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Shaking his head, he frowned and looked at Luo Bochen, "Big brother, I don't know when they will come back, but we can wait for them at the front-"

The boats of the Cao Gang basically came from inland rivers, and a small part of them went by sea, but I don't know where they went, which made both of them a little worried. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Otherwise, you go back and tell Li Gui and them, let people go to the fishing village to see if the big boat is back, by the way, tell Yuan Tiancheng about it, see the big boat is back, let the big boat rush to the capital, just say that as long as the boat of the Cao Gang is going to keep an eye on it, we will rush to the capital first, and also, the fishing village also let them prepare, I'm afraid that they will also log in."

The beggar helped the disciples get the letter and set off first, Yue'er and they are now fast horses, they don't know what these boats are going to do, they can only go over in advance to prepare, originally planned to pass slowly, but now that the situation has changed, she has no time to think about it.

Luo Bochen also wanted to let Yue'er go back to gather the ship, but thinking that the other party's ship was about to arrive, he was really not very good at fighting at sea, and he had fought this younger brother and sister, so after various considerations, he didn't open this mouth.

Compared with Yue'er and them, Gao Zhongtang was not so lucky.

At first, he listened to his father's words and kept an extra mind, asking his son to take some people back first, and he took the rest of the soldiers on the road, which happened to receive the emperor's holy decree to bring the troops back to Beijing immediately.

Originally, he wanted to be with his father, but he was worried that people with ulterior motives would say that he had an intention to rebel, and this time he could return to Beijing openly.

However, compared with Yue'er and them, they have encountered all kinds of obstacles along the way, first of all, the people who have been affected by the disaster, although the imperial court has begun to provide disaster relief, but there is no food, which is indeed a problem, and the food sent by Yue'er all the way is just a drop in the bucket.

When encountering these ordinary people who asked for food, even if Gao Zhongtang was in a hurry, he couldn't force himself to come, so he could only save part of their rations and distribute them to the victims, and then he encountered an emergency, and when he got up early the next morning, a large number of soldiers couldn't get up from their stomachs.

Gao Zhongtang was in a hurry, and hurriedly called the military doctor over, "What the hell is going on, how can they have diarrhea, if you want to say that the food is not suitable, it can't just be a problem with some people, what is the situation, someone is poisoned or what?" ”

The military doctor didn't find the reason, "General, my subordinates have checked, the food has been eaten, but there are two opposite situations, we have checked the water is no problem, and now we haven't found out what these soldiers ate or why this situation occurred, but they are only diarrhea, and there is no major harm to the body, and now the rapid march is probably not possible, they need to recuperate for a few days." ”

Gao Zhongtang was in a hurry, the emperor asked them to hurry back with the troops, presumably they had already found that things were not good, and there was such a situation on his side, although the reason was unknown, but he always had a faint feeling in his heart, as if these conditions were artificial.

After thinking for a long time, he looked up at the military doctor, "Leave two people to get medicine for the soldiers, try to make them get better quickly, you go down." ”

After sending away the military doctor, he hurriedly summoned his cronies and generals over.

"......, this is the case, and it's just my suspicion, so in the next step, you have to let your subordinates keep an eye on the people around you, although the soldiers of our Northeast Battalion are all good men, but you can't stand a few people who let the Cao family buy them.

Now that the situation of the Cao family is unclear, we should be more cautious, you two stay and wait for some soldiers to recover, and I will keep two military doctors here, and try to make people get better as soon as possible.

After the people are well, they will rush over immediately, once there is a problem over there, you will act at the opportunity, if you meet the Luo family's army, then you will be together with them, their character I believe, other people can't move the army, do you understand? ”

"Understood—"

After explaining this, Gao Zhongtang took the rest of the people and set off quickly, these soldiers who stayed in place to recover were anxious, the generals were gone, what do you say is the matter with these people, why did the situation change overnight?

But no matter how anxious they are, they don't have the strength to fight on horseback, and the most important thing now is to recover their bodies quickly, just pull it down, and the heroes can't stand it like this.

