It's hard to be a prodigal

Lord Sui Xiaohou reluctantly withdrew his hand, and said in a deep voice: "I just received the news that there was a rebellion by the Black Ling army in Ru County. This Marquis... I'm going to lead the army to suppress it, and come to say goodbye to you."

Jiang Heng was stunned: "Rebellion?"

It's dangerous.There was a hint of worry in his eyes.

Sui Lan was inexplicably delighted to see the worry that could not be hidden in his eyes, coughed and said: "It's okay, it's just a mob."

Jiang Heng was worried about the coast of Ru County, counting the days, if his eldest brother returned, he might disembark from Ru County and go back to Jinzhou by land. What if he accidentally encountered war.

"Then... Lord Hou takes good care of himself..."

Before Jiang Heng finished speaking, Sui Lan happily agreed, but the little scholar said with a frown and worry: "My elder brother doesn't know kung fu, and he is also delicate, so it would be great if he fell into the hands of the rebels... My eldest brother, please ask Lord Hou to take care of him more."

Sui Lan's heart that had just warmed up cooled down again, and she hummed with a straight face: "That's natural."

After waiting for a long while, without hearing a single decent word from the young scholar, Sui Lan stepped out of the pawnshop with a straight face, snatched the eagle-winged spear from Ye Ying who was waiting outside the door, and flew on the horse.

Ye Ying was taken aback, followed up embarrassingly, and muttered in a low voice: "Our Madam Hou has such a temper, she doesn't look good on Master Hou, it will be terrible to marry back home."

"Who said I'm going to marry him?" Sui Lan turned to stare at him, and Ye Ying quickly shut up.

-

As soon as Master Hou left, Gu Duo'er, the maidservant, rushed over and sent Jiang Heng a handwritten letter, and hurriedly said, "Second Young Master, Eldest Young Master has delivered a letter from Ru County!"

Jiang Heng's face turned pale, he threw down the account book and tore the letter open. There were only a few words in the letter, all written in pawn shop jargon and scribbled simplified characters, which made Jiang Heng's heart skip a beat.

Gu Duo'er saw Jiang Heng's face became more and more solemn, and his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but choked up and cried: "I heard that something happened in Ru County, is the young master okay..."

"Don't cry, prepare the carriage for me." Jiang Heng was so anxious that he was sweating, and hurried to pack his luggage.

-

At this time, Ru County had been captured by the Hei Ling army, the prefect was killed, the city gate was closed tightly, and the people inside could not escape even if they wanted to.

The Black Ling army smashed and slashed wantonly in the city, gathered the rich and noble in the city into an open space, questioned their property one by one, those who exchanged money for their lives could be spared, and those who refused to confess directly chopped off their heads.

Jiang Zong and Le Lian have been hiding in the guest room on the second floor of the inn. The Black Ling Army has searched the shops and rich people's houses all over the world, and they will soon raid this inn.

"Lian'er, is your injury better?" Jiang Zong sat beside Le Lian, bending over to change Le Lian's dressing. The 20 taels of life-saving herb was really worth the price. The wound healed almost visible to the naked eye. In just a few days, new tender and fragile flesh grew, and finally it stopped bleeding.

Le Lian leaned against the head of the bed, half-opened his arms, and hugged Jiang Zong to his side: "It's all right now."

Jiang Zong wrapped a layer of medical cloth for him, worried: "Is it still hurting, will it cause the root cause of the disease?"

"If you kiss me, it won't hurt."

Jiang Zong was worried, but was amused by Le Lian: "Little ghost, the old-fashioned one who used to be so reserved, has now learned to speak nonsense calmly."

Le Lian caressed Jiang Zong's hair, and said with a light smile, "The one who is close to the ink is black."

Jiang Zong raised his phoenix eyes: "This is called Jinjiang Zhelang."

Le Lian bent his index finger to touch Jiang Zong's eyebrows, and followed him, "It's crazy and wild."

