Return of the Swallow

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

Hearing that it was a war, cold sweat broke out.

Although she is now a maid and has been a little Taoist nun for a while, in fact she is a true lady of the family, and she has never suffered any hardship since she was a child. different.

Originally, she had only heard of the horror of war, but she had never seen it with her own eyes, and her impression was not intuitive. The last time she accompanied Qin Yining to Xihua City for peace talks, she had only seen the vast array of soldiers.

Now, the men, women and children in front of them were rushing like a swarm, so terrified that they didn't even wait for anyone to kill each other. They trampled on each other, screaming and crying incessantly. It was only a short while in front of them.

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

For the first time, Bingtang experienced the fear of an impending disaster at close range.

"Girl, what should we do, if the little prince, if he brings someone to call, will it hurt you, and his soldiers may not recognize you!" Bingtang's voice was dry, and his brain was not enough, and it took a long while to organize smoothly. a sentence.

Qin Yining's face was pale, and he held Bingtang's hand in one hand and the placket of his clothes with the other.

After taking a few deep breaths, Qin Yining patted Bingtang on the shoulder soothingly: "Don't be afraid, you won't be called so soon, Pang Zhixi and the others have already left Liangcheng this time, although the emperor ceded the land and paid indemnities, a few on the border Dacheng has already compensated and supplied Dazhou, and it is considered Dazhou's territory, but with so many people in the Hu Ben army, it is not so easy to reach our capital in the blink of an eye."

"But there are so many refugees, obviously they were scared to flee to the capital." Bingtang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

Qin Yining said, "Let's go back first and find out about the shopkeeper Zhong Da. I also heard the news from my father. After all, the news they got is more accurate than what we randomly guessed here."

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

"Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid." Although Bingtang was the same age as Qin Yining, she was young, like an eleven or twelve-year-old child. Qin Yining couldn't help but grab her and patted her on the back, saying: "If it is really sure that something goes wrong, I will let you go. You will leave the capital at that time and go to the direction of Yanzi in the South China Sea.

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Bingtang sniffed, "Where's 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 escape. With her father's identity and fame, how could the Great Zhou Emperor let it go?

"Get up, let's go back first. Let's find out. Maybe I'm thinking too much." Qin Yining stood up with a smile and pulled Rock Candy up.

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

Ji Yun, who was on the side, kept looking at Qin Yining and Bingtang with soft eyes. Seeing that the two little girls had calmed down so quickly, he couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart. Twigs on the lining.

The three of them mounted their horses and walked around the group of refugees. They hurried back to the capital along the official road, entered the outer city gate, and immediately flew straight to the house of the shopkeeper Zhong Da.

The shopkeeper Zhong Da was reconciling the accounts with an abacus. Hearing that Qin Yining was coming, he greeted him in surprise.

When they got to the door, they found that the faces of their master and servant were extremely ugly.

"Master, what's the matter? Come in and have a cup of tea." Shopkeeper Zhong Da hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Qin Yining and put his hands in her hands.

Qin Yining poured a large bowl of warm tea, and then calmed down a little, and told the storekeeper Zhong Da what had just happened in detail, and finally said: "I think that group of people will soon be in front of the city gate. Come on, the shopkeeper, please pay attention and help to inquire about their origin and situation, and also pay attention to what else is going on. I will go back to the house soon, my father should leave the office soon, I want to Discuss with him."

When the shopkeeper Zhong Da heard this, he was in a cold sweat. He wiped his face with slightly trembling hands, nodded and said, "Yes, I know, I'll check it out immediately, and I'll send it to me if I have any news. go to the house."

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

"Yes." Master Zhong nodded again and again.

Qin Yining immediately stood up again and went out with Bingtang and Jiyun.

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

Qin Yining paused for a while, looked back, and said strangely, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

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

Qin Yining's expression was a little complicated, and he stared at Jiyun for a while before saying, "One yard is one yard, I can tell the difference. Besides, since the first day Pang Zhixi and I met, he has been the Prince Zhongshun of Da Zhou. He has led the Hu Ben army to level many mountains and rivers across Dayan. I didn't know his identity the first day, nor did he suddenly become what he is now."

