Return of the Swallow

Bingtang was close to Qin Yining and heard Qin Yining's words clearly.

At the sound of a war, cold sweat shed.

Although she is a maidservant now, she has been a little aunt for a while, but in fact she is a real lady who has not suffered any hardship since she was a child. It is natural and more natural than Qin Yining who has been a lady for less than a year. different.

Originally, she had only heard of the terrible war, but she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, and her impression was not intuitive. The last time she accompanied Qin Yining to the Xi Huacheng peace talks, she had only seen the vast array of soldiers.

Now the men, women and children in front of them are running like a swarm, so embarrassed and panic that they stepped on each other before they even waited for them to kill, screaming and crying endlessly, it was only a short time before them.

Where do they come from?Along the way so far, I am afraid such desperate scenes have been happening continuously!

For the first time, Bingtang experienced the fear of imminent disaster up close.

"What are we going to do with the girl, if the little prince is, if he brings someone over, will he hurt you? His soldiers may not recognize you!" Bingtang's voice is dry, and his brain is not enough. It takes a long time to organize smoothly. A word.

Qin Yining was pale, holding a rock candy hand in one hand and his own skirt in the other. He kneaded the material on the front of the skirt like dried plums and then slowly let go.

After taking a few deep breaths, Qin Yining patted Bingtang's shoulder soothingly: "Don't be afraid, you won't be able to call you so soon. Pang Zhixi and the others have already left Liangcheng this time. Although the emperor cede land for compensation, a few of the borders Dacheng has already paid for the supply of Dazhou, which is regarded as Dazhou’s land, but with so many people in the tiger and cardinal army, it is not so easy to hit us in Kyoto in the blink of an eye."

"But so many refugees, it is obvious that they were scared to flee to the capital." Bingtang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

Qin Yining said: "Let's go back first and find the treasurer Zhong to find out. I also listened to the news from my father. After all, the news they got is more accurate than our random guess here."

Bingtang nodded, and then his big round eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and his voice was a little choked: "But, girl, I still feel chilly in my heart."

"Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid." Although Bingtang is the same age as Qin Yining, he is small, like a eleven or twelve-year-old child. Qin Yining couldn't help taking her over, patted her on the back, and said: "If you are really sure that something is wrong, I will let you go. Then you will leave Kyoto and head towards Nanhai Yanzi."

Bingtang sniffed, "What about the girl?"

Qin Yining just smiled bitterly and did not answer.

If there is anything, one of the masters of the Qin family counts as one, and no one can run away.With her father's identity and fame, how could Emperor Da Zhou let it go?

"Get up, let's go back first. Let's talk about it when we find it out. Maybe I think too much." Qin Yining smiled and stood up and pulled the rock candy up.

Bingtang wiped her tears with embarrassment. Compared with Qin Yining's calmness, she was really embarrassed.

And Jiyun on the side kept looking at Qin Yining and Bingtang with soft eyes. Seeing that the two little girls calmed down so quickly, he couldn't help feeling admired in his heart. He stepped forward to help Qin Yining carefully remove the grass clippings and scrapes on his body. Small branches on the cloth.

The three mounted their horses, walked a small path to bypass the group of refugees, rushed back to the capital along the official road, entered the outer city gate, and immediately rushed to the home of the treasurer Zhong.

The treasurer Zhong Da was making his calculations and was reconciling the accounts. He heard that his servant told Qin Yining that he had come, and greeted him in surprise.

When they arrived at the door, they found that the faces of their masters and servants were extremely ugly.

"My boss, what's the matter? Come in and have a cup of tea." The shopkeeper Zhong quickly poured a cup of tea for Qin Yining himself, and put his hands in her hands.

Qin Yining poured a large bowl of warm tea fiercely, and only then eased slightly, and carefully told the treasurer Zhong about the matter before, and finally said: "I think those people will soon be in front of the city gate. Come, the shopkeeper please pay attention to help inquire about their history and situation, and also pay attention to what else is going on. I have to go back to the house soon, this time my father should leave the office, I want Discuss with him."

As soon as the shopkeeper Zhong heard, was it a cold sweat? He wiped his face indiscriminately with a trembling hand, and nodded: "Yes, I know, I will go to inquire immediately and send any news immediately. Go up to the house."

"Well, if you can't find me temporarily, you can tell the people in the house that Bingtang, Jiyun, Songlan, and Qiulu are all credible."

"Yes." The shopkeeper Zhong nodded repeatedly.

Qin Yining immediately stood up again, pulling Bingtang and Jiyun to go out.

Jiyun looked at Qin Yining's slender back with a complicated face, and couldn't help asking: "Girl, do you still trust me?"

Qin Yining paused, then looked back, and said strangely: "What silly thing to say."

"I was given to the girl by the little prince, and I often reported the girl's current situation to the little prince. I thought that if there was a war going on, the girl would not trust me."

