The next morning, when Emperor Yanqing asked his ministers to recommend the general of the Southern Expedition, the court officials looked at Xiao Yu and Xiao Jia, the two brothers of the military officers. The Great Zhou Kingdom was weak, but foreign enemies were stronger than the other. In the past, there were military generals who tried to fight for the emperor's favor by relying on military achievements, but most of them went without returning. Over time, no general was willing to take on this thankless errand, and just wanted to stay in the capital to enjoy wealth.

It is normal for the enemy to seek shelter from the enemy and the incompetent people to seek protection. If you have the ability but only want to seek profit and avoid harm, it is boneless.

The Xiao family has no cords.

My father was unable to escape the northern border, so Xiao Yu and Xiao Jian left the line almost at the same time and volunteered.

Jing Yi was an imperial guard. After guarding the imperial throne at this time, he witnessed the shirks of other military officers with his own eyes. When he saw the figure of the two brothers standing in the hall like pine and cypress, Jing Yi suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his chest. He also walked to the side of the two, knelt on one knee and asked for the order: "I am willing to lead the troops to attack the bandits and ask the emperor to fulfill it."

She is now a descendant of the Xiao family and cannot pull the Xiao family's men. Moreover, Jing Yi has been exposed to the general's mansion for half a year. Even if she doesn't have to worry about the Xiao family, she wants to go to the battlefield in person, use the skills inherited from her grandfather to drive away foreign enemies and protect the people.

On the dragon throne, Emperor Yanqing looked at the three brothers with a slight squinted eyes. Xiao Yu was calm and handsome, Xiao Fan was born with divine power and could fight several enemy generals one by one. The cooperation between the two would definitely give Dali a blow. However, if Xiao Yu and the others went to the southern border, if the Huns took the opportunity to invade the northern border, Xiao Boyan would probably be struggling.

In the view of Emperor Yanqing, Dali was a fox, lacking courage and cunning to win, while the Huns were a group of hungry wolves, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and they had to be careful to prevent problems.

The eyes moved from Xiao Yu and his brother to Xiao Ting's son-in-law. Emperor Yanqing suddenly moved his heart and touched his chin and pondered: "Xiao Yu, Xiao Jia, you will go to the field to kill the enemy at the age of fourteen or five. After so many years of experience, you can already stand alone. I feel very relieved. However, this time, I decided to send the son-in-law to the battle. The son-in-law is under the Duke of Protecting the Country, and his gun skills are superb and need practical experience. In a small area of ​​Dali, let the son-in-law practice with them."

After saying that, he sent someone to make a plan, and appointed the son-in-law Xiao Ting as the general and Hu Wu as the deputy general. He dispatched 50,000 troops and headed south tomorrow.

Jing Yi received the order with a loud voice.

Xiao Yu, as the elder brother, Xiao Qian was not afraid of danger, but was worried that the third brother would be inexperienced and had an accident on the battlefield. Both knelt down and begged Emperor Yanqing to re-substitute him. Emperor Yanqing smiled and comforted him: "I know you can't bear to leave your younger brother, but you must remember that the descendants of the Xiao family are all eagles. If you blindly protect them, how can you become a talent? I have decided, and you two don't have to say anything anymore."

Xiao Yu frowned, and Xiao Fan glared at his third brother fiercely. He could stay behind honestly. Why can he show off his strength? I really thought that if I could learn a few tricks of guns, I could be a general? Kung Fu and kill the enemy is not the same as me. What if I was scared by real swords and guns when I arrived on the battlefield?

The more I think about it, the more angry I get.

Jing Yi was calm on the surface, but after retreating to the imperial throne, she gradually became confused in her heart. She had the intention of defending the country, but could she really do it? She had never been so far away, and she had never killed anyone. If she could not resist the enemy soldiers, she would lose the faces of the Xiao family and grandfather...

She did not regret volunteering, but Jingyi suddenly worried that she would let down her grandfather's trust.

"Tingsheng, come with me."

After the scattering court, Emperor Yanqing passed by her and suddenly whispered.

Jing Yi finally came back to his senses and followed behind without expression. At this point, Jing Yi only regards the men in front of him as emperors, not his father.

When he arrived at Qianyuan Palace, Emperor Yanqing sat on the warm couch next to the window with his hand stove in his arms and asked his son-in-law with concern: "How confident is Tingsheng to go south this time?"

Jing Yi lowered her head and said, "When you try your best." She was not sure, but she would try to do her best.

Emperor Yanqing nodded and sighed, "You are the one I have grown up. You four brothers, the queen mother loves you the most, and I like you the most. If Tingsheng did not practice martial arts, I would never be willing to send you to the battlefield. But a man is a real man. Since you have chosen to inherit your father's ambitions, no matter how reluctant I am, I must give you more opportunities to experience."

Jing Yi immediately knelt down and thanked loudly.

"Get up, we are a family, don't have to kneel down at any time."

Emperor Yanqing waved his hand and waited for his son-in-law to stand up, he coughed. He looked at his son-in-law and reminded him: "Tingsheng, I am still worried about your first time leading a army. Why don't you go and persuade the Duke of Guru? He is idle at home. As long as you plead with Jing Yi, please help the Duke of Guru to accompany you on the battle. Duke of Guru is weak and 80% will agree."

Emperor Yanqing always hoped that Xu Guang would make a comeback. Since Xu Guang did not take his imperial edict in his eyes, he sent Xu Guang's grandson-in-law to go there. Now that Xu Guang loves his granddaughter so much, how could he sit down and watch Xiao Ting take risks on the battlefield alone, and how could he put his granddaughter in a situation where he might be widowed at any time?

