Chapter 212

The night at the end of spring and the beginning of summer should have been very beautiful. Have a good dream and wake up with new sunshine and new vitality. However, the night was extremely long. Everyone was awake and waiting for the good news without knowing when it would come.

So is ginger pear.

The sky faded a little bit, as if the ink in the water suddenly faded, and became clear and bright again. I don't know when the moon disappeared. In the distance came the sound of chicken crowing, and at the end of the white sky, there was a dawn.

A boy came in breathlessly from the outside and said, "retreat, push, Cheng Wang withdrew!"

Lu Shi hurriedly asked, "really?"

"Really. Everyone came out of the house." The boy was also very happy. "The boy also met the master on the road. The master said that everyone had worked hard all night and had a meal and rest earlier. There was nothing wrong."

Jiang Li thought to herself, in this way, Yanjing city is guarded.

Mrs. Jiang was also greatly relieved. She was old and stayed overnight. Mammy hurried to take her to the house to have a rest. Lu Shi also stood up. Jiang Jingrui and Jiang Jingyou also stretched. Only Jiang Youyao slept well. She didn't know anything and slept when she was tired. And Jiang Bingji doesn't know what happened at all.

Everyone seemed to feel tired at this time, and they all wanted to go back to bed, even refusing to eat breakfast. Jiang Li sat all night and felt sore, but she was more energetic than them. When she returned to the yard, she casually ate some snacks and hot tea, took off her clothes and lay down in bed, but she didn't sleep for a while, instead, she kept thinking about Cheng Wang.

General Zhaode held Yanjing City, but it is still unknown how much King Cheng's troops have been consumed. If this scourge is to be completely solved, general Zhaode is afraid that he will chase out of the city and wipe out all the rebels. Although there are many soldiers and horses of King Cheng, there are no more people than Yin Zhan. In the original plan of Cheng Wang, there was no such a person as Yin Zhan. Even if there was one, I wouldn't think that after so many years, Yin Zhan's soldiers could still fight. The ghost place in the cloud didn't kill Yan Zhan's spirit, but seemed to get worse and worse.

Jiang Li was not worried that Yin Zhan could not destroy Cheng Wang. She even had an intuition that Cheng Wang had planned this turmoil for many years, and she was afraid that it would be quickly quelled by Yin Zhan. But Yin Zhan's return is really a good thing. There is a wolf, followed by a tiger. This time, I'm afraid that she can think of anything she can think of if she releases the tiger back to the mountain. Can't emperor Hong Xiao think of it?

I don't know how Hong Xiaodi feels now.

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No one knows how Hong Xiaodi feels now. The emperor's heart is unpredictable, and no one dares to speculate.

In the palace and the main hall, the Empress Dowager is talking to Emperor Hong Xiaodi.

The storm caused by Yanjing city is so big that even the empress dowager, who has not asked about the world, has recently frequently left the palace of cining, no longer reciting scriptures, and asked people about the wind outside. It's the same today. Last night, countless people in Yanjing City burned lights all night, waiting for a result, isn't it in the palace? Even the eunuchs and maids in the palace were more afraid than those people.

Although the people are unarmed, the people who become kings can't really slaughter the city. Maybe some people can escape, and those who are unlucky will lose their lives. However, the people in the palace are different. I have never heard of any successful rebel who was kind and soft hearted and let go of the people in the palace. After every rebellion, the real blood flowed into the palace, and almost no one survived.

This is the moment when life hangs in the balance. Life and death are all in one thought. I heard that the Empress Dowager read the Buddhist scriptures in the palace of mercy last night, but I didn't know that countless eunuchs and palace maids were the same, praying secretly in their hearts for a safe night.

Maybe God also had a benevolent heart and heard their prayers, which made them escape.

"The people who became king finally retreated," the Empress Dowager said, "Ai's heart is finally put back in his stomach."

"I worried my mother last night." Emperor Hong Xiaodi said with a smile, "King Cheng can retreat, but also thanks to his mother."

"Ai family didn't do anything," the Empress Dowager also laughed. "It's just copying the Buddhist scriptures. AI family itself knows that this time thanks to the king of Xia County. If he hadn't led the troops back, King Cheng wouldn't have retreated so soon."

