Princess [rebirth]

After Fu Jue arrived in the northwest, there was no news for several days in a row. At first Dou Wan didn't take it seriously, but after the day when the two agreed to contact each other, Dou Wan realized that things had changed.Presumably Fu Jue must have encountered trouble, otherwise how could he not even have a chance to send a letter?

Dou Wan was very anxious in her heart, but she couldn't show any clues, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at her in Yuncheng now, she can't ruin Fu Jue's plan.Therefore, Dou Wan suppressed the impatience in her heart, and still dealt with the noble lady, even when she met the lady Jiedushi, the expression on her face remained the same.

She lasted for another seven days, and on the eighth day when she lost the news of Fu Jue, she had to write another letter and send it back to Kyoto. This time, her hands were shaking when she wrote, and she didn't dare to think about Fu Jue's current situation. I'm afraid that if I think too deeply, I won't have the courage to wait alone in Yuncheng.God knows how much she wanted to rush to the northwest, but she knew that she couldn't help, and it would be useless even if she went, so she endured worry and anxiety and obediently stayed in Yuncheng.

It's just that she doesn't have to stay in Yuncheng, and she has to pretend to be okay in front of people, and she has to walk around the banquet on weekdays, even if she can't smile, she has to smile to deal with it, and she can't be seen by others strange.It stands to reason that it is not difficult for her to pretend, but this time Dou Wan discovered how difficult it is to pretend to be indifferent and not caring if someone she cares about is involved.

Many times she was almost unable to laugh, but when the corner of her eyes glanced at Mrs. Jiedushi or Mrs. Governor sitting not far away, the smiles on her face became a little more sincere. Now she is still not sure about the details of the two of them. Now, Dou Wan can't show her timidity in front of them no matter what she says.

Just when Dou Wan was about to fail, she finally received a message from Fu Jue.

At this time, more than ten days had passed since the day they agreed upon. What Dou Wan got was a piece of tattered fabric. When the piece of fabric was in her hands, her eyes instantly turned red.How could she not recognize it, this piece of fabric was clearly cut from Fu Jue's clothes, the piece of fabric was only the size of a palm, covered with dirt and a lot of blood, and the handwriting on it was scrawled, it was easy to see Knowing that Fu Jue wrote it in a hurry.

Holding the piece of fabric, Dou Wan stared at the handwriting on the fabric, then shed tears, gritted her teeth and stood up firmly, and ordered the next action according to Fu Jue's arrangement.As she thought, Fu Jue was ambushed when he left Northwest with He Dalang's son and daughter. Some people didn't want He Dalang's son and daughter to leave.

Fu Jue and his party protected He Dalang's sons and daughters deliberately detoured and did not come directly to Yuncheng, but the enemies hiding in the dark seemed to have predicted their destination and set up many ambushes on the road leading to Yuncheng .Originally, Fu Jue's trip to the northwest should be very secretive, but now there are only two possibilities for him to be ambushed. One is that there are internal thieves around him and Dou Wan, and the other is that there is something wrong with the He family.

Fu Jue is more inclined that the He family has a traitor. After all, when he and Dou Wan left Beijing, the manpower they brought was carefully selected. The two of them were careful and careful. Except for a few confidants, no one knew about it. What is the real purpose of their trip to Yuncheng this time?

Fu Jue thought that after double screening by him and Dou Wan, it is really impossible for the accompanying personnel to be an insider, so no matter how you look at it, the He family is the most suspicious. Fortunately, he did not disclose all the routes to He Dalang , otherwise the journey will be more difficult.However, although he had reservations about the He family, the enemy was coming so fiercely that they directly blocked several large and small roads from the northwest to Yuncheng, so he could only keep detours and choose roads with fewer enemies to break through.

It was also because of the ambush that he had no time to contact Dou Wan, and they traveled farther than originally planned, and they couldn't report to Dou Wan in time, and when they finally got rid of the pursuers, Fu Jue This is the time to breathe, and to seize the opportunity to deliver news to Dou Wan.

But he couldn't hear from Dou Wan. After all, he couldn't stay in one place for too long, lest he be caught up by the pursuers, so he hastily cut off his sleeves, cut his fingers and used blood as ink After giving an overview of the situation, a dead man was responsible for sending the letter back to Yuncheng, and he continued to flee with the others.

