New·New Consort

Frontier emergency reports, the first to get the news is often not the people around, but the station where the fast horses are galloping.At this moment, the Huailai countryside is still peaceful.

At the gate of the Xu Family Courtyard, Tianxiang was relieved and sad when she learned of the prince's intention to ask her for money:

"Since my brother has such a heart, why don't we go back to Beijing together to persuade my father? This idea of ​​repairing Xiantai will naturally avoid the corvee in Guizhou near the capital."

The prince blinked and shook his head gently: "I can't persuade him, no one can persuade him."

Seeing this, Li Zhaoting stepped forward in a hurry to speak out, but Feng Suzhen stretched out his hand to stop him.

Tianxiang knew that the prince's heart was deeply scarred by his father's unfeelingness: "It's okay, then you can go back to Beijing with us, and I will give the Xu family a hundred taels of silver to redeem the corvee."

The prince smiled in relief.

Before leaving, the prince picked up Xiao Hua'er.

Little Hua'er's big eyes flickered: "Little brother, why are you leaving, the wooden bird can't fly yet!"

The prince pinched Xiao Hua'er's face affectionately: "When the wooden bird can fly, my little brother will ride the wooden bird back to see you."

Little Flower giggled.

Tianxiang people were very lively on the way back to Huailai eastward. From time to time, they saw craftsmen in shabby clothes walking towards Huailai with grave expressions and staggering steps. , and went to Beijing together to repair Xiantai for the emperor.

The prince sat on the donkey, looking around in a daze, feeling a little sad.

A peaceful voice suddenly came from the side: "Your Highness, do you now have an intuitive feeling about taxes and corvee?"

The prince was stunned for a moment, followed the prestige, and met Feng Suzhen's clear eyes.

He bowed his head in silence.

Feng Suzhen was not in a hurry, she just recited softly: "What merits do I have today, I have never been involved in farming and mulberry. The official salary is three hundred stones, and the year-old Yan has surplus food..."

Everyone was tired from walking yesterday, so after walking for a long time, they still haven't reached Huailai City, so they had to go to the nearest post station to take a rest, and then changed carriages and fast horses to return to Beijing.

But before they found the station, everyone noticed something strange, there were more soldiers coming and going nearby.

Suddenly, Tianxiang saw Shan Shiwen in military uniform.

When Shan Shiwen saw the crowd from afar, he breathed a sigh of relief, slapped his horse forward, and hurriedly asked them to go back to Beijing overnight.

Tianxiang didn't know, so she went in: "What's wrong?"

Shan Shiwen smiled wryly: "Princess, Xuanda fought yesterday."

The news of Xuanda's fight spread to Huailai City first, earlier than the capital.Shan Shiwu, commander of Huailai Weidu, immediately became flustered.Huailai is only a hundred miles away from Xuan Mansion, if Xuan Da fights, Huailai will definitely not be spared.Huailai Guards had a total of 600 soldiers, but they were all scattered in the surrounding counties. Only a thousand or so soldiers remained in Huailai City.

The most serious thing at present is that Xuanda's soldiers were transferred to Liaodong in batches due to the truce, and currently less than [-]% of the original troops are still guarding the front line of Xuanda.

Once there is a gap in the front line of Xuanda, Huailai will be the last barrier of the capital.

Who would have thought that the Chahar tribe, who had been beaten like a bereaved dog by Gu Chengen, would suddenly rise up and declare war when Xuanda's frontline troops were weakest? !

The reason for declaring war, in the final analysis, was the military field certificate.

Gu Chengen stopped the distribution of military land coupons, and after a thorough investigation, it was found that not only were there a plethora of fake military land coupons, but also lieutenant generals took advantage of the scarcity of military land coupons to inflate their prices, causing a storm.Now businessmen from all over the world gathered in Xuandafu City and lined up to check the authenticity of their military land coupons, and each of them stopped their business.And because the funds raised by the military land coupons were frozen, the business of buying horses negotiated by the imperial court and Chahar was postponed indefinitely.