"I figured out that the Black Ling Army is coming to us soon, go out to avoid it." Jiang Zong took the clothes and threw them to Le Lian, "Let's go."

Le Lian put on all his clothes neatly, held the blood-red knife in front of him, and wiped it with a cotton cloth until the edge was cold.

Jiang Zong collected some dry food and lo mei as a bundle, and quietly opened the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door opened, three or four rebels with black feathers on their heads were blocked outside, holding sharp weapons on Jiang Zong's neck.

Not all of the rebel army were leaders with strong martial arts skills, and occasionally there were rebel civilians who came together, and one of them didn't hold his knife firmly and rubbed a small gash on Jiang Zong's face.

At that time, Young Master Jiang was in a hurry.

Jiang Zong's eyes widened, he touched his face, and saw a few drops of blood on his finger.

"I'll fuck your grandma!" Jiang Zong's eyes turned red, and he kicked the man's stomach. Le Lian stepped over and pulled Jiang Zong back, raised his knife and went out, closing the guest room door tightly.

After half a cup of tea, Le Lian opened the door and came back, covered in blood, threw off the bloodstained knife blade, and calmly put away the knife.

Jiang Zong sat on the bed and looked in the mirror angrily, looked at the wound with his face sideways, looked up at Le Lian, with a film of tears floating in his eyes.

In the two lives before and after, Young Master Jiang cared most about this face.

Le Lian knelt down and wiped the blood on Jiang Zong's face, coaxing: "There will be no scars, get out of here first."

Jiang Zong remained silent, gritted his teeth, snatched Le Lian's knife when he went out, chopped up the man's body, and then followed Le Lian to another place.

There were Hei Ling soldiers crazily looting everywhere, Le Lian held a bloody knife in his right hand, and wrapped Jiang Zong's waist in his left hand, always protecting him by his side.

"Go to the city tower." Jiang Zong took Le Lian's wrist and turned into the path, and climbed up the city wall along the stone steps of the alleyway.

The city gate tower has been captured by the Hei Ling army, and the closed city gate is crowded with people who want to escape from the city.

Le Lian took the lead in breaking into the city gate, wiped out all the Hei Ling troops stationed there, and gave Jiang Zong a hand.

Jiang Zong supported Le Lian's wrist to climb up the city gate tower, and squeezed into the rope disk to study how this thing works.

Le Lian looked at the struggling and crying people who wanted to escape, slightly moved, and turned to look at Jiang Zong: "Brother, do you want to open the door now?"

Jiang Zong leaned on the rope reel and shook his head: "It's not the time yet. Once the door is opened, people will go out. When the time comes, all the black feather troops in the city will rush over, and no one will be able to escape."

Le Lian had no choice but to withdraw the knife temporarily.

Jiang Zong crossed his legs, lay on his back on the rope disc and took a rest: "Come here and rest for a while, I'll be busy after a while."

Le Lian came over and leaned over to take a closer look at Jiang Zong's face. The wound was not deep, it was just scratched.

Jiang Zong turned over: "What are you looking at?"

Le Lian hugged Jiang Zong, who was lying awkwardly on the rope disc, and let him lie on his body: "My body is warm, you sleep here."

"Don't be angry." Le Lian comforted in a low voice. He got a red plum tattoo on his collarbone before he was cut, and Le Lian was afraid that Brother Zong would tattoo something on his face again when he got angry.

"Brother Zong, you are my fairy brother, you are beautiful in everything."

-

At dawn, the rosy sun broke through the clouds, and a silver armored cavalry flashed at the end of the far city.

Immediately afterwards, the horseshoes trampled on the ground, causing sand and stones to fly on the ground. Hou Suilan of Jingchuan led the troops to suppress the Black Ling army. Behind him were [-] elite soldiers and horses, and the eagles and battle flags fluttered in the wind.

Hearing the neighing of horses outside the city, Jiang Zong quickly patted Le Lian: "Quick, put down the city gate."

"If Marquis Jingchuan wants to leave later, you can detain him no matter what, and don't let him return to the capital no matter what means."

