Hearing that Qin Zhenghao died in battle, Zhou Jianlai stood directly on the spot, and then showed a shocked and sad expression.

He has been friends with Qin Xinru and Qin Rulan since he was a child, so he often goes to the City Lord's Mansion to play. In front of their group of juniors, Qin Zhenghao has always put down the city lord's shelf, and treated them like his own sons and nephews, amiable. If they are not busy, they will stay at home to eat, and there are not many strict rules at the dinner table, and they can always talk and laugh with a group of young boys, and always say something that makes them laugh or make them curious and interested, and the hearty and heroic laughter makes people feel close involuntarily.

Therefore, for Qin Zhenghao, Zhou Jianlai respects and loves him from the bottom of his heart, a hundred times and a thousand times more than his own uncles and uncles.

Thinking that he would never hear the hearty laughter that filled the dinner table in the future, Zhou Jianlai couldn't help but feel sad, and two lines of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.

Zhou Jianlai turned his back, wiped away his tears, and said sadly: "Uncle Qin has always treated me very well, I regard him as a relative, I never expected him to sacrifice his life for the empire, my heart hurts!"

"Festival mourning is changing!" Zhang Xiaopu comforted.

Zhou Jianlai wiped away his tears, endured the grief in his heart, turned around and asked, "Uncle Qin died in battle, could it be that Baiyun City has been captured by the Big Tooth Dog?"

"Not yet. Zhang Xiaopaw shook his head and said, "The king of Zhennan is in command in armor and has not let the big tooth dog succeed." However, Baiyun City was in danger and could be attacked at any time, so the City Lord Qi decided to wave his army north to support Baiyun City. ”

"Hey, when the old prince was young, he fought in the north and south, and he fell ill, and in recent years, he has often been bedridden. He can't enjoy his old age comfortably, but he still has to drag his old and decrepit body to put on armor, it's really hard for his old man!" Zhou Jianlai lamented, "The prince is a good prince, and your grievances with Su Mou should not involve his old man." ”

Zhang Xiaopu nodded and said: "The old prince saved Baiyun City from danger and did his best for the empire, which makes me deeply admire! I and Su Mou are just a sword feud, and I have experienced so many lives and deaths, and I also look down on them." If there is a fate to see you again, as long as he no longer embarrass me, for the sake of the old prince's face, I will not care about him. ”

"Not necessarily. Zhou Jianlai shook his head and said, "There is revenge for injustice, revenge for revenge, the husband has a lifetime, the grievances are clear, and he acts recklessly!"

"Hmm. Zhang Xiaopaw nodded.

"You just said that Yancheng was going to move north to support Baiyun City?" asked Zhou Jianlai.

"Yes. However, it is just a feint to put pressure, and it will not really fight head-on with the big tooth dog. Zhang Xiaopaw said.

"I think so. Zhou Jianlai had already expected it, "Yancheng is so important in the south that it can't tolerate the slightest mistake, so the defenders of Yancheng will definitely not move." If my expectations are good, the army going north this time should be the recruits urgently recruited in the past few days, right?"

"Brother Zhou is really smart and knows things like a god. Zhang Xiaopaw said in admiration.

"But why do you want Yancheng to send troops, Haoyue City and Jincheng? Could it be that they have already been captured by the Big Tooth Dog?" Zhou Jianlai was puzzled.

"Miss Qi said that the mutiny between Jincheng and Haoyue City has been occupied by the big tooth dog. Zhang Xiaopaw replied, frowned again and asked: "I don't understand, since the big tooth dog can infiltrate Jincheng and Haoyue City unknowingly, and take these two cities without blood, then why don't they directly infiltrate Yancheng and take Yancheng in one fell swoop?"

Zhou Jianlai said: "You may not feel the ants biting your tips, but if they climb on your face and bite, can you not feel it?

You must act with extreme caution, because the slightest mistake will be revealed. However, many people must have infiltrated it, but it was not enough to reach the level of a mutiny to occupy Yancheng, and they did not dare to reach this level, because once they crossed the line, they would inevitably immediately arouse the alarm of the empire. They are now like a poisonous snake, quietly lurking in the wild goose city, waiting for the opportunity to give the wild goose city a fatal blow. Now it depends on whether the city lord of Qi dug out this dormant poisonous snake first, or whether this poisonous snake bites people when he finds it first. But come to think of it, there shouldn't be much time left for the City Lord of Qi. ”

"I see. After listening to Zhou Jianlai's analysis, Zhang Xiaopaw immediately had a feeling of being stunned, but if he was asked to think about the reason, he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he scratched his head with some annoyance, feeling that his brain was too stupid.

Zhou Jianlai seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "Actually, these are all simple truths, and you can figure it out after a little analysis." The reason why you are stuck in it for a while is because you have never learned about it. Well, don't you want to read and write, and when the time comes, take it with you to learn more about all aspects of knowledge. With your intelligence, perception and memory, you are guaranteed to learn quickly. ”

"Report!"

"Drive, drive, drive!"

Da Da Da –

A sharp and rapid shout suddenly pierced the quiet night sky, and the sound of urging horses and the sound of hurried horses' hooves penetrated people's ears and stepped on the heart, and they could feel that the rider of the horse must have a hundred thousand urgent things without asking.

Zhou Jian came to follow the prestige, but the night blocked his vision, and he couldn't see the person shouting, only that he was from the south, he couldn't help frowning, and guessed in a low voice: "It should be the southern rebels who have moved." ”

When the people who didn't sleep in the restaurant heard the sound, they all jumped out of the windows and jumped onto the roof, all of them with solemn expressions and whispering.

