Ling Shu snorted softly as a promise. Yang Yefang put his arm around him and finally fell asleep with peace of mind. He hummed or hummed from time to time in his sleep, but he didn't know if it was because of the pain in his leg or because he was still in shock.
On the second day, the two of them got up early and went to the hall below to have breakfast. Ling Shu put Yang Ye's injured leg on a stool and let him eat just now, but he kept sternly ignoring him.
Before he had eaten two bites, he heard the clatter of horseshoes outside the door, and quickly ran past a group of neatly armored soldiers. Startled, Ling Shu raised his head and looked outside, only to see that group of soldiers headed northwards under the leadership of a military officer. After a while, another group of soldiers and horses ran past, still heading north.
Ling Shu was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't even care about eating, but just looked out in a daze. Yang Ye stretched out his hand to hold down one of his hands, then turned to ask the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, what are the soldiers running around outside?"
This inn welcomes all kinds of people from south to north, and has always been the most well-informed. The innkeeper said: "This old man is only able to catch the news. The captains of our city are gathering troops at the school ground in the north of the city. They say that a war is about to start."
Ling Shu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but Yang Ye became nervous again: "Fight? With whom?"
The shopkeeper said: "I heard that it is with Lord Cen of Guanzhong. But now His Majesty and Lord Cen are the son-in-law of the son-in-law, and they are very close. Does it mean that if you turn your back on it, you turn your back on it? Tsk tsk tsk, this is really strange. Hey, just say it." The world is stable, and this is going to be a war again, really."
Yang Ye's face changed slightly, he poked his head and looked out again, but he couldn't see anything. After a while, more people came and went, and the news that came was much more detailed. The people at the table on the left of Yang Ye and Ling Shu seemed to be neighbors who often come to shop, and an old man was gesticulating and talking to the shopkeeper. It turns out that Prince Cen launched an attack from Tongguan. The Deputy Guard of Tongguan, Feng Xuelong, suddenly turned against him with his soldiers one night a few days ago. He directly killed the general of Tongguan, put Prince Cen's soldiers and horses into the pass, and rushed all the way to Luoyang. Now he has occupied Xin'an. The soldiers are about to approach the city.
The sudden development of the situation was beyond Yang Ye's expectation, but it was reasonable after careful consideration. It turned out that Feng Xuelong who refused to leave after Tongguan was breached turned out to be Prince Cen's man.
Back in the day, Yang Xi brought himself and Yun Qi to attack Tongguan, exhausted all kinds of hardships, and finally took Tongguan abruptly. However, Lord Cen had already placed people here, and let the soldiers and generals be lost here, the ones who were lost were the generals in Guanzhong, but after all, Feng Xuelong was not allowed to be used by Yang Xi, that's why he turned against him today.
And what about Yang Xi? Did he know that Feng Xuelong was Prince Cen's man? I remember that when Tongguan was breached, I strongly advocated killing Feng Xuelong, but Yang Xi made the decision to keep him, and he also explained to himself the principle of inclusiveness, which led to a catastrophe now. What is Yang Xi's plan?
All kinds of thoughts flooded in, and Yang Ye finally couldn't bear it any longer. With a silver gun in place, he hopped over on one leg and asked eagerly, "What's the situation in Luoyang City? How is the situation in the palace? Do you know? "
The old man looked at him in surprise: "Young master, Luoyang city is preparing for battle. As for the palace, we only know that the gate of the palace opens to the south, and the rest, we ordinary people don't know."
Yang Ye was anxious in his heart. Not far away, another group of people seemed to be discussing the matter, and hurriedly moved over to inquire. Before she could squeeze in front of her, her clothes tightened in the back, and she was dragged back by Ling Shu. When he turned his head in panic, Ling Shu asked in a low voice, "Are you finished?" With force, he carried him all the way back to the guest room.
When the two entered the room, Yang Yefang said: "No wonder the Central Guards didn't come after them. It seems that they turned back to fight. Unexpectedly, Lord Cen's soldiers and horses moved so fast. He didn't care about the empress and Xiao Cen's princess. Is it dead?"
The worried look on his face, presumably he was not worried about Lord Cen, nor the two daughters of the Cen family. Ling Shu glanced at him, and finally said: "Facing the ambition to dominate the world, a few human lives are nothing."
