The first favorite of rebirth

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Xiao Wansheng didn't expect that the soldier would say it so directly, he waved his hand angrily, and said in a low voice, "Get down!"

Pei Jiqing stood there in a daze, holding a pack of snacks brought from Jinzhou in his hand, his thin white fingers were deeply embedded in the paper bag, his knuckles were slightly red, and he pinched two deep fingerprints on the paper bag.

Pei Jiqing slowly raised a pair of red eyes, looked at Xiao Wansheng and said, "Since Mr. Lang is missing, why didn't Lord Hou inform me? Is this also one of Lord Hou's strategies?"

Xiao Wansheng hesitated to speak, his face turned pale, and he turned his back and sighed. Pei Jiqing knew that he had said something wrong just now, so he pinched his jaw and forced himself to wake up.

As soon as he entered Liuzhou, Xiao Wansheng signaled him to go back in a serious manner... Now that Jueyun's whereabouts are unknown, and Xiao Wansheng deliberately hides Jinzhou from Jinzhou, then this matter will not be easy. Things got out?Could it be that Xiao Wansheng's deliberate arrangement for Jue Yun's disappearance at some black mountain pass?But looking at it this way, Xiao Wansheng absolutely needed to find Jue Yun, anyway, no one was watching here, he was just acting.

Pei Jiqing was so upset that he couldn't figure it out for a while, but he couldn't help the big tears in his eyes, which could barely stay on the long lower eyelashes. Xiao Wansheng had never seen Pei Jiqing cry. Hastily said: "I know what you are thinking! This matter has absolutely nothing to do with me. The Liuzhou defenders pretended to surrender. We were all ambushed, and we worked hard to defend the city. How many years has the Liao Kingdom occupied the border of Dazhou? , you also know how it is possible to go so smoothly..."

Pei Jiqing suddenly raised her head, gritted her teeth and said, "What about Jueyun?"

"I repelled the defenders inside the city, and Jue Yun guarded outside the city to pursue the remnants." Xiao Wansheng said eagerly, "Oh, this happened in an instant. Hey, I don't know what to say..."

Pei Jiqing lowered his eyebrows and said nothing, his expression was still as indescribable as at that time, Xiao Wansheng stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Little... Mr. Rong, in fact, you have already done your best. With your status and status, you know , you don't have the ability and don't need to protect the little prince, if you rely on him for royal power and wealth..."

"Okay." Pei Jiqing interrupted Xiao Wansheng's words in a low voice, suppressed tears, and said in a deep voice: "I believe that what Lord Hou said is the truth, if Liuzhou is in an emergency, Lord Hou can ask Jinzhou for help , General Xia will not spare his troops."

"Liuzhou is not in an emergency, Liaogou was killed by Lao Tzu, can't you see?" Xiao Wansheng pulled his shoulder and said fiercely: "Why don't you believe me, if Liuzhou is in an emergency, I can still tell you calmly This matter, but Liuzhou is completely fine now, if I tell you that Jueyun is lost, you must join together and chop me up?! I have been in a hurry for several days. The regent does not believe me, and neither do you. I will do this Damn Marquis, what a fucking human being inside and out!"

Xiao Wansheng's tone was agitated, and his sleeves directly brought down the teacup on the table, making a loud noise. Pei Jiqing looked down, and suddenly remembered the tea cup that Jueyun shattered when he hid Jueyun in the Hou's mansion. Zhan...he secretly reminded himself that Jue Yun must still be alive, he must calm down, if he could save his life from the King Regent's net, he would be able to save the child again.

Seeing that Pei Jiqing didn't speak, Xiao Wansheng thought he was frightened by him, so he quickly kicked away the fragments and said: "Xiao Rong, I was in a hurry just now, our people are still looking for Jueyun, don't be so silent Can it be loud?"

"I made a slip of the tongue." Pei Jiqing raised her head and said softly, "I shouldn't be suspicious of Lord Hou, but Lord Hou understands that I have suffered a lot for saving this child, and I am protecting him now, not for the sake of wealth and honor at all. , if you want to save my humble life, you might as well go directly to vote for the regent, I saved him, it's just... in life, if you don't do something, you have to do something..."

