Sure enough, there was a figure standing at the foot of the city tower. It was dark at night, and Mu Ying could not see his appearance clearly. He could only roughly see a thin outline with messy hair, which was always hanging on his shoulders. However, he saw that figure looking up from time to time.
He walked back and forth from time to time at the city gate, looking very uneasy. Mu Ying wanted to let him in directly, but fearing that there was some fraud involved, he asked tentatively: "Is this Mr. Xiao Shunzi?"
The figure suddenly raised his head and saw a strange woman standing on the tower, so he bowed respectfully and said: "This servant is Xiao Shunzi. I hope that the girl will pass the news on my behalf. If I have something urgent, I can present it to the emperor."
Mu Ying heard that his tone of voice was calm and did not sound like he was lying, so he calmly asked the soldiers to open the city gate. Xiao Shunzi limped towards the city. Mu Ying saw that he had difficulty moving and hurried to help him.
The two walked and chatted along the way, and unknowingly arrived outside the living room. Unexpectedly, the banquet was over, and the entire living room seemed very quiet. Shao Yan was sitting around a map with the generals at the moment, discussing some specific matters for the retreat. Mu
Ying was about to go in and report, but Xiao Shunzi hurriedly took her hand and said: "Miss Mu, the emperor is discussing military and state affairs with everyone. Let's wait outside for now."
"But didn't you say that you have something urgent to report to the emperor?" Mu Ying asked in confusion.
Xiao Shunzi shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter. No matter how big the matter is, the emperor has to finish his work. This is the rule of the palace. I don't dare to disobey it."
Mu Ying couldn't laugh or cry, thinking, this is not in the palace, why do we have to observe so many etiquettes? It's strange, I heard from the emperor that Eunuch Xiaoshunzi paid the least attention to etiquette in the palace. When did he become so formal?
?
Seeing that she didn't speak, Xiao Shunzi smiled slightly and said, "Miss Mu, if you have anything else to do, just go and do it first. I can just stay here alone."
Mu Ying smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I have nothing to do, I will wait here with you."
Xiao Shunzi smiled happily, but her heart trembled, and she thought to herself, this girl Mu is so reasonable, she looks like a girl from a wealthy family, but now she is with the emperor. Could it be that she is the emperor's newly canonized empress? If that is the case,
Didn’t I commit the above crime just now, old slave? The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, so he took a deep breath and felt a lot more relieved. At this time, he only heard the sound of someone talking from the living room.
"Your Majesty, your subordinates think that we should move to the south. I have inquired about it. There are only a few stragglers from the Liang Kingdom in that area. They are completely vulnerable. We can easily go around it." Chang Yixiao lay down in front of the table while talking.
Pointing to the map on the table
Zhang Baihu frowned and said: "That's good, that's good. It's just that most of the areas to the south are downtown. If we evacuate there, wouldn't it be equivalent to drawing the armies of Chu and Liang there? That would only serve
It will bring immeasurable consequences to the local people.”
"Yeah, I forgot about this." Chang Yi smiled and patted his forehead, suddenly realizing: "Then let's move to the north. There are mountains and forests in the north, so we don't have to worry so much. Once a fight breaks out,
Let’s take over the mountain and become the king, so they won’t dare to invade easily.”
Zhang Huaide smiled coldly: "Occupy the mountain and become the king? This kind of childish idea can only be thought of by you little devils. What you say does not go through your brain at all."
Chang Yixiao saw him making sarcastic remarks, and couldn't help but became angry and said: "Zhang Huaide, what do you mean? Are you bullying me for being young? I tell you, anyone here can criticize me, but you can't."
Zhang Huaide said contemptuously: "Oh, look at what you can do. At a young age, you want to imitate adults. Don't think that if you say a few nice words in front of the emperor, you will forget who you are. You are just a little governor."
That’s all, you dare to pretend to be the boss in front of me, but you don’t have to weigh it carefully, do you eat more rice, or do I eat more salt, Lao Zhang?”
"You -" Chang Yixiao snorted, rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm too lazy to talk to people like you. If you are so capable, why can't you come up with any good ideas? It's obvious that you are jealous of talents, for fear of
One day I will ride on your head."
...The two of them started arguing again after saying a few words. Zhang Baihu and other generals were making bad remarks. Their voices were obviously softer, but they were still attacking each other.
