Dingjiangshan

The first male of His Majesty was born vigorously and silently.

It was said to be vigorous, because from the moment Linglong launched, no one in the whole house had to stop, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the child to land.Even Nanyang Mansion Yin Shi Jiarong and Yiying's surrounding courtiers also got the news from home, and rushed over in a hurry, waiting for the news in the front hall, for fear that something might happen to this precious prince.

And it was said quietly, because the "eldest son of the emperor" finally escaped death and landed on the ground. Except for Wen Po, no one in the whole house has seen this child.

Even Ning Yan, who was guarding the door at that time, didn't go into the house to see his "Emperor's eldest son" after the incident, but calmly ordered to change the servants around Linglong, and ordered the rewards from the whole family.

But because Ning Yan's face was always not happy, the reward seemed to have a lot of meaning. Everyone in the whole family got the reward, but they were also full of doubts. For a while, they didn't know whether to laugh or what to do.

But immediately after, everyone got wind of Ning Yan's order - they felt that this Linglong girl might not be favored very much.

"Feiyu Battalion of the Forbidden Army, from today onwards, will take three shifts a day to guard this yard." Ning Yan stood up from his chair and said, "The eldest son of the emperor is a serious matter, so he must take good care of him. From today on, except The mother-in-law in the house, and other idle servants are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard. If there are idlers trespassing, there is no need to answer, just kill them on the spot."

The young captain of the guard half knelt down and said yes.

"Besides, it's not easy for Linglong to give birth to a child, so she should take care of it inside the house." Ning Yan said pointingly: "Be careful with the doors and windows, don't let the wind seep into the house."

The doctor who was forced to accompany him all the time shivered, glanced sideways at the closed gate of the inner courtyard, and couldn't help feeling a little chilly.

Although he didn't understand the rules of the Tian family, Ning Yan still kept saying "Linglong girl" after having a child, obviously he didn't intend to give the girl in the house a title.

——It's easy to say that he doesn't have a title, but looking at his current appearance, isn't this just house arrest?

The more the doctor thought about it, the more he felt that he had uncovered some royal secrets, and his back and palms were covered with cold sweat layer by layer. When he was finally invited out of the house by the maid, even his hands and feet were numb, and he felt a wave of fear in his heart.

Ning Yan didn't know that he almost frightened the doctor unknowingly. He stayed up most of the night, feeling a little tired, and sat at the door to rest for a while, rubbing his forehead with a headache.

Seeing that he seemed uncomfortable, the captain of the Imperial Guard quickly asked, "Is Your Majesty feeling unwell? Do you want to invite the doctor back?"

Ning Yan waved his hand to signal that he didn't need it, sat for a while and then stood up, without anyone following him, turned around, and walked towards the front yard by himself.

As soon as he left the main courtyard, Qin Liu, who had disappeared for a long time just now, came out again like a ghost, and followed Ning Yan silently.

Ning Yan put his hands behind his back, glanced at him sideways, and suddenly pursed his lips, couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

"It's quite similar." Ning Yan said sincerely: "The courtyard is full of forbidden soldiers, and no one has discovered that you are a man."

Qin Liu: "..."

He wiped the remaining glue on the side of his face with a dull face, and wanted to respond, but he didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a moment, he could only say dryly: "... Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

Ning Yan waved his hand, calmed his expression, and continued: "Linglong's business is over, and the front line is almost ready. In another month, I will have to lead the troops to go out in person, and then I will have no time to take care of Nanyang Mansion. You give Send a letter to Beijing—at this point, Ruan Yin doesn’t need to worry about the line anymore, you can call Jiuying over and watch Nanyang Mansion for me.”

Qin Liu answered yes.

While talking, the two of them had already walked back to the main courtyard. Ning Yan had nothing to do today, and he stayed with Linglong's play until this hour. He was sleepy and tired, so he didn't bother to think about anything.

"Go ask the small kitchen for a bowl of sweet soup." Ning Yan was served by Qin Liu, took off his coat, and said casually: "Send someone to the front yard to report that you are safe, and just say that I will settle down today, congratulations, tomorrow We'll talk about it in the morning when we discuss things."

Qin Liu agreed briskly, turned around and hung Ning Yan's outer robe on the hanger, and was about to go out when the door of the main house was knocked open from the outside.

Qin Liu was startled, and the sword in his hand immediately came out of its sheath, and in a flash of coldness, it was touching the neck of the visitor, and with the momentum of the visitor entering the door, a bloodstain was drawn on his neck.

Ning Yan turned sideways and glanced over sharply.

"Don't kill yet!" Ning Yan shouted in a low voice.

"Your Majesty—" The visitor also seemed to be stupefied with fright, wheezing and panting, and threw himself on the ground as soon as he entered the room, trembling uncontrollably, he didn't know whether he was tired or shocked.

Qin Liu frowned when he saw that he was wearing the guards of the Forbidden Army, and raised his chin with the tip of his sword. After careful identification for a moment, he realized that he was a member of the Divine Sword Battalion.

"You were born in the Imperial Army, so you have such different rules, you dare to fight in front of you, how brave you are!" Qin Liu shouted.

"Your Majesty." The young man's face was ashen, his hands were shaking violently, he didn't care about Qin Liu's intimidation, he just took out a letter from his cloth bag tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice: "Prince Gong was separated before the battle." Already!"