The dead man hid in Tibet, broke through all obstacles, and finally lived up to Fu Jue's entrustment, and handed the blood book to Dou Wan.

After Dou Wan got the news, she secretly dispatched the guards who stayed behind in Yuncheng to meet Fu Jue. Besides, she attended various banquets in a more high-profile way, as if she didn't know that Fu Jue was being hunted down at the moment. When asked by others, she still opened her big innocent eyes, and said shyly, "My son-in-law loves me, and has helped me to inspect the property." Neng Gan smiled and praised the son-in-law a few words.

There are only a few wives who are more sharp-tongued, implying inside and outside the words that the son-in-law has been away for so many days. It is too far-fetched to say that it is for inspection of the land, so don't be caught by something. , They looked like they were doing good for Dou Wan, but they were unforgiving in their mouths, they just didn't say clearly that the son-in-law left the eldest princess to find other fun.

Dou Wan deliberately argued with those noble concubines, and put on a domineering look to confuse Mrs. Jiedushi. Mrs. Jiedushi sat aside, carefully observing Dou Wan's expression in secret, and finally decided in her heart that this The eldest princess is not a climate, not a threat at all.She made up her mind, so she turned her eyes away, and stopped secretly paying attention to Dou Wan.Out of the corner of her eye, Dou Wan realized that the other party finally stopped staring at her, so she breathed a sigh of relief. ...

This day is the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Du Mansion. Dou Wan got up early, and Furong and Huarong led the maids to dress her up. She pursed her lips and remained expressionless. She deceived Mrs. Jiedushi with her domineering and spoiled appearance, but she still felt a little nervous about going to Du's mansion to pay her birthday wishes today.

After dressing up, she took a few deep breaths, suppressed the timidity in her heart, and led the maids to Du's mansion with her head held high.When she arrived, there were already some people at the banquet. She glanced at them and found that they were all the ladies who had walked closer recently. When the lady saw her, she hurriedly got up and went to salute and say hello. Then all the ladies returned to the banquet and sat down,

At this time, there was an old lady at the banquet, she looked energetic, but her cheeks were too thin and she looked a bit mean. The old lady didn't get up when she saw Dou Wan, she just glanced at her indifferently, and didn't pay attention to her at all. .Dou Wan was stunned for a moment, this was the first time she met such a rude person, although some people in Kyoto and Yuncheng thought that they were not favored, so they didn't want to see her in their hearts, but there was no lack of superficial skills He did a good job of saluting and greeting, unlike this old lady who clearly wrote contempt and disdain on her face.

The wives present were also a little embarrassed. This old Mrs. Du has a surly temper. She has always relied on the status of the Du family in Yuncheng and is quite able to talk, so she feels that she is superior and often looks down on the other wives. Today If it wasn't for Mrs. Jiedushi who personally posted the post, other noble ladies would really not want to come.

Even Mrs. Jiedushi is very angry at this time, her stepmother is really very vulgar, she really is a concubine who can't stand on the stage, if she didn't get close to Princess Huyang for a good reason today, She would not celebrate this old man's birthday, thinking that when she was not married, this old man made things difficult for her everywhere, and even wanted to withhold her dowry, apart from these, the grievances between the two of them could not be counted day and night.

It's just that now that the old man is ashamed on the spot, she can't just stand by. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, she and the Du Mansion are one. Even if she hasn't come back for several years, she can't change the fact that she is the Du family's wife.Therefore, Mrs. Jiedu made his face stiff, and went to the old lady's ear and whispered a few words. The old lady frowned, with a very disapproving expression on her face. Seeing this, Dou Wan sneered inwardly. But the old lady dared to take out such a high-ranking lady, the wife of the Jiedushi did not make a mistake?

She raised the corners of her mouth cryptically, fighting with someone like the old lady who can't hide her thoughts is better than fighting with Mrs. Jiedushi who can't see the depth.So Dou Wan graciously forgave the old lady's rudeness, but she still made a note of the other party in her heart, and will settle it together in the future.