Yang Ye said: "Prince Cen attaches great importance to his daughter, because he has no son. If he makes such a sudden attack, unless the queen takes the little princess out of the palace, he will have no worries."
Ling Shudao: "You are quite lenient. Do you people with the surname Yang like to meddle in other people's affairs so much?"
Yang Ye's heart trembled, and he didn't speak again, but slowly turned his head and glanced at him. Ling Shu stood in front of the window with a solemn expression, and looked over. The two looked at each other for a long time. Ling Shu said, "Yang Ye, I want to go back to Muyu Town. If you regret it now and want to go back to the capital, there is still time. .”
Yang Ye said: "I'm indeed worried about my brother, but I can't leave you either. Wherever you go, I will go too. I will go to heaven and earth, and I will go with you. I don't regret it."
This promise sounded solid and powerful, and Ling Shu's face softened a little. Yang Ye went on to say: "Ling Shu, from now on, I won't lie to you. What can I say? You probably don't know what happened to me when I was a child. I lost my parents and grew up with my elder brother. Have you seen me before?" Before him, I went to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace because no one was in charge. I wore old clothes and was always bullied. After he took over me, I gradually got better. Now I worry about him It's also human nature. Maybe he does have prejudice against you, but he is sincerely good to me, even if I don't know what is good or bad, I can still feel it. "
Ling Shu couldn't help but interjected: "He can even snatch the world from others, so why should you worry about dealing with Lord Cen? You underestimate him. Besides, you said he treats you well." , are you sure he is not using you? Shapolang gathers together, the world changes hands, Beichenqing and you are the indispensable support for him to ascend the throne. Your emperor brother knows this truth very well, so he will not lose you two. "
Yang Ye said: "My emperor's brother can be the emperor because of his good fortune, but it may not be because of this illusory fate. Ling Shu, I told you that I never believe in fate. Even your god Shaguxing, I have never believed it, otherwise I would not have let you go. If a person really believes this, how can he take his own life as a joke?"
Ling Shu suddenly sneered, and said after a while: "You don't believe it, are you sure your emperor brother doesn't believe it either? He has been displeased with me all the time, and deliberately wants to separate you and me, and wants to put me to death. Isn't it because I'm so evil The fate of Lone Star? He is afraid that I will break up you Shapolang, that his throne will not be kept, and that his country will change hands. But me, do I have this ability? If I really have it, how can I get his turn? To be emperor?"
There was a sudden silence in the room, and after a long time, Yang Ye murmured: "He deliberately separated you and me... Is there such a thing?"
Ling Shudao: "Why not? In the Shihua Academy, I heard clearly from outside the room that Xie Lianfang seduced you, saying that he was following the emperor's orders. Although he came from a bad family background, how dare he talk about such things ?”
Looking back on the past, Yang Ye gradually understood, and had to learn to face it step by step. He stretched out his hand to touch his broken leg, sighed deeply, and smiled at Ling Shu: "Well, even if you are right. But since you know so well, why do you still hit me? Of course, you I don’t blame you for beating me, I blame myself for not being able to control myself, I should be beating.”
His smile was as gentle as spring water, rippling in the small room, Ling Shu saw it, but suddenly turned his head to look elsewhere. With the light outside the window, Yang Ye suddenly saw the sparkle of tears in his eyes, his heart throbbed, he got out of bed, jumped over with one leg, hugged Ling Shu's waist from behind, and said with a smile: "I understand. Of course you hit me because I didn't obey the rules, but you also called me to show my brother, right? Now that I have been made like this by you, if I am useless in the future, what will you do? You don't regret it ? Don't feel bad?"
Ling Shu said: "If I don't break your leg, your brother will never end. He dared to encourage Xie Lianfang to seduce you, and he will continue to encourage others in the future. He provoked like this, and he has no good intentions from the beginning to the end. But you are shameless and can't stand seduction. So I would rather serve you, but fighting is necessary! I will never regret it." What will make him useless in the future is the writing of Confucius. Skip it.
