Invincible son

On the seventh day of October, the brigade finally left the territory controlled by Southern Zhou, less than forty miles away from Jiangling City.

When the sun was setting, Pei Yue ordered the troops to stop and set up camp to rest. At the same time, more than ten people were drawn from the Beiwei camp, and they went to Jiangling City with a letter stamped with the seal of Zhongshanhou, and agreed to enter the city tomorrow afternoon.

Beiwei Camp and Jinwu Guard both have the ability to solve their own food, while Princess Qinghe has an internal eunuch who is good at cooking. Even in the wild camp, they can cook delicious food. Eat dry food with clear water.

After Pei Yue and Sheng Duanming had dinner together, they came alone near the tent where Princess Qinghe was resting.

Xu Churong was in Princess Qinghe's camp right now, and was stunned for a moment after hearing the maid's report.

Before arriving at Shimen Pass, she used the name of Princess Qinghe to look for Pei Yue almost every day. Although she could only chat for a while, Pei Yue would find an excuse to leave, but for Xu Churong, it was the result of mustering up her courage , it is impossible for her to make further attempts.After passing through Shimen Pass, the two hardly spoke again.

Xu Churong didn't know why she was struggling, she just vaguely sensed a strange atmosphere, as if something bad was about to happen.

Looking at the lit candles in the tent, she asked with complicated eyes: "Why did he seek me?"

The maid bowed her head and replied: "The Marquis of Zhongshan never said it outright, but only asked the girl to tell the story."

Xu Churong wrinkled the tip of her nose, and when she was about to say no, she heard Princess Qinghe say softly: "Churong, Marquis Zhongshan is not a person who makes trouble out of nothing, so he must have something to discuss with you, you'd better go see him."

Xu Churong snorted softly and said, "I really don't like to hear him rambling, it's just that my sister said so, so I'll come back as soon as I go."

Princess Qinghe smiled and said, "Go quickly."

Xu Churong got up and walked outside the tent, saw the familiar figure standing a few feet away, came to him and said angrily, "Oh, isn't this Lord Pei Hou? Why are you free to come to my place today?"

The night has already covered the field, a bright moon hangs above the sky, and the bright and soft moonlight pours down on the earth, like a trickling mountain stream.The bright moonlight and the bonfire in the camp complement each other, highlighting Xu Churong's good figure and beautiful face, especially after she realized that something was wrong after saying this sentence, the embarrassment on her face became more agile and pure.

Pei Yue didn't expect that the little girl would suddenly say something full of jealousy, just like Lin Shuyue's occasional joke between the beds.

However, Xu Churong is always full of bitterness and hatred in his mind, and even though he is only 16 years old, he always likes to imitate those old scholars with a heart for the common people. If her appearance is not really outstanding, most people will probably stay away from her.Although the words just now were a little abrupt, they unexpectedly gave Xu Churong a bit of cuteness that a girl should have.

Pei Yue didn't take this opportunity to flirt, turned his head and said calmly, "Let's go?"

"En." Xu Churong responded softly.

The two wandered aimlessly in the camp. From the outside, they were actually very suitable, because Xu Churong was slender and tall, similar to Ye Qi, and taller than the other girls around Pei Yue.Although she is still young, she was born in the Xu family of Qinghe, and her temperament is completely different from ordinary women. It is the charm of piano, chess and poetry, which complements the decisive Pei Yue. …

However, both of them knew in their hearts that there was an invisible but real gully between them.

The October night was already a bit chilly, Xu Churong tightened his long sleeves, and said softly, "What do you want from me?"

Pei Yue cleared his throat and said, "Tomorrow we will arrive at Jiangling City."

Xu Churong let out an "oh", and then fell silent.

Pei Yue said calmly: "Tomorrow morning, I will ask General Xia to dispatch five hundred cavalry to take you back."

Xu Churong shook his head without thinking, "I said I would send the princess sister across the river."

Pei Yue asked, "Are you sure?"

Xu Churong said firmly, "Yes."

Pei Yue turned his head to look at her, with pity gradually appearing in his eyes.

Xu Churong raised his eyes to meet his gaze, and asked inexplicably, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Pei Yue said in a complicated tone: "Miss Xu, I said as early as in Jian'an City that the most suitable life for you is to recite poems and write poems, not to be involved in these bloody things. You have not You came to me again, presumably because you saw the strangeness of the Shimenguan incident, and you didn’t know how to respond to my inquiry, and at the same time, you felt a little flustered, right?”

Xu Churong was startled, and then smiled incredulously: "Pei Yue, are you drunk? I reminded you earlier that Lu Gong is Fang Yunhu's master, and the two of them love each other like father and son. He will definitely trouble you. I I don't think there's anything weird about it, and I don't panic because of it, and what you said is incomprehensible."