When passing by Jianye County, he was here to make a little repairs, there were Li Gui and the prefect here, these trustworthy people, his anxious heart was finally calmed down, Zhou Jian saw that he brought such a little people and was a little puzzled.

"General Gao, why did you bring so many people, it shouldn't be, even if there is no one in the Northeast Battalion, there won't be this left."

Gao Gao Tang smiled bitterly, "Don't mention it......"

Knowing the strange things they encountered on the road, Zhou Jian said thoughtfully, "General, if you don't rest here tonight, I think the closer you get to the capital, the more anxious the other party will be, I'm afraid this time is the last chance for the other party to start, leave this matter to my people, catch the inner ghost, you can rest assured, the big guy can also rest assured." ”

As he was talking, the people outside informed Ouyang Yi that he had rushed over,

Gao Zhongtang couldn't help but be happy when he heard his name, "Tell me that my fate with Ouyang is really not shallow, I came here, he also came, he was just in time, let him come in quickly." ”

Ouyang Yi began to complain as soon as he saw Gao Zhongtang, "I said General Gao, how did you do it, so many soldiers are sick, it's not a joke, have you found the reason?" ”

Gao Zhongtang sighed, "Did you see them?" ”

Ouyang Yi nodded, "Nonsense, otherwise where would I know about this, I just rushed back from the north day and night, and I met these people on the way, but don't worry, they should come over soon, it's not a serious illness, but this thing makes people feel incredible, it is said that no outsiders in the barracks should dare to come in to do this, I guess nine times out of ten, there is a problem with the people here, have you found it?" ”

As soon as he came up, he was scolded by Ouyang Yi, and even Gao Zhongtang felt ashamed, and shook his head, "Not yet, wait until tonight, if you can't catch it again, it will be a disaster if you really get to the capital, by the way, why did you come here?" ”

Ouyang Yi smiled bitterly, "My apprentices have all gone to the capital, and I, who is a master, can't be a turtle with a shrunken head, no matter whether this Cao family's matter is true or false, we will naturally know it when we get to the place."

Li Gui, do you have anything to eat, I'm starving to death, and I'm not in the mood to eat all the way-"

Gao Zhongtang heheheed twice, "Ouyang, you haven't eaten, right?" Also, even if there is money in these years, it is estimated that it will not be spent, and the food is too expensive now......"

Li Gui hurriedly asked people to send something over and let Ouyang Yi eat first, the two big men chatted while eating, seeing that Ouyang Yi was much thinner than what he saw before, Gao Zhongtang sighed, "I went to Turan this time and suffered a lot, right?" I heard from the people who came back that they almost broke in that place. ”

Ouyang Yi sighed, "The gutter capsized, but fortunately there is my apprentice, I can stand in front of you today, this time the royal family really owes us a big favor to the master and apprentice, if you don't treat the Luo family well in the future, let alone my apprentice, even I, the master, will not agree." ”

Gao Zhongtang rarely agreed with Ouyang Yi's words, and he also knew that if it weren't for this master and apprentice going through this experience, let alone him, the situation in the entire Golden Dragon Kingdom would probably be immeasurable now.

Since Zhou Jian had agreed to help, Gao Zhongtang had nothing to worry about, and after eating with Ouyang Yi, the two of them hurriedly seized the time to rest, and the continuous rush had already made them a little unbearable.

Today is also the bad luck of the ghost, he just met the brother of the beggar gang, after the last success, he has not found out, so he is lucky at the same time, and he is a lot more courageous, so this time he repeats the old trick.

While the kitchen was busy cooking, he sprinkled some of the rice buckets containing vegetables with the medicine he brought, this medicine is quite precious, there is no one in the Golden Dragon Kingdom, and it was still brought from the Chu Kingdom.

In fact, he was also worried that this thing would be checked out, but the last time it was confirmed that his worries were superfluous, this medicine was mixed in, not only could not be detected in the taste, not even the silver needle could be tried, and it would not die, at most the big guy would think that the food was not good, and he had a stomach.

