In mid-August, Tianjiao broke into Zhili and stationed troops in Baoding Mansion; the so-called "King Qin's division" followed closely and took over Zhending Mansion, which Tianjiao had spent a lot of effort to conquer.

Baoding is only half a day away from the fast horse in the capital.

Zhending is in the southeast of Baoding, a little farther away from the capital, but it is also less than half a day away from Baoding.

Yan Lin and others led the army to Zhending, and the Tianjiao army stationed in the city couldn't resist the attack at all. The army was exhausted before they fought against the imperial court. Before they had time to catch their breath, they faced the Xinzhou army and Huangzhou army. , where can there be the slightest resistance?

Kaesong surrendered within two hours.

Entering the city, all around you can see the damage caused by the war, mess everywhere, devastated everywhere.

Wan Xiuzi is not an easy character to deal with, he knows that if he stops to defend every city he has conquered, he will inevitably face a situation where there will be wolves before him and tigers behind him, and he will be attacked by Xie Wei and the court, and there will be no way out at that time.

So in the past two months, they have come up with some ways to "weaken" Xie Wei.

For example, when they entered the city, they burned, killed, looted, looted all the property of the gentry, bureaucrats and wealthy households, took away what could be taken away, and burned what could not be taken away, and did not want to leave any food and grass to Xie Wei. Even if there are still young and strong in the city, they can either be forcibly captured and incorporated into their own rebel army as sacrifices for the next attack on the city; or they will be killed on the spot to prevent them from joining the Xinzhou army camp.

Therefore, wherever the Tianjiao Rebel Army passed, there were ten cities and nine empty spaces.

In the early stage, Wanxiuzi ordered the looting and cleaning up, and in the later stage, the people fled early before the battle to avoid danger. They would not return to the city until General Yanlin's Qin Wang's division arrived.

Comparing the two -

Wanxiuzi is a devil, Xie Juan is a sage;

The rebel army is a bandit, and the Xinzhou army is the king's division.

But who would know that behind all of this is the so-called "master of the king", the so-called "sage"?

Yan Lin led the army to fight, Xie Wei planned the overall situation, and Lu Xian coordinated the food and grass. Of course, Jiang Xuening's contribution is unavoidable. After all, since Tianjiao took over the south, the business in central Shu and Jiangnan has been brought back naturally. Tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Money is a dead thing, and those who can make money are rare.

She was not idle, and followed the army all the way, and brought Wei Liang who did not take the imperial examination with her. Every time I go to a city, I must first ask about the people's livelihood, adjust measures to local conditions, and arrange farming and mulberry, which has played a great role in appeasing the people.

just...

Jian Shu squeezed the letter from the capital in his hand, walked forward, thinking of that stupid Mr. Wei Liang Wei, he couldn't help curling his lips slightly. It's not that he has any opinion on Young Master Wei. In fact, this young man who is only interested in farming has done a lot of things, but he doesn't have the slightest airs, which is quite popular.

But the bad is also bad here.

Who told him to be under Miss Ning Er?

He was growing up, and always went with the second girl Ning, and he could chat well. My husband once watched these two people squatting in the field with sweet potatoes in their hands for an afternoon, and his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Unfortunately, this person can't understand human words.

One time when Miss Ning Er was away, the husband happened to meet him, asked him to sit down and drink tea, and beat him with a few words. Wei Liang didn't understand, and he didn't understand the world at all, so he asked in confusion: "Can't the girl from the host family go together? But she manages the money, everyone likes her, and she needs to nod in everything, so she always goes to see it." You can only know by looking at it. How can you do things and plant the land through the ledger?"

That might be the worst day for my husband.

Even the second girl, Ning, was unlucky the next day. She lost her mind while learning the piano, and even mentioned Wei Liang by the way. When the master picked up the ruler, he slapped the palm of his hand, crying and screaming. In the end, he didn't understand what the master said Why is the sun so angry.

Jianshu thought about his husband's silent and jealous posture, and felt that the hair on the back of his neck was cold, but he didn't dare to talk too much.

Fortunately, Mr. knows it well.

Just be jealous for a while.

After all, the second girl Ning and Mr. Wei Liang were innocent before, and they didn't really have anything to do with each other. They just devoted themselves to farming, and no matter how unhappy they were, the husband had to hold back.

At this time, in the yamen of the prefect of Zhending Prefecture, people from the Xinzhou Army had already been replaced. Looking up, soldiers in armor were walking around in the courtyard.

