Return of the Swallow

Qin Yining has always been vigilant, but now that she is older, she is even more light sleeper, almost opening her eyes whenever there is movement from the rear window.

Pang Xiao woke up earlier than her and reacted quicker. He jumped up, and the dagger hidden under the pillow was already in his hand. He didn't dare to act rashly for fear of being caught in a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he only opened his posture and guarded cautiously. Beside Qin Yining.

Qin Yining was about to open his mouth to call for someone, but Pang Xiao listened carefully with his ears up, while covering Qin Yining's mouth.

Qin Yining's long eyelashes flickered, and she looked up at him strangely.

Pang Xiao's tense muscles relaxed, he put away his dagger, and whispered in her ear, "It's A Lan, Xu has something to say to me. You rest first, I'll go and talk to him later .”

Qin Yining breathed a sigh of relief, and also said in a low voice: "Okay. It's getting cold at night, you should wear more." Then she wanted to get up and help Pang Xiao find a coat to wear.

Pang Xiao supported her to lie down, "Don't get up, I'll just find one to wear by myself, you're finally sleepy, take a rest."

Pang Xiao helped Qin Yining cover the brocade quilt, leaned over and pressed a kiss on her forehead, then found a robe and put it on casually, put on the soft-soled cotton boots in the room, walked around the screen and went to the clean room behind, and when he lifted the curtain, he saw Ji Zeyu's tall back standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back.

"Alan, you are here."

"Yeah." Ji Zeyu turned around, the moonlight outlined his stunningly handsome face into bright and dark outlines, with a faint smile on his lips, "Did I disturb your rest?"

"No. I guessed you would come, so I didn't sleep well."

When Ji Zeyu heard this, the smile on his lips deepened. He was wearing night clothes, and his face looked as radiant as suet and white jade in the darkness.

Pang Xiao also laughed, the three of them, at least Ji Zeyu has not changed.

The two casually grabbed two small wooden stools and sat down. They had all crawled over from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the battlefield, and they didn't care much about these environments. A damp bathtub next to them would not affect their conversation at all. .

"I'll make a long story short." Ji Zeyu lowered his voice and said, "The place where you live is surrounded by a lot of the Holy Majesty's eyeliner, and it took a lot of trouble to sneak in. It can be seen that the Holy Majesty does not fully trust you."

"I know. I found those nails, but I didn't ask anyone to pull them out." Pang Xiao smiled. What Li Qitian said now seemed to be unable to hurt his heart, "I'm going out soon. Impossible Stay here all the time, this batch of nails pulled out,

There will be a new batch. Shouting the grass and scaring the snake offended the Holy Majesty, and I was worried that he would be detrimental to my family. "

Ji Zeyu smiled: "Don't worry, I will arrange people to watch here. Although some brothers accepted the reward from the Holy Majesty this time, most of them refused."

"I'm in the same situation here." Pang Xiao smiled, and said helplessly, "The Holy Majesty acted according to people's hearts. But it doesn't matter. Anyway, we also know what he is going to do."

At this time, the two thought about this time at the same time.

They saved Li Qitian after several calculations, but Li Qitian had not waited for the throne to be warmed up again, and in turn dispersed a group of forces in their hands. Even if it's harmless, it's chilling enough.

However, for Ji Zeyu and Pang Xiao, this does not affect the next plan.

"Are you going to the north someday?"

"Well. I'm ready, and now I'm just waiting for the order from the Holy One."

Thinking of the situation in the north, Pang Xiao couldn't help frowning tightly, and the center of his brows became pimples.

Siqin comes prepared and joins forces with Tianjizi. Although he believed in Ji Zeyu's ability, he was also worried about his safety.

Siqin is a person with a wicked mind, but Ji Zeyu is not a sinister and cunning person. I am afraid that Ji Zeyu will use the mind of a normal person to measure the thoughts of a person like Siqin, and he will not be able to figure it out but will fall into the trap.

Seeing Pang Xiao's worry, Ji Zeyu smiled, "I'm fine here. If I go to the north, I might take over the Longxiang Army again. Even if I don't lead the Longxiang Army, I am very familiar with everything in the north. Tatar There is no need to delay the matter, and the Holy One will not embarrass me, he will definitely give me the support of power, which is different from your slashing and beating here, you don't have to worry about me at all."

"Having said that... Forget it, you don't need to be like a mother-in-law. I am really worried about you. But I also know that you know that Siqin is cunning and vicious. After ascending to the throne by such means, he is even more eager to give you a good name." Nari Khan took revenge, and you know that people with a guilty conscience will always do some extreme things to cover themselves."

"Siqin is indeed cunning. Don't worry, I will pay attention." Ji Zeyu looked at Pang Xiao with a smile in his eyes. His trust is even more undisguised, "I have also dealt with Siqin for many years, and I still know some of his methods."

"He also knows your tricks."