The Chahar tribe is in a barren land outside the mouth, and Chahar Khan obediently ceased fighting for the sake of this trade. Now it seems that the Han people in the mouth can’t figure it out because of a coupon, and it’s fine if they can’t buy things in the mouth. The tens of thousands of horses in the country can't be sold, but their feed is wasted in vain!Chahar Khan became angry immediately, and sent a letter asking why Gu Chengen didn't keep his promise.

Gu Chengen, as a great official in the frontier, had a lot of communication and frequent correspondence in his daily life. Naturally, many clerks took care of his paperwork for him.

And the clerk who was in charge of checking the letters of the Hal Department was his brother-in-law who caused the fake bond incident and was suspended for punishment!And because this position was originally occupied by the commander's brother-in-law, no one dared to take this position for a while.

It took more than half a month for Chahar Khan to send out the letter. Seeing that no one responded to him, he simply stopped writing a second letter. Taking advantage of the lack of troops on the opposite side, he directly declared war on the grounds that "the Han people did not keep faith and delayed the horse market."

Tianxiang felt as if she had fallen into a huge absurdity.

She grasped the experience and lessons of her previous life, not only failed to avoid the events that should be avoided the most in her previous life, but instead triggered a war.If this matter were placed in the previous life, she would not even dare to think about it.

I didn't see this happen in my previous life, so it can be seen that the fishermen of the Chahar tribe in the previous life made a lot of money through the horse market.How many merchants in the previous life did not dare to report the secret loss of military land coupons because they involved the army?It happened at this time that the incident of taking over Xiantai happened, so how many corrupt officials used military land coupons to make a lot of money in order to "show loyalty" to the emperor and "buy officials and titles"? !

Tianxiang clenched her fists tightly, secretly hating herself in her previous life.

At that time, she was immersed in the struggle to take over Sendai, and she accepted the money in exchange for the blood licking with peace of mind, and sent her beloved "man" to the aspect, but she didn't think about it at all.It's all right for the father to do this kind of self-destruction of the Great Wall to collect money. Those crazy people who want to buy officials and nobles, how can their money be clean? !

But no amount of deep hatred right now is futile, all she can do right now is to send the prince back to the capital as soon as possible.

"It's getting late at the moment, and this place is still more than [-] miles away from the capital. We've been walking for two days, and it's unavoidable to travel at night. It's dangerous. Right now, troops and horses are being mobilized outside the city, and even a little wind and grass will easily attract attention, and there may be danger. Misunderstanding - I can only return to Beijing tomorrow morning." Feng Suzhen frowned.

"But the battle line is only two hundred miles away," Li Zhaoting said worriedly, "Both Your Highnesses are rich in gold, so they can't be wasted at all. Let's go back to Beijing as soon as possible."

"If Xuan Da can't keep it, the capital may not be safe." Feng Suzhen said quietly.

Everyone was silent, the prince hugged the wooden bird tightly in his arms, pursed his lips and asked nervously: "Xuan Da, will you not be able to keep it?"

Shan Shiwen said: "Mr. Song has been building red cannons in Xuanda for the past few years. The walls and fortresses of Xuanfu and Datong are as strong as iron walls. But the battle line between the two governments stretches for hundreds of miles and there are many fortresses. If Xuanda The troops are sufficient, and those Tartars are determined to have no possibility of breaking through the line of defense—but now, I'm afraid..."

The Xuanda line of defense is composed of fortresses. Once a fortress is lost, it is easy to let the Tartars in. Even if this small group of troops will not hurt their bones, they will inevitably burn, kill and loot, and affect the civilians.

Tianxiang felt a pain in her heart.

"Report--" There was a sudden scream, everyone was startled, and turned their heads to look at the voice.

In the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance, a tall black horse ran towards it, and on its back was a bloody man covered in blood.He was on the verge of falling, and he was about to fall off the horse.

Feng Suzhen was shocked, soared into the air lightly, landed on the back of the black horse, reached out from behind the bloody man to rein in the rein, and then controlled the horse, making it stop temporarily.

Everyone stepped forward to look at it, and found that this man had broken his arm, and his military uniform was almost covered by blood stains.

A few soldiers stepped forward to help Feng Suzhen help the man off the horse. Feng Suzhen quickly tapped the man's acupuncture points to stop the bleeding. The man regained consciousness, saw Feng Suzhen's appearance clearly, and moaned softly, "It's you?"

