Xu Zhiyuan said righteously: "Sister Wang, if Xiao Jinfeng doesn't stand up, no matter how much this king explains, no one will believe it." Xiao Jinfeng is a subordinate of this king, no matter whether he was framed or for other reasons, before he is found, even if this king says that the sky is falling, Jingyang Kingdom will not believe it. Now, this king will go to Lingyun Pass first, mortgage himself to Liu, ease the contradiction first, and wait for General Sun's people to find Xiao Jinfeng before making plans. ”

Mao Shangshu of the household department wanted to say that this plan was dangerous, and wanted to persuade Xu Zhiyuan to think about it in the long run, but at this moment, the soldiers were in the city, and there was not much time for everyone to think about it in the long run.

Princess Luoyang hopes that Xu Zhiyuan will never return, and when Xu Zhilan abdicates, she will justifiably become the monarch! She pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Brother Wang may be in danger of going here, why don't you wait a few days to see how my father decides?" ”

Xu Zhiyuan sneered in his heart, Princess Luoyang has also learned to act! After thanking Princess Luoyang for her concern, he said some righteous and awe-inspiring words, fully showing his loyalty to Dahua, and finally decided to set off early the next morning.

On the twenty-seventh day of the first month, Xu Zhiyuan took Su Rui and Xiao Jinyun to Lingyun Pass, and arrived at Lingyun Pass on the first day of the second month.

Xiao Jinyun also knew that Xu Zhiyuan gave up Xiao Jinfeng, which was really a helpless move.

At this time, Xiao Jinfeng was "just" caught by General Sun's men.

Xu Zhiyuan took Su Rui and Xiao Jinyun to the barracks prison accompanied by General Sun, and saw Xiao Jinfeng in shackles and handcuffs.

"Brother!" The boy didn't flick when he had tears, and when Xiao Jinyun shouted "brother", tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Xiao Jinfeng looked at Xu Zhiyuan and said ashamedly: "King Qin, it is his subordinates who have been promised by Liu, and they have been affected by ......."

Xu Zhiyuan really doesn't have a few cronies around him, he is not pretending to be a gesture, but he is really reluctant to die of Xiao Jinfeng! With tears in his eyes, he said to Xu Zhiyuan: "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet?" Strong wind, it's the incompetence of this king, I have wronged you! ”

"King Qin, what should his subordinates do?" Xiao Jinfeng knew that time was pressing, and he didn't want to say more sad words.

"This king told Princess Luoyang that he sent you to Yangtao City to investigate whether the specialties of Qingshan County can be sold at a good price. You just said that when this king attacked the remnants of the orchid, it affected the king of Yangtao, so it may harm the lord of Liu Meier of Jingyang Kingdom to be widowed. Therefore, after you came to Yangtao City, you promised to apologize to Liu on behalf of the king. When he was in the city lord's mansion, the eldest prince heard that King Yangtao was implicated, and he might have worries about his life, so he was angry and made a move on you first. Out of self-preservation, you killed the eldest prince by mistake. ”

Xiao Jinfeng tearfully agreed, he knew that even if he killed the eldest prince by mistake, his little life would not be guaranteed.

From the afternoon of the first day of February, Xiao Jinfeng used the words that Xu Zhiyuan taught him to use his internal strength and said it loudly to the officers and soldiers of the Liu Promise Department under the city.

Of course, the people on this side of Ryu promised that they would not believe it, so the two sides quarreled endlessly, and there was no fight after the defeat.

Xu Zhilan took Lan Keqing to meet the dusty and haggard Xiang'er on the way.

Although Gonggong Guo never asked Xiang'er where she went alone, Xu Zhilan had to give an explanation.

In the wide carriage, Xiang'er drank a large bowl of water, and then whispered about Lingyun Pass.

Since Yoo promised to let him negotiate, a lot of things would be easier.