"It's really the credit of general Zhaode this time." whether it's intentional or unintentional, Emperor Hong Xiao didn't call Yin Zhan "king of Xiajun", he said: "after reward for merit, I will also reward him well." He sighed again, "I heard that general Zhaode had made great achievements in the war. After so many years, he was still young. I heard that his sons and daughters were also excellent. I have seen him, but I have never seen his sons and daughters."

"The AI family has also heard of it." The Empress Dowager said, "when the emperor wants to reward his merits later, he might as well reward his children, not the Xiajun king himself. His title is high enough, and the previous emperor also rewarded a lot of gold and silver treasures."

"What the mother thinks is." Emperor Hong Xiao said, "all these things have to wait until the matter of King Cheng is completely solved before making plans."

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is going to let the king of Xia Jun pursue the victory?"

"Of course, general Zhaode is the same as I thought, and I also told general Zhaode. King Cheng's ambition has been scheming for so many years, but I forgot that I was also guarding against him. It's not as simple as he thought to want to sit in this position."

He said this with a smile, but in the eyes of the young emperor, there was already a murderous spirit and ambition, which made people cold in their hearts.

The Empress Dowager paused slightly and slowly said, "it's not easy for the emperor for so many years. After all, this position is not what king Cheng can think of, so he is asking for trouble. It's OK for the emperor to do so. After King Cheng's things, the world will be peaceful."

"Thanks to the queen mother," the emperor laughed, "it is the queen mother who recites scriptures and prays for blessings every day, so that God can bless Beiyan."

The queen mother smiled and stopped talking. Emperor Hong Xiaodi looked into the distance, and the sky outside the palace was particularly blue. It was a sunny day. Everyone wanted to control the power of the world, such as picturesque rivers and mountains, killing opportunities everywhere. After leaving, is there anyone else?

I think it's not lacking, but there's one thing he didn't say wrong. He can deal with a king, and naturally he can deal with others. The mantis catches the cicada and the Yellow finch is in the later play. Until the end, no one knows who is the Yellow Finch and who is the cicada.

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By the afternoon of the second day after King Cheng withdrew, all the people had a good rest. When Jiang Li got up, it was almost evening. She slept like this for a day, only feeling sleepy, but she still remembered to ask the boy to send a letter to Ye Mingyu and ask about ye Mingyu's situation. Now in such a chaotic situation, Jiang Yuanbai is more unlikely to let her go out at will.

The boy went quickly and came back quickly. Ye Mingyu didn't want to write a letter, but sent a message to her saying that everything was fine in Ye Fu, and ye Shijie and Xue Huaiyuan were fine. Let Jiang Li stay in the house and don't come out. Take care of yourself. If you can't cope with anything, let someone go to Ye's house and say it, and he will come to protect Jiang Li.

Hearing that ye Fu was ok, Jiang Li was relieved. Even if the day passed like this, it was dangerous. On the fifth day, King Cheng's troops didn't continue to attack the city for the second time. Instead, general Yin Zhan led his troops out.

Before the panic of the previous few days had dissipated, there were new concerns. Tong'er and Bai Xue are also worried. When Bai Xue was boiling tea, he almost accidentally poured the tea on the table.

"What's the matter, snow white?" Jiang Li asked with a smile, "Why are you so distracted?"

Snow White said, "I'm worried about my parents. I don't know when this war will be finished, and I don't know if it will affect my family."

"Isn't Zaohua village far from Yanjing city? Even if there is a war, it won't affect Zaohua village for the time being." Tong'er replied, "compared with Zaohua village, you'd better worry about yourself first. General Zhaode just went out of the city. Did he want to drive King Cheng out of Yanjing completely, but what if King Cheng made a comeback?"

Jiang Li said with a smile, "I don't think he's just expelled. I'm afraid he wants to catch the rebels and wipe them out completely."

Tong'er asked, "really? That's a good thing. Slaves don't have to worry day and night. After general Zhaode has done such a big thing, he still has to go back to the clouds. Slaves thought he would stay in Yanjing city to prevent King Cheng from making a comeback."

"How can it be? The Treasury may not be able to support so many soldiers." Jiang Li said, suddenly moved in her heart, and tong'er's words reminded her. As the saying goes, if the cunning rabbit dies and the running dog cooks, it's meaningless for Yin Zhan to stay in Yanjing city again if he completely destroys Cheng Wang's troops. But Yan Zhan still pursued the victory, or he was simple in mind, dedicated to the country, and did not think too much. As long as he protected Yanjing, he would immediately return to the clouds. Either he was too thoughtful and had other plans. Even after cleaning up Cheng Wang, he expected that he would not return to the cloud and could stay.

