When Chu Huan saw Qi Hong, he saw him look anxious again, his face changed slightly, and he had already gotten up and went forward.

He arranged the queen in Mazhou and then led the army to fight. In order to ensure the safety of the queen, he not only allowed Mei Niang to protect her nearby, but also the personal guard Qi Hong also stayed in Mazhou to protect the safety of the queen.

At this moment, he saw Qi Hong suddenly appear in Tongzhou. This shock was extraordinary. Knowing that something must have happened, he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, what happened?"

Qi Hong had already knelt down on the ground and blamed himself: "Duke Chu, all of them are humble and incompetent, yes!"

Chu Huan was anxious, worried about the safety of the queen. After he knew that the queen had arrived in the northwest, Dingwu must have been unwilling to accept it. Now that Yingxiang has succeeded to the throne, the Divine Uniform Guard is likely to be in control of Dingwu. He is only worried that Dingwu will send the Divine Uniform Guard to the northwest to make things difficult. He grabbed Qi Hong's shoulder and said anxiously: "But what happened to the queen?"

"Don't worry, the queen is safe and sound, and the wife is still by the queen's side to protect her." Qi Hong said: "But Miss Lingshuang and King Qi!"

"What?" Hearing Ling Shuang, Chu Huan was even more worried, "What's wrong with Ling Shuang?"

Qi Hong said: "Miss Ling Shuang suddenly disappeared and disappeared. The King of Qi and King Qi disappeared later!"

Chu Huan was shocked and said sternly: "Qi Hong, I asked you to protect them, how could you not know where they were going? You!" His eyes widened and he was furious.

Qi Hong raised his hand and slapped him in the face. Xu Shao said anxiously: "Duke Chu, don't be anxious, there must be a reason in the middle!" He asked Qi Hong: "Brother Qi, what happened? Don't be anxious, say it carefully, have the King of Qi and the others been kidnapped?"

Qi Hong shook his head and said, "Miss Ling Shuang suddenly disappeared. We don't know his whereabouts, but the King of Qi should not have been kidnapped. After the King of Qi disappeared, we searched everywhere. The soldiers guarding the city gate said that one of them rode out of the city on a horse. They recognized that the horse was the war horse in the army, and the war horses were all registered, so they stopped them!"

"What does that person look like?"

"When the man saw that he was not allowed to leave the city, he was furious and said that he was the King of Qi. He scolded the soldiers guarding the gate. The brothers guarding the city gate sent people to report to General Lu, but they did not dare to stop the King of Qi. The King of Qi rode out of the city alone. When we arrived, the King of Qi was gone." Qi Hong said anxiously: "We sent people to search everywhere, but we have not found the trace of King of Qi. Moreover, the whereabouts of Miss Lingshuang are unknown. The lady suspected that the departure of King of Qi was related to Miss Lingshuang's disappearance and could not find their whereabouts. The lady sent a Beizi to report the details to the Tuan Chu."

Chu Huan walked slowly to the chair with a look of distress, sat down, thinking about something, but Xu Shao helped Qi Hong up and asked in a low voice: "There is no clue? Does the queen know where they went?"

Qi Hong walked to Chu Huan and said, "But there are indeed some clues left."

Chu Huan immediately looked up and asked, "What?"

"Eunuch Sun is the one who is next to King Qi. He told us that King Qi seemed to have some misunderstandings with Miss Lingshuang." Qi Hong recalled: "Eunuch Sun said that that night, King Qi was in a bad mood and drank a lot of alcohol, and even punished Eunuch Sun for kneeling in the yard. Later, Miss Lingshuang suddenly came over and said a few words. King Qi asked Eunuch Sun to leave!"

Chu Huan frowned, but said nothing.

"After Eunuch Sun went out, he was worried that something would happen, so he stayed outside the door and did not leave." Qi Hong said: "Later, I heard that Miss Ling Shuang and King Qi seemed to have a quarrel. At that time, Miss Ling Shuang seemed to be saying goodbye to King Qi!"

"Goodbye?" Chu Huan frowned even deeper and said to herself: "Ling Shuang is gentle and never quarrels with others. Moreover, she is by the side of King Qi and is always taking good care of her, gentle and considerate. Why did she suddenly quarrel?" He looked up and asked: "Why did she say goodbye to King Qi? What does that mean? Sun Desheng has made it clear?"

Qi Hong shook his head and said, "Eunuch Sun's words flickered. He only said that the two had quarrels. Miss Lingshuang wanted to say goodbye to King Qi. If the two of them said something, he did not explain carefully, but he should know more based on his appearance."

Chu Huan said: "Ling Shuang suddenly left, there must be a major change. Although the King of Qi had a quarrel with Ling Shuang that night, he might not have thought that why Ling Shuang would say goodbye. When Ling Shuang really left, the King of Qi was anxious. He left the city to find Ling Shuang." After a moment of pondering, he said: "To find their whereabouts, you must figure out why Ling Shuang left!" Looking at Qi Hong and asked: "What did the queen say? Does she know something?"

Qi Hong was about to shake his head, and suddenly thought of something, patted his head, "Bi Zhi was confused and almost missed a big deal." He took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Chu Huan: "Duke Chu, the queen is very anxious, but she didn't say anything. She knew that Bei Zhi was coming to see you. She asked Bei Zhi to hand over this letter to Chu Duke Chu, and repeatedly instructed that unless the letter was handed over to you in person, no one would be allowed to see this letter."

