He was calling her.
He called out many times, as if he was announcing something or reminding him of something.
Xiao Luolan suddenly trembled slightly when she heard those sounds.
Zhou Xu kissed his wife on the cheek: "Madam, please stay by my side forever."
Xiao Luolan bit her lip and turned her head slightly.
Zhou Xu put his arms around his wife's waist and smelled her fragrance.
The lotus pond ripples gently.
Xiao Luolan fantasized that it would be great if she could go back with her daughter one day. She had convinced herself many times that she had to adapt to this era.
But she found it really difficult, and maybe she would never be able to do it.
Zhou Xu didn't hear the answer, so he kissed his wife and hugged her as if he were hugging the only treasure in the world.
Xiao Luolan lowered her head, and her three thousand long hair fell on Clan Master Zhou's body. She was wearing Clan Master Zhou's robe, and her eyes were a bit unreal.
Zhou Xu rubbed the back of his wife's neck and asked her to raise her head while he stared at her.
"Ma'am, we will always be together."
Chapter 97
The arrival of Lord Jiedushi has once again raised the atmosphere in Huiyi City to the highest point. He is already the actual controller of Huiyi City. This is a fact that no one can ignore.
The Huiyi Palace is famous beyond the Great Wall because of its special geographical location. The white mountains are as spotless as crystal when snow falls, which is comparable to the Xianle Palace in Chang'an.
The world calls it Little Fairy Palace.
Xiao Luolan is walking in this small fairy palace now. The Youshi hour has just arrived, and darkness has already fallen outside the Great Wall in the distance.
The entire Huiyi Palace is brightly lit, and there is no sign of decay. Instead, it is decorated with more care than before. You can see colorful embroidery everywhere. Only under the lights can you see the fear that the palace ladies have not yet hidden. They are more cautious in doing things. The palace Zhongzheng was in turmoil. In the afternoon, the young king broke into the Lotus Palace and was sent out. The news had spread throughout the Huiyi Palace.
The third prince's concubine, the new queen, even summoned the doctor quietly and did not dare to announce it.
The maids who originally lived in the Huiyi Palace treated the wife of Lord Youzhou Jiedushi with more care than the new king's queen. Moreover, this was also secretly ordered by the new queen. They took out colorful ribbons and tied them on various trees. On the dry branches, in the season when everything is withering, these brightly colored ribbons seem to bring the breath of spring to the city of ice and snow.
When the wind blows, it seems like flowers are blooming.
There are five main halls in the front hall of the palace and thirteen side halls. There are 5,000 Wang Wei troops and 2,000 harem servants. The leader of the Wang Wei troops is now an officer under Li Xun, and the assassin in the Wang Wei troops is A lot of the head guards were dealt with by Zhou Lingzhi in the past few days. The missing people were temporarily filled by the soldiers of the Xuanjia Battalion, and the original forces in the Yiwang Palace were replaced bit by bit. Of course, not all of them were replaced. Now they only need to be replaced. Remove some thorns.
Now back to King Yi's Palace, it is basically under the control of the Youzhou Army. The entrance and exit of the royal city and the transfer of guards must be consulted with Zhou Lingzhi. Except for Xuanjia Tiepai, no one is allowed to enter or exit at will.
Zhou Lingzhi has always been prudent in his work. He was walking on the way to the front hall, followed by several generals, and was about to report to his uncle what he had done in the past few days.
When Zhou Lingzhi thought of his father and the others, his usually calm heart was actually a little excited. Who among the men in Youzhou didn't want to mount a horse to kill the enemy and make achievements.
This was the most proud time. Not only did they take back Youzhou, but they also expanded a lot towards the hinterland of the grassland, including the Yanzhi Mountain and Laogao Mountain area in Mojun, Guchang City, Huiyi City, and even further. Some neighboring countries are under the control of my uncle.
Zhou Lingzhi took a deep breath of the cold night air in Huiyi, and felt his heart tremble at the huge power. But now, the final fruits of victory in the battle in Huiyi City are right in front of him, in front of everyone, waiting for them to pick them. Pick.
This battle will definitely shock the world.
This is the first time that the Ghost Slaughter Cavalry has officially appeared in front of the world. It must win enough to make the world stunned and even afraid.
As far as Zhou Lingzhi knew, his uncle only sent a thousand Ghost Slaughter Cavalry. No one knew the number of Ghost Slaughter Cavalry. In addition to Ghost Slaughter Cavalry, his uncle also had Xuanjia Battalion, Long Xiao Army, Beifu Soldiers, and Retinue Lei. The clan's iron cavalry and the Tuoba clan's cavalry are all in the hands of the uncle and obey his orders alone.
