think about it.
How could Pang Xiao think that Ji Zeyu would be so impulsive, so he defied the imperial decree and led someone to kill him
But thinking about it carefully, Pang Xiao's heart was a little bitter.
Is Ji Zeyu's move really just to avenge him
Based on the understanding he has known with Ji Zeyu for many years, Ji Zeyu has a deep scheming and a shrewd mind, and is on a par with the saints. As the commander of the Longchung Army, he suppressed the Tartars to the death on the northern side of Megatron. Such a person. How can someone who is brave and resourceful be someone who does something reckless on the spur of the moment
Pang Xiao didn't need to think about it, he knew that Ji Zeyu's approach was really killing two birds with one stone.
But he didn't want to try to figure out a brother with the darkest mind.
Pang Xiao ignored the rumors outside and continued to pretend to be ill after talking with his mother, grandfather and grandmother at home.
And the Hu Ben army, who had traveled long distances in the snow, finally arrived in the capital.
As soon as Li Qitian heard that Zuo Jinwei had brought people back, he immediately ordered the soldiers and horses of the Fifth Army Camp, Shenji Camp, and Three Thousand Battalion, together with the 10,000 Longchong Army who had been left behind by Ji Zeyu outside the city, to take the two soldiers who had reached the city gate. The Wanhu Ben army strictly blocked the outer city gate.