Ning Yan only felt a bang in his head, and suddenly his eyes turned black, and it seemed that this sentence was left in his ears for a while.

He was quite startled by these words, he staggered and took a step back, bumping his back against the desk, making a muffled bang.

"Your Majesty!" Qin Liu worried.

Ning Yan didn't fall up in one breath, his heart was pounding, his eyes were numb, and his stomach felt nauseated.

He frowned and pressed his temples hard, trying to suppress the dizziness.

——Don't worry, don't panic.

Ning Yan bit the tip of his tongue viciously, and the sharp pain woke him up a bit. He supported the table, closed his eyes, and asked hoarsely, "What's going on."

"Three days ago, the lord led the army to go out and wanted to form a siege with General Xie, and take another city by attacking the west." The soldier was obviously afraid that Ning Yan would not be able to accept this, so he said tremblingly: "But who knows what the enemy is going to do?" The army was cunning. They had set up an ambush earlier, and Prince Gong's group broke up and did not return to the camp for a long time. General Xie was on the other side at the time, and he dispatched troops to meet him afterwards, but there was no trace of Prince Gong. General Xie followed the traces of the battlefield to find After a long time, I fought two battles with the enemy army, searched all over the area but couldn't find any trace of the prince's team, so I didn't dare to specialize, so I hurried back to ask Your Majesty to show me."

"How many people does he have?" Ning Yan asked.

Ning Yan also found it miraculous. He didn't lose his mind when he first heard such a thing, and he didn't lose his mind in shock. Instead, he calmed down unexpectedly.

He seems to have stripped all his emotions from his body in an instant, leaving only a sliver of reason to deal with the current scene.

"There were about [-] of them when we went out for the expedition." Xiaobing hurriedly said, "The damage in the back--I don't know for now."

Ning Yan hummed and was silent for a moment.

He was quickly recalling the previous daily military report in his mind—the soldier said that three days ago, he must have rushed back from the front line without sleep. The military report that day was not as fast as his feet, and he must still be on the way.

When Ning Yan received the last letter from the military newspaper, Ning Huaijin told him about it, saying that the front line has been stalemate recently, and the last few battles have not made any achievements. He thought about abandoning the surrounding area of ​​the mall and going to Jinzhai instead. Stretch out your hand around the county, and if it is done, it will be able to connect with the mall, and with Xinyang farther behind, it can just form a knife edge and break through the hinterland of Anqing.

"Map." Ning Yan ordered.

Qin Liu swiftly retracted his sword, quickly took out a map from the side and spread it on the desk, and went to help Ning Yan light up the candles around the house.

The soldiers who came to deliver the letter seemed to be infected by his calmness, and gradually calmed down, not shaking as much as they did at first.

When the candlelight was lit, Qin Liu realized that Ning Yan's face was pale and ugly, and he didn't know what kind of tone was supporting his reason.

Ning Yan's tongue was bitten into an extremely deep wound by him, and within two sentences, the smell of rust filled his entire mouth.

Ning Yan frowned, suppressed a feeling of nausea, and asked while looking at the map, "What did Zhao Ming say?"

"General Xie is still looking for it." The soldier said hastily, "It is inconvenient for the enemy defenders in the surrounding mansions, so we have also sent an elite team to look for it."

Ning Yan hummed, knowing that there was nothing to ask, so he waved his hand and said, "You go down first."

The soldier himself knew that he couldn't help much, so he quickly kowtowed, and left the main house weakly.

When he went out, Ning Yan lowered his voice and asked, "Any news from the shadow guard?"

Qin Liu knew what he was asking, and hurriedly said, "Not yet."

Ning Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

No news is good news.

Ning Yan had already looked around on the map just now, Jinzhai County, where Ning Huaijin wanted to go, was not far from the mall, less than two hundred miles away.With such a short distance, it was only natural that Ning Huaijin didn't bring too many soldiers. He was going to feign an attack. If something happened, there was still time to come back for help.

So now that he suddenly disappeared, he must have been ambushed near Jinzhai County.The geographical location near Jinzhai County is complicated, surrounded by water and mountains, and there is a long river that is not inferior to Hengshui. If you are ambushed, it is really easy to be in a hurry.

But Ning Huaijin had three shadow guards by his side. Although these shadow guards were not worth thousands of troops, they still had the ability to deliver letters desperately.If something happened to Ning Huaijin, the Shadow Guard would definitely come back to plead guilty to Ning Yan before he died for him.There is no news now, which means that at least Ning Huaijin's life is safe.

This incident forced Ning Yan'an to calm down a little. He raised his hand and pressed his throbbing chest, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Seeing his calm face, Qin Liu was afraid that he would make a fool of himself, so he knelt down with a plop, and said, "If Your Majesty is worried, I will go find him."

"No need." Ning Yan waved his hand, and said in a low voice: "Now there is one shadow guard left in the dark, you send a message to Jiu Ying, don't tell him to come here, tell him to go directly to Xinyang by way. In addition, Pass on the letter, Nanyang's government soldiers will allocate [-] troops, and I will take them away with the Imperial Army except Feiyu Battalion."

Ning Yan paused, gritted his teeth and said, "—I will go find it myself."