Pei Yue twitched the corners of his mouth and sighed softly: "You are talented and you are used to the intrigues of the powerful, of course you understand that what Lu Gong did was just digging a hole for me, and made me believe that the military of the Southern Dynasty would not do anything to me because of the overall situation. "

Xu Churong tilted his head slightly in surprise and asked, "Are you praising me for being smart?"

Pei Yue frowned and said, "Miss Xu, can you pay attention to the important points?"

Xu Churong pouted and said, "Okay, but you are going to enter Jiangling City tomorrow, and there is no way to ambush here. Who can stop a thousand cavalry under your command? If you want to deal with you, Shimen Pass is too important It cannot be tampered with, and it is impossible to drag it to this place."

Pei Yue sneered and said, "What's the point of just killing me? For Duke Zhen, the three cities of Jiangling are the goals he has always been thinking about."

Xu Churong's heart tightened, and he said without confidence: "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Really?" Pei Yue stopped suddenly, turned to face Xu Churong, and said unhurriedly: "Is that true? Then why did you fall into long-term worry and panic? Because you suddenly discovered a terrifying fact that some people In order to achieve his goal, he even did not hesitate to abandon his own daughter."

Xu Churong's hands hidden in his sleeves trembled slightly, but he still said stubbornly: "Don't talk nonsense."

Pei Yue looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said with a sneer, "Actually, there was something I couldn't understand along the way. Why did Fang Xiexiao think that I wouldn't be suspicious? Just because of Lu Gong's clumsy scene in front of Shimen Pass He thought that this matter would dispel my doubts and let me go to Jiangling City unprepared? It wasn't until this evening when I saw the inner eunuchs preparing dinner for you and Princess Qinghe when I set up camp, that I was suddenly startled. It turns out that this is a situation that has been laid out since half a year ago.”…

Xu Churong stared at him blankly, and asked in a difficult tone: "What game?"

Pei Yue said word by word: "A pair of monarchs and ministers, a marriage, a journey."

There were only twelve words, but they fell in Xu Churong's ears like thunder.

"You...I don't believe...I don't believe..."

Xu Churong muttered to himself.

Pei Yue looked at her gradually pale complexion, and said almost indifferently: "Why did Emperor Qingyuan ask for marriage? Because as long as the marriage is reached, Daliang will definitely send a mission to the south, and the return journey must pass through Jiangling City. Believe it or not, I'm sure that the elite under Fang Xiexiao's command has been hiding within a radius of a hundred miles. When the gates of Jiangling City are opened wide and the princess's huge and complicated convoy enters the city, the Southern Dynasty army will launch a death charge against Jiangling City."

He exhaled lightly, with a look of exhaustion on his face, and his tone became gloomy: "As for you, your father asked you to go north with Xu Ziping, and then let the guards in the house take you to Qinyuan, presumably to be with you. I have something to do with it. Of course, if I am not the person I choose to welcome you to your majesty, those guards will definitely take you to another place. After I came to the Southern Zhou Dynasty, your father didn't care that you kept approaching me. I thought he was thinking of hedging his bets, and even thought he was trying to match you and me. Now I realize that all he wants is that we get to know each other well enough, that’s all.”

Xu Churong shook his head vigorously and said, "This is just your speculation! The fact is definitely not the case!"

"Yes or no, we will know tomorrow." Pei Yue said softly, then let out a breath of turbidity in his chest, and said with deep eyes: "The reason why they did this is to dispel my vigilance towards the mission. You two, One is Her Royal Highness the princess, and the other is Xu Shoufu's favorite and also my friend, who would have thought that they would not care about your life and death, and just want to use this opportunity to take back Jiangling City?"

Tears welled up in Xu Churong's eyes, she obviously couldn't believe this cruel answer.

Pei Yue said solemnly: "You go back, after all, we met once, and I don't want you to die in vain. As for Her Royal Highness, she is now the concubine of my eldest prince, please forgive me for not allowing you to take her away."

"I won't go." Xu Churong said with a sad face but extremely resolutely.

Pei Yue turned around to leave.

"I like you!" Xu Churong suddenly said these four words, tears kept falling from his eyes.

Pei Yue stopped and turned his back to her, and said after a long time, "I'm sorry."

Xu Churong stared blankly at his back.

Pei Yue sighed secretly in his heart, and said slowly: "If you want to die, then I can't force you to live. But you don't wander around in the camp, let alone try to contact Xia Fei. To tell you the truth, I have done All the arrangements have been made, and my masters are everywhere."

He turned around to look at Xu Churong, and said without any flaws on his face: "Let's go, I'll take you back."

The journey was actually not long, but they seemed to have walked for a long time, and there was not even a word of conversation between them from the beginning to the end.

At the time of parting, Xu Churong had already wiped away the tears on her face. Standing outside Princess Qinghe's tent, she looked at Pei Yue and said solemnly: "I don't believe that Your Majesty and Daddy are like that, so I must stay and see for myself." Look, if the facts are as you said, I will never pester you in the future."

Pei Yue was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "Okay."