Ling Shu has always followed his word, and indeed Yang Ye was very dedicated to serving him along the way. Seeing that the situation in the world has changed in a few days, the Central Guards have absolutely no time to chase him. He was afraid that Yang Ye's broken leg would not heal well when he rode a horse, so he hired a carriage and planned to go near Xiangyang.
On the way, Yang Ye devoted himself to feeding the two cages of Xue Linglong, pestering Ling Shu for water, food and ice. Ling Shu said impatiently: "Throw it away, it's already very troublesome to keep you."
Yang Ye hurriedly said: "No trouble, I remember that there is a perennially frozen cave in the back mountain of the workshop, which is very secret. Go back and stock it there, and I will never bother you again."
The further south you go, the weather gets warmer and you get farther and farther away from the war in Luoyang. Yang Ye's legs also gradually improved day by day, but he still couldn't touch the ground. He still cared about Yang Xi in his heart, and wanted to take advantage of Ling Shu's unprepared time to pick up some news, but the journey was tiring, and Ling Shu took care of him very attentively, but he still couldn't hear any news.
Entering Xiangyang City this day, Yang Ye only clamored to find the best inn to stay in and take a good bath. Ling Shu followed his wishes and chose the largest inn, and it was very lively with people coming and going.
While Ling Shu was going to arrange the guest rooms, Yang Ye took the time to inquire with the clerk. Went to Xiangshan Temple in the south of the city for a fragrant spring outing, and quietly left Luoyang with Princess Xiaocen under the guard of his personal guards, all the way west along the old road of Hangu Pass, and returned to Chang'an.
Yang Ye heard a long sigh, and then asked: "Then where is the prince? Has the queen brought him to Chang'an?"
The guy was dumbfounded, he just heard the news, how could he know such details? Yang Ye was so anxious that he wanted to scold him, Ling Shu patted him on the shoulder from behind: "Have you finished investigating?"
Yang Ye said casually: "Not yet. Ah yo, hehehe, I was just asking casually, there is no other meaning."
Ling Shu didn't pursue it, and helped him back to the guest room, before he said: "I have inquired for you just now, your prince is still in Luoyang. Don't worry, your brother is not a fuel-efficient lamp. How could a woman with no power to restrain her come out of Luoyang under his nose? Presumably he let them go on purpose so that he could take the opportunity to completely turn against Lord Cen. Even that Feng Xuelong also died on the third day. To be killed by one of your own subordinates must have been arranged by your imperial brother. The Central Imperial Guards have now taken back Xin'an and drove the Guanzhong Army to the west."
Yang Ye was extremely embarrassed, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said, "I'm relieved like this, thank you very much. But Lord Cen's lamp also can't save any oil, who knows what will happen in the future?"
Ling Shudao: "He is unconscious, his eldest daughter is quite good at saving him. It would be very bad for him to start an incident at this time. I heard that the queen took Lord Cen's tiger talisman and forced Tongguan guards to release it. The soldiers. Prince Cen has seen things come to this point, so he simply followed his daughter's wishes."
Yang Ye stretched out his hand and patted his leg: "That makes sense. I just don't understand my sister-in-law, she doesn't look stupid, but it's like lard has covered my heart all day long, and I don't know what she's thinking. You It is said that there is no brother in her family. Although the emperor is on guard against Lord Cen, as long as there is no change, the relatives will be in a stable state, and no one will touch them. She will be her queen obediently, and take good care of her husband and children. What's the matter? Not good? There are some moths coming out every three days, sticking to the broken agreement when they got married, this is not allowed, that is not allowed, and I don’t know how to do what she wants! This is rushing back to Chang’an to mess around, it’s a failure It's like going crazy, and even Yun Qi's wife and children got involved. Hey, women are such a troublesome thing!"
Ling Shu glanced at him, and said calmly: "How can you allow others to snore next to the couch? Since there was an agreement when they got married, why didn't your emperor brother abide by it? The queen is crazy, and she was also forced by your emperor brother."
Yang Ye couldn't bear it, and asked, "Who are you partial to? Saying this for a while, and saying that for a while, what exactly do you mean?"
Ling Shu said: "I'm just talking about the facts. You guys are upset, no one can explain the messy things, and it has nothing to do with me. Who do I need to lean on? I'll get someone to fetch water, you take a bath quickly It's serious."