The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

Songbu took great pains to find such an opportunity, but was defeated by Xiao Jiuqin.Song Bu was young and energetic, and wanted to play again, but was stopped by the people around him.

"General, now is definitely not a good time to send troops. Now that Daliang's army is winning every step of the way, our people's hearts are not stable. If we go out rashly, we will definitely not get good results."

"Then you mean to shrink like this, right? Then when can we go straight to the Central Plains and take off the head of Emperor Liang!"

"General..." One person's expression moved slightly, and something flashed in his eyes, "Did you forget that there is still that person in Yingdu?"

"What do you mean?" Song Bu frowned slightly.

"Yingdu is not united. As far as I know, the princes are now fighting to seize the throne, and it is time to shake the foundation of the country. If this is the time... who will win?"

"So what if you win?" The agate on the earlobe of the upper part shook, his eyebrows and eyes were sharp, and there was a faint evil spirit.

"Winning is naturally beneficial to us." The man took another step forward, "That man reached an agreement with the general earlier, once he has real power, then it is time to implement the covenant."

"At that time...just one word, that Marquis of Pingjin will no longer have the chance to show his teeth and claws."

"A word?" Song Bu frowned, and the more he listened, the more confused he became.

"That guy just needs to say that Xiao Jiuqin is a traitor, so...how can he shout in front of the general again?"

Song Bu suddenly realized.

"But Beidi is facing a predicament now. The food and grass are less than ten days old. If the one in Yingdu can't get it as soon as possible, then it will be difficult for this side to hold on. At that time, even if there is a chance to repel Xiao Jiuqin, we will hold on." Not long."

"So what do you mean?" Seeing what he meant, Song Bu suddenly realized.

"Of course it's burning, killing and looting." The man pulled his lips and smiled, "We can't win Daliang's army, but Daliang's people are powerless... why bother."

As soon as the words came out, there was a smile on his face, and he said in harmony: "You are right."

They have always been not good people. It is not unreasonable for Beidi people to be called barbarians. Since they are not their people, why should they be merciful.

After the sneak attack that night, Beidi had been silent for three whole days, Xiao Jiuqin was busy deploying defenses in the city, and hurriedly borrowed some food and grass from the surrounding prefectures and counties, barely enough to feed the soldiers and the people.

In the past few days, Bai Yan also followed him to deal with the affairs of Guixi Mansion.

The prefect of Guixi fled suddenly, leaving all the affairs of Guixi Mansion behind, and the affairs of the whole prefecture city were in a mess.

In fact, these things were not done very well when the prefect of Guixi was there, but after all, they would not be abandoned. If Bai Yan hadn't reached out to do it this time, it would be the common people who would eventually suffer.

Xiao Jiuqin and Bai Yan were a military officer and a civil servant, one was in charge of outsiders and the other was in charge of insiders, barely keeping Guixi Mansion from messing up.

But when they were busy with these things, He Zhaoyuan hurried back to the city with a group of people. He rushed to the magistrate's mansion non-stop, and the people behind him almost couldn't catch up with him.

Xiao Jiuqin was cleaning the stable when he saw him, and Bai Yan was flipping through a stack of ledgers.He Zhaoyuan was out of breath, and couldn't help shouting, "The two of you are really comfortable, you don't know...there is chaos outside now!"

As soon as Xiao Jiuqin stopped moving, Bai Yan also looked over, "What happened?"

He Zhaoyuan was sent out to investigate the enemy's situation. He used to use some methods to confuse the enemy, and Xiao Jiuqin felt relieved that he would go out. The news of these two days was all sent back by He Zhaoyuan. They didn't know the outside news for the time being. Many, I only know that the enemy troops in the city are silent, as if some major event is brewing.

But only He Zhaoyuan knew that there was no major event brewing, but that most of the Beidi barbarians sent troops to the surrounding counties, burning, killing and looting every day. Due to the lack of news, Guixi Prefecture was in the middle of the siege, so these two days How did Xiao Jiuqin and the others know that the outside world was in chaos.

"That group of savages is not a good thing. They sent people to patrol around the barracks on the surface, but in fact they were just confusing us. They left the camp in waves in the middle of the night and scattered to the surrounding counties. Killing is the main thing, follow-up reinforcements follow, looting is the main thing, and the people are wiped out!"

On the way back, He Zhaoyuan was used to the miserable situation in the world, and he was very angry, but in order not to delay the matter, he still sent the news back for the time being, and sent the rest of the people everywhere to search for the traces of the remaining barbarians.

"What's the situation outside now?" Xiao Jiuqin clenched his fists, wishing he could eat the flesh of the barbarians in Beidi.

"How innocent are the common people!" The ledger in Bai Yan's hand was wrinkled.Now Xiao Jiuqin wished he could lead his troops out immediately and kill all the Beidi people.

Bai Yan saw that his face was not right, so he quickly held his hand, "This is the end of the matter, we can no longer wait for the news to come in, the longer the time drags on, the more people will be killed... Besides, killing is not enough, what's more? Let them taste it."

Xiao Jiuqin mobilized his troops quickly, He Zhaoyuan took a step ahead, and Bai Yan wanted to follow them, but he didn't know martial arts at all, and following them was also a drag.So he stayed in Guixi Mansion in the end, and while waiting for the news, he conveyed the news outside the city to Xiao Jiuqin and the others.