-

Sui Xiaohou wanted to destroy the city, but when he looked up, he saw a beautiful woman in green clothes sitting sideways on the city wall, and waved at him.

"Xiao Heng?" Sui Lan's eyes dazzled for a moment, and she immediately put away the bow and arrow in her hand.

Taking a closer look, that face resembles Jiang Heng's eyebrows and eyes, with a pair of arrogant and domineering phoenix eyes, it is actually his elder brother Jiang Zong.

The gate of the city descended slowly, welcoming the [-] soldiers and horses of Marquis Jingchuan into the city.

At first, when the Hei Ling army in the city saw the city gate wide open, they thought that some ghosts had surrendered to the enemy, and rushed towards the city gate one after another, but they ran into the young Lord Sui who was riding his horse through the gate with a gun.

Sui Lan held the gun in her right hand, and the sharp tip of the gun swept out a silver phantom, making it impossible to get close with sharp weapons around her.

The Black Ling army was just a piece of loose sand gathered together, without formal training, and without sophisticated weapons and armor, it was defeated in front of the [-] elite soldiers under Jing Chuan Hou who had experienced many battles.

Sui Lan roared indifferently towards the city, her internal force transmitted her voice, and she was majestic and heavy: "Whoever refuses to surrender will be executed as a crime. If you persist in your obsession, the [-] elite soldiers under the Marquis' command will conquer Ru County!"

Le Lian and Jiang Zong hid in the city gate and watched the situation quietly.

Jiang Zong leaned on the wooden railing, bowed down and looked down, looking around.

Le Lian followed Jiang Zong's gaze, but there was nothing there, and asked suspiciously, "What are you looking for?"

"Look for a messenger." Jiang Zong explained while staring at the city gate, "If a messenger comes in later, stop him and don't let him see Lord Hou."

"Understood." Le Lian had always listened to Jiang Zong's words for no reason.

After a whole morning of fierce fighting, the Black Ling Army was almost withered and defeated. [-] elite soldiers swept Ru County, searching for the remnants of the Black Ling Army hiding in every corner of the city.

A carrier pigeon landed on Sui Lan's shoulder, Sui Lan pulled out the letter box, opened the silk book and took a look.

Jiang Zong's sharp eyes saw the note in Hou Jingchuan's hand, and he slammed the wooden railing hard: "It's actually a pigeon delivering the letter! Quick, Lian'er, find a way to stop Lord Hou, our future prosperity depends on Here it is."

"Prosperity and wealth?" Le Lian was taken aback for a moment.

"Go." Jiang Zong put his arms around Le Lian and kissed the corner of his lips, "Do what you can, don't hurt yourself, play tricks, don't touch him head-on."

Le Lian thought for a while: "Then you follow me closely and don't get lost."

-

Sure enough, Sui Lan's face turned pale by two points after reading the silk letter calling for help, and immediately led half of the elite soldiers out of the city.

The golden silk book was stamped with a jade seal with dragon patterns, saying that the capital was invaded by a large number of black Ling troops, the palace was in danger, the empress was held hostage by the black Ling troops, and Jingchuan Hou was urgently called back to the capital for support.

Sui Lan is the eldest son of the younger sister of the Empress Empress, and it is his duty to rescue the imperial palace. The Empress Empress fell into a tiger's mouth again, and the successive bad news made Sui Lan's scalp tingle, and she hurried back to help.

Only three or four miles out of the city, I saw two people riding horses blocking the way at the end of the long road.

Jiang Zong sat sideways in Le Lian's arms, grabbed the saddle and said sincerely to Sui Lan: "Master Hou, don't go back to the capital."

"Jiang Zong, get out of the way." Sui Lan urged in a low voice, with anger in his eyes.But Jiang Heng cared so much about his elder brother's safety that he couldn't hurt him casually.

"I have a reason. Can Lord Hou listen to me?" Jiang Zong got off his horse, knelt down on one knee in front of Sui Lan's horse, and raised his tearful eyes.