Now we have to add the newly born Ghost Slayer heavy armored cavalry.
Sometimes thinking about it, Zhou Lingzhi felt shuddered. No wonder the Great Chu court regarded his uncle as a thorn in their flesh. Who dared to rest assured of such a military commander with a cool and rebellious temperament?
Although he thought so in his heart, Zhou Lingzhi also felt filled with pride. A man should be like his uncle!
With the city of Huiyi that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the large beds/crossbows in the city, Zhou Lingzhi is not afraid even if those tribal cavalry join forces and come together, and even secretly hopes that they will come to die.
Yes! Just to die!
Zhou Lingzhi holds the Youzhou Sword at his waist. Even now, his fighting spirit has not disappeared, and I believe the same goes for others.
The ice on the eaves under the palace melted and formed again, glowing with crystal light in the night.
Zhou Lingzhi's sharp eyes saw Dongxue walking from the front corridor with a lantern. He immediately stopped, then turned sideways and lowered his head solemnly, while the other generals behind him lowered their heads.
Dongxue took a palace lantern to guide the lady. In the afternoon, she had led people to clean and tidy up the Jiao Feng Hall in the harem, and then came to see the mistress after the decoration was properly arranged.
Under the silvery moonlight and snow, she observed the mistress with the corner of her eye.
The mistress was different from usual. Even Zheng Yuxin, who was used to being careless and rambunctious, noticed something was wrong and secretly watched her for a while on the way.
Dongxue couldn't describe it. In the past, she often said that Madam was like a fairy. She didn't know if the moonlight was too bright tonight, but Madam seemed to be completely out of touch.
When Zhou Lingzhi saw his aunt approaching, he lowered his head a little lower, cupped his hands and clasped his fists, and made a military etiquette: "My nephew Lingzhi pays homage to my aunt."
"The general will pay homage to the mistress." All the generals behind him clasped their fists.
Xiao Luolan looked at Zhou Lingzhi and the others and came to her senses. She turned slightly and said, "You guys don't have to be polite." She looked at Zhou Lingzhi and said, "But are you looking for your uncle? He is in the Zhaoyang Hall in front."
"Thank you, aunt, for informing me. We have something to report to Lord Jiedushi." Zhou Lingzhi saluted again.
After his aunt left, Zhou Lingzhi looked back at his uncle's newly married aunt.
When he arrived at Zhaoyang Hall, Zhou Lingzhi found his uncle sitting in the first place. The cold wind blew through the empty hall, which seemed a bit scary.
Not long ago, Zhou Lingzhi specifically inquired about how his uncle had summoned some musicians and dancers to perform in front of the two of them in the evening. Now is the reward finished? Or no reward at all?
Zhou Lingzhi specifically picked a time when his uncle might be in a good mood, but now it seems that he was wrong.
Zhou Xu's expression was very calm: "You can each find a place to sit down."
Everyone bowed before sitting down.
"Report to the Jiedushi Lord." Zhou Lingzhi, like his father, spent most of his time shouting about his uncle's official position. He typed up the manuscript and said: "I have almost completed the investigation of the things you asked me to investigate before. The city wall There were originally a total of eighty crossbowmen on the mountain. Twenty of them were hacked to death by Huiyi guards when the city was breached. The remaining sixty were testified by the palace maids and some guards. The eighty were fourteen. The old king of Huiyi who came to Huiyi City years ago valued the crossbowmen very much and specially let them live in a separate small courtyard in the harem. The crossbowmen did not have contact with others on weekdays and were not found in their houses. There are things that can prove their names and household registration. Their names are all arranged numerically, and the crossbowmen are about forty years old. They are all military practitioners with a physique. Moreover, none of the eighty people are returning to Yiyi. When you get married, you don’t even have a good relationship.”
"It can be seen from this that they were all strictly trained and sent here."
"The general believes that the families of these crossbowmen may have been hidden long ago."
Zhou Xu listened to their guesses and then nodded and said: "I understand, Ling Zhi, you can sort out this information later and send it to the study tomorrow."
"Wei." Everyone responded, and then Zhou Lingzhi talked about some defense arrangements for returning to Yicheng.
The night is already dark.
Xiao Luolan couldn't sleep, so she came to the highest city wall of Huiyi, and happened to meet Commander Cui who was admiring the moon. When she heard the sound of Commander Cui coughing, she couldn't help but said: "It's cold in Huiyi at night, Mr. Cui should Just take care of yourself."
