The court officials discussed again. Since the capital was moved, the court has been divided into two factions. The head of the Su family is the local gentry in Jiangzhou, and Mu Kuangda is the foreign forces moving south. Both factions have their own interests. In normal times, if you want to promote young local officials, Mu Kuangda will not let go of this at will.

Today, Mu Kuangda pointed out that "the children of Jiangdong are very talented", which was acquiesced to the Su family's proposal.

The Su family came to the palace once last night, thinking that the assessment of new talents has been almost done and it is time to entrust the responsibility one after another. Today, Cai Yandangting said that he clearly asked Mu Kuangda about his intentions and was ready to speak out. Unexpectedly, Mu Kuangda agreed with one sentence, which surprised Cai Yan.

In the eyes of the court officials, it seemed as if the prince had convinced the prime minister first, and there was no great resistance today.

"Then it's settled." Cai Yan nodded and said, "Who else has this memorial?"

"Your Highness, everyone, there is also a military newspaper in Yecheng." Xie You said: "The Yuan people who arrived at the court this morning have retreated."

As soon as these words were said, all the ministers in the court breathed a sigh of relief, and even Cai Yan could not help but be surprised.

"Retreat?" Cai Yan said: "Tell me what's the reason?"

"The military newspaper of the Hejian Captain Wu Du was not written very clearly." Xie You replied: "Only one night, the Yuan army retreated north. According to their investigation, it was found that it had retreated to the north of the Black Mountain Valley. I believe that it would not come again before spring. Han Bin also sent a military newspaper under Yubi Pass, but it arrived one day before the news from Hebei. The Yuan army has now retreated across the Yellow River and headed north."

This is really the best news before the New Year, and even Mu Kuangda's brows stretched out.

"Your Majesty's blessing, Your Highness' blessing, and the people's blessing." Su Qi said to Cai Yan: "The news today is the most appropriate one."

Cai Yan smiled slightly and replied, "Send someone to send a letter to Huaiyin and inform the fourth uncle."

After retreating from court, Mu Kuangda returned to the mansion, and Chang Liujun was still sitting aside.

It has been nearly a month since the day Changpin sent the last letter. Mu Kuangda took a sip of tea with obvious concerns, frowned, and opened a secret letter placed on the table.

The letter was written by Duan Ling, telling him about the general matters after returning from Luoyan City. The letter was written with great skill, and did not mention the reasons, but only the results. After roughly the same as Changliujun said - Duan Ling and Yelu Zongzhen escaped from Luoyan City together.

"How did he know Emperor Liao?" Mu Kuangda asked lightly.

"What?" Chang Liujun was shocked in an instant and asked, "Is the Liao Emperor in Luoyan City?"

Chang Liujun had originally suspected that the young man in silver armor was extraordinary and there were many masters around him. He thought he was the princes and nobles of the Liao Kingdom, but he did not expect that it was the Liao Emperor himself!

"I'll ask you." Mu Kuangda said.

Chang Liujun hurriedly said, "Yes, I don't know how they met. Wang Shan seemed to have accidentally saved the man's life that night. Not long after, the other party sent a letter and asked Wu Du and I to the city lord's mansion to meet Wang Shan."

Duan Ling himself did not explicitly explain his relationship with Yelu Zongzhen in his letter. If Mu Kuangda asked from Changliujun, it would seem more credible.

The letter also said that after leaving Luoyan City, Yelu Zongzhen followed them to Yecheng, while the Yuan people pursued them relentlessly. When Chen Bing Heishan Valley, he received a letter from Ogedei and withdrew his troops soon after.

As for Changpeng, there has been no whereabouts.

Duan Ling now asks for instructions on whether to let Wu Du take Uluohou Mu back to the capital, so as to wait for Mu Kuang to make his next move.

Duan Ling is smart enough to be smart. He did not directly propose how to deal with Uluohoumu, but instead made Mu Kuangda decide.

"Where is the person who sent the letter?" Mu Kuangda asked, "Call in, I'll ask."

