Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 35 Convince Cui Xin
Cui Xin was caught off guard by his solemn words.

Cui Xin took a few steps forward, and quickly helped up Huo Qi who was kneeling: "Ms. Huo has broken Cui. I have heard that the young master of the Huo family went to garrison outside the Great Wall a few years ago, and he is not in the capital. He is safe. , how can you say the word rescue?"

These words seemed to poke Huo Qi's heart, and a look of grief and indignation flashed in her eyes: "My elder brother will return to the capital soon. But Huo Chi, who is my nominal second brother, may be in my elder brother's house." On the way back to Beijing, she was murdered. So, the little girl risked her life to come to Dongyan Ridge just to meet the general and save my elder brother's life."

As the saying goes, family ugliness cannot be made public.

Cui Xin didn't expect that when he and Huo Qi met by chance, Huo Qi vomited out all the dirty things about the Huo family without any concealment. It was rumored by outsiders that Huo Ruhai and Huo Rushan were brothers and sisters, but what Huo Qi said , the water inside is probably very deep.

Seeing Huo Qi's seriousness of the situation, Cui Xin felt a burst of pressure, but at the same time felt a little embarrassed: "How did Miss Huo know that Young Master Huo is going back to Beijing? Cui has never heard of any army outside the Great Wall going back to Beijing." In addition, how can Miss Huo be sure that the second young master of the Huo family will harm the young master?"

"General Cui, if I say it's intuition, will you believe me?" Huo Qi rarely showed a fragile expression.

Cui Xin was stunned, his throat blocked.

He only felt that Huo Qi was like an incomprehensible mystery, talking in a daze, almost gibberish, but with a clear look and firm eyes, it made people feel that what she said seemed to be true.

However, whether it was true or false, he couldn't help rashly.For Qing, he has no friendship with the Huo family; for Li, this matter is of no benefit to him; for Li, this matter is all Huo Qi's words. If troops are deployed at will, he will not be able to escape his involvement if anything happens. .

Thinking about it in his heart, Cui Xin had no choice but to wave his hand and decline: "Miss Huo, it's really not that I refuse to help you. It's just that dispatching troops is not a trivial matter. If I use power privately for the sake of a girl's innocuous words, I'm afraid your Majesty will It's also hard to trust. I also ask Miss Huo to be considerate, and please be smart."

After saying this, Cui Xin couldn't help but look at the expression of the girl in front of him.He thought that after Huo Qi was rejected, he would be embarrassed, angry, or sad.After all, no matter how calm Huo Qi was, he was still just a teenage yellow-haired girl.

But Huo Qi seemed to have woken up, and changed his expression to a calm and calm expression: "My little girl is not a person who is ignorant of the world. Everything in the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Even if General Cui is thinking Cheng Ming, there is love and justice, but it is absolutely impossible to randomly mobilize troops for these two words of mine. It is reasonable for General Cui to refuse. But if I say that I can give General Cui the same thing he dreams of, I wonder if General Cui can change idea?"

"Oh?" Cui Xin was a little surprised at Huo Qi's calm reaction, and smiled indifferently, "Girl, tell me, what is Cui's dream?"

"General Cui, my daughter heard that Mrs. Cui gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins three years ago, but they were secretly murdered and the girl was taken away. I wonder if this happened?" Huo Qi stared at Cui Xin motionlessly. .

"How did you find out about this?" Cui Xin's eyes widened, his breathing became short of breath, and he changed his previous composure.

Huo Qi's eyes were dim, and his memory returned to his previous life.

At that time, Cui Xin went to the southern country to fight according to the order. Because of his bravery and good strategy, he won many battles.Seeing that the war situation was not going well, the spies from the southern country attacked Cui Xin's wife who was staying in the capital to give birth. Not only did Mrs. Cui have a miscarriage, but she also stole the girl she gave birth to while others were not prepared.

Mrs. Cui was worried about affecting Cui Xin's war in the Southern Kingdom, so she hid the matter to death. She didn't tell the matter until Cui Xin returned to Beijing, but the girl's whereabouts had long been unknown and it was difficult to recover.In the Battle of the Southern Kingdom, although Cui Xin won the battle and rose steadily, the missing child has always been the heart disease of the couple.