Cui Shizi was sitting on a chair, wearing a thick fox fur and hiding a stove in his sleeve. He turned around and saw his mistress and said with a smile: "I have only seen the stars that can be picked with hands in books before, so I thought Seeing that King Yi's palace is no longer short this time, I thought of trying to see if I could catch them."
Xiao Luolan stood next to Commander Cui, looking up at the stars in the night sky. They were so close that they seemed to be within reach.
The silvery light of a bright moon flows down, illuminating everything.
"What is the mistress thinking about when she is up late at night?" Cui Shizi asked with a smile.
Xiao Luolan actually didn't think about anything. She just wanted to come out and breathe some air.
Xiao Luolan looked at the large banner with the word "You" inserted at the highest point of Huiyi. The banner of Huiyi was a little shorter than it, and suddenly thought of the hunchbacked old man who was fighting the banner.
"Is Mr. Yin still safe?" Xiao Luolan did not see the figure of the hunchbacked old man under the banner.
Cui Shizi thought for a while. After all, the lord had many men. After a while, he followed his mistress's gaze and saw the big banner with the word "you" before he remembered the deformed old man who was fighting the banner: "He is still here. He can eat three bowls of rice every day."
"That's good." Xiao Luolan said softly.
When Xiao Luolan returned to Jiao Feng Hall, he saw the house full of gold, silver and jewelry.
Dozens of large boxes were filled with various gems, gold, silver and other objects, which shone brightly in the candlelight.
When Zhou Xu saw his wife entering the room, he took her hand and asked her to sit on the edge of the bed. He said to his wife like a treasure, "My wife didn't watch the singing and dancing at night, so how do you like these?"
Xiao Luolan looked at a room full of gems and treasures: "Just leave a few boxes for Qingxue." This is too much.
Zhou Xu touched Madam's hand, her jade hands were slightly cold, and the ambiguous kiss mark on Madam's wrist was faintly visible in the big sleeves of her coat.
"Does Madam like it?" Zhou Xu stared at Madam, he just wanted to know if Madam liked it.
Xiao Luolan looked at the treasures and said after a while: "I like them."
Zhou Xu kissed his wife and clearly felt her fingertips tremble.
He looked down at his wife and saw that only a little of her fingertips were exposed. The rest of her fingertips were tightly covered by the crane cloak. No one but him knew that her body was covered with hickeys.
"Since you like it, why doesn't Madam smile?" Zhou Xu raised his head to look at Madam again, placing his palm lightly against her cheek.
Xiao Luolan lowered her eyelashes. Sect Master Zhou gave her the feeling that he seemed to be paying attention to her all the time.
"Madam Ruo is still not happy."
Zhou Xu smiled and squinted his eyes, seemingly true and false: "Then I have no choice but to kill the third prince."
Xiao Luolan's eyes widened in panic.
Chapter 98 (revision)
Xiao Luolan sat in the pearly splendor of the room and heard Sect Leader Zhou say something else to her.
"I was joking, I just wanted to make Madam happy."
Is it okay to joke about this? Xiao Luolan looked at Sect Leader Zhou who seemed to be joking, but there was a faint thought in her heart that what he said was true. Xiao Luolan leaned against the bedpost, feeling a deep exhaustion well up in her heart. She closed her eyes, Sect Master Zhou was not allowed to notice the emotions in her eyes, this person was too perceptive.
Zhou Xu held Madam's hand, held her in her arms, and coaxed in a low voice: "There are many beautiful things in the box. Can I accompany Madam to choose some beautiful ones?"
Xiao Luolan shook his head in a small arc: "I'm tired and want to rest."
After that, he slept inside as usual. There was a strange aroma in Jiao Feng Hall. The walls were painted with peppercorns and mud. Xiao Luolan was not used to this strange aroma at night, so he went out to get some air. Jiao Feng Hall The palace was very large and gorgeous. Xiao Luolan saw Sect Leader Zhou beside the bed through the curtain made of wild goose feathers. Through the curtain, Xiao Luolan couldn't see his expression clearly.
Xiao Luolan looked out the window again. It seemed to be snowing outside again.
Xiao Luolan was already very familiar with the sounds of winter snow and cold wind. She could not feel sleepy while listening to the sound of wind and snow.
Just when she was about to close her eyes and sleep, she found that Clan Master Zhou had left the edge of the bed and walked to the door. Xiao Luolan thought he was going out, but found that Clan Master Zhou squatted down and put the treasures in the treasure box near the door. on the carpet.
Then he picked them carefully.
For a moment, the only sound in the quiet room was the sound of gold and jade colliding.
