Author: Bei Wei

In the dark night sky, fine snowflakes swirled and fell to the ground in disorder.

You Bingjun and Jiao Yong were kneeling at the door of the inn. Looking over their shoulders covered with snowflakes, you could see the string of red lanterns above their heads swaying slowly in the wind, and the four words "Xintong Inn" appeared on the lanterns.

The red light emitted illuminated the ground at the door. The ground was covered with a thin layer of snowflakes and was slightly reddish by the lantern.

A palace maid appeared from the door carrying two packages. After seeing the two people, she shook her head and stepped forward and said: "Two adults, you are not young anymore. Time is not forgiving. I am afraid that you will kneel down like this."

Going to get sick."

You Bingjun knelt so hard that his whole body became stiff. He raised his head with difficulty and said, "We know that the master is magnanimous and does not care about our faults. We just want to see the master again."

When his master was nine years old, he was ordered to leave and go to Tongliao County to implement his master's plan. Now twenty-six years have passed, and he wanted to see his master again. In his mind, the impression of his master still remained at that nine-year-old age.

little girl.

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

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

"Master has not seen anyone." The palace maid took off the package hanging from her arms and placed it on the bench next to her. "Not to mention you two, there were so many ministers here before. No one has seen the master, not even the prime minister.

Boomed away."

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

"My two gentlemen, my master knows that your loyalty is unparalleled." The palace maid first picked up a package and came to You Bingjun. "My lord You, you are free. From now on, you no longer need to serve my master."

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

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

Before the palace lady 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 for being old and can no longer serve her?"

He refused to accept the package, and the palace maid could not lift it, so she had to put it back on the bench and said: "Master You, the contents of this package are enough to make you rich. Do you really not want it?"

"No!" You Bingjun said firmly.

"What about Master Jiao? You don't want it either?" The palace maid turned her eyes to Jiao Yong.

Jiao Yong was initially 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. He shook his head and said, "I don't want it either."

The palace maid said helplessly: "Two adults, you don't want property and you can't afford to kneel down. What on earth do you want to do?"

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

"But the master said..."

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

The two were overjoyed and wanted to get up. But they were old and the weather was cold. They had knelt for an hour and a half, and their legs and feet were numb from the cold. The palace maid ordered the guards on both sides to come over, help them up, and carry them into the inn.

When we arrived at the lobby of the inn, all the tables and chairs had been removed and it seemed empty. Only lamps and candles were erected at the four corners. There was a woman in royal attire standing in the center of the lobby with her back to the door, her white hair hanging behind her back, which was particularly dazzling.

You Bingjun couldn't believe that the person in front of him was his master. Even though he was over sixty years old, his hair was not white like this. And there was not a single black hair on the head of the woman in front of him.

The two of them broke free from the guards who were supporting them, knelt on the ground and said, "I'm here to greet you, my master."

The white-haired woman slowly turned around: "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. It seemed to be something that only Pei Jingyun had. It was like that when she was nine years old. Now in her eyes

His radiance is still the same. He is still the same Pei Jingyun who can do anything for his own purpose.

He was happy and sad in his heart, and shed tears, crying: "Master, I finally see you again. I didn't expect that your hair... is all white. You have really suffered too much."

Next to him, Jiao Yong washed his face with tears, could not speak, and just looked at Pei Jingyun.

Facing the two people crying, Pei Jingyun was indifferent and just said lightly: "You two have met me. You can leave now. Take the belongings I gave you and live the rest of your lives."

"If the villain doesn't leave," You Bingjun hit his forehead against the ground, making a thumping sound, "Master, the villain's life is yours."

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

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

He had worked in obscurity for twenty-six years, which was nothing at all. He knew that he was willing to work for his master. But why did his master have to suffer so much? Her plan was obviously successful, and she was already with her sweetheart, but she was trapped in Wenzhou.

Yi can't extricate herself from her inner demons.

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

"Master, why are you in this inn?" Jiao Yong said, "There are rumors in the capital that King Ping committed regicide. At such a critical moment, why don't you go back to the capital to clarify the matter to the ministers."

On the way to Anzhou, the two of them noticed it. It seemed that someone was spreading rumors everywhere, saying that Emperor Qi Ming was killed by Xiao Beiheng. Their master ignored such an important matter, which puzzled them.

.

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

"I will not give up even if I die," the two of them touched their foreheads to the ground, "Master, please order me to come down."

"Okay, get up," Pei Jingyun said, "Heng'er is no match for that man. You go and help him immediately. This is my only request. No bloodline of that bitch can remain in this world."

You Bingjun was at a loss. He and Jiao Yong were already over sixty years old. Pei Jingyun asked them to go to the battlefield, what could they do.

The master's order is an order, and he will not question it. Just like Pei Jingyun arranged for him twenty-six years ago, he will never look back.

The two of them stood up, and Pei Jingyun said again: "Whether this trip is a success or a failure, you don't need to come to see me again."

You Bingjun and Jiao Yong didn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a moment. From their master's tone, it seemed that they were considering failure. They had no choice but to bow three times to Pei Jingyun's back and exit the inn.

Just after leaving the inn, the rumble of horse hooves sounded in the darkness. The sound of horse hooves was particularly heavier than that of ordinary war horses, and it resounded through the streets.

The two looked towards where the sound came from and saw a group of cavalry emerging from the darkness. Unlike the cavalry they had seen before, not only were the soldiers on the horses wearing heavy armor, but even the war horses were covered in iron armor. Only four hooves were exposed.

Both the horse and the horse are murderous.

The leader of the cavalry jumped off the horse, raised his hands to You Bingjun and Jiao Yong and said: "Two adults, the Tiefu Tu Army has a total of five thousand cavalry. It is now under the command of the two adults. Please mount the horse."

"You...who do you belong to?" You Bingjun asked in surprise.

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

"We are the Queen's private army. We have been training secretly. We are specially set up to restrain Xiao Zhuo's army's repeated crossbows."

Pei Jingyun stood in front of the corridor window on the second floor of the inn, watching groups of armored cavalry appear from the darkness on the street below, stepping through the snow at the entrance of the inn, and then galloping into the darkness.
Chapter completed!