Fairy, Please Let Me Explain

a day later.

The endless blizzard in the sky is still falling as usual.

The dilapidated Beifeng City has crawled like a giant beast on the only way for the barbarians to go south, but the barbarians who have just completely occupied this giant city have begun to withdraw from the giant city one after another.

They did not understand the king's order, but because of their trust in the king, they followed it anyway.

After the wandering wolf cavalry received the war materials provided by the sect, the huge barbarian army brushed past the endless camp of the sect and headed north under the cover of the blizzard.

The tacit understanding of the two huge armies that are hostile to each other is so weird that it seems to be performing a pantomime.

Both sides are so vigilant, but they also maintain restraint.

And while this weird scene was going on,

In a snow forest two hundred miles to the north, a group of hundreds of remnants of soldiers is taking a short rest.

It was very quiet in the snowy forest, and most people were silently running exercises to restore the little source energy left in their bodies.

Li Qingyan quietly sat cross-legged in the middle of the army formation, closed his eyes and rested his mind, his heroic face looked a little tired.

I don't know how long it has passed in the swaying wind and snow,

A man in a purple python suit floated down in the blizzard, and there were still some thunder arcs mixed with him.

As soon as Li Zhaoyuan landed, a woman in a red unicorn official uniform immediately stood up and bowed to salute:

"Second Highness."

Li Zhaoyuan glanced sideways at her:

"Mengxi, don't be too polite, take the time to adjust your wound."

Xu Mengxi quickly bowed his head and saluted:

"Thanks to the elixir given by His Highness the Second Highness, Mengxi's injuries no longer affect her actions at this moment."

In that kind of desperate situation of defending the city, the more honest and upright the person would suffer the heaviest injuries.

Xu Mengxi was not Zhou Chen's sixth child. He had deliberately hard-wired the barbarian totem at the beginning of the war and then pretended to be dead, hiding behind to recuperate.

In the last offensive and defensive battle on the north city wall, Xu Mengxi fought desperately. If Li Zhaoyuan hadn't rescued her, she would have been beaten to a pool of blood by the barbarian totem at this moment.

In Li Zhaoyuan's deep black eyes, there is just the right softness:

"In the future, we may encounter wolf cavalry from barbarians cruising outside, so don't rush forward at that time."

Xu Mengxi curled her red lips slightly when she heard the words, and was about to say something more, but Li Zhaoyuan waved her hand:

"Okay, you rest first, I need to find Qing Yan for something."

"Yes." Xu Mengxi was slightly disappointed, but still nodded, sitting cross-legged, exhaling and adjusting his breath.

Walking in front of Li Qingyan silently, Li Zhaoyuan sat down slowly.

Li Qingyan also opened and closed her phoenix eyes at this time, and asked:

"Second brother, how is the situation?"

Although he is a nobleman, Li Zhaoyuan, as the person with the highest cultivation level among the remnant soldiers, took over the task of scouting without any complaints.

After a moment of silence, Li Zhaoyuan glanced at the south, and said in a low tone:

"The barbarians and the sect have reached an agreement. Now that the barbarians have started to move northward, there is a high probability that they are preparing to take over Houting County."

Li Qingyan nodded slightly:

"This speed is earlier than I expected, but at least it has been delayed for a day."

Li Zhaoyuan pondered for a moment, then asked in a low voice:

"Qingyan, are we still going to Houting County now?"

"En." Li Qingyan nodded.

Li Zhaoyuan frowned slightly:

"There should still be people left behind from the sect over there. If the sect in the northern border really reached an agreement with the barbarians"

Speaking of this, he didn't continue to say, but the meaning was already very clear.

After being defeated in Beifeng, the reason why they chose Houting County instead of going to the Zongmen camp outside Beifeng City was because they were worried that the Zongmen would sell them directly to the barbarians as bargaining chips.

Today's hundreds of remnants are no match for those sects.

Once they entered their camp, hundreds of them could disappear silently.

In other words, going to the Houting County area will also have this risk.

When the barbarian army arrived, as long as the Zongmen frontier army staying in Houting County dragged them back, they would also be able to make them disappear silently.

