Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

The capital was besieged and was in danger. Although there is a lot of food stored in the city, rationing has already begun for long-term planning.There was a siege battle every few days, and the battle was naturally very tragic, and everyone in the city was panicked. The capital city has completely lost contact with the outside world. After a month of siege, the carrier pigeon brought news that Jiangxia, an important town, was captured by King Rui's army. Jiang Xia is the last barrier of the capital, so the army will come here soon. In addition to despair, the people in the court also had a feeling that their debts were too much to worry about, and they even looked forward to seeing how the situation would turn out after the arrival of King Rui.Anyway, the worst situation is now.

The affairs of the imperial court are arguing in the hall every day, but Shengyan and Xingren are just decorations and never get in the way.However, the state is about to be toppled, and the respectable bureaucratic machinery is still faithfully functioning.Sheng Yan also had to admire them. "The most important thing is that Xiang Yunhuan should not surrender to King Rui's command, otherwise, we will have no hope." Jun Lanxie said this, and everyone agreed. At present, there are only three ways, one is to defend the city hard ——But relying on the exhausted thousands of people in the city, it is obviously impossible to sustain it; the second is to open the city gate and surrender to Xiang Yunhuan——The emperor is still alive, and the prince is in charge of the country. For the emperor?This is also absolutely impossible; as for the third way, it is to welcome King Rui, who is on the side of the Qing emperor, into the city, follow his will, kill his dissidents around the emperor, and let the government return to his hands. Everything is the same as before .

No matter how you look at it, the third way seems to be the best option.However, King Rui's former political enemies would naturally not sit still, especially, the names of a series of important figures such as Jun Zhongshu and Concubine Sheng De all appeared on the list of villains that King Rui wanted to get rid of. Therefore, after arguing for a whole morning, they still couldn't find a reason, so everyone had to disperse first, and go back to their respective yamen to do business. Sheng Yan stopped Jun Lanxie and said, "Master Zhongshu, there is something I want to discuss with you."

"It's about King Rui and Xiang Yunhuan." Sheng Yan asked, "King Rui and Xiang Yuanfei have had a feud for a long time. From Master Zhongshu's point of view, do you think it is very possible for them to unite?" "Nowadays in Xiang Yunhuan's army, it is said that Xiang Yuanfei died under the court's hand, so the army is full of enthusiasm...I think Xiang Yunhuan may forget the grievances between his father and King Rui back then, and may not surrender." Jun Lan frowned. Sheng Yan suddenly smiled, and said, "Jun Zhongshu, why don't we all sacrifice for the country, maybe we can keep the world peaceful."

Jun Lanxie was taken aback, knelt down quickly, and said, "Concubine De, the charges against you and me are just an excuse for his rebellion. Besides, King Rui should be the one who caused the emperor's current situation, so take ten thousand steps back and say He is not the one who poisoned the emperor, but of course he is not ignorant of the current situation of the court, but he still doesn't care about it. So, how can the death of you and me make him feel at ease?" Sheng Yan nodded slightly, and after a long time, said slowly: "Jun Zhongshu, now that the imperial court is running out of food and soldiers, there is really no way to support it. Instead of waiting for the people to suffer after the city is broken, it is better to open the door and let people from outside come in." ...what do you think?"

Jun Lanxie was startled, looked up at her, only to see her say indifferently: "It's just that you said, it's better to choose Xiang Yunhuan or King Rui?" Jun Lan said anxiously: "This..." "If we choose Xiang Yunhuan, wouldn't it mean that the country has fallen into the hands of a different surname? Moreover, Xiang Yunhuan is committing a rebellion and must not be tolerated. King Rui is the elder brother of the current emperor, of royal blood. Call it a rebellion, but after all, there is still a name on the side of the Qing Dynasty... Of course, we still let King Rui enter the city to protect the people of the city from the rebellion, which is more legitimate, right?"

"But, ma'am..." Jun Lan thought in her heart, he almost died at your hands, and I am his biggest political enemy. I am afraid that when he enters the city, the first thing he will do is execute us. "But having said that..." Sheng Yan said in a low voice, "Xiang Yunhuan now has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with it. If King Rui takes over the court, he must at least eliminate the rebellion first, and then sit on the mountain and watch Hu Dou, maybe the emperor and we can still have a little chance... After all, if Xiang Yunhuan surrenders to King Rui now, then everything will be over, even if the emperor wakes up, I am afraid that the throne will change sooner or later."

