After Lin Han and the other two generals left, Liang Jin sighed in a low breath and said: "Mr. Mu Ya, in fact, I still have doubts, since it is a bait soldier, it is enough to send ordinary generals out to deal with it, shouldn't the six commanders be sent out?" Now all the generals in the camp are injured, only me and Lin Han have full strength, because I have to guard the barracks, so it is inconvenient to go out, I don't know what to plan next." ”

Mu Ya glanced at Liang Jin, then glanced at Jiang Ming, who was sitting on the side, and said calmly: "Second Commander, it is your order to send the six Commanders out, and the Second Commander also knows the importance of this, but if you choose to do this, it can only show that the Second Commander has an arrangement, and in my opinion, the Second Commander should have a plan, so you can say it and listen to it." ”

Liang Jin said with a smile: "Sir really understands very well, now our military camp can't withstand the consumption of these bait, I have actually sent sentries and spies to infiltrate the enemy army before, from the news that comes back, I can know that Pang Lu is indeed brewing a conspiracy, he has an army secretly sneaking out of Jiaozhi City, my people found out that this team is led by Kou Xiuyong and Deng Zhun, and its whereabouts are unknown." ”

Mu Ya said: "A secret army, since there is an army out of the city, and it is led by two eight-stage martial arts masters, the matter to be dealt with is definitely not a trivial matter, although they have not come to the military camp for the time being, but we still have to be prepared to defend." In addition, investigating the important events in the Jiaozhi area these days, I also suspect that Pang Lu's target is not us, but wants to use these bait soldiers to cover up him to do other things. ”

Liang Jin pondered for a long time and said, "Are there two important events these days, but it is difficult to determine that Pang Lu's methods are related to these two things. One thing, the gifts prepared by the seven princes to celebrate the birthday of the emperor of the Qin Dynasty were delivered on this road, and according to the schedule, they would come to the border of Jiaozhi in two days. ”

Jiang Ming frowned and said, "Why do these princes' birthday gifts have to be transported from this road? A few days ago, the blood-red agate of the autumn was in this area, which directly caused the emperor of the Qin Dynasty to be furious, which became an excuse for the Qin soldiers to encircle and suppress Wohua Mountain, I don't know what kind of turmoil this time the birthday of the seven princes will cause?"

Luo Hu interjected: "There is no way, it is true that many things need to be transported from this road, Jiaozhi City extends in all directions, it is the main road, and it is really just like you said, you can't transport the capital of the Qin Dynasty without passing through here." After hearing Luo Hu's words, Jiang Ming shook his head helplessly, but Luo Hu smiled again: "Actually, the last time the blood red agate incident was not what you thought, even if there was no blood red agate, the pro-dynasty dynasty had already been fighting hard and wanted to eradicate our Wohua Mountain at any time, as you said, the loss of blood red agate is just an excuse for them." ”

Jiang Ming said: "This means that even if there is no blood red agate, there will be emerald green agate and black gold agate accidents, which will become the reason for the Qin Dynasty to stir up trouble?

Liang Jin said: "Actually, this is not very right, Wohua Mountain has grown rapidly in the past few years, and has become a cancer that the Qin Dynasty has to pay attention to, if they don't want to exterminate us, it will undoubtedly become a factor that accelerates the demise of the Qin Dynasty." A short period of peace means that there will be a war in the short term, but if we fight a war directly, we can beat them in Wohua Mountain, and Wohua Mountain will be able to breathe for a longer time, and even develop into a force that even the Qin Dynasty must look at squarely, and then the people of Wohua Mountain can be truly stable. ”

Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "You don't seem to be saying this to explain that point of view to me, what do you want to say?"