Why is this?

Jiang Li's heart slowly showed a trace of uneasiness. The battle ahead is not clear, and I don't know what the final result is. If it's not a soldier, it seems that I can only sit in the house and wait anxiously for an end.

Mingyue came in from outside, looked at Jiang Li, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "girl... The prince's son is coming."

Yin Zhili? Why is he here?

Jiang Li frowned involuntarily. She always smiled at people, but every time she saw Yan Zhili, she would resist, probably because she knew what idea the yuan family and the Yan family were fighting, and she was unwilling to obey.

She went out of the yard and saw Yan Zhili coming after the servant girl.

This time, even Yan Zhiqing didn't appear.

Jiang Li saluted him, "master Yin."

"Miss Jiang, don't be so polite to me." Yin Zhili was still warm in white. He said, "I've just met old lady Jiang. Today, at the meaning of my father, I said a few words to Jiang Shoufu. After that, I sent something to Miss Jiang."

Jiang Li looked at him in surprise. Strange men and women sent things privately, which was somewhat out of the cabinet.

Yin Zhili also seemed to understand that his words were a little abrupt, smiled shyly, and said, "in fact, it was Zhiqing who gave it to you. She knew I was coming to Jiang mansion today, so she asked me to give it to you. I wanted to give it to old lady Jiang, but old lady Jiang asked me to give it to you in person."

Old lady Jiang still didn't give up her idea of being with Yin Zhili, and Jiang Li thought so in her heart. Seeing that Yin Zhili took out a small box, he said, "I have seen it, and I feel it is very suitable for Miss Jiang."

Jiang Li opened the box and looked at it. She was stunned. There was a fan in the box. She pulled it out and saw that the fan was white. I don't know what material it was made of. It was slightly shiny. There was a pear flower embroidered on it. It was very unique and the embroidery work was very exquisite. The color is clear and light, but the handle of the fan is made of jade, which feels cold. There are many fans, but few are so valuable and desirable. If an ordinary girl gets such a fan, she will naturally be happy.

But Jiang Li didn't feel too happy. Although this fan is beautiful, it is still much inferior to Ji Heng's Golden Peony folding fan. Jiang Li felt strange. She didn't like too strong and gorgeous colors at first, but she got along with Ji Heng for a long time and was also infected with Ji Heng's habits. She felt that this snow-white and lovely color was too faint.

Yin Zhili didn't notice Jiang Li's mind, and still laughed, "it's going to be summer soon. I think Miss Jiang can use this fan."

"Thank you for the kindness of the Lord of Pingyang County, and thank you for bringing the fan with me." Jiang Li smiled and thanked.

Yin Zhili said, "just like Miss Jiang."

"I like it very much, thank you, and I'll put it away." Jiang Li put the fan back into the box, closed the box again, and handed it to Bai Xue.

She said "she will collect it well" instead of using it. Yin Zhili's eyes slightly paused, and then said in a warm voice: "you're welcome. The city of Yanjing is not peaceful these days, so Miss Jiang should pay more attention. I heard that King Cheng's men brought Miss Jiang to Huangzhou before. In order to prevent the recurrence of the old thing, it's better to be careful."

Jiang Li said with a smile, "I know my father won't let me out of the house these days. Speaking of it, general Yin is now confronting King Cheng. Don't you have to go?"

Yin Zhili smiled wryly, "I wanted to go with my father, but my father asked me to stay in Yanjing, saying that once there were any changes in Yanjing, I could deal with them."

Jiang Li: "it seems that master Yin also knows the art of military training?"

"As a general, I have to learn more or less, not only me, but also love."

Jiang Li said with a smile, "it's really admirable."

Yin Zhili said, "I think Miss Jiang has the style of military division. Although she has no martial arts and is unarmed, she can also win the battle thousands of miles away."

"Master Yin said it was me? When did I do these things?"

Yin Zhili laughed, "we have heard those things in Tongxiang in the clouds. Zhiqing told me before that he wanted to see you very much. After seeing you last time, he said that you were different from her imagination. It looked really quiet and gentle, not like a woman who was so decisive."

"When it comes to decisiveness, I don't want to teach others. Why should master Yin tease me?"

Her tone was slow. When Yan Zhili joked with her, Jiang Li didn't show any shyness, but she looked very comfortable.

