Chapter 250 Murder

Xiao Chuan led the way, but he did not charge directly at the faces of the Xijue people. Instead, he stopped halfway and looked at the leader of the Xijue soldiers from a distance.

"Look!" The Xijue soldiers shouted excitedly: "They dare not come over. The people of Dazhou are all cowards, and they are afraid too."

The morale of the Xijue seemed to be lifted at this moment, but they did not realize that this was not a good thing.

"Kill them for me, kill, kill, kill!" the leader screamed.

Xiao Chuan fixed his eyes in the sound of galloping horses, and his body was burning with surging fighting spirit.

He is a general. The Xiao family is born to fight on the battlefield, not to clean up the filth in the official ditches of Shengjing, nor to kowtow in the contempt of the powerful.

He will step on the blood of the people rushing in the snow and win this battle in the place where his ancestors fought.

This battle must be won!

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Xiao Chuan returned triumphantly, with blood on his armor. He has never been so happy in his life.

He threw away the reins and helmet and knelt on one knee in front of Shen Yu.

"Princess! I have fulfilled my mission!"

The soldiers were cheering. Compared with the battle they won in a trepidation a few days ago, this battle was more exciting.

Xiao Chuan knew that this was an opportunity given to him by Shen Yu. She could obviously lead the troops out of the city by herself, but she gave the credit to him. This was to train him intentionally.

"Get up." Shen Yu said, "You are now a serious general. Don't kneel at every turn."

Xiao Chuan laughed, and his white teeth opened on his bloody face.

He tilted his head and saw a young man jumping all the way over on the roof.

The city gate was crowded with soldiers, and there was no place to stay. Chang stayed there anxiously, holding something in his hand and shouting: "I'm sorry, brothers."

After that, he stepped on the shoulders of several people and jumped over, and stepped on the stone steps to the city wall.

"Princess, there are letters! One is from our Beilin messenger, and the other two are from unknown people."

Shen Yu took it, walked to the corner of the city wall with the letter, and opened the letter from Beilin.

Xiao Chuan and Chang Liu were sensible and did not follow.

Chang Liu was also inspired by today's victory, "Brother Xiao fought beautifully this time."

Xiao Chuan wanted to reach out to grab his neck, but Chang Liu dodged nimbly, "You are covered in the blood of the Xijue people, it's so dirty."

The letter made a slight sound in the cold wind, and Shen Yu held the letter and read it carefully.

Xie Tingzhou's letter was not long, just a few words to comfort his longing.

Shen Yu finished reading it quickly, and read it over and over again several times before carefully folding it and putting it in her chest, and then opened the other two letters one by one.

Xiao Chuan was playing with Chang Liu, and turned around to see Shen Yu walking towards him with a gloomy face.

"Princess, is there something important?"

Shen Yu said, "I'm going to Cao Guangjin's house, you come with me."

Xiao Chuan knew from Shen Yu's expression that there was something urgent, so he took off his armor while walking quickly, and wiped his face with the handkerchief handed to him by the soldier.

Cao Guangjin heard that they had won another victory in the house, and the two came uninvited. When he went to greet them, Shen Yu and Xiao Chuan had already entered the courtyard.

"Princess, do you have something to do with me?"

"Not you." Shen Yu said, "I'm looking for Jiang Lianzhi."

Jiang Lianzhi came here by imperial order and was invited to live in Cao Guangjin's house.

That day, Jiang Lianzhi read the imperial edict, and he came to negotiate peace.

Cao Guangjin was happy to hear about the peace talks. As long as there was no war, he could keep his position as an official. No matter what conditions were negotiated, they were all the court's business, and he didn't have to make any arrangements.

But Jiang Lianzhi showed no sign of going to negotiate peace despite his indirect attempts. He only said that the time was not right. But in the end, Jiang Lianzhi had the final say.

Cao Guangjin said, "Unfortunately, Lord Jiang is ill."

"Lead the way." Shen Yu said, "I have something to ask him."

The three of them went to Jiang Lianzhi's courtyard. On the way, Cao Guangjin talked about Jiang Lianzhi's illness.

"Lord Jiang is for the country and the people. The battle at Yanliang Pass kept Lord Jiang awake at night. He sat on the city wall a few days ago. It happened to be the first snow that night. When the soldiers went there in the morning, they all became snowmen. They were almost frozen into ice. Since then, he has been ill and can't get up. The doctor came to see him every day and used the best medicine, but his condition never improved."

Speaking of this, Cao Guangjin was very worried. Jiang Lianzhi was an important official in the court and an envoy for peace talks. If he died in his house, he couldn't bear the crime.

Shen Yu might know the answer and stepped into the courtyard.

A series of coughs came from the room, and Cao Guangjin heard the wrinkles between his eyebrows deepened.

The maid said: "My lord, the princess, Lord Cao and General Xiao are here to see you."

Jiang Lianzhi covered his lips with a handkerchief and coughed for a while, gasped twice and said: "Jiang is ill and can't get up, I'm afraid that the illness will be passed on to the princess, so please talk to the outside."

After speaking, the sound of the door being pushed open was heard, and Shen Yu went straight around the screen.

"I received news from Shengjing that Li Zhaonian suddenly fell into a coma due to a serious illness and has not been able to wake up."

Jiang Lianzhi's eyes flashed with surprise, and he said: "You told me this, what do you want me to do?"

After speaking, there was another series of coughs.

Shen Yu said seriously: "Before you left, how was Li Zhaonian's health?"

Jiang Lianzhi was silent for a moment, and his throat was itchy.

She asked him about the health of Emperor Yongning, who was thousands of miles away, but did not ask him a single question about the patient.

"Before I left Shengjing, Emperor Yongning was in good health. It was unlikely that he would suddenly fall into a coma due to a serious illness, but a situation like mine could not be ruled out."

The illness came like a mountain, he couldn't find the meaning of life, so he had no desire to live, and he threw away all the soup and medicine, and the original cold naturally became more serious.

The maid brought in chairs, and Shen Yu and others sat down.

Shen Yu raised her hand to block the maid from serving tea, and said: "You said that the proposal for peace talks came from the Queen's family. Is Li Zhaonian constrained by his relatives in the court?"

Jiang Lianzhi nodded, "Yes."

Cao Guangjin listened to Shen Yu calling Li Zhaonian all the time, and he didn't find a chance to speak several times.

Shen Yu thought for a while, "It won't be a sudden serious illness, so how likely is it that he was murdered?"

Cao Guangjin was shocked, "Oh, how terrible is this."

Shen Yu looked at him, and Cao Guangjin quickly shut up.

Jiang Lianzhi pressed his lips with a handkerchief and said weakly: "It's very big. Maybe you don't know yet. Emperor Yongning is not only constrained by his relatives, but also by the Prince of Yan."

"Li Jifeng?"

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