Since the child disappeared, Cui Xin used all his forces to search secretly, but all failed.However, everything about finding a girl is going on in the dark.After all, Cui Xin made a lot of enemies in the court, if this matter leaked out, it is hard to guarantee that no one would use it as a raft.

In his previous life, Cui Xin found his daughter nine years after she disappeared.The sky has eyes. After the southern spies abducted Cui Xin's daughter, they sold her to Jici Village in Suzhou, Jiangnan. She was later adopted by a blind peasant woman.Although life was hard, Cui Xin's daughter grew up to be nine years old in good health and safety.

The incident was so violent that almost everyone in the government and the public knew about it.

Cui Xin lost his daughter while serving the country. Once she found her, Emperor Xiaowen, in order to appease Cui Xin, made his daughter the head of Jiacheng County and named her Cui Zhixing.

However, after returning to Cui's mansion, the peasant woman who raised Cui Zhixing suddenly died suddenly. Cui Zhixing believed that Cui Xin had poisoned his adoptive mother, and he had a deep affection with the adoptive mother and daughter, and there was a gap between the Cui family and his wife. Later, less than two years later , Actually died in depression.Because Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Cui's cousin had some friendship, Huo Qi knew the details of this matter.

Huo Qi originally thought that the daughter Cui Xin found after all the hardships died suddenly in less than two years. Compared with not being able to find his daughter, the loss would be a bigger blow to him.She originally wanted to keep silent and follow destiny, but now that the situation was urgent, she had to throw out this bargaining chip first.

"Girl?" Seeing that Huo Qi was slightly distracted, Cui Xin urged nervously.

Huo Qi came back to his senses with sharp eyes: "Not only do I know about this, I also know about Ling Ai's whereabouts."

"Where is the little girl?" Cui Xin quickly asked.

"There's no rush. As long as General Cui is willing to save my eldest brother, I will tell the truth about your concubine's whereabouts." Compared with Cui Xin's anxiety, Huo Qi seemed extremely calm.

"You! The girl has nothing to prove, how can I believe you?"

In fact, although Cui Xin said he didn't believe it, he believed it in his heart.Few people knew about this matter, since Huo Qi was able to tell this matter, there must be some clues, he also wanted to use a provocative method by saying this.

"Since General Cui doesn't believe it, let's forget it." Huo Qi turned around and tried to leave, but he didn't take the bait at all.

Cui Xin was angry and anxious, and raised his hand to persuade him to stay: "Miss Huo, stay!"

A smile flashed across the girl's eyebrows. She knew too well that for someone like Cui Xin, if she blindly begged and put herself in a low position, she would not be able to win the trust of others.It's better to make some fake and real attitudes, not to be manipulated, but it will be more effective.

Huo Qi tugged at the corner of his mouth, turned around and said, "There is a green birthmark on the girl's right shoulder, which is a congenital defect caused by premature birth. Huo Qi said this. Whether you believe it or not depends on the general's thoughts. between."

"I am willing to believe what the girl said, but when the little girl disappeared, the girl was only in her early ten years old, how did she know about it?"

After Huo Qi told her about the birthmark, Cui Xin completely believed her, but he still had doubts in his heart.Behind Huo Qi is the huge Duke Ning's Mansion. If Huo Ruhai instructed Huo Qi to use the secrets of General Ning Yuan's Mansion to force him to transfer troops privately, it is unknown what trap he will set.

"Intuition", a strange color flashed in Huo Qi's eyes, "General Cui, don't worry, only you and I know about this matter, it doesn't concern the third person."

Intuition again.

That means refusing to speak directly.

The simple two words gave Cui Xin a reassurance.After all, if Huo Qi really wanted to entrap him, he would definitely prepare a seamless rhetoric to persuade him to transfer troops, instead of using the fluffy word "intuition".

Cui Xin is also a smart person, he didn't ask any more questions, but just asked back: "Since the girl knew the whereabouts of the little girl, why didn't she tell Cui in advance, instead of using this matter as a weight to blackmail me?"

Although his tone was polite, there was always a hint of blame.

Hearing this, Huo Qi's brows became colder: "The reason why I didn't want to state it in advance is the same as the reason why General Cui refused to help me earlier. Maybe the general understands?"

Cui Xin was stunned, looking at Huo Qi's calm and cold eyes, feeling guilty for a while, followed by overwhelming embarrassment.Yes, he was unwilling to help Huo Qi unconditionally, so how could he have the audacity to ask Huo Qi to help him?