More than half an hour later, a dark figure with three red flags on his back galloped across the avenue south of Juxian Restaurant, heading straight to the City Lord's Mansion. There was still a few zhang away from the gate of the mansion, the galloping horse suddenly wailed, and fell to the ground, the dark black shadow on the horseback was in a vigorous shape, and the body turned around a few times in the air, and then spread out and landed firmly in front of the gate of the city lord's mansion. But the horse fell the bluestone ground, foaming at the mouth, and after a few struggles, it didn't move, and it was so tired that it was dead of exhaustion.

"Thank you!" the man turned and saluted the tired horse in a solemn salute, then turned and strode into the City Lord's Mansion.

"The three-sided red feather order must be a hundred thousand urgent military intelligence!"

"Either the southern rebels are coming, or the southern border is lost!"

"Brothers, the little brother has to go beforehand, let's see you on the battlefield!"

"If I die in battle, please drink a few more glasses of wine for me!"

"Go first!"

"Precious!"

The disciples of the various sects left one after another with a heavy heart that they were about to go to the battlefield.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhou, Brother Niu, say goodbye, cherish everything!" Ruan Xinyuan said goodbye to Zhang Xiaopai and the three of them.

"Precious!"

"Survive, or your woman will be mine. Baili Jingsheng arched his hand towards Zhang Xiaopu.

"——" Zhang Xiaopaw really wanted to slap him.

"The three sons, if you have time to come to our Ethereal Palace as a guest, the slave family will introduce the best girl to the three. Farewell!"

"Say a word of appreciation to Miss Jin on my behalf!" Niu Dawa said.

"No problem, it's in the slave's house

Above. Wen Lingxiao left with a few junior sisters.

Soon there were only three Zhang Xiaopai left on the roof, and the three of them went down to the building, looking at the room with messy cups and plates, thinking about the excitement of this night, and then thinking that someone might never come back, and couldn't help but feel sad.

The three of them sat down and discussed, and they all decided to go north with the army and kill the big tooth dog to relieve the danger of Baiyun City.

Back at the Li family, the current Tianwu Daoist is not there, and I don't know where to go.

The three of them entered the treasure house and selected a jade pendant and a jade pendant for Zhou Jianlai, and Zhang Xiaopaw helped him bless the spell, and the two objects took a quarter of an hour, which was obviously much more attentive than Jin Zhihui and others.

Zhang Xiaopaw thought about it and picked one for Qi Yoyo, a warm white bird pendant, delicate and beautiful. After blessing the spell, he put it in his arms, planning to find an opportunity to give it to Qi Yoyo.

Niu Dawa saw it on the side, and couldn't help grinning, feeling relieved. He was afraid that Zhang Xiaopaw would be immersed in the sadness of losing the bird and would not be able to get out, and now it seems that he is too worried.

However, this trip to Baiyun City is bound to reveal the deepest pain in the hearts of the two of them.

The sky was slightly bright, Zhou Jianlai left, went to make peach blossoms for Wei Ziyan, and then said goodbye to him. Looking back on these days and getting along with Wei Ziyan, although the two did not have much verbal communication, they came to eat and drink together for many days, occasionally speaking, very warm, like a master and apprentice and a friend, this parting made Zhou Jianlai can't help but feel sad.

In the pine and cypress courtyard, at this time, there was one person besides Wei Ziyan, as he had been here several times before, still hidden in the dark shadow under the pine and cypress trees.

Wei Ziyan stood at the stone table, carrying a bamboo food box in his hand, which was given to him by a black shadow under the tree.

He placed the food box on the stone table, opened the lid, and inside was a plate of goose-yellow pastry. It seems to have just come out of the oven, and it's still hot. As soon as he smelled the taste, he knew that it was Songhua cake, which was his favorite pastry. This hobby is little known.

"My master knows that the seniors like to eat Songhua cake the most, so he specially invited the pastry master with high craftsmanship to come to the house, the master studied hard for half a month, and the craft finally became a small success, so he personally made some for the seniors, and ordered the younger generations to send them to the seniors to taste. My master said that if the taste is not suitable, the seniors just say it, and she will definitely be able to make the seniors' favorite flavors. The dark shadow under the pine and cypress trees by the wall said.

She remembered. Wei Ziyan's tone trembled slightly, and there were tears flickering in his old sunken eye sockets, he stretched out his hand, tremblingly picked up a piece, first put it in front of his nose and smelled the fragrance, and then slowly put it in his mouth, and gently bit it down, soft and glutinous, sweet and oily, melted in the mouth, and the craftsmanship was really first-class, but Wei Ziyan couldn't help frowning, put the pine flower cake he had bitten in his hand back on the plate, picked up another piece and took a bite, and his brows furrowed deeper after tasting the taste.

Because he was facing away from the black shadow under the pine and cypress trees, the black shadow did not see him frowning.

"The seniors are very low-key, if it weren't for the junior who was lucky enough to witness the senior's power tonight, the junior wouldn't know that the senior had actually stepped into the star realm, and the junior thought that the senior's cultivation was not even the Nine Heavens. It's really ridiculous, ridiculous. The black shadow under the pine and cypress tree shook his head and laughed at himself, thinking that time in the pine and cypress courtyard, he actually wanted to compete with Wei Ziyan, he really didn't know how thick the sky was.

"Senior, you said, a person who is full of sins and lives in repentance all day long, how did he overcome his inner demons and improve his cultivation realm so quickly?" asked the black shadow under the pine and cypress tree gritting his teeth, and asked in a cold and hateful tone.