"I know that you are a person who will die if you are saved by me. If you didn't get the news of this child from somewhere, you might have hanged yourself." Xiao Wansheng was stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly: "You are loyal to the king. Patriotic, I was wrong."

Pei Jiqing was stunned for a moment, only to realize that what Xiao Wansheng said was right, Jueyun's existence was like his support, Xiao Wansheng saw that he had calmed down, took out a map and put it on the shelf, and said: "I will tell you when Jueyun disappeared. I'll tell you what happened, and you can see for yourself."

After listening to Xiao Wansheng's analysis, Pei Jiqing understood the situation. At that time, Liuzhou defenders pretended to surrender. Xiao Wansheng was afraid of fraud, so he left the troops brought by Jueyun outside the city. Although they thought of fraud, they did not expect Liao The man was so impatient that he launched a surprise attack that night.Although Xiao Wansheng's army was caught off guard, it also suppressed the Liao soldiers. The remaining Liao soldiers fled to the depths of the desert. Xiao Wansheng felt that there were not many of them left, so he sent a signal to Jueyun, and Jueyun led thousands of troops to chase after the remnants. , Chased towards the depths of Montenegro, but never came back.

Pei Jiqing thought for a moment, and said: "The terrain of this Black Mountain is complicated. The Liao people might want to use the terrain to escape, but how can thousands of people disappear without a trace? Even corpses should be found."

"The terrain of Black Mountain is narrow, and Jueyun's team is like a long snake. The rear army is easily attacked and separated from the front army. Therefore, although these people are missing, they can't see Jueyun..." Xiao Wansheng thought for a while, and said: " I just sent hundreds of people to search in the Black Mountain, and found some dead soldiers, but I still haven’t seen Jueyun’s whereabouts.”

Pei Jiqing sat down with her head bowed. Although her face was calm, she couldn't help but sighed softly. From this point of view, Xiao Wansheng was indeed right, and she was still sending troops to find people. gave him some.

It is much better to go missing than to find the body, Pei Jiqing finally calmed down, got up before, lifted up the hem of his clothes and knelt in front of Xiao Wansheng, softly said: "I apologize to Lord Hou."

"Hey, what are you doing?" Xiao Wansheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab his arm, "Get up!"

"Master Hou." Pei Jiqing did not stand up, he still knelt on the ground, but raised his head slightly, looking into Xiao Wansheng's eyes very solemnly, "I made a mistake just now, no matter how much Master Hou beat and scolded me, there will be no harm." A half-word of complaint, I just hope that Lord Hou will still stand on His Highness's side. The regent raised troops to force the palace, and the emperor was young and cruel. They are not the loyal masters of Lord Hou. The regent has been suspicious of you for a long time, and you know it..."

"All right, all right, don't kneel down. I still feel uncomfortable looking at me. What I said was out of anger." Xiao Wansheng directly lifted Pei Jiqing up and said, "I will continue to send people to look for you, just wait here and say Uncertainly, Jueyun will run back, and there is chaos outside, if you run out without authorization, I will really break your legs."

As soon as Xiao Wansheng finished speaking, he heard a commotion outside, and then a person came in directly. Xiao Wansheng was about to start scolding, but saw that the person who came was not the soldier who came to report the letter, but Lin He.

Lin He has gone to find Xiao Yixian, he probably forced his way in, followed by many soldiers.Lin He changed into Central Plains clothes, but he wore a gold earring on his earbone. Seeing Pei Jiqing standing there, he asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I haven't asked you yet?" Xiao Wansheng signaled the soldiers to retreat, and continued: "Aren't you afraid that your lord will know if you come to our place?"

"I changed my clothes, can't you see?" Lin He tugged at his collar and said, "I heard that Liuzhou surrendered falsely and Jueyun was also lost, so hurry up and take a look, is it true?"

Pei Jiqing suddenly thought of something. He grabbed Lin He's wrist and said, "Lin He, you drew the previous map. Are you familiar with Montenegro?"

"Although I drew the map, I haven't fought a few battles, so I can only remember a rough idea." Lin He spread the map in Xiao Wansheng's hand and said, "Look."

Pei Jiqing lowered his head, only to realize that there was indeed a mark on the map at the Heishan Pass, indicating that they did not understand the terrain here. He was silent for a while, and said: "Then, is there anyone for the veterans in your army?" Knowing the terrain of Montenegro, you can be a guide for us."