Having said this, Qin Yining sighed faintly: "It's just different countries and different positions. Emperor Zhou's ambitions will not be reconciled to one corner, and it is also expected that his footsteps will be aimed at Dayan, no It's only Dayan, or even the Tartars in the north. Even though the national strength of Dazhou may not be enough now, it does not affect his expansion of conquest."

Ji Yun looked at Qin Yining and sincerely admired him.

It's strange that the lord will take her so seriously, and treat her like the top of his heart. She is quick-witted, calm when she is in trouble, and unlike an ordinary girl in a boudoir, a few things can't be confused in her mind. Be sensible, and be able to deal with things calmly.

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

The three mounted their horses and went to the Marquis of Anping's mansion along the way.

The city is still so prosperous, passers-by still don't know that a war is coming, and there are still stalls and burdens in the market, and people who buy and sell are shouting. There were still children in tattered clothes chasing and playing by the roadside, and there were also women who pushed open the shabby wooden door and leaned out half of their bodies to ask their children to eat...

Seeing everything in front of him, Qin Yining's heart tightened.

She also doesn't know what the future will be like. The Dayan Dynasty is probably the only place left in the Jingjing where there is such a pure land. Are they about to lose even Dayan's last piece of pure land?

The three returned to the Hou Mansion, walked through the south gate of the outer courtyard as usual, and sent the horses to the stables first. Then I walked through the alley from the corner gate to pass through and entered the outer courtyard.

Qin Yining casually asked the boy who was working in the outer courtyard: "Has Lord Hou come back?"

"Back to Fourth Miss, Lord 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 coming out.

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

Qin Huaiyuan said with a smile: "If you don't go out, I'm going to see the old lady now. Your grandmother punished several servants today. I think I'm still angry now. I think the group room on the west side is still in chaos. After a while, they said that someone was going to hang themselves and throw themselves into the river. I was afraid that your grandmother would not handle it well, so I wanted to go and see."

All the servants of the Qin family lived in the house on the west side, and some of the servants who brought their family lived in the house. Come into the house only when you are on duty.

Qin Yining thought that the outside was about to be in chaos, and the family was still confused because of these trivial matters, and his face was a little ugly.

"Father, things are not in a hurry with the old lady. My daughter has something important to tell you."

Qin Yining's face was very solemn, and even when he looked at Qin Huaiyuan, his face was serious.

"What's wrong? But what's going on outside?"

The first thing Qin Huaiyuan thought was that the queen was going to do something to harm his daughter!

Since the queen wanted Qin Yining's flesh and blood to keep her beauty, she killed Concubine Shu and Xiangbi instead. The emperor not only did not punish the queen, but instead became more and more fond of the queen, Qin Huaiyuan became a little more defensive towards the emperor and the queen.

In addition, in recent days, his limelight has become more and more prosperous, and he has formed a strong contrast with Cao Guozhang, who has been demoted and has no official position. It is estimated that the feud between the two families will never be solved for a lifetime. The queen and Cao Guozhang join forces, and they do not know what tricks they will come up with.

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

Qin Huaiyuan heard the words, and the usual calm face in Su Ri was also solemn for a moment.

Qin Yining reiterated what he had just seen.

Qin Huaiyuan walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and his face became more and more serious. After a long time, Fang said: "I am afraid it is as you guessed, it is really about to go to war. It's just that the people of Pang Xiaowang may not be real. When they come to Kyoto, I am afraid that those refugees can also find some reasons."

Qin Yining didn't seem surprised to see Qin Huaiyuan, so he asked hesitantly, "Father, aren't you surprised by today's events?"

Qin Huaiyuan smiled bitterly: "I'm not surprised, in fact, at the beginning of the peace talks, I was already worried that today would come. Da Zhou borrowed the peace talks to deceive our emperor to make up for gold and silver, and use the money we enshrined to feed their army and fight again. Let's. It sounds like the people of Da Zhou are too cunning and cunning, and they don't keep their promises, but the soldiers are deceitful, and the soldiers are not tired of deceit. If I were a minister of the Zhou Dynasty and caught the cowardice 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 obey the emperor's orders. Now, the ambassador of Dazhou has left our country of Dayan with the last batch of compensation gold and silver, and it is not an accident that the war will resume. "