"Brother Mu, how are you today?"
Yan Qingchuan entered the carriage with the chill of early spring, but he spoke with a bit of guilt. If it weren't for the young man slumped limply in the carriage, others would have thought he was greeting him as a long-time friend.
Gu Xiao, who had no internal strength, followed the chilly early spring wind as he got into the carriage, and wanted to stretch out his hand to tighten the thick clothes around him. When he reached out, he had no strength, so he had to put down his hand slumpedly and help himself. He laughed and said, "I drank three glasses of wine today to relieve the chill, and took a pill of Ruanjin Powder to make my whole body feel weak."
Gu Xiao had no other intention, but Yan Qingchuan, who felt guilty in his heart, heard it full of ridicule, and sighed with guilt: "Brother Mu, why are you so stubborn?"
Gu Xiao smiled bitterly, but with an inference in his heart, he tried and said: "I'm not stubborn, I just can't help myself. But Brother Yan, if you don't move around in the army these days, but only stay by my carriage, is it against you, General Yu Gao?" Appointment? "
"Brother Mu, don't worry about it anymore. I can't explain the reason to you now. I will let you know when the time is right." Yan Qingchuan could easily see through these probing words.
Old Chen in the carriage also took over the words: "Brother Mu, it's not that you can't help yourself. You have always had a choice, but you are unwilling to follow General Gao's advice. This is why you have been trapped. The reason for being in this carriage."
"Hahaha, Senior Chen is right. As the saying goes, if you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer the consequences. I asked the wrong question. Please ask Senior to punish me with three more drinks." Although the young man is physically weak, he has a pair of stars. With a cunning light in his eyes, he actually opened his mouth to ask for a drink from Lao Chen.
Old Chen smiled and said, "As long as Brother Mu figures it out, it's not a problem if he wants to drink the world's best wines, not to mention these military spirits."
After saying that, he took out the wine bag, filled the wine cup, and held it in front of the young man.
Gu Xiao carefully watched Lao Chen's cautious appearance when he was pouring wine, and his starry eyes showed a little light, but when Lao Chen filled the wine cup, he quickly covered it up and returned to his helpless and limp appearance.
He forced himself to open his mouth, put the wine cup to his lips, and took a sip with great effort. Just when he was about to continue to get some useful clues to Lao Chen and Yan Qingchuan, he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves outside the carriage. Soon, Xu An spoke directly about retreating thirty miles.
Lao Chen usually only works as a medical officer, so he didn't find this sudden retreat very strange. However, Yan Qingchuan was stunned for a moment, and then his expression suddenly changed. He cupped his fists in salute to Gu Xiao, then opened the car curtain and walked out. When Chen saw this, he realized what was going on. He glanced at the limp young man and confirmed that the properties of the Ruanjin Powder were still there, and followed Yan Qingchuan out.
Yan Qingchuan and Lao Chen temporarily retreated from the carriage for more than ten feet. Xu An seemed to have lingering fears about the young man's martial arts, and was still uneasy, worried that the young man could hear the conversation between the three of them, until Lao Chen said that the young man was poisoned by Ruanjin San and could not listen. After a few people were talking, Xu An spoke.
"General Gao ordered me to invite you two to come and discuss."
"Order the patrol to retreat thirty miles? The day of military regulations is approaching, and even Wan Jun can't stop the patrol general from entering the city. This Shan Bin is so bold, I don't know what his intentions are." Yan Qingchuan is a knight The battalion commander, who was familiar with military discipline, immediately noticed something fishy.
"Commander Yan, please be patient. We still don't know the reason for this. Since General Gao has summoned us, let's go discuss it first." Lao Chen was calm and said frankly that it was powerful.
Xu An looked at the soldiers who were ordered to retreat, and his heart became more worried. He said to the two of them: "Medical Officer Chen is right. Commander Yan, we'd better go see General Gao first and make long-term plans."
The three of them had reached an agreement and rode away, but they didn't notice that the carriage curtain trapping the young man, more than ten feet away, seemed to be lifted up by the wind and slowly fell down.
