The sky is clear on Tianxiong Island, and the drizzle on Kotogawa is continuous.

Chiyuan City, the hall of the Assassin Mansion.

Shi Sien sat in the first position on the left side of the main seat, and there were more than 20 men and women on his side.

The first position on the other side was a woman, about forty years old. There were more than a dozen people in her row, and apart from her, everyone else was men.

"Siming, is there something you have summoned us here for at this time?"

Shi Sien took out an open letter from his sleeve: "This is a letter from the head of the family not long ago, the army is preparing to cross the Minzi River, we only need to hold on for two days at most, and the head of the family will lead the army to arrive." ”

Not only the people on the woman's side, but also the people on Shi Sien's side began to whisper.

Only Shi Xingyu, who was sitting at the end of Shi Sien's row, was silent and quietly watched everyone.

After a while, the woman got up and said to Shi Sien: "But if we hold on for two days, we will definitely be able to hold it!" But I am not good at leading troops to fight, you can discuss how to resist the enemy, I will go back first." ”

The woman lifted her feet and walked out, and five or six men stood up on the other side.

"Brother Siming has been in charge of family affairs for many years, and the family has been thriving, we all see it in our eyes, and we know that Brother Siming is more capable than any of us. ”

"Whatever Cousin Siming decides, I will obey unconditionally. ”

"It's a pity that we all have something at home at this time, we need to rush back immediately, cousin Siming, you discuss with the brothers, what we need to do then, just let someone go and pass on the word to us. ”

After the people of the Beigong family finished speaking, they quickly left the council hall.

After a while, only the people of the Shi family were left in the council hall, that is, the people in Shi Sien's row.

Although no one from the Shi family left, their eyes when they looked at Shi Sien, except for Shi Xingyu, all revealed a meaning without exception.

"Master, let's leave quickly. ”

"When they suppressed us on weekdays, they kept shouting that Qinchuan was the Qinchuan of their Beigong family, so that our historians could go as far as they could. It's ironic that it's like this now. Since none of them are willing to protect Qinchuan, why should we Shi family?"

"Cousin Pujiu is right, don't they keep saying that we are outsiders, even if we leave, they have nothing to say. ”

Shi Sien was about to speak, and Shi Xingyu, who was sitting at the end, stood up straight, walked out of the queue quickly, and stood in the middle.

Bright and transparent eyes swept over everyone, except for a few people, more than a dozen people showed shame, lowered their heads and did not dare to look at them.

Shi Xingyu did not hide the disdain in her eyes, and her voice was neither high nor low: "When you refute them on weekdays, don't you all say that Qinchuan can have everything it has today, and there is also the efforts of our Shi family? Don't you say that Qinchuan is also the home of our Shi family? If you don't care about leaving, what is the difference between you and the people of Beigong who you disdain?!"

"And not all the people of the Beigong family are like them, and there are many Beigong family members who are very good to our Shi family, just because they can't appear here. ”

"If you want to leave, go away, and no one will stop you. But from now on, the historian has nothing to do with the departed people!"

Being reprimanded by a girl so shamelessly, the people of the Shi family were even more ashamed.

"Xingyu, you are right, we didn't say anything and left immediately. Chiyuan City has our home, as well as our relatives and friends, and we will definitely not give up Chiyuan until we are in a desperate situation. ”

"After the head of the family gained power, Leng Xianghui came to defect, and we also gave her enough courtesy, I didn't expect that when we needed her, we would be the first to escape. ”

"Don't talk about them, master, what should we do? I heard that Changshan's vanguard army has reached Stone Town, and if it weren't for the light rain and muddy roads, they might have been only a few dozen miles away from Chiyuan by now. ”

"We only have 50,000 people, and we are really stretched thin to defend the huge Chiyuan City!"

"Among them, 30,000 people are still temporarily recruited from Chiyuan City, and when the Changshan army attacks the city, they may not be able to play a big role if they have never experienced war, it is difficult!"

"Don't panic, we only need to be at the west gate and the north gate, as for the other two city gates, if there is a Changshan army outside the city, someone will send us a message, we only need to send a thousand soldiers each to guard it. ”

"But what if the messenger dies?!"

"I have ordered people to pile up huge wooden piles next to the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and north, as long as there is a Changshan army in a certain direction, they only need to light it, and the other three city gates can rush over when they see it. ”

Because the Shi family belongs to an alien family after all, they have been in charge of money all these years.

No children entered the barracks, and the younger generation was not allowed to practice war strategies. Because only in this way can they show the Beigong family that they have no other thoughts.

But now—

"Xingyu, how did you know about this scheme?"

"Have you secretly studied the military book on weekdays?"

Shi Xingyu just shook his head, turned around and walked out.

"Father, I'll go and see first. ”

When Shi Xingyu disappeared, everyone looked at Shi Sien again.

"I don't know what's going on, but I'm sure Xingyu hasn't studied the Book of War. There is time to delve deeper into this matter, and at this time the matter of delivering the news has been resolved, and the next step is the guards guarding the various city gates!"

The people of the Shi family looked awe-struck and held their breath.

"Do any of you want to guard any gate?"

More than 20 people were silent at first, and then several people shouted at the same time: "Family master, I am willing to guard the south gate!"

"Master of the house, I am willing to guard the east gate!"

Half of the other people who didn't remember to shout came back to their senses with pity on their faces.

Shi Sien looked at the young people who had not spoken since the beginning.

"Feizhang, Feiwen, how many of you are?"