Feng Suzhen was taken aback, and after careful identification, she exclaimed, "More than a hundred households?"

This person is exactly the hundreds of households who once protected Gu Chengen's brother-in-law in his arms to collect money.

Feng Suzhen had no time to think about it, and immediately tore off his sleeve to treat his wound. She had learned some medical skills from the old man, but she had never seen such a serious injury.

There were no less than dozens of sword wounds on his body, and his left arm was obviously cut off with a sharp blade. Maybe he didn't notice it when he cut it, but afterwards he had to bear the pain of liver and gallbladder and the despair of disability.

Shan Shiwen asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Yu Baihu's eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Xinping Fort has fallen, and the Tartars... have come in!"

Tianxiang turned pale with shock, and immediately ordered: "Shan Shiwen, send some skilled people to the west to warn the towns and counties, to fortify the walls and clear the fields, so that the people can avoid disaster!"

More than a hundred households said hoarsely: "The matter of the city's destruction, thousands of households stationed in the fort died for their country, and asked me to spread the news. I rode the fast horse given to me by the commander and galloped all the way, shouting all the way. Presumably the people in the west are going Huai Lai rushed."

"Xinpingbao..." Li Zhaoting murmured, pinching his fingers to make the calculation, and suddenly his face changed, "No, it's too close, we have to go back to Huailai City as soon as possible!"

"Xinping Fort is not far from here, but it's not easy to reach. How could you be injured like this?" Feng Suzhen's voice turned cold, and everyone suddenly felt something was wrong.

According to this, Xinpingbao has more than two hundred miles, even if he is a fast horse, his blood should be exhausted after running for three to five hours.Could it be that the Tartars have already followed?

Yu Baihu endured the pain with a wry smile and said, "There are a few Tartar scouts following me all the way. I just shook them off half an hour ago. I got an arrow in my left arm. I didn't notice it at first. I just saw that my left arm was black and blue. Knowing that the Tartars' crossbow arrows were poisoned, they cut off their own arm!"

Everyone's hearts were touched.

Feng Suzhen pursed her thin lips tightly: "Strong man!"

The prince on the side turned pale, and he seemed to have thought of a possibility: "Half an hour ago? No, no, no!"

A blue figure descended lightly from the side, its tiger eyes slightly opened, its thick eyebrows raised deeply, and it also said in a deep voice: "Not good!"

The prince hurried forward and grabbed Yijian Piaohong's arm: "I want to go back! I want to go back! Go back to Xujiawan Township!"

The news of the loss of Xuanda's defense spread rapidly!

The originally impenetrable line of defense was torn open. Although Gu Chengen quickly led his troops to recapture the pass, he still let in more than ten thousand strong soldiers in Chahar. They swept the nearby villages all the way and went straight to Huailai. Come.

Huailai is in a hurry!

The city wall of Huailai was brightly lit, and Shan Shiwu was busy arranging fortifications for the city. After hearing the news, the people in the suburbs of Huailai flocked to the city to seek the protection of the city wall.

On the city wall, Song Changgeng commanded the temporarily summoned soldiers to carry and assemble the defense equipment. The Huailai Guards only gathered [-] defenders under intense dispatch. There were no soldiers in Huailai. The capital was in danger right now, and there was no surplus Huailai is the last line of defense to guard the capital. Once Huailai can't hold it, the capital can't even defend it!

Song Changgeng looked at the hustle and bustle in front of him, and felt sad. He recalled the scene when the bad news of Li Zicheng's capture of the capital in the previous dynasty came, and the scene in his hometown Fengxin was full of wailing.

The county magistrate of Huailai lamented at the side: "It would be great if Huailai had the red barbarian guns. The city of Huailai can be defended as solid as gold. Not to mention the nearly ten thousand stragglers in Chahar, it is Chahar Khan who sent his whole country to come. It's no match. It's the county's short-sightedness, who only cares about farming, but forgets to give Huailai the foundation of the city!"

Shan Shiwu, who was wiping his sweat on the city wall at the side, heard the words, and said seriously: "The county magistrate doesn't have to blame himself. This is because Chahar broke the contract first. Who would have expected the war to resume after two years of truce?"