The young man in the car swept away his previous limp appearance, his eyes were shining with starlight, and he took advantage of the slight gap to watch a few people. It was not until the three of them drove away that they lowered the car curtain that was partially opened in their hands.
During these days of being trapped in the carriage, Gu Xiao found that whenever Lao Chen poured wine, he was extremely careful, as if he was afraid that something in his sleeve would accidentally fall into the wine cup, so he guessed that if it weren't for the soft tendons in Lao Chen's sleeve, Even if the antidote is scattered, it is something you don’t want to touch.
Lao Chen and Yan Qingchuan may not have known that the boy was still paralyzed and unable to walk despite taking Ruanjin Powder every day.
It's luck, but if you take the same medicine too much, the effectiveness of the medicine will gradually decrease.
Lao Chen and the other two didn't seem to notice, and they continued to feed the young man Ruanjin Powder according to the time of day. Until one day, the young man had completely calculated the time of Ruanjin Powder's effect, and wanted to take advantage of the time when Lao Chen came to give him the medicine again. He took the opportunity to attack, but then he thought about Mr. Yun's whereabouts, so he resisted the desire to take action.
Gu Xiao, who had already had the strength to escape, although he still had to endure the pain of Ruanjin San every day, he was more willing to suffer from Ruanjin San than to verify what he had speculated in his mind.
"Since it has been going on for so long, we might as well take a look at what happened. At worst, we can wait until we enter the city and then wait for an opportunity to escape. Then we can also search for Mr. Yun's whereabouts in the city. I just don't know if Miss Jiang and the others have entered the wild goose. Beicheng." The young man murmured in his heart. Although his face was still pale and limp, the concentrated light in his eyes could no longer be concealed.
While I was thinking about it, my ears suddenly moved slightly, as if I heard something, and I hurriedly tilted my body again, returning to the drugged and weak state.
The car curtain was quietly opened, and a man quietly got into the car while the troops were retreating outside. When he saw the person coming, even the young man couldn't help being shocked, and said softly: "Why is it you?"
The visitor was no more than a young man, with a pair of big eyes, and he spoke urgently to Gu Xiao: "Don't worry, my dear benefactor, although the guards are vigilant, they are currently busy with retreating troops. I am small and there is no one around." Notice that Sixth Brother has already joined us outside. As long as we escape while the guard is not tight now, and get into the forest outside, no matter how many patrols there are, they will not be able to find us."
Looking at the messy little bean, all kinds of feelings came to her heart. At this point, Mo Jun, her little body had to endure a lot of hardships to keep up with the marching pace of the patrol. At this time, the frost on her long eyelashes was still condensed. Weirong, but still thinking about saving himself from trouble.
Unfortunately, I still have Mr. Yun's whereabouts to investigate. The current patrol is indeed the best place to investigate. If I leave here, not to mention attracting pursuers, Yan Qingchuan's intention of defecting to Gao Deng will no longer be possible. may be known.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao stretched out his hand to stroke the mess on Xiaodouzi's face, and then said with determination: "Xiaodouzi, do you believe in your benefactor?"
"As for my benefactor, you are my benefactor from Mo County. Of course Xiaodouzi believes in you." Xiaodouzi replied hurriedly.
"Okay, if you believe me, try to enter Yanbei City first, find an inn to stay with the six brothers, and I will come to find you after I finish my work."
Xiaodouzi was puzzled. His benefactor was so seriously injured in Mo County and was escorted all the way here by the patrol. Why did he open his mouth as if he did it on purpose? When he was about to ask a question, he saw that his face was pale and limp. The helpless benefactor raised his palm lightly, and his pale face turned rosy in just one breath.
Xiaodouzi understood instantly and immediately said with a smile: "Xiaodouzi should have guessed a long time ago that my benefactor will not be captured by these bad guys because of his superb martial arts skills. It turns out that my benefactor has already planned it. This is good. Xiaodouzi will leave now. So as not to ruin the great favor of our benefactor."