"I don't know how general Yin's war situation is now?"

"Miss Jiang, don't worry. Although Cheng Wang has been planning for many years, he is not from the army after all. Most of the soldiers are mobs. When it comes to troop formation, he is not my father's opponent. Therefore, sooner or later, Cheng Wang's rebellion will subside, but it's only a matter of time. And I heard from my father's people that he can eliminate all Cheng Wang's troops in less than one month."

He should have said this to comfort Jiang Li not to worry, but it made Jiang Li think of something else. She asked, "will general Yin and you return to the clouds after becoming king?"

Yan Zhili was stunned, and then laughed, "this... I don't know yet."

He said he didn't know it yet, but he didn't admit that he would return to the cloud. Jiang Li's heart had a dispute. She no longer said anything, Yin Zhili added: "when we first met, Zhiqing saved a child. I thought it was Miss Jiang's brother, but I heard that Miss Jiang didn't have such an old brother."

"That was the child I saved when I was in Huangzhou." Jiang Li said, "all his family members died by thieves during the turmoil in Huangzhou. He was the only one left in the family. I saw that he was helpless and wanted to bring him back. Later, my friend, who was kind-hearted, simply accepted him as an apprentice."

"Friends?" Yan Zhili said with a smile, "it's the people who followed Duke Su that day."

He knew Ji Heng's identity and thought it was Yin Zhiqing who told him. Ji Heng and Yin Zhan are enemies, and Yan Zhili naturally won't have a good impression on Ji Heng. What do you mean by asking her now?

"Is Miss Jiang familiar with Duke Su?"

"Not very familiar." Jiang Li smiled and directly blocked back, "if Prince Yin wants to listen to the news of Duke Su for the county leader, I'm really helpless and can't help."

Yin Zhili looked at Jiang Li in astonishment. About he didn't expect Jiang Li to be so clear, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, as if he was very helpless, but also a little funny, "I didn't expect Miss Jiang to be so frank."

"The county Lord is also very straightforward."

"Zhiqing she had been living in the clouds before. She was innocent and didn't know anything about the world. Duke Su was excellent. She just asked casually, without any other meaning." Yin Zhili road.

"I know." Jiang Li smiled, "I just casually said, there is no other meaning, young master Yin, don't care."

Her tone was mild and almost docile. However, what she said was always stuffy, which made people angry and unable to get angry. She was also inexplicably embarrassed.

Yin Zhili didn't talk about Ji Heng with Jiang Li anymore, but instead talked about something else. Ask Jiang Li about her past, but he is very considerate to skip those not so beautiful past, such as being sent to Qingcheng Mountain, and Jiang Li being stigmatized and pushing Ji shuran to miscarry. What he talked about was all good things.

Just what Yin Zhili didn't know, Jiang Li was not the real second Miss Jiang. Those beautiful things are just nonsense of Jiang Li now. He listened carefully without doubt.

It seems that he is really a simple person with no intention.

Jiang Li thought silently and said something for a while before Yin Zhili left.

Jiang Li didn't send Yan Zhili. Now she was full of what Yan Zhan wanted to do, and she couldn't care about Yan Zhili. Instead, the servant girls in the yard gathered around and looked at each other, and the moon whispered, "girl, why did you come to see you?"

Mingyue and Qingfeng are in the outer yard, not as close as tong'er and Bai Xue follow Jiang Li, so they don't know about Jiang Li and Ji Heng. In their eyes, the son of Yin was already an impeccable candidate, which was many times better than the marriage that Jiang Youyao robbed and later was occupied by Jiang yu'e. Besides, the prince is much more clever than a marquis. Besides, although Zhou Yanbang is good, he is really dwarfed by the gentle and handsome son of the world.

Tong'er said, "go, people just come to deliver things for the county Lord. The girl asked him about the war. Our girl was concerned about the people. He was the son of the general. Naturally, she knew how the situation was now. The girl just asked for a long time, which delayed the time. Don't talk nonsense, there's nothing special, and she didn't come to see the girl specially. Let's go, let's go." As she waved, she pushed out the bright moon and the breeze.

Jiang Li went to the yard. Bai Xue closed the door. Tong'er curled his mouth outside and said, "it's too big to watch the excitement."

