Anxi's reply from Wu Dong, the director of Anxi, was sent to Chen Mu's desk, and Chen Mu did not rush to open it, but finished the game with Hanxiang first.

Hanxiang handed Chen Mu a look of "read the letter first", Chen Mu smiled and shook his head, so Hanxiang lowered his head again, and his eyes fell on the chessboard.

The black and white chess pieces are falling on the board, and the big dragon is hovering on the horizontal and vertical chessboard, and the stars are all places of competition.

After a fierce competition, Chen Mu picked up the teacup.

The faint fragrance of tea lingered on the tip of his nose, Chen Mu smiled and looked at the black dragon who had finally taken a second breath, and suddenly turned his gaze to look at the picturesque beauty.

The general was a little absent-minded in chess, but he didn't lose ugly every time, and this time it seemed like he was going to win.

Hanxiang was frowning and thinking, facing the unfavorable situation on the chessboard, she did not intend to give up easily. Even if she's won two sets in a row.

Chen Mu smiled: "Otherwise, I'll admit defeat." ”

Hanxiang smiled ashamedly: "Then don't bother your uncle." ”

After helping Hanxiang finish collecting the chess pieces, Chen Mu returned to his seat and unfolded the letter.

Zhan Xin saw Wu Dong's hard writing on his head and face, and his tone was as strong as an edict in person, requiring Chen Mu to carry out his order to send troops to Gulan, and as for the disposal of the Gulan royal family, it was up to him to decide. The letter emphasized that your Shence Army is the army of Daliang, and you, Chen Mu, are the people of Daliang.

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and said in his heart: It seems that Wu Dong is a little hysterical, in fact, he knows very well why Chen Mu would go back on his word, but this eunuch has such a temper, if he doesn't vent it, he will be suffocated. This Wu Dongzhao is still a little more tender than Xiang Dangyang, and the old eunuch Xiang Dangyang usually smiles, even if he has the idea of killing in his heart.

At this moment, the lame man limped in.

Chen Mu looked at the cripple helplessly: "Are you going to pretend to be like this for the rest of your life?" I even think you might have to pretend to be sick, and even if you want to walk well, you won't be able to walk well. ”

The cripple snorted coldly: "Don't be alarmist. Besides, I was missing a piece of meat from my leg, and I wasn't exactly pretending. ”

"What are you looking for me?"

"The assassin found it, but it was just a corpse, there was no clue, and the portrait was buried."

"Dead?" Chen Mu was stunned.

The cripple nodded: "He has a fatal wound in the heart." Judging from the wound, it was a fatal knife, and the person who killed him was extremely fast. Except for this knife, there are no signs of a fight. The assassin did not leave any important information on him, but judging from his outfit and weapons, he should have come out of the dungeon of the Luoyang Killer Group. ”

Chen Mu was silent.

The cripple sighed and said, "I suddenly felt that there was a possibility. ”

"What is possible."

"Emperor Tianci is not in good health."

"Oh?" Chen Mu wondered: "Why do you feel this way?" ”

"The last time you sacrificed to the heavens, did you notice that it was just an hour of worship, and he was a little overwhelmed. A boy who is only thirteen or fourteen years old, it stands to reason that it is a good time to be alive, how can he not do this little physical work. The cripple rolled up his goatee: "If the Emperor of Heaven dies, who will Empress Dowager Chen appoint to be the emperor?" ”

Chen Mu felt that the lame's ideas were wild and a little out of bounds, so he no longer discussed this topic with him, but asked about some situations in the Fourth Brigade for the time being.

"What is the situation of the fourteen new qigong practitioners?"

Originally, Chen Mu planned to go and see it in person, but since the assassin appeared, everyone advised Chen Mu not to go out. The body of the Assassin has now been found, but it is still unclear who is behind the Assassin.

There is also a suspicion as to who killed the assassin.

"The base is clean and can be used with confidence." The cripple smiled and said, "I hope there will be a high-quality one here." ”

Chen Mu nodded: "Report their names to me, and I will feast them in the evening." ”

"Okay." The lame man never entangled with Chen Mu in this kind of matter, and agreed very neatly, and then said: "The explosives over there in the insect factory have been prepared, and according to your ratio data, I estimate that after ignition, those closed small houses will collapse into the sky." At that time, those insects will be overflowing, and the whole southeast of the city will be full of stove ants. It's frustrating to think about. ”

Chen Mu pinched his fingers and said, "Don't worry." ”

"Not in a hurry?"

"Yes, there's no hurry." Chen Mu smiled: "Now is not the time for him to climb the highest. ”

Early summer nights, quietly.

Only the cricket chirp from time to time broke the silence.

But for some reason, the more the crickets chirped, the more lonely they became.

The hooded girl hid in the dilapidated house, clutching the bandage in one hand and laboriously tightening it on the other.

Zhong Lixiang went and returned, because she met someone from the Black Eagle Gate on the way, so she followed all the way, and found that this person was here to assassinate Chen Mu. She was too far away to stop the killer, but that night, she found the assassin and found out why, stabbing him.

Now she really wants to see Chen Mu and tell Chen Mu who the assassin is and why he wants to kill you.

But as soon as the girl walked out of her hut, she ran into the killer again, this killer was not from the Black Eagle Gate, he killed Zhong Lixiang only because Zhong Lixiang killed the assassin.

This killer was also killed by Zhong Lixiang, but this time the girl was stabbed twice.

One knife on the back of the hand and one on the back.

Fortunately, Zhong Lixiang's mandarin duck knife has a certain hand protection function, otherwise the girl's hand is now crippled, or maybe the girl is dead.

The wound on her back, though not fatal, limited the girl's movements, but she didn't seem to care much about the wound on her back, but more about her right hand.

Because usually the hands are exposed, what girl doesn't care about her appearance.

"Damn."

The girl stood up cautiously, but she still pulled the wound on her back, and the pain made the girl hold on to the wall and curse.

At this moment, there was the sound of footsteps outside the door.

The girl was startled, hid in the doorway, and looked out through the crack in the door.

A familiar figure stood in the doorway.

The man was not very old, tall and richly dressed, and he showed the grandeur of a great official in his gestures. Beside him stood four heavily armed ironclad soldiers.

The girl turned from surprise to joy, pushed open the door and said, "How did you find here?" ”

The moment the door opened, four ironclad soldiers were guarding in front of Chen Mu, and the crossbow in their hands was aimed ahead.

Chen Mu smiled, separated the soldiers, and walked into Zhong Lixiang's temporary residence on his back: "Dunhuang City is all mine, there are people I care about running in, how can I not know." ”

"You ......," Zhong Lixiang just said a "you" point.

"I think you'd better not go." Chen Mu wanted to find a place to sit, but after looking for a long time, there was dust everywhere, and finally looked at Zhong Lixiang, the girl was covered in dust, dirty, and couldn't straighten her waist.

"You're hurt?" Chen Mu asked with concern.

The girl didn't want to pretend to be strong anymore, so she sat on the ground against the wall.

Chen Mu walked over and reached out to touch the girl's forehead: "You have a fever." ”

"It's all for you." The girl muttered.

"Where's the injury?"

"Back."

There was a wound on his back, and it was inconvenient to hold it, so Chen Mu walked out of the broken house with Zhong Lixiang on his back, got into the carriage, and rushed all the way to the old headquarters of the Eighth Division.

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