Several young men glanced at each other, got up from their positions and knelt down in front of Shi Sien.

"We are willing to swear to protect Chiyuan City!"

There were some old people in the seats with anger on their faces, and then helplessness.

"Good!"

......

Qiu Zitong lifted the corner of the clothes that covered his entire body: "Master, how long will it take to arrive?"

The rain and wind in autumn are not very cold, but if the wind and rain are combined, it is bone-chilling.

If you run wild in this wind and rain again, even the best people in the world, the soldiers, are likely to get sick.

So since it rained lightly last night, the speed of Yang Fengqing and his party has slowed down, and it has slowed down again and again, and now it is almost moving forward at the speed of stepping into the green.

"There are still more than ten miles to get out of the boundary of Chongqing. ”

"Ah!?Even the road to Yuzhou hasn't been finished yet!"

Qiu Zitong was a little discouraged, and his arm fell weakly.

Yang Fengqing looked behind him, including him, everyone was drenched.

Half of the soldiers had blue lips and trembled.

"Hold on a little longer, there is a small town not long after leaving Yuzhou, and we will rest in the town for a while. ”

Buried in the head, the lifeless team shouted, "Yes." ”

Because the avenue between states is to follow the original city as much as possible, if you go along the avenue, there will be a city at each end of the border between the two states.

Before, Yang Fengqing and his team passed through the city of Yuzhou, crossed the valley used to make the border between the two states, and walked more than 20 miles, and saw the first city of Qinchuan - and Zhangcheng.

In the past, there were only about 100,000 people in Zhangcheng, but today it is crowded, and the cars and horses are connected.

They are heading in two directions, one is Yuzhou and the other is Linhe.

Why do the people of Qinchuan go to Linhe from here, because from here all the way to the west, until they enter Linhe Prefecture, they do not need to cross the Minzi River.

The Minzi River began to move the dam from the town, and the river turned westward, separated from the Qinchuan River, and entered the Linhe River.

If the map of Qinchuan is erected, the town relocation dam is in the northwest of Hezhangcheng.

Seeing the soldiers, the people in the city did not show much emotion.

Yang Fengqing couldn't ask for it, and went straight to the city lord's mansion.

and the city lord of Zhangcheng is named Beigong Yewang, who is more than fifty years old, but Yang Fengqing has no impression.

Obviously, he didn't recognize Yang Fengqing, but he just glanced at Yang Fengqing's eyes a few times strangely.

However, even if he didn't recognize Yang Fengqing, he was still very polite to Yang Fengqing and his party, and he agreed unconditionally to what Yang Fengqing needed, and arranged a spacious yard for Yang Fengqing and them.

After Beigong Yewang left, Yang Fengqing waved his hand to the wet Shao Chenghao and more than a dozen guards.

"You all hurry back to your yard to boil hot water and take a bath, and if Uncle Shao and Uncle Chong have news, they will find me immediately. ”

"Yes. ”

Yang Fengqing doesn't need to boil water himself, he can be the lord of a city, no matter how small the city is, his eyesight is not comparable to ordinary people.

Yang Fengqing walked into the room, and a wooden barrel in the center floated out of the mist.

There was a maid standing on each side, dressed in loose clothes, and the hazy mist could not hide their handsome faces and white skin, but added some beauty to them.

"Meet Childe-"

Yang Fengqing was secretly speechless to Beigong Yewang, who was too smart, and waved his hand without hesitation.

"You all go out. ”

The two maids were obviously a little stunned, but they still nodded obediently.

"Yes. ”

When they walked not far in front of Yang Fengqing, they all quietly raised their heads and glanced at Yang Fengqing, and their steps slowed down.

Qiu Zitong, who was pulled by Yang Fengqing, had been quiet and didn't speak before, but suddenly appeared at this time and stood in front of Yang Fengqing.

"Master, I'm going to take a bath. You wash me, just like you did before. ”

Yang Fengqing raised his hand to stop the two maids: "Wait a minute, you bathe Zitong." ”

"Yes. ”

Ignoring Qiu Zitong's dissatisfaction, Yang Fengqing entered the bedroom.

There were also several sets of clean clothes on the bed, and Yang Fengqing quickly changed them.

When I opened the window, the bamboo outside the courtyard was covered with water droplets, and there was an annoying ticking sound under the eaves.

"Alas—at this rate, it will take another day to reach Chiyuan, and I hope everything is well. ”

"I was really dizzy that day, and I didn't even ask Uncle Shao and Uncle Chong where they would go first. Without waiting for their letter, he left Yangcheng. I don't know where they are at this time, if only they were in Chiyuan City. ”

"Grandmother hasn't mourned yet, alas—"

......

Facing the river, it is the time that must be used every day to go to court.

Ma Ruyi stood among the hundred officials and was talking to Ying Xuemei.

"Your Majesty, Huang Hexuan's incident is true, if there is an accident, Wechen is willing to end his life and scatter his meager wealth to comfort the soldiers who died in battle due to Wechen's advice!"

Ying Xuemei gently tapped on the armrest and glanced at the hundred officials: "Do you have anything to say?"

All the officials bowed their heads, and Ying Xuemei nodded thoughtfully.

"In that case, then the troops will go out of Liaodong!

......

Ying Xuemei walked slowly towards the dormitory, and there was another person behind her, an old man.

Gu Tiefang was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle at this time, he didn't know if Ying Xuemei knew about Gu Xuzhang following Yang Fengqing.

He only knew that Ying Xuemei was now going to put Yang Fengqing to death.