Qi Lingheng rode Uncle Liu's ox cart into the city, and the first thing he went to was the yard where he met Qi Feng.

"Master." Qi Feng and Qi Yan knelt down inside the house.

This small courtyard has been cleaned up, and the rooms are simply stocked with some daily household items.

If Qi Lingheng wants to leave the Su family, he can also stay here for a few days.

However, Qi Lingheng did not seem to have any intention of leaving the Su family.

"Well, what's the situation in the northern border now?"

"It started snowing in the northern border half a month ago. Nalan Zongda's cavalry has retreated to their grasslands. I believe they will not harass the northern border again this winter."

"We must not underestimate the enemy. They have suffered from insect plagues for two consecutive years since last year, causing serious damage to the pasture. This year they risked breaking the ten-year agreement and invading our Dayong border. We can't guarantee that they will not survive the winter this year and will take the risk to attack again."

Five years ago, Qi Lingheng's father led an army of 120,000 to quell the rebellion in the northern border, drove the Nalan clan in the northern border back to their grasslands, and signed a document that they would never offend Dayong again for ten years.

However, they did not expect that just five years later, the northern Xinjiang side once again invaded the Dayong border on the grounds that the grassland was damaged and could not support the survival of the herdsmen.

The document of ten-year non-war was unilaterally torn up.

The Northern Frontier’s surprise attack on the Dayong border was too sudden, catching the Dayong soldiers guarding the border off guard. They lost two cities in a row, and countless people on the Dayong border were massacred.

Qi Lingheng's father, Qi Zhanghui, Marquis of Dingbei, once again led the army to war, and from the camp outside the capital, he led 5,000 Qi family cavalry all the way to the northern border.

Along the way, the Qi family army traveled day and night, but they never expected that when they arrived near Baiyue City on the border, Marquis Dingbei and the 5,000 cavalry of the Qi family suddenly disappeared.

When the news of the disappearance of the Qi family army reached the capital of Dayong, the whole court was shocked.

The emperor of the time was so angry that he slammed the table and immediately sent two generals with two thousand cavalrymen to chase after Marquis Dingbei along the same route.

We must find out the whereabouts of Marquis Dingbei and the five thousand cavalrymen.

In addition, the emperor also sent the eldest prince to lead the army in person, leading 50,000 troops stationed in Tongzhou to rush to the northern border for support, in order to drive the northern border bandits out of Dayong's border and take back the lost cities of Dayong.

The eldest prince took the order and led 50,000 Tongzhou troops towards the northern border.

On the other side, two generals who were looking for Marquis Dingbei followed the route taken by Marquis Dingbei and rode non-stop all the way to Baiyue City.

The two men arrived at Baiyue City and inquired with the garrison troops, and learned that they had indeed never seen Marquis Dingbei and the Qi family army.

They searched carefully within a radius of a hundred miles for several days but found no clues.

Finally, someone was sent to convey the news back to the capital of Dayong.

Emperor Dayong was furious again.

He believed that Marquis Dingbei disappeared with the Qi army at such an important time, which was suspected of treason, so he ordered the raid on Marquis Dingbei's mansion and exiled the entire family to southern Xinjiang.

When Qi Lingheng learned that the emperor had ordered a confiscation of his property, he was forcibly escorted out of the capital by his grandmother, the old lady of the Dingbei Marquis's Mansion.

The old lady of the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion was afraid that the emperor would be in exile, so she secretly killed Qi Lingheng.

Qi Lingheng is the only son of Marquis Dingbei, and there must not be any mistakes made.

Qi Lingheng was escorted out of the imperial capital, but was still besieged by unidentified people on the way.

Most of the Qi family's secret guards who escorted Qi Lingheng out of Beijing were killed or injured. In the end, the secret guards got separated from Qi Lingheng in order to lure away the people who were besieging them.

Qi Lingheng, who was left alone, fainted on the road and was picked up by human traffickers passing by.

When Qi Lingheng woke up, he found himself a slave, but he didn't think of leaving immediately.

He was actually safer in the hands of these human traffickers.

The human traffickers even made him a fake identity card and gave him the identity of a refugee.

Finally, there was the matter of Qi Lingheng being bought by Old Man Su.

This past is no different from the previous life and this life.

The only discrepancy is that Su Tang had already died in her previous life when Qi Lingheng arrived at the Su family.

When Qi Lingheng was reborn, he was already in the hands of human traffickers.

It was probably because he didn't want to be sold to Nanfeng Pavilion by human traffickers, and when he fought against the traffickers, he was seriously injured, which led to his rebirth in this life.

"Alas." Qi Lingheng sighed.

I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for him to choose to stay with Su Tang for so long in this life.

"Have the thorns in the Qi family army been found?" Qi Lingheng's cold voice came out again.

Qi Yan responded in a low voice: "Master, I have found all the people on the list you gave me a few days ago. As expected, these people are still safe and sound after the Dingbei Marquis's Mansion was raided. Among them, Pang Yuanliang was directly promoted to the fifth-rank lieutenant and was transferred to the capital to serve."

Qi Yan paused for a few breaths and subconsciously looked up at Qi Lingheng's expression.

Sure enough, Qi Lingheng's face became even gloomier.

"continue."

"Pang Yuanliang is now in an important position. We cannot touch him with our current capabilities. However, we have secretly tied up the others, disabled their hands and feet, and brought them to Dingzhou."

"Well, don't let them die. I want to ask some questions personally." Qi Lingheng narrowed his eyes, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes.

Qi Lingheng will never let anyone off in this life if he dares to eat the Qi family's food and betray the Qi family.

This group of people enjoyed more than ten years of prosperity in their previous life. This time when he is reborn, he will not let them enjoy peace anymore.

"Then Master, aren't you going back to Dingzhou now?"

Qi Yan looked up at Qi Lingheng. There was a deep scar on his face. He was one of the secret guards who escorted Qi Lingheng out of the capital this time.

The scar was left when he was ambushed on the road. He almost died at that time, and was only saved by Qi Feng's desperate protection.

"Don't go back for now. Those people are hanging on. Don't let them die."

"Yes." Qi Yan nodded in response.

"By the way, you'd better not go out with this face."

"Yes." Qi Yan responded again.

Fortunately, they were the secret guards hired by the Qi family, and they had always been hiding in the dark.

If the master had not been ambushed this time, there would not be too few people available in the Qi family, and these secret guards would not have to be exposed in front of others.

"Then master, do we need to go to southern Xinjiang to send a message to the old lady?" Qi Feng looked at Qi Lingheng and asked.

"Need not."

Qi Lingheng knew that Qi Feng was talking about informing the old lady that he was safe, but he didn't want to be exposed yet. The fewer people who knew about his news, the better.

He didn't want to involve the Su family in the affairs of Dingbei Marquis Mansion.

"The eldest prince returned to the capital after the snow in the northern border. I believe he will be back in Kyoto soon. Should we do something?"

"No, I need to see if there is anything else I don't know."

In his previous life, Qi Lingheng neglected some things, which led to him being assassinated after he assisted the eldest prince to ascend the throne.

He will definitely not make the same mistake again in this life.

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