"That's a good idea!" Xiao Wansheng also nodded, his smile suddenly stayed on his face, and then he frowned and said, "Xiao Rong, you don't know how to do it, you want to find it yourself, as I said..."

"What Hou Ye said, I will naturally take it to heart." Pei Jiqing said seriously: "Even if Hou Ye broke my leg, I would crawl to find it. Can."

Xiao Wansheng frowned. When Lin He came, he knew that he couldn't stop him, so he took out a token and handed it to Pei Jiqing, saying: "You have the guts, but I want to guard the city. You can use this thing to dispatch troops." , up to five days, come back if you can’t find it, or I will really break your leg, it’s definitely not a lie.”

"Thank you Lord Hou!"

Pei Jiqing put away the token, smiled reluctantly at Xiao Wansheng, and pulled Lin He out. Xiao Wansheng sat down in a daze, raised his hand to lift the teacup, but found that it had been broken by himself , I had to pour a few mouthfuls of hot tea into the teapot.

Jue Yun disappeared, and Lin He was also very anxious. He didn't have time to go to Xiao Yixian to find a veteran, and he asked just one person. The people in Liuzhou City were fed up with the chaos of war. Asked a lot of things.The terrain of Montenegro is indeed complicated, and there are many winding mountains and deep valleys inside, so there are also many rumors about gods and ghosts.

Even so, there were some people who had been there. Pei Jiqing took some money out, and some local people were willing to take them there. The two hurriedly took about 100 people and rode straight to Montenegro.

There are many corpses lying in disorder outside the black valley, and the road in the valley is narrow, and the two sides are almost perpendicular to the ground, forming two towering barriers; in addition, these stone walls are like flames. It was scorched black, and it felt that even the sunlight was not very clear, as if it had entered the hell mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures in an instant.

"Mr. Pei." Riding on the horse, Lin He looked at Pei Jiqing and asked, "Are these people enough? In case of an ambush along the way, what are 100 people enough for?"

"We're not at war. Why was someone deliberately ambushing?" Pei Jiqing took the whip and reins and got off the horse, pressed the cheeks of the corpses on the ground with his fingers, and said softly: "And there are so many corpses lying here, like He died around the day Jue Yun disappeared, I guess there will be no ambush, but we still slow down and be careful."

Lin He was a little surprised and said, "I didn't expect that you can still tell how long the corpse has been dead?"

"I've seen a lot, so I'll take a look." Pei Jiqing said with a wry smile, "If you're in prison once, you'll watch it too."

Pei Jiqing waved his hand, and the soldiers also dismounted after him. They were all wearing narrow-sleeved civilian clothes with only soft armor inside, and their heads were wrapped in gauze and bamboo hats. They really looked like passing merchants. Lin He looked at the Pei Jiqing's eyes, laughed in a low voice: "Your eyes are really beautiful, no wonder Jue Yun can recognize them at a glance."

Pei Jiqing didn't speak, Lin He hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Jue Yun will be fine, that kid has a terrible life."

Pei Jiqing also forced a smile, her eyes curved slightly, and she kept reminding herself that she must not panic.At this moment, the whip in Lin He's hand flew up, and flew directly past Pei Jiqing's ears, making a piercing echo in the air.

The soldiers drew their swords one after another and looked in panic at the direction Lin He was staring at. Pei Jiqing also turned around, only to see an unknown gray-black strange bird fell to the ground, with the wound that Lin He had just drawn on his body.

"You scared me to death!" Pei Jiqing stroked his chest and said, "I thought it was really an ambush."

"I thought so too." Lin He said vigilantly, "It's okay, I was too nervous, let's..."

"Look!"

As soon as Lin He finished speaking, the soldier next to him suddenly let out an exclamation. At this moment, there was a huge sound of wings flapping from the long valley. Pei Jiqing looked back and saw a group of dark strange birds rushing towards them. With a hoarse and shrill cry, the local guide immediately pulled the horse back. Pei Jiqing grabbed his sleeve and said, "What's wrong?"

The guide's complexion was pale, and he eagerly spoke a series of Khitan languages. Lin He was also shocked. He was stunned for a while before he said in a daze: "He said that this bird can eat people!"