"What I'm trying to say is that this war was actually triggered by us. Luo Hu looked at Jiang Ming's surprised eyes, and said: "We also participated in the loss of the blood red agate, you should remember that me, Hanzi, and the eldest son were all in Jiaozhi City, and at that time, the loss of the blood red agate occurred, and we also participated in it in order to grasp the initiative." At that time, the Wang family and the Xu family in Jiaozhi City were fighting together, and our fisherman made a profit, and after taking the blood red agate, he sold it to the underground trading club in Jiaozhi City, I guess you have been there, so you should know that this matter is true. ”

Jiang Ming was quite surprised, he didn't react for a long time, and said slowly: | It turned out to be you, I still thought about who was so bold to send all the hands given to the emperor to the trade fair, the one who sold dared to sell, the person who presided over dared to collect, and the one who sold really dared to buy, which really solved all my questions. ”

Luo Hu said: "Because this order was given by the mountain lord himself, although we were in Jiaozhi City at the time, it was not easy to tell you, after all, you were not a person from Wohua Mountain at that time." That underground trading club was presided over by the Jinshui Sect, they have such a powerful backstage, naturally they dare to accept anything, and I also heard that the weapons of Yu Kongsang, the generalissimo of the western part of the Qin Dynasty, appeared in that transaction, which really surprised me. ”

Jiang Ming thought about it like this, everything he had experienced at the beginning suddenly became reasonable, Luo Hu and they indirectly participated in this case of the loss of blood red agate in order to gain the initiative in the war that was about to start, although they concealed the truth from Jiang Ming, but he did not feel displeased. Jiang Ming said: "I want to ask, how much did you make by selling that blood-red agate?"

Luo Hu smiled and said, "Except for the trade fair."

's intermediary fee, a total of nearly 400,000 silver, can be regarded as a huge harvest, just a rotten stone, can have such a big profit, it is already very good. ”

Jiang Ming said: "That's a birthday gift that Qiu Jue wants to give to Emperor Qin, even if it sells a million silver, it shouldn't be too expensive, and it can be regarded as a loss for you." ”

Liang Jin said: "It's not a loss, after all, we just went to make a fuss, and we earned the 400,000 silver, if you want to say a loss, it should be the Xu family's Xu Cong who lost the most, just the guy who almost killed you before." ”

"Xu Cong, what's wrong with him?" Jiang Ming raised his eyes to look at Luo Hu and Liang Jin's strange looks, and suddenly seemed to know something, and asked in surprise: "You mean, the person who bought the blood red agate is Xu Cong?"

Liang Jin said: "This matter was very troublesome in those days, and many powerful people went to Xu's house to look for that piece of blood-red agate, and the news that Xu Cong bought blood-red agate was also spread by us. You may want to ask now, isn't it just an agate, why is it worth fighting for so many people? But in fact, there is a deep secret behind this matter, which lies in the blood-red agate, and the mountain owner said that it is not an ordinary blood-red agate. ”

Jiang Ming said: "It shouldn't be an ordinary item that can be fought for by so many powerful people, but an extraordinary metal?"

Liang Jin said: "Indeed, of course, it is only the people of the big forces who think, we took the blood-red agate and checked it for a long time, but we didn't see any clues, of course, there was no way to find signs of metal, and the most strange thing is that no one found the answer to this matter in the end, even those people of the big forces did not find the high-grade metal." ”

Jiang Ming said: "No, since it is a high-grade metal, it will naturally attract the attention of many people, and the news will naturally not be groundless, could it be that Xu Cong has done something to hide the high-grade metal." ”

Luo Hu said: "There is almost no such possibility, although Xu Cong is cunning, but those people with big forces are not so easy to deal with, how can they prevaricate for some simple reasons? ”

Jiang Ming suddenly asked, "Mu Ya, you have listened to it for a long time, and you have never noticed any suspicions, or found out the truth?"

Mu Ya walked over, bowed his head to Luo Hu and Liang Jin with a courtesy, and said, "Since you asked, then I will talk about it casually." I think there has been a problem with this matter from the beginning, and it is a huge problem, those big forces can detect the news of high-grade metal from the micro-end news, and I don't think there should be a problem of false news, but what I want to ask is, can anyone be sure that there must be high-grade metal hidden in the blood-red agate sent by Qiu Jue?"