Stopping the carriage, Xu Zhilan walked the carriage with the support of Xiang'er, summoned Gonggong Guo over, and said: "Gonggong Guo, immediately send a letter to my father, and say that this king will go to Lingyun Pass first to wait for his father's holy decree!" Guo Gonggong and Ke Qing followed the king to Lingyun Pass, and the rest stayed at the front post station and returned to Jinling with Luo Shixun's people. ”

Xiang'er opened her mouth, Xu Zhilan knew that she wanted to go to Lingyun Pass together, but she had been running for more than half a month, and it was too hard to run again, so Xu Zhilan said: "Xiang'er, you go back to the East Palace first and tell Princess Mei not to worry." ”

Before parting, Xu Zhilan confessed a few words to Xiang'er.

Gonggong Guo wanted to know what happened in Lingyun Pass, but Xu Zhilan didn't say anything, he didn't dare to ask.

The three of them rode six sweat and blood treasures, running wildly all the way, and received a letter from Princess Luoyang about Lingyun Pass on the way.

After reading the letter written by Luoyang, Xu Zhilan sneered, he would not believe that Xu Zhiyuan would think so much about the country and personally run to Liu Cheng as a hostage. What's the matter, after knowing that killing his father's enemy is Xu Zhao, Xu Zhiyuan is dead, so he has to find some trouble for Xu Zhao.

Another day later, Xu Zhilan received a holy decree from Xu Zhao, and he knew that this Xu Zhao, this holy decree, should have been issued before he saw the recital he asked Guo Gonggong to write.

On the eighth day of the second lunar month, Xu Zhilan, who was tired and half dead, finally came to Lingyun Pass, and the three of them came to General Sun first to ask about the situation.

In the secret room of the General's Mansion, only Xu Zhilan and Xu Zhiyuan sat facing each other.

"King Qin, you know that my Xu Zhilan is the Empress of Orchids, and you also know that I want to usurp the throne. Although we have the same goal now, I still have to keep you from dying, if you die, the emperor will do everything possible to make me hand over the position of prince, if I don't hand it over, I will be dead. And you don't want anything to happen to me, do you? ”

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyuan suddenly couldn't help laughing, and said: "The world is so wonderful, you and I can't wait for the other party to die immediately, at this moment, you and I have to ensure that the other party can't die too early!" ”

Xu Zhilan also smiled, and said deliberately: "Well, my father must suspect that I am the Empress of Orchids, just for the sake of face, he can't find a reason to kill me now." If you and I can succeed, it depends on the will of God, if I can delay until the time of my father's death and you haven't caught Luo Yuzhu, then I will succeed; If you catch Luo Yuzhu first, I'll fail! ”

"I still have a choice, which is to get rid of Princess Luoyang! When there is no one in the royal family to choose from, the emperor will have to choose me. Xu Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"I'll protect her, don't worry!" After a pause, Xu Zhilan suppressed his smile and asked, "You should have asked Xiao Jinfeng to catch or exchange benefits for Luo Yuzhu, why did Xiao Jinfeng run to kill the eldest prince?" ”

Xu Zhiyuan slapped his hands on the table fiercely, and after telling the truth and his current response aggrievedly, he asked: "Now that the two sides are deadlocked, what should I do?" ”

Xu Zhilan groaned for a while, and said, "Xiao Jinfeng fell for this plan, and we were forced to admit that he killed the eldest prince. If it was an ordinary person who was killed, then it would be better to say that it was not possible to kill the eldest prince and save Xiao Jinfeng's life. Xiao Jinfeng is my Dahua's people, he 'killed' the eldest prince of Jingyang Kingdom, and Dahua has to give Jingyang Kingdom some compensation anyway. Liu promised that he had not made specific requests at the moment, and perhaps he was also dragging his feet and waiting for the will of the Iron Khan. ”

"It is estimated that the envoy sent by the Iron Cavalry Royal Family should also arrive in these two days." Xu Zhiyuan said.

Xu Zhilan calculated the time, and also felt that the royal family members of Jingyang Kingdom would be here in these two days, and he said: "I will go to see Liu tomorrow, do you want to go together?" ”