Late at night, Luoyang Taichu Palace.

A team of Qianniu guards lined up with torches, took compact steps, and passed through the Xuanwu Gate in the north unhindered, and entered the forbidden land of the imperial city.

The guards in charge of inspecting the tokens were really taken aback by the sudden visit of this mysterious team of Qianniuwei. Because everyone knows that the palace inner garden is the harem court, which is the No. 1 forbidden place in the sky. Even in broad daylight, even if it is the emperor's relatives and the cabinet Zaifu, without the emperor's special edict, they dare not easily set foot inside. In the middle of the night, the team of Qianniuwei went straight to the Qianqi camp nervously and mysteriously, what was going on?

No one dared to ask.

Qianniu Wei drove straight in and stopped directly in front of the barracks of Zhao Yijie, the envoy of the thousand cavalry.

Zhao Yijie had just returned to the barracks and was about to take off his military uniform and go to bed to rest. Seeing this, he took the saber that had just been hung on the wall and hung it on his waist.

"General, it seems that the person who came is not good!" The waiter whispered, "Are you calling the brothers......

"No need." Zhao Yijie frowned lightly and whispered in a deep voice, "So late at night, if they can have the ability to cross the guard and come to me, it is no longer something that you brothers can handle." ”

The attendant was speechless.

"Go ahead, invite them in!" Zhao Yijie sat down with a golden sword, "Don't let people think that we Qianqi don't understand hospitality at all. ”

After a few moments, only one person entered the room.

Zhao Yijie looked at the person in front of him, he was tall, and his whole body was covered with a large cloak of rain and wind, which was very tightly covered from head to toe. Under the oil lamp, he couldn't see the face of the person clearly, but Zhao Yijie felt that the figure of this person seemed to be a little familiar.

"General Zhao, don't come unharmed?" The man spoke, and then lifted the hood of his cloak.

Zhao Yijie was instantly mistaken and couldn't help but stand up, "Wang Xiaojie?!" …… General Wang, how could it be you?! ”

Wang Xiaojie had a playful and mocking smile on his face, "Don't you invite Wang, sit down?" ”

"It's rude!" Zhao Yijie hurriedly came back to his senses, ordered someone to take a seat, serve tea, and greet Wang Xiaojie.

The two sat down separately and were silent for a long time. It's as if they're all reminiscing about the past.

Once, Zhao Yijie was just an exiled prisoner, who was swept out of the Imperial Forest Army by Xue Shao and exiled to the Western Regions and confiscated into the army. After several tosses, he joined the Anxi Tiger Division, and changed from a prisoner who was guilty of misappropriation to a lower-level military camp that ate imperial food, which can be described as a salted fish.

At that time, Wang Xiaojie was already Wang Fangyi's right-hand man, and he could be called the second person in the Anxi Tiger Division.

Later, Wang Xiaojie replaced Wang Fangyi and officially became the commander of the Anxi Tiger Division. Later, there was the Battle of Nuozhen Shui, which was lost in Helong with Wang Xiaojie led by Wang Xiaojie and Xue Shao. It was that battle that made Zhao Yijie truly glow with the second spring of his life. After returning to Beijing after the victory, the imperial court rewarded meritorious deeds, and he went from a small eight-rank cavalry team to a five-rank officer of the Imperial Forest Army. Even today's Sanpin Thousand Cavalry Envoys are on an equal footing with Wang Xiaojie and Xue Shao, the generals of the Sixteenth Guard. Even because he was in charge of the most lethal thousand horsemen in front of the emperor, Zhao Yijie was faintly about to overwhelm the Sixteen Wei generals.

Therefore, now that the two of them are sitting in pairs like this, the atmosphere is really a little weird. Both of them seemed to be desperately conjecturing - what was he thinking in his heart?

After a while, after all, it was Wang Xiaojie who opened the conversation box first.

"Presumably, General Zhao must be guessing in his heart, the reason for Wang's late-night visit?"

Zhao Yijie's face did not change, "General Wang, between you and me, there must be no need to beat around the bush." ”

"Yes!" Wang Xiaojie slapped his thigh and laughed, "Then I'll say it directly." ”

"Please be clear."

"Wang is about to take command of the expedition, but he is suffering from the lack of an arm." Wang Xiaojie said, "Shicai Wang was ordered to enter the palace to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty also asked in person, saying, 'Aiqing is on the expedition, who is the deputy'?" But at the first time, Wang thought of General Zhao - how about it, think about it? ”

Zhao Yijie frowned, "Where is the requisition?" When will you go on the expedition? ”

Wang Xiaojie smiled treacherously, "Why, General Zhao still has to ask a clear question in every detail before he can give an answer?" ”

Zhao Yijie took a deep breath and didn't know how to answer for a while. He knew very well in his heart that the situation in front of him was actually very clear, Wang Xiaojie was politely sending out an invitation on the surface, but in fact, whether he agreed or not, it was already a sure thing to go with him. It can be concluded from just one point - he, Wang Xiaojie, a foreign official and border general, was able to enter the Xuanwu Gate of the imperial city in the middle of the night, which is enough to prove that he has obtained Jun Ji from the emperor.

And this jun's life seems to have a murderous aura.

But Zhao Yijie still asked quietly, "If I refuse, what should I do?" ”

"That's fine." Wang Xiaojie was very indifferent, "Wang is only here to invite, and has no other intentions." ”

"Cao Renshi, Su Honghui, Zhang Xuanyu, Ashina Zhongjie...... All of them are more worthy of this position than me Zhao. Zhao Yijie said several names in one breath, all of them were the old generals of the Anxi Tiger Division, and he was Wang Xiaojie's hardcore henchman.

