Chu Huan saw Qi Hong, and saw him anxious, his face changed slightly, and he had already gotten up and stepped forward.

In order to ensure the safety of the queen, he not only let Mei Niang protect nearby, but also the personal guard chief Qi Hong also stayed in Jiazhou to protect the queen's safety.

At this time, he saw Qi Hong suddenly appear in Tongzhou, this surprise was not trivial, knowing that something big must have happened, he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, what's wrong?" ”

Qi Hong had already knelt on the ground and blamed himself: "Chu Du, they are all despicable and incompetent, yes!" ”

Chu Huan was anxious, worried about the queen's safety, he knew that after the queen arrived in the northwest, Dingwu must be unwilling, now that Yingxiang has succeeded to the throne as the emperor, it is very likely that the Shenyi guard will be in the hands of Dingwu, only worried that Dingwu will send the Shenyi guard to the northwest to make it difficult, grabbed Qi Hong's shoulder, and said hurriedly: "But what happened to the queen?" ”

"Chu Du rest assured, the queen is safe and sound, and the lady is still staying with the queen to protect her." Qi Hong said: "But Miss Lingshuang and King Qi!" ”

"What?" Hearing Ling Shuang, Chu Huan was even more worried, "What's wrong with Ling Shuang?" ”

Qi Hong said: "Miss Lingshuang suddenly disappeared and disappeared, and she didn't know where to go, and King Qi and King Qi disappeared afterwards!" ”

Chu Huan was shocked, and said sharply: "Qi Hong, I asked you to protect them, how could you not know where they were?" You! His eyes widened and he was furious.

Qi Hong raised his hand to his face and slapped him, and Xu Shao hurriedly said: "Chu Du, don't be anxious, there must be a reason in the middle!" Xiang Qi Hong asked, "Brother Qi, what happened?" Don't worry, let's say it well, King Qi and they were kidnapped? ”

Qi Hong shook his head and said, "Miss Lingshuang suddenly disappeared, and we don't know his whereabouts, but King Qi shouldn't have been kidnapped." After the disappearance of the king of Qi, we searched everywhere, and the soldiers guarding the city gate said that there was a man riding out of the city on a horse, and they recognized the horse as the war horse in the army, and the war horse was registered, so they stopped it! ”

"What does that man look like?"

"When the man saw that he was not allowed to leave the city, he was furious, saying that he was the king of Qi, and scolded the soldiers guarding the gate, and the brothers guarding the city gate sent people to report to General Lu, but they did not dare to stop the king of Qi, and the king of Qi rode out of the city alone, and when we arrived, the king of Qi was nowhere to be found." Qi Hong said anxiously: "We sent people to look around, but we have not found any trace of King Qi, and the whereabouts of Miss Lingshuang are also unknown, Mrs. suspects that the departure of King Qi is related to the disappearance of Miss Lingshuang, and their whereabouts cannot be found, so Mrs. sent a lowly official to report the details to Chu Du." ”

Chu Huan looked distressed, slowly walked to the chair, sat down, thoughtful, but Xu Shao helped Qi Hong up, and asked in a low voice, "There is no clue?" Doesn't the queen know where they went? ”

Qi Hong walked to Chu Huan's side and said, "But it does leave some clues." ”

Chu Huan immediately raised his head and asked, "What?" ”

"Father-in-law Sun is the father-in-law next to King Qi, he told us that King Qi seems to have some misunderstanding with Miss Lingshuang." Qi Hong recalled: "Grandpa Sun said that that night, King Qi was in a bad mood, drank a lot of wine, and also punished Grandpa Sun for kneeling in the courtyard, and then Miss Lingshuang suddenly came over and said a few words, and King Qi let Grandpa Sun leave!" ”

Chu Huan frowned, but did not speak.

"After Grandpa Sun went out, he was worried that something would happen, so he stayed outside the door and didn't leave." Qi Hong said: "Later, I heard that Miss Lingshuang and King Qi seemed to have some quarrels, and Miss Lingshuang seemed to want to say goodbye to King Qi at that time!" ”

"Goodbye?" Chu Huan's brows furrowed even deeper, and he said to himself: "Ling Shuang has a gentle temperament, she has never quarreled with others, and she has always been by the side of King Qi, gentle and considerate, why did she suddenly quarrel?" She raised her head and asked, "Why did she say goodbye to King Qi?" What does that mean, can Sun Desheng make it clear? ”

Qi Hong shook his head and said: "Gonggong Sun's words flickered, he only said that the two had quarreled, and Miss Lingshuang wanted to say goodbye to King Qi, if what the two said, he didn't explain it carefully, but looking at him, he should know more." ”

Chu Huan said: "Ling Shuang's sudden departure, there must be a serious change, although King Qi had a quarrel with Ling Shuang that night, maybe he didn't think of why Lingshuang would say goodbye until Ling Shuang really left, King Qi was in a hurry, he went out of the city, it must be to find Ling Shuang." After a little hesitation, he said, "If you want to find out their whereabouts, you have to find out why Ling Shuang left!" He looked at Qi Hong and asked, "What did the queen say?" Does she know something? ”

Qi Hong was about to shake his head, suddenly thought of something, and patted his head, "I was dumbfounded, I almost missed a big thing." He took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Chu Huan: "Chu Du, the queen was very anxious, but she didn't say anything, knowing that the lowly official was going to come to see you, she asked the lowly to hand over this letter to Chu Du, and repeatedly instructed that unless the letter was handed over to you in person, no one should be allowed to see the letter." ”

Chu Huan immediately took it, opened it, glanced at it a few times, his body shook, his face changed greatly, and he held the letter in the palm of his hand.