When he triumphantly continued the movements in his hands, the beggar brother who was guarding the corner instantly pounced, and the speed of the movement was simply incomparable to ordinary people.

Before the other party could react, the medicine in his hand was also taken away, and he himself was instantly pushed to the ground.

These people didn't say anything, leaving two people in place to watch the dishes that were mixed with medicine, and the others left quickly with this person, and the soldiers who were resting around them still didn't know the details, and they were about to come out to ask, but they were told back by the leader above.

"It's okay, it's just that I caught a bad guy, and I'll explain it to you later."

Zhou Jian beckoned to them at the door, and then said to the people who followed behind him: "I have arrested you, how to interrogate it depends on you, this is physical evidence, you need my people to testify, you can find those two people, let's go first." ”

When Gao Zhongtang finished resting, his subordinates also brought good news.

"Ah, I really caught it, hehe, Zhou Jian really has some skills this week. Have you found out, who is this person instructed by? ”

"Report to the general, although the other party didn't say that the person who instructed him was the Cao family, but that person used to often contact the Cao family's eyeliner that we eliminated, and without those eyeliners, that person found him and gave him a large package of medicine, the purpose is to prevent us from returning to the capital, that's the way it is, how should this person deal with it?"

Gao Zhongtang gritted his teeth and said, "Military law deals, such a person wants to make an example of him, and he has other accomplices—"

"He doesn't know, he knows he's doing it now, and no one has contacted him."

Gao Zhongtang waved his hand weakly, and only after his subordinates left did Ouyang Yi come out of the house.

"It's a good thing that someone is caught, I guess the other party won't use too many people, it's easy to leak the news if it's not good, and it's easy to give people a handle, forget it, don't think so much, since this person has been caught, let's discuss the business below, I heard that the boats of the Cao Gang have disappeared."

One sentence stunned Gao Zhongtang, who was a little annoyed, "What do you mean?" Gone? ”

Ouyang Yi nodded with a serious face, "Yes, the news received so far says so, who knows what they are going to do, but the Cao Gang is the in-laws of the Cao family, he will only help the Cao family, and will definitely not help others, you analyze and analyze, what can they do to help the Cao family?" ”

Gao Zhongtang smiled bitterly, "Ouyang, you really treat me as an ignorant child, nine times out of ten it is to transport supplies or soldiers, the Cao family is afraid that they have raised a large number of people in secret, but these people should not be under their noses."

But it's not very far, and no one knows what kind of desert island it is. ”

This is what Gao Zhongtang said casually, who would have thought that he would really be right, the people raised by the Cao family in private are not on the nearby desert island, and these are not just one place, there are other places, otherwise they can't trouble all the ships of the Cao Gang.

The army is in the northwest, northeast and south, even if there are people in the Cao family, but they can't mobilize all the troops, because these people are loyal to the emperor, Rao is the Cao family has been wooed many times, but the other party is not moved at all, so as a last resort, they raise people by themselves, and they are not poor money, and they have to find more hidden places, and they are not better than those half-hearted people.

Even if you can't use it for a while, it's still very handy to run errands for them and do some things that can't be done on the surface.

So over the years, the Cao family has done anything that can't be on the table, and these people have come out, which is why everyone suspects that the Cao family did it, but no evidence has been found.

This time, the night northerners were defeated, and the prince was arranged to the northwest where birds don't, and the second prince, who was not on the table, actually handled the government for the emperor in a grand manner, after a series of efforts, the emperor has been sitting back and ignoring the prince's return, which made the Cao family and the queen feel unprecedented anxiety.

In the past, the emperor gave three points of courtesy to the Cao family, but when these two little rabbit cubs jumped to the surface, the emperor's attitude towards the Cao family changed, and the status of the prince also plummeted, which made the Cao family anxious and panicked.

However, fortunately, they have been well prepared in these years, and it is not very difficult to really do something, so when they secretly mobilize troops and horses, they do not forget to pay attention to the movements around the capital.

"What, the old man of the Gao family brought someone back, and the kid from the Luo family also came over?" (To be continued.) )