In the dark night sky, fine snowflakes hovered and fell to the ground chaotically.

You Bingjun and Jiao Yong knelt at the door of the inn.Looking over their snow-covered shoulders, you can see the string of red lanterns above their heads swaying slowly in the wind, and the words "Xintong Inn" appear.The red light from the lantern illuminated the ground at the door, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of snowflakes, which was a little red under the light of the lantern.

A court lady appeared from the door with two parcels on her shoulders. She shook her head when she saw the two of them, and stepped forward and said, "My lords, you are not young anymore. Time is not forgiving. I am afraid that if you kneel like this going to be sick."

You Bingjun knelt down until his whole body was stiff, he raised his head with difficulty and said: "We know that the master is magnanimous and doesn't care about our mistakes, we just want to see the master again."

When the master was nine years old, he was ordered to leave and went to Tongliao County to implement the master's plan. Now 26 years have passed, and he wants to see the master again.In his mind, the impression of his master still remained on that nine-year-old little girl.

"Master said that she saw those things in Daliang Village as soon as she saw them. She doesn't care anymore, and I don't blame you at all."

"Since you don't blame us, why don't you let us see her?" Jiao Yong asked.

"Master, I don't see anyone," the maid unloaded the packages hanging from her arms and put them on the bench next to her, "Let's not talk about you two, so many ministers came before, whoever saw the master, even the prime minister would Boom away."

"We are different from them," Jiao Yong said without raising his head, "We have been following our master since she was born, and we watched her grow up with our own eyes."

"My lords, my master knows that no one can compare your loyalty." The maid first picked up a package and came to You Bingjun, "Your lord, you are free now, and you don't have to serve your master from now on."

You Bingjun was shocked, and looked at the package in front of him: "What did the master say?"

"The master said that the two of you have devoted more than 20 years to her, and you can enjoy your old age in peace. The things in the package are given to you two by the master, and they are worth tens of thousands of gold..."

Before the maid finished speaking, You Bingjun hissed: "I don't want it, I have been serving the master all my life. Could it be that the master dislikes us because we are old and can't do things for her?"

He refused to accept the parcel, and the maid couldn't lift it, so she had to put it back on the bench and said: "Your Excellency, the contents in this parcel are enough to make you rich, do you really want it?"

"No!" You Bingjun said firmly.

"What about you, Mr. Jiao, you don't want it either?" The maid turned her gaze to Jiao Yong.

Jiao Yong was a little tempted when he saw the package, but when he saw that You Bingjun didn't want it, he was too embarrassed to open his mouth.Shaking his head, he said, "I don't want it either."

The palace maid said helplessly: "My lords, you don't want property. You can't afford it on your knees. What exactly do you want to do?"

You Bingjun said: "We just want to see the master again, so we have no regrets."

"But the master said..."

"Let the two of them come in." Pei Jingyun's voice sounded from inside the inn.

The two were overjoyed and wanted to get up.But as they got older and the weather was cold, the two of them knelt for an hour and a half, their legs and feet were numb from the cold.The maid ordered the guards on both sides to come over, helped them up, and carried them into the inn.

When I came to the lobby of the inn, all the tables and chairs inside had been removed, and it looked empty, except for lamps and candles at the four corners.There was a woman in court clothes standing in the middle of the lobby with her back to the door, her white hair hanging behind her back was particularly eye-catching.

You Bingjun couldn't believe that the person in front of him was the master. Although he was over sixty, his hair was not as white as this.And the woman in front of her can no longer see a single black hair on her head.

The two broke free from the guards supporting them one after another, threw themselves on the ground and said: "The villain kowtowed to the master."

The white-haired woman turned around slowly: "You two have already seen me."

Although so many years have passed, when You Bingjun saw Pei Jingyun in front of him, he immediately recognized the unique determination in her eyes.That seems to be something that only Pei Jingyun possesses. It was like that when she was nine years old, and now the light in her eyes is still the same.It's still Pei Jingyun who can do anything for her own purpose.

He felt joy and sadness in his heart, shed tears, and cried: "Master, I finally saw you again. Unexpectedly, your hair...is all white. You have really suffered too much."

Jiao Yong beside him was in tears, unable to speak, just looking at Pei Jingyun.

Facing the crying of the two, Pei Jingyun remained indifferent, and just said calmly: "You two have seen me, you can leave now, take the property I gave you, and live the rest of your life well."

"The villain will not leave," You Bingjun slammed his forehead on the ground with a bang, "Master, the life of the villain is yours."

"Why are you bothering?" Pei Jingyun shook her head lightly, "Is it worth it to spend your whole life for me?"

You Bingjun cried: "Master, aren't you the same?"

He has spent 26 years in obscurity, which is nothing at all. He knows that he is willing to do things for his master.But why is the master in such pain? Her plan was obviously successful, and she was already with her sweetheart, but she was trapped in Wen Yi's demon and couldn't extricate herself.

"You don't understand." Pei Jingyun turned around.

"Master, why are you staying in this inn?" Jiao Yong said, "Now there are rumors in the capital that King Ping killed the king. Why don't you go back to the capital to clarify this matter to the ministers at such an urgent moment."

On the way to Anzhou, the two of them noticed it.It seems that someone is spreading rumors everywhere, saying that Emperor Qi Ming was killed by Xiao Beiheng.Such an important matter, but their own master did not care about it, which puzzled them.

"There's nothing to clarify," Pei Jingyun said, "Heng'er has already fought that bitch's son, I only care about this matter... you two will still serve me, right?"

"Never die." The two touched their foreheads to the ground, "Please order me down, master."

"Okay, get up," Pei Jingyun said, "Heng'er is not that person's opponent, you go and help him right away, this is my only request, no blood of that bitch can stay in this world."

You Bingjun was at a loss, he and Jiao Yong were both old men over sixty.Pei Jingyun asked them to go to the battlefield, what can they do.

The master's order is an order, and he will not question it.Just like Pei Jingyun arranged for him 26 years ago, he has no hesitation.

The two got up, and Pei Jingyun said again: "Whether this trip succeeds or fails, you don't need to come see me again."

You Bingjun and Jiao Yong didn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a while, and hearing their master's tone, they seemed to be considering failure.He had no choice but to pay respects to Pei Jingyun's back three times, then retreated out of the inn.

Just after leaving the inn, the sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded in the darkness. The sound of horseshoes was much heavier than that of ordinary war horses, resounding through the street.

The two looked towards where the sound came from, and saw a group of cavalry emerge from the darkness.Unlike the cavalry they had seen before, not only the soldiers on horseback were wearing heavy armor, but even the horses were covered in armor.Only the four hooves are exposed, and both the man and the horse are full of murderous looks.

The leading cavalry jumped off their horses, cupped their hands to You Bingjun and Jiao Yong, and said, "My lords, the Tiefu Tu army has a total of [-] cavalry, and they are now under the command of your two lords, please get on your horses."

"You... who are you under?" You Bingjun asked in surprise.

As far as he knew, Xiao Beiheng had mobilized all the troops to attack Xiao Zhuo. Where did this cavalry come from?

"We are the empress's private army. We have been training in secret. We are specially set up to restrain Xiao Zhuo's continuous crossbow."

Standing in front of the corridor window on the second floor of the inn, Pei Jingyun watched groups of armored cavalrymen appearing from the darkness on the street downstairs, stepping across the snow at the entrance of the inn, and galloping into the darkness again.

Not long after, the street became quiet again, only snowflakes were flying all over the sky, and the horseshoe prints on the ground gradually faded away.

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