Although this is the reason, Jun Lanxie still hesitated, and Sheng Yan asked again: "Or, Jun Zhongshu thinks it is better to choose Xiang Yunhuan and join forces with him to fight King Rui?" With less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, it would be a joke to say that the alliance is actually just a matter of choosing which faction to surrender.It was absolutely unreasonable to choose Yunhuan, and Jun Lanxie knew it, so he stood helplessly under the steps for a long time before he whispered: "Yes, I would like to follow Concubine De's wishes." When Jun Lanxie left, he heard her behind him, and finally said: "He hates me so much, I'm afraid he won't keep me in this world... At that time, I will leave everything to you, Mr. Zhongshu. "

He looked back at her in astonishment. However, her expression was calm and calm: "Even if I die, it's not a pity...as long as it can be exchanged for him, he will die a miserable death." Although the imperial court finally decided to submit to King Rui, but now that the whole city is under siege, there is really no way to contact King Rui's army. It was impossible for the loud arrow to shoot that far. When the spy sneaked out of the city in the middle of the night, he was shot to death by the moat by Xiang Yunhuan's soldiers.It is so difficult to surrender to others. It is really unexpected.

It is already February weather, the grass grows and the warblers fly, the peanut trees are mixed, the wind and the sun have become gentle.But the people in the besieged city can't feel the existence of spring at all, but the only good news is that King Rui has arrived at a place less than 30 miles away from the capital. After attacking the city, he withdrew his troops ten li and stationed himself on the Baizhang Plain outside the capital. But even though Xiang Yunhuan's large army withdrew, there was still a small team ambushing in the woods. They were naturally worried that the court would make peace with King Rui, so the people sent by the court to deliver letters could never reach King Rui's army.However, King Rui stood still and stationed thirty miles away, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. On the contrary, the people in the court began to stand on tiptoe and look forward to the arrival of this rebel army.

"I heard that Xiang Yunhuan is negotiating with King Rui, that's why King Rui is so calm." Occasionally, some spies would send some news from Xiang Yunhuan, but it was also vague and not very accurate. Jun Lanxie discussed in the court and said that it seems impossible to ask people to carry the imperial documents out, but it seems that some people in the suburbs of the city have fled to the mountains to hide recently. If you are lurking back home to get something, why not find someone who can speak well, pretend to be a commoner, and go over to negotiate with King Rui in person. Everyone thought it was a solution, so they recommended Chen Qingyun, the Minister of Rites, to go over.Unexpectedly, he was arrested as soon as he arrived outside the city. It turned out that the people around Xiang Yunhuan knew all the officials in the court, so they were naturally caught. Now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are trembling and dare not move.Jun Lanxie had no choice but to ask Sheng Yan if it would be more appropriate to let the female officials in the palace go. After all, the female officials in the palace are more knowledgeable, and women will not be suspected. After thinking about it, Sheng Yan called Wu Zhaoshen over and asked her if she had the guts to go.When Wu Zhaoshen heard that he was acting as a substitute for the court to inform King Rui, he was so frightened that he cried, turned around and slammed into the beam, determined to seek death. Diao Ku hurried to hug her, and said anxiously: "Oh, Zhaoshen, you... what are you doing?" "I just want a good death, please be merciful..." Wu Zhaoshen cried bitterly, "If this trip falls into the hands of those soldiers, I... what can I do..." Sheng Yan was helpless, and said in a low voice: "It's because I didn't think carefully, I'm sorry Zhaoshen." She waved her hand to let Diaogu send Wu Zhaoshen back to have a good rest. She sat alone in the hall for a while, looked up and saw that it was getting late, and suddenly turned to Jun Rongyu who was on duty, "Are you free tonight?" Jun Rong and bowed his head and said: "The only thing is to protect the concubine De." "Okay, if that's the case..." Sheng Yan raised her chin and said lightly, "Come out for a walk with me." Jun Rongyu thought she wanted to go out for a walk in the palace, but she turned around and called the servant: "I'm going out of the palace tonight, if you don't come back tomorrow, don't look for me." The servant didn't know why, so he agreed hesitantly.Jun Rongyu suddenly felt that something was wrong, and looked at her in a daze. She sat calmly at the table and wrote half a page of paper, pressed it with jade paper, got up and went to the inner hall to pick out the simplest piece of clothes she had brought in from outside the palace before, and then put the hairpin on her hair