"Master County, I heard that many craftsmen entered the city yesterday?" Song Changgeng said suddenly.

The county magistrate said: "That's right, they were called by the sage to take over Xiantai. There were about 200 people who hadn't had time to send them to the capital. Now the army is in chaos, and the sage also stopped the conscript to take over Xiantai. They are all placed in the county government for the time being. gone."

"Leave them to me for use." Song Changgeng showed a complex look on his face, saying that fortune and misfortune depend on each other, but when these two misfortunes meet, he would rather let these craftsmen go to the capital to repair the big and useless for the emperor. Lao Shizi picks up Sendai.

The county magistrate hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, thanks to Brother Song helping me, I feel more at ease."

"Shan Dudu, how long can we wait?" Song Changgeng turned to Shan Shiwu.

Shan Shiwu made a calculation: "Two days, counting the schedule, the Tartars who broke through the line of defense will come here in light clothes, the fastest two days, this Huaihuai will come to the city—" He smiled bitterly, "It's all about me waiting for my brother to use his life." It's a scene of fighting for military merit."

Liaodong has been mobilizing troops back to defend, but it will take at least ten days and a half months for the army to move out, and it will not be able to quench the near thirst. Huailai can only rely on the more than 2000 soldiers of Huailaiwei to carry it.

Knowing his difficulties, the county magistrate restrained his mournful expression, and solemnly bowed to him deeply: "The fortunes and lives of thousands of families and tens of thousands of Qianshou are all in the hands of the governor."

Shan Shiwu cupped his fists in return.

"Shan Dudu, besides the news of the fall of Xinping Fort, did you bring other news?" Song Changgeng asked again.

Shan Shiwu knew what Song Changgeng was asking, and he shook his head solemnly.

The night was as dark as ink, and on the country road outside Huailai City, a group of people and horses were slowly marching towards Huailai City under the illumination of the moonlight.Most of the people in this team were wearing military uniforms, their expressions were vigilant, and their actions were measured.Among them, the one in the middle is a young man in plain clothes wearing a Confucian shirt.

The prince riding on the tall horse looked back anxiously, and Li Zhaoting, who was driving the horse next to him, comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry, the sword hero and the concubine princess have already brought their people. A few Tartars, I don't think it will be a problem."

The prince had no choice but to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and concentrate on looking at the road. He hugged the wooden bird in his arms that had accompanied him for more than 800 days and nights, and murmured: "Wooden bird, wooden bird, I promised Xiaohuaer that I will let you She saw you fly!"

At the gate of Xu Changsheng's house, the fragrance of heaven lingers in his throat.

Just now, she and Feng Suzhen managed to stop the impulsive prince, and ordered Li Zhaoting, Liu Qian and others to bring him and more than a hundred families who were seriously injured back to the city overnight. Together with Yijian Piaohong, she led some people to look for the Tartars.

Among the people Shan Shiwen brought were scouts. They searched along the way Yu Baihu had said, and found the messy horseshoe marks of the Tartars, and finally turned to Xujiawan Township.

The night in Xujiawan Township was filled with an abnormal tranquility.Not only was there no human voice, but even the crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs had ceased.

Because most of the village has been reduced to ashes at this time, the original small courtyard of the Xu family now only has a fence and a well in the courtyard.

They are the guardians of the grassland people, but they are bandits from the Han land. They can do anything.

With a sound of "Zheng", the long sword was unsheathed, and the remaining flames reflected the red and iron face of the sword. He turned to Shan Shiwen behind him: "There is movement in the northeast."

Shan Shiwen nodded, and ordered to the soldiers behind him: "You follow."

Tianxiang gritted her teeth to keep up, but was stopped by Yijian Piaohong: "Smell, I don't want you to go."

Tianxiang was taken aback for a moment, then stopped, her back was supported, and it was Feng Suzhen who supported her shoulders.She heard Feng Suzhen's clear voice: "Brother Jian, let's go, I will stay here with her."

Yijian Piaohong nodded, and led the people away.

Tianxiang questioned in surprise: "Why, why didn't you let me kill those beasts?!"