Liang Jin frowned and said, "You mean, Qiu Jue acted out a play from the very beginning to steal beams and change pillars, and the matter of top-grade metal may be true, but the blood-red agate he gave to Emperor Qin did not have top-grade metal?"

Luo Hu asked in surprise: "How is it possible? Qiu Jue is going to present the emperor's birthday gift, if the news of the high-grade metal is so widespread, then the Qin Emperor must also know, if the Qin Emperor knows that Qiu Jue did not send the blood-red agate containing the high-grade metal, he will definitely be furious." ”

"Unless...... Jiang Ming thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his head to look at Mu Ya, and said: "Unless Qiu Jue guessed early in the morning that someone would rob the blood-red agate, then no matter whether it was true or not, there would be no way to find out, and the real high-grade metal could also stay by his side." ”

A word broke the earth, Liang Jin and Luo Hu looked at Mu Ya one after another, among them, only Mu Ya was the most calm, even if everyone speculated, he was not in a hurry, and said: "Yes, that's it, Qiu Jue's plan is too profound, if it weren't for the fact that many things have settled, I wouldn't have seen this kind of inside story." ”

Jiang Ming said: "It is very likely, I am very familiar with Qiu Jue's resourcefulness, there is nothing in this world that he can't calculate, but he even dares to count the strong in status into the killing game, and hiding high-grade metal is naturally done." ”

Liang Jin said: "Thinking about it this way, it seems that we have promoted the Qin Dynasty to encircle and suppress Wohua Mountain, and it seems that there is also a shadow of autumn in it, isn't it that he is also in the kind of war that controls Jiaozhi City?"

Mu Ya said: "Very likely. Qiu Jue's gaze is extremely vicious, a few years ago, because of Luan's plan to seek the world, he was demoted out of the capital, but in recent years, Qiu Jue has relied on his own wisdom to gain a firm foothold in Jiangling County. His ambition is extremely great, and he may have secretly recruited a lot of capable men and wise men to control the battle between the Qin Dynasty and Wohua Mountain, which is conducive to creating opportunities for him to advance and retreat, and now he is extremely afraid when he thinks about it. ”

Liang Jin pondered for a long time and said: "Thank you Mr. Mu Ya for answering questions, although these words are just speculation, but I think there is a great possibility that such a situation has really formed, I will convey this news to Wohuashan as soon as possible, as for how to deal with it, it is up to them to decide." ”

Jiang Ming suddenly coughed dryly twice, and said in a low voice: "Yes, let's deal with the current matter first, it's off topic." ”

Luo Hu and Liang Jin both smiled awkwardly, but Mu Ya ignored it.

Jiang Ming said: "Earlier, you said that two major events have happened in the Jiaozhi area recently, one is that the Seventh Prince is transporting birthday gifts, so what is the other thing?"

Liang Jin said: "Another thing, it seems very mysterious, according to the report of the sentry, it is an iron cage, which should hold a person inside, and it will be transported to the north by the Bian family in the capital of the Qin Dynasty, this afternoon."

We're going to cross the Cochin Road, but we can't guess what purpose it is, because we don't know who is in that cage?"

Luo Hu said: "Lao Jin, send someone out to monitor, what Mr. Mu Ya said earlier makes sense, Pang Lu's purpose is likely to be the person in the iron cage, although we don't know what the role is, but if Pang Lu is responsible for escorting that team, we can take the opportunity to destroy it, maybe we can get unexpected results." ”

Liang Jin nodded, and said: "It's just that this matter needs a responsive person to deal with, now there are no other eight-stage generals in the army except me, the left and right generals are going to guard the barracks and take charge of the heavy cavalry, Lin Han, Feng Qing, Du Heng and have all left the camp, and there is indeed no one who can take on this task." ”

Jiang Ming said suddenly: "Let me go, my current state is also very good, and I can definitely take on this task." ”

Liang Jin said: "Jiang Ming, are you joking? You were seriously injured again yesterday, Doctor Zhou checked your body and said that you can only rest on the couch, but you got off the bed early, which is already extremely magical in my opinion, but you seem to want to ask to join the war, how much energy do you have?"