Chu Huan immediately took it, took it apart, glanced a few times, his body shook, his face changed drastically, and he held the letter in his palm.

"Duke Chu!" Xu Shao and Qi Hong were surprised when they saw Chu Huan's shock. Chu Huan had always been happy and angry, but at this moment, Chu Huan showed a rare look of shock when he saw the letter, and he didn't know what was written in the letter.

Chu Huan did not explain, waved his hand, and was silent for a moment before saying, "Qi Hong, you take a break, work harder, return to Kezhou, and tell the queen that I already know the matter, so that he doesn't have to worry too much, I will find them back as soon as possible. Tell the wife, protect the queen, and things are settled here, and I will go back to the northwest."

Qi Hong bowed and said, "I am obedient."

Chu Huan raised his hand and said, "Xu Shao, take Qi Hong to eat first. I'm a little tired of dealing with the matter in the city first. Take a rest for half a day, don't let someone come and disturb me!"

Seeing Chu Huan's face was exhausted, Xu Shao bowed and said, "Duke Chu has a good rest. Other matters will be handled properly."

Xishan Road Yunshan Prefecture City.

The defeat in Tongzhou naturally could not be spread all over the world. Qiao Mingtang led the defeated generals back to Yunshan Prefecture City, and immediately ordered the entire city to close the gates and deploy the small number of troops left in the city to the gates.

In this battle, Qiao Mingtang's old money accumulated over the years was completely lost. Not only did he have few soldiers left, but he also lost the most important Tongzhou.

Tongzhou was once synonymous with the poverty of Xishan Road, but it was because Tongzhou's most important mineral was controlled by the imperial court. When this golden steamed bun finally fell into his hands, Qiao Mingtang was about to use it to expand his strength. Before he could do anything, he was snatched away by Chu Huan. He was extremely upset. If he knew that it was today's situation, Chu Huan should have been strangled in the cradle.

Losing a major financial location is certainly a heavy blow, but the most terrifying thing is that Chu Huan, who owns Tongzhou, not only possesses the minerals in Tongzhou and further expands his financial strength, but also has completely opened the passage between the northwest and the inner gates, and his strength has increased dramatically. Now it has become a couch next to a couch, with a tiger with eyes open. From now on, with the strength of Xishan, not only can it not be able to recover the southern part of Xishan, but it has to worry that the Northwest Army will head north to attack Yunshan Prefecture at any time. Yunshan Prefecture is only a few days away from Tongzhou, and with the mobility of the Northwest cavalry, it may appear in Yunshan at any time.

Although Qiao Mingtang is not good at leading troops to fight, he also knows that with the strength of Yunshan, Chu Huan may not be able to easily use troops to Yunshan before he is fully prepared. However, he is worried that Chu Huan will send cavalry into Yunshan from time to time to harass the entire Yunshan people, which will inevitably lead to dissolution of people's hearts.

When Mrs. Qiao brought a cup of freshly brewed tea to Qiao Mingtang, Qiao Mingtang was still thinking and looked solemn. It had been two days since she returned to Yunshan. Mrs. Qiao only saw Qiao Mingtang's expression being solemn and ugly from beginning to end, without showing a smile. She knew in her heart that Qiao Mingtang was in trouble, so she placed the tea cup on the table next to her and reached out to hold Qiao Mingtang's hand.

Qiao Mingtang came to his senses at this time, raised his head, looked at his beautiful wife with a look of concern, but still couldn't laugh. He just sighed lightly and asked, "Is Wei Tianqing back?"

Mrs. Qiao shook her head and said softly: "If Liangzhou City really falls, the military commander should come back soon. Master, you have also said that victory or defeat is a common thing for military affairs, so don't be too anxious."

"Come back?" Qiao Mingtang said indifferently, "I'm afraid he will never come back."

Mrs. Qiao was stunned and asked in confusion: "Master, are you saying that the Wei Governor will not come back? This Master, the Wei Governor is loyal to you, he will not!"

"Women, how can you understand the truth?" Qiao Mingtang said lightly: "Chu Huan now lives in the northwest three roads, and is a veritable king of the northwest. He has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, but only lacks money and food. Now he has obtained Tongzhou and his strength has greatly increased. This person has ambition to plan for the world. Wei Tianqing has a close relationship with him back then. Don't forget that when Chu Huan was able to enter the Imperial Guard, it was Wei Tianqing's recommendation. If it weren't for Wei Tianqing, Chu Huan could not reach Yunshan Mansion and the Imperial Guard, he would not have the chance to see the King of Qi, and he would not have the chance to rise to the sky in the future." A cold smile, "Wi Tianqing really wasn't moved with such a big tree?"

Mrs. Qiao frowned and said, "Master, the Wei general is with you over the years, and is loyal and reliable. Although he has friendship with Chu Huan, he is even more loyal to you. I think Wei Tianqing should not leave you because of his friendship with Chu Huan."

Qiao Mingtang picked up the teacup next to him, took a sip, put it down and said, "Madam, Xixi, all for profit, Xixi, all for profit, Chu Huan is now different from the past, Wei Tianqing follows me, but is just a commander, in his opinion, following Chu Huan may be able to achieve great success." His eyes became cold, "The nearly 20,000 troops in Liangzhou are the foundation of my Western Mountains, but just one battle, the entire army was wiped out for no reason. If Wei Tianqing is incompetent and is easily defeated by the Northwest Army, would you believe it?"
Chapter completed!