Take them all off, take off the jade bracelet on your hand, and say to him: "Let's go." Only then did Jun Rongyu understand, and he asked in astonishment, "Your Majesty... is going out of the palace?" She whispered, "No, get out of town." They went to the east of the city, Jun Rong and returned home to get the servant's clothes and put them on.When the two walked through the courtyard of her house that had been burned to ashes, Sheng Yan stood for a while, joining hands and praying softly.Standing behind her, Jun Rongyu only heard her vague words "Let him die badly", and thinking of the calm and delicate face of the former emperor Shang Xun, he suddenly felt his hair stand on end. After checking the order, the side door opened a small crack, and they squeezed out without a sound, heading for the southern suburbs.The water of the moat is extremely clear, and willow trees are planted along the banks, which can hide the figure. They walked cautiously along the river to the outskirts of the city. In the dark night, the branches and shadows of the large peach groves danced. Because the leaves had not bloomed yet, they looked extremely forbidding. Only the smooth bark of the peach trees reflected some silvery light in the moonlight. After leaving the peach grove, there was no shelter, the two of them sneaked away for a while, when someone jumped out in front and asked sharply, "Who is it?" Jun Rongyu hurriedly said: "We are... people who fled to the mountains, and now we want to go home to get something... I heard that General Xiang's troops don't kill people, so we dared to come down..." Sheng Yan said in a low voice and hastily: "That's right, Papa Amao went home yesterday and took an earthen jar..." The leader was impatient and interrupted her: "Where do you live?" "Going along the field ridge, there are two peach trees in front of my house. There are two and a half houses and half a woodshed. There is also a bluestone outside the courtyard wall. It is cold after washing in summer. It is the best to enjoy the shade. ..." Hearing what she said in such detail, the leader didn't suspect him, so he raised his chin to let them pass.Unexpectedly, just as she turned her head, the leader under the moonlight's eyes lit up, walked up to her and stopped her, and said with a smile: "You are so beautiful, wouldn't you be afraid to hide on the mountain? Why don't you go back with the military master, on the mountain?" Tigers and beasts are scary..." Sheng Yan didn't expect such a thing to happen in the dark, she was anxious and angry, but she didn't dare to speak, she bowed her head and hurried away.But the leader grabbed her and asked with a salivating face, "How is it?" Jun Rongyu hurriedly stood in front of Sheng Yan, and said in a low voice: "This military master...my wife is already three months pregnant, please let our family go..." "Three months? I really can't tell?" Those people were looking at Sheng Yan's waist, doubting, but a group of people came in front, and the leader sat on the horse and asked, "What happened?" Those people looked up and hurriedly bowed and shouted, "I've seen General Xiang." Sheng Yan looked up at the person on the horse, and immediately lowered her head in fright—the person sitting high on the horse and looking down at her from above was none other than Xiang Yunhuan. If it wasn't for him... Shang Jie and her might just pass by like that, after a heavy rain, let's divide things up. But who knows?Perhaps without Xiang Yunhuan, their story would still develop like that.Maybe everything is already doomed somewhere, even the ending has been written, all the appearances of all the people, all the events happened are just to make them come to this point. Sheng Yan lowered her face, without saying a word, she carefully held Jun Rongyu's sleeve, hiding behind his husband like an ordinary girl shrinking behind her husband. In the darkness, she kept her head down again. Xiang Yunhuan didn't recognize her, but pointed at Sheng Yan and Jun Rongyu with a horsewhip, and asked, "Who are these two?" "It's a young couple who came down from the mountain and wanted to go home to get something. I'll see you... I saw that this young lady has delicate skin and tender flesh, she doesn't look like a village woman, so I asked casually." The person who stopped them hurriedly said . Xiang Yunhuan was angry and funny, and said: "Whenever you have this kind of mind, you won't be called Zhang sloppy. It's because of his beautiful parents, right?" Even though he said that, he had to look carefully Looking at Sheng Yan, the sky was covered with dark clouds at night, and he couldn't see things clearly, but at this moment, the clouds suddenly opened and the moon came out, and the light of the last quarter moon shone faintly on Sheng Yan's body. open your eyes. He was in a trance for a moment, thinking in his heart, how could there be such a beautiful person in this mountain?Is it really like other people's legends say that there are demon foxes haunting Baizhang Plain? However, it was just a momentary trance, he quickly remembered, and asked in surprise: "Is it you?" Sheng Paint was not