In the view of the old lady, Dou Wan's refusal to pursue the matter naturally did not mean that the Eldest Princess was kind enough to forgive her, but that the Eldest Princess heard about the name of the Du family and did not dare to confront the Du family. After all, she had heard about it. Well, the nephew and grand-nephew of the fifth house of the Du family in Kyoto married the queen's own sister.The Du family is not much different from the eldest princess, they are all a family, if it is true about seniority, the eldest princess is also a junior, so she should greet her elder.

Dou Wan didn't know that the old lady dared to compare the Du family with the royal family. Because Du Siye married Mrs. Zhuo, she dared to talk about relatives with the royal family. Fortunately, the old lady didn't say it in public, otherwise Mrs. Jiedushi will lose all face, and her intestines should also regret it.

Afterwards, many people came one after another, and almost everyone in Yuncheng came to pay their respects. Such a grand occasion made the old lady smile, and she felt more and more that the Du family was amazing, and that the old Fengjun himself was also amazing.

Seeing the complacency on the old lady's face, all the people present curled their lips. Jiedu made the lady's face the most embarrassing. She tried her best to tell herself to be patient, as long as she could bear it for a few more days. After He Dalang's pair of children were found, she no longer had to face her annoying stepmother. ...

Dou Wan's letter was quickly sent back to the capital. When Dou Chun saw it, he hurriedly sent more people to Yuncheng. At the same time, Dou Xun's secret report was also sent back to the capital.Dou Xun was sent to the Northwest to gather the forces of the Cheng family. Later, he took the initiative to ask Dou Chun to return to the capital to settle down. However, Dou Chun did not agree at the time. Dou Xun thought that he should escort Zhuo Dalang's children this time. Well, unexpectedly, Dou Chun sent Fu Jue again.

But Fu Jue gave him a secret order, and Dou Xun's face turned pale after reading it. Seeing Dou Zhirong at the side, she said worriedly: "Brother, your complexion is not very good, what's wrong?"

Dou Xun pursed his lips, and said in a low voice, "The sage asked me to keep an eye on the He family."

"Staring at the He family?" Dou Zhirong was stunned for a moment, and then her face turned pale, "Could it be that the sage is going to deal with the He family next?" Dou Xun shook his head, his voice a little suppressed, "No, the sage is not going to take the He family, but It's the He family... There might be thieves." After hearing this, Dou Zhirong's pupils shrank suddenly, her hands trembled slightly, and her eyes were filled with anger, "Who is it? How dare you eat inside and outside?!"

"I don't know yet, the other party hides it very deeply, so the sage passed the secret order to me." Dou Xun said in a low voice, Dou Zhirong took a few deep breaths to suppress the anger in her heart, she leaned close to Dou Xun, and said softly: " The son-in-law is coming soon, if the thieves want to take action, it must be before or after the son-in-law leaves, brother might as well make people watch the He family after the son-in-law leaves."

"I think so too." Dou Xun nodded heavily. Both siblings felt uncomfortable. After all, the He family was their maternal grandfather's family. They had lost their parents, and the closest relatives in the world were the He family, but At this time, they learned that the He family Xu was an insider who had hidden wolfish ambitions, which made them not frightened or angry.

It's just that Dou Xun misunderstood all of this. Dou Chun just sent an order to keep him in the He family, and didn't say that there must be internal thieves in the He family. After all, when the old monk said "there are tigers and wolves in the northwest", he didn't know what he was referring to. The He family or the foreign barbarians outside the pass.But no matter what, the He family is in charge of the northwest, and it is always right to stare at the He family. That's why Dou Chun passed the secret order to Dou Xun, but who knew that Dou Xun believed that the He family had an internal thief.

It was also a mistake. After Fu Jue left, Dou Xun found out that there were some people in the He family who had changed. He secretly took them down, and then went directly to Mr. He, and found out that there might be spies in the He family. I said it cryptically.Mr. He was so angry that he jumped up and cooperated with Dou Xun to find out the spies hiding in the He family, but before they found it, something happened to He Dalang.

On that day when He Dalang handed over a pair of children to Fu Jue, Mrs. He felt sad, but she also knew that it was too dangerous for the children to stay in the northwest, and now that the sage had an ambiguous attitude towards the He family, the He family had to make a statement and send their son to the capital for the sake of Taking hostages is the fastest and easiest way. No matter how reluctant Mrs. He is, she can only reluctantly send the child away.Not long after the child left, Mrs. He was found dead in the wing room.