Gu Xiao couldn't bear it when he saw Xiaodouzi trying to stretch her head to look out. He wanted to keep her by his side, but then he thought about the two masters Yan Qingchuan and Lao Chen who were guarding the patrol, so he had to relent.
"By the way, my benefactor, my sixth brother and I have also brought the wooden box and other things you hid in Mo County. After entering Yanbei City, if necessary, just go to Yunlai Inn to find us."
Xiaodouzi was about to get out of the carriage when he seemed to remember his benefactor's belongings. He quickly looked back and finished speaking. Before Gu Xiao could speak, he jumped out of the carriage. While the guards around him were still paying attention to the retreat, he , and got into the snow forest on the side.
At the beginning of spring, the snow started again, which seemed to be in response to the saying that auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. However, there was no good harvest atmosphere in Yanbei City. The sound of fighting and walking on the streets gradually made the people in the city feel a little panicked. Last time, this happened With the sound of fighting, the next day I heard that General Wan's mansion was confiscated. Now that I heard about it again, I really don't know what a big thing happened.
It was getting late, and a battalion of soldiers on the street walked hurriedly, with solemn faces, towards the city gate. The few pedestrians on the street saw them, and they all turned aside to avoid them. Only three people in an antique shop in the alley on the street saw them. These Yanbei soldiers looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
The three of them closed the door of the shop for a moment and watched the Yanbei soldiers disappearing away.
Talk loudly.
"My lord, I heard that Yanbei Commander Shan Bin led his troops to bloodbath the North Territory General's Mansion just before Yuanri Festival. I think he was acting on Emperor Qiyun's order. Now he is actually going there as your lord said. By increasing the number of troops at Yanbei City Gate, are they really planning to betray Qi Yun..."
The person who spoke was dressed in snow. Who could it be if he wasn't Wang Heng, the young master of the Golden Knife Gate? The two people beside him were none other than Xu Mo, the sword guard elder, and the Jin envoy. Watching the Yanbei soldiers rushing to the north gate, they couldn't help but I wonder what method the Jin envoy used to make the dignified commander of the Yanbei Army switch sides.
The envoy of Jin smiled mysteriously and said: "Everyone has selfish motives... I worry not about the scarcity of the population but about the inequality. Now that the prince knows my identity, the most important thing now is not the accident in Yanbei City, but to try to find a way out first." At that time, what is the fate of that picture?"
Wang Heng frowned slightly when he heard this. Although he had just verbally agreed to help, when it came time to help, he thought about Xiao Jiujiu again. His father and son had been sneaking into Qiyun for many years, and they saw that the defense plan and the liger were already there. With some clues, this Jin envoy came. If he really succeeded, the father and son had to suffer for many years and made wedding clothes for others. With such thoughts, he spoke with embarrassment.
"My lord, what you said is true. However, I and Elder Xu have been investigating for many days, but we still haven't found any clues. That's why we gathered people in Yanbei City. With the current situation in Yanbei City, if we tamper with it, will we be able to alert the enemy?"
The envoy of Jin had been immersed in the officialdom for many years and was a master of martial arts. How could Wang Heng's little thoughts escape his eyes? He sneered in his heart, but his words were full of sincerity: "What Mr. Wang said is absolutely true. I have a secret." The Dharma can relieve the worries in your heart."
"Oh? Your Majesty, please speak. Wang Heng is listening attentively." Wang Heng knew that the other party's martial arts level was extremely high. He did not listen to his excuses and had no choice but to deal with him. He was still thinking about how to prevent the Jin envoy from taking the credit.
"Shan Bin is greedy for power. I promised him a lot of money to rebel against Qi and return to Jin. In Yanbei now, although Shan Bin has a high position of power, it is not enough to shake Yanbei City. Even if he raises his troops to rebel, he can only The chaos of wild geese in the north is not enough for my cavalry of Jin to break through the pass and go south."