The original magistrate was beheaded by Wan Xiuzi when the Tianjiao entered the city a while ago, and most of the other bureaucrats were also killed, and the rest of the bureaucrats ran away early.

Therefore, the yamen was vacated.

It happened to be moved to Xie Weiyanlin and others.

Miss Ning Er's courtyard is of course the best courtyard in this mansion.

When it comes to autumn, the maple leaves are gradually dyed.

From the corridor came the sound of spring water flowing like a zither, and it could be regarded as groping the way, and gradually felt a sense of handiness.

Jian Shu was listening outside, so he couldn't help smiling, but when he lowered his head and saw the envelope in his hand, his face slowly turned cold again.

He stepped into the courtyard.

The window in the courtyard was open, Jiang Xuening was sitting at the piano table, stroking the strings casually, while Xie Wei was standing beside her, watching and listening silently.

At the end of the song, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then she brows happily, and she turned her head and said, "How is it? Did you play everything correctly this time? Then I will have a rest in the next half an hour."

Xie Wei twitched the corner of his mouth when he heard this.

His cold gaze passed her expectant eyes, although he knew in his heart that what she said was a bet with him, that if she played the song correctly, she would be able to rest for the next half an hour, but in fact it was Talk about conditions, want to be lazy.

It's just that the future is long.

If you can't learn it one day, you can continue to learn it for another day. The little fool Ning Er doesn't understand it at all.

He didn't make things difficult for her, and said with a smile: "Then let's practice here today."

Since the matter of going back to Tianjiao last time, Ning Er did what he said, and he really learned the piano from him. In the past few months, if there was no war on that day, he would not go to discuss and plan, and she would not be busy with business, so she would stay in the room, one teaching the piano and the other learning the piano.

It's just that Ning Er's mouth is a deceiving ghost.

She is not quiet by nature, she is tired when she stays in the house, and she is lively when she goes out. He said he wanted to learn the piano, and he would play it to him when he was ready. I have really learned, and I have really made progress in my progress, but I can't sit still. I feel uncomfortable after staying there for half an hour.

Xie Wei has always been a strict teacher, if it had been the time when Fengchen Palace's companion was studying piano, he would have picked up a ruler to beat her.

But now...

She doesn't practice the piano; he is angry; she practices hard, but he feels distressed.

He obviously ordered the sword book to prepare two rulers, but until now, both handles are still brand new, not to mention broken, there are not even a few scratches on them!

Jiang Xuening didn't know what Xie Wei thought, but felt that this person was getting better and better at talking.

It's not that she doesn't want to practice piano during this time.

After all, when she made the promise to Xie Ju'an, she was serious; but seeing the development of the war, which was about to hit the capital, those things of the old year clearly came to mind one by one. Practicing the piano so absent-mindedly is probably half the result with half the effort, it is better to wait until the time when the mind is pure, so I play tricks on him.

My neck hurts from sitting for a long time.

She let out a long sigh of relief and turned her head uncontrollably.

Xie Wei stood behind her, smiled when he saw this, stretched out his hand and put it on the back of her neck, and pinched it for her little by little with his slender fingers: "Just your posture of fishing for three days and drying nets for two days I'm afraid that if I learn seventy or eighty, I may not be able to score seven or eight points like me. At this point, I will be tired..."

Jiang Xuening rolled his eyes.

But when he turned around, he saw the sword book coming from outside the door at a glance, and saw his face at the same time, the relaxed smile on his face slowly faded away, and he only asked, "Has the news arrived?"

Enter the sword book and present the letter.

He bowed and said: "With the help of Mr. Dingfei, Daoqin has brought people out of the city safely, and we will arrive at Zhending tonight."

Jiang Xuening took the letter, opened it to look at it, and sat there for a long time with a blank expression on her face, then raised her eyes to look at the red leaves outside the window, and said to Xie Wei: "In the blink of an eye, it's the time for autumn to kill flowers again..."

Zhou Yinzhi rarely wanted to ride a horse or take a sedan chair, but just walked back home with his hands behind his back.

The scenes of the court's discussion just now flashed through his mind again.

It is clear that he was just awarded the position of admiral of the Nine Sects today, but he and Dingguo Gong Xiao Yuan each led troops to guard the capital. It can be said that he is only one step away from being an extremely human minister, but he was not at all happy.

He had never imagined that the imperial court had fallen into such a situation.