The hands behind her straightened herself, Tianxiang turned around in a daze, and met Feng Suzhen's serious and concerned face: "Since you heard the news of Chahar's declaration of war just now, you have been in a state of despair. Brother has noticed that your state is not stable. Although you have kung fu, you have never really killed anyone, brother Jian naturally dare not let you go——Tianxiang, what's wrong with you?"

Tianxiang stared blankly at her for a while, then suddenly shed a line of tears: "My son-in-law, did I do something wrong?"

Feng Suzhen frowned and became nervous: "Why do you think so, what did you do wrong?"

"Should I not take care of the military field certificate? If I don't intervene, the military field certificate will not be stopped and the investigation will not be stopped, nor will this incident be caused..." Before she finished speaking, Feng Suzhen interrupted her up.

"Why do you think so?" Feng Suzhen was surprised, and she said with a straight face: "Even if there is a mistake in this matter, it is the fault of some young people who tried to cheat for personal gain, and the fault is that Chahar Khan broke the contract outrageously. The one who makes mistakes, not the one who fixes them.”

"However, if I don't take care of this matter, Gu Cheng'en will be able to fulfill the horse market agreement in time, and Chahar Khan will not declare war because of this, nor will so many people die!" Tianxiang shouted loudly, with a few hints in her voice. He choked up, "I went to intervene in Uncle Thirteen's affairs, but Uncle Thirteen is still dead; I avoided the capital and came here in Anhuai, just to make my brother better, but I provoked this war for no reason. I shouldn't do anything, I shouldn't be contaminated by this karma, I just need to be an ignorant princess, and just mess around all day, I have..."

Since you will remove the traitors around my father for me, help my elder brother to the throne, and open up 20 years of peace for future generations.

Feng Suzhen couldn't understand the deep guilt in her heart.

She came from another ending of another line, and she knew that if there was no one here, Chahar would not have fought at all. In the 20 years of later generations, Chahar and Handi lived in peace, All is well.

Compared with the previous life, the only change is that she came here for the prince and interfered in this matter.Thinking about it, Tianxiang's eyes dimmed, and before she knew it, her face was already full of tears.

"Are you always like this, asking yourself instead?" Feng Suzhen wiped away the tears from the corners of Tianxiang's eyes with calloused fingers, her voice was a little gentler than usual.Ever since she changed into men's clothing, she has always lowered her voice, and it is rare to speak in such a gentle voice. She has broken away from the original indisputable clarity, and has almost completely become a clear female voice: "Chahar's wolf ambition, if you don't If it breaks out, it will be a bigger catastrophe when they get enough benefits from the Han land. The world is like a new game of chess. Once you make a move, even if you can count all the changes of the chess game, you can't prevent it. Will the world suddenly collapse and the game of chess will not go on."

"Remember your original purpose of choosing Huailai. You want the prince to get a good teacher, you want the prince to understand his responsibilities, and you want the prince to become a qualified heir apparent. Your idea is correct."

"Remember your original purpose of intervening in the military field coupons. You want to recover the losses of those who were innocently deceived. You want to use the money collected for the military plots where it should be used. Your idea is right. .”

"If you do good with your heart, you will not be rewarded for doing good, but there will be people who benefit from it. If you do evil with no intention, you will not be punished even if you do evil, not to mention that you have not done evil. The cause and effect in the world are inextricably linked, and it is not your fault alone. Now Chahar’s breach of contract may indeed be caused by you, but it has evolved into today’s situation because of Chahar Khan’s insanity, and his madness also laid the cause for his demise. Cause and effect intersect Infinity, if you have to wrap yourself in it, wouldn't you be responsible for all the wrong things in the world?"

"We can't predict the ending, and we can't decide the trend of everything, because we don't know how much change our life will have in the future. But we can't be afraid because of this, don't make choices, don't try our best, and don't take responsibility. We All you can do is do your best.”

The remaining flames were still slowly burning around, Feng Suzhen supported Tianxiang's shoulders, the two looked at each other, and the surroundings were silent, only the faint sound of fighting coming from the northeast direction that Yijian Piaohong mentioned just now—and The sound of children crying close at hand.

The two were taken aback, Tian Xiang hurriedly wiped away the remaining tears on her face: "Where is the voice from?"

