Qin Yining hid behind a bush with Lian Xiaozhou. Listening to the crackling sounds of the burning trees, she felt an indescribable sense of fear and loneliness in her heart.
Qin Yining had lived in the mountains before, so she had feelings for every blade of grass and tree in the mountains. She even felt that the grass and trees had life and intelligence. If this fire were to burn down a lot of grass and trees, who knew how many small animals would suffer.
But in order to protect Lian Xiaozhou, she had no choice but to do this.
Holding Lian Xiaozhou's warm little hand tightly, Qin Yining began to understand Pang Xiao's many difficulties.
In order to protect this child, she set fire to the mountain, but she still felt uneasy. When Pang Xiao fought and killed for the peace of the world, for the future of the majority of people, she probably felt even worse than she did, right?
Just as she was thinking about this, Qin Yining suddenly heard the sound of whistling arrows piercing through the air from afar. She hurriedly stood up. Before she could react, whistling arrows responded from more than a dozen directions around her.
Qin Yining guessed that these should be search and rescue teams coming into the mountains. But she didn't expect there to be so many search teams.
Perhaps it was because she had never seen so many whistling arrows suddenly sounding from afar, so Lian Xiaozhou was quite frightened. Her little hand clutched Qin Yining's sleeve tightly, and she nervously called out to her sister.
Qin Yining stroked her head to comfort her and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid. These are people looking for us. They're here to bring sister home. "
Lian Xiaozhou didn't quite understand, so she said, "Sister's home? Someone's here?"
"Yes, so you don't have to be afraid."
"I'm not afraid." Lian Xiaozhou nodded heavily, but she didn't loosen her grip on Qin Yining's sleeve at all. Obviously, she was still very scared.
In fact, Qin Yining was also a little nervous.
She was also afraid that the pursuers hadn't all left yet, and she would attract the fire.
Not long after, Qin Yining and Lian Xiaozhou heard footsteps approaching them at the same time. The sound of footsteps on the snow and dried branches was very crisp, as if they were directly stepping on their hearts.
The two of them held their breaths and hid behind the bushes, not daring to come out.
Through the gaps between the branches and leaves, Qin Yining saw that the leader was a skinny young man with a slightly hunched back. This man was actually wearing the uniform of the Tiger Army. The ten or so people following behind him were all dressed as Tiger Army soldiers.
How could this be?!
The Tiger Army had already been ordered to return to the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. How could they appear in the mountains?
Could it be that Pang Xiao knew that the surrendered minister's troops were attacked on the way, so he came here specifically?
Just as Qin Yining's heart was in turmoil, the leader of the group shouted in a hoarse voice, "The Tiger Army is here on Prince Zhongshun's orders to look for Er Bai …"
He repeated this sentence ten times.
The soldier next to him took his place and shouted another ten times. Then, the next person took his place.
One by one, the Tiger Army searched and shouted at the top of their lungs.
Qin Yining finally felt relieved. His heart was full of joy and gratitude.
He didn't expect that Pang Xiao would send the Tiger Army to look for her! He was afraid that she wouldn't recognize him, so he used this kind of "secret signal".
Qin Yining pulled Lian Xiaozhou's hand and left the bushes.
As soon as she moved, the searching soldiers immediately noticed her and hurriedly turned to look at her.
The leader of the group immediately came forward and bowed. "You are Miss Qin?"
The young man's facial features were very ordinary, but his eyes were very sharp. When he looked at Qin Yining, he was sizing her up and scrutinizing her. However, Qin Yining didn't sense any hostility.
"That's me. Where's Wang Ye? "Qin Yining hugged Lian Xiaozhou's shoulder and patted her comfortingly.
The young man glanced at Lian Xiaozhou again. Then, he bowed and said respectfully, "Miss Qin, please come with us."
As he spoke, he instructed the person next to him, "Fire the whistling arrow."
That person immediately fired another whistling arrow.
Not long after, the sound of a whistling arrow could be heard from the northeast, far away from here.
The young man smiled and said, "Miss Qin, please."
Qin Yining was puzzled, but he didn't show it on his face and nodded.
With the protection of the ten people around them, Qin Yining and Lian Xiaozhou didn't have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts, let alone being ambushed by pursuing soldiers. Therefore, their journey was very smooth.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, the young lieutenant looked into the distance and pointed in the direction of smoke rising from behind the mountain. He smiled and said, "Miss Qin, please come with me. It seems that the search team has already gathered there. "
Qin Yining nodded and asked in puzzlement, "Why didn't Wang Ye personally come to find me?"
The young man looked around and said in a low voice, "After Wang Ye returned to the capital, Your Majesty empathized with Wang Ye's hard work and granted Wang Ye 100 mu of fertile land, 100 taels of gold, 10 beautiful women, and gave him a month's leave. He also ordered Wang Ye to hand over the Tiger Army's Tiger Army's tiger tally. The current commander-in-chief of the Tiger Army is Zuo Jinwei, Official Zuo."
When Qin Yining heard this, he stopped in his tracks and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty stripped Wang Ye of his military power?"
When the ten or so Tiger Army soldiers saw that the two of them had something to say, they retreated ten or so steps and followed them from a distance.
The young man nodded solemnly.
After the birds are gone, the bow is put away.
Qin Yining pursed his lips and said with a frown, "Then why did the Tiger Army come here this time? I remember that the Tiger Army has already returned to the capital. If there aren't any accidents, they should already be in the capital at this time! Did Your Majesty order the Tiger Army to come here? "
The young man shook his head.
