Dingjiangshan

After Qin Liu left, Ning Yan reasoned that he was tired after being drunk, and temporarily refused Xie Jue's request to see him.

At the end of the night, Ning Yan was exhausted mentally and mentally. The string in his heart was so tense that he lost all strength as soon as it was loosened. The disadvantage of being drunk and blowing out resurfaced, causing him endless headaches.

Since he trusted Xie Jue, he didn't want to waste his mind any more.

Ning Yan didn't even let He Wenting come in to serve him, he kicked off his boots and lay down on the inside of the bed by himself.He had a terrible headache, so he didn't bother to get up to get the quilt. He just fished out his big cloak and wrapped it around his body, and then fell asleep on the bed with one arm around the little mink.

Xie Jue had earlier felt that Ning Yan might not want to meet people for a while after such a big incident happened, so he didn't think too much, greeted He Wenting, and then went to work on his affairs.

During this trip, the Imperial Army brought the Excalibur Battalion out to guard Ning Yan, and there were about five hundred people.It's just that the 500 people don't all revolve around Ning Yan, but each group of 20 people is responsible for guarding, patrolling and guarding the camp. Each time there are twelve groups, and the guard changes every two hours.

Xie Jue had led the Divine Guard Battalion back then, and he was very clear about changing defenses in groups of the Forbidden Army. He walked around the camp and went straight to the commander of the Divine Sword Battalion. list.

The commander of the Divine Sword Battalion is an honest-looking man, 33 years old, who was also the orphan of a soldier in the Xie family's army back then.

Those who came out of Xie's army, when they saw the surname Xie, always felt a little bit of admiration for no apparent reason. When the five big and three rough commanders saw Xie Jue at first sight, they immediately seemed to see a god, their faces flushed red, and they could not wait for their hands and feet. I don't know where to put it.As soon as he heard that he wanted a defense map, the commander rummaged through the defense map, the group list, and the military register, and handed them to Xie Jue.Looking at that posture, it seemed that he wished to show his heart and soul devoutly.

Xie Jue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and repeatedly explained that he was just looking at it casually, and didn't have any instructions for the imperial army, so he gave up.

The man showed regret and felt dissatisfied, so he followed Xie Jue to patrol around the camp, and after listening to General Xie's "teaching", he returned to his tent contentedly.

With such a commanding envoy, Xie Jue's affairs were much easier to handle. He returned to his camp, spread out the deployment map and military records on the table, and looked for the imperial army who had changed defenses during the two hours. group.

Xie Jue was very careful in doing things, he almost showed his carefulness in arranging troops to help Ning Yan.He first recalled the time when he and Cheng Yuan arrived outside Ning Yan's tent, found the group of people who were guarding outside Ning Yan's tent at that time, and circled them with a pen.

It's just that Xie Jue wasn't quite sure when the dispute between Ning Yan and Ning Huaijin started. After thinking about it, he simply included the time when Ning Huaijin left the table, and made an extra circle on the defense list.

Cheng Yuan in the tent was disturbed by the candlelight outside, so he simply walked over with his shoes on, and sat beside Xie Jue wearing a loose overshirt.

"What are you doing?" Cheng Yuan asked.

"Help Your Majesty." Xie Jue was stained with ink, and naturally stretched out his hand to help him pull his outer shirt, and said: "The forbidden army is no better than those maids in the palace—there are many ways to make the servants shut up, or even what There is no need to do it. For their own lives, they dare not tell the truth of their master. But most of the Forbidden Army are descendants of aristocratic families, and the forces behind them are intricate. Your Majesty is still young, and the confidants he can trust in the previous court are Not many, and the Empress Dowager in the harem is still eyeing to take power, so if this news spreads through these people to the high-ranking nobles in Beijing, there will be serious hidden dangers."

Cheng Yuan has a soft temper and a good heart, when he heard this, he frowned and began to worry about Ning Yan.

"Then why..." Cheng Yuan poked his head over to look at his handwriting, and said, "Are you going to bring out all the people who were present at that time and ask them individually?"

"It's not enough to inquire, and these young masters are very valuable. If you inquire rashly, there is no silver 300 taels here." Xie Jue shook his head: "Besides, it is not easy to do things without His Majesty's order. I can only go first Pick out these people and hand them over to His Majesty to see what His Majesty will do."

"But now that His Majesty has rested, what if someone spreads the news?" Cheng Yuan asked.

"That's what this list is for." Xie Jue said, "If the news really gets out, with the help of this list, the leaker can be found in the shortest possible time."

Cheng Yuan thought about it, and felt that what he said made sense, so he pushed Xie Jue's arm and urged, "Then hurry up."

"It's okay, actually there's no need to be in such a hurry." Xie Jue said: "This is a hunting ground, and the only way to send a message without carrier pigeons is by manpower. Someone will deliver a message like this."

Cheng Yuan nodded with lingering fear. He felt that he couldn't help Xie Jue with these matters, so he simply shut up and sat quietly beside him.

Logically speaking, Xie Jue has done this step safely enough, but he still thinks it is not enough. He persisted in thinking for a while, and pulled out the patrol road map, compared them one by one, and passed Ning Yan in time. The patrol team outside the account was also found.