as good as his memory, so he had to bite his lower lip and whispered, "I... don't know you." "Last spring, at the Temple of Flowers over there, you were shot by King Rui, and you forgot so soon?" He jumped off the horse, pinched her chin, looked up and laughed, " You are right, in the heavy rain at that time, your disheveled hair was amazing - I later saw that King Rui followed you, and thought you would be taken back by him, but it turned out that you were still married in the countryside Have a baby?" She could only reluctantly avoid it, and said in a low voice: "At that time... I had already betrothed to someone." "I really can't see that he is still a gentleman and doesn't take other people's things." He laughed, looked at her again, and said, "However, King Rui is one of the best men in the world, you missed it." It would be a pity to lose him." "The first is our general." Zhang Sloppy next to him complimented immediately. Xiang Yunhuan couldn't help laughing, and kicked him on the buttocks: "Get out, get out of your ass!" Jun Rongyu secretly moved his body to stand in front of Sheng Yan, thinking in his heart, if something happened later, even if he risked his life, he couldn't let her fall into the hands of the enemy. Seeing Xiang Yunhuan turn around, Sheng Yan pointed at the house not far behind Jun Rongyu, and said timidly: "If you don't mind the general, you can come to our house and take a look. We'll take our things and leave." .” Xiang Yunhuan nodded casually, signaling for the people behind to follow, and followed them all the way to her house without getting on the horse. Sheng Yan took out the key she had kept all along, and opened the lock of the courtyard door. The lock was a little rusty, and she finally opened it with some force secretly. Open the door and go in, and everything inside is exactly the same as before.Peach trees that have not yet grown flowers and leaves, fluffy grass that grows early in the corners, and smooth bluestone steps with shallow dents in the middle. She suppressed the tears that welled up in her, and naturally went to the firewood room and took out a bucket, asked Jun Rong and fetch water from the well under the pomegranate tree in the corner of the house, and took the teapot and cups from the kitchen cabinet. Clean it up and boil water for Xiang Yunhuan and the others to make tea. Seeing how proficient she was, the group of people also dispelled their doubts, and Sheng Yan persuaded them to drink tea. Naturally, Xiang Yunhuan would not drink old tea at a stranger's house, so he just waved and said, "Forget it, drink it in the middle of the night What tea? Take your things and leave quickly, the imperial court and King Rui's army will fight at some point." "Yes, yes." Jun Rongyu quickly responded. They turned around and went out, Xiang Yunhuan heard a person behind him say enviously: "This man is really lucky to have such a beautiful wife." "That's right, this woman is so beautiful, but her hands have been doing housework all year round, and her fingers are rough. It's a pity... If I had such a wife, I would serve her with tea and water every day!" Another person Say. "You look really carefully, staring at the little daughter-in-law from head to toe, right?" The others laughed together. The man was unconvinced: "What's so strange about seeing someone's beautiful little daughter-in-law? There are no women here, and the sows have double eyelids!" Xiang Yunhuan finally couldn't bear it anymore, and turned around and said, "Okay, when the capital is captured, each of you will share one!" "Each person gets one such beautiful one? How is it possible?" Everyone was overjoyed. "No, each of you will give you a sow!" Amidst the roar of laughter, everyone returned to the camp laughing and joking. Before taking a break, Xiang Yunhuan saw the commander in chief passing by, so he asked casually, "What's the answer from King Rui?" The Master Registrar said: "King Rui hasn't responded yet, but I see that the imperial court has been wanting to contact King Rui frequently recently. He probably doesn't know about it, and maybe he's still hesitating to choose between the two." Xiang Yunhuan sneered and said: "What's so good about him choosing the imperial court? The emperor is not dead yet. At most, he will be the regent when he goes back, and it will take a lot of trouble to come. If he is with us, he can attack with dignity. Going down to the capital to be the emperor, how straightforward it is." The chief book nodded and said: "Besides, I heard that it was concubine Sheng De and the emperor who planned to capture King Rui and almost cause him to die in prison, and the general's father was killed by concubine Sheng De. Concubine De is now in control of the imperial court, the general and King Rui can be said to be at the same enemy, I think Concubine Sheng De is bound to die." Xiang Yunhuan suddenly became resentful, gritted his teeth and said, "The imperial court produced such a stupid woman, no wonder it has become like this." The chief book took it very seriously, and nodded in agreement. "What is the origin of this concubine Shengde? The