He Dalang arrived in a hurry after receiving the news. Mrs. He had been out of breath for a long time, and the He family suddenly exploded. Why was Mrs. He killed?When was he killed again?By whom?Unbeknownst to the He family, not long after Mrs. He was killed, Fu Jue and his party were ambushed. ...

Dou Chun and Zhuo Jingfan looked at Dou Xun's secret report, and when they saw that Mrs. He had been killed, they took a breath in surprise at the same time, and Zhuo Jingfan even blurted out, "Murder to silence?"

"It seems so. In this way, Fu Jue was ambushed because Mrs. He leaked his whereabouts?" Dou Chun flipped through the secret report and said thoughtfully.

"Fu Jue acted cautiously, how could he inform the He family of his whereabouts, let alone Mrs. He." Zhuo Jingfan felt that this matter was really weird, why did the other party silence Mrs. He? ...Could it be, "Could it be that Mrs. He accidentally discovered the inner thief?"

"It's possible that after Fu Jue arrived at He's house, he must have met the old man and He Dalang first, and then left with the child. Mrs. He may have bumped into an insider who was delivering news." Dou Chun squinted his eyes, deliberating. said.

"It seems that there is indeed a problem in the He family." Zhuo Jingfan sighed, and Dou Chun said flatly: "I can trust the loyalty of Mr. He and He Zheng, but the rest of the He family is not necessarily so. If Fu Jue hadn't arrived in time, the He family would probably fall apart."

"You mean, He Zheng was a fake rebel back then, but some of the He family really rebelled?" Zhuo Jingfan raised his eyebrows.

"Well, the benefits promised by the two kings of Qin and Chu at the beginning were really touching. Besides, not everyone can resist the temptation of Conglong Zhigong. Besides, Mr. He knew that the rebellion was fake, and He Zheng knew that the rebellion was false. Not everyone in the He family knows that the rebellion is false, after all, this is a very dangerous plan, if too many people know that it is leaked, the two kings of Qin and Chu will not be fooled." Dou Chun closed the secret report and sneered said.

Zhuo Jingfan nodded without making a sound. He recalled the memories of his previous life in his mind, trying to find out who this "northwestern tiger and wolf" refers to.He thought about it carefully, but found that the Northwest was very peaceful at this time in his previous life. Because Concubine Wan was in power, the Cheng family completely controlled the Northwest, and there was no trouble in the Northwest.Unexpectedly, history turned a corner in this life, the Cheng family disappeared on the stage of history early, and now the He family is in charge of the northwest.

To say that the He family's ability is no worse than that of the Cheng family, in the previous life the Cheng family had managed the Northwest without making any mistakes for many years, how could they change the He family in this life, and there would be internal thieves?Zhuo Jingfan thought about it, and the only explanation was that this traitor must have something to do with the remnants of the previous dynasty. The Cheng family in the previous life was fine because they were on Mu Xuan's side, while the He family in this life only If you are loyal to a saint, you will naturally have a traitor.

Unexpectedly, he and Dou Chun spent more than half a year to clean up Mu Xuan's influence, and there were still fish that slipped through the net. Zhuo Jingfan raised his guess, and Dou Chun also believed that the He family's internal thieves had something to do with the remnants of the previous dynasty. , is related to Hu Guo.

"Hu Guo?" Zhuo Jingfan thought for a while, and it is also possible. According to the relationship between Mu Xuan and Concubine Xian, the remnants of the previous dynasty must be very close to Hu Guo, and there is that mysterious person who helped Tuoba. There should be a relationship between the three. ...

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After Hu Yanlu returned to the capital, he observed secretly for a long time, and after confirming that the imperial guards had never discovered that he had escaped into the capital, he finally felt relieved. This time, he almost capsized in the gutter. Tuoba and others were arrested and imprisoned together.

This is the first time he has encountered a crisis in the many years since he sneaked into the Central Plains. He never showed his feet in front of the first emperor. He was very dissatisfied with both Hu Guo and Tuoba in his heart, and it could be said that he had vented his anger.