Since Xinzhou came back, Xiao Shu had a good face, and Shen Lang also praised him greatly. He thought that although he had offended Jiang Xuening by hitting You Fangyin hard, it was not a loss.

But who would have thought that before two days of happiness, the teaching of heaven would be reversed.

Then came the current chaos.

Having been to Xinzhou and knowing the whole story of the attack on the Tartars, he naturally would not be like those naive dignitaries in the capital, thinking that Xie Yan and Xie Yan are really hardworking teachers of the king and good people.

But no one dared to tell the truth clearly.

As the Tianjiao fights closer and closer, the dangers facing the capital are becoming more and more serious, not to mention the Tianjiao's notoriety, many noble families in the city are not able to sit still, and some people secretly plan to run away first. To avoid the limelight, some people even have the idea of ​​surrendering to the enemy.

How could Shen Lang ignore it?

Jin Yiwei has recently secretly arrested many people who wanted to escape, and put them all in jail, and even directly assassinated them.

Not to mention Xie Yan's "Teacher of the King of Diligence" now, they can still stabilize the situation in the capital; if this matter is clearly told to everyone, then the capital will almost collapse by itself.

After all who can believe—

Can this lonely city withstand the joint attack of the Tianjiao Rebel Army and Xie Yan?

In Zhou Yinzhi's view, the current imperial court is like an egg hanging from the hair, which may fall down and be smashed to pieces at any time due to a gust of wind!

Tongzhou garrison troops, imperial city guards.

There are only so few people in total, can this battle really last?

Thinking of the emperor today, he left Zhang Zhe alone to speak. It seemed that he had something to explain, but he didn't ask the officials to listen. It was really unusual.

He gradually became irritable, and raised his head to the gate of the mansion.

The newly built mansion originally occupied a very large area, decorated with carved beams and painted buildings. After marrying Chen Shuyi and entering the door, hundreds of servants, coral and jade trees, gold, silver, pearls and emeralds have been added, which is very luxurious.

It's just that he wasn't in the mood to take a second look at the moment.

Stopping in the courtyard for a while, Zhou Yinzhi thought about Chen Shuyi's upright posture, and felt disgusted in his heart, so he simply turned around and walked through the hanging flower gate to the west courtyard.

In the past, there were maids waiting outside.

But today, for some reason, it’s fine if there’s no one outside, and there’s no sound inside.

At this moment, Zhou Yinzhi was a little strange.

But I didn't care too much.

However, just as he was about to step through the door, he saw a pot of golden dragon's claw chrysanthemum, which had been in good sunlight in the past, fall to the ground, and his heart shuddered, and he suddenly had a somewhat ominous premonition.

Walking quickly through the door, as far as the eye can see, all the maids were gagged, **** and thrown under the wall!

Zhou Yinzhi's eyelids twitched, and he rushed in while holding the knife at his waist.

There was a bit of fear hidden in his voice: "Yao Niang—"

The house was empty.

On the ground was a baby's clothes that had not yet been embroidered.

A letter lay quietly on the desk.

At night, lanterns are hung in the corridor.

The candlelight in the house was a little shaken by the wind blowing in.

Because of this, Jiang Xuening's handsome face flickered.

Daoqin, who had been in the capital for several months, finally came back, and brought back a woman, a woman who was pregnant.

He has a handsome face and shy eyebrows.

Compared with the first time Jiang Xuening saw her in the past few years, her skin is much fairer, and the clothes on her body have also been changed into silk and satin, but her facial features are gentle and kind. Now that she looks at her deeply and quietly, she reveals her tenderness. A little frightened, he stretched out his hand unconsciously to protect his abdomen.

There's a bulge there.

Yaoniang has been pregnant for more than six months.

In the last life, Jiang Xuening had never met her; in this life, it was just a relationship between two sides.

If it wasn't for Zhou Yinzhi, she might not even be able to remember her name.

Jiang Xuening gave an inexplicable laugh, raised her hand and gently grabbed her tuft of drooping hair, thinking about how useful this woman could be, and said slowly: "Don't be nervous, it's not you I'm going to kill."

It was fine if she didn't say that, but when she said it, Yaoniang's complexion turned pale almost instantly.

She naturally remembered Jiang Xuening.

She knew exactly how her lord was able to make a fortune back then; later, when lord went to Xinzhou, he was restless for the first two days and couldn't sleep in the middle of the night; now, this girl is back...