[Rebirth] General waiting for my return

The Ninth Prince refused to enter the palace on the grounds that he was in poor health, and even wrote a note to express his position, saying that the person responsible for the defense of the Central Capital should be recommended by the Ministry of War and be judged by His Majesty. I'm afraid I'll miss a big deal.

Qin Muqiu was not surprised after reading the excerpts, the Ninth Prince is not a fool, if he came out to interfere at this time, he would definitely not gain a good reputation.Moreover, no matter who takes over the defense of Zhongdu, it will not pose a major threat to King Ning'an.

In the Nine Princes' Mansion, Li Dong was standing in a side hall in plain clothes, Li Jin couldn't help but sized him up a few times.

Previously, the Nine Kings excused not to enter the palace, but the emperor sent people to send Lidong to the Nine Kings' Mansion.

"As expected of someone who was trained by the Ninth Prince." Li Jin said coldly, "He will poison and kill the king without authorization. No matter what, he is the emperor of Dayu. How dare you?"

Hearing this, Lidong knelt down with a plop, and said: "This servant deserves to die, please calm down, my lord."

Li Jin already knew the cause and effect of the matter, and knew that the other party was in a hurry to make such a bad move, but he never thought about really venting his anger on him.

"Let's not mention that matter for the time being. I have something else to ask you." Li Jin signaled the other party to stand up, and asked, "Have you ever met General Tan or heard about him in the palace? Li Jin Do you know where Yu detained him?"

Li Dong was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said: "My lord, General Qin was assassinated by Xuan Yiwei in the Battle of Guzhou, why is he in the palace?"

Li Jin sighed when he heard the words, and thought to himself, since Li Yu sent Lidong back to the Jiuwang Mansion, the other party would naturally not know any clues, otherwise he would have been murdered long ago.

However, after all, he was a little unwilling to give up, and asked: "After the Battle of Guzhou, did he have any unusual behavior? For example, he often went out of the palace, or ordered someone to send something outside the palace?"

"Your Majesty was quite estranged from General Zhao in the past. It was not long before the Battle of Guzhou that he often summoned him and often went out of the palace with him." Lidong thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty has never sent anything outside the palace. , but after the Battle of Guzhou, he suddenly gave General Zhao a painting."

"A painting?" Li Jin frowned and asked, "What kind of painting?"

Lidong said: "It's the ink plum that His Majesty drew casually, and General Zhao even mentioned a poem on it."

"Did you see that painting was painted by His Majesty?" Li Jin asked.

"That's not true. When the servant saw it, the painting was already finished." Lidong replied.

ink plum.

It must have been painted by Tan Muqiu. Could it be that Li Yu hid him in the palace?

Estimating the date, Tan Muqiu guessed that the secret decree should have been in the hands of King Ning An, and his heart became more and more nervous every day. He could only comfort himself that what should come will always come.

He thought about it, afraid that there would be something that Li Jin hadn't considered before he arrived in Zhongdu.

Sure enough, it suddenly occurred to him that day that there was a child under one year old in the Queen's Palace.

Thus, Qin Muqiu stepped into the queen's residence for the second time.

The queen never expected that the other party would come to visit suddenly, she was surprised and happy at the same time, a little flustered.

"Bring the child here and show me." Tan Muqiu said.

The nanny who was serving the little prince at the side immediately handed the child in her arms to Tan Muqiu.

The newborn baby grows very quickly, and within a few months, the little prince is completely different from when he was born.His brows and eyes are gradually stretched, and he will smile when he sees people, and his white and tender look is really lovable.

"Your Majesty, this child has no name yet." The queen said from the side.

Tan Muqiu glanced at the queen, and couldn't help feeling sad again, but he understood that he couldn't make any promises to the mother and son.

"I want to have a few words with the empress alone." Tan Muqiu said that the nanny was about to take the child, and he said again: "Let's stay, little prince, and I will hold you for a while."

The queen was overjoyed when she heard the words.

Seeing that everyone had retreated, Qin Muqiu signaled the queen to sit down, and said, "King Ning'an has no heirs so far. When he enters the palace in the future, you will hold the little prince in your arms and ask King Ning'an to give him a name."

The queen was shocked when she heard the words, she knelt down and begged, "Your Majesty, please don't leave our mother and son behind. If there is a day in the future, this concubine will live and die with this child with Your Majesty."

Tan Muqiu sighed, stretched out a hand to help him up, and said, "Why are you doing this? Don't think about yourself, but also think about this child. He is Li...he is my only blood, my only blood. I order you to do your best to keep him alive."

The queen shed tears when she heard the words, but sobbed softly and refused to cry out.

"I don't ask him to be above ten thousand people, but I only ask him to grow up safely." Tan Muqiu said, "You must remember what I said today. If King Ning'an refuses to keep this child, you can ask The Empress Dowager came forward, even if he was sent out of the palace to become an ordinary citizen." After saying that, he handed the child to the Empress, turned and left.

The queen hugged the little prince in her arms, and finally couldn't help crying bitterly.

Tan Muqiu felt sad, but there was nothing he could do.