Li Qingyan couldn't see any joy or anger in those crimson eyes, and asked in a flat voice:

"Second brother, do you think the barbarian king will really abide by the agreement with the sect?"

"What?" Li Zhaoyuan murmured subconsciously, his eyes were a bit strange.

Li Qingyan raised his eyes and glanced at the thick snow cloud over the Xuelin:

"Second brother, what the northern sects want to see is that the barbarians and our court elite are desperately fighting, and they are watching from the sidelines, but the ultimate goal of that barbarian king from the beginning to the end is to break the northern seal city and invade us in the south. Great inflammation."

"If you think about it differently, I am standing in the position of the barbarian king. I am more inclined that the barbarians will give them a surprise attack when the elite sect masters enter the city."

"Raid?"

Li Zhaoyuan frowned even tighter: "The barbarian kings now know that we have cloud energy bombs, a magic tool to disperse the blizzard. If they lose their time, if they don't rely on the city or some geographical advantages to fight fiercely in the field, their chances of winning are almost zero."

Li Qingyan shook his head:

"That's why the barbarian king waited for a day."

Li Zhaoyuan looked thoughtful:

"one day?"

Li Qingyan narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, and her voice was a little hoarse:

"Maybe the Barbarian King is waiting for the Zongmen to offer a higher price this day, but in fact, I still prefer that he is judging whether the Zongmen's elite has a third cloud energy bullet. After all, if there is, the Zongmen will The door only needs to blow up another Yunqi bomb under Beifeng City to disperse the snowstorm, and they can only compromise obediently."

Li Zhaoyuan was silent for a few breaths, and slowly got up.

Li Qingyan stopped him:

"Second brother, where are you going?"

Li Zhaoyuan replied naturally:

"Naturally, we are going to monitor the movements in Beifeng City. If the Zongmen fights with the barbarians, we need first-hand information."

Li Qingyan's phoenix eyes revealed a hint of playfulness:

"Second brother, although your cultivation level is high, if they really fight, after the army formation composed of hundreds of thousands of troops is fully deployed, it will not be difficult for the general to find you. This trip is too dangerous, let's forget it."

Facing Li Qingyan's gaze, Li Zhaoyuan exhaled and cupped his hands:

"In that case, I'd better stay by Qing Yan's side."

Li Qingyan smiled slightly, stood up on his knees, and glanced at the resting soldiers around him, his voice was heroic and resonant:

"Conclude the marching array and continue northward to Houting County."

The marching array is a kind of military formation, and the soldiers' source of qi resonates and complements each other, which can realize long-distance raids.

After there was no more sound, a group of hundreds of people stepped on the snow and headed north.

When approaching Houting County, Li Qingyan suddenly frowned and stopped the marching soldiers:

"Stop."

The elite teachers were all ordered and prohibited. The moment she spoke, the queue of hundreds of people immediately stopped on the snow field.

Li Qingyan's red eyes looked beyond the white snowfall, and vaguely saw two figures standing on a small hillside not far away.

watching

A sound transmission with a delicate smile fluttered across the two miles of wind and snow and accurately passed into Li Qingyan's ears:

"His Highness Wu Yuan, our parents miss you so much, we are here to wait for you."

Hearing this, Li Qingyan's chest rose and fell slightly.

But the next moment,

Li Qingyan glanced sideways at the soldiers behind him, and immediately said in a low voice:

"Immediately arrive at Houting County. Everyone rests in place, forms a black martial arts formation, and waits for the order of the palace."

After all,

Li Qingyan glanced at the accompanying Li Zhaoyuan again:

"Second brother, please also trouble you to guard your surroundings to prevent the barbarian wolf cavalry from raiding."

Li Zhaoyuan also saw the two people standing on the hillside in the distance, pondered for a moment, nodded and said:

"Okay, do you need someone to accompany you?"

Li Qingyan's red lips curled up slightly, and he asked back with his side eyes:

"Second brother, how can my son-in-law be willing to be unfavorable to me?"

After all,

Li Qingyan stepped on his feet, and the whole body rushed towards the distant hillside like an arrow from the string.