current empress is the daughter of Jun Lanxuan, and the concubine Yuan who was with the emperor when he ascended the throne was conferred the title of noble concubine. Why did she come forward to preside over the court after the emperor's accident? The government? Is Jun Lanxie really willing to nod?" Xiang Yunhuan asked again. "Emperor, Empress, and Imperial Concubine are weak people, different from this Concubine Shengde." The master book was originally a member of the court, and he took refuge after Xiang Yunhuan's incident. He knew all the gossip about the court. Hearing his question, she said: "Concubine Sheng De is the daughter of Sheng Weiyan, a scholar of Tianzhang Pavilion, but her father died in office after being convicted, not to mention the support of the imperial court, and it is said that she was imprisoned when she was young. The clansman squeezed her out, and she lived next to the Baizhangyuan in the suburbs of Beijing. But such a woman, who can be promoted to Concubine Virtue within a short period of time after entering the palace, is naturally very scheming, and should not be underestimated." Xiang Yunhuan frowned and asked, "She used to live in the suburbs of Beijing?" "Exactly, she was only called into the palace last spring. It is said that she worked very hard when she was humble. Although her appearance was amazing, she worked hard when she was young, and she could not be called a catkin. That's why she was almost sent out of the palace by the queen mother, but she still stayed behind. After coming down, she can still have today, but she can seize the opportunity." Said the master book, a little admired her. Xiang Yunhuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and went out of the tent, flew on the horse, and yelled at his subordinates: "Come with me! That woman... that woman must be her, right?" After Xiang Yunhuan left, Sheng Yan and Jun Rongyu sat in the room, drank a few sips of tea, and when they were convinced that they had gone far and would never come back, they quietly locked the door and left. Looking at her familiarity, Jun Rongyu couldn't help asking: "Here...does Concubine De come here often?" "This is my home," she said. Jun Rongyu opened his eyes wide in astonishment, watching her turn around, and looking at his home with nostalgia. In her home, behind the short courtyard wall, the dead branches of the peach tree protruded, and in the night, the gray-black branches fluttered.On the low eaves, sparse eaves pines grow, like small pagodas, standing on the roof. Last spring, King Rui Shangjie, standing here, saw her.On the peach blossoms protruding high out of the courtyard wall, they looked at each other from the inside and outside of the wall. Then, she was only confused for a moment, and then she was startled and turned her gaze back abruptly. If there is another life, if she can choose again, she really hopes that there will be no heavy rain, no peach blossoms, and no meeting that person-in this way, her mother will not pass away so tragically and early. In this bleak small courtyard, she and her mother had lived together for five years. They cuddled up to each other and survived year after year. They only wanted to live a good life, but who knew that they no longer worried about food and clothing. At that time, her mother died at the hands of that person because of her mistake. Also, Shang Xun... That's right, that person has nothing to worry about. He can easily kill his own brother and uncle, let alone an ordinary woman. She turned her head and whispered to Jun Rongyu, "Let's go." Jun Rong and Hu Shengyan managed to bypass Xiang Yunhuan's camp and head towards King Rui. "Over there!" Suddenly there was a shout from the side, which sounded suddenly in the dark night, Sheng Yan was startled, and looked in the direction of Jun Rong and his head. The thirty or so galloping riders rushed towards them like a pack of wolves. "It's revealed." Jun Rongyu said in a low voice, Sheng Yan stared at those people, those people are used to horse fighting, they are extremely fast, almost one with the horse, up and down with the horse's hoof, sturdy Like a beast. Sheng Yan said softly: "If your lord has a dagger, please give me one." Jun Rongyu hurriedly took out his self-defense dagger and handed it to her, and said hastily: "This subordinate swears to protect Concubine De to the death." "I'm the one who got you involved." Sheng Yan said. Jun Rongyu was in a state of panic, but he heard the neighing of the horse beside him. He saw the stable in the army behind him, immediately knocked down the guard who was still confused, pulled out a horse, and asked, "Can you ride a horse?" ?” She couldn't care less, pulled the reins of the horse, stepped on the stirrup with her toes, and actually turned onto the horse's back.She had never ridden a horse before, and this fall was so sudden that her hips were extremely painful, but she couldn't control it so much, she could only bite her lower lip hard. The horse raised its head and neighed, and she hugged the horse's neck tightly so that it didn't fall off.Seeing that she was inexperienced in riding a