The visitor was Sun Ting's subordinate and one of the guards of the city lord's mansion. Mu Kuangda asked about what the prefect and the lieutenant had done on weekdays and answered them one by one. Mu Kuangda sent him back and asked the other party to report Duan Ling in the form of verbal message. Arrange "that person" to be temporarily detained in Yecheng, but you must be very careful to avoid leaking the news.

After moving away from the Xinmao, Mu Kuangda leaned on the couch and looked at the bleak winter day in the yard and breathed a long sigh.

This is the most dangerous moment in his life. If he is not careful, what awaits him next is to completely crush him.

"Where did you go to long-term recruitment?" Mu Kuangda said.

Chang Liujun was worried. After all, he didn't expect that Changpin would disappear halfway.

Chang Liujun said: "Maybe it was when I went back, I met the Yuan people..."

Mu Kuangda said: "That's impossible, it must have been captured."

This is the biggest problem that has troubled Mu Kuangda for many days.

"There are only two possibilities, either it falls into Yao Fu's hands." Mu Kuangda said: "Or it falls into Li Rong's hands. At that time, you met Zheng Yan and were in the city."

"Yes." Chang Liujun hurriedly replied: "But it may not be handed over to the Marquis of Huaiyin, or it may be His Majesty."

Mu Kuangda said in a daze: "He has always obeyed Yao Fu, and Yao Fu has always been suspicious. In Xichuan, the prince returned to the court, Yao Fu sent someone to test it."

Chang Liujun dared not speak, Mu Kuangda said again: "There is a possibility, but not a great deal. The biggest possibility is that he was captured by the prince. Nearly half of the shadow team was sent out, all of whom were Feng Duo's subordinates. If he kept following Changpin, he would suddenly launch an attack in the end."

"We have Urohoumu in our hands." Mu Kuangda said tiredly: "Li Rong has a long-term recruitment in his hands, hey."

Mu Kuangda shook his head at his own eyes, his eyebrows were like a knot that could not be opened.

Chang Liujun said: "Mr. Changpin is resourceful and must be able to deal with it."

"Things have to be considered in the worst direction." Mu Kuangda said: "If you recruit the long-term recruitment, it will only be more troublesome. Changliujun, you have to go find him."

Chang Liujun said: "But you, Prime Minister..."

Mu Kuangda said: "Don't worry about me anymore. We must find a way to find Changpin's whereabouts as soon as possible. If we can't save him, we will simply kill him and die without evidence."

Chang Liujun had no choice but to nod, Mu Kuangda said again: "The news from Yecheng has just arrived today, but Your Majesty has left long ago. I guess he got the news first. As for the person who sent the news, except for Zheng Yan, there should be no one else."

Chang Liujun frowned and said, "That means that Your Majesty also knows?"

Mu Kuangda did not speak and was silent for a long time. According to Changliujun's return, Zheng Yan was there when Wuluohoumu was arrested that day. If there were any clues, Li Yanqiu would be informed.

"I guess the place where Li Yanqiu went was not Huaiyin." Mu Kuangda pondered for a moment, and then said: "It's Yecheng, most of the time, Shen Wuluohoumu went."

It took three days of snow in Yecheng to turn into a silver-white world.

This is the third day Li Yanqiu has arrived in Yecheng.

In the early morning, Wu was holding Duan Ling alone, and the two were naked. Duan Ling was wrapped around Wu Du's body, rubbing her skin, and she was sleeping properly.

"Mr. Wang." Shuluduan said outside the door: "The guest asked if you have woken up."

Duan Ling said sleepyly, "I wake up, please wait for a while."

Wu Du frowned and hugged Duan Ling tighter. Shu Luduan was waiting outside the door. Wu Du said, "I'll go there later, you can go back first."

Shu Luduan had to leave. Duan Ling moved restlessly in Wu Du's arms. Wu Du's whole body became hot because of his rubbing. He pressed him under him, pushed him against Duan Ling, and slowly pushed him in. Duan Ling had just woken up and had not yet woken up completely. He grabbed Wu Du's arm tightly and hurriedly asked him to be gentle.