The distance of two miles passed by in an instant.

landing,

Xu Yuan turned his back and looked into the distance, while Lou Ji stood behind him, folded his hands on his chest and said with a smile:

"Your Highness is here, our parents have something to say to you."

Li Qingyan looked at his back, his chest rose and fell slightly, he stepped forward and said with a smile:

"Oh? What else does the son-in-law want to say to this palace?"

Hearing this, Xu Yuan slowly looked back.

Between the wind and snow, they looked at each other for a while.

Xu Yuan frowned slightly, and moved sideways one step behind Lou Ji.

He saw the urge to beat someone up in Li Qingyan's eyes.

Seeing this scene, Lou Ji giggled and dragged Xu Yuan out from behind.

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Being pushed in front of Li Qingyan, looking at her beautiful eyes so close, Xu Yuan glanced back at Lou Ji.

Lou Ji crossed her arms, ready to be a fun person and watch the fun.

With a sigh, Xu Yuan said helplessly:

"Sister, please leave for a while, it seems that Qingyan should have something to say to me alone."

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Lou Ji's eyes scanned the two of them, curled her lips, and while chanting some miscellaneous things, she swayed her plump figure and disappeared into the wind and snow.

After Lou Ji left, the two standing on the hillside were a little silent.

Xu Yuan looked at the woman in red in front of him, shook his head, and said with a smile:

"It looks like, Qingyan, you have a lot to say to me?"

"What do you say?"

The cold wind messed up the ends of Li Qingyan's hair, his red crystal pupils stared straight at the man in front of him, and the smile on his lips was a bit dangerous.

After listening to the reminder when this guy left, she realized many things.

She was played by him.

From the beginning, the whole situation in Beifeng City was caused by this guy.

Under her gaze, Xu Yuan slowly sat cross-legged on this hill, and then patted the side beside him, motioning for Li Qingyan to sit down too.

But Li Qingyan didn't move, just stared at him quietly.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan shook his head.

Not obedient at all, I miss the fifth day of Da Bing Tuo Zi.

After a pause, he said to himself:

"Qing Yan, I think you should have seen some clues, right? After all, even if Beifeng City fell, didn't you touch the things I left in the North City Wall?"

"Ah"

Li Qingyan was so angry that he sneered: "My son-in-law, do you think I dare to touch the things you left behind? If you don't pay attention, the first-rank powerhouse will die there."

Xu Yuan was dumbfounded when he heard the words, and said with a smile:

"Sometimes lifting the floor can be considered an art."

"Art?"

Li Qingyan's long hair fluttering in the wind was a little bit white: "I don't know if it's art or not, but I know that if there are those source crystals for energy, Beifeng City will not be lost until now."

"Yes, it will definitely not be lost."

Xu Yuan nodded in agreement, then stared at Li Qingyan, and asked, "And then? How long can those defenders in the city last?"

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Li Qingyan was silent.

The most fundamental problem of the fall of Beifeng was not the lack of energy in the defense formation, but the lack of troops, but the attitude of the elite sects outside the city to their allies when they were in trouble.

After counting breaths,

She looked at his angular profile:

"Xu Changtian, from the very beginning, you have been trying your best to make Beifeng City fall as soon as possible. Is what I said right?"

Xu Yuan raised his head slightly, met her gaze, and nodded directly:

"yes."

Li Qingyan let out a long breath when he heard the words, but he was not angry, and asked calmly:

"So, you were also responsible for the bombing of the Arc de Triomphe in Nancheng?"

Xu Yuan hesitated a little when he heard the words, and this time his answer was ambiguous:

"Maybe, maybe not."

Li Qingyan frowned slightly and gradually narrowed his eyes:

"What do you mean by that?"

Xu Yuan propped his hands on the snow layer behind him, looked up at the dark and snowy sky, was quiet for a while, and then said quietly:

"I did not do this,

"However, I suspect my father did it."

"." Li Qingyan.

This is a bit too much information.

Thinking deeper, can it be understood that Mr. Xu had an affair with the barbarians?

After a pause, Li Qingyan frowned and asked:

"You mean, Mr. Xu has connections with the barbarians?"

"ha?"

Xu Yuan chuckled, staring at Li Qingyan with a playful smile: "Why do you have such thoughts?"