Qin Yining's complexion was a bit complicated, and he looked at Jiyun for a while before saying: "One yard is one yard, I can distinguish it. Besides, since the first day Pang Zhixi and I met, he has been Prince Zhongshun of Da Zhou. He has led the Tiger and Ben Army to beat the mountains and rivers of Dayan. I didn't know his identity the first day, and he didn't suddenly become what he is now."

Speaking of this, Qin Yining sighed faintly: "It's all about different countries and different positions. Emperor Zhou's ambitions will not be reconciled. It is expected that his expedition will be aimed at Dayan. No It's just Dayan, or even Tartar in the north. Even though Dazhou's national strength may not be enough now, this does not affect his desire to conquer."

Jiyun looked at Qin Yining, admiring it from the bottom of his heart.

The prince of the strange road will take her so seriously, and treat her like a sharp-hearted pampering, she is quick-minded, calm in the face of things, and is not like an ordinary girl in a boudoir. Be sensible and be able to deal with problems calmly.

By this time, Ji Yun had already regarded Qin Yining as his second master, and there was no more resistance in his heart.

The three got on their horses and headed towards Anping Hou Mansion along the way.

The city is still such a prosperous scene. Passers-by don't know that a war is coming. There are still stalls to carry on the market.There are still children in tattered clothes chasing and playing by the side of the road, and there is also a woman who opened the old wooden door and leaned out half of her body to ask her children to eat...

Seeing everything in front of him, Qin Yining felt tight.

She doesn't know what the future will become. The Dayan Dynasty probably only has such a pure land left in a place like Kyoto. Are they about to lose even Dayan's last pure land?

The three returned to the Hou Mansion, walked through the south gate of the outer courtyard as usual, and sent the horses into the stable first.Then he walked through the alley from Jiaomen to walk out into the outer courtyard.

Qin Yining casually asked the boy who was working in the outer courtyard: "Is Hou Ye back?"

"Miss Hui, Master Hou is in the study in the outer courtyard."

Qin Yining nodded and hurried to the study.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in front of the study courtyard, he saw Qin Huaiyuan come out.

"Father. Are you going out?" Qin Yining saluted.

Qin Huaiyuan smiled and said: "If you don't go out, you will go to see the old lady this time. Your grandmother has punished several servants today. I think you are still angry at this time. I think the group room in the west is still in chaos After a long time, I said that someone was going to hang himself and was thrown into the river again. I was afraid that your grandmother would not handle it well, so I wanted to see it."

The house in the west group is all Qin family servants, and some of the servants who drag the house live in the same house.Only enter the mansion when on duty.

Qin Yining thought that there was going to be chaos outside, and the family was still confused because of these trivial things, and his complexion was a bit ugly.

"Father, the old lady is not in a hurry, and my daughter has something important to tell you."

Qin Yining's expression was very solemn, and Qin Huaiyuan's expression was also serious.

"What's wrong? But what's the matter outside?"

The first thing Qin Huaiyuan thought of was what the queen would do to harm his daughter!

Ever since the queen asked Qin Yining's flesh and blood to stay in the face, but instead harmed the concubine Shu and the scented wife, the emperor not only did not punish the queen, but also loved the queen more and more. Qin Huaiyuan became more defensive towards the emperor and the queen.

In addition, he has become more and more prosperous in recent days, and has formed a strong contrast with Cao Guozhang, who was demoted and has no official position. Cao Guozhang once wanted to win over his aunt, but now I am afraid that it is impossible to win over.The feud between the two families cannot be solved in a lifetime. The queen and Cao Guozhang join forces, and they don't know what tricks they will make.

Qin Yining shook his head, and said with a serious expression: "Father, I'm afraid the war has started."

Qin Huaiyuan heard that, Su Rili's always calm face also became solemn for a moment.

Qin Yining once again elaborated on what he had just seen.

Qin Huaiyuan walked a few steps with his hand, his face became more serious, and he said for a long time: "It's probably just as you guessed, it's really going to war. It's just that Prince Pang's people may not really fight. After arriving in Kyoto, I am afraid that the refugees will also find some reasons."

Qin Yining didn't seem surprised to see Qin Huaiyuan, and he couldn't help but hesitate to ask: "Father, don't you feel surprised about what happened today?"

Qin Huaiyuan smiled bitterly: "I'm not surprised. In fact, at the beginning of the peace talks, I was already worried that there will be today. Da Zhou borrowed the peace talks to trick our emperor into paying for the gold and silver, and use the silver we worship to feed their army before coming back. We. These words sound like the people of Zhou Dynasty are too cunning and not keeping promises, but the soldiers are deceitful, and the soldiers are not tired of deceit. If I were a courtier of the Zhou Dynasty and took the cowardly and cowardly of the Emperor of the Yan Dynasty, I would do the same. It's just that we are in the Yan Dynasty and we have to follow the emperor's orders. Now, the envoy of Great Zhou has left our country with the last batch of compensation gold and silver. It is not surprising that the war will resume."