It was not until Wu Du was satisfied that he picked up Duan Ling and asked him to wash up.

Duan Ling was busy going over, but Wu Du said again: "Let him wait a little longer, what's the worry about?"

Only Wu Du dared to let the emperor wait. Duan Ling said, "It was just that I was reluctant to leave me when I met. I would go away after a while."

Wu Du drank some wine last night, had a headache after hangover, and got up yawning, and accompanied Duan Ling to Dezheng Hall. Li Yanqiu was already waiting.

"I thought you slept early last night." Li Yanqiu said to Duan Ling: "I also got up earlier in the morning."

Sleeping early does not mean falling asleep early. Duan Ling met Wu Du for a long time last night. He struggled for a long time and came again in the morning. He immediately felt embarrassed and said, "I was so excited last night that I couldn't sleep."

During breakfast, Duan Ling casually talked about Yecheng. Li Yanqiu seemed to have no concern about what Yecheng was like, but he was very concerned about how he governed Yecheng. For every decision, Li Yanqiu did not ask about the result, but only asked about his motivation for doing so.

"How did you think of these?" said Li Yanqiu.

"Uh..." Duan Ling replied: "I don't know, I just suddenly thought of it. Anyway, the Black Valley is also deserted."

After dinner, Duan Ling proposed to take Li Yanqiu around, and Li Yanqiu was naturally casual, so the two of them walked up the mountain along the mountain road behind the prefect's mansion.

"I will let Zheng Yan follow you from now on." Li Yanqiu said: "If Wu Du has something to do, it would be better for someone to guard him."

The two followed Zheng Yan and Wu Du, without saying anything.

"No." Duan Ling replied: "I'm not at ease with the Fourth Uncle."

Li Yanqiu replied: "It doesn't matter if you return to the palace. With Xie You guarding it, it's almost the same."

Duan Ling insisted repeatedly, Li Yanqiu had to listen to him temporarily. When he came to the hot spring, Duan Ling asked again: "Does Uncle Fourth want to take a hot spring for a while?"

Li Yanqiu agreed happily, and Wu Du and Zheng Yan were guarding outside. Duan Ling served Li Yanqiu with loose clothes and untied her belt and soaked in a hot spring.

Li Yanqiu has fair skin and is soaked in a hot spring with Duan Ling, which reminds Duan Ling of the time when he went to Beijing and went to the bathhouse with his father. His uncle had wide shoulders and strong waist, and his body shape was similar to his father, but he did not have the muscles that his father had practiced martial arts all year round, so he felt more gentle.

"When I was in Yecheng," Duan Ling said: "I often came up and soaked up to see the scenery below."

"My prince can really pass anywhere." Li Yanqiu casually looked at Yecheng at the foot of the mountain.

Duan Ling laughed embarrassedly.

Li Yanqiu said again: "If you want to take you back to the palace, will you restrain you?"

"That won't happen." Duan Ling said: "Uncle Fourth recognized me, how could he not go back?"

This is Duan Ling's true words - Li Yanqiu is his only relative in the world. In addition to Wu Du, the most important thing for Duan Ling is this uncle. Even if he endures the loneliness in the palace, he has to go back.

Anyway, as long as Wu is alone, he can still come out to play around with him at any time, which doesn’t matter.

"Stay for a few more days." Li Yanqiu said: "You just follow me and go back to the court first. Let's talk about the rest."

"His Majesty."

Zheng Yan spoke to remind him after the tree outside the hot spring.

Duan Ling looked at the tree and looked at Li Yanqiu again. Li Yanqiu said lightly: "I have decided to take Ruoer back to the court and bring Uluohoumu back together."

"Wait." Duan Ling said: "Uncle Fourth, this matter must be discussed for a long time."

"There is nothing to be discussed for a long time." Li Yanqiu replied: "That fake is just relying on the identity of a prince."
Chapter completed!