This trick of beauties has tried all kinds of tricks, but Lord Sui Xiaohou obviously does not accept this trick.

Sui Lan said impatiently: "What's the reason, tell me quickly."

Jiang Zong clenched his fists: "This matter is very important, so I ask Lord Hou to move to a place where there is no one and listen to the villain's details."

The Jiang family and Le family in Jinzhou are big merchants that Sui Lan is familiar with, not to mention that Jiang Zong is Jiang Heng's own brother, there is no reason to deceive the royal family with the death penalty, Sui Lan was stunned for a moment, his face darkened.

Sui Lan lightly clamped the horse's belly, and followed Jiang Zong to a place where no one was around. Jiang Zong led him into a narrow alley, and Le Lian followed closely behind.

"Speak quickly." Sui Lan urged in a cold voice.

Jiang Zong raised his eyes and asked, "Did Hou Ye receive an urgent call from the capital?"

Sui Lan's eyes narrowed slightly: "What do you want to say?"

Jiang Zong said earnestly: "Don't go back, Lord Marquis, that silk book is not an imperial decree, and it will be easy to punish you for treason by leading troops into the capital. To go back is to jump into the fire pit."

The strings in Sui Lan's heart suddenly tightened.

What he said was indeed reasonable, but he couldn't take the empress's life as a joke.If something goes wrong, the empress will fall into the hands of the Hei Ling army, and the phoenix body will be humiliated, which will be a catastrophe for the country.

"Get out of the way." Sui Lan swept across the spear, and the tip of the spear touched Jiang Zong's throat and stopped, "This Marquis doesn't want your life."

Le Lian suddenly stood in front of Jiang Zong, pulling Jiang Zong behind him to protect him, the tip of the gun was pointed at his heart, Le Lian turned a blind eye.

Sui Lan snorted coldly: "Do you have evidence?"

Le Lian shook his head lightly: "No, we just want to protect you and Lord Jing."

Sui Lan's tone was sarcastic: "Based on you, Baobenhou and King Jing?"

Jiang Zong was still somewhat afraid of the heavy spear point, and poked his head out from behind Lelian: "Yes, His Royal Highness King Jing was born by the empress, but the current prince's seat was taken away by the prince who was born by the noble concubine, Your Majesty I already wanted to spoil my concubine and kill my wife, and I even brought you, the queen's relatives, together, Lord Hou, you have made great achievements, and Wan Wang knew the pros and cons of it early on..."

"Presumptuous!" Sui Lan was really offended by Jiang Zong's ignorant remarks.

Sui Lan reined in her horse and turned around, shouted "Drive!" with anger, turned around and left.

"Master Hou, I've offended you." Le Lian pushed Jiang Zong out of the narrow alley, drew his knife out of its sheath, turned over and jumped onto the wall to borrow his strength, and slashed at Sui Lan's head in the air.

Hearing the sound, Sui Lan raised her hand, and the spear slanted to catch Le Lian's powerful knife.

It seems that Jiang Zong had premeditated and deliberately led him into the narrow alley. The spear could not be used in the extremely narrow alley.

The swords met, the two tested each other's strength three times, retreated two steps, each sighed "good skill" in their hearts.

Sui Lan's disdainful eyes gradually turned cold, she held the gun in both hands, turned over and landed in the air.

"Le Lian, get out of the way now, the Marquis will not punish you." Sui Lan twisted the heavy gun body forcefully, a murderous aura burst out, and oppressed in front of Le Lian.

"Sword skills, who taught you." Sui Lan asked in a deep voice.

Lelian didn't answer.

All he has to do is to detain Lord Sui Xiaohou in Ru County, and the consumption will be exhausted until Sui Lan admits defeat.

He gripped the blood-red knife again, waiting for Sui Lan's attack.

Sui Lan looked for the loopholes in Le Lian's moves, trying to find a way to get out of the narrow alley and avoid this terrain with many constraints.

Lelian didn't give him any chance.