When Xiao Shunzi outside the door saw this scene, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. Apparently he felt sad about the two of them not prioritizing. Mu Ying wanted to go in several times to dissuade him, but he stopped him.
Seeing the two of them secretly fighting over each other in private, Shao Yan was very angry. He punched the table, pointed at the two of them and yelled: "Have you two argued enough? If you haven't argued enough, I will send you to Yincao."
Hell, you can make as much noise as you want, so as not to bother me all the time. Someone, come here, drag them out and chop them down."
As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers walked out of the hall. Without saying a word, they immediately stepped forward and pressed Zhang Huaide and Chang Yixiao's arms. Everyone present was stunned and knelt on the ground to plead for the two of them.
The emperor's golden words made the two of them not afraid. They were so frightened that their faces turned blue. They both shouted for mercy and said that they would never dare to do it again. Shao Yan hesitated for a moment before letting the soldiers let go of the two of them, but he was secretly thinking in his heart.
Smile, it's your mother's fault. If a tiger doesn't show off its power, it will treat me as a sick cat. If I don't show you something powerful, it will never know how to remember.
Seeing that the two of them had managed to save their lives, the generals present couldn't help but sweat for the two of them. At the same time, they were also dissatisfied with their "infighting", so they gave some enlightenment to the two of them, and the two finally realized that their own
Wrong, I can’t help but lower my head with a red face.
Shao Yan then continued to discuss the withdrawal plan with the generals. After a fierce debate, Shao Yan finally decided to adopt Zhang Baihu's opinion and move to the remote southwest direction, where there were mountains and rivers, and the enemy troops had not yet penetrated deep into it.
The important thing is that it is close to the sea and usually only a few fishermen live there. Shao Yan made the worst plan for this. When there was really no way to go, he could only move to the island with a large force.
"Since everyone has no objections, it's settled. Now I'll assign the task." Just when Shao Yan was about to assign the task to everyone, his eyes accidentally saw Mu Ying standing outside the door, with someone standing next to him.
A man in ragged clothes and messy hair. He didn't know it was Xiao Shunzi at the time, so he walked out curiously. Before he could ask, Xiao Shunzi knelt down in front of him and started to cry.
The living room was stunned by this sudden move. Shao Yan was doubly surprised and hurriedly helped the man up. Xiao Shunzi spread the hair from his forehead with his hands and cried: "Your Majesty, I have found you, minion.
..., wuwuwu..." Before he could finish his words, he burst into tears again.
"Xiao Shunzi? What? Why is it you?" Shao Yan was shocked. He heard a report from spies some time ago, saying that Queen Mother Guo and many princes and ministers surrendered in Kaicheng and were all imprisoned in the Chu army camp. Xiao Shunzi
Zi was naturally among them, but now he was standing in front of him alive. Shao Yan thought he was dreaming at first, until he pinched his thigh hard, and then he realized that all this was real.
Seeing that Xiao Shunzi couldn't help crying when he spoke, Zhang Baihu knew that there must be a lot of unknown bitterness in it, so he dismissed everyone, leaving only himself and Mu Ying to stay with Shao Yan.
Entering the living room, Zhang Baihu closed the door tightly. Shao Yan walked to Xiao Shunzi and asked urgently: "Xiao Shunzi, how did you get here? Where are the Queen Mother, Lord Deng, and Prime Minister Dongfang?"
?”
Xiao Shunzi nodded tearfully: "The Queen Mother, Master Dongfang and Master Deng are all fine, but..."
"Just what?" Shao Yan and Mu Ying asked at the same time
Seeing that Xiao Shunzi's face turned ugly, Zhang Baihu on the side seemed to realize that the situation was not good, and hurriedly asked: "Eunuch Xiao Shunzi, has something happened?"
Xiao Shunzi hummed with tears in her eyes, and then said: "When the Chu army came to the city, in order to prevent the capital from being devastated, the empress had no choice but to lead all the civil and military officials to open the city and surrender. From then on, we were imprisoned.
In the camp of the Chu army, fortunately, General Qinling of the Chu State was more benevolent and righteous. Although he put us under house arrest in the army, he treated us with courtesy and treated us as kings and ministers. However, since the arrival of the general of Liang State,
, Qinling’s attitude towards us has changed.”
When Shao Yan heard "General Liang Guo", he was startled and quickly asked: "Is the General Liang Guo you are talking about a fat man named Jin?"