The two servant girls, Bai Xue, were originally the daughters of farmers. She didn't want other families to have children as slaves since childhood. She knew so many rules. Bai Xue was honest and responsible. Jiang Li's idea was her idea. Tong'er followed Jiang Li in Qingcheng Mountain for eight years, and had long been disobedient. She was much more open-minded than the servant girls in the yard, and was not constrained to see things. Yin Zhili is certainly good, but his girl doesn't like it, so forget it. If the girl doesn't like it, can she tie a sedan chair?

Snow White put the box in front of Jiang Li and said, "girl, this fan?"

Jiang Li wanted someone to put the fan away, but somehow, she changed her mind and said, "it's almost summer, so put it on the table. When it gets hot, you can use it."

Situ Jiujiu said that all things in the world are interdependent, and even doctors know the method of fighting poison with poison. If she can't even handle a fan, she's really grown so old in vain.

She didn't like Yin Zhili, but Ji Heng didn't want it either. She just had a good life. Who knows what will happen in the future? Entanglement is just adding trouble.

Life is like a quick knife to cut the mess, which is called happy gratitude and hatred.

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In the government house, Zhao was struggling to move his body.

Situ later gave him a wheelchair in September. There are several wheels on and under the chair, which can be supported by others to move around. He still couldn't walk, but when nothing happened, he also tried to push himself to the yard to bask in the sun.

He met Zhao Ke in the yard.

Zhao knew Zhao Ke. Once Zhao Ke came to see him and said to him, "you are a blessed man. When you came out of the private prison that day, it was my brother who recited you."

A Zhao thanked him.

He knew that the place where he lived was the government house. The owner of the government house was Duke su. He had also heard Ji Heng's name. In his memory, he was a cruel beauty, but Zhao Ke said that Ji Heng saw him in the private prison of the princess house that day and asked people to bring him out.

Ji Heng was his lifesaver, and Zhao did not deny this. Normally speaking, he used to hate such people. He always felt that he should be with open and aboveboard people. He always avoided people who played politics and had deep intentions. But after a trip to the edge of life and death, a Zhao's many ideas have changed. Shen Yurong seems to be a good man. In those days, he shouted "brother-in-law and brother-in-law" affectionately. Although he also hated that Shen Yurong could not protect his sister well without martial arts, he had read so many books that ah Zhao admired him in his heart.

But it is such a scholar who has no strength to bind a chicken. He is familiar with the four books and five classics. He looks gentle, courteous and frugal, but he has done something worse than a pig or a dog to his wife. Unfortunately, he has no enemies, and there is no chance. Princess Yongning and shenyurong have been denounced by the Jiang family and sentenced to pay for Xue Fangfei's life.

And Ji Heng... Ah Zhao thought that he was completely different from Shen Yurong. Everyone was afraid of being notorious, but such a person saved himself from prison. What's the point of saving himself? His legs are disabled and his martial arts are not good. Zhao Ke said to him that at first Ji Xuan saved him, probably to make him a bodyguard in the government, but now he can't be a bodyguard. And the Duke of the country seems to have forgotten him. Ah Zhao didn't see him after he entered the house.

But a Zhao still remembered the last time he saw Ji Heng, in the darkness of the cell, during the torture day after day, everyone had been used to such darkness. At first, he would cry and howl, but in the end, he had no mind at all, and even his will to survive was destroyed. Zhao insisted. One day, when he thought he was about to fail, something happened in the private prison. He thought that Princess Yongning had brought someone to torture them again. The person he didn't want to come was not princess Yongning, but several strange men.

Two of the men got any orders, so they searched one by one along the cell, as if they were looking for someone. The remaining man walked carelessly. In such a terrible scene like hell, he turned a blind eye and walked leisurely.

Zhao didn't know what these people were doing, but he didn't want to miss any chance, even if it was gambling on his own life. You know, if he wins the bet, he can go out to avenge his sister. If he loses, it's just a life. And staying here will sooner or later be killed by the bored Princess Yongning.

He dragged his legs to climb to the fence of the cell, and happened to see the man walking in front of him, so he stretched out his hand hard and grabbed the corner of his clothes.

The man's boots stopped in front of him.

He saw an extremely beautiful and gorgeous eye. From his eyes, there was a dismissive indifference, although he was still smiling.

A Zhao's heart was cold and a little desperate, but he still said what he wanted to say.

Then he was saved.

Now when I think of it, he has had an indescribable sense of destiny since then.

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The relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law can be said to be very good