After dozens of rounds, Sui Lan took a deep breath, Le Lian supported his lower abdomen, the wound was pulled open, and blood oozes out.

Jiang Zong hid in the distance and watched the battle, but saw blood oozing from the wound on Lelian's abdomen, and immediately called out distressedly: "Okay, Lian'er! Let him go to die, Lord Yan can't stop the ghost who wants to die Woolen cloth!"

Lelian refused to give up easily.

The line of Marquis Jingchuan is a cash cow that cannot be missed. As long as Marquis Jingchuan and King Jing can be saved, the backers in the palace will no longer have to worry about it.

Brother Zong is right, the future glory and wealth are entrusted to Lord Sui Xiaohou, so at least he has to work hard.

Unexpectedly, Sui Lan suddenly turned the tip of the gun, turned over and stepped on the bluestone on the wall, rushed towards Jiang Zong, grabbed Jiang Zong's neck, and laid the sharp spear across Jiang Zong's neck.

Le Lian's expression changed suddenly: "Don't hurt him!"

Jiang Zong struggled to pry off the big iron-like hands on his neck, and his voice changed after he couldn't breathe: "Master Hou... Master Hou... We are really doing it for you..."

Sui Lan was so enraged, she blew the horse whistle to call for a mount, got on the horse, and kept holding Jiang Zong's neck with force, with Sui Lan's strength, it was easy enough to break Jiang Zong's neck.

"Stop! Stop! Lord Hou!"

A horse-drawn carriage came not far away, but before the carriage stopped, Jiang Heng staggered over from the carriage and knelt in front of Master Hou's horseshoe.

"Master Hou, what are you doing!" Jiang Heng put his hands on the ground, looked at Sui Lan with tears in his eyes, "I only have this one brother, Lord Hou, please, don't kill him..."

The cold and distant little scholar knelt down in front of him and begged for such a thing.

Sui Lan let go, and threw Jiang Zong to the ground.

Looking at Jiang Heng's teary eyes, he felt lost and distressed.

Jiang Zong was lying on the ground, holding his neck and coughing violently, Le Lian hurried over to help Jiang Zong aside, staring at Sui Lan fiercely.

Sui Lan sighed, stopped looking at Jiang Heng who was kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "Okay. Let me go."

Jiang Heng knelt and did not move.

Sui Lan was more severe: "Let me go!"

Jiang Heng raised his head, supported his slightly swollen belly, raised his watery eyes, and said with a sob: "Then you step on me, how about killing two people?"

Sui Lan suddenly looked back at him.

Jiang Zong seemed to have been slapped in the head, his phoenix eyes widened: "What???"

Jiang Heng lowered his eyes and replied softly: "I just ate the Songziguo you sent me the night before."

Jiang Zong's legs and feet were weak, and his eyes were uncertain between Lord Hou and Jiang Heng. After a while, he pinched Lelian's neck and shook it hoarsely:

"What!?! So the fruit is real???!"

"I don't know... I'm telling you it's true, but you don't believe it..." Le Lian pressed Jiang Zong, who was out of control, into his arms, and Jiang Zong's eyes were red as if he was going to eat Sui Xiaohou: "You ...you...you...put my brother...ah?"

-

Sui Lan was stunned for a while, then got off the horse, squatted down next to Jiang Heng, and stared blankly at him: "Pregnant?"

Jiang Heng put Lord Hou's hand on his lower abdomen, and muttered in a nasal voice, "Touch it."

The lower abdomen is bulging, and you can feel the slight beating when you touch it carefully.

Sui Lan's eyes trembled slightly, and she approached Jiang Heng's lower abdomen excitedly, wanting to listen carefully to see if the beating was a hallucination.

When Sui Lan approached his lower abdomen, Jiang Heng took out a thin needle from his sleeve, his fingertips trembling and hesitating in the air.

"Master Hou...yes, I'm sorry...I..."

The thin needle suddenly plunged into Sui Lan's neck.

Injected all the drugs into it.