"Exactly, what country is it called Jin? I can't remember clearly. Anyway, this person has a very vicious heart."
Fatty Jin is a heinous bastard. Damn it, I want to beat him once I see him. Shao Yan clenched his fist and said
Mu Ying asked in confusion: "Strange, why did Jin Dingguo go to the capital so well?"
"Yes, the general is also wondering. This guy attacked Changqing some time ago, and then disappeared for some reason." Zhang Baihu felt the same way.
Shao Yan knew very well. It was said that someone pretended to be the best emperor not long ago, but was caught by Qin Ling. Since Qin Ling had never seen the best emperor, he invited Jin Dingguo to identify him. Thinking of this, Shao Yan's heart skipped a beat. Oh, yes, it must be
It was this guy who found out that the emperor was fake, so he started to sow discord in Qinling. Damn it, what tricks does this bastard want to play?
Just as he was thinking, Xiao Shunzi choked and said: "Your Majesty, please save the Queen Mother. Qinling has issued an order that in two days the Queen Mother and all the princes and ministers will be taken out and beheaded."
"What? What did you say?" Shao Yan suddenly paled. However, when his eyes glanced at Xiao Shunzi's face, he suddenly felt much calmer.
Suspicions suddenly appeared on Mu Ying's pretty face, and she said suspiciously: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is a deliberate trick by Jin Dingguo and Qinling. The purpose is to lure you into a trap. In my opinion, you don't need to pay attention to it.
"
Xiao Shunzi said disdainfully: "Miss Mu's words are wrong. Now that the situation in Donglin Kingdom is over, the Queen Mother does not expect the emperor to rescue her old man. She just hopes to see the emperor for the last time before he passes away. How can a mother
Isn’t it okay even if you want to see your son?”
"No," Zhang Baihu interrupted sternly: "Eunuch Xiao Shunzi, this is obviously an enemy's conspiracy. You have served the Queen Mother for many years, don't you still understand her? Even if she risks her own life,
I don’t want to see anything happen to the emperor.”
Seeing that both of them objected, Xiao Shunzi's face suddenly darkened, and he said angrily: "Yes, the empress does not want anything to happen to the emperor, but she is also a mother, so this slave is bold and asks the emperor to consider the relationship between flesh and blood."
For my sake, go to the capital to meet her."
Shao Yan frowned and thought for a while before saying: "My mother gave birth to me and raised me. Now she is in trouble. As her son, how can I just sit back and ignore her?" When he said this, he noticed that Xiao Shunzi's face was obviously a little confused.
After improving, he immediately turned his attention to his lame legs, "Hey, Xiao Shunzi, what's wrong with your legs?"
Xiao Shunzi's face was slightly red, and he said sadly again: "In order to find the emperor, I climbed mountains and waded all the way, and accidentally twisted my foot on the way, so--"
"Oh, that's it." Shao Yan nodded and asked, "Then where did you come from?"
"I set out from the capital and searched from west to east."
"So, there are quite a lot of mountains in that area?"
"That's that that's"
Shao Yan raised his neck and laughed loudly. Zhang Baihu and Mu Ying were puzzled, and Xiao Shunzi was even more at a loss. After a long time, Shao Yan walked to the wall calmly, took off his sword, and slowly came to
Next to Xiao Shunzi, Xiao Shunzi's face dimmed instantly, and he hesitated: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, you, you are..."
Shao Yan swung his sword and pointed it directly at his head, a stern look flashed in his eyes: "I want your dog's life."
Xiao Shunzi was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this? I am Xiao Shunzi, don't you know me?"
"I know you, of course I know you." Shao Yan sneered and said: "From the moment you came in, I thought you were my little boy, but in the end you turned out to be a fake. You can deceive others, but you can't deceive me. He said,
Who sent you here?"
Zhang Baihu and Mu Ying were stunned. How could they have known that Shao Yan had already become suspicious of Xiao Shunzi when they were talking to him?
"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are talking about? I am really Xiao Shunzi beside you," said 'Xiao Shunzi' tremblingly.
Shao Yan put away his sword, kicked him on the body, and said angrily: "Even now, you still refuse to tell the truth. Did you ask me to really castrate you before you would speak?" After that, he quickly said
Pulled out the sharp sword and stabbed 'Xiao Shunzi' in the crotch
'Xiao Shunzi''s face was as pale as paper, and he quickly covered his crotch with his hands and said: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life, I just tell you the truth."