"It wasn't Your Majesty's order. It was Wang Ye who privately mobilized his troops to come here in search of a spy. "
"Heavens, he's crazy! They were already afraid of him to begin with. Privately mobilizing his troops is the same as giving someone else something to use against him. What about Wang Ye? Where is he now? "
The young man looked at Qin Yining with a different gaze than before.
It seemed that the woman Wang Ye had his eyes on wasn't an idiot.
"Miss Qin is right. In fact, Wang Ye was originally resting at home. When he heard that Marquis North Dingbei had suddenly brought people to attack the officials of the Yan dynasty who had surrendered to Da Zhou, he was extremely anxious. However, he had no one else he could use, so he claimed that he was sick. In reality, he personally dispatched people from the army to search for you and your family.
"Although the Tiger Army's commander's seal was in the hands of Official Zuo, all the brothers in the army were only convinced by Wang Ye. Wang Ye only said one sentence, and everyone followed him. The Tiger Army had a total of 100,000 soldiers. Wang Ye brought 20,000 of them. Official Zuo was afraid that he wouldn't be able to report back to Your Majesty, so he hurriedly followed him.
"When he left the capital, Official Zuo wrote a letter to accuse Wang Ye of secretly mobilizing his troops with the intention of rebelling. This letter was stopped by Wang Ye's people. A few days ago, Official Zuo sent another letter to accuse Wang Ye, but this letter was also stopped by our people.
"However, because Wang Ye secretly mobilized his troops, if it was exposed, it would be no different from rebelling. Therefore, Wang Ye has been hiding his tracks along the way. He didn't meet Official Zuo, so Official Zuo didn't have any direct evidence. Therefore, when Miss Qin sees Official Zuo later, please be careful not to let your mouth slip.
"His Highness led his men to rush here day and night. They searched the area for five or six days, but they didn't find you. Instead, they found a lot of other people who were scattered around. When they found that there was a big fire in the mountains, Wang Ye said that you must be here, so he ordered our team to look for you. During this time, he contacted us with a whistling arrow and confirmed that we had found you. Wang Ye didn't have time to meet you, so he quickly rushed back.
"This time, Wang Ye claimed to be seriously ill and closed his door to deceive others. Although Official Zuo's letter was intercepted, Your Majesty might have found out about this through other channels. If Your Majesty wanted to expose Wang Ye, then the reason of his serious illness wouldn't be able to stop Your Majesty. Wang Ye was worried that Your Majesty would search the mansion, so he hurried back. "
At this point, the young man looked at Qin Yining with a bit of resentment.
He almost pointed at Qin Yining's nose and scolded him for being a femme fatale.
Qin Yining's face was also a bit hot. It wasn't because he was ashamed, but more because he was touched.
She knew that Pang Xiao had always liked her. When he was with her, Pang Xiao would change his cold and distant attitude to others. Instead, he would be as passionate as a ball of fire. He had never avoided his feelings for her, but Qin Yining didn't expect him to care about her to this extent.
It was to the extent that in order to find her, he was willing to bear the charges of disobeying the imperial edict and plotting a rebellion to bring soldiers to find her.
She really didn't expect that Pang Xiao would do so much to find her!
He had been stripped of his military power and was already in a difficult situation. Now, in order to find her, he had dug a deeper hole for himself and jumped into it.
How could he do so much for her!?
He was so affectionate that she felt that if she didn't burn herself in this relationship, she wouldn't be able to face Pang Xiao's sacrifice for her.
Qin Yining pursed his lips and took a few deep breaths to calm the agitation in his heart. He said seriously, "May I ask who this young general is by Wang Ye's side? From the way you speak, you don't seem like a deputy general. It's not a waste of your talent to be Wang Ye's strategist. "
The young man was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled and said, "Miss Qin has good eyes."
This time, his voice didn't sound like a young man's. It was clearly a hoarse old man.
"This old man is Xie Yue, and my courtesy name is Hongchang. I'm Wang Ye's strategist and have been by Wang Ye's side for five years. As I'm good at scheming and disguising, Wang Ye brought this old man out this time. Wang Ye was worried that others wouldn't be able to explain it to you clearly and cause you to misunderstand. He was also afraid that some things in Da Zhou wouldn't be explained clearly to others, so he specially instructed this old man to follow Miss Qin and help you clear up any doubts. "
Qin Yining looked at his young face curiously and nodded with a smile. "So it's Mr. Xie. My apologies for not recognizing you. "
"You flatter me." Then he reverted to his slightly hoarse voice. "Miss Qin, you should return to the camp first. When you see Official Zuo later, you don't have to say anything."
Qin Yining waved his hand and said, "There's no hurry. I already know the current situation. It won't be too late for us to return after we think of a countermeasure. It won't be convenient to talk about this after we return to the camp. "
When Xie Yue saw Qin Yining's reaction, he asked in surprise, "Does Miss Qin have a plan?"
Qin Yining said, "I do have some ideas, and I need your advice."
"I'd like to hear the details." Xie Yue cupped his hands.
Qin Yining said, "Since Your Majesty promoted Official Zuo Jinwei to be the new commander-in-chief of the Tiger Army, he definitely isn't a stupid person. His secret report didn't receive any response from the Emperor, so he must be suspicious and will report it again. This time, don't stop him."
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