After leaving the queen's residence, Tan Muqiu was a little absent-minded.Shangwai followed behind him, and couldn't help reminding: "Your Majesty, if you go further ahead, you will be the residence of the Empress Dowager."

Tan Muqiu hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, and said: "The queen mother has long been far away from the world of mortals, so why should I bother her?" Besides, even if he didn't make this trip, the queen mother would definitely do something to protect the little prince's safety. something.

Thinking of this, Tan Muqiu sighed and said, "Let's go back to Ninghe Hall." After saying that, he turned and walked in another direction, and Shang waited to follow behind.

In the next few days, there were frequent reports of the Southwest battle, and the Red Maple Battalion had a good record.

This is something that Tan Muqiu should be happy for a while.

"If we play like this, the Red Maple Battalion will return triumphantly within two to three months." Shang et al said happily.

"I hope so." Tan Muqiu put down the battle report in his hand, and said, "So many things need to be stepped up. Xuanqi should be back in these two days."

As soon as Qin Muqiu finished speaking, there was a guard outside who said that it was Xuan Qi who asked to see him.

"Say Cao Cao is here." Tan Muqiu said, "Quickly pass it on."

After a while, Xuan Qi entered the hall, and saluted Monk Qin Muqiu and others in turn.

"Didn't I tell you to return to the court with Chang Ningjun?" Tan Muqiu asked, "Would King Ning'an not want to come to Zhongdu?"

Xuan Qi replied: "Your Majesty, I have gone to Mao County, and King Ning An is not in Chang Ning's army."

Qin Muqiu was shocked when he heard the words, and said, "Do you know where he is?"

"At the moment Chang Ning's army is in charge of Deputy Commander Yu, the other party does not want to disclose the whereabouts of the prince, the minister is incompetent." Xuan Qi said.

Li Jin is not in the army at this time, where will he go?

Tan Muqiu paced back and forth in the hall, feeling anxious.

"You go down first." Tan Muqiu said.

The other party backed down as promised.

"Couldn't King Ning'an go to the southwest with Hongfengying?" Shang et al asked suddenly.

Tan Muqiu was taken aback, looked at Shang and the others, and said, "It's not impossible. The Red Maple Camp has been in the same spirit as the Chang Ning Army in these years, and it is reasonable for him not to let go now. Or , he is just worried about the war in the Southwest."

A thought flashed through Tan Muqiu's mind, is it possible that he went for himself?

Oops.Tan Muqiu thought to himself, if Li Jin was really in the Red Maple camp, he would be able to find out that "Tan Muqiu" was a fake within a few days.

If the other party's trip was for the Red Maple Camp or the Southwest War, he would definitely stay in the camp. If it was for him, if the other party found out that "Qin Muqiu" was fake, he would return to the Central Capital to find out.

In the Nine Princes' Mansion, Li Jin was drinking alone.

For the past few days, he has inquired about Tan Muqiu's whereabouts in various ways, but found nothing.

But he obviously received the other party's autograph letter, and saw the other party with his own eyes in Wanli Temple that day, and now, no matter how well he is alive, he seems to have disappeared without a trace.

"My lord, someone from Mao County is here." A personal report reported.

Li Jin was a little surprised when he heard the words, and then said, "Let him in quickly."

The attendant was busy, and a moment later, someone came in to salute. The person who came was one of Li Jin's personal guards when he was in Chang Ning's army.

"But what happened in the army?" Li Jin asked.

"Don't worry, my lord, everything is fine." The man said as he untied the letter tube behind his back, and said, "My lord, a few days ago, the palace sent someone to the army to issue a secret decree. The deputy commander ordered his subordinates to come here day and night Du, said that if you are not in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, the secret decree will be sent to the southwest."

Li Jin took the secret decree and opened it, his expression immediately changed.

"Quickly pass on the Ninth Prince." Li Jin ordered, and then changed his words: "Forget it, I will go to him personally." After saying that, he hurried out of the room with the secret decree.

The Ninth Prince was teasing the birds. Seeing Li Jin's solemn expression, he forcibly held back what he wanted to joke.

"What happened?" Ninth Prince asked.

"Look at the secret decree first." Li Jin said and handed the secret decree to the Ninth Prince.

The other party read the secret decree, with an expression of disbelief, and said, "He wants to recruit you?"

"What kind of recruiting?" Li Jin said, "Zen position."

The Ninth Prince looked incredible, and said: "At the beginning, he said that he wanted the Zen seat for you, but you said that you don't want it, you don't want it. Now, are you moved again?"

Li Jin was silent for a moment, and said: "Brother Huang just passed away, how could I... Besides, you don't know what conditions he raised. Now that the situation has changed drastically, I have long been unable to get off. Even if he doesn't take the Zen position, That seat belongs to me."

"Da Yu is in troubled times, he is willing to give up the throne, but he is taking care of the overall situation. To avoid internal and external troubles, and make people panic." The Ninth Prince said: "Now you can go straight to the central capital with the Chang Ning army, so as to save unnecessary fighting and killing. .”

However, Li Jin was not happy at all. As far as he was concerned, there was another important thing to do, which was to find out the whereabouts of Tan Muqiu.