Excluding the two groups of guards who changed defense, there were three groups passing by Ning Yan's tent, but the routes were different.Xie Jue went out for a circle again, stepped on the spot, and crossed out the two groups with far away routes when he came back, leaving only the last group.

Thanks to the record of military records in hand, Xie Jue writes and draws like this, deletes, deletes, and deletes. In one night, he has picked out all the people above him, and he can even write clearly which prefecture everyone is from. Clearly, I wish I could write down all the in-laws of the previous three generations for Ning Yan.

When dawn was approaching, Cheng Yuan was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. He leaned on Xie Jue's shoulder in a drowsy state, and said vaguely and strangely: "...On weekdays, you have to throw every battle report to Guan Zhong. Why are you so focused on this, you can’t even fall asleep.”

"Your Majesty is kind to the Xie family." Xie Jue was afraid to tell him that he was awake, so he deliberately suppressed his voice, and whispered softly: "Since I ran into this matter, it is inevitable that I have to cover it up for Your Majesty. .”

"Didn't you always say that His Majesty has to go through some storms to grow up?" Cheng Yuan half-closed his eyelids, speaking intermittently, as if he would fall over on the spot at any time.

"It's different. I asked His Majesty to deal with those old-fashioned ones himself, so that His Majesty can sit on top of it." Xie Jue said as he raised his hand to get some ink, and Cheng Yuan's head fell with his movements. Didn't wake up.Xie Jue tore his clothes for him, and then said: "But this kind of thing is no better than the open and dark arrows in the court. As long as this kind of handle is taken by someone with evil intentions, it will be a dirty trick, and it is impossible to guard against."

Cheng Yuan snorted.

"What's more..." Xie Jue smiled lightly, and teased him, "Everyone has broken sleeves, so you can help if you can."

Cheng Yuan: "..."

Dr. Cheng probably didn't want to wake up again and be caught by his unrestrained breath, so he plunged his head into Xie Jue's shoulder, and fell asleep neatly.

By the time Ning Yan left the camp and returned to Beijing, the letter submitted by General Xie had already written five full pages.

Ning Yan opened the letter in front of Xie Jue on his own carriage, took out the contents and flipped through it.

He only read the first two pages, then sighed, and said sincerely: "Zhaoming, you have a heart."

Being in the carriage, there were more people accompanying him outside than in the hunting ground. Ning Yan couldn't say it too bluntly, and Xie Jue also understood.

Xie Jue smiled, and pretended not to know what happened last night, and did not persuade him to do anything else, but said: "It should be, His Majesty will watch these interesting things first. It's a long way back to Beijing, so let's enjoy it. "

"Yes." Ning Yan put the letter paper by his hand and said, "I will."

It is not good for General Xie to stay in the imperial car for a long time. Ning Huaijin returned to Beijing overnight, and many people have already made many people chew their tongues in private. Now Ning Yan's every move is watched by others. If he stays with Xie Jue for a while, maybe he can still say What came out.

As soon as Ning Yan let Xie Jue out to ride the horse, He Wenting got into the carriage.

Ning Yan had a hangover last night. Although the tent was warm enough to prevent him from catching a cold, he didn't sleep well and his complexion was not very good.

He Wenting glanced at him worriedly, took out refreshments from the hidden compartment of the carriage, and persuaded: "Your Majesty didn't eat much for breakfast, so let's have something to eat."

Ning Yan glanced at the two plates of cakes on the table. He didn't have any appetite, so he just broke off a small piece and fed it to the little mink in his hand.

"The matter of Prince Gong has been spread outside?" Ning Yan asked.

"Fortunately, I didn't say much." He Wenting said cautiously: "Most people don't know what happened, they only know that the prince left at night, so although there are many speculations, they didn't say anything out of the ordinary It's just that there are rumors that His Majesty seems to have had some disputes with the prince, so the prince—"

Xiao Diao put his arms around Ning Yan's hand, and ate the cake in his palm. The milk cake was full of milk flavor, and there was a lot of sugar. Xiao Diao ate happily. There was a little warmth in the cold palm.

Ning Yan sighed inwardly.

He guessed and guessed what was said outside, it was nothing more than gloating, saying that the emperor's heart is unpredictable, no matter how good he is to people, he will be very ruthless when he turns his face - the blame is only on him and Ning Huaijin before The relationship was too harmonious, and Ning Huaijin came first for major and minor matters, almost engraving the word "Holy Grace" on Prince Gong's mansion.Therefore, as long as there is any disturbance between him and Ning Huaijin, the outside world will pay attention to it.

Ning Huaijin didn't save him face this time, so Ning Yan didn't really blame him. In fact, if he was in Ning Huaijin's position, he might not be able to accept it for a while.

What's more, Ning Huaijin is a cautious person who only wants to be safe, and Xiao Xiang, who is so big, is hit by a pocket all of a sudden, isn't it like a bolt from the blue.

Ning Yan understood Ning Huaijin intellectually, but he couldn't control his emotions, and when he thought about it, he felt very uncomfortable.

He took two deep breaths, wiped off the crumbs of pastry in his hands, picked up the letter Xie Jue had presented to him earlier, and prepared to change his mood.