horse, Jun Rongyu hurriedly gathered the rein and handed it to her, saying loudly, "Don't fall off!" Sheng Yan gritted her teeth and tightly hugged the horse's neck.Jun Rongyu pulled out the whip from the saddle and lashed it hard. The horse suffered from the pain, jumped up and galloped forward. The sky and the earth are vast, and the clouds in the sky in the dark night are blown away quickly by the strong wind. There is nothing in front of her that can be used as a target. The galloping horse is heading north all the way in the wilderness. Gradually, there is only one horse's hooves behind her. Looking back hastily, the person who caught up was none other than Xiang Yunhuan. Xiang Yunhuan's horse is a great steed from Dawan, extremely handsome, unmatched by the horses in the Central Plains, and he is also a soldier who is used to galloping wildly on the grasslands. Under the moonlight, he has broad shoulders, a face with regular and profound features, The pupils were like the light of wild beasts, showing a strange amber color. He is close at hand. Sheng Yan secretly clenched the dagger in her arms, Xiang Yunhuan stretched out his hand, grabbed the corner of her clothes while galloping, and was about to pull her over, her right hand slashed back fiercely, he withdrew his hand quickly, only A piece of her clothes was cut off by a knife, and it was swept up into the sky by the strong wind while galloping, and she disappeared in a blink of an eye. He suddenly laughed loudly, his teeth were white under the moonlight, and he had the breath of a wolf: "Concubine Sheng De, my father died at your hands, as my son, shouldn't I ask you clearly?" Sheng Yan put the dagger horizontally in front of her body and said loudly, "His death has nothing to do with me!" He just looked at her with a sneer, an amused look in his eyes. Sheng Yan felt a chill in his heart, knowing that he couldn't hide tonight, and was holding up the dagger, anxiously thinking about the time to escape, but Xiang Yunhuan suddenly glanced to the west and said, "It seems that someone is going to rob you." The enemy goes back to vent his anger... Concubine Sheng De, you have offended quite a few people." Sheng Yan was taken aback, and when he pulled out his horse to flee, he leaned over from his horse, grabbed her wrist with one hand, and gently folded it, Sheng Yan's hand was in severe pain, and the dagger fell to the ground.He grabbed her by the waist easily, captured her on his horse in an instant, and immediately turned the horse's head back. At this time, dozens of riders had already appeared from the south, Sheng Yan was trapped in Xiang Yunhuan's arms, no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't escape, her face was pale, in the oncoming wind, she wished to bump her head off the horse and die. Not long after, the thirty cavalry who followed Xiang Yunhuan joined him and fled northwest together. Suddenly, there was a cloud of dust and smoke in front of him, and the sound of horseshoes was hurried, and someone beside him said in surprise, "You came so fast." Xiang Yunhuan pressed Sheng Yan in his arms, and said loudly: "The knife is out of the sheath, there are not many people on the other side." Sheng Yan's waist was in severe pain, and he could only vaguely see people surrounding him from all sides. The leader at the head was dressed in black, with a black horse and arrow sleeves, and his cloak was raised high in the strong wind. In the sight of everyone, such an indescribably proud and domineering noble temperament, in this endless vast wilderness and dark night, let Sheng Yan really know the meaning of other people's description of him as domineering. King Rui Shang commanded. Sheng Yan only felt cold in her heart, the reunion of the two was actually under such circumstances. She didn't know whether it was shock or sadness, tears welled up in her eyes. King Rui galloped towards this direction. In front of him, there were more than 30 riders with their blades out of their sheaths, but he seemed to be in no one's land. The blade in his hand was shining like snow. In an instant, the attack came like a gust of wind, and the soldiers fought hand-to-hand, blood was seen quickly. During the fight, Sheng Yan only felt a slight heat on her face, and a drop of blood spattered on her cheek.She looked up and saw Shang Jie was close at hand.Xiang Yunhuan also reacted very quickly. While dodging with her head sideways, she already blocked the blow with the back of her knife, and said loudly, "Master Rui, she killed my father. She is my enemy. Let me deal with it." King Rui glanced at Sheng Yan and said, "Don't you think I should be the one who cut her into pieces?" When Sheng Yan heard his words, she was confused for a moment, and she didn't know where to go.As soon as she gritted her teeth, she closed her eyes and threw herself down. She landed on her shoulders and fell heavily on the grass. She could hear a thud in her head. The horses raised the dust under the floating grass, and she couldn't see anything in front of her eyes, and only heard the sound of weapons clashing in her ears. She lost her way in