The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

"Miss, Madam said it's getting late and you should go to bed early!"

Hearing this, Xue Baochai immediately felt relieved, knowing that her brother had returned safely.

But she also felt a vague sense of regret that she could not go to Yangzhou to see her future husband.

But she quickly came to her senses and said to the maid,

"I see. Is your uncle back home now?"

The maid replied,

"I've returned and am currently discussing matters with Steward Linghu in the front yard."

"I understand, please step back!"

After the maid left, Xue Baochai's beautiful eyes flashed.

After a long time, she called her maid.

"Ying'er, go ask my brother a few questions."

Then he gave Ying'er a few instructions and let her go.

In the fox worm's room,

Xue Pan was recounting his experience of meeting Wang Ziteng at the general's residence.

He said to Linghu Chong with a bewildered look,

"And what puzzles me most is that my uncle has been asking me about my recent situation for the past hour."

"I felt like he seemed to know something, but he didn't do anything. It was really confusing."

The fox worm narrowed its eyes slightly.

"This matter is indeed strange, but you and I should not be careless."

"For the next two days, try to avoid going out and put all your affairs on hold for now."

Xue Pan nodded.

"Okay, I see."

Linghu Chong thought for a moment, touched his chin and said,

"But what you just said, Wang Ziteng's attitude is indeed a bit strange."

"As the general of Jinling, if he discovered the connection between us and the village, how could he remain indifferent?"

Xue Pan nodded and said,

"Yes, that's exactly what I can't figure out."

Linghu Chong's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a moment, he said,

"I'll ask the other brothers about the situation later, maybe I can find out what he wants to do!"

"it is good!"

The next day, Wang Ziteng was anxiously waiting for a reply from Duke Yeshan Shanguo.

As a result, in the afternoon, a spy suddenly came to report that there were unusual movements of the Qingfengzhai army.

Wang Ziteng hurriedly took the information and took a look.

After Huai'an Prefecture fell, Qingfengzhai mobilized nearly 50,000 troops from the north and marched south along the Grand Canal.

In addition, the Qingfengzhai army, which had been attacking cities and seizing territories in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, also stopped its expansion and instead gathered 10,000 soldiers and quickly marched from Hangzhou Prefecture to Nanjing.

Judging from the current situation, Nanjing will be surrounded within three or two days at most.

When Wang Ziteng saw the news, he was struck by lightning.

It is obvious that Qingfeng Village intends to swallow Jinling in one gulp!

I hurriedly asked the intelligence officer,

"Has there been any news from the Duke of Shanguo in Yeshan?"

The intelligence officer said with a bitter face,

"The messenger has already met the Duke of Shanguo, but..."

Wang Ziteng frowned.

"But what?"

The intelligence officer had no choice but to bite the bullet and say,

"But Duke Shanguo said that the situation in Yangzhou is unclear now, and he wants to lead his troops to Lu to curb the rebels' momentum in advancing north and protect the capital."

When Wang Ziteng heard this, his face turned red with anger. He didn't care about his appearance and started cursing.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"Right now, in the entire Jiangnan region, we only have troops from Jinling and Yeshan. If we make some efforts, we might be able to defend Jinling."

"It's a shame that the Duke of Shanguo actually escaped back early! This means that my prince Teng will die in Jinling!"

With a "puff" sound, Wang Ziteng spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

On that day, the whole of Jinling knew that the Zhenguo Gongsuo had led the entire Beijing camp to be annihilated, and that Qingfengzhai was heading towards Jinling at a high speed, preparing to take Jinling in one fell swoop.

For a time, the entire Jinling City was in panic.

……

Shenjing.

When the news that Hai Dayong lost his army, the 20,000 Shenji Battalion of the Zhenguo Duke, and the 50,000 Jing Battalion were completely wiped out reached the palace,

The cunning emperor was so angry that he cursed the good-for-nothing twelve times in a row.

In the city of Shenjing, countless people have different thoughts.

The emperor knew that he could not allow the situation to deteriorate any further.