Xiao Jiuqin only brought 3000 people with him, and these 3000 people sneaked out of the city in ten groups. In order to prevent being discovered by the enemy, they also sent out a wave to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night, knocking down the enemy's camp. Made a mess.

Bai Yan was standing on the city wall wearing only a cloak. Looking at the riot scene below the city, he somehow remembered the civil disturbance in Yingdu five years ago.

At that time, the city was full of flames, and that night, he had just come out of the imperial prison, black smoke billowed in front of his eyes, loud shouts of "running water" everywhere, and Jinwu guards who were chasing the prisoner everywhere, but only the Grand Master's Mansion was exceptionally quiet .

The night Bai Yan was escorted to the Grand Master's Mansion, he didn't fall asleep at all.Outside the high wall, there were the sounds of the people fleeing in a hurry, and their cries of pain. Bai Yan could even smell the strong smell of blood in the air.

He didn't know what happened, because he was fed a bowl of thick black medicinal soup in the second half of the night.

When he woke up again, it was already three days later, Yun Qiyin repeatedly came to talk to him, but Bai Yan seemed to have lost both his mind and his voice.

Bai Yan knew that Taishi Yun had other plans, so he didn't even have a good impression of Yun Qiyin. He didn't want to talk to Yun Qiyin, he just wanted to leave Taishi's mansion.

But no matter how he tried, Yun Qiyin just pretended that he couldn't understand what he said, and even sent a Maliu to wait on him.

Afterwards, there was no more commotion in Ying Du, and the air was filled with a faint scent of flowers. He looked at the flowers and plants outside the house, and the free fish in the water...

Xiao Jiuqin was getting further and further away from him.

"My lord, what should we do next?"

"Wait, wait for the other party to arrive, or Lord Hou to send a message." When he said this, he was wondering where Xiao Jiuqin was?Are they okay?

No one knew that in the past two days, every night he dreamed was the night when he came out of the imperial prison, and the moment he was pushed into the carriage, he seemed to see Xiao Jiuqin, but he was still in a daze.

Xiao Jiuqin had left at that time, how could he appear there.

Later, Bai Yan overturned his own cognition: that's not Xiao Jiuqin.

At that time, Bai Yan forced himself to temporarily "quit" Xiao Jiuqin, but how could it be that easy, Xiao Jiuqin had left a scar on his heart, not only could Bai Yan never forget him, but with the passage of time, This imprint became deeper and deeper, until it finally penetrated into Bai Yan's heart and could never be removed.

On the fourth day, there was no news from Xiao Jiuqin, and this time even He Zhaoyuan had no news.

Standing on the city wall, Bai Yan looked into the distance again and again, and someone around him came up to urge him to go back, but he refused them all.

Bai Yan looked at the Beidi camp not far away, suddenly his eyes froze, he pointed in a certain direction, and asked the people next to him, "Do you think those people are leaving?"

In fact, there are only some people, they are clearly a team, they hold weapons in their hands, and they seem to be well prepared, and at this moment, Bai Yan saw a little general from a distance, that man was wearing armor, sitting on his seat The next horse is the extremely precious Dawan horse.

The identity of that person is not simple.

The people next to him heard the sound and looked over, approached a little closer, and suddenly said: "It's broken, those people are going to leave again, according to the observations of the past few days, there are less than ten soldiers and horses left in the Beidi Camp." Two or three, what did they suddenly withdraw so many people for?"

Bai Yan slowly frowned, looked at the distant river and the mountains, and suddenly thought for a while: "No, they are probably there to save my own people, so there should be someone from the Hou Ye's side. thing……"

Bai Yan's complexion turned pale.

He thought of many possibilities, but finally settled on this one.Bai Yan continued to send people out of the city to inquire about the news, and he stayed in Guixi Mansion to barely take charge.

The common people have started to set up stalls slowly on the street these days, as if they have returned to a time when nothing happened, but Bai Yan feels that everything has just begun.

There has been no news from the person sent out, and it seems that Xiao Jiuqin and He Zhaoyuan have lost contact. The worry in Bai Yan's heart became more and more obvious. He began to be unable to sleep all night and ate very little. After two days, his complexion has deteriorated a lot.

The people around him kept telling him to pay attention to his body, but he kept going in one ear and out the other, until he saw Xiao Jiuqin's falcon in the yard that night.

Falcon's appearance suddenly made Bai Yan a little anxious, he walked out without putting on his clothes, surrounded Falcon in the snow, and gently touched his head with his hand.

The little thing rubbed against his palm affectionately, and Bai Yan patted his head lightly again: "Hey, don't move."

Bai Yan thought it was Xiao Jiuqin who asked the falcon to come back to him, so he carefully inspected the falcon's claws, but he searched almost all parts of the falcon, and found nothing related to the letter. ...He suddenly saw a broken piece of blood-stained cloth.

Bai Yan's heart skipped a beat, he didn't dare to think wildly, so he reached out and picked up the rag and came over to have a look.

He was very familiar with this material, even four days ago, he even brushed off Xiao Jiuqin's sleeves, such a familiar thing broke Bai Yan's heart.

"It doesn't have to be Lord Hou's blood." Someone beside him comforted him, but Bai Yan didn't listen at all. He shook his head and walked out with Falcon.