He looked at Huo Qi silently, with respect and fear for the woman. His tone was no longer tough as before, but rather inexplicably flattering: "Is Miss Huo blaming me?"

Huo Qi smiled nonchalantly, but that smile seemed to have passed through Coptis chinensis.

She lowered her eyelashes and murmured: "Actually, the situation between me and the general is not the same. We have never done evil, but ambitious people want to assassinate our relatives, right? The little girl can naturally sympathize with the general's situation, and Why blame?"

Cui Xin was speechless, Huo Qi was sometimes tough, and sometimes seemed very weak, making it difficult for people to understand, but he bowed his head first: "What does Miss Huo want to do next?"

"Ten days later, Huailin in the suburbs of Beijing, at Youshi. I want General Cui to dispatch a hundred troops to surround the place in advance in the dark, rescue my eldest brother Huo Xian, capture my second brother Huo Chi alive, and hand him over to me. After the matter is completed, I will reveal the whereabouts of Ling Ai." Huo Qi said word by word.

"Okay, it's not difficult, and I hope the girl will keep her word." Cui Xin finally nodded.

Huo Qi added: "This is natural. By the way, General Cui, this matter must be kept absolutely confidential and must not be leaked. Do you understand?"

Cui Xin seemed a little guilty, he glanced at the side screen secretly, and then murmured: "Cui understands."

"This puts me at ease. If General Cui makes any progress, you can leave the letter in the dog hole next to the back door of Duke Ning's mansion, and I will send someone to pick it up." Huo Qi said.

Cui Xin nodded: "Cui understands."

"Since this matter has been negotiated, Huo Qi will leave without wasting the general's time." After finishing speaking, Huo Qi blessed his body, turned around and left the tent.

After Huo Qi left, Shen Yuning came out from behind the screen. I don't know how long he had been listening behind the scenes. At this time, a pair of black eyes were bottomless, making people daunting.

When Cui Xin saw Shen Yuning appearing, his nerves tensed even more, a few drops of hot sweat dripped from his forehead, and he bowed and said, "Your Highness."

Cui Xin became more and more confused about this Seventh Highness.Late last night, Shen Yuning sent his confidant Cheng Chang to his tent to deliver a message.He originally thought that Cheng Chang was here to explain the ending of the hunt, but he didn't expect that he was actually asking him to meet Miss Huo's family today.

What was even more unexpected was that as soon as Shen Yuning arrived at his tent today, Huo Qi arrived quietly.If it hadn't been for his conversation with Huo Qi today, he might have thought that the two of them had made an appointment to come to him for tea one after another.

"What she said is true?" Shen Yuning stood with her hands behind her back and cast a sidelong glance at Cui Xin.

Cui Xin lowered his head slightly: "Exactly, three years ago, my wife gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins. The girl was taken away by an adulterer, and her whereabouts are still unknown. It's just that this matter is a matter of the minister's family, so I have never discussed it with you." Your Highness revealed the inside story. Last night, His Highness specially arranged for the humble official to meet Miss Huo, but do you know Miss Huo's purpose today?"

Shen Yuning turned her left hand and stretched her fingers, narrowed her eyes slightly, and shook her head slightly.

Huo Qi's hole cards are endless, even beyond his imagination.Previously, Huo Qi had inquired about the secret of Yixiangyuan's love affair from nowhere, and sent the first army of Guyue.Later, he entered Yuan Xianzhi's study and stole the seal of Zhenyuanhou's mansion.I'm afraid even his Fifth Brother doesn't know the existence of this seal.

Now she had no idea and learned about Huo Xian's return to Beijing. Even the secret of Cui Xin's daughter's disappearance, she was able to tell the details of the matter one by one.Each and every one of them is a secret among secrets, which is really strange.

Seeing Shen Yuning's silence, Cui Xin added, "Your Highness, this matter involves the whereabouts of my little girl. I have no choice but to agree to Miss Huo's conditions. Please forgive me for not avenging the crime of having done it first."

"Of course you are not guilty of this matter. If that's the case, you can do it. Just remember, don't leave a tail behind." Shen Yuning said.

"The humble official understands. In addition, the humble official has something to report." Cui Xin's tone gradually weakened, and he seemed a little out of breath.

　Miss Huo has lived two lives, so she must know a lot~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)