Jiang Ming smiled and said: "I don't have any other abilities, that is, I have a strong ability to recover, I am indeed able to walk normally now, although I still have no way to fight with people, but I can hold this position, I only need to send a few captains to assist." ”

Luo Hu said: "I still advise you not to go, the cage is escorted by the Bian family, we captured Bian Daocheng alive, and sent it back to the Bian family's mansion in the capital, which also makes the Bian family's face ruined." If they fight us, I'm afraid they will directly kill them, and maybe the people who escort them to the cage are also high-grade martial artists, isn't it dangerous for you to go?"

Jiang Ming said: "There will be no danger, I'll be careful." Besides, there are no suitable generals in the barracks who can be appointed now, if I don't go into battle, Liang Jin, do you still want to go to the barracks in person?

Liang Jin said: "I want to ask you, if you go, what strategy should you use?"

Jiang Ming said: "This mission is not a head-to-head confrontation with them, as long as I am sure that the team sent by Pang Lu has something to do with the person locked in the cage, I will follow them all the way, as long as it is within the appropriate distance, even if there is a martial arts master in the team, it is impossible to find me." ”

Just when Luo Hu and Liang Jin were hesitating, Mu Ya said: "Let him go, he is not suitable to stay in the military camp now, although he has no combat ability now, but he can rely on his own qualifications to be a good general, as long as he is careful, he will be fine." ”

Jiang Ming was sent to the mountain road outside the Jiaozhi Plain, with only a few dozen people, but they were all personally selected by Liang Jin, and they can be regarded as the backbone of the military camp, in order to ensure Jiang Ming's safety, Liang Jin and Luohu also put a lot of thought into it.

Luo Hu argued: "Why do you want to promise Jiang Ming? He doesn't have any ability now, I'm afraid that even if he encounters an ordinary sixth-rank martial artist, it will be difficult to deal with it, and if he is discovered by those people, I'm afraid he won't have a chance to escape." If I can get better, I can help him, but you just don't accede to his request. ”

Liang Jin looked at Luo Hu, who was extremely excited, and said, "It seems that you really regard Jiang Ming as a brother!"

"What do you mean?" Luo Hu shouted angrily: "Jiang Ming didn't help us less during this time, but Hanzi had already said that he would become a part of our brothers, and in this northern mountain and forest war, he proved these with his own actions, if there was no him, I, the eldest son, Mengzi, and Miss Huanziyu would all die in the northern mountains and forests, how could you talk like that?"

Liang Jin said: "I don't mean what you think, I just want to clarify that we have indeed accepted Jiang Ming unconsciously, and there should have been a lot of rejection at the beginning of this guy who suddenly joined our team, right? ”

Luo Hu frowned and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to say?" It's not like this to say a lot of belittling words about Jiang Ming to make us think that Hanzi is wrong, right?"

Liang Jin said: "Naturally not, since you have admitted Jiang Ming, then you should know one thing, although we are brothers, do you know what he wants?"

Luo Hu thought about it for a long time, and a lot of things related to Jiang Ming flashed in his mind, Shen Yiwu, Fang Yuan's halberd, and the seventh act, but it didn't seem like something that could really move him, so he had to say: "I don't know this, don't you know?"

Liang Jin said: "Naturally, I don't know. But you should understand that we brothers are affectionate, but to achieve that level of knowing the roots, it takes a long time to contact, or someone who can be called a close friend can understand. ”

Luo Hu said: "In that case, Lin Han should know that he and Jiang Ming have always had a good relationship. ”

Liang Jin said: "These are not important, you just need to know, if Lin Han is here, he will definitely agree to Jiang Ming going, because we don't know, Hanzi knows." ”

Luo Hu thought for a long time, nodded, and the two glanced at each other, and knew what they meant.