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Li Qingyan was quiet for a moment, and chose to lean over and sit beside him, exhaling:

"That's right, I was a little confused just now. Xu Gong and the barbarians have no common interests, and based on my understanding of the barbarian king, it is impossible for him to gamble the luck of the whole family on a promise made by others, and detour to the north to seal the south of the city." , will only be his own decision."

Speaking of this, Li Qingyan stared sideways at Xu Yuan:

"So, this should be Mr. Xu's idle game?"

"Probably, after all, a carload of source crystals is not too precious to my Prime Minister's Mansion."

Xu Yuan's voice was soft and slow.

The giant triumphal gate in the south of the city was blown up by a carriage from the Tianan Chamber of Commerce. At first, Xu Yuan also felt that someone was framing their Xiangguo Mansion.

But the more you know about it, the more it seems something is wrong.

Previously, the four of them were able to enter Beifeng City without accepting the inspection because Li Qingyan, the commander of the Habayashi Army, was there.

And what about the carriage with the logo of the Tianan Chamber of Commerce?

Just like that, carrying a carload of prohibited items, he passed the inspections outside the city and entered the Arc de Triomphe.

And more importantly,

After the incident, Lou Ji's own investigation failed to find out the slightest clue about the carriage.

How many people in this world can do such a thing?

Coupled with the fact that Zong Qingsheng was able to contact Di'an City in real time with Tianxun Yuanjing, the old man knew very well how long it had been since the army that had penetrated into the snow field had been harassed on a large scale.

This is not the idle chess played by the old man, who did it?

After the words fell, the two fell silent for a while.

Li Qingyan pondered for a while, then asked word by word:

"Even if it's playing chess, there should be a reason. Xu Gong. What is the reason why you want Beifeng to fall?"

"Because I can't keep it."

"I can keep it."

Li Qingyan said very seriously: "If you didn't do those things from the beginning, Beifeng City would be able to defend it if it wanted to."

Xu Yuan sighed and said:

"I don't know anything about military affairs. With Qingyan's strategy, you may be able to hold on until Lord Hou and Mr. Zong go south, but this will not maximize the benefits."

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Li Qingyan thought for a moment, the look in his eyes became a bit complicated, and his red lips parted, but he still didn't say anything in the end.

Seeing the change in her expression, Xu Yuan smiled gently and said:

"I thought you were going to beat me up."

Li Qingyan slowly raised his eyes and laughed at himself:

"I still know how to choose between a northern city and a hundred years of peace in the northern border. Just like what the son-in-law said before he left last time, you can only gain if you give up."

talking,

She pursed her red lips: "It's just that I didn't expect that Bengong would become a pawn in your concubine's hand."

"I?"

Xu Yuan raised his finger and pointed at himself, then shook his head: "You think highly of me."

There was a smile of unknown meaning on the corner of Li Qingyan's lips, and his long hair fluttered against the cold wind:

"I led the elite out of the city to attack the camp, son-in-law, you immediately provided cloud energy bullets for the sect. At first, I thought it was your stupidity, but now it seems that I am short-sighted. It is specifically to force the barbarians to attack the city by force. It attracted 300,000 elites from the sect to go south, and encountered them outside Beifeng City."

"My palace is only thinking about how to slaughter the barbarians, but you, son-in-law, not only want to kill the barbarians, but also drive the tigers and wolves to eat the 300,000 elites of the Zongmen in one fell swoop, so you treat Beifeng City, an important town through the ages, as an outcast Can't you be considered a chess player?"

"Of course not."

Xu Yuan took a deep look at Li Qingyan and shook his head:

"What I have done is just a corner of the chess game."

"A corner?"

"Do you still remember those military frames we saw all the way north?"

"Those military trucks used to deliver relief supplies to the victims of the northern border?"

"Yes, those are the ones, but I guess the targets of those "disaster relief" are not ordinary victims, but those mountain gates of the northern sect."

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The wind howled, and the silence spread.

Xu Yuan stood up slowly propping up his knees, looked in the direction of Di'an City from a distance, and said in a low voice:

"Qing Yan, we are all chess pieces, and the real chess players are in Di'an City."

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