the dust and smoke, and had nowhere to escape. She stepped on the back of her foot so hard that she couldn't help but kneel down on the ground. Seeing the disordered horseshoes around him, Sheng Qingcai thought that he would not be able to escape this time, so he simply stopped and stood there waiting to die, but suddenly there was an exclamation from the crowd behind him, and a horse separated them and rushed towards him.Before she could turn her head to see who it was, she felt her body lighten, and immediately someone bent over and pulled her up like a cloud, sat sideways in his arms, and whispered: "It seems that you are still going to die in the in my hand." At this time, she came back from the gate of hell, in a trance, and heard him whispering in her ear, she couldn't help but close her eyes tightly, never wanting to talk to him again, and not caring about how she would be dealt with. Seeing that Sheng Yan had already got it, King Rui turned his head and said to the people around him, "Shooting an arrow." Xiang Yunhuan came out in a hurry, only one or two brought bows and arrows, and there was no cover on the plain, so he had to retreat as soon as possible. Xiang Yunhuan suddenly reined in a dozen feet away, and the well-trained horse stopped immediately.He looked back at Sheng Yan, laughed and said, "Prince Rui, after you kill her, can you give me her beautiful head to worship my father?" King Rui didn't say a word, he took an iron bow beside him casually, put an arrow in his hand, and shot it with full string. Jun's Dawan red horse was forced to stand up. The arrow hit the horse's forehead. The red horse hissed sadly and galloped out. With a push on his back, he volleyed onto the horse's back and said loudly: "Lord Rui, we will meet later." Pulling the reins, a group of people left quickly. Only the red horse ran with them for a while, then fell to the ground and died. Running around in the middle of the night, nervous, Sheng Yan was already extremely tired at this time, her shoulders were hurting, she couldn't help leaning against King Rui's chest, helpless, although she hated the person holding her, but now she could only close her eyes and quietly I was thinking about how to persuade him later. Everyone else fell behind, only King Rui led her to run on the wasteland, and a tent with burning torches gradually appeared in front of it. Thousands of tents are plated with golden brilliance.There is nothing around but the sound of the wind. She leaned against King Rui's arms and listened to his heartbeat.The moon, the mountains, and the flames are all gone.In the whole world, only they are together. Riding his horse to the front of the camp, King Rui jumped off the horse first, then turned around, stretched out his hands slightly, and made a gesture for her to jump into his arms.She hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and got off the horse by herself. The black horse was tall, and when she supported it, her shoulders hurt sharply. on the king. King Rui supported her, and said casually: "It won't do you any good to be brave. Sometimes if you have to admit defeat, it's better to bear it." Sheng Yan silently bit her lower lip. She didn't feel it just now, but now after exerting too much force, she only felt that her shoulder blades were almost broken. King Rui saw that her face was pale in pain, and the cold sweat broke out on her forehead, which were crystal clear under the firelight.He frowned slightly, and suddenly used force in his hands to lift her up horizontally, striding towards the military tent. Sheng Yan's body flew into the air all of a sudden, and she panicked.And King Rui looked down at her, and said flatly, "I don't think you can walk anymore, so let me help you." The patrolling soldiers who passed by had originally wanted to take a second look at her, but now they were even more stunned when they saw that King Rui had actually carried her into his tent.Although King Rui's military discipline is strict and his command is very strict, but suddenly seeing an unusually beautiful woman appear here in the middle of the night, it is inevitable that it will become a scandal. Sheng Yan was anxious and angry, and turned her face away as if to avoid it, she would rather bury her head on King Rui's chest than let others look at her like this. King Rui's face remained normal, he turned his head and said to Bai Tian behind him, "Call the military doctor, Concubine De may have injured her shoulder." It was only then that everyone realized that this was Concubine Sheng De in the imperial court, and they couldn't help being shocked. After King Rui introduced her into his tent, everyone talked a lot: "This is Concubine Sheng De? Isn't that the one who framed the prince for rebellion?" The culprit?" "Mr. Qing, she should be the first one to be cleared. Why did the prince bring her back late at night?" "I heard that he was rescued from Xiang Yunhuan just now..." Bai Tian had already gone out, but he still couldn't help turning his head back, and asked in a low voice, "Are you all doing nothing?" "Yes!" They hurriedly left in line and continued to patrol.