"Chu Du!" Xu Shao and Qi Hong were surprised when they saw Chu Huan's shocked face, Chu Huan had always been happy and angry, but at this moment, after Chu Huan saw the letter, he showed a rare look of shock, and he didn't know what was written in the letter.

Chu Huan didn't explain, waved his hand, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Qi Hong, you take a rest, work hard, return to Jiazhou, and tell Queen Sù, I already know the matter, so he doesn't have to worry too much, I will do my best to find them." Sue Mrs. Sù, protect the queen, things are settled here, and I will go back to the northwest. ”

Qi Hong arched his hand and said: "Humble and orderly." ”

Chu Huan raised his hand and said: "Xu Shao, you take Qi Hong to eat something first, the affairs in the city, you deal with me first, I'm a little tired, rest for half a day, don't let people come over and disturb!" ”

Xu Shao saw Chu Huan's tired face, and arched his hand: "Chu Du has a good rest, and other things will be dealt with in the end." ”

West Mountain Road Yunshan Mansion City.

The defeat of Tongzhou naturally could not be publicized all over the world, Qiao Mingtang led the remnants of the defeated army back to Yunshan Mansion City, and immediately ordered the gates of the whole city to be closed, and deployed the small number of troops left in the city to the city gates.

In this battle, Qiao Mingtang's old savings over the years can be said to be a loss, not only did there be few 20,000 soldiers and horses left, but also lost the most important Tongzhou.

Tongzhou was once synonymous with poverty in Xishan Road, but it was just because the most important mineral in Tongzhou was controlled by the imperial court, when this golden bun finally fell into his hands, Qiao Mingtang was about to use this to expand his strength, but before he could start his hands and feet, he was snatched away by Chu Huan, he was extremely annoyed in his heart, if he knew that it was today's situation, he should have strangled Chu Huan in the cradle.

The loss of the financial land is of course a heavy blow, but the most terrifying thing is that Chu Huan, who has the strategic place of Tongzhou, not only occupies the minerals of Tongzhou, further expanding its financial strength, but also the passage between the northwest and the Guannai is completely opened, and the strength has increased dramatically. It may appear in the territory of Yunshan at any time.

Although Qiao Mingtang is not good at leading troops to fight, he also knows that with the strength of Yunshan, Chu Huan may not use troops lightly against Yunshan before he is fully prepared, but he is worried that Chu Huan will send cavalry into Yunshan from time to time to harass him, which will make the entire Yunshan people panic, which will definitely lead to the dispersion of people's hearts.

When Mrs. Qiao arrived at Qiao Mingtang's side with a cup of freshly brewed tea, Qiao Mingtang was still in deep thought, his expression was solemn, and it had been two days since he returned to Yunshan, and Mrs. Qiao only saw Qiao Mingtang's expression was dignified and ugly from beginning to end, and she never showed a trace of smile, knowing in her heart that Qiao Mingtang was in a predicament, she put the teacup on the table on the side, and reached out to hold Qiao Mingtang's hand.

Qiao Mingtang came back to his senses at this time, raised his head, and looked at his beautiful wife with a look of concern, but he still couldn't laugh, just sighed lightly and asked, "Wei Tianqing is back?" ”

Mrs. Qiao shook her head and said softly: "If Liangzhou City really falls, the Wei Command should come back soon, sir, you yourself have said that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, don't be too anxious." ”

"Come back?" Qiao Mingtang's expression was indifferent, and he said lightly: "I'm afraid he will never come back." ”

Mrs. Qiao was stunned and wondered: "Master, are you saying that the Wei Command will not come back?" This lord, the Wei Commander is loyal to you, he won't! ”

"How can women understand the truth?" Qiao Mingtang said lightly: "Chu Huan now sits on the three northwestern provinces, he is a veritable king of the northwest, there are many soldiers, there are many generals, there is only a lack of money and food, and now he has Tongzhou, his strength has increased greatly, this person has the ambition to plot the world, Wei Tianqing had a lot of relationship with him back then, you don't forget jì, Chu Huan was able to enter the Praetorian Guard, it was Wei Tianqing's recommendation, if it wasn't for Wei Tianqing, Chu Huan would not have been able to go to Yunshan Mansion, he would not have been able to enter the Praetorian Guard, and he would not have the opportunity to see the King of Qi, let alone have a peaceful future in the future." He smiled coldly, "With such a big tree, is Wei Tianqing really not moved?" ”

Mrs. Qiao frowned and said: "Master, the Wei system has been by your side all these years, loyal and reliable, although he has a friendship with Chu Huan, but he is even more loyal to you, the concubine thinks that Wei Tianqing should not leave you because of his friendship with Chu Huan." ”

Qiao Mingtang picked up the teacup next to him, took a sip, put down the teacup and said: "Madam, bustling, all for profit, bustling, all for profit, Chu Huan is now not what it used to be, Wei Tianqing follows me, but he is a commander, in his opinion, following Chu Huan, may be more able to make great achievements." His eyes became cold, "Nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou are the foundation of my Xishan, but in just one battle, the whole army was inexplicably annihilated, if it is said that Wei Tianqing is incompetent, and he was defeated by the Northwest Army, will you believe it?" ”R1058