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As night fell, Shang Xuanlie took Su Zhaoxue over the city wall and out of the border town.In a village not far from the border city, there is a dilapidated Town God's Temple.Shang Xuanlie tied up Meng Shaojie and hid him behind the statue of King Yan.

When they arrived at the Town God's Temple, Su Zhaoxue lit a fire, and Shang Xuanlie lifted Meng Shaojie who was tied up and threw him on the ground.With a cloth stuffed in his mouth, Meng Shaojie looked timid and fearful, his body lying on the ground trembling.Without the majestic scenery of the golden-armored teenager in the daytime, he is as extremely disturbed as a quail with its hair plucked.

"Give him something to eat, don't starve him to death." Su Zhaoxue looked at Shang Xuanlie and asked.

"Well, good." The living Meng Shaojie is valuable. After a long time, the anger and injustice in Shang Xuanlie's heart gradually subsided, and he was able to calmly face this half-brother.He drew the dagger he carried with him and cut the rope.Su Zhaoxue took out the prepared flour pancakes and some water and put them in front of Meng Shaojie.

Meng Shaojie opened his eyelids and glanced at them secretly. When he thought of Shang Xuanlie beating his father to death, he couldn't eat, tears streaming down his face, staring at the food in front of him in a daze.Meng Shaojie has been favored by Princess Zhang since he was a child. It can be said that he is the eyeball of his parents. How could he have suffered and frightened like this.Just like in the daytime, it was said that he was leading the army to fight and catch the traitors, but the real contribution was from the generals accompanying him, and he just went out with him for a while, so as to block the mouths of Princess Zhang's subordinates.

"Hurry up and eat." Su Zhaoxue was speechless when she saw that he was crying without moving.Concubine Zhang is such a sturdy woman, why did she give birth to Meng Shaojie, a softie, who has no bones at all.Sure enough, no matter how powerful a woman is, she will lose her mind when she encounters love. Meng Shaojie's son is far worse than Shang Xuanlie.

Seeing that he still didn't move, Shang Xuanlie was filled with impatience, he said: "If you like to eat or not, it doesn't matter what he does."

"Are you going to kill me?" Meng Shaojie shrank his neck in fright, he stopped crying and summoned up his courage to ask.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. Speaking of which, you are still my younger brother." Shang Xuanlie sneered.He really couldn't understand why this guy deserved his mother's love!How could Meng Shaojie be better than him from head to toe?There was a stagnation in the chest, which was very uncomfortable.

Sensing Shang Xuanlie's violent mood swings, Su Zhaoxue approached him, held hands, and looked at him worriedly.Shang Xuanlie's face softened, he stroked the back of Su Zhaoxue's hand comfortingly, stared at Meng Shaojie and said, "Hmph, since you're not hungry, forget it. Anyway, you won't die if you starve for two days."

In fact, Meng Shaojie was already hungry. Hearing that he would not kill himself, his tense nerves relaxed.Seeing that Shang Xuanlie seemed to be taking back the food, he immediately picked up the water and drank it in big gulps.

Seeing Meng Shaojie so greedy for life and afraid of death, Shang Xuanlie became more and more angry.Gritting his teeth and glaring at Meng Shaojie, he turned around and left the Town God's Temple, disappearing into the night.Su Zhaoxue wanted to chase after him, but when she saw Meng Shaojie, she stopped worryingly.If he calms down by himself, his breath should subside, right?

Seeing Shang Xuanlie leaving, Meng Shaojie put down the water, breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately felt relieved.He stared at Su Zhaoxue and said: "Are you Shang Xuanlie's subordinate? Don't you know that he is a wanted criminal now? There is no way out for you to follow him. Now he is an abandoned son of the Bei'an Palace, and my mother will Don't care about him. He can't accomplish great things by himself. Why don't you let me go and follow me?"

Su Zhaoxue looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Oh, what good is it for me to follow you? You are just the son of a military adviser. Although your mother is Princess Zhang, you are only an illegitimate child. After all, you can't see the light of your status. It's better to follow Shang Xuanlie What about this orthodox son of the royal family?"

"You!" Meng Shaojie choked on his two words, his face turned blue, his chest heaved and burned with anger, what he tabooed most was his background!One can imagine that now that he is in jail, it is not because he is not allowed to get angry in the city lord's mansion.He took a deep breath and said, "So what if I can't see my identity? As long as I have a lot of soldiers in my hands in the future, who would dare to criticize my background?"

Heh, he is quite ambitious and thick-skinned, but he doesn't seem to be very sober.Su Zhaoxue smiled: "Concubine Zhang only has [-] soldiers, what can be done with just this few soldiers?"

"My grandfather and uncle still have 10,000+ soldiers in their hands, and they will support me. Now the Bei'an Palace is in chaos for the position of the son! As long as my mother and concubine return to the Bei'an Palace to preside over the overall situation, then the Bei'an Palace will not Is it my mother's?" The implication of Meng Shaojie's words is obvious, and he wants to occupy the dove's nest at that time.

Su Zhaoxue was too lazy to talk to this confused young man.He said: "Don't think about it. Even if King Bei'an's son dies, it will not be your turn for a person of unknown origin to take power in the Prince's Palace of Bei'an. Just like your father, you think too highly of Princess Zhang and the Zhang family!"

Meng Shaojie was annoyed when he saw that he was so uneducated. The guy in front of him was thin and not as strong as he was, so he felt that he should be able to beat him.Then unexpectedly punched Su Zhaoxue.Su Zhaoxue blocked his fist with her hand and raised her eyebrows. He thought this kid was really weak, but he didn't expect to have a little courage.