Wang Xiaojie smiled, "So Wang really can only do it, please be smart?" ”

After that, the two looked at each other invariably.

Between the four eyes, there seemed to be lightning and thunder vibrating violently.

The henchmen behind Zhao Yijie involuntarily held the hilt of the knife on his waist.

Wang Xiaojie turned his head and glanced at the attendant, and smiled.

"I promise you." Zhao Yijie spit out these four words and exhaled heavily, "Rong went home and settled down for a while." ”

Wang Xiaojie stood up, his face was full of the smile of "those who know the times are handsome", and said lightly: "At the beginning of the hour, Bai Sima Han will see you." ”

Bai Sima Han is a place name, outside of Luoyang City, there is an official post station. It's the middle of the night, but Wang Xiaojie made an appointment to meet at dawn, and the meaning is very clear - time is pressing, don't delay your work blindly, and you don't want to go home!

Zhao Yijie was very annoyed and gritted his teeth, "Zhao, obey the order." ”

Wang Xiaojie took out a roll of imperial edict paper that had already been prepared from his sleeve cage and handed it to Zhao Yijie, "Farewell!" ”

With that, turn around and leave.

Zhao Yijie squinted his eyes and watched Wang Xiaojie leave with murderous aura, slowly unfolded the imperial decree scroll, and said two words with wide eyes in amazement, "Hebei?!" ”

The night is deep, in the middle of the dense forest.

Almost at the same time as Zhao Yijie let out that exclamation, Xue Yi, who had just been rescued, let out a long sigh, "It's over, it's all over!" ”

Feng Chenggang, who was still breathing beside him, was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Why did the prince say this?" ”

Xue Yi sighed again, "Didn't the strong man realize that today's rescue was too smooth?" ”

"What?!" The eighteen ospreys of Hongmen were stunned at the same time.

"Don't be surprised!" Feng Chenggang snorted and said again: "What does the prince mean, this is simply a trap that tempts people to fall into?" ”

Xue Yi's face was like ashes, "That's right, this official is indeed in prison, but after all, he was framed by others. Although he is embarrassed for a while, after all, he is not afraid of shadows, or he may have the opportunity to settle his grievances. Now you have come to save the righteous people, but you have let this official fall into the crime of killing an official and escaping from prison and absconding in fear of crime. Aren't all the charges that were framed by others not clear of jumping into the Yellow River? ”

Feng Chenggang couldn't help but be stunned a little when he heard this, and immediately said, "Don't worry, the prince. The Lord must have a reason for this. ”

Xue Yi blinked, "The Lord in the mouth of the strong man is not what he means ......?"

"Sooner or later, the prince will know that this place is not safe, please leave quickly!"

"No, I can't go!" Xue Yi suddenly shouted, "If I leave, I will abscond!" It will hurt Erlang, the princess, and the entire Xue family!! ”

Feng Chenggang gritted his teeth fiercely, "Junhou, offended!" ”

With a palm blow, Xue Yi fainted.

The group shuttled through the dense forest like ghosts, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Late the next night, in the palace of Princess Taiping.

After listening to Feng Chenggang's report, Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er exhaled at the same time, and at the same time tightened their heartstrings.

At this moment, the worst ending that Xue Yi could think of was nothing more than involving Xue Shao, Princess Taiping and the Xue family. His worries were not unreasonable, and Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er were not unexpected.

But weighing the pros and cons, Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er still agreed that even if they fall into the charge of "killing an official and escaping from prison and absconding", as long as Xue Yi is still alive, there is still room for redemption. On the contrary, if Xue Yi has three longs and two shorts, Xue Shao and the empress will inevitably break completely. At that time, not only will Xue Yi's life still be difficult to protect, but I am afraid that the entire Taiping Princess Mansion, the entire Hedong Xue clan, and even the entire world will be ruined!

Today's Xue Shao is no longer the Xue Shao who followed his father and brother into exile in Fangzhou. In contrast, Xue Yi's understanding of Xue Shao was far inferior to Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er. At least in Xue Yi's opinion, no matter how excessive his family's Erlang is, he will never do anything out of the ordinary of "committing chaos". But Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er both knew very well in their hearts that there had always been an untouchable reverse scale in Xue Shao's heart. But if anyone dares to touch it, Xue Shao can do anything, even if it is to let the whole world bury it.

And there is a reverse scale in it, and the name "Xue Yi" is just written on it.

At the beginning of the day, an envoy in the palace came to Princess Taiping's mansion to announce that Princess Taiping had entered the palace to face the saint.

This is almost to be expected. Princess Taiping did not think that such things could be concealed from her mother, who was so sick that she was so suspicious that she could not be more serious.

Before boarding the car, Princess Taiping held Guan Wan'er's hand and whispered, "From now on, matters big and small may only be entrusted to you." ”

Shangguan Wan'er looked solemn and nodded slightly.

Princess Taiping boarded the car and entered the palace, and Wu Zetian sat in the main hall, waiting for her.

When we meet, there is nothing else to idle. The mother and daughter almost even saved the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers.

Wu Zetian went straight to the point, "Taiping, you did a good thing!" ”

Princess Taiping stood with her eyebrows lowered and her head bowed, not defending or resisting.

"You didn't say a word?!" Wu Zetian was furious, "Could it be that you are just waiting for death?!" ”

Princess Taiping took a deep breath and looked up at her mother, "If he has three longs and two shorts, he has committed Xue Lang's taboo." There must be villains instigated in this, and the mother must not be fooled! ”

"Could it be you, I only know that Xue Lang has a big taboo?" Wu Zetian took the case, "But I don't know, I also have reverse scales?!" ”