Ji Zeyu nodded and admitted: "Yes, we are old enemies. But this battle is inevitable. If the Tatars' iron hooves cannot be stopped, Dazhou will become a foreign country to rule. Those people are used to plundering, and they suddenly saw us With such a fertile and fertile land, why would they think about how to let the people recuperate? They will only intensify their plunder. At that time, the loss of life is almost inevitable, and it is even more terrible than being ruled by Dayan's stupid king."

It is very rare for Ji Zeyu to talk so much at one go, and only when he is facing Pang Xiao can he be so heart-to-heart.

They were sworn brothers together in the three brothers of the world. Although Li Qitian has changed a lot since he took the throne, Ji Zeyu's treatment of him has never changed.

Every time Pang Xiao is with Ji Zeyu, he can relax and let go of his defenses, and he doesn't have to worry about causing trouble if his inappropriate words are used.

Both of them couldn't help but feel relaxed, and even the incomparably upright sitting posture that they had cultivated for many years was relaxed at this moment.

"Don't just focus on me, isn't it dangerous when you go to the south?" Ji Zeyu sighed, "People in the old capital of the Yan Dynasty don't hate you as much as those old and stubborn people in the capital. You are dragging your family. Although Yu Chiyan He doesn't have any great talents, but there are many people around him who hope to restore the country to help him advise, that is the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty, but you are fighting alone among the enemy..."

When Ji Zeyu said this, he felt more and more that Pang Xiao's situation was already difficult, and he only hated himself for not being able to help Pang Xiao through the difficulties.

Pang Xiao was able to understand Ji Zeyu's concern, and stretched out his arm to pat Ji Zeyu's shoulder: "My good brother, I know your concern. In fact, the current situation is not optimistic whether it is in the south or the north. Let’s say goodbye, we don’t know what the situation will be when we meet next time, we can only take care of each other.”

"Yes." Ji Zeyu said with a smile, "We have long put life and death aside, and the shroud of horse leather is not a bad thing. It's just that now that you are bound, you have to work harder to survive. If you have any difficulties, you can Send someone to find me at any time, and you know how my subordinates can contact you."

Pang Xiao nodded movedly, "You too. Come to me anytime, you know all about my subordinates."

"Yeah." Ji Zeyu also nodded.

The two men looked at each other, worried about each other.

Just as they thought, the shroud in horse leather may also be an honor for a man to fight on the battlefield. But now Pang Xiao has an extra woman who hopes to spend the rest of his life together, and their child is about to be born, it is impossible for Pang Xiao to not care about anything like before.

Sure enough, a man will become weak if he has concerns. But to Pang Xiao, this kind of weakness feels like sweetness.

The two discussed the situation in the north and the south in a low voice. Pang Xiao told Ji Zeyu all the crises and countermeasures he could think of, and Ji Zeyu did the same, and gave Pang Xiao his guess about the situation in the south in detail. .

The two discussed that when the war broke out, they almost couldn't control the volume of their speech, because they were afraid that their voice would alarm the spies outside.

The two had finished exchanging information, and seeing that it was getting late, Ji Zeyu got up to leave.

Standing by the window, Pang Xiao watched Ji Zeyu's figure hidden in the night, and it took him a long time to calm down and return to the bedroom with a sigh.

In fact, both he and Ji Zeyu deliberately avoided heavy and suffocating topics.

None of them can guarantee that there will be a chance to meet alive in the future.

But being a general is so helpless. Who let them live in troubled times.

Pang Xiao went back to the bedroom lightly. He was afraid that Qin Yining would be shocked by the cold air on his body, so he stood at the door for a long time, making sure that his body was not cold, and then tiptoed back to the bedside.

The low voices of he and Ji Zeyu didn't disturb Qin Yining at all.

Looking down at Qin Yining's sweet and well-behaved sleeping face, Pang Xiao's heart was already surrounded by warm and soft honey water. He relaxed his movements and lay quietly beside her. Knowing that she was in front of her, he didn't get too close. Watching her from a distance.

No matter how irritable he is, as long as he stays by Qin Yining's side, Pang Xiao can quickly adjust his mood.

Even in order to protect Qin Yining and their children, he can only succeed in this trip to the south, not fail!

The team led by Pang Xiao and Qin Yining set off the next day. Sitting in the carriage, Qin Yining didn't dare to look directly at the crying Sun and Ma, but just smiled at Qin Huaiyuan, then nodded to Cao Yuqing who was not far from Qin Huaiyuan, and pulled Nuan curtain.

When the team left the city gate, even Tiangong seemed to feel the sadness of parting, and there was a flurry of snow.

Pang Xiao sat on the horse, handed over the guide in front of the city gate, and led the convoy away from Kyoto slowly.

And Lu Heng, who was wearing a squirrel cloak, stood inside the city gate, hid half of his face in the hood, and watched Qin Yining's carriage drive away with a blank expression before turning around.

"Master, it's cold, take care of yourself." The attendant graciously held up an oil-paper umbrella to cover the snow.

Lu Heng didn't answer either, he just walked on the blue brick road expressionlessly, and asked after a long time, "Have the people in Liangcheng made arrangements?"