He actually blocked his own attack, Meng Shaojie's face turned pale, and with his other hand he grabbed a handful of ashes on the ground and threw them at Su Zhaoxue.Then he took the opportunity to run towards the door.Su Zhaoxue swept the dust with his sleeve calmly, picked up the pancake he hadn't eaten and threw it at Meng Shaojie.The pancake hit his leg like a heavy stone, and Meng Shaojie fell to the ground.

Walking to Meng Shaojie's side, seeing that he was unwilling to crawl towards the door, Su Zhaoxue said, "Don't bother, I know martial arts."

When Meng Shaojie heard this, he turned his head and glared at him angrily.Su Zhaoxue laughed twice, and then said: "I see that you are alive and well, and you are obviously not hungry. In order to prevent you from escaping, I will tie you up again." After speaking, he dragged Meng Shaojie back by his collar Next to the fire, it was tied up again, and the mouth was blocked.

Shang Xuanlie didn't know where he went that night, and he didn't return all night.Su Zhaoxue was so worried that she stayed up all night.He wanted to go out to find someone, but he was not familiar with the place in the border town, so he didn't know where to find someone, so he had to suppress the worries in his heart and wait patiently for Shang Xuanlie.

At dawn on the second day, Shang Xuanlie returned with Fan Changkong and a dozen guards.Seeing him returning safely, Su Zhaoxue heaved a sigh of relief.On the other hand, Fan Changkong was stunned when he saw Su Zhaoxue, not knowing who this person was.At this moment, Su Zhaoxue's expression changed, so he naturally couldn't recognize her.

Shang Xuanlie kicked Meng Shaojie who was sleeping soundly awake, and said, "Sir, bring the pen and paper."

The guard behind Fan Changkong took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone from his bag and handed it to Fan Changkong, who placed it in front of Meng Shaojie.He got up and glanced at Su Zhaoxue and said, "My lord, this young master..."

Shang Xuanlie glanced at him and said, "He is Su Zhaoxue."

"So it's Mr. Zhaoxue." Fan Changkong was stunned for a moment, then glanced at him in surprise, and cursed in his heart, why is this guy here?

After exchanging pleasantries with Fan Changkong, Su Zhaoxue stopped talking and stepped aside.

Cutting the rope on Meng Shaojie's body and taking the cloth ball out of his mouth, Shang Xuanlie said: "Hurry up and write, let Princess Zhang pick you up at Wuliting outside the border city at noon!"

When Meng Shaojie heard this, he looked up at him in surprise, and exclaimed, "You want to let me go back."

"Of course, you are useless to me. Why should I tie you up? You are my younger brother anyway, how could I hurt you? If you get hurt, I'm afraid Princess Zhang will be very sad." Shang Xuanlie Calling his mother and concubine Princess Zhang, I'm afraid it really hurts my heart.

Meng Shaojie was immersed in the joy of going home, didn't feel anything wrong at all, obediently wrote a note according to Shang Xuanlie's words.After finishing writing, Shang Xuanlie pulled down the jade pendant around his waist and handed it to Fan Changkong: "Sir, arrange someone to deliver the letter to Princess Zhang."

Fan Changkong took the letter, his eyes fell on Su Zhaoxue, and he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the concubine is surrounded by experts, and it may be difficult for ordinary guards to get close to the City Lord's Mansion. Mr. Su is very skilled in martial arts, why don't you let Mr. Su go on your behalf?" How about a trip?"

Shang Xuanlie frowned, his face full of disapproval, he subconsciously resisted Fan Changkong's idea.He hadn't reached the point where he asked Zhaoxue's brother to help, and with the matter of the Bei'an Palace, he didn't want Su Zhaoxue to get involved, and he always felt as if he was incompetent.He waved his hand and said, "No, just find any villager and ask them to send a letter to the City Lord's Mansion. You don't need to bother brother Zhaoxue about this matter."

When Fan Changkong heard this, he was satisfied. He felt that his son's mind was quite clear, and he didn't want this outsider with a complicated identity to interfere in his affairs.Su Zhaoxue knew that the water inside was very muddy, so she naturally didn't want to intervene. Hearing what Shang Xuanlie said, she said, "Just do what brother says."

After calling a guard to hand over the letter and jade pendant to him, Shang Xuanlie took Su Zhaoxue outside the temple and said, "Brother, you stay outside the city today, and you will enter the city after I take down the border city."

Knowing that he was worried about herself, Su Zhaoxue smiled: "I can't stay outside this city, how about this, I will go into the city alone first, maybe I will be needed then, so I can go immediately. Easy self-protection function, don't worry about me."

"This..." Shang Xuanlie hesitated for a while, seeing that he persisted and finally agreed.Su Zhaoxue wanted to ask him about his plan, so it could be seen that he didn't intend to tell her.The matter was closed to Princess Zhang again, Su Zhaoxue couldn't open her mouth, so he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

And Princess Zhang, who was in the City Lord's Mansion, didn't sleep all night, standing in the mourning hall, her mind was in turmoil, wondering who had the supernatural ability to kill people in the City Lord's Mansion and then kidnap her son.After guessing and guessing, he still failed to guess Shang Xuanlie.

This night can be said to be the most painful night for her. She didn't know whether her beloved little son was alive or dead, and her caring lover died. Her eyes turned red and she aged a lot overnight.

When receiving the letter and jade pendant brought by the housekeeper, Princess Zhang couldn't wait to open the letter, and when she saw that it was her youngest son's handwritten letter, she was temporarily relieved.After searching the city all night, but there was no news, she was afraid that something bad happened to Meng Shaojie.When she learned of her son's safety, Princess Zhang was furious and even took her son abducted. She was really tired of work, so she immediately asked the steward to order [-] troops to go to Wuliting outside the city to pick up her son.