Feng Suzhen's ears are sensitive, and she quickly determined the direction: "Over there!"

She drew out her sword, pushed aside the burning courtyard door, cut her way out, and entered Xu's courtyard together with Tianxiang.

The sound came from the well.

An uninvited guest quietly visited the eight prefectures in the capital city at night.

"Master Zhang rested early enough." Director Wang touched the sweat that didn't exist on his face with his handkerchief, as if he was quite disgusted with the masculinity in the room.

Zhang Shaomin was only wearing a tunic inside and a robe on his body. He really woke up from a dream. He said with a smile: "There are so many complicated things in the official day, so it is inevitable that he rests early at night. I don't know if Wang Gonggong visits late at night. What are you doing?" He naturally took a glass of water and handed it to the prince.

Director Wang took the tea bowl, opened it and saw it was full of golden beans, and then snorted in satisfaction: "Miscellaneous family, I have a message for the one in the palace."

Zhang Shaomin knelt down respectfully: "Zhang Shaomin respectfully invites Shengan."

Director Wang cupped his hands towards the north: "Sheng Gong'an. Listen Zhang Shaomin, the war is declared at this moment, and Chahar just wants some benefits, which is not a big deal. But now the prince and princess are all in his arms, and the body of a thousand gold is in danger. I am very disturbed. I have a special message for you, no matter what, no matter what the price is, bring the prince back to me intact!"

Zhang Shaomin replied: "Zhang Shaomin accepts the order and obeys the order!"

Manager Wang took out a bright yellow silk cloth from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Shaomin. Seeing his surprised eyes, he patted the back of his hand.

He boasted a few more words about the layout of the eight prefectures inspecting the mansion, and harvested some golden leaves, and then left the mansion with satisfaction.

He slowly got into the sedan chair: "Let's go to Hou's Mansion."

The current owner of the Hou Mansion is Dongfang Sheng.

He was not as polite as Zhang Shaomin, he was awakened from his sleep, and when someone told him who the visitor was, he immediately came out with cloth shoes, drew his waist knife, and threw the scabbard into Director Wang's sedan chair.

The scabbard rubbed against the ears and pierced the sedan chair deeply. Mr. Wang was so frightened that he almost crawled out of the sedan chair tremblingly: "Young Lord, what are you doing?"

Dongfang Sheng rubbed his eyes: "Young master is getting up."

Manager Wang: "..." The butler at the side hurriedly stepped forward to help Manager Wang up, and let him into the main hall.

"Let's talk, Director Wang isn't serving the emperor in the palace, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" After drinking half a cup of tea, Dongfang Sheng became more awake, and then asked Director Wang why he came.

These royal children all have eccentric tempers, and Mr. Wang is used to seeing them. In addition, the butler stuffed a handful of gold leaves just now, and he calmed down. He raised his little finger and said: "Young master, this slave belongs to the emperor." Slave, if it wasn't for the emperor's permission, how would I dare to come out of the palace to look for you."

Dongfang Sheng raised his eyebrows: "Why, my uncle Huang is looking for me?"

Director Wang coughed lightly: "Yes, Miscellaneous, I'm bringing you a word for the emperor—" He dragged his tone, seeing that Dongfang Sheng didn't respond for a long time, he had to continue: "The emperor received an urgent report at night, It is said that Xinpingbao was torn apart by the Tartars..."

"What?" Dongfang Sheng stood up abruptly and cursed angrily, "That trash, Gu Chengen! Didn't that tartar come in?"

Manager Wang was taken aback, clutching his small chest and said: "Yes, Marshal Gu took back Xinpingbao later, but it's a pity that nearly ten thousand tartars were still put in."

"Wan Yu?" Dongfang Sheng raised his voice, "Do you know what a Wan Yu Tartar is? It's a Wan Yu wolf, a Wan Yu beast!" He became anxious, "Did Uncle Huang send troops to suppress the bandits?"

Director Wang nodded, and raised his voice: "Dongfang Sheng accepts the order!"

Dongfang Sheng was taken aback and forgot to kneel down.