Emperor Yanqing did not believe it.

Then as long as Xu Guang goes, the Great Zhou will win, and the Second, Xiao Ting has given me some advice and has experienced enough experience. In the future, he may be more general than Xiao Yu and Xiao Jia brothers. Emperor Yanqing has already thought about it. He will help Xiao Ting learn all the skills of Xu Guang before he can't move his war horses, and then use it for the royal family of the Great Zhou in the future.

Realizing that this plan is very wonderful, Emperor Yanqing raised his lips and asked his son-in-law: "What do you think of Tingsheng?"

Jing Yi thought nothing and lowered his head and said perfunctorily: "I try it as much as possible, but my grandfather is old and I'm afraid he won't agree."

The son-in-law was tactful, Emperor Yanqing smiled and said confidently: "Take Jingyi with him, Jingyi will come forward, and the Duke of the Protector will definitely be soft-hearted."

It turns out that her daughter is just a chess piece he uses to use his grandfather’s pawn?

Jing Yi didn't want to talk to Emperor Yanqing anymore and left.

He was about to set off tomorrow. Jing Yi stayed at the Ministry of War in the morning and personally supervised the dispatch of troops in the afternoon. He was busy until the evening. Emperor Yanqing sent someone to remind her that she would remember to say goodbye to the Duke of the Guru before leaving.

Since Emperor Yanqing was staring at her every move, and the matter of going to war was almost busy for the time being, Jing Yi handed over some of the remaining trivial matters to her senior brother Hu Wu, and she rode back to the general's mansion first. The imperial edict had already been passed to the Xiao family. Old Mrs. Jiang cried while scolding her grandson. She was so impulsive that she was so fond of her grandson. The old man usually liked the third grandson the most, and in his heart he felt that the third grandson had not yet mastered his skills, so he was afraid that this time...

Because I was worried, I wanted to keep my child by my side and stare at him with my own eyes.

Liu felt uncomfortable, but the matter had already settled, so she had to force herself to comfort her mother-in-law first, and repeatedly reminded her son to be careful in everything.

Jing Yi was absent-minded when she heard this. On the way back to the house, she was most afraid of facing Xiao Ting, and was afraid that Xiao Ting would be angry with her, but after half an hour of returning, Xiao Ting didn't even show her face.

Finally saying goodbye to Liu, Jing Yi rushed to Taoranju. As soon as he entered the east room of the backyard, he saw Xiao Ting leaning lazily on the couch and watching the play. Looking at the play, Xiao Ting quickly withdrew his gaze and said to the play, "You have packed up your luggage, just take it away tomorrow morning."

Jing Yi stared at him in surprise.

Xiao Ting looked at her again and sneered, "Why, I think I'm too calm? If you want to be a general, the emperor agrees. No matter how much I make a fuss, why bother you? You really feel sorry for me, just win the battle earlier and come back early."

After saying that, I continued to watch the play.

Jing Yi always felt something was wrong. Although Xiao Ting did not blame her as much as she went to practice martial arts in the mountains, Jing Yi still took the initiative to apologize and said, "I didn't discuss it with you in advance, but I was still impulsive. But... After I leave, you should take good care of yourself and be careful of King Gong."

Xiao Ting curled his lips and said impatiently: "I understand, I've said it eight hundred times."

Jing Yi was silent. After a while, he said, "I want to say goodbye to my grandfather. Are you going?"

Xiao Ting looked up at him, suddenly threw away the play and put his shoes on the floor.

The couple got on the carriage together. On the way, Xiao Ting closed his eyes and took a nap. He didn't take the initiative to say a word. Jing Yi tried to provoke the topic, but was blocked by Xiao Ting Lengbingbingbing every time. Jing Yi knew that Xiao Ting was still angry, and he was angry than ever before, so angry that he didn't even want to send a temper to her.

However, the carriage has arrived at Xu's mansion, so I'll coax him later when I go back.

Jing Yi came to see his grandfather, of course he was not here to plead for mercy. She didn't mention the words of Emperor Yanqing, and only asked the elders if they had any instructions. Xu Guangfu said, "I have taught you all. You just need to remember that no matter what happens, you must make a calm judgment and avoid panic when encountering problems."

Jing Yi keeps it in mind.

"It's not early, you two should go back early." Looking out the window, Xu Guang said bluntly.

Jing Yi and Xiao Ting saluted the two elders and walked side by side.

Gao kept sending his two children outside the door. When he walked back, he couldn't help but shake his husband's arm: "You really don't care?"

She did this kind of girlish behavior, and Xu Guang laughed at her: "What should I do if you want me to do?"

Gao said worriedly: "Tingsheng led his troops for the first time. He was only eighteen years old. The soldiers probably didn't accept him. Besides, the climate in the south is dangerous, and it is a very different from our north. If Tingsheng is not suitable for the environment... No, you secretly follow him to help Tingsheng. The child will lead the troops back, how can he not be guided by his elders?"

Xu Guang still laughed, grabbed his wife's hand and said, "I'm leaving, what should you do?"

Gao finally understood and immediately pushed him: "I wish you stayed away from me, who would like to accompany you?"

After hearing this, Xu Guang suddenly carried the young man's wife to his shoulders and strode towards their three farm houses. Gao's face turned red with shame and was not angry and beat him on his shoulders. He couldn't beat him, so he left.

The old couple here are loving, Taoran lives in the backyard, but Xiao Ting always lies with his back to Jing Yi. No matter what Jing Yi says, he will not answer.

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