Therefore, he did not intend to rescue Tuoba and those barbarians at all, and let them fall into Dou Chun's hands to be tortured. He was not afraid that those barbarians would confess him, after all, those barbarians didn't even know who he was. Well, Tuoba, the only one who knows his identity, is a tough guy, and there is absolutely no such thing as torture, so he is not worried about his identity being exposed at all.

Things really happened as he expected, even if the Hu people who couldn't bear the torture spoke up, they never leaked his news, and Tuoba is worthy of being the number one general of the Hu country, Tuoba who has endured for several months, even though his whole body is covered with cuts and bruises, is actually stubborn He didn't say a word, even if Hu Yanlu was such a perverse person, after hearing about it, he couldn't help feeling a little bit of admiration for Tuoba.

Of the barbarian who was captured together with Tuoba at the beginning, there was only one broken leg left. After a period of recuperation, the barbarian with the broken leg looked much better, but he became lifeless, seemingly lifeless. Lovely, but both Zhuo Jingfan and Dou Chun knew that if this barbarian really didn't want to live, he wouldn't have lasted so long. The gesture he made now was just to lower their vigilance.

So Dou Chun made people stare at this barbarian, and he couldn't relax for a moment. The barbarian pretended to be pretending, but after a while, he really showed his feet.The inner eunuch who watched the barbarian found that the barbarian didn't sleep at night in recent days, and kept whistling. Mouth, but still continue to whistle the next day.

"Could it be that this is how they communicate?" Zhuo Jingfan discussed with Dou Chun after hearing the inner eunuch's report.

"It's not impossible. Tonight, I will order people to move Tuoba to the prison of the barbarians to see if Tuoba responds to the whistle." After Dou Chun pondered for a while, he asked someone to pass on his will. .

That night, Tuoba leaned against the wall of the new cell and sat in the corner of the cell. He stared blankly at the ground in front of him. Because of his immense strength, his hands and feet were shackled by iron chains, and he was tortured while eating. Putting drugs that would make people's hands and feet weak, made it impossible for him to use his natural divine power.

As long as he moves a little, there will be a "click, click" sound, and the piercing sound reminds him all the time - he has become a prisoner.So Tuoba can't move if he can't move,

Just when he began to fall into deep thought as usual every day, he suddenly heard a small whistle, his ears moved, and the center of his eyebrows twitched slightly. The whistle disappeared quickly, making him think it was for a short time He listened carefully to his hallucinations, but he never heard the whistle again.He smiled wryly, could it be that he was tortured to the point where he even had hallucinations?He shook his head and closed his eyes to rest for a while, when the whistle sounded again.

This time he heard absolutely right, because the whistle became louder and still had a certain rhythm, and he knew that the other party was a barbarian, and he was using the whistle to ask for help.Therefore, he pursed his lips, and blew a short but loud whistle lightly, and the other party's response came after a while, the whistle was full of excitement and joy, Tuoba never thought that one of his subordinates would still Someone is alive.

The two "talked" with whistles for a while, and then the jailer came. The jailer knocked on the cell door with the handle of a knife, and said cursingly, "Will you let people sleep in the middle of the night? If you whistle again, your mouth will be shut down." It was sewn up!" The jailer didn't care if the other party understood or not, after cursing, he spat and left.

Tuoba looked at the jailer's arrogance coldly, with a calm expression on his face. He was ridiculed and tortured by the jailer every day. Such scolding was commonplace, and it was not painful, so it couldn't change his color at all, let alone him You know, the more excited his reaction is, the more energetic the jailer will be. If he keeps quiet and lets them beat and scold them, they will soon be bored.

So he directly regarded the jailer just now as non-existent, didn't hear what the other party was saying at all, and just pondered the news he had just learned from his subordinates in his heart.He brought only one man from the Great Zhou Dynasty this time, and his leg was broken. Even if he tried to escape, he couldn't bring a burden. The end of that man was already doomed.

Furthermore, Zhou thief really wanted to ask about Huyanlu's identity. Fortunately, he had been careful and cautious earlier, and did not let his subordinates know any news about Huyanlu, otherwise Huyanlu, a great pawn, would be destroyed. up.