Director Wang ignored him, took out something from his sleeve, held it up high, and said directly: "The Holy Lord said, 'Xinping Fortress is broken, and the capital is in danger. There is still time to march in Liaodong, and Dongfang Sheng, the commander of the imperial guards, will temporarily Released the errands of the imperial army, took the post of admiral of the nine gates, and led [-] troops from the capital defense battalion to set off immediately to Huailai to suppress the thieves. Be sure to keep the thieves out of the capital gate. !'”

Dongfang Sheng saw clearly that what Manager Wang was holding up was the Tiger Talisman for mobilizing the Beijing Defense Forces, and his lips moved: "Five thousand Beijing Defense Battalions? Let me take them all away? What about the capital city?!"

Director Wang laughed dryly: "Isn't it, and your thousand forbidden troops..."

The corners of Dongfang Sheng's eyes twitched: "Those thousand forbidden soldiers are useless! The emperor..."

"Oh, please don't ask me, my lord." Director Wang put the tiger talisman in Dongfang Sheng's hand, "The emperor doesn't care what happens in the capital right now—the military situation is extremely urgent, and the lives of the people in the capital area are all entrusted to you by the emperor!"

Dongfang Sheng calmed down, stopped talking, and put the tiger talisman in his arms, making people prepare their horses and leave the house.The military situation is urgent, and the transfer of [-] people can't be solved in a day. He can't afford to delay, and Gyeonggi can't afford to delay!

The long night is approaching, and the east is getting whiter.

On the city wall of the west gate in Huailai, the prince who hadn't slept all night finally waited for Tianxiang and his party to come.

Everyone on horseback was exhausted, the tall man in blue and the other soldiers in military uniform were full of blood, blood-stained sacks were tied behind their horses, as if they contained some chubby things.

The prince didn't dare to think about what they brought back, he ran down the city wall, and ran towards his sister, because he saw a little pink and jade-carved baby in his sister's arms from a distance.

When he got close, Tianxiang handed the little flower that fell asleep in her arms to the prince: "...Her mother hid her in a bucket on the well at a critical moment, and put her into the well with a pulley..." There was a strange flower on the bucket. The pattern of utensils used in ordinary farmhouses seems to be the handwriting of the prince.

The prince was stunned: "What about brother Xu and sister-in-law Xu..."

Tianxiang's eyes turned red, she turned her head away, and didn't answer.Feng Suzhen on the side sighed and shook her head towards the prince.

The prince was silent, he rubbed Xiao Hua'er's face affectionately, and felt his eyes warm up.

He raised his head: "Let's go, let's find Mr. Song together, he is making city defense equipment at the county government office, let's go and help."

The Huailai county government office has now been reduced to a craftsman's workshop. All kinds of craftsmen gather here, and they are busy following Song Changgeng's command.In the figure of the craftsman, Tianxiang also saw an acquaintance - Huizhou ink merchant Cheng Qingyu.

In times of crisis, these merchants did not run away. Not only did they stay, but they also volunteered to donate their goods and skills to add strength to the defense of the city.

Song Changgeng was gesticulating and saying something among a group of carpenters. He was obviously relieved when he saw that the group had returned safely, but he still frowned slightly when he saw that the prince was still carrying his wooden bird on his back. Frowning: "Your Highness, the situation is critical now. I will tell you about the wooden bird after Huailai City is secured."

The prince's eyes were red, and he hugged the young flower in his arms even tighter: "Sir, sir, I still want to make a flying wooden bird, but I also want to be a qualified prince."

Song Changgeng looked deeply into his eyes, and suddenly smiled in relief.

He straightened up slowly, with piercing eyes and a proud expression: "Since that's the case, Your Royal Highness, then now is the time for the wooden bird to take off!"

"Prince, my wooden bird does not move when it eats the wind, but it moves when it eats fire." Song Changgeng took out a lifelike wooden bird from the bag on his back—it was when he and the prince first met. The one that he caught a glimpse of—"His Royal Highness, let's let it fly!"

The author has something to say:

In many rebirth stories, after the protagonist is reborn, he marries Bai Fumei, becomes the CEO, and reaches the pinnacle of life.

But I feel that no matter how capable a person is, she is just a person.

There is one last chapter left in Wooden Bird Story, and this purely original plot can come to an end.